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Professional Cards. LEGAL. A. MCDlAlUllD. ARRIS'I‘ER, SOLICITOR,Etc., FENE lon Falls. Ollice, Colliorne street opposite Post-office. r57?” Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. AlchAUGll LIN, PEEL &. FULTON )ARRlSl‘EllS, SOLIClTORS AND NOT- ) aries. Offices over Dominion Bank, Lindsay. Branch office open at Bohcuygcon EVery Monday. Money to loan at lowest rates of‘interes‘t. v R. J. McLAUGHLm, K. C. A. M. FULroN, B. A. Jas. A. PEEL. G. H. HOPKlNS. K. C. )ARRlS'l‘ER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY 1) Public, rim. Solicitor for the Bunk of Montreal. Money to loan at terms to Sllll. borrmt'cr. Offices, 6 William street south, Lindsay, Out. STEWART & O’CONNOR, )AthlSTERS, NOTARll‘lS, &c. MONEY i) to loan at lowest current rates. Terms to suit borrowers. ()liict- on corner of Kent " and York streets, Lindsay. T. Smwan'r. b V. O’Couxon, B. A M CORE 8:. JACKSON, )ARIllS'l‘ERS, sottorrons, &c_. or. lice, William street, Lindsay. F. l). Moons. A.-JACKSON AUCTIONEEf- The Empress Shoe Mrmhxw non'ruur, does not require any PUBLIC AUCTIONEER. breaklng In. You can. Farm and other sales conducted in first- class order, Secure dates before adver- vvear it all day, shop in it, work in it, and your feet . Using. Address, Fenclon Falls. 's tonne-N omvn: , W111 not be tired. LINDSAY - ONT. Women who wear the Fnive Stock and general Auctioneer Empress are our best, W rite for dates before advertising. THOMAS CASHORE, AUCTIOREER * FENELON FALLS. Sales of allkinds conductch in a first- class manner. Secure dates before ad- vortising. h advertisers. RIEDICAL. on. Hill]. GRAHAM. aâ€"M. o., o. .u., M n. c s. Eng, M. c. P. a. 5., 02m, r. 'r. M. s.â€"=-â€" )llYSlCiAN, SURGEON .tz ACCOUCHâ€" 1 our. Office. Francis Street, Fenelon Falls. R. A. WILSON, -,-M. 3.,1u. c. r. a 8., Ontario,â€" )HYSlCIAN, SURGEON a accoucn eur. Office, Colborne Street, h‘enelon Falls. ' EYES TESlED, FRAMES TESTER “When your eyes trouble you, cause you pain or head- ache or if your glasses re- quire changing or you need new glasses, go to ca. at. snags, Eyesight Speciaiisi. (over Neill's shoe store), Lindsay - Ont. Satisfaction guaranteed. Charges mod- crate. We have the finest line of Suit- ings ever shown, in this district. Come and see them or write for samples. Quality, fit, style and workman- ship always up to the highest ‘ sacs. Successors to J. J. Townley Fenelon Falls. DENTAL. Dr. S. J. SEWS, DENTIST, Fenclon Falls. Graduate of Toronto University and ) - fDClltillSul‘trQOl’lS. €11 . .,‘t-, My. . ,ttlv, ,. t, ,: , V, I V p |_ “p w. I Iggy-n31. m:- h:: "1:31:11. Cdnfirtnns or finnrrsmv Elgfii“ tni’illi-‘E-lnailt-ltiidwthiutalhttltti’ iii? e. was ‘=. performed according to the latest improved .. I '5' methods at moderate prices. OFFICE :â€"â€"â€"0ver Burgoyne’s store, 001- g , . . is. I ' 1 street: .1 Oll‘lL DRS. liEELAllDS 8t Ill‘llliE, goes fine at breakfast time, and is still to be continued. DENTISTS ' LINDSAY! Of the making of cereals there Natural teeth preserved. Crown and is: 18 no end. AVehav‘e all the bridge work a specialty. Splendid fits in good and tned kmas _ I . _ _ . There are so many varieties that we can hardly enumerate them, but whatever kind you like best is here and at a price administered to over 9,000 persons with artificial teeth. Painless extraction. Gas great snatess. irll'lilr: 2 palmtkgviltl sppplytyplu t[many é, rea' as s a a ra 6 1a' even LILL'AN 6' WILSON’ A' T' c' M. the most economical must ad- Honor Graduate (piano and vocal) of " Toronto Conservatory of Music. Gold 5 Medalist of Whitby Ludies’ College. Voice Q and piano pupils accepted. Apply at studio, Dr. Wilson’s residence, or telephone ' mit cheap. ' MBSON 8:. SEN €9.59"? 2 curâ€",3 or n (Jilin « , mannerismnmaw mmanm ma. wanna. s. a... _ . a. , Na. .20- °1 6‘“ “W1WWW$WWW"*W’EW 'wrwxomflcE-wliffldfiwtg‘ifl L. ._...... __._..._._a......__ V. . .. F ENELON FALLS. HEAD OFFICE - MONTREAL ETAB LISHE '1’317. INCORPORATED av as? or PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL - 314.400.000.00. REST - :s11.ooo,ooo.oo. UNDIVIDED PROFITS $922,419.31 ASSETS OVER $165,000,000. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. i Q Q l l l t Deposit-s taken of $1 and upward. Deposits can be withdrawn on demand. “ I Cannot be Silent.” BY HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE. “I cannot be silent l”'- It is with 1 these words that Count Leo Tolstoi ' heads an arraignment of the Russian Government and its rule by murder, that is terrible in its simple statement of conditions almost too awful to be- lieve in. Thousands of men, women and children are. being tortured, im~ prisoned, hanged, every year. \Vlierc there was in all Russia, a few years __ago, but one executioner, there is now one in every hamlet, wherever there are a few men who may be suffering and are therefore to be killed lest they may become dangerous. Spies and betrayers are everywhere, and man looks into his brother’s eyes with suspicion. The lists of executions are hardly read over in the newspapers, f so common have they become. And this reign of murder is pursued with the