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l She Had a Son. BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN HIS CON- DITION TO COMFORT THE TRAMP. ” Madam," began the tramp. as the kitchen door Was opened in response to his knock, “ have you a son ? " “ Yes, sir," replied the woman as she looked him over. “ Is be among strangers, may I ask ? " “ He is.” " Ah ! You can appreciate my posi- tioni Who knows but what your son is a. wanderer o’er the face of the earth tonightâ€"hungry, rugged and compelled to beg lor his bread. Have you heard from him lately ? " “ Yes, sir. My son is no wanderer, and he L't'iS three square mealsa day and wears pretty good clothes.” “ Then he has a steady job ? " “ He has, sir. He’d like to wander, but he can’t. He’s in the workhcuse on a six months' sentence, and has over three months yet to serve. Did you want anything ? ” “ Why, m:t'nmâ€"Why, considering the circumstances ” “ You won't ask for anything ? " “ No, nia'am, I won't. If your son was a wandererâ€"hungry, ragtred and fl hopelessâ€"P would modestly ask for a .bite to eat, but seeingâ€"but seeing "â€" “ That he can’t wander.” “ Yos‘mâ€"that he can’t wander, and has a gond job of it, I’ll try the next house and let you off. AfternOOn, ma’am. H0pe your wanderless son will stick right to it and come out as fat as a fall pig.” O‘.-.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_____ An Irish Insult. He had come to put in the coal. The cock lady and her friend came out to watch him do it. He lifted the coal hole cover and dropped it on his toot. “ Death and ages 1 ” was his first vocif- eration. deep and bitter curses that would have wrinkled the tin roof had it been twenty feet nearer the sidewalk. “ The divil fly away wid it!” he finally added, when the pain subsided somewhat. But the expected sympathy was not forthcoming, either from the cook lady or her friend. In fact, the former was red in the face with sup- pressed indignation. “ How dare ye spake so in the pris~ ions of leddies ?” she said; “it's in- sulted we are! ” Despite the pain, his reply was ready. “Phy, did ya understand phwut Oi wor sayin' in me agony ? ” he said. “ Faix an’ I did, an' but too well! ” “Well, I have only this to say,” was his 'remark; “ any female phwut calls herself a leddy, phwut undershtands the sum and substance of me late rc- marks, is beyond insult.” And, before the gasping cook lady could retort, he turned to her lady friend with: “ Did you undershtand phwut Oi said ?” “ I did not,” was the quick reply. “ Then if ye didn’t undershtand, how in th' divil cud ye be insulted ?” And he turned to his work in tri- umph, while the cook lady and her friend retired in dignified haste to the kitchen window, to comment audiny on “ tarricr impudence,” and add, in- tentionally, to the upward tendency of their haughty noses when his work turned him toward the window. .- A Divided Jury. A man was on trial in Lake County recently on a charge of grand larceny. He was accused of stealing a hog. An .old rancher whose interest in the case was due to the fact that he owned a big drove of hogs, listened attentively to the impaneling of the jury and then left the court room with undisguised disgust; " What’s the matter, Sam ? ” en- quired an attorney. “That jury’s goin' to disagree,” he declared emphatically. “ What makes you think so '1’" “ Think ? I don't think nothing about it. I know it." “ Well, then, how do you know it ? " “ Why, they’ve got six hog men that raise hogs and four men that I knows has stole hogs on that jury, an’ nobody crer know'd a hog raiser an' a hog thief as would agree on a hog case." His Little Lamb. The Rev Dr. Meredith, a well-known clergyman, tries to cultivate friendly relations with the younger members of his flock. In a recent talk to his Sun- day school he urged the children to speak to him whenever they met. The next day a dirty-faced urchin, :moking a cigarette and having a gen- . rally disreputable appearance, accosted him