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Irheoua Reliable Hardware. fSl8CAZnIl-CUKHIQSI-Q Farmers` Mtentlon ! -Special value in Manure Forks, Spades and Shovels, Ready Mixed Paints, . Barb and Plain Wire, Also a complete line of Builders Hardware, Cut and Wire f ails, Building Paper, ` Hinges, all kinds. . Locks and Knobs. Those who contemplate buildingnshould come a.nd get prices. Children die in the spring. . Blotches bloom in the spring. Boils break out in the spring. Women ' weaken in the spring. `Men lose energy in the spring. _ Pimples. protrude. in the spring. Old people suffer in the spring. `V bMalaria is deadly in the spring. , La Grippe spreads in the spring. Doctors bills grow in the `spring. _Undertakers thrive in the spring. All diseases germinate in the spring. Scott's Sarsaparilla sells in the spring. ` Scott's Sarsaparil-`la is the most popular `and successful spring `medicine we sell. Everybody uses it.-]. D. Todd, druggist. f"Queen' St. W.',:Toronto. Write Mr. 'R>dd, or any other drug- ; gist for particulars. ` . ~ -; ., ~ . , ., 2 . r ` '. ' T ' ` . V .1 . ~'5~ 3 4 {i `I . . - - '. - _ ' , 4 v. . A; . 5,, ._ H-, L .I. , ~. A` _' `x ` : _.- '.r `F -..x . `_ c ` ` .h .v' I l V 4.c'l?9l'.36`7'-Ir fl -1_-`.00 pc1.':l argo.bott`l-V One toaspoonful a. dou- \ IIEIE Il\Tl(\ Dillon: J`AIIn 13`-In 1-1.. gnu-nu`. -n`-..-5;. g under pressure in a gasonieter. is introduced into the bottom of the tanning vat through as pipe provided with ,5 series of apertures, and. {after bubbling up through she liquid. it ows out through another. pipe aixed to 1;hecover of the mat: vats 05 very large ;dime1\eione are `employed, and the tanning `proceed : very greprdvly. A _ A - vs cw:-w_ vs` vq uuuuvuuuuu No cash ;-equi:ea.-'rm1$e=.uriuLBrack Rsiaence. `.` Emecli'e`-." on Ken hfeldt Bay, fteen minutes walk from the-' t o ' .- Must be. sold. as the own- et`,is:d,OIil'0\Il` leaving town. Apply to W. H. MYERS. U ll-Q1 ` . ' > V` -Rn! nan no-3; DFtNc.ER_._sPRINc. you? V - You've guessed it. Now, don't ory out, youngster. If you_ do, _ I'll wring `your neck. Besides, it would do you no good, for thisls a. lonesome spot." - What do. you want? ` For answer the man seized the `pea- cock, killed .1t and strode off with it,` leaving the ls.d_we-eping as items heart would break. He was alone in the world, for after-all, his home _wa.'s -no home, and he preferred his hut of rush- '< es to` the tiny. stutfyr house `or stone, where grandam was always grumbling. `Sadly the sea. 2 moaned at his feet. It seemed tofsa.,y:-' You have lost your last friend, llttlelboy; rst they too); V your ; donl;ey,_~th_en. your-"goa_t `a.n_d'n'qw-; tl;e"a l_ast of _yo,t_n:.Vbea.ut1tul.Dets.'_ , `=T-h fe " V-`World little" knows how the .h;u'-t ' gs` lad may ,be,--b_,o_t1_nd,: u_p:21n;_'s. pet". r Whe;! ~ he narrows up "at? stronger pass! a. is a seientiepreparation in the form of a pow ens the digestion, tums a rough . coat imo 9. animal i`i9n 3! He then has goo 7 1143 sclenticlproparation powder. It puries the blood, strength- roughcoat smooth and glossy one and puts the animal in condition. good life end feels like holding up his head and lifting his~eet. I. II (ELI Rf`-`ll: nag pvnnau I-....-Gn.A `no 35 '1 !-`A ...L-l.. ._..o-... 2- ;-_-J C51. CIIIA Illuus |.IIJ`l\ob|o M I LCH COWS are greatly benetted by it. The whole system is toned up. The digestive organs being strengthened, more nutrimeut is drawn from the food and the ow of milk increased . I'\!_I-I- l'|I-_.l I\--_lA!-.. '1! , 9 0. up. REL QIIKI III`; IIQJVV `II ILIII1 IIIBICGDCLID Dick : Blood Punler will pay for itself ten times over. For sale by druggists, 1: general store: or sent post paid on neceipt of 50 cts. [\IrIr & ('4. I) l\ I)- 1.1: n.uu'n3-an-I _'I`lu;b.Iu-.'g..t2C..I D..3..I. sjuasmaa rdn E.GRAVER. a Zafs.