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The Clinton New Era, 1896-01-24, Page 6'i EF. SHE CLINTON .,i a-:.... ,.yaw:v. tir .r t.+„L6 r ^':.k.'.!••!7�.,tl,uA..Jiw� �G,nin. . !!! f'•.:. I: „.-1. 1, r.�r, Our creat . CELEBRATION • SI&TVRDAY,!JaU. • . . 1896 To celebrate our ten years of existence as a firm under its present title, we intend holding a celebration on the above date, which will be a surprise to our customers. During the past ten years no house in Western Ontario has carded out in a better manner promises which have been made throug h the newspapers of this county, and we are proud of our reputation. Theabove date is also our SEMI-ANNUAL SLAUGHTER SALE DAY, and our celebration in connection with it will be the making of every Tenth Sale Free. This means that the money for every tenth Suit sold, every tenth Overcoat sold, every tenth paii of Pants sold, every tenth Tie sold, every tenth pair of Braces sold, every tenth Cap sold, will be refunded. We claim that no house inWestern Ontario has given the Bargains that we have given, and when the chance of getting goods for nothing is thrown in, it ought to attract hundreds of buyers. Read the following list: Boy s' Knee Pants Our 50c Knee Pants 35c every tenth pair free Our 75c knee Pants 50c every tenth pair free Our $1 knee Pants .... .... 75c every tenth pair free Men's Pants Our Famous $2 Pants for Our $2.50 Pants for .,., . . every tenth pair free. Out Wonderful $3 pants for every tenth pair free A splendid line of Halifax Tweed Pants, light in color, regular price $2, sale price... - every tenth pair free. $1.50 $1.75 $2.25 $1 Men's wits Our $12 Suits for.......... . $9.00 every tenth suit free. Our $10 Suits to 7.00 every tenth snit free. Our $7 Suits far 4.90 every tenth suit. gree, Children's Suits For this special Bargain Day we will offer 30:Children's Suits, Which comprise English Sample Suits at exactly one half the regular price and every tenth suit free. 50 Boys' Suits, regular price $3, 3.50 and $4, tor.. $2.50 every tenth suit free. 40 Boys' Suits, regular price $4, 4,50 and $5, for $3.50 every tenth suit free. 35 Boys' Suits, regular price $5, 5,50, $6 & 6.50, at, $4 every tenth suit free We have the best assorted stock of Furs in the County, and for our sale day we will give a discount of 30 per cent, and every tenth sale free. Boys Overcoats 25 Boys' Cape Overcoats at exactly half price. every tenth coat free. Men's Overcoats Our $ 12 Frieze Overcoats for ..... $8.75 i)ur $10 Frieze Overcoats for 7.50 Our $6 50 Frieze Overcoats for 4.90 every tenth coat free Furnishing Department 200 pairs Men's Fine Braces, 'extra good value at 50c, our sale price ......... .. ... 25c every tenth pair free 200 Fine Ties worth 35c, 40c and 60c, sale price,.. 25c every tenth tie free 50 Flannelette Shirts, worth 25c, each every tenth shirt free 15c OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH No goods sold on approval. No goods exchanged. Store opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m. JACKSON BROTHERS, Celebrators of their 10th anniversary. NATURE A8 A CHILD'S TEACHER. Rain in the City 1e Only Wetness Broken Loose. Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D. D., writes upon "Memories'bf Our- Child- hood Homes," in Ladies' Home Jour- nal, and emphasizes the necessity of surrounding children with bright pic- tures and cheery furnishings, as the mental photographs they make in early years are the ones that never fade, but last and remain vivid through life. Nature, too, has a big part to play 1n the teachings of the youth. "It takes a good deal to make a good home," writes the forooful leader and teacher. "It needs something besides father and mother, and an open tire, and the oat on the hearth. The first element in the home is the house itself, which needs to be distinctly differentfrom any other 00050 in sight. Then there needs to he sono+ land around a house before it can be 'real homey.' -It eives playroom for the eyes as well as for the feet. A wide range of solemn woods will do more for child lu a week -than yeL'ow bricks bind -- paving :tonns will do for him in n year t OT eve -r do for hint. It le a great thing for n child to grow up Within earshot of a babbling brook. There is a kindof musicaluess of spirt' that will become