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Son. These Lines are kept constantly qeplinished, con- sequently buyers may 3'er on gettmg satisfaction every tune by purchasmg from the d at the Spec“ high art mam” he hOnOf 69‘.“ as that had” J‘a.lD V5 U"" t, examples Of 'or some Yea‘s’ L1 illustration h a paper as nionably as- the ordinary. a portion of .le. REET, ,IES. .indsay. 'ADA I For Neatness of Design, 1‘6 SON, ' 074, days. well: flu OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE:â€" of all Description, Woodenware and Dairy Supplies, Flour Feed Chop, Oatmeal, Etc. ' 1) thing m his line to call and inspect his stock and the ..h 11cm they are composed u: :9." kinds promptTy attended to at the Lowest Prices. W o B K s , Corner of William and Russell Sts, Lindsay, Ont. CARRIAGE 4 1C lCilVC LL: p.11 MADE BY HAND, and by experienced workmen. The undersigned would respectfully'ask all ,1 LL- - :\CCOL1nts required to be settled without delay, and NO FACTORY WORK USED, IN FUTURE N0 CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN. b0! [VaflfeddsfiSWérz..p.‘-cw;‘rt-.-it' ."-- indsay Woollen Mills To be Sold Cheaper tnan the Cheapest. ‘ s the public to judge of, as they have, by their patronage hi- therto bestowed, awarded him high commendation. Durability and Finish, LEADING FAMILY GRUGER 0F LINDSAY. BvEPAIBING- J. W. WALLACE, FAMILY GROCERIE S. Again in Operation. . CAMPBELL, L. O’CONNOR. MANAGE R THE WATCHMAN, L11VDSAY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, [390. 1 re- mate- has on hand a nice, neat stock of W atches, Clocks and Jewel- ery at lowest prices for honest goods. W. F. MCCARTY The Old Reliable Seth Thomas Alarm Clock, only $2,50. FAUGH A BALLAH IN CLOCKS Seth Thomas, New Haven and Ingraham. Opposite Daly House Satisfaction guaranteed on all work entrusted to my care or money refunded. PATRIOTIC IN TONE. TRUE TO CANADA. TRUE TO THE EMPIRE. and special arrangements are being made to add new and attractive features, which will greatly increase its interest and value. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. We will give the Empire and WATCH- MAN for the balance of the year. and to January, 1891, for $1.30. THE GREAT WEEKLY PAPER |890 823%? I890 WEEKLY EMPIRE OMFORTABLE RIGS AND GOOD driving horses at reasonable rates. Special attention paid to commercial men INOUIRE AT OUEEN’S HOTEL WOODVILLE. IN W .A. TO H E S Naltham, Elgin, Hampden, Illi- nois and Swiss Movements. Canada’s Leading Newspaper. D. CAMPBELL WODDVILLE LIVERY. ‘ THE WATGHMAKEB, THE EMPIRE IS NOW OF THE DOMINION, W. F. MGGARTY. METHODIST, Cambridge streetâ€"Rev. Dr. Williams, Pastor. Services at 11 A. M., and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School and Bible Class at 2.30. Classes ath A. M. Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 8 P. M. Young PeOple’s Christian Endeavor Society, every Eridey’ evening at 7.30. METHODIST, Queen Streetâ€"Rev. G. W. Dewey, Pastor. Services at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at, 2.30 BAPTIST, Cambridge Streetâ€"Rev. W. K. Anderson Pastor. Services at 11.00 A. S'r. ST. inserted by the most approved methods and principles for securing perfection of fit, comfort, usefulness, dura- bility and beauty, on Gold, Silver and Celluloid, also on all the harmless dental Rubbers, and at the lowest liv- ing prices. All sets of teeth finished and fitted to the mouth by Mr. Gross himself, or under his personal supervision, which will account for the satisfaction given by his work. GOLD and PORCELAIN CROWNING SYSTEM without plate), practiced by Mr. Gross with great sat- sfaction to a large number of persons. The introduction from time to time of the latest apo pliances for the administration of VITALIZED AIR and _Gas, enables Mr. Cross to announce constantly increas- ing success in the use of these anaesshetics. No pain, no accidents, no tom gums consequently no dissatis- faction. Don't fail to call on GROSS at hisomce, over Kent nedy's store, Kent Street, and see specimens of his work. The best methods of preserving the natural eeth by filling with Gold and other reliable material, has been made a study for nearly THIRTY YEARS b Mr. Gross, and special attention and care is given by iiini to iihlis branch of his business. No nnnecesstry pain in 1 mg. DENTIST, Accountant, Fire and Life In- surance Agent. Agent for Head- stones and Monuments. Can- vasser and Collector for The Watchman. Lindsay, Ont. ASSETS, SURPLUS, (by Canadian Standard) 7,3'9,000 INO0ME, - - - - 5,000,000 DEPOSIT AT OTTAWA, - 2,098,223 The government blue books of the past five years (pages 58, 68, 72, and 86) shew