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Satisfactorily Explained. “ Henry," she said, and there were what a novelist would call tears in her voice as she spoke, “ I don't believe you love me any more." He took the cigar from his mouth and looked at her in surprise over the top ofhis newspaper. " Maria.” he said. “ don‘t be foolish." “There l" she exclaimed. “ There's evidence of the truth of whatI said, ‘ Don't be foolish 3' Did you ever speak to me that way before we were married ?" “ No, my dear; I did not,” be ad- mitted. “Then,” she said reproachfnlly, “ my slightest wish was law; then you never sat around like a dummy, smoking a cigar and reading a paper when I was in the room; then you seemed anxious to please me and were ever on the watch to do some little favor for me." “ It is true,” he admitted. “ You were never lazy then,’ she went on. “ You were full of life and spirits; you were energetic." “ Quite true," he said. “ If you love me now as much as you did then,” she persisted, you would strive as valiantly as ever.” “ My clear,” he said in that calm, dispassionate t0ne that makes the aver- age woman want to get a poker or a broom, “ did you ever see a boy trying to get an apple or a cherry that was Just a little out of his reach ?" “ Certainly,” she answered, “ butâ€"” “He keeps jumping and jumping un- til he gets it, doesn’t he 7” “ Of course.” “ But does he continue jumping after he has got it?" “ Certainly not. it." “ Well," he said, as he turned to his paper again, " you’re my cherry, and I don't see any reason why I should keep on jumping any more than the boy.” She didn't say anything, but she thought and thought, and the more she thought the more undecided she became an to whether she ought to be angry or noteâ€"Chicago Post. There’s no need of A Mind Cure. An attack ofhiccoughs had consider- ably nggravatcd Mr. Twillcr’s natural irritability. “ Can’t ye do something to help me out of this?” he asked indignantly. D'ye want to see me hiccough myself out of existence? I s’pose you think it would be funny to think of my wrest- ling with a harp and a pair of Wings and the hiccoughs all at once, don't ye ? I s'posc yeâ€"" but here another spasm caught him. “ What can I do ?" she asked plead- ingly. “ 1 can’t hold your br’path for you and count nine, you know. , “ No. But yc can scare me, cant ye?" Ye can holler ‘ Bee" in my car when I'm not expecting it, or some- thine, like that.” “‘Mr. Twillers,” she answered freez- ingly, “ I am surprised at you. The idea of my engaging in any such non- sense is sufficiently absurd to be worthy of you. I have something mot-p, rm- portant than ‘ boo ’ to say to you. “ Eh 7" “ I will have to have a new wrap this winter"â€" “ What's that ?" _ “ And while it is a lrttle more ex- pensive to start with, I have decided that sealskin will be the most. economi- cal in the end. So to-rnorrow you can give rue a check"â€" I “ M cryâ€"are you What does this mean ?" She looked at him for a moment and then said, ‘ " Your hiccoughs are gone, aren t they, dear ?" . . ‘: Whymcrâ€"yes, come to think of rt, believe they are." “ I thought," she said, ” that if any- thng would scare you that would."â€" Judge. insane? ~._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- Told Her Troubles. The following conversation is reported to have taken place between a minister and a widow, both of Aberdeen. The widow, who called upon the minister, seemed desirous of relieving: her mind of something which oppressed her, at which the reverend gentleman, wishing to burrv inattcrs. exclaimed : “ My good woman. you see I can be of no service to you till you tell me what it is that troubles you." I U My good woman, you see I can be of no 'st‘rvico. to you till you tell me what it is that troubles you." " Well. sir. I'm thinkiu' 0' getting married again." “ Oh. that is it! is pretty fr-qncnt, surely. husbands have you had 2’" -- Well. sir." she replied, in a tone How many 1.353 of sorrow than of bitterness, “ this . I’m sure there never l barre, Pa., twenty years ago by one of is the fourth, was a wumruun sac completely torment- his agents. ed wi' a set 0' deeing men as I ve been, air," m... . ._.. «oomâ€" -- - ~â€"â€"-.