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-$rtqoand' . &Vr.t th Whéù thae meeting opiéust1 Wohér bail a rolli hl' O)ardner iBndD0açe4 t1at Prof. Ootèii rôund-tr 2ke ý4 will1 bave bis jobosion, of Columbia» . . O.wae tu th4 oee bal.s béfore ,é ooa i ba k. onte.rOola and waitiog tO -addres tiiheW.'w'ill aIBO, sond bim thh AË1r t îter. cl1ub onr the.sublect cf lTheb$Qtbingneiis melon th&% ripens on the 'vine ln June. Of ti0)ething, and the Sotnmethlng of WO *160 promise whou -.!posmunwstire Notbingn85." Tihe Profeaitor was noted ripe, ad the. persaimon and ysms are ilover the South as a philopphor, and Aweet in the flu, to eond him an invita- tbis lecture would be a praclioal domon- tion tô our auai 'posunm supper. W. otratiofl of pbilosphy. Tho gentleman wili guarantesehum a j0iI7 lime while baid been in the City tbiie day., the here. guegt of Givedam Jonue, bad ont yet Lot ut; know if w.eaus obtaàin a offored a coru-onre or a b , ir reneuer Charter, sud viien we May expeol an for gaie. Tbis was pretty fair proof instuctor, 80 liat w wllb. roa4y for tlt hp wae the philosopher hoe laimed business. go be, snd lthe President hopod ail tho P. S. -Since writiug the above a man meuiboe present would psy strict calling himseof Jav Roo was srrestod attention to the lecture. for vazrancy. On hie porson wss The1 Prnfessnv made a favourabis im- 1 fonnd, among ocher articles of no valne, rk, 44Eaxtli, SCIO of th 1 iid bea, r ý,!O greatest Luron cf tha htics of thé KIectu, etc.1, the Atlan. alud of the the Deepe, 8, silngular d et waterl, m. togother -)-P THE "STEMS )P. D.D, ngravingg.. G CO. TONT. yss otn panas su' âz yérself vhs da.ar' iwood fur? Preeently aloas -op corn uown -boy an' pints ont de fae dat de arpst beape -of atone break & raw winds of .spring off. loW8 of, Irnol patchss, an' yoù Bt once diskivér d, somelhînugness. But it would b. idl fur me te prooed furder. My soleo o j iek Wb$ le convince jon s a bdy de bain' diseooraiged nebber incounagi anvbody, au' dut j&y Gouldmuet cOb@ de lavea & vol) se thé o' nhumbl ciisen. Thankin' yon ur, your dema eated attéosliua S l, dïsrupîam t drea tanrustin' dXý a d oméd..,h * yul uowv bid You Rond oveumgx."' f Orisa cf "go on lieasud "@eoi.iskà wlî mnh ppl, uring whieh, tl Profeator utéde éod11. é bit ~ p ,'ouple of-laxçip ohilmcirq e re i knoo A tua*TU WA*fl». After'oràIer bad boss. rsaloied tl -ZoreIary anoouon.sd the 'ioUlo* the oye of Oleopatra's Needie. le Ibis au &noiont roet bolonging to Paradis. Hall ? If g0 It le bere subjoott o your ordcro, sud ean bo obhippea ho you by express 0. 0. D. Tours mucbly. WALK ALONG JOIRNSON. Tbe subject wso referred tluthe Cam- mitteo of Invootigation, with a requst te report as 500D as pot;sible, andinl caeo of a favorablo report a charter wiIl be eraated the Se Ina Club, b work to the 27tb, or Pat;sum dogree. Mem.a bers of any deRree betweeu the 218t and 28ti vare entitisd to hait fareonO rallroade sud to free. amiqsion ho cir- oupses and lectureyg-d6 rnissioosry work. Trie bour bei«â late, ail periobbe busi-nes was disposed of aud tie meet- ing adjourned. District Items. pression as ho enterod the. hall. Ho It was