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GBODWIN, When you find your kid- % neys out of order, when your back aches and pains and gives you Gm.- less misery, when you have to rise often in the I night and endure torture ° during the dayâ€"take a friend’s advice Get a box of DUAN’S KIDNEY PILLS. ' Mr. T. Sarchet, merchant tailor, Brock- ville, Ont., says they cured him of a severe attack of backache and kidncxtroix‘ble. 'Ont., of dropsy. Mrs. W'm. McNeill, 93 St. James St., St. John, N.B., says they cured her ’of dis- tressing backache, from which she suffered for over six months. I There are lots of people in your town, who have been cured by this remedy: "IMHO HARRISON The CanadaPaint C0. Froni need}; every city and town in the Dominion we get statements similar to the above. People who have used them are .always glad to say a. good word for Doan's Kidney Pills. The Highest Quality and Latest Artistic Shades We guarantee these Pamts to be made fxom Genuine Colors of great coveringp ower. They are 'the best preservatives for Wood an 1 iron and sxone, dry quickly with a. hard glcssy suniaCc, wo k freely under the bush ani can be applied y anyone. The Canada Paint Co. Brand READY M|XE|J PAINTS Milk Pasns. Cream Cans, Sprinkling Cans. Milk Cans, 20 to 40 gal. Within a. few days the following pupils of the â€"8-3m. MONTREAL Fm ml: by McLennan 8: 00., Lindsay. Kent Street. Lindsay BUSINESS COLLEGE Montreal THEY DO NOT SUFFER ANY LOSS OF VALUE BY ABRASION. No Matter How Smooth They Be, 50 Long as They Show They Are Genu- ine and the Denomination Can Be Ascertained They Are Legal Ten- der. WORN SILVER COINS. As everybody is frequently of “slick” or smooth dimes o mutilated and battered nickels, As everybody is frequently possessed of “slick” or smooth dimes or pluggei mutilated and battered nickels, and either of these coins might be the last in his possession, awkward results might fol- low; so it is wise to learn it the common carriers have any legal right to refuse such coins. Most people have had them refused at one time or another and have never questioned the right of the person to whom they were tendered to reject them. ' 1-4. ‘A un_ Luna-AA. But no one has any legal right to re- ject such coins. The law or the land strictly defines what coins are to be re- jected and the reasons for their rejection, and the nickel and dime are not included. This is the law on the matter reduced to ordinary language: So long as the coin-â€" whether it is a dime, a quarter, half dol- lar, dollar or a nickel or centâ€"is distin- guishable as a genuine United States coin and its denomination can be ascer- tained, the fact of its being slick or worn smooth doesn’t count; it is good. lawful money, is a legal tender, and no good citizen Who respects-the law should re- ‘ fuse it. , 3 _.-..nw Luau. Ju- Are “slick” silver coins good money and legal tender? Yes. Is the objection that they are worn smooth 8. legal objec- tion to accepting them? No. Do shop- keepers who refuse them offend the law? Yes, for ignorance of the law is no ex- cuse is a well known legal maxim. ‘ The idea of these shopkeepers that the dime or quarter worn smooth is no good is just contrary to the decision of tour courtsâ€"the jury court, the supreme court and the court of errors and appeals of the state of New Jersey and later the supreme court of the United States. A conductor on a street railway in Jer- sey City one fine day. when walking was good, refused a silver dime tendered him by a passenger because it was smooth. The passenger declined to produce any other money at the request of the con- ductor, who thereupon ejected him from ‘the car. The man brought a suit for damages, and it cost the railway com- | pany $5,000 to learn that one cannot re- fuse the lawful money of the United States and treat it with contempt because it isn’t as young and fresh as it used to be. The railway company took the case up to the United States supreme court, and in every court it was beaten. This is a fact which is also good law, and it may well be borne in mind by ,LL__ A“ uuu a. â€"._ those who are subjected to the petty an- noyances of people who from overcau- tion reject perfectly good money. There is no limitation put on the time when 1 silver coin ceases to be coinâ€"that is. loses its legal tender character. The statutes place an express limitation on the legal tender character of gold coinâ€"- loss of