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THE CIANTONT NEW ERA
r have them?
Then we can't
tell you any,
thing about
them. You
know how dark
everything looks
and how you are about
ready10 give up: Some.
Re% Yott'ean't throw off
the terrible depression.
Are things really so
blue7 Isn't it your nerves,
after all? That's where
the trouble is. Your
nOryeaRfebeingpoisoned
from the Impurities in
your blood.
Puriaes the blood and
glves, power and mability
to the nerves. It makes
he'alth and strength, activ-
., .
Ity 111d -cheerfulness.
This IjS what "Ayer's "
will_do for you. It's, the
oldest Sarsaparilla in the
land, the kind that was
old before other Sarsa-
parillas were known.
This alsol&counts for
the saying,11,10ne bottle
of Ayer's is worth three
bottles 'of the Ordinary
kind."
$1,00 a baffle Ail enmesh.
Write the Doctor*
Ind CirleatvheetUternicrilealitrige;11
eau possibly receive, write the doctor
freely. You will receive a prompt re-
ply, without cost. AsidToss,
Da, 3.0. AYER, Lowell, Eats,
The jay in the oase •of MLR Carrie
Nation,charged with "Lam" d Hashing,
returnd a verdict of guilty. It is the
general impression that she will be released
,on the payment of the line and omits.
PLED:BETIO PAINS
Danger eignal, precept trieltmero is es -
gentle!. Bathe the region of pain immed-
iatKly with Nerviline and pour Nervilin •
on Mown pap-ir and band quickly over tie
' affeeted part. Quicker than mnstar.i. as, e
1effective and re prompt that the fertile-,
progess ef the mai viv le checked at once,
' pales inside or ceitsi is yiell just as
'quickly to Nerviline, ani yretr druggiet
tells it.
Andrew ..ariagie hie given Z100,000 to
• eetablish district Ireiariet in Gleseow
• .,. If the child is restless at night, has met-
ed tongue sallow complexion, a Lode uf mil-
- • ler's Powders is erbat herequired ; pleaent
and harmless. Bold by H. B rombe and
•,`R. P. Melee, Clinton.
• 'Mau i Piateertoaged seventeen was
etdrook on the tempi '
e by a farina tackl
• _ 'and instantly killed while unloading a oval
'-e-Vessel at Smith's Falls.
Pain -Killer is just the remedy reeded In
every household. For outs, burns and
, bruises, straine and sprains dampen a cloth
• with it, apply it to the wound and the wen
leaves. Avoid substitutes, there's but ono
Pain -Killer, Petry Davis'. 25c. end 50e.
• Tbe failure of the spring crops in India
is aireedy severely felt. Lord George
Secretary for India, etates that
• the number of persons now receiving raj. t
is 381,000, and it is expected to increaa
•
rapidly,
HERE RESTS YOUR HOPE,
, . New remedies come, and new remedies
• ; but bootee Emulsion is the great rock
foundation on which hope of recovery from
weak throats and longs must rest It is
' The Standard of the World.
Peter Grossman, of Hamilton, the wail
nown musician is dead.
OLD SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE.
M. M. Austin, a civil war veteran,of Win-
. ohester,Ind.,writes. My wife was sick a
long time in spite of good dealers treat.
e. Blent,hut was wholly cured bv Dr Iiirig1e
' New Life Pills, which worked wonders
for her health." They always do. Try them.
only 25e at all Druggists.
_-_,Blanchateinolds, agerlseven yeareralicad_
at Harbor Beaoh, Mich., as a result, it is
-alleged, of a brutal pounding administered
h3 girl eohoolmates: The little vicitiea is
• get4 to have formerly lived in this oity.
Children Cry for
ABOUT 811111811 HA•
THEY HAVE A REPUTATION WHICH
IN, THE IVIAIN THEY csseave.
SEVERITY OF SOME OLD LAWS,
vernal* Merkel Beed lenglanie Scotland.