acknowledged purpose of crushing the feeling of discontent, the irritation of the people. It is to calm the peo- ple’s souls that their bodies are out- raged and slain. It is to bring peace that every man lies to his fellow, that each betrays the other. A fearful de- bascment of the Russian nation is in progress, says Tolstoi. Everything that makes for manhoodâ€"liberty, gen- tleness, thought for neighbors, horror of sin, respect for the life of man, love all "these are being driven fmm the Russian spirit. ' The peasant sees that those above him indulge iin the most horrible crimes, all'the while throw- ing around these crimes the glamor of the law. He hears them called prop- er, lawful, necessary. The aristocracy must be preserved, at whatever cost of blood and tears. Little children must hang beside their fathers, dozens of peasants must be murdered in as many moments, that the ruling order may be maintained in its . present happy and useful state. - a * * as But, Comrades, how is it with our own country, with our own attitude to those who suffer here! Can we, then, be silent, while little children like those that have stirred under our hearts and smiled up at us from their play, can we be silent while thousands W , - a“, burden of long hours of toil in the. mills, the mines and the factories? Every hour of the day, while we go” about our occupations, while we work, rest, play, do nothing, every hour" small, pale and tired children are“ keeping in motion the wheels that create profit for those who are mainâ€" taining the prescnt state of things.- Can we sit silent here in our country, where we may Speak out the thoughts of our hearts, while young girls over- work their strength day in and day out to maintain these same profits for" the rulers ; while they sink under the‘ hopeless burden, catching at straws only to sink the deeper? Can we sit silent while men tramp miles and days in vain to find work, that they may save themselves and their families from starvation? Can we sit silent when. we read the reports of the suicide of those whose hope has given way under the terrible burden? Suicides ! Might we not say murders? And how about those who are maimed and killed in factories and railroad wrecks, because’ it is cheaper to kill and maim than to‘ I safeguard? And what of those mines: and factories whose air is poison, and’ whose Unhealthy condition is no bet: ter than a death sentence? Are those no concern of ours? If we benefit un- der this system that is grounded in the suflering and despair of children,» women and men ; if we are easier beâ€" cause a child of six wears out its brief existence in bitter toil away from the‘ ' sunlight and the green world; if our' clothing is softer, our food better, be- cause a young girl has gone to pet-di- tion through suffering and destitution ;‘. if we know something of luxury beâ€" cause some man, looking for work, has sunk down dying with hunger ; if we accept this state of affairs in silence, making no effort to change a state of society in which such conditions are possible, why then, we, here in Amerâ€" ica, also stand under Tolstoi’s arraigns merit. ,_ We, too, preserye the present conditions by tears 'and blood; Tolstoi welcomes his own possible execution with joy, rather than bear any longer“ the terrible burden of the least rusâ€" ponsibility for his country’s shame. He cannot be silent while the poor suffer at the hands of the rich, and. we, can we, then, be silent? To say that you cannot help is to 'say a foolish thing. The world is what it is because of the human beings in it. You are one of them, and no one is more than that. You do not need to sit silent. You can speak if you can: do nothing more; even as, from the depths of Russia, Tolstoi has spoken to theovorld. “Remember,” he says, “that you are men, and what it means to be men.” Let us no longer acquiâ€" et’ie, by our silence, in a state of things that brings a sutplusago of wealth to the few at the expense of the suffering of the many, even though we chance to be among the few. f we are not ourselves guilty of this sui'l'cr- ing, yet when we remain silent before it we share in that guilt. America is not Russia, and what we'determine upon, we people, men and women of America, that we can do. The change must come. But every year that pass- es before it comes, delayed by our in< activity, our selfishness, our ignorance, every such year with its measure of despair, its budren of disease and of death, is to be laid at our doors. Let us no longer be silent! .-. The greatest friend of marriage in the world is Socialism, because it will make conditions so that marriage will no longer mean scrubbing and strug» inng in hopeless poverty for a bare living, as it now does. ' <‘nm 'i’i‘if sane G The Bank with a record of 72 years of steadily increasing prosperity '~ and resources. Every accomodation afforded to Municipalities, Corporations Firms and Individuals. Advances made to reliable dealers in all lines sf business. I A SILV7ING‘S ACCOUN 'I‘ may be started with $1.00 or more. Interest paid every 3 months. i Fenelon Falls Branch, VI. A. 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