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No. 16.

TAILORING, REFLECTION

When we make ,'our SUit, you will get a first.clas~ fit and there will l"e no fault to find with the quality. Qrder your

will cOllvince youlhatjewelry should be bought only where it can be de­pended upon. Such a store as ours, for instance, where every piece' of

JEWELRY

Fall and Winter Suits and O"ercobts

bears lhe hall mark of quality. When in need of any for yourself or for gifts, you will be wise to. come here. Our prices arc as low as,our

. now. New goods on hand, fresh from the mills, nnd "f best 'Iuality. Come in and inspect our stock.

qualities arc high. . . '

. P. A. MERCER' -

ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES'

SPECIAL NOTICE~ ,

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This is the seasOn for stocking, but we do 11<)t intend to do so

until February I st, and wishing to reduce Ollr stock as , low as possible are offering the following at

CUT PRICES for CASH ONLY.

Sale· Commences January 17th, ending Janua;y 31 st. 25 Per Cent. Off Violins, Accordeons, Mandolins,

Guitars, Military and other I-lair Brushes.

At Half Price-Chatt:laine Bngs, Purses, BUl'llt Lea­ther Goods, Boxed Perlumes, Photo : Frames and Dolls.

Less, than Half Price-H~rd wood Crokenole , ,. !3\\ards, reduced to 9'sc. ~ ~ '" ... '

marked in plain tigUl'es with fnr· ....... r retail prices

FurnituN stock

old Bank:"'Building,

Penelope.

her sby dignity

~!(.tblilk you wlll find It Quiet enoogh • rA" ft,'" Holmes. Yoo 1IIild' In yoor

: .••. u.you wanted to get away and tho ch1ldren wbUe

J DOCTOR SPEAKS OF A GREAT REMEDY

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Williams' Pink Pills Strongly E1\dors1!d by One of the World'. Greatat Dodors •.•. Hope for the Sitko

Dr. Wllhams' Pmk PIlls lor Palo nnd the 1I1,e ' People IS the only advertised medl- (Signed) DR GUISEPPE LAPPONI V In del Grncelu 332, Romo eme 10 the \lorld thnt has had the The "simple annemm 01 devolop· public endorsatlOn 01 n doctor 01 menl" referred to by Dr LnpPolll IS world WIde reputation. Such an en- 01 course thnt tIled, langUId oondl­dOlsatloll stamps this medlcme as lIon of young guls whose develop­bemg worthy 01 the confidellce 01 ment to womllnhood is tardy, nnd every person who IS sIck or nlhng. whose henHh, nt tho pellod of thal A greal doctor would not risk Ius re- development, IS so QUen Impellllod. putatlOn unless he WIIS absolutely con- H's opmlon o[ the vnlue of Dr WII­fident, through a persor.nl knowledge hams' Pmk Pills nt thnt tlmo IS of thnt Dr. WJ!hams' Fmk Pills WIll do the lughest sCientific nuthorltv aud whahs claimed for them Dr GUlsep- it confirms the many published casos pe LnPPolll, one of the greatest physI- III which IlnaOlllla and oLher dIscuses c'llns of modern times, for years the 01 the blood, liS well ns nervous UIS­busteu medical adVisor of the Pope, eases, hnve been cured by these pills.

fence . "There IS no queshon" says Mr,

Btead "as to "hat John Bull Will re-

!'~;f~m ply to the German progrnm, be It htttle or-big He Will sny thut he IS

Sli~~nLPnDI~~~~?IIA!~r:::i Borry but If It must be so he cannot fl help himself WIthout 1\.ny unfriendly fcehng he accepts 111 nil courtesy the chllllenge wluch is offered lum Hr Wlshes for nothmg more than the mamtenan('o of the staLus quo. ,

Writes [oil oWing strong leHor In winch. It need bnldly be lllonLloned, favor of Wllllnm~' Pink Pills. o\\e thOlr efficacy to their power of

"I thllt I hll"e trlei Dr. WII- mllklIlg ncw blood, nnd thus actm!! Pills III four C'lses of directly upon the ulgestlve and ner­

anaemia of de\'elopment. vous system In nll ouses 01 unllornllL a few weeks of treatment, the decline, I11cligeshoIl, nnd all troubles cume fullv up to my expecta- due to bnd blood, I\nd all nffectlOns For thai reason I shall not I of the nerves us St Vitus' dllncc

future to extend the use of \ pnralysis nnd lecomotor Iltnxla, the)' . ~~~B~'~~~ prepBration not only III nre commended to the pubhc With nll t nt of othor morbid forms tho greater confidence becnuse thoy

cntel!orv of anaemIa or chloro- hllve the strong endorsntloll of lhls

"Ho hns no army to speak of; hIS only defence IS Ius nayy 'I'he mam­tenance of Its unquestioned supremacy IS for him n matter of bfe [lnd death Hls'rendmess La secure that supre­macy IS the condItIon of the eXIstence of tho Bntlllh Empire He docs not waste his breath m Idle moan or pro· l.tlOllE fane obJurgntlOn when any of .hIS neighbors challenge hfm to sec whe

or not he IS prepnred to"hold his and main tam hIS posItion. The

chBllenge IS none of our seekmg, we SImply take our stBnd on the s_tatus

blood the quo We are WIlling Lo mamtnm the

:~1.'~~~~~:~r~~~~t~r whIch "1l111!~f:~il:~~~~~~;' status quo, OIther by redUCing Brma-R d

ments or by Ilrrestmg the morense 01 • en ers. t f t b mam no llllstake in armaments Bu I I can c -

tamed ,in no other way we are rendy and resolved to mlllntam It by com­petttion

"We shall bring forward no Impos-Ing counter progmm. But when the Kaiser lays down one keel we IllY down two Thllt IS the formula 01 safety We shall no more dISCUSS It tImn '" SWImmer discusses the neces­sity of keepmg hiS head nbove ",ater We shl11l" Simply do It beCllu~e we have no alternatIve except thnt of SUICIde

"We .hall not be any worse Irlends WIth Germany becanse she Wishes to

the stntus quo to our detriment a fau<chllllcnge"and we shalllla­

cept It III the same sllmt III which we accept.ed the ehllllenge for th,e blue riband of th" AtlantIC mstead of oUowmg thl! nllval to

the prize nnd

cnses of neurasthenlR 1(1 ent physlclUn.

