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5 ‘1' r? a l ‘l i; l h I} t . . .M l. l. A Valuable Wood. mo PROFITS is CANADIAN MAPLEâ€" wnv BURN 11' UP? John Bryne MacLeau. writing in one of his Company's papers, the Canadian 15-.oksrller and Statiouer. says: In Canada we have the best hard maple in the world. The farmer in many districts spends part of his win- ter cutting it and selling it for firewood. lie is quite happy it' he realizes $1 to 83. or perhaps 84, a card. This is a sad waste of one of our greatest natural treasures. profitably used in Other ways. In the manufacture of wall paper, an industry Constantly growing here and abroad. hundreds of thousands of rollers are used for printing the various patterns. For every color in a pattern there is a separate roller. In a single pattern there will be from four to ten or twelve rollers. The average is about seven. These rollers are generally used but cue season, and as there are thousands of different patterns, it is easily seen what a large number are used each year in the States and Europe as well as in Canada. These rollers are made of the very best hard maple, the very kind that Canada produces better than any other country in the world. In the rough they are 19% or 23% inches long. The end is 5 or 6 inches square accord- ing to the size of roller required. Only the most perfect wood can be used. It is cut into those sizes. The ends are painted to prevent the wood drying fast- er with the grain than across it. It is then allowed to stand for three or four years. By this time it is thoroughly seasoned. This is all the labor put Upon it. Now glance at the prices. Good ma- ple in this form, after being properly seasoned, brings 50 to 75 cents per rough block. In a cord it is figured there would be 440 blocks, counting them 20 inches long. At 50c. this is than $1 or $4 a cord, which they got for fircWUod. Of course, there is con- t-idcrablc expense. But is there not ample return for the outlay ? The blocks must be sawn the proper size. They must be stored for four years, during which time there is no return for the money invested. Many ofthe blocks will crack in the seasoning pro- cess. Suppose only one cord in five is perfect. Over estimate all the expenses and there is still an enormous profit. \Vhy should the Canadian farmer and woodsnmn not have the benefit of that profit ? Nor should we stop here. The blocks turned ready for the wall-paper manufacturers bring still higher prices. A hole is bored lengthwise through the block. At each end a small metal ring is fitted. The block is then turned to a circumference of 12, 15 or 21 inches. In this state they will bring on an aver- age 81 per roller on the New York market. TllCrL‘ prices are not eonjcc- ture, but are prices actually paid within the last year and a half. The United States is alive to the value of this trade. A little over a year ago, I saw at New York harbor over 5 000 of these blocks for the British market. The demand is there, and it is Canada’s place to supply it. We have the best wood for the purpose that can be found anywhere. Alren ly I know of two men in Canada “ho have done something in this line. One of them has received three large orders from England at 30c. per block, green. 01‘ course. they keep it quiet. We know of one town in Ontario which has been shipping for some years, but we doubt if anyone but the shipper knows for what purpose the blocks are nsnd or the profit there is in them. All that is wanted then is some person properly situated to take the matter up â€"to get in touch with the foreign man- ufacturers. Considerable push is nec- essary at first. When once the trade i\ Slarlvd, the superior quality ofour maple will do the rest. If this matter receives the attention which it merits. it would represent in our exports to the United Kingdom and the United States a very respectable figure. and prove a valuable income to many of our farmers. uh. are now literally putting money in the fire. A considerable quantity of maple blocks are. similarly .ri-lted each year for use in lnungies. These must he : l lirst class wood. but are not nec- c-s-oriiv as perfect as the wall paper roll- i is Everyone who reads this must not l‘ :sin the matiulacture of printing roll- .rs. The. market would soon be our sntppli-‘d. in localities where an excl- r 'asonable to expect a very much great- er profit by handling the wood in this way than by selling it as firewood. -...