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The Clinton News-Record, 1909-12-23, Page 22 004.414 NowAlma ihoctlabor gard, iP09 --Knorr -Agouu,,,.0y. 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•• I OUR PERP.UMES ; We can tell you all about ; them, you must see them to ap- I preciate them, then you. won't , want to leave them here; we don't mind that, for we bought them for you, I . _1111.011.1. • EBONY i 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. 2•••••••• •••••••••••••••* --RELIABILITY - EXPERIENCE - TIE Bat Coal 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. W. J Stevenson .111.•.•••• ii.+•• • es••••••••••4•••••••; ; • 2 ' • . • • e • ir $ 962 • • ; . ; 1 I • = One year ago, Mr. .. 2 u-3 <=. George Wakeman was E- earning about $100 per tee year as farm laborer. Now he is earning at the rate it of $962 per year. a •' I Six months' training a at our Bueiness •College f made the uifference. Was. Z it a good inveettnant.? He,. 1 thinks so. His address is New Ctsgoode, Sask. . . Four Courses: PRBPARAToRY • . CommEncrAt, STElsounApUY TELEGRAPHY. ca THOROUGHNESS •• Enter any time. Indi- vidual Instruction. • Write for Particulars. I •CLINTON Business College SPOTTON, PRIN. •••4• •4-••4 .•el•••9 WE WANT YOUR GRAIN. for which we • will pay, • the Highest Market Prue. Call at our store next Morrish its Crooks or at our Elevator. • -We keep on hand a full- -stock of Flour, Feed,- -Etc. We are agents for the Canada Car- riage Company Buggies and Stan- dard Wire Fence and Posts. FORD&MoLEOD DR. OVENS, SURGEON, OCULIST, will be at Holmes' Drug Store on Tuesday, Dee. 27th, horn 0 ti.) 3.30 p. ni. Glasses properly titled. Diseases of the Eye, eau:, Noes and Throat treated. 'Winter Term from -Sans 3 STR ATFORD. ONT. The best practical training MINA of Ontario. We offer advantitgea not offered elsewhere in Canada. Our teachers are experlenced, cour- ses thorough and practical, and we assist gradtlates to good posi- tigns. The detimed at present greatly exteeds the supply. WO prepare teachers. tot\ Business College work. Write for our free Catalogue. WHY BRONCHITIS IS SERIOVS. Beeallee it becomes a ebronie con- dition that vergeclosely on cone euraption. "Catarrhozone" is the mo$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 • 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. - 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. •••• ^ '2! THE TERROR'S CHRiSTN1AS. • 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 WA51-usieerOm POT •A AA -1, •Aper•la A,A0,-x• • AO Avow 1,APP*0 ••••••• ..A•••••• •••," J3MESIIC01/120THEIMI 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 41.0.1101111,1001101 NW IMM1111104.0 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, 'tits 444444.44,444442464444444.444St estions for 4 4 What would • 4 4 acceptable Gift 4 friends than 4 4 4 4 4 : ' 4;fr SHOES t 4 44Iicr. le 4 or t• 4• 1.) 4 to 4 SUPPERS la 4 to 4 to 1 an 011 Painting or one of Edis- I* to 4 Olh'S latest improved Phone- : 4 4 to 4 graphs. • os o3 Call and make your I: ff 'SO S '84) 110, bea more for your • fp to A Pair of 2 4 • 2 choice while the stock is complete. 4 4 mplete. 4 t 4 is I* 4 4 4 4.' 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