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are: THE VANDERBILTS- . Ma; ’ I If?" The Gale: Tastes and Many Wires 0! I ." " the Richest Americans. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the head of the Vanderbilt family, is as ordinary a locking nan asyou will find in a day’s walk. He I looks like a well-fed and prosperous banker, I and to see him passing the plate in St. Bar- I tholomeW’s Church on Sunday morning, no I one would dream that he could draw his; check for $150,000,000. There is nothing about him and his wife in the slightest de- ; grce showy. They dress well, but never - loudly. They give fortunes to charity every I year, but never ostentatiously. They give elaborate entertainments, but the facts never get into the newspapers except as second ‘ hand. In sword, they are as modest, gentle = and affable as any couple whose income is ' not over $2,000 a year. _ It is interesting to know that the entire I I family oes in for religion, art and litera- ; - I“ tare. ven the children are religiously in- ! clined, and there is not a book sale of im- tance or an art sale or a bric-a-brac sale, where there is likely to be a rare piece of lace, embroidery or china, at which the , Vanderbilts are not represented. ; : The ladies of the family are accomplished } I' women. They embroider, paint, sing fairly ‘ well, are clever in amateur theetricals and recitations, and well read and can perform on several musical instruments. When they give an entertainment at their hen til! employ the” talent the mete-weld 4." I ‘afl'ordsfihe best ' ersfromuhe -. if ’ of this wealthy family. Even for an after- ‘ neon reception the refreshments are of the most elaborate character. Yet there is no extravagance anywhere visible. There is always enough cham to fill a hogs- head. The V anderbilts 11%er the lish fashion of deesn t e m- pegnEniIito pitchers, and it is served with- out e froth, in regular Continental fash- ion. The wine and supper are elm: serv- sfinpm . ; Ithe but]? is never too gay or too much occupied to pay strict attention to devotion- al etercises, and ev Sunday rimming they are found in the pews at church. They walk to and fro. They believe in giv- ing their horses :1 day of rent. The aggre- to Vanderbilt fortune is placed at 8450,- : . The family is the richest in the world, and it is now indisputably at the head of social New York. The vast wealth, the tact, the education and the good breeding of the third and fourth generations have ac- complished their purpose. â€"Phi1adelphia Times. Gold in Transvaal Republic. The gold discoveries in the Transvaal Re- public of South Africa are now bringing the home of the Dutch Boers into eat repute. Very little is known here of at far away wuntry except its name. The town of Johannesburg contains 15,000 inhabitants. Two years ago it was a. peaceful farm. Them are seventeen mining companies in the Trans- vaal, and the rise in the value of their shares has been remarkable. The gold is found in a culiar conglomerate rock resembling pu ding stone, which is made up of quarts and pebbles cemented together by a highly ferrouginous earth. The precious metal is in " the cement not in the quartz, and is in ticles so fine that it cannot be discerned y the eye and will float on water. The rock is crushed by machinery and the gold collected by quicksilver. The machinery in use is manufactured in Chico. o and England. Both coal and petroleum sh“ e are found in quantities in combination With both lead and COppcr. Very extensive deposits of iron ore are found in the Transvaal. These were worked in a rude way by the natives Kaflers and Zulus before the country was occupied by Europeans. The area of this highly favored country is about 120,000 square miles. The Government is a Republic, and is just now afi‘iietcd witha surplus arising from the tax on mining companies. The money will be applied to internal improve- ments. much needed, which have been