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Home My WebLink AboutPN1907_10_18VOL. xxvr-r 111.aftiir*iattalibarb.. petal. DR. R. M. STEWART, 31ark1!atn. DENTIST. Router Graduate of Toronto spiv reity. Graduate Royal College of Dentalwoos. OFFICE -OPPOSITE THE POSTOFFIOE. Open daily 9 a. tn. to 6 v. in. Residence, Main St. North_ AT IINIONVILLE EVERY FRIDAY. • a. m_ to t p. ..' Office over Sommerfoldt & Silver's Store. , 17tf . Jfeclical A I. BELL; . Ili... D.,. C. M. • Late House Surgeon of the Kingston _General Hospital. Successor to Dr. 'S 1. Bate. man Office hours 8 to 10a m, I 503 p m and 6 to 8 p m. Pickering. Out to-ly, - ,et. r1 EO. N. FISH, M. ,D. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Member -of College of Physicians and Surgeons. OzL AeboCiate Coroner, County. of Ontario. Office Hours -9 to 10 a. m, and 1 to 8 and 0 to 8' p. m. Brougham. -Ont. .. 11-1y- - - HERBERT KIDD, M. D.. C. M. to • Member College of Physicians ani Sur- geons of Ontario. Gate Rouse Surgeon of Gen- eral. Emergency and Burnside Lying-in Hoard - .title of Toronto. office In Alexander Morgan's re•ideuca, opposite . Methodist charcb. Clare- mont Ont. yyy, Legrsl. T E. FAREWELL, Q. 0., BAERIS- 141 • TER. Oonnttyy Qrown Attorney, and County allsitor. Coast Hoase,Whttb-y 10-T TOW A McGILtIVBAY, BARRIS- ars Bolicfatus, &e. Omen opposite Post Miss h ss Witby, Out Jao. Ball Dow, B.A.; Theo. as eiG11117ra7, LL.B. Monet to Loan. 07 - Veterinary. H8OPKINS, VETERINARY 8- t3B • GEON, Graduate of the Ontario Vat. estuary Colles. Toronto, a egietered member el the Ontario Vreterinary Medina' Airmaition. - .- Moe and resldenee one and oaegnartar miles north of Green E:s'er. Moe and shoeing forge boars eta It a -m., aad 1 to 1 p.m. Feriae_ telst►bone in my edit. P, O. addreea. Green Mine, Gat .. 1111114311,1111 gantlet. !f. HOPPER Issuer of Marriage • Licaaaee •io the County of Ontario. Oace at store and his residence, Claremont. BUNTING, !senor _al -Marr • Lieeases for the County of Ontario. I. B lee at the More er al. his residues, Plekaring Y!]laia. 1-7 B.BEATO.li, TOWNSHIP CLERIC • . Oonreyancer. Commissioner for taking iamda,its, 3oconntaat. Eta.' Money w loan ea term ere . "tanner of Marriage Lk- me" oar. f.T POSTILL, Licensed Auctioneer, • for Counties of York and Ontario. Ana Mausolea of all kinds attenaed to on shortest notice. address Greco Sivas P. O:, One, ... POL'CHER. Licensed Auction- - .at valeatoraad Collector for the Oona • ties of York and Ootarro All kinds of auction Wes conducted and saluettooa made at mod- • erste charge, Estates and consignments con- ittetsotly managed and sold by auction or private sale, Mortgagee, roots, notes and general acooants promptly collected end sans- write�forr tenor settlements par1teu3 is Brougham Os Mea may be used by phone Noire 7. Furniture.... A fall line of first- reins. furniture now ton exhibition ' in ..-Jour ware robtts. i.Prioes right. _ R. S. Dillingham. Pickering. Ont • 4 Fat Hogs Wanted • $ have the contract with Wight & Co., Pork Packers; Toronto, to supply that firm with all the live hogs they require; and would like to have your hogs. I will pay within 15c. of Toronto price until • ' further potiee. Virrite,'pholie or apply to John. A. White BROUGHAM .. :. 'DOMINION BANE Send Oiftee, Toronto :capital paid up $ 3,800,000 Reserve fund and undi- `'1 vided profits • 4,700,000 7eposited• by the public 38,000,000 ,Total assets - •51,000,000 'WHITBY BRANCH. - General Banking Business - transacted. ,Speoial stTention given to the colleo. tion of farmer's sale and_. - • • other notes. _SAVINGS DEP4BTMENT. sie3pceite received of $1. and upwards. ;X.tereCt allowyd at highest eurrent'rstes. Cozarcusx4.406, pr paid guar= PICK.ERING, ONT., FRIDAY. Or`T 1.8, 1907 =::Ji-I/A RNESS Call and .see our extensive stock of axle grease, hoof ointment, metal polish, harness oil and dressing, •Curry combs and brushes, ribber knee covers and -fall knee roes. Try our gall cure, the kiiin__that • cures sore shoulders. . • Now lathe time to 'buy your single harness. THOMPSON BROS, PICKLING SEASON is now on. We. are fully prepared to supply your wahtb in Pure Spices such as Allspnce, Peppers, Turmeric, Cinna- mon, Cloves, Currie Powder, -Garlic, Mustard, Mace, Mixed Spice. etc.. all are guaranteed pure and fresh. Use Freed's bottle wax and our pickle corks to keep yo'ir pickles air tight. NYAE':3 WILD STRAWBERRY A sure _cure for Diarrhoea and the various kinds of summer complaints. - We sell it at 25e a bottle. - For Stomach Trouble, Sick Headache and Beliousness use our own UREKA STOMACH POWDER. We guarantee them and return your money if they fail to give relief. Sold -in boxes of one dozen for 25c. Have your eyes examined by us. T. M. -McFadden Graduate Canadian College of Optica -- PICKERING, - - ONTARIO. Wagner & Co. Have a •full line or fresh and cur- ed meats constantly on hand. - Spice Roll,. Breakfast Bacon, Ham; Bologna, Weiners, etc. ' Highest prices paid for Butcher's cattle. . REAL-.ESTATE- Jnaurance and Conveyancing Done :Roust .and _Lott (or sale or to rent. Also Planing Mill for sale: 7 150 acre Farm for sale.' • .: . If you weatto buy sell- or rent, call at my office. Bargains. -- -. W. v. Richardson. - Notary Public, Pickering. - Videring ,!tiverq `First-class rigs for hire - Day or night • • ;Bus. meet] all trains Teaming promptly attended to.-• Agent.for Canada. Carriage Co.r W $. Peak, Pick.ring, A SITUATION At a good salary awaits every graduate of THE CENTRAL BUS- INESS) . COLLEGE.- - - Ettperience-' proves this positively: Enter any time. Catalogues . free. Write W. H. Shaw, Principal, Yonge and Gerrard Sts., To- ronto, Canada, —By -Mail. At College. BRITISH CANAD N nusinese College, Toronto: Pra9tic 1 .and. thorobtban gb• Shotd, Commercial and Matri- oalation, .Y ld 0 A free. Railway fare prepaid if this paper mentioned. Addrdq R. A. Faxon - /arson, B; a„ Yonge an Bloor streets, 10 - 100. 2lacksinithing! The undersigned having bought out the bracksmithing business of G. Law, is prepared to do black- - -- •• smithing in all its lines. Horse -shoeing - a - gpecialty., OR ©INT • • Z.11�' , I •BTOUFF-VILLE, , • Jonas Byer has completed his ce- ment smokestack which will give per- -manency to his workf. . Nelson Byer is home fruit -144W Lis: keard. after having several weeks sick- ness from typhoid fever. Miss Hattie Smith, of Toronto, is home and is suffering from neuralgia of the eyes.' - Miss Annie Brownlee; -now' of Otta- wa. has sold her property on Main St.. to Geo. Brownsberger, Glasgow. The annual exchange of pulpits in behalf of the Stouffville, Brauch Bible Society will take place., on Sunday, Nov. I7th. We. compliment Mist—Iia Underhill, daughter of R. Underhill, upon success- fully completing her Matriculation ex= amination at Toronto University. Miss Siiversides daughter df. Fred Silversides, of the Mansion House, was taken to Uxbridge on Saturday last as she is suffering from rheumatic fever. -Tribune. _ SW'IIITBY. ._ ' Frank Bryan, who has been acting governor of the gaol for some weeks, has been appointed turnk„y. Frank had six months experience in this office some years ago, and thoruughly understands his duties.' The new "manager of the Count House of Refuge comes trotu Brock township to step- into Mr. § biller's shoes. Mr. J. F. Lavery. of Sunder- land. Reeve of the Tpwnahip. and as such a member of the County Council, is the appointee. Mr. Lavery entered upon bis duties on Tuesday. • • - J. E. Schiller has received the ap- pointrnent of Governor of the Whitby Gaol in succession to W. J. Davey. The ,new, governor entered upon his duties on Wednesday. having remov- ed his household effects to the gaol on Monday; Miss •Schiller has been ap- pointed matron. Mr. Schiller has been manager of the House -of Refuge since the opening of that institution. His new duties. while more responsible, are more remunerative. The position of manager arid matron of the House of Refuge were worth about 81,000 a 'year, While that of governor of the gaol,is worth about 81.200. DUNB.RTON. • - Potato digging is struggling for place beside apple .packing as the chief business of theday. Tubers weighing well up to two pounds are reported (al- mostt common. And Hibernlana (and ' others) rejoice. ' We regret to have to chronicle our loss in the departure of our genial storekeeper. Louis Rogers. • He bas deeided to take up his residence in Bayfield. where be will own and duct a large summer, boarding ho se:. We extend a hearty welcome to his successor in his store. Thomas Rood, whom we expect to maintain -all the best traditions of the business. . The Thank -offering tweetingunder the auspices of of the local Auxiliary of the W. F . M: Society will he held in the church here on the evening of Monday, the 28th of October; 'when` Rev. W. W. Harry ' Grant, of Bonen, Central China, will speak of the claims and opportunities and achievements of mission work in that land. The publie are • cordially invited' to this meeting. On the evening of the 26th of Sep- tember, the Rev. R. J. Elliott, of Wat- erloo, addressed a meeting in the Pres- byterian church here in the interest of the work of the. Lord's Day Alliance. A week later as a result of hisreben- tation of the case a branch -of epee was organited. It is hoped that it will possible to lessen if not to stop altogether •several forms of Sabbath desecration which for some time past have;.been prevalent in the locality. . GREEN RIVER. W. G. and Mrs.-Barnea spent Sun- dayin Toronto. Fred' and Mrs. Wilson are moving to Toronto this week. Miss Maud Doter', of Toronto, visit-• ed her mother last week. Wm. and Mrs. Hoover and family spent Sunday in Stouffville, Mrs. Hurst spent last week with Mrs.. H. Hopkins, 'tSilver Maple." Mr. and Mrs. Payne, of Dakota. vis- ited W. G. and Mrs. Barnes last week. Mrs. H. Nighswander of Toronto, is visiting her sister, Mrs. William A. Fuller, • , • ' Nellie Wilson, ofBrooklin, and Win- nie Wilson, of Toronto, were home on Friday last. • • = Mrs. P. R. hooverha& returned from Silverdale, where she has been visiting friends for some time. Mrs. Hart returned to- her home in Cleveland Monday last, after visiting a few weeks with . her parents; O. P. and Mrs. Ferrier,_ Albert and Mrs. Ferrier and family, -Mr. - and Mrs. St. John, George and Mrs. Ferrier and children were the guests of -O. P. Ferrier -on Stinda . J. B. Wilson gave a party Friday. night Last to the Shamrocks and their friends. A large number -attended and a:lenjoyed themselves immensely. Uriah Young, of Markham,' had the misfortupe to _fall from a pear tree breakingseveral ribs and sustaining other inuries. He was removed home and it recovering nicely. ' ' The Baptist .ohurch anniversary in this village talceaylace on Sunday and': Monday, Nov. 8rd: rind 4th. Splendid arran¢etnenta etre being mada.for a good time,,the.•best of talent=having beefs. secured....: •Further. particulars taliKHALM. Mrs. J. M. Winkler has returned hanae after making' an `extended'vi'sit• with friends in Waterloo: J. J. Gleason,ofMilwaekee, contrac- ting freight agent for the Pere Mar- quette,•is'epending a week's holidays at his old home here: .Mr. Gleason• says "Tidies are still 1loomirig.in the. •crest aged crops out thatay are near- ly up to the average." _ The break=down of the electric light plant on the last night of the fair vas- a most unfortunate occurrence. The plant was heavily overloaded' even without the street Lights. and the col- lapse came about 8 o'clock- on Friday just as -the concert was , about to com- mence. For three night's the xtown.re-•, mained in darkness, but on _Monday a C. G. E. expert after workiug all day at thedynamo succeeded in placing it in excellent working order.