Canada'S Golden Grain ,The BI'tlsh consumer must, ent

.br.!ad and every loaf he ents IS a gmlll of gold III the Canadinn furmer's poc­ket. Thnt 18 why the finnnclol crisIs has not rea'ly touched Canada Vitally. -Cnnada

r gn~rnnoe Is A Curse -"Know thy­self" IS a good ndmomtton, whether referrmg to one's phYSical conditIOn or mornl habitudes The mun who 18 acquamted With lumself Will know how to aot when Bny disarrangement III Ius condition mnnifests I tsal! Dr Thomns' Eeleotne 011 Is-a oheap and Simple remedy for 'he eradloatlon of pam flom the system nnd the cure 01 nil broneluul troubles.

Up north the other dny B young law-yeI, who spends most of hiS tlmo try· mg to seem busy and prosperous, wont out for B wh!le, loavmg 011 1118

11 cllrd neatly marked .• "W!l1 be back III an hour" On IllS return he found that some

enVIOUS nVIII had mscrlbed under­neuth, "Whnt for? "

Itch, Mange, Prairie Scratche. and every form 01 contagious Itch I an hu.

or animals cured In 30 mlnut .. Willford', Sanitary Lotion,

Tlle'l'e Is a sltlhtu rt lJegro In a town Alllllomo wbose DOtU'l'llUy Uue sing

Is tbe teature of tbe local

A Modern Development "Your cluld undoubtedly hilS cluck­

en pox," SBYS the nttendlllg phy­SlClnn

"And why docs she have continued clulls WIth ItP Is not tllllt unusuill ," asks the pllront

"Well-ah-no doubt It IS a new mnmfostntlOn of our changlllg COli­dlt OilS I mIght diagnose the euse ns cold-~torage chicken pox "- Suc­cess Mugazl'Ilo. ---

Known to Thc.usands - Parmeleo's VegeLable PIlls regulnte the nctlon of the secretlOlls, purtly tho blood nne! keep the stomnch nnd bowols hco It om deleLenons mlltter 'l'nken nc­cordtng to chrectlOnR they WIll ovel come dyspepslll, emellcBle bll1011s1less, and lenve thc dIgestIve orglLl1s hClllthy And strong to pel form their fUIIctlOnR Their mellts nre well known to thon­snnds who know by exper ence how benefiCIal they lire III glvmg tone to the system --'-----

"John, I'm a[rald of burglnrs" "You needn't be Our malll po~­

session IS B second-hand cnrpet, nnd that's nnlled d()wn "-LOIusvlllo COII­rler-J ourtln!. -----

'MInard's LinIment Cure. Coldl, 8c.c ..

"T1le :rel:lU -WIIre ~ar;1. "It would plcllse me rulgllllly, lIIIA!!

. ...:-"7"~-::- I"e'olored ebu.cb choir. occasion wben tbe singer was

Stout," sllld Mr MlIgley. "to hOve you. go to tbe theu ter with me tbls even, Ing."

glilrerl.llr Crom a protracted ilIocss onu

I :~~:JI~~~~:::~(~: called to ascertain bow twas "glttlo' on."

. "'" .. 'R: ·: .. nl aD II wrul bad cougb ,est '1;~~;~f;~~:r';i;~lItbe 810ger's wire, wltb n slgb.

too bad, dat's too badl" tbe deucon, custlng a bout

Antn"m"nn, .. ·"r consolation. Tbea struck blm. "Coloe

:~'~!~r!~~J ot I .. he added, "It ain't no "t~~::~~; wlr dat strong voice be WIlA

1:.1 bls lungsl Be's sbore due ~~;;~~e;~te,d~,~b:~Vtliil:+ a cough DOW 'n' tbeo, alo't

nurper's. Weeklv. = E.cap •• Ute Lleutim'

~~i\'i~~~~~~~~19 r~eported Calcutta te

HIE aelUlca , Lad~

"nove you secured tbe seats?" Isk ... cd Miss Veru Stout.

"Oh, como now," be protestcd!. ".:l~m ~LJ!o It~v~ lUI l\JI thnU"-

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EXCItement on tho Sun, Tbere Is now ,Islble upou tile sun's

dIllk 11 rernarku ble IIrray ot spots In wblch rapid cbnnges are talclng place. Tbe activIty to which tbey lire due Is DO doubt conneetecl wIth tho g1ent sun flame, shooting up to nn ele, utloa ot 825,000 miles, which WIlS recently o\}. lened nt tbe Illldcllffe obsorvlltory. Oxford . ..,Tbe entire lengtll of the dl.­turbed ar"a \\ hleh Ihlil practlclllly paruUel \11th tbe ~un'8 equator, lij uot less tbnn 3~.o,OOO mllos.

Uccent spectroscopic studies or grell t Bun spots hn\'e stlmulnled Intewst In these \loaderrul phenomena by "lIow Ing that In the nature of the llgllt giv-en fortb trom tbem they lIear a re sembllUlee to certain red stars \\ hl( II uppeor to be In 0- more or less nd vanced stage of decadence Tb liB they

OB Indications of tbe existence of a tendency In our Bun townrd II cbooge of Itnte Wblch will probably eni In lts,ultlulate extinction -Gar­

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-wen; I knew that no experienced erlmlnal would keep about him any lucb Important c\ Idence as a lJottl" tbllt bad contained chloruform 'Cbe odor clings to I t for a long time I committed the mistake at nrst of IUP. ~8lng that he hnd hidden It In the boat bouse I should lit" e leno" u ott t"r Naturnlly he would throw It Into Ule bay 'I here was a single cbanclI agalast me It be bnd thrown It hi uncorked It "ould probnbly hove sUlik Th.lt "aM n point be didn't think of and by juat tnnt mucb bo rell helO'" I)ertectlon I think he probnbly ad ministered the chloroform by pouring It UI)On one corner of the sbeet and tbrowlng It over young Grabnm's No doubt tbe odor "ould Illlve !itir;n':1 perceptible next morning had any one tbougbt to look for It There was one point In tbe wHole cnse" be ndl~e(J

rlanC4! wltb my tbeory-nnd It w()rr.lled me badly for a~thDe" •

"Wbnt wns that 1" I nsked • Tbllt was tbe story tbe jailer told

ae-tbat ~lISR Croydon belle\ ed Drys dale guilty But you hn ve seen bow naturally tbat was explained 11m, • ..,: tben, In that Instant I wnK rIIIbt traelk..::.Ulat:llothllng'c!oulcl;4elr .... I,'I' ~!.U,~~'1hii\'rOiJm;-

