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brewing, by 1' no one to p: inment. That an outlaw, “Ding from 1 .SH DAY wnsnoM. over the mountain M, Stepped six 0'!!- “m back for that lime ad he would 3,110w his hing next morning. apt with nine «hex-gnu law sons were killed by “hem rather to have them Ga 1d buried. but the m 3 bad as his 80118, M It. and if not, why, b3 hem Mountaineer,” by I Scribner's. ‘nbrlcs that are inclined id be soaked gnd rinsed water, to set the cologne! u the suds. 'abrics. especially white: xix-rs. should not be M ‘ ironmeith a. modal m iron should nag-b, s or woolens. ginghams and [toned on the wrong at“ nes are made much r boiling for ten minute: we nsed. nen should be ironed m p and ironed with ant-1i neat-y it on. muld not be allowed to! lot, as they will never“ roperly afterward. ~ Leries should be ironed a .th surface over thick“ m the wrong side. - ay be made beantifullywi e of a little refined hon: instead or using a. wash? (P. 1; ms askwl in regard to ' :vt selecting pictures to b , Pry frank '71) his talk. andov :h quoting. rse.” he said, “with my ' am able to judge whe ‘ ter’s :w- ainter on my list until I hr- nan and talked with him " ways watch him closely. ‘- ny his pictures unle . when I talk to him about about his profession.” is: whose heart was blame u“ I’ve only ren ‘ 7’ His Test. in pi 'ures whomakesfi n\\ .ay '3” Lere. may I ere; m3) ‘L “‘“’ the you mto Bl rd rzhe 1 taken from the not to o“ P8’”ge' av I 851‘. do”? " by the my" 'topayaeent mm,“ Potherghu Ye up nth he and his} us on the 1 theshem udd Harness Co. ”‘0 vrvvnu; 1.15.“- â€"- i7 We give a set of harness vahied $25.00. Harness now be seen at our store. Remember in October we will open Up thé blg’ lstock of BELLS, BLANKETS and ROBES ever shown rindsay. Bought for cash and will sell cheap for As a special prize at Lindsey F air for 1 51" AA See the new lines of FURNITURE we ed 111 stock. Many; beautiful designs ing factories in the Dominion. All ‘k Prices very reasonable. L‘MSaY'S Leading Furniture MAN'WARDER. _ THE WATCH Cash and One Price LlTl'LE’S OLD STAND Dealers All high-class Putting off in- surance is like waiting for a ris. ing river to run by: the longer you wait. the smaller becomes the,opportunity to cross. See our Compound investment Plans. in 10 years we loan you the remainder of the premium and carry your risk. ‘_ ME 1‘ Continent Call and see us; it will be a plea sure for us to give you all informa- tion. R. BMPBELL 0! J. W. GHRVIH, LINDSAY, THURSDAY. AUGUST 22nd. 1901 at Zero prices. Cheaper than Ready-Macias. Good Workmanship Correct Fits Satisfaction finaranteed. See my stock of Canadian and Imported T weeds. Hot Weather Suits Ill? Ratflbllfl (0. WEDDING PRESENTS WEDDING Gaps made by Xmas Trade now filled up. Many new things just opened. ASSDB'I BENT 00h PLHE LUMBER â€"â€" All kinds, Rough and Dressed Dimension timber cut to order. SfllNfiLESâ€"all g.rades DOORS and SASflâ€"Perfectly seasoned, allstandard sizes on hand Special sizes made to order. :MOULDINGSâ€"and all other finishing materials. FRESH LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER and GED. W. BEALL CHARCOALâ€"in sack or bulk. BEST HARD COAL â€"Grate Coal and Blacksmith Coal. CORDWOODâ€"Dry 4 ft soft cord, Dry 4 ft. hardwood. Short Hardwood and all kinds of mill wood. Prompt Delivery The Hobby Tailor, Little Britain . J. RICH, G. H. M. BAKER, THE JEWELLER â€"â€"GO 10â€"â€" IA MINISTER’S HOLIDAY Lindsay Agency RINGS Lindsay LIFE AGENT Petorboro etter Read Last Evening in St. Andrew’s from their Absent Pastorâ€"An En- joyable Trip ’ The subjoinod letter received a, few days ago by Rev. R. J. Wilson, M. A., from Rev. J. W. Macmillan, pas- REV. J. W. MACMILLAN WRITES HIS CONGREGATION tor of St. Andrews, now absent. in Germany, was read to the congrega- tion after prayer meeting last even- ifig. :{My Dear Friends,â€"It seems to me If very little while until I am back again. As it takes a. long time, at ldst two weeks, for a. letter to tnavcl from where I am to where you we. and as I find that sight-seeing has given me a. strong distaste for writing, I am afraid that you are infidanger of being disappointed with me as a correspondent. Through the kindness of several of you. nota- bly of Mr. Wilson, I have gotten ac- curate tidings of the happenings in Lindsay. I found letters waiting for me on my arrival in Berlin sever- I suppose that it is only fair that I should tell you in turn what. has happened to me. I will leave all the sermonizing to Mr. Wilson, who, as I forewarned you, is- quite able for it. I hear too that your former pastor, Mr. Johnston has given you a. Sunday‘s preaching. Surely then, a1 (lays ago, and this morning re- ceiyed a budget of them which I read with great interest and answered with great heroism. as I am on a holiday, you will be contented with a. narrative rather than a discourse. Firstly then, for I will be sermonic in form' if not in matter, the ship that I was on was so ballasted with your good wishes that it rode very‘ steadily across the swaying sea to} Scotland. I am afraid that the} canoe is a. more natural craft to me than a steamboat, and Sturgeon lake likes me better than the Atlantic does, for I was glad enough when we sighted Tory island lighthouse, at the north of Ireland; and when a few hours later