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1910
In addressing our many friends and customers,.
both in the town and country, for the first time
this year, we desire to offer our very sincere
thanks for the generous and liberal support ex-
tended to us during the past year, and we are
resolved on our part to do everything possible
to maintain the pleasant relations existing in the
past, and to prove our sincerity in this matter.
All Ladies' Cloth Coats, Fur Coats, Men's Over-
coats, Clothing, etc., with all broken lots of dry
goods left over from Christmas, will be offered
at prices never quoted before. Come in, it will
pay you to look through and take some bargains.
ss+ainnerainnor
As Usual, Top Prices For All Trade.
D. M. GORDON
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King's For Bargains I
I We Want Your Trade
1k. KING'S
WINGHAM'S FUR STORE
It is quite evident that the next three months of
winter weather will demand the wearing of Furs
as much, if not more, than the past three. In or-
der to reduce our stock of Furs, we are offering
some rare values in this line.
Men's and Ladies'
Fur and Fur -lined
Coats, Fur Capes,
Muffs, Stoles, &c.
SPECIAL
LADIES' FUR -LINED
COAT -- Rat lining,
Sable Collar and Re-
veres. Sizes 34 to 40.
Reg. $55_,; $42.50
for
ISABELLA FOX SET
-Scarf and Muff to
match. Reg. $20,00
for..'.:.... $14.50
PRODUCE WANTED. Eggs 30c ; Butter 24c.
Potatoes, Beans, Feathers and Fowl.
GEO, E. KIATG
Good Goods
I Cheap Prices
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Wingham's Music Emporium
D. BELL • The Music and Piano Dealer
We handle the very best pianos from the celebrated
makers of the day. They are bought outright by me,
which means a saving to parties purcha sing a Piano here.
Each one is made in keeping with the grade of the
instrument, Any one of, our pianos is an ornai snt in
any home. .
The t r action." ' of al piano is 'a very vital part -it
does the player's. bidding.
'Bach of our `I'ianou is fitted with the late,3t patent
lloiseless Pett
The Ten() is the meet important consideration when
selecting a Piano. Our instruments are guaranteed to
possess a Tone full, round and powerful, at the same
time sweet and melodious.
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When purchasing a piano be sure yott call on
D. BELL - The Music tau
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THE WING}UN ADVANCE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1910.
Notes Of Travel.
Gleaned On A Transcontinental
Trip, By The Editor,
L .'r rza No. 8,
The month of December had (for
Southern California) considerable cold
weather, with an unusual quantity of
rain, for so early in the season. Of
course there were many bright, warm,
sunshiny days, but there were also
heavy rains and frosts. Last winter
the rainfall in the vicinity of Pasa-
dena up to New Year was a little less
than five inches ; up to the same date
this year, fifteen inches had fallen in
the valley, while the mountain district
report more, On New Year day, the
papers reported that snow fell over an
inch deep in Fresno (where Messrs..
Mclndoo reside) and the report added
that "the town was excited over the
unusual occurrence." In Pasadena on
January tad, it rained heavily and
some hail fell, while Mt. Lowe and Mt.
Wilson, a few miles east, had a heavy
snow -fall, and the next morning were,
quite white. This snow soon disap-
pears, but on "Old Baldie," who lifts
his peaks higher, the snow remains
until the summer sun shines. The
unusually cold weather has retarded
the growth of vegetables, flowers, etc.,
and some fear it will injure the lemon
and orange crop, The "coldest fog
years," has been the general verdict.
We really should have devoted this
letter to a description of Pasadena,
but we have decided that as the far-
famed Tournament of Roses came off
so recently, it would be better to write
of that now. New Year's day is Pasa-
dena's gala day, and the greatest
event of the year is the Festival of
Roses, that wonderful and gorgeous
floral display. This city and its an-
nual floral holiday are inseparably
connected. Other cities have their
great days, but the Tournament of
Roses belongs to Pasadena and is con-
ceded to belong to them. You might
as well try to conceive of Huron coun-
ty without a Twelfth of July, as to
think of Pasadena without its Tourna-
ment of Roses. It is the citizens'
pride ; they spare no effort to make it
a success ; expense is not allowed to
interfere.
