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. -.--. 5v.“ I Farm Machinery. SOME BIT!" TUO MLTII OF IT, AND OT!!- ERS SOT QUITE ESOL’GII. One may easily go to either extreme on aimOst any question. This is cer taiuiy true in the matter of buying farm impmments and machinery. A promi- nent place in the Causes of failure of not .1 few armers should be given to their habit of recklessly buying farm machin- nery when not needed, and of neglecting to care for it after it is bought. Whch um: has a good implement or machine, it In folly to throw it aside and purchase another because of some trifling claimed improvement. On the other hand, it is at least equal fully to continue to use nearly wornâ€"out or inferior tools, no. u ecting to avail oneself Of important improvements. A noticeable tendency of agriculture in the prairie regions, which are so admirably fitted for the 1hr: of farm machinery, is to reduce hand labor to a minimum. It is not only attempted to do almost all parts of field culture work by the aid ol horse- drawn machinery, but to do it with the smallest possible number of men. Wide- cutting or gang plows, narrows or culti- vators or seeders, and so of mowers and reapcrs, are becoming more common. Many of the new machines are decided- ly better than the older ones of the same class; some are not. In many cases it will be a clear gain to buy new machin- cry; just as in others in would be a use less waste of money. If the new plow will cut an‘inch or two wider than the old one, with no increase in draft, it will soon pay for itself. If equally good work can be done with a barrow which cuts fifteen feet instead of ten, the sav- ing in cost of labor will soon equal the cost of the harraw. One or two bushels increase per acre in the yield of corn on the area which can be cultivated, will make the price of the cultivator in one yearnâ€"Prairie Farmer. 0"”.â€" Protect Sheep Against Grub in the Head. ' Many American shepherds advise smearing the salt trough with tar, but this is seldom thorough enough. A practice to be recommended, where the flock- is not too large, is to smear the noses of the sheep periodically, at least once a week, during the season of great- est activity Ol' the fly, with a mixture of equal parts of tar and grease, or of tar and fish oil, or of tar and whale' oil. Some have used whale oil alone with good results. A brush will be found convenient to apply these mixtures. A reliable authority speaks in flattering,r terms of the use of an ointment made as follows: Beeswax, one pound; lin- seed Oil, one pint; carbolic acid, four ounces. Melt the wax and Oil together, adding two ounces Of resin to give body, then, as it is cooking, stir in the carbol- ic acid. The same authority mentions the use, by some breeders of choice stock, of a canvas face cover smeared with this mixture, -or with one of as.- firtida and tallow, which may be. ad- justed in such a fashion as not to inter- fere with the sight or while grazing, and yet protect the lambs against the fly that lays the egg from which the grub hatches. Some farmers plow a few for- rows in the pasture, so the sheep may put their noses in the fresh earth and thus keep the fly awayâ€"American Ag- ri'culfurist. - Getting Best Results in the Fruit Garden. Whoever has picked the most luscious wild raspberries and blackberries, and has noted the conditions under which they grew, has seen a loose soil and a- bundant moisture are prime essentials to perfection in these berries. It has been found by c‘speriencc that the chief aid a gardener has in securing: a light. loose and moist soil, even in the heat of summer. is a heavy coating of the ground with mulch. Applied to the pears. but in a very thick one, it keeps down seeds, smothering that most trou blesozne of pests, witch grass, and cre- ates beneath it a surprising condition oi the soil. If one will take the trouble to draw aside a thick coat of mulch. he will be surprised to find the earth be- neath it as light as though the burrow had just passed throuuh it ; while. even ill time of drought. the Soil will be well filled with moisture drawn up from the regions below. In using mulch, care should be taken to avoid having weed seed, unless the plot of land is to be kept permanently mulched. Rather than go without such a covering in the raspberry rows, if straw or hay were not at hand. have evergreen brush cut in . 