—Sun. . GREENWOOD. Fred Dennis. of Windsor,- was here attending his brother's sale. J. Devitt, of Toronto., is_ moving his household effects to the city. • Mrs.'J. Calvert, of Toronto; is -spend ing. a week with her sister, Mrs. Jas:' Pengelly. - The Misses Robeson, - of Toro spent Sunday with. their -parents, Rev end Mrs.. Robeson. - - • We extend congratulations to Sam and 14 Ira. Farndale on the arrival of a baby boy Tuesday night:- - - Mrs. (Rev.l Tonkin, of Cambray, formerly of .this- circuit, is renewing old acquaintances around the village. Levi M. Gleeson, of the C. P. R. Tel- egraph Dept., Fort Wilhelm, ishetne on a visit. He purposes returning about the 23rd. A. Johnston's driver made a bold dash for • hoine• on Monday evening from in front of Gleeson's -store, leae- •ing Mr. Johnston behind, but- was caught before any damage was done. Rev. T. Bennett - Anderson and Mrs. Anderson held another of a series of cottage meetings- at Miss Liscotnbe'a Thursday evening of Iasi week. but, owing to the- wet night there were not more than 35 to 40 present. The next meeting will be held at William Clark's. just east of the village, on the evening of Thursday, the 24th Inst. Everybody welcome. ' While going home from the post office the other evening Master Gor- don Pengelly undertook te walk •the railing approaching ' the big bridge here. and in doing so slipped OMT into coater where it is quite deep. f1a4 not the bottom of the creek been solid he would surely have' been drowned: This should proye A warning to a i limber of other boys, who have been in the habit of walking this same rail- ing, although repeatedly apprised of the danger. - - - • - . „BROUGHAM. • T. C. -Brown spent Tuesday in the city. Mrs. Mechin and children spent Monday in the city. - - R. Alger, of 'Toronto, spent Sun- day with his _people here... Mrs. G. N. Fish and Miss B. Alger spent Friday in the city. N. F. and Mrs. Mechin, Oshawa, spent Sunday under the parental roof. - . L., Gleeson, of Fort William, spent a few days here 'with his numerous friends. R. J. Price is spending a feet days -here while She Massey -Harris Co. are taking :dock. The Presbyterian Ladies' -Aid met at the home of Mrs. Chas. A. Barclay on Wednesday afternoon: Messrs. J. M. Gerow, C. A. Bar- clay, Ed. Willson, D. H. Alger and F: L. &Leeson' were Oshawa visitors on Monday. Geo. Philip, jr. is authorized to receive subscriptions for the Prcx= ERING NFiw s and all Toronto pap- ers. .See him regarding rates. - Colin Phillip left for Keswick on Wednesday owing to the serious illness of his son-in-law, Fred Mor- ton. Mr. Morton is compelled to give up farming and is having a sale of his stockand implements. - Miss Nellie Alger having resign- ed as' matron of Dr. Hart's hospit- al, Huntsville, has been spending a short visit with friends here. She left on Wednesday for Duluth. where she will engage in private nursing. S. A. Champion has leased ..the Half -way Rouse on the_ Khgston road and expects to move there the latter parr of next week.., - hag' had bills issued announcing a sale here on Thursday, 24th inst. We are sorry to lose Mr; Cham- pion and family from our village. The women's auxiliary of :the Presbyterian church will hold the their annual -thank -offering meet- ing on Tuesday evening, "Oct. 22 at 8 o'clock- in St. John's church. The Rev. Wm. Wood, of Dunbar - ton, will give the -address. -Music will be furnished by the home choir asbisttd by Mrs. Stevenson, soloist, of. Regina. Collection in aid of foreign missions. Rev. Dr. Potts, the veteran Met edit sierg; litiiilla, fe to JJoctors Because we make medicines for thein. We give them the formula for Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and they prescribe it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption. They trust it. Then you can. aford,to trust 'it. Sold for over 60 years. atw)Jd eaCsoery hPome. I-barsmedy that great deep of it for bard coughs and colds, and 1 know what a splendid medicine it L. 1 can- not recommend it too highly.”-,ldAnit Z. Cones, Hyde Park Mau. Made b J. g yya Qatasss. s of Lowell, men. tiers' sAYSAPAu t a ..A sr�`HIa. greatly_ aid the Cs= rat In breaking up a cold: . Our shop will be closed every Saturday afternoon. Customers will please govern then selves accordingly.. Good stock of ladders on hand from llc to 12c per round according , to size, etc., W. H. JACKSON. Brock Road. Western Bank • of - Canada. Pickering Branch. - Inco•rporated by sot of Parliament lga Authorized Capita) 111.000.000.00Subscribed 5.13,fl00 00 Paid np 855,000.04 Rest Account 800,000.0g Assets _. _ .._ _ 8,009.000:043 Sant Comair. Elm. T. 8. kfc3ttar ail Es President Cashier Spacial attention given Yo Farmer'. Bale Plot.e eolleettoaasolicited and promptly Made Farmer's Notes _discountedAmu-hien acrd Foreign Exchange boughs and sod Drafts it stied, syailable on all parts of the World Savings .Rank Department. Interest allowed oq•depnsits at high-. est current rotes, and credited or paid half -yearly to depositors.. ..:.>:_C •EO. KERR, ' Mgr. The proof of the Pudding - is the eating. It is the same with porridge. To make it apetising you must have good fresh clean. meals. We have thea best Rolled Oats, Flaked Wheat, Wheatlets, Corn Meal and flour. • A full stock of choice ,fresh Gra- cedes, prime cheese, Sweetsug- ars and sour vinegars. - GEO. PHILIP, Grocer, Brougham tflgh-tirade Materials That tells the whole story. of the absolute reliability of the REGINA WATCH, ,; a- reliability which has ' -earned for It • act the reputation: ..'DRUB AS kh THE SUN." i IsTOrro.aan. Massett, Jeweller and Optician, Whitby. - • Ont. -';• d 16ijN • ASA 1,111110 ▪ • seeesee: ++++4 1' I- tt House . d • ' APPE'T'IZING DISHES. lmpncee .Your Apple Pie: A little .: ,sriolasees mixed with apple improves the ilavor of apple pie. potatoes Crusted Potatoes. --Cut boiled lengthwise into fairly thick slices. Dip :...well fn beaten eggs; highly seasoned; sell In flour and fry in hot spider. halve • Peach Nest Sated.—Pareand halve and urge ripe peaches, remov e - till hollow with chopped English end "-huts. Serve with salad dressing on a dettuee leaf. ' ' To Improve Mayonnaise.—To one-half • .isup mayonnaise salad' dressing add one Leaping -teaspoon peanut butler, ther- e almighty mixed in, a small ,quantity Et a time, It improves it. - Roast_ Duck with .Onions•= -Procure a .!pair of. nice ducks, clean them -:well, and ,'put in a shallow baking pan. Season •with -salt and pepper, lard, and a little - water. Surround the ducks with unions tut in _halyes and small slices of fresh `barer. Set in a warm oven. Stuffed Mutton and Beet.—Have a loin of mutton boned and before rolling it up ti roast spud on -the inside a stuffing made of apples and onions chopped •-add a few breedcrumbs. Bake to a hot even. Serve with red. currant, jelly or 'ap ip easaucl' Cr earned Potatoes, ---Slice- thinly sire belled potatoes. Make a white sauce 'teeth a spoonful' each of flour and .chop- ;' • ped parsley fried in butter. De:not let these -get brown. Add. a cup of water -awl and last the slicedpotatoes. a sooy with salt and peps. . Ise ten minutes, stimng -often. Serve. bot. of Oyster Soup.—Take a good piece soup neat acrd- boil it in a quart of wee ..ter, . Season with salt only. Make a •• bash of green onions, parsley, and cher, 'Seal. Try this in .hot butter; add flour for thickening. endepo'r- the broth on the - whole. Add two dozen oysters and more . - ' wa ter if needed. Season with a brunch et thyme, two- bay leaves and a piece cf strong pepper. Serve with toast. Tomato Pte.—A. delicious pie .for this ..season of the year and one tarns -born -.folks delight in is- green tomato. Line e ▪ deep pie pan with crust; slice rather thin • green tomatoes and sprinkle wile a cup of sugar and teaspconfful of cinnamon, and one et nutmeg: put in a tablespoon- • ful of butter; pour two tablespoonfuls of - vinegar over same, and before addinji a ibis upper crust sprinkle on a little •e `ibt.r. . _ To Boil fiice: To a round.Of rice rose three quarts of water, having water well salted end- isotling. Add rice that • 'Ira, been washed thoroughly; let it boll - - bard, stirring occasiopalty, • dor.about 4n enty minutes.' or until Abe kernels are tender; then drain in. a colander and 'pjcur a little- cold Water through: Turn into a granite pan: cover, and •let sand • • in oven a few _ minutes. •Every kernel W111 be whole like potatoes. - Make Your Own -Corn Breed.—For each loaf of bread allow • sne-halt pint scalded milk. one-half teaspoon salt, - ane -quarter cake compressed yeast, and ane -halt tablespoon lard or better. Stir ` in as much flour as is needed to make a `- diff dough and let .rise over . night. in the morning turn out on mixing board • and.cut with a knife fifty or seventy-five Veep gashes kr each loaf,= turning the • delugh as little as possible. Mould into Soaves,- let rise one lour, and bake one '• hour. - • Cocoanut -Pie.—Rake under crust; put a pint of sweet mlik in a' pan and set it tl 4• in a kettle of hot water. When the milk br.ils add`t-tree" tablespoonfuls of -sugar; ether two tableaponefula of cornstarch dissolved in e' Mile cold water. Cock 'until it thickens; then add one-half box - et of cocoanut.• Take=off the stove and. add. • . "white of the • eggs. whippet} to a stiff - froth. Turn the mixture into the shell and place It in the oven to -brown. Relied Stuffed Steak.—Take two s • :•.-:' pounds 4f beefsteak; lay it on a chop- •; •:-p!ng -board, heat it with a rolling pin abort ten min - 'iod;ing stuffing- on the steak and 'tie it up tightly. Put it in, the oven with but- :.$ered paper over it.: Bake twenty min- ; Ates. Serve with horseradisb- faux; a stler'ap of horseradish on top, and acme _ H parsTey. Pour the gravy around which eene5. ,from the steak. Stuffing for above steak : Mix handful of bread- 'srumbs, a tnhlespoonful of chopped cherries, an ounce of butter, pepper and Bail, and mix with a well -beaten egg. Keep Grease Off Floor. -Old newspa- pers spread on the door by' the stove while free* meat win keep your Doors free from grease spots. Glue Up Hole in Silk. --Place a piece of sent ander the rent with prepared glue, whieb can be purchasedin drug etcre for 17 cents. ' Make Soap Go Farther.—Cut into pieces and put into a dry place; it is more economical to use after. it has be- come hard and it does not waste so readily. For the House Painter.—When making use of a bucket and brush, to prevent the brush from slipping intc the paint 07 draw a wire from one side of tieptand a across to the other and rest the brush on the wired edWof henpaail. Fix that Wringer y= rubber on the wringer breaks take a piece of muslin four inches wide .and wind back and forth around the roller. It wilt lquite awhile; but better buy and may be usednew roller. • Shade Trees Shouldn't Die.