we saw the light twinkle and disappear and twinkle again from the distant rhynns of -Islay I was a happy man. I went to bed at midnight and rose at 4 a.m. to see close on our right the rocky [heights of my ancestral island of i[Ari-an, where the sweet-named St. :Molassus lived and died 1400 years ago. Then we steamed slowly up the torturous Clyde, which one Am- erican said was not a river but a sewer, and to which a Scotchman replied “The Almighty made the Hudson, but we made the Clyde ourâ€" selves.” On either side were rows of ships in construction, their big black hulls encompassed by forests of scaffolding, but the proverbial noise was absent, for all Glasgow and its environs were taking a week’s holiday. Rev. Dr. Milligan of Toronto had been my stateroom companion, and a splendid fellow-traveller he is, so we twent to the exhibition together, and were proud to, see that the most pop- ular and the finest of all the nation- al exhibits was that of Canada. 'l‘hel best thing within the grounds was. the picture gallery. The finest Britâ€" ish painters were well represented. We took time to study a few of the most famous paintings and agreed that our land was poor because in these days of its childhood it has not yet developed any school of art, or produced any public galleries where the poorest may view the mas- terpieces of color and form. Ican scarcely write a dairy of my travels, but may mention that I saw the sights. of Edinburgh and thought less of castles and palaces than I formerly had. No doubt they were great places in their day, but a cas- tle is no longer of much use in war, and a high school pupil would exâ€" pect. better lodging nowâ€"a-days in our town than Queen Mary had in Holyrood. On Sunday I heard Hugh Black‘ Preach in Free St. George’s, Edin- burgh, and he read a. good sermon. H0 is a. young man and counted the brightest in the United Free Church of Scotland. He was more philosoâ€" Phical than you would care,for, I think, but he was practical and sent Sible tooâ€"two great qualities for WhiCh I know you have great re- 1speCt. Then i went to Stirling Castle and saw from its ramparts seven famous battlefields, ‘among them Sherrifiessâ€" ‘nir, Falkirk and Bannockburn. Then I went up to Perthshire passing on IN THE OLD COUNTRY the way the great open-air rink where the big curling bonspicl of north against south is played. In Pcrthshire I spent a night in a. brewâ€" ing village, where i found the head- brewers greatly exercised oV'er the minister who was to be called to the parish church. On Wednesday July 24th I mounted my bicycle and set out for London. I rode .through the land of Burns in Ayrshire and Dumfrieshiro, spending a night in a. hotel he used to fre- quent in Cumnock, and passing by the “Sweet Afton" and Xith rivers, which he celebrated in his poetry. Returning to Glasgow I fell in with Mr. W. Dundas. wno knows the place well and he showed me round some of its historic streets. Between bicycling and riding on the railway, for Britain is a very rainy land, I got to London by Sat- urday, where Mr. Dundas" again be- came my guide. If ever the Dundas and Flavelle Co. fails he should orâ€" ganize a. tourists agency for he knows the Tower and Westminister Abbey, Fleet street and Picadilly, Hyde Park and Downing street as if he had been born in sound of Dow Bells. We heard ‘1)r. Joseph Parker in the City Temple together, and a strong and wise sermon he preached though with such an ec- centricity of manner as robbed it of any natural sweetness. Then I came on to Berlin and met my brother, who is just finishing up his college term. I have already seen most of the sights of this great city, but will not tell you of them now. Later, when I have had a little more experience of this country 1 may write you of German life. In the meantime, may God bless and keep you all, and hear our pray- ers for each other, and in a few weeks bring us safely together again. Your friend and minister. J. W. MACMILLAN. Mr. Joseph Barber of Georgetown, who has followed scientific pursuits and who has made a. special study of atmospheric phenomena, has issued a pamphlet, pointing out the reason of so many barns being struck by light- ning: “It has been noticed that in nearly every case the barns struck were those filled with newly-cut crops, which made the losses much more serious. Empty barns have almost invariably escaped. The cause is this : "When a crop is placed in a barn it, in nine cases out of ten, is not thoroughly dried, though dry enough to keep from rusting. The straw or hay basomos heated and ‘sweats,’ causing a column of hot, moist air to rise above the barn. By careful observation it has been found that this column sometimes extends for a mile in height. Moist air is a great conductor of electricity, and as soon as a thunderstorm comes along the lightning strikes this column and is conducted in an instant to the roof of the building. The only way to prevent this is to have the grain thoroughly dry before placing it in :the barn.” "The lightning rods in general use' are entirely inadequate to carry 05 and distribute a large flood of elec. tricity. The distributing end of the average rod is sunk only to a depth of six feet, and in most cases only four feet. Now at this time of the year the ground is dry to such a ;depth that there