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1 7 volume xxusro jti acton ontario tbxbsday fjsbrtdcrt 1 i 1897 urice is rubllsfhhd lvltty thursday mormno at tub frcpprcahsteam prlntuikolhce midlbtrbet aoton ont ttniia o suiltfcuxi tiox oho dollar per j oar jtrlotlyin adanco all aultaorlntlonh dlaoon tinned whoa tho thilo for which the boy bavo booii wnl paid bu oznirod tbo date to whioh ovary nub scrip tloil la paid 1b donated on tbo addross laba apveatjsina rates transient advorfclso aiauts 111 cents por nonpareil lino or flrt in iiortlon s conta por lino tor oacb aubsoguont insertion conwuct lutks tho following tablo allows sur ratos for tbo insertion of advertise wenta for specified periods our exgrcise books traders bank of canada scribblers in midc of better piperilnn inj otljlrs m town aricie 1 yli 6 io a no lmo jtlluohoa l coo0 33 00 aooo 37 00 lolnohee 33 00 90 00 x 6 inebes 80 00 19 00 950 1 inch 7 600 1 350 900 100 alvftruaomonta withont speolfle dirootlona rwui bd insert till forbid anochareed accord fc- m transient advertisements mustbe paid j- tnadyonc p advortuomonta will bo changed oticq oach v month if doalrcd for changes oftonor than r ouftmontbtbo composition muatlio paid for f kt regnlainratoa c must bo n tbo oihoo by noon on tuesdays h p jjooitb dndokti4js hon on giiaduate op toitosto xrienarrr work made satisfactory prices uoderato ymrmo days tuesday and friday of oacb wtok- drf mercer dentisi graduate of toronto university and it c d 8 opiceoverdrug btoro acton special datb mondat tuesday wednesday and satchoa l2uoal m clean mcxean barrister solicitors notaries conveyancers ac privaternnda to loan office wu a sf d b ljrfcijajn town hall acton jhq a mclsih 1 nil biipply of all school books at day 8 bookstore qublph day sells cheap dont oct n ifict that this ji high pnccj1 store because of its ill round first clissness rut your- on an take tlie next trim or drnc upnnd comeir nrid see us 1 hen yon 11 go away with authorized capital patd up capital and surplus assets over if i ooo ooo s7ss ooo 6 300 ooo cuelph branch 3 sumaofrl and upward h received on depobltarid m per cent intoreat paid or oompouuded hulf yenvly depobit receipts issued fer lurgo auraa deposited y i advubccs made lt responsible fiirmors od their own immca no charge madofov coilaji ing sales jsotcs if payable in guolplt 4 general banbm dualnees trapsaoted a 21 jonjps manager poetrj whary for her definite idea of what it is that gixea ciutious and careful people confidence in the store it s ill a3 simple tis a shoehorn irgpanicular ve buy the best drurs we can find and dispense them properly alex stewart ddoonbcnxttrfcse qfflco ouelph wedding presents jf to q7stb heres a cod tip i 20 off the price of every lamp in this store march ibt starts our stocktak ing we dont want to have these lamps then its a chance for you lampsthat were ioo now yours for 8octs r lamps that were i 5onowours for 1 20 no chestnuts every lampeall jtyletthc latest j m bqnd co hahdwake gueiph i iu lormydoarlo i rom tho iiiomln to tbo ttlyhl i m mlsblti of bor kfbsln vn iha fodtatepa falllu habt o i ui woary tor my doario i loin tbo uicrnlu to tbo uibtt 1 in uoari torm doario wlicn tbo lark lllas o or tuo lou m vlian tbo maadows tcol tbo shadows an tbo cons conto lowing bomb 0 1 nl aonvoary for mydcario au 1iofar away frqin homo i 1 ut woary or my doario wbon tbo bqarthbtonofllckoni bright wboli tbolly dona fall chilly an tliojhollowa hold tho uliibt for my doario an hovulaok oyea boamlii bright bo weary tor vu doario ati jouro bidden from my bight an tbo blosaom books yourbosoiii an tho bitow falls tjbastly whito wboro youro sleepht an i m woopln i roin tbo tnoruin to tbo night- f ii stanton -jsfiifit-yam-lturfliiner- smaps tor one month xve slnll oftcr ilic hihiul of our slock of tweed suitings and winter h ercoatings m i reduction of iih11m wb of hmm111m cni we lne blfvycn liftecn nml intnt eft of frames ricturesarfists supplies fancy jotss ouglas mdruay buiblituui soucnou uotajiibs etc umczt 1s93 qnen hl pukdalo tolspooe 997 rononto a q mubaat a j mackinnon r babnistxa sorrcrron conttcpn ulljhuiu1 iui hilt abovo kopman stare aetoil t g matbe80n j b mcleod abbtarrytn boucirom cottetancepfl ueorgatown and stilton money to loan at lowest rates tj j mcnabb clerk poartb division cour connty