04;4 irdend.--The mattered. Meek, the
Standard Nark, the Hall 'Hark,
tlux Bute atetee, and eke Bata
The Public Often• ' As an example, we give a Dirminge
Bloch Puzzled Over ham silver plate mark; (1) Thu
1118 tit A11, maker's initials; (2) the standard
, mark; (8) the hall mark of Diming -
The British Lion, etren in his her- ham; (a) the duty mark; (6) the
aldie form, commands one's respect, Birmingham date letter for the year
if t one's admiratjon. YCt it s aene,
curious that little or nothing should Amid all these inultittalinous sym-
be known about the regulations goy- bola it is not to be wondered at
erning hem. There is a 'Vague Idea. that' the public should be a little
that the Lion and, for the matter of confused as to their respective mean -
that, most of the other marks so lugs. And AS all these have under -
liberally impressed upon both gold gone Many transformations, the Ms
and silverware and electro -plated tory, of hall marks can almost claim
goods, are a guarantee of something . to rank as a science. There can,
or other, and British housewives are however, be little doubt that, al -
content to count their spoons, secure though there are some objections to
in the belief that they are of "sterling •'the conelmIsoryassaying and mark -
alloy." •British hall marks certainly ing of plate, it is to the system
possess a reputation of their own which has been In vogue in this coun-
which, in the /Main, they deserve. try for nearly six hundred years that,
They are not, it is true, infalliblethe superior reputation of British
Cases are constantly cropping up in ,gold and silver wciee to that of, per -
which they have been so ingeniously haps, every other country in the
imitated as to deceive any one but a world is mainly due. Our hall
a burgiar. Against marks afford a guarantee of value,
the counterfeiting of ancient marks, to which it is not to be wondered
of which there are examples enough at that considerable importance at -
and ta. spare preerezved-in thee arch—. taeheee since- these gooderemaY he-
ives of the Goldsmiths' Companies, safely regarded as an Investrneat,
there is, of course, little or no pro-. We doubt whether the assertion that
tection. Experts:. eit-has been said, no importance -is attethed to Brie
can detect spurious goods by touch tesh_hael marks abroad is borne out
gew, a tree, ash and bell; Dublin.
Iliberaia.
,(4) The duty mark, stamped only
on those articles which pay duty:
tile head of tbe reigning sovereign;
• introduced in 1784,
4" (6) The date mark; each tissaY
office has now its letter or date
ark; changed every year; twenty to
twenty-six letters of the alphabet be-
ing used in rotation, and repeated
in different styles.of letters. In Lon-
don the assay year commences on
80th May, and is indicated by ono
of twenty letters alphabet, A
to U, omitting the letter J.
Piteeies the rebate.
NEW FORT AT HALii; AX.
War Office Plane to entice the Bailor fro-
le:eel/able-a new Barrack(' Whit
a Eine GYIPIIttill UM.
1.xtensive improvements in the
fortifications of Halifax are planned
by the Imperial authorities, al-
though ,the officers of the garrison
are, as usual, extremely reticent. It
transpires that the War Department
will Construct at the very mouth of
Halifax harbor one of the strongest
forts in the world, The new fort
will exceed in proportions York Re-
doubt, which is secoad only to the
• one at Gibraltar. The new fortress
will be armed with 12 -inch d1sppeav-
in guns of the latest
type. It is stated that it will be
located at or near Sembro, at the
point where all vessels entering Hali-
fax harbor lnust take their bearings.
This fortress will be of the utmost
strategical value, for no hostile
fleet could pass it without being dis-
abled, Sergtaltialor Westwood,
Royal Engineers, an expert fortress
constructor, who arrived 'recently
from, England, was ordered by the
Imperial authorities to etperintend
the construction of the work. The
imperial authoritiee have .decided to
erect new barracks and ,to construCt
other important works in Halifax
this summer. Plans were sent to.
Halifax contractors, 'The plans pre-
pared by the railitary authorities Pall
for a brick barracks for married
soldiers, quarters for officers of the
Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery,
qtiarters for ward mastel. and a
gymnasiuna. •The g•yranasiuni build-
ing will lee the finest in Canada. it
will cover a large area of ground and
----beeconstrueted- on -the- citadel
slope. It will contain hwiroming
, 1g, tit up pallet eq, for -45o, ,
IFRENCII CANADIANS.
Quaint Easter Customs of Early
, Settlers PreserVed,
WITH POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
ornm,,014,0•0"0",/,.