weight by abrasion afiects thoseâ€"â€" but that limitation does not extend to sil- ver coin, and the provision of the statutes is that silver coin shall be lawtul tender so long as it remains lawful money of the country. The opinion published by Chief Jus- tice Fuller of the supreme court in the “slick” dime case: “This particularity in the limitation and allowance as to gold coins in not found in the case of natural abrasion in silver coins. This differ me is very noticeable and important in a question of statutory and legislative in- tention. It seems by these statutes that so long as a genuine silver coin is worn only by natural abrasion. is not appreci- ably (liminis'w‘, in weight and retains the appc'~-x;::\e of a coin duly issued frcr‘ 2;; mint it is a legal tender for its at 1ginal value." (I. ”2.11;“: Vunuv- Now. 9.9 nvnwlwly knows. a silver coin can s" ~'..:uugh a friclztful amount of 1“'Ii'. usage, even to lu-iug run over by the wheels of a heavy fl'Pl"l‘.T train. and still unmistakably prom-"r iiie appearance of a coin which was iasued from the mint. So this opinion is farreaching. This de- ~_- LL- unmistakably pl'c.~‘v'-= me appealiuuur u; a coin which was issued from the mint. So this opinion is farreaching. This de- cisiun was. as has been said, on the sf‘tooth dime case, but it applies to all silver coins and to smooth nickels and cents. So long as the coin is distinguish- able as a genuine United States coin and it denomination can be ascertained, the fact that it has been worn smooth by passing from hand to hand or by any accident does not take from its purchas- ing power. Every good citizen who re- spects the law will accept it. But suppose a conductor hands back a plugged nickel or even a nickel with a hole in it, saying, “You can’t ride on that.” What would you do? Ten chances 7 __-‘L LAAtAL' n â€".._ to one you would accept his ignorant dictum and hunt for another coin or give him a bill to change. But the truth is that he would be exceeding his rights. There is not a word in the law about mutilated coinage which includes nickels or cents. The lawr expressly forbids the lightening or mutilating of gold and sil- ver coins, but does not mention any other coins. The section of the United States revised statutes which covers this point says: "Every person who fraudulently, by any way. art or means, defaces. mu- dlates, impairs. diminishes. talsifles scales or lightens the gold or silver coins which have been made or hereafter shall be made at themints of the United States. shall be imprisoned not more than \tWU years and fined not more than 0â€".va. Not a word about pennies or nickels. so the individual who gets by mistake a handful of plugged or battered nickels and pennies in his pocket need feel no pricklings of conscience when he in turn tries to pass them. They are lawful ten- der and, more than that, the shopkeeper who exposes wares for sale is compelled “by law to accept them. If he is captions about it, he can quickly be brought to reason by quoting law on the subject.â€" New York News. ' Ruhy Superstitions. With the Hindoos of today the ruby ls esteemed as a talisman which is never shown willingly to friends and is consid- ered ominous of the worst possible for- tune if it should happen to contain black Spots. The ancients accredited it with the power of restraining passion and re- guardcd it as a safeguard against light- ning. Wide Awake. Puddleâ€"You know Stocks, don’t you? Doctorâ€"Yes. indeed. He is now a pa tient of mine. he ‘3 ”Doctorâ€"I should say so. I am treating him for insomnia.â€"Tit-Bits. >Fud'<1_le:V1;1:étty wide awake man, isn’t ’7 Annunl Report for 1399â€"DeVelopment the Export Trade With Brita!"- The 3lst annual report of the FrUit Growers’ Association of Ontario for 1899 has just been issued by the Provincial Department of Agriculture and those interested in the cultiva- tion of fruit will find much valuable information contained in it. It gives very fully the proceedings of the 1513b annual meeting of the association,‘ :With which 46 local horticultural soâ€" cieties throughout the Province are afliliated, many of the reportS, pa- pers and discussions being of special interest in View of the strong 611â€" deavor now being made to find a marketabroad for the superâ€"abundant orchard products of the Province- Particular attention Was devoted to this important» subject. Mr. A. H- Pettit, Grimsby, read a paper on ”Trickery