im- possible of execution heretofore. The Trans- vaal will be put in railway communication with both Capetown and Durham. At pre- sent there is 30") miles of stage travel from the former, and 2‘07 from the latter to J oh- annesburg. SHORT AND CRISP. The girl ’who carried off the “Beauty Prize” at Vienna has married an American gymnast. Walker Blaine is one of the most popular young men in Washington society. He has finished and polished manners and is a charming conversationalist. There is no truth in the story that Mary Anderson is to be married to her agent, Mr. Abud. Miss Anderson is, and has been, en- gaged to a young man in the shirt business on Wood Street, Cheapside, London. The other day a New York newspaper published a complete list of the marriageable rich men of England. Three days later the same paper announced that “the decks of the out- going ocean steamships are crowded ' , with American women.” A carpenter’s college for women has been started in England at the famous university ,. , town of Cambridge. It took 144 horses. 200,000 pounds of hay, 27,676 pounds of bread and 84 barrels of apâ€" ples to feed the animals of the New York Zoological Gardens last year. There is not a State eastof the Mississippi River, says the Philadelphia Press in which there are not thousands of acres of land that :1. can be purchased at a nominal price, nearly all of which can be made in five years as pro- ductive as the lands of Oklahoma. 1‘ ~ A Scorpion Suicides. A writer in Nature maintains that brutes . do sometimes commit intentional and wilful ~ ,r suicide, and in proof of the fact he narrates the following incident. At Madras a scor- pion of enormous size was captured and con- finedin a glass box. In order to examine ,. - his prisoner the reporter had the box re- . ~ ~. moved into the sunlight, whereupon the . , scorpion appeared to become greatly excited. ' The light and heat seemed to efi'ect it pain- fully, and the reporter having heard ' .. . .~ that a scorpion which had been surrounded; ‘, 3‘3. with fire would-kill itself, resolved to make f3.» an riment somewhat of that sort. Tak- Iinga heconcentratedtheraysofthe, Fill-91 Mwflflzthoutflnbsx iniwbiéh. it was confined, whistling and spitting with rage. Four times the cruel experiment an Iâ€" CURIOSITIES OF RAILWAY HISTORY ' Odd Incidents Happening When Rail Truffle I remedy you said the other evening you were I pin. ‘ Theefl‘ect with m‘ ta” m; a... ...y .‘T. 3.". K- ‘5 .... mmmm.-- . .. ........*.:...;.... massingpuq at a. I e .. th sco ion raised its tail With the I "wen, didn't n. . . figidityeof lightning, and plunged its sting 1 ' “No, siree, he didn’t. Why, he’s ta (1111:1511; into its own back. From the stin there hght weight yhlpper snapper. wo 3 _t was an emission of fluid; and in one ghalf of wei I131. mtg; n eighti-zehiigtgfsénanw; ' tethe or sea ion was dead. This ; wou. 'e uv suc _ . , ianxdililiixt provlt’a: not dilly that a brute play I P‘Elijjt or $11111; :pgphvaf): $331311; 1.31:1 ‘lfygfid t llv commit suicide, but also the act . a. 11 gro 3 , _ _ Is'hIIZh'has been disputed) that a poisonous I one such boy ez he is. ’ Danvflle Breeze. snimal may die of its own poison. . .. ‘3 fl- »â€"â€".-- How They Did It in Yorkshire. There is a legend told in a. great Yorkshire town to the effect that, after several couples had been simultaneously married at .the parish church, one bride found her bride- groom walking away with another lady on his arm. The curate, summoned to herald, remonstrated with the. defaulter and ,be- sought him to take his proper partner. “Nay,” said he, “aw was married to this ~’un, and I loike her t’ best.” There is no reason why this should not be sober truth. vThe Cornhill Magazine. Was Young. It is curious to know that the first sure enough railway in the world was laid be tween Manchester and Liverpool in 1830» less than sixty years ago. It was twelve years later before the pru‘ dence of English ministers of state woulo permit their Soverign to travel by rail.