Wile TWO Pigettarlee of Old Canada
I afl-
-ed Get an Invltation to the Table to
an Xagter Sunday Menet a Lent
Time ago-eeeebee oasgranes
Dexeription of On X5Arly •
Colonial Dinner.
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I• Many of the quaint, interesting
customs and traditiona of Baster,
which the early settlers in New
, France brought over frora Brittany
and Normandy, are still preserved to
this day by their descendants In'
French Capella,. .
From the earlieet days of the col -
buy the feast of Easter was cele'brat-
ed with great pomp and circumstance
bY both clergy anti lait3r. The Jesu-
its always invited the dignitaries of
church and state to dine in their ra-
• factory after mass, When Argenson
was Governor of Canada and he and
Bishop Laval clashed as to the ques-
tion of precedence, the Jesuits found
thernselVes in a dilemraa as to who
should occupy the highest seat at the
table on Easter Sunday—the Gov-
ernor or the Bisliop. The question de-
fied solution, so the fathers invited,
i neither of them. , , e
1, E ti3ci.color d ing rtII:irix POP a ra nt roatadrilt3ir onh,o:
:tbo:iiiiii:- iiiiiY -be' ii•eii to Pal erne- three--
sonierseedte he honor 'of the great
TWITCHELL'S
Great Clgaring Sale)
Of Boots and Shoes
-<erz004)1+-
-Ve will oontinue the Bargain Sale for thirty days
longer in ()Her to dispose of the balance of tin).
stook on the bargain list. .
Call an.d ask to see the Children's boots at 25o •
and 35c, worth. from 500 to $1.00.
We also keep aline of Slater's Fine Boots for
Men and the King Quality for Ladies,
.1. TWITOFIELL
Victoria Blo.ck, : - "CLINTON
SMUT ON OATS
• .
If the farmers would have their iiext crop.of oats entirely free from smut, treat
etc. the deed in tele following mannrr. •
klatut •
minutest (abeolately no ham to the seeda_Yonr,-next crop _wilt_bealoolutely free from
Take 4i oz. ot Combo's Formaldehyde and 10 gralons of water, immterse for 10
, _
_ -
• P _in • tl
eel; and on Ascension Day'three'peee . _
H. B. DOIVIEW- Chemist tt Druggist s -
baths shower baths dressin room
alone; but the public- certaierly ere by eficiefa.cts; but if Only sentimental
not experts in assaying gold and eil- reasons remain, these 'are. enough to
ver. Electrotyped copies, toe,. • in give pause to any mesh- changes in a
evh'icle are reproduced, with. e marvel- custom that can claim so high. a
bus exactitude, almost every scratch prospoctive right,
upon the original, and even the' • The assayingix of the precious me -
marks left by the maker's hammer, tale is a science which hes been more
as well as the hall marks themselves, eXactly practiced in this then in any
are reme y icult of detecteen, other country: When. tie pieee of plate
even by the initiated. I3ut more bee is sent in to an assay office: a little
gentous still is the deception prac- Of the metal is se'tiped off it, and
ticed by the transformation of old- this "diet," es it is called, is" tested
fashioned. articles, and the tratspoe in various witers, so as to ascertain
sition of genuine marks from One ar- its Atieness, which must correspond
wfth 'that of the standard Oates
kept by the Warden of tro Standards
at the Mint. Sheffield and Birming-
arms of three mounted cannon sure hatn have to send up the* "'diet
rounded with a scroll. In a fit of boxes "' to be prayed by the Queen's
economy- these were eonliscated and Assay Mitsteeeeerke scamee
sold, and, as the story runs, the pure what invidieed (*Unction, since the
chaser of about a score of them, in- other assa,offteesi have only to eke so
stead of consigning them to the;imelte req From this it appears
ing pot, et. , disposing of them as thee eelthe guardians of the standard •
cux•ios, converted them into sdonces, ote*rought_filate of Birmingham: and
and pointed teiumphantly to the hall „a3I. Sheffield have aIways laboeeell un-
rnarke as a guarantee for their r anee • der the cheaevanteiges atteehing to
ti tufty. For artything we knees, eto the reputation of those towels,. , and
e contrary, these chez-demi:we are the fact serve a to indicate the • ne-
st ill going the round o .he market, cessity_ for reteeining a system of
'1 scy would, no deubt, be highlY guarantee
Valued by many people in the present Two, Staudt, rde of Sliver.
lege for oreamenting receptionrooms
ith eetne silver. There are only two standards of
tiele to another: • The Beefeaters of
1 the Tower formerly wore upOo their
' arms large silver badges. -bearing the
CASTORA.
