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DON, on}!!! “Any fl OR, stab! for It. guess and|OPTICMII8, marten mrcumxsns. i use arr/cm. Inspscrons h or mrcues ran 6.7.8. ...... rule stance: OPTICIANS uu nsmsuunmc animus}; e Waltham 1d Elgm..... [‘his Estab- ishment; is Never 00 warm. V e are elling. t don’t cost inything Watch Companies having reduced the prices of their Watches we have followed suit, and can supply these goods at prices lower than Showing the LARGEST STOCK of WATCHES ever shown ifi Lindsay. Inspect these goods. To sell Furniture, and the prices at which we are offering the Nobbiest Goods keeps the air cool in our show rooms, and sends and happy. The Newest Lines in Par- lor, Dining-Ream and Bed- room Furniture as cheap as some people ask for inferior or second-hand goods. .DERSON, REGENT Has a. reputation for 1131116- ling only the finest furmfure made at moderate pgcqs and proposes to maintain It at all costs. To call and see the goods we offer. All we ask fox is your presence. That se- cand, we are confident the goods will sell themselves. TEE GRA‘QE’S SESRE’R Roxy Ann moved her little rocker closer to Aunt Dooia’a and took her knitting. The two wero falone_in_ the the room ri‘hey set at the left hand of the fireplace, opposite the windows, near a three legged stand containing a basket- iul of bright colored pieces. The sputter of the fire on the broad, deep hearth, the par of the cat. the clicking of the needles, the loud ticking of the clock in the north bedroom, were the only sound“. 7;‘Whnt are you going to piece now, Aunt Dacia?” “Evehything makeeâ€"meâ€"cough. Oh, dear, I have coughed all my life. I am worn out coughing. ” Any one looking at the emaciated old lady would have said that she told the truth. Life to her for the past 20 years had been burdened by a cough. It was said to be the “old fashioned kind," a kind which in these latter clays, when people make haste to die, as they make haste to do everything else, has become extinct. The clock in the neat room struck 2. “Time for grandfather to waken, and I am through with my stint for today. Now I will get your wild turnip.” Roxy Ann folded her knitting and brought a piece of wild turnip with a little bottle and a knife to the old lady and stood by while she scraped and mixed it. “Brindle has been trimming his whiskers. That means that we are {:0- ing to have company to tea, and hers comes grandfather.” UV..-“ _.__, Aunt Docia, feeling the soothing in- fluence of the morphine and wild tur- nip, took her basket and went 011‘ to the south bedroom. The little girl gave a hop, skip and jump toward a veneratie looking man, who came out from the, north bedroom, his head turned slightly to one side, as is common to the aged when their “hearing is not what it usui to be. "751:6 when ‘Tuhcy that look out at the windows are darkened. ’ ’ “Grand- father, I’ll have your flip ready in no stay at home.” “I would have gone, though, if I had 1 cared about it. They are going to bring it up and sugar 01! in the kitchen.” Meantime she had wheeled her grand- father's chair before the fire and the stand, on which had been deposited a. quart bowl and a very large silver spoon. She filled a tin basin with cider and poured into it a. cup of molasses. Thu: she took a large iron and thrust it into the burning coals. While the iron Was heating she toasted a slice of bread. turning it carefully when it was browned on both sides. She broke it into the bowl; then taking the redhot {mu from the coals she held it in the JIUM Lav... -_- cc, cider, sputtering, hissing and smoking, I till the cider was hot, when she poured it over the toasted bread and with a ‘ “New, grandfather, your flip is ready,” seated herself in a satisfied manner at his feet. The old gentleman took his flip with great gusto. When he had swal- lOWed the last mouthful, he said: "It is such a fine afternoon you may get my hat and stick. I will go down the hill and have I talk with Deacon Ford. He is a masterly hand at Scrip- ture. No newfangled foolery about him. He believes ‘as the tree falleth so it shalllie. ’ ” It might have been the flip or