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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1900-08-31, Page 3v• eV ea. 40 Why let . all your neigh- bors and friends . think you must be twenty years -older than you are? Yet it's impossible to look young with the color of. 70 years in the hair. It's sad to see young persons look prematurely old . in this way. Sad be -- cause it's all unneces- • sary; for gray hair ,• may always be re- stored to its n a t • ural color in u s- vIQb • For over haff a cen- - tury this has been the . standard hair prepara- , • tion. It is an elegant dressing; stops fall- • ing of the\hair; makes . the hair grow; and cleanses the scalp from dandruff. 2 $1.00 a bottle. All dragghts. 4, I lime been using Ayer 's Nair • 17=111,°rrecegnlinencfrtio tahnedpirsgri as tee nest hair tonio in existence." Me. G. L. Am:mason, Alan 24, 1809. Neter, Tee. ▪ If you do not obtain ths bassets you expected from the viger, write , the Doctor about it. Address, .1. ce Anne ' • ' Lowe% Noss- Aer • Day Mills, algama, To the Editor of the New bra. of theniece. But lose he couldn't, and I DEAR Sin: -You and yieur numerous soon dropped out, being broke, to evatch readers may be interested with a little his play and marvel at his ever increasing news from Algoma. These are scores pile. He soon had a crowd around him, of families and vnung ,nen up here who which added to his embarrassment, and zome frnm old Aurora On.. who in most ,be appealed to me -to help him get broke, cases are doing , well. We have room as he wanted to get out and did not vetint for _thousands of settlers, plenty 0f to take any of the bank's money with Government land at 50c an acre. This him. ,. is a hilly country with very good land"ye — ell, this was the funniest snap 1 in the plainaand valleys. We have ever experienced in my life cl' over. 70 lots of small lakes and beautiful scenery years. There sat the senator and myself excellent water and gnod fishing ; we playing for all we were 'Worth toreduce can grow all kinds of grain 'and 'roots to petfection, all kinds of apples and his winnings, and, play any way we chose, the piles of chips increased. 1, haft grow; here a good opening here Who had,, been so unlucky, .cauglit the for a general seore, a -blacksmith and fever of he senator's luck, and I won in other trades r we haye churches and name.. a streak. schools, valley mills .and saw Yeur townsman W. D,eherty &Co.haye "The senator's face was as white as a Umbel, limit, arid at e getting. their his shirt, and he was as seared re nran as loge cut here. I must not fen get to tell ever I saw hi my life. But the play Went you there are alot et Huron Orange- on, and owircg to the fact that at. that Men up here, the lodges all went up to time there was no limit at Priegle's the the Atnerican Soo on the 12th of July, bets. were so high that the modern 25 in the cent chin player would get the grip HI there were thirty live lodges procession. There are a lot of Boers should mention the size of the bets. . HE WANTED TO LOSE. BUT THE SENATOR WON THOUSANDS AGAINST HIS WILL An rintere.iting atelier et st. Coined,' /enacted In letringie's Famous Gaza, Whew teetabitehment WalsediSs. ton In Antebellum Dare. • "I earne here with the first senator e from Minnesota after the territory was, admitted as a state," said Colonel Cole Martin to a group of listeners one even- ing. "Henry N. Mee served one term as ., United States -senator, and I, being e 'res- ident of St, Paul when he was elected by •the. legislature and taking part in the fight.conclucled come on to Washing- ton, as in those days, 1858, Washington wee a wide open town, awl 'faro was. as free then- as a beer lunch is now. Of course I. had acquaintance among the • • sports, and shortly after I elected my -etepeee+a-theeeapital the senator invited • me to visit him'. "While Meking the, rounds one. after- . noon we got hungry, and I invited him into Pringle's. Pringle's at this time was the.finest gambling house in Washington, The proprietor served three eleganteneals a day to his guests and patrons without charge. It was a rendezvous for all manner,and kinds of men with money. You could meet there in groups a foreign embassador, a United States 'smuttier, •judgeit, generals and, of college, men, like myself, who followed the green cloth as a profession. , "1 was then. in or at about my. thirtieth • year aud thought no more of 'win or. lose' $5,000 than I -would now of a single $5 bill. There were no 10 or 25 cent chips le those days. The, 'whites' cost $1, the , very lowest price for them. Nobody thought ot buying a .stack of chips under hi $50, and play was gh. I. veas as high a roller tut the best of thene, for just pre- vious to my arrival in Washington 1 had i lost as ',banker' •• in- two nights over •.