- The Horse's Foot. LET IT ALONEâ€"DO NOT DOCTOR, PARK 08 PAD IT MUCH. The proper time to begin the practice of farriery is when the foals are young. Attend to their feet early and often. The writer has found them cripples at 14 days of age. 'Look at them care- fully soon after they are fouled and con- tinue this care, is you would have sound, scrvicuble horses, at short intervals, and use only the rasp on the surface of the feet to true and balance them and keep them at. proper angles to the limbs they support. No knife is needed for use on the foot, for the sole, bars and frog should never be removed with the knife unless there should be thrush or injury. Then all of the diseased por- tions of the frog should be carefully reâ€" moved with the knife and something ap- plied to purify the parts and assist nat- ure in healing them. The best thing the writer knows of for this purpose is plain borax. Another very important matter in the care of the feet of horses is that of having the shoes removed and reset or new ones put on, as the case may require, every three weeks. This is all important, and the feet cannot be kept trued, balanced and at a preper angle to the limbs they support if the shoes are allowed to remain on too long without removal, as directed. It must be borne in mind that a foot in a healthy state of growth grows about three- eighths of an inch each month and grows irregularly, at times very irregu- larly. It is an erroneous idea that the foot needs “ protection,” as it is called, by placing many different sorts of things besides the shoe on the bottom of it. The experience of the writer has been to him convincing proof that nature has provided all the protection that is nec- essary for the bottom of the feet. If this natural protection is allowed to re- main in the foot, there will be no need of tar, oakum, leather, etc., to take its place. In fact, if the natural “ protec- tion," so called, is left undisturbed, there will be no room at the bottom of the foot for anything to be applied ex- cept the shoe itself. The construction of the footâ€"the horny box-â€"consists of an outside horn, called the wall; the bars, considered by some authorities as a continuation of' the wall, the frog and the sole. Neither of these substances has either blood or nerves and is of course insensible to pain. In preparing the foot for the shoe none of these should be removed except the wall and so much of the bars and sole as the rasp will reach as it is moved around the wall at surface to true and balance the foot and place it at the proper angle to the limb. Now, if the foot is prepared for the adjust- ment of the shoe in this manner, there will be no room left in which to place a lot of tar and oakum. Well and good. As such things are only a great detri- ment to the health and comfort of the foot, it is fortunate that there is left no room for them. The feet need and must have air, a free circulation of it all around them, and they cannot be kept in a proper degree of health ifthis important requirement is denied them. Oh, what a lot. of inventions there are for sale to try to improve on nature! There are hoof ointmcnts, springs of various kinds, bar shoes, pads made of rubber and unions stuffs, shoes with rubber inserted into them at the ground surface, and the latest of all the useless things to beat nature that the writer has yet seen is a steel plate nailed to the foot between the shoe and the wall and made to take the bearing off the frog. This thing covers the whole surface of the foot, and there is packed in between this and the sole, bars and frog some composition called dressing, thus corn- pletely shutting out the air. The ex- perience of the writer has convinced him that it is not requisite or beneficial to the proper condition and comfort of the foot to have the frog confined in any way, either by resting upon the bar of a shoe or upon a steel plate. One of these will be found as harmful as the other. As far as the frog itselfis con- cerned, the steel plate will exercise a more baneful influence than the bar of the shoe, as it covers the entire foot sur- face. Thc frog is provided as a cush- ion; its rubber-like consistency should be cent-inning proof of thisâ€"R. Boyl- ston Hall in Horseman. A Gait dealer in bones, who recently had 70 pounds of pine roots palmed off on him at so much a pound, is the