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Chairs "of all sorta Jr touches, tables yo ot sand at foot atcols, frames for rais tients in bed, crutches, footrests, tine of el) kinds, pots, double sancepans; saacepaoe Bud cocking atensile of all bic ide, oni'!® gas stoves with one burser, «ringers, washing machines, clothes horses, trays, rollere sod knives, forks and spoons of every sort, c rflee and teapots (large and emall), face basi Cay &e., bowls, jugs, padding dishes, giasses, single fancy cups and flower vases, &c., &c , roller and kitchen towels, : shawls, ight gowns, nge and _- : ef ander clothing, id cotton, cheese- Slipper poultices, rabber sheets sod pillow-cases, water i cushions, thermometers, ke, tray cloths, d'oyleys, = ashions (white are : Lp of the above articles ure ab t direct to the hospi 2t Donations to a Madman's 4s * s deepal Work Cleveland, Obio, March 3.--Deios Bos- -well,s farmer 70 years old, who lives ip ley Township, went insane on scoount of A troubles this morning, and with an axe daehed his son's brains cat before the young man could raise an alarm. The eld man then dealt his aged wife a terrible biow, after which "he tried to cut his throat. Neighbors harried in before he could end his life, Boswelland hie wife may re- cover. T he Best Prot ection. As a protection tro the results of colda, ine, braises, barn valde, sore throat and all painful disenees, Fans ard's Ye} low Oi} holds first plac e. Its efficacy has been ved thousands of times, It should t ound if eve ery _bouseho! aid benking Rnerprise. Those who intend visiting the Jamaica Exhibition this year will much appzeciate an arrangement made by tho Merchants' ef Canada by which that institation iasues drafts at all its branches payable without charge at Kingston, Jamaica.-- An 1 Accident Policy. The best Accident ¢ Policy is to keep Hag- yard' 's Yellow Oilonband. As apain core sore itis unrivalled, while for croup, y and internals rice ° anne Order. hen spring unt unturls her banuer grees, nd oature's face is fair, The et etn 2 we nocd pure al 260+ 5 - Consider TE This Fact. The fact that eonmatives is caused by an acid inthe blood points to the inant Bardock Bitters, -- sears ' imparities from the blood no ¥. poiso ous rheumatic humors bat he ore A rreewdl scrofulous and cancerous taints. -----~ +e Holloway's Ointment and Pills.--Coun- eel for the delicate.--Those temperatures are pro- earliest opportunity of veenevin Gtacles to good health. This cool ett dhe He A. St. Mary's lady, who isteacher of a Biitecked a fanny ex- "No sir, please ma'am, we are triplets, and there's the other fellow." --------- 00 If you want to buy or sell a farm, ad- vertise in the Toronto Weekly Mail. That farmers' hom ate inserted inthe Toronto Weekly Mail for five _ : word for each insertion or twenty cen word for five insertions. Address, "The Mail, Mail, Teronto, Canada. ings, $1,365 89; working 'x G35 67 .-net profits, $329,725.22. In ~ 1890, were $205.- 488. The gain in net profite over same period last year is thereforg fer January, $125,237.23 oe ee Parnell, standing at the foot of O'Con- nell's statue, asked the Bp ae to judge him by the results. It has been generally held that it was at the foot of the i fire escape that he was judged by the symptoms of worms one --Fever, cr ol "hte The unfailing wemedy in Dr. ews Worm Syrup. -------- $3 ould seek the j ~open ABOUT ABDUL HAMID. T THEGRAND Tyr An Honest Man, Bhow me the man of true and honest hea Who, for ti sake of gain, will iP aay wnt From paths of rectitude, and then O~S LIKE "Bbow you God's noblest work - INHISO ows NM PALACE Aa bouest odin . an Temptations darts do not desturb his o A Weil-Proportioned Man with Tender, . Tre to bimeelf he's true to all mankir od, By honest toil he earns whate'er be can, Venetrating Eves. Wha Carries Brave- And proves birnself t6 be-- An bonest man! ly On iffe Oferous Duties but Whe i Truth is his watchword--lips that speak nc . Dees mot Feel Safe and Who Sue- guile, peets Everyone. His face illumin'd with an honest «nile Looks eye to ey» with nen, wow Eaten Se { f togiluin betgt a bert than traits and signs which mark l, well proportioned in person, and The bonest man! rrying bravely the weight «f bis wus |. oh: i Snell a God -- the bonest man whose "bosom duties, us ve here were 4 c 3 . hrille anald and carewern loo and when » he 5 his tis ste ws straight in the fac with a scrutiny that seems to: read therr thoughta WhatJlestroys the it first insprevsion made by thesd eyes is the ooustant lore of uneavintes ip them. The fact is Abdul Hamid does net feel him- di self safe even in his own palace. He does not suspect any person in partscular, buat he is on his guard againstevery one. * * * Fow Padi- shahs have been so beloved by their subjecta as be. Indeed, be is to them quite a new type of Sultan, and they do not fail to appreciate the nov ity eve is a man whe chew not pass his days in bis harem i with his - slaves. Here is a man who takes a real inter- ext in the welfare of bis people, who, far from following the example of bis predeces sors and leaving the reins of governinent in the hands of some clever courtiers, insists on seeing and judging all for hinwelf, down to the minuest particulars Persounily, be is) mist enerolent and kind-hearted, and seareely a sionth pasees that be not miribute ome % » out 'of his | purse to alleviat uffering ain bijects, rrespective of u or orl character may uuuMe! up its dominant note an extr cau miowed with an unusual he ise work. in manner he is exewlingly pol plite, especially in his treatment ef European ladic Ties, be understands the refe art ad * = -- be ¢ Abdul Ham id gets up His toilet does net detain him fells " tmehoot? it might detain him longer according to European cod: , -" "robe himself of ense if s can coffee into the sau F guests are served, Ww ius love and sympathy for Apes s ills With woman's tenderness