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-'.'. Almost a Success. i A 1 THE manna, run Hanna‘s nor, A.\‘D , THE scrim”; To IIIG POTATOES. “ It was a man! idea,’ said Farmer l COTUIUES‘Jl, " and it came mighty near workin. too. Jest. a little bit- ol keer- lessness sp’iled the hull thing." "Did Jmirm help you dig the pota- toes ?” inquired his wife. . “ No, but he purty near did. I thought We'd make it interestin fur the boy and git a good deal of sport out of it. I went to some expense, too, havin a lot of hoes out different shapes and sizes, so's he could work in a variety of strokes and not tire the same muscles too much. You know how he's always been talkin golf ever sense he’s been home. Well. I supposed I had discov- ered a scheme by which I could show him a good time and likewise get him to help out on the farm. ‘ ’Siar.’ says I. “things is kind of dull for you around here. and I’ve been trying to think up some diversion for you. Of course the main thing about golf is the 3 ‘exercise, ain’t it ?' ‘Of course it is,’ said he. ‘ Well,’ said I, ‘here’s all that lot of different styles of hoe. There is long handles and short handles, and wide blades and narrer ones. I've modeled them after your golf clubs as near as I could. This here’s a putter, and here’s a clerk and a mashie and a niblick, and so on. We’ll go over in the side lot, and when either of us comes to a potato hill we’ll go at it like it was a tee and give it a ball" that’ll do our systems good.’ ” “ How was you to keep score ?” i-n- quired Mrs. Corntossel. “ That's what he wanted to know, and I was tickled most to death to see him so interested. I explained to him that one potato would count one point, and whenever you got more than ten out of a hill that counted 50 points, and the first man who got 1,000 points won the game, only he was in politeness bound to turn in and give the other ‘fcller his revenge. I wanted to make it, seem sociable and reg’lar like.” “ Did he take kindly to it ?” "‘ Ile did at first, but the arrange- ‘ment fell through like so many other dreams that I have fondly cherished. He went so far as to get his suiton so’s to play. But we had to give it up. Help is so scarce around here just now that we couldn’t hire any of the neigh- bor boys to go along and be his caddie.” â€" l‘Vashz'ngton Star. .....o_ It Puzzled Her. “ Eleazar,” she said, as she hung her sun-bonnet on a nail and began peeling potatoes, “ there’s a heap of strange things in this world." “ So I've heard." “And husbands ain’t the least strang- est among 'em." He looked up suspiciously. “ Anything particular in that re- mark ‘2" he inquired. “I didn’t mean any harm by it. Of Course you can't help formin your ideas of things in general by the cases you happen to know about by experience. Of course when I say husbands is strange I ain’t assumin any responsibil- ities outside of my own fam’ly." She let the potato fall into a pan of water with a splash, and started to work on another without stopping to observe his dubious expression of coun- tenance. “ I can’t help thinkin over what you was sayin to Ike Gavvins last night,” she went on. “ ’Bout the United States ?" “ Yes. You and him said you was goin to cut your way through every ob- Stacie.” " Of course Ididn’t mean we was goin in on our own account. I meant me. and him and the rest of the. popu- lation.” " Maybe, but you was assumin the responsibility. You said you was go- in to plow your way through the isthmus of Panama and wade through prejudices and bai'bnrism and attain a height of civilization such as has never before approached. You was goiu to clean tvranny off the face of the earth.” ' “ 0h, thoughts like them ain’t any- thing out of the common with me," he remarked complacently. “ I know it. I wouldn't like to have you think I was liarborin old grudges. The warm, mild spring is here, and I s‘posc bygones ought to be bygones. lint for the life of me I can’t see why anybody with such a power of cattle and plowin and wndin and clcauln in him could have helt back so last winter when it come to makin a little path through the snow down to the front gate !"