9 I The only way to use a Strong Poison res: SALE BY JOSEPH HEARD. Full lines always kept in General Hardware, Stoves and Tin- “'211‘0 . Agent for Rathbun’s Portland Star Cement. New stock of Mixed Paints, Turpentine, White Lead, etc. The cheapest store in the county for cash, and the highest prices paid for Sheep-skins, llides, etc. a Hit-id SEW $703K 0F SPfii‘E-EG AND SUMMER BERRY-EEADE SLGTHING JUST RESEEVED AT JQS McFARLAWD’S. Are you going to buy If so, it will be to your ad 'anta'ge to consult "law!" 5. S GAMER. Repairing and Rte-painting prOmptly attended to. Next door to Knox’s blacksmith shop on Francis Street, .. FEiilEldll Mild... Furniture. BEDROOM SUITES BUREAUS SIDEBOARDS ~ EASY CHAIRS LOUNGES CENTRE TABLES MIRRORS ' PICTURES and Other articlesâ€"useful and orna- mental, nnd the prices are not high. Perhaps you have Pictures stowed awuvâ€"ot little use for want ot‘u frame: Bring them here and have their decorative qualities made the most of. ~ L. DEYMAN .- LINDSAEZ Marble Works. R. OHEIBERS as is prepared to furnish the peOple of Lind- say and surrounding country with MONUMEJTS AND HEADSTONES, both Marble and Granite. Estimates promptly given on all kinds of chley. cemetery work. Marble Table Tops, Wash Tops, Manth Pieces. etc., a specialty. WORKSâ€"4n rear 0 the market on Cam- bridge street,oppositc Matthcws’ puking Eldon ' house. Being a practical workman all should lsce his designs and compare prices before lpurchasingelsewhere. RDBT. CHAMBERS. North of the Town Hall Sflit‘lETHING NEW TO 'T‘FiE LA IES 0F FENELON FALLS A ‘ D ICINITY. of Garment Cutting, known as the De La Morton French Per Faction Tailor System. acknowledged by all l nxnncronv.l l A New and Improved System, l I\ Dmuiond 'l‘cut No. '98. Meets in the True Blue hall in MeArthurs Block .‘n the 1 tirst and third Tuesday in each month. a II. E. Ai'srix. Com. C. W. lil'liquXh. ll K. _____..-.â€"_.____._..__. arm: LEAF 'l‘lli'E lll.l.'E-l~.tilii;?-‘. No 'lud and 4th \Yedueulay in each month. S. MeC t‘rcnnos, De pu l y Music r. l Joux Mt‘GuA‘nM‘. Master. ‘ Geo. JEWELL. Secretary. CANADIAN ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS 'l‘reut Valley Lodge .\'o. 71. Meet in the True Blue hall in McArthur‘s Block on the first‘tnd third Mondays in each month. J. J. NEvrsox, N. G. II. E. Arsris, Secretary. 0. L. NO. 906. MEET I.\' THE ORANGE . hall on Francis-St. West on the second Tuesday in every month. LEWIS Dennis. W. M. J. '1‘. THOMPSON, JR, Rec-Sec. INDEPENDENT ORDER of FORES'I‘ERS. Court Phtnuix No.182. Meet on the last Monday of each month, in the True Blue hall in McArthur’s Block. '1‘. AUSTIN. Chief Ranger. HERBERT Sunrouu,’R. S. CANADIAN HOME CIRCLES. ERNE- ' LON Falls Circle No.127, meets in the True Blue bull in McArthur’s. Block the first Wednesday in every month. P. C. Iluuonss, Leader. R. B. Svtvnsrsn, Secretary. A' F. AND A. M., G. R. C. THE SPRY ' . Lodge 370.406. Meets on the first Wednesday of each month,on or before the full of the moon, in the lodge room in Cunningham’s Block. E. Frizoimnan. W. M. an. W. Fanscmtn, Secretary CIIUIKCIâ€"IES. BAPTIST ClIURClIâ€"QUEE.’-ST.â€"REV. James Fraser, Pastor. Service every Sunday morning at 10.30. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30. p. m. V ETHODIST CHURCH â€"- COLBORNE l Streetâ€"Rev. G. W. McCall, I’astor. Sunday service at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath School at 2.30 p. m. Epworth League of Christian Endeavor, Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7.30. I) ESBYTERIAN CHURCHâ€"FRANCIS Street Westâ€"Rev. M. McKinnou, Pus- tor. Services cvrry Sunday at lll.30 n. m. and 7 p. 111. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 30 p.111. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. in. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p. at. QALVATION ARMYâ€"BARRACKS ON k Bond Street Westâ€"Captain Taylor. 43. lleuulzir menthws held on the? _ 1‘ She Was Waiting. On a trail running over the Iron _____..___ â€"___.__â€"-i Mountain into North Carolina I came 'NIGllTS 0F TESTED .‘l.-\t‘t‘.\l§EEi: upon a settler's eihin with a woman . smoking her p‘p- on the doorstep. Al'â€" ier she had trtchcd me a drink I sat ;d~wn to smoke in llcl‘ company. and 'al'ier a bit inquired about the rc>i ol‘ the family. " 'l‘har hain‘t. no rest." she replied. ‘ Thar used to ba. but I‘ve biu a wid- l der woman for three Volts." l l Service every Tuesday, 'l‘hursday and Sat- urday evenings, and on Sundays at 7 a. 111., 10 a. m., 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. ST. ALOYSIUS R. C. CHURCHâ€"LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father Nolan, Pastor. Services every alternate Sunday at 10.30 :t. to. Sunday School cvcrySundayatL’ p. m. T. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET Eustâ€" Rev. Wm. Furncomb, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 11.30 a. m. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. 3&5“ Seats free in all churches. Every];on invitedto attend. Strangers cordial/y welcomed. DIISCELLANlflO-IIS. 1‘, ECHANICS’ INSTITUTEâ€"P. KELLY, Librarian. Open daily, Sunday except- ed. from 10 o’clock a. m. till 10 p. In. Books exchanged on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 a.m. till 3 p. m. and in the evening from 7 to 9. Reading room in connection. POST OFFICEâ€"F. J. KERR, POSTMAS- TER. Ollice hours from 7.40 n. m. to 8 p. m. Mail going south closes at8 a.m. Mail going north closes at 3 p. m. COUNTY COUNCIL. Washesâ€"Jens Gunmen s, FRNELON. . . . . . . . Geo. Laidlaw . Reeve Beheatygeou . . .J. L. Read. . . . .. Reeve Garden . . . . .. .. A. Jacob. . . . .. Reeve Dalton . . . . .. Jos. Thompson . . . {ecvc l Dr.J.W.Wood Reeve ' ' ' l C. McDonald Di-pmy W. C. Switzcr Reeve 'l‘. Mchadc . . Deputy l [ Jno.Chainbcrs Iii-ere Fcnflon """ 1 Wm. Hall Deputy Fenelon Falls. .Jns. Dickson. . . leevc ‘ Laxton, Dighy and Longl‘ord John Bailey. . .. {cove Richard Kylie lei-v0. Lindsay . ,.,. . Geo. Crundell lst Deputy Emily........ W Lotvnsbrough Reeve J I". Shaw-r . . . . . lst Deputy l lillev-l'l Adam 2nd Deputy 'l' A McPherson Reeve l J”: nunn E lis Reeve l UPS ' ' ' I ' ' H" l-‘Ummrl I“()X..Dt’]llily John Ilowie..lteevc ' A Morrison..l)i-puty (r .lns. Lithgoqueevc l John Kelly .. Deputy Woodvillc ....Areh. Campbell Reeve Mariposa ()tnemee . . . Sontcrvillc . . . ‘Verulam . . . . .. i with a shotgun. across the road. “ llusi-and iiie lei-U '3" "‘ B. ut tuo milc~ down the road, sah. Ilan'l he “Rut. down to lli'Y a pop at Shoemaker, and Shoemaker he not the lust pup at Dan'l." - "Do you mean that your llllrb-lllli was killed ? " " Sartin. Shoemaker jis' popped him 'l‘luu‘s his grave i;st Dani he reckoned on the fust pop. and must hev bin greatay disapp'iutt‘tl." “ And were there any others? " “Two sonsâ€"~Bill and Abe. Bill went up tliar on that peak one mawnin to hunt a bar. llis gun fouled, and the b’ar hunted him out. He jist nmunued to crawl home. and then died a disap- p‘intcd man. 'l‘hat's his grave to the left of that chestnut tree.” “And about Abe '1’ " “ Oh, Abe, he worked around fur a while, and then went to a dance down at the cross-roads. I-le jist 'lowed to me when he set out that he would bust up that dance and be back afore. midnight, but he not disapp‘inted over it. The two Schermerhorn boys and the three Davidson boys kept shootin’ at him till he was dead. That's his grave under the thorn hush over tltar." “ Then your husband and sons have all died violent duntlis ? H [ “skull. “ Yo’ might call 'cm violent, I reck- on,” she replied. “ Yes, when a man is popped over by a gun or clawed to death by a bar, I reckon it's a