- • • ell, Senator Rice and myself enjoy'- . ed Priegle's fine epread. I introduced the senator, and, as he had never played a card, like old Matt Carpenter,. he knew all the !boys' add was gracious and dem-, °creek in his associations with them. Ere felt embarrassed over eating such an elegent meal and not having to pay for it. • "Passing .a faro 'layout' In • the next ' room, he -threw down- a $5 golderece on a-. card expecting to lose it. To his surprise and chagrin, however, he 'won. This. • made the 'matter worse than ever, as he, • did not want to win, bet to 'loge the $5 as ' an. indirect payment for the meal he had . eaten. While. he was •.a quandary I bought a stack of chips and soon became absorbed in the game. • . • • . "The .senator's bets' were pieced hap- hazard, he not. knowing .whether they.. were placed right or not , and not caring, e :except that he Wanted to lose and get out • in .the American Soo, they show their "Finally Mr. Pringle etteled me to on.e, teetb, hut are afraider, bite. gide and told me that -his partnere ov- a _ Yours truly, W. HARM, • jected to the game without a limit. • He • was willing himself to play the bank without It but he was compelled to defer "HIGH". LIVING. to the wishes of his partners and would place the limit ut $250 abet. .4 Three Remarkable •Weeks of It In "He said It was all right to have me 0• the Petersburg Trenches. • - play on as he liked ine and all Duet but "Speaking of •delietteies," iaid . ati old was the first man who ever forced hiM veteran of one of the Louisiana regiments eta pet a limit oh the groin. 'When I' re - the othier afteeneon, "the highest living turned he the table, I quietly informed the - that ever fell to iny lot' was derhig thkee • senator, anil he looked distressea, as he weeks in the winter and ,sPring of 1.865 • saw no chance, from his point of view, in that Ie spent in the trenches at 'Peters- getting' rid of his winnings, st, a .$250 berg. I den't mean to say that the bill of • limit. , fare would greedy appeal to me now, hut ;Wei Played until midnight, and the at the time of which I speak I thought I senator at last yielded to fatigue -and or - was living in royal style."dereil me be cash. in. Wien he counted The. reporter to whom he was talking the roll in his room, our joint winnings remarked at this point that, while he had not been there at the time, he had al- ways understood from those "who had ethat the trenches of I'etersburg did not . afford much scope for • the gormand. Then the veteran continued: "It came about in this Way: There. Were eight of us in our mess, and all of us ext eept one had managed be get through the winter with some sort of eovering for • our feet. We called them 'shoes' then, but 1 don't subpoee Old the term would be used by many people of the present generation who are tired to hatent leath- er, vici kid and tan shoes. . The eighth man, however, had gone barefooted from November, 1864, until the middle of Feb- ruary, 1865, I don't know how it came about, but he was finally issued a par of new shoes. The dee the shoes were given we all withered about him end ex- amined them with euriosity..and, it must be confessed, a rather envious interest. were 3xist $31,800, of whIch sum he • tanked me ,as my share to $10,000. Said • be when he gave me the Money: " 'elhrtine1 never played a card In my life before this afternoon. and I will neve er play anothete oue • as long as I live. This money I will do tennething with which shall not immediately benefit my- self or my family.' . • • • visited St: Paul 20 years after this occurrence and met the• 'senator. True to • his Word, he had never touched 'a' Caed, and I learned from others who got wind of the play in Washington that the seri- titer's Winnings were expended in help- ing struggling young fellows to get a start in life, aecomprinied in every earl° by the condition that they should' never piny hi. a• gaming. house. • venture to say that this is the most remarkable case on • record of a manse uneepected and undesired large winnings terning him .against gambling and card Our mesetnate-lookechtt