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l at ' O ' '1 ;:, 3' c a l S , t I 'O. . 'fi‘.-- i >%.-‘ C \7 Too Slow for the Dog. A DRUMMERS STORY ABOUT SOUTHERN RAILWAY SPEED. There is a fallacy iii the North that Southern trains are lamentany slow as regards speed. A New York drummer told a story to a newspaper man the other day in which this idea was illusâ€" trated. “I heard of a drummer," said he, “ who got on the train at Atlanta to go to New Orleans. He had a dog that he was very fond of, but the conductor wouldn’t let him carry it into the coach. “ ‘ I suppose you'll let me tic him to the rear coach, then,’ said the drummer. “ Oh, yes,’ said the conductor, deris- ively, ‘ do that by all means; but,’ he added,‘ I shouldn't guarantee that you'd have much dog by the time we got started.’ “ ‘Oh, that's all right; I'm willing 'to risk that,’ be said, and be tied his prized canine to the rear coach. The conductor spoke to the engineer about it, and it was agreed that the train should do some of the swiftest running of its history. It fairly flew until the first station was reached. Then the conductor came around with a smile to where the drummer was sitting and asked about the dog. “ ‘ Oh, he's all right,’ said the drum- mer, carelessly, and continued reading. The conductor went back and saw that the animal was trotting along behind without effort, the rope hanging slackly. He gave the cue to the engineer, and some magnificent running was the re- sult. A few miles further down the Conductor came around to the drummer and said,“ ‘ Where's your doggie now?’ ‘ lie’s keeping up,’ said the drummer. The two went back to the rear end, but there was no dog. The rope was trail- ing along behind. The conductor smiled triumphantly. The drummer laughed easily. “ ‘ By jove, he’s gnawed his rope and gene on ahead.’ And sure enough it was true. When the junction was reached there sat the dog patiently waiting for his master.” This is the way some drummers while away the hoursâ€"Atlanta Constitution. An Exigency. There was an old couple-«man and wifeâ€"in the seat opposite me on a Sixth avenue elevated train, and it was evidently their first ride in the air. The woman was very nervous, and begged to get off at every station, but the old man .retorted : “ No, let’s stick it out. We've paid our money, and we’ll have the benefit of it. I'm a-keepiu' my eyes peeled, and I guess there’s nuthin' to be skeert about.” He appealed to me to confirm his statements, and, of course, I told him that accidents were very rare, and no one ever gave them a thought. This sort of talk calmed the old woman down, but just as she had settled back and was enjoying the passing sights, an idea suddenly struck her and she sprang up and exclaimed. “Samuel, I shall git off at tho\next stop whether you do or not ! I don’t say the cars will run off or the engine bust up, but suppose we come across a drove of hogs or half a dozen cows on the track ! " “ By gum, but I hadn’t thought of that! " he replied, and as the train stopped at Chambers street they hurried out of the car with such speed that both fell down and rolled over on the platform. _...._..___.‘. Given What’He Called For. It doesn't pay to be too funny. A man who formerly boarded at a Maine hotel used always to call for “ old hen ” when he saw chicken on the bill of fare. l l t I l no is i ' womb its cast as a fertilizer . Th only safe way to use a Strong Poison ‘ am URED. pit-units FOR SALE BY JOSEPH HEARD. Full lines always kept in General Hardware, Stoves and Tin- ware. Agent for Rathbun’s Portland Star Cement. New stock of Mixed Paints, Turpentine, \Vhite Lead, etc. The cheapest store in the county for cash, and the highest prices paid for Sheep-skins, Ilides, etc. A Fat new :1: OF SPRING AND SUMMER READY-MADE CLOTHING JUST REGEIVED AT Jos. McFARLAN ’3. Are you gomg to buy A thdii ER MERRY i’ If so, it will be to your advantage to consult Repairing and Rte-painting promptly attended to. Next door to Knox’s blacksmith shop on Francis Street, . . FEREMN MEN. .. Furniture. BEDROOM SUITES BUREAUS LINDSAY Marble Works. a“: R. CHKiviBERs as is prepared to furnish the people of Lind- 1" "1‘ say and surrounding country with MONUMENTS'AND IIEADSTONES, both Marble and Granite. I’XIGIITS OF TEXTED .