the cash paid to living policy holders in Canada, in settlement of Endowment Bonds during the five years ending Janu- ary lst, 1888, as follows :â€" priviieg- to borrower to pay of? gmy sum 9n account 0 prmcxpal wxlh any paymcnt of mterest Without notice and wnhout expense. Interest yearly. All payments made in my office H. B. DEAN . THE IETNA m W. H. GROSS, AETNA LIFE, - - - $446,998 CANADIAN AND BRITISH 00M- PANIES 00MB|NED, - l35,666 Besides the $446,998, the [Etna Life paid to living members in Canada $447,577 in annual cash dividends upon their oli- cies, and $729,434 to widows and orp ans of deceased members, making a total of $1,624,000 during the past five years in Canada. JOHN D. MAOMIIIIGIIY, Lindsay, Ont. COMPANIES' 8:. PRIVATE FUNDS TO LOAN AT LOWEST RATES. MONEY T0 LOAN. AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES, INTEREST PAYABLE YEARLY. Terms to suit borrower. McINTYRE STEWART, Barristers and etc., Lindsay. Lindsay, Dec. 3oth, 1887. MATURE!) ENDOWMENTS. P. M. Prayer Meeting Thursday at 7.30 P. M. M. and 7.00 P. M. Prayer Meeting Sab- bath morning at 10.30 A. M. Sabbath School at; 2.30 P. M. Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor Monday at. 7.30 P. M. Prayer Meeting Wednes- day at 7.30 P. M.â€"All seats free. ANDREW’S (Presbyterian). William Street. Rev. Robert Johnston, B.A., Pastor. Services at 11. 00A. M. and7. 00 P. M. Sabbath School at 3.00 P. M. Prayer Meeting ‘Vednesday at8.00 P. M. Youn Peoples Christian Circle Sabbath orning at 10.15 PAULs (Church of En gland) Russell Streetâ€"Rev. C. H. Marsh, Rector. Ser- vices at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at 2.30. Prayer Meet- ing Wednesday at 7.30 P. M. MARY’s (Roman Catholic) RusseLStreet -â€"Rev.V1car-General Laurent, Pastor, Rev C. S. Bretherton, Curate. Ser- vicesat8.00aud 10.30 A. M. and7. OOP. M. Sabbath School at; 3. 30 P. M. M. C. A., Rooms opposite new post office. Open daily from 9.00 A. M. to 10.00 P. 1!. Religious Meetings for gating men Sunday afternoons at 4.15 hort gddresses. _Good singing. ngng men always welcome. 'Rofiert Keri: ned‘yz Prqsident; F. B. Utley, Gen- uvu; J. L calutfl eral ecretarv. Life Assurance Company. L. D. S., M. R. C. D. S., Ont. HUGH MITCHELL. MONEY T0 LOAN. ARTIFICIAL TEETH Barrister, Solicitor, c., Corner of York Kent Streets, Lindsay The Churches. THE POPULAR General Agent. LINDSAY. $32,620 676 CANADIANS in THE UNITED STATES l Mr Choquet’t Observations on Behalf of the Quebec Government. Mr. Ambroise Choquet, who was ap- pointed special agent for the Quebec Gov- ‘ ernment to inquire into the condition of y the French Canadians in the New Eng-‘ land States and the causes of their emi- gration from Canada. was in the city yes- terday, and was asked what the result of . his mission was. “There are two or three chief causes of emigration from Canada, as far as I could find. The first is the want of protection for the laboring class against their creditors; that is, their wages were seized for debt and there were no exemptions at all. What would a poor man do in such circumstances but move into a country where his wages Would be his own? He would go to New England where he found that $20 a week were se- cured him against all claims for debt. Then the landlord and tenant laws go strictly against the tenants here. They have a privileged claim in movables, furniture, etc., for rent. Some of the Canadians in New England complain that by these laws they were deprived of all their furniture to satisfy a bill for rent, and having no chances of redeeming their furniture or of buying new furniture they moved to the States, where the landlord has no privileged claim at all on furniture. In New England no credit is given; apro- perty is let only on payment in advance or on very good security. Another reason is that people living in the country, especi- ally the farming class, are under false impressions as to the mode of living in the United States. They think that across the line they will find money everywhere and employment immediately. And un- scrupulous agents din this into their ears and tell them all sorts of falsehoods to persuade them to go across. Why, it is only a few weeks ago that such an agent went down into the Saguenay district and collected a number of families to go with him to New Hampshire to work in mills. i 1 THE POOR FAMILIES found that the reality did not bear out the promises. I claim that people brought up on the farm or at any rate outside of cities who go to the States, as they gener- ‘ ally do. to work in factories and ‘mills, lose their health and a large proportion of them die from the effect of