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e Dollar a Year. ....~.â€" - O ’:.5“s yer“; $1.00 if paid in advance in; A fluidly” Sina‘l’mlmfi {Prosperous A}; I) MIDLAND C(lUX'I‘lES’ HERALD l Company E"_“'.lE<li-:vl (:Vcry Friday morning. l l l l A. W.-). UaGRASSl,M. D I _, .â€" “rahLISG‘l'UN struct,Lm'158Y l ber, 1894, was .eported . EM 4029 Policies of Lite Assurance " were issued, assuring, . .. $8,723,836 LEG‘L. The Total Existing Assurance . r-,::: in force at 15th November injr'ssig‘i‘i‘i; s n can, . ‘ , 7 ‘ -- . The claims by Death or Manned IR A Villa'l‘hi-b Md bullClt°7°-~"9 ll “e“ endowments which arose dur. l l 3‘! 1'1, h ’u-rboro. in: the year amounted, lnclud ‘ 'r. L»- :»-;r:a,o. c. I The Annual tcvenuc amountud ii. i;, EDWARDS, l at 15th November 2894, to . $5,139,l61 .-. ;;i;.:s;urtoéeolt 3; Edwards, ~The Accumulated Funds at ‘1 :33: ill:‘, SULllfl'l‘Ul’», die. Ollie?â€" I I i ' . ‘ ‘ L“ - . bein ' an increase uurm thd Lt . l : Ipri‘i's's Ulllt’l‘, l’iflci‘lmlougli, Ont L 8 » Year at $342,065. Ive-(menu fn Canad- ; } 3:. i() :11“; JACKSUQ". l . - , a :. . M... n, mam”: 5: Jackson. lGovcrnmcnt3: .‘Ilmlc il_bcnds $320,000 ‘ '” ‘ ‘ ‘ l lst Mortgages on lien state . 3.500.000 335,000 ;)...1.l5'i'El'-«". Solicitors, etc. Office I Real Estate ) W .i ii:i 51., Llldlaa, l Sundries . . . 490,530 . . him/uh. Ari-2x. Jscxsox. ‘ $11,165,400 6. H. llel‘lilNS. \ "thll‘LIt, Solicitor, for the Ontario ‘ i. \iomv U) loan at lowest rates. (own w: i ':.~ to suit the borrower. ‘Jilicca NO 6 i'vz'. . 1.. hi” boulh, Lindsay, Ontario. U. 1.1. llUPKlSS. J- .l- Hanratty inspector. muss menses, l l l J - B. Knowlson. Wm. Kennedy, l l l l l l llclfi’i‘YlLE Sr. Sl‘EVV'Ali'l‘, ‘ ‘ .il ' lxl'rllLS, Sillluiiul‘s, Notaries, c j; li-!.i'v to lo-zn iii. lowest current rates r irons. UlllccSâ€"chl Ontario link hi... .1.,l.:z.il.~n_v, ll 8., Convcynnccr, .lrc. Feiiclon Frills .l .‘l flx'l'Y ill). '3. C. 'l‘. STEWART $50 REWARD. r‘»: ol-m. Foils, Lindsay Uilicc, Kent St . W -. .1.“ Falls Culborncv in M. r. him i i ; linchy. PM: 'l fills, Solicitors Etc, Lindsay 8; l J 0,», v~.‘.- . . 51., .;\.l linguyiu ant to, .‘A-rl. v in luliii Ni l'cul «state, ill lliWCnI. :ati-s. M. ii. MULAIIG‘JLLV, '2‘ A . .‘iiiUlAf‘JliD. _________â€"-â€"â€"- _._____.â€"-- BEE llSIli‘i'. : lobcaygcon Nov. 6, 1894. _.________â€", l i i l . J LIKENESS l W. ll. tiltL'Sb‘, . 3.31 1'15 l', Liiiilsnty, Out. All I‘VOTK . I} iw-‘i tlllL’itl or op.,-r:itiv:-, iluiiii ‘ill the lmpcrishnble and pt‘rl‘uc‘l in a” sizes tn 4: ,erirovwlfl “Lumbar, llllll \Vllllilllltl. â€"Curils, Cabinets, Pam.” and Ell- , l larged Portraits. NEi‘Il.;\ND'S ‘ L.~I'l'1\"l‘.\‘, Lillflnlly, (liit. One of the ‘) Ill l-lll lie M the llocltliiiiil, Iitithl)‘-, .ut l‘liiirsdny oi czicli month. ; woik guaranteed permanent. , ‘ Landscape Photos, _â€" .SPROULE’S STUDI PE’l‘ERBUltOUGH. Tm; oiiiiss'iuih, l‘li'l‘lllllSUROUGll, UN’l‘. Lending Hotel in Town. Us». .\'. GRAHAM. l’uoi'. .___._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"--‘â€"“""-"â€"' M SPOONS l For BOOTS and SHOES go to Silli‘bON leil'sE, l.lNl)S.»\\'. I k :cc bus to and fro Bouts 'l‘iuius. » FOOT MCWEIINXIE, 420 George Street PETERBORO UGH. Uiic dollars a. (lily. Win. ll. SIMPSON, Prop. ‘ _.______________._.â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"__. ' SriWDEN HOL’ <5. _.â€"- l . i iii uliullc Si. Pctcrboro. New (louse, With i all in- ii: m conveniences, Convenient to with: comfortable 5). no it day House in thi- r l r’i‘ua‘iziec. war, sxowm-m, Prop; . - ’r/ l - “it ".AX D CENTRAL. rooms, Market Square, or rcsrdcnce â€"- (J Pm‘hlimu‘v‘l'“”i One Block West of the Fountain Opposite Opera House, ROKEBY. Eximsivo repairs have been made, and a 3i. iii-rn Iniprovrnieuts. ' Cicpe and Gloves always on hand, I ltLS’l' CLAS‘ IN EVERY REDPEC'I‘, wage Gobell. . J ______________..â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"‘ , 1) UCKLASD HOUSE. ~ \ '” soccuo 502:. This handsome new Hotel is fitted up with l the modern improvements, Large no movement commercial rooms. Good stables , funicular nttcntion given to the Bar. The} Bill ot Fare, the best to be procured. hills. GOULAIS. [ -., sin HOUSE, sonosrouox. h rorcmu SI‘MMEP. RESORT. A PRO ELEM .