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Millmen SON, Dal-hem, Licensed 10: the County of Grey Bailifl' o! the 2nd Division ell other methrerromptly [beet refel encee urnished 9 MAKE -. to fill orders for iture a opoohlty. FOUND: 13 0033803108 ml, Power; I remember it well. 1 chair and the routers. worn out, for I was th~ the chair had ranked H house, and keep on crowding it until the old man fell out of it into his grave. But your father’s chair was a sacred place. The children used to climb up on the rung: of it for a good- night kise, and the longer he stayed, ‘the better you liked it. The furniture dealer would not give you titty centa‘ (or it; but it is a throne of influence in your domestic circle. I so a little further on in your hanks and 1 find the mother's chair. It is very apt to he a rocking chair. She had no many cares and trouble. to mothc that it must have rockers. I remember it well. It was an old chair and the woken;~ were elmoet ”I First, I point out to you the father’s bl' broken chair. Old men always like to “ sit in the same place and the same :l'ehair. fl‘hey somehow feel more at . home, and sometimes, when you are in 0 their place and they come into the room, you jump up, and suddenly say, ” Here, father, here’s your chair.” The ‘ probability is it is an armchair, for' he is not so strong as he once was, and he needs a little upholding. The f hair a little frosty; the gums a little depressed; for in his early days there was not much dentistry. Perhaps a y cane and old-fashioned apparel, for though you may have suggested some improvement. father does not want any of your nonsense. Grandfather never had much admiration for new- fangled notions. I sat at the table of onO of my parishioners in a former congregation. An aged man was at the table, and his son was presiding, and the father somewhat abruptly ad- dressed the son, and said, "My son, don’t, now, try to show off because the minister is here !" Your father never liked any new customs of manners. He preferred the old way of doing things and he never lot ked so happy, as when with his eyes closed, he sat in the armchair in the corner. From wrin- . kied brow to the tip of the slippers,“ what placidityl The wave of the past 1 years of his life broke at the foot of thatchair. Perhaps sometimes he was a a little impatient. and sometimes told I the same story twice, but over that c old chair how many blessed memories c hover. 1 hope you did not crowd that 0 *old chair, and that it did not get very t much in the way. especially if he has t been so unwise as to make all his pro-' A petty to his children, with the under- I standing that they are to take care d of him. I have seen in such cases chil- tl dren crowd the old man’s chair to the 4‘ door, and then crowd it clear into the w street. and then crowd it into the poor cl wine pitchers; but all that racket was drowned out by the voice that came up from the vacant chair at the table. who sang out of it; and that cradle-â€" you remember who rocked it; and that BLble,â€"you remembered who read out of it; and that bedâ€"you remem- bear who slept in it; and that roomâ€" you remember who died in it. ‘But there is nothing in all your house so eloquent and so mighty-voiced as the vacant chair. I suppose that before Saul and his guests got up trom this banquet there was a great clatter of bo- empty." The prediction was fulfill- ed. David was missed. His seat was empty. Ll‘hat one vacant chair spoke louder than all the occupied chairs at the banquet. Set on the table the cutlery and the chased silver ware of the palace, for King Saul will give a state dinner to- day. lA distinguished place is kept at [the table (or his son-in-law, a cele- i‘brated warrior, David by name. The guests, jeweled and plumed, come in [and take their places. When the peo- lple are invited to a king’s banquet, they are very apt to go. But before the covers are lifted from the feast Saul looks around and finds a vacant seat at the table. He says within himself, or perhaps andibly: “ What does this mean? Where is my son-in- law? Where is David, the great war- rior? I invited him; I expected him. What! a vacant chair at a king's banquet!” The fact was that David, ' the warrior, had been seated for the last time at his father-in-law’s table. The day before, Jonathan had coaxed : David, in the words of my text, "Thou l‘ wilt be missed, because thy seat will," n... ,.. (A deapatch from Washington says: Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the following textzâ€"Thou shalt hernias- ed. because thy seat will be empty.”