"0 death where Ie tbi o gravel where"" is U,IY VIC­

The-sting 01 ~ath i9 8tD,-ana the stJ;ength of ain II the I~w But thanka be to God. whicn giveth UI the victory through. our Lord Jesus Christ' There IS the keynote of the 1\ hoi", text God Is not askmg j ou to Bccomphsh the Impossible He says 'WIth my help you can WID souls

for (Jhrlst II WIll you to-day seek that nn.~0'.1 help? WII! you to day conquer III

that diVIDe \l ork? "He that WID :g~!~~~~.2~! neth souls 19 wIse"

But I \\lLnt to draw your attentIon to thIS text for another reason Why IS the word 'soul" written m the plural form? Why dId not KlDg Bolo

··,;~r·~~n1.1.d~~~?:~~n~~ man say He that wmneth a soul IS rnn,Ulf,.::, 8h,ee'I'1 \llseP" Because he knew how much

\\as involved ID wmmng a single soul l'or each hIe IS hke the hnk of a cham Each one grIps on to other hnks When vou save ono soul. you reach out to save many souls whIch are dHectly or mdHeetly connected WIth that hfe And how far the IDnu once of that hIe extends no one

;a~~~;~ .. ,f~:I~:~~~,;~;~~I~~~1 knows. Rnd no ono can ever estimate ;:, thIS SIde of heaven But there IS anQtber trJ»!! connect-

ed with tbls subject" Who aro' to be my compamons m heaven? There 11 a persistent vOIce wlt)un me assurmg me that I am Immortal I know It I feel it I nisI) :.I.!:el lUld..kn/Lw...!hat T am to De a can serous II1a1VIQUnl, wnn the SRmo IdentIty RS I have now, when I shall enter thllt other world I am not to be a Iivmg creature hke

W~~~~~~1:::~f:ir~:~~I~~~;~'X;~~~~{~lf:'rl~~;~1'oi;;ci~~d Hl~~~~~~~\~~;~~~~~",§~!ffi lijt~h~erlllY or the rose which h08 no 11 Immortals

to be to

from and 810 In words shall be as Paul expressed It, changed mto the dlvllle Image I shall be clothed WIth pUrity nnd truth and love and gentleness perfect as God is perfeat

Now If I om to be my gloTllled solf In heaven the question that Interests

l~f:;~~~el:ii¥~~~I~i~:~1 me Is tim Who are to be my com· tor".;th,,' palllOllA in that eternal world? Who are lo hvo WI th me in heaven a8

!~~m~~;~i~~~~~~~~f~m~jt~:~::t;: dellr ones live with me on···~"J.rl·.n .::~I~,:.~~~J We are to have our lived ones

·'~~:.~~I!CI~',t"~'I~;~~'!;;'~ IIUU'U'I;':~~~~;~~~~~~l~~~i~f.j our neighbors nnd our fTlends We il are to RSSOClBtO WIth certmn Immor·

tal spmts who w!ll be our complln Ions Who are those splnts who will live closest to UB? Why, for the most

re .... elA.l part they are to be tho IInmortRI ii.O:ah';mo th1~:coni.] souls we have \\ on to C1lT1st They

;'f.~~1~f,~~I*~~~11;~~:~i~tir~:~.f~~~~i be tho souls for whom we have .: and agonized nnd WIth tenrs led to the mercy Bent There doubt about thnt It 18 the

Can a melthllT ow n of the ·.·~~~~~rl

a';I~ls,clple of Josus Chust 1 ·.'01wn"·_clllld of the SPirit?

another overwhelm· we lire going to OSsD­

all etermty With those 81l'.eel us and With those

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TH[ SUNDAY SCHOOl~n Lesson VI.-Flrst 'Quarter,

Feb. 9, 1908.

THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.'

Text of the Le .. on, John Iv, '.42-M.mory V ...... , 23, 24-Gold.n Text, John vII, 37-Comm.ntarl' Prep.reeI by R.v D M St.arn.

lCopyrlibt, 1007, bT American ..... Aoooctitlae.) Let us remember In every lellSOn III

tbls gospel j\lst w by tbe Spirit wrote It (cbopter xx, 31) and note tbe desired end In verse 42 of our lesson, "Now we' be11e~e lIud know that tbl8 18 Indeed the Cbrlst the Sa, lour or tbe world." The witnesses ba \ e only to bellf raltb. fill testimony to Him nnd the Spirit l!r "hom we \\ Itness will care for Hia own 'WOr<r"ll1Td mDIUr It LU REcompllsll the pllrpose ot God We must know Him I\S the Bridegroom tbe one to wbom the ("ather batb given all thlnp and tbe Spirit wltbout mea8ur~ tbe Messlab at Israel wbo will slIrely rul· nil all 'that Is "rltten or Him and III duo time brIng tbe kingdom (111 26-361. All '\ bo truly receive Him ba ve Hre, but on n11 others the wratb of God IIbldetb

In the dnlly life ot evefJ tuJly BUr­

rendered child ot God tbere is a • must needs gu" for e\ cry step nnd R 'need be' tor every e\ ent (verse 4, I Pet. ~ I, 61 tbat Ille plan at God may be wrougbt out nnd tbe Individual OUed tor the service of the kingdom

Sycbar al1d Sbeebem and Jacob'. well tnke 118 bnck to Gen xII 6, xxxIII, 18-20, Josh xx\v, 32, nnd Bet us think· Ing or mnny thIngs In the purpose ~ God, 80111e fulllJled In tbe past nnll some yet to be We IInve an lllllstni' U\e tplllitment In our lesson ot tbose words of Jncob In Gen, xlix 22 "Jo­sepb Is a frulttul bough by a well wbose Ilrnnchcs run over tbe wall" As Jesus elts by Jacob's 'Well He I. very neor to tbe plllce wbero Josepb'" body loy burled, Rnd be reacbed over tllo Samaritan wall that dny to Ond tbls woman nnd through ber mall,. otbers '1 bere Is a larger ful!lllment to be seen III tbe future nnd also at tllat other saying at Jacob's • From tbence Is tllo Sbepber.l tho Stone of Israel ..