â€"â€"â€"â€" This comfortable hotel, is pleasantly sitnot . ed by the water. The glass and Maskinongv worth of clothing. fishing oi l’iizeon and Sinrgco E. WILLIAMSON. l l I l Pictures copied and enlarged Frames of all descriptious. EVrl‘y Attention to the requirements 01 839513 0388 T" it my ”0"- bprtial rates for parties bv the week. For (lie . and ”Wing rooms and particulars, address GARDNER Hméigfiétor' Now the order of the Day l Arnhâ€" FAVORITE swim RESORT "STONYHURST" BOBCAYGEON. Charlotte St, Petcrboro. EDWIN ELCOME, ExcellentEfiha-modafion for T A X l D ER M I ST. SUMMER TOURISTS, Dealer in Eyes. Artificial Leaves and Frostingc, Large Rooms, Overlook the a: CAKES. Always ready 3‘ Lynx, Wild Cat, or mythinlz rare. nits. w. FALLS, Romanceâ€"116 Harvey,8treet Paierboioagii .7 3r 7. ,- -:., \fi-Q ,' scan ’* .‘3-fl'1d F . ..._ 7) , l ELSTINE High class work only. PORTRAITS t’ortraits in 0il,_Crnyon, Pa stc S. G. AS Pictures, Frames and Mouldings, Plain or Elaborate and At the 69th Annual General Meeting of MEDICAL iTHE STANDARD LlFE ASSURANCE / COMPANY, held at Edinburgh, on Tueâ€" ”"M : day the 5th March, 1895, the following 1 Results for the Year ended 16th Novem- Canvas Stretchers for Paintings GREAT VARIETY FINE ART STUDIO 348 Water St. Petorboro. GEM : : JEWELLERY l of well conceived lie. - econ ormmur=mflonm ' i dclicntt‘, stylish, popuisi, pretty and odd l SIDE lCOMBS! For Ladlcs 11“" Olnnmem’mon that advertisers could afford to keep out w” 3‘“ “03‘finm‘uy “Wing piefcc' of print. durinv the hot months has been not only in form nizd decoration, "‘ but for new purposes, which ecm- blues utility with beauty 8. G. Aselstine 1894 amounted to . . . . . . . . Sll3,27-i,360 Another moment and she had fled. Passing, she touched the roses nenr ; They felt the power of her sweet fear. And the blush she carried away that hour Fell on them with a. secret power. And the buds that open to the air that night : Were blushing rod in the morning llngi , 4,“ .«gfé: rune lI’.lI.’L"»{ mg. .1. s. sr. c. GUKD . ing Bonus Additions, to 52.9479 same date amounted to . . . . $39,353,822 Rich examples nigh! and new .- Agcnt Lindsay, Agent Bobcnygeon ..__.â€"~9- F. s. SCHNEIDER. Competent Watch Repairer. i P’LSURVl-JYOR,Commissiouer in the Q Residence and address at _________________â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€" 39[ George St, Peterboro of what he has to sell will make money whether the weather is hot or cool, dry . The undersigned will pay a Rcwnrd . oriainy. hicLAUillLlN Ll? MCDIARMID’ )of $50 to any person or persons who will give such information as will load to the conviction of any person of house- l lli'mlklllg on Lot :3 in the 16 Correcssion oi BASE BALLS, A'l‘ SAILSBURY'S B GOES TO R E, W_ llc CA 11 US. FOOT BALLS, URICKETING SUPPLlES. YOUR LI it‘ll-LIKE LAWN c.. TENNIS, 8w. PETERBORO. balanced. l‘ortrnits in Oil, Writer Colours, Crayons ' :md [lillllln Ink, High Class Work only. All SILVERWARE. KNIVES, including views and ltcsidcuts, Grounds,e FORKS AND AN bou'ht from HUGH E. f klcbcrry blue, you can never find a four Ci). are engraved free 0 course. We want Your Trade. --;O:â€"- HUGHAN Co Jewelers and Fancy Goods. mo W of the'l‘m- “mono. BYNG, . UNDERTnKmt 52 Kent St. . â€"â€"- c - Lindsay: one. I’ll never hunt for one again, I BABY CARRIAGES _.....' Your baby deserves A New viii-ringc. [that is the old carriage] and persists in running crooked. It the baby is a. new baby so much tho more does a new carriage complete the turnout. See our stock before placing the babv on wheels Benj. Shortly, 373 Geor a St. Peterboro Sign of r a Life Size Horse. \ Can be found Day or Niglit,nt}bis warn The old one is shsbby l». g:- amount expi‘illlcd 1“ Pill-“”3 in 5”: A fun stock of Collins, Caskets, Robes l PHOTOGRAPHER, LINDSAY IFE AND ACC I DEN '1' ms, L INSURANCE AGENCY l ALLWORKGUARANTEED FIRST CLASS fi.’ _ â€" I To the roaidents of Bobcaygeon and the surrounding country â€"â€" represent the following firchlase In. urance Companies : AGRICULTUARL of Watertown Assets $1,958,000. Gov. Deposit $140,000. BRITISH AMERICA, - Assets $1,174,000- LANGASHIRE of ENGLAND. ASsets over $7,900,000 Canada. Accident Insurance 00 Head Oflce, Toronto. communistâ€"«flirt. Assurances effected on all safe and popula plans. Policies incontcstable,non-forfeitabl and, tree from all restrictions as to residenc novel or occupation. Endowment policy aflords protection against EARLY DEATH, and provides a fixed in- Rates lower than most Bow to get $50 00 wear out of $20 00 Have your old clothes n Lakes is of cleaned or dyed at Parker-ks and you will Continental fame, Large and airy rooms. 