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The Wingham Advance, 1905-02-09, Page 44 TUE WINQI AI I ADVANCE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1905. There's Good Bread Alread Ton eau always be sure of a good meal when bread trona the Winghatn Mill's Flour is used. The the price lie always: lower than you can buy elsewhere, Wholesale quotations to triose buying Two 1lbls. or over. The Market Wheat, per bushel Oats, per bushel. Barley, per bushel Flour, Stat' (two-thirds Manitoba). per half Bbi Flour, Pastry (all Ontario) " „ ,,,...,.,., Flour, (Pure Manitoba) Flour, low grade, per cwt Shorts, per ton Bran,, per ton.. Chop, per ton $ .ski to $ 1.00 .30 to 32 .38 to .40 2 40 to 2,65 2.40 to 2.60 2,50 to 2.75 1.20 to 1.30 18,00 to 20.00 15.00 to 10,00 10.00 to 22,00 We will allow 5c per half bbl, ott< on Flour quotations to Farmers and others supplying their own bags. tiring your Chopping to us, as we ,do first-class work. HOWSON, HARVEY & BROCKLEBANR rammwmaimommwmftimmaiiiiiil 1 THE ROYAL GROCERY See 30 311 70 FINNAN HADDIE. ao We are still securing weekly shipments of Finnen Haddies, direct from Nova Scotia, prime Fish— per lb FRESH FISH. • Fresh caught by the Indians through the ice in Col- BROOM('SIC our leader, not too heavy or too light ; a nice, 1 compact, well -made Broom, and the price, just sic think of it — 2 for 25c ,s poy's Bay. The flavor is much superior to fish caught in hot weather for you and packed away • in ice — per lb CANNED GOODS. Canned Peas, Standard -3 cans for aa Canned Pumpkin -3 cans for as Canned Corn and Tomatoes -2 cans for am 710 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 IOC I IC K 10cre mr sic siG astCC IOC orliC wiC rG 25c 25c sea 25c at Griffin'st KARRAMAIMMAIRMARIMPARMARARIMIMMARRAMI The Time = To Buy. Now is the time to buy Furniture for Spring. Our prices are away down on some lines, as Chairs, Couches, Rockers, Bedroom Suites, Sideboards. Just call and see our $5.00 Couch, and our $20.00 Parlor Suite, done in the best velour covering. It will pay you to get our prices on all kinds of Furniture. We will use you right. Walker Bros. & Button Furniture Dealers and Undertakers �ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt� Ow,wrath •.-.. a-.- ... ...-. _,. ... ... woe -o . -•- ..••• .w p� M - .,. Orr ... w Worma Ow. ..w O.* e immt .w. a▪ mm▪ o ONO* mo▪ or Special Price Sale of Numerous Lines of Seasonable Goods to Clear Out Quickly A few only of the many lines can be mentioned here. Such as—LADIES' ASTRACHAN COATS and CAPES, COLLARETTES, OAPERINES, RUFFS, 130AS, MUFFS,. etc. A large assortment of LADIES' CLOTH JACKETS must be cleared out at your price, to make room for other goods. Ladies' heavy. fleece -lined HOSIERY, Puritan brand. A special line of dark and light FLANNELETTES. Lace and Damask CURTAINS. DARK PRINTS. TWEEDS. Ready-to-wear SUITS—odd sizes. Men's and Boys' high collar, double-breasted REEF- ERS. BOYS' SLITS. MEN'S ODD PANTS. MEN'S TWEED OVERCOATS, nsnai priee $10 to $12, now $5 to $C. COLORED DRESS GOODS 25c for 22c.. • A nice line heavy MELTONS, always sold at, 30c for 25e. ma -.r omme --.. -.r wee web .4049 1 *.. CAR.PETS 5A. special beavy JUTE CARPET to be sold at 15c, UMIal 20e. rAMD and Mies 'TAPESTRY CARPEL' weaves, splen- did value -23e, A betterline colors ns p and patterns for and many other lints equally good valor. Linoleurns from one yard wide to four yards wide. are goods you can save from 10 to 35 per cent on. It is to your pocket the appeal, as honey well spent is a soulrte of pleasure to all, Call and see these goods and get prices. «-. w W.L id\.IL .I d i �V 1 T. A. MILLS Failitilltf hygienic . iiililiiillii1=1{l hill 1111111 i1,31i�1 it,111111M k 1t ,ip i, nt~ell " g2 t t lbiratt THEO. HALL, PROPINnToit, Srtasclatln•tosi Piues.,•$1.e0 per annum is advance. It,60 it not so paid, ADVEaTIS I U R.aTK5.•*-Legal and other cas- ual advertisements 10c per nonpariel line for first insertion, 3c per line for each subsequent insertion. .Advertisements in the local columns are ohar ed 104 per line ter flrat insertion, and lie per line ter each subsequent insertion. Advertisements of Strayed. Farms for Sale or to stent, and similar, 51,00 for first three `reeks, and 25 cents for each, subsequent in. sertion. CCNrzuer RATlta.—The following are our ices for pheoi insertion of advertisements for 8meg 1 : r. 6 Sto. 3 Mo. 1 Mc, One Column. .570.00 ;40.00 322,50 58,00 Half Column.. .. 40.00 25.00. 15.00 6.00 Quarter Column, 20.00 12,50 7.50 3.00 One Inch .... 5.00 3.00• 2;00 1,25 wAdbbeer inserted stilll forbidsaned charged i ac- cordingly. Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. r L Eaitorfat --While the Dominion is over- whelmingly Liberal, three Provinces are now under Conservative rule—On- tario, Manitoba and •British Columbia. * * —This week President Roosevelt is to meet and congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Danville„ the father and mother of nine sets of triplets. The father is 43, and the mother 38, and they live at Yankton, North Dakota. Of the 27 children, 24 are boys and three are girls. * —In the recent battle between the Japanese and Russians, the latter made the attack and largely outnum- bered the Japs. The Iatter won by their persistency, returning to the as- sault again and again. Thirteen thou- sand Ruselans were killed in the battle. * * —Recent information goes to show that the Russian government can only supply Kuropatkin with new troops sufficient to meet the wastage of his army. If this is so, and Japan can stand the financial strain, the possi- bility of Russia restoring her prestige becomes very remote. w * « —Some time since, considerable agi- tation was aroused in Great Britain by the discovery that a man named Beck had spent a long time in prison for an offence which he had not com- mitted. The British Government has admitted its error and has offered to compensate the sufferer by a grant of $?5,000. * « • —It has been suggested by indepen- dent papers that the salaries of mem- bers of the Ontario Cabinet should be increased. The amount drawn at present by the Premier is said to be too small for the herd of the Govern- ment of a great province like Ontario. The proposal will likely be made to in- crease the Premier's salary to $10,000 per annum, while the other Ministers will receive $8,000. The Hon. G. W. Ross, as Premier and Provincial Trea- surer, received $7,000, and the salaries of the other Inembers of the Cabinet are $4,000 at present. 4 * —The Liberal party came into power in, Ontario on December 20, 1871, when the Blake Ministry was formed. In the crucial vote the previous month, on which the John Sandfield Macdon- ald Government was defeated, there was an Opposition majority of one. Of the 67 Liberals recorded as voting on that motion, only six survive— Hon. Edward Blake ; his Honor Judge Hodgins, who sat for West Elgin; Dr. J. H. Wilson (now Senator), who sat for East Elgin ; Col. Charles Clarke, now Clerk of the Assembly ; Dr. J. Baxter (Haldimand), now registrar for that county ; and R. Christie, Inspec- tor of Prisons. • % • —Available figures show that in the twenty years between 1881 and 1900 there were x,703 strikes, which cost in wages, expenses and direct loss of trade, the enormous sum of $396,769,- 2911 During the same period there were 1,005 lockouts, costing $72,199,180, making 'a total of $468,968,581. Here is a. loss of almost half a billion dollars figured from three items only—that is, loss of wages, assistance, or money ad- vanced to strikers by their sympathi- zers, and loss to employers. It would be a fair computation to estimate an equal sum lost directly and indirectly by the general public because of the strikes. Total, one billion dollars in twenty years. • « --Japanese doctors have certainly achieved a marvelous record in con- nection with disease in General'Oku's Manchurian army. Since the landing on the mainland ott May 6, there have been treated 21,842 cases of disease, out of which only 40 resulted fatally. • These figures are unexampled in the p history of war'far'e. Even more strik- ing is the fact that there have only IMMO - been 183 eases of typhoid and 342 of - dysentery, although of beri-bets there were no less than :%070. This latter disease—the mune being a reduplica. tion of a Cingalese word cleaning • "weakness".—ie common its Japan, ,, where it is known as and n n knk e s k i +•.e considered, to dentis with be i al it the e h "sleeping sickness" of the west coast • of Africa. These statistics reveal s. very thorough mastery o y g enie n "Industrial Canada" remake thus:--- Uufortunately tete ("anadian tariff wall is now so low that the baianeo of trade against Canada in our dealings with the United States is greater than. the amount of Uoited States capital annually invested in Canada. Bet for the fact that a considerable amount of money 'has conte into Canada for in- vestment the Dominion would have been completely drained of gold to pay for over importations. By in- creasing the tariff, we would put a stop to over itnportutious and at the same time attract a: very much larger amount of capital for