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are JNO. A. DARLING HE undersigned having pur- chased the steel; and business of Mr. J. A. Glass, begs to an- nounce to the general public that he i: prepared to furnish ordered tailoring in first class Style of workmanship a? reasonable prices. of impaz'th \Vorsteds. Serges, Cheviuts, and Scotch and Can- adian Tun-(ads always on hand. 11181; 1119 the best we have (3111151101111 at the ptice. Smokers’ Requasztes. <HOHLZm. $350.. mfiWHZQm. .56de OZQLZm. Stewart’s Confections THE BEST MADE. We are bound to clear out our Xmas stock if prices will do it. Bread . The good wife 'of the house always likes to have ‘9de Bread. and the- best Bread is to be had at. Stinsou’: The whitest, =Wee_test and mos: hoaltS-giwx‘nâ€"éde. No Inn’QbunJ “i2 ever find fault with Stinapu’s Bread eof your patronage ctfully solicited. ‘ '5- -'vâ€" v \‘~'e tum nut a firet-claes article v'hether it’s Bread. Pies or Cakes. and give special attention to our customers. ‘ive us at cail and sample our gem!» pd dou’zfizeé to have the driver ‘ _ _ . Our Wagon bolas duly . Merchant Tailoring. )h v.'. UUC‘L l I. (ll -“‘(.l at ($5.0 53.01112 l1ke {1, SHOT and Those \\ 11o suppose :1 out requires on13. eat and milk should ofit'er it a bit of “e 211 .1 JV shit the mm k. ' m V 4 nice!) cooked \egetable. especially as- PE! Chemist and Druggist. Hair Brusiws. Military Brushes. Shaving Brushes, Leather \oveltives. Pocket Books. Purses, Card Cases Bill Books. Music Rollsâ€" dainty and nice. FIRST-CLASS LINE .of Bakery Goods always on“ hand at Bowe’ FULL LINE MERCUAXT TAILOR. PIPES from '36 to $10 00. Cigars, Tobaccos. 'l'obacco Pouches, Cigar Cases and Cigul‘ Holders. DPUG GSTORE 1):; ('3 ' ~o '1. 3.! F \lnucm'e Set: lflSOfl Some of the most notorious criminals who, it would hardly be thought, paid the slightest attention to omens, good or bad, have the greatest faith in su- perstitions of all kinds. The burglar is a believer in the sig- t“"“‘ ' The burglar is a believer in the sig- nificance of dreams and has been known to relinquish a big burgling feat if a dream the night before has warned him that he will be in danger should he disregard the warning. If he saw a rainbow he would consider it to por- tend that, however reckless he may be. he is not likely to fall into the hands of the police for a space of three months. Burglars have been knowfi to carry a donkey's shoe in their pocket before turning out. believing that this will protect them from danger. while others pin their faith to a piece of coal. which they will carry in their pockets throughout their career and afterward bequeath it to a confederate. Lo “v â€"-â€"- _- _ , son who squints, this being accounted r a sign of disaster. and if it happens that the purse he robs contains foreign ‘ coins it is believed to augur that he ' will travel a good deal in the immedi- ‘ ate .future, whether in the company of ? a couple of officers or not there is noth- . ing to show. Weddings and funerals are pregnant . with meaning for the professional thief. To pick a pocket at a funeral would be , to court immediate disaster, whereas if 3 a purse stolen at a wedding contains ' gold it portends the best of luck for the thief during the ensuing six months. The pickpocket is equally supersti tious. It is said he will not 10b a pm- -_v ' Some piclipockcts hme a favorite p lil‘ of boots that they wear as long as they can krep them on their feet. and if they 1110 not anested While the) are wearing them they cut the boots up into little square pieces and give them 21:2 ‘22: or Very dark eyes denote a c.2- 2222222152 for extreme 22222102 in love. G22:2:2t:2>h tints in blue or hazel eyes are ‘ 22 2 signs of \2 23210222 and courage. $222221 22012222221 eves 22322 22112 denote :2 cold 22:222220. also deceit and treachen. 12293202 brown eve-.4 22222i22;:2-2(i by .2222- 1Y()‘Wi!(‘t H .II .~ 1022'. 