501 “1313 V0“ get all the satisfucnon of new Parker’s Dye Works, _â€"___-â€"â€"-â€"â€"'â€"â€"â€"_' BIRDS, ANIMALS, FISH AND SNAKES River our! Big Rapids. Terms moderate. stuffed and Mounted in and out of cases in ’ â€"xâ€"- the best lifelike style It lowrst prices. Doers Heads n speciality. A stock of foreign ‘- 103 URBAN. FRUIT. P133, and native birds always on hand for sale, Highest price puid for Hawlts, Owls. Engles The New Annuity coma in OLD AGE. Can-dish or ForcignOompaulos.. ’I JUNKIN' ,-. Under a. swaying rose tree near, A maiden slept and knew no fear. Than her fair bosomâ€"naked quite. To love's rapt gaze - one dimpled. arm I’illowed herliend, iind the mystic charm That innocence knows ve to her face A beauty greater than ove can trace. “Love’s place is here," and bending low, He kissed her fair form, white as snow. A blush, suffusing cheek and brow, Steals swiftly over the maiden now, And a. feeling never known before Enters her young hearts inmost core. Innocence gazes in mute nlnrm. . And steals away while the blush is warm. 1 “This blush is mineâ€"not Love‘s," she said. â€"â€"g IT ALWAYS mils. ‘ l It pays to advertise in a live newsi paper all the year round. It pays just! as Well in summer as it does in winter.i That. ancient and very foolish supcrtition ; effectually exploded. The public con-l suincs food, wears out clothes, shoes and hats, and purchases furniture, and all the necessaries of life in summer as well as in! winter. Indeed, the number of people who are shrewd enough to see that it is often profitable to wait for summer bar- gains is ooustmtly increasing, The mer-l chant who attracts these customcrs byl scasonable and interesting announcementS! STUB ENDS 0F THOUGHT. ‘v'el'i regulated love is six of one and} half a dozen of the other. A woman’s kingdom is anarchy iftlierei -be no man in it. i Some young people who marry in ! haste have to hustle so for a living iliat' they have no leisure in which to repent. The house is cold when love goes out. A man’s goodness must, be in his hcait not in his head, if he wants to be well I i Art is an acquired habit. Matrimony is a hard teacher, but some people learn under no cthcr. A fool and his money are soon parted for the general good of mankind. Time and tidc wait for no man. but if they did some men would get there late. just the some. ’ The man with a million dollars thinks more of feeding one man a million times I than he thinks offending a million men 1 one time. PE T S U PERS TI TI ONS. I tell you what, said the girl in hue- lcct‘cd clover by looking for it, and if you did it would not be any good. i Why not ? asked the girl who was groping in the clover patch. It would’nt bring you any luck, Now I never look for one, but if I saw oneâ€" hello l there’s one now. I think it’s a shame! said the girl who had been groping I went all over that very spot, and never saw a sign of That’s the way to find them, an": them. I don’t. believe in luck, remarked the Disappointed Ono serenely. Oh, you don't ? Then. why wouldntl you open your umbrella when it rained the other day, without going from under the root. 0h, everybody knows it: bad luck to put up an umbrella under a roof. Thank goodness! said the gi.l With and linvinga freckles, I haven't any use for sinus and when he was approached by a second man superstitions. Ouchl look titer: girls! who a great black s-pi-d-e-r. Don’t kill it opposite for the world l You know the rhyme ing. Say ! said the second man, I’ve been says ; He that would live and thrive, Must let a spider run alive. MINDEN AND HALIBURroN i l l l l l l The blossoms above were not more white l l I In , SA VED. [Ioâ€"Carrie, do you know, darling, that you are the only girl I everâ€" Sheâ€"There, that will do. Don't tell me any of you fairy stories. He.