This year Jupiter Pluvius kept the
citizens in suspense as to the weather.
Two days before New Year, he liter-
ally took the cork out, and all Thurs-
day night and all day Friday, rain
came down in•torrents. What should
they do, go ahead, or postpone? The
directors agreed to meet at 8 p. in.
New Year eve and announce their de-
cision by two or three flashes of the
electric lights. Citizens in their home,
and in public places waited for the
signal ; at 8 30 came the throe flevlio'
(signal for go ahead) and the decision
was a popular one. The Board of
Trade said they would parade if it
rained pitchforks. Flowers had been
picked under cover of umbrellas, and
vehicles trimmed in shelter ; post-
ponement would hae4 been ruinous.
New Year morning dawned, with
the downpour unabated, but prepara-
tions went on. About 9.30, the clouds
parted and gleams of sunshine appear-
ed. Even Old Sol could not stay
away from the Tournament of Roses
in Pasadena; he had to come, and he
soon kissed away the tears Jupiter
Pluvius had shed, for in a couple of
hours the paved streets had dried and
everything was hustle and activity,
The steam and electric roads began to
bring in the sightseers, and notwith-
standing the early morning gloom,
soon 50,000 visitors thronged the
streets.
To convey to our readers a full idea
of the floral beauty of the parade
would be an impossible task. The
Tournament of Roses must be seen to
be understood. All that art and skill,
'energy and device can suggest is done;
citizens vie with each other; societies,
schools, tourist hotels and the City
Council all lend a hand to make the
city's floral day a success, and it al-
ways succeeds, because of the united
forces and enthusiasm behind it. We
will attempt a description of only a
few of the floats hi the parade.
First came the police force in hand-
some uniforms on prancing steeds,.
with floral collars. Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce came meet and
as visitors were accorded the place of
honor. The representatives rode in a.
handsome tally -ho richly decorated,
and their presence was indicative of
cordial relations between the sister
cities, and they were cheered loudly
for braving the elements, Next carne
the Tournament directors in a tally-
ho. They wore Prince Albert coats
and silk hats. The vehicle was cover-
ed with dusty miller, beautifully orna-
mented with violets and smilax, the
harness completely entwined in laven-
der ribbons. A large auto bore mem-
bers of the City Council ; this car was
decorated with a background of aca-
cia, trimmed with bougainvMitts.
Then followed members of the Board
of Trade-in an elaborate car, and close
behind was the float of the Merchants'
Association ; this car w'lts completely
hidden by a blanket of flowers; one
would imagine there were millions of
violets in this covering along with
pink carnations and smilax, The two
neat flower -covered autos contained
members of the South Pasadena
Chamber of Commerce,
Interspersed throughout the proces-
slon were numerous bands of music,
The military display was fine. Several
companies of infantry /routed cheers
as they went past performing difficult
evolutions as they marched. The
'veterans of the civil war were preced-
ecI by their fife and drum band and
numbered 160, and were lout14, an.
pleaded. The triangle cadets of tkse
Leri Ata Y. M. tl. A. also mArohed
weld.
The public schools of Prtsadena were
represented by four floats. The first
represented the planet Saturn by a
great yellow globe of flowers resting
in a huge boat, the ohatft•uv being bid-
den behind; a mass of foliage ; the
rings of Saturn were ingeniously
The 1r11e second float represented
blare, a great ball of cerise color,
marked by white canals ; the girls on
this float were dressed to match' the
planet in color, and the boys who act-
ed as escorts to the float wore mouse -
colored jackets and pink trunks and
hosiery, each carrying a garland. The
3sc1. public school float represented a
playground with a tennis game. The
fourth float was magnificent and rep-
resented Fairyland, the Queen en-
throned high up in state on a throne
of flowers and ferns,
The Japanese of the city were repre-
son ted by a huge flower basket 7 feet
high made by curving palm leaves;
thousands of pink carnations, and a
silken butterfly three feet wide filled
out the decorations, while three little
tots in Japanese costume sat like lit-
tle fairies among the flowers.
