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ai rtsuta stkhtj tiutsoat udrnlso it n- nomtsk powct wwntw tiouat jlllt 1 1 t xli fata p will be sent to 1 sabsenborsiuse paid for p n- bjinibadvaice llso if not m part no paper liscont inucsi till ail arrears ere aid except at the option of hie publisher lj ivnre rires casual advertise- 4 4 ktrkiit acton ont stents d celt per line or the first inter- baa and 1 cl nts per or ubs- mat iburtijiu cash professional cards hne or leis 51 00 per mm uni ltqaare ii liso pc annum payable in 6 biota fmtldiie of insertion any special sober ihf rbjecl of which is to promote he fm sty bcnot of any individual or aipny v be vnsidered mi advertise- iai tic number of ln reckoned by a sivo m anied measured by a seal of udiisoapucil imxtihct ratek acumn jt rear till itutnn me yeir j lni t ilohiq in year ia elmu sh m mm ii wrur tiuiuniu m out tit 1 e illiio ttireo mvtlis jiriltirotif fininlit hieer iljtu ihr- months f v -o- termsfm i attrancc the newspaper- a map of bosy life its fluofnationb and its vaatoonoeras 9150 footed paid volume ix no 32 aoton ont thursday feb 7 1884 whole no 449 44 0oo um 00 tom u o 3000 15 00 i 700 vrlirinikiivwnlfle dlrectloo ill be i ietet all r im snd eurvdtteord- ly tranliiry a yrtlwrnenit- malbe j4 in 4e chance tor cm tfsel sfverlismcnu most inlne oflve or in oh nlindaymnlber jrls tbey will be leflotr ul the lollowlng reea j if p moore i kdllori proprietor acton banking coy storey ohristie ik oo haskk11s acub ontario a sexejui haxkixu busi ness thaksactel x0hz7 l0a1te1 ok 2vm7bd kmss i notes discounted and interest allowed on deposits l i ttllfi mkp b e t n ale t oee r italeaa c spree fct vhrre drerrlili t uuslxu ik kkw vok 3um33s directory wh lowry mb mgps gra6ait of trinity college mcra- btr of college of phyucias and surgeons 02 34j residence t the head of fred erick st artoa hpec1al notice grand xmas sale 10 e rxt store and cheap cash bazab upper wjotlbim secret uuelph l- bhskett dextist it toyqoni -leorge- john livsox gradtate of ok- tajuo vctzaxsabt collxq tohoxto votrininrvsargeoa acton ont office in keoaev sons boot nd aboe store res- jesee ih thp rer horses eumined ait to loandcets nd certificates riveii all calls bight or day promptly ttnd- ct hriggs thetrmof kigo tt i tost tokoxtt win be t campbell hotl oa the fint uoaday of ejrery moqjii in the practice of 1 his professiqti all mcrfc executed in th utt and most improved style of th dental art sochirge for ccasnltatioa cowatt itdiak barristerv solicitor hotaries conver- asceia at- t3moirrt to xoiy oittce 3cord block mill st- acton j a- motit- w a m qut porcfiam of oenatn ftccii j britiih toj tate valla xfluu fan cklaa ud otberfaactgoodi thitiaaaoa hat bvcu urrr than erer before la inaj line of fioodi oar ftock 1 too big altogmtiaer i0f rurpoteof- f trine oor coatonien 8pecial inducements to make larc lorciiaa our detention is to iu oot onr iapiineent stock by saw year to ceat sure and cheap cask bazar jasfkidner guelph cloth hall p 6goodwhxte barrister solicitor xoury pnblio geoegetown actos acton losce in mrs secordvblock tohx day aechitect oqelph ontano- ornczrqaeeoi hotel block market square our 8cotch tweed fall suitincs have now all arrived aud ordeos forsaits are respectfully elicited ttt b beagg practical 1iulwright beirracginp of floor mahs a specialty p 0 aairies j box 103 rocxooob i shaw grundy i mebchaxt tailors ouelph patexts secured j for invextians j hexrtj grist chjiiri cixidi j jo years ptactice xo patent xo pay cton gut gress tnntnv moaxmn frf 7 1sh1 poetry a tale o ten travellers icrr the lewis ills ontsiiokcu opinion the very marked tcstihioniilt from col- lecc professors resiclablc 1lijsicians and other ccnlltmeu of intelligence and character to tlie value of warners saf1 cure publislicd in the ediiorinl colaiuni of our best nensrs line pcatly surprised me many of these seiitlenicn i knovr and readink their testimony i was imikllcd to pnrchase some boules of winxiais safe cnu atd analyre il ilcide 1 took sonic fivallowing three limes the yrescrilcil juan- tity i am satisfied tle medicine is not injurious and will frankl add tliat if f found myself the viciim cf a rerious kidney trouble i should use this preparation the tfeth is the medical profession stands dazed and helpless inthe presence of mere than one kidney mahdy nhile the testi mony of hundreds of intelliccut and very repatable cenllerocr hanllv leaves room to doubt that mr ii ii wiixut has fallen upon one of those happy discoveries which occasionally bring help to suffering hu- jo school books copy book8 j drawinc books ten wvor hoiptt iru auiaa vfj iiijt son lt belter r ft waytj le inn out dark mi ctonnr ilght xino iwdnno laorc tlio lcuilonl aid haru i o offer yoa to cch of iclit iuglo rooui hat the ninth mutt lttu for tiro a din aroto the troubled lost coull ouly icratdi bi hoad for of uiow tired mou no two could occupy