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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1901-1-3, Page 5THOUDAY, Jan. 3, 19( 0 Stoves THE SIGNAL : GODERI'H ONTARIO when there was no one .1.e to the room. 1 balked like a three year-old br000ho every time. 'Chine is • pretty little Inch milliner boarding; •t the plaoe, • black eyed mina with red lips that just invite a .macs, and • coquettish manner that says a kind of "thus to and no lurcher" to the fellows who try to flirt with her. The young milliner she got on to the old dame's racket, and she did her beet to midst the Animus, but this old dog didn't bite. 1 had • picture of my boy Inch Oils vraodwutber was an boob, and we called him afar her), end 1 showed the old lady the photo. She hadn't her spew, and went to her room to get them. Theo I says to the putty" young milliner, "That boy of mine would be a guest match for you. Say, you would make a handsome couple." "Oh, go away with your nonsense, Mr. Pooch," abs says ; "we wouldn't by rely handsome If he wasn't better looking thou ins." 'You'd be the betas. looking o1 the two, although 1 doubt 1f there is a handsomer fellow than loch &Lout Dartmouth,' says 1, gazing .t the picture with pride. "May 1 n.. his photo`' &eked the toil Imar. Woo.en have beeo • curious lot since 0.• days of Eye. "Mott oertainly,' 'eye 1, and I handed It to het with a bow. The girl she 11,1 look rosy, and her eye erre bright with curiosity and the oomph. meats 1 had given her. and 1 just welted. "11 you could only get the light to ISI) on the photo, you would see his reel ezpres sion," say. 1. She was so interested that without tali - tog her ryes ofi th• picture she went over to the hauglog lamp, and forgetting •11 about the mistletoe stood there summing the features of the boy. Stay, I couldn't resist it, bot 1 took a step or two, and kiss ed the pretty blank -eyed milliner butte she knew what happened, ' "That's prosy, for my lad Inob," says 1. for 1f he Is like his dad was at his age 1 guess he wouldn't let the opportunity pees." Say, that IIt:Ie milliner rot • fighting light foto her eyes, and she drew up her self until she looked about ell feet tall, sof she olsnched her Erle flit, end 1 got really soared But just then thle_board Ing house misses came in with her stows, •ud got the 'nature to her hand, and wood smilog under the mistletoe, and praised the b',y's looks. moi said Its favored me, owl coked me to twine and eaplatu • little spot on the card, and wee so bound to get me under the mistletoe the I said that these metletoe observance* were *relic of the beatnen age, and no church member ought to euo..urege them. • the o14 girl she evato't altogether swtteh- ed off, for she says to the milliner, ''If this young man le as now se his pa wouldu't you like 10 ru et him Y And to , owe lady she laughed, and says, "It hu ,e Lite Ws pe, 1 fanny Ito acts Wanton's, N.S.. 1)eo 27, 1900. \ ei little heathenish about Cbrletmas thus " Say, Mr. Isditor, h.ua't this been a great "1 understand," says the widow, 11.4 she"?' he ! V R. A. PSSOS !f you are looking for the best foal Heating Stoves, you will find the "Art Am- herst" Heater will fill the bill. As for a Range, we can. guarantee the Pearl. Every stove we sell is sold under the. absolute guarantee that if stove is not satisfactory, the pur- chase price will be refunded. A number of good sec- ond hand stoves for sale very cheap, as we want the room for new stoves. You are always welcome to call and inspect our big stock of Stoves, Furnaces, Tinware, Etc. J. H. Worsell, The Cheap Stove Man, GODERICH. to PORLIARID EVERY THURSDAY MORNING • S, I tLIIOpNY poDiRlof, THURSDAY. JAN. 1, 1510. POLITICS IN PARABLES. Lights and Shades of States- men• Careers. A Banquet for swell Tapper'• 11, +lgaa Ben aad tie Kann 1. 