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You want to buy Christmas Gifts for' your friend< ; we have done the thinking for you. r"rue and see our selections : â€"-Ladies’ Silver‘ Watches from $4.50 to $14. a ~Ladies’Gold: Watches from $12up. â€"Beautiful Solid Gold Rings from $1.50 up. ~Natty Stick Pins pretty patterns. â€"Bracelets, end- less variety, beauties. â€"â€"Lidies’ G old / Chains. Silk " 11/- 2;. _ Guards. â€"Ladies‘ Gold Pens’ Lead Pencils, Silver Thimbles, Pocket Books, Fancy Clocks. Button Hooks, Pretty Souvenir Spoons. Paper Knives. Book Markers, Handsome Belts, Toilet Setts, and a host of other pretty and useful presents for the Think ! We have a large stock of Watches, Chains. Cuff Links, Scarf Pins, Gold Lead Pencils, Charms, Rings. Fancy Clocks, Rolled Plate and Solid Gold Collar Buttons. Silk Guards Gold Mounted. beautiful Silver Headtd Canes. Gold Headed Canes, Silver Hat. Markers, Shavino Mugs, and Silver Match Box, and slot of other useful articles. Now then as to prices. We always sold at low prices. We are going to 6.) better than ever this season. yr..- -â€" Watcfx Emrfiindow for New Novelties. Make your selections early, we will please you. w. r. M°GARTY, BARGAINS GALORE W. G. Woods Stove and House- Furnishing Depot. The New Rocker, The Leader, The Peerless and The Downswell. Any one of them will save your wife’s health. The famous Daisy, 4 sizes the New Butter Cup, 2 sizes. â€"Milk Cans and Dairy Pails on the rock. -â€"A full line of Fruit Tree Spray- ers, all new patterns. i --Every cheese factory patron should have one of our new patented Milk Aeraters. -â€"Deep Iron Well Pumps $6 each. â€"Full line of Cistern Pumps and Sinks. â€"Eavetroughing, Roofing and Plumbing done on short notice -â€"Mixed Paints (weather and waterproof) the best made. We try to keep in front ofthepro. casion in all lines in out . . business . . Kent Street, Lindsay“ Look! W ringers $2 up. For the Gentlemen WASHING MACHINES 77 KENT STREET. CHURNS! CHURNS! so NEED TO PUZZLE EVER IT . . V c. woons, m “23 H til-'4 Gold mes. kers, Box, New t low than ulties. will “<- ullllbllilllllltIIIIHNIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllilil E . {N {N (n S :23. In all 151] designs â€"NBA â€"CH£ â€"WE1 The time t( Sati sfact WHGBI The Hobby". .mlmlllllllllllllllll Tm: BEST QUALITIES'E A QUANTITY or â€"RARD BURNT CELLAR FLOORING, â€"SUPERIOR PRE$SED BRICK and â€"HOLLOW TERRA GOTTA for partitions. All for sale at a reduction to make room ' for other goods. THE RATHBUN 60. WINDSOR AND ' ' - COLEMAN’S SALT DOORS. Si inside finish_. UUAui uv u..- ___-i First-class fififi‘VVOOD. Long and Show DRY MILL WOOD. The com- pany have built a. large shed and will be prepared to supplydry mill wood during “normsâ€"Office. Honorary Gndmte of the Ontario Veterinory 001 ego and Member Ontario Medical Veterinary Society Toronto. Ofice: A few doors south of Hon Bros tore. Day or night calls pconptly attended t Veterinary Surgeon» OAKWOOD. - 5m moderate. :‘illlfl llllllllllllllllllll illllllllllllllllllllllfllllll mug PORTLAND CEMENT, Star Brand, PLASTER PARIS, Albert Brand. The Hobby Tailors, Foot of Keno-st. .vllilmlllllllllllllillllilllllllllII|I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :‘Jllllbll Il‘ =|I|l When the Feast Was Kept A story of one thanksgiving. long years ago ,The elm tree stood etched against the still gold of a September sunset, but little pools of shadow were already settling in the hollows of the road and meadows when John Danforth set Out on his way to Rachel Whitney’s. As he rode along he met one and another who greeted him and to whom he re- turned greeting, but he heard neither his own words nor those that were said to him, for his heart was full of Rachel and the sweetness of her voice 30und- ed in his ears. He pictured her as :he often had seen her, moving about 1 the room through light and shadow or‘ sitting at her wheel with the strong red glow of the fire upon her, looking up rarely with some shy answer to his remarks. But this evening was not to be as other evenings. The young fel- low’s pulse quickened and his heart heat more quickly as he thought of the one