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O l g t l t I 9 ( l “is. ink-u. Losses of Prairie Stock. LETHBRIDGB. N. W. T. May 10.â€" ‘1'he storm of last week we the ltrirdcrl ~u stock of any since 18861, and the '065 will not be fully known Until alter he spring round-up. lit-ports i'rom Bllclleod and I’incl-er Greek state that a large number oi cattle were stunned t uder, having got under cutbauks, and the snow driltcd over them, in some roses completely Coveringr them. The t w-boys were busy last week pullin: ‘ at all those which were still alive. but they state that a great number had soc cumbcd. 0n the north side ol tlte river tl ey dril'ted over cutbanks and we un- derstand numbers of them lie dead at be both in, while numbers of calves are running on the prairie without mothers '. he storm was nearly as bad on hotses :son cattle, and in the immediate vicin- iy oi Lethbridge quite a number of lorses succumbed to it. Mr. N. Wal- \m rk i< out about 30 head, a number ol \ bicb have been found dead. Mr. A. .l “'hitney found six of his dead in out bunch and the rest he has not seen yet. while tlcrcral of the I'reigltters have IHSI one and two each. Altogether the In.“ will ntnottnt to thousands of dollars, as we Under-laud the storm extended Over the whole. range country. -0 The Mudfish. Travellers in Central Al'rica. durinL' the hot $0080", olten follow the dry beds of river: and creeks t'ot miles to obviate the necessity of cutting their way tltro’ the heavy jungles which everywhere abound. Africa is well known to be. the native land of many extraordinary things. animate as well as intuitnate. This being tlte case, the first explorers paid no attention to the thousands oi ~-balls ol' hardened mud which were :trewcd about in profusion in tlte beds of three dried-up streams. One day. however, when a detachment of the Cameron expedition was exploring what i: the wet scasmt would have been a tributary of the Nile, a woodman crack- ».I one of the balls, and was surpriSt-d b‘yond measure to see a live fisitlike animal fall out of the centre of the bull and flounder in the sand. ’I‘his curious discovery led the explor- ers to make an investigation, whereupon ottnry hardened ball of earth was found to contain a spemitncn ol the same ani tnal. These spherical mud dwellings, which, on account of their likeness to the Cases made by several species of insects and worms, have been called uocoom. are perlorated with many small holes and lined with a mucus from the animal's body, the mucus keeping; the dried ball datnp upon the inside, and the holes being used for breathing pur- poses. For want of a more euphonious natttc,'tltis queer animal has been dubbed ' “the “ mndfish." which is expressive of the ('l‘CiiIul't:I>‘CUI'IilUS habits. The renntrkablc instinct which causes the mutlfislt to roll itself in a ball of mud. when the dry season appmaehes is a wonderful provision of nature intended solely, it would seem. to prevent the extinction of the species. The most interesting fact about this animal is that it breathes by means ol'gills when in its native element, nttd by means oi" lungs during its voluntary imprisonment in the tnudcocoornâ€"Scientf/ic American. t a- The line salmon that- nscd to tempt the angler in New England streams _ have about entirely disappeared, and there are but two or three rivers in Maine. where any may sti.l be I'iuud. ' Rajah, it big elephant. who came from East Indian ports on the steamer City oi" Bangkok. has reached New York. Ile came from Ragoon, is. about 40 years ol age, and is