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THE SIGNAL : ( 01)1 RIC'1.ONTARIQ.
IN CHINATOWN.
W. U. Oeode and Companions Take
the bights.
ht'f3tl:^,: ---- "t3liit
In
Peculiar Observances of the Chinese
New Year-Enorr)teui croniu mptlen
of Firecrackers-Smokiee Opium
Not Much Fun -A !lacy Description
of Victoria's Chinese Quarter.
Victoria, H C., March 7th.
To Use Editor of The atonal.
DER BIB, -1t is said that "for ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain
the heathen l'hinor is pecuilar."
Well, his "tricks" are not always in
) vain, but be is "peculiar" enough to
balance the account, And the mys-
teries of Chinatown Are 4 constant
source of interest to tile. 1 have Made
several trips through the alleys an I
streets of the district controlled by
s the people of the "Celestial Kir:g
don,' one of the IaleetAnd Inubt in -
Westin being at the tiuue of the
Chinese New 1 ear. This Write great-
est of all their festivals and i- looked
forward to throughout the year.
'the clouting of the Chinese New Year
this ewe was -Januar y Yost,but it varieb
somewhat frohl year to year. It ib the
_great time for settling of account. ;
, any wan who cannot pay before the
New Year ie considered disgraced and
sure to have ill -luck. Nevertheless it
is not considered good form to ask a
debtor for payment on New Year's
Day ; but if the creditor lights a
lantern and take, it with 1 ' it ie
still the night before, and s, All right.
Chinese New Year Festivities.
The first I4 • paration for the great
day ie a gen 'a1 housecleaning. For
-several days before, loops anti ecrub-
ping brushes have a busy time, every
store and dwelling getting its baptism.
Then whrii the midnight hour arrives
- a great thunder of firecrackers ushers
in the new yet.', ; but great as is the
• noise of the fleet night it is eoly a
trifle to the roll of "artillery" 'on the
weeding evenings. The first rum•n.
ing sees ,'yery store and house closed
tight rand the streets almost deserted,
except by bearers of the New Year
wishes, reel paper about eight inches by
tour with the giver" compliment. and
wishes. usually that the receiver may
f enjoy 'the "five blessings," riches,
health, love of virtue, long life and
easy dee'I1. The doors are not opened
to receive (least(; they are stuck in
the crack of the door, attached with
a pin or laid on the dooestep, and a
vast number accumulate in some
places.
During thio time an interesting
ceremony takes Mace in each hem,-
A temporary altar is erected, up m
/which are plate -el cups of lea, 1)1)31',
chopsticks, etc., as an offering, while
the head of the family offers. or is
supposed to offer, thanks to the gods
and the spirits of his ancestors for the
blessings of the post year and' prayers,
for a continuance ot bles.i,lg and pro -
tion during the year to c
the ceremonial visiting coni'
me es. Each Chinaman deemed in
his t calls on his friends, lows
most . ,fouudly, presents his very
beet coo ,liinents and wishes. shakes
hands so ', my -with biuuelf,-bowit
again and d .arts.
A Visit to Ch
On the serail ruing white people
are permitted to ea . (-pun this even-
ing I set out with roue friends to
make the rounds. ' tete were the
Doctor, a real estate tan and the
boy "Jimmie," besides rp 1f. It was
raining rather heavily hen we
stepped out into the street. a d a con-
tinuous roar of firecrackers; e the
sound of -an army in action. co• d lie
heard in the direction of `Cbinat( n.
1 might explain that these explosi
are very necessary to the ham 'ss t
the Chinese and their prosperity in
the new-born year, it is usual to Ise -
gin within the house to ware out the
evil spirits of wind and water, those
great bringers of ill -luck, sickness and
harm to Chinese humanity, and the
(toilette is kept up outside on the
streets and alleys for a couple of
weeks in Leder to scare thorn SO 'Wily
that it will be a long time before they
come hark. The quantity of fire-
crackers used is enter mous. 1t was
less this year than last, and the dec-
oration of the leifldings WAS also less,
on account of that Emperor's death,
but it took thousands of dollat's to
make the 'wive, all the same. One
storekeeper is said to have "put off"
a thousand dollars' worth one even -
These of course Were Inosily
paid for by bis customer".„ who left
the firing to him. Anot het, example
which will assist the render to form
his opinions on this subject is afforded
by the Chinese Masons. To\close
their celebration of the New Year on
the tenth evening -trey teas erected -ten
the street in front of their huildiug /..
framework fully twenty•five feet high.