in the Packing of Apples for Export,” in which he dealt With one of the most formidable drawâ€"- backs in the Way of our building up " ’ - - ~ “461.. a steady and profitable trade With Britain. The comparatively slight success so far attendant upon the praiseworthy efforts being made ’00 take advantage of this market wolfld have been much greater could the purchaser have, been assured of 3- uniform grade of excellence and conâ€" dition in our apple shipments. But owing to careless packing or inten- tional dishonesty on the part of some shippers much of the fruit put on the English market is of inferior quality. > It is urged that Government inspectors of fruit should be appoint- “ L-..«n1c n5 LIIDPVUVUAV v- -_ --_.v , ed who should examine all barrels of apples forwarded to England and brand them according 'to grade. Prof. J. W. Robertson, treating of the same subject, gave some particulars as to the result of trial shipments of peach- es and pears. He also furnished some valuable suggestions as to the spe- cial tastes and demands of the Brit- ish market in the matter of fruit sup- ply and the manner in which it should be put up so as to arrive in igood condition, which fruit shippers will do well to bear in mind. The mnnrt of the Committee on the cial tastes and demands of the firm- ish market in the matter of fruit sup- ply and the manner in which it should be put up so as to arrive in good condition, which fruit shippers will do well to bear in mind. The report of the Committee on the Transportation of Fruit contains many practical suggestions of a simi- lar character. The question of spraying fruit trees as a preventive of the ravages of inâ€" sect pests receives duo attention, some useful conclusions being present- ied in the accounts by W. M. Orr, President of the Association, and Prof. W. T. Macoun of the Ontario Experimental Farm of comprehensive experiments in spraying at different seasons. Other noteworthy papers embraced in the report are those by E. C. Beaman on “Pears from the Professional and Amateur Grower;" }. ’1‘. Powell, on “The Production of. ‘ High Grade Fruit;" J. E. Farwell, on 1 “A Knowledge of Fruit Growing," and Prof. H. L. Hunt, on “Beautify- ing Country Houses." The document is one that ought to be in the hands of every fruit grower who wishes to keep abreast of the advances made in horticultural science. FRUIT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION- They Have Been able and Efl'octiha. When plowing down corn stubble, green crops, tall weeds, manure or straw, a number of devices are used to draw the stalks and litter into the furrow and distribute along so as to be covered by the plow, the most common of which is the chain ar- rangement shown in the cut. The chain usually is about five feet in ' -' ---- Mn: c..c+nnarl to evener and chain usually is about five feet m length, one end fastened to evener and the other to plow beam at the place where the coulter is attached, allowâ€" ing the chain to drag along in bottom of furrow and over portion of the un- plowed ground. Some prefer to fast- en the chain farther back on the plow beam, or at the standard. In turning under very heavy corn stubble, the chain is sometimes found too light to do its work well. and an extra de- vice, center of cut, is added. This is a round stick of wood, one foot long and two inches in diameter, one end pointed and the other flattened, and wired 'to chain at point chain leaves furrow to fasten to plow beam. The earth as it leaves the moldboard falls on the stick, and causes it to hold the chain always in the right posi- tion, drawing to the bottom of the furrow the heaviest cornstalks or Weeds. A device used in place of a chain is shown below this. {It is a round stick of heavy wood, about four inches in diameter, and one and one-half to two feet long, which is attached with a. rope swivel 'to plow beam, about two feet in front of the standard, where it rolls along on edge of furrow, and acts like the chainâ€"Rural New Yorker. If any colonies luvc perished dur- ing Winter, put 'the hives in a. cool cellar to prevent the wax worm from destroying the combs. The hives can be used to advantage at swarming time,, or if you are in need of wax the combs should be rendered at 01108. Thu Fur-m Garden. Plan to have a. better garden this year than last. Do not think your work is done when the seeds are planted. Do not' let your wife culti- vate