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The Largest Stock The Finest Goods The LowestIPrices An assortment equal to any City Establishment. Every cent you spend with as means money saved. UNDERTHKING A 7231975074, N ugem‘ 69‘ C 0. We okays base the you want. It «pays to keep the beat. ur friends are those who deal with us. Our reputation is a gust- A full line of Smgkers’ utceofgoodgoods. If you’re going for a holiday buy a box of our Cigars. You’ll never regret the purchase. They’ll make your outing happy. 2 doors West of Benson House THOS. JOHNSTON, LlNDSAY. Honorary Graduate Ont. Vet. College. Formerly Govt. Inspector of Stock. Five years in Her Majesty’s service as Veterin- ary of the Third Prince of Wales Dragoons. Opposite J ewett’s Livery Stables York-st. ’Phone 104. Tents all diseases of Domesticlnlmals 8pavins,flingbones,$plints Curbs, and All Forms of Lameness Yield to Works thousands of cum annually. Endorsed by the best breeders and horsemen everywhere. Price. $1; six {or 85. As a liniment {or family use it has no equal. DR. R. J. KENDALL CU. - ~- Dcar Sirs: -A year ago I had a. valuable horse which got. lame. I took him to the Veterinary Surzeon who pronounced is Occult Spnvin and gave me little hope, dthongh he applied a sharp mister. This made matters only worse and the home became so lame that it could notstand up. After trying evefl'thinz in my power I went to a neighbor and told him about. the case. He gave no one of your books and 1 studied it carefully and be- ing resolved to do the utmost in favor otmy beast, went ‘0 the new-05$ drug store and got a. bottle of your Spavin Care and apn'.ie(1 if. strictly according to directions. Be- fore the first bottle was used I noticed an improvement, cndwhen the seventh bottle was about half used. my horse was eompletely cured and without leaving a. blemish on him. After ceasing treatment 1 gave the bone good are and did some lightwork with him,wish- into see if it. had efiected n cure.1 then started to work Mlorsohrdand to my entire mflsfaction- he never w my more lggeness through ape whole summer. n‘-‘ - â€"â€"---v‘v~-v van-vs- .- uuv vv JAVAU aumluul. , I cdniiéiciammend Kendall’s Spa‘an Cure not only as an mutant, but u a sure remedy, to tn one thud: it my m Yours truly, SAM TRITTEN. mymdrnggm for Kendall’s Bnfln Cure use ‘f_ on the lions," thg book tree, or I‘d”. '. I. 3. mm. "IPA“. “Mull FALLS. fl. OFFICE AND INFIRMARY : KENT-ST., LINDSAY in all its branches. $9.94 1-9909. Ontario, JOS. CARROLL, ONT. PIPES. ‘ CIGARS. TOBAGGOS Cam, Dec. 14, 1898. WHERE THE PUBLIC ‘ GIVES ITS OPINION The, Woman’s Edition of the Watchman-Warder To the Editor of the Watchman- Sir: The relief of suffering appeals at all times to the sympathy of every individual; it is the first and highest impulse of the human breast, and is as well a matter of common interest. We no nnr mlLdenndent: we do not know are not self-depndent; we do not know when he who ministers may require ministering to. The Red Cross organization represent- ed by its 3000 trained members in connection with our troops in South Africa, is an army in itself. Then we have the Ambulance Corps and the 1hospitals. with the sisters of the army nursing service and army nursing reserve, presided over by that truly good woman the Princess Christian. “Mlnisuering Angels,” followers of Florence Nightin- gale, everywhere in evidence and doing a great, good work. 5‘ A It is well, however, to remember that peace has its victories as well as war; that it is not where the brazen lion roars the loudest that sickness, pain, and death alone are present; it is not alone an the tented field that a Florence Nightingale is to be found doing her charitable work. There are sisters in every quiet town and hamlet, in almost every home, doing a grand life’s work unoetentatiouslv. and none with a grander, nobier object in view than those forty ladies of this town, regularly organized, and devoring time, ability and energy to secure the erection of a County Hospital. We are living in an age of progress; greater expansion means greater necessities, and in no