The Wingham Advance, 1905-01-26, Page 44
THE WINQHAM ADVANCE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1905.
This Week and Next
For Clearing Sale
THEN INVENTORY.
25 Jackets.
25 Jackets, new fall and Winter styles,
in Kersey and Broadcloths, Black and col-
ors, Regular $5 to $15 Jackets -1, off.
$5.00 Jackets for $ 3 75
$10 00 " 7.50
$15.00 " " 11.00
Our No. 1 lot of Ohildreu's Coats. about 30-
see them, Warm winter garments -?a price.
1
Ladies' Fur Coats.
Five $35.00 Astrachan. Coats for $27.50
Two $30.00 " " 23.50
One $35.00 Electric Seal Coat for 26.25
Three $50.00 Lamb Coats for 40.50
Ruffs and Muffs.
10 Sable Muffs, worth from $12 to $16, for ..$10.50
5 Sable Ruffs, worth $10, for
7.89
Other Fur goods to clear at Bargain Prices.
Table Linen -Irish and Scotch Linens, our large
stock on sale at g off, $1.00 for 75c,
75c for 570, 50e for 38c.
Carpets, Etc.
Exceptionally low prices prevail on
Carpets, Rugs and Linoleums. Remnants
of Wool, Wilton and Brussels at half price.
Regular qualities in Brussels, Velvets and
Wools at reduced prices.
5 pieces 3 -ply all -wool, worth $1.00, for 75c
2 " 2 -ply " worth 75o, for 57a
2 pieces Union, worth 50o, for 38o
2 " Brussels, worth $1.25, for.
2 .4 " " 750, for 57o
4 -yard wide Linolenms, worth $2.00 to 2.50, for
1 50 and 1.90
2 -yard wide Linoleums 50c for 38c 75o for
57o 1 00 for 75e 125 for 95a.
New
Dress Goods & Silks.
One lot of Blacks. 7 ends, including
Cheviots, new effects. Valves ranging in
prices from $1.00 to $1.25, for 750.
10 pieces Mannish Suiting, 54 inches wide, 1.50
value for $1.10
Plain and Novelty goods, only lot, 50c and 3S
60o valves for
375 Remnants of Waist, Skirt and Dress Lengths,
sell now for Cash at ?6 Regular Prices.
A general reduction for the Pre-Inventry
Sale in the Silks and Dress Goods Depart-
ment. All Silk Remnants at is price. Spec-
ial for this sale -8 ends Taffeta Silk, black
and colors for 57c.
White Goods Sale.
White Goods Sale of Under-Musline, A
good time to buy your spring supply, -I
off regular prices.
$1.00 Skirts and Gowns for 750
"
1.25 `• It 4
White Waistings, Madras, Vestings, Mercerized
Stripe and Figures, at Special Prices, Many are
marked to close out quickly at Half Prices - 40o
for 20c, 25c for 12i2e.
Flannelette Bargains.
4 pieces Flannelette, easily worth 15o for.. 120
5 " 6t regular 12o for loo
7 " tt " loo for 80
All Wool Blankets to clear at i of,$_ 5.0
$3.75, $4.50 for $3.30.
Gloves, Etc.
A Special Lot made up of 75c, 1,00, 1.25 and
1.50 Kid Gloves, best make 590
Ladies' and Children's assorted make Gloves,
Cashmere, Wool, Golf, 25e to 50o, for 190
50 Tailored Skirts.
Blaok, Grey and Oxford Tweeds, all sizes,
$4.00 to $6.00 values -all one price $9.75
Grey and White Flannelette Blankets, regular
$1.00 quality for 75c, $1.25 for 95c.
Ladies' and Children's Hose.
13 dozen assorted sizes, all Wool and Cash-
meres, regular 250 to 40c -for 230 a,
Curtains at a Reduction.
Odd pairs in a great variety of styles at Half
Prices. All our stock of Curtains, worth from 50o
to $5.00 at 3( off -$1 for 75c, 1.25 for 950, etc.
Bargains in Lace. 1 Lot for 5c per yd.
All our stock of the Celebrated Crum's Prints,
new patterns, regular 12ic for 10c.