or hsl- on contbyancer afiont fire and life assurance ttoal estate agent money to loan etc orcmattbews block aoton ont misc2szmlanso us h eury grigt ottawa cawaua soueitor of patents for invention otc pretiar atorfticavtlons forth o canadian amer icantiuid eoropean patent offlcea and for tbe kcoutrauon of trade marks bend for paw pdbt thirty two temperience f anci8 n0nan bookbindeb wnahm st opefpb odutio asoonnk book of hi kind mad to ordr lmlodlalloratttdmrlptlanorafnlljbaaiid bailor ny prompwt dona 1 ifytabbiaoe ucenses h p moobe frlvmlsofllo nowltaeueareqdlred luaod relidedmi in tlie evening fro vtmm omoo actqrl aotoij machine and eepalr shops hbnbv oblndklii proprlotor ammimfcili kll nnln to micblo akfk4uoboinouwiuidsanol innt wtlllmtott mddr wo m ropr ny smbm or jmploniont ol n makv bair gnmmldtf o4 fllloic don wellbuton kttttul fire inaurapca company eatakubjll 840 irllltihmib 1 mntiial plan any ooininnnloauoo fojyardd to indbim boa e or telophodo will bo promptly at- i onolptt w m hem8tbeet llomub adotloxmb vor tho ooqntfoe o wjllligton and ballon ordmfnl tkmu offloo acton or atmrroaldnlmin aotoo will ba promptly at madid to fomndaoedto tooo gob tarm wami8 alio montr to loan on th moat larorablo umland eylh lowut ratal o lntrol in iomioflwand pirarda bros ww lt0luka hswp thauawrnaod in tnt joarnul ia from t wh babbbb bhob good value waters bros st georges square otjelph boots tfc shoes hor a faot l williams has the largest and mosl aned 8tockofshoes in town heres an opinion wtlltams doesnt believe he can undersold be heres a promise tes williams will meet any honorable coni petition heres an admission tsswlllhms wants your trade very much heres a statement fcswilliams will prove it pays to deal wi him heres an explanation tfwillinms sneo for you in price and gains inqunllty heres arqrarrd ltry williams just once when you need shoes he a mem itwilliams boots nndlshoes aro found hisstore on mill slreet william williams mill street acton j h hamilton marble and granite hamiltons block ouelph having on liant a largo quaullty ol bootohrno bttedlsh-and- ynrn oiim n rttmltm sksshite and in order to dispose of it to make room for spring stock- npw purqhased i wil sell nt a reduction of 20 per cent and will illbw all expenses to customers to and from our works jobn h hamilton h acton ftlam -latfifilt- a cook pioprictor llrat olaia work iraamiteed in rtmor ltundrr work shirt collar i cults k1c ailed cor evsry monday and thuraday and delivered even thoraday andsatarday 7 a cook work this season s scotch ivecd suitings le choice goods nnd blndls ilao ibout dozen tino qvcrcoatingb we areprejnred to sicrmco the piotit on them in order to clear our mod completely we glo tho guirinteo of 1 roliohlc nilor m fii tint n t t nor workminshlp will be slighted in iny ptrr ticular shaw tuunelf merchant tailors guolph we have on hand several valuable farm which wo bill soil very oiioimi and ou easy turms ol fill in out tho fauns aro caunlloii iltinitfil in rho frtllftviit wellington bruce haldimand simcoe hal ton durham perth bomo of thom aro lilglily improved farms all aro good various ulsoe and will bo bold at a bargain it sold boforo tbo first of january next for terms and full particulars apply to 4 b mpelderry secretary qtlkwh and ontabio investment and savings society suelph out acton livery and bus line tho undersigned respectfully solicits tho natron ago oftbo public and informs them pat wer eaulppeiittnd btyllflllhiga can all ways be secured athlstablos a comfortable bus moots al tralna lietweon 9 atn and 818 n ra careful attention given to ovory ordor tbo ttftnt of oomniorolal travoj lowrfttlhr john williams pnoi nu ton georffetown electric works t j speigut proprlotor manufacturers of dynamos electric motors vtater motors and hydraulic rams tina and steam fitting and uoneral lloiialr i i auarantoedj to any doalred auglo ii sittifanttoar loyelea enamelled in any oolor t j sfetqht georgetown ouelph business college t asij shorthand institute ovklps ont buieiiiok kaoil1tiks for tliorough and iraetloal coursas of study lluoltkounlnc juortband and typewriting eotirsos a specialty oradoataaasslited to positions falu sbbbions write for oireulars oouimoncos sopt 1st j sharp principal job printing tncludino books pamphlots iostora 111 x heads circulars fto ao oxeotite