- There are some almost. priceless fur cl»:le in existence, most of them be- longing to members of the Russian no. bility. “m. John Mackay has a sable cloak, valued at 315.000, whicltcnu- ~T~ts of 10.000 small skins. The most vastly wrap of this kind is a fur cloak i M‘Wi to tlll‘ Etner Dagmar on her} 0 nutrition. weiglh only sixteen ounces. This was' a present from the city of Irkutsk, in Siberia. 3 Much of it can be more~ l over $220 per cord, considerably bination which would drive ill me. Tus- l lt-tll quality of maple is plentiful. it is} ward we brute," l l l Sounds in the Stilly Night. THE MYSTERIOUS X01835 “'HICH INTER- EST TIMID PEOPLE. What would not be revealed were a {census to be taken of the men in Chi- icagowho have been awakened by the sound of a thief in the night cutting i the screen away from the kitchen door, I and then sawing a hole in the woodwork I so as to enable him to thrust his hand through, shoot the bolt and then break in to revel in a midnight debauch of gorime? How many men of this lake- side eity have held joint debates with themselves on the wisdom of getting up and uttering a long, protracted and res onnnt whoop, as compared with the snore ’ discreet plan of lying still and learfully permitting the robber to rob ? And the cats out in the back entry, battling I at the iron garbage cans for what feast- ing lies in fishheads and day-before- yestcrday beetâ€"do they wota single wot as to the horror that they are gen- erating in the parlor bedroom just forty. five feet away ? A cat at a garbage can does not in itself resemble red mur- der running riot, but it sounds exactly that way. Every noise which one such makes is the precise racket which goes with the commission of a fearful and hideous crime. The dictionary definition ofa window shade says nothing of concealed wea- pons. jiinmies, dynamite or gag. And yet the 1 a. m. window blind is a crea~ ture which goes about its business arm- ed cap-a-pie for treason, stratagem and spoils, to say nothing of offences more common, and consequently more dread- ed. Given a window blind which does not just fit the opening, and which in a sobbing way rubs against the vertical sides of the casement; given also the hour of Marco Bozzaris, and, in ad- dition to these gifts, given a plain, com- mon, earnest civilian, embraced in the arms of slumber up to the time when the rubbing begins, and there is a com- saud distracted, till Chief Badcnoch’s reception room with choice and distin- guished slanghters, and make hair of the cit-cassian and tangental sort the proper and correct thing. A common yellow window blind which sells ordin- arily for forty-three cents, or for twenty cents on “bargain” days, can bully the Spanish inquisitiou out of its boots when it comes to terrifying mankind. The doorlock, which takesu notion to rattle back into its proper place after having been turned too for earlier in the evening, knows its business also, and its business is to people the mind of the man who is just aroused from a sweet dream ol' peace with horrible pic- tures of sudden and cxtctnpornneous death. In the case of the lock, which, having been turned too far back. later releases itself with a sharp click. allow- ing the bolt to take its natural position. there can be no manner of doubt. The half-awake flat dWeller has good and ample reason to believe that the noise comes from the lock â€"because, in fact, it does come therefrom. 