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‘aâ€"- 4.3.“, -:.;v: t ._ s. ' . Perplexity. sr “ resents.” The man sat in his easy chair, The lamp was dimming fast, He seemed as though each gentle breath Wasâ€"ere he sleptâ€"his last. 0 His chin reclined upon his chest, His eyelids drooped ; his breath Came deep, sonorous, that displayed Absence for years of death. The door here gently opened out, A small head peeped within, A head with curly, golden hair, And eyes from which shoneâ€"sin. Behind the chair he crawled, and stooped As searching for a joint Between whose loosely fastened ends He could insert a point. A spring from out the chairl and 10 l With one suspender broke, And eyes half starting from his head, The President awoke. He scratched his head and tore his hair, For here he'd truly found That though reporters he’d escape Domestic life rolled round. «Fenelon Falls, March, 1897. - What Exasperated Him. The agent for a handsomely illustra- ted book to be sold on long time credit â€"a feast to the intellect and an adorn- ment to any libraryâ€"leaned against the side of the house, caught his breath, clinched his fist and looked Skyward. “ Vhat’s the matter ? ” asked the policeman. “ I’ve met the meanest man,” he an- swered. “ I’ve heard of him and I’ve read about him in the papers, but I never expected to meet him face to face.” “ Where is he ? ” “Up in that office building.” “ How do you know he’s the meanest man ? ” “ By the way he acted. I showed him this work of art, lectured on it for half an hour, showed the engravings, and when I hinted that it would be a good thing to order, what do you think he said ? ” “ I don’t know.” “ He said he never bought books. He didn't have to. He just waited for some fool agent to come along and tell him all that was in 'em, and turn over the leaves while he looked at the pic- tures.” -0â€" Retaliation. “ May I offer you a stick of gum ?” asked the travelling man in the skull cap, by way of introducing himself to the passenger in the seat in front of him. The other man turned around, looked at the proffered slab and shook his head. “ Iâ€"I beg your pardon,” he said; “I manufacture that gum. I never chew it. But if you will join me, I will open this box of candy I bought just before I got on the train.” The travelling man looked at the label on the box and shuddercd. ‘~ We make thatcandy,” he remarked, shrugging his shoulders. “I never touch it.” Subsequently they became better ae- quaintcd over a small bottle, of whose contents they possessed none of the secrets of manufacture. __.-. A Tardy Wooer. He had been worshipping her for months, but had never told her, and she didn'twant him to. He had come often and stayed late-â€"very lateâ€"and she could only sigh and hope. [In was going away the next day for a holiday, and he thought thelast night was the time to spring the. momentous question. He kept it to himself, how- ever, until the last thing. Itwas 11.30 by the clock, and it was not a very rapid clock. “ )liss Mollie,” he said, tremulously, “ I'm going away to-morrow." -‘ Are you ? ” she said, with the thouuhtlcssness of girlhood. “ Yes." he replied. “Are you sorry?" " Yes. very sorry," she murmured. “I thought you might go away this evening." Then she gazed at the clock wist- fully, and said goo-.Lnight. .. 4.----. Couldn’t Help Knowing Him. An old colored man who wheels rub- bish out of alleys in a South side resi- deuce district considers himself pretty well known among the people away from whose back doors he pushes ashes. One morning recently one of the gentle- men who employed the African walked out into his back yard and spoke famil- iarlv lo the ash wheeler. What is your name? " he asked, in ‘ addressing the Colored man. “ George Washington." was the reply. lime. Wonderful Progress. HOlV THE INYENTOR HAS CHANGED THE WORKING CONDITIONS. It is difficult for the rising generation to realize the important influence of in- vention in the changed conditions of the present as compared with those of half a century ago. True, they can read of them all, but the picture presented by the record is not as vividly impressed upon the memory as is that upon the mind of the denizen who has passed the fifty year mark in actual observ‘ slice of the world's progress. A correspondent of New Ideas, whose whole life has been devoted to agricul- ture, writes very entertainingly on the subject in that branch of labor. He says: “ My first recollections of farm labor were in raking long windrows of hay with the hand rake. My brother and