This was Utensil), covered with the
firework,' and when fired fnade a con
tinuous roar for over half an hour,
which was heard all over the city.
The total coot to the rex•iety was re-
potted as *1.543'.
in an Opium joint.
We fleet diverted onr steps to obi
Change dope joint. The ptibciptl
Chinese business muerte' are Cormor-
ant and FiagltarJ. These are parsWe•I,
and between lies a little city with tix-
foot alleys for sirens. 'turning up
••Theatre alley," we passed 1h.
Chinese theatre, a rather good hnild
Ina to he stowed Away in a backyard.
and turner) to the left into an alley
running parallel with the street.
Here a long ori, k huiblinq with a
wooden genets along t sr•rond story
confronted 111 and error iltng to „er
directions the place Must open tis chi•
gallery, No we SI stied to e311.1.1,••
Iightiug'Inalcites to read the motiles.
After inueh searching we su"rerdrd
and were soon irnide. The loom nee.
not Targe and the eeilin,t and walls
were much darkened with 'mase
Directly opposite the door aloud n
tittle ioaded with Chinese dainties;
beneath it on the Harr, so ;Awed no
doubt to eronotni-,e the spare, hen nett
he "joss L 1 light" and the atrYlmyjplrring
'lone attckr," which addeit an (stir 01
Incense to the opium smoke. Ch'ing
ewe forward to welcome u., pre ffer
ing clgars and leer, in addition to the
Oriental luxuries, At the opposite
end of the room mete two hr'terl
couches. In the centre zuf emelt 3e
plaeed a tin tray, in the centre of
which Mende e small lamp of peiedinr
style, a small jar of smoking opium
and a couple ot roasting needles ; on
each side. an opium pips'. The pile
dentists of a piece or !nimbi.) nearly
two feet long. About nix inches from
one end Is attached a metal plate and
from this a detaehahle projecting
piece le surmounted by a round con•
um top of haul earthenware *front
two inches, in diameter which legs a
small hole in the centre jnat large
enough to admit the ron.+ling roadie.
There is no "bowl" as (n * tobscen
pipe at all. The epium is in a thick
psoy mass. The smoker takes one of
Vis needle., which are .ix or eight
nches long, and dips out a small por-
tion of the !tick). marc. This he
roasts over the temp and lulls it, on
the convex surface epuken of, wail a
neat little hall is' formed. He then
threats the needle down the hole and
carefully withdraws it, leaving the
opium adhering. This fa then turned
over the lamp and the smoker draw-
ing on the pipe Is son inhaling the
fumes. One of the couches was ('ru-
piah ley. Chang and a friend t the
other hail only one occupant and 1
took irnseession of the vacant place.
A bright young "Chink" occupying
the other half' took great pains to
4110W tie and e'xpbein everything. Tu
my surprise he smoked four pipes
and reached for the opium nein.
"Don't you sleep after smoking ?" 1
..ked, "No," he said, "i no can
sleep. You try one and lie handed
over the pipe. I turned it over the
lamp and took a few puffs. then
passed it to the real estate wan and
the boy ',inutile, who both tried a
muff. The odor is strong, herbal,
somewhat like burning bay. and we
sew no fun in going after it again.
Our inetturtor, however, finished the
eighth pipe before we left and was
still goiug strung. 1 find that. cou-
trary to the usually accepted idea.
Must who indulge do not deep after it
at a11.
Chinese Free Masons.
Takingour leave we passed up an-
other alley, passing Hop Joy's dope
house. one of the largest, on the way.
and came out un h'iijuard street.
Everywhere crowd. of white people
were past g from place to place all
the street wee gay with lights •nil
decorations, prominent among which
were huge plinese tante' ,,P, transpar-
ent paper on bamboo trances, some Of
thele fully four feet i , diameter.
