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pp = * The total amount of cash distribut- ...ed among the patrons was S8I10.- 1482,87. It was decided that the bab- . their milk to this factory. " shen appointed for next season aie : 'patrick. the next day to join her husband in British Cheese Meeting, '¢hairman. 'there weretaken into thefactory 12,- Russell, Ontario, Thursday March 29th. 1] THE RUSSELL LEADER VARS. $ On Friday the death occurred of Miss Jane Kennedy, who was one of the earliest settlers of this place, having come with her par- ents in early childhood. She had seen all the changes which half a century brought. ~The funeral took place on Saturday to Patter- son Church cemetery. Rev. E. J. Shaw and Rev. F. S. Sproule con- ducted the services. Great sym- pathy is expressed for the relatives of deceased. "Miss Nesbitt, of Buffale, N.Y. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sparks. Mrs. H. Bowden, left on Satur- POLITICAL QUIPS. There is talk in Kansas of sending John James Ingalls to congress. Thus far, however, Mr. Ingalls betrays no alarm.--New York Mail and Express. Men who persist in running for office should not imbibe the belief that by se doing they become possessed of a vested right in public support.--St. Louis Star. It bas been decided in thunder tones by the people of Rhode Island that there is no recom in that state for a new constitu- tion and, furthermore, that it is best te let bad enough alone. --St. Louis Globe Democrat. HARD WOOD SAWDUST. Used as Fuel and For Cleaning Furs and Silver. t The fine sawdust of hard woods. that which is produced in sawing veneers, is used for a variety of special purposes, fine mahogany sawdust, for instance being extensively used in cleaning furs There are sold 15 or 20 different vari- sties of fine sawdust from as many dif- - Miss Linda W ooh who was spending a few days with friends here left for her home on Tuesday. "On Saturday night a meeting of the patrons of the Riverside cheese factory, Russell, was held in the Forester"s Hall. Mr. Wm. Argue was elected The 'auditor's" report showed that during the past season 814,60 pounds of milk from which 120,609 pounds of cheese were made and sold. The average number of Ibs of milk required to make a pound of cheese was 10.56 pounds. The average price of milk per hundred lbs was 83. 28c. cock test should be introduced next season. and that patrons should be paid by the test, owners of jersey 'herds being barred from sending Sales- Messrs. John Cochrane, Wm. Mc- Keown and T. C. Young. Sec- Treas, Mr. Wm. McKeown, audit- Jor, Mr. Donald McNair, committee Messrs. Chris York and A. Fitz- Mr. Thos. Carson has been secured as cheese maker for season. Everything points to a very prosperous season for Riverside, this coming one. Messrs. Petrie and McEwan are putting in two new seventy thou- sand pounds vats aud renovating 'the factory thoroughly. ,'Does the cap fit?" It is said that more towns die, from lack of confidence and want "of public spirit, than from rivalry of neighboring towns and webelieve that such dearth will kill a munici- _ pality far faster than its unfavor- able location. supposing the loca- tion to be such. If a stranger enters your town and finds every- "hodv brim full of hope, everybody he meets allin-& 5 hin. of thee good times, which are at hand, pointing out the improvement of the past year and prophesying a grander progress for the twelve months to .come, he very quickly takes on the enthusiasm of the citizens drives down his stake and is soon thor- oughly in line, working tooth and nail for the town of his adoption. 'Now had he entered the place, to ~~ find men with long faces foretelling all kinds of calamities, grumbling about present inconveniences and bewailing the day that had brought them to town, what would have been the We imagine the stranger would get out of the un- happy town in double quick time. The moral of this is: Let each of us have on all occasions a good word for our town. The town is making a wonderful progress Let us talk about it. result ? Columbia. ¢ ; ii A fics ferent kinds of hard woods. these being aLKS0as retu med ro rr ered\from the various mills. 'the woods. : While fin ahogany is the sawdust A Money Saver, -SH-K-05H To clear our Stock, Winter Goods we offer from. 10 to 25 per cent. Discount. Men's Heavy Freize Jackets well made all wool, fromer $4.50 for $3.50. Over Coats which sold for $5.50, you can have your pick for $4.00. ~ Any suit in stock 20 per cent. Discount. Profits are not considered. OUR STOCK; of New Prints, Gingharis. Flannelets and Cottonade is very large and parties who buy early we fe! 