Gaiks by the Wayside a FOR THE WHIC. By a Farmer's Son. y 4 re changes all our thoughts of heaven e think of streets of gold, : dazzling | Our longing With, all the strife and trouble o'er: FT Browping. The_expressed dissatisfaction over long sermons and prayers seems tO be general; and so, in reverting to it, 1 hope 1 am, like a motion to adjourn, alwdys in order. It was just other Sunday that I listened io a y untill began to fear free be mo-time left for the He was a genérous man, and so he prayed for everybody and everything. The contrast between that clergyman there woul sermon. prayer and Peter's was very marked. "Lord, save me, or 1 perish !"' was the apostle's supplication. to the point (it was, and Christ an- swered it immediately. Had Peter at- Vémpted the prayér I listened ta. re- cently, he would have drowned before ke could possibly have finished a six- teenth of it. #But this long prayer reminded me of still another supplication. After & lengthy and trying siege in 1745, the strong French fortress of Louis bourg surrendered to the New Eng land militiamen under Gen. Pepper rell and the English squadron of ele CA Members of President Castro's ington. President Castro is seated in centre at further Short and : {leaving us a memorial the most béau- tiful and haunting collection of songs in the world; from Charle- mi , master and "maker of France at thirty, to Shelley, master of at twenty-five; - from Patrick » triot leader at twenty-nine, to Rus in, ishing his fame at twenty- four with "M Painters." Then there were Lord Byron, who at twenty-four won fame with «Childe Harold," John Keats, who wrote "Endymion" in his twenty-se- cond year, and last, but not least, there is the German emperor, who stands as the representative of youth- ful" achievement among the reigning monarchs' of to-day. 3 . For many years the farmers of this to railway corporations. These gifts, either directly or indirect farmers. The latter no longer intena to aggiiésce in such transactions. They are bling together, in granges, in farmers' associations, etc., with the object. of promoting their own inter asts. By nature_this country will al- ways be, pre-eminently, an agricultur- al country. Therefore, to provide the greatest good to the greatest number, the laws should be framed more in the interest of the man who tills the soil. The tarifi should be framed to benefit bim, rather than the manufacturer; if there are any bonuses or subsidy gihe away, let them be giv sturdy, agriculturalist; the h eared the land im as the rose; the Cabinet at Caracas receiving news country have stood idly by and have the seen the various governments vote buge subsidies and immense grants of. ly, came out of the pockets of the man who will aim at paying off in: stead of increasing public debt. "Pp! -We, 'the undersi elec tors the South Riding of Grey, do and fully endorse the te: ments and principles of the above de: elarations, and we hereby pledge our: selves that we will faithfully 'and to the best of our ghility and judgment use our vote snd our influence to pring about. the reforms so much need: ed and called for in the above de- claration; and as we sign our names our prayer to the Dominion govern- ment and parliament, and also the Ontario Jovernment and parliament, is that the principles and terms of the above declaration be adhered to, and that parliament cease to vote away, and the government cease to give away, any further donations whatso ever without the consent of the peo ple, as made known on a& ballot at the anhua! municipal elections; and we further pray the Dominion govern: ment and parliament for better facili: ties for railroad transportation of Canadign goods, and also for any adjustment whereby railway compan: jes, whether they build cattle ards or not, may be responsible for all ani male killed on their roads; and we further pray that the burden of venue taxation, so heavy on the toil er and consumer, be made lighter by a reduction instead of an increase in the tariff; and our prayer to the On tario government is that we want a just and equitable system of taxation - Packages only. All Ready to Cook, Served Hot. | "Tt only. remains with you to buy it, cook it according to direc tions--serve it hot and eat if. one, with nothing faddy about it-= Tih get the benefit of the very.best = oatmeal in all the world to-day. Pan-Dried. 'A Food, not a Fa text of protecting the victim of the ingrafted disease from the contagion of small-pox." I have met a great many people in Kingston who hold similar views, Me dical men, too, are divided on this question. After' seeing numerous cases wherein vaccination seriously injured the health of the patient, 1 can take sje other, stand than that of the anti. , re a rm as of signing of protocol at Wash- side of circular table, -------------------- ven vessels "under Commander War- ren. 