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_ r -, ~' #9:. “mimosa an 2 . . We a...” hm, - o A a.A ..g -» .va."l"yilq' rtec - ,..} 4-9....- g. no Dawning" Revelations. Now that sears of modern science flash with cathode rays defiance Through these substances we used to call Opaque, Let the rising' generation quake with fear ._ and trepidation , At the awful rqvelationsjthey will make. .Xsny foreheads cleft with ridges that be- speak a brain prodigious Will be found to cover nothing but a wheel ; Hany peach and cream complexion: will reveal, through these dissections, Skins the color of an old banana peel. And if rays shonld be directed through the breast of some rejected Ian who thinks his heart is broke or something worse, In nine-tenths of all the cases it is safe to say the basis 0f the breaking would be found to be the purse. And it is a question whether many a shoe of patent leatherâ€" Could these rays but pierce the upper and the soleâ€" ' Would present a cotton stocking of im- modesty so shocking ’ That each too is robbed of clothing by a hole. But the saddest revelation of this modern innovation Would be brought upon our sample hunting shoppers ; For if science e'er disperses rays of light throughout their purses It were doubtful if they’d fall on aught but coppers. .. -C}n‘cago News. Fortune Escaped Him. Major Abe Austin is a type of the old-school westerner who retains all the elements peculiar to that school. He hasspent more than thirty years be- yond the Mississippi, and during that period he has met everything peculiar to a pioneer's life. For a number of years he has been a resident of Hel- ena, Montana. Major Austin has been in the city for the past ten days. The writer met him at one of the Broadway hotels. The tall, bronzed major leaned back in his chair, blew a cloud of smoke from a fragrant cigar and queried: “ Did you ever hear that Chicago at one period of its existence very narrow- ly escaped being ‘ swapped ’ for a pair of mules ? It’s worth telling, I think, if you never heard about it. The story sounds like fiction, but it’s a fact, I assure you. It all came about in this way, My father pulled up at Chicago along in the forties, toting along with him everything he possessed on earth, and it wasn’t much of a load, I can assure youâ€"just an old carpet sack and a chunk of a boy. That boy'wns myself. Well, as I say, he landed there in Chicago, but at that time a few scat- tered log cabins was all there was to it. ~ It was only a pioneer settlement, and a shaky one at that. I was a small, handy-legged lad, just big enough to stand guard over our scant worldly possessions when we had pitched our tent, while my father skirmishcd around for an outfit. ,He was making gri‘m preparations to begin life over again, this time in the overland freight busi- nose. “ He had bought a waggou from a lonnccticut Yankee, who had barely landed on tlto shore of Lake Michigan, a swampy wilderness, when the ‘tall Yankee timer’ got the ague, and it mighty soon had the western fever shaken out of him. Our outfit was completed when my father traded a small tract of Ohio land for a blocky little team of mules. Well,prepsrations were at once made to leave with the neat nvm'lnnd waggon train. " l think it was on the very morning that we were breaking camp prepara- tory to leaving on our first trip overland that 1'. tall. brouzcd woodsumn came to camp. I remember that his loan, frowsy hair, grizzly beard and for niidnblc array of six shooters gave me a decidedly uncomlortablc feeling. I fully expected to be perforated or flayed alive by this rough~looking specimen of the woods. lie seated himself on a stump and greeted us with : ‘i‘ I reckon, stranger, ye must be goin' to take a trip overland ?' i ‘- ‘ Yos,‘ replied my father, and we want on harnessing the mules. “ ‘ Wall, pn'dncr, I own this patch of timberland hercabouts, and had calc'la- ted tor stay hyar, but now, I've got or notion tor go furdcr west an' try my luck at minin'. Now, how would yer like tcr ‘ swap ' that pair 0' mules for this quarter motion 0' timber ?' “‘th father considered the propos- ition for a few minutes, and then de- clincd to make the ' swap.’ It was the mistake of his life, for that qnartcr motion of timber lies in whatis now the hub of the city of Chicano. The land for which my father refused to 'swap’ a pair of fica~bittcn mules is now worth untold millions." w--â€" â€". O 0â€"â€" English Tourist (to Highland Farm~ t-r)--And you will get only £7 for that tine cow? Why. msu,if you took it to London you would act £20! Highland Farmerâ€"On n)‘. for] like: I}; and it she would take the Loch done (no a certain place she would get at least a shilling a gill for it. Why Bother Looking Anywhere Else? For Hardware, Stoves and House Furnishings, White e-aaoaea o a e n o n a c a o e o a a p - canaaaooaaoooeo.aenooaooeoeoe-one... .- .a-ea a n a a . u a a a n e a ton-nonco- Lead, Paint, Oils, and the best assortment of Lamps, the solo-Iaooo u a a o n - a sen-ea... a o o n o n a a u . a e a eaa- . a u u a - a u o a a n o coo-oats n u a u o o o a a e n c u s n n o o a a a a a a biggest combined stock of any one store between Fenelon colocottteooeouauaooa-n Decca-no.0Ion-IIDUOIIIQ31IOInee cool eloannooOCJIUOOIOQCIO usage... Falls and Toronto, and the lowest prices. oeoaooaaoaceaaaeaa.a-cauoa.cane-oas-cocoon-aaao-o-oaseeoeoooa-au JOSEPH HEARD. A FINE NEW STOGII - 0F SPRING AND SUIIEH READY-MADE ' CLOTHING JUST RECEIVED AT JOS. McFARLAND’S. S;;.a.u3-.--:‘n:' If you need a. Sleigh or Cutter and want first- cla-ss value for your money call on S. S. GAIN ER. Repairing and Repainting done in the best style and at the lowest rates. R'I'P'A'N'S The modern stand- ard Family Medi- Cures the III-IIl-II common every-day cine : ills of humanity. ONE GIVES RELIEF. ~' oavsa‘rs. TRADE MAR“. DESIGN PATENT COPYRIGHTS. ‘ lor information and free Handbook write so )(UNN a set Baomwar. Naw Your. Oldest bureau or securing patent: In America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before the public byn anticome tree otchars'eln tho firiwtifit gamma we d. 8 endidl illustrated. No Intelligent man 41 be 1' thou: lL Weekt .00 car: tineixmontna. Audra-x HE'S}: (>0:| 'auanm :6 I Bmadwu, New York City. t® If you have n’t got money to pay what-you owe for tho “ Gazette," almost any kind of farm produce will be I taken at market prices. I LINDSAY Marble Works. ~38 R. CHAMBERS 8%? is prepared to furnish the people of Lind- say and surrounding country with MONUMENTS AND HEADSTONES, both Marble and Granite. Estimates promptly given on allkinds of cemetery work. Marble Table Tops, Wash Tops, Mantel Pieces, etc., a specialty. WORKSâ€"1n rear 0 the runrltel on Cam- bridge strcet,opposite Mntthews‘ pa :king house. Being a practical workman all should see his designs and compare prices before purchasiugelsewherc. RDBT. CHAMBERS. North of the Town Hall- SOMETHING NEW TO THE LADIES OF FENELON FALLS AND VICINITY. A New and Improved System of Garment Cutting, known as the De La Morton French Per frction Tailor System,arknowicdgrd by all leading tailors and drcssmakcrs 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 daintiest even- ing gown. Seamless waists cut by the same system. Ensures a perfect fit. Dress- mnking done in all its branches. No extra clmrgi: for new system. MRS. J. A. CALDER, XcArthnr'a Block, npstairs. Entrance next door to .‘llr. Robson's store, nearly opposite the Post-Orin.- DIRECTORY. SOCIETIES. NIGHTS OF TESTED MACCABEES. Diamond 'l‘cnt No. 208. Meets in the True Blue hall in McArthur‘s Block on the first and third Tuesday in each month. H. E. Ausrts, Corn. 0. W. Buauovxn, R. K. h APLE LEAF TRUE BLUE LODGE No. 42. Regular meetings held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday in each month. Hall in McArthur’s Block. E. E. AUS‘ILV, Master. R. Qutssan, Deputy Master. Joas‘ Mcthvaar, Rec-Secretary. CANADIAN ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS. Trent Valley Lodge No. 71. Meet in the True Blue hall in McArthur's Block on the first and third Mondays in each month. Wu. McKsowu, N G. R. M. Mason, V. 8., Sec. 0. L. No. 996. MEET IN THE ORANGE . ball on Francis-St. West on the second Tuesday in every month. anrs Dav-tau, W. M. J. T. Tnoursos, Ja., Rec-Sec. NDEPENDENT ORDER of FORESTERS. Court thnix No. 182. Meet on the last Monday of each month, in the True Blue hall in McArthur’s Block. T. Ausrts, Chief Ranger. Hrssnar Sasnrosn, R. S. ‘IANADIAN 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. Buttes-5s, Leader. R. B. Synvssraa, Secretary. E. 