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The Wingham Advance, 1907-03-28, Page 44 Cfreat40044stive*P4,41~41ePstemeolipee New Spring Goods Easter ter willbUUi be here, t rd yon will want your Suit, Light Overcoat, Hat, Glove, die, Fancy Shirt, etc., etc, We have one of the largest and best assortments of Suitinns ever shown in this part of the country ---all the newest designs and best qualities at lowest prices. x)o not buy a ready-made suit and be dissatisfied all the time you wear it, when for very little more you can get one Inadqto curler in any style you wish ---one you eau feel assured will wear well and always look good, We guarantee satisfaction. ATS We have the best assortment of Ilats in the new- est styles. The Perfectus Health Hat is one of the best Hats made. We are sole agents for it, We can give you anything in new styles. You will not find anything that has been carried over for years in our stock, all new. Our Caps are new and stylish. We also draw your attention to our new Faucy Shirts and Neckties. We have a large assortment of these beautiful goods. Anything you want iu Men's Fur- nishings, give us a call. axwe I' mil - . .111. Tailors and Men's Furnishings Are You Housecleaning? If so, you will require some of our celebrated MIXED PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, ENAMELS, SILVER and METAL POLISH. Also a large assortment of Brushes of all kinds to choose from. It will pay you to enquire our prices on Churns and Washing Machines before purchasing. CENTRAL HARDWARE H. BISHOP 9 THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE BEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1387 B. E. WALKER, President ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager A. B. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Rest, - - - 5,000,000 Total Assets, - 113,000,000 BANK MONEY ORDERS ISSUED AT THE FQLLOWING RATES: $5 and under Over $5 and not exceeding $10 " $10 " I, $30 " $30 " e $50 3 cents 6 cents 10 cents 15 cents These Order; are payable at par at any office itt Canada of a Chartered Bank (Yukon excepted), and at the principal banking points in tbe United States. They are negotiable at $4.90 to the £ sterling in Great Britain and Ireland. They form an excellent method of rernitting small sums of money with safety and at small cost, and nay be obtained without delay at any office of the Bank Wingham, Ont., Branch :—A. E. Smith, Manager. 87 JCAPITAL PAID UP: TOTAL ASSETS: $2,500,000. Thirty-two Million Dollard, RESERvn Peen 82,aoa eoe BANK OF HAMILTON A General Banking Business Transacted. SAVINGS Bank Department at each of our 96 Branches. Interest allowed an deposits of $1.00 aa,;i upwards, at highest current rates., interest Paid or Compounded Querteriy, Wingham Branch C. P. SMITH, Agent THE W) NGFIAM ADVANCE Abtra Deo. Hall. - Proprietor. Y'4y {""' Ebitorfat --Hort. Chat Hyman is reported to have completely recovered from his illness, and is said to be the picture of health. Ile is e::peeted to return to Canada font Coronado, California, in a few days. —In the next Dominion Parliament, the two new provinces, Alberta and Saskateiiewau, will be represented by seven and ten members, respectively. At present they have only ten be- tween them, At the rate new eettiers are pouring into the West, they will soon reggire another increase, ** —No less than 0,000 miles of railway is under contract for the present year in Canada. The C. P. R, contracts foe the building of new lines to the amount of 1,492 miles have been con- firmed, 531 of which will be double tracking from Fort William to Win- nipeg and from Ste.Antes to Smith's tut Falls, Ontario. Another big item is Grand Trunk Pacific contracts, amounting to 1,900 miles ; Canadian Northern, 1,000 utiles, and Great Nor- thern 1,000 miles. * * —Under the provisions of the new act governing the granting of Pro- vincial subsidies by the Dominion, of which notice hes been given by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the increases to the various provinces, on the basis of the last census returns, will be as follows : Ontario, $789,485; Quebec, $590,800; Nova Scotia, $177,059 ; New Bruns- wick, $180,000 ; Manitoba, $142,530 ; British Columbia, $215,000 ; Prince Edward Island, $05,345 ; Alberta, $48, 320 ; Saskatchewan, $130,210. * * —Great Britain has certainly set an example to the world, and demon- strated the beneficence of British rile. Only a few years ago, Boers