a change of climate, from the kind of work to which they are put, and especially from being confinsd in these factories. sorts of gaols for them. If Canadian farmers with a fondness for emigration were aware of the real situation of those who go from here to the States to work I believe they would not leave their farms here, but would, on the contrary settle on some good farms, if their own won't do, say in the Ottawa dis- trict or near St. J Ohns. As to the effect on the health of immigrant mill hands, as I explained, my views are endorsed by Hon. Dr. Archambault of Woonsucket, R. I., Dr. V. St. Germain, of Fall River, Dr. Napoleon J acques, of Worcester Mass. As to the chances of repatriation, however I must say that they are very slender. If a man has been living in an American city for four or five years and got over the first difficulties you can’t expect him to go back to Canada and settle on a farm. He is no longer used to that kind of work. People who are once well warmed into the Ameri- can cities don’t care to come back.” . Mr. Choquet, who arrived from Quebec yeSterday, where he reported to the GOV- 'ernmenb, left for his home at \chcester, Mass., last evening. said ; Yet lovers never had a level head. “ None but the brave ”â€"againâ€"“deserve then. - Upon your chome havanas, smokmg men. “ Figures won’t lie ’3” Who said so was llot, fly ; There’s Sally’s figure is a living lie. “ W but one man loses is another's gain ?" You lose your temper to your neighbor's bane. “A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind.”-â€"â€" Not when the fellow feels your purse to find. A gentle answer turneth vsrath away.”â€" Best trust your legs and :scoot frcm out the fray. ' the fair,” Only the brave to live with them would dare. Some think that absence makes the heart grow fond ; But presents will be found a surer bond. If fools rush in where angels fear to tread, That’s why in love and life the fool’s ahead. “ A good thing needs no putting ?” Try it CANVASSER :-â€"“ I have here a work--â€"’ Master of the house: â€"“ I can’t read.” Canvasser :â€"-“ But your childrenâ€"" Master of the house :â€"“ I have no chil- dren ”â€"triumphantlyâ€"“ nothing but a. cat.” Canvasser 2â€"“ Well, you want something to throw at the cat.” He took the book. SOME POPULAR FALLACIES. “Love levels all things,” so ’tis freely In a Breach of Promise Caseâ€"The Courtâ€"“What is your age, madam T’ The Plaintiflâ€"-"Must I answer ‘é” The Courtâ€"-“ You must." The Plaintiffâ€"â€" “Why, Judge, I thought people didn’t have to testify against themselves !” ‘When \Vilberforce was at Oxford, he had a. chum whose habit was to come into his friend’s rooms at breakfast time and smoke a huge pipe. Wilberforce could not abide his bacon and 'toast saturated with tobacco smoke, but he was at a less to know how to convey the necessary hint At last one morning he rema:ked apolo- geticallv. “ I say, ‘old‘chapâ€"you'll excuse fileâ€"I 'hope yofi'don’t mi'ndL-but do you object to my going on with my breakfast while you are smoking 2” POT-POURRI. â€"IVilsmz K. I'Velsh “ Very likely,” said the man, shortly, not approving of the comment of his vis- itor ; “but if you’d been here without victuals half so long as he has you’d have been twice as thin.” IN THE CONSERVATORY. Philadelphia Enquirer: She (widow and rich)â€"VVhat do you think of my gar- den ? “ ThiS' is George the Fourth,” said an exhibitor of waxwork for the million, at threepence each, pointing no a. very slim figure, with a. theatrical crown on his “ I thought he was a very shout man,‘ obsesyed asmctetoy He (single and poor)â€"Beautiful, and you the fairest flower in it. I would I weye yogi-gardener: Sheâ€"Wliy, you’d make a queer gar- dener. ,Come, now, I will examine you. What is the first, thin;1r you would do were you gardener here ! Héâ€"I’d ask your permission to remove yogr wegds. CHABLOTTETOWN, P. E. I. Feb. 6.â€"An attempt to poison Mrs. Sutherland, the wife of a. prominent merchant here, has mused quite a. sensation, and the circum- stances are very peculiar. Last week my But she married a fellow rich as her- self, and he’s in training still. R. T. Weeks, 'the widow of the junior partner in the firm of Davies, Sutherland Weeks. suddenly disappeared, 3;, and resided opposite the house (if Mrs. Suther- land, and was on unfriendly terms with that lady, but, as alleged. on different terms with her husband. It was suddenly discovered by Mrs. Sutherland’s medical man that arsenic had been placed in her physio, and this leaking out Mrs. “'eeks promptly left the city, going to Cape Tra- verse, and thence across the Straits to New Brunswick in the