display = "The man " The worid fs full of rin and vice and crime But honesty will stand the tést of tim: Truth, Virtue, Charity, me lead the van, God's name is honored The honest man! OLD EATING CUSTOMS. How They Used to Act at the Table Long Three or four men eo whom I dined the | | © other nigh' fell to discussing dinner customs and their-rea-ons, says a writer in the New | York Star. One recalled the days of two pronged forks and the old fashion of pouring | cer to cool it called attention to the _2 wy iceavet ts the word "dip," which is stillused in some parts of the country fo 'sance," and per petuates the miemory of the days when the | sauce Wasa common dish into which each person-dippet his bread or meat, It was this custom that led to the identificatian = Judas as the one who should betray Christ, for he dipped his sop inthe dish with the Master. at this thetalk turned to the habit of pouring a few drops of wine from a freahl ceeaed bottle into the host's glass, before the The popular uotion : that the object of the custom is to get rid avy bitsof cork that osay. here to mouth of the bottle, but one of my fellow- diners found tu it a relicof those uncomfort- | able days when the host first tasted "the wine | asa guarantee to his guests that it was not poisoned. The old Virginian custom of © drinking the first glass of wine standing is a al of the same sort, The host held his en rescd, he at once devotes his guests, and then drank its contents, "not tuself to recite the preserilesl prayers, for publication, but as a guarantee of good after 'which 'ee drinks a cup of black coffee, faith." | and instantly afterward begins ¢t moke cigarettes, a pastitne that be continues = A Story of a Whale's Pluck. j day almost without intermission, f : ie ue ardent anoker Breakfa t pty We have received the following letter fron Sigariangen fainlly' affaine, when. these rev Adelaide from Dr. Mannington Caffyn: "} = send you an instance of pluck on the part o quire his attention, as is almost always the awhale As far an I can learn itis ithe case with so large a family and of such ages and needs, This done, he quits the harem and goes into the selanulik Here he receives the reports couce court affairs. Toward 10 o'clock bis court sigan Ba and chief dignitaries appear, bear- '¢: re with, on his right, these documents, and on his left a pile of Turkish newspapers and ex- tracts from the European press, translated into Turkish oo his benefit by a translation bureau to thatend. His lunch, which follows the despatch of this ecco is most simple--little meat, a fair amount of vegetables, The meal ented, he will take a walk in the park or row-in a little boat upon one of the lakes it encloses, always accompanied by a chamberlain or some high dignitary. After taking two hours' exercise in the air be re- turns to his sitting rooms, where he na an reception, or - presides ov committee on An hour or two otniee sunset he 6806 More goes out for a walk. His dinner is as simple ashislunch. His favorite food is pillaf, sweets, and a very little He never pags spirituous Naranes, in due obedience to the commands of ¥ his daughters play and sing for him, He himself on these ons will often seas at the piano, an instrument he plays bers of his family.--Sovereigns and Courts' of Burope. . INSECT BRIDGE BUILDERS. Red Ants § y Construct a Way W' Over a River ot Molasses. The following remarkable story, told by an eye hank, is is entitled to a place among the instances of intelligence among the lower =, cook was much annoyed to find pastry shelves attacked by ants. By pod watching it was discov ered that they came out twice a search 00 about 7 in the morning and 4 in the after- f ao ow were the pies to be protected invaders? He aid we not have long to wait, ad at 6:50 o'clock he noticed that off in the hand corner of the pantry wasa line of ants slowly making their way in the direction of the piea They seeme| jike a vast army coming forth to attack the enemy. In front was a leader, who was larger than any of the others, and who alway + -- a little ahead of his trex ops. They were sort known as the medi- unrsized red a which is regarded as the most intelligent of ita kind, whose svientific name is formica ru * * af BDO <t utand joined the leader. The General 'and bis aids helda council, and then proceeded to examine the circle of molasses, Certain portions «fit geermed to be asmigned to the different an and each selected unerringly the point in the section under his charge w of mo Then the leader "Platinum is found in the Saskatchewan inet { hah | i St And if our lagging souls do not outsoar rhe pth Oe fully the most pieces of plaster to the place in the mo asimpie enough ape rarest eee a whale not to On morning of Jaly ™ inl latitede & ry ifor four days and nights an tute without om, hinself severely. After that he kept close like a New! deg. oan he did come up the chi: When Love Is at Its Best. As tired children go at candle light, The glow im théir young eyes quenched wit the : 'Almost too languid now that play is To maroc ae father's knee, and say ge - Secale Father out of sight, When sedated and patty tiump we ae with no sense eo no tender a As when we leave the presence "prong No lingering content our souls to st But reckoning our and losses 'stil, We turn the leaf upon the dull day's end, And, oarless, drift out to the sea of sleep Not such is prayer when love is at its best, The words we utter, though our chamber | floor { Be hallowed by our knees,~'twere vainly | ' Nay, be each | prayer with our soul's seal im- ' i, ress And let us send no courier to heaven' sdoor To speak our thanks, and further gifts im- In any sort 'of mask oF livery dressed. Rather, as friends bit sometimes bhand-in Nor mar with words the sweet spoech of theii Bo in oatt a let us oft'ner bow Nor try with words to make God understand. 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