'l‘hen rises into rapid prominence the query : “What sort of a man is it who is out there with a skeleton key letting him- self into this holy and virtuous flat?" Of course, he isa large, bulky man. with chloroform in his possession, and bearing a great burden of deadly wea- pons. He has come to get everything in the flat, from the folding bed to the napkin rings, and he is going to perform with many strange firearms if necessary to attain his objeCt. Perhaps. after all, the ill-fitting window blind. which sways in the draught, is the greatest criminal of the age. More midnight alarms have been caused by it than by almost any other inanimate malofactor, al- though the pantry door, standing ajar, that is pushed open or closed by the pug dog out on a meandering expedition, is a decent secondâ€"Chicago Record. 0-. Good Friends Now. “ No suh," said Colonel Carter to the man with small, angry looking spots on his forehead, “ I shall not permit you to abuse the mosquito in my prcSence I used to dislike them, but now I on) one of the stannchest friends that a mosquito has." i ‘- Still, they annoy one,” replied the man with spots. " Of C(lllFC. But they must live. Why complain because the mosquito stays up all night and has his songs and his nftah dinnah speeches ?" “ You Seem to feel Very kindly to- " I have reason to. Let me tell you, suh, that a mosquito once saved the life of a friend of mine. of large mosquitos. and he said that he once found himself in a prohibition town, where the tnb~qtiitos were larger than any he had ever seen. The party he Was with had a bottle, but no cork- , screw. and they would have perishedl with thirst if they had not taken one of, these mosquitoes. extracted his hill, and used it to get the cork out. That mos h cost 460,000, .ud -f quito was a mart r, sub, and ever since for the “ Gazette,” almost any that time, suh. I have respected him : ' d if farm )roduee will be: - and all his relations."â€"-Dctroit free! kl“ ( I lAgent for Pianos and organs. I‘ns'. l V We were speaking ' l t I lGreat Sacrifice ! i I have at present the largest and best assortment of Cook and Heatlng craves M since commencing business in Fenelon Falls, which I will sell at SLAUGHTER PRICES, and all kinds of Hardware, Paints, etc., for SPOT CASH. 1J oseph Heard. l O l l l l l perhaps only slightly, perhaps so badly that you will want anew one. In either case the best thing to do is to go to S. S. Gainer’s, where repairing and repainting are done 1n the best. style, and where the best kind of velncles can be had at prices to suit the times. Shop on Francis Street East, next door to Knox’s black- smith shop. l A R U N A TVA Y Or an upset may damage your buggy or waggon, ' a FliéE NEW STfifiK READY-MADE . CLGTEING' JUST REGEIVED AT l JOS. moraetaun’s. l R,,,P,A,N_S LINDSAY I ~ Marble Worksi The modern stand- R..CHAMBERS '33 ard Family Medi- - is prepared to furnish the people of Lind- Cures the â€" I say and surrounding country with MONUMENTS AND ILEADS'J‘ONES, cine: common every-day 1118 Of hUlnanlty' bothlllnrble atidGmnite. u: L11 .1 [1.1 Cd (I) (1-1 > 0 LL! Z O cemetery work. I l Marble Table Tops,Wash Tops, Mantel ' l Pieces,etc.,uspecialty. l WORKSâ€"In rear 0 the 'uarkc‘ on (Iain-l bridge street,oppositc Matthews’ priming; house. Being a practical workman all should see his designs and compare prices before purchasing c lsewhcre . l l BOBT. CHAMBERS. l ' North or the Town Hall I HARNESS l caverns. TRADE MARKS. DESIGN PATENTS. COPYRIGHTB, etc For pfoymntlon and tree Handbook writd so ML-Nh & 00.. 3M Bum-.nwn'. .‘aw Your. ‘ Oldest bureau for racnrzng patcntsln America. Every tent taken out by us I: brought. baton) the nu by a nottw glvcn (rec olcbargo tn the .S 'eatifir gnome Lariat circulation of any scientific paper in the wor d. Sppmdldl ' ulusu-utcd. .‘w‘o lntcm mt , mm shou be w thout it. Weekly 83. a wear: swuxmonthl. A11an gut-N a: 00.. humans. 361 Broadway. liow York City. If you want firstâ€"class single or double light or heavy Harness or anything in that line call at NEVSON’S . . i new harness shop. between J. McFarland s l grocery and Wm. Campbell's dry goods store. TBUIKS AND VALlSES kept in stock as usual, and also a good ' monument of fly arts and buggy dusz- r}, i at low prices. a“ Try a bottle of llurrig’s l l .. - - -.o.