Too Much to Print.
The great quantities of goods prepared
for this Sale make it impossible to even men-
tion a great many lines. For instance, there
are some extraordinary valves in Embroider-
ies -1 lot for 5c -Lot 2 for 10c. Ribbons,
Trimmings, Belts, Collars, Ladies' Underwear
-Corsets, 1 lot for 25c -Lot 2 for 38c -Lot
3 for 50c. Don't miss the good things -
come early and gee them. -
The actual Values and Sale Prices advertised may be depended upon to
the penny.
REMEMBER :-POSITIVELY no goods charged only at Regular Prices. If
goods are not paid for when ordered, full prices will be charged.
CASH AND TRADE ONLY
ALEX.
RITCHIE
Ross trilling with corruption. Ile
wanted to (10 right, but lacked the
courage, as his ;actions had proven, by
allowing by allowing laic ministers to
defeat the Temperance :resolutions in
the Convention.
Rev. 3. E. Starr began withpointed
on Conscience. In this election the
Conservatives were not on trial. It is
the Ross Government and no one else
that is on trial. The question to con -
eider is -Has the State been wronged ?
He held that it had. The aptitude of
the Ministry "to forget" was criticized.
The mainspring of responsible govern-
ment had been tampered with. Air,
Ross was fond of antique history -
what the Conservatives had done in
the long past. He would refer to
events of hater (late, since 1898. Re-
cent political history showed that Mr.
Ross had degraded the principle of re-
sponsible government,and reduced it
to the level of a farce, Old Liberalism
kept its pledges under Mowat; present
day Liberalism would neither resign
nor do what it promised. The actions
of Premier Ross in allowing the Tem-
perance resolutions to be killed, and
then stating he was "delighted" was
causticly criticized. The old war horse
was humorously referred. to, and the
opinion expressed that the rider was
suffering from dizziness in his head.
A strong point was made by the
speaker in referring to the question of
Ross -"Why didn't you go to the
Conservatives ?" Mr. Starr referred
to the motto, "Build up Ontario", and
held that to condone corruption and
broken pledges was not to build up
Ontario, but destroy the very founda-
tions of responsible government and
enable independent telephone coin -
wive to f,eenre .access to railway^ sta-
tions ; to bring express mates under the
control Of the Railway (.'omanisaian,,
and to allow the majority of the Com-
mission (not the Chairman) to decide
questions of law,
Mr, Lancaster has announced his in-
tention of again introducing the bill,
brought in by him last session, to coil-
pet railways to provide watchmen or
gates at all crossings in heavily popu-
lated districts.
The main estimates for the year
ending ,Tune 30th, 1900, which are now
before the House, total $08,604,307--a
decrease of $0,3Q5,051, as compared
with the total amount vote:l last ses-
sion for the current year, but an in-
crease of $5,725,059 over the main esti-
mates for 1904-a, as brought down last
session, these having amounted to but
$62,035,338 ; but the sum of $12,031,714
having been voted as supplementaries,
made the total vote of last session
available for the current year $74,070,-
049, If half that amount of suppli-
mentcaries is brought down during the
present session the appropriation for
1905-08 will be even larger than the big
vote for the current fiscal year, and it
was a record one at that.
The estimates were responsible for
keeping the House working up till six
o'clock on the 20th inst„ the votes for
the salaries of the Ottawa departments
being nearly all passed. They show
no important changes. The day's
work made plain the fact that Hon.
Geo. E. Foster has a grasp of Federal
finances and finance methods that no
other private member possesses, and
the bulk of the work was left to him.
At the close of the day Mr. Foster
pointed out that not much more pro-
gress could be made with the estimates
until the Auditor -General's report was
brought down.
Some extra assistance in the way of
clerks was given the Auditor -General,
Mr. Foster remarking that as the Gov-
ernment would he able to make his
way harder than in the past, the Op-
position should endeavor to give him
all the assistonce possible.
public safety.
The meeting closed with the singing
of "God save the King."
OUR RAILWAY SUBSIDIES.