- `1_._00 par largc,b;tt1. I V USEj~3COTT'S SKIN SOAP FOR THE COMPLEXION I ` no. 5 *numuI> ST., mp mum. PROPRIETOR. gFine Drivers lu HI I nK3| Box :58. Bgrtie. ajlsuvuu . . . -. 1 #519 mans. vn cunt yuan yalu uu vcuclyt VI 00 LE3. Dick 6: Co., P. O. Box 482. Mofttreal. 3 IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _::- `Drop us a Card. And We will `endeavor to please you. N o t h i n g known to the trade we are net familiar with ; and our prices are reasonable. NULSK and by virtue ofa power or sale C0nliunr ed in a certain Mortgage. in which dc-fan]! 5-15 been mado, and which will be produced at the mne_ 0* sale ,there will be offered for sale by Public Axrcuon at the Luomuua Hons 2. in the Vxunen or LR" .l_lo.l_B, on P1'iday.`tha17th day of April. A-D-. .1a9s,_ A7.` -_';|AI__`_' .____ L__ 1:, 1 In` ,| -_, A.-oinn .;rawmmp`. -. . ; ~Ter__In_Ig :1-`Ten `percent. of the purchase money 3': the `within one mo! ; I W-ll$'|.l'lwB UK 313: $110 DIIRIICC WIUIIH one IIIUI-"' with Interest at 6501' cent. _:VTlbn_x-ewzlibe avrenervedli .- ` FIII'thclr`tcI'mt`lnd conditions will be made knQ " the of sale. otin the" munimo upon 8 `"3. w`HamilUun:`D. .8tavga`|:`.'Esq.. Bu-tutor, am` . ~'o|`-.`tu'tthn~nx':dunhr'ngd;Snlu U0 K0 IIIIIIIIUOTI LI: Dwwag E! pr to the undenigned Solisitor. I`, `A { 2E'arn1"Z@ E"E}perty --~-v, Am: dclock. noon, by Mr.` John Mackay, Auction hr the following valuablp ftopctty. viz.:- , b. v ., he-north-west quavtcgo lot number_three In ` of the `said Townslup of NOW" I % .` eioum " ; .`89r..*9.W:?_ <'Y`IlI-pl! \8 I-llw VICKI lvwllonuy VI - " of the moist duirable ftv acres in the Tnhnlnl \ 1 ~. ` uus as on Township. Tffll 2--' UNDER and by: virtue of a of sale contain- ` Mortgage. which default has; `Iain Inga.` and uyluhulu -p:I` I... ;--A...A no Han Hunt 0 VI yup u_-up, uuqqun--usp npvnununo cannot be made out of horses out of condition. Merely plenty of oats is not enough. gets run down the same as and needs a general toning 1 _%Towns1_i.|1 _nf_jj1ttawgsga: X `nuns... Dick s Blood Purier MORTGIGE SALE OF VALUABLE : that are on. to feed A horse LA:s'r% cm Tim 'm~:N.% %'% m:% 1393. II For uuto The thre-:1 Patterns, wneriu The full For ever: That Hm "` Tl((` only 0 with s chlldrc But ti Dora. t-ired time 1 her fa and w heels 1 marry 00115811 Eldra. come 118.11 t any . lowin .".Yo' he sa about Gems. V Blwig walke Wick, 1e. wa-1 1V1' papa HYT Ill! [1 nvnQ v-#54 at, to u fi ng fro it 1 his_ is the dip: nose 'mot2otuess.- on the --bosom off thj sea." The boy hes.-nt' arose In` rebellion. " I 'would'like__to be a c`orsa.tr;..`,:o robfand _Then he stood still in surprise. steal; others rob me; they ta.ke'a.li 1 ha.ve;iI will be at-Corsair .w_hen.I grov. , up.` No; not 9. briganti. Jftor I hate brigands; they but._rob V ohildren; I would take great = vessels` and be a grand `corsair and I would never steel from women and _childre.n. When he reached the house he heard a sound or merriment within and he hesitant- ed to enter. Finally he summoned up courage arid passed through. the door. A...u...A an.-. 4...|..I- _..... _ _-__ _-,,.-- Q--0|\yll DIG I-F WUUII III I`l`J'LJo Around the .table was a gay -party. d Grandma had donned her finest gilded bonnet` which she -had worn -in her girlhood; the mother was dressed in her best and his~lIttl'e _s1ste'r was s'ea.t- . ed. In .a high chair with her hair all braided. The table was set and there `was a stranger at the. board. `Paola gave a great cry when he recognized- in him the brigand who had robbed him and would have fled through the door `Rut o-rgnu-1.:-n- -AI-....: La`... 