'The victorious officers decided to hold a grand banquet on the follow- ing night in honor of their great achievement. ~ Parson Moody was chaplain to Gen. Pepperrell, and, of course, had tobe invited. He was noted for his. fierceness and his long prayers, and many, dreading his pres- ence, stayed away from =the feast. But, in this case, it 'was the unex- pected that happened. To the sur prise of everyone Parson Moody, when requested to say grace, did so in the following brief manner : "Good Lord, we .have so much to thank Thee for that time will be too short, and we must leave it for etern ity. Bless : our food and fellowship upon this joyful occasion, for the sake of Christ our Lord. Amen." . And with that he sat down. Surely. there is a lesson here for some clergy men. Time is too short fof long prayer; let them leave part of it for eternity. . . * - This hac been called the age of young men, yet mone of the youthful prodigies of our day have accom- plished aught worthy of comparison 'with the sjous achievements of David, Alexander and Napolepn, or of Pitt] Mozart and Chatferton. Nearly half a century ago Charles James Fox swaggered about at the age: of twenty-one, a lord of the admiralty, and a thorn in the side of George I; and later his great rival, William Pitt, a lad of twenty-three, m. the office of the chancellor of the ex- chequer, becoming premier of England the following year. , an_article in the Munsey Magazine the youthful triumphs of the great men in history are dealt 'with fro Alexander IIL of Macedon and Edward, the Black Prince, to Napoleon and Pitt. At the _age of thirty Alexander was ighi for more worlds to conquer: Edward, the Black Prince, fought with distine- tion at Crecy at the age of sixteen; and Napoleon commanded the French army in Italy at the age of twenty- seven. : The roll call of youth in the days. before the term was made to embrace almost all _ ages under allotted three score and tem, was a notable one.. Splendid, picturesque or inspir- ing all of them were, from David, the shepherd boy who began his history Chatterton, finishing his tragic chronicle at the from Alexander of Mace don, t splendid, insolent ruler, Ben S04 | SO era pe thirty-three, to James Watt, the Scpich. peasant boy who as king at eighteen, to same B swingi the cire fore he was watched his kettle grandmotber's and so made possible steam engine 'as we know it; from Napoleon e, the-young Cor sian upstart, sweeping the Austrians from Italy before he was twenty-nine, to Rafael, who at thirty-seven had finished his deathless work; from Cor tax, master of Mexico, at thirty-six, to died at thirty-oné, Toronto, Ont. Schubert, i th bubbling upon the have proved a Bg oo all others, who has dome most to de velop the country and make it pros perous. This, in brief, is what he is now claiming with no uncertain voice. The general attitude of the farmers is vigorously expressed in the following resolution which was passed at a meeting held in Dromore, Grey county, on February 6th : "Declarations--We, the undersigned electors of the South Riding of Grey, want a man in parliament who will Vigorous at tighty-lhree Mr. Jas. Walker Attributes His Good Health to Dr. Pitcher's Backache Kidney Tablets. take Dr. Toblets. It is simply w ¢ they allay the irritation of the urin- ss, render unbecessary the frequent rising at night end give healthful vigor to the whole system. Many old people write and tell us that they feel ten vears younger since tak- ing the Tablets. : ames Walker, whose address is Sheldon, lows, U.S.A., is one of the old folks who is enthusiastic about Dr. Pitcher's Backache Kidney Tab- jets. Just read -what he says abd write him for further particulevs if you like. "Along last September, I began to be troubled with my urine. It gave me pain at times, and I had to go quite often, sometimes having to rise out of bed four or five times during the i great thirst, and a vio- My limbs swelled to age, eighty-three. I am not bothered with that terrible thirst, my appetite is - good, the pwelling™ has left my fimbs, and 1 can tell you the Tablets great boom to me. You : | are at liberty to use my letter in any ' | wav vou choose, as what 1 say is the th, si (Signed) JAMES WALKER. Dr. Pitcher's Backache Kidney Tab- lets are 50c. a bottle, at drugvists or by mail, The Dr. Zima Pitcher Co., --that is, we want all railway lands and real estate, and all assessable real property, assessed and taxed." ewe. The late Thomas Brackett Reed, says the New York. Mail and Express, was fond of telling a story regarding the bright little office bov whom 'he kept in his service at Washington, and for whom he prophesied a brilliant finan cial career : gentleman calling on Mr. Reed ome day, while waiting in the reception room, was attrac by the manner of the small attendant and started a random conversation. "And how _much do you earn 8 week, my boy 7" be enquired. : "Fifty dolfars," "¥aid the youngster with avidity, Being shown into the senator's pri- vate office just then, the visitor's sur- peice found vent in words. 'Mighty bright boy you have there, Mr. Reed. to be getting $50 a weok,"' he remarked. "Fifty, nothing," said Mr. Reed, "he | gets $5.50." - "But he told me just now you were giving him $50 a week," persisted the gentleman. "Nonsense," said Mr. Peed, and touched the bell. "Billy," he said, did you tell this gentleman I was pay (UE Tou a4 week ?"' "No, sir. "You didn't? Well, what did yom say 7" "I said 1 earned it," was the promi t and stout rejoinder. .