1 reee& Eels lodes Ile wl,iletur ENGLISH SLANG. Mere Are sere Yew rung. trim •tier•••• New Year's Presents Teat -Scall, lNew YorkTrlbuae.l jib you wish to become thoroughly well Mme for banquet*! The pollttclaa bare been feeing Ilk• lords this month. There was Satan and Feldtog, on our side, getting the glad hand and the brimming toast from the folks of Ontario and Nov• Scotia, and now they have actually banquetted our mutual friend, Henry Powell, to the ad• joining Provtaoe. That there feast made me think of the custom of the Mtomaa lo diens down here, who make a habit of ban• (petting the corpse of their distinguished and eltioguisbed dead. It. • foot ; bowie iojue. Thee red m.0 owe some of the best grub and favorite drink of the demand at the head of the grayn, so ti,.'' if the lo• di•idual honored gets tired ranging the happy hurtling grounds he ono get a little g awk from time to time, tighten his wam• pum belt, and go W sleep or one still not for another term. 1 met an old chap from near Sh.mo u., In Westmoreland Co., N.B., and he told me all about the banquet to the defeated ono• dldate. "Hennery ain't • half bad .ort," he says to me, "cut he got in with • bad set at Otawa, and they spoilt him." The old tallow didu't see the joke, so 1 kind sal drew it out just along that line, saying, "Well, 1 guess Hennery I.o't what you mtght mil • bad egg ; he'e just been unequally yolked with some of them Tortes who were An the 'oat of traitor..' " "Ther'. 1t," says the man from Shemorne. "Bat you ought to have been at that affair," he says. "Was is a feast or • funeral b" I waked, looking him straight in the • e. Th. New Brnn.wacker be • port of laughed half shy, and caps, "Say, Teach, It wee both. The feeding was drat -oto, and both .olids and liquids got every attention, you bet. fiat hall the time the fellows were whooping it up about what they were g oing to do oezt time, and the other half they were burdened with the weight of the majority that Emmer.ou piled over Hero wry. Wb.0 the chairman referred to that part of the business, just as the glossa, wets Ilite1 to drink to the health of the guest of the evening, I saw tears trickle down sowe of the Moore' Dose., and put • 11111. monitor* into their 'extra dry.' But I fell you there was lot..std about what was going to be done next time.' "Wail," 1 say.. "I {Bleat that there ban- qoet was • pretty good bluff, Out It won't e rre Emmerson • oent. His opponent hied better keep to local politlo., and not get Into the l,lg tight a1 01 t.we again Than I says to the man fro., Ste mogne, "I ain't sizeD oar friend a better than by y telling you • story • ohep from • fight ng meaty In Ireland told me onoe. There we a racoon row over in that pleat, and one of the fellows get hie head crooked r, wide that his light weal out for good. They had aa Inquest, but the matter had settled down, and all of the jurymen were oheps who had been In the mixup, and had shaken hand. ,mut the out lair. The jury brought In • verdiot as follow. • W. hereby 5Dd that Ib• d.oeased had trio thin • Skull to bring Into a d•o.ot folgbt.' "Mr. Powell haat got the right kind of • _w-i.s4-for Au•ww;' I w,., w w..k__it WHAT OTHERS ARE SAY1MS 11[ ..0T MAI', Phlladclpb• homed. . A oertalu love stricken young Mr Caught a girl 'Heath the holly ao4 kr. And then be got mad - to was really toe bad - Whim 0e found itwa oulrr hie er. SOT FAS }11.0 THE Stagg. Toronto Star ; This to the time of year when the oouatry school leecher realism be muse she oan's live on the Wary paid, and ere 1. ,ytog is presented with a plan drew tog ogle and an address, Mimelog ; " Dear Teacher , -A. our paths 'o life ber• etc, e' we give you this., which weaek you to aooept , act for is lutrlulo value, ' t for the motayn-that. atlasty Slit. Or intuited with the oioeties of :ugli.h slang attend English tlwos to a German State euttool. Not salsti.d witb tesuhiog "ttoeea'. Eng- lish" alone, the professors of English ea- dsayor to give their more advaooed pupils a thorough grouudlog to "oolloqulal, pops• llar slang expreelons, u used by the Brit- isher et berme. 