—Tboee wanting to plant shade trees will have no trouble having thew live eei awhen four-inch ting them out they tile so the mouth of the tile 'will just reaorach top. of ground, In this way one pall of water a day will keep the trees alive in the dryest wea- ther. When New Shoes Pinch.—If new shoes are uncomfortable, put them on, but do not lace nor button. Stand. bearing the weight on the foot, and,' with the help c! a teaspoon fill the shots with water s; hot as can be borne, and • let them dry o,., the feet. This stretches the shoes from the inside, and one or two applica- tions will suffice. it is better to rnove about a little when the shoes are dry- ing, as this aids- the stretcldng. 'to Pack Canned Fruit.—Get a box from ycur grocer 1f -you intend to ship canned fruit on cars. Pad tare, bottom and sides thic...y with excelsior orbnoewss- papers and fit snugly into empty then wrap each jar in newspaper until tt Uts tightly. Then • turn down the covers and lay a thick pad over the whole. tucking in at Corners and sides. Nelr"on the boards with wire nails, . tag and mark, "Glass, handle with care." 1f eny jar breaka you have act been care- en to At boxes to snugly. • Make a Mouse Trap.—A- novel and in ,pensive mouse- trap 1s made by setting upon the floor a well-filird water pit- cher or bucket, and putting a piece of paper, broken In- the centre, on top. tenon this sprinkle cheese. A bit of plank is slanted !rem the (Icor to the top of -the pitcher -tike a gangplank— and a" trail of cheese leads -i �tiaY to• Me summit,: The mice, allured to the top. tell through - the frail paper and .are drowned. This is es tally good wbese there aro small children, . +Jk r FARMING D AST AFRICA et ',iOs SE77iERS AT WONT • IN GSM- IRAN IMIRAN TERRITORY: - This Although It Was. Only Last Year _Germany Got Ready to Ad- mit Colonists. it is about ,thirty years since the Ger- mans acquired the, vast region now known as German East Africa. They 'had no idea then that any part of the colony, which is only a little south of the equator could ever become the home of white settlers. /Such to their surprise, they have found that about a sixth of the country is so rich in soil and stands so high above the sea thatewhite men may engage in manual labor there the year around. The regi ns that invite white coloni- zation are distributed in.large and small areas among. the Usambara Mountains, near the, sea; on the vast, high plains south and west of Mount Kilimanjaro; in she mountains and rich valleys of Ullehe to the southwest; on the high tablelands of Urundi and Ruanda near the Congo Free State and in other dis- tricts. Already • about 2,000 peasants tram Germany and the Transvaal have settled there, though it was only last year that Germany got ready to admit colonists. In some places there are only two or three setters, while in other .regions there are scores of families. 1t is still au untamed wildernees and Germany holds out no glittering inducements. fn the circular of the cc.lonial govern- rhent last year colonists were told that they would be accepted if they were well, strong and temperate. They must h: prepared to endure bravely the pre vations inseparable from pioneer life. There was little prospect of acquiring I wealth, but the diligent man could make painfully slow and that the development DO YOU KNOW FSPER of the country is already ahead of the tp,nsportatfon lac/Mies: • All the settlers:whose/at destined for,- the grazing an fanning lands of the UOW A UNIVERSAL LANGuseg Wok Kilimanjaro glateau have to tramp or . trek 160 miles Mem the terminai•-rai]ruad station to their destination., Here is the , testimony given by ene of those Boer h. ,e. farmers when he was bedridden with fate were of.prs Zaineahof ee.C�Rea! fever : "We timed. our arrival in accordance - Advantages Wbicb WUI le with the Government promise that the Desired From ft.bridge over the Kbomasi River would be completed on..a certain day. We knew The name of Dr. Lamentrol, of War • we could i[rot get our goods across the saw, is like]down to posterity riser till the bridge was ready. y to go "We took the railroad to Mombo and as one of the greatest of the world's then started our wagons. We reached benefactors; for to him belongs the cre- the river, one of the worst fever -breed- R t of inventing Esperanto, a Language ing spots in Africa. Here we were kept Ll which men of all nations can con - sixteen days because the bridge was not verse together. "We wish to create a ready. common ground on which the, various. - "Our whole family, excepting one rarer of mankind can peacefully and daughter, have nearly died of fever. We t: eternally mingle, without intruding reached our land and with the greatest - racial differences in anyway," the doe - difficulty in cur enfeebled state we built tcs remarked in his Inaugural address • s, house to lire in. The Government at_the _recent conterenoe of Esperan- gives us no protection. My two bona tilts, -"at Cambridge, England. And,... - ere now hunting for •the Magid • who aldgfng by the enthusiastic assembly • night before last stale ten head of our at the conference, that wish is rapidly cattle: bcin realized. A year before we came here the Gov- Dee! ates from tweet live different railroad promised that in tea years the nations, representing halt a million railroad from Tanga would be acro- P g pleted to Kilimanjaro?. We knew that. it Esperantists, conversed with each other would be ayear at least before we had in the easiest and freest manner. • And anything to sell, and so we came here if further testimony be needed mete the expecting that by the time we had skins, merits and uses of this twenty -year-old hides, butter and [arm products toship language, it can be found in the fact fo tho coast we should have a railroad that it has been included in the Currie at our door. . "But the railroad has not been built -a onium of -ENGLISH AND FRENCH SCHOOLS. roe.beyond Mombo. We are ten days by wagon from Mambo and we don't Educationists, scientists, tourists, cone know when we shall have this transpor- n.erical men. ete, ere rapidly recogniz- ing ing the practical. and valuable nature "Phis country is splendid. The grass cf Esperanto. !; good, water is plentiful. the sail is Yet it was. not so long ago that Dr. • rich. the -climate is all we can ask; but Znrenbof was regarded by many peo- we do not think that the German Gov- pie as a crank. Few took him serious- ernment is doing what it should to sup- ,y when. in 1887, he published hes bro- p'y transportation." cl'ure, "An Internahonai-isanguege, by The white settlers all over German Cr. Esperant. ," and for ten years he a home for himsrPlf and his !amity -and Fast Africa are loudly protesting against labored hard to get the merits el his R- TIS INVENTED. ?' - • ": (SEVEN FEET OF •NAILS. Calculated that Tbey Would Grow • .Length in Seventy rears. that :BECOME INDEPENDENT. the tardy development of the- railroad Iingulstic Invention recognized - Thera • system, planned several years ago. Let the world suddenly awoke W the kriaw- The great regions' of Urundi and ters from ccionlets on Victoria Nyanza ledge of Zamenhoys genius, and Dow- • Ruanda, the most pc putout earls of say IL is a disgrace b the German elf menced to learn- Esperanto with avidity. German East . Africa, abort 300 melee that they have to send Mete produce to Curtoual encu h, It was not Dr. from the Indian Ocean, are not yet open 1ee sea '.by the British steamers and Z Curiously intention, txa s ot cone to settlement, as orderly relations with railroad. cawed the idea of inventing fl euon the natives ere nol yet fully estabished, These protests are producing some xie These are the only regions adapted for effect and there are signs that railroad ia'y language—tor _that is Ibe correct "Ist white occupancy that are not yet notes- building will soon be pushed with some description of Esperantoe seeing that it %le to colonists degree of vigor. is en adaptation from ail languages and The Gcvernunent win ultimately' sell. the land, but at present it is lensed to settler's for a few cents an acre. As soon r:r:• the settled• has one-tenth of his hold- inc under cultivauon or otherwise de- voted to useful purposes,, he is entitled to purchase tis ice as much land as be has improved .ict about 10 or 20 cents an sere. - - _ . TheOn.vernment requires all settlers to bring at least 14500 into the country. They roust paddle their 'awn canoe in a Anancial way.- It is a little different, however, 'with the German Poles, who are as .yet the chief German imrnigrents. }'or. each family a little Cabin" Wand Oho outhouses a .e cunstructed, a few caLLle and some farming implements are provided and, ttw Government is reimbursed in 'small regrila.r payments. • Ail the setters live in small cabins Luiit of wood, stone or tiles. Many of Wien give most attention to the raising of cattle, sheep and gents, and produce only sufficient crops to feed their tanr- iti+s. The Germans have 'beep, greedy sur - :prised td find hew -large a variety of "European farm crops can be grown on these wtde4ipreading lands foam 4,000 to 7,000 feet above the sea. Some 'sea tiers are, actually raising wheat as fine as any land produces.,-_ Wheat is destined to be a great erne, Acid miles inland, in the region of Cen- tra: African lakes. The first crop sown o r the second ploughing of the land yielded about forty bushels to the acre, th Only -trouble being that IT L3IPENED IN PATCHES, so that a whole field could not be cut at once, . European vegetables grow finely, small trues do well and cotton and to- baccir are an assured success. Millions. o! .•u-lfee trees have been planted,. to- bacco and sugar cense thrive and amt hemp, intraduced from Yucatan on the Government experimental farms several years ago, is •already an important ex- port. The cry now is that the dockage facili- ties at Tanga; to which 'port most of the exports are sent, must be enlarged at once or shipments will be embarrassed. Already freight .cars -are likely to Vend unloaded for several days as' storage nom is not adequate. it' is a surprising fact that. last year the three German ports on this great in- land sea shipped. •1,059 tons of the pro- dttcts of that part of German East Africa to Europe: The freight 'was terrine on British lake steamers to the UgandH railroad, en .which it,•was hauled to Mombasa and loaded on Hamburg and Bremen steamships. The largest items were peanuts; cotton, rice. rubber, wax, coffee, building. woods. hides and shins, Mr. Siedentopf is the'onty colonist who has yet entered the country with snQi- cienl capital to begin work on a large settle. ile pi.?ked. (011 his .land. all .of which lies -about -7,0(X1 feet above the sea, nncr before he..hacl-been:in the- ealony three mo ntha:k}e"•pUrchused 2.(KX) head Of native cattle and intends to increase his Beed to -5000.