The W, 0. T. U. had a unique entry;
it consisted of a water -waggon gaily
decorated and covered with a host of
coming voters. A map of the U. S.
was displayed showing the State
under prohibition in white and the
other in black. "We'll make the map
all white" was the cry of the coming
voters.
Pasadena Humane Society was re-
presented by the animal ambulance
prettily decorated. Pasadena Real
Estate Board's display was appropri-
ate. As they try to sell the earth,
their decoration was a huge globe of
flowers eight feet in diameter, the
continents being pictured in different
colored flowers. At the base of the
float were the letters "Pasadena, the
best on earth." Four white horses
with purple blankets drew the float,
each, horse being led by a negro dress-
ed in white.
The Canadian Society of Pasadena
had a gigantic but very appropriate
display. On white colored, holly that
covered the float, the letters Canada
were interwoven with white and red
carnations. Upon the float was an
arbor of flowers and ferns, forming a
canopy for pretty maids in white re-
presenting the provinces, each maid
carrying a banner of the province she
stood for. Ontario as the banner pro-
vince was seated on a raised dais in
the centre. With outstretched wings
seven feet across the American eagle
fronted the float, with the flag in his
beak, while on his back was a child
carrying the Union Jack. Pictures of
President Taft and Premier Laurier
were hung on the sides. The 'indus-
tries of Canada were represented by
oostnmed men, lumbermen, miners,
sailors, farmers, etc. This float called
forth cheers from the patriotic thou-
sands who lined the streets.
Hotel Maryland's display consisted
of a huge pergola drawn by six fine
white horses; in the pergola were
seated a number of young lady guests
of the hotel ; they were dressed in
white and nearly buried in ferns and
flowers. The pergola consisted of six
columns supporting drapery of vines,
ferns and roses, and was a fitting re-
presentation of the picturesque per-
gola attached to the hotel. Hotel Ray!
mond float was most beautiful ; it re-
presented a huge swan, with flowers
for feathers. The swan measured
12018 feet; its body was of white nar-
cissus. The four jet black horses that
drew it were covered with purple
robes, and the lines passed through
the month of the swan to the driver
hidden beneath. Hotel Green also
had a very handsome turn -out, in
keeping with that palatial hotel.
was a frontiers -man, Ezra Meeker,
who crossed the continent with an ox
team by the old Oregon trail in K2,
before the railways, and repeated it
after the railroads had bridged the
desert, This stalwart pioneer drove
his ox team and the original covered
waggon in the parade; the waggon
was oddly decorated, but the outfit
was quite an attraction.
Then came the city's fine corps of
firemen with their full apparatus,
drawn by the handsome horses, that
fretted to get "on the run to a fire";
all beautifully decorated, Following
these came dozens of entries by pri-
vate individuals, all artistically deco-
rated, drawn by one horse, two or
three abreast, or in tandem; the deco-
rations were illustrations of what can
be done by taste and skill with Cali-
fornia flowers and foliage when time
and expense are not taken into
account.
We have taken considerable space
to describe a few of the entries, be-
cause riot many in Wingham or
vicinity ever see such a profusion of
flowers so uniquely and artistically ar-
ranged. And yet we are conscious
that we have not been able to convey
to our readers anything like an ade-
quate idea of the beauty of the 21st
Tournament of Roses in the city of
Pasadena.
Body Covered With Eczema.
Yet Zam-Buk Cured Him.
Mr. A. M Brooks, of Wellington St.,
Steelton, says :-
"Ten months ago I contracted ec-
zema,which wh ch first appeared on my
neck, later spreading to my chest and
body. The doctor thought this was
caused by the irritation of my shirt
collar and the poison and steam from
the pulp, as I was then employed at
the Pulp Mill. I began doctoring, but
instead of the disease being checked it
showed signs of becoming worse ; and
my neck, chest, and my whole body
was soon in a frightful condition. The
skin actually peeled off, leaving the
flesh raw.