1'o this end, two liftmen professors of English Wye uomplled an Eoglish•Uermen slang diutionary (tor the use of .ohoole), end this w•v be found at the preeeot tame among than books of every liftb and sixth brut boy throughout the length end breadth of Ger. many. Auuurdutg to this ham.'. . alums an Eng- lish "mountaineer" is ►oowo as • "swell,' while • "gentleman wltb money ' e common- ly called "an upper cruet." The word "spiffy' does duty fur "eleg•o1" or "tasteful," and thus •'• well set up wan ' is alluded to in England es a "spill," "Shirty," woordiog to this dlotlooary, Is en adjective •ppltad to "•o uncouth fellow," while the substantive ".hlrt" may be d1s• cnmtnately emp'nyed to d.00te "a Noe" or "a,IUlet rent r. t,ermaam visiting England must, a000rd• ing to this book; come peppered to its styled "sausages" by the brutal Brltoa• while in - sulk is added to iojury by the Briton verb "to sausage" (which mean W of sreet ooe'e self) t "No tlam '" mus'' joking apart, ' and the dictionary sale that the adjeotsve "nubby" may meso "nub, "inflexible," ' 'uopllaat" or even "insolent," at will. A'mushroom' or "mush'ts the popular ex• prwloo for an umbrella, while anything unoommnn or extraordinary Is known to the Britisher as "thundering." ''A foot soldier,' the dictionary proceeds to etete,isbowa layswlled "a bob' (to b000r u1 Lord Roues.) "Kneeing tray,' "ivory box" and "hatob- wa)' ere &!I words in common use for "mouth," and "people of quality' are la- %an•bly referred to as "killers.'' ".Ian,' is the popular English equivalent for .he German wild "sweetheart," and there are other welter German renderings of the word, "Head' I. given as meaning "bellows or daringness," and "headless" therefore means "eowsrdloe. "- - - - - A "he, d up," awarding to the compilers of the dictionary, 1. "• collector of the thrown away cigar ends". "A man who Mee the earth"(fells down). "Been" is given es a substantive'meaoiDg sovereign (twenty shilling piece), henoe "it 1s not worths bean". "1 do not cue a bean for it,' means that the object In yueetloo Is valued at leu then s'sovereign by the speak- er. •'liium a glyen es mooning "a noise or dlsrnrbance,' and "boy" is "a glee of sack." Einaby ti, s' oden! of English I+ solemn• ly informed by rho compilers of the do, dowryfiat should he wish t7 draw at- tention to • tonere) he must refer tq It as "that coil meat train. - A mations* CgL[BRATIOB. London Advertiser : There died at A It ',bloke, Ma, Qu. , the other day, a mutt who hes for years been !ruing to component.' ob- scanty, but who woe formed the oeotre of • great oelebratiou. Mr. D. A. Bosro to was the candidate ideated hy the Conservatives in 1877 to: oppose Hoo. Wilfrid Leaner when he entered the Cabinet f Hoe Alex. Msokeozle is M'almer of 1•.e 1 Ra,eoue. The Dew M peter, then • compare, n-ely t ,- known man, was defeated, and when the victor arrived at the melte! the C,,oeervat- aves, greatly elated, organtred a great de mootratioo to his boner. He was met at the station with bands and a berth light pro, es sloe, and escort •d to the Houle of ('ommoo., where he took he Beat, and birog • quiet, uneeuming gentleman, of mediocre ability, was never afterwards heard of to Parlta• meat. The defeat of lion. Wilfrid Laurier, however, did not daunt that statesman's courage. He eas!:y found a teat elsewhere, and has from that day to thle had en ever widening influence In the affairs, nut only of (]•nada, but of the whole British Empire. CABADA'$ elttfrI•HY. Toronto Weekly Sr I; ('ana4iwne - may say that the century which a closing coma prehoods almost the whole of tnetr history When it opened lot' le 1-ork was • vlll•ge on the wile stretch of lonely shore. 