said to measure ll tisct Ilg inches in height. or ttt‘o inches more than Barnum's famous Jutan, who was imported lrout England and Was killed in a railroad accident at St . ’l‘hon-us. Out. {to amateur violin-maker of Portland, Me, has secured a prize in a spruce beam from an old house at Not‘tn Yar- ' mouth. The beam had been seasoning for more than a hundred years. and the thin little boatds >:tl\'tt from it give limb : the clear mellow sound that is desired to violin stock. Gcmuuder. the New Y .rl; n-alc-r ol \‘inéitts. was in Portland no»: tly and secured some of‘ the wood Na'k Kgoniston. of Phillips. Maine. ;h;t-. a buil moose which be raised from u call. which is so tame that he lUl’l'm it not every “man day to browse itt the neighboring: fields. II: Catches the big .b'tl as ca~ily as he Would a pet lamb, land i~ breaking Illiit to work in Itill'tll“5 ‘ l'le hitched the. tnoosv to a Waggon Illal n‘i‘ltllt'r. and nu~ carried ten miles at ral‘tcad rpch before he could stop the animal. ‘ The women in some of the pmrinces rl Chili Law a new and useful p:t.~tittte. ,Smnc rnu- beef is plum-d in the Centre (.si‘ in sheet oi adhesive fly paper. The flu“ with which the country is infested j~ up for the meat, but reach only the 'iftgwl', “‘ltt‘i‘t [lit-y stick. The side On w‘.ich the flea first reaches the bee! arias A» mnny people can play as ‘tht re are sides to the paper. A small usually given rest to the game. i l l ~e -.._.. .. ~.â€"_ ‘â€"â€"~â€"' PCB. §ALE BY ALL fiRflGâ€"fifié‘flfi. 0; meet- Scieutiflc American CAVEATSv TRADE MARKS, DESIGN PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc. For information and free Handbook write to MUNN & CO. 861 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. time“ arctic Writ“ “ilihliéi‘gfié‘l‘él‘” ve pa en an on y u the iiiiblle by a notice given free of charge in 358 ground: gazetted: La. est circulation of on scientific paper in the wor d. s lendtdl iilus rated. No intelligent; man shun d be w thou: it. Weekl 33.00 a can $1.50 six months. Address M , NN a; 00.. 31.138288. 861 Broadway. New York. Melanoma-lug ESTABLISllED IN 1847. THE OLDES’I‘ AND THE LEADING LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY IN CANADA. Capital tit Assets as at the 30th of April, 1889, over $10,000,090. Annual Income for the year ending 30th ' Aprtl. 1885. $1,840,000. Total Sum assured to 30th April, 1885. amounts to $17,000,000. The profits of this old and reliable Com- pany are larger than any other Life Office doing business in the Dominion,qu its ratio oi'cxpenses to income are less than that. of any other Canadian or British office. The policies of this Company are indisputa- ble on any grounds whatever after two‘ years, and policies becoming claims are paid at once. The rates charged by this Company are as low as any first-class office; All forms of polici s are issued. MCDUUGAIL & BRANDON, 43-ly. Agents, [“cuclon Fella. WALL PAPERS. FROM ENGLISH, CANADIAN AND AMERICAN MARKETS. All the Latest Designs itt l Hall, Dining Room, Drawing Room and} Bedroom Papers, Ceiling Papers, Corners and Decorations. PRICES it STYLEiâ€"lbilll'l‘ CUSTOMERS. ..â€"-_. Call and see my 56. per roll Paper " “ 60. it It 7c. u it u it Be. .t u u u 90. u u (t to Ice. n It and all the way to 50¢. per Roll. I have on hand the largest stock of Wall Paper ever brought into Lindsay. REMEMBER THE PLACE: Just tipposite t\cw Post oflice, Iicnt Street. IJIN I)SAY. â€"- G. A. METHERELL. TASTELESS. _EA SCHOOL BOOKS AND e SUPPLIES PATENT MEDICINES Fast Colored Mus- AND" DRUGS A . 