on bed tlio puxiitvl bokt ou too a at com tic uu ft clever luaa afid so to ilaaac hit gutta dctisorl this inot iafiouioni pua j iu room lnarkod a tiro ina were flcd the third be lodod in b thfl foorth to c tu then utlsned the fifth mtlrcd to d in k uia ftixtii be tucked awty iu f ihfl mventi man the eiifliui and ninth in g tod h and then to a be ran wbercta the bott u 1 bte baid hftd laid tro tratelent by then taking onelho tenth and ltui he lodged him afe in l nine tingle room room for each were made to ktv for ten and tnii it ii that puzzle me and tain 7 viaer men puei roey changed tkexr minds all the new text books at full stcjck days bookstore gtelpn day sells cheap the oldest drug store in ouelph vroxey ro loax t sis eer cjeat clisei cakxeff i bxaai5teas c cutten blok goelph r established 848 ctra5cis xuxax succeror to t f chapajan bookbixder st georges square gaelph aeeouut books of all kinds made to order i periodicals of every deaoription carefnllr j bound ruling neatly and promptly done i ritll heh5treet j licensed auctioneer for the coanties of wellhtgtbn and halton ordsn left at the frr elizas office acton i or al mj residence in acton will be j promptly attended to 7erms reasonahlcr intr l ml i lrt money to loan on the most favorable i- unoi ani the lowest rate of intereat in rami of 9500 and onwards jsavages watch clock jewelry spectacle house large stock prices right t ime for sale lime caabe had at the cauda lime works is small or large quantities at any bane apply at the kiln near tolton mill or to c 6 olttth j may iat laaj box 172 aero special atteatiob to flat watch kcpairbiff tlaxlax barbeb skop i v woedes has spenad a barber rhnp is the premises lately oecapied by vr footer aa a medical sea and ailieiii a share of tba patronace wis tiefnlty eeery departmeot of wailieai rilr be conducted in hntclaaj fh gire us a ealu- 1 p wobdes j sl1wask fasjm for sale j- jehd8ickva1 erttt awat y enwa odirtran tkeae farms are improved nth b sboes fruit trees and berries of all kuda igfaitinta tentr if water 1ma fdbi 5a oool ad ohnrelki good mftet r u tolb phhadlpfaia puntypf s and game ytty prodotw f fmoliniate mild andrdeaaabtcoina and cefefoorself and be eaniidmd i am i sg sad oarrlaiste mm itlp i b savage d near felrfef hep one frt clelpb wellington martle works quebbo 8t- qoblph john h hamilton pbopfllbtor formerly mcqailjan se hamilton csalerlofmarhlearaniu and erertflung nattaioioa todeautsry vara beini mi pru rt rtwinedal ex- bissu goatri thewm fair adau iest canadian coal 01 only 20c a gallon now is the time to bay your cjoaloil hicinbotham8 condition powders hare given uuiversal satisfaction and all who have used llietn fur horsei and cattle testify to their lei- eellence prepared only by wg smith co winter fluid an elegant prepara tion for roughness of the skin chapped hands sore lips frost bite ac- pre pared only pj w 0 smith t co tborleys horie and cattle food sold la ahvquanalty to sultpurobasar blaibond byey be bwt and elicapeit in the markei j v wa iiijifri so dispensing cbemistbi the members of the firm sf ross ross west india- goods were in no way related tu one might suppose from the similarity of names they were in fact born many miles apart and although they both saw the light first on the fifteenth day of december 143 one opened his eyes in bangor ii sine and the other in san francisco cali fornia by a strange coincidence both boys were christened plain john since the organ ization of the firm they had to prevent confusion added a middle letter to their names which was meaningless exeept for purposes of identification the maine john divided his name with the letter a ond the california ross wrote his name john c when these two boys were fifteen years of age they met for the first time in the receptionparlor of a popalar middle- states institution of learning and this chance acquaintance ripened intoa warm and devoted friendahip which had lasted down to the present time they graduated at the same time enter ed the same store as clerks and five rears before the opening of this story began basmess for themselves the ftfosers ross were rf cn uken for twin brothers they were both darkboth had brown curly hair weighed the same number of poands and were of the same height ouc measure at the tailors the shirt- makers and the bootmakers answered for both they had sory nearly similar tastes and on one point at least were in perfect ac cordthey both hated women the messrs ross lived together in a very fine honsetup town where they enter tained their friends and business ac quaintances no woman had ever entered this bach elor establishment and all their servants- were of the sterner sex j there were seven clerks busy writing invoices and bills of lading all day long in the omceof ross ross dovrn town the chief among these wat abel sooth ers a man past middle life isdate meth odical and rather prood of 1 is neat