1.... LL- nonnal uuuu vvuulu llt&V_C IIGU Cllrougn door. But grandma, seized mm by ;he arm, holding him. ` ` . Where. are you going, little foo1?' she asked. "Are youvafraid "out your father ? -' - . " ifr father; he ; .. m~zga.na~z He rob-bed me He stole from me !'I-Ie' `is a thief." ` ' - V 11-7-- _, -n V. - Hush !". said zranama._ sternly, 8'haklnz-3: his a.rm: it 1S'} 0u1` father," '1he.man at the table turned bttexw ously to the boy: ` ,. En 14!... ...u. ...-- 1-: 1- .21; . . vu-nu; 5U BIIC us); 0 So it's you, my lad. I did not know you. Curse the laws of a land that eeparate a father from _his son ! ._ He meets him and does not recognize his own offspring. So that was your bird I took. Well, well; I but robbed my own. after all. then. Behold, it all stuffed and roasted. I had determined to take dinner this day with my _family, in spite of the hounds that are after m-e. It's six years now since I ve seen you all; eh, grandma ?" UQI6 Ivan.-_ I! -_;...I_-.! A_I. , -1 3 1- `I - -\.\... ;vu nan, cu, gsuuuxuaa ' SIX years." croaked the `old six long years since you. .were an honest man." A11-v, . - - -- uavnnuuu annuali- Yes, six years. that Itve lived` in a. hole like a fox. But they haven't taken me yet. `At any rate, we have a. royal feast now. Peacocks were only for kings and barons in the old days, It is cheering to be seazted at my own board once `more. _ Come and embrace me, my Pa.ola._." l'l\.I.- I..--- I-_I_-,-n ,4 .1, . an -- incur, an: ,7 .5 The boy looked .at the table. The sight there caused his heart to harden and his mind becameilled with bit- terness. Hls grief was greater than that of the Ita.ila.i1 noble who sacric- ed hls splendid falcon when he asked his lady to dine with him a III ._..._.|. -..._. _ ___ .._-__ ll - 03 AL - Quay CID`-OJ EU I-IIIIC VVUL-ll Ilblllo I wont come near you," said the boy, sturdily. H131. o x-tn.-- .__4. an -__I__.| .L _;w___ I-HIP], abuxuuy. Eh ? Why not? asked the other in surprise. ' . f`You are a thief; you-are not my flther." he re-p11ed.0-lenching his` hands 0. '|"|-Ha In as Inn runlly...-..~..-. ...._..._.1..... n --....-u..4, uc JClJllC\.l,l.M;llUll1ll`E 1115 uu.uus.. This is 9. nice welcome, grandma, roared the brigand, laughing heart!- 11; I had no father.. I loved but one thing"; you stole that; you kuled it; you are a." wicked _man. I tell you so and you can kill me, if you like. 'll1'o In-up .-.-.na.'I... a.....1-- n ....:.1 - --I_. u van nu: ulc, u. you 1118.13. The boy speaks truly, said a calm voice. The brlgand s rang up in alarm and was confronted y the priest who had spoken to the boy earlier in the day. A stately, majestic man, be- loved. venerated, almost feared be- cause o_f those glittering eyes that seemed to pierce the soul ! H`\'!TI.._ ..'..- _--.| on -,,n, 1 u-u an `IV 1- lCl\-R: IJLU SUBDI i '~`VS`7`i"1:) are yet! ? cried the barigand`, confronting the intruder ercely. .VnII lrnnw-n um;-;_,.. n..:....4 n ....._ 4.1.- -vv-.-. van snub uuc LAILA uuI:'1' ILCI. UB1] . -You know Vme-a priest." was the cold response in 1. voice that showed no fear, only tranquil authority. It was I who married you; I who christ- ened your children. And now I say your child has `spoken wet}; 1'."ords of wisdom often fall from the lips of children. For years you have lived like a. beast, an animal. You have now even robbed your own. For shaame! Coward ! xxv 1-: . - vvuunu u 7`I.d1d not know it, you mevddblesome fellow!" retorted the brlgand, almost mad with rage. . 'l!\n MUI\p\ humans _a\-. LL- I.-..-- T gnaw-no vv 11.1: ;ova\u The. crime was none the less. ` I could give you up and your life would answer for your misgivings. Perhaps I should do so. - 1117-.. .