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Grass m d I'lcdo'e Shears also in Do not forget that We are selling the best Woven W ire Fence manutaetured. Crow Bars and Clay Picks in abundance. Every farmer shouid look into our Binder Twine proposition before purchas- ing elsewhere. Binder Twine. Wire Fencing. up. Wheelbarrows. ’zlints. See our assortment of hm'el and Rocker Chums, Eutter Workers; Butter Buwls, Butter Ladels, 13th- cr Spoons and Milk Cams. .uwn Mowers. ‘iuu'ns. Hardware. Wheelbarrows from W. Black. The Cheapest place on earth. DRUG STORE. Dugout-l Seen. In a Scotch Church ne- costlyâ€"Blvd locum and Threadlnre Temper: Inch In Evidence. The troubles of the Free Kirk and the Wee Kirk are straws in the wind compared with the differences which divide the flock of the Dalkeith Evan- gelical Union Congregational Church- Morning service recently was not- able for the fact that the pulpit con- tained two rival preachers and three fighting men, all trying to perform their specific duties at the same time, while the conflicting halves of the congregation sang hymns against each other. The minister of Dalkeith is the Rev. Robert Dermid Brown. He does not meet with unquestioned approval by the congregation. Among other sins alleged against him is the own- erahip of an ice cream saioon. The reform party have invited him to withdraw, and have invited some- body else to take hil place. Mr. Brown has replied with a fearsome Scotch instrument known as a cav- eat, and they tried to fight it all out in church. There are two doors in Dalkeith Church. The minister holds the keys of one; the malcontents have the oth- er. When Mr. Brown and party reached the church on a recent Sun- day morning they found the malcon- tents in possession, and a young. man named Scottâ€"brilliant in a {bluel lounge suit and a green tie-in the pulpit. The Brown party entered by ' their own door, and listened to Mr. i Scott’s prayer, interrupting with jeers when the supplications did not please them. { The prayer over, Mr. Brown el-' i I bowed his way into othe pulpit and called for the hymn, “Onward, ' Christian Soldiers.” Mr. Scott fold-' ed his arms, and listened to the; music. The hymn was sung with'l great vehemence, While the rival fac-I tion jeerml, and after the “Amen ’1 the verses \wru suzie: all ”\t‘l' again. a The Scott party. keeping; Strictly to their own half of the church, had a small organ, and they countered! with "Fight the (loud i'izzht.” The! the verses were sung all mcr again. The Scott. party. keeping strictly to their own half of the church, had a. small nrguu, and they cuuntered with “Fight the Good right." The rival pastors lust their tempers and stimulated the two choirs by gesti- culauing \Vihily at each others. Then Mr. lh'uwn Shut up his arm. Both parties stuppml singing. Both min- isters tried to address the congrega- tion. 'l'hv. (Bin was to___-.rri{lc. 'l‘hree more men stepped into the pulpit. Evi- dently they \W'lz'.‘ on the side of the minister, {or the opposition shouted loudly that thl'W' prize lighters had gone up. The lighting men were con- tent with loukin: fierce. No blows were struck, but. the shouting and the insults \H'rv such as have seldom disgraced a house of-Divine worship. Accusa‘ions were hurled at the head of Mr. Brown. In reply, ’he made personal imputations against the character of his assailants. “If you are a gentleman. and have any respect, quit this pulpit," laid Mr. Brown to his rival. “If you don’t," be added reflectivciy, “I will throw you down the stairs.” Mr. Scott declined to leave, the din became greater than ever Tempers were worn threadbare and there was every promise of a free fight when the young man with the green necktie said that he would stand aside and allow Mr. BroWn to make a statement, resuming his own service afterwards. “If you try it," said Mr. Brown, “I will throw you outf’ Mr. Brown delivered an extraordi- nary tirarle, constantly interrupted by laUghter, objectionable. remarks and the Shullling of feet. “Madam," he said to one objector, “there will be no laughing in hell!” At last he finished and then, as if satisfied with his performance, for- bore to eject his rival with the green tie, and