between. To-night, Rachel would be waitingâ€"perchance she was expecting him no wâ€"and after to-mghtl l-Ie hastened his long stride; never had the way seemed so endless before. COALâ€"t bpfgg'fim'mhyf ~' ”'- ""M‘ hands zigzag. clasped, Emmm her eyes and they looked eléép. mi'd idark with the strenygth of her pleading. Presently the house appeared, a. heavy bLot against the golden sky. The firelight shining from two windows: looked almost like holes in the sunset As he strode up the lane the house cun off the yellow glow, and seemed to cas- a. chill shadow upon him. He shiver- ed and shrugged his shoulders at the hucy and rapped loudly on the door. I: opened immediately, and Rachel s ood before him. There was a. shy welcome in her serious blue eyes, and la. taint color flashed for a. moment over her quiet face, but her words were spoken with a. manner of simple friend. llness. SUITINGS.. “I was looking for you, John Dan- fortb',” she said. ,7 "And your father '2,” asked the young "man. -â€"CHEAP and â€"WELL MADE. The time to order is NOW. Satisfaction guaranteed. He scarcely knew that he asked the question; it. was an instinctive efi'ort to keep her soâ€"he could no bear to have her turn away. THURSDAY, NOV. 25th, 1897. A troubled look shadowed her eyes. She hesitated for a moment and then answered slowly, “He expects you. I have told him. I will call him.” $he crossednthe hagromsudg he crossed the long remand-the so deal! tuxnbd and mi‘liffl! W to mfiha stood stilLbr a. mome: befnre m:%; but ,~l_ ’ >.. 4 .V ‘ .. ’Gbe Watchman. RS, SASH, MOULDINGS and other finish. :h and Dressed LUMBER, Shingles, m, In all the newest and latest designs . . . ssâ€"Oflice, No. 77 ; Mill No. 78. ‘I “i MI BAKER, AGENT . BLAIR SONS; IN BARRELS. Nut an}. Blacksmith: Veterimry C91 ONT “Father was sorely angry,” she said. “He is over-wrought and not himself nowâ€"he cannot see things, clearly. Do not let him make thee angry, John, though he says bz-rd things and e’en seems to doubt. thee.” 9....vâ€"Dâ€" , “There be no reason, John, ’tis only that father ill likes the thought: of losing me. He desired meâ€"” she stopped and then went on with an effort, “be desired me to wed someone else. John, I never asked you aught before; promise me that you Will not be angry though he be angry. Promise me; John.” ‘ f1 I,__l $bv»... . The young man lifted his head proudly. “Doubt me Rachel? What mean you “.1” His voice rang indignanUy through the room. ' - ,.,'A ,7]_‘ The young man’s face was flushed and his mouth set in firm lines. Never before had he met anything like this. Then he looked down into the pleading face and his sternness melted away. The girl gave him a quick grateful glance and then left him. He could hear her voice on the still autumn air as she called her father, and it stirred him strangely. We looked down at his sleeve where her hand had tested. and he seemed to feel the light clinging touch. The whole room was full of her presence and his eyes grew as tender as a. women’s as he waited. ‘wvv w__ “I promise; Rachel, for thy sake,” he answered. There was a sound of hurried steps within, and then the door was pushed violently open and a man entered. His face was red and angry and his eyes glowed iv the firelight. John Danlorth looked at him in amazement. Many weeks had he met 'Reuheu Whitney on Sabbath and lecture days, and in discussion of township matters, and found him always grave and coldly courteous. Now the features were so changed that he scarcely recognized them. It was like entering a room whose order one had known well, and finding the familiar furniture all dis‘ turbed and thrown into confusion. Instinctively he drew himself up to meet the attack, but the older man spoke no hasty words; yet his voice, though quiet, was cold and edged with sarc. sm. “W'uat is this my daughter tells me, sir? A pretty talc forsooth ! Yet perchance, ’tis but a mald’s foolish fancy and you can set me right P” And John Danforth amwered, try- ing to be patient, “ ’Tis no foolish fancy, sir. you do wrong your daughter by the charge. I love her as you, perchauce, loved her mother years ago. I will do for be: all that man can do for the maid