‘ Prince Albert traveled frequently on the Great Western, and often at a tremendoui rate of speed, though he would sometimes say to the conductor, “not quite so fast nexI time, Mr. Conductor, if you please.” Bui the first time Queen Victoria took a railway trip was on the anniversary of the battle oI . . d l' 1 f ' .. - Cinnamon an a ittle nutmeg, one cupfu o Wittel-FIOO, 37:11:10 1%;1111442- h . come 3. I milk, mix into a smooth batter, bake inpaper n rance 011.3 1 1p e avmg lined flat cake pan, when nearly cold strip the conclusion that a mo e of travel which . . was safe enough for his subjects was safe 2:: the paper and ice the bottom wmh clear enough for himself, ordered a. special train for a. royal trip with his family to his chatean,‘ at Bizy ; but was unexpectedly side-tracked I Composition Cake. One cupful of butter, 21} cupfuls of sugar, four eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking-pow- der, one quart of flour, 1% cupfuls of raisins, stoned and chopped, or the seedless raisms, 11;. cupfuls of currants, one teasPoonful oi ______â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-'-â€""â€"‘ I. , '-. -.: . by a solemn resolution of his council of mim A Case in Point. ‘ ”was so? nus-i. is; sues am: 2: mam Effieâ€"“Got ..,..... .. .. w- , \hmf: 31:20.3: teas are marvels of . I 00:32:53? had no toleration on tin early 1.03;“??? 68; I.“ gotta go down town to r: it? assesses?” ,1 Whm' :mzsv so. “Wm“â€" m m... .4... .. I udubtfiwiizgs OI 31:32; 2:: :1 Vi: :giadlzcg “griffin 2:3. I 138;ng_“011 ! this case isn'tin court; it's at . , ,, . other , however, immodest ecu e, ‘ wmc merchant 3- Life. pone-get. smelt the ofiensive odor, and com to the guard that sombody on the train was smoking. The guard failed to abate the nuisance; the testy passenger brought suit, and recovered damages against the com- pany. . One of the most recent improvements in . Amnosv FROST AND SNOW. ___- Lord Lonsdale's Arctic Journey. Lord Lonsdale, who arrived at San Francisco last Tuesday morning, told the railway m ntin England is the ap‘Ifollowing story of his journey to are- plioatieu of tography in many ways " . u d b . suehes the exam' 'on of bril or tnnjtporter. I left Euglan on Fe ru'try nels which conductors allege so be giving I 20, 1888, for N ew York. My object was W53“ It i. twmmfller. 38d 10‘? t1“ I not to go to the North Pole, as stated, engmee' r who es the inspects, , 'on, and it if I ~ . ' . " 2 found that what might “cape the eye of ths' I but purely to explme the Inlands m the engineer is never overlooked by the eye pliAi-ctic Ocean and study the birds and the camera. . . _ . . animals to be found there. From New Perhaps the oddest railway in the world . York I went to Montreal. It was the is n. cat-corps at a. station in the London an _ fl , . North-Western where many thousands ; middle or March before I got to Winnipeg ”Ck” ”8 mat” bl" Th cats ":1“? I having been detained for three weeks by ipgndgllynmgh gillilpenilzh?:o$ “€11,8st I a snowstorm. On the 7 th of that month are thus kept from desuoying the sacks; I I went to Troy, where horses and sleds andanumber of mnmemployedto . ,1 .« - . a "a mend the box” which "e mule in the min. I travclmd to Prince Albeit, 1. (list ncc of by the mm which the cats of the company i three hundred miles, the journey occupyâ€" don’t catch. _ ing three days. I then went to Green ANT PICKLES ARE GOOD. I Lake, 270 miles further, covering the whole distance, mainly through a dense forest, in a week. From this point I sent So Says a lune Lumbermnn Wile Ilse ”handset“ Should a Maine lumberman find a. stum or rotten log with thousands of big blue ants in] it he scoops the id insects from their winter domicile and fills his dinner pail with them, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. When he gets back to his cabin at night he setshis pail in a cool place until his su - pet is