s a ai)1 aw.off man, vith esrsl sitanding out aI juet lie rigit angle to sorapo snov of the top cf s rail feuc., and tiers vas a look cf deep intelligencee in bie eyes ho oaselthom around liie rootw. RE GETS TO WORK. The Profeseur ioasenod hie neok-tie,t pnehed Up bis eleeves, took a Rulp of lhe pureot driuking wator furui8ied sny oity in the land, and began.t "M~y freus, look aorosia de room at aat stovepipe bols lu de cbirnbiy. Dtt bole Dr' a uothinguees. Ton eant carry it away ; you cau'l handie à : yon eau't ploilge Il tede pawu brokor; de police oan't arrestiti. And yiî dat bols var' made to ake lu s sixlich etovepipe, au' carry off de amok@ from a big ooal etove. Without dis nothiog ns the eocaethingne;so of combuqtion, heat sud comfort couid not prevaii. Seo ? " [Applarisq, and cries of bear! berar 1] 411 turu rny breeches pooket wrong Bids out," contioued the Professor, as ho suited the acton to the worlM." -Wliat do you ses? Nuthingnetts. An' yit if(1 didn't bave tbis notbinguessq wbar' would I put my oometbinézness 2 ln-odder word@, but fur dis pocksî wiar' wouid I put do money oeoeosary fur my exisitence?2 At preseut itsr anu empty onethinguess boldin' a powerful lot of DothiuRueos, but de nothiunueso is higbiy neoessary to fucier somothing. ne90. Sae ? [Great s.ppiauRe, duriug whieb Sbin- dig Watkineswaalioweil lhs brase over- coat hutton he vas holding lu bis mntb 10ours palpitation of ths beart.] "Eeai is a paper hag," oaid tbe Pro- fessor, as ho held up one te view. "Lnok lnaside sn' whst do yon fiod ? Eunpîinese. It is somethingu@es fulof notiugness. If we b.d a million of dis eometbingness we woald starve ou de nothinguese of il. Au' yib, wben Eider Toots; goos to de Rrocer makos uoseof dis wesry nothinginaae tc bringR about a sonsthingne-es. D. smptinpe is driven ont au' hecomes a fulninee, an' de Eider goee bomne wid a hag of sugar under bis arrn. I ido't mean te in- sinuata dat Eider Touts bas eber bin fiuaucislly able te purebaiie ton bull pounde of anV sort of sugan at one timo, but 1 sicuply enpposed s case fur ill. [Vociferous applause from all excspDt lis Eider, wio said thal if ho wat; fifîy yeart% youuRer be'd lick tbe Prole8sor befors ho loft towo ] «"We look imtaaahar'i ou s dark nigit. WO se. de autiORneS Of soniethiu, sud de oometbingness of othiig. Ds notiiogueso vas created to boid 42 Ralion% of eider or eà6wetbinines. We go an' bore a bols lu de gronnd. Il ar' a nothineuese. Nabody kin 1ke it say. Put a Rate pool in dat bole su" de uotbingueiess becomes s eometinig- ineas to once. -Sco ? " [Long.continued applanse, duriag whjch Pickles Smitb lt hresuspend or buttons by an nuozpecled careen to starboard.] "sAs a tarder illustraçibun, lake dis room wheu empty. Ali sr, nothiug. ineso. De roRular Saturfsy uight meetin' coua8setaround, an' do nottiugnesoo lié come smetiagese DP.I. Q. Da From 14 bushels of eeed Mr. I. Grabam of Wyebridge, iad s large yiteid of pulaloos bast year. Hoe sold 8161 worthbsud bas etili 40 bushoe on baud. A Mankdale merohat viii fit up a fiat in hie bi-ock for a iibrary, reading room aud gymuaium, allowing thie Meci. Ins&#. five yesrs frée use cf