and Bri- tons were engaged in deadly conflict. Within five years, the wounds of war and discord have been healed, and the conquered Transvaal has been granted a free constitution, with a large mea- sure of self-government. The first Parliament opened on the 21st inst., and strange to say, Gen. Botha, one of the most warlike of the Boer fight- ers, is Premier of the Transvaal colony. ** • —The Dominion Government will this session introduce legislation to prevent the gift of liquor to men em- ployed upon public works. At pres- ent the law merely prohibits the sale of liquor to workmen under such con- ditions. Experience has proven that, especially upon railway construction this is not sufficient to stop illicit traffic in intoxicants. The bill will also extend the right of search for liquor to railway cars and contractors camps, so as to permit of complete suppression of the traffic in that direc- tion. —The Railway Commission has ^e- eided that before the first day of June a new scale of passenger rates shall be put in force in Canada under which 3c per mile will be the maximum rate in all the territory east of the Rockies. The only part of older Ontario which will be affected by this change is that served by the main line on the Grand Trunk between Toronto and Montreal. On this section the local rate has been 3sc per mile, and even more in a few cases. This must now come down to 8c. A reduction will also be forced in New Ontario, in parts of the West, and in portions of the Maritime Pro- vinces, —Lord Salisbury declared in 1899 that the expenditure on armaments even then had reached such a scale as to threaten the world with a catas- trophe in which civilization itself might disappear. Since then the army and navy expenditures of Ger- many, England, France and Russia have risen from 825 million dollars in 1899 to 1,010 million dollars in 1005 -- an increase of 221, per cent. Had the standstill proposition of the Czar been adopted and acted upon in 1899, these four countries would have escaped an - annual burden of 185 million dollars. Reckoning this as a permanent charge it is equivalent to three per cent, on a war debt of over six thousand million dollars, for which there is nothing to show, ** —According to statistics, English- n earn considerably more than y spend (at least some of thein do.) 050 savings are stored in houses, Iwaysaships, and factories, foreign estnments, bank deposits, and in by other ways. In the good old es, the stored wealth of the coun- vsas as follows --- Year 1000 £22 per head Year 1080 ..... £:t0 per head Year 1800L107 per head What is it now f Tho estimates of financial experts place it at 1805 £200 per head 1885 £270 per head 1007„.. 4320 per head Foreign trade, as everyone knows, has improved beyond all expectation. in the short period of eight years, ex - poets of home produce and manufac- tures have increased by the video of $111,000,000 ; re-exports of foreign and colonial goods by £20,000,000, alid ifn- ports by 412$,000,000, 44y44444444tr444444•44441• 4N4H444444444444444 the Th rai ♦ Inv a tint try t Coal Coal d t 1 i all kinds, l s,itience Phone, No, 65 Orf " No. -64 Mill No. 44 A.MoLEAN We aro solo agents for the celebrated Scranton Coal,, which has no equal. Also the hest grades of Smithing, cannel and le - medic Coal and 'Wood of itd We carry a full stock of Lumber (dressed or undrea• sed), Shingles, Lath, Cedar Posts, Earrela, etc. Highest: Price Paid for all kinds of Logs. i d, a lways on hand.. .44+444141444.4144......4444.***11444044..1144.44+0044.0 THURSDAY, MAI.CII 2a, 1907 —Figures of the amount of business Tl1U li1011 COURT, connected with telephones made pubs lie recently, indleate that there were 5,071, 500,000 exeiutnge telephone talks - and 133,600,000 long-distanco or toll communications in the year 19311 in the suited States. On Dee -,oiler 31 there were 7,107,835 instruments in nse, 1,1.30,230 miles of toll wire, 2,385,- 7.12 miles of underground wire, 11,373 miles of submarine wire, and an ag- gregate of 6,080,282 miles of wire de- voted to telephone service, Tho sta- tioni number a 2,7415,837, the total cis- emits 1,407,000 and the employees 00,- 000. These figures show a growth in years of 171 per cent. in numbers of employees, of 239 per cent, in the number of stations, and of 319 per cent, in the total number of miles of wire, —At last, it begins to look as though there were brighter days in store for Russia. She was so fat; behind