___gIu , Q .1 . n -n g. .c n. wanxruaso 3 You WY]: ,:1`<'J.t do t'h:;.t! I--" thfeat- uounnngag - 1 ,I give you your choice," was the stern interruption; to meet your de- serts now or to live a new life. Listen: i in theharbor in a. large sailing boa.t_; iit goes` to Spain to-night; from Spain ; you can sail to America. I will "give {you the funds. `Once in that land, re- ideem the past and when You have ' done so send for your family. I will recomzmendyou to the captain of the sailing vessel. `Will you do this, miser- able fellow, or do you prefer living in the moun-tains ?" ` .. p_II - 1 1- I--- _ -__, I, __.,'; vsnc annvnnnn sumac: The ma tell on his knees; he would not resist the glittering Mes; such merciful words he had never heard betore. He put his hands over his" V; van. Absolve me. fatherf ` he almost sobbed. ._ A > .. The priest A lifted `his. ivory. crucix impressively. Your sins are many. V Not I, but Christ can forgive them. Go !" - A _ '.I`.he brigand turned to obey}. Father,._oried Paola, Qringing tog--' ...` ..A `Coquette; `nding tnhaatls. he1-.-`heo'1'I-- was really. quite uftocted ~ `: . B%tIicky little Cupid's du1't'. roteithus to one ro.jected:_ Op second thought. "I really ud..A ' To r - " not you I am `inc1ined;'f The Jilted one, who erstwhil `punt . Much time in meditation. . . Responded. without sentiment. To this kind invitation: On second thought.'l clearlyusee Already you have favored mo." 11 Conn.`- The evmbrrace once W1-thheld vwaa given and the ta.ther- vdiseppeared. In I his joy Paola forgot the sacrice at his pet. It is man) are since 'th e events ; transpired and it onlyhwemal `s to be_ told what (the priest to me not long ago: I do `not,re-3`-ret having giventhe men a. chanoe. I-1'; has ,be- oome an honest d1*_l:i_z.en. -, He has ;_a farm in one of the westefn states in America. and his otmuly` are. w_i-th him. I think I performed a.`Ig'reater for |Ioclw,_`-.t_h9;;1` it "had turned him_ over `to the'..a}ut1ior1ties ;" `Whether the end i Jtistled"`t:h1a To'p'pc1us1on;_ is a. mat-. ter`.1upon xwhioh. people may -_: o_ De'tto1t `.Free"P1j9V; _ . .'1 1l" l-Illll Dr J.V' It `I I:IaIu."u '1`h`e"Chinese_new woman is indeed a` `tn-1b_1e. greation of'1the`age, if report ibe, true. f6r; onc.-`ha.`v1ng"caught 'the_ -fever dt ganti-matrimony; `she has "come dtiovhe -considered by. the. authorities as \a,oci$.l;.pu_1sane. _' Wo;xgen's clubs have . 1:jg_nj "_o_i cVl_a-lly *'p1`ohlbltd, ` onjgy ot ` the #1 - i:h,_`9:rge_s.be1ng`thatthey give` retgge to , .t_ir:;;y,rho-L_lV1ave`,'LtIrjed ot 'tl_1eir spouses; V `=I'.r1`d'9d.. ':s_u.h ideas ~ a r`e- }lncu1ca_td*- 1?"~ r :3!` #5:-`tind`ft-80!ne`:, ` .5 " |:'-` (". }`l`| I P N; W '*`?'vnuuu, ` How Write `Bonk-gA\.:ntan who sjgw 81: Sovoieignl '. = coniie to"t'h"e 'fhrhe otnixfltain-Who Alexahder Selkifk fivks. ; v_ `V Whe twrote ,"Robinsoti (Iruesoe ?" `In the ancient parish `of St. Giles. ` Cr1pplega.te,,London, where Milton lies buried, there was born to an. honest butchezf-and his'wlte,_1n the year1661. a. little child who was called Daniel ,Foe,_afterwards written Defoe. The` Foes were humble, faithful people,Ade-` Christians and conscientious parents. ` rn\.- ---.-_.-__ -4 -nv-..-....A._ 11-Ann On ya: Cuba. The academy at Newgate Green. $0. which he was sent in his fourteenth year to study for the ministry, was in charge of a very interesting teacher, a. Mr. Chas. Morton, who took special pains to drill his pupils in the use. of `good English. ~De_foe seems to have -been very happy at the academy. He was a. quick, eager scholar, lively, mer- ry, "a. bad _.hater, gentle-hearted, but unusually pugna.cious." Among his best friends was handsome young Timothy Crusoe, _who afterwards be- came a. minister, but his chief title to tame comes through the use of his name for the hero of his friend's great -L_.___ PARTICULARS or 3153; v sN'rFuL CAREER or-*.nT_s NOTED AUTHOR. I on leaving school Defoe went into the hosiery business for. several years, but -living a. verir eager, restless, in- teresting life, taking up cudgels in be- half of any cause of person that seem- ed to need defense, publishing political pamphlets by the score, editing news- papers, and, of cdurse, getting into trouble over and over again. an, .uon........'4. _..........x......... ...._... o. 4.1.... 