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stab The Boy on the Ice. I-‘I‘he boy stood on the cake of ice From which the rest had fled. ' “ Well now, by Jinks, this here’s entice E, Old fix I’m in l” he said. - And as he drifted from the land . He cried, “ Say, father, say, Why do you stand, nor lift a hand, And let me blow away 'f” ‘ “ My child, my child," the father cried, “ Pray do not he a fool, -"Don’t ‘bear younweight on either side ; Keep cool, my son, keep ‘eool l” 7:” The boy, to better hear his dad, ,_ Stepped forward just a mite ; ' The cake tipped over, and _the'ladâ€"- ",Well, he kept‘tool all right. MORAL. ” The boy upon the cake of ice Would not be there to bawl . -‘-If he were one whom good advrce "Could ever help at all. â€"0hz'cago Times-Herald. : W Why He Didn’t lump. iflere is one that a young man who knows a good story when he hears it heard one railroad man tell another in a ‘ depot up the line the other day :. “ We picked up a new Irishman -‘-""somewhere up country and set him to ‘ wdi'kvlbrakia’ on a construction train at 3" 3 cents-is. mile for wages. One day "- whed him an’ me was an the train she i-:.:.got away on one of them mountain grades, an’ the first thing we knowed she was flyin’ down the track at abopt ninety miles an hour, with nothin' in sight but the ditch an’ the happy hunt- ” in’ grounds, when we came to the end. I twisted 'em down as hard as I could all along the tops, an’ then I see Mike crawlin’ along toward the end of one of the cars on all fours, with his face the color of milk. I thought he was gettin’ ready to jump, an’ I see his finish if he did. “ ‘ Mike,’ I says, ‘ for heaven’s sake I dou’t jump !’ “ He clamps his fingers on the run- 2 nin’board to give him a chance to turn around, and, lookin’ at me contemptu- ., this, answers: “ ‘Jump, is it? Do ycz think I'd "'be afther jumpin’ an’ me makin’ money as fast as I am ‘2’ " ._______.,... Spoke Too Late. The good minister of a Scottish par- ‘ish had once a great wish fer an old couple to become teetotalers, which they were in no wise eager to carry out. After much pressing, however, they con- ..sented, laying down as a condition that “they should be allowed to keep a bottle of “ Auld Kirk ” for medicinal pur- poses. About a fortnight afterward John began to feel his resolution weak- ening, but he was determined not to be I the first to give way. In another week, howsver, he collapsed entirely. “ Jenny, woman,” he said, “ I’ve an awfu’ pain in my heid. Ye micht gie me a wee drappie an’ see gin it’ll dee me ony guid.” “ Well, gudeman,” she replied, “ ye’re rower late 0’ askin,’ for ever sin’ that bottle cam’ into the hoosc I’ve been bothered sae wi’ pains i’ my heid ’tis a’ dune, au’ there’s one drappie left.” 0-. Just Like a Woman. The coffee was weak, the toast burnt s'io a cinder and the ham as hard as lea- s. ther, or at least he said so. His wife's ,long patience gave way. “ John Henry," said she, “ I’ve tried faithfully to cook for you these twelve , No one in the town has better cooked food, yet you are always T were n0t'"'L0"d0" EmPrc-‘is- Why can’t you praiso ‘ me once in a while ? I’d like to know ' long years. . finding fault. .-that.” ' He looked up in astonishment. “Well, if you ain’t the most unrea " ~sonable woman I ever saw,” he ejacu- _lated. “Why, many and many is lllt , time I’ve sat down to a meal and never said a word about it. Anybody would know there wasn’t any fault to be found or I’d ’a’ found it, and yet you want a better compliment, than that! That’s .just like a womanâ€"she can’t tell a com pliment when she gets one l" __...0 His Gift. â€" The following incident is reported poorer sections of Boston : brought you,” said a smudge faced youngster the other day. And, beaming her thanks, she asked i 5 ers are advocating the use of acid phos- him where he got it. “ Oh, say. dat was easy," he replicd. ‘ ‘ leOl‘b the ammonia and change it to a “ I got it ofi’u a dead lady.” 9*. Easily a Good Thing. i‘ ' ' ‘ ' : i . Did you say “mum”. restmer’s - little more than the plaster, but we good thing ?” asked the patron. “Yes,” answered the barber, witl some slight hesitation ; “it is a goo- thing. at a dollar a bottle.” ‘- But how do you know it’s a good thing ?” “Because the profit on every bottlt in 75 can 5." ’5 “gargct”; but we are told in the last ' that is due to garget, and may always ’BopinesS‘in“’â€"Milk. â€"-â€"â€"- IT Is. CAUSED BY A BACILLUS Wines LIVES IN‘WATER AND THRIVES 0N DIRT. The slimy, viscid condition of milk has been a source of perplexity and ab- horrence to all dairymen and milk deal- ers atone time or another. It is quite commonly supposed to be always due to,_ a diseased state of the udder 'kno‘fvn as; farmers’ bulletin from the Cornell ex- perimentstation that this is a “ mistak- en belief.” There is a “ropy milk” be known by its yielding, on standing, a viscid or bloody sediment. But what the milkman knows as “ ropy milk” is We are selling off the balance of our Millinery’and Ladies’ Jackets at reduced was: 2w" WW“ D ’I R E C T 011 Y. SOCIETIES. NIGHTS or TEN’I‘VE‘D MACCA‘BE’ES . Diamand. Ten-L’Iisfms- 'Nee‘ts “if: the Ti'ue'iBIu‘s‘ha‘ll' McArthur’s'Block git the first and ’third Tuesday in each month. CHAS. WISE, Com. '0 W. Burieorsa, R. K. ANADIAN ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS TrentValley Lodge No. 71. Meet in the Orange hall on Francis street west on the first and third Mondays in each month Wi’t. MCKnowx, N G.