___.__._._â€"____N-~__s--_.. - @ If you have n’t got- mnley EU Day What you owe celebrated harness polish. It is I. new thing and you will be sure to like it. taken at luarkCt pmccs' Fcaelou Falls, May 20th, l896.â€"1-l-ly. SOCIICTIES. l'leHTS 0P TESTED hlACCABEES. \ Diamond Tent No. 208. Meets in the True Blue hall in .\chrthur‘s Block on the first and third Tuesday in each month. '11 E. Arsris, Com. C. W. Brnoovss. R. K. ‘~ AI’LE LEAF Turn mm: honoring i 41'. ltgular meetings held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday in each month. Hall in MeArthur's Block. ll. R Arsux. Master. 11 Qrinntt, Deputy Master. Jens .‘lt‘GlLVRAY, Rec-Secretary. ANADIAN 0311251! 0F ODDFELLOWS Trent Valley Lodge No. 71. Meet i the True lllnc hall in .\lt~.~\rthnr's Block on the first and third Mondays in each month. \\ .\l. lchrzowx. N G. ll .\l. Mason, V. 5.. Sec. .1 I O. L. No. 906. MEET IN THE ORANGE J. hall on Francis St West on the second Tuesday in every month. anrs Dnvuax. \V. M. J. ’1‘. ’l‘uoursox. Ju., Rec-Sec INDEPENDENT ORDER of FORESTERS. Court thnix No.182. Meet on the last Monday of earh month, in the True Blue hall in Alt-Arthur‘s Block. ’1‘. AUSTIN. Chief Ranger. llrnnmlr Sunronn. ll. 5. .__.‘_.__‘_._...._...._~_n . . ‘lANADlAN noun CIRCLES. li‘l'ZNl-I~ l LON Falls Circle No.127, meets in the True Blue, hall in lit-Arthur’s Block the first Wednesday in every month. 1’. C. lltvnnxss, Lender. R. ll. Svavrsrnn, Secretary. I F. AND A. 31., (l. R. C. THE Sl’lll' g . Lodge No.4(lo‘. 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. lfl'lZGl-illdhl‘, W. M. REY. W. I’auxcottn, Secretory CIIURCIIES. BAPTIST CHURCll~Ql'EIiN-ST.â€"REY. James Fraser, l’nstor. Service cvcrv Sunday morning at 10.30. Sunday Schniil every Sunday at 2.30. p. m. I’ruycr meetâ€" ing on Thursday evening at 7.30; Minister‘s Bible-class on Tuesday (fortnightly) at 7.30. BIETHODIST CHURCH â€"â€" COLllORNE _ Streetâ€"Reverend '1‘. P. Steel, l’ustor. 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. l’rnyer meeting on Thursday cvcningat 7.30, T. ANDREW’S CIlURCIlâ€"COLBORNH Streetâ€"Reverend M. McKiunnn, I‘us- tor. Services every Sunday at 10.30 a. 111. and 7 p m. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 30 p. in. Christian Endeavor Incetinpr every Tuesday at 8 p. in. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p. m. ALVATION ARMY â€" llAllllAt‘KS ()N L Bond St. Weslâ€"Adjt. and lllrs. Miller Service held every ’l‘hursday and Sat- urdny evenings at 8 p. m., and on Sundays at 7 a. m., 11 u. m., 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. ST.ALOYSIUS l.C.CllUltflll-â€"LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father Nolan, Pastor. Services evory alternate Sunday at 10.30 a. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 p. m ST. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET Eustâ€" Rev. Wm. Farncomb, l’ustor. Service every Sunday at 10.3021. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 11.30 a. in. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o‘clock. 35" Seat: free in all churches. Ja'rerg/Iiodu invited to attend. Strangers cordially 'u‘tfcollu J N ECHANICS’ INSTITUTEâ€"1’. KELLY L Librarian. Open daily, Sunday except- cd, from 10 o’clock u. m. till 10 p. in. [looks 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. ])(JST OFFICEâ€"1“. J. Kl-thlt, POS'I‘MAS- TER. ('lllicc hours from 7.44.; a. m. to R p. m. Mail going south closes at8 a.m I Mail goirg uorlh closes at I’. p. m. BATTEN DOORS. J. T. THOMPSON, Jr., (Jxlli l’lfllN'l‘IGI E . Jobbing attended to. Wall Brackets and Easy (.‘hnirs mode to nl‘tll'l‘. Workshop on Llndsay Street, Near the (l. T. 1:. Station. Fem-Ion l'alls. Postural WELL RIFENED CATHERED FROM GWVER dill] BdSSWWD Eldllld FOR SALE AT J. R. Hand’s Apiary, FRANCIS STREET EAST. “'lllli Dtllillk Jars or Tins left at the Gun". nun-r, le- turncd to your house the saint- dnv. ,10c. PER POUND. .. an 31””.- swam...» L- r... -