stalked out of the church, followed by his bodyguard and his supporters. Mr. Scott said it, would be a mock- ery to proceed with Divine service after such a scene as that, so he and his party left also, after a discreet. interval. A Blue look issued recently con- tains a review of the trade of India for the year ending March 3.1, last. "his states that the whole tradeâ€"- that is, the total of the imports and exports of both merchandise and treasureâ€"is greater than that of the preceding year by nearly £21,000,- 000, equal to 13 per cent. Among the causes which have contributed to this result is one that has had a two-fold eflectâ€"namely. the extra- ordinary price of raw cottonâ€"for, while on the one hand it produced a partial paralysis of the Lancashire cotton industry. and so kept at . an unduly low level the imports of goods which represent more than one- â€"' -_-_A.-.I 'vvv~ thigd of the value of all imported mexthandise, it created, on the other hand, an extraordinary demand for Indian cotton, and this, with the increased price, accounts for an ad- vance in the export trade of nearly nine hundred and sixty-three lakhs (£6,412,600).~ But, putting aside cotâ€" â€"---_ A. \“U,‘L~,Vvvlu ”‘5' r“--â€" ton goods thé imports of the year of all other commodities furnish strik- ing evidence of industrial develop- ment and general prosperity. Re- cords were established for sugar, pro- visions, metals, precious stones, etc. “Will you kindly tell us,” a re- porter asked Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the actress, “why you are so fre- quently cold and unreSponsive tea-to our profession. don’t you know? Have you any grouch against newspa- pars?” “Not a thingâ€"except one,” she ro- plied. “They will now and again call me ‘Mrs. Pat.’ I can’t stand that. ‘Put.’ It is the last straw that breaks ‘ the pampbell’l back." FIVE MEN IN A PULPIT. Mn. “Pat" Campboll’o Pun. ’ Trade of India Booming. and Indian Superstitions. The Indian believes there are boa constrictors in the streams of North America and also that the South Amer- ican taplr lives in North America. He calls the boa constrictor the lateâ€"act» war-nayer and calls the tapir nocas-oh- mer. The Indian believes he has a cure and preventive for rabies, or hydrophobia. He also believes he can cure any snake bite on earth, from a ground rattler to a velvet tail or diamond rattler. An Indian never was known to go mad from dog bite or die from a rattler’s bite, while other races succumb to the venom of a snake or go mad from the bite of a rabid dog. The Indian when in battle and fatal- ly wounded believes that it his medi- cine man can reach him with his bitter medicine before he dies it will give him instant relief and he will be able to es- cape trom the battlefield. He thinks every man is honest until he finds him out, in which event he loses all confi- dence in him and never gets over it. The Indian never makes up after falling out with any one. He may speak to an enemy as he passes, but dies with the hatred in his heart. How “All Men Are Born Equal.” . The woman born beautiful'doesn’tg bother to educate her intelligence, is; spoiled by flattery, is unable to hold; the men she attracts. The woman born ! homely is driven to deve10p her char-E acter and her mind, and so more than: overcomes her handicap as against her? pretty sister. The man born clever§ loses because he wins too easily and! has no incentive to that sustained et-§ fort which alone achieves success. The 3 man born “slow” develops patience, as- g siduity, balance and, best of all, tenac- § ity. It comes near to being a universali rule that strong points and weak ones? just about offset each other in any hu-E man being at the start and that the de-i velopment is a matter for the man him- i self to determine. And there is no fa?! tal handicap except the disposition to! regard one’s handicap as fatal.-â€"Sat- 1 urday Evening Post. I “'ord Corruption. . “I lately heard," says a writer in T. P.’s London Weekly, “of a country inn which boasted for its sign, ‘The Jackass.’ Word corruption like this has given many quaint signs to our hostelries. Among the better known inns are ‘The Goat and. the Compass,’ corrupted from the words, ‘God en- compasseth us;’ ‘The Bull and Mouth,’ from ‘the Boulogne mouth,’ after the naval combat before Boulogne harbor, and ‘The Pig and Whistle,’ from ‘the peg and wassail,’ alluding to the pegs driven into the old wassail bowl to mark the point to which the toper might drink as his turn comes round. The sign, common in Lancashire, of the Stanley arms, an eagle carrying a child, is popularly referred to as ‘The Bird of Bantlin’.’ ” Marrying on Account. Rev. Mr. Williams was the Congre- gational minister in the village of Winslow, Me, several years ago. One evening, says a correspondent of the Boston Globe, four young people called at the parsonage. Two of them wished to be married. The papers in the case were legal, so Mr. Williams performed the ceremony. The other couple acted as bridesmaid and best man. The groom was the son of a well known man in the town, and as the happy couple were leaving the parsonage the young man whispered to Mr. Williams: “‘CIust charge it to father. parson. It will be all right.” Sunday Card Playing Lawn. There was a time when people in England were forbidden by law to play at cards, even in their own houses, on Sunday. In the royal proclamation against vice, profaneness and immor- ality, read every session and assize, is the following passage: “And we do hereby strictly enjoin and prohibit all our loving subjects, of what degree or quality soever, from playing on the Lord’s day at dice, cards or any other game whatsoever, either in public or private houses or other places whatso- ever.” Enlarged finger Joints Me source of annoyance and mortlflcatlon. Some- times they are caused by pulling the fingers to make the joints “crack." Sometimes they are the result of hard work, rheumatism or gout. They may be relieved by light rotary massage (rubbing around and around and around on the joints with the thumb and fingers and stroking upward), ac- companied by the application of oil of Wintergreen. Not Too Much of a Fool. “Father says that Algernon hasn't any idea of the value of money,” she exclaimed plaintively. V.-v “-â€"'w ‘ “Your father wrongs him,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I have observed that Algernon never proposes to anybody except heiresses.” Perfectly Natural. Old Gentlemanâ€"How old are you, my dear? Little Girlâ€"I was eight years old yesterday. Old Gentlemanâ€"In- deed! You don’t look to be that old. Little Girlâ€"Ah, how you naughty men do flatter us poor, weak women! it is that destroys a man's memory completely. Gr_een_:â€"What is it? Alco- ‘0 - OLIâ€" -_- IL,- ‘Ivu‘illv 'v 1101 or tégaccwoâ€"i Brownâ€"Neither; it’s doing him a favor. ' Wom’u Work, That’n Never Done. First Shopper-Sometimes It is hard to and what you Evant: Seco'nd Shop- AI-_IA Her-ties, esfieclally when you know what it tag-Judge. f _ Enlarged Flagel- Jul-tn. Tonto! Wan Unable to Answer. Once in Moscow, near the Borovitch- skaia gate, Count Toastoi saw a per- sistent beggar, asking alms, Who ex. claimed, “A little penny, brother, in the name of Christ!” A police omcer approacbtd. He was young, martial and wrapped in the reg- ulation sheepskin. At sight of him the beggar fled, hobbling away in fright and haste. “Is it possible.” said Tolstoi to him- self, “that people are forbidden to ask charity. in Christ’s nameâ€"in :1 Chris- \uullll. Au tian land ?” “Brother,” he said to the police, “can you read?” “Yes,” said the officer politely. “Have you read the Bible?” “Yes.” “And do you remember Christ’s orders to feed the hungry ?” And he cited the words. The policeman was evidently troubled. He turned to his questioner and asked: “And you, sirâ€"you can read?” “Yes, brother.” “And have you read the police regu- lations ?” “Yes, brother." “And do you remember that begging in the main streets is forbidden ?”