hand writing abel strothers was a widower with twin daughters to whom he was devotedly at tached and on whom he lavished unbound ed love outside of business houri as the subject of women was tabooed in the office of ross a boss and as their will was abels law he never spoke of hja twin daughters to the firm aqd the fint they knew of the existence of the girls who were named idly andbose was when abel strothers died it was the oastom of the chief clerk to enter the offios promptly at nine oclock and he had neter been absent a day since the organization of the firm when therefore onthis particular morn ing he did not appear at tbeusual boor onarpkl kt dsa long standing from which it was doubtful whethor he would recover on receipt of this intelligence the firm proceolod at once in a hirel cab to the house of tho chief clerk and a slatternly gfrl with very red eyes and a very dirty face ushered them into the room where lay the siek man ho htul stiffcrjl considerable pain when first uttaexod hat wu now restiug easy and his employers lieing seated one on each side f the ul proffered their sym pathy anl abel fitrothers made suitable replies in n very tsk voice j ho wsj sink jig rapidlyand died before noon before he closed his eyes in that final sleep he made an ordinary aud notpnosual request of the mossrs ross the doctor who was standing at the head of the bed with his hand on the dy ing mans pulse said to him mr strothers you cannot live very long and if you havo any business which you wish attended to during your lifetime it had beat be done at onoo abel strothers was lying with closed eyes breathing very heavily but at these words of the doctors he opened them and turned his face first to john m ross who was on the left side of the bed and then to john c who was on the opposite side ross and ross he said and gave a hand to each i have served you faithfully and you have just heard what the doctor says i have a trust which i wish yon two faithfully to perform after 1 am dead we will perform it faithfully said the firm in ona breath i i leave continued the dying man a snug little property and a will my in structions for your administration of the trust are contained in the will my busi ness is all in good order and my lawyers have charge of all my papers they will place them in your hands after my burial the doctor who was abel strothers family practitioner now leaned over the bed and whispered something in the patients ear the dying clerk shook his head no he said it will be time enough for that after i am dead poor girls and then be closed his eyes he never spoke again and fifteen minutes later was a dead man he was buried the next day and the firm and his fellow clerks out of respect to his memory attended the fnneral the office was closed and from the door knob hung crape over which was posted a notice of the clerks demise the chief mourners were two young girls whose faces were hidden by heavy veils aad who shed tears very profusely but icry quietly during the entire cere mony they did not particularly attract the at tention of messrs ross a- ross at that- time but two days afterwards when the lawyers placed the papers of the deceased clerk in their hands and they read abel strothers last will and testament they recalled the veiled figures with something akin to hatred of them in their misogyn- ous breasts the trust which tney bad faithfully promised their late clerk to perform was m brief this the messre ross were appointed execu tors of hit estate and gaardins of bia twin orphan daughters lily and rose in a long document attached to the will and marked a the dead clerk gave minute instructions as to the manner in which the latter trust was to be carried ont the girls were now seventeen years of ae aud until they attained majority they were to reside in the house of the messrs ross subject to the utters oonstant care and watchful guidance john cwross read the will and when he fiually reached its close his partner jump ed to his feet with an ejaculation of aston ishment r a most extraordinary request john m1 be cried most extraordinary echoed xohn c preposterous 1 cried john m absurd 1 chimed john c impossible i cried both in the same breath arid then they stared very hard at each other in silence for at least five minutes john m spoke first john 0 he said thir request of our late clerk who certainly sorted ovfaftb- fully amazes me but we aoeepted the trust whfji be was on his djeejthbed and we must faithfully perform it at any cost yes john m agreed the california boss we promised and boes a boas never break their promises this acknowledgment settled the matter and two weeks attar the conversation de tailed above lily and base smothers took up their reedeooe at the boss mansion and the firm quietly aooaptea their self imposed martyrdom j the girls were very quiet yisng ladies and gave their guardians but little trouble