â€"Delr0i't Free Press. -_ .. . -_ w. - No Jealousy. Fuddyâ€"Betweeu you and me I be- lieve my wife thinks more of the butcher j than she does of me. Daddyâ€"Yon don't mean it! t Fuddyâ€"I do. But I am not jealous. Buddyâ€"Not. jealous ? Fuddyâ€"You wouldn’t be surprised, if you knew what kind of thoughts she . thinks of himâ€"Boston Transcript. Tree of Tibet. FABULOUS PRICES PAID FOR TllE'cIlA-SS LEAVES OF THE SACRED GROX‘V‘TH. Few persons probably have heard of the marvellous‘tree of Tibet. Never- theless for a long time it has enjoyed a great reputation in the east. It is a sacred tree, and fabulous prices were paid for a. few of its leaves. In his " Souvenirs dc Voyage on Tibet ” Pere Hue speaks of this wonderful tree. It is essentially ofa literary and artistic turn of mind, and has the strange hab- it of producing images and hieroglypln ics upon its leaves. Sometimes religious figures take the place of the letters. Pere Hue calls the mysterious thing “ the tree of a thousand images.” These images are found on the leaves, on the stems and on the trunk. Near the temple of Buddho, in the village of Liousar, Tibet, this great tree has. stood for years, the plague and the puz- zle of all the botanists who have ever received the gift of faith. A great an- tiquity was given to the tree; indeed it was claimed that it had existed from time im memorial. But an investigation not many years ago proved the images on the tree to be lakes. The trick was simple enough, like every other trick, when it is found out. In the spring and in the summer on dark nightsa lama, cndowad with acrobatic power, with his pockets full of hand stamps, climbed all through the tree-and stamp- ed the leaves with all sorts of holy im- ages and characters, the most numerous being the following formula: “Om mane padone om " (Glory to Buddha in the lotus). This is also stamped upon the bark, and the leaves and por- tions of the bark are sold to visitors. - Curious Facts A out the Toad. The toad lives ten to forty years, does not begin to produce young until the fourth year, but then lays over 1,000 eggs 9. year. It has lived two years without food, but cannot live long under water. It never takes dead or motionless food. It takes its food by means of its tongue alone, and it operates this so rapidly that the eye cannot follow its motions. It captures and devours bees, wasps, yellowjackets, ants, beetles, worms, spiders, snails, bugs, grasshoppers, crickets, weevils, caterpillars, moths etc. The stomach that doesn’t. flinch at yellowjackets, wasps, blister beetles and click beetles or pinch bugs would seem to be prepar- ed for anything in the insect line, and it doubtless is. In 24 hours the toad consumes enough food to fill its stomach four times. A single toad will in three months devour over 10.000 insects. If every ten of these would have done one cent damage, the toad has saved $10. Evidently the toad is a valuable friend to the farmer, gardener and fruit grow- er, and can be made especially useful in the greenhouse, garden and berry patch. 0-0 Dancing Birds. One of the many strange sights on the plains of southern Africa is a party of Waltzing ostriches. Their queer an- tics have been described thus : “ When there are a number of them, they will start off in the morning, and, after running a few hundred yards, will stop and, with raised wings, will whirl rapidly round until they are stupefied or perhaps break a leg. The males pose also before fighting and to make their court. They kneel on their ank- les. opening their wings and balancing themselves alternately forward and backward or to one side or the other, while the neck is stretched on a level with the back and the head strikes the sides, now on the right, now on the left, while the feathers are bristling. The bird appears at; this time to be so ab~ sorbcd in his occupation as to forget all that is going on around him and can be approached and caught. The male alone utters a cry, which sounds much like an (‘lTOIt to speak with the mouth shut tight.” M... The Heart‘s Life Work. The human