the spirit of the age, in the treatment of her people, that many changes trust be made before representative govern- ment can be established and made a success. In the bringing about of these changes, friction is unavoidable, because of the autocratic rule that has, had sway, and the sweeping changes required. The narrow escape of the country from wide -spread revo- lution evidenced the wish of the mas- ses, and though anarchy is to be dreaded, sufficient of it was seen, to warn a the government of its danger. The national atmosphere is clearer just now. In the Lower House of Parliament, Premier Stolypin out- lined the Government's proposals, es follows :—Freedoin of speech and of the press, liberty of faith, habeas cor- pus on the same basis as other States, the substitution of a single form of martial law for the various decrees of exceptional severity, local 'self-govemn merit, responsibility of officials, agra- rian reforms, and popular education. With such a program, faithfully car- ried out in the interest of the people, Russia will be a different nation a few years hence. ** In 1847 for the first time the tele- graph connected Quebec, Montreal and Toronto. Of course there was, as yet, no Atlantic cable, and it usually took at least a fortnight by the fastest ships for news of what happened in England to reach America. The rail- way, still a comparatively new thing even in Europe, was hardly known in Canada and points beyond water communication were remote indeed, for freight and passengers must reach theist chiefly by horse carriage. Not until some years after 1847 had To- ronto any railway. In 1851 the Nor- thern Railway running northward to Bradford and Barrie was begun, and after that railways came thick and fast. Yet not until 1856 was there a service between Toronto and Mon- treal, and only in 1860 was the St. Lawrence bridged so that trains from the south could run into Montreal. The two Canadian provinces had at the time about 1,200,000 people, and when we remember Trow few they were we almost wonder that they had the courage to undertake the vast enterprises of railway and canal build- ing which began during these early years. In 1817 Canada had not even a postoffice of her own ; until 1851 the postal service was carried on by the Imperial Govermment. Money was still reckoned in pounds, shillings and pence. The unfortunate person who got into debt might be thrown into prison until he should pay. A PECULIAR SITUATION. (Toronto News) A really curious development in the situation just now pertains to the education clauses in the Autonomy Bills. It is little over a year since the two new Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were presented with their emasculated constitutions. Hon. Mr, Caller, Minister of Education in the Scott Government, has brought down a bill which is clearly ultra vires. Under the constitution of Sas- katchewan, the Roman Catholic mi- nority have the right to their own High Schools maintained out of the public funds. Mr. Calder's hill pro- poses to create the High School as a separate institution, and its author says it is not an infringement on the rights of the minority. Mr. Haultain has pointed out where the measure conflicts with the autonomy settle- ment. He has pledged his support, however, to the bill, for it is in line with his policy, and Ire says the Pro- vince should be free to pass such legis- lation. The Roman Catholic minority is preparing to flght the bill in the courts as unconstitutional if it is passed. Thus instead of h smooth evasion of the issue, Mr. Calder's bill hasre i p c pmtated the crisis which was bound to come sooner or. later. If the minority presses for disallowance of the bill by the courts, according to The Regina West, the Government of Saskatchewan hits been pledged by Attorney -General Lamont to "fight for the rights of the Province." The only way the Government can "fight for the rights of the Province" and for the Government bill which Mr. Calder has introduced, is to take the ground that the Autonomy Bills were tttleanstituti.onal. If Attorney -Gen- eral Lamont keeps his pledge to the Legislature, it would appear that the whole constitutional aapect of the case will be opened and the battle for Pr'ovtnetal flights fought to a finish. In that ease both the Liberal Govern- ment and Mr. Walter Scott and the. Opposition under Mr. lIeultain would be ranged Bide by aide to defeat the coereiotr olauses of