in tli best style of the art at moderato prices and short notice apply or address h v mooite faffs pnnss qfllao aoton oa wantkdsevbbaijialtlilul udn 0u women tp travel for rasoenslble eetab lubed bposo in ontario selar 780 payabli urfmuy and expenses posluoa perraansnv mfarenoe nbnelos eeuaddroeaed stanipod tn- neloye thenuonul star bonding chicic badly jvjixefj sic middle ton wae in love hopelessly irretrievably m love and be felt sore that his pafigiou was returned that being the oase aud bib flqancitil pomtton warraotidff him murryinft whenever aud whomever he plebbed one might expect him to be a vory happy man indeed instead of which he waa plunged tnto the l depth oajcaic the trouble was this mr middle ton waa in qvq with two women instead of one and ho positively could not decide which of tho two he wauted to marry he loved them both with all bis hoirt and he wan certain that each of them was only wditinu for him to mukolib declaration indue form to tell him hotf she lovedhiiritn retqro the first outg worn tin nt whose shrine he worshipped was djra puyuo a uprightly littlo brunette with harming manners a bautiful face and unusaal intellectual gifts he had known heiony u jear but they were on terms ot the most friendly intimacy he wae a constant isitor at her father 8 house and her ready attendaut at places of social amutiemeut he felt thst ho muit becumo oither leas or more at once his mftrrtyinsritiotfftlemhnded thxtrbo fihaqltl delay the matter no longer j3utthcrewaaanea maultou during tbo preceding winter an old friund of his mother had yiaitloij her a youni orphan girl by t hutname atfned was in reat sorrow and shunned all guy society mrs grjtan berftsd him to comeoften to help oheer frervisltor and this cheenris process had led to his second infatuation he had corresponded with agnes ever since she went back to her brother n homo and he was sure by the tono of hr letters that she rot a mod hia a fleet ion what was ho to do ho puzzled over tho relative merits of blonde and hrqnotte ttflifltinfl n thn linltid tlx niifnuhiim dora must bo inti nitte with juricphine vhen thoy were marriei ho could not filo lip it ib friend oven for the deareet littlo wife iti the world tiu thought the next lucrniuu oume loitur from agnea uiid joy of joyal uho wrote him that alio whb onktted to bo married 1 bless that cent i ho escliimed ccatalioal ly tlii mabia al oleur tailing dora will be home to mono v 1 1 be an engaged man before another week thursday nhht is tita beldon ball i m settlo mat tersthere thursday txikht came dora was be wltobiugly altired in a tloatintf mas of pale yellow yauze which made- her look like an escaped sunbeam toward the close of tber ovontna he managed to got her away frotti the circle tjf adrairera into tbo oou8ervatory that naradmo of lovers where he poured out int passion what wan ba rbpogiehrrient and indignation to meet with fk decided refusal he was already engaged alio aaaurtd him her lover was poor and afae was joung and it had been thought beat not to announce it at present he reproached her with unfair conduot to hipbelf end ahe replied i am snro i never dreamed of your meaning anything by your little attentions to me everyone thinks yoqaro enaed to miearerria aud mrs gryton totehteoinmaritsnths ago that she was sure the wae gu underscand virtues of each tried overy possible and impossible plan for finding out onod own miad- all to no purpose he was too thoroughly astulrned ot himself to take anyone into bis confidence mre gry wae bis nearest matronly erlendtbat ibt stood in too intimate relations with agnes to be considered or a moment if ib were any other matter he would goto josephine bat he could nover own himself saoh a fool to her he had known ttosephino terris all his life odly a year ida junior she seemed quite paaso to the girls to whom he paid his addresses nowadajs he was thirty ave now a he remem bared with what impatience be bad waited for tbe day he attained bis majority that he might lay his fortune at bor feet in truly heroic faahion she wae twenty then aod afae laughed at him for a billy boy their friendship- bad remained unimpaired however and jos ephine had gone on teasing and lecturing him just as ahe had donn since they were babiop in later yeart their friendship had grown to bo a very pleasant