Ilere and there 1 featron of fire-
cracker". attached 'o si balc•my above,
would horst into 1: 1hundu•ing foun-
tain of fire which et. spelled us to halt
or take to the road. 1 can only refer
to a,few of the st interesting of out•
calls, From thea' 1 cannot omit the
hall of, the Chinese Free Masons.
This society 0 amid to be far more
ancient than our A.. F. and A. M.-
They
:They have a good brick building of
these. own and received callers in their
ballots t his.gr.ausd pour. They had a
great "layout" of sweetmeats, lichee
nuts, sugar caul, fruits, etc., in-
cluding souse very fine specimens of
those enormous Chinese oraugea.
These are pear-shaped and are stone -
times eight inches in diameter and
more jig length. The joss lights and
sinould ring sandalwood sticks, eta.,
were much in evidence, as usual. One
of the most interesting things here
was a number of groups of carved fig-
ures, rack group on a sort of .hest on
the wail, and evidently representing
some of the aorient ceremonial rites
1,f the of der.
Wonderful Oriental Handiwork.
1erectly aeross the toad frotn this
pace is aut.thrrbuilding with a de-
r -ideally Oriental -looking gallery slung
the front of it. This building is en-
urely occur ied on 1he upper flat. by
Chinese "rings," or secret soeiet ied.
We visited nue Duly. At toe end of
the room stool an alter. with the
s'uouldering tremae before .0, which
seas a marvel of Oriel t d carving, •
maze of twining vine;, leaves, fruit,
gilded dragons, ere., impossible for me
to describe adequately. Even more
wonderful, howeier, was a remark-
able piece of carving "'1 one of the
walls. This appeared t . he cut out of
one piece of wood, about six feet long.
four or titre feet high and six or eight
inches thick. It represented a mar-
vellous amount of work and displayed
roads, trees, temple■, priests, warriors
on horseback and an endless array of
oilier ohjeeter, many of the figures, as
the priests, horses, warriors, etc., he -
Mg in complete relief. This wonder-
ful production no doubt bas some con-
nection with the ceremonial rites of
the "Tong." .
At a Joss House.
Another interesting visit was to s
nes house." There are three est
t se here, but we visited only one at
chi. ime. It is a small brick hnilding
un O -ernwent street. Entering the
front ,r we found ourselves in an
open run t, a path to the inner temple.
alone hart a roof. The court sods
Murree' wit cement and in a de-
pression aho eight inches deep in
the centre a gr t mase of paper was
smouldering- lh remains of Hte-
enitekere, The inn • temple was small
end almost a third n 't w:u- occupied
by the altars ; there a three, one in
front of the other, the ; •tire of the
'•joss,', or god, being in back one.
Rows of cushions are pie ed before
the altar for the wornhippera n kneel
nn ; there are no seats. The mrehip-
per lakes u small suck frotn • • Odle
on the altar. 1'pon this is a mar' or
nuruher- corresponding to that on
prayer slip hanging on the wal.
'laving picked out the one which falls
to him he kneels and offers it up.
The Chink is- Ale -gambler even itr-
prayers.
Another of our visits was to the
looms of the "Chinese Reform Asso-
014(3011." They have a gout lodge
room 1111,1 offices. One of the interest-
ing things here was pictures of the of -
Miele of many of their branches in
other cities of America and ('hina,
Chinese Homes.
We visited many other places.
Ii ii.es, afters, etc., and weie eve.1'y-
where lecei14)4 with tlie atmos• runt.
te:y. (lur (*01 int call. we1eon two
families with whom i 11111 ver 11
aryuainted. O(.rite Sint„its is a
young jeweller, w o fayo'11 with
an 3:,trodnction'u11.1trt s young wife re-
cently out from 1'ItiMI. The joss
stirka, et,• • nett. Ia • nig liere end
(lett lie weals onr rloiln g and less no
q,tPne. Il is wife, how rye .1311 weer.
nee Chinese ens' 'o n•. Alley are
('hristans Curd the hi i,le 34 OW daugh-
ter of a Christian Letter. - -
One very last was to look lien, it
tailor. They livestthe store And le-
eched 1bore. Ilia young deughler,
Look Fong. Inoking nr at 11114 pre0 y
tint t 0.-i y Oriental in her ('hinese dreg!
of 1u move ',Ilk, woe assisting him, as
were also his b ,ys, while Ilia wife And
the baby were watching from a gal.