he loves.” The old man looked at him suspic- iously from undgrpjs hegwy lids. “ ’Tis easy talk,” he said, “and maids are aye ready to believe a young man’s light. words against. the wisdom of their elders. How know I that: you be not. some adventurer seeking my daughter’s portion?” ‘ I I 1‘] The young man’s hands clenched angrily and his eyes shone with stern indignation. His voice was husky from his efi’ort to restrain himself. “I am no adventurer, and that you well know. Came I not hither on busines for the plantations? I would not touch a shilling of your daughter’s portion, an’ I had my way she would not touch it herself. I have strong hands and willing heart, an’ that were not enough, I oculd start tc-morrow and by Thanksgiving day bring proof of my property and standing." I . 1 "Alsllzresvd .1001: came into the old man’s face. “So be it. then. I take your own word for’t. An’ you return with the proofs by Thanksgiving day you shall wed my daughter, but. if you tarry later, e’en though you come a: the govenor himself, ’twere of no avail.” U The young man looked at him a moment in silence, but when he spoke his voice was full of resolution, “I start to-morrow. I will be here Thanksgiving day. I ask but one favor, that I may acquaint: Rachel with the cause of my sudden de- The old man went to the door and called his daughter. Rachel came quickly and then paused in the door- way, casting a troubled glance 3: her lover. He crossed the room and stood looking down at her and the compelling power in his look held her, she could not turn her eyes away. parture.” “Rachel, ” he said, “your father says I be an adventurer. I have told him I am not, yet will he not; believe me till I bring him proofs. I start for the Plantations to-mbrrow. and I shall be here Thanksgiving day with proofs. Dost believe me, Rachel 2” She answered him with grave sweet;- nesa, almost solemmty . “I believe thee as I believe my own soul. I shall see Thanksgiving day, John Danfoztb.” On the merrew John Denial-:11 left the village, .He bail beey' very popular dud-awe! new his‘éxgy,.,m.ere, and ny‘gathenedto. bid..himr Godspeed; ,_ t. RaohekMitney wit n05 \meng ; em. fie"§hd acarce' erpécfiefii’itr indeed, he told:‘hi;n‘s¢1f. ’twmpedgmq, ' d yet he had'hoped {oh K(319'm.t3‘,'ta$g‘n.. ‘He terried as long as be. 000111 make excuse in the hope of seeing her. but at They stood a. moment so, looking into each other’s eyes. Then he turn- ed sharply aWay with no further word. The gold had faded from the sky and the shadows were close and chill about Him as he Walked dOWn.the road over which he had passed so ioyo/usly a few moments before. THE WATCHMAN‘ LINDSAY. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25TH. 1897 last he mountmd and rode slowly away. As he rode he looked about him at the farfiiliar farms and meadows. He thOught of the first timehe had seen them three months before. He thought of the first time he had seen Rachel and his face grew tender over the memory of it. Suddenly he looked up. The road was winding overa hill with a steep bank on one side. The bank was crowned with woods, but close to the edge were low thickets of sweet fern with here and therea giint of golden- rod. And there, knee-deep in the green things that seemed to sweep around her like a tide, stood Rachel Whitney. He stopped and looked up at her. almost afraid to speak lest she should van‘sh. Then he called her name soft- ly. She made no answer, but a tiny whlte blossom fell fron) her hands. He caught it and looked at it eagerly 3 it was a. spray of life everlasting. And though in that second she had vanished. and only the sweet green tide swept over the hilltop, he rode on happily for he had had his w0rd from Rachel Whitney. Ln Authority Tells How Much Is Needed by Persons In Vex-ions Occupetions. According to Professor Alien, we should drink from oneâ€"third to two-fifths as many ounces as we weigh pounds. Therefore for a. man weighing 168 pounds there would be required 56 to 64 ounces daily, or from 1% to 4 pints. This is a. very indefi- nite answer. The amount of water re- quired depends on the season of the year, the amount of work done and the