the inspiration derived from the immutability‘ of the eternal purpose . which gave unusual elasticity to the old gentleman’s step as he paced back and ‘ forth across the long room, repeating, “Chained to the throne the volume lies.” Presently he burs into a strain familiar to octogenarians 50 years ago, marking the time with his band: “011 chernbirn and seraphim Full ioyally he rode, And. on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad!” By this time he had evidently forgot- ten all about his projected visit to Dea- con Ford and was ready to embark on a longer voyage. Adapting his step to a martial beat, he burst out: “We're searching, max-chin to Quebec. And the drums are loudly ting!" Roxy Ann knew all that. word for ‘ word. She laid aside the stick and join- edher grandfather in his triumphant march. Finally he sat down and began a more plaintive air, bending his body in regular rhythm to the music: “When Wolfe’s breast first felt the ball. He said. ‘I'm sure that I must fall.’ Hespehtohismen. both oneandalL' Saying. ‘The cause is right.’ And while his reason did remain. And blood ran gushing from each vein. Kl! tomrolled forth the lofty strain, 7 Th. ' the battle decide.’ " ' “Grandfather, where was Wolfe when hi ‘breast first felt the ball? ” _ “On the heights of Abraham, my daughter. Victory perched upon our banner. the French were routed, and Canada was won for us. ‘New God be ‘- m-A’ mid E156 you did not 30; better mac hill. Iwanted u: they said it was The Alderman boys die lho had loam- . Oh, hed Ilept with his kindred did it coon! E to her that he was born during those E wonderful years of the last century; when two continents were ringing with ‘3 the newe of Wolfe’s great victory. ' was not alone for England and for the § honor of that statesman whose superior : the world has never seen that thnt bet- ‘ tie was won. We marched in the” pro- cession. The ”greet empire on the fro- zen shore of Ontario” wee wreeted from 1 foreign foe for us. It was our grand- hthers and their meta: who with tin horns and rage as pennente flying play- n â€"_. â€"_ V may: 1 “You may be sure they’ve looked out for themselves, grandfather.” Roxy 1 Ann had had a supreme faith in her brothers until their visit to Springfield together to see the caravan. But that, of course, is another story. .L.‘ llv-u- â€"_‘ â€""O‘ ,, ed “Marching to Quebec,” uld at night [ chey were lulled to sleep by songs of ' Wolfe and his most enyiable death. l Iv- ' “'i3;15;y;;vith the limp have come,” 1 woman at b said Roxy Ann, “and the Alderman: are = of laughter, with them.” A - _ let me rent L_-_LL "I’ -L “I hope they have brought home a good complement." In his extreme age the old gentle- man’s taste craved meets. West India molasses might do to sweeten cider, but maple mu. 2%)! AL -_9_- 1--LAA nab UVâ€"-â€"' __ The little clearing in the spring by the maple tree- was not always devoted i solely to the boiling of sap. A kettle is hung on two poles; a high board screen keeps the wind from the fire. The boys conclude that boiling sap will boil eggs. A dozen or two are collected; a loaf of 1 bread, pepper and salt. a mince pie or ' two, doughnuts and cheese add variety to the feast. The Aldermanl and Fords are often in evidence. When the sap is reduced to sirup. the remains are often brought to the kitchen to be finished 03. On this afternoon, having put the simp over the fire. the boys, re-eniorced by two Aldermens, sat down by the kitchen stove to conclude a game of “Old Sledge" and to watch the sirup lest it should boil over. but ‘vvv ‘v ~_'.__._ . Roxy Ann, leaning over her brother’s shoulder to watch the game, spied a tall gentleman in a long frock coat, silk hat and carrying a walking stick, making his way to the back door. “That is our company.” she thought. “but what is he coming in through the wood shed for?” Hearing the back door open, she cried to her brothers, “The minister is coming through the wood shed. ” A_j... _Aâ€"A “Witch one fell stroke the cards were dashed under the table, and the boys shot through the ontsideAdoor. , 3. ._.A_ "VII 'u-vvaâ€" -‘V 7 “What ails those boys? Libby. if you will open the door for the minister,’ will pick up these_cards.” , â€"â€"__J I II an- ‘1..