'Zl.`lien came Charles VII.,. followed by [James II. Then William and Mary were invited over to help the Island Kingdom out or its difficulties, and later. Queen Anne and two Georges. We nd Defoe riding in the guard of honor at the coming of Queen Mary, and in- vited to assist in laying out Kensing- ton Gardens, for all his life he was `a great lover of owers. But hewas far enough from being a general court fa- vorite, and.his fearless pen brought him once to Newgate prison. And once, on account of the publication of a po- litical_pamphlet, described as seditious and libelous," he was condemned to stand in the pillory for several hours, and his pamphlet was burned by the common hangman. AI._-_L A.___ I.--_.1.._.1 -___1 11.04-- I..A..I-n "The old gr:4zrn5' sat on the door step: spinning; the mother and daughter were down at the river washing; littie Paola. was in the eldtwatching the V single peacock, all that remained of the. gallant and strutting ten that had once been his especial charge. The grand- ma's heart was sad, for it was eight ` years since her son had been outlawed and had gone to hide in the mountains that overtooked the blue Mediterran- ean. The mother was` pensive because she knew not when she would hear the In nil... U! vuwnu v 1 ML Ubllu U-V Cl. Glagiallgu Six different sovereigns came to the throne in I)efoe s lifetime. Oliver Crom- wen had died shortly before De1 ,oe was- born. V navy-.5 nanny:-o About two hundred and fty books and pamphlets were published by De- foe, who was a rapid and eager writer and very quick to seize upon an idea. But he was a. bad business manager, and was often in reverses. Defoe loved to wander about in order to hear and see all sorts of novel `things, neglect- ing business for politics; and for this and his generally irregulair though never disreputable ways his wife treat- _ed him to so many lectures that Defoe made a vow of silence, and for twenty`- `eight years, from 1686 to 1714, he never spoke to her. 1'); 1..-... ............ 1\..c....r..> _--...:|....a..|| BOW, 1.113." _ . At once the town seized `upon the charming `story. A second edition of the book was `called for within seven- lteen days; a. third twenty-`ve days `:later; and August 8 theifourth edi `on .was given. to the public. Every y fwanted to read it, and Mr. Taylor r al- v '1zed a fortune, though a. small sum 2-as said to have fallen to Defoe. ,` fewvmonths the ready` romancer prepared a. second volume called ` `Further Adventures of Robinson .1506." . . u 3 _Detoe `dled ln 1731. His last an ,V w_er'e troubled and unhappy, and q 1:5 \ glglonej-and uncared for, he died at the - age` or 70.--_A'..l`he 0ut1oo'k..'V ' " wvvuu ow Iv`: vvuo-p-v--- The man whose adventuresinspired the story of Robinson Crueaoe was born while Defoe was a student at Newington. His name was Alexander Selcraig or Selkirk,` and he was a wild, restless fellow, who ran away to sea. As a result of a quarrel with his rough sea companions, he was left on a de- solate island called Juan. Fernandez, west of Chili. After remaining on the island for years, he escaped and return- ed to England. Many people came to listen to his strange story, and with the others, of course, came wandering Defoe. The account touched Defoe s lively fancy, and he obtained from Sel- kirk all his papers. Six or seven years later the story of Robinson Crusoe" was written.- The London publishers were not eager to accept it after it was written. Some one gives us a! picture of Defoe going up and down the streets of London with the. manuscript under his arm, visiting one book shop`after another without success. But nally a Mr. William Taylor accepted it, and on April 25, 1719, a book of 364 pages was issued, with this title page: Hf {In no.4 Q6-1-ad..