-- - - fie is. dcvclopinfi n first-class ranch in n region where there is. plenty of_ water and grass, - ilul ali'i.5 iV t gold that 'glitters in Ger- . East Africa. • Several hundred Boers front the Trrsnsvaai•tocik up lands which some of Iliem have already. abandoned, moving c ser to 1lRITIS1I ;EAST AFRICA. p scientist has estimated that in a Tile time of seventy years Q man grows nails which', if tt" were possible to -pre- serve them uncut, •would reach .the. phe- nomenat length of 7 feet 9 inches. Ex- actly. on what arguments this statement is based -tt to; hard to -say, for a little observation wilt show that -during the greater portion of a man's life -he cuts his nails on en average (nee a week, aix -at each :paring removes a sixteenth ct an inch; or the egr,ivelent of a mew - ter of an inch per month, working out at 3 inches in a year. This woutd give him a growth of 7 feet' 6 inches during the thtrty years he lives between twenty ana when fifty. hein the is. -other forty icss rapid would where the growth certainly produce- 4 feet of nails, se- that, -11 feet is. a better average for the nail - producing capacity of man. It sh.utd be noted, however, that the growth the amore raon h id than those ht. hand is in most people,P on the left, and it May be•tbat the sclen- tirt be question hes based his argument on .the _st<wer growth of the let -hand nails. Another u= otf peta a )tis _depends hat rate of growth directly on the Itrigth of the finger; thus. th� nails on the two middle fln- gera of those on speedy to LhAi tittle fingers. F USEFUL HIti TS • "beep kfilk Sweel.—Put into milk a spoonful of grated horseradish and it rot ili-keep Sweet. for -days. - ' . "'IOW docs i4 .happen," inquired the • .tooth nil ToothcBruseanse furt-Scald in old s,ranger, "that all the improvements are :inertia water; brushes,: suselto ciearri�tancy haddlles la^rig " irinde in this one street?'' "11 of silver. does not happen at all, sir," replied the - Stop „Oil Stove's' Smoking.—Keep, vont' guide, who was showing him about til stove wiak'well trimmed and it won't Ilia, place. majestically, 'This is 'the smoke. Sear stray ends .of. wick with a Street 1' live in, i 1 am chairman, of the ', roil hot poker.- 1 cal card, sir.' nap grow more rapidly than the first and third finger re- nd these in turn are mote grow Again, nails "ripen". quicker in summer' than in winter, when the cold seems to render Mein birder, tie than those on the • A Bled -headed Man writes: 'The most impertinent child 1 ever met Was a •boy .e( ten years of age. On leaving his vyidow•ed nmciter's house I attempted to pat him on the head in a fatherly manner.• At this he, pushed my hand away and said, 'Grow some hair on •your own, old man, if you want lo pat is!' 404404040.1000.0401.1141000. • :The effect -of malaria lasts a long time. You . catch cold easily . or become ' run-- down because of the after effects of malaria. Strengthen yourself with Scott'.Ic Emulsions - - It builds new blood and tones up your nervous system.. _ _- ALL-DRUCOISTSI 50c. AND *1.00. : • BADLY RUN DOWN. Through Over -work — -Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Restored Health. . and Strength.• - Badly 'run down is the- oondition of tteusands tbrougheut Canada — per- haps you are one of them. You find work a burden. You are weak; easily teed; out of sorts; pale and' thin. Ypur sieep is restless; yous at petite poor and yt,u . suffer front headaches. All this suffering is caused by bad blood and' nothing can make you well but good blood—nothing can make this good blood so quickly as Dr. V. illiams' Pink Pills for Pale People. These pills never fail to make rich, red, : health -giving flood, Mr. II. R. Reed, Quebec city, says: "About twelve months ago I was ell run down as the result of over- work. My doctor ordered me to !tike a complete rest, but this did not' help me. I had no appetite; my nerves were unstrung and I was so weak I could scarcely move. Nothing the doctor dkl helped me' and I began to think my u rival to none—to invite universal use._ as the story of Its origin shows. _ As a_ boy Dr. Zamenhof lived m the - little town -of Riekostok, ort the fron- tier of Russia and, Germany. The in- habitants Were el four different natiori- alfties—Russians. Poles. Jews. and Ger- mans—itch group speaking its own language, and on bad terms with the ether groups. When young Zannenhol reached. his -teens he grieved over this. and rightly concluded that the main cause was the misunderstanding due to .- DIVERSITY OF -LANGUAGE. and determined sense, day to invent a , leriguage which -they Could ail under- stand. With this object in view he acquired a knowledge of Greek, Latin, French,. German.. English, Yiddish. Russian. and Polish. ar-d thue equipped himse : well' for the task.• Esperanto was t result of twelve years ,study, and may Nosed to be bulit up from those words which are already known to the great - sat number of persons of, -average edu- cation. . ducatkin.: Thus from an. orfinary page of Esperanto •le'xt an of re cognizes 70 per cent: o{ the words, 'an . Italian GO per cent., a Spaniard 48 per case was incurable. While confined to cent., a •Frenchman,80 per cent., and .ai my r'opm friends came to see me and German 40 per cent, , - • one of them advised me to try Ur. Wil- .As an illustration of the simplicity name Pink Pills. 1 did so and soon of the new language, it might be men - my appetite improved; my color came tinned that a- booklet of twenty pages. back and in less. than a month 1 was is sold at 2 cents'for the use of begin- ctle to leave my room. 1 continued ners,.-entitld "The Whole of Esperan- the pills for another month and they lo." and. whoever learns the contents 41 nmpletely eared me. 1 am 'now in 'this booklet will know the the best of health and able 10 do my • :GREATER PART oP ESPERANTO. work without fatigue. 1 feel sure that An example of the word -building all who are weak will find renewed p•hich forms the' basis of the new tan - X ealth and strength in Dr. Williams' • guage will illustrate its comprehensive- Pink Pills. They certainly. saved me rinse, "Petro" is father; ."pates," fath- frons a •life of misery," ' arty er paternal; "patre," in a fatherly ms' Pink Pills Make new blood they gQ right to the root End tri "a;' adjecl.hes...ln "a" adverbs of and cure anaemia, rheumatism, St- m. "e.' Every word of more than one Vitus dance. kidney trouble, indigos- syllable i5 accented on ibe last syllable tion, headache and ,backache and those. btlt one, Phonetically,. grammatically, secret ailments which make the livesof and structurally Esperanto is thus ex - many women and growing girls where they say the land allotments aro l,,,i•gee and they lance better treatment. 1 t,c grout trouhio In the CK'rmnn Terri, tsry is that railroad building has been • �l'hen Dr_ Willis •rr.iserable. Soli by all medicine deRt- er s or by , mail' at 50e. a box or six boxes for 82.50 from The Dr. Williams'- Medietne Go.,. Brockville, Ont: TIIAT REVEREND GENTLEMAN.. A burglar was one. night engaged in the pleasing oeeupsilon of stowing a geed haul of swag in his. bag, when he was startled by a touch upon his shoul- der, ard, 'turning his head, he beheld a venerabi., mild -eyed clergymen gaz- ing sadly at him. "Oh. my brother," groaned the revels end gentleman, "w•ould_st - Thou rob tree' Turn. I beseech you; turn from thy evil Ways. • :Miura :those 'stolen goods .aril depart in ,peace, for I aiii merciful, and fiirgive. Begone!" And the.hurgler, only _tea' thankful tet• not being given ,into ct•1slody of taei p'lice, olmved': and slunk-su•ifily'.dff:-- Then the. good did man carefully and nvietly packed the :gang into another ting and walked. softly (so as not to disturb lime slumber of the inmates) out of the hour find away thiel 'the Sliest night: • Fol he, te4x, -was ti burglar. - "tier mareinge one n great disap- pointment to her friends.'' sunless r, "Yes. They nit predicted it would turn out unhappy, and it didn't." !winner; "patrino. mot, er The nouns 6' trcmely simple. - • Naturally Dr. Zamenhof is not a lit- lie proud of his achievement, end. 6a- tificd on account of the manner ,n which Esperanto has at last been re: cognized. At the same: time he thinks afore, of the advantages which the world will -derive from his invention than of personal l-enefits. For,: -in The words. of one who knows him, Dr. Zam- enhof is "humble. unassuming, genial, rid modest—an nbsent-minded -profes- sor of the old German type. He is none the less a genius for all that.— London Tit -Bits. . BABY AND MOTHER. 1 A few dos:,s of Baby's Own Tabletsa relieves 'and. cures constipation, fndir gi.stion, colic, :.djsierhoet and •situp fevers. The Tablets break up col,ls e' pel worms and bring the little tee 'through painlessly. They bring heal to 'the, little one and conifort to 1 mother. Anil you, trove the guarani sz ofn govcrnnient analyst' that this in ,..; allcine docs art contain one particle opiate or poisonous soothing \Irs, C. F. Karr. t;igin. Ont.. .-a ' "-Baby's f) vmi Tat,li is is :the test mom cine 1 have ever used • for stomach an Y•owel troubles and destroying worm� S ', 1 by all medicine dealers or by, m al .25s. n Fox fr-ilei .1'hc Dr Willier AI. dlcine Oo., Rrockvil:e, Ont. • I ++444+44+44++++ +++444+++++++++++++++++ !Gordon, this is a devt5fslt ditlieult affair. 11 r, A Great Mistake. ' -+#--++++4+++++++++++ 4++•♦•+++•f+4+++++++++4•+4 timacy with the Major would help to keep him informed of the progress which Scotland Yard was making in the affair, while those authorities oould not, • for some time at least, •have any idea whence came his interest. CHAPTER IX.'.:: :..- CHAPTER VIII. • Gordon had' been right when. -ire said that that afternoon 'London would be ringing with the news of the • Regent Street murder. He had hardly gone a hundred yards from his house, on an after -lunch stroll. before his ears were assailed with the cries of the newsboys, and his eyes dazzled by the contents bills of, the var- ious evening journals. all making the most of what they could not disguise was a welcome sensation, and all vieing with ane another in spreading over. the largest surface their small amount of information. For it was really very little after all which they seemed to know about thLe mysterious crime, Gordon noticed, half sorry, halt relieved. The young man (Claude Carlton, as George had imagined.) had been found dead that morning by the housekeeper who waited on hire and attended to his -' roams. She did not sleep in the house, --but came early and telt late at night. She had not discovered the body for some time after her arrival, as she had ' George Gordon had formed a• theory that when Usher had stopped at the hotel in l iortirumberiand Avenue on the night he had 80. stosety followed him, he had done_ so in ureter to inquire for the young girl whose absence from the flat in Re- gent Street he could not account for. 1t was therefore • at this hotel that he com- menced his researches. They brought hien- little result, how- ever.. The hotel, one of the larges_ t in London. was crowded with visitors, and, ac ,Gordon did not even know -the name of the people he sought. it ' was some time betore'heqggin make the hall -por- ter, whose as t -neer he obtained, understand what he, meant- A little money spent judiciously, however, soon had the wits of the employes exercised mot tae -into ih drawirr roomh his service; and he fixed at last upon go g- . and a couple Of visitors who. it was evident, had-atuppcaed Mr- iton in bed. She .were the objects of his inquiries. at once raised an alarm, and the pollee Tie were a gentleman and his had taken possession of the apartment. daughter who .had arrived but lately The woman, who was very" ri-pset, 001.11°, from the Riviera- Their name was however, give no -inform& ion which Gaunt -Mr. Gaunt and Miss Vivienne • could be of the least service in solving. Gaunt, as they were entered upon the supper'. Ile .seemed to have been a - -the mystery of her masters death. She hetet books. They had taken rooms for pretty rapid character. and he made had noticed nettling suspicious when she a stay of some duration, but they had things 'hurls for time, • but titan's just 'lett the apartment • the previous night; she bad not been Informed by her tats- . Ger fief hh• expected any visitors, nor had she noticed anything in his manner which could cause her to imagine he was in trouble, or antleipaL d any dam- - ger. Her master had been, she explain- ed, a very open-handed. pleasant ggeenn tleman. but he talked to her very little, and he seemed to prefer to get .her off ' th.i premises always as soon as her wcrk was finished. so that •he might live his own life his own way, she imagined, In this manner she had 'seen ee `_ee...nothing • of any of his friends, who carte, when they came at all, only in the eventng; and; she knew very littie ,about him; indeed, -she had only been silrvtng him for two months (the time he bad occupied,. the apartment); and, as it ha -pencil; no one, so far. had been able to ::add much ti, the woman's story. - _ °w- 11 iransptred- later that Mr. Carlton entad only tritely arrived in England from abroad. and apparently had few. friends •"• or acquaintances,and also that those few . knew very tittle aboet him. Itis solici- tor, who appeared on the "scene present- ly; was able to identify him as a ratan of considerable means who had been .