222222222 :222 :212'2 22021022322 and d ispvxf. t inn. : ".:?i<-::ti\'e of :m itxxtmlsive and lllll‘n‘L‘SSlUllzllilO tempe:°:unent. (‘19sz light blue eyes. especially if :ae- “(unnamed by stouzlfzzstm‘ss of exit-res- sion. denote cheerfulness. amiability and constancy. Tawny eyes denote fickleness. Eyes of no particular color. only feeble shades of gray and blue. go with lym- phatic dispositions. ell-.n'neterized by coldness, selfishness and listlessness. A Late Supper. A very stead} and serious 0 entry gentleman had 30 nod a no“ 1? .ostab- ‘hlu (1 London west 0nd (1111) W11: 0!- fnrml the advantage of 1mm v :< 202‘ mntnh": membvrs temporarily in town. Our Animéls. A dish of fresh'water is a constant necessity \"hore there is :1 dog 01 a c: 1*. 7 even thoug‘: 1 they nex er appear to to 1111 1 it. (11mm * them water now and then 3 doesn t 1111s“ er at all. ‘ fnrvd tlw advantage of [K‘tli'OZHLH 2m cmmzzj: mc-mlwrs tvznpomrily in town. \Vlwn m‘xt thv squire Visited 11:0 1224:?- crn Babylon he put up for the mfg-7:". :‘t the club. which had in the mountinw become extremely fashionable and its hours correspondingly irregular. le squire went to bed at an early hour. when all was quiet and decorous. If there were a racket in the night he slept through it. ‘ 1 â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"‘ LA THIEVES‘ AND OMENS Next morning he came down to breakfast at llis usual hour. 8 o'cluek. but was surprised to find the room in the middle of the dusting process anal not a cloth on the tables. \Yhile he was gazing helplessly amundg sleepy eyed waiter came up to him. “I be: your pardon. sir.” he said :zpzzl- ogetically, “but no suppers can I)? served after half past "ifâ€"Louder: Tit- Bits. p:11':1g11s.corn. g1een beans 01' potato. It is criminal to keep caged pets un less one is sure to remember than needs. not when one “thinks of it.” but constantly. ‘-V--' ‘v‘ _ The man who has no tender feelings for his horse should remember that this faithful servant will last lOflfJI'CI' and serve better whilo he does last it he receive consistent treatment. Read With Ease. A writer in Leslie's Monthly says: A schoolbdok that is in my possession. dated 1832. has penciled inside the' front cover these lines: ' Puzzle . written over the commandments P.RS.V.R.Y.P.RF.CTM.N .V.RK..PTH.S.PR.C.PTST.N. No solution was offered. and I stud- ied ‘ove'r the mysterious medley for some time before I saw that it made sense if an E was substituted for each - of the dots. His Altruistic Conscience. Fuddy â€"You 311:: you have a very ten der conscience. 1 notice it is wonder {11in sensitixe to the faults of others. but it never appears to be troubled b3 3 0111' ow n shortcomings. Duddyâ€" \‘o; I hope not. That woulu. be egotistical, you knowâ€"Exchange. Fiction. “What are you writing. Hawley '2” “A story. I’m going in for fiction.” “Ronny-for a magazine?’ “\‘o: for my tailor. He wants hi.- monéy. and I m telling him I‘ll sen.) him a check next week.” as “lucky whens” to their pals. a: a Rule Are the Slaves ot Superstition. THE EYES. TRICKS WITH CARDS. SKILLFU LLY DONE, THEY WILL AMUSE AND MYSTIFY YOUR GUESTS.’ How to Tell Every Card In the Pack With Its Back Turned Toward You. The Thirty-one Trick â€" A Clever Way to Tell Drawn Cards. This undoubtedly is one of the best illusions performed with cards, as it not only brings the whole pack into use, but is also legitimately founded upon arithmetical principles. By this trick you are able to tell the whole pack of cards with the backs toward you; also to sort them after being cut any number of times in the mere act of dealing them out in a row. It is per- formed thus: A pack of cards being distributed on the table, with their faces uppermost, they are picked up one by one in the following order: 6, 4, 1, 7, 5, king. 8, 10. knave, 9, 2, queen. Repeat the same seâ€" ries of every thirteen cards. Four times over will of course complete the pack. That the above order may be remem- bered, the following words are used as a guide to the memory and they are intended to enumerate the cards: The sixty-fourth regiment beats the 7 5 king seventy-fifth; up starts the king, with 8 10 3 knave eight thousand and three men and 9 2 queen ninety-two women. Hence this trick is said to be done “by words 1‘ The pack being arranged, it may be ; handed