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FALL AND WINTER
Suitings and
Overcoatiiis
We have the best range of these for this
season 'ever shown in town. The fancy broad
stripes at7e,,, taking the lead in Suitings, although
a few oveihecks are still in vogue ; the style
of make is varied, so that you can have the style
you most prefer and know that it is all right.
Come early and make your selection.
FURNISHINGS.
We have a full line of all the latest Fur-
nishings. New and nifty goods arriving daily.
kwoll & Hill.
Tailors and Len's Furnishings
404.4provsehmqoattoe01.444....dlifre
toves
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A line of Coal and Wood Ranges, Buck's
Haps ;J`' Thought Range, Radiant Home Heater,
W�U'o c1 Heaters, Coal Heaters.
A • lot of Second-hand Stoves. Call and
see our stock and get our prices.
H. Bishop - Central Hardware
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ACCOUNTS
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INTEREST PAI D
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WINGHAM BRANCH
C. P. SMITH - AG -ENT
THE CANADIAN BANK
OF COMMERCE
HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1867
B. E. WALKER, President
ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager
A. IL IRELAND, Superintendent of
Branches
Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000
Rest, - - - 5,000,000
Total Assets, 113,000,000
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—The Montreal Witness, a Liberal
paper strongly in favor of temperance
reform, says that the temperance peo-
ple of Ontario see in Mr. Whitney's
fairly vigorous enforcement of the
license act a better service for temper-
ance than anything they have to hope
from a party led by Mr. Mackay.
* *
—We were under the impression
that the conditions in .Australia were
such that strikes were almost out of
the question, but now comes report of
a strike in the State railway involving
70,000 persons, and if demands are
granted an increased expenditure of
a million dollars yearly will be the
result.
—The Ontario Government has just
refused a syndicate's offer of a million
dollars for a million acres of land in
New Ontario, and the Globe gives Mr.
Whitney great credit. The price of
land to the actual settler is only 50
cents per acre, and the Government is
determined to keep the land for him
at the lowest price.
***
—The quantity of water which is
daily lifted from the seas, lakes and
rivers of the world by evaporation is
about 510 cubic miles, and the average
amount of rain which falls on the sur-
face of the globe during a year is 00
inches, The editor of this paper did
not take these measurements himself,
therefore does not vouch for their ab-
solute correctness..
—For the first time in the history of
Kentucky politics, the camera is to be
used to detect fraud. in the registra-
tion of voters. The Republican Cam-
paign Committee has arranged to
have a man with a camera at each poll-
ing place, who is to take pictures of
any evidences of fraud, such as the
police holding back Republicans and
allowing Democrats to vote, and the
police guarding the polls to the disad-
vantage of one side.
* *
*
—The Ontario crop results seem to
be differently estimated, possibly be-
cause the yield in some sections varies
so much from that in other places.
The President of the Farmers' Associ-
ation estimates a shortage of $80,000,-
000 in the value of farm products in
this Province for 1907. The Secretary
of the Canadian Millers' Association
takes definite issue with this estimate
and characterizes the statement as ab-
surd. Canadians should be thankful
to an all -wise Providence, because,
though the estimators of results differ
so widely, there is likely to be no lack
for man or beast.
**
—In British Columbia, the opposi-
tion to the Japs is said not to be influx
of more labor, for labor from the
United States is welcome. But it is
said that the Japanese intend to ex-
ploit British Columbia, and Japanese
capital, it is said, will follow and em
ploy Japanese labor, until an alien
race will divide and possibly dominate
the province. Now it is true that
capital is pouring in from the United
States as well as labor, but the inter-
national unions remain supreme so
long as white capital employs white
labor. Hence there appears to be no
excitement about May "American in-
vasion." It is, the Japanese that are
not wanted, because of what may
happen in the future.