lat- est victim of that peculiar form of hon- esty which enables the rasticito put the biggest potatoes on the top of the sack and the best sample of wheat near a Let me see; that ' hole in a bag, where a cute buyer is lia ble to get a handful from. I). O'Shca, a New York book publish- er. has just received a portal card which was trialled to him at Wilkes- lt miscarried in some man- ner, and got into the hands ol shnic per- son who hasjust re-tnail-cd it. Besides the two New York post-office Slaurps, it An Arkansas lover to his sweetheart: l bears a Wilkesbarre stamp of Aug 14. w ‘I‘hcro'i not a globule of blood in my 9 and the message on the reverse side is l huntbatdoaan't heu- yourphotognpb." ‘ dated Wilkesbatrc, Aug. 14,1877. l MISS NELLIE SLATER, DRESSMAKER. Work done by the day or at home, BOND STREET EAST. oleman’s BESTFOBTABLEUSE BEST FOR DAIRY USE : 1).- UNIQUALLID Iron QUALITY . . . CANADA SALT/1550mm”, CLINTON, our. 7 WE CAN GIVE POSITIONS to persons of all grades of ability, agents, book-keepers, clerks, farmers’ sons, lawyers, mechanics, physicians, preachers, students, married and single women, widows. Po- sitions are worth from $400 to $2,500 per nnnum. We have paid several canvassors $50 weekly for years. Many have started poor and become rich with us. Particulars npoa application,and if satisfactory and necessary, a personal interview may be arranged. Tliis is an honest advertisement, and if you want to better your position, write before you sleep. State salary ex- pected. Neither loafers nor tipplersueed apply. The BRADLEY-GARRETSON 00., htd., Toronto, Ontâ€"51. Headqutr an IN VICTORIA COUNTY FOR. [loam Paper and Piclure Frames â€"IS ATâ€" W. A. GOODWIN’S,“ Baker Block,Kent-st.,Lindsay. Artists’ Goods 3 Specialty Machine Needles, Alabastine and Dve Works Agency . WPlease callaudsee my 5c.P aper- The modern stand- ard Family Medi- Cures the cine : common everyday ills of humanity. SUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREE3, 700 ACRES.- Shrubs, Roses, Vinesand Seed Potatoes WE have the largest assortment and employ the very latest and most imprOvcd methods for propagating. All stock carefully packed under our. pierâ€" sonul supervision, and all new varieties tested at our trial farms before being cata- logued. These are the only testing orch- ards connected With any Nursery in the Dominion. Agents Wanted to Represent Us. Special attention given to Pn‘rk,‘Cem~ etery and Boulevard orders. Estimates furnished for supplying entire orchards. Why buy of foreign concerns or of middlemen when you can purchase as cheaply from us and get better value 7 Our stock is Canadian grown and ac- climated. Catalogue (English or French) free on application. StonehWellinglundumnlnllnl. . rorranL ransnruas. The Leading Canadian Tree Men. JOB PRINTING Neatly and promptly executed at the Gamma Office. Prices reasonable. Furniture, Doors, ‘ Sash, -â€"â€"-ANDâ€"â€"- UNDERTAKINS, W. M‘Keomn9@9 FRANCIS ST. WEST, FENELON FALLS. EMMWWWWQWWMMM? "l'lrlE‘l’ ME ME. RESET. Only want to be tried, and lthen, after taking into 3T3 MD SildES etc. you will be able to say the same, if you make your purchases at gaooowwowmm - v v - . - - - - - - conside ‘atiou style and prices of my different lines of g i E W. L. ROBSON’S. Wall Paper, Paints and. Gila, Glass and N evison’s' call at Putty. in the above lines Bazaar. ‘ l. A postmaster is required to give notice l fuses to pity for it. ‘ man who allows his subscription to run lulong for some trrnc unpaid, and DIRECTORY. _ u ..__.____..._..._.__ _ ._ ___ _“~. ,m ’- -â€"-.~ ____... _..__. ~- ..._-_â€"--_..... .. . ._ S()CIETIE§S. ’NIGIITS 0i" TESTED MACCABE IS. X Diamond "lent No. 208. Meets in the True lilne hall in .\lc;\r‘.hur‘s Block on the first and third Tuesday in each month. ll 1-2. Arsrrx. Com. U. W, lit'movstt. R. K. \1AI‘LE LEA!“ 'l‘lllIElll.17l£l.tll)GE No 1_ 4‘2. Regular meetings held on the '.‘.nd and 4th \“I‘ililt‘rllzty in each month. Hall in Mt‘;\l‘ll:nt'$ lilut'h‘. ll. 1-: .-\rs l.\'. Master. .i .-\. l’trx .ns. Deputy Master. Ronsn'r J. llrstms, lire-Secretary. "WANADIAN ohm-tn ur‘ omn-‘Er.r.u\vs. (J 'l‘rrut Valley l.\ {In No. 71. Meet in the True liluc hall ll. Alt-Arthur‘s lilock on the first and third .\i‘ alloys in each month. WM .\1(*l\'r»:ows..