in the street with : “ Hallo. doctor l " The clergyman stopped and cordially inquired : -- And who are you. sir ? " “ I'm one of your little lambs," ro- plicd the boy, afi'ahly. “ Fine day." And, tilting his hat on his head, he humor-ed of. leaving the worthy divine whim with aunt-eat. Then followed a torrent of Why Bother Looking Anywhere Else? For Hardware, Stoves and House Furnishings, White nos-canooco-couocsu a o o a u a OI. u n a u a . n a a u . .cu c ~ o . a - ~ . n a - o ~ o c u a o c t . a . a . o - u . . - u u c o - n o one. a o n o u Lead, Paint, Oils, and the best assortment of Lamps, the o n u o o u n u n a n c o s o o u a . n ole-oaaonch-o- ou.... u c o a a o o o e c - a ~ - - . . . . . . coconut-ootolunooIo-oovuono biggest combined stock of any one store between Fenelon coco-octonauo-I.o.no-ooo-noa-gn.c¢¢ococo... o o u o o u u - n . . . u o c u o n - a u n o - o o o o cocoa-C. u u u o a o - . u n s u ~ Falls and Toronto, and the lowest prices. coco-coronanun-noncon-on...coon-cocoooooo-aoo n o a c n o u . u n o n a o u u e o a JOSEPH HEARD. A FINE NEW 'STOGK 0F SPRING AND SUMIER READY-MADE CLOTHING JUST RECEIVED AT JOS. McFARLAND’S. Are you going to buy A WAfififlN Bil BUGSY P If so, it will be to your advantage to consult S. S. GAINER. Repairing and Re-painting promptly attended to. Next door to Knox’s blacksmith shop on Francis Street, ..FEN!EI.0N FALLS... “373. L". 9‘1 F urniture. BEDROOM SUITES BUREAUS SIDEBOARDS EASY CHAIRS LOUNGES CENTRE TABLES MIRRORS PICTURES and other articlesâ€"useful and orna- mental, and the prices are not high. Perhaps you have Pictures stowed awayâ€"oi little use for want of a frame. Bring them here and have their decorative qualities made the most 0L5: L. DEYMAN, Comma-St, Pension Falls. lM LINDSAY rbloWorks. sit: R. CHKITIBERS he is prepared to furnish the people of Lind- say and surrounding-country with MONUMENTS AND HEADSTONES, both Marble and Granite. Estimates promptly given on all kinds of cemetery work. Marble Table Tops,Wash Tops, Mantel Pieces, etc., a specialty. WORKSâ€"In rear 0 the market on Cam- bridge street,oppositc Matthews’ paiking house. Being a practical workman all should see his designs and compare prices before purchasingelsewhere. ROBT. CHAMBERS. North of the Town Hall .___. SOMETHING NEW TO THE LADIES 0F FENELON FALLS AND VICINITY. A New and Improved System of Garment Cutting, known as the De La Morton French Per fection Tailor System,acknowiadged by all leading tailors and dressmakers who have tried it to be the best in the world. It can be adapted to any style of dress, from a tailor made costume to the dainticst even- ing gown. Seamless waists cut by the some system. Ensures a perfect fit. Dress- @ you hsve n't got making done in all its branches. No extra money to pay what you owe for the “ Gazette,” almost any kind of farm produce will» be taken at market pica. charge for now syetem. MRS. J. A. CALDER, ~IOArfiur’o Blot-k, spud“. bluunut door to Mr. Batman’s no and; opposite In Po. 0'; DIRECTORY. SOCIETIES. ’NIGIITS OF TENTED MACCABEES. Diamond Tent No. 208. Meets in the True Blue ball in McArtbur‘s Block on the first and third Tuesday in each month. H. E. Ausns, Com. C. W. Beacons, R. K. APLE LEAF TRUE BLUE LODGE No. B 42. Regular meetings held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday in each month. Hall in McArthur’s Block. Jens McGuvruv, Master. S. Mchmurox, Deputy Master. Gxo. JawsLL, Secretary. ANADJAN ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS. Trent Valley Lodge No. 71. Meet in the True Blue hall in lichrthur’s Block on the first and third Mondays in each month. Wm. MoKsown, N G. R. M. Mason, V. 8., Sec. O. L.No. 996. MEET IN THE ORANGE . hall on Francis-St. West on the second Tuesday in every month. stts Dumas, W. M. J. T. Tuouesou, Ju., Rec-Sec. INDEPENDENT ORDER of FORESTERS. Court Phoenix No. 182. Meet on the last Monday of each month, in the True Blue hall in McArthur’s Block. T. Ansrm, Chief Ranger. Hananar Sannronn, R. S. YANADIAN 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. Buncsss, Leader. R. B. Svansrsa, Secretary. F. AND A. M., G. R. C. THE SPRY . Lodge No. 