lie- same. Ivo Brampton boys named Burt sud Baliock wéne jsîléd for Ivo veeke for being d. atnd d. Ivo cf theur cern' panions took tie pledge in the court room. E lors Probytevisusa prosenled a choque for $452 50 to Mrs. Rase, vîidov of their late pastor s mbtantial 6vi- deuce of the esîeem u nuhici îhey ieid hlm. Mr. borner had s bridie sîoleu roma hie rig in g Sîsynér hotel shed. A dranken citizen nsmed Parr offered ho finl it for $1, but tb. jastice aesessed Mr. Parr 63 for sealiog til. A tiief abotracted 85 Il suad ocher thingo <om Bey. Mr. arîley, of Col- iingwood, wiillbse aI aoharai, Sconday. Ntoit day 63 vere rehurned. Cuilingvo4 Meoi. Ibat, issues ladies tickets at haîf rates sud finds lhi i l being imposed upon by mar- ried-men ûsing lie library on -their vives' tickets. Mr.,John W. Andrews, cf Maplé Ridge, KUakoka, hae. a ,ColhtAwo yéars old, tias tands vithout ehoos '17f'* handa ibii g ln«th beiotg '- & e1t8, inobes,, md the stanual la net y.ttfait grevu. Walter Mitéheli, a Flosherton youthh vas e o1rklng viti a ontting bex'drive by horse-power wbén bis baud& vaswu dravu in. The l. ndhp ethé, elbow ver. cul off piëeoual héforo *assistance srrived. loy drela 5,60feeto 'f -m-avioge lu ýone l oad ibb oe s Ua adistance ofIj, .9 wilàî tothé dump, sud hï r nse a aa IauhioilPaIon of the tepéalofih [où Wit anld Humour. Marcihbas ils revenge on the epriug Tarn about in fsir play. A Nov York alderman bas been robbed. Onesowaloaw dos fot make s snm- mpr, but a builfrog makes spriug. It les a tatI vwouder Ibal miseriasre rlch tboy turn over theïr capital 80 Muaoh. Amb)ition breaks up the. ies of blood andl forgete tb. obligations of gratitude. A third party is veiy embarraeing to Daimocrats. Ropublicaus snd-lovers. The muet etupendona cf ail "coma- bines," Suov sud wind--otherviso ciii- eJ a "blizzard." "If tiore's auytbiug I like,," said Brown, s b came yavningi ont of church, "its a finisheil disourse." St. Louis ià chuokliug over the slIeg- ed fsotbIal a Iler addressed "Heti's Rote Amreiky," vas ot te Culeego. Train boy-"lPoanuls 1"F' Fuy pas- senger-"E41avea't auj leeîb." Train boy (nmnaing basket &ronnd)-"Gum drope." If George Washington nover told a, lie probaàbly Minihs nover amkéd hlm if he loved ber j is muoh as ho oeéd le do. Uncle Ristus 1 arn very eorry ho hear that jon bave lt our vife.."Nt-ber mini, base, neyer mind. l'es iad dé sperience. suit nov sbold receivo do. praise for bis ecoomy, for ho vl probably net ueed anotber. Tes, Sy heartLe lu lpiog sang ltie youug lady at thé piano. 1h muet take migbity sbort leaps thé vsy the laces, vhiepersd anoîher younq lay. bis flouera thal bloom in the sprinst sud Botter Iheir -fragrance around,.- vould have s raliér ronil ime just- nov if they happén.d te look througi thé gronnd. Lt bas nover yet béen deoided by competeut autboio ieuiiter euoriug je vocal or instre ' centit ousio. Cail- ing il "shaeel muteo" dosenà'se the li mualter sa I aL. MeQullbe - '*Vanderbiîe French cook do,4pu't know hou te mako a mince pie." COari-*Wbat dose V*n. pesy hum ?"McQulen-66810,000." Oi tis--"HeR's vorlhiti." lhe Original elemente are éarth, air, fine sud vater. Firç is thé moat de- fui. Firikwaher, tiereforé, formae bcern- binalion thal la a teaser. Hle-Wonderful siiol liaI cf HEnry9el Wiay, h. uit litbue'eye uine 1tîmes in auoceasion sedal S.wYe but justthink cf- lhe énffering of thé puer buill I Mon are snob-brutes.