to any of the company“to cut.” 3 with the proviso that this operation be ‘ done whist fashionâ€"that is. by taking a portion of the cards off in a mass and placing the lower division on what was before the upper one. This done ; fairly and properly, it may be repeated : any number of times, as the audience ' may think fit. You then take the pack and by a feint catch sight of the bot- . ton) card. Having learned this (it may be done at a glance. in a second of time). you have the key to the whole trick. Then commence it by dealing the cards out in the ordinary way. but in thirteen heaps. Having dealt out thirteen. begin again and cover them; then go on as before. When finished there will be of course four in each heap. Now every heap will contain all four of the same denomination. as the {our lill:l\’CS in one heap. the four sev- ens in another. and so on. The thirâ€" teenth. 01' last heap. will be 'of the same denmninaiion as the one at the bottom which you have contrived to see. and. acmrding to whatever that card is. all the suits will follow, but in the reverse order, as the words above indicate. 1 Thus suppose the eight was the bottom ‘5 card. Then on dealing them out they i would be in the following order: King, 5, 7, 1, 4, 6, queen. 2, 9, knave, 3, 10, 8, and you begin reciting in the mind the words you use from that passage in the sentence, working from right to left, which the card indicates in the above. You would say: 8 10 3 knave Eight thousand and three men and 9 2 queen 6 4 ninety-two women; sixty-fourth regiment beats the seventy-fifth; up king starts the king with, etc. Here. or course. is your starting point. The same principle holds good who - ever the card may be. Any person ask- ing for a card, :111 four of every suit may be found in the same heap and can be quickly turned up as soon as re- quired with :1 little practice. to the ut- ter‘ astonishment and wonder of the company. - ‘ “ â€"A__.Ap. v'â€"__‘V -, By taking up the cards in the same order as lai~1'ore. but all of one suit. you may easily discover the position of any one card that is demanded. A. fine triek with cards is called “thir- ty-one." It is played with 'the first six of each suit. the aces in one row, the deuccs in another. the threes in anoth- er, then the fours. fives and sixes. all laid in rows. The object now will be to turn down cards alternately and en- deavor to make 31 points by so turning or as near to it as possible without l i l l overrunning it, and the one who turns 1 down a card the spots of which make him 31 or so near it that the other can- ning it wins. This trick is very deceiv- '1 g. as all other tricks are. and re- quires much practice to be well under- stood. The chief point is to count so as 'to end with the following numbersâ€"- . viz. 3. 10. l? or 2-}. For example, we will suppose it your privilege to com- mence with 3 and your adversary would add 6, which would make it 9. It would then be your policy to add 1 and make 10. Then. no matter what I' number he adds. he cannot prevent i l l l l l you counting 17. which number gives you the command of the trick. We will suppose he adds (3 and makes 16. Then you add 1 and make 17; then he adds 6 and makes ‘23, you add 1 and make 24. Then he cannot possibly add any num- ber to count 31. as the highest number he can add is 6. which would only count 30, so that you can easily add the remaining 1, or ace, and make 31. There are, however, many variations to the trick. Hold the pack firmly in your fingers ; and request those Who have drawn to replace their cards in the pack. Thus all the drawn cards will lie with their ‘ faces downward. while all the other cards will lie with their faces upward. | You now step aside, select the drawn cards and show them to the company. t e-Boston Herald. to discern one or more drawn cards. Turn unperceived the bottom card of a pack face upward; then let several of the company draw a card. Reverse the pack rapidly, so that the bottom is now the top card, and thus all the other cards are turned face upward unseen by the spectators- clever way is here given in which