â€" Suiting the action to the wet-6.: disappeared under the table, but in r35- in; she gave her head a terrible bump? At the same time the sirup boiled over. and the reverend gentleman was greeted with the aroma of burned sugar and a black smoke that, like Egyptian dark- ness, “could be felt.” “ I. M_:.I L- jostipally. JUBIMUUIA‘J o “anneas covered tho earth and gross darkness the people. but the Lord said, ‘Lot there be light, and there was - ~4-_â€"A__ Lt- Bulu, Hw- .uuv .. __ light.’ Sir.” he exclaimed. waving his 1 hand majestically, “we are indeed very glad to see you!” Glad? What was a Scripture confer- ence with an everyday old triend corn- pared to this? The Sandwich Ialanda, the whole of Polynesia. the American board of commissioner: for foreign mie- eions, all in one! “Sit down. air; sit down. Lebbena and hie wife will soon return." To tell the truth, the old gentleman aeoretly hoped that they would not too aoon return, for he felt that on certain theological points involving the anaem- hly’a Shorter Catechiua hil eon’a senti- ment: were anything but ”loud. A - “fi- a-" nu My- “Your son’s name, air." can an. Bingbnm, bowing courteomly, “rc- minds mo of the brig which. under Providence, conveyed our mtuioncry party to the Sandwich blond: in 1819. It was the Lebbeua, Captain Bhncharda, no you may ban noticed it you have fl WU “v-u-v .. _--_ NU tory of the Sandwich Islands,’ which the doctor did me the honor to add to his library. It is u name of repute in apostolic times. Providence has removed from my side. the companion of my youth, but hsd it been otherwise, sir, and had heaven seen fit to vouchsefe me mother son I think I should have called him Lebbeus. ’ ’ “You would have conferred none: upon the name, air. It la. a: you any, on apostolic name, but it grieve: me to confess that, while mylsou in not want- ing in gifts, they are not strictly of on npostolle order. ’.’ 7 Mr. Bingham bowed. “The Scrip- tures speak of a diverdty of gifts. sir. Ah, my sons. what hove we here?" U L-1 s... hall in A hasty conference 1nd been held in the kitchen our the remain: of the limo. when it wn decided that In Mr. ‘ -‘ 7A -1 \.-.I1 lawn a saint with well filled ulcers, odns, forks and pickles. ' The. van 33094 on tho “1:16. which vu drum up before the the. , “W0 shill be hum I your“! luv THE WATCHMAN "They eat like cannibals. 'L'nere “run" I be enough left to sweeten a cup of tea." | The doctor eat at the head of his ta- ble that night with a thankful heart. 1 He was never so happy as when he ' oould entertain there a guest. I use the a word “entertain” intelligently. Among 1 the tributes to his memory 50 years aft- ‘ or was this: “A more racy and ctr-:- taining talker in his best days it V425. be hard to find. His fund of anew“. ‘- . was unlimited, and a book of his stories 1 would be as rich reading as ever hi: i story telling profession produced.” [ When he was in the mood for it, no I one that I ever met could provoke so much laughter. “Doctor," gaSped a . woman at his table, between her spasms = of laughter, “please stop. If you do not ‘ let me rest long enough to get my . breath, I shall choke to deat ” I I- ._:a- -1. Ulwvu’ . “â€"-â€" -_v__- ., Opposite the doctor sat his wife, at his right Mr. Bingham, at the end of the board the venerable father. Large oendlei in shining brass sticks illumin- ed the none. The doctor looked upon his three children to command quiet. “Will you ask a blessing, air?” The doctor never talked while be curved. He was an expert carver. and the well filled plates went round with dispatch. __. _. I , __-_-â€"â€"An n... ”I hope Miss Lucy's preserves are keeping well through the winter,” said Mrs. Mollie, with a smiling face, as she handed her guest a sauce plute of yellow quince. “Fer our preserves, madam. we are indebted to our parishioners, notably to your generous remembrance after we had the pleasure of sitting at your table last Thanksgiving day, and they have-â€" in fact, we appreciated them to such an extent that nothing new remainei” anvâ€"o