According to John's way ot ... ,ckoa· lug time tbe hour wben Jesus sat thUI on tbe well wou Id be Ollr 6 In tbe morning the same 08 In chapter xix, / 14 tor It wns not unusu.1 for Him tl) rlso a glent wblle before day HI. true bumnnlly is IICCIl In BIB belns wearied ond thirsty and hungry In bl. longing tor" fellowship ot those wholD He had chosen and In many otber ways He wns lu all polats teml)ted like as we nre yet wltbo.lt IIln While tbe disciples went to tbe city to bu)' meat He wos lett nlone anel tben cometb thlB woman, never dreomlng tbat tblll was to be to ber tbe day of all days In ber blstory, the day wben sbe would meet ber Creator and Re­deemer and receive Him os ber own • .Imt He wbo notes a sparrow's tnll bod foreseen It all In last week's ICllllOll we sow EIls divine wisdom In dealing with a morol uprlgbt religious mall, nlld now we see tbo same wisdom hl dealing wltb this slntul woman, tor

mnn recelvetb sinners I beglln by asking of ber a favor.

eacb at EIls seven sayings bas III n tullncss like the fullness of GOd.

for • In Him dwelJetb oil tbe tullnell. of tbe Godhead bodlly" (Col II {)) lind BOme of tbnt fullnellll III manltest III every word at HIB Wator Is a topic whICh leads us tram tbe river In Edell to tho river ot Rev nil, and even In the restoration story of Gen I 11 e Oud

lIecond day WI tera nbove and ,.,·.t ...... below, nil we do also In Jer.

;li~'<'BI~t":.be,re··;we have malt tull), Ll:ne;""ra~!lr. of earth and tbe beovenl)'

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, ~ There IS this about it though-the better (he COFFEE the gl eater the benefit,

'IT This store has nl\Va~ s recognized t$is fact and has done its level be~t to get the highest grades that could be bought. , . Blue Ribbon Coffee; New York Coffee, 50 lb Bower & Bartlett's CofTee, at.. .. c. a · 'If Any quantity grollnd while you wait; consequently this is on ex· 'cellent place to get good cuffee. . ,

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"'IT 'Just now we'!'~ inviting puaricular attention to our TEAS. We w~1llld 'be pleased to ha\'e every housekeeper express her opinion of what we arc just now ofTi!ring in' tl115 line, . ,. We have b~e led to imagine th;:.t there' must be

something unusually attractive about them.

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Miss 'Wilson, of Winnipeg, came up on Thl1rsday of last week aud is lhe guest of Mrs. Geo. Grab:l1u.

Messrs. Wes. Bremner- a11(1 J. Lotlubbury, of Lavenbam, were business visitors in town last Mon­

• Hats olil That is what the Rev.

r L. Gordon is sn'~illg to the ladies who attend' ihe" _Sl1nday -evening services in his church In 'Winnipeg. day.

, What are we coming-,to.anywav? ' For sale-soo bushels good seE'd'l ~

barley; cleaned and free froUl all kiuds of seeds. Apply to Roy ~ta: pies, 'rreherne. ". 17-19 C 1,,1l :1:>11" ,,;u

10wiug to an attack Geo. Steele, M. P. P .• i& confined

, to bis home and ullable to attend to his Parliallientary duties.-Gicn­

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boro Gazette.

Tbe dinil1~ car bas been taken off the regular passenger traius and in consequence the train crews and passenJo{ers dine at the Gl,euboro ho­tels each day.

David Duncau returned on Sat­urday . from Winnipeg where he spellt a week in the hospital. It is pleasing to know tbat his bealth is mnch IIllp~ov~tl. ' .. ,.

LOST - Oil Saturday morning, Feb. 1St, ou the rO!id' b(!~\\'een G. H. Hazelwood's farm Itot1~e' and tOWIl, a parcel cont(,iniog c1ot~il1g: Fiuder will please' leave same' at this office.' . ,

·It is reported that tenor, Caruso," llad (orty thousand doll" .. ~'n' New.York. bllDks wh cently. The dellpatclll"dICl. that the gentleman bad ample supply of notes~

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pos't. ,CARDS. -.-.

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~~Big Redu~tions on Felt ~~~ . 'F t It .. ~ :·i· . 00 wear. ~

ttl:- "' ~ctJ~ ~ til ~ ttl FOR the next ten days We will give a Discount of 25 per ~3 ttl cent. on all lines of Felt Shoes. We have them to ttl fit any members 9f the family. / ~l l/oJ M' r- L ". ~, _

." 9n s 'ell Bal~ were $3.00, now ...... $2.25 1.\1, '!J '" "SilO 6 c: ." ' es, were 3 50, nol\' . . . . . . ::. 5 ,.. It( "Fine Dong'. upper, telt sale, wele 5.50 fOI +00 ...... tl Laches' " " " were 3.50 for 2.7, ,.. ~ Gids' Felt Shoes, \\,CI'e 2.5(), nbw . . . . I • 2.00 ,..

., Boys'" l( "2.25, no\v . . . . . . :l.60 » fj. C9111~ along wilh YOt;r spot c.lsh and sal'e mone~. There~' ." 11'111 be cold-clays yet In j.lnllary, FcbrualY ami March. ~, Iii You can.have.ni~q. warm fe~.t for little money. I-lave you ,.. ti seen OUI' classlc.shocs fOI c1llldrcl1? -They ,Ire made tIie proper ~1 tI shape to balance the body and make the foot glow 11<1 till ally. ,..

