The Clinton News-Record, 1909-12-23, Page 22
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It's.Easy
1 Here
Our selections of Vaeful
a, and Beautiful Xmas presents
? snalee choesing easy. Ourprices
make buying easy, because we
bought right,
•2 Don't forget the KOClak8••
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OUR PERP.UMES ;
We can tell you all about ;
them, you must see them to ap-
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preciate them, then you. won't ,
want to leave them here; we
don't mind that, for we bought
them for you,
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• EBONY
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We have Ebony in hun-
dreds of shapes. Our Manicure,
Military and Brush Oases are I
shnply beautiful, also Hand
Bags, Pocket Books. Collar Bags
and. Many other useful gifts for I
men, women and children.
W. S. R. HOLMES
. Manfg Chemist.
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IF YOU WANT THE REST
COAL AND PROMPT DELIV- •
ERY SECURE YOUR STIF-
FLY FROM US.
ORDERS LEFT AT DAVIS
& ROWLAND'S HARDWARE
STORE PROMPTLY AT -
...TENDED TO.
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<=. George Wakeman was
E- earning about $100 per
tee year as farm laborer. Now
he is earning at the rate it
of $962 per year. a •' I
Six months' training a
at our Bueiness •College f
made the uifference. Was. Z
it a good inveettnant.? He,. 1
thinks so. His address
is New Ctsgoode, Sask. . .
Four Courses:
PRBPARAToRY •
. CommEncrAt,
STElsounApUY
TELEGRAPHY.
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Business College
SPOTTON, PRIN.
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WE WANT
YOUR GRAIN.
for which we • will pay, • the
Highest Market Prue. Call at
our store next Morrish its
Crooks or at our Elevator.
•
-We keep on hand a full-
-stock of Flour, Feed,-
-Etc.
We are agents for the Canada Car-
riage Company Buggies and Stan-
dard Wire Fence and Posts.
FORD&MoLEOD
DR. OVENS, SURGEON, OCULIST,
will be at Holmes' Drug Store on
Tuesday, Dee. 27th, horn 0 ti.) 3.30
p. ni. Glasses properly titled.
Diseases of the Eye, eau:, Noes and
Throat treated.
'Winter Term from -Sans 3
STR ATFORD. ONT.
The best practical training MINA
of Ontario. We offer advantitgea
not offered elsewhere in Canada.
Our teachers are experlenced, cour-
ses thorough and practical, and
we assist gradtlates to good posi-
tigns. The detimed at present
greatly exteeds the supply. WO
prepare teachers. tot\ Business
College work. Write for our free
Catalogue.
WHY BRONCHITIS IS SERIOVS.
Beeallee it becomes a ebronie con-
dition that vergeclosely on cone
euraption. "Catarrhozone" is the
mo$t pleasant, stiMPlet and eartain
cure. Try Catarrh.ozoac.
wougn oeason.
Colin Fraser, veteran fur trader, ar-
rivecl at Edmonton front Fort Chippe-
waYan early in Augu.st with $18,000
worth of furs, mostly be,aver and rats.
He reports other furs very scarce.
Ile says the journey in was the rough-
est in his experience. A number of
the .bridgas were carried away by high
water. He says the Indians would
have starved had it not been an open
season for beaver.
Repeat it :-"Shilohes Cure will al-
ways cure ray coughs and colds."
Read the London Daily Advertiser,
the Best Metropolitan paper in West-
ern Ontario. Contains latest tvarket
quotations and all general and local
news worth printing.
SPECIAL .OFFER.
Send $2.00 for the London Daily
Advertiser for 14 months in advance.
This offer must be accepted before
January lsit, 1010.
HER SKIN WAS YELLOW.
"I had only to try Dr. Hamilton's
Pills to appreciate their merit" writ-
es Miss Annie S. Bryce of Woodstock.