01 the two provinces not yet united, one formed the wilderness asylum of • little band of miles for loyalty's sake, and the other was • newly-000.lnered dep:ndeocy of France, with • population under • huudrtd thous - sod, and • guverumeut of 0009i.s1. The "eelth which now so,tdos our population of six millions and s great commerce slept beasatb the primeval forest, to the unopen- ed mine or in the over which the Indian obased the hudalo. What the Do- minlo,, then war we all know well; what she is now we all see. Why repeat a tale so often told! The day, we may hot., is not far off on wbloh Canada shall deem it no longer neoeseary to "advert le" herself ; when she shall no longer anxiously hold oat her hand for ornmbe of appreciation bum abroad, when her statesmen .hall be onntent with the howl.' which their own oommanity have to bestow ; and when, h•v',g the population and wealth, she w111 assume the digsty and deportment of a nation. UPWARD TENDENCY OF SUB SCRIPTION RA1 ES. There hu been so upward tendency In newspaper enheoripttoo rates during the put year throughout the Province of Oa- tano. Ths increased amt of paper, coupled with poetigo, which, for two or three years, newspapers have bad to pay, bus brought about this result. There am now no "dollar dallies" in Ontario. The el daily may oome In the future, but Its time is not yet. The rates of some papers hive been increased w;'.ism the put few months from to ;2 a year. - The Toronto- • New. *ad The Toronto Star, however, which did sell for $1, have made a hall way advancer, and re now sold to subscribers who resolve them through the pmt -office at $1,50 • year. The obange, email though it is, is to the right direction. While • daily metropol- itan paper such as The Toronto Star dew not cumpeie with tie provincial press, their respective tields Wig different, end the one a comolemeiit of the other, yet at the same time the fact that • daily piper -tea pagee every other day end sixteen or twenty of Saturday. -such se 'the Toronto Sar, for example, ouald be bought for a year for 11 had ao ioeveabls afoot upon the subwrlp- tlon pticee u1 the provincial press. Aud when the fact is known that $1 • year w111 not pay for the white paper and postage alone of a leper bk. The Toronto Star, sub. scrlwrs theitselves should hays 10 oblso Won to paylug au advance .ufoient to cover these initial costa. At =1,50 • year The 'l'nroato Dally Sar to the best newspaper value in this Traumas. The Star captains Iluoter'e cartoons daily ; it We three women writers of Ste own ; it nal B. own special cables and special ale• graph despatches ;, It. .porting department is es oompr.beaive and as thorough as that of aur newspaper to Canada ; la ommer• ofd page coven every important oity and exchange in the world, and gives to i1. readers 611 the market repor fifteen hours in advance of their appe&rano. in the morn- ing papery The Toronto Star rants with our foremost papers, while, because of the brightness which oharaoterfzes 11 from the first page to the last, It a the most read- able of them all. Such • paper is worth twice its fubeoriptioo rate of 11.50 a year. 