one and josephine seemed to htm like an older sister ho went to her in all his perleiltlos and she had no htt share in bis profea bional suooess dot he had never spoken to bor of bfa lovaffaka indeed qntil this present dilemma he had never had any blnoo his boyish devotions to josephine borself sohehidhia trouble and brooded over it he bpenteveofugaa the paiaea vowing to deoida before be went homehetfromeu gliqo h b vailod came home raoro deeply in love with dora th soever to find a letter from agnes had still all us old power over bim he was growing thin wboro was the matter to end one ntgbt at tbe olub he bmj to a brother member hal what do yoa do when you cant decide between two apparently equally good courses of aotlon toaa np bottle things every time feoblo brain over decisions thal- wont hooldo hero vbtralfa uub heads or tor agnes he said to bim- tallsl hoide self hal threw up tho eoio he watched the result eagerly tails i exclaimed hal and tails it was thank you ill follow tha coin gfcd4ntghtl have aq engagement he a tat ted for itio paine oaraldg him self all thowfty for bis treatment ot agnes yet happy beyond measure in tbe thought that tho matter wasi finally lettled h would write to agnes to morrow and tell bor of h engagement to dorsbnt no one elatj- must know it for the present except josephine no one was at home at the paioes stupid of him to forget that tbey left town that day id attend a wsddipg ap 4 1 were only oould play obmsdf fcokimjrs work the theater all with her matouais oharm between yoa aud agnes moulton chagrlnect and furious mrmiddloton made bis wavy back to the ball ro h lif vented lixs spitd in a way fatal to to his best interest he vowed to himself that he would marry before either of those girlb should do so who was his partner for tbe next datioe lily edgerton ho would propose to her ea soon as it was over she was a nice girl enough used to beatgreat belle had flirted desperately bat what ot that marry he would and that at once he carried out hn intention miea dgertoti was much astonished and she may have bal a shrewd suspicion cf the jrutli but shewas too oltfvcra woman of the world not to profit by her oppor tutnty and bjio acoetcd him immediately he weot tlio uext eveuitig to see joseph ino treforo going to place ins betrothal rin on lily b iinjier aud told bor of hia engagement her face wad a study in which sorrow and surprise were blended she thmkb me4n asahe muttorod to hrmself aa lio left the hotue andbho thinks about right less than a month later tho fubuiouablo columns of tho daily newspapers chronicled a brilliant wedding in which mr augustus middleton and miss lillian edgerton were the contracting pirtiea there was a trip to the bermadafl a eenoa of receptions in their now home and all tbo fotoing and attention usaally sliwwn a newly married pair x on one of tlleee occasions mrs middle tou bald to her hubb ind do you see how devoted fredcar teeter fa to josephine ferrib i hope it will mako a match jo 1 be eol turned in an annoy ed tout impossible i he had oemo to regard joseph in e as hu own tspcciat pro porty suiel hiefrien4 was not going to desert him too why lftiposnbtb demanded mrs mlddletou euarplysjshe ia no older than i and much more agreeable than moat of those chits of girls she ia 82 i thought jou were 21 so i am to tbe vorld at large you dont suppose any woman ourotner teens tells tbe trctb about her age do you mrs middleton had no intention that the intlmaoy between her husband and misa p thnnl ftntlnnw n elm anntfi har a pir of little shoes could wo but boo all that strong drink iffro3porihiblo for tho cruo ty thecflgraco tho misory whish follows ltsiso thoro aro fow who would deliberately put themselves in tho power of eo fearful a master a ooramarcml traveller meeting k number of acqitaiutauoes in ouo of our large citlo was abked to drink ho promptly refined and when hie frienda called on him for an explanation gave it aa follows 1 woll bojs i will tell you yesterday 1 waa in chicago down on south clark streets customer of rnino beeps a pawn shop in connection with jna other baaiueja i called on him and fkilo i was there a youqg man of not norothan twenty fwerwearlug threadbare olotbes and look jng amf he hadnt seen a sober day for a month catoeinwith a littlo paobage in bis hand he uiiwrappoorit