‘ 4 J. T. ’l‘non‘i‘son Jn., Scc. _â€" L O.L.No.996. MEET/IN THEORANGE . hall on Erun‘c'i's-‘St. West en the s'eeo'n‘d 1 Tuesday in every iho'nth. not that. We sell several bottles a weel I This bulletin tells us that this kind of ropy milk contains bacteria known to science as bacillus lactis vis- cosus. They live naturally in water, and preventive measures are most im- portant. Some of these are: Wash and scald the milk utensils after use ; mere- ly scalding them will not do; bacteria may be introduced by that very means. Keep the cows’ udders clean. The floors of all rooms where ropy milk is kept should be disinfected with a mixture of five parts of crude sulphuric acid to 95 parts of' water. All milk utensils should be scaided most thoroughly every day. Never let cold water come in contact with utensils, unless they are scalded before using for milk again. Exercise the greatest care to prevent even a drop of water from the cooling tank getting into the milk. That occurrenca is prob- ably the most common cause of trouble from ropy milk. If water must be spat- tered about, the cans standing in ice water should be covered. Utensils, af- ter washing and scalding, should stand upside down to prevent the accumula- tion of dust on the inside. - Purifying Milk by Pressure. After aerated milk, sterilized milk, peptonized milk, lactated milk and malt- ed milk, there is now to be added a new kind of scientific hygienic milk. This is compressed milk. By a new process the microbes that abound in cows’ milk are . to be squeezed to deathâ€"at least some of them are, for there are about 500,003 germs to every teaspoonful of unboiled milk. To investigate the effect of pres- sure on bacteria, an apparatus has been devised, which is remarkable for having produced what is probably the. greatest hydrostatic pressure over reachedâ€"â€" over 450,000 pounds per square inch. The particular object of these experi- ments was to determine whether the bacteria in milk might not be killed by pressure, so that it would keep a longer time without getting sour. Moderate pressures were first tried, but appeared to have no effect. The pressures were then gradually increased, and very nota- ‘able results were obtained. Milk sub- jected to pressures of from 70 to 100 tons kept from 24 to 60 hours longer without going sour than milk which had not been subjected to compression. The degrees to which the keeping qualities of milk were improved appeared to do pend as much on the time for which the pressure was maintained as upon the actual pressure reached. Pressure of 90 tons per square inch, maintained for ' an hour, prevented milk from going sour for from four to six days. Complete sterilization of the milk, however, was in no case effected, even at the highest pressures, and the milk in many cases acquired peculiar tastes and odors on keeping, indicating'that certain species of bacteria were killed, while others Absorbents for the Stable. Probably the cheapest absorbent for the liquids in the stable, considering cost, is dry road dust, or a well dried muck from the swamp that has been ex~ posed to the weather at least one year since it was dug and dried out well, says The American Cultivator. This, , covered with bedding of straw or leaves, ;? will absorb it all. .= the cellar a certain fermentation takes' place by which much of the nitrogen ; may pass off as ammonia, while if ex- ; posed in the yard it has much of its sol- ; able matter washed out. she loss in this way means to have a from one of' the public schools in tho ; é >r to take the manure to the field be- “ Say, teacher, here’s a tuberosel : But when piled in To prevent cellar, or a roof over the manure heap, fore it has time to ferment. To hold and fix the ammonia many use gypsum, or land plaster, with or without the much or dust. Lately, scientific farm- phate. as beingI equally well adapted to titrate, in which form it is most availa- ' file to the plants, and as being itself a ‘ :saluable fertilizer, adding to the phos- nhoric acid in the manure. It costs a hink it is worth more, and advise the use of’ a regular quantity every day .vith muck and bedding in abundance. According to the Dominion experi- mental station reports, rape stands at the head of the list of forage plants as a green food for lambs. prices. COME AND SEE THEM. POSTERS. ' DODGERS, , SHIPPING TAGS, PROGRAMMES, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, LETTER HEADS, STATEMENTS, CIRCULARS, BLANK NOTES, ENVELOPES, RECEIPTS, ETC., WEDDING INVITATIONS, MEMORIAL CARDS, LADIES’ VISITING CARDS. We