'Fes S1gleAL and The Toronto. So- for $2 36 for one year. 800K19 AND PERIODICALS. Hosts JOU-RS At.. -The "Bald. more Relle (Viso Made the Must Iirlllirol Mabb of Any (71rl in Anierloe" is the title of anarticle in The Ladies' Home Journal for Jan'iery. "Housekeeping to • Millloo- siris Family," "rhe 'Little Women' Play," adapted from Mimi Atoott's oharming story, for stage nretentatton, end illustrat- ed by Reginald ti. Birch, end two pictorial pages, r'A Winter Se tit t th-tttoh," by W. L.'l■ylor, end "The Town Meeting," by A. 11. Frost. are some others of the load attl.leb the Jiang begir , the twebtleth century "The Fnrshendednsem of Lucinda Smith," by "Josiah Aliso'. Wife." Ehzebeth Stuart Phelps's "fhe Suooem.orsof Mary the First," "i'he Story of • Young Man," by Clifford' Howard, and another "Blue River Bear story,' hy Charles Major, are ileo among the many excellent thing' preens .d in the deanery dews vel. I'wo uUoles show piens and detail for "A Country Home of Moder St. Cali' and "A Southern Fermboe to Cost $3000." Edward Rok writes of 'The Two Centurion and Thi. M•garins"-the Journal. There Is also • double page, "Through Platonis a America," giving Heves view, et the mesitni6oe'et *minor y of Washington and Oregon. l'r.ntic•l articles show the fashions in woman'e wear, and teach upon almost every euhj'ot for the home. By The Curtis Publishing Gunman y, Philadelphia. ().e dollar a year ; ten omits • dopy. hands and parted. Nay, did you notice bow quiet .he Cow servative party took the old man at he word when Sir Charles sat' would re- tire! 1 wonder how the . war horse Zeal. over 1t ! 1 guess be w ., as much sur prised as an old chap 1 heard of down near Shedleo, who sou an awful Woks, codger, and hod got the bulge on o,.arly every ow who had dealings with him. Well, the old sinner he rot religion one night, and stood right op there to publlo at the reveal mest- hng, and he says. "11 1 have taken any• thing wrongfully from ,.eyooe I will restore it to him tomorrow If be will mil at my hon.. 1 won't go up two until I have done the square thing with my brethren." Next morning, at 4:15 by the town clock, the new 000vert he was awakeoed by some one poueding at the door Ike sin, He pat hit head out of the window and he says, " Who'. then.!" "We me, I)w. Brown," says the man at Me door. "What to --heaven's name do you wont, b•b-b-rother!" chattered the old chap, for the night war mid, and he had to talk our o f the open window, "Well," Myst the early herd, ''0'e (net thla i heard yon tell the folk. •t the re Oral meet in' last night that you would psy op everyone you had o nselled, and that you would de go here before yon went np .owe. Wall 1 knew there etoold he an *went. anmu.mod 1 thought I'd jo.t ore 111111 01mwe ?RR caner)." W.II, the ra�ssh manner It (With sir Charles' reslgoatlen wae practically sm.pt- e d by h1s lieutenants and the prase general ly brought that Mere yarn to my mind. May, the widow hone gip a Wanoh of mistletoe In the heartier/ hone. parlor ns Obrb$maa, and 11 we. rally amusing t0 OM the old girl try te steer m. ond.r It Mywlai timer dosing the evening, but always T111 D,'Tt50 O► ,1[W9rA1'EM. St. Thoma, Times : There 1s a mistaken Idea amour • large portion of the people et to the duties and province o1 newspapers and newspaper men. A newspaper man must either be well versed in the laws of the land, or have tellable counsel oonstant- ly at hand. All editor merit exercise almost superhuman judgment at times its to what- he hathe should or should not publish. What mey appear a most harmleee end Innocent item might prove to he the Beed hour w hence might germinate • most expensive libel suit. Nor may the newspaper publish whet the editor and the public generally know to he absolutely true and Oorre0t, •x- oept awaits conditions ander the taw ger- round the fact about to be published. A man may be known to be a oannteifeiteror 11l.clt distiller In his own hoose, hat if 00• hody e tete • formal soli legal is ,mplaint of the foot, the newspaper Ie assuming great