- 5..-n-...l..l.._. AA--.... uyvnu av nun. But how `came Defoe s' wonderful` bookbto-be written? a . . u -u vv n-I-no van: uauny `(crew Life and Strange Surprising Adven- tures of Robinson Crusoe of York. mariner; who lived 8 and 20 years all alone on an Uninhabited Island on the coast of America, near `_ oath of the great River Oronoque. ,, `tug been cast'on Shore, by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With `an Account .how he was at last as strangely delivered by Pyraees. Writ- ten by himself." London; Printed for W, Taylor at the Ship in Paternoster Row, 1719; * - A4. ......- n..- 4.---.. -....|..-.1--..___. 41.- V V.'l`ho Elephant Catcher. `er, knows more" of the habits or t .:anima1 than, any other. living man. he supposed to be the or sins] `of !1in_g s Peterson: sam b," e 'sgys'j`_ .-butA twenty-toulr -`white elephants 3been caught slice the. coinmencemen i-the 4.c:1n1at1an_rera.j.- . A - C C\I.\\'-' VV X`-I In 7' `ICU! QCIV "V \'\lA'.| 'Cl|.aI-J Ir-O`! cry: He is taken! he is taken!" The little daughter was sorrowful because she had to kneel there by the river on `Christmas, for they were too poor to remain idle even on a holiday. Paola was discontented; his beautiful flock of proud peacocks had been stolen; only one had been left b`y the brlgands when they made their last descent from the mountains. Their goat, too. had disappeared. In the solitude of the mountain side near the shores of the el0VelY sea the lad reclined in the sun- shine with his one peacock ambling haughtily around him like some prince- ly dame with .9. profound disbelief in the saying about ne feathers. How grandshe was, this splendid creature, with her feathers like rainbows in color and her tread that of an overconscious Queen! The boy bent in adoration before her. "How splendid you are! he said. , qrcen+:IT? }_1_;e' 7E_r1E;713:tu. stopping t_h_'a;t ruhayvay h_`o`rne_I tge *0 .I...-. _vBi'll-e--'1`1'l{l!N1AkVS; I fwljlst 8011!. tax` L31: bye? fur a; 1tt.1e.; ` { A % A - , % Gnoce . 1 ex: [9ut`1>'%y h' 1'.=' wwa dive sea: : . g tnerii `*n ;.?`1ins :f'? 7"6_i1 V _ `ma you zt th6' I '\rh0 Cl'v0E&'ItTiVIlillOII. '; H mix: AI)YAi5dm. Newliinarkt is in for rainliovf sociuilp, what -` ever they are .1 4-`! D)`: _I_. ;_'_.`.'I `can navy: uuuuyq Olin nun. ' Yes; gt was true. Little Paola adored this, the last of his pets. `The loss of the `others had made it more clear to him. They had once had two or three goats and he had a little hut all to-him- self overlooking the sea. Here he slept in storm and sunshine. A peacock may seem an odd sort of pet, but it is none the less. true that a species of devotion existed between the disdain- ful bird and the peasant lad. The lat- ter was the admirer; the former looked upon him with superior condescension. When it ra.lned the boy took the last of the flock to his hut, where there was barely room for both of them within. The lad, it should be said, had once been devoted to a little lazy, unfortu- nate donkey, but it was nothing com- pared to this affection. A donkey, he told himself, was well enough in its Way, with its red tassels and bright harness, but it was not to be mentioned in the same category with this gorgeous and overwhelming creature Whose at- tire was so bright and glowing that no princess in the world would compare with it. He guarded it as the apple of his eye, and granny said he had rather live with his gay and disdainful friend than with them. which probably was true. Granny was a very discerning old 1ady, but she was a mournful com- panion, for she often rocked to and fro and lamented their hard lot. Such be- wailings were not cheering, and Paola preferred the mountain side, the shade of the olive trees, the beach running down to the caressing sea, the blue sky that changed at sunset and-above all -*-the last of the ten. 3-..