â€"But hear me out. You are the ly girl, I say, that I ever thought was on fool enough to have me. Sheâ€"Which shows that I was made} for you. Yes, Charly, I think you may buy that ring as soon as you like. A PROFESSIONAL REPLY. Hojackâ€"I fell in love with a woman editor, and when I offered myself she made a most singular reply. Tomdikâ€"What was it ? Hoyackâ€"She said my rejectiou did not imply a lack of merit, but she had much more matter of the same sort on hand than she could hope to use in a long time. I came in here two years ago, he be- gan, us he entered a restaurant. Yes, I remember. you, interrupted the man at. the pay~desk. We have made no change in the two years. Same rule. cli ? Exactly the same. If a man cats and can't pay you lead him to the door by the neck ? We do. And then apply the boot 7 Precisely. Is it the same boot ? Just the some. That is our kicker over there, and he is still wearing the same boot he applied to you two years ago. Hasn't rheumatism or a stiff knee ? No, sir. His right leg is in better shape than ever before. Anything we can do for you this evening ? No, I guess not, slowly replied the man as his face grew visibly longer. I was ”us: going by, you know, and it. occureil lto me that you might have made a change in the two years. No cLangeâ€"samc rules. You might call two ycarshcuce, however, some sort of a change may have taken place then. Thanksâ€"I will. Yes, I’ll call. I’ll put down the date and call around. All I wanted anyhow was a sandwich and a glass of milk, but I can wait four years i for them. Thanksâ€"good nightâ€"I'll be right. on hand l A STRANGE CLOCK. Perhaps the strangest of all clocks is to be found in India, being one in posses- sion of a. Hindu prince. Near the dial of an ordinary looking clock is a large gong hung on poles, while underneath, scat REPORTER, I came here two years ago and asked you-â€" >.. 4 .17. _ â€" . - a}; A. ~ .. -.- ..-. - , ~. ‘: 2-» ‘1 825 MIDLAND COUNTIES’ HERALD. MARVELS OF SCIENCE. I cllvltleS. This young lady painted upon her fair brow with fluorescent liquid 9. ~â€"â€" ideath’s head and cross-bones, and she PHOTOGRAPHY ONE OF THE MOST I then demurely vlslted a photographer's to butcher popralt _ln§tantaneously ; PROGRESSIVE OF SCIENCES. some or the Remarkable Bantu flint Ilnvo Been Achieved by m Aid In 30- ccnt Yoursâ€"Ito Use In Warfare. had developed the plate, and thou it became end-mt that he was having a row with his assistant, whom he blam- .ed for coating :1 dirty plate. After In no branch of science. perhaps. haul 390103163. :1 Second negative was taken. , i ' their the operator fetched his mas- m- gr and :1 rl the ! and . . ”glitzy; res: 33:: x31 :hoflornrgphy. l for from downstaLrs. A lhll'il attempt . as made when sounds of a heated al- The marvellously sensitive plates that g “ ' . .7 ., . are now employed are able to seize and ; gem-:20“ were heard. follow “1 b3 u retain impressions that bewilder the huâ€" 3 5° ‘ ‘ man eve with tho rapidlty of their | ‘ . ‘ ‘_ _. ‘ . F .. changing. and as a. result instantaneous l requested '1‘“; “11‘ ”my: ‘Z’ \.x-.hd'ra'\.. photography has afforded us the "pans as there was electricity in the air “Inch of rruining knowledge of what we were : “'33 “M“V‘W‘Wll’ ‘C‘ Photograph)“ The formerly completely ignorant of. Pow-i1“v ”Sign"! on taking away a “033' (iii lenses. too. have done not a. little to l 1‘- 71 .. 1 It i" ' r» t 1“,. “M advance the possibilities of photogra- 2 her fori- lb“ - ., . .i ‘ .ic . .r . :c nhy. and the electric light has also help‘ I photogrnpllfil‘ ”equated In" “our 0‘ .1?“ cd. in fact almost all branches of science l parish ‘0 533' a few prayers m his sm'mo‘ have contributed more or less to the l after the departure of his mysterious advancement of the art. Some of the ivlsltOT- wonderful results that have been _ ""' - achieved in recent years are chronicled I A‘ l: r ,. , by William G; Fitzgerald in an interest- i WHLELS AND WdlflFii, ‘nc Articlndn , fitter-u! Masaryk-A Orin . i-Jf the most :- arkalile cases he tells of , ‘ Cum}, "3,. ,0 “In hum“... “wt- shows the e cacy of Galton's finger method of identification. which has been grafted on to the Bertlllon system for use in police departments. A packet of English and French sisters " across the paper. money “3‘3 tampered with l“ )vulld " linu- so far passed us in that de- tranSit between Lew Earl: and how 0‘" l liphtful exercise for womonncvcling. leans. “V0 seals having been broken: But it is nevertheless triiv .nnd not open and the bills extracted; one seal '. only is l: of note that twiccnis many was afterwards re-fastened with thumb . Women ride. but. sadder to relate. IllC‘\ pressure. An expert to whom the pack- , ride twice as well. The reason ,5 no" one was submitted for examination had far ,0 find. thumb impressions taken of all the Ex- l Foreign women who are fond of the ”953 Company's employees on that 3 wheel dross suitably and in tin ir “ no route. The impressions were then mag- 10 date " cycling costumes ah;- “113mm- nlficd by photography, and compared pered in il: ii' movements and urn old6 with the seal mark. when the delinquent to ride “Ti. and look woii \‘iilliulzt the WAS EASILY DISCOVERED. agony of mind the unsultubly dressed ", i r. . .,r ,,..