\l.~\CC.-\l§F.RS. I O. L. No. 906. MEET IN THE ORANGE - J. DIRECTOR'S? l SOCIETIES. Diamond 'l‘cut No. '.‘"S. Meets in they True Blue hall in .\lc.-\r’.bur‘s Block on the 3 first and third Tuesday in each month. . ll 1‘). Arsrts. C. m. I C. W. Buttoorxs. R K. g .‘AI’LE LEAF TRUE BLUE LODGE No Ell 4'2. Regular meetings held on the; 2nd and 4th Wednesday in each month! Hall in McArthur's Block. , l Jens MCGXM’IIAY, Master. S. McCurcnsox, Deputy Master. Geo. Jaivstn, Sec reta ry. ANADIAN ORDER or ODDFELLOWS. “38 3 54”" Trent Valley Lodge No. 71. Meet in Cuba's Only Weapon. S\\’ORD IN “'AR AND REAPINO HOOK IN PEACE. There is no weapon in pence or wot’ like the machete, which the Cubans are ,now using in their light for liberty. Every country has a sword of its own, but Cuba is the one place whose only" sword and only in~txmnvnt of war has been her rcnpin: hook or none knife. If she frat-s herself from Spain the mo~t decisive part of the cork must be done with the m.chcte. 'l'uz-ro is not. one Cuban in a hundred who knows how to The lbltlhtlt-re‘ have been denied the use of firearms so long that the True Blue bull in McArthnr's Block on ' those who had fallen into poswssinu of the first and third Mondays in each month. J. J. errrsox, N. G. H. E. AUSTIN, Secretory. hall on Francis-St. West on the second Tuesday in every month. anrs DEYMAN, W. .\I. J. '1‘. Tuonrson, Jtt., Rec-Sec. NDEPENDENT ORDER of FORESTERS. Court thnix No.182. Meet on the last .‘londny of each month, in the True Blue hall in McArthur’s Block. T. AUSTIN, Chief Ranger. Hansen-r Saunronn, R. S. __. ‘lANADIAN HOME CIRCLES. FITNE- (J LON Fulls Circle No. 127, meets in the True ltluc hall in )chrthnr‘s Block the first Wednesday in every month. 1’ C. Burmass, Leader. R. B. SYLvssrsn, Secretary. F. AND A. .\I., G. R. C. THE SPRY I . Lodge No.406. Meets on the first Wednesday of‘ each montb,on or before the full of the moon, in the lodge room in Cunningham’s Block. E. Frrzcnnam, W. .\I. Rev. W. FARNCOMB, Secretary CIâ€"IURCIâ€"IES. BAPTIST CHURCHâ€"QUEEN-ST.â€"REV. James Fraser, Pastor. Sunday morning at 10.30. every Sunday at 2.30. p. in. Sunday School DlETHODlST CHURCH â€"-â€"- COLBORNE Streetâ€"Rev. G. W. McCall, Pastor. Sunday service at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. in. Sabbath School at 2.30 p. m. Epworth League of Christian Endeavor, Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Prayer meeting on Thursday eveningat 7.30. RESBYTERIAN CHURCHâ€"FRANCIS Street. Westâ€"Rev. M. McKinnon, Pos- tor. Services every Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p.111. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 30 p. m. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. in. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p. m. ALVATION ARMY â€"BARRACKS ON Bond Street West. â€"- Captain 'l‘nylor. Service every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday evenings, and on Sundays at 7 n. m., 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 a. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 p. m. T. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET Enstâ€" Rev. Wm. Farncomb, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.3011. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday School every Sunday at “.30 a. m. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. W Seals free in all churches. Every/body ilwitedto attend. Strangers cordially welcomed. DIISCELLANEOUS. D, ECIIANICS’ INSTITUTEâ€"P. KELLY, Librarian. Open daily, Sunday except- cd, from 10 o’clock n. m. till 10 p. In. Books exchanged on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 a.m.1il13 p. m. and in the evening from 7 to 9 Reading room in connection. OST OFFICEâ€"F. J. KERR, POSTMAS- TER. Oflice hours from 7.40 a. m. t08 Mall going south closes at8 a.m. Mail going north closes at 3 p. m. COUNTY COUNCIL. â€"_ WannsNâ€"Jonu CHAMHERS, FENELON. Service every i dry guns in the battles of the ten rears" rc- belliou often threw them down when they got into battle and relied chittlv upon their cane knives. The battle of Baird, in which so many Spanhh bonds were cut off, and which was the bloodi- est in Cuban history, was won by cow, knives over the best rifles in the lll|--'l.