â€"Suc- cess. Built In Blood. The Winter palace of the czars was built in blood. Almost every stone of the walls and every square yard of the plaster lining them cost a life. Nich- olas had given the order that the pal- ace must be rebuilt in a year, and what was human life against the des- pot’s will? Six thousand men were kept at work day and night, with the palace heated at :10 It. to dry the walls rapidly, while the temperature out- side was often 30 degrees below zero R. The men could only work with ice packs on their heads, and, experienc- ing a daily change of 60 degrees, they died by the score every day. By the end of the year the death roll was some thousands, but the palace was finished. To understand the full mean- ing or this achievement it should be re- membered that the Winter palace is as large as Buckingham palace, Kensing- ton palace and the National gallery.â€" London Globe. Luminous East Indian Plan“. Upward of sixty species of East In- dian plants, mostly of the fern family, with a goodly sprinkling of grasses and creeping vines, are luminous, and it is said that the sides of the moun- tains in the vicinity of Cyree are nightly illuminated by the pale, white light which they emit. The root stock of a plant from the Ooraghum jungle, near Layki (supposed to he an orchid), possesses the peculiar properties of be. coming luminous when wet, while when dry it is quite lusterless. One jointed plant, supposed to he a member of the rush or cane family, emits a fiery red light from its leaves, a pale white one from its stalk, while its flowers give out capricious flashes, like that of our “lightning bugs.” Chilean. Wear Oven-coats Indoors. “In Santiago, the Chilean capital, where I have been residing for some years, it is common to see people put on their overcoats when they enwr a house and take them of: upon going into the street,” said a visitor to the capital. “The cause of this is that the at- mosphere on the outside is warmer than within the residences. The Chileans do not beat their domiciies to any extent, and they are construct- ed or such thick walls that they are a Horse. Inn Battle. Arabian horses show remarkable courage in battle. It is said that when a horse of his breed finds himself wounded and knows instinctively that he will not be able to carry his rider much longer he quickly retires, hear- ing his master to -a place of safety while he has yet sumcient strength. But if, on the other hand, the rider is wounded and falls to the ground, the faithful animal remains beside him, un- mindful of danger, neighing until assistance is brought. The Iacaetous Statesman. “Are youmure you know all about that subject you are‘xoing to make a speech on?” “No," answered the sazacious states~ man. “I have put in my time collect- ing epigrams and anecdotes. The sur- est way to make an uninteresting speech is to make a thorough study of ‘ There are no greater wretches 1n the 91mm than many of those whom people 139nm] uh; to be Montâ€"Boned. your subject.” He Was Immune. “I suspect,” said the fair maid who had talked for fifteen consecutive min- utes without permitting him to get a word in edgeways, “you are tired of hearing me talk.” | â€"vwâ€"â€"â€"v U “Not at all,” ‘replled the gallant young man. “I get shaved at a bar- ber’s and am used to that sort of thing.” An Empty Title. Little Willieâ€"I say, pa, what is an empty title? Paâ€"An empty title, my son, is your mother’s way of referring to me as the head of the house when there are visitors present. Well Trained. First Little Girlâ€"My father is an officer. What does yours do? Second Little Girlâ€"Whatever mamma tells himâ€"London Fun. . Knicker-Didn’t ‘the doctor build you up? Backerâ€"Yes, but he seems to think he built a bank. H deal on the order of refrigera- gziééié 5Â¥2Xۤ$¥€3H€¥$W House Furms hmgs Our Carpet department all kinds. “’9 are sh: UNION Cmpms, 25¢ to 500 yd. Our store is well and favorsbly known for its Linoleums. We aim to have exclusive patterns and the most handsome designs we can procure. Good heavy quslity. dark and light colors. 500 square yd. We have just completed our assortment of Floor Oil Cloths, in block and floral designsâ€"3 ft... 4 ft. 6 in. and 6 It. widths, prices 250, 40c und 500 yd. This Large variety of Non inghem Lace Carmina is here. them at :11 prices. from 50¢ per pair up. Comma CURTAIN Goons, ‘ We heve the deintieet Curtain mnterisle you would wish to see, in either white or colored goods. w? E «43,99 floor covering is more pepuler then ever this eeuon. It in} 3 it. wide. Prices 200, 250 end 300 yd. 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