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........‘L... A;-â€".M.â€"â€"â€"~n_*.â€".â€"â€"h “.uoâ€"o I6 .. Peculiarities of Clams. â€"_ THEY HAVE BRAINS IN THEIR FEET AND 800082031) 15 UNEABTBING TBRHS AND ARE ADZPT SPINNIBS. The clam's body is completely en- shrouded in the mantle, except for two openings, through one of which the feet can be pushed out. The other is for the siphon, or what is commonly known as the “neck " of the clam. In some respects the clam may be better 03 than V.\' are. for he has a little brain in his tent and also a gland for secreting strong fibers. With this he spins a hyssus, by which he can attach himself to whatever he likes. He does not even have to search for ltis food, but waits for it to come to him. He makes a burrow in the mud or sand, attach- lug himself to the bottom of the byssus. Then he thrusts his siphon up through the mud and water until it reaches the surface. The siphon is made up of two tubes, the water flowing in through one and out through the other. When the inflowing current, laden with minute plants and animals, reaches the gill chamber some of these are sifted out and retained for food, while the water and waste matter flow out through the other tube. The clam’s eggs are car- ried by the mother on her gills. When there are fish in the water with them, the mother plains discharge the eggs, which soon hatch, but if there are no fish they carry the eggs until they dc- cay. The reason of this strange be- havior is this : When the eggs are set “ I've heard them speak about it in the tree in the water they soon hatch, and kitchen. the little ones swim about until they .tind some fish to which to attach them- selves. They live for some time on the mucus of the fish, and then drop ofl, sink to the bottom attd form burrows for themselves. This curious semi-par- asitic lite is no doubt a reversion to the habit of some ancient uncestor.â€"Popu~ lar Science Monthly. â€"â€"vâ€"o-o Chinese Obstacles. If a house is to be repaired, wonder- ful forethought is necessary. The evil spirits which are supposed to occupy each dwelling that mortals have inhab- ited cause the carpenter no end of trou- ble and no trifling expense. First, an astrologer must be consulted with regard to the most lucky day for beginning the work; then a square suspended from the ridge-beam is a notification to the spirits of darkness that their dwelling. place is to be disturbed, wherefore the square thing for them to do is to move out quietly and peaceably. Next, the 'rtrpcnters make offerings to these uu- seen residents. These gifts seem to say. “ If you please, spirits ol darkness, accept this bribe and speedin take your flight." Next, the neighbors must be warned that these evil influences are about to be turned loose, perhaps to seek shelter under a neighboring roof. Every house upon that street receives a notice that upon a certain day and hour repairs are to begin on the dwell- ing of Ah Sin. Each household can then pay the imps not to enter their doorway, but to go to the next neighâ€" bor. Even the farmer cannot begin his work in the spring until after the na- tional festivities are celebrated in honor of the special gods who are supposed to make it their particular business telook alter the welfare of those who till the soil. In a land where more than one hundred million people are supported by agriculture, where many farms have been in cultivation for three or even' four rnilleniums, we naturally expect to find skill in that line of workr In this we are not disappointed, for the Chinese farming is scientific handwork.