ready, then brings it forth, and, whi a helping himself to pork and beans, helps himself also to antz. Thereis no account- ing for testes, and he esteems a handful of ants a very ch01ce morsel. Ants are said by those who have tasted them to have a peculiarly agreeable, strong- I ly acid flavor. The woodsmen, whose food consists largely of salted meat, baked beans and similarly hearty viotuals, naturally have a craving for something sour. “ Ants are the very best of pickles, said an “logger,” who confessed to having de- voured thousands of them. “ They are cleanly insects, and there is no reason why they should not be eaten if one can get over alittle squeamishness caused by the thou hi of taking such crawling things into Iii: stomach. There is nothing repulsive about them, and when a man has learned to eat the creatures as pickles he prefers them to any other kind.” back my servant with all my luggage, only keeping one change of clothes. F rom that time I have had no change and have had to use natives furs. I ll-ld sixty-nine dogs and eighteen Indians with me. The weather was severe, sometimes forty be- low zero, and in 24 hours 30 above. This made travelling terrible work, and kept us wet from morning to night. On May 7, we reached Athabasca Lake, 175 miles long, and lost ourselves for two days in a fog. During that time we were unable to sleep or cook anything, as we could get no drift wood. It RAINED AND SNOWED ALTERNATELY all the time. For the next 800 miles we had many difficulties, but were never more than four days at a time without food. We came across many Indians dead from starvation. Reached the Great Slave Lake on June lst, the ice being solid. Our next point was Sulphur Bay, where our boat was caught between two blocks of ice and we were kept there for ‘28 days. Our Indians were terribly fatigued and lay down in the boat useless. Finally we got out to Hay River, where we saw the most beautiful waterfall in the world. It is horseshoe-shaped, has a sheer fall of 200 feet, about one and a half mile wide at the top and one and three quarterszat the bottom. It is far more beautiful than Niagara. Block after block of ice, and iceberg after iceberg, came whirling over and down into the abyss below. We went to Peel River in the Hudson Bay Compay’s steamer and there gota boat and eight natives, and started for the Arctic. In August we reached Melville Island, in latitude 75, the farthest point reached north, Our course was directed from Melville Island toKodi-ak, Alaska. S0 intense was the cold during the journey from there that all but 28 of the dogs died and several of the Indians were NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH. We were oblidged to walk over fifteen hundred miles across Alaska, owing to the depth of the snow, which in some places was 11 feet, making it impossible for the dogs to drag anything more than sleds, with their loads of provisions. On the 10th of November we reached the Russian mission on the Yukon River, and after many more difficulties arrived at Katima, of the other siic of Kodiak, about the 12th February. Owing to the thickness of the ice it was impossible for a boat to arrive from Kodiak until nearly a month latter I” Lord Lonsdale will stay but a. few weeks in the city, going to New "York by way of Winnipeg. He is obliged to be in England by the let June, at which time the Border regiment of Her Majesty’s troops, of which he is the Mayor, is ordered out. ” An English Idea of the Dude. The realistic descriptions of the wonders of an American dudels toilette to which the New York papers have given such promi- nence have excited wonder and admiration in the breasts of Englishmen. A dude in his war-paint, says an English society paper, “ is an object worth looking at. A waist. coat embroidered with seed-pearls, a cord of gold running up his trousers, underclothing of pink silk, his manly bosom enoeased in a corset of apple-green satin, he may well