the themse-theth -playingqind searing -him -aimed to death. - et his bare feet and then at us, as if de- • bating a serious problem. Time he said: 'I'll tell you what we'll do. I've gone barefooted for so long that l'reekon 1 can stand it now until summer. If two of yea fellows will take these shoes and trade 'env off for souiething to eat, I'll make a contribution to the bill of fare of the mess.' "That night two of us slipped out from the trenches, got through the Yankee lines and went 20 miles out in Dioeviddie county to a gristmill. We succeeded in trading the shoes for two bushels of cornmeal and bore It back in triumph. dll,, ter, for two weeks our mess lived 11 e lords. Three times a day we had cornmeal 'coffee,' tornmeal cakes and cornmeal gravy, and I reekon when we surrendered at Appomattox we were the eight fattest Courecieenees elaant ever e01 hold of.' The late Xing Humbert hat' left hand- some patrimony, which fa estimated at from 000,000 to 01,200,000, SEXTBNOED TO DEATH. “You are in the led stages Of Consamp. tion and cannot live more than a month," Were the weed(' af doom heard by 111re Rosa Itichardeon, of • Laurel Springs, N. O., from her dootoro, "but ohe began to use Dr. King' -3 ildW Discovery') writes L. Daughton, of that place, "and was wholly cured by it. She is now a stout, well , Women." IVO the enpretrie cure for so+ desperate oistases of throat and Tangs, In. fallible /or Coughs, colcls, Brotiehitie, Arithielf, Croup, Whooping Cough Guar. anted bottles 50s. and 61 00. Veal bottles free at all drug stores, • • 1 wits then so reckless with money that • It made no sort of difference to me wheth- er I won or lost $20,000, so, you can im- agine how I regarded the senator's squeamishness. ' "Ilut you see he was right after all and took the proper view of the matter, for money which eomes easy in a winhing at • faro goes' easy the same way. In a week I had lost the $10,000 and ,thought 00 more of it tnap. I do now of losing a $10 hill" •. Boni Made Books. "What's you game?" asked -the man . With the big cigar in the Pullman. "If you mean my profession," replied the other with diheity, "rot a milker of books." • "And I've a bookmaker," celed the first heartily, "Shaker' According to chemical analyeis, 15 pails of the flesh of fish havo about the same nutritive value as 12 parts of bone- less beef, • When first knoWn to the Itomane silk wits so dear that it tvas sold weight for weieht with gold. . _ Shobik Bey, head of the cipher letirettu of the Foreign Office, ha a been appointed Turkidh Minister to the United Staten in pittee of All Farm& Rey, recalled. , Children will go aleighing, They re. ' turn (severed with snow. Half a teermoon- fill of Pain -Killer in hot Miter will prevent ()Vote Avoid mibetitutes, there's but 500, one Perry Davis', 25e. and THE CLINTON NEW ERA 'IVRONTO W NZWS NOTZEJ. STONE EIALI..AST SAVES LIFE. Duting the past few yore The Toronto World has been building up a remarkable reputation as a reliable authority on fin. twee, commerce end the mining industry, / also 4r its report° of the live stook mar- ket. • In these departments The World em- ploys a stied' of men specially qualittea by sotual personal experieme to handle the question's with wheal they leave to deal, This is why people interested in these subjede are regular readers of the World. SHANGHAI -I NO SAILORS. The B ink of England rate on die - count is unchangedritt 4 per Vint. Hon. George W. Ross laid the cor- ier-atone, of St. Andrew's church, Parry Sound. A Ilrutrill Custom of Small craft Sea'. • veal Tears Ago. few years ago whet) the smaller sail. Ing vessels used to make frequent voy ages to this pert for cotton cargoes the police authorities lind troubles of their own"! In trying to to esliangbai-ing" of • sailors,• which was 80 common at that time: It was not an easy matter M. pick up a crew, and sailor people were aot. friendlily disposed taward the slow Alps which eame in, Offers of big wages had to be muds, and . even this failed some- times to bring the results wanted. Bee sides. the ship people were not inclined to s pay big .wages whip by a little shrewd and clever work they could shanghai a crew for nothing. • In the little earrooms which •tionrished along the renter Phut poor unfortunate • devils were drugged and smuggled aboard ship at night to wake up with eicrociate ing pains when the ship was kinking her way on the deep. That waking was not a pleasant moment. Negroes