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
Carter's
We Liver Pills.
•
Peodnedie Wrapaer
**it Simian mutts sear
*SUM ..t.frir.
FOR HEADACHE*
FOR DIMAIEtt.
FOR 11.100$11E
FOR TORPID LIYEt.
fOrCONSTIPATriilt
toit 'SAWN Skill: "
• itt totcOMeilXlini
einisevinteree wartime iota "
elfeeete4111
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WO. -Mel( kitA4okaut.
— silver — the old one of eleven oz. two
oeveAtv of Old Laws. • •
pennyweights, and that of eleven. oz.
It is not perhaps generally known • and tea pennyweights,' in the •pound
feat, although it is permissible to „Troy; so here. there is not roach room
celd to any piece of silver a quantity .1 for freuci. But the laws Obeli mark-
* eich does not exceed one-third of big, scattered. as they ato over a MO -
the whole, the change must be Decide 'etittede--ofe-statiites, are highly techni-
in such a manner that the original •cal, •and not the least necessary re-
use of the article is not altered. A torra• is . their consolidation. Tale wets
tankard, for example, may it is : urgently. reconeinended by the pom-
said, have a lip attached, but not a: mittee ief 1856, and a bill for the
spoilt; but we doubt whether these purpose was Prepared by .ihe Conte
statutory conditions are complied e Missioners • of Leland Be venue in
with with any great regularity. 1857: •but althotigh its necessity was
When we rerhember the extreme see „ agaie enieeasized by the Steeet Cone -
verity of the old laws against fraud raittee of 1879, no meesure :Of .the
and abuse, it is easier to understand kind has ever been laid before Pare
the exaggerated value which • at- Lenient. But we need 'hardly insist
taches to old gold and sffereWeleee 'that the tendency of legislation;
At the ` present time theeponalty of should certainly not be in favor of
ten pounds for (etch article, imposed ' greater laxity. There is much to say
by the act of 1844, • is often cheer- few the old demand' of the Gold -
fully risked; but in days where the smiths' Company for .further Pewers
same offence was punished by death_ 91 enforcing the laW 'than the. mere
or transportation men were More. • tight to sue for perialtieS Sales by.
careful. It must, however, be cep- auction now take place preeeie
fessed that at the present time the • • cel empugaity, ng. 'Dotter how spurt -
laws as to hall marking are in e ous and debased the goods May be,
very chaotic condition, for they are and there is evidence and to spare
scattered through statutes ixtriumere. • to ehow that the general sense of the
able, and are not sufficiently known trade and the ptehlic is in favor of
to afford adequate proteetion US the the preservation of .the old guaren-
tees.—Pearson's. Magazine. .
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•
Bishop Stubbs of oxford was a man
who rendered distingulehed• sertriee in
the editorship of hlitorical docu-
ments, charters, chronicles, etc. His
Select Charters and Constitntional
History of England aro the best
known of his works,' but by his
painstaking researches he placed an
, immenee amount of material at the
eervice---of other-leiSterietrierele
'there has been.a general falling .oi1
the character of English literature of
an Imaginative kind, the workers In
history, biography and the historical
essays have held their ground well,
as the nareee of Gardner, Lecky, Mor-
1.ey, GoIthain Smith, McCarthy, Har-
rison, 13ryce and others indicate.
purchaser. Tkeir history, too, fe not
very complimentary to the craft. The
Lion, for example, remained for
nearly three centuries the standard
mark both for gold and silver; but in
1845 the crown was substituted for
gold of both eighteen and twenty-
two carats, in order to prevent a.
practice which had, it is said, come
Into vogue of guilding silverware and
(milling It as gold, and the fact js
worthy the attention of the donee -
Various :Vfarits.
The various hall marks are rather
complicated, and, for .the better une•
derstanding of our marks, nifty be
briefly described. There are:
(1) The maker's mark, the initials
of his name or firm; used since 1739,
(2) The standard mark. In Eng-
land for geld of 22 and lei carats, a
crown and 22 and 18 respectively.