violent. death." “And you are trying to bear your loss with resignation, and make your living: here on the {arm alone? You are entitled to much credit." “ Wan], mebbc. Stranger, did any- body tell yo’ I was a bidder woman?" “ No ’m.” “ Did you come this way to ax me to marsy you ? ” “ Why, no ! " “ Are you lookin for a wife Willi thirty-two acres of silo, a cabin, two mules and six hens? ” “ I've already got a wife." “ Then please take another drink and a bite to eat and pass on, for I'm exâ€" pectin’ no less’u three 'widowcrs yore to-day to pop the qutstion, and this fam’ly has suffered disapp'intmcut ’uuif already! "â€"31. Quad. ‘0 Her Mind Was Elsewhere. AND YET THEY TELL US ’l‘IIE DEAR THINGS WANT TO VOTE. 7 A stylish and refined-lonking woman not into a King-street car the other day. Seating herself in a comfortable posi- tion. hc gazed with placid countenance on those about her. “ Faro, please! " recalled her to sterner reality. With a confident air she put her hand in her pocketâ€"horror! nothing there but a hairpin! Madly she thrust her hand inside her mysteriously-made bodiceâ€"- nothing! Her lace assumed an almost tragic fear as she gasped, “ Oh, I have lost it i ” “ Lost what ? ” gruflly asked the con- ductor. “ My purse,” she moaned. “ ls n't that it ? ” and he pointed to a little leather case lying innocently on her lap. “Ah, so it is. Oh, dear, how very stupidl” Picking: it up. she handed him a brand-new dollar from its con- tents. “ I am sorry to have kept you waiting so long,” she apologized, The passengers smiled, the woman blushed, and the condUctor stepped out. on the platform to make change. In a moment he returned and handed it to her, and his features had come back to that in- different, cold t-tarc of a thoroughbred horse-car conductor. Thanking him humbly, she began counting it. Over and over she counted that money, each time her face becoming more, and more puzzled. Once more she tried. but with the same result. Flushing: into an an- t w M mm" “M Wqu i gry look, she beckoned the conductor to u - ~ g u I her, and said: “ Sir, did I not give you a dollar? “ “ You did. mum." replied he. “ Well. there are hut ninety-five cents here i ” and she almost threw the silver at him." “ And did ye expect to ride free? What's the matter wid ye? " " ()hâ€"myâ€"-ol'cnurseâ€"â€"what on earth am I thimkiutz about? 5-:- i - “‘“~Ww~ (91.. law.-.‘ l soil. not in a thin coat that soon di~ap l l l i leading tailors and dressmakch who hnvel I [mum we tried it to he the best in the world. It can l be adapted to any style of dress. from a tailor made costume to the dainticst even- tht: woods and pastures, and with this mulch the land; but straw or hay is better, for it decays and forms a vege- table homo: in the soil. v.-. . _._4 o. v r a ’ The great secret in fancy batter-mak- @ If 3. 0“ hi“ 9 n t got inn ~aya a dairy writer. is a. study-d money to pay what you owe 9.19... to keep all foreign substances: for the “ Gazette,” almost any out of “"3 mm‘ “d “mu” *“d m” I kind of farm produce Wlll be onlv original material from start to fin- I, . . n, .. j ' ~ taken at maikt . prices. Ssh and lancy butter min. i . Comma-St, Fenelon Fills. ’fareâ€"I hope "â€"and her voice died a: V way as «he noticed the suppressed laugh- _ ter of the passengers. while the ciunduc lug gown. Seamless waists cut by the General Blacksmith, imr Ecru‘ched M8 chin and wohdfir'ld same system. Ensures a perfect fit. Dress- l l ' i l ' u making done in all its branches. No extra V i when I them flung” would vote' charge for new system. .â€"_.__..- Blacksmithingia allitsdifl'erentbranchea __ ~ - ; MRS- J- A- done on short notice and at the lowest l I Eaddd Mk, “llfctfeltlternbl-y w ll‘mk McArthur’s Block, upstairs. Entrance next living prices. Particulurattention paid tol P 33" P0 8" 35 ""3 1L, ' horse-sheen: . Give me a callnnd I will TOddâ€"II that 80? “by 7 door to Mr. Robson a store, nearly 8' - l opposite the Post-omen. guarantee satisfaction. 46-11. Noddâ€"vth lost a new bonnet.