were fre- quently gli there& in the nets, but the efie- eueohe Wen , , _estenewhat after a •t aim seen, e che hairgeee, „white . men, . The young prom:her-had been shanghaied and carried' to 'St. Petersburg*. He managed to write home months later of his advert, Cure, when hie family and friende hful given him up for dead. The preacher told of his hard life on the ship and the -blies-. tigation. as to the cause of his beingtaken elY frightened the shanghai crowd so that it wes less dengeroue to • strangers to • reel along the water frou , • One a. corpse was shanghaied. There .was a captain of. a bark who came here on frequent trips aid who was consider- ydthe most brutal man. that ever sailed a ship. • He never hired. n crew because ehoy all knew him too well, and he had to changehis customs in order telkeep. a few good Men, ' But the recruits had to suffer. Oee night a tramp.staggered in- to :ii water 'front bar and shivered as he tried to hug the stove.. A man who no- • Aim] him .saw that he was dying. ,Tlitv poor fellow, killed by drink, staggered in-, • to the street again and died: Two men • •.cOnSidered , the, swiftest .::things known here in theshanghai ing. line sawthe cheace of •a 'rola dollars, and the body :Was •quickly stolen. The bad captain. had alreiti13, offekee 'them good pay for erecruits, but they hale failed to fine any ,. Theshipwas to sail .the emit • morning. • At midnight th'e two experts -walked up •,the gangplank with the muffled 0gure. It Was stowed away. "We gave him a big • dose," said the men, "'and you must not - wake him for 36 ours.". They..got their pay and left the ship. •• When the time was hp, the captain had the. figure dragged' out. • He kicked it when it cud not rise. Other .kicks failed , to emove It. • Then he saw the man was dead, and the body .was tossed overboara, without ceremony. The captain thought the niaie had died Aboard ship, .aeld noth- ing was said. But when he gritback to. Charleston some months later and heard of the fake he was Oghting mad and re- - fused . to 'tette subjects from Charleston ever afterward. ' The engagement of 44 leen mina to Prinve Frederick Adolf, of Meohlenburg-Schteerin, is announced. The people of Montreal are very undone to give e reception to the invalided Canadian soldiers returning on the Lake Ontario. That Hacking Cough is a warning not to be lightly treated. Pyrhe Pectoral oures with absolute certainty all recent °oughts and oolds, Teke it in time, Manatee - Weed by the proprietore ot Perry Davis' Fain -Killer. An official despatch from Korea says that a thousandrebels have at- t_acked Songchhig and burned the Government buddinglocated there, • The French Government asked the Foreigh Commissioners at the Paris Exposit' in to make •recommendations for the Leanne of Honor, The United States Commission make ninety applications,twice Os many as the other commissions.. , General Deblity and* "run down" state calls for a general tonic to the system. Such is the D, & L Emulsion. Builds you np', increases your weight, gives health. Blade by Dayis sad Lawrence Co„ Ltd. A despatch from Rome declares that an important medical discovery, the awn of .Brighttes disease, has been made by Dr. Ovid Brown, formerly of New York and now of Rome. The German Consul at Shanghai re- ports that "the allies have entered Pe- kin without fighting, and that the Le- gations are relieved andthe foreigners Liberated." The news is confirmed frota other sources. • 'The business now is not what it used ee !motile larger vessels with more busi- nesslike mediae' ilia-eent heretote eoth ton. With the disappearance of. the smaller craft there is little or no shang- hai-ing, and the then who made a living by drugging unfortunates bave quit the field."—Charleston Letter in Atlanta Con- • stitution. • •. HAVE YOU MADE CHOICE Have you made choice of a druggist to whom you can go at all times with a cer- tainty of getting just what you require? If you have not yet made a choice, we re.. speottully request that you give us a trial. Our stook of pure drugs, peefumes, bruslrr OB, combs, sponge's and general toilet sup- plies is large and varied, and our prices the lowest. • . Meng Sum Pewee Weil,, Paine's Celery Compottnd, the world's greatest and best medicine makes sick peo- ple well, Thousands of testimonials from She best people have established the fad that Paine's Celery Composted is the only honest and reliable medioine for hdt weath- er ailmente. Our