myself decided that there could be an improvementâ€"that we could make a horse do the work. The result of our ‘ inventive ’ faculties was a long scant~ ling, with wooden teeth about two feet in length inserted in holes bored in one side of it, and two old plow handles fastened near the centre at right angles, for grasping to steer the ‘ machine,’ when a horse was hitched to the front, and we were thus enabled to rake a swath ten feet wide as fast as the horse could. True, when the rake was full We had to stop and ‘back up ’ the horse, draw the rake from under the windrow and lift it over to commence another raking; but it was a great improvement over the slow and laborious handâ€"rake. Then came the wooden framed ‘revolving’ rake which emptied itself by the follow- er simply raising the handle so that the points of the teeth in front caught the ground, and we thought that ‘ farming made easy ’ had arrived, sure enough. “ But the ubiquitous inventor was still at work. There were other fields to conquer, and before the advent of many more ‘ haying seasons ’ he entered the field with the steel-toothed sulky- rake, with a spring seat for the driver, and which automatically unloaded it- self by operation of a clutch in the wheel hub by merely touching a latch with the foot, and with which even a ten-year-old girl could do the work of ten men using the old hand-rake. This, indeed, seemed ‘perfeetion perfected,’ and we only wondered that there was not a fan attachment to keep the flies off. “ Now, even that paragon of progres- sion has been relegated to the rear by a raker and leader, which is attached to the rear of the hay waggon, which rakes the ground clean and deposits the hay on the waggon all ready for the horse- fork, which, with two or three ‘grabs,’ deposits the whole load in the barn or rick. The crack farm laborer of my a day, who prided himself on being able to take the last rakeful off the cradle as it was swung round with a rythmic ‘swish’ by the man who was cutting the grain, and thus ‘keep up’ with him in binding the sheaves, now stands aghast at the self-binding reaper, which throws the perfectly-bound sheaves out of its path, and greedly reaches for more with a nonchalance that is wonderful. “The inventor, too, has taken a won- . dcrl'ul load off from the ‘ women folks.’ Churning day used to be looked forward to with a sort of dread, especially in hot weather, as it was often so difficult to make the butter ‘come’ just rightâ€"- probably from an imperfect knowledge of the temperature required, etc. Now my son takes all the milk to the cream- ery, where it is put into a centrifugal ‘separator’ and the butter literally ‘whipped’ out of it in a few minutes; and instead of waiting for the butter- buyer to come along in the fall and run his steel tryer down to the bottom of the tubs and firk‘ins before making an offer, we receive a regular monthly div- idend from the Creamery, which amounts to a little more than formerly, and all the work taken away from the house." Our friend well illustrates a portion of what the inventor has done in his' line of labor, and it is but the reflex of the steady advancement in methods in all lines of industry. While the sub- ject is pyactically inexhaustible, the thought occurs that with so many me- chaoical aids brought to bear in the performance ofwhat has heretofore been considered the most irksome classes of labor, that it leaves the young men or women of to-day so much more time for recreation and improvement, which, if properly utilized. can but result in en- larged comprehension and better realiz- ation of the responsibilities which. prop- crly met, will fit them to perform justly, wisely and magannimously all the offices of life, both public and private. 0.. W Fancy Dress lists in the newest styles of the season at Mrs. R. licDougall's. Heavy soils are always benefittcd by Lime is slow in its action and “ Washiugtonâ€"-\\'ashington," repeat- 1 may not show any benefit to the soil for ed the gentleman; “ it seems to me that a year or more, but there will arrive a l have heard that name before." " Guess you have," rejoined the Alri- csu. I have been wheeling ashes out of these alloys for ’bout ten years.” fl' Teques in great tori; at; at Mrs. R. McDouzell’r. _. -._..â€"._.-.. time when good results Will be obtained, l and the benefit will be lasting and ap- parent for many seasons. Q’Sce the Watchspring Corsets, the latest out, at Mrs. R. McDongall's. l W See Ladies' and Children‘s Hosiery l at airs. R. McDougell's. l Wall Paper, Paints and Oils, Glass and Putty. I 'If you want the best I in the above lines . callat... Nevison’s Bazaar. E“ Uad'Jq THEY ARE ALL RIGHT. 