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as followed'him inn a large six storey}; ooms. The entir vailing everywh he enormous stock Iect to advantage” te in itself. There7 be found not only; convey their cus-Qé ment. Two large; arge bay windows? , as they contain: ture, all their own; espect, and finish-z m‘ id at the Storehouse {1). 1890â€"36-13". n the manufacture Garvey established now known as one ilst so many Other of these hardy to command the hat in many cases es, notably those treal. The chair ese articles) are: designs will speak: lomas and otherj late Indian and} xhibitions, where n furniture, they rig room, parlor, f bedroom fumi‘ overbial straight diously avoiding declining many vice-president 0 L director of 5t- d of Trade and mperance Sode llar and an eam‘ ‘ 40 years. The ; a sufficient gum" and that stabillt da for their relia' _ :ship; and at they Iessrs. Owen MC‘; ntw erp exposition als and diplomas, of uhich was 01 l in the Colonial Government ex-H a commemorativef piay of furniture; 2% .binet Maker and; hority in England », be proud of tilt?" Ifstreet. red to buy 'rehouse. ] RS .blished Street. Dealers in fly at the new 3 Lindsay, . REPAIRING ATTENDED TO ON THE SHORT- EST NOTICE. - to be found in this part of the Province. His work is so well-known that it is scarcely necessary to say that he uses the best material and workmanship in the construction of all kinds of Vehicles, and conse- Fuently w'll not keep on hand an article that he cannot guarantee ‘1 a LO CO\\OR has ready for his customers a full line of the finest and - most substantial - - which cannot be beaten for easy draft. material or workmanship. All {36 above mll be sold at the lowest living prices. Call and examine atzc1e and prices and be convinced. - - - Gamages, Buggies, Gladstones and Phaetons FARM WAGGQNS AND ROAD GARTS, NEW CARRIAGES, WITH TOP 0R OPEN Spring Opening indsay, April 5th, 1892.â€"-I4-tf. ental to that important work. Right here the question ‘Where will you purchase your supply of Sugar’ comes in. To preserve fruit Sugar is necessary, and alive to this fact we made large purchases some months ago at an exceptionally favorable quotation. Its a sweet subject but we don’t wish to enlarge on it too muchâ€"we merely ask that when you make up your mind what quantity you will require, you will be good enough to call and get our prices. We can’t be equalled in value. Nor excelled in weignt or sweetening materials. A. CAMPBELL, FAMILY GROGER L. O’CONNOR. PRESERVING. THE WATCHMAN, LINDSAY, THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 1892 Represent; the Beaver Line of Steamships plying between Montreal and Liverpool, Boatq large and well equipped and chea rates of passage. . d Represent the Norwich 8; London Acci- dent pInsurance Co. Capital $1, 000, 000. Bates extraordinarily low and security un- urpassed. WILL H. POLLA RD, REAL ESTATE NSURANGE. FINANCIAL AGENTS. FIRE INSURANCE- The Aetna. Fire Insurance Co,, of Hayt ford, Conn., incorporated 1819, losses pad in 71 years about $65,000,000, assets over $10,000,000, absolutely the strongest Ameri- can Co. in existence. The New Annuity Endownment Policy afi‘ords absolute protection against contin- gency of early death, provides an INCOME 11 old age, and is agood investment. Rate 15 to :20 per cent lower than Aordin- ary rates. \Ve have a large list of valuable Build ing Lots, Brick and Frame dwelling houses, Farm properties, and choice lots on Stur- geon Lake, which can be had cheap for cash, or mortgage at a low rate of interest, MONEY To LOAN at a low rate of interest. Persons desiring to place their property in the market can have it advertised free of charge and will be sold or exchanged by us at a smallcommission, HE WEST HALF of lot 10 in the 7th Con. of Eldon, County of Victoria, containing 100 acres more or less. Apply to D‘LLLAS WRIGHT, owner, on the premises, or by letter to Argyle P, 0. Eldon, June 11,1892. FOUNTAIN PENS. RUBBER STAMPS, PA- LIFE INSURANCE- The Confederation Lite Association, of Toronto, issues Policies Incontestableafter three years. FREE from ALL RESTRICTIONS as to RESIDENCE. TRAVEL or OCCUPATION. The North British and Mercantile incor- porated 1809, paid up capital abt. $3,500,000 total assets $50,376,064. The N B M is the largest and strongest Co, in existence. \Ve also represent other Fire Companies of high standing, and can give safest se- curity for the lowest; rates. I; ,. , \l‘lllx‘,‘ I-r [Ill]. MI! in H: A; «I.» II) H II'I'IliI s H III~r~-w:rlhe\ 13w. .1 L}' l! I ‘l(‘ (SI!) :10 m; \\l Ik. l-usyt u “33-" W e flll'lli‘h III "1' 9. 