stook of Paine's Celery • Compound is always frerth ; get your sup- ply from us. H, B. Combe, Druggist, (Minton, Ont. • Firebugs are working in Brockyille, The new United States census gives Philadelphia's •population as $1,203,- 097. , A serious 'uprising against she royal • faixtily is reported to be in progress in Roma. The Socialist Labor party of Lon- don, Ont., has decided to nominate a candidate for the Conetnons. • . TOOTHACHE 2 DAYS. , Mrs Feta Nedaen, Eel River Crossing, N. Be se,ye—"I had toothache for two days' and cetild get nothing to atop it until- ' gotLow'a Toothache Gum, whioh quick- . _ r Gerald Sifton and Walter Herbert Were committed for trial at London on the charge of murdering 'Joseph Sifton. Charlet' Iron, a Montreal pressmen, upset &lamp, which set fire to his infant ,The mother rushed to the child's aesistaime, and both veer° probably fatally burned. , A I AMILY MEDIC/INK Mrs D. Williams, Gooderham, Ont. writes—"I have used Ilagyard's Yellow Oil for barna, melds, sprains and bruises, and it has always given satiefaction. It fp a splendid fatnily medicine, it can be put to cm many different usee." Price 25o, The trial of 25 prisoners concern- ed 111 plague riots has resulted in the condemnation to death of twenty of the accused, the trans- portation of one and the acquittal of 1011r. A special to the Chronicle from Salt Lake City says: Joseph B. Noble, father of the first polygatrioue child ;horn after that tenet was introduced into the Mormon church, was buried, at, Bountiful, Utah.. The funeral set. - vice was attended by 30 of his child - ten, St of his grandchildren and a number of his great-grandchildren. Mr Noble hashed six wives, 47 child. ren; of whom 33 sre living, and 12$ grandchildren. lie was a Massachu- setts shoemaker, when Brieham Young went to his native town in 1832 and converted him among several. Children. Ors/ for CASTOR IA. • Weman otten reterred to by nvan as "doubling his joys and halving hie sorrows." That may be complimentary but it woula soom to be rather bled on the woman, For in plain terme it meene that where things are going well with the man hie wife makes them go better. Bat when things are go- ing ill with him, he expects his wife to share half bis burden. And there's more truth than poetry in 'this presentation of masculine selfishness. Men don't appre- ciate the fad that the strein of motherh od alone ie bukden bigger than all the loads that rest (Iron male shoulders. They see the wife grow thin, pale, nervom and tvi rn Without a thought that she is over•barden- ed. Among the pleasant lettere receiyed from Dr, Pieroe are those from husbands who have waked up before it is too late, to the crushing burdens laid upon . the wife, and in setaroh for belp have found in Dr. Pierce's FavoritePresoription reetorative • whioh bas given back to the mother the health of the maideh'and the meidenes hap- piness, Fsvorite Prescription always helps, and almost always mires. It has perfeetly mired ninety-eight out of every hundred women' who have used it when afflicted with diseases peculiar to women. , , • The only infereriee to be drawn from this is that the World regards. Sir Charles as weal- ' The 'Metbodist 20th 'Centuey Fond has in Canada already passed the $000,- 000 mark. D:. Poeta thinks that over a million dollitrs be collected be- fore the yeateeeds. The following few items' were clipped • from the St. Paul's Industrial School Advance of.Middle'cleurch. Man., pub- liehed by the students, and which will be of localeiritorest to many around here:—"Rev. Jas. Hodgins. Rector of St James' church, Seaforthebrotber of Mrs Rey.. J. H. Fairlie, was an inter- • ested visitor to our school one day re- cently. and having, never seen Indians • before was highly delighted with what he saw end heara'. Mr Hodgins preached an able sermon in Trinity, chukcETWineipeg, last bundaY morn- ing evhich Was favoi ably commented upon. He is on his way to Carberry, where he going to exchange work with the Rev, Geo. Gill for three 'menthe," In these days of unitations It Is well for everyone- to be careful what he buys. Especially is this necessary when a mat ter of health is involved. There are so many imitations of Doates Kidney Pille on the market—some of them absolutely worthless—that we ask you to be particulat to see that the fell name and the trade mark teethe Maple Leaf are on every box you buy. Without ihis you are not getting the oeiginal Kidney Pill, which has cured so many, severe cases of kidney complaint in the United States, Australia and England, as well as hers in Canada. The Doan Kidney Pill Co., Toronto. Lesseno the Number of Vermeils Kill- ed WWI* Walking the Tracks'. 