the Autonomy Bills, It had to canna, The jury sittings of the High Court were held last week in Goderich, Mr. Justice Magee presiding, The follow- ing macs were heard:— Bruce vs,. Dominion Fish Co, -- Action under Workman's Compensa- tion Act. Trial of this action was by - consent of counsel postponed till tbe next assizes for tbe county of Huron.. Dean vs. Grand Trunk Railway Go, --Action by widow for damages for death of her husband, Eogeuc Dean, by the explosion of a boiler of defend- ants. His Lordship dispensed with a jury. By consent of counsel His Lordship directed that judgment be entered for the plaintiff against the defendant for $2,100 damages and $200 to be paid by defendants for plaintiff's costs of action between party and party. Goderich Lumber Co.. vs. Williams, an action to recover an account. Judgment for plaintiffs, $276,26, with reference to the Master at Walker- ton, In Champion vs. Moore, an action for slander, a jury was sworn in, but after the case had proceeded for an hour, His Lordship non -suited the plaintiff, R. Vanstote, for plaintiff ; E. L. Dickinson, for defendant. Berry vs. Horton et al, a charge of libel and slander in connection with horses, was settled out of court be- tween the parties, the defendants pay- ing all eosts. Diitsclale vs, Coltart, an action by an executor of an estate for the set- tlement of au account was settled. Williams vs. Pigott, et al, was an action for damages, to recover for the loss of an arm and other bodily in- juries, caused by the overturning of a gravel car on the C. P. R. track, in the township of Colborne, last August, The jury gave a verdict of $5,500 for plaintiff, and the Judge awarding $1,000 costs, made the ver- dict $0,500. Quaid vs. Hamilton et al, an action over the sale of a horse, was supposed to have been settled out of court and no judgment•was rendered. Smith vs. Pollock, an action to re- cover damages for the abduction of plaintiff's two children, and for an order to produce the children or dis- close their whereabouts, resulted in a verdict for defendants with costs. Edwards vs. The Goderich Planing Mill Co., an action to recover damages for the loss of three fingers by the machinery in the defendant Co.'s mill. His Lordship gave a list of questions to be answered by the jury, and on receiving the answers he gave judgment for the defendant company, with costs against the plaintiff. Guelph & Goderich R. R. Co. vs, G. T. R., an action for damages for destruction of part of a trestle R. R. track, and an order to pa•event further damage to the bank below the Harbor Park, etc. This case was, by consent of counsel, adjourned. Are you tired, fagged out, nervous, sleepless, feel mean? Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea strengthens the nerves, aids digestion, brings refreshing sleep, 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Ask your Druggist. H. Brown, Rag and Metal Co., buy- ing all kinds of hides, wool and pick- ings, rubber, copper, and feathers of all kinds. Highest price in cash ; if brought to house, five cents a hundred extra; 50c a 100, cash, for old iron, DOINION BANK. HEAD OFFICE,- TORONTO. Capital (paid up) - $3,000,000` Reserve fa a proflL I $3,929,000 Total Assets, over $42,000,000 WINGHAII BRANCH, Farmers' Notes discounted. Drafts sold on all points in Can- ada, the United States and Europe. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest allowed on dopOsts of $l.00 and upwards, and added to principal 30th June and 31st Deeembor each year. D. T. HEPBURN, Manager R. Vanstono, Solicitor Spring Term Opens April 2nd An Excellent Time to Enter the Creat )k L ,if3i'`i 'tz;i0a/ "! ORONTO, ONT. Canada's Best School of Business and Shorthand Training. The demand for our Rradstates is far greater than the Supply. our magnificent catalogue is free. hater now and bo prepared to accept tt good position in the Summer or fall. No mid- sunonter vacation. W. S. ELLIOTT, Principal (Cor. Yonge and Alexander Ste.) SPRING TERM OPENS TUESDAY, APRIL 2nd. CENTRAL .40,11 STRATFORD, ONt. This school, WWII is the largest and most progressive commercial and short- hand school in Western Ontario, bis, o s the reputation et doingtile best work in Baldness lCSueatlon fin Canada. Our graduates aro in demand a1s eommereiat teaohers and otlloe assistants. 