"My system was out of order. My
blood Was weak. and thin. I had tia
naSty, murky complexion. My skin
was hard 'and dry. The first box of
Dr. Hamilton's Pills ma.de a complete
change. I felt better at once. Heal-
thy color came into my face. , In
about three weeks I was cured." 'Dr.
Hamiltou's Pills •effect an easy
cure. Try these good pills, 25c. per
box, or five boxes for $1.00, at all
dealers.•
WANTED.--FORELADY, MUST BE
Good Knitter on Creelman machine
also on Hepworth looper, steady
work and good pay.' Apply to Avon
• Hosiery Ltd., Stratford, Ont..
A.
BOY WANTED. -BOY TO LEARN
the Dry .Good business. Must be
• smart and willing to worke--Apply
• to Tozer. & Brown.. 99
D. A. illotaohlan, 1
PRINCIPAL I
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FARM FOR SALE. -ON THE LON-'
mOn Rond, one Mile south of Clinton,
112 acres, fine • shape foe. eroppiiiSS,
no better land anywhere, faix .build-
ings. lIftst be sold as Owner cannot
'work it. Will be sold cheap. or will
rent to a good tenant. -H.' Plume
steel.
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FARM FOR SALE. -FOR SALE,
• the east half of Lot 21, Concession
4L. R. S., Tuckersm.itle, containing
• 50 acres. The lend is all cleared,
well fenced and underdrained. There
•. are on the premises a• good bank
barn and good stabling, a good
house and plenty of water -one well
at the house and one at the stable.
For further particulars Apply On
premises, or address George Brown-
lee, Seafoeth a. 0. . 99*
HOUSE ' FOR. SALE. . EIGHT
Robtrie. Best location in • Clinton:-
Aaply te W. Bryd'opee 81
WOMEN AND GIRLS WANTED AS•
MACHINE ortRAToRs AND FOR
' OTHER FACTORY WORK: GOOD
WAGES AND STEADY EMPLOY-
MENT, WRITE US, -THE CLIN-
• TON 'KNITTING :CO. LTD., CLIN-
TON,. ONT.
F. W. °LITTLER, PAINTER AND
• Paperhanger. All work done guar-
anteed to give satisfaction. Prices
Moderate., Residence nearly Opposite
Collegiate Institute. Clinton. .83
MONUMENTS
CHASTE DESIGNS. BEST MATERIAL
JAMES D010
oPPOSITE POST OFFICE.
CHRISTMAS STAMPS
HELP CANADA'S
-NEEDY
CONSUMPTIVES
THE net proceeds from stamps sold
will be used for the extension of
the work of the Muskoka Free
Hospital for Cousumptives. The avail-
able beds were trebled as the residt of
last year's Stamp Campaign.
• BUY l'HElVf. USE THEM.
IIELP TIIE GOOD SVOBIC ALONG.
VIE BEST INVESTMENT •
YOTS EVElt MADE.
ONE CENT nAcilx.
• Not a goo° patient has ever been
hefused adnussion to the Muskoka Free
Hospital for Consumptives because of
his or her inability to pay,
nviant STAMP SOLD IS A
IITMLET IN THE WAIMAItE
AGAINST TunnuotrLosis.
If not on Bale in your town, write
.3. S. Ronnrosox, Sec.-Treas. National
Sanitarium Assoeiation, 347 King St.
W., Toronto. All information furne
felled and stamps mailed promptly on
receipt of order.
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THE TERROR'S CHRiSTN1AS.
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Turkeys Were. $17. Each 'During the .
• ,Siege Of • Paris. 7 '
When the Christmas „dee,. pf 1870
dawned upon Paris the .eity 'cad been
In the Iron grip et' tbe Gentian Invest-
ment for: rthout • three ..roonthse The
Whiter , was a bitterly cold• one, the
therniometer registedng 10 :degrees be
low freezing point on. Christians momIng Tbe -
neso• rtrioosn:noe
over
'1 he poor ila t..a
ouucee of horseflesh and a piece of re-
pnisive looking black bread. •• •
By Dec. 23 food Prices had, reached .
their highest point •sinee. ' the . begiu•.