15¢ Start } nII. XVI risk. Yuu um chU'L' )our Spill‘l' IIIIII WINS . .In yuur time to me \I(llk.13l3§h m cuther III-w lea .zlml‘ IIII'IIg'I-J wondcx‘ul Em vess to I very \\ ulker. Beginners are cunnng from $23 to $501-r‘r Week and upwnuis and more Inter n little expencncc. W (' I «I: f"l'ni"h you the cm- ;Iluymvm and. tench :mu l~ h‘r?‘ .. No 5] meta Yplnil. here. Full infouuuliun 3'3 ‘l-JE. 'j'EUE 11'. (XL, ALGLSIA, MU'HJI- _,.- .. .;Z_I-'- OFFICE WILLlAM-ST. NORTH OF KENT STREET. .indsay, Nov. 19th, 1890.-â€"â€"45-1y. Il.l§:|!h-I t .fi' (10.. KNOWLSON BROS. KNOWLSON BROS. KNOWLSON BROS. KNOWLSON BROS. For Sale or to Rent TENT MEDICINES, ETC ETC. REAL ESTATh, DEALER IN‘ AGENT FOR' Snug limo mnxâ€"G .«afil‘ui work for us. by Amm T‘nge, Austin. ’I‘oxns, and Jun. 15mm, '10h-dn. Ohio. lh't‘e rut. ("ht-rs nn- duingnswoll. Why ‘nut you? Some «urn uvor $500.00 a month. You van do the “ark and Xiv a! homo, whormvr you are. Even be ginnt‘rfi are 0:15in earning from $5 N I? I ‘3 a. day. All ngt-s. “'0, show you by“! ‘ud aka-rt you. (fun war]: in spurt time or n” tlw limo. Hi}: mom-y for work- on. Fnilux'c unknown among them N EW and wonderful. Particulars has. .1503: 8:50 Portlund.Maiue V‘ I'HT'H LINDSAY ONT (-r n'nl. n-nl in H Dr., or Doctor, is better for a callin card than the more rofessional M. D. W en a. man leaves car a for himself and wife, he leaves separate cards, as, if callin upon a. man and wife, he leaves twoo his own and one of his wife’s. The Mr. and Mrs. card is of little use now, except to send with a. wedding gift or something of that sort. Jesti'ng is over with me forever, Life is too sober at fifty-one ; No longer I worship the witty and clever ; Things that amuse me I loathe and shun, I have come to the summit and now begun To sink to the vale on the other side ; There’s a dump in the air, there’s a gloom on the sun, Whose waning the vapors of Orcus hide. And my fellow travellers, left and right, Fallzuvay from the track, as we downward hie, To their several homes ; they are not; in sight, But I hear the bells as they bid good-bye ! How lonely I feel as I get; more nigh To my destined inn, a dismalplace !__ Shfit from all glimpses of fife goodly sky And the sunshine of every frien 1y face. Y et, what; is to dread ? There’s a master there Full of pity, to welcome the weary guest, Who will bind the footsore and have good care Of every poor soul who seeks His rest. I tremble to go to Him, unconfessed, I bear Him no letters from priest or pope, But I carry a. passport within my breast Of His own sure word, and a deathless hope. A child just born has, on account of the softness of its system, less chance of living a year than an octogenarian. Experiments made at the Royal Danish Academy have demonstrated approximate- ly the height of the aurora borealis. M. Adam Paulsen, at Godthaab, by means of two tlieodolites situated four miles apart, found that different auroral displays varied from one to four miles in height. Experi~ nients near Cape Farewell showed the height of different auroras to vary from one to ten miles. At Spitzenberg the range of height was from one-third to eigh» teen miles. In some of the earlier experiu ments in this direction the observers con» cluded that the height of auroras varied! from 90 to 500 miles. Rubber heels for marching have been introduced by a. French army surgeon. The infantry have tried them with good results. A Pennsylvania inventor has devised a. pair of eyeglasses with a. mirror mounted so as to reflect objects in the rear of the wearer. The self-registering thermometer that was left at the Mount XVashington signal station last autumn, when the station was closed, showed on opening this year that the temperature last Winter went to 49 degrees below zero. The rate of progression of a storm is often fifty miles an hour, and a series has often been traced 1n 8. direct line from north to south a distance of 400 miles. The average altitude of thunder storms