~«i of the Spaniards. The best cone knivw are made in America, and before and since the uprising on the island there has been a great demand for them. licâ€" sides, the cane crop in Cuba is now be. ing harvested, and Split) feels that she can crush the uprising more easily if , she can cripple the harvest. The mother country has not only taken this opportunity to dept-ire Cuba of the one weapon and utensil that is necessary both in war and peace, but she has sent an agent to the United States to buy cane knives or machctos, as they are all called in Spanish, with which to train her own Cuban army. But the prospect that the Spanish sol-- dicrs will learn how to use this weapon is not half so promising as that the; Cubans will learn how to use rifles. A reporter was shown just what a Cuban cane knife will do in the hands of a | Cuban who knows how to use one. The head of a bullock that had been butchered some days before was placed before him. “ Now,” said the Cuban, “ I will split that head open between the horns with one stroke as if it were so much butter." This he did. The Cuban said he had cut off horses' heads in baitles and had more than onCc seen the ghosts ly sight of men split down from head to foot with such a weapon. In the national muscum in Madrid are a noun ber of gun barrels cut in two by these knives. The great; execution of the machete lies in the wonderful skill in handling it. these knives. The first is nothing more nor less than a sword, twenty-eight inches in length, made of the very best spring steel and encased in a leather scabbard. It looks like an ordinary sword, but is much heavier. It is worn by Cuban officers and gentlemen. The next is an ovcrscer’s machete, very flex- ible, and with a slight stroke it will sever a man's head from the body. But the broad, heavy sixteen-inch knife is Cuba's peculiar weapon of offence and defence and her principal agricultural and domestic implement. It is used for nearly every service for which we use a knife, an axe, a cleaver, a pruning hook or a scythe. Forests are cleared with them,- and they are about the only tool in a butcher shop. Nowhere else in Spanish America is the machete so genâ€" erally used. Nearly the whole of Cuba is devoted to the cultivation of cane and tobacco, and every stock of these crops is harvested with the machete. Great skill in handling them is the result. These regular cane knives, on account of their peculiar shape, cannot be worn in a scabbard. They must be worn hanging, exposed from the trunk, and the fact that they can thus be worn at all denotes that the wearer is one of very careful habits, for the blade is always kept as sharp as the very best steel can be made. Absolutely every There are three classes of The table girl and cooks thereupon prc- Estimates promptlygiven on all kinds of; 130x103. I . . _ . . _ ' Gaunlmidmwlkpve male Cuban wears one. It is his must PMC‘l for him, “I‘d Whenever OlliCken ‘30:?“ng T W I T v t I Bobcnygcon...J. I. Read . . . . . . Reeve highly valued piece of property, and he , , _ . ar e a e cps, asr ops, . an e Corden...... .. A. Jacob . . . . . . Reeve with}, 311mm, 1 n 111i ,. -. -. , . ' w‘fls sawed an] 'Old hen‘ also was pm Pieces, Pic-g 3 5990mm.“ Dalton . . . . . . Jos. 'I‘hompsnn...Reevc . l (t x I, ll I", h? Them; '1 "to?! vidcd, and tits particular boarder WORK5__],, re," 0 the mark“ on Camp. Dx__J,\,.“.0“d Home mac no t. V n llL mountains o .sout '.