I1,ke it it proceeds to ser . the fat to the world wit 000t Ih't preliminary oompl•let having h,en made. People sometimes cen sure newepepere for what they deem de• literate Ignoring el palpable truths and fact,, when le reality the neWepeper ba se more It gal right to r.00gnlee these fact than 11 they did nee or had existed. It may he aooepted by the pnbllo as an inured thing rho, every newsp&p.r is will. Ing and anxone 10 oabll.h all the inform•' tion it properly, legally and Iruthfally"one Nein IS Ames The old tram that the body semetlmee needs a powerful, drasttn, wrest Ivo pill has been exploded ; for lir King's New Life P11b. wt Irh are perteotiy harmless, rattly * Ginnie's. laver a.d bowels t.0 expel Dome - nue matter, Heaps. the system and abordel . ly owe ooatHpieten and mirk headaobe. Daly 26o at Jae. Wlhods drug store. ARE NOW IN ORDER. We have a ,great many things in our store that make handsome, useful presents, and everyone is purchasing gifts for New Year's. Remember it is the FIRST CHANGE you have ever had to give a friend a gift to mark the opening of a NEW CENTURY. Call and see our lines of Silverware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Carving Sets, Napkin Rings, Ladies' and dents' Hockey Skates and Spring Skates, Hockey Sticks, Pucks, Carpet Sweepers, etc., etc. We sell Silverware, Cutlery and Skates 25 per cent. cheaper than they are sold else. where. A. McD. ALLAN General Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Cross -cut Saws and Axes. OF LOCAL INTEREST WIUD[D AT BALTIMORE ON CHkIOTMan DAY -W• clip the following Item from The Baltimore American of Dso.mber 26th : The marriage of Mee Etta L. Mollwein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert eloilwain, of Ontario. ()enacts", to Mr. Frederick W. Jervis took place yesterday atarsoon et the home of Albert Jervis, 2515 Feirmouob •vecue The oeremooy was performed by Bev. Howard *ague Smith, of the Fulton avenue Beptlet ohuroh. The couple will maks their home for the present al 2515 F•trmouut aveoue. HCLI ISO le A GOOD WoRx.-Jabs Kent Erten, sal town, hat received a 1 from Hoy. Da l:hoad el Hoole of Shweir, Mount Lebanon, Syria, the blfdd evangelist who visited Uoderioh some years ago. Dr. Howe ie. and has been for the last years, carrying on evanrellatlo work la the Holy Land asa volunteer, and to miss need ed bode f.,r the support of this work be hes had oarde prepared with prowled flowers of Palestine, which ars sold at Mn mote w ises Mr. Kernigbao,wbohas very ktod- ly oon..uted to give his help in this muter. will take orders for thew made a.d will mall them to any •ddree In Canada or the Lilted States on raculpl of prim and poetags. WtDutD At PRIVY'S. - rho to.iowing, from The Perth (L%nark county) Courier, records the wedding of a son of Mrs. Gib- son, lason, of the Bty6el4 road, l)r. S (3 Orman, of L•agdoo, North Dakota. A quite wed• diog took pleas a'. the home of Mr. and Mee. W . M Gibson, Suotob Lroe, at six o'clock We.loeeday evening, 1)soember 19.b, when their daughter, Helen Gourley, war married to 8. G. Gilson. 51. D , of Lang- don, N D., by the Rey. A. H. Soon, of St. Andrew's chetah. The bride w%e given away by her father, and was assisted by her ooaan, Mae Nettie Miller, of Smiths Falls, while George M. Ctbmo, of Douglas, acted as groomsman. Only the immedlats fiends of the family wore present. The couple were !•4e eeIp((ma of many handsome and ooetly preseote. They left on Friday, Dec- ember-21et., foe their home In Langdon, N. Dak., eoiig by way of Godench, where they w111 spend a few days with the trlsode o1 the groom." Tits SiosaL wishes Dr. end Mrs. Gibson muoh joy. A NAT1vi tar Uougw,'H.