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vfi‘v"""v"vvvvvv _ family of the DYED IN THE WOOL. Customs in the Northern Caucasus. Tribal The most stubbérn facts to deal with are tribal customs. They are the accumulated and inherited habits of innumerable past generations, and ‘are inwoven with the deepest con- lscientious convictions. To change lsuch customs it is necessary to Phan-ge the entire nature of the tribe. ,The London Daily Telegraph gives an excellent example of the tenacity of tribal custom in the following acâ€" count of the vendetta, practised in the Northern Caucasus. Nearly half the deaths in this region are due to the vendetta and three-fourths of these again are the result 01' a curi- ous marriage custom. The young swain who discovers a maiden that strikes his fancy does not “pop the question,” but hastens to get toâ€" gather the money requisite to buy her of her parents out and out. He must pay from $175 to $1,000. But in case he can not raise such a sum as this, he induces a few stalwart comrades to seize the maiden and carry her off. The Telegraph con- tinucs: “What too often follows then may be gathered from a case in point which has just taken place in Sossâ€" lambck. llokayefl' is the brideâ€" groom's name and Neshlm that of the GIRL OF SWEET SIXTFJ cl who had the misfortune to find favor in his eyes. llis pockets being empâ€" ty, he persuaded three comra-des to kidnap the maid, whom he then took took oil to another village as his wife. But her father, on discovering here whereabouts, had her sent back by the police, and then demanded £80 for the loss other services, as We should say. Bokayell‘, to whom the demand was made, would not or could not pay. The girl’s father {thereupon claimed that sum from the ‘bridegroom’s companions, who are equally liable. They admitted the justiCe of his claim and called upon [lokayefl' to hand over.the sum to them. On his refusal they shot him dead, that being the custom of the country, although daggers are also allowed to take theplace of bullets. The three youths were forthw,th arâ€" rested and will, of course, be tried and deported in due course. lut that, far from being the end of the matter, is only the very beginning. The kindred of the slain man are now preparing to ‘wipe out’ the reâ€" lations of the murderers, while the dishonored girl is bound by the custom‘ of the country to wash away the stain on her repuâ€" .‘tation in the blood of the clans of iboth the. murdered man and his murderers. And Russian law is powerless to intervene.” 4......“ REASONS MAKE SALES. A reason will sell an article where a broad unsubstantial claim will merely excite suspicion. The merâ€"- chant with stock to sell should conâ€" sider the points that will claim the attention of possible buyers and apâ€" peal to those who have ideas of goods and desire real worth. In se- lecting the theme for a good adverâ€" tisement, stand‘ strongly for charac» tor, for good sense and logic. The |reason makes the article valuable. :The buyer will understand the good jfrom the argument, and will appreciâ€" ‘ate the purchase the more after it is paid for, because of the good points cited by the one who wanted to sell the article. It is reason that makes sales and honesty in argument, that Iholds the reputation of the merchant. Ill“ strong points are marked, by real honesty there will be no doubt of holding and building business. The lmore is this true because some men- lchants have adopted a plan of "yelâ€" low” campaigning for business. They have been making bold claims which the goods could not back up and the, result is that. people steer clear of them. If the reason is a good one and the argument is honest there will be no doubt of the advantage of such campaigning both in moral ,and financial profit. It is not reaâ€" sonable to be unreasonable with arâ€" gguments. The lreat Prairie Investment :001111)a11y,‘ Limited, advertisement appears .in this issue. The investâ€" ment is an unusually attractive one. The company have purchased four hundred and fifty acres in Winnipeg at a low figure and are laying it out in lots. The advance in value since the purchase has been suffici- ent to make the investment safe and at, the rate Winnipeg is growing large profits should certainly accrue. lt should be worth while for anyone having some surplus funds for investâ€" ment to obtain the prospectus of the company and look into the inat- ter.