Iery nb',ve. The Int ter lora aeon
down among us, a "cute' 131(1. figure
in his many -colored costume and
crowntess turban. They nee wonder -
tally well believed. these (lbineee chil-
dren. The youDtlgeat will rarely touch
4 thing unless iffeted to 0. In.;re-
spertful manners they ere models for
the whiten. I ren a little fellow one
ening run into his father's tailor
Atop, his arhool bag nn has back. Ilio
(ether was busy, but he ',topped op-
posite him, uncovered his heats, lowed
very low, then replaced his hat, and
paused on. in school these rhildl•rn
never pose the tractor without * re
spot' NI Ito*,
Well, 1 intended to write shout the
gambling and other matter*, but 113.
ler quite enough, 1 am sure. Welting
you all the five blessings,
WAt.rgn ('. (!tong.
RepeAt 31:--"MI,iloh'. Cure will al.
ways cure is, coughs end rnM.."
Truth may have hid et the hntben
of a well becaus.teit wee nnshle to
make falsehood ashamed of Reset
County Prohibition Convention.
The second aunual convention of
the Huron county branch of the On-
tario Prohibitory Alliance will be held
in St. Andrew's Presbyterian church,
Blyth, ou Thursday, April tith.
There will be three sessions, com-
mencing at 0 a. m„ 'L p. m., and 7:30
p. m,
At the morning session, after rou-
tine business and the appointment of
a business committee, reports will be
reyeive4 from the various utunicipall•
ties (al under local option, (b) under
license, (e) under no license.
At the afternoon tweeting, after the
report of the busiuess committee and
the dealing with resolutions, there
will be an address by Rbv. 8. L. Toll
ou "Local Option 0) 1lensall " Fol-
lowing this will be an open conference
on local option organization con-
ducted by (1.'M. Elliott, of Goderich.
At the evening session there will he
address.. by Rev D. T. L. McKerroll,
of Lucknow," and Joseph Gibson, of
Ingersoll, president of the Ontario
branch of the Dominion Alliance.
Music will be given by the Blyth
choirs.
Delegates wishing accommodation
are asked to advise Rev. W. H.
Cooper. of Blyth. The Easter rates
un the railways will be in effect.
The ofHceis of the county branch
are : F. Buchanan, Wiugham, presi-
dent; J. P. Brown, Oodericb, treas-
urer; A. T. Cooper, Clinton. secre-
taryy.
The following shows the number of
licenses iu the different places in the
county, together wjth the places
under kcal opfiou :-
Towns Licensee
(7oderich 9
Clinton St+:vtle!;
Wingha.0 Far
Seaforth 4444. A
Villages
Hensall ....
Hayfield , a., -''•2
Blyth 2
Brussels 3
Exeter.. ..s.,
Wrnxeter
Towoehipe
Ashfield
4
1
Colborne 0 2
Gtalefich 0
Grey
Hay 3
Howick
Mullett
McKillop
Monis
Stanley
•
Stephen
Tuckersmith
atoms
L. O.
L. 0.
L. O.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Gesderick and Mussels Inquires Ans-
wered.
Mali sod 'Empire.
li. W. 8., Ooderich. -Qu. -A aril
B each buy an acre of bush land from
C, with the right to take off the wood
in six yeses. After the six years have
expired C charges each of thew $1 e
year rem A took off his wood in
seven years. B took off his wood in
ten yeses. l' cut and reuloved some
of the tress from Fre erre after the
six years had expired. Can he be re-
quired to pay the value? 1'2.1 A con-
cert was held in the echoolbouse by a
number of young people for the bene
fit of the school. Had they any right
to use pact of the proceeds to pay
for an oyster ',upper ?