'special bea ad ments o most largely used \.il. TS, various other kinds are also employed for that purpose. The use of boxwood mwdust for cleaning jewelry i is tradi- tional. Boxwood sawdust is also used in polishing silver - Some sawdusts are used in marquetry work. Some are used in making pressed moldings and orna- ments. "Sandalwood sawdust is used in scent bags. The production of coarse sawiiiet of various hard woods, such as oak and maple, is greater than the demand for it. Such sawdusts may be burned in the mills where they are produced. Coarse mahogany sawdust may be sold for commonplace uses or employed as fuel where it is 'made, but for the fine sawdusts of all the hard woods there is more or less demand. For many of them there is a ready market. The most cost- ly of fine hard wood sawdust is box- wood, of which the supply is less than the demand. Fine hard wood sawdusts are shipped from this city to various parts of the United States. They are exported in considerable quantities to Canada, and some are sent to England. --New York Sun. PERT AND IMPERTINENT. Rudyard Kipling seems to be the poet litigant.--Cleveland Plain Dealer. King Alfonso (after selling his islands) --I wish to thunder my ancestors hadn't tacked that XIII on to me.--London Judy. President McKinley has now been giv- en almost every degree in the dictionary except veterinary surgeon.--Pittsburg News. Dick Croker is collecting a great many more hard luck stories than scvereigns on English race tracks this year.--St. Louis Chronicle. Although the father of Fitzsimmons was not a preacher, Fitz himself now en- joys the reputation of being an ex-pound- er.--St. Louis Star. The United States is Patti's' Klondike. She knows where to come when she yearns for pin money, and another "fare- well" is promised.--St. Louis Chronicle. Peace shows Admiral Dewey's real boldness. He absolutely and firmly re- fuses to be killed by kindness. And to run away frem a friend's admiring ban- quet takes more genuine courage than te face a foe's fire.-- Baltimore American. TRUST THRUSTS. If you don't approve of the whisky trust, boycott it.--Sioux City Journal. Whe shall pen the iniquities of the ink trust? Who shall blot it from existence? --St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The commercial travelers, of whom there are 300,000 in the United States, are trying to engineer a grip on the trusts.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. With both Delaware and New Jersey doing a lucrative spot cash trade in the formation of trusts, the only banks be- tween them will not be those of the river. --Philadelphia Times. Many of the governmentss now doing business on earth gre merely giant trusts. Tn their efforts tgd boycott other nations, to monopolize trade, to take the earth, they are, after both method and purpose, giant trusts operating under laws of their vw naking.-- Galveston News. Convicted Himself, Fuddy--So Mrs. Cutter, who was charged with murdering her husband, is acquitted. Duddy--Yes. It came out in the trial that Cutter upon his own statement was a lady killer, and it was thought that peg Bebe Mrs. Cutter did the deed in self de- ense ALASKA'S LIMITS. The Alaskan question"knows no bounds. --Indianapolis News. Canada insists upon having her own way with the Alaskan boundary, regard- less of England and the United States. It has become tolerably clear to impartial observers that Canada is riding for a fall. --New York Mail and Express. Canada's stubbornness is almost sure to prevent a settlement of the Alaskan boundary dispute at present. The Cana- dian idea of a modus vivendi seems to be for the United States practically to sur- render the points in dispute and then ar- bitrate afterward. --Kalamazoo Tele- graph. THE BEST TEA =FOR-- THE LEAST MONEY In One Pound Packages. Only 25 cts. pernd Pou 4 ° 4 FOUR POUNDS --OF THE Best 40 Ct. TEA --FOR~-- - ol R0UDS.- a » 1 109 Rideau, aid 172 Sparks Street, OTTAWA ses. C.F. McArthur & Co. P.S.--4 Ibs. Fine Black Tea for $1.00 for next two weeks. D. MEHAREY. Wholesale and Retail FLOUR, MEALS AND FEED. The Largest and Best Assorted Stock of Flour, Meals and Feed in the Country. Mr. W. Fitzsimmons is in charge of my Granary and is prepared to take in all kinds of grain. HATS HATS HATS We have just received a large shipment of Spring Hats of the very latest styles and colors. Our prices are away down. Call and secure an Easter Hat. Also Spring Caps and Childrens tams in up-to-date styles. We have opened up a beautiful lot of Dress Goods for the Easter trade. Pretty pattents and lovely Material. In Dry Goods We have everything required by man, woman or child. Our Boots and Shoes ARE UP-TO-DATE. Our Grocery Department Is complete and we are selling at rock bottom prices, Give us a call as our prices will surprise you, advertisement, They are our best Advertise IN THE LEADE