( a." It seems hardly credible that the cam- 2:;ng hgitinngfiifis' XII; 1:,“ J 31:; em could be the means of saving a. per” light?” ' ‘ " son's life. yet a case of this kind actuniâ€" ' N0 unbiased and unprojudicvd perm“ 1" occurred in London Em“. five years v but must admit that. if mnién urn-hi, 8.20. A well known Oxford street phow, be cyclists they must 3d,”): a ”an” togrnpher was sent for to photograph a I dress for the whei "’hi("‘ 1,,“ 9"? ‘,. woman in her coffin. Then the picture l lug-skirt b; not if w 1:55.34, :qc was developed one finger was said to be 3 for ”in“: iiruprisition ' ”f, 12‘” In)”, :5: out of focus. H NOW". argued the ”ho- clear fbr ‘won'ien have to lik't‘ltlf‘ fir tographer. .. if tlrn body had slipped, the I tiiem'sc.‘ ' . . a u, . .. M ills that they \ii.l be cwm whole would be out of focus ; therefore, i and conseqventi" it h 0“”, .. any” I conclude that only the finger moved." or q' in“: “gm when 1,, ‘ in?” He drove back in n cab with a doctor. . inhale cuteness ‘ nnd common sen’ge and it was then found that the woman they will. suns fucozi. hit uron n (mg. i was "0‘ really dead. bl“ ', fume that will be not only suitable but MERELY DE A SORT OF TRAXCE. i neat and becoming. l I , i 31-“ and Husbands. It is. 'ridcca, a mortlllcation to nu: ria- llonnl pride to have to admit lhul our This. says. Mr. Fitzgerald, is a fact. The There are but few: “'1‘? "7m not ("mm camera. as every one knows, is one of i that the emanclpa ion is timely, 1.19 re- the most indispensable articles in a war form needed and he change ”m for correspondent‘s outfit. and as the ‘bat- the bed"): ‘ ...- l , tlefield of the future will be compam- .- Certain... lf 0’3" h“ sec-n “j ,rfim tivclv smokeless. the correspondent will .:::ures of the Parisian ladinâ€"s upull lllil‘l!‘ be enabled to make still greater use of wheels skimming along “‘0 M'auur‘“ photography. Mr. Melton Prior states driveways in the Bois de Bologno. clad that he can make a sketch in less time in their " Chic ., cycling “Chic " ”CI-m": than he can taken; photograph : yet the . Suits, the answer_to What to ,wfflr ms, “me he wu ”on the warpath," Mr. seems_near a Solution if not on .mthc- Prior carried three cameras in his sadâ€" mm?!" The French woman “we die-bags. Talking of war. it is inter- comfort and has lhO'l’lC-i‘h: in be com- estlm: to note that photo-mlcrographic fortable. Her “new“; ccrtume is S” . simple. it is an easy thing for no lo messa es were, 1 1870 and 1871. convcy- c , , ed to find fromn beleagured Paris by copy it without the aid of 8. ”Worth or a Redfern. means of pigeons. On a. single film of .- _ ‘ . collodion. weighing less than a grain, The 300d Old-fashioned blame "q ,t'v‘ favorite waist and over it in 0 ml \\ ca- there were more than 8.000 despatches. i Sixteen folio pages of printed matter. part of the costume is a lull " divider", and at the summertime miSc-hicvous pro- . taken. All went well until the operator 3 The photographer, pale and excited. ' vc showbiz the hideous insiznll on , ther is wom :m Eton jack»: : ‘ll‘r- iii-cor , reduced to nilcrosooplc photographs, 1 tiered upon the ground, is a pile of artifi‘ fical human sculls, ribs. legs, and arms, of these ornithological mcseiigcrs. ouch the whole number of bones in the pile 0‘5 Whom mum in this way carry a de- being equal to the number of bones in ”MC" °t were secured to the tail feathers of-one l skirt "' that is fastens-d below tho lini-r by an elastic band in the hem. iiiiiiii: in soft. full folds to the calf of the leg or longer as desired. The pretty feet and shapely limbs are lit twelve human skeletons. falls to pieces. When two o’clock comes two skeletons get up and strike, while at the hours ofl noon and midnight the entire heap d springs up in the chap as before. ..._ . 