â€" THOSE VACANT CHAIRS Rev. Dr. Talmage Tells of the Lessons They Convey. an youngest, and at the ta ble. f I have been very earnest thin morn- Hog, because I realiu the (act that the day will come when the p'eetor’a will be empty. From. thh_.paint.how often I have looked of! into your faces. I have seen a great many beautiful and thrilling eighu, but never any- thing to equal whet I have wit-cued empty." due the sfiul like a child’s voice. But We when it goes from. you, the high chair becomes a higher chair, and there in desolation all around about you. I cannot speak flcm experience, Bea thank God; but in three-fourths of the year-1 homes of my congregation there is a your vacant high chair. Somehow you .¢.tim never get over it. There in no one toi Yen put to bed at night, no one to ask] And strange questions about God. and” inch and heaven. Oh, what in the one of Oh that high chair I It is to call you high- atter'v er. What a drawing upward it must be to have children in heaven. With w“ the child’s chair. If that chair be oc- cupied, Ithink it is the most potent chair in all the household. All the chairs wait on it, all the Chaim are turned toward it. It means more than David’s chair at Saul’s banquet. At any rate it makes more racketm That is a strange house that can be‘ dmll with a child in it. There is no- thing to arouse and melt and sub- [how suggestive it is. No more ofjchapter in 00080 history has been! E bolstering up of the weary head. Nogwritten’ in the past two years since; more changing from side to side to:the Opening of the railroad from' get an easy position. No more use Matadl to Stanley POOL Within the; of the bandage and the cataplasm and past twenty-four month. half 01 the; the prescription. That inValid‘s chair upper Congo fleet 0‘ “It! “88818 have} may be famed up, or taken apart, or ' been carried on the cars to the Pool.‘ sot away, but it will never lose itsi‘vbile a month was required to carry queenly power; it will always preach 3 the earlier boats over “’0 mountains: of trust in God and cheerful submis- and down mt" the valleys ”008 the 235' sion. Suffering all ended now. wuumll‘” between ”1° 10W” 00080 and' respect to that invalid the words of; the Pool, an entire bout. u now curried? my text have been fulfilled; “Thou over the route in two days. Th“: shalt be missed, because thy seat will the railroad 1’“ facilitated 91“in be empty.” :eteameu on the upper river; end nowi I pass on and I find one more vac- ; both unread "'4 steam "5‘59“ 31‘?‘ ant chair. It is ahigh chair. It is mm"? “mm" ‘“ ”“3 “ENEMY- invalid’s chair is the mighty pulpitq from which they havel been preaching, all those years, trust in God. Oh’! what a means of grace to the world..- these invalid chairs. On that field of. human suffering. the grace of God, gets its victory. But when one of these invalid’s chairs become vacant.’ I go on a little farther and Icome to the invalid'a chair. What! How long have you been sick! "Oh. I! have been sick ten, twenty, thirty Yeara." I: it poosible? What a story of endurance. There are in, many on! the familiea of my congre-z gation, these ianvaliJ chairs. The 00- cnpanta at them think they are do» ing 'no good in the world; but that! .‘......I:.n- -1. ' 04! upon her face, and he cried out; "0 mother. mother, what your life could not do, your death shall effect! This moment I give my heart to God.“ And he kept his promise. Another victory for the vacant chair. With reference to your mother, the words of my text were fulfilled; “Thou aha lt yovu charged yourself with supersti- tion and fanaticism, and your head got hot with .your own thoughts, and and you went home, and you went to bed, mud no sooner had you touch- ed tho bed than a waxice aaid; “What a pruyerless pillow!" A young man went off and broke his mother’ hear... and while he was away from home. his maothar died. and the tele- graph brought the son. and he came. into- the room where she lay, and look- ' those wordless songs. which mothers sing to their sick children-songs in which all pity and compassion and sympathetic influences are com- bined. That old chair has stopped rocking for many years. It may be feet up in the loft or the garret, but it holds a queenly power yet. When at midnight you went into the grog shop to get the intoxicating draught, did you not hear a voice that said; “My son, why go in there?” and loud- er than the boisterous encore of the; theatre, a voice saying; “My aon,‘ what do you here?” And when you went into the house of sin, a voice: saying; “What would your mother; do if she knew you were here?" and, you were provoked at yourself and had done wnong. When we were wayward, father scolded, but mother cried. It was a very wake- ful chair. In the sick day at child-~ ten, other chairs Gould not keep awake, that chair always kept awake, â€"kept easily awake. That chair knew all the old lullabies and all into her lap. That was the bank} where we deposited all our hurts and i worries. Ah. what a chair that waslé It was different from the father's; chair; it was entirely different. You‘ Mk me how! I cannot tell; but we? felt it was different. Perhaps there: was abmt this chair more gentleness, more tenderness, more grief when we the year-old daughter, aid you pee! in a your apple :3 I told you to before you leatinc it! "Became 3° m“! 