'Write Ler free catalogue and you will get full in. forrnation conoarning Our School. EtlfOTT MOLAm7OttrAmt, Prince I al. • : The " atOre WXNGI<!AM, ONTARIO. Cerrrh The 131g t Bargains Yeu'U n Find at the "Big $mre.99 Our Big Stock -Reducing Sale will be con- tinued, as announced, up to Saturday, March 3oth, But we will after that date continue giving; big- ger bargains than you can get elsewhere. We will offer Bargains in . every department such as you cannot afford to miss, We must increase our turnover this year at least 25 per cent. above last year, which was 25 pt'r cent. above 1905. We make the prices interesting, You'll do the rest. 480 more tins of Canned Peas, same as last lot, at per tin 50 350 lbs, more New Dates just arrived, and selling at per lb5c 250 lbs, more New Prunes just arrived, and selling at per lb5c Another lot of Sweet Oranges just received, selling at per doz15c We'll continue selling 5c tins of Pork and Beans at 3 for 10c AIso Crest, Coral and Sea Spray Toilet Soaps, reg. 5c, at. 3 for l0c Laundry Soaps—Eclipse, Bee Hive and Morse's Best, at7 for 25c Orange Meat Breakfast Food, reg. 15c, for one week at2 for 25c GARDEN SEEDS. -15 packages for 25 cts., any kind of May's flower or vegetable seeds. KERR'S RED BELL TEA.—At 28c and 40c, a lb. is the very best on the market for the money. We guarantee the quality. New Goads ! New Goads ! New Caps and Tams for Girls, New Caps for Men and Boys. New Hats for Dien, soft and hard Felt. New Shapes $L50 to $2.25. New Fancy Shirts for Men and Boys, also Working Shirts. The prettiest, neatest lot of FANCY Cox,LAlis for Ladies that ever came to Wingham, you'll find in this "Big Store" this week. About twenty dozen of them and every Collar is br-au new. About sixteen dozen NEW BLLTS for Ladies. just received. They are a handsome, serviceable lot of Belts. Prices right. New Carpets, Linoleunts, Floor Oilcloths' Rugs,.Mats Stair Carpet, etc. ' • F R D DOMESTICS` viistake LABORERS 1."4440.444'94.3800..4.. o Make pp u' I have been appointed by the Do- If you buy a Piano with - minion q Government to place Immi- out seeing our stock, comparing 4 grants from the United Kingdon in prices and taking into account positions as farm laborers or domestic the quality of the instrument. servants iu this vicinity. Any persona All the best makes always in requiring such help should notify me stock --• H'eintzrnan, Newcombe, by letter, stating fully the kiud of help Dominion, and others. required, when wanted and wagesAlso Organs, and the very offered. The number may not be snfii• p best Sewing Machines. tient to supply all requests, but every 9 effort will be made to provide each A applicant with help regttmrec 1 . '3 se PETER CAMPBELL David Bell Canadian Gov't Employment Agt. Stand—Opp. Skating Rink WIN( HAM. __ , 44094.44®i+1.1a0.4 444 P 4.04© _ _ y00000000000000000000000000 O.../00 :,000i1.,pCF3t300000. 0000000V* 8 8 0 00 8 0 8 (3 i3 t 0 SEEDS For Far Garden OLOVERS.—Oommon Red, Mammoth Red, Alsike, Lucerne and White, also Timothy, 'these seeds are all inspected and approved by the department at Ottawa, for growth and parity, and are home grown. OUTS. --Wo have several varieties: W12ITE MARVEL—This is won- derfully productive, yielding as much es 85 bushels to the acre, of large, plump, white grain. 1.1ArtTAtt KINci--highly recommended by the Ex- perimental Vann, Ottawa; strong straw, free from rust. Wm= Itus- eIAN--has been grown extensively in Perth Go. THOUSAND DOLLAR WA's ---well liked by the American farmer, BLACK BARLEY—Seldom yielding below 40 bushel per acre. MENSCRE BARLEY.—A well-known variety, strong and heavy. JAPANESE MILLET.—Also called Million Dollar Grass, well- known in Ontario; Splendid for greou fodder and hay. JAPANESE PANESI; BUCICWIiEAT.--Very early and productive, RUSSIAN SUNIa'LOWER...Grows 15 inches in diameter. limn GOOSE WHEAT`—Tho cleanest from foreign seeds we ever CORNS.—The largest stook, conning of the finest varieties for silage and maturity purposes, iii the county. Also Sweet Corns for table Ilse, coxae up extra early; nene better. Crosby's Early Sugar Corn, Oonntry Gentlemen—highly recommended. PEAS. --Field and garden. EARLY POTATOES.—Nought Sit, very early and productive. Carmen No. 1, grown successfully at Experimental faun, Ottawa. Beauty of Nebron, very productive right here. We keep a stock of Ground Oil Cake, Bfhby's Cream Equivalent (takes the piace of cream for calves),' Twin City Herb Food (cheapest end best) and pure ground flex Meal, also Sweet Peas and all Garden Flower Seeds. Come in and see for yourself. is O } 8 0 0 08 r 08 0 8 0 6