7,,.,_v__._....-_.. YHEA'E WAS A BOND- watching you for some time. Yes, and I've been looking at you, was Then the dear non-Sliperstitious things ' the ”Pl!- gathered themselves up and scuttled off home. m NOT AN INSULT. She is a pretty little west end woman and the other day as she was getting 03' a crowded car on Vandeventer avenue. she was surprised to find her hand seized and pressed very warmly by some man on the platform. He held on to it too, until she was safely landed and the car went on. She did not dare look up think ing that this was the best way to ignore so unwarranted a freedom and so went on her way home in entire ignorance of the hand shaker’s identity. . That evening: when her husband came home she felt it her duty to confess, but he seemed so unnaturally severe in his manner that she could not muster up courage to tell him of her experience. Finally, when the evening was nearly l“ an end, as was also her peace of mind and see he said : I’d like to kno. Maggie, why yon'can’t Wigâ€" recognize your own husband when you meet him on a street car ‘I A few tears to say a and satisfactory explanations on the part cent to 8 of both followed. I believe there‘s some sort of bond be tween us. - Yes, mebbc. Are you a stranger in town ? Yes. So'm I. Out of a job '1 Yes, So’m I. Got any money ? Not a red. Neither have I. Want something to eat and drink. of course ? Of course. So do I. Got a bed for to night ? N oap. Neither have I. Shake hands. Does me good to meet you. I thought there was a bond between us. Let’s walk a- round cnd be congenial and strengthen the bond and strike somebody for a dime and go whacks l m... Jigâ€"“You said you would never go your girl again until she sent for you. And now I hear you sent to hen", “I don’t care a. halfpcnnv who sent I sent to see if she’d sent, and she sent he had not sent, but. would have e if I’d sent if I’d“ not sent to .‘see if she'd cent first." ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO When the hands of the clock indicate c hour of one, the number of bones needed to form a complete human skele- ton come together with a sump, by some mechanical contrivance the skeleton springs up, seizes a mullet, and, walking up to the gong, strikes one blow. This finished, it re urns to the pile and again c of twelve skclc« There was a man leaning up against a. lamp post, seemingly gazing afar and lot of thoughts on his mind had stood for half an hour almost him with his back to a build- A MILLION \‘v’ORDS fl" NECESSARY. The expert in foreign stamps has in , photocrapl'iy a powerful ally. The RT 90 and are partly covered by the searching eye of the camera brings ott [“155 Of the 8'00d5 that fall over “firm- the crude lines of bogus varieties. and i The length “I “1‘? (“fl-“"1 53““ l“ 9,.” when the microscope itself falls | France and England is, tolour minds. to reveal a chemically obliterated post- l best described 35 " short,’ 3"“ (39' mark. the ghostly strokes appeal to the l cldedly short l" and “'9 3T“, “er-“ml” sensitive plate. Enlarged photographs (‘1: a btei'ithleSS sort of feeling, at the of merchants‘ books have been passed | “33"” 513‘“ 0‘ seeing ‘1 1‘1“ 1" firm?” bv accountants. have been exhibited in fly by Without being able to distinguish court. and the breaking-up of the pager fibre caused by fraudulent erasure has - been clearly shown. A curious use was , found for photography at the Naval *‘ Acndemy at Annapolis. in Maryland. I mu 3 Timber Pro-eh'auvo completely hidden by tan-colored ing- womcn and their brother wheelmen. - - . . . . The principal instructor could not in- .. no better “lustration. can be Miss Huckleberry Blue, mm .m', . h, ; tons and strikes each one after the other ducc the students to remain Sm, during l Pmnbiy l a blow on Lie gang and then falls to pieces gun practice; they would start violently great importance of free access the chief officer tool: a number of hi- stantaneous photos, showing the cadets in " undiznified and unwarlike ” atti- ‘l‘le academy and the young men forced themselves to keep still during gun fire, for ten: of the camera. An interesting had a big; apple tree. of which he wasl inordinately fond, trained against