01 the 31:10 amend to want him." I When I was your ego I never thought of spending as much money so you do Well, air. the careless youth replied, I cannot do more I' then offer my eympathm. It ivu grendfether'l teolt, not lune. Oh, repliod the little miss. I at. that afterward. Yea. momma, replied Bosnia. And what did you do with the peel- ing? asked her mother. :atoamerc on the upper river; and now; gboth railroad and rte-m vessel: are? “working together in the commercial- ;expanlion at the country. I thus; l-5-MCMI. Well 9 W311. he lent 1 THOUGHT IT WAS ABBREVIATED. Our grocer'a mind never risen abovo D a I: a. B m I! E p a. m O :3 B a. p n F? a '1 6 b' i 8 ‘f riad pieces were unloaded at Stanley? Pool months were required to rivet: them together and prepare the vessel; for launching. ' So nearly eighteen years were taken l in placing the first titty eteamboate' l i It rwaaa gigantic undertaking to transport the tirst {my steamers to the upper rlver. They had to_ be earned piece by piece on the backs of l Belgian enterprise. has placed near- fly half of these vessels on the river. iThe feet of the Congo Free State teen steamers, making a total of forty-eight vessels owned and con- Etrolled by Belgian enterprises. The most important fleet after that of the Belgians is the French flotilla. In the past two years the French have sent thirty-nine boats to Brazzaville on Stanley Pool, and most of them have' been launched. The Dutch traders‘ own ten vessels, the Germans two and English and American missionaries societies have four steamers in their I sent him an order 7 The large Fleet New flying on 8,000 fill" l of Waterwayn. l Twenty years ago Henry M. Stanley, 1 ; who had reached Stanley Pool to begin . his five yeara’ work planting stations ;on the river, launched the first steam- ,‘er on the waters of the Pool. It was :the little En Avant of five tone bur- ‘den. In the twenty years that have guinea elapsed Europe has not failed in lto ply on the great African river. ' There are to-day 103 steamboata {travelling up and down the upper‘ :Congo and its tributaries or preparing :in the shipyards at Stanley Pool for launching. The flotilla has taken a“ fprominent part In the pacific conquest; - . .w --‘ and the economic expansion of the new Congo country. It has been very; prominent 1n the work of exploration and of occupation. Without these steamers it would not have been pos-, sible to start so many trading and other stations. They could not, without the steamers, have procured sufficient supplies. The steamers also made it: possible to develop the ivory and rub-3' her trades, which have now reachedi large proportions. ‘ when, in this chair, I have looked of! and seen you rise for the doxology. Seated. in thu chair, sometimes I have greatly rejoiced at seeing multitudes come to God, and then again I have trembled for tear men would reject the gospel. I wonder what this chair will testify when I have left.it for1 the last time? Will it tell of a useful life, of an earnest ministry, ofa pure gospel 1 God grant it. The most powerful sermon that is ever preach-1 ied1 is by the vacant chair of a pastor: the Sabbath after he has been carried} iaway from it. And oh, when we are, all through with this world and we ghave shaken hands all around for the last time, and all our cha1rs in the home circle and in the outside world shall be vacant, may we be worship-. zing: God in that place from which we shall go out no more forever. Thank God there will be no vacant chairs in heaven l I STEAIERS OF THE UPPER CONGO. A FEMININE REASON. he gent us 15 pound: of mince- the novel ty of OBEDIENT. your idol, why an yesterday, and. it. dated it -v-' Sumo chatelnine mirror; of no alight artistic nnd intrinsic merit. no i framed in bits of old brocade and bni- 'lion huid, and son:- ot thou moot closely copied otter tho eightoonth 'oontnry models. have sliding boob, into which court plutor convbo It“; M. ,.. . .V - . ‘Chrbtmu' not only benefited (uh- iono to tho extent ot introducing tho chatelnlno mkror, but also brought pontoon“: forward the soul! old 0:- jcnamame MIRRORS AND GOLD NECKLEIa It is a revival of an eighteenth cen- tury tuhion, this use of a emall jew- 'eled hand-mirror that is worn as e i .ehetelaine ornament. In the good old days of powder, and patches, and