Ans. This is just one of those
small, complicated affairs which the
parties ought to settle among thein -
selves. *There is nothing in 0 worth
while going to law About, or even
talking about. If C look some of the
trees that li should hate had 111
should account for them If the time
limit put an end to H's tight to take
the timber, then C should have ex-
pired it may be eentendrd that he re-
fused to allow hint to come upon 1he
land after th•• Pi. years. It he made
13 pay it a year after the six years
had expired it may be conteudcd that
heumatism..
is Uric Acid in the blood.
Unhealthy kidneys are the
cause of the acid being
there. if the kidneys acted
sus they should they would
strain the Uric Acid out
of the system and rheuma-
tism wouldn't nccur. Rheu-
matism ,is a Iney Dis-
fase. Dodd's Kidney Pills
have made a great part of
their reputation curing
Rheumatism. So get at
the caws of those fearful
eaooting Pains and stiff,
-aching joints. There u
but one tare way -
.... 8 L. O. Dodd's
2
Turnt4erry
U Kidney
L G.
East Wawanosh .......... 1.. O.
West Wawroo.h -.-0�
Repeat it :-"Shiloh's Cure will al-
ways cure my coughs and colds."
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J. H. COLI3ORNE
Some Interesting Store News
The following lines of New Things for Spring, just something INat nearly every-
one is looking for at this season of the year, and some specials c...t down in price
nearly One -Half, to akar out quick. Read carefully what we say about Corsets,
Embroideries, Laces, and Tweed Dress Suitings.
CORSETS
'Ihe It t A make is what es carry,
and it i..ate to en). they ,un the best
Corsets in the market. at 1.1 Wee. Now
WC have about t Is4tn, /tt u0 and /126,
.ome atmbcrs or ore dropping. white
and drab --come nut get Inoue of them.
at dc. %bout 11) pairs st Lie fur .,tic.
They are odd twin and site..
EMBROIDERIES
About tr' yard,. A lob lut. ode fifth•
sod wine unrfuurfb oar regular olives.
Come and .e,, our venni waist £u,
brolderlea at :le and tie. An import
for 015.'0 Veld good value fur ah: but
will bei u1 ',ted tit :.k•, ■11 full avast
wale) uidt. hr.
PRIN rS
WO 1.140 b..ule a , .0 re lo, our .4,',
of being the g4•• rt {nod house of 11.4*
Not of the rout :is. 1-,4.1 ,,. o, .'rllu,.t
exceeded any v.nn,er yen,.. sed- e,tr
rotuploInts, and mat onr 44(4(4 1.1 ata
.easoti s prim r..: m ,. d 011 ,
.homing 4J7 plug, .. .411 neo 1'h' and
121VO. and the • 4,4 c,44r par„
guaranteed. All,,,•'..oipe and r..r
trUarn+. light and ,'e. . grounds, rdt
fiulsh and act eq.,. in the trail,•
here fur quality.
SCOTCH GINGHAM
At 12 1 2" and Its. No emit c:.. f.. 4.,
hes found 4m, tour s4 I't 1.12, .44.11 1
, ultra •b-uiutely but. plain awl (*0-
.440 .40 ,4 Wain And 1.umr4 rilerks.
LACES
our stack is tarp in law.' and b4
inter to mince 1t quickly we are put
tint out quite a lu, at marked down
prices. eemmenelng at Ic • yard.
TWEED SUITINGS
A few plemw of Tweed 8ultings, at
mat. o..r quarter off. Good cloths, kat
1 '-4 many of them,
STANDARD PATTERNS
1'r• anti 1:a'. 114ugne., .as• a year. and
.,o p,.tuge. t .ell and get It here
i
he thereby rerogulzed H'e right to
continue to come. open the land. t2m
1 pr•rsuuse the young people gut pet -
wteru•n'from the ti mares to hold the
conceit in 1 he achcolroom. A%'hetht r
they did so or not. it is quite clear
(bet whatever funds were collected
from those veto patronized the con-
cert could he used by the young
people in any way they saw fit.