â€"â€"â€" â€"’"""U 7 The doctor burst into a hearty laugh. “Good for you! My Mollie’s crock: are full and she will see to it that you are an plied.” orty years after it was also said 01 this lady by one who knew her inti- mately: “She was always beautiful, but never more gracious than at the head of her own table. There I like best to remember her.” Amid all the ser- row that came to that home in after yearsâ€"sorrow from brooding shadow or death and deeper sorrow from the shadow of lifeâ€"hers is the one form that shines out like a star, grand in the love that “endured all things, hoped all things, overcame all things," strong in a faith and patience that were sublime. “I shall enter into no controversy‘ with you. sir, upon the subject of for- eign missions,” said the doctor ‘when t'me mnrcrsation drifted, as was natural, "‘12: channel. “but”â€"and a hu- ~'”‘:' .1210 came into his eyeâ€"“1 : Tinker when he returned t. 7:1 or a thousand of those 50‘ '-. down and simmered to- zem . .351 not equal the soul of one L'NDSAY. THURSDAY. AUGUST 18TH31898'1 80\ '- uuwu nuu snug”--- .. gem: . .id not equal the soul of one man hit: him.” “Lebbeus,” said his fathenrapping on the table with the handle of his knife, as was his wont when excited. “you are wise above what is written. You are irreverent.” 1 â€" , For a moment there was silgpoe ; then the doctor, pushing back his chair, said, with a laugh, "No irreverence about it!” - .n g L__ “ {DI No one ever scoured the doctor of filial disrespect. There ill-an old letter. carefully prelerved. written by this hall blind old father, addressed to his son, as follows: “Dear and well beloved and well worthy son. ” - - , s L:_ ___..l "15‘; u v- â€"-__ After supper the doctor and his guest spoke of the first minister of the church. “This house was his home, sir, built for him about 1769. Here his childr'en were born. This was his first and only pastorate. From here he was buried.” “He chose the site of this house most wisely. It is beautiful for situation “I have every reason to suppose nu planted the elm treel. He passed away before my time, sir. but I believe him to have been a strong men, of dignified presence. His children and grandchil- dren have taken high rank in the pro- tectionsâ€"Inch I believe his descendants will continue to do. There was unfortu- nately one exception. ” -- - fl: LL- -A..LL "'00., vâ€"v vâ€"v- . v The doctor ngdaea toward the south bedroom. “ You have then his daughter under Vuo .vv-u “Under the roof built for. her father, sir; his youngest daughter.‘ She was handsome, silly and unfortunate. Her husband was, I think, the first regular- ly eettled physician in the township." “She married. then!" “The doctor married her. sir. What else could he do?" The doctor blew his nose vigorously and poked the fire. “He married her and killed himself." “Dreadful! Was it a pistol?” "No. laedannsnl” We had not attained to the degree 01 refinement y‘hioh fills every daily pa- per with shocking recitals of salt mnrt ‘ der. And when a poor unfortunate did put an end to his life it was supposed. as a matter 0! cause. that if he had a wife she “was at the bottom of it"â€" only a repetition of the same old wail, "The woman whom thou guest me." And so it had happened in tie Iron ed fate that this unfortunate lady ha ‘ t the remainder of her , ‘ in the ‘ adew at a deep disgrace an bearing fiebnrdenelaheawsorroy.. . Asmhy-dmngwrusb'sihh , 4.; ‘l _‘_A «111.211 _ g‘arrggweor a ”one gi‘gli La .33.. ”a .34. Scope-9:”. n . fillâ€"“Ila ‘ MEN. mm [Ii-nu ' I'd-null! Miss Luoy’ e preserves are . - _..x..tn.. :9 “fig every reason_to suppose he $1,313, There wcnfg During these days Ann: D001: lay with her face to the wall and eaid nothing, but the south bedroom may have stretched far away to a green hill- top in the days when youth and pn- rental care made life a happy holiday, where the birds sang first in the mom- in;: aux-l. the sun shone through peaceful -’x-;~.~; 12-3, and the crickets and the, . 