kind of food eaten. In hot weather we require more than in cold, because of the greater loss through the skin, though this is in part made up by the lesser amount passed away through the kidneys. If a man 13- bors very hard, he requires more than if his labor is light. A man working in a foundry, where the temperature is high and the perspiration profuse, not ini‘reâ€" quently drinks three or four gallons daily. If the food is stimulating and salty, more water is required than if it is blind. Vegetarians and those who use much fruit require less water then those who eat salt fish and pork, and often get along on none except what is in their food. In most- cases our instincts tell us how much water to drink far better than any herd or fixed rule. For ages they have been acquiring a knowledge of how much to drink and transmitting that knowledge to descend- ants, and if we follow them we ehnll not go far out of the wey. A , ‘ 7__AL_L __â€".\ It is of more use to us to know that pure water is essential and that impure water is one of the most dangerous drinks than to know how much of it is required daily. If one lives in a region where the water is bad, it should be boiled and put sway in bottles well corked in an ice chest, and in addition one should eat all the fruit one can if fruit. agrees. Fruits contain not can if fruit agrees. Fruits oontam not only pure water, but salts which are needâ€" ed to carry on healthfplly the functions of life.â€"Jou}nal ot Hygiene. The number of pigs kept by the colliers and artisans of the north of England fluc- tuates with the price of coal and yarn. In good times every collier keeps a live ani- 12131 of some sort, and, though dogs, guinea pigs, cage birds and homing pigeons are attractive, his fancy animal is usually a pig. He admires this on Sunday after- noons, and groups of friends go round to smoke their pipes and compare pigs and bet on their ultimate weight. They have private pig shows, with subscription prizes. Each animal is judged in its own sty, and it is interesting to know that the evolu- tion of an almost perfect pig was due to the innate sagacity of the Yorkshire pit hand. The sties in which these animals live are very rough sfiairs, often mode of a few boards nailed over railway sleepers, but it is interesting to learn that when the auâ€" thor was acting as a peripatetio judge at the colliers’ show he found young pigs as blooming and healthy as possible, and that, small though the colliers’ back yard is, he always contrives that his pigsty shall be thoroughly ventilated and look toward the south. Architects of costly home farms often house the unhappy pigs under north walls and condemn them to rheu- matism, cold and sunlessness. Yorkshire produces not only the best pork, but has long been famous for the best cured home in the world.â€"â€"London Spectator. When ladies were their “topkno " ri- diculously high, it occurred to Rowland Hill to admonish them from the pulpit, and he did it by means of the words. “Topknot, come down," which he evolved fz'om Matthew xxiv, 17, “Let him which is on the house top not come down.” 0! course nothing but the exceeding quaint- ncss of the preacher could have excused such a. liberty with the sense and sound of the sacred text. It was almost as had as Swift’s uniquely brief discourse on the text, ”He that hath pit-y upon the poor lendeth to the Lord.” “My friends,” said the clean, as he closed the book, “if you approve of the security, down with the dust. ” As a. nutter of fact, it is usually only the quaint preachers who do venture on such liberties.