-â€"â€"Deru ll}. W. Spratt, in Lippincott’s. One of the greatest curiosities among the domesticated animals of Ceylon is a breed ol cattle known to the zoolo- gists as the “sacred running oxen.” They are the dwarfs of the whole ox family, the largest specimen of the species never exceeding thirty inches in height. One sent to the Marquis of Cantet'b try in the year 1891, which is still living. and is believed to be some- where near ten years of age, is only twenty-tun inches high, and weighs but one hundred and nine and a hull pounds la Ceylon they are used for quick trips across Country with express matter and “tier light loads, and it is said that four ofthern can puil a driver ofa two- wl.-.eled cart and a two-hundred load of miscellaneous matter sixty to seventy miles a day. They keep up a constant swinging trot or run, and have been known to travel one hundred miles in a .lay and night without either food or water. No one knows anything con- era-nine the or igin of this pccuiiar breed ‘ we had in the United States 7" of miniature cattle. They have been' k-iottrr on the island of Ceylon and; other Buddhistic countries for urerci (l-au a thousand yeztrs.â€"-Tit-Bits. . _. . ..~.. m... ._.._.. .‘lietoscopnl investigation is said to p do that the pom of wood invite the page of moisture in the direction of the trmbrr’s growth, but repel it in the opposite direction. MISS NELLIE SLATER, DRESSMAKER. Work done by the day or at home, BOND STREET EAST. naked Up l-lisiLatin. THAT STABTLED TEE WAITEB. A western lawyer went into the Plant- ers' cafe a few days ago. He had not always lived in the far west and in his college days in the cast was well enough acquainted with the French bills of fare of swell New York restaurants. But out in his new home he had forgotten about soup an pot gras and pemme de terre a la duehesse. The fact that he could not read some of the delicacies on the menu exasperated hire, and he pro~ cceded to have fun with the waiter. “ Nothing here that I‘d care for." said he to the claw-hammered attend- ant. “ We can serve you anything for die- ner, sir," said the waiter, confident that he could please his customer before he got through with him. “ Have you sine qua non ?" The waiter started. “ No-o-o, sir,” he answered. “ What about bonmots? Have you any ?” “ No, sir." “ Then let me have some nice ignis fatuus. That's good at this time of year.” , “ We haven’t got it.” “Bring me some tempus fugit then." “ That’s out, too, sir." “ You must have e pluribus unum.” This time the waiter looked bright. oleman’s Saltzizranrrrt: . DNKBUALLID 'OH OUALITV . . I CANADA Summers now, Cur/ran; arvr.7 tin-i can GIVE Posrrtorss 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 annum. We have paid several canvasscrs 350 weekly for years. Many have started poor and become rich with us. Particulars upon application,aud if satisfactory and necessary, a. personal interview may be arranged. This is an honest advertisement, ’ and if you want to better your position, write before you sleep. State salary ex- pected. Neither loafers nor tipplers need apply. The BRADLEY-GARRETSON 00., Ltd, Toronto, Out.â€"-51. Her qutr er: IN VICTORIA COUNTY FOR Hum Paper and Picture Frames -â€"-18 ATâ€" w. A. GOODWEN’S, Baker Block,Kent~st.,Lindsay. I’ll go and see.” He came back empty handed and de- jected, We haven’t got it," he stain- mercd. . ' “Strange that I can’t get any of these seasouable things. Try once more and find out if they have pro bono pub- lico." “ I’ll call Mr. Weaver," said the wait- er, almost crazy by this time. “ Per- haps he can tell what you want.” The guest from the west caught him by the coattails. “ All right,” said he, “‘and- in the meantime bring me some roast beef and fried potatoes.” “ We have it i" yelled the waiter in his delight athearing of something that was obtainable, and he flew off to the kitchen and came back with the beef and potatoes and Landlord Weaver in the wake. The attorney and the hotel man it td a good laugh at the expense of the un- fortunate waiter, who cenfidcd to the chef in the kitchen that he had struck a man wno must have been eating at' Delmenico's all his lifeâ€"St. Louis Re- public. Artists’ Goods a Specialty Machine N