wise and rouge a mirr'or at hand was a! necessity. The troublesome war paint often needed a touch of repaire.which in the frank days of Queen Annienmu always unblushingly supplied. In this virtuous twentieth century the tiny mirrors are worn only for orna- ment, so their owners say, and very pretty ornaments they are. l l i l ga soft brush. an old linen handker- Tohief folded smoothly over them. and la. piece of gum oamphor kept in the box all the time, or put them in e fclone box and with good paste or mn- lcilage fasten a strip of paper over the lcrack left between the lid and box fend put them in the closet. The tall ’ will find them safe and tree from the .unpleasant odors that tobacco. com- O g phor, etc.. always leave in furs. place, and they will come out in good condition when needed. Another very good way is to put the turn in a paper sack. tied up clou- ly. so that the moat minute [I] cannot reach them. Put them In I. dark When they no put aside he: should be brushed the right wa’ with BUYING AND STORING FURS. When examining skins for making up, or when purchasing fur garments a. good test as to quality is to blow briskly against the incline or set ot‘ the fur. It the fibres open readily, exposing the skin to View, reject the’ article; but it the down is so dense that the breath cannot penetrate it.‘ or at most shows a small portion of the skin, the article may be accept-g ed. Ladies, as a general rule, imagine that care in putting away furs is all that is required; they think they can wear them when and how they please. provided they expend a few cents for camphor when they lay them asideu This idea should be corrected. More harm is done to furs by wearing them [or s. week after the weather has be- come warm than during the wholsj; the facing along at its two edges, :turning the later under as you pro- ceed. Be careful to smooth the ma- terial, but avoid doing so to the fac- ing, as smoothing one material over another tightens the upper one. Hem fiend press the edge nicely. the top row ‘01 stitches being done invisibly. depth to match the lower edge of the I skirt. and then join the piece: togeth- .:aa in the cape of the skirt seams. . stitching the silk with slightly nar- rowed turnings, it the same have been . allowed on both. so as to make it the f least bit loose on the cloth. Next take ‘ a; strip of fine crinoline cut on an ex- act bias in strips two inches wide. which lay on the inside of cloth edge. Turn up and haste both together. in 'the one-inch turning that will have been allowed in cutting out the skirt. Now place the lower part of skirt 1 wrongside up Over lap board, and be- ginning with the centre of front. haste . It is a matter at individual taste whether skirts made of faced cloths g and materials of similar weight should be lined or not. but since it is now \well known that much weight does {not necessarily mean warmth. many prefer to have their cloth skirts made -'up without linings. or even without {any lining whatever. electing to wear the sill: underskirt as a separate gar- ment. Once this plan is adapted it is generally continued. especially with t the prevailing long skiits. as they are The twin; must be out very care- fully to correspond with shape of low- so much more easily lifted. Skirts made in this way, especially when of light weight Venetian or face cloth. require nice facing . about 18 inches deep, which should be of silk preter- ably. The next best material is fine Italian cloth or lansdowne. [33MB 01. n. qnhit: needs d [mu um must HOLD. g '3'! Upon the peculiar arch and the he’ho'eudih of the eyebrow much de- se pends. Delicate feature: require 'e 1' gdelicate eyebrow. while a face that is I”iatrong in character requires a holder t' gone. Never pull hair: out o‘t‘the brow, '° but tether try, by careful brushing. ii to train them to grow as you wish. If tom was recommended by the author to e lady who was slightly obese and ‘Never eat of more than one dish at a meal. no matter what that dish may he; then a person may consume as much as the stomach may bear. and satiety the appetite without the least reserve. Nevertheless. nothing but one dish should be taken. No eon- diments. no soups nor supplementary desserts should be allowed. This sys- you will try brushing y9ur eyebrows in different directions. you will see just how the hair should grow in or- der to suit your eye best. and then you should be cereful always to brush it the ssme way. A very little oil may be lined. but be careful not to use it often, or it my make them grow. bushy. ‘ feet form much can be done to help matters. The eyebrow should extend slightly below the orifice of the eye at each end. Toward the temple it ehould terminate in emere line, and it