• kr some years a greet traveller. So far as he knew, he had rx. near relations,. _ nor was he aware that there was anyone. ' who bore a grudge against his client; gut he was compelled to confine that he :',tad never been on intimate terms `with .she murdered man,. and so was 'melee 10 say that such a person. or -persons, head 'not exist. He had understood that 'obis client had intended • shortly to get atarrled; hisolient himself informed hint 't.t the tact; but the name of the -lady had not been mcntloned,•nor had he any idea : & ho she -was. • - That the. deed had been committed >>A•ith some sharp instrument, probably a eehinrge knife; that it was murder and not hiosicide, and that et had not been done hr the purpose of robbery, soon becatno .=_ evident. It was with breathless interest that Cordon scanned the .papers during the next day or •sc. and realized that in the You laugh at us policemen, 1 know, you with your bush -tracking ideas; but. I wonder what you'd do in a case like this. Hearers this man found murdered, and not a sign to show who dM It. or what it was done for. Well, Chars all right; we have bed things like that be- fore, but then we've always had some- thing to work. on --somewhere to start tom. Here, what .have we gots"' Gorden hesitated. "Well, from a pure lay amateur point of view," he returned, should say you have the mene his his- tory, and his friends." "Certainly, and .1n any other case that would be precisely where we should oome in," said the Major quickly, not realizing that Gordon was practically repeating his own theories to him. "Rut, thy c:rar Gorden, in 'this devil of an affair everything seems to have con- spired to ge against us. This man Carl- ton had no hislnry and neefriends," "No history? No trieods." "Well, of course he had, but they are ef no use to us. That is to say, what we have been able to find out is of very little use. If the man had wanted -to make the discovery of his murderer dim- eule, he could not havo managed better. To all intents and purposes, so tar as we are concerned, his life began six months age, and in that six months' there isn't a blessed thing we can dis- cover which seems to bear directly on this Regent Street affair." • Gordon was sitting with his back to the light, and otherwise attempting to d:Fguise any expression his features night be showing by pulling fiercely al his cigar and wreathing himself in smoke. He . felt that. the Major was speaking frankly, and that, at least for the moment, there was no danger brew- ing, and he replied with just is much -interest in his tr.ne as he felt might lead ht• oompinion an lo talk while -not ex- citing suspicion. • • "tinferteutate," he said "Bet what do you mean about the six months_""' "Why the, man had only been in Eu- rope six months. Ito held apparently been some years in Australia, where 1'.- made a geed deal of money. Then he came to Europe -for a good time, • I ' task of solving this mystery -so far as • • Y,.-; $10 reporters knew, at leash -hie police --u'started no better equipped than he, him= _'_self, Indeed, they appeared less well in- ;. formed ; for they were ignorant as to who had visited Mr. Carlton's roans on _the night of the murder; while Gordon knew of at Ieast two people who had been there -the young girl and Mr. `LL'sher. • What had this man Usher been doing there? What was his part in this M- O -fair and what were his 'retntions with the young girl now lying delirious at house? That was Gordons pre-. `=.occupation; that was what he fell he -e must ascertain before he could feel any eisssurance of saving her, and how was etre to accomplish it? Siie herself could not tell hint; would the last straw." • - sbr, it she could? There remained only "1Vhich murder?" - two people who might know the secret ",,filch' Well, thank goodness, soot that night's happenings --Usher, and there's only one on our hands at pre- _i"her" father; for Gordon had concluded sent. The Regent Street affair, You r-1from the young girl's delirious mar- must have heard of it; the papers are full of the thing. George -listened -with a calm face but a beating heart. • . "Yes. I've heard ofell," he said. "But you -don't mean to say you_aro puzzled: not been seers for a day or ,two. This tact dist not. however. appear to disturb the -hotel people, as Mr. Gaunt -and his daughter were in the habit of spending a good deal of time out oI doors, and, mcreover, they had paid for their rooms in advance. •It was supposed that they were visiting at the house of some friend or tither. Gordon gathered. and. of- ccurse, in -an hotel of that size, the do- ings -of a couple of. guests did not at- traci much attention. They were entered as "from the RI- view " and Gordon could disdover no- thing further concerning them, save that one of the chambermaids described Miss Garan as very beautiful. and Mr. Gaunt as a tine, "handsome gentleman." Gordon's next intention was to return to the gambeng house " of Park Lane. where he hoped sooner- or later to come across the white-faced gambler, Usher. but _ al the lime he concluded hie in- quiries at the hotel it, was still early in the afternoon,, and the Idea came to him to spend the time before dusk 4n paying a vis,! to hie Mend the Major. This tat- -le: must be fully oognttant of the pro- gress made by the ps.lice in the affair of tee mysterious murder, and Gordon was intimate enough with him to feel sure that he might gather a considerable amount of information from him with -- out the official having the least idea of the 'vital interest he wurild take in it. He [Mind the Major seated tit his desk morn, a very comfortable orn, which he called his study, at headquarters. He was pulling; away at big tiger, and before• him on his desk. in a space hol- lowed out from the mass of papers which littered it, stood 'a whisky and soda, There. was a cheerful fire burn= ine. in the grate, and the mom looked wane. and cosy, but the Major's 'heavily - lined face wore a wcrried look, and his fingers were drumming doubtfully .upon the table as, Gordon entered. "Suet the man 1 wanted to•see," he said, looking up, '"you never bore one, Gordon, and you'ee got a way n[ put- ting your -finger on a weak point which is peculiarly your own. These of mine, you know, they're,.alt,ays boring - me, and,, well, sometimes I think their skulls as as thick as -as my own." where our misfortunes come in. He made no friends, contracted co -binding • relations. ••A -young fellow of Ihety taster,. with plenty of money, goes round Europe for a holiday and sets hirnsetf ti have a good-time.. He makes plenty - of acgt alntances. women ;teeny, he playas a little, goes to the theatre, gads about and mown on; the kind of people he meets are on the samo genre them- selves; they don't trouble about hire, he does not care what becomes of them, I could' put my -hand on fifty 'people who met this men Carlton; -1 can't find' one who- knew anything 4.1 tuna save that -he was a pleasant acquaintance who had plenty of money and kept his private affairs to himself. His own lawyer knows very little rnore. He. was passed o•i to him by his agents in Melbourne. f;redentiale of the hest as _:regards (,nonce;. • what. more does. . the lawyer want to know? 1 can't..find the name of a single. person who was in the -habit ef going to itegent Street roams. Carlton at parently kept his pled a term to. him- self; •tris- hiu.sekeeper used la leave early ut the evening, but she has an idea that n+ t• tntny -people came to see him, .and no one flame often." "Rut his ltfe in Australia Y' , ' "Weil, of course we can trace him there. but -think rrf'the time it will take lc _contrive it. -, No, there .,15_•_only_.one chance for us." • "And that T' "The roan .got, engaged .to. be men ried." - • - - - .Gnrdon starlet, but held his breath. "Engaged?" "'nes; his letters show that. :. He met the girl on the Riviera.." "The Riviera?" Gordon felt himself cluinge color._ • - "It was apparently a pretty rapid af- fair," continued the Major, "for they could not have -known eactr-othar for long: I)owever,, Carlton was very rich, and That goes a long way,- He must have been a bad lot th eugh, for it is gt:ite, evident getting engaged made- no difference to his mode .o1 living. 1[e seems to limo carried on jnst the same in spite of the young lady." • "And who was the young !tidy?" "Ah, that's where our had luck -put-' • -" What's the matter?." asked Gordon, sues us -again. She is a •Miss Gaunt, and seating himself, and helping Minitel! to she's got a fattier. But they, too, are as a cigar, mysterious as tho,rest of ,the people nn The Major grun td bit savagely this devil of an affair. In fact, 'more so, et his cigar. "The n - 'r is that 1 am for we know practically nothing of sicl. oI this joh,'' he saki, "I am going to- .them. The letters tell us very little but their names. Gail fon met them 'on the Riviera, where they• were travelling, and gel engaged to the girl. We have only you the other night. , I wished you would he letters, and one or two of the fa - join• us. I 'wish to goodness you, would. t.her's, and these contain, as it happens, I wish you were in my place r' nothing which could put us . on their "What is the particular cause of this Permanent hahitatit n_or•-their friends. display of pessimism?" asked Gordon, lt is bad luck, rank bad luck all "The particular. cause? This beastly through. But that's nothing to the lest or, rather, thing." resign. I'te got a poor lot of men, and 1 am beginning to think Fru net mucic good myself. You know What 1 said to murder's the particular cause, "And that is?" =` •• "Why, they ,followed Carlton to Eng- land, came to London, put up at the Dorian. Hotel, stayed, there a few days - and. disappeared." "Disappeared ?" "Disappeared,- Of Course we shalt find fieri. They- probably haven't run 'away:. Tbey seem perfectly respectable people. They paid for their rooms, and their lriggage- seems quite right. : Still, of course, we must get hold et them, for whnt they could tell us must be valu- nt•le. The strange thing is that they -1 haven't turned up already; they must 'havo seen the news. And 1 am bounu to say that I' don't think: they can have had anything to do with. the poor fel- low's death."