myself a greater fool if i do not follow the iictatoi of my heart j just as ho finished speaking the litrary- door opened and in walked john ci at sight of his partner the california boss suddssfy halted his face flushed guiltily and be dropped his oyea he knows it all thought johji m and han come lo upbraid me jvhat shall i say udw ahall i bin he coughed nervously took a step to wards his partner and the latter raise his head i john m he said 1 have sometuiin to say to you hnnething very important yes yes stammeref john m aiolo- getically i meant to speak to you iny self j its a strango move said the other yesit is strange but i havo been blind all these years and have just awiak encd to a full knowledge of my hearts de sire you cried john c and be took a step forward yes answered john m and he dropped his eyes i am certain that i cannot be happy without rose strothers as ray wife and i am equally certain cried john c that i cannot be happy without her lister lily as my wife 1 i just came in to tell yon about it and i was just going to confess to you my love for rose explained john m and he rushed to the door and called rose lily i at the top of his voice the girls came hurriedly down from an upper apartment and john m caught rose around the waist and drew her into the library john c followed him leading lily and the four assumed very loverlike attitudes we are both guilty john ci cried john m yes both agreed the other and they shook hands the sisters embraced and kissed each other and taken altogether it was a very happy little quartette early in the spring there was a double marriage at the ross mansion and the happy grooms acfatowujdged to each other that a misogynist was in their opinion a fool and a misogamist little better than a brute wbt impatience until the iutthilifi arrival of tbejeltrtw the miletjawpofetriek q lsejivhiejienhof fili thatyafei dwisfii leaving fop take to hii gaieties choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye no man is so inaignidcent as to be sure his example can do no hurt buskin says the less we speak about our intentions the more chance there is of realizing them my wife remarked fitznoodle is fairly crazy over the fashions shes got the delirium trimmins never judge by appearances a seedy coat may cover a heart in full bloom when you fret and fume at the petty ills of life remember that the wheels which go round without creaking last longest a person who thinks he knows all about farming says in speaking about straw berries the best way to raise them is with a spoon a gentleman having his hair cut and being annoyed with the operators stories in the middle of each he said cut it short at last the barber in a rage ex claimed it cannot be cat shorter for every heiron your bead is cut off l some funny verdicts a kansas jury gave the following verdict in a case where a man died in a state of intoxication death by hanging round a ram shop an indians jnry recently retnrned a writ ten verdict of blode to deoes bi the biler baa tin jury said the western judge you kin go out and find a verdiot if yon cant find one of yonr own get the one the last jury used the jury returned with a verdict of suicide in the ninth degree apekin 141 coroners jury rendered a very singular verdict that a man whose body waa found in the river came to his death by a blow on the head whioh was given either before or after the drowning otttitialtthll mou 9 titta7kmtujar v ouo batarday texnpotiin september fifteen or twenty men dtizeui of u co misaotiri wereontbegaaconaderiter engaged ft turning a ferry boat whioh bad been capatied for repairs a tbey wen obliged to work in the water they had i hand something itiraalaung and all partook more or ley to prevent taking cold as a consequence one of the men on returning home at night thooghfty loaded gun the most suitable thing he could find to use in driving some of his neighbors stock off hu premises- he did use it to the effect that a fine throeyear old mule was fatally shot then in an attempt to bide lt identity by cutting off the brand with an axe the porr animal was hacked and gashed frightf hy oti monday morning our citizen 1 ving be- como sober went to the autho ties and gave himself op confessing his i ime with the ex case that he was raving nad with drink he was tried end is now serving out his seutenceof six months imprison ment at hard irbor in the county jail bnt who killed tht mule 1 hero lit the mole all gasb and gorr tihj unei wiuoon unfold the itory who billet the mole i promptly ia the ffoilty one i i ilftl the deet with axe an1 ganj for drink brl mule me raving mad ami stolon all the mum i had i killed the male wbf nee came the drink that makes man such a setucjesrfooj he hacks and ben his neighbors mule t whence came the drink from my salpon the keeper said i sell the drink that ores the bead j i license have to buy and sell who money pays may drink his