. . Henry the VIII was succeeded on the throne by his great-grandmother, the beautiful and accomplished Mary Queen of Scots, sometimes known as the Lady of the Lake, or the Lay of the Last Minstrel.” The unassuming Eontgou Eay

Appears to burn tho flesh away And leave the white and ghastly hones, Tho cause for shudders, sighs and groans; 1 So like a man who js ill with cold, Who thinks he’s dead until he’s told Tho way to health in manner sure By taking W r oods’ Great Pepperment Cure. A big Berlin manufacturer received in one shipment four truck-loads of chicken feathers from Russia. Turkey feathers come from America in great quantities. Chicken plumage brings from 6s to 16s a pound. Turkey is worth nbcut the same. Fine wing ami tail feathers bring a little more. Pea cock plumage sells for.- from 1(' ; 3 tp. pUs a pound. The ujqst expensive of all is the soft egret plumage, which brings from .25 to £lO an ounce. Paradise birds are also costly. They sell always by the whole bird, and cost from £1 to .22. Dr Pascall’s Cough Mixture is nice to take, very cheap, and cures ’.oughf, and colds quickly. Try it• 85d

Messrs i>. if. McKibbin and Co announce elsewhere that having now been (piite through the stock for stock taking purposes, they have still fnrihor marked down all remnants and odd lots. A visit during the next ton days should well repay all buyers of household drapery. tc

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