4' "It has never atipeared yet as an Item among those published in reports of vital statistics relating to rani:mule," said it , railroad official, "but it is a fact all the ! same that thestone ballasting of rine l• • roads has been a great )14 saver on roads..1 that have adopted the uso of that kind '• of ballast. I don't mean that it has less- ened the (tankers ,ot travel to those who use railroad care in their journeyings about the country, but that it has taken In a great meausre the I etas f travel from those who use the 'tracks and uot the cars in getting from point to tenet. "In the days of graeel aud cinder bal- last the roadbeds had become Smooth and solid highways that Were pleasant and easy for pedestrians, and the rail- • roads were the popular routes not only foe the professional tramp in his wanderings, but for mechanics who found the rail- road tracks convenient for. short eutsbe- tween their working places and their homes, and for farmers living near - towns, who chose the 'hard roadbeds not • only as- nearer routes, but much more to • their liking than the muddy, rough or dusty evagoil roads for their trading trips •tvlaere a whgon was not "required. • "No matter how many of these pedee- Wane; whether eromps or others, might be run down by rushing and confusing railway trellis, and melt 'fatalities- were alarmingly frequent, the ever tereatening dangers of the track were as nothiug compared with its convenience and com- fort, and pedestrianism of this kind not only was not scared off, but it actually increased. Stringent railroad orders against walking on the roadbed, enforced by strict petite rules, Could not affect this • practice in the least, and the cars went on killing men, women and childreuwith frightful- regularity. But the inventien ' of the stone crusher, witheut baying 'this puepose at all in view, has accomplished what -constant menace to, life, and -.limb ' never could have done. The dumping along the railrottd tracks of rough and jagged bits or stone has Changed them from smooth highways to jagged paths that cue the .boots and hurt the feet and eneke the course ef the. walker not WY." difficult and 'slow, but exceedingly pain- ful. . "Itwill tire tr num more to walk a mite on a shine ballasted railroad bed than it will t� walk ten .on even the poor- • est turnpike or country highway; to say, • nothing of the wear and tear of foot- • , gear. Theeprofessional .tramp_is never so well ehed that he cares to risk his feetto • wounds his leather' is prov.ertess. to pre - rent, and he hates mitre 'exertion. "So, with teeny anathemes on the economy that has covered the railroads • with bruising ,and wearying • stone.. he : shuns them and grumblingly . seeks the • • longer country roads. . Others and repu- • table people who. Imbitualle, usethe treeks 'as, pathways have been framed to, : leave them with like regret, and -they use. hard% languege against. the railroad hem- paniets." • • • . .• . • All Kinds of Shoes • MtCPHEItS�N Fire, .- Lire - Acentent, • rime Glues. • OFFICE. - MacKay fiLocit. CLINTON . - jA00B 'TAYLOR • Clinton, Chat. General District agent for the Confederation Life Xnsu ranee Co for Stratford and Goderi cb, inelusive, All In ormation relating to ins mance gladly given Money to loan at reasonable rates. . Office in P21111011 Bleek JOHN W. 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Every pair Goodyear welted. $3.50 and $5.00. 0 • 00 • OP • 000 0 • 00 • 00 00 000 000 0004000000 Jackson Bros„ Sole Agents for Clinton. 0000,0, ingaZ a • .4) Mangal=1,64,A3EIMMLbideasi For pure blood, A bright eye and A clear complexion, A keen appetite, An easy digestion And refreshing sleep. IOE ri3tors Sarsa arilla It arouses the Liver, Quickens the circulation, Brightens the spirits and Generally, makes life worth living. 