and handed he artiole io the pawnbroker eaying give mo ten cents and boys what da you suppose it was a pair of baby abacs little thing- with the bottom only a trifle soiled as if they had been worn oocq or twice where did yoa got those asked the pawn bioker got em at home re plied the man who had au intelligent face and tho manner of a gentleman despite his bad condition imy w 1 fotjotigfiiriliold for ourb1iby give me ton centa for em i want a drink you had better take tlioaboes baok to your wife tho baby will need them said the pawnbroker no s alio wont because ahe a dead shos ling at home now died last night aa ho said this tho poor fellow broke down bowedhia heatf on tho showcase aud cried like a child boya aaid dbe drum mer you may laugh if you ptrase i i have a baby at home and i swearpli nover drink another drop exchange littlt farms in japan what themqney might have done in a certain dity 1000 baloona are o n business these take in on an average lo per day this makes tho awful bdpi of 5500000 apont everv year in that city for intoxicating drink with thla money we could buil a eoldicrd monument an art school four uewpjiblifbjohojoujnew engine hoqfo a y m c a building a city mission house aupport tho cit tract and missionary sooiet youug mens christian association young women s christian abbqcuuiou onarity orgamza lion build and maintain a public library pay for the new public park pay for new observatory buildiuge and equipment care fbr our city hobpitala olre for orphan aaylumu pay all tho oxpeuaeb of all the churches pay running expense of jilt public schools fire depurtment policerde partment electric lights eta operate 200 free coffee houaoa and reading rooms givo japan and not trunce oi dolguim wouu appear to bo tho laud of petite cti turo according to u re n trericnn bulloliu a couple of ucroa ia coiihidfrtil u largo tract for furnilug purposes most of the fur ma ore smaller and on a littlo plot a surprising variuty of crops ia oultivutod a few square feet of wlioxt birloy maio and millet a plot of beam pjrlm- h 10 feet wide and 20 foot long a biniitui area of potatoes andpuaa and a patch of onions about ae big aa a gravo bietroot icltuco turnips aweet potatoes uud other crops occupy the rest oftho area the farmer examines his growing crops 0mry morning just as an engtpcerirfepectahia imolitncry and if anytlivng is mug ho pnjjit nht if a weed uppelra mthe bean patch ho pulls it up if a lull of potatoes or any thing else fail it is at once replanted when he oata down a tree he always plants another aaaoonas one crop is harvested the soil iawqrked over niauurcd and forthwith reaowu to another crop it is estifnatod tbavnjno tenths of tho agrfottl tural land of japah is devoted to rtce and as this is a crop requiring much water tho paddy flgldttare banked up into terraces one above the other and divide i offinto small ptote25 fetojj0 feet square with ridges of earth betaecn them to prevent the water from flowing away when they arhoodcd all fafmiiiftland are nrigat cd by a bystem that is a thousand ears old soiiie of the dit aro nailed up withhamhoowjckflravorkand bo mo with tmr1sb c30n 11 oh s i it in it 1 n v i i in blowitif tl i i o ill lltoi ui 1 w il 1 j ui ii blov ii i i ii u bkcr 1 i 1 itf 1 i rtil iti bluniu u i i ci i ij i tliuiiillktiiui i tl 1 i lull la lu hiui it till ii ll tliountloz i iw hit i ih blonfiif i i ichsiih 1 lie cool o l utiln liul n is hi inii tilt 1 1 ml iii fllni 1 nubi 11 in ts blow inn ti till ihch xliudaiiklit i ii i 1 loi unci t ib bjouiiifi i her tiiuti tiles aud stone nearly half tho total population of japan iscngugcd m agntul ture silk and tea tho two chie ex porta of the country aro raised cluelly by tho work of women london 7 real sentiments whnn she said she hoped for the matob it was uot made however and a month later mies ivrria left town for an extended trip abroad mr middleton having married in baate 009 bad lions to repeat at leisure he fouotiitouuiiwlfe w aelfish worldly with not little ofthe show in tlyon listen long to the ticking of a clock or tbe beating of a drum or to an sort of machinery any regular a9qnd in deed said grandpa you vji 800n fanoy that it saye something ff aro thinking of anything jfljparticuiamt w ulk abont lhat- i rom ember on co when i was bmall i bad been a naughty boy and