- __I.-__ _..._.____ ...nl. "`4| IIIJVJ KI`-I I ' .4 V E M 1'. Coleman, of Cookstown, sold .3 500. span of horses for $200. ` ' _ A -1. -2- .;--4- :... aka I1._auu_u vn uvn uvu Av: V-vv. - I Black_birds- are building their nests in` the 'old stone mill, Atheriv ' ` no `I ? A_,________ 5` UIJV \J\lIllD VIUU walnut It all IIVDI Mr. Finlay; late of Barrie, has openod S harness shop at Thornton. ' n . ' . ,-,L 2-- intone, diedou Sunndajv, aged 89 years. urvnn-aunnv pub -. uuvu vv v-a..__ --- V77 John McLeod, an old "resident of Hawk- , - ..--.I Ivv I-Iv r -vvvnquu ---u. we. ---- .. ----. } J. Merrick, sr., Newton Robinson, fell from 9. stable loft. fracturing a. bone in one arm and dislocating the bones of one wrist. '9 n. 1-... _,9 ,L_-_-1. v x guy..- .----- -_-..--., Hay has been'shpp'ed fromAU>pt'erVgrove to the Ottawa this winter. ` I A H:sw|:sPtt:t;er-x::;1.)- igaughterd a white i Berkshire pig which weighed 580 lbs ' 1 .. .- ' ,.- -1 tr_...I.. i BUVIJV, \lI\l\A vu noun:-yo-J, Vvnvwn vv J ---~- Collections are being taken up in a good many churches in the county for the Armen- ian auerers ; ' I lull U-anus van: The Cookatown Reporter: says a. lafge bald eagle has taken up his residence at Port Lucy, Iunial. ' ' 2 -n . ,,_-,_,-_ -L- c1L|_-_..|......... 1. Lucy , xuunaun. The bill to incorporate the Sohomberg 8; Aurora railway has passed itsghird reading in the House of Commons. ` I.|A\. Auvuy yin. But on that day when granny sd: spinning and the mother and daughter were washing, a misfortune. befell Paola. A priest who passed him called out: I _`,, ____- __A. .._._I.`-. L` can run 4-guu--aw v. `'v--..._'___ Mr. Nesbitt, the Sutton` clefgymun. `charg- ed with unchastity with Miss Osborne, must have his trial in a. church cburt. nu. Ina nanny. \u.v-vv-..-_= V..- ..-__.. The talent workers of St. J.{{n;" Ori'lia,. report the profits of the year to be about $170-, with eight workers to hear from. 7" I,` .____,A.. AL- ` The Penetangnishene_ Herald wgnts the town constables to come out or their shells and see that less swearing is done on the streets. ` ' `iv. V. a..- Two bot:tlea,.:mpposed to contain prusaic acid, were found near the spot where Kate Tough-Hammond was found dying at Grav- enhurac. ' aawwwu _ Lots f n)a.pl_e in ` uin mie hell` Deerhtgrat.` ' ` . -T , . - . . ' s I- _.L-4.~ auwvv uunr spawn nan - v-.-.-.- y`... _. `Tr-a;Ielling on the ice has become` danger- ous. Mr. Amen : teem went through the ice at Victoria, Harbor last week. vu II can IIVI - The large smokestack on Dennis mill, Schomberg, came down with a crash during the late storm-and considerably alarmed the people in the neighborhood. AL. ___,_:I ._ .rrr.._L_:.1...'.. rvvruv .u v... .---a-.---..--.-- A farmer on the road to Wyebridge blames a. sleighing party from Penetangsnd Midland for stealing all his chickens one night tecently.-M_idland Free Press. ,__ ___J. ._ L_I_-$ - -.._ n-.3..- g-v-..--J. _._-~_..___ _ - - _ _ Among the grants made on behalf of `ser- vices rendered` in the mission field for the past half year by the Home Mission Com- mittee of the Presbyterian church in Canada was $206 to- Barrie presbvtery. _ It is said that James Egan, of Keenans- ville, has fallen hair to nearly a million dollars through the death of a brother in San Francisco. It is astonishing bownmanv `people have fallen heirs to estates of fty or In. hundred million dollars, but somehow they don t seem to manage to get hold of the money. -. 1 II 1' 11 0,] _g ,f_w____ `.1114 noun`. .-\..