-â€"â€"l)om. Med. Monthly. llorem (11.57 p.111.) : “:When I was a child my nurse made me afraid of‘ the dark." "Oh that. accounts for it." .llon'cm ’ “Accounts for what?” Miss C'u‘trting â€"â€" “You are waiting for daylight so yelu can go thlllt'." I Mr. l‘oodmian â€" "My little man, when I was your age I didn’t smoke in the way you] do.” Slauan Child'â€" “I sh-o:ul‘d think not! Why, there ain't a. kid in txhe alley llllltllt kin in- .halc like me." V ? "What is your objection to him, paipai‘" “Why, the fellow can't make +1101.ng1 money to support 1 M.” “Burt neithm‘ can y'0.U=-' _ 243 (Beer What shrunk your woolens P Why did holes wear so soon P You used common soap. nmnucs's EXPENSE Ask {or the Octagon Bu. In} TEACHING A DOG TO READ. The intelligence of animals seems, as a rule, to be underinted rather then overrated; A dog bce'rder deâ€" scribed the other day a wonderf‘ul collie that h-ald belongeld to Sir John Lubbock. “This dog,” he. said, “would, when it was hungry, lay at its master’s feet a card nuarkeid ‘food.’ when it was t'hirsty it would fetch a card marlked ‘dn'inlr.’ When it wanted to take a walk it would bring a card miar‘ked ‘ozut.’ Sir John Lubbock trained it to do this trick in less than a month. He put the food cmrkl over the dog’s food and made it bring the car'd to him before he would allow it to eat and in the matter of drinking and going out he used a like method. The cards were simlilar in shape and color; nothing but the writing on them difi‘ered._ Since, therefore, the dog distinguished them by the writ- ing alone, it may tnily be said that the animal could read.” “IT/ow is your brother, Tonnzny?” “Ill in bold. miss. Hie’s hiurt him- self.” “Hiow did he. do that?” "We were playing lean farthest out of the window, and he won.” Amrong sailor-s (lie of cancer; among miners only 122 .per million die of this disease. w at WI'no could Damghter I UNACCOUNTAEBLE ROBERTSON. "Tomliins," said the hezud of the finm, “you are a personal friend of Mir. Robertson’s, I' understand?” -"Tho.t isso, sir,” said Tonnki'ns. “Well, I wish you’d try to get this account from him. Nobody else can, and it's a long 'timlc o'verâ€" due-l) Tomlii‘ns agreed to try, but tlhe next mlolrning his face wore a someâ€" what curio’us express-ion. “Well,” said the head, luck?” "I‘_«I don't know,” said Tomkins. “You .see. I called there last night, and saw the old man. ‘Mr. Robert- son,’ I said to him, '.I’ve called to ask you ifâ€"â€"’ A'n'd tihen he caught me up, ‘Th.a.t’s all right, my boy,’ said he; ‘yoiu can hiaive beer. I hope you’ll be h'appy!’ Then he tole me I should find Amanlda downstairs, and shut the door on 1110.” ' ‘ any From a tom of steel 15 million steel pains can be made. How’s This 2 We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward {or any case of Uatarrh that cannot be cured y Hall's Uatarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY 8;. Co.,.'l‘oledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known 1“. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. “EST 5:. ’l‘ltUAX, Wholesale lJrugglsts. Toledo, 0. WALDING, lfilNNAN an MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0 Hall's Catnrrh Cure is taken inter- nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 750. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Bills are the beat. Father ~â€" “Do you think Mh‘. Soft- ly is a profound t‘h-irnke'r, my dear?” (aged eighteen) -â€" “He doesn’t need to be, papa. He says that after we are married he’s go- ing to think the name as I do in 4.4-5 in a million everything.” BINDER TALK. Some of the important features 01 Mlnard's Liniment Relieves Heuralgia the Binder am FOLDING DIVLDERS. â€"â€"- No bolts or nuts to unscrew. You merely re- I5‘or‘l'y-fixv‘e‘ only of the crew of the lease a Spring on the outside Di- new liner Kalser Wilhelm II.” are vider an'd unhock the inside one to oudinau‘y sailors, the remaining 555 told them. being met: hanics, etc. DENVER AND COLORADO. On June. 30th to July 10th inclu: sive, the ,Wlabash will 5011 round trip tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo, 0010., at the lowest even! made from Canada, all tickets good to return until August 31st, 1903. On July lst to 10th inclusive, sped cial low rate excursions to 'Szul Francisco, Los Ange,es or San Diego, 08.1., good to return until August 31st. Tickets good to stop over for thirty days west of first Colorado point. This will be the pro .rk! est 0 pp ortun i ty ever "given Passengers to visit Colorado on ,alif‘ornia. Diverse routes going ma returning. All tickets should read via Detroi and over the great Wabash route. For full particulars address any Wabash Agent, or J. A. Ric'ha/rd- son, District Passenger Agent, Northeast corner filing and Yonge streets, Toronto. "l‘axes are paid on 