had to bit in tho corner of the hall for a long hoar as punianmpnt there waa a tall dock in tbo corner add as i watched and listened to it it began to say the boy stole jam i tho boy atolo pie i naughty boy t naughty boy i until i thoqght i should jump ont of my skin new york lfdger her make up- she caredqolhiog for him nnd for his home oply that might exhibit its beautiful appointmonifl jo the outside world he missed his old frt with whorri hit wife would havo nothing p do and he covld not endure the fashionable circle with whom she surrounded herself so be gave bis days to the hub and sighed sometimes for the bachelor days when ho was free to picture an ideal home of domestic foil city but if mrs middleton did nothing also for her husband one thing she did with entire thoroughness sho took the conceit out of bim he was a mochjsmalier man in his own estimation than when he had offered his name aud his fortune jolilllan edgarton he know nowjh he badlnever loved any one but josephine ferrie and he felt himself to have been an egregious fool that he had not tried to win in his mature manhood what ahe ha denied to bin callow 0oth he did not suspect the troth though his wife did that he would have been entirely soooemfnl to end in the regulation way mr middleton ought to bavo found himself a widower at the end of tbo year with a tiny baby girl dependent npon htm for loe nd pare and josephine on her return upon tcrbe a mother to tho utile ereaturo but things do not end in the regular way in real life on tbo contrary mrs middleton pre sented him with a boonolng boy and wae aoon in the full tide pf fashionable life onoo more aud he acarcely saw josephlno again bhe mimed ai armcriein artist whom she had met abroad aud removed to a distant oiy while mr middleton devoted us life tclhis profession and to his children and f l t mi that inli moment of piq i j he dung away atthepeldou ball the training of children the training of children lias bocomo a oientlflo qaealbu a famous roan gives the following tliiugs ihat children should be taught that teaainy in a poai no crime that they mut cat br id before pastry that bedtinao ia uut a movable hour that they mast apeak respectfully to tbe servants that weeping over bruises is unwortuy sturdy beings that fheyehould not appeal to ono par ent from the decision of the other atliel ponlibmeot follows in the wake of prevarication audi of do elt more swiftly thai ft follow votive mi ublof that it is a bfid taslu fur them to toll all that they jssrai pf the neighbors domestic arrangements through playing with tbe neighbors ohlldren every family in tho city a barrel of flour a daily uewspiper a good magazine give 52000 tonttofcoal foffatmlieis 50 000 suits of clothing for children ooooovpaira of shoes 2000 btoycles to th bo 2000 pianos and organs to the girls buid aod run five pubho baths and buy out every saloon a o coat of sl total s5 r db a t scihliflui in st louis advocate talking clocks grandpa aaid harry tbe dock ia talking n ticking jou mean aaid grandpa ticking jo qrandoav aaid tfarrv thn lnnk bays iota of tumgs it says harry harry i ho ho harry christmas com ing 1 ho bo harr 1 nnd it nnyp plnyi play saturday qp to cburob on habbath day t and it bays jots of things ive been sitting here listening to it and i wish i could remember all it has said to me advice to parents before permitting your young children to tide wheals in tho streets and imptesr a few important faotron their minde first of all teaoh them tbe rule of tho road to meet to tho right and pass to the l inbtrnot them to pokoqt for th selves dont oxpoot the public to look ont fnr them tho highway is in no sense a kfodergarten your children may not know thip but won are old enough to realize jt diogenes utruckx tho father when the eon swore parenttmro morally airwell as legally reaponsiblo foillisjbats of their children doven do not rear hawks nor good parents give the world distressing boa and girls now that so many are ridiog on the wheel in every street and highway tbo pleasure of all deponds npon tho thopghtfulness of oach tell the little folks how to properly cm duct ihemaolven awheel don t inflict ttiouion otbors by tending thom out in a twt or n qrtlt fulll the origin oi booi yankee yankee doodle is claimed by many nuiona it waa kuowu as nankee doodle