re- gard himself as a personification of the art of dress in its hi best development. Nor does he condescemgl to simplicity even when no one is looking. He sleeps the sleep 01 a just man made perfect in s night-shirt of white Chins. silk, with collar of cardinal red and delicately embroidered cufis, the fronts artfully sewn with threads of gold. No wonder the young gentleman finds little time for politics. Like Browning’s pretty woman, is own beauty must be his only duty; all hope of grace beyond lies there. Willie Could Stay. “Miss Laura,” began the youth with e flushed face and a tremor in his voice, “I came this evening to ask youâ€"” “ One moment please, Mr. Hankinson. Willie, you are making too much noise with those blocks. You’d better take them into the other room.” “To ask you,’ resumed the man, m - ping his, brow with a trembling hand, “if on ’ y “Willie, take those blocks instantly and ! go. “If you have tried that new headache ing to take, and if it did you any good! am nearly wild with a. headache to- night. i) “1 have forgotten the circumstances to which you allude, Mr. Henkinson,” said Miss Kajones, coldly. “Willie, you may remain if you Wis .”â€"True Flag. ‘ Sir Charles Russell drank nothing bdt cocoa during the delivery of his" great speech at the opening of Mr. Parnell’s case before the commission. Chauncey M. Depew never writes a. speech, but usually spends a few moments in reflecting on his subject, jotting down a. few headings in the process. Realismln Journalism. "I don’t want yer old-paper no more, '1: ye may jest stop it to wunst.” “What’s thematter?” , -' ' / . “Any pap:- .thet’ll lie like your’n does can’t fit to e intera refined and educated household ’ e mine is.” ”lg: film”; . 2.. 3"“ 7. All, _, 01f blisnpgesenttiléness ‘ ‘ lg ell, I $091433“ ;' get or wan his roytlioiv~ 61:13ka it“; 3:2:le ifi - ' ._ 9 time His madness homeost- tsown that Rev. ‘ P another phase and he in Bestin filled' a. ptilpitin'atwthe' nion" church in irchville Deutrich.” I . Canada, antipathy towz’irds her. Ogmgita 31:?- 1101386, 3.51,; Life Assurance Company. ' ASSETS, - - - $32,626,676 Sl'a'I‘lPLUS, (by Canadian Standard) 7,3I9,009 0 news, - - - - 5,000,000 DOOI’S, Sash, Nafls, usvosn AT ovum, - 2,693,223 Rimes Eimwusms. Paints, and Oils. The government blue books of the past five years (pages 58, 68, 72, and 86) shew the cash paid to living policy holders in . in settlement of Endowment Bonds during the five years ending Janu- ary lst, 1888, as follows :â€" . .. . AE‘i‘NA LIFE, - - - $446,993 . CANADIAN AND BRITISH COM- : . ' e PANEIS GOMEINED, - I35,668 .‘j ‘ _ Besides the $446,998, the Etna Life paid to living members in Canada $447,577 in annual cash dividends upon their poli- cies, and $729,434 to widows and orphans of deceased members, making a. total of $1,624,000 during the past five years in Canada. JGHN 6. mmuncm, Pressed Hay, G eneral Agent Lindsay, Ont. Drain Tile, 'g’rcfcssionaf @arbs. Cement, Best Quality at Wholesale Prices. R.I.THEXTOM‘ F D. MOORE. BARRISTER, AT- ' TORNEY, Solicitor and Notary Public MONEY TO LOAN. Ofiice, Kent-5L, Lindsay. HUDSPETH JACKSON, BAR- RISTERS, Solicitors, etc. Office William-5L, ADAM HUDSPETH, Q. C, ALEX. JACKSON H. HOPKINS, (successor to Martin - at Hopkins) Barrister, Solicitor etc. Office, Thirkell’s Block, Kent St. Lindsay, Ontario. MCS\VEYN S: ANDERSON, EAR- RIS’I‘ERS, SOLICITORS. etc. Hamiltons, lllock, Kent street, Lindxay. JOHN MCS\\'EYN. DONALD R. ANDERSON. l3. Dean, BARRISTER, SOL} ‘ CITOR, Proctor, Notary Public, Conveyancer, Offices in lligclow's Block, Corner York «‘L‘ Kent Entrance on York Street, Lindsay, Om. v Iiic. Streets. cIN TYRE STEW’ART, BARâ€" RISTERS, Solicitors, Notaries, etc., etc. Offices over Ontario Bank, Kent-51., Lindsay. D. I. McIN'l‘YRE. T. STI‘LW'ART . WM. BEATTY 85 SON, ' LICITOR,‘ etc., County Crown Attorney, Are n; VJ Offering a large 10!: OfcRGSSLEV’S, SGUTHWELL’S Cleark of Peace, Lindsay, Ont. Office over I‘lowe's and other first-Class maker’s BEST FIVE_ FARNIE BRL’.S_ tore, Kent-8L, Lindsay. ’LEARY O’LEARY, BARRIS SELS with borders in lengths to cover Bedrooms, c., of from O TERS Attoncys at Law. Solicitors in Chancery c., c. Office, Dohney Block, Kent street. 