heart is so quickly re- sponsive to every touch of feeling in the mind that the people of ancient times thought that it was the abiding place of the soul. and all literature, both ancient and modern, contains many po- l etic references to this intereSting fact. The amount of work performed during the lifetime ofa person living to the limit of human life prescribed by King Davidâ€"threesome and ten yenrsâ€"-by this small but poworful engine is almost incredible. It. is six inches in length and tour in diameter and beats on the average 70 times a minute, 4,200 times , an hour, 100,800 times a day and 36,- l 792,000 in the course of a year, so that l the heart of a man 70 years old has; l beaten over 2,500,000.000 times. _.._.-..._..â€".. - . _ . . __. ... l A coal mine at Dailly, Scotland, that i caught fire over 50 years ago, has atl last burned itselfont. All experimentsi lmade to extinguish it failed. l HIGH n I R E c To 3354‘ FA R M I M i 8! 5001191711233. 'NIGHTS 0F TENTED iiaeeasints l Headquarters at the Iron Warehouse. Corner of \ Diamond 'l‘eni No. :os. inns in the Colborne and Francis Streets, Fenelon Fans, \Tit‘ liluc hall in MeAril.i:i-'s Block on the first and third Tuesday in each month. Titus. Joussrox. Com. 5 t‘. \V. lli'iutoi‘xit. 11 K. REPRESENTING “‘ ’“"“' ‘ " ‘ ”“"‘“â€"“ Frost & Wood. Smith’s Falls. Goold. Shapley & Muir Con Brantford- NIASLE liE-‘l i; Tm‘l‘: lil‘l'lzii-‘I‘DG E N0 - . , _ I '2. Itgu :tr mittinrs l‘ l i (I Coulthard Scott 00-: Oshawa. George Wmte & $0“? C9" Lelidon’ 2nd and 4th \l‘eduesii‘av in eifcli iiiiinilf. , Stephenson Electric barria e Viprks, Hall in .ucArtiiur‘s muck. Watson Manuxactunng C00! Ayr- “mungton' J i Fit-wax w u l‘ u l u n \t t _ i...', i..eeae. .. Chatham Manufacturing (30., Chatham. Cockshutt Flow 00-, Brailltford’ J. S'rni‘iixs. lice-Secretary and other leading firms in the latest 8136018113185 in farming implements' \V \m \ ) “"‘TTT‘ "" """“' ""““ . e hwy r: BRANTFORD STEEL GALVANIZED wraniLLs, roller and ball bearings, the C Tm” \.“,‘,C;1),f‘}:,;vl NtultlglLI-I-‘g'fn‘; best and most powerful mill in the market, which may be scenht Mr. Joseph Watson‘s, Somerville, Mr. John Cullis’s and Mr. John Willocks’, Fenelon, in operation. Ask these leading farmers their opinion before purchasing. the True Blue hifll in .\le.\rilini"£ liloek on the first and third Mondays in each month. Joux (‘oriu N. G. Also the STEEL KING PUMPER and the famous MAPLE LEAF GRINDER. Prices and terms on application. .__._ WATSON FRICTION FEED TURNIP DRILL. PLANET JUNIOR CULTIVATORS. FROST & WOOD CULTIVATORS. COCKSHUTT PLOW CO. CULTIVATORS. STEEL and WOOD LAND DRUM ROLLERS. H_ m__ Samples 01 a number of the leading machines in stock and will be pleased to show INDEI’ECDENT ORDER ol li‘OiRiE‘ISTERS, at anytime. Court Phoenix No. 182. Mot-i on me The new FORCE FEED BINDER is a. marvel of simplicity, with improved roller 1051 Monday of each month, in the True bearings, and is without a peer for lightness of draught and ease in operating. See it. Blue 1111“ m McArthur’s Block, SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN T0 REPAIRS. agavsrlix. (‘liIi‘et‘SRanger . its mar, t..‘_ HUGH McDOUGALL, Agent. II. .\I. Masox. V. 3., Sec. 0. L. No. 906. MEET I.\' THE ORANGE J. hall on Francis-St. West on the second Tuesday in every month. JOHN Atooi's. W. M. Tiios. .-\i'.<'i‘i.\'. llec~See. ‘lANADIAN HOME CIRCLES. FENE LON Falls Circle No. 1'37, meets in the True Blue hall in .\le.~\rtliur’s Block the first. Wednesday in every month. P. C. lil'llGESS, Leader. R. B. SYLVESTER, Secretary. F. AND A. M., G. R. C. THE SPRY F I t M“ on x . Lodge No. 406. Meets on the first â€"â€"â€"' ’ ll ednesday of each mouth,ou or before the. full of the moon, in the lodge room in , 7 Cunningham’s Block. 11. ll. GRAHAM, W. M. Rev. W. Fanseonn, Secretary l I E R i A a E E N Sunday morning at 10.30. Sunday Schmil every Sunday at 2.30. p. in. Prayer nicel- Wfifigv: ,5. ing on Thursday evening at 7.30 ; Minister's AT Bible-class on Tuesday (fortnightly) at 7.30. ._____ H I E'l‘HODlST Ciiuneii _ consume 6 9 Streetâ€"Iii . 1t. ii in l Ir M Keown S9 2.33.,i..s...