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Manitoba The Land of Opportunity

For Farmer, Mechanic and Laborer

IN H)QO , 1 31141 :)3; nelDS Illodllcud 1H,2:iO.113 bUHhols of whonl-n\'orngo

1JOl or 10 0\ or Jlllmshols. . 2. Ji'UI'IIlCJb cXlumuo'tt ovor 1 ;;15,08:' 111 oruotIng now buildings. 3. Wlnuipcg' bUlldlllR' tatums show $13 000.000 oXllomlou. I. A Prol IUci"l Agricultural ollogo ustnbltshod • 5. Lund O\'llry" horo (n tllo pro\ inco cOuliunod to inerons6 iu uduo

-It IIOW Inng08 rrom $13.00 to $UO 00 POI nero, O. AlnuUolm lIRe 1\000 prosporolls furmors. 7. l\(ullltohn hns atllll!O,OOOIOOO RctOs lI\"nblo, .. irgiu prnlrlo 011011

ro..r BOl t.(Oll1out.

The Land Where a Man Can Make the Most In the --~ 1 ., ...... ,

Shortest Space 01 Time with the Least POSSIble Effort.

'.1'0 PROSPEOTIVE SE'.I"l'LERS Coming to tho Grant 'Vost-Do not puss ovor 1\I1lnitobn WIthout 8001111{ hor \'plllnhio lunus, liS \\ ell lIIi hor U'rOflL O)II}{)rLuuitioH Dor LhnH1R'11 'Vluuillog wit.hont stopl)illN' to obtnlu full iolortlu\Liou nhouL homostOllds, 111so Innds ror anlo by tbo Provlaolul (]ovorn. mont 111111 Uallwnu.

R. p, ROBLIN. Promior of Mun itoun Ilull/Mlnistor of l\grfcu~ uro

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FAMOUS BRITISH PAPER ~ARE£R OF HIE TIMES KNOWN

AS fl'fE THUNOERER

For a CentU"" II Affected Great Br tam s Pollcle. -Its EnterprIse As tonlshed the World-Influence Was Potent - CrIticisms Tremehdously Feared-Example 01 Its Success In

Procuring News

you passed through Yale 88.1d the Gold Commissioner what kiOd 01 a place did you fi'nd P

A magmficent, roarmg river ~\'Ith a picturesque sandbar mountams stceped 1D IIlorlOus blue hBZ41 and a 80rt of shrunken town With dozens 01 emllty houses and block upon block 01 empty slores

The pnSSlI1g of The london rimes •• much a family ns a nutlOllnl mstt tution IrOIll the coutrol 01 \rthur I WRiter to that of Cynl Art! ur Peor Ion representmg what Englul men senously buheve to be the \merlean t) po 01 nu\\spllper pubhclltlon IlIllrks 1\11 ern III Jourllallsm snys rh~ Ne" York TunCI' Durm~ B Illfge part of t. 125 yenrs

01 pu blrcn tlOn TI e llllles hUB COli H stuntly stood (or Bnt sh conscrv It ism und backing by dogmnl cutler

The Gold CommiSSIoner laughed When I first saw lhe town way

back m the eany SIxtIes he B8.1d. there were betwcen five Bnd SIX thou

sBnd mmers traders and gamblers there housed almost entirely 111 tents and shackS Every raco and every color and both sexes were represcnt.ed ill the population all bent on wmlllng gold from the snnd~ 01 the :Fraser Itlver Do you know anythmg nuout a frontier m1l1mg camp?

Nothmg except what I hBve learned Irom Bret Harle Jnck Lon

and half a dozen mnllng camp rilil.vA.'

Gold Commls810ller snorted .m~., Harte Is all fight he said

"but should leel 1lI1¥I!ty Barry for MY filUlIlg cnmp m BrItish Columbta that couldn t show more thorough breds III botl! beUer and worse spCCI mens of humamty thall there aTe 10 most alorles nnd plays

In the very early days o( the set­tlement at Yale It was a pretty warm prl)p()8il~io'n: Every saloon bnd Its gam

ou,tlll~;. and the plnces were BI RuffocatlOn 'I he good el

numenellllv large but It ;o~::d~I;n-iinaile(l by those whose trade

beat rob and slay mT~lcn~.r?~JI hlld passed by the ... ~ on the scene GUDe

eVidence of course 111 h p

.. ~:;~:~~J~a~n~d holsters and hold ups robberies were pulled oil lust lo keep trllvelers on

ances Its senous v ew of cvcryt!lIl1g JIIcludlllg itself [nlrly earn~d Its title of the Ihundercr

With the first rumor o( lIs sale It "OS generally helleved that the p II chnser wns Lor I Northchffe (01 t hnd been understood that [or a 10ng tin e he had been anxIous for lhe OVi n olshlP of The TI nCB Report has It thnt he offered $5 000 000 lor the pro pert~ In 1B97 and that h S orrer Vi 11~ scornfully refused by tI e "nltol fumlly

'] he Times II ns founded m 17S.~ by John Wafler a bookseller \\ld pul lI.her lit Chnrms Cross but it Vi IS first knO\\n ns 1 he Dally Un vors" Reglstor The IItle 111 I7BS became The Times and DRily Ul1Iversnl RegIS ter nn I In n short tImc tI e doublo tIlle bocame The Tllnes When John Wultor tI e founder died In IB12 The Tlmeg "n8 firmly estnultsherl liS the leading newspnper 01 lhe dny The next 0 "'ner \\ns John A Wnlter Ho Improve I lhe pnper greatly lind mtro duced sLeam prlntlng p esses In 1814

I or ,rm s and year" rl e TImes ~ontll1ued to grow n Importance nn I Incrense III prosper ty Its enlerprl"' nstomRI ed the \,orld Jl~ nflucnc l IVns pol&nt wherever It chORe lo oxer C1se It its entlcl-ms tremendously leMed

An Instnnce 01 Its pOller \lnR glvrn

willch leads up to Johnson :JcmrISOI1" IBn this nlllllC but thai

It wn.s twenty yenrs

durin!! thn Crimean WI r "hen Dr \\ III am HO\l nt I R lssell 1\ ho had been sent to the ( ont so shn rply cn tt clzod the msmnnagement of the Br t­Ish campnlgn nnrl WDR so stoutly back e I \II' bv his pn por that a grent son saban wns caused throughout tl e COUI try In thORO days when lhe pBper II BS undor the cdltorsillp 01 Col Delane It WBS salri lhat The TI ne • conlri mnlte pOllce or wnr at Will

railroad was bUilt to come 11\ and go

.. :;.nr ..... that could not go by.;.cnnoe for It wn"