has been found to be not over 500 feet above the surface of the earth. Rapid Divorcing. Judge Vall has broken the record for fast running in the divorce courts. In fifty-two minutes this morning he severed the matri- monial bonds for eight couples, an average of one divorce for each six and a fraction minutes. Mrs. Alice'E. Pharis was married November, 1882, in New York, and in Aug- ust, 1887, her husband left her. She gas her divorce at 10.48. At 10.53 Mrs. Effie May Rodgers, wife of the assistant general freight agent of the Burlington, had secured her release, and at 10.58 Joseph Cerusk was freed from his wife, Josephine. At 11.03 Mrs. Adelaide Louder said her husband was unfaithful and was freed. At 11.11 Mrs. Annie Minkler stated her case successfully, and at 11,16 \Varren J. Losey told how his spouse had deserted him. At 11.23 Henry Steinbacher took the stand and l_e_ft it hap- A man would naturally ask permission of a girl before writing to her, and of course the first letter would come from him. The difference between the so-called “chemical” focus and the visual focus of a. telescope may be little or it may be half an inch. In either case the photographed image will be decidedly out of focus if allowance of this difference be not carefully made. The spoon remains in the saucer except when in actual use. You should not ask a man to enter the house after your return from theatre. Cer- tainly thank a. man for any attention that causes him trouble. If you desire the man to fall upon you again ask him to do so. Send 'your achPtance to the lady to whom you are indebted for the invitation. If you are in mourning, your bordered cards explain your regret sufficiently. Thevgroom at a. quiet home wedding should wear gloves matching those worn by the bride, either gray or tan, as best suits her travelling dress. The gloves should be worn during the ceremony. There is only one way _to serve coffee at dinnerâ€"in small cups after the dinner. Artificial flowers are in the worst possible taste for table decoration. Sureljr a. girl need not take' a. man’s arm unless she wishes to do so. Many girls prefer to Awalk independently. Send a. mite of cengratulation to your friend on receiving cards announcing her marriage. Marriage by \‘Vire, William Hardie of Fort Bowie and Miss Hattie Quinn were married by telegraph a. few days ago. The would be bride arrived at Bowie and naturally being anxious to have the knot tied at the time set, the con- tracting parties went forth to secure the services of some one authorized to perform such é. ceremony. They were startled to find that there was no one at the post who could act. Their minds were soon relieved py, and at 11.30 Mrs. Henrietta. Emery gbt her decree. â€"-â€"Chica.go Letter. There is no such title as “Mrs. Dr.” At table serve the ladies of the family before the man guest. Having the wedding breakfast on a. table in the dining room, and serve it to the guests standing, as few rooms are large enough to seat so many. The feast; consist: of bouillon, croquettes, salads, sandwiches, loos and sweets. The wedding cake is a [1011 fruit cake put up in small white boxes toge cagried away as souvenirs. ,,J v... ~Vâ€"v 'â€"--~. N9 call is necessary in acknowledgment of the invitation to a. church wedding. If the bride had desired a call from you she wcnu‘ld have sent y_ou an “gt home” card. Useful Information on a. Variety of Mary. day Matters. From Harper’s Bazar are gleaned the fol- lovzing helpful items : TeaEh yaur little girls to courtesy when they are presented to an older person. NOTES ON ETIQU ETTE- Scientific Votes. At Fifty-One. â€"Boston J on ma.) From the log in which the third specimen was caught 89 eggs were taken. They were white and nearly round, about the size of an ordinary baseball, and were covered with a soft, leathery shell or skin. They adhered to each other, forming a large mass, which had to be literally torn apart to separate them. So far as observed all were fertile, each specimen examined con- taining aliving embryo about four inches in length. \Vhen discovered the snake was coiled upon its eggs, apparently incubating. Upon being removed from the log the eggs dried up rapidly. As the tem eraturc in the log was noticeably above tliat of the atmosphere it is