- always got a generous piece of.that. bridge “reegoppusne Mambo“, puking Eldon . . . . . . . . (.H‘MDUMM OHM-V Ullrlcpn but”, he ,3 n, how}, ms], hm After this order of things had continued [ house. I I H Emily “:0 Switzcr Reeve IIIIHCLIOLB. fille would1 not give It for for three months without the boarder Being *1 Wattle“ WONmtln vl Should ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ 'l‘. McQuudc..l)cpuly tie est ri v or revo vur. The under- suspcctiug the joke. he one day called p 5360 hp: rlitlslfilif a‘plrllcppmbarc IIIICCS before Fcnclon I t . - . . {poolllnulilrbersllfrcw. ._rmwtl. is too dense for the passage of the waitress to him and told her he was I lure H i’ " ' m‘ 'l “my “tithing but the machete thrnuuh the Fenelon l-‘nlls. .Jns. Dickson. . . Reeve Luxton, Digby and Longt'ord John Bailey. . .. Reeve Richard Kylie Reeve Geo. Crnndcll Isl Deputy W M. Rbsou..2nd Deputy BOBT. CHAMBERS. North ofthe Town Hall- gcttin: sick of old hens, and he'd likel to have a taste ofchiekeu. “Very well," 1 was the reply, “you can have it; but; you ordered old hen regularly. and as this house always pleases its guestsl brush “t‘ trims his footpath and waits to spring upon a Spaniard and behcad him. And there is nothing that a Span- iard dreads so much in Cuba as the work ol'tlu-se knives. Their stroke is PICTURES _~ H { SflhlETlllilG NEW ----- and other articlesâ€"useful and orna~ MIRRORS i i i . . _ ‘ _ . menu}. and the prices are not high. W Lownsbrough Rcr-vc . , . . '\ s ' r \ ‘ 1 a n ‘ r ' ‘ ‘ [I l H l h ‘N 2 i l ' ' :vdii‘lh'lnttlt«rhinitiibihd\ilâ€". Hi’Iil'lll'n) .(llllmj Ptrlmlia you have Pictures ' Manposa { [Llrllnm‘rl '51]IBIIIUI)' "1:"; l LL “r d. (“h I” marl-Y “my m ' l: ‘ r l c 'e . s c. ‘ - _ t , u .1 , ._; , , m: :. T’hnnoqmvih I ‘ stowed awayâ€"of little use for n‘un! A D Omcmec _ T A, llllcp’l,1.,.l::,, [illpchml'i -. -.._~_.........-..-- ,-,. _ ’ I - ......-.._s..-..._ of a frame. Bring them here fluid 0 l . . . . (‘JI'l'nmm “5 mac 'l‘l ' l l l ' ll 4 - , - . , up; mm C s . . . . . . . . . . <. . I“ , H! ww: g on Is .' . . ' ()ut mommaâ€"I suppose fights 1”” “W “‘°°“”“° “‘ “ ‘ ‘ " t-‘J'H a! Fun-Donny l ‘ ‘ ‘ "m W) .f A New and linproved System i of Garment Cutting, known as the De La Morton French l’er fcctiou Tailor Systcm,acknowledgcd by all leading tailors and dressmakers who have i tried it to be the best in the world. It can , be adapted to any style of dress, from a i tailor made costume to the daintiest even- ' Seamless waists cut by the .. . . . Davrd Chambers, " I wonder, said she, “Just what the n General Blacksmith . - ' ,N in ow . Poor hmécs feohu".am' It mu“ hey isafitegsystem. Ensures a perfect fit. Dress- ‘ - ’ 1 Just horrid to be driven and dragged] w you have n't got, ' making done in all its branches. No extra u in” h, 1'; mi" , “ml “k . I" ,l . pk. about without any idea as to where one ' t What You owe charge for new 55.5mm. ! ( Why ‘1',“ “1‘ m. n. pn Din. tarts] 139, is coins. except as someone directs." money 0 Pay . ' Blacksmitbingmnllitsdifl'erentbranches ‘ ’ .3 "" "' "'1‘ "' ‘3'“ “3 “ I think I can appreciate his feelings," for the “ Gazette," almost any 2 MRS. J. A. done 0,, 51,0” notice and m the low,“ , It‘lll'i'rlf *1 ll "mm dtr’l' “anchora- replied Mr. Fitts. u I imagine that he; kind of farm produce will be ; Murmur-’3 mock, upstairs, Entrance next livingpriccs. Particularnttention paid fol "L I: t~ ' I M: of on. M a short , 'ust .boug “ I do when on he f . door to ML Robson's store nearly horse-shoeing: Give me a calland I will l‘l’ifll. l' "'l ‘1' I'm] 01' 2:11;," on ‘ shopping “Main n u 1 taken at market 1311088. opposite me powom'cc. guarantee satisfaction. 4,} ,_. the most of. L. DEYMAN, ColbOrue.St., Penelon Falls. almost i: ii: 0»lean the human brain. It Nmtul'h :-. r-rtt'i'y lmlling a sandy y-Illhlnlll'r' r-v 'ntrmml lil' phmphate and oat-hm :r‘ I n5 in)». its um in the uni- mrl u-uxooy i~ absolutely unknown. Fanciful physiologists hnvn conjectured it to h” to” s at of the Hull. A m u. - ill" Arabs a practice from time Im'w-Inori'tl ll ts prevailed ofchurn- John llotvic..RI-cvc ’ A Morrison..l)<-pnty Jns. Lithgotht-eve John Kelly .. Deputy Woodvillc . . .. Arch. Campbell Reeve are of common occurrence in your town ? (fol. Longhornâ€"Yes. There is so much fighting that when a disturbance of some kind is not taking place large l crowds gather to see what is the matter. Mr. and Mrs. Fitts were out driving. . Somerville . . . Verulnm . . . . . . 45-ly. lastened to ;