- A close observer of the daily press must come to the conclusion that be- lief in the efficacy of vaccination is rapidly - disappearing in Ontario. One Toronto paper received so many ters of an anti-vaccination type that it felt itself obliged to close its col- umne to "the discussion. In many of the other dailies of the province scores of letters are appearing in which the writers take a firm stand against vac- cination. The action of the provincial board of health in deciding to make the enforcement of compulsory vac cination more stringent raised a storm of protest at Galt. A meeting of the antis was at 'once called, and an as- sociation formed. Rev. J. A. La Flair presided at this gathering, at which the action of the provincial board of health was characterized as an out- rage to the nal liberty of Brit: ish subjects Galt association has allied itself with the Toronto branch of the Anti-Vaccination League of England. A writer in the Toronto World quotes the following opinion of H. W. Hodge, M.D, in regard to vactina- fion. "The vile matter, which 'nature wisely eliminates from the system of the sick calf in her endeavor to save its life and "Festore it to health, is- seized upon by the vaecinator and in- iected into the body of a child. Think of the unparalleled absurdity of pur- pose, by infecting the system of a healthy person in this era of sanitary science, with poisonbus matter from a diseased calf under the senseless pre- old; - of New Jersey, | THINGS NOTABLE. ; -------- The World Presents Much That is Charaeteristic. According to the monks of the Hos pice of St. Bernapd, their famous dogs save on an average twenty lives every year on the mountain. -- In some Parisian cemeteries tlere are open vaults ¢onnected with elec trical appliences to prevent. the bur jal of persons who may be only in a trance. A curious characteristic peculiar to the California redwood tree is that if the head is cut off by lightning a new one will gradually grow out g¢ shape ly as the first. Above the length of ~ nineteen or twenty feet, snakes in the Philippine Islands increase greatly in bulk for every foot in length, wo that a snake nineteen feet - long looks small beside one twenty-two feet long. ! Sir John Herschell estimates that the very largest comets, with tails of ten millions of miles in length, do not weigh more than 5 few ounces Of land in Ireland, ten and a half million acres are under grass, four and a hali million under crops, an nearly five million acres of bog, marsh and waste land. An American chemist has invented a tube for truth. You speak into it; the chemical solution changes color according to the tensity of YouEMmo- tion, and truth and mendacity shaw distinit and vivid colors. -- The people of Jamaica are gatherior funds to erect a statue--not to the king, nor to the berg of anv war, nor to nny literary headlight, but to the American who initiated the banana trade of the island; a tribute to - a commercial benefactor. The Simplon tunnel which is being driven through the Alis between France and Italy, is costing almost a million dollary a- mile. Fen of ite fourteen miles "are completed. The jength of the St. Gotthard tunnel is nite miles and of the Mont Cenis seven miles. The town of Winchester, Mass, Ts almost entirely beweft of ais The superintendent of the state fdw! hatch ery, finding that the animals wrought havoe among his poultry, fixed wires, and van a powerful electric current through them. Over 200 cats have been electrocuted : Why some British and American merchants and manufacturers w were successful exhibitors at the Parip exhibition of 1900 have not yet re ceived their medals is that the en graver was "an ardent pro-Boer, and every time he saw on the lists official- ly supplied to him names - which had an English look: he coolly put his pen through them. { William D.. Crawford, fifteen 'years has a band ol SPECIAL OFFER Knowing the OLA OF aemiiAc Cntarrh I rots, which be has traiged after six months of patient work. At the boy's call each rat will' respond to his pame coming forth from 'the cage with a fiag of a nation. They form in_ line tnd go through military evolutions in sharp time. 'l hen a sham battle fol- lows. : * -- The profession of br idesmaid is growing "in New York. For some time it has been the habit in that city to pav bridesmaids, At a recent wedding there were fifteen maids, all punctually paid. Desides the bhesuti- ful dresses given by the bride's father they each received $25 apiece. Ti are young ladies' who accept 20 much as $100 for their office of honor. A sixteenth century resident of Wed- nesbury, Eng., left $1,000 to provide annually on St. Thomas' day three gowns and three coats to indigent persons of the parish. Following the custom of the times the money was invested in land (in this case in min eral', and the original legacy has in 'creased in value to $3,000, Instead of the three the charity commissioners are able to present 200 gowns and #ixty coats yearly. -------- Dogs Ate The Church. Commercial Advertiser : Rev. E. G: Peck, English mis sionary who has spent much time among the Eskimos, tells an amusin, story of how be built a church how be lost it. When. his flock reach- od sulicient size he had 5 church built. It was eighteen feet long by twelve wide, and was made of wsealakins stretched over light fr , the whole banked with snow, It had been in existence, but a short time when the dogs discovered that it was edible. They scratched 'the snow away, and between two Sundays ate the church al least ils covering up me ---------- Ry Genuine Sympathy. Footpad--Hold up your hends ! Belated podestrian-- All fefore searching me | may as well tell you "that aiet-my wile dows losn this afternoon- matried man myself; here's a quarter for you. R EE H ING ' TREAT value of the DB. REX INHALER we will mail to with medicine for one 81.00; {f not, veturn it after three days' trial. i Throat, Disease A Address THE DR. eR MEDICINE on ghree / trial ¥ business you le right; but +» Footpad---Say no more, pard; I'ma