'I' 5 stars came out together to‘ make the long twilights glorious. Poa- sibly she watched for the going out of g I r 1 LL- ‘Aâ€"a-A. . her revered father as he led the congre- gation to the old meeting house on Sun- day, and her ear may have heard again the sound of his voice from the high pul- pit in prayer and benediction. All thin before the shadow came into her life. ‘7â€"â€"â€"â€"J DUI-v.56 vuv Uqu-v .. View , And one night in midwinter the wind 1 swept over that old hilltop and dsshed - against the trees that the old minister had planted as if it would uproot them. and their boughs bent and shrieked in ' their resistance, but they did not break ' â€"-on1y stretched their arms more pro tectively over the old house, and in the i morning the youngest of his daughters ‘ lay dead under its roofâ€"the same rod that sheltered her in the hour 0! her birth. The burial plot of the minister’s fam- ily was full almost to crowding, but room must be made for one more, and the doctor went with his men to see that everything was done “decently end in order. ” ‘- I ,‘ A__‘L A: uhovelful after shovelfnl of earth was thrown up something large and round rolled into the open space from the adjacent grave. The doctor Vyga on the alert. The arm that guided the shovel was seized as in a vile. 7 11-1 DHU V UL 1v III- wvâ€" “Mike!” The doctor' a voice trembled as did his strong band that staid Ellie’s arm. doctor was alrea 5, bewildered, but the} in the open gran} beside him. Stoopigg he picked up some- } L-_I_ -l! UU‘JMJU uuu. n.vv,-_° 7V .7 _ thing, sprang quickly up and took ofll his hat, for this that he held in hil hand he knew to be the skull of his re- mote predeoelsor, the first physician 0! ; the township. Half an hour after he stood in Rev. Mr. Bingham's presence. “Talk of suicide, air! The basest libel ever fabricated! Look here, air! A com- minuted tracturel God Almighty took this man’s life, sir! He took morphine. laudanum, as he needed, to allay pain. This vile anpereion n ‘ the character 01 this dead man, air, 1 professional brother, must be removed over the oofin of his wife.” I A: __-k UL Lu: vv aav. The Rev. Mr. Binghem preached such: a. funeral sermon in that meeting house I the following Sunday a: was never ., preached before and never will be again 3 on earth. He held up the skull in the? pulpit and ehowed to his people the ! oomminuted fractm, indieatlng it with 2 his finger. ‘ The older one: remembered having i heard that the doctor had fallen hem; his horse. and that be auflered from The older one: remembered navmg heard that the doctor had fallen item his horse. and that he Inflated haul great pain in his head. And so it came to pen that the grave gave up its secret, that the true history '._ . k' of this man‘s death was read, and the" land 13 m" 59° mg shadow which had rested I0 heavily 5 “Mess Russia remains mistress 0 over his ”“339 and house w” 113““ 1! north and England is ensured her influ- In short. i h‘x‘encn luwxvcumvu uuv_-_ _- - and decisive.” i Imminent.” 3 The Journal des Debuts says: “Eng- i Russia. The understanding “after many dayl."-â€"Sarah do Wolfi ence on the Yang-Tse River. Gamwell in Springfield Republican. _____-_-â€"â€"--â€"- An Evasive Answer. “John,_” said a clemman tohle tan- .7; the lines of the section are beginning to be marked along with the disruption which would occur whenever China falls to pieces. Clearly neither Fran ' “ L~ â€"-â€" Lumâ€" 4M. ”+1..“ many nor Japan could hold aloof from The Soir has a sensational article head .ed “War Between England and Russia an arrangement with is impossible t the co, Ger- Like Cbatham, Aug. 13.â€"â€"The Erie Huron Railway, which runs from Sax-ma to Bondeau, a distance 0! 74 miles, has passed into the hands of the Lake Erie Detroit River Railway. The Walker lino connects at Blenheim with the E. 8; H., and it is expected trains will run through from Sarnia to Walkerville, via Ghatham. The Michigan Central and L. E. D.R. B. have been negotiating to get control n. mvv vwâ€" .wuvnfiw u _ of the E. 11., but the Walker proved to be the most successful. The selling price is to be $760,000. This road was owned by the 31er Estate. The papers have all been fined and the LE. D.B.B. , d L_.