'FULL STOCK .AT an . T. JUNKIN’S. USE IT FQR Difficulty of Breathing, Tightness of the Chest, Wasting Away of Flesh, Throat Troubles, â€"-â€"â€"â€"~-â€"~ --â€" ~ Consumption, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs Asthma, Coughs, Catarrh, Colds. Fast Colored Ging» hams for 100. line for 10c. Fest Colored Prints for 10 cents. m? The freshestiGoods in the village at Wm. Campbell’s. Teen MAN UFAC’I'URLR 0F hihS-u iiEEM SAmiifiiwees, DEALER IN liliLLlllERY AND FANCY GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Stamping done Coltrane Street. laidun Falls. I)E5€TI§£TRY. GASâ€"(VI'I‘ALIZED AIR.) TR'U'ZQ’KS, ' VALISES. Euerythinfigrgfing to the Saddlery and Harness Trade constantly kept in stock. :REPAIRING 1 Done on the Shortest Notice. gKent-stjhhay, Ont. l t I FOR SALE. l W Ill-iv]: II()II?~'(B and Iaot Go to J. Humans, Dentist, Lindsay, if‘ on Fidlcr‘s llill, owned by the late Danie] you want teeth extracted positively Willi- ant pain Gas has been gchn by him with great success for over 21 years. He studied with Dr. Coltou.of New York, the inven- tor of gas for extracting tcetlt. Numberi of persons are Wearing artificial teeth made by Mr. Neelnnds ‘2" years ago, and never required any repairs G ld crowns, put’cc- lain crowns and brblcemmk done. Visit; Pent-Ion l-‘nlts, HeArthor House, on the third Tuesday of every month. Call early in the day. , Scully, and recently mcupied by Mr. t Alex. McAtthnr, neg“ ‘Vill Be Sold Cheap. , Apply to t W. E ELLIS, Fem-Ion Folk. 3 or to J. r5(fl1LLY,I.indiny. 1 January Him. 3330, l . t For Sale or to IIL-nt. l __ The out half of Lot 27, Goa. l. Vernlnm. ,Apply to Rev. Wm. Logan, Fenclon Falls. ll \ a CIA-KM. .w-‘N For Saicwâ€"A Iiurgiatn. Lot No. 6 north oi lleud suite. moi we“ of Coiltornc Sli‘i‘t‘i, in the Village of Fcnw Ion Falls, with building, gllgint- and boiler -â€"i‘ornterly used as a carding mill. '- Apply at once to G. 11. HOPKINS, Barrister. Lindsay --.â€". 5l-t. t. ~‘I‘Iâ€"IEâ€" ROYAL CANA DIAN INSURANCE COILPANY, ‘VS. THE LONDON llIUTUAL. FOR FARMERS. The Royal Canadian offers the lollt'wiog advantages over the London Mutual : i. No. building worth Slzou is insured for say $1000, the Royal Canadian is oblig: ed to pay stone, ij‘a loss occurs. in such a case the London Mutual isobligcd to pay only two thirds of the cash value, or $800. 2. Ha horse worth Silt) is killed in the fields by lightning, the Royal Canadian il obliged to pay $90. The London Mutual pays only $60. 3. l’ora cow worth $30 killed by Iight~ ning‘ the loyal Canadian pays $23". ,Tho " London .‘lltttunl pays only $30. For other animals the Iloyal Canadian pays ihc full value. The London .‘llutual pays not mun than $5, no matter how valuable iltc unitml may be. 4. In the Royal Canadian animals are insured against lightning: while at pastu'fi‘m anywhere. In the London tlluttntl they an insured while posturing on the premises of the insured only. 5. When articles are-inwred specifically. such as musical instruments. tltc loyal Canadian is obliged to pay the fuil amount insured up to the cash value of the article. The London Mutual pays only two third of the cash value, no matter what the in- surance may be. 6 \thn “ordinary contents" or out buildings arcinsurcd by the Iloyul Canadian ALL implements are included. In the Lonâ€" don Muiuttl only one reaper and one mower are included, no matter how good other: may be. 7. When the outbuildings are not jointd to each other the Royal Canadian insurer under one sum the -‘ ordinary Contents " of all building: not (ut efl‘byn distant-c grcai~ er than 4“ it., the Same as if the contents were all ttndcr one roof. The London Mu- tttal requires a separate Sltlli' on the con- tents of each building, it" the distance is more than l1! ft. This is a very important difference in many cases. 