We have used both hands in baling
out money from the public treasury to
hand it over to private railway pro-
moters. Up to June 30th, 1903, we
had, through the Dominion, the Pro-
vinces, and the municipalities, paid in
cash in the farm of subsidies to aid in
railway building over $100,000,000, All
this money was paid towards the
building of railways over which the
people exercise no rights of ownership.
It ie in addition to the outlay of $77,-
000,000 on the Intercolonial by the Do-
minion Government, or the five or six
millions on the Teiniskaming by the
Ontario Government -lines which the
people really do own.
Of this total of $160,000,000, over
$105,000,000 came from the Dominion
treasury, seventeen and one-half mill-
ions from Quebec, nearly nine. and
three-quarter millions from the Pro-
vince of Ontario, and over twelve and
one-quarter niilIions from the munici-
palities of Ontario. The balance was
made up by other Provincial Gov-
ernments and municipalities in other
Provinces.
We have not confined ourselves to
money grants. In addition to the
cash donations, we have endowed the
owners of these private railways with
nearly 00,000,000 acres of land. That
is a kingdom in extent ; it is equal to
three times the area of all the occupied
lands in this Province. The Dominion
Government here again has, in one
sense, been the chief offender. The
greater part of these grants were made
to the Canadian Pacific, and other
railways in the North-West. But the.
Government of Ontario has, in propor-
tion to the area of lands at its disposal,
been quite as prodigal as that of the
Dominion. The Government of this
Province has granted 8'75,000 acres to
the James Bay Railway ; 1,481,000
acres to the Algoma Central and Hud-
son Bay Railway ; 500,000 acres to a
line from French River to Sudbury,
and 1,200,000 acres to the Port Arthur
branch of the Grand Trunk Pacific.
Here is a grand total of 4,000,000 acres
of land granted to railways by the On-
tario Government. That is equal to
almost half the acreage given to all
the field crops_of the Province.
This is not all ancient history ; it is
not all the story of a sacrifice of the
people's heritage in the century which
is past. The sacrifiice is still going on.
Last session, one of the most unjusti-
fiable grants ever made in the whole
history of railway subsidizing was au-
thorized by the Legislature at the de-
mand of the Government. This was
the vote of $400,000 in cash and 1,200,-
000 acres of land to the Port Arthur
branch of the Grand Trunk Pacific.
What was done Inst session will be re-
peated in sessions to come if the elec-
tors do not, in the present election, see
that the men elected are such as can
be depended upon to end once and for
all, this voting away of the public land
and public money for the benefit of
railway promoters.
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, CAPERINES, RUFFS, BOAS,
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' SUITS. 'MEN'S ODD PANTS.
IMAM
MEN'S TWEED OVERCOATS, usual price $10 to
$12, now $5 to $G.
COLORED DRESS GOODS 25c for 22c.
SWF
A nice line heavy MELTONS, always sold at 30c
for 25c.
CARPETS
A special heavy JUTE CARPET to be sold at 15e,
usual 20c.
Hit and Miss TAPESTRY CARPET weaves, splen-
did value --25c.
A better line nice colors and patterns for 35e and
many other lines equally good value.
Linoleutns from one yard wide to four yards wide,
are goods you tau save from 10 to 3i per cent. on.
It is to your pocket Vvas money well
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spent is a, source of pleasure to x11. Call and see these
goods and get prices.
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-The average passenger rate on
railways in the United States is a little
over two cents per mile.
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--It has been definitely decided that
R. L. Borden shall retain the leader-
ship of the Dominion Conservative
party. Mr. Kidd of Carleton will re-
tire in order to provide the Opposition
leader with a seat.
-National debts vary greatly, frcm
•$6.50 per head of her population for
Japan, to $25 for Russia and $185 for
France. The civil lists of the different
rulers vary more widely and with less
reason. Norway and Sweden pay
their king about $800,000 a year. The
Imperial Household of Japan costs
$1.500,000 a year. King Edward's civil
list reaches $2,350,000. The German
Emperor's is the heaviest of all the
constitutional rulers' and amounts to
$3,000,000. Greater than these large
sums are the enormous tribute of $4,-
000,000 paid to the Sultan of Turkey,
and the vast plunder of the Czar Nich-
olas II., with his $10,525,000.