}...:.: .0... ...‘.f‘.f.::. 7";f‘::,z ‘ii an eicol at 2.30 . . E " ST. p m pwoillt League of. Christian Endeavor, Tuesday FENELON FALLS. n“...â€" â€"-- CI-IURCII 16â€"5“. BAPTIST CHURCIlâ€"QUEl‘lN-ST.--REV James Fraser, Pastor. Service cverv evening at. 8 o'clock. Pro or meetii Thursday evening at 7.30. 3 lg on W T. ANDREW’S CIlUItCllâ€"COLBORNE Streetâ€"Reverend M. llchinuon,1’iis- tor. Services evcry Sunday at 10.30 a. in. and 7 p. in. Sunday School everv Sunday at 2.30 p. m. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p. nt. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p. m. M lALVATION ARMYâ€"BARRACKS ON Bond St. Westâ€"Ensign A. It. Savage. EN A I Service held every Thursday and Sat- urday evenings at 8 p. m., and on Sundays Mild cases of lunacy, melancholia, despondency, etc, “Memo 11 u-m..3 p. m. and 7.30 p. 1:). have been cured Simply keeping the patient in a TALOYSWS Rochaigl‘m‘k red room, Without other treatment. Streetâ€"Rev. Father Nolan, Pastor. . Services crei‘y alternate Sunday at 10.30 Brlght, cheerful apartments help to keep sane People ii. in. SundnyScliooleverySundiiynt2 p.ni sane, make them better able to work and bear tiouble T.JAMES'S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET â€"make hfe worth 11V1ng. ‘ liastâ€" Rev. Win. Furncomh, Pastor. Servrcc every Sunday at 10.30 a. in. and 7 p. m. Slgllllfilfly lSchool every Sunday at. 11.30 a. m. l c c ass ever ' ’l‘l ' y iursday evening _. . . [18" Seats free in all c/turelc . E I: Have thqse dlngy “fans ~br1ghtened Wlth new XVII.“ z'nut'tcdto attend. Strangcrscorfhhllyztfctlzgdniiiili Paper from NeVison’s Bazaar. You can get the 1393" Palm there too, ready mixed, for outdoors or IDdOOTS- at 7 o’clock. l‘IISCELLAN EOUS. USIIICLIBRARYâ€"PATIt101x' KELLY, Librarian. Open daily, Sunday except- ed,trom10 o’clock a. m. till 10 p. in. Books NT exchanged on Tuesdays and Saturdays from a 12 a.m. till 3 p. round in the evening from 7 to 9. Reading room in connection AND THE CHEAPEST. ' POST: OFFICEâ€"l“. J. KERR, POSTMAS TLR. _ Office hours from 7.35 it. in. to .‘llnll going south closes iiitl'a.m Mail geitig north closes at 2 115 p. m. mMcMULLEH’S FENCINGS AND NETTINGS Combine These Two Qualities. NO OTHERS DO. .3. .1. AV 7. 1V 5" N ’ ‘; H j . NO ‘0” fit to, ‘t’b '3 o, 6’. f 9 I counr SECOND DIVISI â€"01" THEâ€"- County 01' Victoria. â€"â€"â€"_ I‘ho next_sitti_ngs of the above Court wlll be held in Dickson’s hull, Fenclon Frills, . . . . ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th 1 Hog Fencings at speeial low prices. .All other varieties c’li‘eap. commencing“ 10 “lock in the @3353” McMullen’s are the only GOOD Nettings sold in Canada. I hey Mona“, October 2m], Wm be me hm d are unequalled for poultry yards, trellises, lawn fences, etc. Ask your hardware merchant for hIcMullcn s goods. If you cannot buy of him write to the Illallllft'tc’tuhel‘s at Picton, Ont., or to The B. Greening Wire Company, limited, Hamilton and Montreal, General Agents. . _ Iatnes Cooper, Montreal, General Agent for Railway Fencnig. a l . cpc‘o"o‘* ,i t °t t 'I/ ,"Q 9 9,. I! 0 °. o. O W ,t/ 7,1 N Tun ONTARIO WIRE FENCING co” LTD. Picton. Ontario. . . “r l scrvwe on defendants residing in this iOllllly. Defendants living in other conn- ties must be served on or below ()ct’i lflth. S.NE\'180.\', l'J. l).llANlt, llnilitl‘. Clerk Fenelon Falls, Sept. Nth, tans. “ ‘ ‘ I I-..“ ._, 'l‘lie Icnelon l-alls Gazette“ is printed every l’ridny at the olliee, on the Corner of May and Fruiu'xs streets. SUBSCRIPTION 31A l'EllilNAill'ANt‘E, l , or one t-c-nt per week will he mldwl as { long as itt'mnuins unpaid. l Jttlvvrtiiusing ICuurs. Buggies and Wag/gens Repaigited and Repaired At S. S. Gainer’s Carriage Shop, next 22313.3; {Iiitiff{215.0113'3}..i'lf,‘:.‘;.‘,‘.';';32:2 ‘ . , i on. In! a s i' to \L‘zil‘ .‘li ' ‘e 0 door to Knoxs blacksmith shop. . Only; ’ if..,’..,?.‘....~i.‘.....;n.$3.? “' ' good material used. Workmanship sec-l JOB PRINTING of all ordinary kinds executed: rally, rrn - 0nd to none. u ' reclly and at moderate prices. E. 0.11.9”), l'roprmor S. S. GAINER. g