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. FI'IZGERALD, W. M. an. W. Fanscous, Secretary CIâ€"IURCIâ€"IES. BAPTIST CHURCHâ€"QUEENSTâ€"REV. James Fraser, Pastor. Service every Sunday morning ‘nt 10.30. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30. p. m. M THODIST CHURCH -â€"COLBORNE Streetâ€"Reverend T. P. Stccl, 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. McKinnou, Pas- tor. Services cvory Sunday at 10.30 a. tn. and 7 p. 111. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 30 p. m. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. to. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p. m. ALVATION ARMY â€" BARRACKS ON L Bond St. Westâ€"Capt. and Mrs. Wynn. Service every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday evenings, and on Sundays at 7 a. m., 10 n. m., 3 p. m. and 81:.m. ST. ALOYSIUS R. C_. CHURCHâ€"LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father Nolan, Pastor. Services every alternate Sunday at 10.30 a. at. Sunday School every Sunday at2 p. m. T. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET Eastâ€" Rev. Wm. Farncomb, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. at. Sunday School every Sunday at 11.30 a. m. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. 3%“ Seats free in all churches. Everybody invited to attends.Slrangers cordially welcomed. mm MISCELLANEOUS. 1 ECHANICS’ INSTITUTEâ€"P. KELLY, i Librarian. Open daily, Sunday cx’ccpt- 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.nnd in the evening from 7 to 9. Reading room in connection. OST OFFICEâ€"F. J. KERR, POSTMAS- TER. Office hours from 7 4b a. m. to 8 p. m. Mail going south closes at8 n..m. Mail going north closes at 3 p. m. , COUNTY COUNCIL. Waannsâ€"Jons CHAMBER s, l" nurses. Barley . . . . . . . . Geo.E.l.aidIaw.Ro.-rve Bobcnygcon. . .J. l. chd . . . . . . Reeve Curden...... . A Jacob . . . . . . Reeve Dalton . . . . . . Jcs. 'l‘hompsim. ..Rccre Dr.J.\\'.W0(;d Reeve Eldon ' ' ’ ' ‘ ' ' ' (I. McDonald Deputy W. C Swilzcr Reeve ' 'l‘ McQundc..Deputy Jnu.ChnInbcrsl’.i-cve Wm. Hull Deputy Fenelon Falls. .Jns. Dickson. .. Reeve Laxlon, Dighy and Longford John Bailey... Reeve ‘ Richatd Kylie Reeve Lindsay . Goo. Crnndcll 1st Deputy W. M. Rbsnn..2nil Deputy Emily Fenelon . . . . . . W.l.ow nsbrough Recve Mariposa { l“. Shaver . . . . . lst Deputy Robert Adam 2nd Deputy Omemee . . . . . . '1‘. A .\l cPht-rSon Reeve Jol-nston E lis Reeve Samui-l Fox..Deputy John liowic..liccve A Morri5un . . Deputy. Vemhm {Jae Lilhgothc-eve "'”' John Kelly .. Deputy Woodville .... Arch. Campbell Reeve Ops...... Somcrville BATTER DOORS. WIRE DOORS J. »T. THOMPSON, J r., CAP! PICN'l‘Iu‘Il. Jobbing nttendrd lo. Wall Brackets and Easy Chair} mace to order. Workshop on Llndsay Street, Near the ll. 1‘. It. Station. Fenelon Falls. Last of Buffaloes. LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED OF THE ANIMALS IN THE UNITED STATES. The scientists of Washington are much alarmed at the possible extinction of the bufialo. Mr. Lumley. the head of the Smithsonian Institution, says Frank C. Carpenter in Philadelphia Press, does not think that there are as many as 100 buffaloes loft in the United States. There are a few in the National Park, a small herd at Washington and in the Zoological Gardens ‘at Philadel- phia. Austin Corbin. the New York millionaire, has several, and it may be that thch are some Small scattering herds in different parts ol the west. Of these, however, the Smithsonian Insti- -tution has no record, and such as exist are probably half-breeds. The only pure buffaloes outside the abcvc are those of the Yellowstone Park, which two years ago numbered about 200 head, and