eedles, Alabastine and Eye ‘Works Agency . @Pl ease callandsee my 5c.Paper -0 A Matter of Necessity. “ Look here, Potter!" demanded the able editor of the Hawville Clarion, ad- dressing Dr.. Potter, the urbane Coroner and likewise the proprietor of the Early Bird ice-cream parlor: “ What under the sun caused you fellows to bring in a verdict of‘ death from unknown causes’ in the case of young Pettifish, whom everybody knows proposed to, Miss Pearl Kinsabby in her mother’s kitchen, which so offended the high-spirited young lady, who was already engaged to another gentleman, that she caught up a saucepan of boiling water from the stove and turned it wrong side up on his headh‘wherent he uttered a fiendish yell and plunged headlong through the window without asking to be excused or stopping to open the window, and either caused his ovrn death by cutting his throat on the broken glass or by breaking his neck over the saw-buck which stood on the ground under the window and upon which he- tell, or by a combination of both. I don’tsee how in the name of wonder the jury could make ‘ unknown causes ’ out of that." I | W. your purchases at “ We considered that that was the best we could do under the circum- stances,” replied the Coroner, cheeri’y. “ You see, the only blanks for filling in with the verdict we had left were for death from unknown causes or by shoot- ing by art ofiicer in discharge of his duty, and as we all liked the young fel- ler pretty well, we jest drew straws to see which it would be, and the unknown causes won. We didn't have, and never have had, any blanks about hot watzr on the head or cutting the throat with window glass or breaking the neck on saw-bucks, so it looks to me as if we did pretty middling well under the circum- s anecs." o-..â€" A Question s: Age. “Johnny,” said a Jefferson county female teacher, whose age is concealed by the arts well known to women, “ Johnny. how many Presidents have Glass and I ,- I i call at " I dunno." said the boy. “Why.” replied she, ” when I was your age I could tell at once the name of every President." “ 0t course you could," replied the lad, " because when you was my age there had been but two or three Presi- H I ’ dents. “Johnny, take your 50“. the less“ _ S for 10-day is eaded."-â€"Golden Globe. p. THEY ARE ALL BlGHT. 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Stone&Wei|inglun,lurdnin,0ni. rosriutt NURSERIES. Tire Leading Canadian Tree Men. JOB PRINTING Neatly and promptly executed at the Gazsrrs Olliee. Prices reasonable. Furniture, , . Doors, Sash, -â€"â€"-AND-â€"â€"-- UNDER”? M‘Keamn9gg FRANCIS ST. WEST, FENELON FALLS. 1_ ENG, MW? 300% AND SiifiES etc. you will be able to say the same, if you make W. L. season’s. MM Wall Paper, Paints and Oils, Putty. I If you want the best in the above lines Bazaar. DIRECTORY. fl...“ soc115T1E$.“ 17 men’rs'or‘rsxrnn naccaanss. \ mend 'l‘cnt No.208. Meets in the 'l‘rn Inc hall in Achrthur's Block on the first and third Tuesday in each month. ll. li. Aesrtx. Corn. C. W. Bt'nnorss, B K. ‘a- ; APIJ‘I LEA l“ TRUE BLUE LODGE-[No l 423. Regular meetings held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday in each month. llnll in Meg'trthur‘s Block. ll. E. At‘szts, Master. J. A. Fousrtrs, Deputy Master. RonsrtrJ. Dusuas, Ree-Secretary. Ar'.»\l)lAN ()RDER Ul‘ UDDFELIAWCS. Trent Valley Lodge No. 7i. .\ll‘t‘l in the. True Blue hall in hit-Arthur's Block on the first and third Mouluys in each month. Wu. llt‘lisown, N G. 1:. lil. Mason, Y. 8., See. 0. L. No. 906. MEET IN THE ORANGE . hall on Francis St. West on the second Tuesday in every month. Lt-twrs DKYUAX, IV. M. . J. T. Timur-son, Ju., Rec-Sec INDEPENDENT ORDER of FORESTERS. Court Phoenix No 182. Meet on the last Monday of each menllt, in the True Blue hall in McArthur's Block. T.Aus1‘t.\', Chief Ranger. Ilsunsrrr SANDFORD, R. S. YANADIAN HOME CIRCLES. FENE I LON Falls Circle No. .127, meets in the True 'Blue ltull in hit-Arthur‘s Block the first Wednesday in every month. 