* *
-A United States periodical says ;-
Long as the list of annual homicides
is, the list of lives lost by railroad ac-
cidents is longer. If we had a con-
tinuous war in which 10,000 men were
killed every year and 75,000 more were
wounded, we should be horror-struck.
Yet we all go into precisely this dan-
ger when we travel by rail ; for the
railroads kill 10,000 of us a year and
hurt 75,000 more. When men go into
a war they sadly bid their friends
good-bye, they make their wills, they
prepare to die. It has now come to
pass that we must do all these things
when we take a railway journey, if we
are prudent. There is a. sense in
which this loss of life is worse than
the loss by homicides. In the first
place, most men who are killed in
brawls and in frontier life are econo-
mically and socially worthless. But
most of the men killed on railroads
are wage-earning employees of roads.
Again, in a rural democracy, the reck-
lessness that results in homicides is, in
a way, the necessary price that we
must pay for the largest measure of
individual freedom of development.
But the men killed on the railroads
are the victims of a lack of proper or-
ganization and equipment.
' fie z Tt),ant Ab1ntirre
THEO. HALL, PaoPRIETOa.
MORAL REFORM MEETING.
A meeting in the interests of Moral
Reform was held in the Town Hall on
Thursday evening, at which there was
a. good attendance. The speakers were
Mr. Alex. Mills and Rev. J. E. Starr
of Toronto. Mr. F. Buchanan occu-
pied the chair.
Mr. Mills was the first speaker. He
took the ground that in this election it
was not a question of Liberal or Con-
servative, for there was, as he saw it,
little difference in their policies. The
question for the electors to decide was
-Has the Ross government conducted
the affairs of the province in such a
way as to retain the confidence of the
people 2 As a Liberal, he was bound
to say they had not, and hence he had
lost confidence in them. So far as the
administration of Education, Asylums,
Agriculture, etc., he thought no fault
could be found ; in tubing their ad-
ministration was not go good; in the
Crown Lands department there had
been too many Cap. Sullivans, There
were two greater questions than the
administration ----viz: their treatment
of the Temperance niovementan(1 Cor-
ruption. The speaker then reviewed
the three Norths, West Ilaron, North
Waterloo, South Ontario, the Soo and
other contest%, the South Oxford in-
famy and rewarding of Jackson, the
disfranchisement of N. Renfrew, the
dilly-dallying of business till N. Oxford
could be brought on, and the special
train to save the government. The
manly course would have been for
Ross to go (town like a man ; he would
1111:tit
have I lye.> putted to
DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
Jilo. & Jas. H. Kerr
The debate on the Speech from the
Throne was one of the briefest on
record. There was practically very
little legislation foreshadowed in it.
Hugh Guthrie has introduced a Bill
in the Dominion Parliament prohibit-
ing. employer's from directly or indi-
rectly canvassing or attempting to in-
fluence any person in their employ
during elections. The measure pro-
vides a penalty of $200 for the offence,
offence and the is also made a corrupt
practice which will unseat a candidate.
The measure applies not only to Indi-
vidual employees, but to directors,
managers, superintendents, and fore-
men of incorporated companies.
has reintroclai
ted his
Mr. Maclean
amendment to the Railway Act, the
object of which is to provide for a
graded peeeenger rate, according to
east litags„ teas *am. as in Miol►Ig&tt 1 to
Big Mid -minter Sale
The Biggest Money Saving
Chance of the Season.
Seasonable Goods. .New Goods. Goods that
are in demand every day during
the winter months.
A Discount
of 25% off all Win-
ter Goods during
this Special Sale.
Men's Overcoats
Youths' Overcoats
Boys' Overcoats
Men's Suits
Youths' Suits.
Boys' Suits
Men's Odd Pants
Youths' Odd Pants
Boys' Odd Pants
Hats, Caps, Sweaters,
Cardigan Jackets, etc.