direction is this more apparent than in providing comfort- able surroundings, better medical skill and the careful nursing of our sick and afflicts d. Towns smaller than Lindsay recognize this and have their one or more institut- ions under public or private direction and support for charitable treatment, and once established are found to be indispensable. Lindsay has its 7000 of a populationfl it is centrally situated ; it has its poor,‘ halt, maimed and sickfloudly and earnest- ly calling for help. We have them with us; we feel their presence and we as well feel that we have not these conveniences for their relief and care that we should have. We are in a great degree calloused by familiarity with such evidences or we would not now be agitiating for what we should have had years ago. and even now not meeting with that ready response the importance of this movement deserves. Every one he: experienced lamentable lnetenoee of neglect and criminal lndlfl‘er- once to human enfi'erlnszs. Old depend ente, feeble and doctorlng. neerlng the greve,.m to-day, asking us they have often asked before, for bread or water to be given them by bemdging hands. Many a poor servant. faithful and honest, with a pure heart. distressed by fever (r epidemic disease is shut in a dark ill- ventilated attic. or bundled out in the street to seek an asylum in some dirty but simply to lessen inconvenient respone. lbllity. Sufi'erers from shanties to the north of us have been known to lie for hours on the floor of the station house waiting a train en route to Peterboro or Toronto Hospitals, and this may occurr again. Do not such cases appeal to our sympathy '3 Do they not arouse us to con- certed hearty action? Or they not enough, or do we require some more terriblej misfortunes to rouse us from our lethargy and enlist common sympathy and support? Yet it is not the poor alone who will be benefitted; those having every.‘ home comfort, requiring medical treatment or surgical operation and desirous of lessening anxiety and care ‘at home will go to the hospital and give to its support. In this age s hospital means a training school for nurses, and In this way a good work will be done in bringing their skill to our very doors. Other towns have successfully grappled with this question; they have called on the charitably inclined. secured govern- ment and municipal aid, have fine institu- ; tlons well equipped and doing a good work. Lindsay is fortunate in receiving the generous offer of a wealthy gentleman who proposes to purchase the land, build thoroughly equip and furnish, if only a fund is provided to guarantee its continu- ous maintainance. One would think that this county receiving so much for nothing would regard this as a good commercial enterprise, and would gladly levy a small rate and make good the contract. As this has not been done, subscriptions are :looked for and a large amount has al. iready been secured. It is to make up in isome degree the remaining deficit that the ladies of Lindsay propose to edit and distribute a special ladies’ paper of some 4,000 copies on the second day of the Central fair. The whole will be done by ladies and ladies only, and the public may rest assured that a welcome surprise in the way of conspicuous improvement over the ordinary family paper will be I the result. The editorial, publishing and business department: will be ably genexafled, and the wholo std in compouod of on: but: .-Wa.rder known ladies, whose names slane are a guarantee that the contributed matter and editorials will be well selected and well written. We bespeak for this paper a hearty reception, and have every confi- dence that as a purely female enterprise ‘for a commendable object it will be a i monetary success. I cannot better recommend it to public confidence than by giving the names and positions of the ladies interested in this‘ new departure : Editor-in-ohief, Mrs. Thos. Stewart. Business manager, Mrs. Archie McIntyre. Advertising commit- tee, Mesdames Boiger, Trew, Goldie, ‘O’Loughlin, Morgan and Miss McAuley. ‘ Circulating committee, Mesdames Koyle. Horn, Ryley, Whitesides