cuswmary ice- boats. She paid 830, ten times the usual fare. It was found on Monday that the wires had been cut between Charlottetown and Traverse, and communication was prevented. Mrs. Weeks proceedel with all speed to St. John, where she was taken ill, owing to the exposure she had under- gone. As soon as possible a description was telegraphed, and her arrest requested- She is now watched, and expresses her willingness to go back. She also says she has not been in Sutherlands’s house for more than a year. A citizen of Greensboro, Ga., who was in the habit of setting a trap in his dining rcom , to catch rats, hearing a queer noise there a few nights ago, went down to investigate. He reports the state of things thus; “About adozen small mice had been caught in the trap. This was surrounded by four or five big rats, which had dr orged it to one corner and were holdingaconsultation. As I looked in, alarmed by the light, they hurried their preparations to a. close. One of the big fel- lows seized the door of the trap between his : teeth; another rat seized him by the tail, an- , other and another quickly took hold; a sud- den pull was given. and quicker than I can relate the door flew back, the mice scampered out, and before I could walk across the room. old rats, young rats, old mice and young mice had disappeared, leaving the trap in the cor- ner, with the door shut and every vestige of A the bait gone.”â€"..xchange. Egyptian Cats. The bronze oats and kittens of Bubastis have never been excelled for truth and sup- pleness of modeling. As for the cat-headed Basts, so admirably is the head of the intelli- gent Egyptian tabby adapted to the graceful proportions of the goddess, that we lose our perception of the incongruity and find the combination perfectly natural. The name of the cat in the ancient Egyptian language is manâ€"a name evidently onomatopoetic, and so affording no clew to the original nationalâ€" ity of the animal, which was certainly un- known to the Egyptians of the Pyramid period. Lenormant remarks with truth that Bast in the time of the ancient empire was invariably represented with the head of a. lioness, and that it is only with the advent of the twelfth dynasty that she begins to appear upon the monuments in the likeness of a cat. This was the time of the great raids of the Pharaohs into the land of Kush (Ethiopia); and it is a notable fact that the cat and the Dongolese dog are first represented in the wall paintings of Beni-Hassan during the reigns of the Usertesens and Amenemhatsâ€" Amelia B. Edwards in Century. A Safe Name. In the year 1064, on the 5th day of Decemâ€" ber, the English ship Menai was crossing the straits and capsized in a gale. Of the. eightyâ€" one passengers on board but one was saved. His name was Hugh \Villiams. On the same day, in the year 1785, 'a pleasure schooner was wrecked on the Isle of Man There were sixty persons in the boat, among them one Hugh Williams and his family. Of the three- score none but old Hugh Williams survived the shock. On the 5th day of August, 18:1), a picnicking party on the Thames was run down by a coal barge. There were twenty- five of the picnickers, mostly children under 12 years of age. Little Hugh Williams, a visitor from Liverpool, only 5 years old, was the only one that returned to tell the tale. Now comes the most singular part of this singular story: On the 19th of August, in the year of our Lord 1889, a Leedscoal barge. with nine men, foundered. Two of them, both Hugh Williams, an uncle and nephew, were rescued by some fishermen. and were the only men of the crew who lived to tell of the calamity. These sire facts which can be substantiated. â€"Leeds Mercury. The Russian government has in contemplu. biou a project for connecting, by a’ system 01" canals, the 'fi'hibe sea with Lake Omega, and with the principal navigable rivers of Rusia. The canals are to be of sufficient depth to admit vessels drawing ten feet of water. Paper from Spider Webs. George Wat, of Ballston, is in posseesion of a curiosity in paper, sent him by a friend in Hong Kong, China. I: is :1 sheet 11 by 14 inches, made from the web Cf the “Stored white spider” of the Flowery Kingdom. It is as light as air and almost as transparent, but is also beautifully printed, containing about. two columns of matter, giving in English the story of how “Midshipman Cop- plestone was Presenteg at the Court. 0! I -A_A _n__‘-â€" i’ekin.” Americans 11:16w much about paper making. but it is safe to say that there is not a spider web paper factory umsidc the almond eyed kingdomâ€"St. Louis Republiu Mice Liberated by Rats. A Strange Case.