his in that way he wlit, never be able to ac- quire from a piano tether or a fiddling master. This wide range of prospect will eleo companion him with the bright and the more earnest moods of the great mother earth on whore bosom he is being nourished. He will have opportunity to see the days brighten In the east In the morning, and hie soul will unconsciously absorb somo of the glory of the setting sun. Children in the city bardly ever see the sun come up or go down. It simply grows light about the time they have to get up and grows dark a dozen or so hours later. To a child in the country there is ,like- - wise opportunity for him to see 1.1 rain. Thorn is a great difference between rain and falling water. Rain In the city Is only wetness broken loose, and Is cal- culated only In terms of street -cleaning and aqueduct supply. A square mile of rails or a dozen square miles is a differ- ent matter, and is unoonsotouoly con- strued by tbo child as being a mood of ,Nature's mind rather than a hydropa- thio uncorking. Still mare Impressive upon the child's mind are the strange commnnicatfuns rade to him by the lightning flashing above him across a 7<.lttindred miles of country sky, and the • Weird aurora And the swift and blazing track of 'falling stars,' tbnt:make him 'feel how solomnly close to hlin is Vie goat wonderful world above the clouds." Telephone Weather Bulletins. A very important step has been taken ill the organization of a suppleinentnry weather warning service by means of the telephone, and a pion le now bei - ft proposed for nffordino ton large number dofnlnuultioo the advilntages of the $o'w deheme. In New -Yorks the local tele hone company hss placed at the 'Aoi'ViCo of the ehiof of the weather sig- , nttliiig "ttopttttmpft a telephone to be eWceaaither. orb oat8othe i bneral ti h, heed otly' i giving spooint information lie.iAr0 be1u foranswer's to ylaTlMli axis` time,. and he • Clinton sure of an immediate reply. Moreover, any subscriber who wishes to have all important weather news can send his name to the. telephone company and he will thereafter be telephoned by them whenever any marked ohange 15 expect- ed. Those special warnings, all of which are to be sent to the offioe of the telephone company and from there to the subscribers wishing to receive them, include all heavy storms, cold waves, warm waves, sleet and . storms, etc. This movement for bringing the weather reports • more within the reach of the general public has the strong support of the chief of the Weather Bureau at Wash- ington, and he bas written to all the principal -cities urging the making of the necessary arrangements. In this way the country wilt be practically covered. The value of such a service to business men will readily be seen. Shippers, for instance, often Wish to know before de- ciding on unpacttng or unloading per- ishable goods whether there is an proba- bility of cold weather, and t...,y 14, N. hlthertg, bean tb Ited to the two fore- fs n day given In the papers, unless they went to same trouble to get the most recent probabilities. Men who are contemplating building ditches, repair- ing houses, doing a hundred things that would be interfered with by a storm: are constantly sending to the weather Bur- eau for special lofnrnintlon. When the weather In generrtl is warm and floe there is comparatively little Inquiry, hut as soon as the season of storm and frost begins, questions pour in from the ad- joining eountry, as well as from the city. The forecasts as at present made are of great value in preventing loss to many oommurrial interests. The new ar- rangement, which makes thein more nas- lly 0060891 WO. promises to be highly ap- preolated by the public. Inhallug Absinthe. Nearly every man has his pet cures for the various lila of which mankind is hair, and there are probably hundreds of cure -1 f, It headache which their inventors will proudly tell you "have never been known to fall." But it remains for a Girard House bartender to suggest a remedy which le ae simple as he olaime it to be effective. "Absinthe," eays this modern priest of Baoohue, "posses- ses remarkable curative powers, and ea a destroyer at headache it bas no squat Tho beauty of it le that you don't have to endanger your mental equilibrium by drinking it. Just take a few drops in the palm of the bend, rub both hands together until the liquor le par- tially absorbed into the skin, then oon- ver the face with your bands and in- hale the odor until you can no longer detect it. It is a positive oure."