probable that the close coils of the snake prevented evaporation. A snake this size could bring down a. me- dium-sized buffalo, and could crush out the life of a man in a. fraction of a. minute, and we have no hesitancy in expressing the opmion that it could swallow him. \Ve know of the case of a. snake about this size swallowing a. full-grown buck with antlers, a male deer of this species being larger around the belly than is a. man around the shoulders. If the stories told here about large snakes can be believed, the specimens described are small indeed in comparison with really large snakes, but we find that such snakes decrease greatly in size when brought in contact with the deadly foot-rule. An in- telligent half-cast recently told us that his brother-in-law had killed, measured and skinned a snake 44 feet long. \Ve did not wish to question the man’s veracity, but heartily sympathized with the remark of a Spanish gentleman that 44feet were a great many feet. â€"-Scientific American. Dust, Upholstery and Disease. Householders in furnishing would do well to remember that the ordinary practice of covering a floor with carpet is not Without its disadvantages, even its dangers. The particles which give substance to the pure search-light of a sunbeam as it penetrates the window pane are of the most varied character. Harmless as are very many of them, there are also many more possessed of true morbific energy and capable of almost unlimited multiplication. Any one can see, therefore, how, when shelter- ed in dusty woollen hangings, chair upholstery and carpets, they render these articles veritable harbors of diseases The less we have of such the better, especi- ally in bedrooms. Some practical deduction, naturally suggest themselves. As to cur- tains and carpets, it is but rational that they should, as a rule, consistof the smooth- er and harder fabrics which will bear thorough and frequent brushing. If thicker floorcloths and rugs be used, they should be such in size and arrangement that they can be readily taken up and beaten. It is but part of the same argument to say that as much of the floor as possible should be either varnished or laid with oilcloth, so as to allow of frequent cleaning. Cane and leather, for a like reason, are incomparably superior to the richest upholstery when we come to speak of general furniture. Some, perhaps, may imagine that in making these observations we treat this matter too much as a hobby. Only one circumstance, how- ever, is required in order to convince any such of their real and practical significance, and that is the actual presence of infectious disease. \Vhen this appears all forms of cumbrous comfort in the apartment must give place not merely to a freer and simpler arrangement, but even to bare, sunlit and airy desolation.â€"Lancet. by the telegraph operator telling them they could be married by telegraph and offering to perfect the arrangements, which ofler, of course, was accepted. Rev. Brant C. Ham- mond, post chaplain of Fort Apache, 275 miles away, performed the ceremony. The operators at San Carlos, 225 miles, and Cooney’s ranch, 300 miles away, acted as witnesses. All the customary questions were asked and answered over the wire.â€" Arizona Prospector. GREAT SNAKES. Be Thankful That You Do Rbt Live Where These Reptiles Crawl. Pythons are abundant in the Philippines, the species being identical with that found in Borneo. During our stay of 18 months in these lands we have heard many accounts of the enormous size attained by these snakes, and recently have obtained three fine specimens. The smallest of these mea- sured 19 feet 11$ inches in length and 18 inches in greatest circumference. It had evidently been without food for some time and was in an emaciated condition, but was still a heavy load for two men. The next in size measured 22 feet 6 inches in length and 24 inches in greatest circumference. The head was 6 inches wide at the angle of the jaws, and the mouth opened 13 inches without danger of the stretching of the skin or displace- ment of the bones, of which it is capable. The third specimen measured 22 feet 8 inches in length and 22 inches in great- est circumference. The gape was the same as the second specimen. In each case the stomach was entirely