it. It. is a part of man’s work. Repotting of plants becomes neces- sary at Intervals from two consider- ations, namely: The plant uses up the fertility in the soil and fills the not with roots. T HE WATCHMAN-WARDER : DEVICES FOR PLOWING. THREE PLOW ATTACHMENTS. Roponin: Plants. Found Serviceable. Dur- A BC“ ”.1. . «.415 Fruit of F. W. “'auzh of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Static" nu “hair Ohmâ€" mentati0n â€" General r’rinciph‘fi- A farmhouse ought to be compara" tively remote from the road. The distance will vary according to the height of the house, the slope of the land, the taste of the builder, and other circumstances; but the distance ought not to be less than three times the height of the house, or more if the ground slopes upward from the street. If the house is put some dis- tance back into the grounds, as is sometimes very desirable, and has an approach of its own, the main vieW of the house ought still to be given at a distance something greater than ‘ three times the height of the house. A farmyard Without some large ! shade trees is a very unsatisfactory aflair. This needs hardly to be men- tioned. The more common evil is an an over-indulgence of this craving for shade trees; and there are many houses badly shadowed and shut in. and many yards cramped and crOWd- ed by tWice the number of large trees which the place ought to support. The remedy is, indeed, very hard to apply to trees which have become old friends, but the improvement will be worth all the sorrow which comes with it. The best way of all is to make such thinnings very much earli- er in the development of the grounds, 4-”: um“ +‘hprp is likely to be much er in' the development of and then there is likely less grief in the family. 1 less $1151 1“. VLLV 44444 v he rural, naturalistic To produce ’0 _ effect here recommended, there should And for be a, liberal use of shrubs. the most part, the common native shrubs of the woods and fields are much superior to the finest exotics. Those things which are so common as to be slightingly passed by are ofâ€" ten the very best. Buckâ€"berries, Ad 111 unrated Feed. From informatiOn derived from various sources and from the analyâ€" sis of the few samples sent by corres- pondents it is believed many car- loads of seriously adulterated byâ€" products of wheat have been sold in Maine during the past six months says Charles D. Woods of the Maine experiment station. These goods for the most part claim to be Winter bran, Winter wheat mixed feed, etc. Such goods should carry about 16 per cent. protein; the samples exam- ined carry from 9.6 per cent. to 12 per cent. The adulterants are the refuse from broom corn factories, corncobs and similar materials. The jobbers handling these goods must know that they are not pure goods. How far these goods have been sold knowingly and how far dealers have been imposed upon there is no means of knowing. That the consumers have been imposed upon goes without saying. Dealers who are not handl- ing them are desirous that their sale be stopped. Some large houses outâ€" side of the state have sent circulars to the leading jobbers in this state calling their attention to these fraud- ulent feeds. Vaino nf Food. The toad, as a rule, feeds contin-V ually throughout the night, consum- ing in 24 hours an amount of food equal to about four times the stomâ€" uch capacity, says a bulletin of the agricultural department. It is esti- mated that a single toad destroys in a scar insects which, if thev had livâ€" ed, might have damaged crops to the extent of about $20. An English writer tells us that in an experiment made there one acre of rich pasture made a gain of 500 pounds of beef 0n steers fed there for six months. On cattle of same age and nearly same size, stall fed, it took 3,500 pounds of clover hay, 1,- 500 pounds corn and oil meal and 10,000 pounds of Swede turnips to make the same gain. SUGGESTION FOR A FARMYARD. : LINDSAY. ONE FARMYARDS Suppl-i nr Pasture. Attacked by an OetOpus. An Australian diver having fired at ' to displace the bottom of the and while engaged in body of the fish was no larger than a dinner plate, but it had eight arms, each four feet in length, and at the butt as thick as a man’s wrist. The diver could not extricate himself, and had to walk as quickly as he could ta ‘ " " â€"-â€"- 3nd»; thn‘hnalt. DOOy UL vuv u.-.