have lately added a stock of type and stationery for printing Wedding Invitations, Calling Cards, etc., and can turn out first class work at reasonable prices. Game and see samples. “ Gazette” Office. Francis Street West- ___________________________________ tact AT nus. GROCERIES DEPARTMENT. We desire to Call your attention to the following line or goods, just received: 1 ' Cleaned Currants ' Choice Seeded Raisins, one pound pagriifggg (East Brand); li‘ine Filiated Currants; Selected Valencia Raisins; Sultana Raisins. A full stock of Crosse & Blackwell’s Peels; Soft-shell Almonds; Shelled Grenoble Wal- nuts; Shelled’ Almonds. CROCKERY DEPARTMENT Toilet and Dinner Sets. For the next two weeks we will offer special value in these goods; also a large stock of Fancy Goods, Lamps etc. BOOT AND SHOE DEPARTMENT. A full line of the best goods and latest styles money can bu . _ READY-MADE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. , . . Call and see our Men’s, Youths’ and Boys Suits, also a nice line of Ulsters and Overcoats. These are only a fe\v_of the lines of new goods just placed in stock. You are inv1ted to take a close look through the stocks and compare prices whether you buy or not. Our 25c. Tea 1s immense value. res. MeFARLAND. t t t t i t t t i no new VALEE wens. 'EwEsEEHT? Then don’t wear glasses unless you know they fit. Few people have two eyes exactly alike. Each eye should be examined separately. Such an important matter as eyesight requires ex- pert advice and thoroughly reliable glasses, Bothâ€"advice and glassesâ€"are here. Britten Bros, Jewellers. Foot of Kent St., Lindsay. @éfiwwwwww'fi skim. I ‘ scribed or not, is rcspo I J. J. Navisoiv, w. M. , J. T. Tuosirso‘n Jrs, Re'c-S‘ec NDEPENDENT othh of rohnsrnns. Court Phoé‘ni'x No. 182. Meet on thb last Monday of cachinonth, in the True Blue hall in McArth'ur’s Block; D. Goan; Chief Ranger. Tnos. Aus'rIN, R. S. CANADIAN ORDER or r‘onnsrn’hs, Fenelon Falls Lodge No. 626. Meets in the Orange Hall en Francis street west on the first Thursday of each month. ’l‘tiEo. Jov, ChiefRnnger, P. Dumas, Sec. ‘1ANADIAN HOME CIRCLES. FENE LON Falls Circle No. 127, meets in the True Blue hall in McArthur’s Block the first Wednesday in every month. P. C. BURGESS, Leader. R. B. Srnvnsrsn, Secretary. N A F.AND A.M., c. R. C. THE SPRY . Lodge No.406. Meets on the first Wednesday ofench month,on or before the full of the mean in the led ' ' Cunningham’s Blbck. ge room m F. A. Mchtmiun, Wall. E. FITZGERALD, Secretary. M h CIâ€"IURCI-IES. BAPTIST CHURCHâ€"QUEEN S’l‘ REV. Beng. Davies, Minister. Preaching ’ services every Sunday at 10.30 mm. and 7 p. 111. Bible Class and Sunday School at 2.30 p. In. Praise and re or as ‘ Thursday at 8 p. m. ' p y “we on METHODIST CHURCH -- COLBORNE Streetaâ€"Rev. John Garbutt, Pastor Sunday service at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p m’ Sabbath School at 2.30 p. m. Epwdrtl; League of Christian Endeavor, Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Pra er meet‘n a Thursday eveningat 7.30. y ’ g0 T. ANDREW’S CHURCHâ€"COLBORN S Streetâ€"Rev. R. C. H. Sinclair, Pas;EI tor. Services every Sunday at 10.30 a. m and 7 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. in. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p. in. I W iALVATION ARMY -â€"- BARRACKS ON . Bond St. Westâ€"Gupta. Stephens and Liddard. Servrce every Wednesday, Thurs- day and Saturday evenings at 8 p. m., and on Sundaysatll a. m.,3 p.m. and730 th. M ST. ALOYSIUS R. C. CHURCHâ€"LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father O’Leary, Pastor. Services every alternate Sunday at 10.39 a. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 p. m M T. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET Eastâ€" Rev. Wm. Farucomb, Pastor. Servrce every Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and '1' p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 P. 111. Bible class ever Thu - d v - at 7.30 o’clock. y 15 “if evening E O Seats free in all churches. Everybody mmted to attend. Strangers cordially welcomed HM MISCELLANEOUS. w_~~â€" PUBLIC LIBRARYâ€"PATRICK KELLY, Librarian. Open daily Sunda ' ed, from 10 o’clock a. m. till 10 p..’111’.”.ldc:cll: exchanged on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 a.m. till 3 p.m and in the cvcni . . . n fr 7 to 9. Reading room 111 connection.g on N. . OST-OFFICEâ€"F.J KERR POSTlI _ . , A - P tcr. Open daily, Sundays excepteg, from 7.30 a. m. to 7 p. m. 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If a subscriber orders hisfiifafilfa’i' lid-Yb stopped at a certain time, and the’ ub’I lusher continues to send, the subscribe}:- i- bound to pay for it if he takes it out of th: post-office. This proceeds upon the ground that a man mustpny for what he uses 5. The courts have decided that refitsin to take newspapers and periodicals from the post-office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for is prima a -- . . . m of intentional fra’ud. f “mane? 0 Whole he omcc continu- I...“