_ Gordon gave a sigh of relief; that was something at all events, (Co be continued). '.ltr�s, rNexdore-'rt heught a new piece of music for my daughter io play, ;tn,t think she'll mnstci- it soon. she w:e trying rill Ihe afterrrx.n," i'eo- pery-"Indeed she was; very^ ,stars, from the continual association of _?ire father's name with those of the rrlur- entered man and Mr. Usher, and fi'oni the Slone in -which' she called upon hien, that former hod also been present at the young man's murder, or et least during. shat yore, theories even', -work? I 'that evening. and he felt: ,hut from him thought—" "You didn't think anything. You know- we're only mortal. like the rest of the world. We all run up against snags sometimes. We've struck a _snag here." - ` "You can't find your man, !hen? - You haven't got a clue? • "Find Our man. I tell you we dont know enough to be even sure that . it was a man—" Gordon started, but the Major went on. "For all we know it tuight have been a monkey. All we're pretty sure of is that 11 wasn't suicide. You sec, my dear • of least, he night leat'n inc truth. ,• Yet why had he not appeared. Ile -_: trust have missed his daughter:;, he must have heard of this murder; hew was it ene had mnde no sign ? The whole affair was mysterious, y>Fo apparently impenetrable, that' Gor- :don hardly liked to let -his: mind rest tang upon any of the i'tin aeons hypo- .1;•7se- which occurred to him; but he determined At least to attempt tea put himself 'neo aernnuniralion with Ihe whitc-facad 1.ir. Usher and 'his niystrri• cos father: and, meanwhile, he felt. ar;,h a thrill of satisfaction, that his in - About the Farm 11+++4,f++4444. 4.4444“:4-"A CARE OF YOUNG Plat. • The prospect is that the supply ot ba- con frogs will be Short the corning win- ter, and spring, and that prices will rule high in this oountry. The outlook is the same in England, where the pack - tie. and dealers are complaining bitter- ly of the shortage of pigs, and are forced to handle more second-c!ase pro- duct r from outside sources thorn" they would it the supply of-•flrst-class were sufficient. Many farmers fail to make efsuccess of feeding fall- pigs during the winter months, and many have be- corne discouraged through failure and have abandoned the work. On the other hand not a few have succeeded satis- factorily and made it a profitable busi- ness. What l the secret of their suc- cess? it is a question others should observe .and study, in order that they may share in the good prices going. Probably, part of the difficulty, in car- rying pigs through the winter in n growing and improving condition •3 due to having the littera come loo late in the fall.. September and October are the favorite months, to have them come, as then they may be kept running out on the ground and the grass a good part of the time, for two or three rnonths' treatment, .which is essential to the growth of bone, the development of muscle. gild laying of the foundation of a vigorous constitution. which will enable them to withstand the effects of the enforced confinement due to sow end the cold weather in winter. Much. Ler utile is' experienced from crippling ef pigs in winter, apparently from rheumatism, but probably front the In- active livers and imperfect digestion or derangernent of the stomach, . . DUE TO LACK OF EXERCISE, and possibly from feeding .too much se's py food. which. in cold weather. may well account for a s'ow circute- ein of the blood and consequent in- aciiori of the organs of the system which pt•rform the f_unctions of digestion .and •assimilation- 1f there' is a reason to believe -that-the ailments which so of- ten; check the growth and health of 1,igs in winter are due lo the system cf feeding above indicated. why not try tic system of feeding by, which the grain is fed dry, either whole er ground, and the drink given •• in a separate trough- to be taken when required. We Crave seen pigs thrive admirably in- win- ter to very-, ordinary quarters, fed in Inn way,.- hlost of the hogs raised in the corn -growing States ere fed corn, on the ear or shelled, and scatter id•on the ground er en plank platforms; 'and no where are so many so 'success- fully .raised and - fitted for market, the principal difficulty there being that the. he.gs, being kept in such large numbers tench together too' closely; -and are d- ank to become over -heated from contact r,t their bodice, .end to catch cold when separated. It is, we believe, sound doc- trine that food eaten slowly, and thor- odghly mastleated"and- mixed with the saliva of he glands rn of the' month. Is •test -filled for being readily digested. the exertion required. to pick up thinly scattered grains of meal in a flet-bot- Irrmcd trough tends to keep up the•blocd (gradation, and the. process of masti- cation is much more complete than in mellowing- sloppy fobd. In the early; years of farming in this country, tt was the common practice to keep pork - are till they were - fifteen to •-eighteen -months. old he ere fattening; they were carried over the -first winter almost 'in- var:ably by scattering }whole peas on the frozen ground, or on plank.. floors, ccvful winter production of beim ti meet the good demand and prices o the present, At least the auggestio offered are open to ediegussion, which ` la earnestly invited. will be the first to take a hand in it, end add quota to .the soltdlora of the qu shoat :'LIVE STOCK 'NOTES. It costs as Much to raise a scrub ani -i mal as it does a blue •ribbon winner,; end. there is a white difference in their - respective 'values at selling time. Be careful to, leave at home such.. pc ultry that does rot dress off good. plump, yellow carcass, and a fug breast. Any, fowls having feathered. legs and lots of dark pin feathers are not the desirable kind_ ier_presenting_:ta_.._:-. petrticular customers. Give .the horse 'a reasonable quantity of water just before feeding nrn. This three times a day. If he has fen hard• driven or worked, allow him first to rest at least fifteen minutes -30 min- utes would be better. He will work bet-, ler; feel better and keep tetter by this{ rnethod than by any other poseible wall et management. It is the breeder's maxim that the( wicker. an animal can be put in condi- tion for the block the greater the ped-' portionate,profte. -Good breeding, care - tut feeding. and early maturity are very, essential to success In cattle breeding., It is well for the breeder to rementberi -- that oompetition is sharper and prices tower than in former ,rotes, and that economy -in those items of greatest' c'nst, hod and time should be considered, in meeting the demands of the market-! A steer can be led to a .weight of 1,009' pounds cheaper than it can be fed to a weight .'f 2.000 pounds; and while the hntndiate profit is smaller, it will come• quicker. A NOCTLTINAL NAUIfACiBIA. = . CEy : A. Banker.) The twilight. has 'faded away, and night has asserted her sway. Dense •masses of back cioad d'r•ire swiftly across the heavens, from time to time- obscuring ime-obscuring the brilliant stars; which ever and anon. as the passing clouds .come and ge, again and again scintillate and si,arkle in the canopy of the skies; their• combined light sufficient to bring into heel relief . the jutting bluffs, each crowned with hheavily armed, almost impregnable tort. on each side of the• tay; and the foaming bceakers, lashed by the strong breeze. advance and re- cede -to and fro on the shin'gic and• peb- bins of. the shore With a reverberating gurgling stridor. the long white line of surf plalntly -visible in the starlight. Again, the heavens areeobscured by_ banks of heavy: cloud, and all is• aha dewed in sable darkness. But ,only • for, a moment. For from the fort at the whole western end of the bay a brilliant taper.', • ray .of dazzling Tight of Iusiroas splendor flashes-, out. slowly- sweeping the horizon, ilturninating •a wide section of the ocean and revealing a fleet et or in troughs, and' • .GIVEN WATER SFgPArtATELY,, end were fattened at least to great, weights en whole peas, with water to drjnk, yet rheumatism and winter cripe cling was •practically an unknown ail- ment. Pigs seldom go wrong in sum- mer where they are allowed to run on tine ground, With ' access to grit and glass. and if we cannot have summer conditions in; winter. the lest we • can dr, it would appear, is to get -as near as we can to it by adopting methods of treatment, which aid nature to do its work. despite the handicaps of frost end snow. To this end. it is surely worth_while to experiment, by supply- ing the needs r,f ,the animal system, by pri3eiding bone -and -muscle -forming .feeds, and feeding them in the •manner test calculiited fo aid digestion and as sanitation. .Well eured clover or alfal- fa hay, cut up fine. and •fed in combin- ation with pulped mangles or sugar t•eets and n little meal, should answer admirably for the purpose, and should greatly reduce the -cost of production, rs compared with the common prac- tice of heavy feeding of grain meats, much of tihich is often wt rse than west - el When the animals are knocked rt tf1eir balance, and lose ground, instead of • gaining in condition and weight. IL would, cost but little to provide a load or two of ravel in a covered place, or.•to carry over .the coal .ashes for this purpose: or to, partially burn. under ctver of earth, seine of the rough wood lying around the yards' to produce•char- coat; to which the pig.' could be• ;filen-- access. iten- access. A flextime of salt and sulohun• area wood ashes. as a condiment, kept ,:finer cover in n law flat boy, so the pigs ran• help them Ivry, r,rey Wye 1!'