-aing of the siege. Ou Nov. 13 a pound
.0r• butter fetched $14 and 'a rabbit:
$3,50, .13y. Dee. 19 rabbits • had risen 'to
$5; a box of sardiues brought.$2..50 and
eggs .25 Cents apiece.' Iser• one's Christ-
mas dieuer, glee. could buy a• goose .for
$10 py ti turkey for $17. : Pleseciiia.svere.
$3 each; end: a smell fowl could be ob-
tained for $5. •iiatu was $1.50 a pound.
As for vegetables, -carrots and turtilpe
were. 4. teens . cede and a bushel .of .po.
• Unties cost $Q.25. There was hardly
any milk In. Paris. and the little teere
Oas hail to be proserved for the siek
and Won ud ed. • Ho w ea, there . Were
ecenne 'of wine, and the, witiesbeas did.
a roaring .1:raile. *.
leoe'Some u.nt befOre Clerisionia tlie
etar.ving, 'peeve. bad been feeding on
calk rate and dogs until by pee. 25
it dish of eats flesh .was hardly obtain-
able, peg wasato cents a. pound; and
• tine, rats 1+ cents •each. . Many
domestic pets Werekilled for.• food,
•ePour. Aeor:" said a humorous 'citizen.
. as 114, finished a stew, inede from his
Cv,rRedog.' -Bow he. would have
,Sujoyed thew belies!" .
•. With true Perislan light heartedness
• the citizees tried to. Make the best of
dense>. aud tae cafes and 'restaurant*
warealatoet. their' uorinal. aspect. At
half past 10, however,: an order. of
Trochn cloeed every shop and cafe,
and. 14 11 c•cloo. Paris' had gone to
bed. •"
Theetnidnight mass of Christmas eve
was celebrated as- usuaPinetbe church.'
es, whieli were creavded with pray-
ing: Weeping women.: Newepapers ap-
peared as .usual, some of them contain-.
•lag glowing .upeoutits of perfectly ht.
eginary Freneh .suecesses. „The ga-
tirleal • sheets were eve'? more bitter
• and .venomous than at other times
and published • scathing' caricatures.
Some showed tiae fallen emperor, Na-
• poleon III.,• as e sitoebleck at Xing
William's boots,or as a beggar with
his pockets tamed -inside out, or as a
traitor. handing oiete•Freotice to mur-
derers, or ris a thief Making, off With
nilllona di the 'nation's money, Oth-
ers depicted Julius Fevre in tears'and
pocketing Itisinarek'e gold and Troche'
.handing ever the keys of Paris to a
Prueslan in exchange fora beg of
coin. In all the idea of Parisians that
France had been betrayed by Ahese.
who ought to have protected her, was
prevalent.
So at this season of peace and geed
'will suffering Paris was nearly at her
last gasp. Owing to thetenacity of
her rulers and citizens, however, her
agony was to be prolonged for some
• weeks longer, as, It was not until
February that the negotiations, for a
• capitulation began.
Worse.
• "My life. Was ruined because my Wife
didn't knotv anything."
"A.nd Mite because y wife didn't
know she didn't kn w anything.A
'wo,5 only
SanA'a Claus"
Sala Annie will) a
.gric‘• .
1 -\now 0k .)uts.t
one '51ocktns-
i'd pul the .
vresenT5 int"
• know
my
Are a4.kl
b'tg.
Mama says
they'r e
stiockin8
bui they're
•U rtM
lug once a year
Whet I hang up
trty slockine
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EBENTW, dah, Miss Mandy Zane!
• See me comin' up de lane?
Speck you waitin' fo11 me.
o' late a-gittin.' roun',
lied to walk hyeah clean Von
• town—
But we'll be in time, Ah'm bona',
Do' hit's petty sto'my,
TAE ma elm 'a' le's push on
'Cross lots, 'ea's° de time's dein
gone.
'N' we ought to be'dah!