investment, thus doubly adding to the wealth of the country. --'Taking the figures for the Pt'o- villce of Ontario for the four years 1890.97-08.99 we find that the aggregate output of beef, bacon and cheese fo that period totalled 147 millions of dol Lars; for the next four years ending with 1903 these same products totalled 230 trillions of dollars. Our exports are just as encouraging, In 1890 th exports of animals and agriculture, products amounted to $35,445,629 ; las year they amounted to $112,043,365 Live stock and live stock product were over 00 per cent. of the whole During the past year shipments o pure-bred stock have been sent to South Africa and the Argentine Re- public, and it is hoped a profitable trade will follow. has few rich hien, There aro only two persons in all Japan with as• large a yearly income as $125,000; and only 110 with as 1n1011 as $5,500 ai y year. The purchasing power of money is high, and wages are extremely low. blacksmith earns about $7 a month. Japan's total estimated revenue for this year, both ordinary and extraor- dinary, amounts to but $123,00(1,000--• about one-eighth of Russia's income. As n result, though Japan's export trade has increased, while Russia's has decreased during the progress of the war', when she comes to place her loans of $110,000,000, she is forced to guarantee them by pledging her cus- toms revenue, and still she realizes no higher price for her securities than Russia does for hers, Her own people have taken $100,000,000 of her unse- cured bonds, but for her future foreign r, loans the only further guarantees she .� has to offer are her railways, the to- bacco monopoly and the excise. Rus- sia has the confidence of the great barhkers; Japan has the confidence of a multitude of small investors, but she must soon win !L decisive victory, or her financial standing in the money - markets of the world will, not rise. e 1 t• s f .. « "Bystander" (Prof. Goldwin Smith) says :—"It is to be hoped that Mr. Whitney understands the true charac- ter of his victory, and will use it ac- cordingly. He has not been put into power by a party vote. No new issue had arisen to alter the balance of par- ties since the last election. The Ross Ministry has been overthrown and Mr. Whitney has been carried to power by the Moral sense of the,people revolt- ing against government by a corrupt machine. Adding to the number of Independents and bolting Liberals, those of Liberals who abstained, we should probably find that the whole bore a considerable proportion to the party vote. We trust then that in the formation of his Cabinet the victor will recognize the sources of his vic- tory. We shall look to see him not only cashier corruption and renounce the machine, but restore to the consti- tutional Assembly the legislative power which in the last session was so shamelessly usurped by the caucus." * « —An ingenious machine is now be- ing manufactured under Canadian pa- tents which promises in a large mea- sure to solve the fuel problem for the farmers of the North-West. It is a simple looking affair, mounted on trucks, and can readily be drawn about from place to place. Part of its mechanism consists of a powerful com- pressor, which acts on the loose straw fed into it at one end, delivering it at the other in the form of hard straw - fuel and in ordinary cordwood lengths. Coal in some parts of the prairie.pro- viuces sells at $12 a, ton, and cornwood for $8 a cord. At these prices the question of fuel supply for a long win- ter becomes a very serious one, and if material which has heretofore been destroyed as waste can be converted into good fuel at comparatively tri- fling expense, it will mean a saving of thousands of dollars every year. The cost of treating straw with this ma- chine is only about 50 cents per cord of straw -wood, and it is claimed that the fuel it produces will give out as much heat as the best maple or beech. FINANCES OF RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Russia and Japan have of course both been fighting in great part with other people's money, and contracting debts for future generations to pay. Their positions as to borrowers pre- sent many striking contrasts. Russia's reserve accumulated for war purposes amounted to nearly $188,000,000. But this was of course a small suns. Loans recently made in Paris and Berlin have brought $260,000,000 more, and negotiations are now proceeding with French bankers to secure an additional $200,000,000 before April. The total of money borrowed from France in fif- teen years will then have 'reached $1,600,000,000. By an internal loan and an increased note -issue, Russia has raised $139,000,000 from her own people. Her estimated expenditure for the first eleven months of the war reaches the total of more than $500,- 000,000. But in spite of a taxation so over- whelming that it cannot be increased, and in spite of the thievery and ex- tra.vagance that prevail in every de- partment of the government, Russia's credit retrains fairly good. She bor- rows without guarantee, and retains unencumbered her railroads, customs and excise. Her annual revenue amounts to $1,000,000,000. But her borrowings have been enormous, and in the money market more than else- where she has felt the effect of her naval and military adverses. Unless her fortune turns, it is probable that within a year she will be obliged to g suspend specie payments. Japan's sole weakness lies in her finance. Her victories have been un. interrupted. Her government is hon estly and economically. administered. Her industrial progress le without a parallel. Her national debt is less than half as ntuch per capita as that of anyother civilized nation. n t on. In gross a tIt Ot is *bout one -fourteenth m tilthat of Russia, But commercially she is - the youngest of Sii:nattinps, sn4 she o accumulated wealltb. lftr faneomt; tax. produces $3,000,0001 Ungleilfra ltd lett sant. rate yiatslrls $1.90,+000,000, CANADA FIRST. We aro always glad to note the pro- gress of Canada. The Scientific Ame- rican for December 31st announces that the longest span bridge in the world is now under construction across the St. Lawrence at Quebec. It has a great central spare of 1,800 feet in length, exceeding by 90 fent the span of the great Forth bridge in Scotland. Provision is macre for a double -track railway, two roadways for vehicles, and two sidewalks. The plain posts of this cantilever are 325 feet in length. and each weighs 750 tons. The whole first page of the following number of the Scientific American is filled with a picture of the largest water turbine in the world, a colossal structure now being erected at Shaw- enegan, on the St. Maurice, eighty- four guiles north-east of Montreal. It has a capacity of 10,500 horse -power. It is 30 feet from base to top, 22 feet wide, and weighs ten tons. Four hun- dred thousand gallons of water pass through it every minute, equal to a river 100 feet wide, 9 feet deep, flowing at the rate of 60 feet per minute. Ten thousand horse -power is transmitted eighty-four miles to Montreal for trol- ley power and electric lighting. Canada possesses the grandest water power iu the world. Not counting the splendid developments of the Ni- agara and St. Lawrence, with a whole chain of fresh -water seas for their mill -pond, from the watershed be- tween the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes and Hudson's Bay are hundreds of lakes and streams which will fur- nish the energy of millions of horses. On both slopes of the Rockies, the Cascades, the Selkirks, and the Coast Range are still greater water -powers. She possesses by far the greatest sup- plies of pulp -wood in existence which the energy of these streams can con- vert into pulp and paper for the world. The fact that electrical energy can be transmitted two hundred and fifty miles opens a new manufacturing era to our country. Canada hat the honor of having the first two ocean turbine steamers yet launched, 12,000 tons each. It was Canada; that sent the first steamship across the sea. It was Canada that in- troduced the first post -card, now mul- tiplied by billions. It was Canada that led the way to penny postage throughout the British Empire, and Canada that first of all the dependen- cies of the Empire offered preferential trade to the mother country.—[Metho- dist Magazine. Why Brain Workers Break Down. Man is not a machine that keeps going as long as the steam is applied. He is a creature of blood; nerves, and delicately balanced organism. Many don't realize this, but overwork their brains and break down. Brain work- ers need a strong, bracing tonic like Ferrozone to fortify their nerves and keep the blood. pure and rich. Take Ferrozone and you'll do more work. You will have the strength, the ambi- tion and the desire for work because your system will be in first-class order. For your health and strength take Ferrozone regularly. Price 50c, at druggists. Suits, Overcoats AND PANTS A SPECIALTY, Our Suits are of the newest materials at the lowest possible prices. Overcoatings- that make up the e most beautiful Coats that fancy could desire, at prices ranging from $12,00 to $2o.0o. Pantings, the very thing you are looking for, Robt. Maxwell 1411 4rt TO t**l "*** **•4&#**.