ah althoagh iftnakes bun raving mad and takes ny the sense he bad and he may kill a man or mule i mil the drink who heetue save to man this maddening drink to sell ihink only fit for fiends from bell t who license gave f we said the county court twas we who license gave for dontyon see the law has given as the right so when there came in black and white a hit of names some hundreds long appended to a prayer so strang that we would license give to sell i the drink that many love full weh although it makes man laving mad and takes away the sense he had and he may kill af man or minx we license grife who made the law that license gives o who would think to man to sell the demon drink f who made the law we sold the assembly of the but the legislative wise and great i we are empowered the laws to nato r tbai guide emr glorious ship of state i and tii distincuy understood we make them for the pnbhe good for public good large sums are paid by him who drives the thriving trade witfc license high be foots the bhv helps state and county coffers fill whjhpays fin part for damage done by him who conies axe and gun when drink has made mi raving mad and stolen all the base be had and be perchance kttlslnan or mala we made the law who gave the power 6uch law to make 0 who would think i that man to man sells damans drink t who gave the power we sold the sovereigns of the state we ore a people free and great and no prohibitory clanae will we admit within our laws we freedom love nor wol we be deprlted of personal liberty oarbpresentativesbave made good laws to regulate the trade and under their provision wise 7 well sellend drink without disguise although theres sometimes damage done by him who carries axe and gun when he with drink is raving mad and having lost the sense be bad he may perchance kill man or mala we gave the power then plain the caw aa plain can be dear as the sun we dully see that these the sovenums of the state the legiilatare wise and great the men who e names are written there appended to that earneat prayer the court who grants the prayer so strong- all to the gouty list belong with him who sella for love of gain the drink that fires the blood and brain asessories oil to crime thats done by him who carries axe and can when he with drink is ravingjmad and having lost the sense he bad he kills bis neighbors mule r a m s3 i ra 1 y b s- 5 m l odds and ends christmas and twins can come but once a year the man who hath no musio in his sole the ohap who wears rubber boote the ham for a sandwich is a sort of go- between and it is not meat that it should be respected the man who gees without his overcoat because the weather has moderated a trine is a pnenmamac in dis life alers try to help a man up de hill he ken go down by hissef a the firm who entered the ofloe promptly at a quarter after jnineawitj in soma they were wellbred and intelligent had tefcjid tastes and the mesebnss treated them yeryilrindly tivoysmiaedawayandtmedeoem oar n f905 the librrry fire in dre4o4rn and ihp- jas bhannju leukdale write for many years my wife was troubled wib chil blains and could get no relief until about tire tears ago she was then not aide to walk and ihejmio was then aoexoniojjuaig tlfcstit vouv w tbeasa his rekubn- trfcnivsa hjm rtheboomtwberr bf trtedjlmsd we do net sound a needless alarm when we 1 ell you that the taint of scrofula is in your blood inherited or acquired it is there and ayers sarsapariha alone will effectually eradicate it tkeuutds say be mr c w atkins qlrard kan writes i never hesitate to rteommead your elec tric bitters to my cnstoalers tbey gire entire satisfactton and are tapid sellers electrc bitters are the purest and beat medicine known and will positively core kiduey and liver complaints purify the blood and regulate the bowels no family can afford lb be without them they will nave hundreds of dohara in doctors buh every year sold at fifty cent a bottle tf j e mcqarvin btl wrutkebue thats the question will it pay to suffer day after day when a twcntyave eat bottle of putsaks parsisss oosb extsacrob will give prompt and pemun- eut ease end comfort thousands testify that it is agood investment and if yoaare a sufferer from corns try it 8ure sale and paiiilim sold by draggisu every where h ql folscm 4 co kingston proprietors haummfa pilu indigestioc and iiret complainst the digestion cannot be io- perfeot or serionsly disordered without the effijcts of aqch derangamaot bepoaibg visable on theeoedtenanoe these pillt at once remove the dlaorder and ita na pleasant oousequedeee thej atlmalate the ditesljve ami assimilative fssctiobs udeonaeoeodroibotethatgreultlese ingajood appetite holkiwayla fwf moat samteruy remove all msishseia for oar bodf rom our tariods d ea the kteij stdnjandiwaai otewl which thnewrqke the amsjtsaksliii emitatsseaiholoi irv x oiib is lsj l ess nl tm ru cyti s8 4w sas s m i iq t ii 8 a ml sa-u-