* *
*
—Only twelve years ago Conserva-
tive extravagance was denounced, be-
cause from $10,000 to $20,000 a year
was expended in repairs, improve-
ments and furnishings for Rideau
Hall. And yet, last year, the bill was
$71,717, And we can dimly see what
the cost is to be in the future, The
gentlemen who were sore troubled
about the cost of Lord Lansdowne's
curtains, table napkins, crockery ware
and other furnishings, little dreamed
that they would come up cheerfully to
the annual endorsement of two or
three times the Conservative appro-
priation, and then agree to capital
outlay of one-third to half a million
for entrance halls and domes, marble
staircases, etc,, the interest alone of
which will exceed the total lnalnten-
anco charge of former days. Canada
pays a lot of lnoney to keep up a Gov-
ernor-General, who at best is but a
flgure•head. Why not dispense with
the luxury ? Could not the Premier
for the time being, do all that is re-
quired of the Governor-General, and
save a very large expenditure 1'
—This is the way the Toronto Tele-
gram puts it :—"When wages are high,
the dollar has a large purchasing
power. The theory of economists is
that low prices for everything is the
condition of life In a true earthly
paradise. The delusion of the multi-
tude is that high wages are a blessing,
and that times must be better when
labor has a large earning power than
when the dollar has a large purchas-
ing power, And the world is still
ruled by the delusions of the multi-
tudes, rather than by the theories of
its economists."
—About eight years ago the town of
Galt began the experiment of Public
School Savings Banks, and it has been
quite a success, so much so that it is
now proposed to merge the school
bank in the Penny Bank founded in
Toronto not long ago. It is interest-
ing to note that since the school chil-
dren of Galt began their systematic
plan of saving, twelve hundred separ-
ate accounts have been opened and
over $9,000 collected, There aro now
over eight hundred accounts, repre-
senting a total savings of over $0,000,
to be transferred to the Penny Bank,
Wlien a child has $200 to his credit
the account is transferred to one of
the chartered banks, and by that time
it is hoped that the valuable lessons of
economy and systematic saving will
have been so well learned as to last
throughout the individual's life. Mr.
Jarvis, manager of one of the Galt
banks, was instrumental in having
the system introduced eight years
ago, and he is so satisfied with the re-
sults of the experiment, that he is said
to regard the work as of really na-
tional importance,
*
—Like gueassing*on a horse race, or
the ordinary observer predicting the
weather, seem to be the estimates of
the western wheat crop. A few weeks
ago sixty million bushels of good
wheat was the low water mark. Now
the estimate does not exceed that
amount in all, and of this 25 million
bushels are likely to be only fit for
food for stock. The unfavorable sea-
son is the cause of the shrinkage.
But to offset the shortage in yield,
there has been an advance in price, so
that the farmers may not be Arch the
worse in many cases. The temporary
check in land speculation will, per-
haps, do no harm. There here signs
last spicing that things were going just
a little bit too fast for the country's
permanent good. Farmers, instead of
paying current expenditures, were
buying more land. This slight set-
back will, therefore, do good and not
harm, if it causes the people of the
West to realize their financial.pbliga-
tions and honorably discharge them.
Pay day must come sooner or later,
and a financial obligation is never
made any the easier by deferring pay-
ment beyond a reasonable time.
. *M*
—A very strange case of mistaken
identity is reported from Chicago by
the Christian Herald. If any other
paper reported it, we should feel in-
clined to doubt the trutrh, but the
paper referred to is not given to hap-
hazard statements. Here it is—"A
citizen of Chicago has made a singular
mistake. He met a lady on the street
whom he claimed as his wife. She in-
dignantly denied the relationship, but
the man persisted. The case was
eventually taken to court, where the
man's statements were corroborated.
His neighbors positively declared that
she was his wife, and the identifica-
tion was deemed complete when he
brought his mother-in-law who swore
that the lady was her daughter. The
conflict of testimony was so puzzling
that the judge adjourned the case. At
the next hearing the mystery was
solved. The man's real wife came to
court from Elgin, where she had been
visiting friends. When she and the
lady stood together in court, the re-
semblance was so remarkable that the
judge readily acquitted the witnesses
of an intention to deceive, though he
confessed his surprise that the hus-
band and the mother should have been
mistaken,"
* *
•
—The Commission of Inquiry into
the Quebec Bridge disaster held sit-
tings last week at Ottawa. Chief En-
gineer Schreiber,, and Bridge Engineer
Douglas of the Railway Department,
testified that the Government officers
did not supervise or inspect the super-
structure of this bridge while under
construction. Mr. Douglas said that
he examined the plans, but only as he
supposed for the purpose of the ten-
ders. Everything was left to the offi-
cers and advisors of the bridge com-
pany. The Government bridge expert
says now that he had suspicion before
the accident respecting the chord
which seeins to have been defective.