and McNeillie. City editor. Mrs. A. O’Loughlin. Edn- cational department, Mrs. Hugh O’Lesry. Home department, Mrs. G. W. Basil and Mrs. J. D. Flavelie. Children’s depart- ment, Miss Sheers. Music and art, Mrs. Paddon. Book reviews. Mrs. E. A. w Hardy. Sporting notes, Mrs. J. G. Edwards. Personal and society notes, Mrs. (Dr.) Allen. Locals, Mrs. Herriman Stephens and Mrs. R. Kennedy. Church notes, Mrs. MoHugh, Mrs. Rylle, Mrs. (Rev.) Marsh, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. (Rev.) Hughson, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. (Rev.) Manning, Mrs. Doeg, Mrs, R. Ross, Mrs. J. M. McLennan. Decorating com- ‘mittee, Mrs. Fremont Crandell and Mrs. Geo. Mills. Articles contributed are: Imperialism by Miss Hillock, An Ideal 20bh Century Woman, Mrs. (Rev.) Mc- Donald; Soolal Life and Home Life of the Germans, Miss Neelands; Social Life and Home Life of British Columbia, Miss E. McDonald; Paris and England Notes, Miss E. Spier. I am, sir, yours, etc. P. PALMER Brtsnows. THE STEAMER FILLED AND WENT DOWN An Exciting Experience in the Severn Riverâ€"Contractor Bogue on Board The Orillla Packet contains the follow- ing account of an accident that happened a steamer near Raaged Rapids, the source of Oriilia’s proposed electric power. Con- tractor Bogue who was among those on board when the steamer sank, put down granolithic on Kent and William sts., in this town. The Packet says in part: Quite a party of townspeOple, including several ladies, accompanied the town council on their visit to the works at the Ragged ‘Rapids on Thursdav last, and some of them had an exciting experience inthe way of shipwreck. The party drove'as tar as Bennett’s Brio m: early in the morning. They arrived law for Captain Stanton's steamer, but Car «in Woods, of Pitts- burgh, kindly to it them down to the Little Chute in his 1: iuate yacht. From there some of them paddled down to the rapids, and sent up the supply steamer for the remainder of the party. After spend- ing about an hour at the rapids they start- ed for home, by the same boat. and it was then that the trouble arose. A STARTLING EVENT. On arriving at the Little Chute, where the current is pretty swift, all the ladies and most of the men got out to walk up along the bank of the river. These re. maining on the steamer were Messrs. F. G. Evans, Joseph Chew, A. Van Etten.‘ and Bogus, the last-named the superin' tendent of the masonry work at the rapids besides the steersman, and engineer, while Mayor TudhOpe and Councillor Curran had charge of the boats towing behind. Two men ina canoe brought down from the head of the chute the line from the wind. lass, which is used to help the steamer up the swift water. They then started back lup stream, the steamer following. But upon reaching the critical point in the: rapid, the canoemen found that they could 3 not “make the grade,” and so drifted back down stream. In doing so they fell foul of the steamer's how. To get free. the engineer slackened down, and the steers‘ man took a pike pole and pushed the canoe clear. But this move caused the steamer to drift back, .and her stern suddenly grounded hard and fast on a large stone. The line to the windlass should have held her straight, but the slack had been com' ing in too fast to be wound up, and had been hauled in by the men hand over hand- The consequence was that they were quite unable to hold the line, which slipped through their fingers. By the time the Lindsay, Sept. 2, 1900. rope on the Windlass was reached, the? steamer was too much in the power of the fast flowing water to be held, and the Windlass spun round, the handle hitting one of the men on the head, knocking him down. The steamer swung athwart the stream, and there was held, the bow by the rope, and the stern by the rock against which it was jammed. She therefore formed a dam across the river. against which the swift current surged heavily, though onlv for a moment, as no such obstruction could resist it long. With one or two heavy lurches from side to side the steamer filled and sank by the bow, in between fifteen and tWenty