hisl garden wall. Fearful of pruning it him- self. howevcr. he took a. sharp photo., and sent it to an expert gardener at Hyeresâ€"lt might have been Timbuu‘too. In due course the photo was returned, showing certain pencll' marks through numerous branches. These the gentle- man had lopped off by a “ handyman," while he himself directed operations. PHOTOGRAPH IN HAND. Two eminent photographers were re- cently employed in an interesting man- l l her by the Royal Commission on Agri» l cultural Depression in England. These ‘ the tiling above. l been adopted in the building in question :entlemen toured through the Maidon of being carried ayay by an? "0911”“ Division of England. taking photoâ€" graphs of land and farms that had gone out of cultivation. They returned with quite a. host of pictures. showing thistles growing in fields, and ruined farmhouses. which appealed to the com- mission far more powerfully than the most eloquent speech would have done. Certainly one of the most interesting marvels of photography is that the myS- terious eye of the camera. sees objects which are absolutely invisible to the 1111- “59,040,, of imperfect seasoning. suffer in the same way. , he telesco or the micros- i saith: the wood _ , man eye t " pe any moisture is sm‘ me he that he u been suficring from the «Scots cone. An expert can take a. sheet of a. coat of palrrt 0,. tar or anything .3 paper prepared with gelatlne and bl- impervious to air. ordinarily looked upâ€" gings that meet the suit just below til? . any perceptible difference between the had even at the present time. of the wa to them throuzzh ' ward found its hail little opportunity :i little lower than the angglhn He (and. ng ldenly flopping)â€" “dare I am on my a” currents. The beams 21mph. 1,,”3 to , knees a little lower than one of them." rot. and that corolla»ralively qw'my' 1,59 80" her. In the subsequent Work 0‘ reconfirm" l Charlesâ€"“What makes you look so ver, cod ("are , tion ofkthe tgzgrihgf'xom d i0, again ,glum. Harry 7” Harry "bland Sweeter was ta en ihaa thrown me over." Chmlt‘lâ€"“Uh. I HAPPY IIQUGHTS, ma ms; was until. §--- “- l l, l _ :‘iii, Jimmy, wot‘s do matter ‘2" Buck's -‘ blistered. Swimmin' or lickin ‘I Both. f Young man (in periodical store)â€"-“I l want a Fireside Companion.” Lady clerk l (crownâ€"“How would I do." l i Cieverton (meditatively) â€"I wonder how . long a man can live on his credit Dash- ‘I away-I don’t know. How old are you '2 ; Won’t. some inventor. sage or mentor, ; Find that chief of bonus. The wear resisting. long pertaining. \ Nembagging pan tnloons ? Hudson: “What is Brown trying for l,hic rheumatism now 7" Judson : “Pro- 1 trinity." Kittyâ€"l wouldn’t tell my age if I were ‘ thirty as Miss Puhstover says she is. Juno conflinglyâ€"She'doesn’t tell her age. } The wifeâ€"“It must be bedtime." Hue , bapd -Hnrdly ,- the babylncn’t wakcd up :3" ' The summer girl is great on changing her suit. She goes seaward with diamonds and returns home with hearts. ' Belleâ€"Mr Jolyer is such a nice man. He said I had a voice like a bird. Nellâ€" “Yes. he told me you sang like an owl” I like to see your trousers creased. The heiress said and meant. I'd have them increased, dear, he said If your papa would consent. "Isn't be rather {out i" askml the an xious mother. “Yes. uranium. in one sense ofthe ward. 1 don‘t think he can 1 get away." Uncle Trcetop -We must put in a day on the river; the fish are bzting now ,Jeas (a Iniece fiom the City)-“ls their , bite poxsonous ?" Hostâ€"“Never shall I forget the limo when i first diew this sword." Chorus â€" “When was that 1’" floutâ€"“At n raffle.” A.â€"“I hear that your friend X has glue to South America. Was it upon his: physician‘s advice ‘3" B-“So: his lawâ€" yers.” ‘ The perfume other violet: 1 never shall forget, ‘ For the bill that mme with them i Is hovering ’rOund ll'iP yet. i will work night and day to ill :iu: you happy, he said. No, she hllsl‘nl‘l‘e'l thought 1 fully, don‘t ii» that. Just m it do: ing the day and stay home at night. “Will vou love me when I’m gone?" asked Mr, Linger Longer of his sweetheart. "lfyou‘li go soon,” replied the faithful lgirl, With 9.. yarn. i Binks .- “I beat that acounilrol Diinlcy within an inch of his life last night." lJinks: “Wimp had 1.: done” "llo caught me kissing his wif .” i Love. , Love .'