But he was not asked to express an
opinion, and when he objected to the
consulting engineer's plan he was
overruled. This shows a remarkable
want of vigilance on the part of the
Government, seeing that the company
which was allowed a free hand had
not invested a quarter of a million on
the enterprise, while the Government
was assuming a liability eft seven to
ten millions. The Statute clearly re-
quired government approval of the
plans and departmental inspection of
the work. Within a few months we
have had the collapse of the lift lock
structure on the Trent Canal, the fall
of the Laurier tower at Ottawa, and
the Quebec bridge catastrophe, all in
public works supposed to bo tender su-
pervision of Government ofeers, all
Wilt according to plans approved by
Governtnent, and all paid for by the
people of Canada.
• *
w -The "Raul payment" plan is the
wren song which lures ue on to buying
things we do not need, Of all the
snares to entrap mortals on their little
journey front the cradle to the grave,
do not know of any that causes more
tears and heartaehes than the Instal-
ment Plan, A Credit Account is the
most insidious form of borrowing
money. When you don't pay the
merchant at once for the goods 'you
buy, you are borrowing money from
him, and disguised in the price is
much more than the legal rate of in-
terest. Better to borrow the actual
cash and know how much you have to
pay for the accommodation ; but it is
better still to practice self-denial and,
go without the thing you want till
you have the cash to pay for it. I can
understand how one might buy food
on credit, because food is necessary to
sustain life, but the fact that people
buy pianos, carpets, furniture and
books on the Instalment Plan is only
proof of their gullibility. Debt is a
rope to your foot, cockle -burrs in your
hair, and a clothespin on your tongue,
The man in debt for things he could
hale done without is in a continual
ducking -stool of disgrace. The fact
that if you should get sick or some ac-
cident should^befall one'of your family
so you could not keep up your pay-
ments on your piano, the bailiff could
come with a dray and carry the piano
away, takes all the sweet music out of
the instrument. A piano bought on
the Instalment Plan gives oil nothing
but discord—it is always out of tune.
There is a gratification in going with-
out things. To secure things by going
in debt for them is to mortgage your
peace of mind and put your head into
a noose.—[Selected.
HICKS' WEATHER FORECASTS.
Autumnal rains were predicted for
Wednesday 3rd to Friday 5th. They
reached Wingham Thursday after-
noon. Notwithstanding some smile
at Hicks, his forecasts are remarkably
accurate. Prof, Hicks says—We be-
lieve that the last half of October, and
all of November will bring a spell of
open weather, more favorable, per-
haps, for outdoor work, and bringing
as little general exposure to orchards,
gardens and fields, as the reactions to
cold and frost during much of Septem-
ber and early October. A regular
storm period is central on the 8th,
covering the 7th to the llth. The
new moon falls on the celestial equa-
tor on the 7th. This fact will precipi-
tate storm conditions at the beginning
of this period. Low barometer, very
warm for the season and general
storms of thunder, wind and rain will
set in about the 7th in the west, and
during the 8th, 9th and 10th these
storms will take wide paths in their
eastward sweep across the country.
High barometer from the northwest
will push severe to dangerous gales
over the lake regions, all to be fol-
lowed by marked change to colder,
bringing frost to much of the country,
central and northward, from about
the 9th to 13th. Much of the country
will experience very cool days and
frosty nights not far from the 15th to
18th. Watch and see. The fourth
storm period covers the 18th to 22nd,
and promises to bring very decided
autumnal storms. By the 20th cloudi•
ness and rain will appear, and from
Sunday the 20th to Tuesday the 22nd,
storm areas will make their transit
eastwardly across the country. Tho
crisis of the period will fall on the
20th and 21st in all the central parts
of the country. Rain and wind, with
lightning and thunder, will attend
these storms, which will be followed
by cold, and in the north and west
snow may appear. A reactionary
storm period is central on the 25th,
20th and 27th. It will bring a period
of mistiness and thick, prolonged
cloudiness that will hardly break
away during the remainder of the
month, with probably sleet. From
about the 31st, to November the 3rd,
autumnal, rains will take up their
march from west to east, touching
most parts of the country, and being
followed from the west and north by
rising barometer, change to cold, wes-
terly winds, with early snow and sleet
over large areas to the northward.
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Look Out For This Man.