Men's Wool Lined Mitts
Men's Wool Lined Gloves
Men's Unlined 'Mitts
Men's Wool Mufflers
Men's Heavy Wool Shirts
Men's Heavy Rubbers and
Sox
Boys' Heavy Rubbers and
Sox
Men's Moccasins
Boys' Moccasins
Cash or Trade.
Illinsemoimme
A Saving
of 25 ets. on every
dollars' worth of
goods you buy.
Women's Skirts
Women's Waists
Women's iWrappers
Women's Night Robes
Women's Drawers
Women's Shawls
Fur Coats and Capes
Fur Ruffs and Scarfs
Fur Muffs and Boas
Fur Caperines, etc.
$125 Fur Coat for $93.75
All Wool Blankets
Wool Sheeting
Wool Toques
Wool Hoods
Wool Gloves
Children's Fancy Tams
Wool Mitts for Women,
Misses and Children.
Felt Shoes and Slippers
for Women and. Children.
Cash or Trade.
•-High Constable Briggs of Walker-
ton was over in Ohesley last week,
investigating a supposed case of well
poisoning, One Mathew Ramage of
that village, on going to his pump
on the 2nd of January, found that the
lock which he had placed on it, brok-
en, and on pumping out some water,
he found it a blue color, suggestive of
the presence of poison. The affair has
created a good deal of excitement, and
no stone will be left unturned to dis-
cover who the guilty person is, and to
secure his panishtnent.
Great Snap In Dining Room Chairs.
In order to reduce our stock and clear out a number
of lines before stock taking (Feb. 5th) we will sell Chairs,
regular $6.00, $7.00 and $7.50 per Set, for $5.50. This
will give you an opportunity of buying an up-to-date set
of Diners below cost. Also a few Upholstered Chairs, reg-
ular $7.50, for $5.50 See our Moulding for Picture
Frames at 4c, 5c and 7c per foot.
Carpets, Oilcloths, Linoleums.
UNDERTAKING.
Night calls re-
ceive prompt at-
tention, 5th house
west of Hanel-
( ton's Drug Store
1i�s-
L. A. Bali & Co.J
Windham Coal and
Wood Yard
We are sole agents in town for the Scranton Coal,
and guarantee every delivery to be O. K. Just ask any
person who has used it and hear what they say about
it, We are confident it will give you the best of sat-
isfaction if given a trial. You will always find our prices
reasonable, and delivery prompt.
Farmers wishing to load and draw their own Coal
will have 25 cts. per ton rebate.
A Serenely Happy Man
Is Mr. Thos. AleGlashan of North
Pelham whowas cured of muscular
rheuinatism by Nerviline, the most
powerful rheumatic remedy in the
t
world. I suffered all manner of pain
for years, he writes, and Nerviline
was the only thing that did nue any
good. I can hearty recommend Ner-
viliue for all forms of rheumatism ; it
boes to the very core of the pain and
rings relief. Let every sufferer from.
lune back, aching joints and swelled
inwtiaiaIaatta cure
afrrgebaa
NOW FOR THE WOOD.
No. 1 -Best Body Hardwood, per Cord.... . .... . ..... . .. . .. $3 00
No. 2 -Hardwood, from Smaller Timber, per Cord 2 75
No. 8-11ardwood and Ash, mixed, per Cord 2 50
No. 4 -Ash and rim, mixed, per Cord.
2 25
No. 5 -Slabs and Soft Timber, per Cord 2 00
Rough wood, chunks. etc., for furnaces and box stoves, per Cd 2 00
(Nos. 1 and 2 are cut from green timber.)
Our terms for Coal and Wood are strictly cash.
J. A. McL EAN.
Reduced Prices For Sixty Days.
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We intend enlarging our store and increasing our stock in
many lines during the Coming spring. To get in readiness for
t . ire
h udder have1 nl
tt
the builders, we tlecli t
(leaded to clear outs of �"
Om0 lines
at Emu= Palsas, for the next 60 days, With the improvements
our landlord has promised to make, we are looking forward tohav-
ing one of the finest Furniture Stores in the county,• and we will do
our part by keeping the best and most lip-to•clate stock, and
attend-
ing to the wants of the public
promptly.
W ,iker Bros. & Button