--a.., . This problem occupied his attention ` "for some time and he glanced ._with I oommiseration at his gorgeous compan- ` ion whose feathers just then had as- , sumed their most imposing appearance. Q It was a new aspect of their relation- I ship. Heretofore he had been the hum- ble one, mutely adoring; no`w'a. sense of superiority swept over him and he pityingly surveyed his feathered friend. But the-latter was as dlsdaintul as! ever. ltseemed a hardened sinner who cared not whether or no it aunted its gaudy feathers through the golden gates. Don't pity me; I'll have a good time while I'm here, it seemed to say. "Just Watch me strut around and ad- mire myself. And the boy grieved greatly. But its exultation was of brief endurance. "A `shadow fell upon ` them and a harsh voice `was heard: - .3 Hello, boy!" The lad looked up and saw a erce bewhlskerod man whose aspect would have terried almost anyone. s A411--__ .1- _-_.- .3... ...l_ H -..l.1 1`-`-1- --.- -..v--vJ- Mr. and Mrs James .Smith, of `Fawn, were in peril as they were driving home on the 30th nit. When nearthe long crossing their horse became frightened and ran away, taking a neck and neck race with the express train`. - The engine won by enough space to prevent the horse getting on the track. He then turned and ran alongside until he got into the cattle guard, where the passing ears stripped off the harness and inicted some severe cuts on the poor animal. Mr. and Mrs. Smith escaped bodily injury, but they were thoroughly frightened. Moscow Coronation Jewelry. The jewelry that the Emperor and, Emperess of Russia will wear at their coro- nation next May is amusing just` now con- siderable attention. The Crown is naturally the chief piece, which is executed after a Byzantine model, and valued` at 200,000. It consists, according to the Daily Chronicle, `. of two parts, symbolizing the Eastern and Western empires. The two parts are joined in the middle by 9. splendid rnbv, "to which are attached ve diamonds in the form of a cross. Besides the crown the most remark- able, is the sceptre;. executed in accordanee `with the orders of the Czar Paul for his coronationin April,. 1:797. ` Its chief value is due to'the historical diamond Orloff. This celebratedgem. about the size of. a pieon. s egg, has its tale of romance, intrigue and` crime, which places it alongside of the Kohinoor for dramatic interest, w.hile~_for size and beauty it holds a_rst rank-among` European diamonds. ' It once constructedone of the eyes of a famous idol, from which it was plundered by a French deserter and sold to an English sea captain ; from him it passed to aehondon Jew, who offered it for sale to the Empress of Russia. The Empres_s.however, consider. ' ed the price asked; for it too high. It was afterwardhought by Prince 0:103` for 2,000,- 000f. `The patent of` nobility was also c'onferred .upon,the merchant, and an annual pension ofi`2,000 rnbles awarded to him. Later on the Prince presented the gem as a gift to Catherine ' ~ ' cans`: `run- u-`av--nu - - The most recent and expeditious process in tanning. according to the Revue Scientif-' ique, consists in passing a current of hydrogen. gas or 3 current of demo gaa us `eompound of hydroaen centaining a cert in. ;quantity of arsenic threugb the liquid in wbich the hide; are immersed. ' -The hyro en `id obtained `either from the `action of co '- u merciai sulphuric acid'npon' zinc or iron. 'cal_cul:atinn being . in fact, ` that in this in e eat qeantity of` arsenic. _`I`he; gas,- tho hydrogen obtainedwill centain aau. ci- `o.;g.`..+.-,; mom" A _Ea.ll wheqt looks` well in bvsrioua parts 9! Plua Knmv wnat}You Cl1cw| . ;n;.: _n_16r.e *yo%m \o_ t._l`1'.".tlI o` :aagg.; ,u,rreo tnxnsi-noru- %enug:n.% Expeditions: Tamm- III V C LG: I luvu Ialsanvwh nuns; VALV- How do you do, sir, said Paola,- polltely. You're. a brlgand, aren't ;... OH