which are now reduced to 50. One of the largest buffaloes ever known . was shot by Mr. Horuaday. It is now preserved in the National M useum. It is just five feet eight inches at the shoulders, and is ten feet two inches long: from nose to tail. Many bufi'alocs weigh over 1600 pounds. The natural life of the animal is about twenty-five years. The cows usually breed once a year and begin breeding at the age of two years. The buffalo calf at birth is covered with red hair. This hair changes after a time to brown and then black. The hair on the head of a bufl'ulc is very long. Many a woman, in fact, would be glad to have as lung hair as one of thc stuffed buffa- loes in the National Museum, which measures, I am told, twcntytwo inches. The buffalo cows weigh less than the bulls, a good, fat one weighing from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. They have small ladders, but their milk is very rich. The value of buffaloes has been in- creasing morc rapidly than anything in this country. Town lots in Chicago are nothing to them, About ten years ago they were a drug on the market. 'I‘hou- sands of them were killed for their tongues, but a good bufl'alois now worth at least 8500 when dead. lts skin is worth from 8100 and upward, according to quality. and the head is worth from $300 to 8500 for mounting and preser- vation as a relic of this great animal of the past. Such is the value of a dead buffalo. Linc buflalocs for breeding are worth much more, and 1 am told that the Government buffaloes are worth. from 81000 to 82000 apiece. Few people are now atvnre of the former wonderful extent of the buffalo. No animal has ever existed in such large numbers nor covered so much territory. In 1871, now only twcnty-fivc’ycars ago, Colonel R. I. Dodge rode for filty miles through a herd of buffaloes, which he estimated as being twenty five miles Wide. This was along the Arkansas River. At one point he was able to get upon a hill and he says he could see this vast herd of buffaloes stretching,r out from six to ten miles in every direc- tion. The herd was moving, and it took it five days to pass a given point. Professor Horuaday says that at this lowest estimate there were 4,000,000 buffaloes in this one herd, and this, as I have said. was only twenty-five years ago. In 1808 a traveller along the Kansas Pacific Railroad states that the train at one time passed through 120 miles of solid buffalo. ’l‘hc plains \vcru blackened by them, and more than onco the cars were stopped by them. The best authority of the National Museum as to the early buffalo Ir George Catlin, who spent the greater part of his life in the nest studying the Indian, and who made n.any pictures of the buffaloes they existed bchrc the great destruc- tion begun. He tells of herds of mil- lions, and says that their roaring soundâ€" ed like thunder; and tells how the Indians killed them by the hundnds at thousands for their skins, for which they recoixcd only a pint ol whiskry apiccc. You would not think that. such immense herds could be wiped out. The bufialo, however, are very dull beasts in many Ways. They are a mix- ture of stupidity and intelligence which it is hard to understand. These mighty horde are made up of compnniuu. (.r clumps, of bqunlncs of from Iwrnt) to one hundred each, each clump being lid and taken care of by one strong.r bull. In going for water one of the old cows of the clump would start ahead and nose along the track of a dry stream for miles until it found a waterway, the others of that company following in single file. The herd would then drink and wuuld lie down to rest before eating. This would seem to mean a high degree of intelligence. But such evidence In not shown in their attempting to escape from man. A hunter might lie with a n-pcaiing rifle ncnr such a herd and pick ofi one after the other without apparently frightening or scaring the m-t. If they ran it was usually against the wind, and they were cowards except when brought to buy. _m~o ‘jâ€"oâ€"â€"- When frost glitters in the stable the cows will be poor before springtime, l