29,000 dogs in Berlin. In addition to these there are 2,163 “'il'tC'll dogs, 221 belonging to to blind and deaf people, 2,652 used fou- drawvi'hg small carts, and 118 beâ€" longing to the Kaiser. EilGLlSi-l SPfiiVlN Lllillh’lEii'l Removes all hard, soft or calloused lumpl and blemishes from horses. blmd spavin curbs. splints. ring tone, swecney, stiller: cpralns. sore and swollen throat. coughs, me Sore 850 by use of! one bott‘e. War-ranted Ihr) most wonderful Blemish Cure two known. "Gerriiany‘s oldest seadgoimig war- A youngster can do it easily and properly. The Dividers are very rigid in their working pos- itions, and remain at whatever angle they are folded over the con- veyor canvas. FLOiA'I‘ING ELEVATORS. ~They literally float. The grain cannot stick or choke in the Mnssey~H'arrio elevator, no matter how much it is bunched. SfINiPLE KNOTTE-R. â€" Capable of adjustment to take up wear. RIE‘EL. -â€" Suited for' handling crops under all conditions of wea- ther or land. It will pick up tang- led or laid grain and lay it neat on the table. It also handles long d or s-h‘ort grain with splendid suc- IGSS. ROLLER BEARINGS throughout t to lighten the draft anld make the work easy for the horses. The beasts know when they are hitched to a Massey'â€"H'a.rris>-it runs so easi- 1v. Of the 267,124,836 acres composâ€" ing European Russia, 181,606,515) are ownnld by the nobility. Use Lver’s Dry wa'll woolons Ydu’ll like it. Soap (a powder) and flan.nels,-â€"- According to latest computation, there are 15,9?51-8 di,fl‘m‘onit kinds of . postage stamps in câ€"r‘i’s‘tence. The pearl fislhcries of West tiralia employ 2,505 men, of whom 110 are Englisflnnen. The arverla'ge yield per boat per season is $4,000. I Avus- ' 'I‘he bi gges‘t cemetery in the world! is the Catacombs at Home. T'h-ey Ship. t-hU “K1011.” WIS blllilt in Eng- contain six million bofdieis. land in .l 867. FLA-ll.T NOW FOR SUBLMER TOURS No matter where you arcrgoing, if in the United States, write to Fred. P. Fox, care Lackawanna Railroad, Buffalo, N. Y., for rates and routes. Very cheap excursions during the summer to Atlantic City, Boston and New York. Excursion rates now in effect to all resorts. Plan now. The Austrian Emperor is the grea‘teet of Royal sportsmen. Beâ€" tween 1856 anxl .1897 he killed 1,â€" aud 730 cdiampis, bmides ttmusands of head of other game. {flinud's Linimenl Cures Burns. etc. "It is a great mistake. Mabel, to! m trifle, with the affections of a who Loves you by encouraging someâ€" one else." "Well, ie’s a little slow, alumtie. I think he needs a paceâ€" maker.” JERISTIA N ENDEAVOR, DENVER. For the at Denver. July International Convention .9th to 18th. "ox-tation Managers for Ontario and Quebec is via the Chicago and Northâ€"Western and Union Pacific Railways. Special train of tourist sleeping cars through to Denver. 'l‘ickets on sale July 6th. 7th and 8th. Return limit August Blst, 1903. Very low rates from all sta- tions in Canada. Write for official Christian Endeavor folder, rates and full information to B. H. Bennett, 2 East King street, Toronto. " Minaid’s Llnlment for sale everywhere 52,000 l'tues’iaxis whno emligrated to Siberia returned to their homes during the course of last year. l-‘or 0H:- Slxty Yours. As OLD AND \VL‘LL'TRIEB REMEDY. â€" Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup he: been used for over sixty years by millions of mothers for their children while («thing with perfect success. It toothcs the child aofteua v. e gums, allayu all pain. cures wind colic, an is the bust remady for Dinrrhmu. Is plea“; t to the taste. Bold by drugziets if} every part of e worid. Twenty-timeoutsabottle. to value is inculouleble. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup cnd take no other kind. l-lil 23-74 Mrs. Martyr: that I am not with your cooking.” Cook â€" “It ain‘t to he expected you should be first, mum; but you’ll get edi- man' cane] up to it in time."- W I was Cured of Bronchitis and Asthma by MINARD’S L'INIMENT. MOI-TQM“?- MRS. A. LIVINGSTONE. Lot 5, P. E. I. I was Cured of a severe attack of , the Rheumatism by MINARD’S LINI~ official route selected by the ’l‘rans- MfilNT. Mahone Bay. JOHN MADER. I was Cured of a severely sprained leg by MINARD’S LINIMENT. JOSHUA WYNACHYI‘. Bridgowater. M “They tell in Edith Pinkley is actually engage again.” “Ang She seems to hm like mm of eternal you-tho." ‘ Ti‘elanfl produces 150 pouxnds of Intent yearly for each head of her _It has no unpleaSant flavor Simply a rich aroma. and a charming delicacy. on . 0118. Black. Mixed. . margin; . .17.?" 