-Augae Malan. &Id was born to Goderloh, Ontario, Caoa4&, Sept. 12, 1843, when be pawed 1' tarot e ighteen years of his I ie. Atte. oda he spent tweive years en the ryes' Loges, and daring hie life as • sailor . to .. of storm and danger. those wore. of the Muter, "What shall 11 protit a men 11 he gain the whole world and lose his own soul !' often recurred to him and left • lasting Imprss• lion on bis m•nd. In 1873 he oame to Montezuma He war united to marriage with Mee Maggie E. Wallace, of Grinnell, in 1881. to 1885 he followed hie early oeo• 0101100. by profess, og Christianity and unit mg with the Seventh Day A4rentlst ohuroh, of which, bosh here and to Winter sat, whlob h.s been hie home the put eleven years, he remained a faithful mem- ber until his death on Thursday, Deo. 0, 1900, at 2:00 o'olock 0. M Tboee whip anew bim best both in be church and beld- ame relations speak of he foltbfulnese and sio:erity in the hlghese term. His mtala ter, Rey L. F. Starr, of Stuart, lows, who knew and loved him for 1 years put said : "He lived he Christianity. Whet he believed he lived every day." Duriog the pest au'umo, stricken with momr and knowing his time on earth to be Wort, he Dame to his aged mother's home to Mont- ezuma to die. All through his last sickness all who were with loam aau testify to hie wnoderlul paUenoe, endurance and cheer• fulness, also to hu. unfaltering faith and hope. He was willing enol ready to die If his Lord thought beet. Ile le.yed to mourn CH"vas F*Iitttm. - (ioderioh Owaoll, Nn 157, t.•a,11 to Order of Chosen Friends, elected officers last Thoreday evening as follow.: Chief oouuoillor, A. h.gener ; vim ooaaotllor, N. Macaulay ; moonier, H. W. Ball; treasurer, A. Farrow, (foregnlne all re elected) ; Mar.h&I, J. sorimg.00r : prelate, R. Henderson ; inside watchman, Geo. Myers; outside watchman, J. Par sone ; auditors. A. Duff, Robe liender o ne, Ileo. Myers : representative to Grand Lndre, A. ',Tenor : alternate, Major Joe. Beak. 11 comes the eitehe. The lam, of 1(oekie 's Arole• Solve, ea the hest In the world, extends t.,nnd the earth. it'' the one perfect healer of onto, earns, horns, bruises, Rorie, eoeide, bolls, steers, felons, •Rhes, pains and all skin eruptions. Only ,nfailihle pile care. 25e • hoz at ,lis. W it.oa'e drug .tor.. DON'T TAMPER... with your health. Dont , Jrugs and Medicines of questionoule quality. Get the best there 'is at the same prices that are charged for inferior goods. At our Drug Store the stock is al- ways fr, !i, and each article pure, po- tent and satisfactory,, Our Prescription Department has a repute tion for promptness and accuracy. F. JORDAN Medical Hall. AIJIIERT W. WISE f "Amick IN Farm Implements and Machinery. Deering Binders. M.,wers, Reiter and Twlue. Also J. W. Mann goods I'louwl,., 1'ulpers, eta Walker%it a Wagons • special'y, Everything made of the very best material. Repairs of all kinds kept on hand. Would be pleased to have you mil and I - speot goods before pnrcbuing elsewhere. ('LUSIC ('ASH 1111('RP. Will open ee 1e the old .engn+ McKinnon stand about October Ord. A. W. WISE, Hamilton 8 raft. l BROPHEY & SON - 101 LSADIV(1 - VIt'a iAseViYrgR<ory unvtl Y.,moo. Merv. Orders carefully attended '1. et Man, stab. or day. Mere es greet Mreel. k,Idenre, bee •Keel. A fireat Snap b1 t As wire and two danghtii � b1e mother, two brother, o • d three Meters.