"I suffered cruelly from the terrible
itching and soreness, and was com-
pletely confined to the house. Not
seeing or feeling any improvement, I
next resorted to the ordinary salves
and ointments recommended for skin
diseases, but although I gave each
preparation a fair trial, none seemed
powerful enough to bring about a cure
until I began using.Zam-Buk.
"From the first application of Zam-
Buk I had some relief, and as I per-
severed with its use daily the soreness
was by degrees drawn out and the in-
tense itching and aching completely
vanished. Scabs or scales formed
over the raw flesh, but Zam•Buk soon
cleared away all these, and although
the cure was naturally gradual, it was
complete."
If you suffer from any skin disease
don't make the above mistake, and
try all sorts of things before Zanu-Buk.
Got Zam-Buk first ! Eczema, ulcers,
abscesses, poisoned wounds, cuts, cold
sores, scalp sores, face eruptions,
chaps, red, rough patches -all are
healed and cured by Zam-Buk. Best
balm for babies' rashes. All druggists
and stores at 50e. box, or post free
from Zam•Buk Co., Toronto, for
price.
The Bankers' display was an im-
mense flower basket drawn by four
white horses ; each horse was covered
with a white satin blanket fringed
with gold ; the reins were yellow satin
and gold fringe. At each corner of
the float were baskets of violets, aza-
leas, smilax and roses ; a half column
would be necessary to fully describe
this most gorgeous float.
Possibly the High School display
was the most artistic representation of
the "Midsummer Night's Dream" ever
given, and required fifty-eight stu-
dents to carry out the allegory. The
auto ,was covered with pink flowers ;
on it was reared a grotto with dome,
supported by four pillars. On the
float were 23 young ladies in pink. A
trumpeter led the pageant, followed
by out -riders, horsemen, footmen, all
carrying pink rods bearing huge pink
paper carnations. Fans, festoons and
garlands of flowers were among the
decorations, while from end to end of
the float were silver spider webs, in
which the imitation spiders were seen,
It was a gorgeous sight, but the.
beauty picture passed too quickly for
extended notes.
The oddest thing in the procession
Chaff As Feed.
Feeding tables put wheat chaff a
trifle below wheat straw, and put oat
chaff a • fraction above oat straw in
protein. Chaff has the advantage in
that less energy is expended in masti-
cation than in the case with straw.
Two Champion Cows.
The champion dairy cow of the
world is a Holstein, says Hoard's
Dairyman, which has produced 27,432
lbs. of milk containing 998 lbs. of fat
in a year. The champion Guernsey
cow produced in a year 18,481 lbs. of
milk containing 900 lbs. of fat.
LA GRIPPE
Arrested, and Consumption Cured
MrtiGj. D. Colwell, of Vialkerviile, Ont.
vas stricken down with La Grippe in 1906
and it left him in very bad condition. He
says: I was allrun down and bordering on
Consumption. I could not sleep at nights,
had awful sweats, and coughed nearly the
whole time. This is how I was when I
began to take Psychine,in a low nervous
state; but from the first battle I began to
improve. It did marvels for me and brought
me back to health in no time, making a new
man of me. It fortifies the body against
the attacks of La Grippe and is a sure pre-
ventative. I always take Psychine if I feel
a cold coming on and it puts me tight in
no time."
NWIT LOUT P YCHINEE
Foi Sale by all Druggists and Dealers, 50c. & $1
per bottle.
Dr. T. A. SLOCUM
LIMITED,
TORONTO
SYC iNlt
PRONOUNCED SI -KEEN
Total assets of over thirty million
dollars are entrusted to the custody
of the Bank of Hamilton.
Your Savings i Account Solicited,
/CCENTRAAjLL
STRATFORD. ONT.
is the great practical training school of
Western Ontario, Students are enter-
ing every week. You take no risk in
entering our classes. Our courses are
Lthe best and our graduates secure the
high-grade positions,. Three depart-
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Telegraphy. Get our free catalogue
and investigate into the me -its of this
' school. The time to enter is now.
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D. A. cLACIILAN - Principal
SELECTING A SCHOOL
Ts a matter of great importance, Wr;to
to -day for a catalogue of the
ELLIOTT
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TO1IONTO, ONT.