is practically only a, couple of feet of the rod from which the electricity can be distribu- ted. This cannot carry away the current and the building is in more danger of demolition than if there were no rods at all. It is a verit- able target for any thunderbolt which happens to come its way.” Mr. Barber has a. way out of this difficulty which has been tested by himself and his friends for years and none of them have ever had a build- ing struck by lightning. He places the rod six feet underground and then digs a trench from 12 to 15 feet long, letting the rod run along the bottom. Into this trench he throws scrap iron which helps the rod to distribute the current. His big stable is in a. very exposed position, but has never been injured, although adjacent buildings have been repeatâ€" edly damaged. Why Barns are Struck by Lightning Simply apply “SWAYNE’S OINT- MENT." No internal medicine re- quired. Cures tetters, eczema, itch, all eruptions on the race, hands, nose c., leaving the skin clear, white and healthy. Its great healing and cura- tive powers are possessed by no other remedy. Ask your druggist to: SWAYNE’S OINTMENT. Samples tree flow to Cure all Skin Diseases 75¢. a Year in Advance; $1 if not’so Paid A Pretty Country Around Alcott, N. Y., as Seen by a Lindsayite Awheel “' an The following extracts are made from a letter received from a Lind- sayite, who spent a day or two re- cently at Alcott Beach, a pretty sum- mer resort in New York state. Alcott Beach is a beautiful spot, 40 miles northwest of Buffalo, and a. summer resort . I was in the country today and it is a. great plain planted like the garden of Eden. Mile after mile of peach and pear orchards repeat themselves and render the road a. Winding dun-colored ribbon through a forest of green. I say dun-colored for the soil is a sandy loam, and scarcely a mile of the roadways have been improved. Grav- el is an unknown quantity here. ROAD SYSTEM OF NEW YORK STATE I met an old Dutchman coming from church (he was coming) and as I had just. crossed a fine iron bridge iL occurred to me to ask him how the roads were maintained. “Just. as you see them,” replied he But when at last I made him understand what I meant he explained that the whole system 01 the townshipâ€" town they call itâ€"â€"-was divided into districts under puthmasters â€"that. I mentioned the tendency in Can- ada toward a. county system, and he said that an agitation had made some headway for a state system here. "Bu/t,” he said, "the farmers are against it. Suppose they should build a macadain road from New York to Niagara, we farmers along the line would get no good of it, and then we could not afiord to pay for building macadam roads. Why it would cost more to make them than our farms are worthâ€"actually more. We have no gravel and very ‘little stone ; what we have are hard heads unless we go clear to the mountains eight miles away, and that. would be wary expensive. The roads look very well now but in spring and fall they are so bad that we cannot haul heavy loads at all." was a familiar word at lastâ€" and that, over them was a. commissioner. I found that their system is almost. identical with ours. I asked him about the iron bridges. He said the town (township) had built them, “There are eight of them,” continued he, “and they are a great improvement on the wooden onai which we used to have to re- build every ten years.’ With the ex- ception of the planking these will last a. life time.” As the old gentleman said the roads were very good at' that time. The sand loam had packed very well and alongside the wagon a narrow strip was beaten by bicycles to a. perfect path. The country is so lev- el that one can see three and four miles ahead and imagina that his wheel is making unusually bad time. A feature of the roads is the ab- sence of fences alongside. The cow bylaw seems to extend to the live- stock and be rigidly enforced, if poultry is excepted. Occasionally a. fine hedge of shrubbery is seen but in the main the orchards or crops mark the limit of the road’s- width. In some instances the absence of the fence has provided a too favorable opportunity and provided a too lstrong temptation to extend the farm's acreage, and the enterprising agiculturalist has extended his eta-p more than a. rod into the roadway so that. passing teams may occasion- ally resale themselves with -.::1 or- casional mouthful of his oat crop. The fruit is a. failure this year and the grain below the averageâ€"facts which will seriously embarras a farming community which I learned was already in great financial straits. of the pure Winds-or Salt ? If so drive through the yard of the Butler House to the big door in the end of Flt'zrey's New Building in the rear of the Oak Front Grocery and you will find it there and a, very handy place to load. At. the same time get a. hundred or two of the famous McCormick Binder. Twine. It is the best, made. JOHN FLUREY.â€"32â€"3 CANKER. There is a mistaken ii» 9.3 to the cause of conkers in the month and throat. Snflerers imagine that they arise from stomach troubles, but it is nothing more or less than the result of impure blood. Nu- merous so-called remedies have Iwm floated on the market, but been floated on the market, but experience 1188 proven that there is only one cure,“Climax" Iron Tonic