â€"Chambers’ Journal. In the northern-parts at Chin'- there ,uO; many villages yhipla‘ do aln‘mst de- urge Eggs. It is a somewhat curious fact that the weight of eggs is materially larger in northern than in southern climates. Canadian eggs, for instance, are heavier than those shipped from the United States. and eggs in the northern states of this pantry are heavier than those from the south. )- vâ€"â€" wilted if: wâ€"‘Lâ€"Iâ€"zgr, the inhabitants: going :30 th. where they live by begging. They form regular guilds and literally compel shopkeepers to help them by tuxeateuing w uzzwr‘ a 1m in {mix 1' their ~‘f0res, whim. x-EJuene tug-rem...» 3mm v.1». Valet (to omoor’a fianceeyâ€"My lien- tenant has sent me to bring you this bouquet of forest flowers, plucked by his own 11de _ ”F fiancee-+011; how pogtic! And how 103 it must have taken to'gathercheml Wal‘etâ€"Jndeed, miss, it took ‘xne-ne‘lr- ly three hours. â€"Fliegendo Elam. 6..le WATER FOR CTN E. Concluded mt week. 1110 Print. P18- Some Queer Toxu. A Theatrical Stenographer Put 11, on tho Same Plane as a. Play. Dog stories are plentiful, as are also fish stories, but here is a genuinely true one, vouched for by Manager Will J. Davis and Myron B. Rice, which 'alone should be suf- ficient evidence of its truthfulness. Mr. Davis is a fancier of dogs, and he is con- tinueily bothered by his friends for young Specimens. In the summer Mr. Davis had a kennel of bulldogs which were unusual- ly fine. He had remembered Mr. Rice v15- iting his farm in the Henry Irving engngo' ment, where he much admired all of Mr, Davis’ canine family. He thought Mr. Rice would be 'pleased to possess one of these fine bulldogs, so he forwarded one to New York city. Mr. Rice while in New York lives in an apartment, and as apartments in New York are similar to those in Chicago the janitor protested against Mr. Rice having a dog in his rooms. He did not know what to do with the pup, having no place to keep him, and yet not wishing to give it to any one else. He therefore thought it would be best to return it to Mr. Davis. He took the dog to the oflice and therehad it packed for shipment. In the meantime he had requested his stenographerto write a. polite letter to Mr. Davis, telling him the facts and expressing thanks and re- grets. Now, in Mr. Rice’s New York ofiioe they are in the habit of receiving numer- ous manuscripts of plays. “Will you dictate'thi's letter?” asked the stenographer. “No. Go ahead and write it yourself. I am busy just; now. With all the experience you have had you certainly should have tact enough to decline a bulldog without giving offense.” A few days later Mr. Davis received the following polite letter of explanation and thanks from his friend. Myron B. Rice. At first he could not comprehend its meaning. He, however, kept it and expects to have considerable amusement out of it at the expense of Mr. Rice: DEAR SIR-We regret that we are compelled to decline the bulldog you so kindly submitted to us. We have carefully examined it and ere sincerely sorry that it does not seem wholly available for our use. Of course you are aware that many consid- eration besides quality must govern the ac- ceptance of bulldogs. and the rejection of any particular bulldog does not necessarily imply that it is lacking in merit. This and I. hundred other reasons may cause the rejection of any ofl'erod bulldog without reference to its intrinsic worth. The simple fact of refusal. therefore. does not carry with it my adverse judgment as to the excellence of the bulldog. but it is merely a statement that it cannot be used at the present tme. We thank you for your courtesy in submitting same und remain. very truly yours. â€"Chicago Tribune. There is a wonderful sympathy between the stomach and all other parts of the body, but that between the stomach and the brain is so active and perfect that the most skilled physician is often greatly puzzled in trying to decide when one is ill whether the brain or stomach is really to blame. Nothing is more common, for ex- ample, than to meet a. long standing case of dyspepsia in which the prominent and almost the only symptom is a dull and fretting headache. While persons have suffered for many years from what they believed to be a gmre organic disease of the stomach and Were themselves fully convinced that cancer at least was the cause of their sufl’erlng, it turned out that when a postmortem exunlnation was made that a healthier stomach than the average was found, but there were evidences of long standing and serious disease of the brain. In fact, sick headache is the result of eating too much and exercising too lit- tle. In the majority of cases its cause lies in the fact that the food last taken is so rich in