- Don':ask a mnifbhawas to bbot ou *5 cf yon ifhé eau change a tés. béyoud au coneptinby thee thle they ame per en *rxharmies; bofiégaompos ab f oncnatrat ed, olveInrdeehy are pworful- ureand -pnxif 1.syShem' sud dis--viii b. unknun.0fs druggiitse .TohÙ Trotter, s whitoemn, lndicled for the murder of Bruetus Winbaruh, coloured, died OR Wedneeday in MaoktenbargcoÎüuly, A foui year.ola giA bîq1cuzgi,1g Owen Sound, wvili! tryloglo limb on a loaded s«'gh iihbay, "e- mn ovor suàd 4-iiadiy hart that, both loe isd lu h. smpnîaléd. Aoootding 1tol-he O atarie egg dealer&. wbo met at Stratford, tho otier dat,the total inwer cf îéggS bboùRtb 7,thilM, during thé yéar amounted go.80,0 Thoré jà a ourlons oironmslanes in 'thé fanuily of. Mr. Benjamin Wiglessys Tho Kingomili Reporter. f-H e ite fatber cf îhree obildren, one je 17 yéais, co 8 yearusud the cîber au infant,, snd al Ibree were bora on t o same day cf thé montb,. vis., M troh Sth. A fermer lu Gaderich townehip neg- lected to get hie borse o d before ho., ginaiug threshing, sud sIre yod lb. traek witb wood asihes. Tbe tramp- ing cf the borses. and thé hhaw oombin* ed to make lye ont of the. sebes, viti tbo roonît that thé horse's féet beoamne eeriously iufiamed. Mrs. Webtor, of Thornhi 1, brouRht en action before Judge Morgnn at thé Oounty Cmurt recont)y aitainst John Ovene ot liaI village,eleiming damages from hlm for bavinx sood ber bnsband liquor attor receivine au order from ber not to do Po. The plaintiff wae awarded $510. If there were more Mire. Webiaters in this country there wo'uld be lese drinking acoog humbende. Reoerrintz b lte comiug Scoît Act repeal vote ln uf-oifnu, the Orage- ville Post sys :-t'The keepersof iow denis andi of botels that expeet Do licenses under the Crooka Act are onlid. iy agiinst repeal oitheb.Soît Act, sud will not ouly vote agaloot repe-al, but will do al l their power to influence their friende iu Ibat direction. The re are many people who adopt healti snd diet rmies vooen ttacked by dîsease of the stoiacb, liver or bowele, tiis i. qit. rigit, but uhoao vie add t. ibis. treaiment lb. use of B* B aucording ho drcos make sure cf being qaickly snd easiiy t- ed. It is reporledl that Arthur V. Whiltele, th. absconding Nowburg banker, sadiy via- timised hbree iadie, ini Poughkeepsie sud others ini that vioinity. Ni PC Bc stop Il. Continuai hawking and spittiug oaueed yCitarrh is pernuanently removed by aaal Balai. Menors. Greenway sud Martin viii hé nd-red a public reception in Winnipeg a thoi emr r Children bike Carnpbeil'a Catiartie Com- ound, iL le se plessant to hake, sud acte rithout griping. A vigorous immigrant poiey is ho ho in- ugurîted by the Manitoba Goveruneul- For Chilis ansud uden Colds, notiing is ogood as Pain. Libler. SmiLhvillo, Ont., te bo excellent anthracite. J. W.HRili. a iai coutractor sI Trenton, Mo.,vlIayfutly pointed a gun at Mise Browa, the dangiter