p9 with, etc. Here. of The Pleasures of Visiting and the Duties of the Visitor. . It is a pleasing sensation to wake up in the morning and feel that one is a guest. Strange wall papers and strange furniture surround one's bed. and there is a strange View out of the Window. All the jostling demons of worry, anx- iety and responsibility, whether domes- tic or professional. who stand ready to crowd upon our consciousness vanish "v- in the unfamiliar environment. We have got away out of the claws of the usual and lie blissfully waiting for a knock at the (1001 which shall have an unfamiliar sound. Downstairs we find new faces, new l pictures, strange books, a fresh stand- 3 point. Life has a new savor. We taste ‘ it everywhereâ€"in the atmosphere and in the conversation, even in the bread and the salt. Our first sensation is that everything depends upon somebody else. It is nothing to do with us what- ever happens. But presently the old truism of our childhood, that every sit- uation in life has its duties, comes back to our mind, and though with our wak- ing thoughts we cast off those of the home dweller we must immediately prepare to take on those of a guest, at least if we are constitutionally con- scientious, which, alas, all guests are not. They may indeed be divided by this conscience test into visiting sheep and visiting goats. The motto of the conscientious guest is Mme. Mohl’s well known saying. “It. is a shame to eat another man’s bread and give him nothing in return!” Such a one should he a joy to his hostess, but in the holiday World of hosts and guests, as in workaday life, good inten- tions do not always insure success. The conscientious sometimes fail Where the unconscientious succeed-London Spec- tator. WHEN ONE IS A GUEST. The Aborigines of Pen-u Have Devel- oped It \Vonderfully. How infinitely minute must be the particles that eman1te £10111 the object which the dog is t1:1cki11g,sa3sthe London Mail. Yet the matter is ex- tremely divisible. The tenth pa1t of a grain of musk will continue for years to fill a 100m w ith its odo1ife1'ous par- v -n- ‘â€" ticles and. at the end of that time will l | t not be appreciably diminished in? weight by the finest balance. A cubic inch of air rising from the flame of a Bunsen burner has been found to con- tain no fewer than 489,000,000 dust par- ticles. A drop of blood which might be suspended from the point of a needle contains about a million of red flat- tened corpuseles. Still, though matter is so marvelously divisible, the olfacâ€" tory nerves are infinitely more sensi- tive. Much has yet to be investigated with regard to the differentiation of the points in these nerves so that they‘ may discriminate with such apparent- ly miraculous accuracy. Yet even the results in the scent of dogs show how marvelously fine is their discriminating power. Our sense of smell, unless in the trained chemist, is not even so ' acute as that of the semisavage. The aborigines of Peru can in the darkest night and in the thickest woods distin- guish respectively a white man, a. ne- gro and one of their own race by the . smell. Much we have gained by civili- za tion. but not without some loss to our bodily energies and senses. Man’s re- cuperative power after an injury is in the inverse ratio to his social advance- ment. Similarly he seems to become less acute and delicate in the sense of smell as he fares better and lives more comfortably. The faithful dog puts him to shame. Greek Noses. We learn that the nose of Socrates 'as not Greek. but such as Greek art- ists usually assigned to satyrs. Occa- sionally, as in a beautiful group of a satyr playing dice with a nymph on a bronze mirror, they gave satyrs anoth- er kind of nose. The noses of the la- dies in the Tanagra terra cotta are of all agreeable orders of nose, not neces- sarily Greek. The chances are that the Greeks varied as much as we do in vavnana -“â€"___.. their noses, while the tradition of their art preferred the conventional straight nose. In the same way the kind of R0- mans who had their portraits done 011 coins and gems were just the sort of