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. FITZGERALD, W. M. Rav. W. Faascona, Secretary CHURCHES. )APTIST CHURCHâ€"QUEENâ€"ST.â€"REV. _ James Fraser, Pastor. Service every Sunday morning at 10.30. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30. p. m. METHODIST CHURCH â€"â€" COLBORNE Streetâ€"Reverend T. P. Steel, Pastor. 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. T. ANDREW’S CHURCHâ€"COLBORNE Streetâ€"Reverend M. McKinnon, Pas- tor. Services every Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. at. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p. m. "iALVATION ARMY -â€"BARRACKS ON Bond St. Westâ€"Capt. and Mrs. Wynn. Service every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday evenings, and on Sundays at 7 a. m., 10 a. m., 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. T. ALOYSIUS R. C. CHURCHâ€"LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father Nolan, Pastor. Services every alternate Sunday at 10.30 a.m. Sunday School every Sundayat2 p. m. T. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET Eastâ€" Rev. Wm. Farncomb, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.30 n. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 11.30 a. in. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. 38" Seats free in. all churches. Everybody invited to attend. Strangers cordially welcomed. MISCELLANEOUS. ECHANICS' INSTITUTEâ€"P. KELLY, l Librarian. Open daily, Sunday except- ed, from l0 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. OST OFFICEâ€"F. J. KERR, POSTMAS- TER. Office hours from 7.40 n. in. ms p. m. Mail going south closes nt8 a.m. Mail going north closes at 3 p. 11]. Comm bouNCIL. Wannerâ€"Joan Cuannnns, Francs. Bexley . . . . . . . . Geo.E.Laidlaw.Reavc Bobcaygeon . . .J. L. Read. .. . .. Reeve Carden...... .. A. Jacob......Reevc Dalton . . . . .. Jos. Thompson. . . Reeve Eldon Dr.J.W.Wood Reeve ' “' ' ‘" C. McDonald Deputy W.C.Switzer Reeve T. McQuade..Deputy Jnn.Uhamhcrs Reeve Fcnelon . . . . . . Wm Hun Dem“), Fenelon Falls. .Jas. Dickson. . . Reeve Laxton, Digby and Longford John Bailey.... Reeve Richard Kylie Reeve Lindsay . {Gem Crandell lst Deputy W. M. Rbson..2nd Deputy Emily W.Lownsbrough Reeve Mariposa {F.Shaver..... lst Deputy Robert Adam 2nd Deputy Omemee . . . . . . T.A. M cPherson Reeve Johnston Ellis Reeve Samuel Fox..Depnty John Howie. .Reevc A. Morrison. .Deputy Jas. Lithgcw.Recve “mm” John Kelly .. Deputy Woodville . . .. Arch. Campbell Reeve 0ps.......... Somervil lc . . . . David n Chat-fibers, General Blacksmith, Francis-st, Fenelon Falls Blacksmithinglu allitl diflcrentbranchcl done on short notice and at the lowest living uric". Particularattcntlon paid to horn-shoeing. Gin no a «Hand 1 will (authentication. 45-17. The Hermit of Moose In”? Uncle John L‘usack, the both“ of Moose Isianii. hm just said part of his insular domain in blousehead lake, and, to this extent. in» abdicated the long seclusion in which he has dWi-lt for about 30 \8:lr>. lie retains 200 acres. upon which his in use and stable stand. Four hundred “J c be has Suld to a wealthy “court. mid to be a Southerner, for about $4,000 who will build there her suuiun r rvsir': nice. It \\‘il.~ ut'm‘ llit :mse (if the civil WBI‘ that Jeli'. l.‘u~:u‘k. tit w n hale and hearty lllllii vi 64 firms, came. from Reedfiehl, Mm. uni l‘ilt‘llcd ‘1HK camp upon Mom. l~‘;.' .. iii 'eh subsequently he bought li-u ‘.' ::< r. mun of intelli- gencc and sons v-sincuiion. who had studied la“. liz-u- lu worked for vari- ous lumber ii ~. .