\' G. ll. M Mason, V. 5., Sec. I O. L. No. 090. )llel-I'l‘ IN THE ORANGE J. hall on Francis gt “1-51 on the second Tuesday in every month. Lawns DEYSMN, W. M. J. T. ’l‘uourson, Ju., Rec-Sec INDEPENDENT ORDER of FORESTERS. Court l’hmuix No. 133. Meet on the last Monday of each month, in the True Blue hall in McAr-thur‘s Block. '1‘. Ans'rm, Chief Ranger. llrzunnn'r Sannr‘onn. R. S. CANADIAN llt).\lE CIRCLES. FEt'E LON Ir‘ulls Circle No. 1‘37, meets in the True Blue hall in Ilchrthur’s Block the first Wednesday in every month. P. C. lluunsss, Lender. R. B. Svm'icsrnn, Secretary. X 1“. AND A. lll., G. R. C. THE Sl’ltY 1 , 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. Fr'rzurtnaw, IV. M. llnv. W. FAIINCOMH, Secretary CI~IU1ECII1GS. BAPTIST CllURCHâ€"QUEEN-ST.â€"REV. James Fraser, l’ustor. Service evcrv Sunday morning at 10.30. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30. p. in. Prayer meet- ing on 'l‘hursdaycvening al.7.1l0 ; Minister's Bible-class on Tuesday (fortnightly) at 7.30. NIETHODIST CHURCH -â€" (.‘OLllOltNli Streetâ€"Reverend T. 1’. Steel, l’ustor. Sunday service at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath School at 2.30 p.111. Epworth League of Christian Endeavor, Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7.30. T. ANDREW’S CllURClIâ€"COLBORNE Streetâ€"Reverend M. lllclt'iunou, Pas- tor. Services cvcry Sunday at “Li-:0 n. In. and 7 p. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. in. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. in. Prayer meeting ,cvery Thursday at 7 30 p. m. (ALVATION ARMYâ€"BARRACKS 0N Bond SLWcstâ€"Cnpt. a Mrs. McClellnnd. Service held every Thursday and Sat- urdny evenings at 8 p m., and on Sundays at. 711.. m., it a. m., 3 p. m. and 7.30 p. in. T. ALOYSIUS it. C CHURCHâ€"LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father Nolan, Pastor. Services every alternate Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 p. In T. JAM ENS CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET > Eastâ€" ltcv. Wm. Farncnmb, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School every Sundny at, 11.120 a. 111. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. . Seals free in all churn/ms. Everybody mvrtcdto attend. Strong/cm cordial/3} Melony/ml. 1‘11» CIGLIJAN 19(3le . UBLIULIBR AltYâ€"I’ATRICK KELLY, Librarian. Open daily, Sunday exr-cph cd, from 10 o'clock n. in. till 10 It'll). llooitl exchanng on Tuesdays and Saturdays from l2 u.rn. till 3 p. m. and in the evening from 7 to 9. Reading room in connection. 1)U.."l‘ OFFlCEâ€"l". J. h'lt'ltlt, PUSTMAS- TEE. Ullit-c hours from 7.41!) u. m. to 8 p. m. Mail going south closes ut8 u.tu Mail going north closes at 3 p. m. NEWSPAPER LAW. by letter (returning the paper does no; answer the law), when a subscriber does not take his paper out of the other: and state the reasons for its not hcingtnkt-n. Any neglect to do so makes the postmaster responsible to the publisher for payment. 1:. lfany person orders his pnp('r.di5(1()ll- tinned he must pay all nrrcnragrs, or the publisher may continue to send it until i payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether it is taken from the office or not. There can be 1m legal uliscuritinu. ant-\trntil the payment is made. 3. Any person who takes a paper from the post-ellicc, wlntla-r directed to his name or another, or \vlu-llu-r be has sub- scribed or not, is rm; nusiblt- for the par. 4. ll a. subscriber nrllt-rs his paper tn'lm stopped at a certain time, and the .’puhâ€" lisher continues to send, the subscriber is bound to [my for it it' he takes it out of the post-office. This pt'rn‘lrt'tls upon the ground that a man must pay for what ht: uses. ' 5. The courts haw: «ll-cidqu that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the pest-office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prime fact": evidence of intentional fraud. 3&5" The latest postal laws are such that newspaper publishers can arrest any one for fraud who lulu-s It paper and Ir. Under this law the then orders it discontinnrd,or Orders the post. master to mark it " refused,” and have n postal curd sent notifying the publisher: lays himself liable to arrest. and fine, ill; some as for theft. V. . n» .m.......’4"£' . .-..... w. 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