5.... .. . . « OUR BRANDS. King Edward 10008 ; “ Headlight " tabs " Eavie " 1' â€"1'100le 3"?an “ Victoria" wan - Ceylon G; can. to all Ask for Red Label. ' O ’ . “armors Thoughts Think of every good point a perfect Paint Brush should have and you’ll have a mind picture of ‘ .FLEXIBLE g 5,4 BRIDLED The bridle can be easily removed and replaced â€"â€"is not-affected by water, oil or paintâ€"works. on a pivot and thus keeps the bristles elastic. DY AL .;'."-$t.i_=' ' l. " ,.~ waif-.53“ L DEAL - exams.» -‘ Experiment with ' titer and - inferior brands, USE Great Prairie investment 69., Capital, $150,008. TORONTO OFFICE: 7| Victoria. Street GFPIGERB AND BIRIOTOR-B Presidentâ€"R. L. Joynt, Esq., M..P.P., Toronto. Vice-Presidents.â€"D. W. McKerâ€" cher, Barrister, Winnipeg; R. A. Pyne, Esq., M.D., M.P.P., To- ronto. Directorsâ€"John Small, Esq., Collector of Customs, Toronto; Chas. Young, M.P.P., Winnipeg; E. Morgan, Esq., Junior County Judge, Toronto; R. W. Hill, Esq, Winnipeg; T. W. Andrews, Esq, Winnipeg; A. E. Howey, Esq, Winnipeg; J. J. Borebank, Esq., Toronto; H. M. East, Esq, Barrister, Campbell, Winnipeg. THE GREAT PRAIREE IN ESTHER? OOMPANY, LIMIT D. have purchased a huge block of land within the corporation limâ€" its of Winnipeg and embracing 4,500 building lots situate in the best residential section, where the impulse in values will be most, keenly realized. This land is beautifully wooded and is con- ceded by all Winnipeg investors to be the best residential part of the city. A street car line is now being completed, which passâ€" es within a few rods of the north end of this property; and another line is projected to run on the east side of it. per head . Minard's Llnlmenttures Uandruit At the Govermmein't' pawnsiiolp in Paris about 3650.000 watches "I must swy, Jane 60,000 wedding rings are deposited altogether pleased eVery yuan W ' tlflo rlnclpals count for on thin: bl}: 15353; inflamed nit pm! truss shoulg b. luccess. 1th herds the parts in such position 33.31le orgabm to weirhgmid your confidencr dtho women 1 a a. I millage re it 0111 from the_Be t and Trim Mtg. 0'... Hero 9. Specialists, 433 Spadinl ir lay they must heal. It. is Write now. 22â€"47 aeorgian Bay’s Favorite Summer Retell .THE BELVIDERE l ARRY SOUND Toronto; E.’ c 1 law noted. Ym plopula'tion, which is three times greater tham England’s production am‘d THE SANS 800M MOON RIVER. P.Q Write for rates, miss K. PAISLE‘Y. - Grand Union BM. OTTAWA, 0M 1 UNITED. Divided Into 30,000 shnrcs or $5.60 each. J. J. BOHEBANK, Secretary A VALUABLE INVESTMENT It is not unreasonable to expect a realization upon this property within twelve months of from 200 to 500 per cent. 'It has doubled in value since an option was obâ€" tained about eight months ago, before being finally purchased by the Company. Whatever the pro- .fits are, officers of the Company and shareholders are on the same footing, and the Company’s books are always open to the in- spection of shareholders. All cheques payable on account of stock should be made payable to the order of The Trust and Guarantee 00., No. 14: King St., West, Toronto. Write for prospectus. ' STATE-gem as ASSETS has purchased lots, 25 x 130 frontage 112,500 The Company 4,500 building feet. Total feet. The Com nny's estimate on pre- sent va. nee the land is from $2.00 to 810. per foot. (accord- inc.r to, location). This would _ ield at even an charge 0: 3.00 or foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $337,530 00 Cost 0 land, advertising, or pauses 0! mn- age mam. for the ensuing rennapproxlmutcd at 110,000 00 Profit balance to Company .... $227,500.00 I Wfiégmo LADies’... iii as? Can be done perfectly by our French Process. Try lb BRITISH AMERIGAN DYEING 00. W MONTREAL, TORONTO. OTTAWA 6:- QUEBEC ,,,. div-1.4. [dominion Line Steamships Montreal to Liverpool. Boston to Liver- pool. Portland to Liverpool. Via. Queuin- town. Large and Fast Stoomahnps. Superior accommodation for all classes of pmmngern.’ Saloous and Stateroom: arc amidships. Special nttentlonhna burn given to the Second Saloon and Third-Class accommodation. For uteri ofpaumgc and all particulars, apply to any agent i! the Lompnny. or ‘â€". f , Mills & 00, D. Torrance k 00.. ' r ._ 8n“ BkBoston. Montreal and Portland. l 9-60 ORANGES LEMQilS We have Mexicans, , WE California Novels, HAVE Valencias, and THE Sevilles. BEST. BANANAS- Carload every week All the above at. market prices. We can also handle your, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Maple Sympand other produce to advan- ' tage for you. ‘ m DAWSON COMMISSION 00., Limited” 00?. West Market 62., TORONTO” h-“ w“ ' t “h- $1531, 2 21â€"03 ISSIJE No.