â€" a. dinner plate, but'it had eight arms, the He was a. curious looking' object as he came into view, but his compan ions wasted no time in words and cut “V vv.â€"â€"â€" _ ions wasted no time in word: away the eight arms withm If he had not been a powe he could never have come to face. Ill-Timed Accurw Amiable Hostessâ€"Well, are here, I hope you w luuUl-l V'Avâ€" ..__-' Gushing Visitorâ€"Oh, thank you so much, dear Mrs. Browne, if we may. (To daughter)â€"There Vera, won’t that be delightful? Such a pleasant surprise for you? Severely Truthful Childâ€"Not a sur- prise, mother. You know you said Mrs. Browne must ask us to lunch it we only stopped long enough! The Evolution of a Name. A teacher in the girls’ normal school tells a. story of a girl of humble parentage who gave her name as Bridget when she was first enroll- ed. During her first year Bridget changed to Bridgetta. During her second year the first syllable was dropped and she became Etta. That fiR’ENGI’HENs WEAK LUNGS. Many persons are in a condition to invite Pneumonia or Consumption by reason of inherited tendency or other causes. They catch cold easilyâ€"find it difficult to get rid of an ordinary cough or cold. We would advise all such people to use Dr. Wood’s Norway Pinefiyrup. W, 41. -..-_ an: Roch). L‘ULWuJ Luv U -â€" It is a wondekufltrengthener and healer of the breathing organs. and fortifiel the lungs against senous pulmonary diseases. Miss Clara Marshall, Moore, Ont, writes: "I have sufiered several years with weak lungs and could get no cure, so became discouraged. If I caught cold it was hard to get rid of it. I started using Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, and as a. result my cough has been cured and my lungs greatly 4â€"--.‘Lnnnfl H Dr. Wood’s Norway Pin- Syrup. Heart Humbug It is fashionable to-day to have a new heart scare every 24 hours. The commonest symptoms of dys- pepsia or nerve trouble, such as pal- pitation, weak spells, loss of appe- tite, and poor circulation, are magni- fied and distorted into serious signs of heart trouble, with the object of frightening the public into taking this or that heart remedy. If a hundredth part of the heart trouble we hear about were real, the ceme- teries would be filled in a month. A‘ Wrong construction is put upon com- mon ailments in order to humbug the people into the belief that heart disease is prevalent, whereas real heart trouble. which is so sadly and suddenly fatal when it does occur, is a rare disease. Lopsided arguments cannot convince an intelligent people. Iron is the vital element of the blood. Too little iron means weakness, lack of spirit, pallid cheeks, shortness of breath, sleeplessness, nervousnea, loss of vital force, ending in general ‘ break-down. The ironin Dr. Ward's Blood and Nerve Pills is in the solu- ble form you need, in combination with other curative agents in such a manner that disease can't resist their action. You feel yourself getting well when you take Dr. Ward’s Blood and Nerve Pills. 250. and 500. a bottle. All dmggists. Forward Movement hOME-MHDB BOOTS We make a specialty of Farmers’ Plough Boots ard also in River Driving Boots. Prices same as last year. The only practical Shoemaker in Lind- saz. mee m and see {or yourself. to us. F. Forbert, 1900 ..THE.. 1900 it will pay you LO bring? your repaxrs the five boxesforum. All 600. it: Sax). Williams 8: 00.. Toronto. Ont. No. 14, William-st. North -Timod Accuracy. »of the Biggest Stock ofâ€" Ever seen in Lindsay. of a Name- the stay More to Follow w. r. McBARiRAVIN hon. 1"=pct0' in He: Maj :94! e the ”Third Pause The Best in Town New parlors. Everything firs Confectioner and four doors Wat of Gongt H. GORDUN H season 66 consult 8w..- vv vvâ€"v â€"â€"7 Ina: contracts. 71 have an aw date planing mi11.aod can 3% everything that is need- housebuilding at. the V8: sellin an en a 611 ‘ on there 5 always more to (1?fo frnm H-m a“- . “d is {reputed to whitewash Gifts from the gunm bride, and the weddiu; follow in due course. etc. I on th e most reasonable tern” heir 0“: Farm CI'S should have t 1!“ WW Whitewash will midfigil spring mmmove add ma th ofth heir“ terially IOL he lign‘ For Mculars apply to A I ‘ fl Subscribe fo Important Announce? AYLMER SPHA‘ We have a Painter, K\ \\ “bud THE JEWELLER 24TH, l Intent: ..AT.... 77 Kent-Sm Splendid 1; WIARIOF GEORflE the” and Issuer o! ‘1' mdlnstrhmer :mining in“ in: Local flog. Repge .v D.,M mm mu FISHER. 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