should be slightly breeder at the Eyebm'owa differ with ev'ery individ- ual but if nature has not been care- ful to provide one with those of per- And then about the eyebrow. How often women are perfectly neglectful about them. Shakespeare tells us how the lover, sighing like n furnace has writ o, " woeful ballad to his mlstreu’ eyebrow” but lovers in olden days were more appreciative of this toa- ture than they are toâ€"day. If e, little vaneline or olive oil be put upon the lashes each night the growth will be aided very much. The beeuties of old. Helen of Troy and CleOpetrs notably. were famous for the beauty of their eyes. and no doubt they devoted much time to their care. Some beauties do nowadays. but many a girl who has a pretty eye could enhance its attractiveness by s little care. Long. sweeping eyelashes have been admired by poets and lovers from time immemorial. and there is certainly something very beautiful and seductive in the long eyelash sweeoing down on a velvet cheek. Not only does it add to the expression. but it is a greater safeguard to the eye from dust and dangerous flying par- ticles. qniaite neekIete of ohleeled gold. that needed but a flight advertleement to insure their popularity. The neeklet mnat never be more than a elender gold chain elaaping the hue of the throat. and from which a perteot llt-. tle ornament muat hang. It in the preference Just now to have theee ornaments ehow tew preeioue atonee. Gold, wrought in some fine and peon- liar design. ie valued almoat above jewels, especially when the gold shows a variety of natural colon. or ia feel-l ingly treated with enamel. Every necklet bears, an a rule. a name; the name in given the pattern or figure in the pendant. and on the lid of the satin-lined box in which an ornament repoeee. the title of the contente in lettered in gilt. There are. among oth- era, the Dragon tly. Springtime. Hope“ CARE OF BROWS AND LASHES. We beg to inform our customers and the public generally that we have adopted the Cash System, which means Cash or 'its Equiv- alent, and that our motto will be Aanuminc that there are 20 leave. two and one-half inchea wide and 80 inchea long on acorn plant and that there are three planta ina hill on“ acrea. counting 8.240 hilla per acre. the number of aquare feet of outlaoa prcaented by the leavea would ha 4.050.000. equal to nearly 05 acroa. which area the hladea would cover a acarpet it placed side by aide. Thin calculation doea not take into account additional surface which naturally would he preaent in a field of corn. 0U TDON E. In almont every small town there ll name person who is known and despined (or bi! inquisitive habitn. ‘Even children delight in thwarting ’Ithe purpose. of such n man, u b nhown by the following incident, which a correspondent furnishes: Hrs. Stocken wished n friend to «share her cider vinegar, and nent her, !eight-year-oid eon to deliver it. B. 'returncd quickiy, hie (one wearing n natwtied smile. . “Mu. White wan much obliged, no, but I met Mr. Perkins just before I .got here. Be laid. Hullo. bub! I wonder if you’ve got molauen in tint jug! and lurid, No, sir. Ir. Perkin¢ [He said. Got vinegar! and l naid, No. {aim Mr. Perkinl. Then he noted. Get cider I and I told him. No. air. It. Perkins. . Last he uid, Well. thnt’l n jug in your hand. ain’t it. Caleb! and. I put my jug on the ground and u’id. No. sir. Mr. Perkins! ‘ who put it into prsetios with the best results. The isdy observed thst she suffered no inconvenience what- ever from this diet. snd the result obtained by seversi others may be well understood. as she found by her own experietice that the partaking oioniy one dish. whether it be meat. fish or vegetables, brought on e sense at satiety much sooner than it she had pe-rtaken of s vsriety of dishes. whence the effect of s relative skatin- WONDERS OF THE CORN PLANT. bottlc l was almost well. but continued takic‘ it until! had completed the third bottle, when I was perfectly well. Be!“ taking 8.3.8. I could scarcely at any thing without havin a fail: in my stomach. ow eat whgtovcr I like with- â€"â€"v vâ€"- vâ€"“V I- U-V "" lz-rqo Luca“ Nowum‘or In Western Ontario. “I was troubled with indigestion sod dyspepsia for three or four cars, and tried slmost eve doctor Mud re and differ- ent dyspep remedies. but got little rsléd. “I then finned usin Burdock Blood fitters! sad when I had finished the second After trying the hundred and one new-fungi“ remedies without much benefit, why not use the old relieble Burdock Blood Bitten and obtein a perfect and permanent cure? Here is a can in point: thgté ii c'oqsun‘t mint; pain ii: ' thé no: mgthful tpcy cat. “I Gan Eat . ' What I Uk‘o.” Dyspopfu and indigestion h” .Mugy pgoplo _sufl'er_ urfibly vb N?