in the timo of charles i the uolanders had au old song to this air called yank or dudol it is paid to be also an old french vintage song a native hungarian air audtho anoient muslo of the bword danco of the blsoayans in juue 1755v dr llicbard hcbuokburgh regimental surgeon under goneral brad dook though to play a joke on tbe contl nantala by palming off the nankee doodle of the time of cromwell upon tbe colonial soldiers as the lateet partial music it at onoe became pdpnlar bat a quarter of a century inter the joke seemed turned when tbe continental bands played this same yankle doodle as iiord corn wall is marched out after surrender- fug his army his sword and the english colonies lu america to the yap keen u odd fellows and the liquor trade at tho season of tho grand lodfco of odd fellowb of california held recently tho grand master recommended as miowb i would recommend that tho giaad lodge enact bomo legislation by which lodges are prohibited from having wine beer or other intoxicating- liquor at sn banquet repast or supper which thoy attond the law now prohibits tho udo of any intokicunisut any feslivuioi or suppers bold in airy lodo room or hull qyorjwiiich the ordor has immediate jorisdlotion but i believe it should go further and control this matter wherever they may be thia action of tho grind mister is in line with one of his dcoieiona of tho present year which is aa follows if a brother who has heretofore en gaged in the hqaor burinc6s nhould after september 21 loo ceap said bubincssand not engage therein fora period of time bnt there afterengages in tbe saloon bus tjose or attends bar or in fact ho waa out of the t as neas at the time tho law is adopted and thereafter akoa it up again no hiring about the mat 1 probably ono of tho uinteat biu f bargaining ever enacted took place n ago betnpeu in appuicuil ignormi mau with uii abundance ol wollh sharp dealer m burton tho german u autre a day i and dcoided that a lout drive wonl i t ftfr hiswnnu an i itpphel to tiu dealer for the lino of bin beat hoi trap e tlie dtdlur not itnoiving tlie demurod ut ttitpph ing his wunt german detcimmcl lolircvo lnaiul pulled out u huo troll of bills untl c i r buy tho horae ud u provided tl o would b them buck at the same this surprised tile dealer but not l to olteud tho onucr of eo muc money and poaaibl u lopd futnr 1 tomer he agncd ta the deal tbe german depurtjd with il c andrig and at the end of the du ret lie is amendable to tho law a of tho order and guilty of conduct unbecoming nnjodd fellow 7 titeni in loou conilifton exprc h i eatiafuction at tlio plcuauru tho dri ultorded tlio dculcr uccordjji i agreement- paid bun back tho mot thcrerniun blurted to iquvo tljo p tu i brg j our pardon air oxel i i 1 dealer but you lino forgotten ln tho jure you know pay for tho uire why my de a coolv replied thu otrniun i lul t that if ion mil ttcrciao jout nit trifle you will i grco thut i lmo jt n ing my nwn liofoo und tiap u11 iln now jou havo bought flicm buclr ll yours ihcio w no hirinj uv- matter good di3 eir and b i astouished dealer t- nlleot 1 round jabk tit for tat a british sudor boing u i v murder casewas eutlod to tho ttn4 r was asked by tbo cjunnel for iho wbolher ho was for tho plittntift ur i ant piainiifl or defend tut 1 aaid th soratohmg hia head why i don l whatjou meun by plaintiff or tit f i coma 10 spcik foi mo friend p 1 tho prisoner you ro a piettj fellow for n 1 bfft6rttfecouiuov not 10 know wi ti or de m ins nrer in thi ri il tin cmnuel the grand indue uno deci it 1 that in tho future 110 wine beer br uny dstitlcd 1 quors in auy shapo ehalt figure at any receptions given by tho odl lellows the ltxfr good- advice to thfc clergv iu ono of dr burtoiid yule leoturcs tho following advice was given to tho onng ministers wlion trouble ia brewing keep still when slander 14 getting on ita leg keep mill when youf teehngs are hart keep still fill you recover from your excitement at any rate things look dillerently through au unaitatod eye in a commotion once j urate a letter and sent it and wielied i had n years i had another commotion and wrote a long letter but life had rubbed a little sense into me anept that lotter ui ray pocket fctnththo day wheni iook it ovef- agitation and without tears rwas glad i did bileuce is the most massive thing