ai a neighbon. IL vas dis- ciarged causing instaint death. Mrs. Celeele Cooi, Syracuse, N. Y , wites:- Far yoars 1 conld flot est maay ibds of food without produoiug s buruiug, excruoiating nain in my et.omath. I took Parmele's Pille acoording to directions undor th. héad oai "Dyspepuia or Iudiges- tion." Que box entirely oured me i eau nov eat anyhhiug I chooso wotout dis- hressiag me in the !eust." The.. Pille do net cause painaon giping, and ehouid b. nsed vien a catharti tereqnired. >Tho Grand Trunk miope viii ho removed from Hamilton te Strat.fqrd on or belon. Augustlolt. Rbeuamatiism, Neursîgia, Bore Throat, Inflammations sud Congestions are niost prevalent aI Ibiossason ai tie year. Hag- Ye.rd's Yellov OU is tiebeet external m'-d jaternai remedy for a& tics. sud other Atý the Hamilton assises on Salurday le criss. con. case of Gibbons v Forester vas ef lis Nil. ?" Lt la perfectly loveiy. Sengeant Cane, ofthie Halifax Garrison Artillery, villi b. moiuded on the Wimble- don team. A,. gourde Te aIl vie are suffering !rom e emnvrs sud incdiaretlons cf yonth, norvous voak- ness, oarly deay, lou of mabnhood, &e., I viii- *end a reclpe liat Îitli cure yen, PIRSB 0OF C[IlARRB. The gret reçaedy w&4 dieeoiered by a amiaay lu Souli Amenica. Bond a eolf..addremeed envelopeo $o thé Rév. JeémPa T. INXuiM, SWaion D New' York OUv FPO R AÂLýE TfO IJBJT I IN TUB TOWN 0F wàIB Large Soiid Brick Résidence vilih ollov wails. Ton irood *iso roome. Stabbing uat- tsbe.HaIt acre-of land sud alot of'--fiue fruit trees. Boti bard sud soit waer. - Kesmyb. hiQ tro-mMayor Long sud promises may b. uspea.ted-any limé xPoe-A écsin Iee..Apply toolîlir1>b rms ton 'Dr tlÏsmerGneeo'woe,ïib, or XATRA U 4 &UOLD. -var.-, 1888. Bsrekhu P. 0. in m SPEOIMENTETM IA . Prom His Grace lie Duke cf Butland. "IBelvoir, Grsntham, Lec. 1,18M. «Sirs,-Eiinin'e . ai1 Etubrocatlon le used My stables. I lhlnk il very useful. BuRTvfflD, Master of Beivoir -Hunt," ,,Osltle eir. iug "Déc.eri rd, 187. 1 04.Goutimn--I use lh. RoylEmbrocatfen in miy etàbie sud kéunel8 uiid héï*e. foumd It verv servlceible. 1 have ais e éd lis t7nfvereai Mrbrocatoflfor lum bago sud rheumatismà for the la"t to yeârs, sndhv suffered very lithoe sinoe uig t. 4«R. H. Parcs, Lieut-OoL, Master of Bad- norehire Hunt." 3old by Chemihte, Stores, sud Ssddlers, Pries . HOUSES TO LETi secure one Defore thse Boom Corne.!1 STORET AND A ERALF BIRICKý,S8. W. corner Dundas and ffeur S., 10 rooms grat. lu parlir sud one bed room, cellar, veli, cisteru, stable, houiousqq j acre land, lawn. choice fruit. ,Warm, comforlable house iu béat iocality and very convealonl ho Publie Soboola, Institut. and Ohurcfios. Bout $1. or upw#ardm acoording ho imprete- imente desired- by tenant. ALSO THREB-ROOMBD E0US1B, s snd coo'y, with cellar good water and large garden han&iy to market. WhjbY, ~ .