--- Philadelphia Record. A Bottle at Sea. On the 20th of August last, as a party of business men of Pawtucket, R L,was enjoying a day of fishing on Long Island Sound, the idea was broaohed to throw over a bottle and see how long it would bo before the bottle tynktOkiiit en shore, and how'long before,Uhoi tq Wopld get woad from it. So ak:.'tato •Vi ip • *intim netting slid' 8nd, t Of •th11 'boitla ,to'„for- ward the neje Se the oddreaa or one .of the, perty,iit thla city rift SAM ':t*ll4'it ,.wail - bound, kid its a• utile.;ineentiv'e to the finderto telae this bl oflbl4 niia,. .1te et 0, pease of mailing, a dime was placed 1n the bottle with the note. Then the bot- tle was tightly corked and thrown ittto the sound. Day before yesterday morn- ing the man whose address wasqn the note received a letter from James Smith, of Shelter Island, L. L, contain- ing the bottled note, and stating that the bottle was picked up by him on the 20th inst., on the south shore of Shelt- er Island—just three months to a day from the time It was thrown over. A Passing Cloud. j There was an angry light in her dark eyes as she paced the floor restlessly. It was a painful discovery for the happy bride of three months—this little packet indorsed in hor husband's handwriting, "July, 1893.” And the lock of raven hair—she crushed it fiercely in her hand as she glanced In the mirror at the re- flection of her ori n blonde tresses. "July, 1893." Why. at that tone be was her devoted admirer, her slave, her declared and accepted lover! She sat down and hurled her fano in her hands. Suddenly she started up joyous- ly. It was nil clear to her now. The ex- planation of the mystery had dawned upon her. in July, 1893, she bad been a brun- ette! Too Much Glory. A noted oolloge football player recently sent an order to a press clippings bureau for all newspaper references to himself. The charge for the clippings was 5 cents apiccu. At the and of two weeks the famous youth countermanded his order in a note, stating that he had no idea of the ascent of his fame, and had discover- ed that his glory exceeded his Income. A Chinese Proverb. Arthur H. Smith, in his wonderfully bright, accurate, and yet somewhat mis- leading book called "Chinese Charaoteris- tics," quotes the Chinese proverb that "one man should not enter a temple, end two mon should not look together into a well," adding, "Anil why,we n-luire In surprise, should not one man enter a temple alone? Because the priest may take advantage of the opportunity to make away with him! Two men should not gaze Into at well, for 1f one of them le in debt to the other, or hoe In his posses - Rion something which the other wants, that other may seize the occasion to push his companion into the well !"—" Respon- slhility Among the Chinese," by Prof. C. M. Cady, In the January Century. Meant If III Cottons From the Orient. Sonne of the Eastern cottons, with thou rloh colorings Intermixed with the sheen of metal threads, keep their color and their brightness so long that they are an excellent investment for the economical woman who likes artistic things. A square of such a fabric, ooeting not more than $2, lately seen, had as a background a thin white cotton, nnder which was the glint of gold threads made silvery by the white to even over them. The fabrio was figured with soft shades of blue, rose, olive and yellow,and although It had been In use two years Wee beautiful as at first, looking like somo'prioeless treasure from the Orient, Such bite tor.. tabio'apread oe pillo'v ooter are often tb be tonnd ill the uphalbter' dt)partnient o>~ litre city stored ,of till, :i)Qtter.olaI or at titolied, niaking' a bpebialty �f gaeterfi.g06dltr, LIQUOR STATISTICS. One Drinking Place for Every Ninety. Three Men In the Country. There are 808, 888 retail liquor dealers in the United States holding licenses tram the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and 4,555 wholesale liquor dealers. There are 1(1,488 others who deal only in malt liquors at retail and 5,865 who sell only malt liquors by wholesale, making a