‘ crossing on Main street by a northbound Grand Trunk engno. In making the steep gndo to the mung he failed to notice the approach of the. engine, and he kept on his ’way_ regardless of the ongim'u repeatdv .whlstling “and tho - ‘7-â€"â€".â€"_ ._|.- uâ€"lfinn‘nfl ismhout Injury. D1. Emmomn 0! Claude 1m immodiatoly summoned, but when he mind tho Informant. mm was Mondhmchothhukm. The skull Ind ban matured. uncommon. broken 1: final Maud anumberotrfiu? 1...“ Ann M: one with” Ilium «uh I. ERIE HURON 'A I'm-nor Killed by an Eric 8 Detroit Riv In Control. noouon from Ann- in wound Lug. 18. - GOBBLED. of earth IEâ€"About {Lindsay Woollen Mills. IF YOU CANNOT Franco Will Back Russia. Paris, Aug. 13.â€"â€"The papers are full of the significance of the Chinese question. The Matin says: “In China. the greatest game in the world is being played. and French intervention should be emcacious and decisive. ’ ’ AAAA ‘ â€"_~'Aln Lona We are selling the best Stocking Yarn which wool will make, 2 or 3 ply, for 400. penlb. 16 oz. Full Cloth 35c. All Wool Checked Flagyel. warranted such an agreement. ” $00!] an “1901;.uuw. The article hints that: France would support Russia in the event. of war, and says in conclusion: “France will be con- tent w“ h the southern provinces border- ing on onquin." REMEMBER THE NAME ';*::.;-+nwnv‘ l 'W “"3313“ '3" “Nina“ .3qu HI] Fr: WWW ROBT. NEILL, to wear three years, L‘al'llamuu b \V in: y: vsvguw- The Queen’s Speech at the ptorogation of Parliament among other things stated chat; relations with other nations continue friendly, and that arrangements had been made to establish at an early date penny postage between the United Kingdom. Canada, Newfoundland and elsewhere. Parliament was formally prorogued until Oct. 29.» a. wax Endeavor Vnncouvar, Aug. 13â€"11011. no Den Beaver). who was called upon by Lieut. Gov. Momma to for_m a Cabinet has -1__ ‘J‘L_ UU V o my..." failed, and the political mm of the province have reached 'a crisit. In an in- terview ”sax-day Mr. Beaven refused to say what he would recommend the Lieu Gallant-Governor to do under the circum- stances, but said that the latter had de 4‘ A _â€".‘-â€"O Men’s Heavy Imoe Boots, 95c., $1.00 and $1 20. Men’s Heavy Congress, $1.10 and $1.35. Boy’s Heavy Lace Boots. 80c.. 900. and 950.. Youth’s Heavy Lace Boots, 656., 70c. and 75c. Girl’s School Boots. Button and Lace, 900., $1.00 and $1.10. Girl’s Heavy Lace Boots, 650. and 75c. 439.11 :31 gnawed. our Bargain Table. 500., 75c. and $1.00â€"every pair a u. -A large variety of Trunks and Valieee. All goods guaranteed as auuuw-y w..- -v, cided to call Mr. Senna. the present leader of the Opposition, £0 form 3 Min istry. Hon. Joseph Martin 15 therefore out; of the ratio for the Premiership. for the time being at least. Although Mr. Semlin has accepted the call doubt. pre- .vails in some quarters as to whether he will succeed in forming a Governmenz, .but local Oppositionists believe nothing will occur to prevent Mr. Semlin from tanning; strong Cabinet. It is doubtful it Mr; m will gooey} the Another- I] am ' 1).}, “an m. Prorogued Un til A W... ”mom in rot-onto. mm Ann. uâ€"Ymay W1“ 5 its. smxmx ACCEPTS- believe that the following prices are the goods advertised are genuine, cc stock, or if you have time, drOp into 1'_ _L__“_‘ goods are SEE THE FOLLOWING PRICES: eaves to Form a Govenment British Columbia. . N BILL, u in process of manufacturing. 18.â€"Hon. Robert Oct. 29. pair. â€"I.f you pay more for inferior don’t say we didn’t tell you. THE Hardware! Plain Grey Flannel 200. Blankets 350. per lb., or $2 to $5 per WE HAVE Pnre English Paris Green, Manilla Binder Twine. SEE OUR BINGHAM’S Wfiimy Guconv, D! :uiSt --- are true or the quality of ,come in and inspect our nto the factory where the Trunks and Valises, Kent-st, Lindsay, Ont â€"ENGLISH‘ GRAIN CRADLES, â€"LAWN MOWERS â€"-RUBBER HOSE, â€"POULTRY NETTING, â€"SCREEN DOORS â€"And WINDOWS. â€"Our Wickless COALZOIL STOVE Beats them all. See it before youzbuy. 'â€"â€"ENQUIRE PRICEszBE- ' FORE BUYING. J ubflee _.HAY FORKS, --FIELD HOSE, _HAY RAKES, â€"GRASS SCYTHES, â€"-â€"ETC., ETC. Jubilee Hardware. nook'a Cotton Boot c991”!!- Store William-St . North. .00.. LIN DSAY. IV: