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at- $1., 99 huh} ments. and it cannot be positively foreseen which way its influence will mm. In any event, the storm days will show an excess of peturbations â€"that is, storms of rain, thunder and wind, or of snow and boreal 'inds will be of very decided char- acter. We believe that the latter will Prevail, and that the Mars influence shout this time will set a winter once which will characterize the weather generally far into April. A regular storm period is central on the let, covering the 19th to the 23rd. This is also at the center of the vernal equinox. and on the met the moon is both in perigree and on the celestial equator. A phenomenally low barometer, great humidity and‘ hightemperature will be a warning of Violent storms anywhere from Friâ€" dly. the 19th, to Tuesday. the 23rd, notably on Sunday, Monday and May. the let. 22nd and 28rd. In A reactionary storm period is cen- tral on the 15th, 16th and 17th. This period leads directly into the Venus period, combined with the growing Mars disturbances, and near the cen- ter of earth’s equinox. The diameter of storms and weather at this time is problematical, as the Mars influ- ence will begin to dominate the ele- Stop That Cold western parts by the 9th, and dur- ing the 10th to the 13th, stems of marked force will be natural in most parts of the country, moving, of course, in regular order from west to east. The combined periods of earth and mars bear forcibly on this per- iod, greatly increasing probabilities of West India storms. High baromet- er and blizzardous gales from the northwest will wind up this period, bringing change to much colder to most parts of the country. the 10th. This is exactly coincident wâ€"Jth the annual crisis of solar magâ€" netic perturbations. Low barometer and electrical storms will begin in ’7; regular storm period extends from the 8th to the 13th, central on most important factor in storms and 311 terrestrial phenomena for at least two weeks before and after that date, Look for high barometer and cold wave close on the heels of storms of this period. Don't be surprised it blizzards sweep the north and west not far from the 4th, 5th and 6th. The 4th to the 91:]: also constitutes 3 decided seismic period. having its center on the 6th. There will be ‘ quickened volcanic activity with seisâ€"l mic shakes in many parts of the A reoctlmmf! storm 961100 III 1“ 3rd, 4th and 5th. Thu the culmination oi- the ml. with iull moon in in: immediately on the 6th. The storm diagram shown, .1”, a“ a Mei-s disturbance enters about me time. A continued epell of un- settled. Mercurial weather will most "05.ny come over iron: the clone a! pebfuu'y, but about the 4th to 6th, storm conditions will be quickened “a decided areas of rain. sleet “a now will spread progreuively from west to east across the country. Th. opposition of the planet Jupiter with J earth and sun. February 28th, is . center on the period is at Mercury P0” apogee follow Preventics Prdicjin} an my 9081' men, n ,_. Wéather T alk from lrl Hicks “ALL oausmsrs" at this and a later period in ctions as to What Will flapm During the loath of larch mount: storm period ha m m the 3rd. 4th and 5th. Thu hi at the culmination of- the period. wtth full moon in â€"A!ter flanelette articles have been washed, they shoultlhe rinsed in water in which 1 oz. 0! alum or sal- ammoniac has been dissolved. This little precaution will make them non-inflammable, and may be the means of saving many little lives. â€"A good food for making the hair grow is to rub a little castor oil or olive oil well into the roots of the â€"Before using new gas mantles, soak them in vinegar and hang them up to dry. When quite dry put them on the burners. In this way a bril- liant white light is obtained, and the burners will last twice as long as usual. even in dranghty places. â€"It was chance that hit an a way to improve the somewhat tasteless celery salad with mayonnaise. One night at dinner a woman cut up small blocks oi her cranberry jelly among the celery, and was delighted with the results. both in looks and hair. This should be done at night and thoroughly rinsed out the follow- ing morning, else the hair will not have a. pleasant odor. This treatment should not be given too often, just once in a. while. gar, one cup molasses, one cup cold water, two eggs beaten, two teat tpoons soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, five cups flour. Drop from spoon into tins and use raisins on top to form the ekes and Ottawa, Feb. 24.â€"A large deputa- tion representing the County of Pe- terborough, and the Town of Bob- caygeon was here today. They were received by the _ Minister of Public Works and the Minister of Railways and asked for the construction of a bridge across an arm of Pigeon Lake, which separates the Counties of pe. terer and Victoria. They were en- -â€"To make “monkey faces." take one-half cup of butter, one cup su- â€"To remove ink from boots, valu- able papers and the like, a solution of water and oxalic acid, citric, tar- tar or any sour acid can be applied to the blemish, and while often the process has to be repeated. it will finally remove the blemish. tertained at dili J. R. Stratton. a few days. grease jelly moulds with butter and when the jelly or pudding is to be taken out. plunge the mould into hot water and remove at once, Mr Robert Irwin, of the 14th con- cession ’iof Manvers, had a. valuable horse badly lacerated by a kick from another animal a few~days ago. He had refused $200 for the animal. â€"Bny a coarse grey blanket if you do not have one and keep it to place on the floor .when the baby is play- ing there. Put the toys on it. and if necessary to ,quickly clean the room of toys pick up the blanket. -â€"To turn out a jelly. Slightly -â€"A good paste may be made by combining chopped stufled olives and cream cheese, working the two to- lgether until they form a compara- Etively smooth paste. Served with ‘wafers or crackers this is delicious. â€"To candy fruit for immediate use make a syrup which will crackle in a glass of water. Dip each piece of fruit with ,a fork into the fatty, then drop into a plate of powdered sugar. Use a spoon to dip ,juicy fruit. â€"A candy that is much appreciat- ed at a,mid-winter dinner is made of fresh strawberries covered with a ; thick cream fondant. As most people ‘ expect .to bite into a grape or fruit, the strawberry is a pieasant surprise. Little Pointers That lay Save Our Lady Friends Many Worries Household Hints of General Interest .Jl‘he work on the fish-y at St. [en’s church Will be completed in ‘stant tendency to storms and unset- tled weather all through this part of March. But the barometer will show decided storm conditions about 27th, to 29th, and storms of rain, turning to snow in northern parts will march eastward over the country. 50¢ a box. 8 for 82.50.01! trial box. 250. At all deal": or from Fruit-a.- uves Limit ed. Ottawa. "hult-a-tivea” arc a. pormvo cure for Rheumatism. Sciatica. Lumbaco. Neu- ralgia and all tmubla arising from 1m- purg blood. ML! ye: thvro are tome people suffer- ing with Rheummm. who bun not given "Emma-thew a. m:- trul. Por- hap‘n they dpn't want to xet_wel|. I was much hotter. I took nix boxes In .11 -â€" hnvo 1nd no pain for over six mamboâ€"and tool that I am completely curod. 1 have gained over ten pound- 1!: might and am mac“ and woll.j'_ help-less in bed. ‘ “About. a. year no." write. Mr!- Sman. "I saw Fruit-341w. adveruud and decided to try them for my Rheu- msulm. After I ha! taken two boxes, I» cripple m6 at 6111105,th pain was so uvcro that she wu compelled to lie helpless In bod. Mrs. R. c. Smut. of’oruwu. cert-1!!- ly curl: to know a. lot about Rheum- tlln. Goodness knows, she Infrared long enough. For years. she was m0“ Peterboro lien on the Job Horse Receives Bad Kick TOOK SIXâ€"601' WELL Victoria. They were en- dinner tonight by Hon. e cup cold , two teat According to the Millhrook Re- porter. Oakwood is to have a branch of the Bank of Montreal. It says: We understand that instructions have been sent from head onioe to close down the oflice of the Bank of Mont- real here on Saturday night. This will be regretted by all who are inâ€" terested in the progress of Millbrook yet must be accepted without com- plaint, we suppose. No doubt the ot- fice was not making expected profits or it would have remained here. The intention is to open in Oakwood, we understand. The staff will be here for a. week or so yet to wind up busi- At the opening of navigation on the Scugog river it is the intention of the owners of the. steamer Kath- leen to run that craft on the Lindsay to Sturgeon Point route. The boat will be fitted up in good shape and will run on scheduled time. Captain Elliott will be in charge. Walter Watt. of Uxbridge, Ont... says: "I have used Booth'e Kidney Pills and have received much benefit. 1 am very willing to add my testi- mony to that 0! others I snflered from urinary trouble and my back pained me constantly. I could lilt or work only with considerable pain and sni- tering. I determined to give Booth’e Kidney Pills a trial and obtained same from Willis' Drug Store. I was benefited at once nnd continued tak- ing them and am glad to say I an entirely relieved, having ,no mort trouble. They are all right." Sold by dealers. Price 50 ants. The R. T. Booth Co.. Ltd., Fort Erie, 0nt., sole Canadian agents.‘ â€"Friends of Hugh F. Rowe, . who was found dead in his home at Port Arthur, from alcoholic poisoning, are asking for an inquest. â€".-John H. Paw, genera“ aeo- retary of the London, Eng” Y. 11.0. A., died suddenly in London Thurs- day. ‘ The kidneys filter the blood. They work night and day to daily remove about 500 grains of impure matter. If they fail some part of this impure matter is left in the blood, bringing on pain in the back, head- ache. dizziness. irregular heart, hot, dry skin. rheumatism, gravel, dropey. deposits of the urine. Booth’s Kid- ney Pills make the. filtering right and overcomes kidney trouble. Hundreds 0! Ontario county residents have found this out. All the blood in the body passes through the Kidneys every three What Booth'siixidney Pills are Doing for Uxhridge People mm tamJâ€" Which has been the strong- !hild ot thieves and‘ cutthroaits. Has there full of sun, With its house tronts 345' and trim, and almost at any hour on. the day one may 1 nd it ghstening tram its .bath. It is the subterranean 111.! internal life of this imperial city“ ct 1". ussia behind the walls and uhderl the earth which is yet fa'mr-s fichcdby regulatlon.“ , l Will Run from Lindsay to the Point how: Indeed did'anyfiplace wear better outside than Berlin. Ia (sutd that F: ederick the Great. when he pre- sented me people! with) building sites. stipulated that however modest! the buildings elected, flh:y must’ present aisgltqqid aspect'to the 'str-zehi Even The law in Berlin requ r s that, w tn: some variations according to the hem"t : or his mundane. the width of the street: . am the quarter. h then shall build up- ' on only two third! at his Ind. and! Jean the rest tor court. In the house- os ot't'he middle class treeshndYIIOM-l ers' and statuary fill! these courts. Balm-tunes little tountains spring; up in them. And Win the hveraaex ten- eammt the court is here and dreary. if is in‘t'he greater numibsr at bunni- mgs paved and orderly. anus ‘olenn as asphalt can be swept. Far more 1 ght and air, tar more cleanliness, the own- er ova tenement-house building must 8'3"} his tenants in Berl'n than in N's-W i York. One need never. l'ght 5 match ‘ 1 to find the tight shatt, ’as n tenement to find the light shaft, as n-t'enement- house commissioner with A sens: at tumor sometimes does in New York. There rows or buildings like but dumb-bell tenements. wit}! ten room out at fourteen on-every floor dark 1 and “he gas burning splendid aspect f to tho street. E'rn the places when-Xe l people Were dymg oft starvation the l sunlight lay in 'I blow upon the floor. a The halls were scam-ed white: the 1: rooms Were clean, and disc the people t themselves. a Whm 90,000 People Dwell Under- .-â€"â€"â€" bellar..-Tenement !Peterboro’s Flood ' Keswick is Sold 1 of Berlini Threatened Bridge to Hillsdale Man} WHAT THE KIDNEYS D0 ABmkat 01km! A number of citizens were inter- viewed Thursday and they expressed a. willingness to consider the prom- tion. The intention is to secure the craft for the purpOSe of looking a!- ter the Sturgeon Point tunic. and tho excursion trade ~There is no truth in the rumor that a lock out has occurred at Horn Bros. woollen mill. Orin; to m Vast number of boot Junta who have been visiting the industry “a taking up the £11910!“ time, the firm '9 obliged to put up the "no The work of double-tucking the 111de division of the Grend Trunk Rnilwny (tom Midland to Belleville, so long spoken oi, will probnhly be commenced this spring. Land has been purchased from lidlnnd to Bil- ver Creek, and from thnt point to the Muskokn road crooning n diver- genee maybe medeeoutoavoid the heavy grade. A survey has been made carrying the line much nearer the lake shore. and once the route is adopted nnd it is decided to com- mence operations. it is snid 1.500 men will he put on and the work rushed through. There is also a possibility of the G.T.R. putting a line of steam on the great lakes tocarrygrainto lay Buy the Estetion The Post has been informed that several well known 10ml gentlemen are interesting themselves in the for- matlon of a company (or the pur- chase of the steamer Estnrlon from the Trent Valley Navigation Com- their own elevator: at Tim. Last fall as many as twenty-four train loads of grain a day were shipped over this division. These trains aver- aged24carsandeachwcarried1.- 000 to 1,200 bushels of grainâ€"0111113 Land Ila: Been Purchased from lid- lul to Silver Crack This year for the first time the township of Thornh end the villnge of Benverton will enjoy without en- cumbrance the income from the loan of $50,000 made about forty yenre ‘ago to the Port Hope. Lindsey and Beaverton Railway, which is now 3 portion 0! the Grand Trunk. The ma. nicipnlitiee hold 9. first mortgage on the road from Port Hope to Beaver- ton to cover the interest on the ion which was (rented in perpetuity et en annunl interest of three per cent. The loan wee granted and confirmed by e specie! ect oi periiAment end stnnde eecnre.-â€"Orillin News Letter. To Double Track Midland Railway Benetton and floral Will Benefit from $50,000 Loan to Railway Municipalities Will Draw Interest Asaresultoltheiamthe water flowed over Murray street below Stewart and flooded the cellars and back yards in the neighborhood. Mrs. Sullivan’s house, which is just across the road from the creek. had to bear the brunt of the attack nd the water invaded the kitchen as well as the cellar. Other cellars near at band were flooded, and there will be some damage done to the contents. The conditions are much better to- ;day. Dynamite was made use oi yes-; terday afternoon and the jam at the ‘ bridge was broken which immediately relieved the situation. This mornings although the water was.alr above its normal level and was rushing 111. long madly it has dropped many ieet from Wednesday's mark. Tuesday and Wednesday morning 'proved too much tor the, creel: run- ! ning through Peterboro, and the wet- er rose rapidly. with the result that the ice was broken and the nnnual spring ireahet was at hand. Resident. in the neighborhood oi Murray street between Bethune and Stewart atreeta had their annual trouble with the trining water. There was a big ice im at the bridge on Bethune street, 'the ice piling up againnt the support in large. pieces which became tightly wedged together an more ice was swept along by the current. So bad ‘ was the jam that it wee feared that the bridge might be carried away, and wear. a. sectionmeninthe neighborhood were. hurriedly sent ior to avert the trouble. 5 Peterboro. Feb. 35.-â€"The rein on Water Flawed Out the Streets and Th ham Blood Stallion I!» In: emu Widen“: Incon- Disposed ofu-flu a Wide lep- micnce «mica ‘ a w- 1M Mr. Ritchie, who is in Parry Sound at present, has the contract {or the ebutments. The government lies not. A huge piece 01 green pine timber. some 30 feet in length, which will be used on the new bridge was tnkento Mr. J. me’s mm’nrd Friday to be hewn. It was cut on Mr. me's limits onithe Kennedy term, nbont six miles eontheut at town. as yet. awarded the contract for the bridge. locks and dun hueetnlolnenen- and melting weaponry unprovo- mentn to the Wellington street bridge The structure is being brmd and strengthened by the nddltlou of new tlxnbere in order to here it at (or trnmc for nt least three months. "I would not believe the bridge use in such 3 rotten condition" add one ottbestnfltonPoetrepox-ter and an lnveetlgetlon certainly rec reeled the tact thnt the structure was positively mate for trade. Strum: in Shh Coalition. but is Being I“: Safe Temporarily The Unit. bu been told to Otouboe Invitation 00., uld tulle mad the excursion tulle. H. uld the Marlon will be sold cheap. u the conuny would not. eontlnue Bracing the Bridge- on Wellington-st. commission by our company out loosen. but will be sold ut the first opportunity, u we do not fish to continue the bum.” He wanted that a company could be org-ulna! iuLlnduytorunthem. nod thought it would he 1le to mid good interest on their lumtmt by looking utter the Btuomoou rum Mr. W. W. Boyd. 0! Boheeygeon. manager of the Trent Velley Neme- tion Co.. was here Thuredey on hue!- nees. When naked by The Poet repre- eentetlve 1! the company would run the steamer Eetnrlon the coming summer he said. "You my state thet the Eetnrlon will not he put in [station Will be So“ Chapâ€"A Con- my light be formed flag to Run Her which he resides. dies first clue horses and the acqui- sition 01 such : valuable uninnl will tend to materially improve the qual- ity of bone flesh in the district in Opportunity for 3 Lindsay Syndicate ilutinllendvonthreerneeeinone ‘veok in three mm beets. getting a moth of 2.16. Font Keewick colts were recently ehipped to Winnipeg selling 10: $950. and dnother more mined by Mr. John Lynch. of South Ope. sold for 81500. A: n nee:- Keewick has stepped mile-inn”. nndnlnowonthegold medal in "eepctekee nt Toronto ex- hibition. Minnow. Keewiek. the celebrated blood Ital- lion. owned by his Worehip Kayor Be“. and Mr. C. Lindsay. wan cold on Wednesday to Ir. John Faragher oi Hilledale. Ont.. an'd wan ehipped to that place Thur-day. Keewick ia a stallion with a pro- vincial reputation. and is considered to be one oi the moat valuable hora- eeinOanada. It waaowned by Ir. George Onrtia. oi Lindeay. tor a number oi yearn. and it: late owner. haditiornperiodoioneyear. The new. oi the departure oi Kee-' wick iron: this district will be re- ;eeived with eurpriee and regret by bone iancicre and the purchaser ie‘ to be congratulated on eecnrinz such a valuable animal. A great deal could be written on the splendid qualities oi this stallion but its record speaks ior iteeli. He in the sire oi Hand Kuwick. (2.03!) the racer who at the Lindaay winter raceeloweredthemilerecord onthe localtrack.Hc iealeotheeire oi Harry K.. who went to Montreal IA. SY L'VESTBR M’P’G CO Wood and Iron wlth Brass Cylinder, For any Depth of Well. Having secured e first-class experienced Pump Maker, we are prepared to supply first-class pumps promptly. 7 Pumps! Pumps! Pumps! 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