Ravs' of the stege coach ~._''''~ Jolm8,on was t.he pony express

All example o( The Times succes~ \II procurmg news ahead 01 all Its eomn~UtorB wn. f'lthlbltcd \II Its p I I cllllon 01 the Berlm lrentv m IB77 Hertr Georges Slephen do RlOWIl7. \IDS the Pnris corrCRpon lent o( 'II 0 TImeR nnd wna sent to Berlm spccltlih to report the Berlin congross m ,hlch BismArck DIsrncll T ord Snhsbury nnd M Tllel R look part On Ius nr

vnl at lhe Ilerltn enpltAI M BlOWlh put up at the Holel KUlscrhol on lhe UnLer flen 1 \IIden and struck un n (rtendsllp Vilm the secretary 01 M Thlers

He marie nrrangements WIth him thot the secretary should drop n nolc iOlo IU8 hnt every flin on lenvlUJ! tho nongress staltnlZ \\ hIt hnel I ern clone

IS was cleverlv manogccl Iw Rlowltr. ROCrf'tArv s hnt \lho IU ro

s Bv tillS m~aTls n d nlomnt wi ose

n ....... divulge tl 0 as ,~c,r~r~~I~n~r,~:v .. 10i~b~Jt:~aiOed tl e text 1i nrboles nil I

the prenmhlo to treaty correct

Miers nnd snld thnt trenty lhe pre

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CHILDREN ENJOY IT

"I have used Colts foote Expectorant with tbe IIreatest satIsfaction wltli children It is a wonderful cure fot colds and 80ro throat I believe ft sRved the hfe of my htUe son. wllo was' very siCK Hom a pt'btracted com on his. lungs"

MRS ANNIE BRAMBWR . Orangeville, March 15, 1907 1 ~It~i~:~(:~~:~,

"I am rreatly pleased With the gooo I- delfen.si1'ce;. results we 1I0t from Coltsfoote Expec.

my chtldr~n ' MRS WALTER HAMlIH)ND.

171 Argylo St Toronto • Coltsfoote Expectorant 18 tho il:ri!afr·'I est horne proscllptJon for all nnd chest troubles In the world home Bho,tld bo one hour Without You can have free sample bv narno to Dr T 11 Slocum ronto All good druggists Price 26c

Send for Free Sample To.Day. mon countless Philosophy und tho last

Keep the saw III the log. and ro- for their women and ch!ldren. membor that It IS good exerCiso to than havo them meet a fale worse keep It movlllg than death They wore tales of f!lck­

If you burn u11 the bridges belnnd enlng horror, wll'ch riilikol one shudder you how IS tho olhor fellow lo craBB to I ead even now over? SlandIng out as the grandf)st feature

Tho end of the II arid IS whore you of the whole rebellIOn wus the ganan~ jusl Bit down and give III to tho lrou- defonco of Lucknow Canadtans, to bles of It tillS day. roen.ll WIth a thrtll of prtde

Don t raise too much dust m the that the brave soldIer who conducted L':':'"':~~:~~a~~;· .. 'I:j~le middle 01 the road It may blmd, tho thut defence was ana of their mvn :;:~~~t~§~~~~ili~~lr~~~i proceSBlOn bellllJ(l you IU8 sentor In commnnd. 81r

1·IIerlrv was mortall)' Thoy Advcl tisc Themselves -Im- of Lueknow fell

medrntely they "ero olfored to the brave N ovu Sl!O-publtc. Pnrmelee's Vegetab'e Pills be- han gathered the women and cluldreD cnmo popular becausc of thc good rc- Illto the ReSidency, and there WIth port they made for themsolves That re- 1118 hanaful of dovoted men eon-putatlon has glown and they now rank ducted the most and gall among tho first 1Il0dlclllOS for uso m delenco In tho lustory or.wllrfnrp..· attacks of dyspepsia and bilIousness, Henry Lawrenco had complalllt of the lIver and kidneys, lelL tho bUlldlllgs sM~~~:~r,:~~~ngl S!~~iil~~:~\:~~.~~t;'~~t~~.' rheumatism, fever and ngue. and the Rosidency standing ·.r ·1O_ll)o.1 W!11CIU .,(

Immedmto complicatIOns to which holed tLnd occupied these 81lmonts glvo rlso. ,II ho could thus fire

lIttle band Assault after assault Wtl.8 Phoabo-You would hardly know made, Meh beUlg preceded by tho ex­

Freddy SUlce he got back from Monte plOSIOll of It 011110, but ingiIs, With Carlo He lost all IU8 money there, almo~t mconccll'uble valor, beat buck and- every attack The bttle garrIson

Evelyn-Hardly know lum I Why, I their numbers bemg deCImated, sban't know 111m lit aill-Illustiated hOlTors of starvation starlng them Bits tthe face, IImmumtlon runnmg shorl.

HOW. 1'HI"

surrollnded by u relenlless foe. thll rain, heat and unburied corpses slam nddIng dIseuse to thClr I.AI,rilhlA "tf., olrer ODe Rundred Dollarl Bewa"

lor aDI onse of Catarrh that oannot " .und b, Hall. Oatarrb Oure

F J OHENEY '" 00 'l'oledo O. ,.1 w. Ule underlillfoed. ha,u known r J.

conditIon We have heard of ·-~f~~.d~ lastlllg for soveral days The.d C~!~~I:~!~tcfei~t ers 01 LuelmolV fought Without an tl

CllIlne, for the I .... t lb ,..aro.' and beUen III... perfecU, honorable In all bnlln ••• "anlactlon. and ftnanclal1y able to oarrr .u' an, obll~atlon. made by hi. arm

WaldlDt! Kinnan ,\ Maryln Wbol08ale Drunlstl {aledo. 0

.al1·. Oatarrb Ou ... II taken InternanF. 80tllll dlr""t1y llpC tb. blood and mn OIjoa8 ,arfaoel 0' lb •• ,Itnm Teltimolliall flnt fr.. "rice 76 acnt. IMIr liottl. Bold II,. all Dro.jrl.ta.