Chris'mas ain't de time to crawl
To er ole time county ban.
Preachah may not lak it 't all,
But he'll sho' fine me dah.
LOORTE you'ah! Dah's de light,
Up de road dah to de right!
X.et de roads be smoove er rough,
• Soon we'll fine de measah! '
Snow, blow, drif'in' laic a 'bluff,
Cain't come col',er snow ernuff
Poh to stop ouh pleasah!
CO'SE'Abrb'lebes in doin' right;
• Goes to chu!ch o' Sunday night,
Spesh'ly of it's handy.
• But seem lak .Ab.'s gittin' so,
Ef it rain dr snow er blow,
Don' keer ef Ah go er no •
—
• Pis hyeah's diff'unt, Handy.
—New York Mail and Express.
SIAITA CLAili A STRANGER:
He Is Officially Unknown to •Utich•
Sam's Mail Agents. •.
The postoffide department does nor
• know Santa Claus. The old saint hal
-
no .official existence • so far as Uncle
-Sam's mail agents are concerned.. Thi.
Is due entirely to the fact that Sants •
•'Claus ilyes everywhere at the same .
time' instead of having a single loCa
. habitation Bite other people. It is vers
. sad, but it canhot be helped.' Letten
• which children eddress to Santa 'Clam
or Kris Kringle must go •straiglatto the
• dead letter office. . • .
Some time ago an•effort on behalf M.
the childein was made to induce the,
postoffice department to •perint.t post
• masters to open, all 'letters addressed
to Santa Claus and tarn' them over te
• the parents of the child correspondent
or to some local organization having s
.Christmas fund to spend, but the ae
torney geaeral, for the, department ren
• dered an adverse decisien, holding en
follows: . ••
• if 'postmasters .vrefe granted authority
to open all such lettersand select those
which they thought proper to deliver tc
• Persons Ap'plYing for thenl, there would
• be temptation and oppertunity for post-
masters:and other 'employees,to open.let-
torS indiscriminately, some of which con-
ta.ln inclosures of..value, and give ug an
excuse for • such aintiott the authority
• ...granted' by the department. . •
•• The department's legal adviser ai• de wa• l
of the opinion that, if • permission were
• granted to deliver such letters to benevo-
lent societies and individuals, ft would be
• difheult for the department to draw th• e'
line .where benevolence ends and commer-
• cialistutegins. Many persons desire such
lottera for use in newspapers and maga-
zine stories, the norm) of the • child of
some prominent public man attached to
• such a letter making it especially value,.
Me for that ,purpose and often corre-
• spondiaey embarrassing to the parent
. or the child. Furthermore, the opinion
• staten such a practice would violate the
• principle of the /sanctity of the seal,
• which is one of the best features of our
• postai system. and the department woUld
continually' be Open to serlolfs suspicion, ,
• . 'The Quest of the. Auto.
MrS,• NewlyWed-I. am hoping and
praying that niy. hubby will give me
an auto for Christmas.
flee Friend -How long are you mar-
ried ? •••
Wire. Newlywed -Six months. •
iter Friend -Well. hoping rind pray.
Mg may fent it this year, but next
year it will have to be eobbing and
. A Trying Situation.
That northern pole insist surely be
in dangerous condition.
It's rough on the anatomy.
•
Likewise the disposition.
•-Washington Star.
bandies For Christmas.
Christmas candiemakers are busy,
for many months In the year. It would
be impossible to estimate hoes; many'
hundreds of thousands of dozens of
pretty little colored wai candles are re-
.
(mired for 'Christmas trees all over Eu-
rope and America. There are also can-
dles for church decoration at 'Christ-
• mnstide, Whereas the Christmas tree
tapers aresome of them. s� tiny as to
require seventy-two to make a. pound,
the great altar shafts of pure beeswax
will sometimes stand eta feet and
weigh forty pounds apiecea-Tit-Bits, .