If he offers something "better" than
Putnam's Corn Extractor, it's the ad-
ditional profit or inferior goods that
tempts him. Putnam's is the one sure
and painless cure. Use no other.
ALMA
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ST. THOMAS
ONT.
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You Can See ?
Yes, but can yeti See without effort, or
aro you dazzled by the sun? Do your eyes
water? Do the lids become red and
granulated'?
If you experience any irritation you
should at once consult us and have a pair
of glasses properly fitted+to give you
perfect eye ease.
THE TAIT.BROWN OPTICAL CO.
EYESIGHT S1CIALt$t1
237 Nadas 2t., Lemke, bah
ARTHUR J. TRWIN
D.D.S.,1r.,D.S.
Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pen-
nsylvania College and Licentiate of
Dental Surgery of Ontario,
--Office in Macdonald Block—
W. J. PRICE
B.S.A,, L,D,S, D.D,S,
Iionor Graduate of University of Toronto
and Licentiate of Royal College of
Dental Surgeons of Ontario.
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Average rate of Interest
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WALTER T. HALL
Local Agent — Wingham, Ont.
UORIINION BANK.
HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO.
Capital (paid up) - $3,633,000
Reserve (and undivid- - $4,720,000
ed profits)
Total Assets, over $51,000,000
WINGHAM BRANCH.
Farmers' Notes discounted.
Drafts sold on all points in Can-
ada, the United States and Europe.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Interest allowed on deposits of $1.00 and
upwards, and added to principal quarterly.
D. T. HEPBURN, Manager
R. ranetone, Solicitor
N•NN•N••N••N••••N•
You Make
A Mistake
If yon buy a Piano with-
out seeing our stock, comparing
prices and taking into account
the quality of the instrument.
All the best makes alOsays in
stook — Heintzman, Newcombe,
Dominion, and others,
Also Organs, and the very
best §owing Machines..
David Bell
Stand—Opp. Skating Rink
LOCAL SALESMAN
WANTED FOR
WINGHAM
and adjoining country to represent
"Canada's Greatest Nurseries."
A permanent situation for the right
man, for whom the territory will be
reserved. Pay 'Weekly. Fres Equip.
tient, Write for partienlars,
STONE 6' WELLINGTON
FONTIfILL NURSERIES
(Over 800 Acres)
TORONTO — ONTARIO
MORE CLEARING SALE
BARGAINS AT KERR'S
We're .still hard at it trying to
offer better values than anyone else
in the business, and we're succeed-
ing in that particular.
Bargains in Silk Ribbons..
20c and 25c Ribbons for 15c.
We've placed on the counters about 900 yards of
Silk Ribbons, nearly all new goods, regular price
20c to 25c per yard— Special Price 150
Men's Wool Sox, 10 doz. pair, regular 20c pair—Special Price, 100
Men's Shirts, stripe front, made to sell at 750 each—Our Price, 390
All Ready-to-wear Clothing, 25 to 50% less than regular prices.
All Men's and Women's Rain Coats at one•third less than regular.
All Carpets at 2590 less than regular prices.
BARGAINS IN WOMEN'S FUR COATS.—Every Fur Coat and
Jacket in the store at 2500 off.
Regular 20o bottles Crockery Cement, reduced to 150,
Bargains In Groceries.
Best Granulated Sugar, 20 lbs. for $1.00. $4 90 per Sack.
Roasted Rio Coffee, 15c a ib. Green Rio Coffee, 150 a lb.
Peanut Butter, regular 15o Jars for 10o each.
Regular 20o bottle Mixed Pickles for 15o each.
Tillson's Oats, regular 25s package with premium, now 200.
BARGAINS IN BOOT AND SHOE DEPARTMENT.
BARGAINS IN FANCY CHINA DEPARTMENT.
Large stook of Roller Window Shades, Curtain Poles, Extension
Rods, &c., &o.
—WANTED—
Butter, Eggs, Potatoes, Beans, Hay, Oats, Dried Apples.
ib0iKerr
imumommaimmounrommom
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Everything Cooked
—ON THE
Huroil Range
Is done to a turn.
You are sure of satisfaction if
you patronize home industry.
Call and see me when you're
in need of a
Furnace, Base Burne, Steel Range,
Cast Range, Wood Stove,
and in fact anything you may
require in the Stove or
Keating line.
R. MOONY