F. 31c., lit tinsels.- Qu. -I ritold a ware
fur $131 that was nut'.' in front brcauee
she had "side toner•.' 1 sbuwe'd the
purchaser her condition. yet he
bought her anti paid $1 1111 *renin( of
the price : now he refuses to t Ile her
because he says she is worse thautfe
thought she was. Can I sue him for
the price i
Aur, -Defects apparent at the time
a bargain is made for the ppaurchase of
a horse are uul included iu any .
"warranty" given 1.y the vendor. he
cause they cannot form a subject of
deceit in fraud. • The purchaser was
name of the condition of the lout!
when he made the bargain. Nothing
was concealed trout him. A contract
for the sale of personal property
which ie of the value of 140 or up-
wards shfnuld be in writing. or 44.1114•-
thutg should be paid to bind the
bargain. In this cue, howev er. el
was paid. therefore i think the Teudur
may Mete( upon the sale being ear
rieti out, aud may have a right to sue
the puc'haser for the price of the
nlat r. or fin• damages.
CAMERON & MOORE f:
Last Week of the Fire Sale
DAILY MISHAPS MAKE
ZAM-BUK A DAILY NEED.
ACCIDENTS w111 happen in the
best regulated homes ; and
having a box of Zam-Buk handy is •
a precaution that has saved thousands of
families much worry and expense. There
is, never any knowing what a small injury
may lead up to if neglected. The stoppage
of the bleeding, or the pain from a cut,
burn, or scald, hills many people into a
false sense of security. Dust getting into
a wound may set up festering, inflammation,
and blood -poisoning. .In a similar way, a tiny cut may
be the starting point of itching and irritating .eczema : and
the spot your child scratchea on his head, the unsuspected
beginning of ringworm or sores 4th .r hair -destroying scalp
disease.
Zara -lick. while such a perfect heeler. is also the Inver enemy of akin -disease
A burn. scald. cut, or bruise promptly and regularly dressed with (hes rare and rich
balm cannot "turn the wrong way ' : and any tendency of the skin to become it 6y.
inflamed, or " m. ." is speedily checked. This ,s because lam Buk not cniy go ws
new, healthy skin. but. being so refined. ,s absorbed by the pons, and its healing en ices
tone perfectly healthy all the underlying tissues. Always keep • boa of Zorn-Buk
handy. for daily mishaps make Zam-Buk • daily need
IN OUR MAIN STORE
Our doors will remain closed from Monday till Thursday, March
22nd to -25th. The balance of goods left then will be moved to our
corner store, next Morrow & Connolly's butcher shop. Prices
are cut agai as we are bound to move them out before we get
through with them, so there will be big doings for the last two
days of this week. Everything must go now, we can't wait any
longe: - so here is -a chance for somebody.
ring Openings
BAD SCALD CURED. ARILS OORN20 BY STOVE 110.
Mrs W. Cork',,. 13s Richmond bquue. }ir II (,,til e'roo'.'.1. Vtreu
Montreal, says- My hale grandson was '•,ltrantlord. tint.. r' 1 Lnd /.,n-Iuk -,
seeerelic scalded on h., right leg from the le„del healer .4 t1.,ldnm\ mn,nrs. M,
knee to the ankle This snotty was yep lit a toy horned hos f',, sets badly w, he
-atone, and demanded.' great attention. We red est 1i.1 of tlt le. e l .hes,
used nothing but Zam-Buk. and it .vets temp h f 1v Turt l e ; et�_
w erful how coolies and nothing n Ij foot, ,h and n,rnun; , - ., rW,nln
cad a am I f s
prove.) It as some weeks Mfore the let (eaermg ;� and d.sr L-. ¢�. �,_ 1 p it .I
was finally healed. but there was nor a seat Zam- 1uks `sand ,t eer(11-,''4 rheckej
left to straw where he had been'sealded. As dowh: ring \non lessen -se. drew oaf t'
the bathe ' firste,d.' 1 think Zae1-But is inflammation. end tined) Lasted the wopnd
wrtbOut pea1." p.edv.
Zero -Bek is a positive and certain cure for t., bin ,bun t eau. til.•., (esterrr,,
sores, ulcers. scalds. blood -poisoning, •r ma..eahs. -chxtm A ham',. •M4.r:.rk•. ,M11.7sa.-
ringworm. scalp sores, bad leg. disease ankles. • sir other .am draw.(•. end mesal..