•• of of life and vigor. These are t ! tit's ,which may serve a helpful in solving the problem of sec- destroyers, protected by a cruiser and n battleship. In s a moment,. with a deafening roar, the great guns of the feria, and also those, of another power- ful tort on the summit of the downs, rend the air with their discharges; While the rattle of some smaller wea- pons adds Jo the crashing din, Rut tee warships, finding themselves un- equatly_• matched,, are, with their own . searchlights. signalling apparently for .assistance by throwing flashes _ on the clouds; until itie forts, by, a well direct-, constantly • shilling , beam of light, rtndor the signalling almost nugatory in the meantime the destroyers, every J•ght concealed, tire speeding away out of- danger; while the larger vessels. rea-. I'7ing the fntlli.ty'of the attack. also beat, an ignominious. retreat; though eon ,!rating fer a time to fire their greatt - gons at the fort. - - At •)ength the, thunder _of Ihe booming: artillery subsides; the flashing light= beams cease, and all is once more calm and peace. '• -tet all this revcrherating uproar is tut' a'•nartnachia-a quaint old .term fp • a mock sen -fight -a•, sham fight; only an episode in the usual autuntn ma- nceuvres 'of the fleet.; and. there is- ne. roar `of projectiles. no bursting of great shells, and happily no cries and agon- ized grians of wounded and dying men. But if angels could shed tears, how at en actual •batile must -they weep at the sight hf, men fpripusly Immolating each other.' and in frenzied rage nodi slaughtering their foes. And how much more poignant must be their grief. When men are Inlling all around. to see the spirits of. -alas it is to be feared, some. who' had forgotten their God, • carried off to the doom. • Happy tt'.ey who had Lived the fife of the righte- ous, and who had laid their sins upon Ilinr by, whose stripes eve may all no healed. Fie then those bright angels wc.uld escort their ransomed spirits up. to the realms ot glory: • IN SPITE OF TI.IE SPEECH.' k young - baenster was conducting his first case, lie rad .evrdenlly conned his argument, till he knew it by heart. - -Before he 'had' proceeded ten minutes with his oratorical effort the judge had, decided the case in his favor, and had, told hint so. be -spite, this, the young. lawyer would not cease. It seemed That he had attained -such-a -momentum that he e',nld not. stip. :Finally, •his lordship loaned forward• and: in the politest of tones, said:-- • "Mr. B----, notwithstanding your ar- gitmcnt, the court ins' conf:hrda'd to de- citle this case in your favor.' Wise men cultivate the art of taking things easy. .•.•; S.,' • ••••.N. • , 3 - _ " • ;. • . . -47 ' ' "447,:, • ° riCktrine *tIVIS H' polio:led Cray Friday morning its Offle Pickering Ont. . • RATZB OF ADVERTISING : insartionoper Un. . •10 cents subsequent insertion, per line - 6 does not include Legal or Foreign rertiegatnna terms given to parties making eon. ▪ racks for 3 or 6 months or by theyear. Ralf- , gnarly or yearly contracts Pa; able quarterle. Business oar•ds. ten lines or under, with paper, • Mas Plea. g6 02, payable in advance. tar Notice in Inca' columns ten oentiper It's conteper line each subsequent insertion. pedal contraot r tee made known on applica- - on. No free advertising . Advertisements without written nstrdctiona inserted until forbidden and charged as- ' nordinglY. Orders for discontinuing advertise - *ante must Ins In 'exiting and abut so t5.pub. • Bailers ' oob Work promptly attended to. TERMS 11140 Pile Year ; 01.00 tpaid in advanee .JOHN M LIRKA R, Prorprietor. - • -41I3/41100 OK1UN1d•- ) ▪ The above council met pursuant to adjournment at Broughem on Monday •the 15th inst. Members all present _ except Councillor McFarlane, the e reeve in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A number of accounts -were pressnt e- for payment and were referred, to the zeertive committees. Communications were received from • t the following :- - Jas McCullough re garnishee. • Ontario Bridge Co. re Palmer's The Clerk stated that A M Micheli -claims compensation for outlet from .R Milne and the township. ..- A communication was read from Led Hoover re abutments of Pal- mer's bridge. . - John Bice was heard, asked for pay- , zuent for board and lodging for Mrs. • Sophia Size for one month. She was •. destitute and friendless. The reeve -had granted an order for her &dads* • -sion to the House of Refuge and was taken there on the 4th int. N. L. Stevenson, on motion, was beard re ditch recently. dug. He • claimed that the ditch was not deep *- enough to protect tile from frost. and should have gone through culvert and not around it. - A Wilson reported receiving 1110 00 ' ' from Chas Hawke on hospital acct. he having been sent to the hospital in the - winter at the townships expense. Jas Todd also reported receiving 81 - from Jas Chapman for wood. - • The -Committee on Damages to sheep 'reported and recommended payment follows; - - Judson APugh for one thorough- bred Shropshire ewe killed by dogs. being two-thirds of sworn value 10 00s r• On motion Mr Wilson, chairman of eseckinnittee; the report was adopted. f_ The Standing Committee on Relief reported and recommended the follow- ing payment: John Bice, for keeping Sophia Ellis.. board etc before going to Rouse of Refuge 5 00. On motion of lir Osborne, chairman of Committee, the report was adopted. - The Ccenmittee Contmgenries , • • - reported and reconnnended the follow- • .-ing payments Employer's Liability Assurance Cot pre atioti, renewal bona for Foster Hutchienn. Cullectur 20e)0; J Murkarecollecter'stax billeetc., 10.50 D R Beaton. see vices seleeting jurors, 10.00Jas Todd, ditto, 5.00; John For- - - fie, ditto. 5.($; (bas Sargent; repair-- ng cave-tronghing nn Mr Blackburn's - bouee, Balsame,75; To amount payable e under agreement under the 1.) end W kr---Act, Stewart, Michell and others on • -- _• acct • of drain constructed on sideline bet lots32 and 33 in con 8, 2.5.00; DR = Beaton on • acct of salary 62.50; Jas Todd for services under D and %V Act re R D Cowie, Wm Scott and others ' 2.50; Mr Henderson services as con- • - - stable serving notice 1.00. On motion of Mr McFarlane, chair- - - Juan of committee, the report was , •adopted. The standing Committee on Roads and Bridges reported and recommend- .tract 94.00, also for drawing railing 2.00; Geo Hollinger for 44 yds of gravel including right of way /or r d 6, .4% John Powell for -44 yds of ravel at 7c furnished r d 2, 3.08; Jos Wray for 10 yds of gravel for r d 2, •.70; Wm Fawcett for 11 yds of gravel for r d3, .77; Claude. Field for 2.5 yds of, gravel for r d 2, 1.175; Wm Mosg•rovafor fixing wrenches .50; JOS Leary for grant made on Whitevale hill 8.00; R K Tran for repairing cu' - vert on sideline bet lots 12 end 13, 2.55 - John Scott for opening out grietel pit 4.50; T. E, Stephenson for repairing road scraper, etc 3.70; Thos Patterson for making tongue for road machine and rims and spokes :Or wheel- 4.05; J Emmerson for men and teams em- ployed on townline bet Whitby tc wn- ship and Pickering 2.03, also Uni- tised on said townline 10.87; C K Petty for 825 six-inch tile used on Brock Road and Stevenson's swamp 25.00; Feasby for drawing lumber from Pultnes4kbridge to race bridge 2.00; OK Petfy• for 175 tile for the Kinsale contract 7.00; L Albright for for digging ditch on- Brock Road'and Stevenson's swamp 30.10; Ontario Bridge Co for fuinishing and erecting steel superstructure on Palmer's bridge 700.00, 14.51 to be deducted from foregoing amount for freight 'charges:. D W Carruthers on stat- ute labor • per load list 2.75; A Hamilton for work done on Pal- mer's bridge 1.00; T C Brown on account of painting Green River and Whitevale bridges; Mrs (Dr) Mabee made application for bonus on wire fence on 80 rds, lot 27, con 2: Mrs S J Holdon also made application for bonus on 40 rds wire fence lot 9 con 9; Wesley Har- vey, storage of cement for Palmer bridge, 5.00. On motion of T Poucher, chairman of committee, the report waa adopted. Mr A Wilson moves. seconded by Mr T C Osborne, that the reeve grant his order on the Treasure in favor of the several parties recommended for for payinent in the reports of the tanding committees as presented this day. (carried.) Moved by PC Osborne, seconded by Jas McFarlane that this council in- struct Jas McFaplane to piace a notice on hill opp. lot 20, con 9, forbidding anyone from taking dirt therefrom. (carried.) The council now adjourned to meet on Monday. Nov. Ilth for the transac- tion of general business. . • • Pain anywhere. pain in the head, pain ful periods. Neuralgia, toothacbe, all pains can be promptly stopped by a. thoroughly safe little Pink Caody Tablet, known by Dengsiste everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Heed ache Tablets Pain simply means con gestion-andue blood pram e at the poirt where pain exists. Dr Shoop's Hetdsch._Ta.blata eates'ize this unnatural blood preemie, and pain im mediately departs. Write Dr Shoop, Bads e. Wi., and get a free trial package Large box 2.-; am -Druggists. Bold by T M McFadden. • . • , • • • : • ::• le : ••• .1 . . - - EkLE REGISTER. ---- THURelleer. Orr. 24ren 1 -907. -Auction sale of household furniture, horse and buggy, etc., the property of S. A. Champion, Brougham hotel. Sale at one o'elock. See bille for full particulars. Thos. Poucher, Auctioneer. • WEDNESDAY, Orr. 3Oret, 1907 -Credit sale of farm stock. implements and • household furniture, on lot 4, con. 3. Pickering, the property of James McBrady. Twelve months credit, • • 1. `building cement -sidewalks on account of commutation for Claremont, 10.80 -John Garland for 85 loads of stone at • bc per yd for r d 21 4.25;.Wrn Waddell for 80 rods of wire fence at 15c per rd •cm con 9 opp lot 11 12.00; Andrew Mil- - ler for 67 -yds of gravel, including right of way 6.70; T -White for 10 rds of • gravel for r d 20. 1.00; F W Hobbs for work done in r d 8, 5.40; Mrs T Bennet for 246 yds of gravel at 10c per yd sup - Plied r ds 30, 35 and 29, 24.60; C For- syth for drawing cement on account of commutation in Claremont divi- sion 3.00; C Forsyth for drawing posts • . . and railing for con 3 bridge 1.00; „Jas • Brien for drawing timber and stone for con 3 bridge 4.75; M S Chapman for • bolts, nails and washers for Paliner's Poucher, auctioneer. New Advertisements. VOR SALE. -A few Leicester ram 12 Iambs. W L Coortice, lot 17,B F Comes. lion. let TO LOAN. -83000 or, $4000 _private 1 fun Is to let on good security, Apply to Foster Hutchison, Clarement. 6. PEAS. -To let out to responsible farmer. Enquire at Post Office, Picker- ing, for samples and prices. Chas. M. Willcox, 22tf BUILT UP HER HEALTH SPEEDY CUE OF MISS ECCLISON She Is Made Well by Lydia E. Fink. ham's Vegetable .Compound, and Writes Gratefully to Mrs. Pinkham. For the wonderful help that she has found &Ile 'Ecclison, •3 Erie St., East, St. Thomas, Ont., believes it her duty te write the following letter for publication, in order that other women afflicted iu the same way may be benefited as she was. She writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham "1 heartily recommend Lydia E. Pink- harn's Vegetable Compound as a tonic and regulator for fernale troubles. I suffered for four years with displacement and no one but those who have experienced this dread- ful agony can form any idea of the physical and -mental stifferiug those endure who are thus affected. Your Vegetable Compound cared me. 'Within three months I was tally restored to health and strength and now my periods are regular sad painless. What a blessing it is to obtain such relief when so many doctors fail to belp you. Year medicine is better than any doctor or medicine I ever had." No other medicine has each a record of cures of female troubles as has Lydia • E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound. Women who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, bloating (or flatulence), displacement of organs, inflammation or ulceration can be re- stored to perfect health and strength by taking Lydia E. Piakhain's Vegetable Com potind Mrs. Pinkham invites all vie-F3;11mm to write her for peivice. She ham guided 'thousands to health. Her experience is very great, and she gives the benefit of it to all who stand in need of wise counsel. She is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five -years has been advising sick women free of charge. eeeddress, Lynn, Mane • VARM TO RENT. -A good fern) to .L rex t situated in the Township of 'Picker- ing no Greisnweoeratoad. 