~OWB~MURSE8 4h,78? A»épieasmt o Wake. Coàtain thé>ow purgatve, lea a fo, Sure , antI r-meiu I IMU ofe bed u xcerate, becOmIfg ve 'Ur& SSWAYME'S98 NMNT~ Stops- the fthc ng sndbleeding,4 nycases reniovo o i <4lthetuzm .Sent ,,b.i The Wonders of Mal When you fand LiaI b eauiy àb fslling ss Try ono uds ag, To lie elderly msu with'bis looke lu deoay:, Try« dDornèeonds-Mai40 A rlch hesd of! ha*r Io ns procious ua»Srae 50 I tell you Try i'Dornewends'e Magbo.'If The lady's misfortune'wieii osingher'hair Sec quickly, ea&iy coapy epéir 1Try-, Dor6éidu!A lgb And it's he laday's, ~u utyl, o e1YOTY "Dôrneveu " are ie'- Take time by, he fôreiook snd etil keL yu'vTrY '1D*mn.etend)% magloi" This TonÏie, S ailure iss neyer yet knp- Try thiainotto ho heed, - Trytillyyen sucSed, Try oeeu'Mai. vains AU Z I. .1 Ar I 1ev a~ that i " ~Id by il - loi P AT Qavosat au nd ad ail patentl busines papér-, h*ve, f ar ic b. in fi ina aid'Bm) ~UIVRSAL EM8,;?g, ELLU MAt-'" EMBROGAIIN SO R ETH RO ^ «r C 0LO. I C I4ESTCO LOS3. TheSaf'est. Quickest.mostý- 14 [certainrére mediy /l sýwi9LOUGH.ENGLAN .D.] Orsng'.ville C'u oeil tuis year viii ts% cireuses $35 sud side shows $10. The Brampton Conserva tor speake of tbé Firesters "lpoitLuiortew e tate- mDent." An Oàkiey Park Farm Shropshire ewe bas borne 13 Iambe in four yeais. For 82 you cau knock s man down in Stsyner, the knocliee psying caste. Barrie couneil grauteil the baud $300 s0 LiaItbey aonld reluira tutor IRender- son. Barris vauts the C. P. R. lino fromn Ciaremoul to touai Lhe couuty lowu., A sawv log 5 ft. 19t lu. acroqs the but and 16 t. in langttà is the admiration of examin ed', 0!a Sewîng cou clu sien yL. Fair- fLot oaily wleb langer- beeni taken ose8ille. 1 rtieo vaut.. ýchiné. I me mon-th ân. ýite Sewing ly enudorse jl JYrecom- iy sevla ýbvg 10 do Lnd la thé District. N 's'.'T ELL» 1' deai. 1 A sturgeon veilzbiug 94 poundo vas oaugbl at Tobey'e Point, near Wanbau- iens, a day or tvo ago. Tbey have a "post box" in New- market sehool by vhieh the echolars are langhl sud éacouragéd in letter writiag. Newmarkol's chief is purgiag thé piadeocf profauily. Anyone svesnoig on the sîrel ennies the towa etobe- que. 85 vorti. Cons. Searci, the Georgetovu chief, srrested one Maw for lamnbaQttug a S. A. solier, but no magibîrale vould take the case. Roberl Benett, of Georgetown, vas ditacharted <nom custody lsst Friday, Judge Gail qasbîng the ehird convic- tion againet biax for violation of the Scot Ad. lie vifs of a revenue. inepector at IBeauce, P. Q., named Mercier, ià 40 Iyeare old andth le mother of 27 cbild- noin, a recent instaiment having been triplets. 1 1 Thé paugse ndured by théesnaly ciristiau m~artyrs ver. no* doubt exoruclatinçi, but Dot se pruàloaged or sosroeiy more dirêadfu1 thau- hes .experisnoed by lie sufferere f romî inftanmatory rieumatism--a disease ,wbîoh ta easily curable st thi. oulti with Pr. Tho4ia'BiecfricOit11-a 9ovenigu reniedy for pain, -a reliable curative of kid ney, lver aud cther complinlul, sud a mediolue cf thie purest s e il as the most saiutary kmnd. Augqel Helzke, vho oaueed the desti o! bis son by whippiug bim viti a strap aI Chico, va sesnlenoed tb lmprlsonmeiih for I-de. Y'L 0. VýÎ 1. LL Li CURES , RM Ew- [J MAT 1 s M, 1 ý."M l 1 1 1 vola 5PR.]AXNS CR, APP» SLiSWE FO «MING 1;.losi FOR Bonn TXROATS AR» X lnmuxzL. FOR BRUINE KNtEB, lRuIos, OAP"EDBOUS. F0is BORE SHO0ULDERs, ORE BAOKI. Fola FOOT ROT. AND MORE KOUTES ZN 5EEP FOR 5LPRÂINBOVTS, BERUONS ZN DOGU. M E MM 1