Itt Edinbtirgh a thistle and in Glas-
gow a lion rampant ate used in
place of the crown. In Ireland 22 -
carat gold has a. harp crowned and
$2; 20 carats—an extra standard
used in Ireland Only—a plume of
feathers and 20; for 18 carats, it uni-
corn's head and 18. Gold of 15; 12
and 9 carata has in. most cases -those -
numbers only. In England, for sil-
ver of 11 oz. and 2 dWt. standard
the nutrIc is a lion pail:slant, and for
11 oz. and 10 dwt a 13ritannia, In
Edinburgh a thistle and a thistle and
a Britannia, and in Glasgow it lioet
rampant and a Britannia are Used
respectively. In Ireland a crowned
harp is used for 11 oz. 2 dwt. stand-
ard, the new standard not being used
there. The figures in the gold stand-
ard denbte the number of carats of
pure gold hi 24; so that 18 -carat
gold ree'ans that there are 18 parts
rif pure gold to six of alloy. t
1(8) The hall matke of the aosay
tOwns-London,. leopard's head; Bir-
mingham, an anchor; Chester, a dag-
ger and •three wheat sheaves; Shef-
.. field, a &CAM; Newcastle, three
castles; Exeter, a castle with three
towed: liklinburgh, a castle; Glatt -
The Banyptati of Big Ken.
The rope (wlio at One thrie Was a
reigning monarch Over the papal
states)* is credited with receiving no
fewer than 20,000 letters and news-
papers every day. The German Em-
peror receives more than '700 letters
a day. The Prince of Wales, before
his accession to the throne as Ed-
ward -NIL, -was not -very -far behind
that number, and as King he Will In
all probability eXceed it; • Among
presidents, the 'United States presi-
dent stands at the head with. 1,200
letters a day, the president Of the
French ref5ublic coMing next with
700 a day.
an• Indian MIMI**.
The famine has depopulated India.
to an alarming extent. The melts
for 1901 shows a decrease since 1891
of one Million, when under normal
conditions there should have been an
inerease of at least a million and a
h alf, In some /acidities the decrease
MS been at the rate Of 45 per cent.
Glasgow elm s nig Greeveh.
Glasgow census returns just. issued
show a total of 7000320 population,
• ineritise''in a decode of 194,015.
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Otitlitclit't.gatirrtette It. Valuoi
r. Agnew.e Cure for the •Heart never
fsITs. It relieves it so minutes, It cure". It
is A beacon -light 16 kad you back to health.
W.H..blueseltrian of G. A. R., Weissport,
PO., says: Two 'bottles of Dr Agnew's.
• Cosier the Heart entirely cured inc of
• palpitation and smothering ripens. Its Vallee
dintlet estimated." -to
Sold by a. A. llotey, 4i A, P. Iteekle.
Vied,
Cklt a constant 14sadanhist—
Ten chances to one the secret Of your sailer.
Ingle that "while man's burden," Catarrh.
Here's
ti sentence from one nten'e evidence
for Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Polvder,-"One
application govern!! instant rellef,cleared the
nasal passages and stopped the pain in my
bead." /Vs a quick, safe and sure treatmetitt
and It /lever falls to elte, 30 edrife..-to
aoa by a. A. Hovey, it R. P. Rookie.
. Christian event, then commemorat-
' feee -frame-Mortal sin mightylee--
eLECTRIc-R-A-itvcrAvb1N-CANADA.
hold three suns at sunrise.
Eitatement of Their Number. ENets0e and Easter day is a religious festival
Other Information, of raarked impoetanee. After Lent,
electric railways of Canadee Mr. vent of Easter was hailed With joy,
tvith its. many alejurietions, the ad.