- Poweeblek County Palladium, Montezuma, Iowa. The above war • poo of the late John MoDeodd, carpenter, of (ioderion, LA ntd9' TO ADVERTISERS. Notice of changes mast be left at this Office not later than Saturday 11001. The Copy for changes must bo left not inter than Mon- day noon. Casual Advertisements a000ptaxl an to noon Wednesday of each week. T. hi oar therm Soap, et 50. • pound, of which we well a barrel a week. This isn't our only snap, ea we carry .verything that oan 1m found In an tie to date grocery store, and our prices are right. The farmers know that they osn always get from ere a snap for their produoe. Ws draw th• floe at no legitimate trade - everything goo. (.ilu.ware or potatoes, garden stuff or oboloest able China. We deal In all of them. G. TIPLING & CO., Bedford block, Goderlob. fjord Wear Shoe.). Men an`d boys (young men) work- ing outdoors, knocking about, need good strong boots to stand the racket. Vt'c've got the very kind you want -stout, thick soles (solid.lcather, mind you), good strong insteps, 1. aur with the knowledge that they must be ;n.1 tae 8!':'•tl. i' !IA i ;Itc'nsil'", thou ,h they do FROM $1.25 UP. WrI. SHARMAN, Jr. Goder1c1 Bargain Centre Bargains in Ladies' Jackets Bargains in Ladies' Fur Coats Bargains in Ladies' Fur Capes Bargains in Ladies' Fur Caps JA!'1ES ROBINSON'S Happy New Year=1901.... Ponies again, and again we present the seaso'compli- ments and invite attention to our Holiday Goods. SE LEY'S PERFUMES. EBONY GOODS. This ie the only place in town where you can tind the latest productions of this popular maker. THE LATEST IDEA. Beautiful satin -lined morroceo' leather cases, designed for glove, handker- chief or jewel cases, each with lock and key and containing • lovely bottle *of perfume. The prices of these are very moderate, value con- sidered, $1 75 up. Supply limited. We also have cut glaaa perfumes to an endless variety of beautiful packages, baaketa, etc. Prices from lOc. up to $4 00. Some great valuer al 25, 35 and 50 cents. Beauties at $1 to $2. We also have produ:tions of all other leading makers, French and American. You are invited to call and see, whether ready to buy or not. Wo have sown beautiful •rticlu in this popular line. Warranted genuine ebony. Hat Brushes, Hair Brusher, Mil- itary Brushes, Clothes Brumber, Mirrors, etc. There is no line more useful, pop tiler, and up-to-date. Prices from 65c up. See thew before you buy. PURSES AND WALLETS. Some nice gift liner. All prices'. FOR GENTLEMEN. Gift Pipes from $1 up to $dl. Ci. gar end Cigarette Cases. Gift Packages of Cigars, in ten. and twenty -fives. CO and Collar Boxes, Dressing Ceeee and other lines. W. C. GOODE BEDFORD BLOCK Chemist. SKATES! SKATES! SKATES! Hockey Skates, front 60c to 52.25 per pair. Acme Skates, from 43c to 52.00 per pair. A full range of all sizes. Hockey Sticks, all this year's goods, from 10C up. The best stick made for 35c. A full lisle of Sundries, including Straps, Skate Parts, Ankle Supports, Etc. N. D. ROUGVIE. THE CASH HARDWARE STORE. Compliments of the Seaou to all our cjistomers and friends. STURDY di 00., THE OROOERS. you to attend the Forest City Batinete and Shorthan'l College, tendon, Ont. Practical i itrnetion Ih prat tical subjects. For over fifteen y. •es We have been in touch with young people and their nerd&, and the burliness world end Be re uirement+. Every facility at command for aiding young people Loth hefore and after graduation. We are doing muperior work ; menthe prove it. Benet for our Catalogue end (7oilette Journal. J. W. WESTERVELT. Principal. GOOD READING Three things we should all cultivate -good book., good friends and good humor. We eupp y them all. Listen to how we do it. Paper covered novels, formerly 26e each, now 4 tor 26o. Our lending library has all the latest novels, over 100 to select from. JUST A FEW YOU SHOULD READ Eben Holden, The Infidel, With Ring of Shield, The Lane That Had No Turning, The Haste of the Lord, A Prince of Swindlers, Cagey', The Voice of the People, Slringtown on the Pike, The Rebel, Qnisante, EIeal'ler, Alice of Old Vinoennew, The isle of Unrest, The Cardinal's Snuff Box, Etc., Eta. Yon can read 5002 of these for the price you pay for ops. KIDD'S BOOK STORE.