.Take uan. Famll, Pili. fo. COD.tlP" atOlL -

_ Holon- Thero goos th"t handsome blonde out slClg\llng Sho used to be a beach belle

Howard-Alt. I suppose now she is a alolih belle

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hour's mtermlsslon for S7 dllYs Our­that tIme they were subjected to a contmuous flro, and repolled rcpollted attacks m band-to-hand fights At last, on Sept 25. tho distant skul of tho pipes of the 78th Highlanders told

them "1'he Campbells' are commg· .. ·;11 ~~Fol~~~~.~~~t~~,~!~:~:j~f! and sweetor muslo mortal .,,-,~ ..

heard : ~~:;n~i~!t:::a:;~ • The I.ondon Times·\ fence of that place Without precedu,e~;n;;t;;n'l"ol'd:~u:~f faro" 'In the III

,1857. tho ?~~~~~I.~~;·~~~;~it;ld,

placed ,: ~r~~~!:l~1~~~;~'1 tence "TlhMP

111 the annnJs tli~~~:'~tllk~~~!(~~I':::;~'~~~ Cqi.nplai:nt, ;;.~~.;;:.: ii';:l<r:

Rai.lnll the Curtain For a Moment on 1 One of LIfe'. Trall,dle.. ~ , A recent luchlllnt whlqh holds In Us Blmple outlines the possibility of p1\8t tragedy Is dcscrlbed In the New York Tlmos It Is nnother lIIustrntlon at how careless the -" arid Is of Ihe Indl ,lltunl nillt how thick Is the clonk wllicb onc mRY ~ wrnp niWut his per SOllallty Not long ago n Inberer em-

.DrlU.",'" ployed by tile Erie railrond In Jersey

IClty was run over by n trnln nnd had

·~~}~:~!!!!'I his leg cut olr I A policeman h!lephoned for an nm bulnnce. The Injured man loy on a

p,atclt. aPl)tlrcntly blecillng to Just then a typlcnl rall~od

In dirty rngs 8aunteteil nloug tnI'i>~d, a pollceman's ,!!160w

l ask whnt's the matter, 001 be tnqulred

., ...... ,-' to death," replied tbc

BABIES ARE SICKLY BABIES

babies sleep soundly nnd wake When lIttle ones are

reElt'.e,ss. Sl'ee(lle,ss nnd cross It IS the they are not well

stomnch or bowels IS or it may be teething

Baby's Own Tablets how qUlckl) the child grows

well and happy and sleeps soundly and naturnlly Not the dlUgged sleep of "soothing" medlClnes but the na­tural Bleep of health You have the guarantee of a government analyst that thiS medlCllle contams no POIS­onous opillte or narcotIc. and YOU can give the Tablets Just as snfely to a new bOrn bnbe as to the well grOWl) child, So'd by nll me(hcme dealers or bf: mnll nt 25 cents a box from The D= WI 11 UlIllS MediC ne Co , BrockVllle On t <

'fommle-Mamma, when a boy 18

away from hon1e and wants to get back al~ lui bad-that IS bems home­Sick, al1l't ItP

Mamma-Yes, dem Tommle-Well. ~Ihon ho's Sick of

alaymg at borne and wun ts to go skat­mg, "hat do you call ILP-!'IJllndel­pilla Ledgel

":"--"-~ SPAVIN L.INIMENT reOlove9

oallou90d IUOl P9 a.ad

1 ~~];~~~~~:~~~~~J[;~.t~~: blood spavin sweeney sUnes throat OO~Kh8

~r·';'~"acl~rf.:i" bottlo War. 01 Blemish Oure knOlwn,.··

San Ity lind Plltrlotlsm If Canadians can develop the high.

est type of patnotlsm and sttll keep tho body polttlcal suno, thiS WIll be a "ondodul country some day. Greal ButRm IS a model In UlIS respect 'CanadIan Couner," Toronto

There IS not\llng equal to Mother Grave's Worm Extermmator for des­troym!! I\orms Nil arbcle of Its kmd has given such satlsfaotlon.

Jndge Boyd, of the Insh benoh, kept a supply qf IllS faVOrIte "PI zen" on the desk befel. him m an mkstand of peculIlli mnknT When he wanted " SIp h~ took It through a qUill pen, 11'11110 counsel professed en tHe 1n,,"0r­ance of the little manoeuvre.

"Tell the conrt truly," he once aat. leo n wi tncss, "were you drunk ftr sollel •

"Quite sobel, my lord," replied the mllll And his counsel added, with ..

aL tho mk pot, 'As sober III •

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Minard'. Liniment Cures DI.tamp.r,

A Summer Idyll It I\uS Indeed 0. beautiful night

The gentle zephyrs plnyed musloa,ly tho dolIcate 'ronds of the tur-

n3,m" and wafted from far dls""n' subtlo perfume of the Ills·

on nnd tho fragrance 01 do-caYlllg cabbages "Betsy." he whls per ed, as they sat togethcl on tho fence SUI roundlllg MIS Fllhgall's pIg stye, • all' ben-uLlful you be I Je~ tlllnk of It. Betsy I When us be lLar· Iled us WIll have a pig of our own) Tlnnk 01 that, Botsy I"

"Jan," she willspored, a note of /0 senLment 111 her VOice, "wliat do I

lor PI(!SP I shall t want no pig I ve got ~ou I"

all wos Silent on co more. saVl. muslonl frolIos 01 tho l.ephyr9

alrellelY mentIOned -Punch

The poultry edltor of 0. countrr. paper recolvod thIS lotter from II. poet­lCal summor cottager

"Dear Editor-What shnll I de P Each mom when I vult my hen housa I find two or throe fowls on their baclts their feet stlcKin!:, straight up nnd thOlr souls \\ anderm!:' through fields ElYSian What IS the matterP"

'rhe pi osaic eeIttor roplIed by re­mall-

Frlend,-The prinCIpal trou­Illn. ·WI"" your hens seoms to be that

dead Thcro Isn't much can do, ns they WIll probn.­

that way for some t1me "-

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We are offering r.tl;1~ balqq'c~" of, cutters and sl~~ghs chea'p

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'0-0 R lEI." ',W It S O .. N-,· and Shippers of Fat Siock.