10 to 25 yards at 85C. per yard made, ARTHUR O'LEARY. HUGH O‘LEARY. â€" BARRON, CAMPBELL dz MCLAUGH LIN, Barristers.Solicnors. (.‘. Office, Kent St., Bakers l';lock,upstair5- MONEY T0 LOAN at lowest Orders Dy mall g1v1ng Size and style of Carpet required will t te. curren ra 5 JOHN CAMPBELL. be promptly attended to. JOHN A. BARRON. R. j. McLAUGHI.IN. . A specxal ne of CBOSSLEY’S and other makes. BEST TAPESTRY 650 per yard. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. W' S. Kg. Office and residence Cambridge- St. Lindsay, opposite Baptist Church, w M I B EA 3 i i S 0 N. > DR. BURROWS, PHYSICIAN, 3, KING STREET EAST, TORONTO. SURGEON, Etc. Office and residence oppo site Carr's Hotel, William-Sn, P. PALMER BUR. ROWS, M. D. C. M., Graduate McGill College 1866 Lindsav. Ontario. DRS. COULTER CLARKE, PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS. mm and residence Russell street, one door west of York st. Office hours 9.00 a. m. to 10.30 a. m. 1.30 p.m. to3p.m. and 7 to S p.m. C. L. COULTER, M. D., Medical Health Officer. Surgeon Grand Trunk Railway, Lind- say District. W'. H. CLARKE, M. D. Lindsay, April 22nd, 1889â€"13. _ mam AJALLAH! W. F. MCCARTY THE WATGI-IMAKER, has on hand a nice, neat stock of \Natches, Clocks and Jewel- ery at lowest prices for honest goods. - " ‘ ' ‘ City prices for these GOO is is $1.30 per yard, and all are guaranteed to be thebes: five frame. prigsicians. I R. DEGRASSI, PHYSICIAN, -~ SURGEON, ETC, ETC, \Vellington-St. Lindsay. ’ L. HERRIMAN, M. D. M. C. P. _._._â€"â€" WA TCHMAI/V Przm‘zkg Ofice, WILLIAM STREET, LINDSAY iN CLOCKS Seth Thomas, New Haven and ' f 'I ngraham. The Old Reliable Seth Thomas Alarm Clock, only $2,50. O anacliau Live Stock 8:. Farm J cocoa1 :IiN W .A. 'I' c HE s Naltham, Elgin, Hampden, Illi- FOR 31'105 no1s and Swiss Movements. 01‘ The WATCH MAN {Or 50 cents per year _ REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Satisfaction guaranteed. on £1111' Engraving of the Ontario Agricultural College and Expert I ,Iwork'ievntruSted‘ to my care mental Farm, Guelph, . ~‘; ~ . or' money refunded. . , - ' . I ' I . ,- F,».,.,,,,,, , . Jes- COOPER, . ' ‘. . .' ’ ' Prcprietcf‘. With each Farm Journal there is a beautiful lithographic I . a p; d’ the day uP0 - ' to take 0 . mneously up 3:; has there been 5" 1 i 0 I3. I tribuwd among 5“ 1’ II- . . '1" . went to ng..:ne1. i ., the Arkansas River tray: wry was opened up. an 1' hr larger CI‘O‘Iizls “138 w day at Purcell on ..;e Oklahoma, teen. 1 : This does not {Ely-26 'm who entered by other in Altogether, iii-woven 11. -. (which gives 2.).090 as In. Oklahoma gave sizenwr April night. \\ as there THE FIRST TO EEAI influx of population in t: fornic- gold fever. or dur citement of the discover? of Pennsylvania ‘3 X01 unique, the experiment a likely ever to be repeats such a scale. . Punctually at noon a‘ file, “dinner call." l: 1 upon for the start. Im: shouts and cheers. barging their uonzen faintly echoed the joy. t feeling of relief in the p: the supreme moment '1) Away dashed the horse killing their hOI‘StS as i latchin the hill yonder 31 close 3' by buggy: b1 “sons, and the rear w: hwy Grays, all lashim dint Clouds of dust mud. Through it at m behind. caugh has as they galloped I‘M he is," cries a $38 hands. “ there, -, there no 5'0 m. “E“ h. T\\‘ IS III who crest of tn»: : Mr rider .s I «31 Id“ raise}. by the . ' .m. he can't beat My exclaims the 0L “9 the oulv chili. win _“GOOd luI-k to that 1 “III of the bystanders, . . ycliuibs into her ca.‘ “up the reins and. “fly mules to strain a; ddWagon out of the ruI ”ROUTEâ€"CROSSING 1 idlbention up the lzilI he mad race conti mm, and the} riders. The} . - 6 moment oniI ‘Pilhthe beast