quality or so excessive in quantity that the stomach cannot digest it. A simple diet on grains and ripe fruit, with sufficient exercise in the open air to keep up a gentle perspiration, would speedily~ eflect a cure. With some persons this headache comes on at regular inter- vals and is the stomach’s signal of dis- tress at having been imposed upon. To take two teaspoonfuls of powdered char- coal in a glue full of water will some- times give relief , oratablespoonful of lem- on juice 15 minutes before each meal and the some at bedtimeâ€"New York Ledger. a little healthy skepticism until some definite evidence is forthcoming of this new danger. It is not so very long since some enthusiasts on the county council got up a crusade against street posters on moral grounds, and the result was hardly \encouraging. In spite of moralists and usthetes there is probably more good than evil on the street boardingâ€"London An eminent scientist has been telling the sanitary congress that sensational the- atrical posters are highly detrimental to the moral health of the community. It seems that they induce imitative actions. The argument appears to be that a man sees on the wall a pictorial representation of a murder scene in a thrilling melodrama and rushes home to cut his wife’s throat or throw her out of the window. On the same principle, I suppose, when he sees a picture of an ox in a teacup, he will hasten to the nearest public house and endeavor to discover a man in a quart pot. We shall be told next that the pictures of fat babies which advertise various infants’ foods are responsible for the alarming increase of the population, and I know not what beâ€" sides. lt may be so, but I would suggest Cure Peoplo Don’t Want. “1 see it has been decided that love 1! a liseusc. ” “Then there must be a. cure.” ” Unqucstionably. But it isn’t known and probably never will be.” “Why not?” , - - A1,,4 “ There’s no incentive for any investiga- tion in that line. You couldn't sell a pint of it in ten years. PeOple don't want it. Instead of trying to find 3 euro they are lying awake nights trying to catch the disease. 11 you should gets a roomful of the; germs, most of the population would fighting to see who could get in first.” . hiosxo Post. neisslike manner has been proved by Miss Anna '1‘. Hayes of Louisville. She is,now taking personal supervisionof he; father’s. farm of 200 mes. She is de oting time and money to the devel- dppzent of a special‘ breeder piano: ch specially cured hams of which there int; growing demand in the state. The pi‘gs are ,fattened on sterilized milk. may] and apples and are brought up to a jmifomx weight. The hams are cured mm mm: farm. The young woman is 11ml:- im: a complete success of he: venture. DECLINING A BULLDOG. spite of being college bred the abil- > earn a. living in the most {mai- The Perils of Posters. She Super-mu I. mm. The Stomach. Minion: B. Bxcr. Per F. J. AN“ OLD SHOE Next to Porter’s BookstOre. Vimâ€"“Ti PLANING MIL FRAMES . . SASH . . . .. DOORS . . . CALL AND INPSEC’I‘ WORK A3: D GET PRICE. J- P. KYLIE ' â€"Substantial material. well made, largest assortment in Victoria county, â€"Blankets by the hundreds. -â€"Yarn by the ton. â€"Tweeds, Fulled Cloth, and Flannely, well adapted to protect the wearer against zero weather. -â€"Underwear made to order, any size, color or weight, all-wool 85c each to $1.25. according to weight. manufactured from pure Southdown me â€"Hosiery, Mitts, socks, Horse Covers. and full stock of Dry Goods. â€"Buy direct from the manufacturers. Lindsay Woollen Mills. Blankets at First Cost. is, as usual, tag. 5652‘ 0a 2716 market Try a pound and be convinced. A. CAMPBELL, They have never been known to fail SISSON 00., E9”: zwx§$wmQUE ~32» @XNQU .xmkmwcmxm lMHOrmulll OUR 25° TEA Is easy. A new shoe would be easy if it fitted }" foot. The most progressive shoemakers use lots“: such shapes that every normal foot can be easily fitted from the shoes made on them. We buy on? of such makers. Try us for your next pair. Sr: our new stock of Felt Shoes, Overshoes and Rubbers. HORN BROS” William-st, North. The Model Shoe 51‘ FAMILY GROCER ofthe 689. vhole as for Re