total of 229,084. In addition to these there are 1,440 reotlllers and 1,771 brew- ers, making a grand total of 282, 295 per- sons or Urine who hold licenses from the Government of the United States to make and sell intoxicating drinks. Am -inning the pepulatlou of the Ung States to he 65.000,)OC, this gives An average of one liquor dealer to overt' HO mon, women and ohildeere Atsifumieo.r again that 'wo-thirds of the population ars ---,,anon and children, and temperance people who do not patronize saloons, 1t will be seen that there is one drinking place for an average of ninety-three men 1n the country. This 18 a good text for temperance advocates. There has been a decided falling off in the number of licenses issued from previ- ous years, which is said to be due to hard times. Since July there haa been a steady increase, which indicates a return of prosperity. During the fiscal year ended June 80, 1894, there wore fifty-four more licenses issued to rectifiers than for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1895, sixty- four more to brewers, ten more to whole - gale liquor dealers, 2,182 more to retail dealers in malt liquors and 7,081 more to general retail liquor dealers. The largest number of saloon licenses issued In any one state was 41,178 In Now York. Illinois ham the second place with 17,888, Ohio 15,817, Pennsylvania 14,118 and California 19,762. Among the pro- hibition states Iowa seems to have the most prosperous liquor traffic. She has 1A reotitlers, 18 breweries. 78 wholesale liquor dealers, 4,081 retail liquor dealers, 918 wholesale dealers In malt liquors, 380 retail dealers in malt liquors only, making a total of 5,218 engaged in the liquor business. Kansan domes next with 2,570 persons engaged in making and selling liquor, including one rectifier, two brewers, thirteen wholesale and 2, 225 retail liquor dealers, 59 wholesale and 270 retail dealers in beer. It is a curious foot that there are 085 more, persons and firms engaged In the liquor business in the prohibition state of Iowa than In Kentucky, whero the manufacture of whisky Is considered a fine art and its consumption an e000m- pllehment. In the state of Maine 1,149 persons are licensed to manufacture and sell liquor, In the Territory of Alaska 84, In Okla- homa 675 and In Indian territory 22), Utah is as from from the whisky business as any other state or territory. There are lees than 400 saloons, or ono to every 520 of the population, be the last census. tint this estimate to not quite fair to Utah, because the population has grown rapidly during the last five years and is now believed to ox000d 850,000, which would give one saloon to every 875 poo- ple. Thp First District of .11llnols, - in Widen the i lty iii Ohleago ie located, had the bettor of holing credited with the get number Of liquor ileeneelP-10et>fiere; 1,384 bteiVdr,i• Qt:Wrldteselb ligtiox. •thiel ale, 961; retail liquor dealers, 18,567; 'Wholesale malt liquor dealers, 208; retail Malt liquor dealers 784, making a total of 14,982. The Fourteenth District of New York oomes second, with 10,810. Alaska, Indian T, rritory, North Dakota and Vermont are the only states and territories without liquor dealers. Alas- ka, Florida, Indian territory, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, Vermont and 'Wyoming have no breweries.—Ohloago $ioord. A Large -Hearted Musician. Gottschalk's generosity has been the subject of many anecdotes. Wandering into a music hall to New Orlie one evening he hear,, the .ranger announce that s little girl, wt.o was to play the piano, was ill and ('Onld not appear. Gottschalk went behind the scenes and volunteered to take her place. The little girl was delighted, but remarked doubt- fully: " Yon had better look at the some. This pteoo le rather difficult." Gottschalk gravely observed that he thought he emil,l manage 11, and was permitted to go "n 1111` stage. Tho audi- ence reengnlzed hint, and, of course, went wild with delight. Before he loft thr, stage the great artist emptied all his small change into his hat and sent It around among the audience for a oolleotlon for his little protegee—o kindness which resulted In a substantial benefit for the grateful !assts.—Chicago Blvening Poet. eeessary. It bas been said that men have got to be loved into the kingdom, not thought into It; but till, does not state the whole truth. They must be both "loved" and "thought into it"; yea, more, must be brought Into it. Andrew was not con- tent with either loving or thinking about his brother. but conducted Peter to Jesus. The apostles had love and thought, for sin Dore, but rested not until they had done their utmost to bring them Into Riving conneotion wish Him who alone ,lin Have. Mind, heart and effort must he unitedly enlisted In hu- man redemption. The Spiller Tree. Dr. Welwttsoh, who has recently explor- ed the country abnut Gape Negro, In Africa, tells of a ourlous plant called the spider tree 1t grows on windy plains, Its stem attaining a diameter of four feet, although it does not exceed one foot in height• It puts out two leaves, each six or eight, feet in length, and those are spilt by the whiffing of the wind into a num- . ber of stiff, narrow ribbons, bearing no little resennldanoe to the legs of a gigantic epldor. This resemblance becomes start- ling when a strong breeze pats the leg like loaves into rapid motion, and the negroes ehiveringly exclaim that the groat spider Is struggling to get loose. Clara In Corn poettion . Totteber—Now, children, I will give you three wbrds—Boys, BOOM and Beare; and I want you to compose a sentence 'Whiob will include all throe words. Small Boy --I have 1t. Teacher—John McCarthy, yon mevy give us yotir sentence. John „McCarthy--11oys Nee bare whin they gone it► evrltnn11n`." SWEARING OFF. APhilosophlo Saloonkeeper Lament this Annual Custom. Hone, who bolds out on the corner and kelps to make the bichloride of gold cure a necessity, is no lover of the great an- neal otl„ftpm of swearing off. He doesn't salt away as much money as usual dor. Ing the first month of the year. It 1s se different from December, when mora liquor is consumed than In any other month. Hans knows the reason, too. Then it is his customers make up their minds to swear off and turn over a new leaf at the *.ginning of the year. The MAD who so resolves begins to drink harder than ever, and keeps it up to the last moment, hoping thereby to gain some consolation for the self-imposed pirvation of the coining year. Bat by the beginning of February Hans Is smiling again, for a big bottle trade has set in. The man who haa sworn off can stand it no longer. He 1e ashamed to come In himself and held up the bar,so be sends some one to buy him a bottle to drink on the sly at (tome. Hans smiles again, for he knows that two weeks of this hypocrisy 1s sufficient to wean bank the host hardened sinner, and he obuokles to himself as his oas- tomers one by one, deep in again as of yore. Not one will admit that be had sworn off and can stand it no longer. In- stead, he looks foolish and makes up a threadbare excuse. Hans has beard 90 many of Nunn that he says they moo him tired. He hates to see an old frier. wrestling with the truth, no he bas had an assortment of the excuses printed o11 a ear4. As each swear -off prodigal re- turns llama hands him a card and lee him take Ilia oholoo.Thie is Hane's oardi 1. "I have been out of the city Bind 1 New Year, and have just returned." 2. " I suppose you hoard I buried my grandmother since New Years" 8. "I sprained my ankle and was housed up for a month. 4. "A friend of mind trade me a proven% of enough whiskey to last me six weal& " 5. "My throat has been so swollen sinal Now Year that I couldn't Mal- low a hit." An 01d MR, 131111e. Among tho oontents of a library at Lyons wan recently found a portion of the Pentateuch of one of the oldest manu- script Bibles In the world. "For some time," says the Petit Journal, "It been well known that the Blbll de l.yonn poesesseu an incomplete of this rare work, but the stran� is that the manuscript found rary of M. de Verna In tjl/ neceesary to complete this ibllographloal treteure, with tho exception of one chapter from the Book of Judges." a- anegne iortion thing he 118 - exact part D k. Wants a Literary Career. "I am undecided whether to enter Pole' or religion." " I thougnt you intended todeveksf haft —ssas life to litrature4" ''So I do; but I thought if 1 ootllf Ylr1E' gain a little no.orioty as either, prOnotier, or president, I wogld have no •:aittienit gaining adreit 31111 "to. the Iaieg,asifiettr" New Vogl; Ilar:tlii,