~' aver true nix-l fair; '1 by”; n pic-u vi ihvmo, i l.- rzigii .. wol‘ v viziata bit, i In summer Lou-f. “That mun causes me no end of Manyâ€" since over a bill " “Why don’t you one i but: and collect it 1’" “Collect it 7” He's i trying to do that." “That woman dispenses a great deal of ' social lemonade " “What do you mean ?’ “Simply that she is always saying ccur things in a sweet way.” “Paps i” “What is it, Jonriy 7” "I read a poem in my school reader which spoke of “dcgs of high degree.” “Well ‘2" “Papa, dors that mean skye teriicrs ‘1" She-“0h, my! there‘s something gone down my back I" lie ‘ his one of those ttinridciing bur. lrugirow " “No l guev it's one of those lightning bugs, George." of air Q “h " - , . _ and stop their ears. As a. last resort to woodwork as a. means of pmbvfim i die D3301. know, i airy, (321,.”- has against premature decay. than the re- sults of an investigation. conducted a, few 'ears ago. into the causes of an ll.”- tudos. These pictures were hung up in l clderit in rm expensive apartment house in one of the principal cities 0! Lin l United States. in which a portion of one llorliidden you the house?” lie-"For lbiddcn me the bonsai I never nékod lhim for his house. His daughter is good lenough for me.” There was :1 iii tie {:ii'l \‘t in) llJUl .i little curl. of the upper floors gave W335 j'md- 1" And she sat on the bench \\ iili ho;- 3,, .k ' tale is told of the wonders of applied falling, carried along correspondm-‘I sc-c- ( photography. An English gentleman tions of the several floors below. land- x‘hllll‘\\'llcn licr papa found her. Jack 5 manly arm ‘v\ il‘ round her. ing the whole mass of wreckage in the And her goldcn’hair was hanging down his cellar. It was found that a fortunately hack, unusual system of floor construction had . Have you the “Relic: of By-Gone Days 7 . lacked the young lady, entering a book the spaces between the wooden beams ,store. “Yes, replied the polite clerk. havmg been filled with “liaisiymfliri: [with '.' how. "we have some of last year's ably with the View of trn.'1.~;ir.\,.,"n1,e“:r.r !calenoars." ve fire roo strut: are. ill. . e ‘ _ . fizmriierlts 1: this respect may have Guestâ€"AI would mm a mac round , .~ â€" teak rare done and f~ l f . there '33 no question whatue. s , r . , _ some iesa iied Elizrtlthernlxtureof ashes fonnedamost potatOes.” .Vvauer (in stentorian voice) efficient barrier against the access of â€"“Carnago in the skillet! Fried Pin- air to the timbers, and any moisture i grees on the side i" that was inherently in them or affor- Sheâ€"“The man 1 many must be only | . {wouldn’t mind that ; a woman never bill acln’te , midglregfizegcgnfigi?gg11:23:” (in A» whore she means to when she throws." emotion so thoroughly that we" mm" l Maudeâ€"Do you know Mr Jinks fainted o m f _ . fully guard 383ml“ even the palmlm. r’ last night at the dance, and would have .- - rL‘n 1 ill: . . . any floor beams which a!“ W ‘43,“ re ' fallen it I hadn’t caught him in my arms? Ethel (slightly jealous)-â€"Yes; he told me of the grip. chromate 01 DOtEShi and can Ph°t°mph on as a protective 339“- Fm" 5"”? i Mr Busy Bodyâ€"If you hang draw for on a secret letter. containing. it may be, vents “1,5 moisture from cs. an r. treasonable matter. This done. he may thus. instead of gnawing agu sit down and write a garrulous letter- decay. really promotes ,, :U ,, p, 3 about the crops. the weather and the "ml degree. gammy this: cim-r. . '» baby's health. The recipient; of course. ,3 becoming properly "5.4mm . - cares for none of these things. but wet: beginning to “(give a due pm, . the sheet with plain water. holds it up taxationâ€"Cossier's 31:. ,5... mow. to the light. and literally read: be- _. _ , , tween the lines. When dry the docu- whim; In a Muir"! merit defies detection, and it can be ,. o ame .0,” 1,; l": 3:? moistened and dried again as often as gammy did y u n 3 the recipient pleases. " Because she roar A FUNNY sronv is TOLD. Press. . .. concernLug a young lady of scientific. 5 30.".-1}.,l__'i,i; 1 1. v. 7"“ keys by the feet you will keep them long " fer. Mr. Butcher Business-.111” nin’t= what I’m trying to do, I want to cell 7cm . GOOD WISHES. May there be To Mrs. C. And the babies three. 3 Long life and prosperitce , And may the three I Never be . 0f the New womnnites,’