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The annual meeting of Knox church was held last week. Every depart- ment of the church work shows signs of health and vigor. Five new members Were added to the roll, and the financial report shows that after all expenses are paid that a balance of $20.20 still remains. The basket social at Jas. Thorn- dike's in aid of the public library was a success. A pleaSant time was spent in amusements, dancing, etc. The sum of $31.00 was realized. Family gatherings are still the orâ€" dot of the day. A very pleasant gathering of friends and relatives as»t sembled at the home of Mr. Fred Brass on Wednesday evening last. Miss Irwin of Manitoba is visiting her uncle Mr. Joseph Coad. Mr. G. B. Rennie looks an inch taller since his appointment to the office of tOWnship treasurer. Con- g-atulationa __._.$_â€"â€"â€" AMONG THE CHURCHES â€"At the Baptist church on Sunday morning Rev. G. R. Welch, B.A., the pastor, preached on Paul's announce- ment before King Agrippa: “I was not disobedient to the heavenly vis- ion" Acts 26: 19. The preachers central idea was that men who ac- complished great things were men who had visions from above and fol- lowed them. All great ideas and ideals came from above. Philoso- phers, scientists and statesmen of reâ€" nown wrought after the pattern of mvelatiom from beyond this world. Obedience to these things was the key to success. In passing, Mr. Welcli compared Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain as opportunist and statesman. The former was plan- ning to hold office; the latter had given up office and staked his all on following his high conception of his duty. â€"’1‘he afternoon and evening meet- ings held in the Cambridgeâ€"st. Meâ€" thodist church by Rev. G. W. Hen- derson were very successful and are being continued this week. The Special subject is Sin. On Sunday night Mr. Henderson preached on the words of Pilate: “What thcn‘sball I do with Jesus which is called Christ ‘2‘" The first half of the ser- mon dealt with the divinity of Christ, but afterward Mr. Henderâ€" son cume to the subject of his text and declared that every man was, either rejecting or honoring Christ. ( “Many of his profeSSCd fol.owcrs”,. said the prom-her, are denying Christ by their lives. The man who gousl into a hotel settles upon rejoctiugé ("hrist bcforo he enters the door.= There is a great deal of meannessi and dishonesty among Christians. l You can buy a load of wood or :1? barrel of apples from some Christian" farmers and no odds what they tell! you about them. you don’t know: what you have till you get to the: bottom of it. There are Christianl merchunts, and if you don't watch; them, will us‘c a 34â€"inch yard mea-i sure uud a Iii-ounce pound weight.” Thi- choir song as anthems a couple of simple evangelistic hymns whichl a good deal better suited to the occasion and their ability than most of the more pretentious com- positions that tlicy alt-ask and mal- Miss Bowos took the solo in J W' 9 re trout. f'l'omc, Sinner Come.‘ -â€". _____.__+_._._.â€"-â€" Twice Told Tales "Nurse McGrath. aged about 28, died in Brandon Hospital on Friday apparently from the effects of self- administered poiSon. She arrived in l‘lrandou from England a few weeks ago. and had just finished nursing her first case. ’l‘hc,other night she I‘oc'civcd news from Eng- land that her brother had gone blind and lwr sister was insane. This is supposl-d to have affected her mind, with the above deplorable re- is not thought that she An in- sult. it has any relatives in Canada. qua-st will probably be held. J. W. Lowthcr. M.P.. speaking at Carlislc. said the farmers of Norfolk and Suffolk, whore most of the corn in England is grown, scouth the lJUil of laying down a single acre more becausc of a duty of two shill- ings on foreign corn. They had said nothing under seven shillings and Sixpence or ten shillings would __.._â€"â€".â€"v 3 We know what all good doc- if, tors think of Aycr’s Cherry . Pcctoral. Ask your own doc- i tor and find outtflcwilltell ' Cherry ‘ Pectoral ‘ you how it quicts the tickling throat, heals the inflamed : lungs, and?controls the hardest of coughs. ’ If“ Chmmumm ‘ , ”my, Womltktbobootnoflcln': ‘ httowoxldfor ' .Potalmc'al. ‘ Ktm , again.“ ,1 0.1162300. All Hui-- - Lowell Mus. j Hard \â€" compete with colonial corn instead, " ‘ .173 .11 «1*! with Austrian beef, with‘New Zoo: if land mutton, and mutton, instead of as now with Argentine and American. Suppose they did shut out Canadian corn and meat, how were the agriculturists ’of England to benefit. â€"About 30 persons were drowned and three hotels and 176 houses de- stroyed as the result of the bursting: of a reservoir at Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Sunday. Hundreds of persons have been rendered home- less and destitute by the disaster. For some time past letters addres- sed to difi'ercnt parties in St. Cath- erines have failed to reach their desp- tinat'ion. Suspicion pointed to a young clerk in the post ofl‘ice named Thomas Blake. A decoy letter sent to St. Catherines was soon missing, and young Blake was accused and searched, the letter being found upon him. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but the young man had dis- appeared, and up to the present the police have been unable to find him. The residence of Mr. Wm. Spurbeck of Dunnville was burned on Monday morning. Mr. Spurbeck perished in the flames, and his wife was badly burned. Lhey were the only occu- pants of the house, which was on the outskirts of the town, and the fire was only discovered when the bed on which they slept was partly burned. Mr. Spurbeck helped his wife out of the upstairs window, but was over- come himself by the smoke, and as- sistance arrived too late. The cause of the fire is unknown. ‘ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"+â€"â€"â€" La xton, Digby atd Longford Counci Council met on the 11th January, signed their declaration of office and took their seats. MOTIONS CARRIED Campb’ellâ€"Daveyâ€"That John Bai- ley and Richard Southern be appoint ed auditors lor the account of 1903. Allelyâ€"Armstrongâ€"That Wm. Halâ€" leday be appointed assessor at $30. Daveyâ€"Allelyâ€"That the collector ge tcrcdit on his roll 101' $2.00 for work done on e 1, lot 13, con 6, and T. Hf Allely .get credit ,for his road work being done since. Henry Davey was appointed Health‘ Officer in place of Ro‘bt. Staples who retirees, and 0. Martin in place of G. W. H. Allely get credit for his road Health Ofl‘icer. The reeve was authorized to apâ€" point on for McFadden Road reâ€"apâ€" propriators of land. Allelyâ€"Armstrongâ€"That the clerk be instructed to subscribe for 6 copies of the Municipal Worlvd‘and one copy for the clerk ol Compilatiod of Municipol Assessment Acts com. piled up to date. Campbellâ€"Daveyâ€"That the trcas- urer be hereby instructed to order division court clerk to levy and col- lcct 0n municipality’s execution against John Russell. .~\ll-elyâ€"â€"Armstrongrâ€"That this coun-y cil do now adjourn to meet again at the town hall, Head Lake, on Feb. 15th. at 10 o’clock a.m. ED. BUTTERWORTH, clerk. _____.+__â€"â€"_ Bexley Council Proceedings lcxlcy council met at the townships hall in Victoria Road, on Jan. 11th, 190-1. All the members were pre- sent. , Correspondence was read from the Hospital for Sick Children, the Mu- nicipal World, and from Dr. J. Grant, making application for the ‘omce of Medical Health Health orâ€" floor. It was moved by Mr. Lytle and seconded by Mr. BenSOn that Dr.. Grant be appointed Medical Health Officer at $10 per year, the first vi. sit to be free. The clerk was instructed to notify the assessor to have the) Oddfellow’s Hall at Coboconk put on the assess- sment rolll The clerk was instructed to order one copy of the Municipal World. MOTIONS CARRIED Bensonâ€"Lytleâ€"That the auditors be '1‘. C. Birchard and J as. Balck at St each. Peelâ€"Lytlcâ€"That William Benson be a member of the Board of Health for three years. Lytleâ€"Fieldingâ€"That Arthur Peel be treasurer at $50. Fieldingâ€"Lytleâ€"That the pound- keepers be John Armour, W. G. Peel, Dan Smith and Martin Long. Peelâ€"Bensonâ€"That the time for collecting the taxes be extended to fy the Raven Lake Cemnt Company the lst of February. Pcelâ€"Bensonâ€"That the clerk noti- to fill up the excavation they have made in the road at Ballam's pit, and that they must be responsible until the road is made safe and pay for the fiand taken at 10 cents a load. . . Fieldingâ€"Bensonâ€"That Mr. Lytle have a peotecti‘qm rail put up at the township drain. The council adjourned to meet at Victoria. Road on March 15th. ALFRED TAYLOR, Clerk. _________+___.___. Bl- Standard of Measurement. “I thought you claimed- thla was a good restauran ” he grumbled as they passed from the room of the N8 dry goods store. “Well, isn’t it?” ,“Bahl I knowof a place over on Madison street where you can get three times as much as we've had for a W teron‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ lot a lit Anon-outing: . “Meanestfolhleveroowlnthog city," growled the man from the W7 back district “Why. when Mimi fellergoln’rlghtyourwwithm_0‘ themblgcanhowon’tgfvomtflft withoutcharzln’youanlchlfctLE-é with Canadian beef; EAT WHILE THEY MOVE. “of Tells of a Peculhrlty of Pa- tron- of Dining Cars. The chef on one of the Pennsylvania dining cars was partlcularly talkative the other day. The train was waiting for its Philadelphia passengers. and every table in the diner was occupied. The second call of Baltimore passen- gers were standing around the aisles waiting for vacant places. There was no