'Sixty sewn years trial have proved It to be beyond question, the most reliable BLOOD purifier known. All the leading Dringgists sell BRISTOL'S SAHAP.ABILLA. For "Story of South Africa," by John Clark' Ridpiith, L. L. D., Edward S. EWs M. A.. J. A. Cooper, Managing Editor of tb e 'Canadian Magazine," Toronto, and J. H. Aiken, of London, Ont., who bhs rettirned this week from 12' years' travelling in South Africa for us. We are the only Canailien Publishers wbo have had a breech in eouth Africa for nineteen years, giving us 'inhumane° advant- age in procuring 'pht.tographs and material. Our authorship, letterpress and engravings ° are superior, and Canadian Outingents bet- ter illustrated than in any rival work. So sure are we of this, that we wil mail free for comparison ourprospeetns to anyone nossess- ing a rival prospectus. Circulars and terms free, Apply World Publishing Company, Guslob.1 Ontario 4444444-6444-44-..444 Central - eat Market Having purci-ased the butchering business of F. a Powell I am pre- pared to furnish the people of Clin- ton with all kinds of Fresh and . Citrate . Abete... ,Boomp,ge.,, bologna, teed, butter and eggs always kept on hand. ' R. Fitzsimons tt•Son, TlephOne 70. Orders delivered promptly to all parts of the town. 4 N.Be--Persons haying hogs for shipment will confer re; favor by leaving word at the shop. ____________ Tile Imperial MEAT MARKET. The underslened vial to inform the reople of Canton and vielnity ee they have opeued up in tbe store , An good as any and better than many aro to be seen by impeding our °errand stook of Mei*, . Woman's and Children's' Boots and Show. Pull lines of Trunks, Valises. ete,. Single and Double Harness, 13, O. Red Cedar, White Cedar, and Pine Shinglea sheer on hand at J. TWIIVIIELL Vietoria Meek, formerly °coupled by Fair te Co, f . MacKay Block, Ontario Km Where they wltl1hieeptnstook all kinds of • • Pzettli, COoltedo Cured and Canned Ibleatti. qtgleatiottroodustittansi eilythir in4t, thetachte". moat Ilecf,'Pkila' Poor:gine:14g; ariegra it Inferieure, whist' will be delivered to any part of th o town, Orden; 6011c1ted ,3 lbS. good Sausage tor 03 eolith 001111 SOIMTONI Manager T. It I CASE & CO. oritnox 31311ggies I First-class from $65 tp $80. $46. FRED RUMBALL, Clinton August Sale of Furniture • Means a reduction in pride of Tram 10 to 25.per cent. Parlor suits werth 325.00 Auguet sale $21.50, Oak extension tables worth. 38.50 August sale IN 90, set of dining room chatihe worth a1e,e0 August sate $10, oak sideboards worth 018 August sale 31450, cot:einem-bed% mattress, couches; easy chairs mirrors, picture frames, easels, baby oar- , rlages, eto. Everything must go. Prioes will do it Come and gleam in the bargains. • a. H. +01-11E1LAILi* 1E1W„ 13187.th . hat is Neede 9 •iimpom -yeD t7 Salm Tautoefoot to catch the pest of flies; we bought a large stock and are selling cheap. Silver King, a new dand exc.ellent polish for gold, silver, braes, tin or any other metal, and also for glass. Try it Berlin -Wool -a fresh stook juet received.. Ties of the latest style also In stook. • . We have many other novelties, besides a large supply of Pall and WinterGoods • just new in. It will be to your interest to inspect our stock. Terms ash or Produce, for which we pay the highest market prioe. Emporium, Londeslrro R. ADA MS. Aug. eth, 1000 ' oiinion Sash, Door, and' Blind Factory. • s. S. COOPER • • PROPRIETOR, Cfeneral Builder and COntractor. This factory is the largest in the county, and has the very latest improved ma• ohinery, capable of doing work on the shortest notice.- We carry an extensive • and reliableatook and prepared plane, and give estimates for and build all °lege- es of lettatlings on short notice and on the closest prices All work is supervie4 ed in a meohanical way and satisfaction guaranteed. •We sell „all kind e of in- terior and exterior meterial. Lumber Lath, Shingles, Lime, 5 ash, Doors; Blinds, Etc Agent for the Celebrated GRAYIBILL SCHOOL' DESK, manufaottired at Waterloo. Call and get prices and estimates before plaoing vont. orders' • • Hardware Headquarters for all kinds of, Ela'rdware,Tinwere, Nails, LookedElingee, Glass, White Lead a-nct Oils, the eelebrated Sherwin riVilliams 'ready mixed paints, Daisy,Churrt, Sevier' Doors and Windows, Blue Flame Wickless Oil Stoves, all kinds of Wire Fencing, Agents for the Arneri- can -Field Vence the best fence in the' World, it,is liorse proof, Mill proof,Hogproof; Pig and Dog tight, diem° heat and cold does not draw it out of shape, it stays where it's put. Call and See it A feW Royal American Clothes Wringers, at $2.85 while they last, a first.class wringer. A few odd shades ready mixed paints at a big discount 1,1••;iwn. Mowers at redueod prices to-elear out 1 Only Fire Proof Saftvfor $27.00. IriandBros Stoves+ Tinware lizperLa in not Air and llot Wmor Hotting and riambing. CLINTON.