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This SPBC~ is 'Reserved ~or

M. H. ST~APLES, . ' ====;== Massey-lIllrrls Agent --.~. ,- --'

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::: _ ~ERE ARE A. FEW <?~; THE BARGAiNS WE HAVE TO OFFER: " 1.-. H~lf Section, (rmile!!'lIorlb of 3.-:.0uarter Section, ,1,% miles 1 5.-Quarter Section, 7 miles n,

Holland, IHO ne: broken, 100 'from Somerset. of Rath\\'ellj ,15 acre!! uuder more ~'1sily broken: stable and \ cultivation, 50 more' eil;:;Y lo

,"!?~~:~rYi .ch~a? n~ld e,:,'sy, t~~n~~:, 4.-;-Quarter Sec~io';, H tIli. fro\l1 . ' clear,' balance w~odi gran~ry .. Treherne; 2110 ac. under culti-,~ vnliOli, good,buildings, plenty' \ We have many others on ~ur list

, of standing woocl, best watcl', that are equally a~ good bargains. , , a first class farm, \Vrite or call ill and us,

'rOlllld the 'other' 1.1:1';' ~al,IMY, myself r

gelieral puuHc accnmlllatillg' wealth. diddual I met '.

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1 interviewed, \'011 ~e~, , ' So~now I'll try and tell you what _ Some of thelll told to me.

Corre·sp~ndence.'

Fao}( OUR CoaaKIIPONDEST8.

MATCHETTVILLE •

The snow storms of late make one think I hat perhflps we will have

A ~hoellln'ker sa,id ~e W,IS "pegging slt:ighing yet this winter. away ,I ,. ...

A hlW)er 'wns: "Iying low." Miss J, B,_Stanton, of doctor was makillg his Illouey itcd lil-l' friend, Miss E, V.

"dead easy," I""'''·,ecenlly. I

." It's "the trtllh-' lhey told me so. , Miss K, ~1cLachla~ kat present 'A butcher managed'to 1\I':lke ' vi~iting in the city.

meet," . . , The icelllan had' 'strllck n frost" 'rhe plumber I met was "hit

the pipe," . - ' , Poor ftllow, I,gue~'s he's lost. ,

A pickp~cket wa~ "taking thin easy." ~

VVhitc a bake.r was ·'Ioafing all

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Miss M,'Emmoud, of 'l'rchernc; was the guest of Mrs. Macdouald se\'~ral dll>'s bere recenlly,

J. Scamllil:ll, of Ralhwell, and J. JOlles. of Gleu~oro, werc hI this district \::st 'l'lIebday.

A IlIll11ber from here attended Chl\"" ' , " ' the 'c,lniivHI at "rehcrne.

A ~rocel' told me ill c:mfiJeJ'cc . 'I'hat :'lhin~g were going his. LUlldy Loullsbury, of Olke, was

weigh." .,' the gliest at his cOllsin's, H, !.ollns-dentist \\'as "living from 1,,1I'll1 to bury Oil Sunduy lust.

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and we can't sell Cutters, but we have a stock of Deering Seeders, Eclipse and Moline Plows that you will soon need.

'If Headquarters for Coal Oil and Gasolene. -.

"Ir 25 per cent. off hanging and fancy lamps.

Always ready to fill your Lumhcl OrdC1S

At The Old Reliable Ha' dware Store-~rln~hop in Connoction.

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And her.e, jllst to make a rhyme: Bert Parker. who is now alteml-Iic,':h'1)5Ilittli '111\ havt! to ring ill the jeweler, Normal for fou r \I1out i1s, \'isi 1- I-:--::":"':":":":":'+:"::M:":":":"~":''':'':~'':'': .. ~' .. : .. ,' •• : ... : •• : .. : •• : .. :: .. : .. ,: .. : ... : .. : •• : •• : .. :: .. : .. ,: .. : ... : .. : .. : •• : .. : •

\Vllo' was working", of course, his school her~ one dav Jecently. "oiter time." . : 'l~he sch?lars were delighted to' see

, -. ,. ,him agath. I\. burglar said ",times were picking

up," '._ But he bnd to work nt· night; lid e\'en a poor,blind beggar sai<\ He was "doing Ollt 0' sight."

An ossified mtlll,Was ha\,ing All awfnl "hard time." be said;

'ail nndertaker totd mc was'"doing quite ~ell--oll

'fthc dead," '. ,

Council Meeting. ,

A special meeting of the council was held in the Municipal office on Friday, Jan. 31. '

l'he miJmte:l of the !lIst regular IlIcelilll{ were adopted as read. -:

Hazelwood - W00dmall - That 'By· law No. 4'26 for the purpose ot borr<.lwing mon~y fro\l1 the Cami· dian Bank of COllllllen:e to meet current expenditt1rc~ for the yerir 1905\ue now introullced and read a i time.":-Carried. '-

:Le~e .... -Stlarll11' ! __ ,That By-law, N9· .,n:h ... read a second and third 'time

t'lf~se 1U i 1I11 tes 'Lt~e":W'ocidlJl'atl:-1'llat this COlli',

offer froln the C:P.R. lli'i ,ooper acre for th'e road [lCrOS,

.e. 13-7-ro,·u.e. of 12·7- lo•n .w:' oLI3 7lJO, aud Il.e. of 25 7·(0', U1lO tbat the clerk he"fore issuing cheque corre:ipond W,tli the dbtrict Reg/s- I trar a11<1 ascertain whether there' has been allY reserve made of this road. -:"Carried. .

Councii.passed aCC()llnt~ amount­ing to. $208. The neltt llIeetiili will be oll"'March lotb, instead of Feb. 18th, as agreed upon at for~~ d meeting. . ."

Just 9leceived our first shipment of Spring Boots & Shoes. We have some good vldues. See them.

J •. G. McGowan & Co., . At our new atnnd. Rathwell, Manitoba,

-Rath~~I1'~ Furniture Store .

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.During the next 30 Days/we ,will give 20 Per Cent. off e\leryth!~g in the store to make room for new ·stock.

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