It explains the many superior advantag-
es offered by this college. Getting a
high salaried position is not a matter of
luck -it is a matter of brains,roper
training and business ability. 1 ollege
open entire year. Enter any lime.
W. J. ELLIOTT, PRINCIPAL.
Cor. Yonge and Alexander Sts.
Jas. Walker & Son
WINGHAM
Furniture Dealers
and Undertakers
Wo are specially qualified Under-
takers and 77n,bahners, and those
entrusting their work to us may rely
on it being welt done. Night calls
received at residence.
Moe Phone 106 House Phone 125
C. N. GRIFFIN
GENERAL AGENT
Issuer of Marriage Licenses.
Fire, Life, Accident, Plate Glass,and Weather Insurance, coupled
with a Real Estate and Money
Loaning business.
Office over Malcolm's Gropery
A. E. SMITH
BANKER
WINGHAM - ONTARIO
Farmers who want money to bey
horses, cattle or hogs to feed for mar-
ket can have it on reasonable terms.
Money transmitted and payable at
par at any Bank in' the Dominion.
RATES, -85.00 and under, 3 cts.
$10 to $30, 10 ets. $30 to $50, 15 cls.
Same rates charged on principal
banking points in the U. S.
STOVES and RANGES
of the best makes
TINSMITHIING and
PLUMBING
in all branches given our
best attention.
LAMPS
of all kinds and at
all prices.
COAL OIL
Why not try a few gallons of
Coal Oil measured by our ma-
chine. We give you a full gal-
lon without any froth.
W. J. BOYCE
Stone Block - Wingham
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LOYAL,
GROCERY
-FOR-
Fresh Salmon Trout
Fresh Herring
Salt Trout and
Salt Herring
And ]Don't Forget
That Our
Teas and Coffees
LEAD
?ItODtr0E W iii•TD1D
Malcolm's
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The Peoples' Popoular Store
WINOHAM, ONTARIO
KERR & BIRD
January Clearing Sale
Fur Coats, Caias, Scarfs, Ruffs, Muffs,'
&c,, &c.. -
$55.00 Coat for $40.00
$28.00 Cape
32.00 " e t 24,00 15.00 "
$12.00
8.00
6.00
Fur for $9.00
fi is 6 00
rt " 4.50
$9.00
7.00
5.00
Fur
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for
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$19.00
10.00
$6 75
5.25
3.76
January Clearing Sale
Girls' and Women's Tweed Coats.
$7.50 Coat for $5.03
6.00 " " 4.50
4.50 " " 3.38
$7.00 Coat for $5.25
5.00 " • " 3.75
4.25 " " 3 20
January Clearing Sale
Men's and Boys' Overcoats.
Not many on hand but too many to carry over.
Boys' Overcoats on sale at ONE THIRD OFF.
Men's Overcoats on sale at HALF PRICE.
January Clearing Sale
A quantity of Men's and Boys'
Winter Caps at Half Price.
WANTED. --Butter, Eggs, White Beans, Dried
Apples, Oats, Potatoes, &c.
Men's and Ladies
Fur Coats
Just in the middle of stock -taking and we do not
want to carry them over. If looking for Fur
Coats it will pay you to have a look at them.
Prices to suit everybody.
Men's Winter Overcoats.
In Black Beaver, regular $12.50 for $9.00
2 only Men's Stripe, College Collars, sizes 36 and
37, to clear- at cost.
Boys' Overcoats,' only a few left, at low prices.
Ladies' and Men's Underwear.
Turnbulls Unshrinkable Underwear, all sizes, at cut
prices during stock -taking.
Men's Elastic Ribb and Fleece Lined at a reduction.
Men's Heavy Work Shirts in wool and cotton at
a great saving.
A few odd ready-to-wear Shirts, black only, sizes
24, 39, 24, 4, 23, 38, at cost.
All heavy goods prices cut to pieces.
Remember we are selling pure cane Sugar, purity
guaranted, at $5.00 per 100 lbs.
Flour and all grains kept in. stock.
Goods delivered to any part of town.
T. A. Mills
WINGHAM