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Meet on the last Monday of each month, in the True Blue hall in McArlhur’s Block. ’1‘. Ans-rm, Chief Ranger. llnunsur Saunroun, R. S. ‘lANADIAN HOME CIRCLES. FRNE LON Falls Circle No. .127, meets in the True Blue hall in McArfhur’s Block the first Wednesday in every month. P. C. lluuonss, Leader. R. B. Svavss'rnu, Secr‘elnry. F. AND A. M., G. R. C. THE Sl‘lti' . Lodge No.406. Meets on the first Wednesday of each mouth,ou or before the full of the moon, in the lodge room in Cunningham’s Block. E. FITZGERALD, W. M. Rev. W. Panrvcoun, Secrelinv BAPTIST Cll URC lIâ€"QUEE N-ST.â€"Rl-2 V. James Fraser, Pastor. Service cverv Sunday tnoruiug at 10.30. Sunday Scholil every Sunday at 2.30. p. in. Prayer meet- ing on Thursday evening at 7.30; Minister‘s Bible-class on Tuesday (fortnightly) at 7 .30. _____._.__. h E'l‘IlODlST CHURCH â€"â€"()OLBOR1\'E Streetâ€"Reverend ’1‘. P. Steel, l’astor. Sunday service at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. 111. Sabbath School at 2.30 p. 11']. Epworth League of Christian Endeavor, ’l‘uesdnv evening at 8 o’clock. Prayer meeting oh Thursday evening at 7.30. ST. ANDREW’S CllURCllâ€"COLBORNE Streetâ€"Reverend M. McKinnon, l‘ns- tor. Services every Sunday at 10.30 n. m. and 7 p. 111. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. m. Christian Endeavort meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. in. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p.111. “M tALVATION ARMY -â€"BARRACKS ON Bond SLWestâ€"Cnpt. a Mrs. McClellaml. Servrce held every Thursday and Sat- urday evenings at 8 p. m., and on Sundays at 7 a. m., 11. n. m., 3 p. m. and 7.30 p. ui. ST. ALOYSIUS R. C. CHURCHâ€"LOUISA ‘ Streetâ€"Rev. Father Noluu, Pastor. Servrces every alternate Sunday at 10.30 a. 111. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 p. m. M ST. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET ‘ East â€" Rev. Wm. l"nrncomb, Pastor. Servrcc every Sunday at 10.3021. m. and 7 p.111. Sunday School every Sunday at l 1 ."0 a. to. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. . 36‘” Seats free in all Clllli‘P/Ir‘n‘. flurry/Ludo murtedto utlcnd. Slrunyrsrs cordially it'd/cowl .l. -â€"..__ l‘IISCEL ANEOIJS. M_._._-.-_- ._ . )UlthlUlilll ltAltYâ€"l’A'l‘lthlt' KELLY Librarian. Open daily, Sundnv t'X(‘t']Il-' cd, from 10 o'clock a. m. till 10 pfm. Books exchanged on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 n..rn. till 3 p. m.nnd in lh ‘ 7 to 9. ) . _ e evening from .cadmg room 111 connection. 1)OST OFFICEâ€"l“. J. lt'lillll. l’llS'l‘MAS- TER. (lilicc hours from Tall) n. m. to 8 p. in.” Mail going south closes at 8 n. in Mail going north closes at?) p.111. NEWSPAPER LAW. 1. A postmasteris required to git-011mm,. by letter (returning the paper (loos not answer the law), when n. Slil)$(,‘l'll)f‘|'(lur$ not take his paper out ol‘ the oflici: and state the reasons for its not heingtukl-n. Any neglect to do 50 makes the postmnMur responsible to the publisher for payment, 2. lfany person orders his paper-diam)”- tinned he must pay all :1rreuruges,or n...- publisher tony continue to send it until payment is made, uml collect the witch, amount, whether it is taken from the Ulllt‘l‘ or nol. There can be no legal discontinu- ance until the payment is made. 3. Any person who takes it paper {mm the post-office, whether directed to‘hl; name or another, or whether he Iran's-1.1;. scribed or not, is responsible for the par. 4. if a subscriber orders his punt-r lo. lm stopped at a certain time, and the "lob. lisln-r continues to send, Ihc subscriber is bound to pay for it if he lulu-.2 it out of [1.9 l post-office. This prul'ccnls upon the gn-uml that it man must pity fur what ht: uses, 5. The courld have decided llznl I'(‘f|t‘-i|)£_’ to take newspapers :lll'l periodicals {Twill the poslmflicc, or removing and lt-urxug thorn uncalled for. is jtrinul fucie (:Vidcllllf of intentional fraud. hub" The latest postal laws are sup}, that newspaper publishers can arrest nnv one for fraud who lulu-,1 a paper and rt.- t‘usos to pay for it. Under this law the man who allows his subscription to run along for some time unpaid, and then orders it discontinued, or orders the pa“. master to mark it " refuse-d,"aml have n postal card sent notifying the publishers lays himself liable to arrest and flue-,1!» tnme u for theft. l l l l l l l . .. . u...‘ u..