From returns received frorn • the 85
George Johnson,. the Dominion eta- It was the .enstona for the . people to.
tistielan, meke op the femegong remais up untie midnight of Hely
statement: "At th end. of. Deceraber, Sattiirday to break the fast with
railways eneer, The Lenten sea.sosi ie. Canada
1900„ the number' of miles ' of electric
he coheao ineeeebea to 681 *as obeerved with the rigorous fast.
miles,. or 49 miles- civet. the number in of the. Carle Chile -teens. No raeat
was petimitteVdering Holy Week and
1899. '. , ,
'
The ` 35 alectiar railways in elan- ninny other austerities. vrere enjoined
ada carried 11%229,862 pasaOlIgers for the, purpose as Decertifying the.
in 1900, an increase of 14,097,203. (14sh• ' • ' -
' This le equal to ;tarrying every man, • L'Ableir Casgraine •a: distinguished'
woman and child: irt the couatry. 2_14-- anteguarean, described: aro Easter din, -
thews., . • . nor in the early days of the colony
'The -ear -Mileage, run •wae-3-0;024;e as flbosaa
, a o , ,
355 miles an incre se f 1 274508 "Imagine'" says the abbe, ''30 or
miles over 1899, • 40 good! eetters of those tunes at tee.
eettephassentie- ble. There was little ceremony, but
everything was ',offered ha the heartie
ge't:sThcearrniiedileasgheow.ruathaatndf.t;rth
run the eleetrics eaeried 3.8 paseen... • 'est Manner, "and etecle took the place'
gers, against 3.5. in 1899. • • 1.e coulee find. Chillers. were not 'las
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Fancy F urniture
. AT LOW PRICES •
New etyles in parlor suites, Great variety of easy chairs. Mattresses and
Wire $prir.igs very cheap. Great values in Window Shades. Headquarters for
Baby Carriages and Waggons. *Pictures framed:white vou wait.
,
• • - EL. celE-31.1EL.I. fa.":"W".
eathe eenoent ee Paid-up .eopitoate_ common Use; en each side of the
Tested in" electrics: on Dec. 31,. 1000, table velem` blocks of . wood , on xvhich,
was $29,633,000; and the , hawed boards 'were. placed', and trunks here
' debt was $12,610,422. . . . e and there were • used as seats, the.
The number of cars in active sere' guests not -tilde adconimodated have
vice in 1900 wan 1,642,' an inetease' bag to stand. On the tabie were lead -
of m deer the prove:toe . year.: The en or eoramon .delit dishes, and '' at .
there were enough for 'all it was an
employes numbered 1,493, showina
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an increase of 264, over 1809. . . indication ot wealth on •the Pert of
'The 'total receipts for the year
were $5,422,54Q, and the •expenses
$3e268;001.
"The steam. railways vended 17,--
222,193 passengers in 1000. $o that
t 1 w d by rail
was 135,252.055. Between them; the
steam and electric.- railways carried
the whole population of Canada 25
times in the year, and the Proportion •
was over 87 by electric and a little
under 13 by steam in every 100 par-
sons carried.
• "Since 1897 the number of passen-
gers carried by the eloctrics increas-
ed from 83,8114000 to 118,130,000,
an increase of -34,319,000, which is
'equal to 41 per cent., while those
carded by steam using railways in-
creased from 13,742,45.1 to 17,122,-
198,, an increase of 25 per cent.
"The expenses' form' about 67.50,
per cent. of. the gross earnings of the
•steam -using railways and about 60.-
27 per cent, of the gross earning Of
the electric railways." -
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Enaigration to Canada.
The area of the .Dominion, extend-.
Ing (Le it does from the Atlantie to
the Pacific, is as large as Europe,
but -the population is no greater than
; that of London, says Lloyd's Week-
ly. What a prospect this opens up to
those' who are possessed of the neces-
sary energy and capital to take ad-
vantage of its great resources in ag-
riculture, minerals, fisheries, foreste,
and manufactureat It offers free
grants of land to settlers in sonic
provinces (Manitoba, the Northwest
Territories, and parts of Ontario),
Crown _grants in others .(New Bruns-
wick, Novai0tidc7-Ontario—,
and British Colembia), and improved
farms may be obtabled everywhere at
relisonable prices, What Canada
wants is more people and more capi-
tal, and those who are anxious to
obtain information about our lead-
ing colony—its progress in recent
y ere and the advantegee it offers to
gstltrs of ell classeseeteinnot do bet-
ter •than cons'ult the High COMMIS-
iiion-r for Canada, whose oftices are
at 17' 'Victoria street, London, S.W.
Newsy:epee Business In newton Cite.