Robbed well into the parts affected. It tures neo al a heuteat „ 1, n A111 1.11.V1,1
s•I ti• rtes sell at Nk. tar t`�re. f m /I'S •r fro, Iron /n,4, Ifnk, o.1�4 - , fur neo
Live Daily Paper Will Put
iolley 1' Your Pocket.
With The Toronto Daily
Star's accurate daily market
reports you could sell your
grain and live stock at top-
naaach prices. Half a cent extra
on just bushels of wheat or
oats woti pay a year's subscrip-
tion. 2sc. `>A hundred weight on a
dozen hogs wlyr d cover three years'
subscriptions.
Don't you,depending weekly reports,
or daily reports that are 1d when yon
pt
them -miss top pri by at least
that much several times a year
Toronto Daily Star
an Publishes Market Reports 12 1. IS
;iv lours carter fiat Se Morales Papers
Every afternoon's issue of The Star contains that very
day's quotations on thegrain and live stock markets of
Toronto, Montreal, Bnialo, Chicago, and other important
cities. These are the same quotations that the nest
morning's dal1W . publish -12 to 18 hours later.
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March kith is going to be the Most interesting
day in our history for the coming season. It
means the opening of our store after'all repairs
have . been Made anti the decorator's finished.
'Everything in the line ot furniture aiid fixtures
.has been gone over, as well as the walls and
ceilings, and every trace of the disaster 1s being
entirely blotted out, Owl the store presents a new
appearance. and everything will be in readiness for
the openings on March 1:411. Together with the
opening of the new stock is our millinery opening.
We expect to make it a record that will not .soon
be forgotten. In making our purchases, we found
n buying in such large ,tluauti1les we were able
1 `t\ get discounts that we never dreamed of before,
ah( have been watching for specials for this
oc 'on and have s cured a whole lot of them
1 which ill be ready in good tilne.
On Millinery Iepartmt nt is again under the
supervi - 1 of Miss Scherer and_ the showings --will
be much iu•'ter and better than ever before.
Among re showings at the openings will be
found a few, •sotlels which were imported from
France and weer pin'('hstsed by us during the open-
ings at Toronto. These alone aro well worth ' '• '14x1 the prices are boiled
down, as they have served their purpose as moil(',.Ir .;;; ;.131 be sold at the openings
at nearly half -Price.
All our Spring Dress (foods are expected to be on the skives in good time,
and the range of goods very large. Our Prints aro the best that could 1 1 pur-
chasedum] the prices al r tllm` lowest ever offered. The pa terns are the very latest,
ith all the goods brand -now and fresh from the Zooms;
OUR GROCERY DEPAR ENT
has alrealiy Ila l:d thlongli the contractor's hands and is remodeled, 1mostenttirely.
owing to the great increase of trade in this department, the crest was not
sufficiently large enough to accommodate at (imus the number of cost ' niers doing
their shopping, and we have taken this opp'n•tunity of remodeling ant (enlarging
s0 as to accttflln)tda(e twice tte many ell:touI.rr at once. We want. every° a at the
opening to %131t this department. It is almost too early to tell about all le big
things we expect to have for you, but will mention a few specials which aloewill
amply repay you fur your visit.
Five (Si cater only 4' ,res Flakes, fre,h,gil crispy. right:rout the cereal fae„ry. telperinl for
e, the opening devs-onty, pier package. pc.
Twenty-ftve (2A) cases of choice V.lonei• Rabdns, large, ',lean fruit. Special for the opening,
five cul lbs for
26e.
'Pet (10) cages' of Osnned Pumpkin, opening special, per est,
,
be
Coiufnrt 5.4 pep, special, eleven (7r has for .............
4444 444 ; .._ - Rib.
\This department is always supplied with choice Butter and new -laid Eggs.
GODERii
and
ACTON.
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LUCKY PIECES STiLL GOOD FOR F ULL VALUE. ws" r''"ift
%IImERON & MOOREEW IDEA
PATTERNS,
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