little amount. of dissension among those whose appetites had not yet been appeased. The diners seemed to be eat- ing In a most leisurely fashion, with no apparent concern for those. who were less fortunate. “It's always the way,” said the dark complexioned cook, glancing through the car. “When the train is running along those people will eat about twice as fast as they do ordinarily. But when she comes to a stop they start to talk and hardly touch a bite. It's the motion of the moving train that does It. Now, you just watch them and so. if I’m not right.” Just then the train pulled out. and tho observer saw a sight which firmly convinced him that his informant had spoken truthfully. Plates, knivel and fork! began to rattle lndustrlouoly. Ev- ery ’one began to eat as if his life do- poudod upon the next mouthful. “Didn't I tell you so!” called out the grinning philosopher. LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS. A subject About Which We Know Absolutely Nothing. Upon the question whether llfo bear- ing plants can exist in other solar systems than our own the answer of science is clear and distinct It is pre- cisely tho same which Professor New- comb gave concerning the possible in habitants of Mars, “The reader know. Just as much of the subject as I do, and that 13 nothing at all.” Within our solar system we can indeed form some crude estimate of probabilities; beyond it, nothing. All the amazing progress of modern science, all the rev- elations made by the spectroscope or by photography, all the advance in bi- ology, have not brought us one step nearer an answer to me"question, “Is this the only inhabited world?” 'W‘a stand essentially where Whewell and Brewster did in the middle of the nine- teenth century, or we might indeed say where Galilel and Capoano were 800 years ago. We can indeed spin out the discussion at greater length than our predecessors and can introduce a far larger number of more or less irrele- vant facts, but of serious argument, either for or against, we are entirely destitute. -â€" Professor Maunder in Knowledge. A SEA GIRT TOMB. Francois Rene Wan Buried on a Rock In the Atlantic. Francois Rene, vlcomte de Chateau- briand, some twenty years before his death, writing to the mayor of St. Ma- lo, his native town, made the request that the town would grant him on the west point of the rock of Grand bay 9. space sufiiclent for his burial. To this island rock, accessible only at low tide, the body of the great French litters- teur was brought at his death. A granite cross marks the spot. At high tide the rock becomes an island, and the waves of the Atlantic beat against this lonely grave. The fiftieth anniversary of the funeral was cele- brated by a pilgrimage to the Grand bay, each person being requested to take some floral tribute. ‘ After solemn mass in the cathedral a procession, headed by the mayor and two members of the French academy, crossed the sands and mounted the rocky slopes, and with the sound of music and the firing of salutes the fio- ral homage was made. Poems com- posed forthe occasion were recited, an oration was pronounced by M. le Vl- comte de Vogue, and at night the Grand bay displayed green funeral lights. Mourning In Korea. Koreans wear full mourning for their fathers. The dress is of hemp cloth, with a hempen girdle. A face shield is used to show that the wearer is a sin- ner and must not speak to any one un- less addressed The costume is re- tained for three‘years, the shield for three months. This is worn for a fa- ther only. Secondary mourning is worn for a mother and no mourning at all for a wife. The hat is of wicker. Dun: in: the China-Japanese wanthe United States minister ordered every Amerl. concltlzentohavelnreadlneuadrefl Ofthlllort fordjsgulaemmorm-u‘ LIN DSAY’S GREATEST SHOE HOUSE An 0. Fashioned Winter nos! so new mo, snow 6 an no . Yet you need not go shivering ab out and suffering from coldifeet. Come right to this shoe store and get fixed up. Here you will find heaps of Warm Footww for Men, Women and Boys. _ We have overshoes, one, two and three buckles, high warm Felt Gaiters at 7 5c and 99¢ per pair to wear under them. Havy Pax; Intrigans and Leggins. La Grippe is around again and one sure way of catching it is to have cold feet. One visit from a doctor will cost you more th in a pair of warm shoes. The N. HOCKIN SHOE STORE Sole local Agents for the “Dorothy Dodo” Shoe, The Invlclu, by Geo. A. Slater, The Pomona THE GOOSE TOWER. Wheref- Klu Valle-u Clap,“ the W Delegates. In the early years of the fourteenth century the “free cities" -â€"Hambur:, Lubeck and Bremenâ€"sent a delegation of seventy-Iona member- to King Valdemar to demand increased rights and privileges in their trade with Den- mark. The delegates were not very re- spectful in their language and