feet of water. GETTING ASHORE As soon as they saw that a capsize was imminent, Mayor Tudhopc and Councillor Curran COlLiii'Jliuid to cut a e the boats towing behind the rteulllul. So quickly did she go down that they had not time to accomplish their purpose. As the lines twere long all but one kept above water, 1however. The four men in the stern of ‘the steamer, Messrs. Van Etten, Chew, Bogus, and the engineer, made for these, and reached them ix: Mf- ty, thoueh one of them, in grasping the canoe 3.: which Mayor Tudhope was, upset His Worship into the water. . Meantime the steersman made his escape from the how by the aid oiapkepdmreachhgtheshoreata THE WATCHMAN-WARDER: LINDSAY. 0N1 bound, but bruising himself severely on the stones. Mr. F. G. Evans, who also was at the bow, was alone left on the steamer. He stayed with her till she sank: and then got support from the boat still attached to her stern. When this,~too, was dragged under the water by the sink- ing steamer, he struck out for the shore, and was assisted in reaching it by the two men in the canoe which had floated down ‘ stream. That the accident closed without more serious consequences is reason for congratulation. ,Fortunatelyflall those thrown into the water could swim. For a few moments there was naturally much excitement among the spectators, as they saw the steamer sinking beneath the water, and seven men struggling in the swift current, amid a mass of floating wreckage. But is was all over inafew minutes and everyone was thankful that things were no worse than they were, as a drowning might easily have occurred. now a We117Mnn Was Made Sick and 1: Sick Man Cured. In “A Journalist’s Notebook” Frank F. Moore tells an amusing and significant story of the influence of imagination up- on health. A young civil servant in In- dia, feeling tagged from the excessive heat and from long hours of work, con- sulted the best doctor within reach. The doctor looked him over, sounded his heart and lungs and then said gravely, “I will write you tomorrow.” L H an. I: The next day the young man received a letter telling him that his left lung was gone and his heart seriously affected and advising him to lose no time in adjusting his business affairs. “Of course you may live for weeks,” the letter said, “but you had best not. leave important matters un- decided.” Naturally the young official was dis- mayed by so dark :1 prognosisâ€"nothing less than a death wax-rant. \Vithin 24 hours he was having difficulty with his respiration and was seized with an acute pain in the region of the heart. He took to his bed with the feeling that he should never arise from it. During the night he became so much worse that his Serv- ant sent for the doctor. - u. o an» AJVA-U -v- vâ€". ““‘hat on earih have you been doing to yourself?” demanded the doctor. “There were no indications of this sort when I saw you yestgrday.” .. 1 1,; "uxu-uuv 7‘.“ “It is my heaxt, I suppose," weakly answered the patient. " -‘ 'I ,L.__ A lost Fornldnblo Obstacle It In to Linguistic Study. At the very threshold or the Russian language you are confronted by the al- phabet, and a most formidable obstacle it is to linguistic study. Cadmus, with a prophetic sympathy tor the modern. schoolboy, stopped short at 24 letters when he invented Greek. but CsdmuSo kofl‘ovitchsky (as his Russian prototype is called) launches no tower than 35 on the guileless foreigner. vâ€"v D"'â€""â€"â€" 7 Some of these, it is true. have the same form as Roman characters, but as their sound is usually entirely difierent this similarity is rather an sdditional stum- bling block than a help. Others, again, resemble our letters turned upside down or wrong side about or otherwise con- torted. There is one letter for which we conceived a profound respect, not un- mixed with awe. It resembles the figure III on a clock dial and has the appalling sound 0! “chtch.” When we came across a word containing this letter, we gazed upon it in silent admiration. Any attempt to pronounce it would, we felt, prove fatal to our incisors, and considering the high fees charged by good dentists