empty, and one familiar with such animals can easily form an idea of the enormous increase in size that would take place if gorged with food. Above the length of 19 or 20 feet these snakes increase greatly in bulk for every foot in length, so that a snake 10 feet long looks small besides one 21 feet long. It is difficult to estimate the weight of an animal of this kind, and we had no means of deter- mining it accurately. A quarter of it was a heavy lift for a strong man, and it was all that two men could do to drag it a few feet along the ground, one man being unable to do so. The second specimen displayed its enormous strength by snapping in two by a steady pull one of its fasteningsâ€"a rattan between one half and three quarters of an inch in diameter. The snake being secure- ly fastened by rattans around the neck, two men and a boy who attempted to hold the tail were powerless to do so. Woman’s Cruel Revenge. There is a story of jealousy and cruel re- venge in the Kolnische Zeitung, which seems scarcely credible. It is stated that at Amay, in the district of Huy, in Belgium, a young man was about to be married to a young lady, when he engaged in a flirtation with another. This was objected to by the young man’s betrothed. One day a trip to the forest was arranged by the offend- ed lady, with three female companions. The promised bride invited her rival to accompany them, which invitation was innocently enough accepted. The forest was invaded by the little party, and at a. given signal the four city beauties fell upon the unsuspecting qirl. They beat her black and blue, and dealt her a danger- ous wound upon the head. Then with a cord around her, they drew her up to the bow of a. tree. A letter-carrier passing at the time interfered, but he was set upon, scratched and bitten, and driven away. A second champion soon came up, and with A Fascinating Study That is Slowly Eln- cidating a Great Mystery. At the recent meeting of the British As- sociation a. discourse was delivered by the new President, Sir Archibald Gerkie, on one of the most interesting problems in modern scienceâ€"the age of the world. Over a century has elapsed since James Hutton wrote his “Theory of the Earth,” which was the first attempt to formulate a chron- ology of creation in accordance with the discoveries of science ; since then knowledge has made vast strides, and his followers have access to a mass of information which he did not possess. Playfair and Helvin improved upon his work, and now Gerkie and the school to which he belongs have gone beyond them. Geologists have ascer- tained that the rate at which erosion takes place can be measured; by a plying their scale to the sedimentary rocfis they have formed an hypothesis as to the time which has elapsed since erosion began. To put the proposition in simpler language, the surface of the globe is constantly wearing away under the influence of water and wind. The portions which are worn 03‘ are carried down to the sea or into hollows, where they are deposited and form sedi- mentary rocks. If we can ascertain how long it takes to form a sedimentary rock we can figure out when the process of wear- ing away and redepositing began. Sir Archibald states that on a reasonable computation the stratined rocks attain an average thickness of 100,000 feet. The ma- terial of which they consist was all washed down from hi h planes, deposited and left to stratify. y the inspection of river banks it is found that in places the surface of the land which has been carried down as sediment in rivers which has been reduced at the rate of a foot in 730 years, while in other places, where the land was more stub- born or less flexible, it has taken 6,800 years to lower the surface one foot. The deposit must be equal to the denu- dation. Thus we find that while some of the sedimentary rocks have grown a. foot in 730 years, others have taken 6,800 years to rise that height. Thus the period of time that was required to build up 100,- 000 feet of sedimentary rock has varied ac- cording to locality from 73,000,000 years to 680,000,000 years. It follows that the work of creation lasted for a cycle interme- diate between $hese two figures. The cycle varied with endless succession of periods of disturbance by volcanic force