demean- or, and the king, who was at Vordlng- borg, told them they acted like a drove of geese and clapped tho- lnto prison in the tower, telling them they would stay there until they learned better manners. Over tho heavy tower door the king put up a stone with tho 1n- Icrlpfion: Bleben und olebontog Hausa: Sleben und olobenteg Ganoo; Ware nlcht IO vlelo Hausa Hat ich auch nlcht I0 viola Gan-o. Translated this reads: “Seventy-cent: houses and seventy-seven geese. If there were not so many houses I would not have so many geese.” On top of the tower. which still stands solid and strong, was placed a big gilt goose, with neck outstretched as if it were hissing. Willing to Be none-t. Phil May, the great English artist, earned his first fame in Australia. One day a broken down minister applied to him for charity, and May engaged him, as a model. As a joke he also demand-i ed that his elghty-year-old pensioner agree to leave him his skeleton when he died. When May left Australia he called his model in. “You’ve played me a dirty trick,” said May, “by swin- dling me out of that skeleton. I could have bought one in sound order and condition for half the money you've cost me.” The old fellow, conscious of his base lngratitude to his best and most patient friend, answered: "Don’t be angry with me, Mr. May. It’s not my fault. I meant to keep my word. Stay in Sydney a few months longer and give me another chance to show you that I am a man of honor." I I 1 England'- mm m Thou-avellnzonthefintrollroodln England was not very comfortable un- ; doubtedly. The coaches were at first ' only coupled with . are now, no that they Jerked the no ; fortunate passenger- neorly on their ! seats at starting and clashed violently l lfthespeedwuanybutthoolowest. thevery'short wheel lmocpmllucetlui pitchingacuonaotryinzthttffthe' journeybadnotbeenooha'tonelt wouldhaveoa'louslyaffectd‘ them. olerlbofthenflwayuamof maulfice.-But,ifwo do THE CLOSED noon. _- o Three Book. That Ihould NY. I.- of Out Study Tl... Here, you who are hunting happi- ness, a minute, please. Do the duty; peace will come. When a man strives to rise from the rut and clamber from the crowd, obstacles that are new will be sure to meet him, and the world will hold him by the coat tail and try toget his neck beneath their feet. Yet, meet trials calmly. and do not seek unduly to avoid them, or turn aside from dlficulty. Hills are steeper in the distance, and bridges are never crossed till reach- 011. Do the duty, and peace will come. There is a happiness not found in society, no matter how splendid that lociety may be. It is as indefinablo as the soul; indeed, it is a happiness of soul, and not of sense, and it is the keenest in the hours when we are much alone. True, there is a happi- ness in mingling with our fellows. But this is the peace that comes from being in touch with the infi- nite; a joy of receiving the precepts from the Masterâ€"mind. It is the peace behind the closed door. Then, too, there is a happiness not found in the theatre, a pleasure not possible in listening to the greatest creations of the human Den. On Satâ€" urday, men, women and children bv the thousands swarmed Toronto’s play houses. They were tired from a . week’s toil, and wanted a rest. They paid cash for their pleasure, and probably had a good time, a plea- sant two or three hours. But the pleasure, the peace and happiness, I allude to, is far difi'orcnt to this, and costs much. Money may not buy it. This happiness is secured by the con- quest of self. In each of our lives there is the touch of drama. Have we a Jerusalem in view? When the final curtain lowers upon us and we have completed our brief act, can we say, “It is finished?" Or, will there be a wreck handed to the undertaker that will soon be forgotten? Then there is happiness that does not come through travel. It is . happiness of the room with the door closed, the blind drawn, and the mind reflective. Too often the traveler secs but wood, stone, towns, cities. lakes, hills, mountains, a jumbled mass. He sees but does not know them. He observes them as they ap- pear to be, and not as they are. But this closed door teaches us realities and not appearances. It aids the knowcr and brings near the Known. Tho teachings of the closed door 00- en the eye to the world’s best things. It brings peaCe, the peace indescrib- able. There is also the delight that comes from books, and in them we seâ€" cure much food for thought. There are the books that breathe out inâ€" spiration in every chapter, books that point to sowing and reaping. books of passion and love. books of history, of biography, books on ev- orythfng. It is well to read. Howev- er, the three greatest books are the most neglected. They are not on tho : library shelves, and their names and numbers are not on the catalogues. There