energetic. conquering people who have Roman noses everywhere. like William of Orange and the Duke of Wellington. -London Saturday Review. THE SENSE OF SMELL. The Letters Came Back. A circumstantial fish story is told by the London~News. The captain of the steamer Benalder of Leith. on a voyage to China. threw a bundle of old letters overboard in the Mediterranean. Some Spanish fishermen - of Aguilas. near Cartagena. later caught a large fish v“ .I-‘ wâ€"_.. and on opening it found a bundle of letters inside. They took this to the mayor. who managed to decipher in one the name and address of the super- intendent of the steamship line in Lon- don and thus to restore the letters to their owner. Qui eting. Mrs. Pattyâ€"Do you really think Dr. Duckman is a skillful physician? Mrs. Giblin (the patient)â€"I don’t know so much about that. But he has such a quivting way with him! When I said I hoped I shouldn’t be buried alive he said he’d look out for that. Wasn’t that thoughtful of him? Wiflx3sW'Wg Santa The Big 4 of Toys, Games and all kinds of Christmas Presents. Donjt forget to Zeal] and see him “‘ Schoois in Toronto. This deservedly popular svstem by means of chart. drius, blackboard diagrams and other interesting devices brings the following topics within the child’s immediate comprehension : Musical Notation. Rhythmical Technique hey-board Location, History, Piano \Vork. F ab‘y 5,â€"3m W E}. GWWWGW ~ “'mm h- n 4'4. .~'~: Md Pmmp3 0f ah} Kinds. SHOP 0pm: every afternoon. 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Nu Unsatisfactory Work will be allowed to leave the STUDIO. with a big load For Xmas Presents ! Enlarging Framing a Specialty Myer's Music Method. IBEG LEAVE TO INFORM. MY CUS- TOMERS and the public in general that I am prepared to furnish \VV-LLLS. Allorders'takon at the 01d stan- near McGewan’s Mil] will be promptly at tended to . H. BEAN ME 353 4. Pam: (Is AVING purchased the Studio of Mr. J. L)! Browne we are prepared to continue the business in his stand and give first class ser- vice to the general public. Manufacturer 0‘; And Dealer 111 ~â€" furnish just. what you want. Give us a trial and be con- vinced. Don’t delay. arrived 1 3 ENE! $2fiBWEIfi. .37. £7.2me mmwM'gm GEORGE WHITMORE. MISS ‘IARGAP .ET (:1 5:, Teacher M. M. M. W. D GM M38 ”ngé" " W’ @333 a". Motion. Muslcal 5 W. J. ELLIOTT, PRINCIPAL 3 0 y~m~wmw 1 Have 100 acres that is a particularly good snap. It has fine barn, dwelling and other im- provements and one of the best pieces of bush in Bex‘ztinck. Price about $2,000. FAMOUS SCHOOL! A large, wide-awake, working‘ hust- ling. result-producing schouiâ€"THE BEST BUSINESS COLLEGE IX CAN- ADA TODAY. Graduates always get positions. This college places many of its graduates in other business colleges as teachers. WIN- TER TERM OPENS JAN. 41‘”. Handsome catalogue free. MOTTO : " A‘way s prompt. never negligent. ’ I on r \ ears in David Jacksons oflue in Durham: 20 3ears in the same business at Hanover That experience should count for something, shouldn’t it. HANOVEI . Do any of you want to sell your farms? Have you got rich and now wan to retire? Do you want, to sell out. and go West? Do you. for any reason. “'15“ to sell? Then let me place. your pmperty on my list. No charge if no sale. I have sold a great deal of land l‘ely and have just now but, little left, thought 1 al- ways have inquiries from per- sons wishing to buy. It will pay you to deal through me. Con. Knapp advertised his farm a long time 1n several papers but couldn’t sell it. He placed it with me and I sold in at once. I have had many similar ex- I have had pexiences. Special Attention given to WEDDING CAKES which we shall furnish on shortest natice. DURHAM, â€"â€" ONTARIO. I lend money at lowest rates, smallest cost. shor'est notice and on your own terms. All kinds of debts and claims col- lected. -Io charge if no money made. Any and every kind of business transaction attented to carefully and with strictest privacy. STRATFORD, ONTARIO. Prompt Delivery of all Goods. for any reason. wish to For Bread, Pies, Cakes, Buns, 856- H. MILLER E 1st now ONTARIO.