Molding Temptation;
Hatnmert Styinghtuu has never
• broeunght a Christmas tree for his ehil,
a •
Callahan -e -Probably he Is afraid of
tempta lion.•
lIa m ert-Tern 'station ?
• Callahan -I mean that he is afraid
that If he did iniy a tree he would be
temoted to buy something to hang on
it -Twee and Country.
Hurry Up Sante Claus!
Yander Mistah Chritemus,
Leann' long de way..'
Slower than a railroad"-,
Dat what ehillun say.
wants Ira for ter hurry up ,
An' pass do titne et day, •
Drearoln, 'bout de comfit' et de Chtitemull
-Atlanta Constitution..
Diplomats/.
Say, girls, if you icing for a Vote .
You have only to be a bit foxy. ,
•
Just dentin.° a husband and note .
IlOw easy to do it •by proxy.
•• -Lippincott'sMagazine.
...PO .a $6.bsothifitat to .
• the OnO. of10106.
Railways to Spend 4140,000,000,
With the immense works of the
Ciran.d. Trunk Pacific, Railway Co. and
the Canadian Pacifies and Canadian
Northern Cos.' impenvements, togeth-
er with the building of many new ele-
Yators, it is difficult to imagine the
ultimate expansion of the two ports of
of Fort William. and Port Arthur, on
I,ako Superior. An imaginary. line
alone eeparettee these two mummpali-
ties, and the fusion of their interests
in Course of time will be inevitable.
It is stated that within .the next few
years these railway companies will
pend nearly $30,000,000 upon terni-
inal at these pmts. -Stan-
dard el Empire,
• Find Her Own Market.
Premier Cronin of Quebec declares
that he w"' stick to his policy of pre-
' 4r. pulpwood frorn
venting ta export of
'Crown Lands, and will not be intimi-
dated or coerced by Yankee tariff dia.
crimination. That is such a pro-
nouncement as mieht have been ea
pected from a self-respeetang Cana-
dian statesman. Canada can find
market for all the pulpwood products
which her p‘sople ean manufacture. -
Daily Ontario, Belleville.
,
• What Ceulel Be Feirer?
Canadians have no unkindly feeling
toward the Ameriean emblem, and are
willing it should be thrown to the
breeze with the simie measure of tol-
eration, be it great or small, that iv
shown to the Union jack on United
States territory. Gould anything fair-
er be asked? -Brantford Expositor.
The figektN011
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Every moment ef your Efs, whin you
are at home or abroad, when you are
1Wake et whin Yoe awl *sloop -
Between the poison germs that are In
air, food and Watere-OVOrywhere in
fact, --and the billions at your in..
visible friends, the little soldier-etea
Puscles in your blood.
If these little soldier's are kept
'etrong and healthy by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla, you need have no fear
of disease. It effects ite wonderful
cures, not simply because it contains
sarsaparilla hitt because it combines
the utmost remedial values of more
• than 20 different ingredients, eaee
greatly strengthened and enriched, by
this peculiar cornielnation.
Get it today of your druggIst
Doses One Dollar. Prepared only by
C. L Hood Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A.
Fort Garry In Grain.
The reproduction of old Fort Garry \
gateway in threshed wheat awl'
threshed oats as a feature of the de-
corations of Winnipeg in connection
with the meeting ot the British esee,
sociation for the Advanct ment of SFI'r,.
ence was the happy idea of Mr. J
Bruce Walker, the Commissioner of
Immigration. The wheat used wale
the finest No. 1 hard, and the thresh.
ed.oats were of the same high quality,
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tele of jewelr-y is.suitable each ease. Viie, Wonld
like to suggest, that .Pur Stock furniehes innumerable
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t•hose who wish to VCIIIPTIlber. Remise jewelery is •
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,Watch Chermee Cuff Links, Umbrellas, Tie- Pins,
:For Ladieste-Wateltee, Ringe, Broochee. ,Neeklets,
:Dracelts, Ietteh Collar Phis, 11 itt Pins Waist Sets,
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