and glacial action, and the frequent submersion of dry land, alternating with the emerging of con- tinents out of the seas. These may have retarded the growth of sedimentary rocks, but they cannot have accelerated it. A study of fossils teaches the steady uni- formity with which the work of creation proceeded. Since man began to observe there has been no change in the forms of animal and vegetable life. A few species have disappeared ; not one new species has been evolved. Not only do we find the fauna and flora of ancient Egypt as depict- ed on monuments which are probably 8,000 or 10,000 years old identical with those which are found in that country to-day, but shells Which inhabited our seas before the ice age and grew in an ocean Whose bed overlay the Rocky Mountains are precisely the same species that are found in the bay of Monterey and the waters of the Chesa- peake. It is evident that there has been no essential change in the conditions of life since these animals and these vegetables were first created, yet how vast the shortest period u hich we can as- sign to the gap that divides us from that remote epoch. Little by little the geologist is lifting the veil which covers the prehistoric record of our planet. The era which preceded the age of civilized man, with its vast rivers carrying down diluvial floods to the ocean, and the bursting forth of mountain ranges from contractions of the earth's crust, has been painted to the life. But no one has exercised his pencil on that preced- ing page, when the forests made way for clumps of stucted birch and Willow, inces- sant snowfalls covered the plains, glaciers crept down from the north, and gradually a vast sheet of ice half a mile thick drove mankind, with the mammoth and the reindeer, to those fortu- nate regions which, like California, escaped the agony of the last ice age. Nor have we any distinct perception of that subse- quent age when the ice melted or receded to the pole, or dense tropical jungle grew up in the morasses it had left, swamps steaming with tropical heat swarmed with uncouth batrachian and reptile life, trees of monstrous growth shed their shade over shiny pools and black ooze, and in the dis- tance long mountain ranges whose fontanelle had not yet closed, poured a never-ceasing flood of lava down their sides. This a page of history which is yet to be written, but the materials are accumulating, and the his- torian will not be long wantingâ€"San Fran- cisco Call. Not the Cow. The scene of one‘of my father’s stories was laid in a Southern seaport town, where long ago a General and an Admiral Were neighbors. The general’s house was front- ed by a grass plot, on which he claimed the right to pasture a cow. One day his wife complained that the supply of milk was falling short. The sentinel accounted for the deficiency by saying that the pasture had lately been much trodden down by the public. Thereupon the martial despot gave orders that no (human or other) animal ex- cept the cow should be allowed on the grass plot ; and addedâ€"men were not particular in those days-that if this rule was infring- ed the sentinel should be flogged. Soon afterwards the admiral’s wife, having a pressing engagement, took a short cut over the grass in disregard of the sentinel’s re- peated order to stand back. “Common soldier,” said the offended lady, “don’t you know who I am ‘1” “All I know is you’re the assistance of the postman put the wo- men to flight. Great was the surprise of the new-comer when he discovered in the lady his sister. The girl still lives, but the doctors consider her life to he in danger. The first time the Queen was taken by M 1'. Downey, the photographer at New- castle, his friends were very curious to hear how the operati \ns held gone oif. But the imperturbable S :otchman was very little exci' ed about it, outwardly, at all events. “W'hat did you say?” said a. curious friend, afterwards. “What did she say?” asked anothec. “Well,” said Mr. Downey. “I‘ not the general’s Review. took her Majesty jusr as I wad take-amny ither pairson, and when I’d settled her, I saidâ€"‘Wad it please your Majesty to put on a more favorable countenance?’ and she sai 1, ‘Sairtainly. Mr. Dooneey.’ ” HOW OLD IS THE WORLD. How It "Went Off. !”â€"The Fortiightly M