The newspaper business must be a
goer' thing in Leveson City. The
rates for The Dawson City Daily
News are .25 cents a copy, or $4 a
month, The subscirPtIon rate or
the town is $48 a year. . It le an
eight -page daily for five months' Of
the year. and four pages for the re-
atainder. The circulation is a little
under 900 per day. A 16 -page Week-
ly paper is published at 25 cent e a
copy for the town, It is dbstributed
tip the creeks by dogs and carriers
and outside the town the price or
the single paper is 50 c,elits to $1,50,
adcordhtg ,to the distance the carrier
has to travel to the subscriber.
In The Dawson News deli° there 11
a Mergenthaler naa,chkie. (which, with
itIl ottptipnient„ cost $4,700, but by
the time itwas landed in Dawsien
the cost laid down there was
289. It had been shipped too late
for navigation and had to be berried
400 Miles over the lee. The horse
feed alone cast, $89 a day andit
took 27 days to Make the trip.
host. • The few forks were reserved
for the women and each provided his
own knife- •
"Tee clothing of the men consisted
of grey homespun trousers 'of eoune
try cloth, and a pair of beef moo-
, easles, the bonnets, lefties, generally
worn out of doors, were laid aside
for the nonce. Their toilet was com-
pleted by art:hickey. If the latter were
omitted by .any one, he was 'not en-
titled to partake of pie,. a favorite
dish of the habitants. The, costemee
of the women consisted of blue skirt
with white stripes, and a -flowered
India shawl and white cap for gala
days. The preparations for this festiL
• val were something formidable, if one
raay judge from the following, which
recalls the feast of Gargantua:
"In the first place, there was pre-
pared a stew or ragout of pork, beef
aad rnuttoa, in a 80. or 40 -gallon
bdiler; toinceil pies, perk chops ,pre -
Pared a variety of ways, quarters
of veal ,and mutton, fowl and game.
Beside the viands there were pastries
of different kinds, cooked it -lard or
porpoise oil, and takes now known as
doughnuts. All these were simultan-
eously placed on the table, and .eaeh
helped .himself as he pleased'.
"Those who had no plate took a
piece of pastry from a plate and used
It as a dieh, While the eatables were.
helrig Partaken of, the host went
round the table and poured out, li-
quor to each in a cup or pater gob-
let. The utmost gaiety and cordiali-
• ty prevailed. Huntieg and fishing
exploits were reeounted, and the
feast ended vvith songs, the whele
company joining the chorus,"
Our Empire,.
It mey surprise most persons to
know teat the British, possessions in
North America, atid-the West Indied
are larger than the territory of the
United States In 'America, even in -
chiding Porto. Itico and Allteka.
King Edward's possessions are near-
ly 100,000 square miles larger than
those of the United States, and,
taking the WestIndies and New-
foundland, more than 200,000 soars
mites larger.
No man ever before reigned over
an ettipire so great aa Xing Ed-
ward's, The empire to Which Vic-
toria dueeeeded itt 1837 covered one-
sixth of the land surface df the
g �liT the ertieffier to whieli irs
ward has suceeeded covera neatly
one-fourth. It le 153 times as big as
France, 32 times as big mg Germany,
three and a half times as big as the
tlnited States, withottt Alaska and
the Island possessions and three
timesse big as Continental Eurt)Pc
..-NeW York Press. • 'L.,
"Solid neat" '
One of the recent Inventions tried
on the riritish soldier' in South A.f-
rice fe called "solid beer." it le a
jelly raids front Malt and hops, from
which beer -can be made an
and fermented. It is said ts maks
excellent beer and to work equally"
well in hot or cold climates, the pro-.
cas being Very simple. The rallitery
ittithoritiel have reported favorably
upon it,
J. P. TISDALL.
• nAmmo,
Chlicireo lry for CLINTON.0 ONT..
cAsT0 PIA Private fonds to leen on mortgagee at
Weet alumni rates,
A Gletterei Banking 111101110110 trantteeted
interest allowed on deptoito.
Bele tofu booshi
Relieve those Inflamed Eyes!