we could not afiord to run any risks. Another curious specimen, like n small b, with a projecting‘snout on top, has ab- solutely no sound whatever and is de- fined as a “final mute.” In spite of (or perhaps on account of) its silence, it is greatly in evidence, no word of any size being considered complete without it. Its only purpose, apart from that of an orna- ment, seems to be to worn the reader that the preceding word is in Russian and that he must not try to pronounce it according to western rules. â€"The United States cabinet has in- strnoted the War Department to send a transport to Cape Nome to bring back a number of' destitute miners. it being feared that theynaight, owing to their impel-ate condition, create trouble during the winter months. , When a torcigm‘r writes his name in Russian, he invariably tacks this “final- mute” on to it. It is regnrded as a subtle compliment to the Russian nation and doubtless has due weight with the secret mlice. The Effect of Cold. It is observed by travelers in- Siberia that the effect of constant cold is prac- ticnlly the same as the effect or constant heat. The people develop a disincfination to work and become strangers to ambi- tion of any description. Possible Reaction. “Rhoda. dear. I wish you were not so old fashioned in your ways.” “I wouldn’t mind it, ma. Old tashionei girls are going tn “9 the ‘ad again some d‘ay.”"" / Language and thought are inseparable. Words without thoughts are dead sounds; thoughts without words are nothing. To think is to speak low; to speak is to think aloudâ€"Max Muller. The hide of a cow yields about 35 nomads or leather. IMAGINATION AND DISEASE. TH E RUSSIAN ALPHABET. xcpeated the doctor. - I A. _--‘-_1n.- ’7 Goods can be seen at mviofi'ice and show-room, Corner of Sussex and Peel-sts. Lindsay - Box 415, TEEEPhOne TUBVIGBOI’M L06" dflflSMflUSGOde Money to [nanâ€"0n town and fun property at current rates of: inter mode ate and no dehy. Savings Departinentâ€"Deposits of $1.00 end upward taken, withdm time. Debentures issued for periods of fromione to five years for sums of Sxoo and Highest current rates of interest allowed. Sell the Celebrated Windsor Salt, 1. Our acknowledged to be the BEST for Butte: Doors, Sash, Mculdings, etc, thorn kiln dried. “d Chm‘ Lime, Plaster, Cement and Are you going to Build ? Tile. .I A-f‘-__‘-_-_)-â€"n nn‘:p:O.A 4“"; mm L‘mh Lana 0.1.3' Are you gems to Build ? All kinds of Building Matetisl constantly in stock. TELEPHONE TONI OFFIGE - 71 IILL OFFICE - 1‘8 ooooocoaooooéfwké w - ”â€" ”UV-In‘ ulâ€"I’, "I“ o goooocooooooocooouoO’" éfiifliiifl’é'ééfiiéfiSHELF I9086‘939 REMEMBER our stock of Dry Goods. GT0: (\n ,)n.'\.;“ (111 Tinware‘, Crockery, Glassware, \Nall ayw . Ready-to_wear Clothing is well-assorted and is kept so by semi-monthly additions to some” lines. We can procure anything you want. Ad' cw ' .- 3‘ v.” L. H EADZOFFICE. The Preserving Season Dinner and Tea Setts ARCH. CAMPBELL, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, Fine Leather Goods, Fine China, Bric-a-Brac LINDSAY’S LEADING President. '. In. (ECONIL JEWELERS Many of our patrons entertain their friends from .3 .0? K We cordially invite them to visit our store. 056 {10$sz mm in inspecting the many handsome novelties can not " P' a pleasant one. The lines we handle :' gnu... |ncorpont¢d under Cap. 169. sizes. is here. You will want Sugar and Spices. We keep the best. Also Gem Jars, all Many beautiful designs to choose from, an very cheap. stands unrivalled. Noted for Pure Teas and Coffees. (LINDSAY AGENCY) . H. M. BAKER, Best InstrumentS _.‘rho Mason Risch Piano; __‘|'ho Boll Pianos and Organ; _Tho Dominion Pianos and o} _Tho “ Standard ” Rotary 5g?" Sowing Machine, um Sewing Machine. -.-...., Mutt; _‘I’ha DomesticSewin M ' _'l’ho Improved Rag “hine' ne . Bicycles; ”an“ i control the sale of abov he goods or the County of V1 ctoria, SEPTEMBER 6m. Family r0 oer mapondenee solicited and BRITTON BR“ JOHN MAGWOOD, Managing Di LlNDSAY, ONT-l ET:- m OPTICIANS withdraw! I: Spa cem- WM. ST (Both straight 1‘ Kent Iago. . not-o.-- .. ..ooo-oo .0.- 3000.00.00. no.0... .tobf-