1’. G. litrnuizss, Leader. R. B. Si'tvusrstt, Secretary. F. AND A. M., G. R. C. THE Sl‘lll' I . Lodge No.406. Meets on the first Wednesday of each menth,on or before the full of the moott, in the ledge room in Cunningham’s Block. E. Fl’th‘.EltAl.I), W. M. Rsv. W. Fauxcenn, Secretary CIIUIIRCIIES. BAPTIST CIIURCHâ€"QUEEN-ST.â€"lll~f\'. James Fraser, Pastor. Service every Sunday morning at 10.30. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30. p. in. Prayer met-tâ€" iug on Thursday evening at 7.30 ; Minister’s Bible-class on Tuesday (fortnightly) at 7 .30. BlE'l‘llODlST CHURCH â€" COLBOllNh‘. Streetâ€"Reverend ’l‘. P. Steel, l’nstor. Sunday service at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath School at 2.30 p. m. Epwcrth League of Christian Endeavor, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting on Thursday eveuiugat 7.30. "lT. ANDREW’S CIlUltCllâ€"COLBORNE L Streetâ€"Reverend M. llchiuuen, Pas- tor. Services cvery Sunday at l0.30 a. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. in. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. tn. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.301).!11. lALVATION ARMYâ€"BABRACKS 0N k Bond SLWestâ€"Cnpt. a Mrs. McClelland. Service held every ’l‘hursday‘ and Sat- urday evenings at 8 p. m., and on Sundays at 7 a. m., ll :1. m., 3 p. m. and 7.30 p. in. T.ALOYSIUS R.C CHURCHâ€"LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father Nolan, Pastor. Services every alternate Sunday at 10,30 H.111. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 p. m ‘l'l‘. JAMES‘S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREE l' Eustâ€" Rev. Wm. lr‘nrucotnb, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.30 a. tn. and 7 p. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 11.30 a. m. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. . Seats free in all c/mrclrcrr. .I'I'i-rryborl'r/ muztcdto attend. Strangers cordially weleomul. Fâ€" n IscmLLaiiuiiebitié. ' .._._._ )UBLIUl.lBRARYâ€"PA'I‘RICK KELLY, Librarian. Open daily, Sunder est-cpl- ed, from 10 o’clock it. nr. till 10 pf)". Books exchanged on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 u..m. till 3 p. m.nud in the evening from 7 to 9. Reading room in connection. 1)OST OFFICEâ€"F. J. Klflltll, POSThlllSâ€" TER. Ollice hours from 7.40 n. m. to R p. In. Mail going south closes at8 a.m Mail going north closes at 3 p. in. NEWSPAPER LAW. i l. A postmaster is required to give motion by letter (returning the paper does not answer the law), when a subscriber dot-s . not take his paper out of the office and = state the reasons for its not being taken. Any neglect to do so makes the postmaster responsible to the publisher for payment. 2. [fatty person orders his paper 'llsf'lill~ tinned he must pay all nrreurages, or thr- publisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether it is taken from the Ulllr'. or not. There can he no legal discontinu- ance until the payment is made. 3. Any person wire takes a paper iron: the post-other, whether directed to his name or another, or whether he has unh- ’ scribed or not, is may onsihle for the par. i 4. ll a subscriber ortlr-rs his paper tc-he stopped at a certain time, and the "ptrh. I lisht-r continues to send, the subscriber ll , bound to pay for it if he takes it out ot the post-ellicc. ’l‘his proceeds upon the ground that a man must pay for what he uses. 5. The courts have decided that refuting I to take newspapers and periodicals from I the post-others, or retrieving and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie evidence l of intentional fraud. - *w-» ...._ Till! CANADA . A - . . . asisirrcm'rton. g C‘Jlemi‘m'S a; cunvou, our. Dalry and Tdbk: ’ I fps oncogenesâ€"ea Guarantee prompt shipments. Fine. Come or Land c Salt. ’ For Table or Dairy {4 Q 2 use . . . . . ' W'E’W ‘3'