8 In the Royal Canadian it. is a part of the contract that standard Strum 'rnntcsumta may be used without a special permit and without any restriction as to the distance from stocks or buildings, caretakers, pails of water. kind of fuel or direction of-tbo wind. Many of the policy holders in the London Mutual were obliged to rttu their own risk while threshing lust sensou,bc- cause it was found to be impossible to com- ply with tlte. conditions of their permit. \l‘hcn a farmer pays for insurance lll- should secure a policy which trill hold him sa ' when it is most required. 9. The Roy n1 Canadian i< obliged to pay its losses within sixty days and usually takes much less. The. London Mutual need not pay for ninety days, and since i' has becntnc so hard up as to be obligth to horâ€" row money largely, it usually takes about the full time tttlowed. ll). The Royal Canadian policy is subject to the statutory coudition~ only. It liill none of the numerous variations against the policy-holder printed in red ink on the buck ol'tbe London Mutual policy. ll. As to security, the inspector of insu~ rant-e reports that the. lloyal Canadian Ital $2b2,7.’.8, the amount he estimates to be necessary to enable the onto any to carry out all its engagements with its policy holders. lit-side- this he t't~pttri> that it bait to the good the SlIII,(i'(l capital paid in cash by the slum-holders, and a net surplus till l7,t£‘ 7 makingr in all a total ea b tntrplul ci‘:5|7.lil=7 tc protect its [Mint-linden against unexpected contingencies. In ad- dition to these cash items it lllls a subscrib- cd capital of $ll‘ll,'!llti not called ttp Re- gardint.r the :~t'(.'lll‘il._\ of the London Mutual the lllrlll‘ClIll' reports that the amount of llllPllIliill premium ii rlttililtl bare l'll hand is $200 3- ‘J. To make up this amount in cash a Si‘t‘ttllll call \t'ould lttht' to be llltllll on the ItitliIIlJll unit-s tor a large amount. leaving it sulplus of only $112M, ewu if there were no Inttl debit-t, and this snrplul is made up wholly oi’ the unpaid balance of pr'miuut notes nlrctttty heavily n~.~e.~'.~'ed. 'l‘hc (‘rtnpany reports the li'5‘('> adjusted but unpaid at the L'Iurt' ol' the y: or at $6,. 387, but [he Ittt-Ipt'cltil' (ti. Instr-:tnt't' lind- ilntt the listIility for unpaid Iti>rt‘>' at that end of the year was $9,236. The (fitrll on hand to pay theat- IUrM'S only nmnunttd to i $13,9tt. In View of the foregoing fat-ts littmcn will have in tltilieulty itt (let-tiling as toth compttn) in which lltry blltluitl be ind-it‘d. For insurance apply to :5. COHEN I‘ll!” Agent, Linden}. l'lte “ l‘ctteloa Falls Gazette" is printed every Saturday at the oiliea,ol l the corner oi May 6.; Francis sheets. SUESCIUI’TIOS $1Al'l4.llll.'t' .llil'ifiCIl, or one Ccut per week will he added at. long as it remains unpaid. Acdvcrt being 16:“ (.‘H. Professional or I)llrill(,‘.~'ri carde, no cent. per line per about“. (Jasual advertint-menu. 8 t‘cuispt-t‘liuc iut'lbe Iit'siirtse.-ttit=tt,tttt412 cents per line for every 8I.Ii't('qlit'lll illbbf- Lion. Cuttit'nctr by ti.» year, half year or quarter, tor a column or lets, upon reason- ablc lernta. JOB PRIN'TJ’NG of all ordinary kinda executed neatly, cn' rectly Ind rctuuoabltâ€" rules. 3. I). "AND, Praying, w. ,.-o. .mâ€" n;..«--n.. . 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