*+*t!'. 0***** ************** ESTA.13LISTIED 1002 4.. 4 4 A' • 4 4 iV New Dress Goods i', 4, "Sicilians "—the new light -weight Mohair fabrics, in 41, plain and mixed shades, for spring shirt waist Suits, also 411the latest in checks and lino designs. i New spring Suitings in Broadcloth ; Venetians in the leading shades. New spring Waistings is checks and stripes. Leave orders now for Spring Costuming. ,' ' '' a ' 311, 4► K duct a Grand Clearing -out Sale of all superflous lines, 1. 4Oddimeuts, and other unnecessary stock, at such reduced q rates as will guarantee the necessary clearance. 4 We are not going out of business, but merely clearing • out a few lines to make room for new goods which are 4 arriving daily. F "- 4 Alex®Ritchie' Grand. Clearing After Stock Taking. 4 43 Until the arrival of New Spring Goods, we will con- {, 4, r,r,r*,rw,rw,rw,rw,,,friSb ,ifw,r•w 444,Witiw ►witi,ro,rw###;h ;r Dining Room Chairs. Our special Sale of Dining Chairs was a grand success. To meet the demand, we were obliged to place more Chairs in stock. Parties who were disappointed, will now have an opportunity of hav- ing their orders filled. UNDERTAKING. Night calls re- ceive prompt at- tention, 51.5 house west of Hamil- ton's Drug Store Carpets, Oilcloths, Linoloums. L. A. Ball .& Co. DOMINION BANKU Capital (paid up) • $3,000,000 Reserve to a p each- - $3,634,000 Farmers' Notes discounted. Drafts sold on all points in Can- ada, the United States and Europe. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest allowed on deposits of 31,00 and upwards, and added to principal 30th June and 31st December each year. D. T. HEPBURN, Manager R. Vanatone, Solicitor BANK w�o�AMOF 9A&11LT06 CAPITAL PAID UP $ 2,23355,280.00 RESERVE FUND 2,100,000.00 TOTAL ASSETS 26,553,816,57 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Hon. Wm. Gibson — President John Proctor C.C. Dalton J. S. Heudrie Goo. Rutherford C. A. Birgc J. Turnbull, Vice -Pres. and General Manager II. M, Watson, Asst. Gens, Manager. B. Willson, Inspector. Deposits of 31 and upwards received. Int- erest allowed and computed on 30th November and 31st May each year. and added to principal Special Deposits also received at current rates of interest. W. CORBOULD, Agent Dickinson de Holmes, Solicitors 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 c 0 O 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 000000•00000000000 We're In It We're right in the Hard- ware business again, and are pleased to greet our custom- ers once more. Our stock will be found full and complete in every line, of which you shall hear from time to time. Tillsrnithing We have secured the services of a first-class cls sS smith, and all work in this line shall iteeeive our close attention. Call on us at an early date ---we'll use you right. Alex, Young hardware Merchant O O O 0 O O O O 0 0 O O 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 4444** 4.444.44444.444 .44 Not A Ganie Of Chance, When yon come to trade with us you take no chances with your money. Bank deposits aro not safer than our guarantee to you of good Value or Monty back. To know what real solid Cloth- ing Value is—buy Homuth Bros'. Suits and Overcoats—We are show- ing some beautiful effects, made in latest style and best workmanship, at $16, $18 up to $25. Xmas. Gifts. In Neckties we have all the new colorings and styles in Puffs, Derbys, Flowing -Ends, Bows, Strings, etc. Really the fiuest assortment ever shown in the county at 25c, b0c and 750. Mufflers. Be sure yon have one of our warm mufliers.—Materials of Wool also Silk.—These are the greatest Value we have ever offered at 35c, 50c, 75o, $1.00 and $1.25. Gloves. In Gloves we have a vary fine assortment to select from—these are goosizes d fi$1.tters00,—$1.B25estand Make51.7r's5. and all Hats, Caps, Etc. Hata, Caps, Underclothing, Sus- penders, Handkerchiefs,' Armlets, Colored Shirts, White Shirts, Cuffs, Collars, Hosiery --and in fact every- thing in Gents' Wear.—We invite you before buying elsewhere, to call and have a look at any rate, and no doubt yon will go away from this store WELL pleased. A PLE?iSURE To Snow Goons. llornuth Bross o ick*amsa1)mnBanto nnisebn- ltss al ui all owing me 022 Notes or Mortgages tgag't s e sir pay pl7arilaal or interest itt any time, After falling due, rem- ember you need not pay until you are requested to do so pay rue. I thank all those who have done business with rare, and wish you every Mprospa�erity. Roiev. ClNDOO.