.ittnirs Eitrad
•
Reduced one-half with pure Boit water,
applied frequently with deopper or'eye cup.
the congestion will be removed and thepolim
and.indammation instantly relieved. •
CAUTION' -Avoid danger') eV, it%
vitating witch Hamel epo a thicum
represented to bo "the sa•se
Pondta Extract whfch enst.y dour
aild generally contain "weed mice -
!toy, den.dly poison.
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G. I); -11telA.tiGA.11,14,
. BANicgo.
ALBERT ST., CLINTOI\
& general Banking. Business
tratisacted. •
NOTES DISCOUNTED
. Drafts tamed. Interest allowed on
deposits.
The .1.101g(ins Bank
Incorporated bv"Act of Parliament 1814,
, CAPITAL $2,500,006
REST FUND • 82,050,000
•a
' HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL,
Ws. alcasort MACPHERSON., President
IintesEettor, 'Gen. Manager.
Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafts
issued, Sterling and American exchanee
bought and sold. Interest allowed on de-
posits. Samos Bene-e•Interest al/owed on
13111MB of $1 and up. Money advanced ta
farm sr On their own note, with one ca
more ndoreirse No mortgage required
H. 0. BRENalell.Manaeer, °Baton
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RUMBALL'S
WATCH AND
JEIVELRY STORE
;Test seceived Is lot of new Belts,
tickles Talley_Belte,Baogle_Braoe.
leis, etc. The latest goods in the
market.
° We make specialty of fitting
Spectaeles and Eye 'Gleam
Byes examined free.
W. N. Walker,
Upholsterer
In all kinds of Parlor Furniture and Men,
ofacturer of
Mattresses Lounges
Couebei Cosy Corners
'Etc.
_
Carpets taken up, cleaned end relaid and
' house•oleaning attended to. Mattreinies
inede over. Priebe reasonable.
'Mall and see samples of work and cover.
erings, or for partionlare, •
For Sale -75 yards ef fine trustiels
Carpet, almost mood as new.
Stand -Shepherd Sleek, Ontario
Street. Clinton
" Making Feat TiMes.
We are nieting a tam retard. No Other fence
can Compete diccessfully with ibe 'Page." We
noW,Wiake our own wire and 00 yet just the
'peculiar quality we need. Meet, ***OW furnish
&still better fence than ever. Prices lower this
year. Setter IA& into it.. Not rooni beat for
price*. We else Malltdatture lathe Sown and
goo. RIO le qttelicy aud loW In price.
The PACE WIRE PENCE CO. (Lid.)
WALIMIWILLE. Ont.
Wholesale an retail piano
and organ distributing centre.
• Nigh grade riewepianos. Five
Reed pianos at decided bar-
. .., . .
Buy the wonderful .
•
Gramophone •
for a pleasing entertainer. We
are headquarters for it.
Bargains to teat:here and stn.
dents in Sheet Music, 25o to
750 pieces for lOce-whalesale.
Instruments of all kinds Beldee.
Music Emporium
0-- HOARE., cLiarrti
•
TheSick and Suffering
are Liberated from ;
Disease by
Lincoln's
ab lets
If you suffer from Indigestion
Diabetes, Bright's Disease,Ner-
vous Prostration and General
Debilty., they will se t you i'ree
nervous, pale and delicate ,
*women.
Worn, ont, despondent men
will ind them a positive bless-
ing. Price 50c.
Prepaxed only by LillCON,
Medicine Compauy,50 Queen
street, Ottawa,
Recommended and for sale
by J, E Hovey, Chemist.
e
1 .Zentral
Meat Market
I Having purchased the butchering
business of F. H. Powell 1 em pre,
pared to furnish the people of Clin-
ton with all kinds of rreeb and
Oared Matte. Sausage, bologna
lard, batter and eggit alwaye kept en
hand.
, •,
R. Fitzsimons t Son.
Tlephone76. _
. Ordene delivered promptly to all
parte of the town.
• •
N.B.-Persons having 'hogs for
h ipra:nt will confer a favor by,
a ving word at the shop.
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A Stepladder
Given AWY
To every purchaser of one oan '
of oar Pure Create Baking
Powder we will give, without
any extra cheep, a istrong
&walk; liyetfoot Stepladder.
Three 11ie barn of 8oelp for 2401
25e Brownies* st 20e.
0, OLSON,
Nett door to Dratuna,s pneata.
Good Batter and Agee wanted,