~ that operated about the head mull . l Maine's great rivers ill the Mooseh :ui Lake region. Ener- getic, industii. us and temperate, he became famonr on the west branch of the Penobscot lor his wonderful skill in log riding, a proficiency exercised to great advantage in getting the log drives dowu the broken waters of that swift and turbulent stream. Not long ago there appeared in print an account of John Cusack's feat in crossing the Piscataquis River at Fox- croit, standing on a 35 pound binding pole. Such a performance is a common- place one for him. Frequently, on a wager or merely to exhibit his skill, he has crossed the broad reach of West Cove at the foot of Mooschead Lake, on a pole as slender, and even when upheld by nothing more buoying than a lumberâ€" man’s pike-pole. As for the matter of a boat to take him from his island to the mainland he gives himself little trouble. To leap upon a log, with a slab or sapling for paddle, propel him- self across the dividing channel, is as much a matter of course with him as for an urban resident to step upon a horse car. Willi such a craft he sometimes has made strange and adventurous voyages. Once as the steamer from Kineo plowad down the lake through a heavy Sea, the ship’s company were astounded by the sight of a man, in mid-lake, standing breast high in the heaving waters, with which he was battling in seeming pur- suit of a small dog that sat in full view above the surface a few feet ahead of him. The steamer, changing her course, slowed down to pick up John Cusack, who was making the fourth mile of a voyage with an old tree root as his craft and his dog as passenger. He stood upon the larger end of the root, thereby lilting the other end above the water, and upon this upraised tip the dog found a safe if not quite dry footing. The sight of Uncle John making simi- lar though less venturesome voyages about the lower part of the lake is not uncommon, and the dog has learned to take his place on the dry end of the stick or root at his master's first word of command. In his primitive castle on Moose Island, John Cusach lives on terms as patriarchal and friendly with the dumb animals which are his companions as did Robinson Crusoe with his goats. In the summer his sleek oxen, sheep and poultry forage well for themselves over the slopes and fertile meadows of the island. In the winter, should it chance that John Cusack desires to go away for several days, he does not trouble himself to import a man to care for these creatures. He pitches half a ton of hay down into the middle of the barn floor, scatters corn and grain around where the hens can get to it, opens the barn door so that they can go to the spring for water at pleasure, and goes away for an indefinite time with assured confidence that all will be well at home. Despite his secluded and cclihate life â€"Uncle John is a bachelorâ€"he has no avorsion to human society, but, on the contrary, enjoys it, and he is especially gallant and chivalrous to the fair sex. In the solitude of Moose Island he does not find much of a field for conversa- tion, but he makes full amends when he emerges, as he often does, into the settled communities. Then, by the stove of a country store or a hotel ofiiee, he can talk a continuous streak, without pants for rest or relrcshtnent, for six hours at a stretch, and then stop when time at last is called as iresh and cello. quial as at the beginning. In person the hermit of Moose Island is short and active of motion, and his hair and full board are now sprinkled with gray. He dresses neatly, but on his, island domain he is prone to discard the use of shoes and stockings as a needless conventionality, and it is a cold day when he takes the trouble to don footwear for an informal trip to Greenville, the nearest base of supplies. â€"’Mat'nc State Prat. ‘.â€".â€"aâ€"â€"~â€"â€"“â€"- Parisian makers can produce fans at 5} francs per gross, or three centimca, about a third of a penny, each. The Chinese paper fans, however, are sent over from Canton, at the rate of nine francs the thousand, that is 1.30 francs the gross, or a penny a dtzcn. .41 * Iâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"»~â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"~â€"â€"â€"nnJflln-â€"â€"â€"~fi . --~»,V.