couoalvabtb sometimes it is strength in its very grandeur it is like a regiment ordered to btand still m tbe mid fury of battle to plungo in were twice as easy tbo tongue has unsottlod moro ministers than bmall aalariei ever did or laok of ability the power of the press a etatlstloan htfa learned that tho annual aggregate of the circulation cf tho papers of the world la estimated to be 12000000 000 copies to grasp tho idea of this magnitude we may state that it would cover no fewer than 10150 sqna miles of sorfaoetbat it is printed on 781250 tons of paper and further thut if the number 12000000 000 roprceenud in- stead of copies seconds it would take over 81wj years for them to elapao in lieu of thn arrangement wo might press and pile them vertically upward to gradually reach oar highest mountains topping all thbso and even the highest alps tho pile would reach tbo magnificent altitude ol 400 or in round numbers 500 nulua calculating that the averago man epends flvo minutes reading hia paper in tho day this is a very low estim w find that tho people of the world altogether annually occupy time equivalent to 100000 years reading the pipers the digestion of edibles staple boiled rice will digest n ono hour if boiled in milk however it requires two houra if eaten with unboiled milk two hours and fifteen ui haw rrjg will digest in about ono hour and a half fried three hoars and a halfr rott boiled thrco hottre three hours sndorhat f dont dally with rheumatism purify your blood and onre ft atouoe by taking a course ut hoods tiariaparilla the white and yellow should bo served together ae one asiiata in tho digestion of tbo other salt beef requires four honrs and fifteen rainutos beefsteak broiled threo hours stewod oysters thrco hours and a half oyatora require a longor time to dlgesfthan broiled meat roast veal requires flvo hoars for perfect digestion pork the same suet pudding is supposed co lake live hours and a half the maq1c word mag no answer maggie ho called softly ooipjuta alien 00 madge not a sound margaret 7 then he whtjatled softly before making bis anal effort marguerite and a flute like iolce leplltd 111 the distance yes darling sailor what pint of tho ship he iho time of tho iiiu abift the btnunclc ino lord s sailor abaft tbo binnuc lc i barrister wht part of a ship ih 1 am t 3ou a pretty feller for u acllor eald tho sudor grinning 1 aoanucl not to know what ithit bfnnaolo la 1 tho court laughed he wanted advicfc supposo on had bicycle baid lillnifchtirat to wi b by aroat stietth of tho ima 1 upposmg-tf- then uppohc om girl fol huli nothing and wonldn t go out ridnu yoa go on jvyould jou trad tliu tandem single bioycto not mucin woulilu t lu t girl thanks dear follow- i hne could depend upon ou for gucid ill do it lhat11 make her jealous jou hen alio ii want to malto up aes but then what will idji new girl why after you hao taught lu r t introduce her to mo and i will 1 taudem liars are not all- dead a man living a bhort tlistatuc proscott posscsbcs a wonderful fi nature irrtho shapo of a cat tbo ji amml or biret or whatever you has a cats hoad wings instead of fo- and feathqra for d faff- it laps mil oat oats and exhibits all thn 1 u both cot and ohioken it even 1 it is a moot wonderful bpucmi a hithorto unknown brcod ami j beep refused for it from a now orl show man a fly answlr yonare pretty ily arou 1 l j 1 1 tho old ladys complxtion to a lly u 1 lit on it yob replied tho lly with 1 i get onto u uow wrinkle horu c 1 twaoarvwjdrk ff teen years ago y today diamond dyfco homc dyeino easy fifteen years ngo the worlt i l dyeing was just in its itifanc 3 r fasluoncdi crude preparations w r vojue nccosattalint much tttno tu qxpensethilo tlio results even i greatest amotini o care njitl 1 satisfaction tho introduction of dmim n revolulioniod homo 1i3 ing uoilt t ly diamond lcs eacd linid 1111 1 to thousands of liuay women im 1 a beoamo popnlar in every family eaoh bucooedin year fouud the 1 i r dyes improved in color lirilliuiilv 1 ability of slude lo day rftoy btu abesd of ell otlici dyes in uvli i point aud aro us perfuol us ecu 1 make them thoro uro uiaii imitatiovis of mm dyes in tlio land anil iriilliy um 1 deceived flatly nbxu nnniacii 1 to iusuie absolute suoceae in 101m seo that every packoi of dyu vi marked diamond dje i ufi iimajfei it yti