is this book of self, “Know Thyself." Most of us are closed books even to ourselves. I look in the glam, but I do not see myself. I look at my hands, that is not my- self. What a perfect mechanism, too. this eye, this ear, the tongue, what well oiled joints, what a mysterious makeâ€"up of flesh and blood anyhow! If the tenement be so wonderful, how mighty the dweller! But the closed door will open the volume of self and perhaps we, can read a chapter. Then there is the great book of ransack the earth for diamonds and precious stones; for gold, silver, and copper. We destroy forests and mea- sure them for money; we harness rivers; but there is more in Nature than this There is the flight of the bird and its migration. There is the snowdrop that, wavering, drifts from the clouds and falls a tiny star upon your coat. Then there is that other book. that is read in 370 dialects and Ian- guages. . and was 1,500 years in com- pletion. How many have ever read it though? - It costs to know. It takes palm. It our duty peace, will come. Rubbcxs, wool limd ; $150 “Io-IL]: Shoe, The “ll-gar" rho: by .l. a f. Bill. ThocatilcalledkatlnDanlahuld Dutch, katt in Swedish. chat in French, kattl or katze in German, catus in Latin, gatto in Italian, gato in Portuguese and Spanish, kot in Polish, kots in Russian, cath in Welsh, kath in Cornish, Catua in Basque and gaz or katz in Armeni- “0 . _ “3' TH RASHING SERVANTS Domestic 1.11. In England In fl. Time of Henry VIII. In that remarkably minute chronicle of domestic life in England in the time of Henry VIII., Tusser’s “Five Hun- dred Points of Good Husbandry,” tho learned and pious author seem. to take In for granted that the only way of dealing with maidservants ll to thrush them unmerclfully. He tells us in his inimitable doggerel that “a mold must be forced to be cleanly" or she is to be “made to cry creak." Mistresses aro advised “to go about with a holly wand in their hand, although they may, . not always have occasion to use it, and i to pay home when they fight”â€"that ll ; to say, thrashâ€"“but not to be always chldlng.” As regards the laundry. the domestic serfs are “warned to take I heed when they wash or run in the lash ; and to wash well, wring well and beat 9 well, so that if any lack beating it will i be themselves." 1 As for the unhappy Cicely, the dairy- } maid, she is to cry “creak"â€"that is to lsay, to be thrashedâ€"if her cheese 18 I “haven” or puffed up. and if the cheese be tough Cicely is to have “a crash." If the cheese be spotted Cicely is to be amended by the baycs. and if it be too full of whey the wretched dalrymaid is to have “a dressing.” Finally, if any maggots are found in the cheese, “mistress is to be at Cicely by and by." The open air career of the seventeen I year locust is soon completed, though :ln its dormant and earlier form it is 5 said to live underground for seventeen 2 years, feeding on roots. j The larva: drop from eggs laid in the ; twigs of trees and quickly burrow out ?of sight, each one forming for itself i a subterranean chamber, where it re- imains buried and alone month after ; month for fully seventeen years. prec paring in some mysterious manner for i its brief enjoyment of freedom. i With perfect regularity at the end 3 of the allotted period myriads of these i insects attain maturity and emerge ifrom their long imprisonment, when ffor a month or so the winged male Jslngs his striking song of courtship, ,while the female busles herself with ‘ laying eggs. There is a continuous record for about two centuries of the recurrence , of the cicada at these seventeen year ' intervals. The first note on the subject T was made in 1715. 1 ‘ The Seventeen Year Locust. A Small Beginning. Long before the Revolution 11 young ' printer in Philadelphia, when he had i taken of! his working apron at night, used to sit poring over his dozen of old volumes by fireligbt. He soon knew them by heart and hungered for more. ; But books were costly, and he had but . llttlo money. [ He had eight or ten cronies, young ‘ men who, like himself, were eager for knowledge. Ranging his books on a ? shelf, he invited his friends to do the ; same, that each of them might have ' the benefit of them all. Ben Franklin thus laid the founda- ’ lion of the first circulating library in chm at wagons 1 nature that is spread before us. ' We this country. ‘ Why Kitty ll “Puss.” A great many years ago the people of I Egypt'who had many idols, worshiped l the cat among others. They thought she was like the moon. because she was more active at night and because her eyes changed like the moon. So they made an ldol with a cat’s bead and named it Pasht The same name they gave to the moon, for the word means “tho face of the moon." The word has been changed to “Pan" and “Pus” and hummeatluttobem” thenamo