1-2 ties from Picker ing rtnium-ct It in a gWodssee of cultivation well watered. a /Argo orchard of the beet fruir. Four btuldInas. For hirther particulars appl, to W bichardison.Pickering Vtflago, 385! • FARM FOR**LB.-Consisting of 130 saes: being lot 10, CO2114, Pickering and known as tee Dunlop farm. Good clay land, 40 acres pasture and bush. new red barn, good stabling which will accomodate lift head of stock cement siloonstoire tiouse. good orchard, well watered good bush. Vt1lie1l on saw term' s Apply to F T Love. 215 Logaa Ave, Toronto 30tf TIME TdBLE-Pielter.ne Station T. R, Trains" going East dues as fellows - 'No #3 Moil . . 8 28 A. M. 12 Local .. 2 43 P. M. 14 Local • . • 6 04-P. rd. • 7rains going o est dues es follows - No. 13 Lo al . . C 41 d. M. " 11 Local • .2 IS P. • 7, Mail . . 8 35.p, M. •ffundav included. WANTED -Bush Men; 1635.00 per month; board and railway fare paid. Apply to F. T.1irignall, -Oxdr ft. New Ontario 54-3 • 158 rds of wire fence bet lots 20 and 21 • • on base line 15.80; Gordon Law, black- ••sinith, bill as per order of T 0 Osborne for bridges road scraper repairs etc 7.00 ,W H Peak 'for thawing iron work for Palmer's bridge -from Pickering 'ate- ' :=tion 3.60; W H Peak for freight expen- e_., les on material for Palmer's bridge 10.91 W H Peak fordrawing lumber to Pal- i:twee bridge 3.00; Wagner and Fen- -• wick for furnishing lumber forPalmer's bridge 2980; Win Dixon for brace on • eirrader tongue .50; J T Laughlin for 12 yds of gravel for r d 21, 1.20; Jos - Collins for 19 yds of gravel furnished d 11, 1.90; Mia Boone for 1 yd gray- ' .'el furriisked for r d 17, .07; S Carlton for right of way for 42 yds of gravel : •from- W Todd's pit,for r d 18, .84; , Wm Todd for 42 yds of gravel for r d 18 nt Sc per yd 3.38; Webster Broa for • • 25 yds of gravel for r d 18, 2.50: Wm e Elliott for 60 yds of gravel for r d ' 24, 3.50; Fred Rowe for 15 yds of • ' gravel for r d 7, 1.04 8 Carlton for ' building Monkhouse 'bridge on side- line bet lot, 20 1 21 as per con- J J, 00STERS. FOR SALE. -The un- lersigned has a number of pare bred 1_110de Island Red roosters fer sale it a moder- ate price. Apply to MRS B W WOOD, Pir. er- int Village. QTRAYED.-From •lot 10, con. 4, LJ Pickering, a registered Cotswold owe, with 1a2e1s in etre. Any information leading to her recovery will be suitably rewarded. Wm Mayne Andley P 0. 1-3 f 'V OR SALE. -Chestnut mare, rising .12 four. well broken and sound, nearly six- teen hands high. • Not afraid of•autos or oars Lady can drive her Satisfactory reasons for selling. I 8 Chapman. 538! -VOR SALE -1 parlor --cook stove, 12 nearly new. 1 ladder 30 feet long now, 1 ladder 20 feet long. Both ladders are painted and sound and light. suitable for apple picking or any class of work 'elixirs a ladder is required. Call and see them. A. PALMER, Pickering Mt UOR SA LE. -Farm of 50 acres, being 1.; the west half of lot 10, coOn,g, Tp of Picker- ing, 1 mile east of Pickering Village, and situat- ed on the Kingston Mosel. On tbe premises are a good barn, a fair Douse, and other ou &build - !rigs, good well and instal -1i, elay land. For par- ticulars opply to DI E Boone, Pickering Village. 5857 -...p.-1,...81m1isbliTt.:*'' . .... . .... ....... _._ .---,....-;".:..:--... The e -- People's Cash Store. ... .•__ _ ..., ... '..'' ' .:.,.'., • - . ..... • • .,..:,, ....7,.,' • .."::,....,....,;....;:;.::: Our Stock is now coMplefe. "." .see-oui'-prices and-Valtrelaigoods are all marked in plain figures. Come and see us, we have just _ 7..., ' .!.. , . .. .. what you want. ,Bargains io. every department. . . ,- • ,,.. ..• • . ... Wool Blankets, $2.25 to $5.0)i-er-:": Bed Quilts. 1.50 to 2.00 Smyrna ilatts, 85c. to 2.40, •• Linoleum and Oilcloth, 25c to 75c. Old pieces, Lenoleum and' Oilcloths • have advanced 25 per cent. The above goods and price list in- cludes only a few of the thousands of articles we have to show you. Damash-Table Cloths, 61 to 11.25 T Fine white Table Linen, 25 to 40c yd. Linen Table Napkins, 1.50 to 2.00 doz. Here is the greatest bargain ever • offered to theptiblic. Lady's black cloth Skirt, worth 3.00, for 1.25. Blouse e in white and dark lustres. the _ the latest styles for fall and win- • ter, regular 2.00, for L50. Ready-made Clothing and Clothing made to order. Hats and Caps," - Boots and Shoes, Crockery. • Groceries fresh and good all the time. Our Bulk Teas • • •• are the best. Try them. . • -. • If you can't come, order anything on the above list by mail, • and we will forward it to you.- - • • • D. Simpson :& Co., .Vicketing. `gichardson' Jpecial 5ea is Seed gea." ••- are, Fresh Groceries, • Meats and Provisions, - -Fruits in Season. . • • • • - - • FRESH BREAKFAST FOODS -Toasted Cornflakes, -Malta Vita, Force, Grape "..'sruts. Puffed Rice. Pettijohn's Breakfast Food, Wheat -Ohs, Orange -Meat, Quaker Oats, - Quaker Corn Meal, • • Rolled Oats, Rolled Wheat; PURE HONEY FLOUR -MEATS-L-SaIt Pork, Smoked Ilnin.Sinoked Shoulder, Rolled Shoulder, Breakfast Bacon., Bologna, Cooked Ham. Redpath Granulated Sugar chea-p by the 100 lbs: Every th-inglu the Groceryline fresh and the best brands. JAMES :RICHARDSON . ' • - • ' BUY YOUR GROCERIES . AT THE OROOERS• • .. • THE UNIVERSAL BREAD MAKER 41• Is the time to do your fall Paporing and Painting. . If you are doing any you had - better have it done right • at the right price by , W. B. KESTER, - Painter and Decorator, ering, Get the best. It pays. Attend the - popular and progressive - IILLIOTT TORONTO, OW. and be THOROLTIRLY- educated for business life. All graduates of this • school are absolutely sure of getting positions. The demand is consider- ably greater than the supply. Now is an excellend time to enter. Write for catalogue. • W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal. Cor. Yonge and Alexander streets. A weak Stomach, causing dyspepsia, a weak Heart with palpitation or intermit tent pulse, always means weak Stomach nerves or weak Heart nerves, Strengthen • with Dr Shoop's Restorative and me how quickly these ailmerts disappear. Dr Shoop of Ra, ine, Wis will mail free. Write for them. A test will tell. Your health is certainly worth this simple trial Sold by T M McFadden. .Agent for Massey -Harris Co. and ' Bain Wagons, Tolton Pea Harvesters. . Any of the above or other farm implements furnished at ••right prices. , Agent for Oshawa Hay Forks, Slings and Tracks. • MRS. HERKS • & DATJerlITER J. H. RICHARDSON'S Important showing of finest display of) ' . •China. A yery large assortment of •• • ' „Stationary. •Books, Dolls, Toys, jnst • received for the Holiday trade. Oall end see them. • Saltecriptione taken for all Magazines, Weekly and Dailyi.Newapapera; JOHNSTON BROWN W. T. • CLAR,EMON T. • 13rOcit Street. L wee ' er • No* CLAREMONT, i f : Funds to loan—see advt. Peter Macnab wasin the,city on Tuesday on bush>esss. , Nelson . Wagg' was in thea Hty last week on. business. R. J. Fleming, of Markham, was in town last week. George Wagg and son, Charles, -.were in Uxbridge last week. Coal is being delivered through - oat the village at $7.35 pee ton. Tobias Caster -is loading a ear of `potatoes in Uxbridge this week. Nelson Wagg and'- wife were with Goodwood friends on Sun - George and Mrs. Gerow, of Port Perry, were, here with Duncan Macnab. Johnston Bron'n aand. wife, of Uxbridge, were here with friends on Sunday. - George Neal and family, of Green River, visited the fornler's mother on Sunday. The Independent Telephone Co. are ' installing a phone in Dr. Kidd's office: - Rev. -Joseph Campbell, of San- francisco, is with his cousin, Fost- er Hutchison. Rev. Mr. Grant is holding spec- iall meetings at Glen Major for a couple of weeks. Lyman Gleeson, of Fort William spent a few days here with his uncle, Ed. Gleeson. Andrew Courtney, of Green Riv- er, visited his sister, Mrs. John Morgan, on Sunday. John Birkett and Mr. Wilson, of the townline, Whitby, spent Sufi- 4day with W ro. Birkett., Andrew Hamilton is here for a visit with his .sisters, the Misses :.Hamilton, for a few days. Robert Johnston. of Brantford. is the guest of his brother, George Johnston, for a few days. M. Gleeson, of Greenwood,_visit- ed here with his brother. Ed. Glee - SOD, and wife on Sunday. Friends of Erskine church have - been painting thefence i,r-front of the manse, addingmuchto its ap- pearance. Dr., C. J., Brodie was 'called to -Sunderland this -week to perform a critical opersftion upon a valu- able horse. Thomas Stephenson got a spark -of fire into his eye the other day and in consequence has it now bandaged up. Mr. •Holdeu's sale on Friday was a success. He intends moving to Toronto on Monday next. We wish hien success. E. S. Cooper, of Toronto, reptre- eentiug the .3lmae o, hasbeen here for a few days installing James .McFarlane'e new engine. Gecl�rge Stotts has purchased a _six home ,.power gasoline engine - for his farm fixe froth the .Inter- - national -Harvester Co. Thos. Gregg and Mrs. Coates "'shipped a carload of hogs on Mon- day. the price paid for which was -;:as high as six cents per pound. The .cement walks in front .of Messrs. W. Birkett's and Chas. Sargent's are completed and ap- pears to be- a splendid piece of work. - . : •. A few of our sports intend tak- ing a trip to Haliburtou for the purpose of bagging some large game. They intend leaving on Wednesday.- The galaxy is- , sc.. composed of Messrs. Capt. Jud Bundy, J. H. Beal, J. Farmer, R. Ward and others. °The public meeting in Sargent's ball on Friday evening was well ...attended when thle forming Clare wont into a police village was con- . ... ;eidered. The meeting was unami- -•eussly in r of doing so, and • ._the various s ommittees were ap- pointed and are now. zealously -.;at work. James McFarlane, who has been ;successful in winning prizes at all the fall fairs in this neighborhood with his carriage team, wound rip "-the season last week when on • Wednesday he carried off the- red ticket at Queen -wine and the same colored trophy at Zephyr on Fri- day. They have not yet been beaten as a carriage team. - Jas. McFarlane is kept very busy • these days cutting corn with his new outfit. His new gasoline en- gine is a 20 h. p. Almamo, made in M and . will be used for all purposes 'requiring power on the farm. -;He is about to put in au .11 - inch Champion • feed mill or grain chopper made by Bessett rft Co.; Quebec. 'CHERRY WOOD. Voters' List Court,. 1907 iliunicipa lit.y of the Township • o. Platkring; NOTICE' is hereby given that a Court will be held, pnrsuant to- The Ontario Voters' Lists Act, by His Honour the Judge of the County Court of the County of Ontario, "at the Town Hall, Pickering Village, on Tuesday, the 29th day of October, 1907.• et eleven o'clock a. m., to hear and de- termine the several complaints of -er- rors and omissions in the Voters' List for Polling Sub-djvions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. of the Municipality of the Township of Pickering for 1907. All persons haying business at the Ojurt are required to attend at the said time and place. Dated at. Whitevale, it} the said Township this 17th day of . October. A. D 1907. • •DONALD R. BEATON,� 3 Clerk of the said Municipality. 150 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Lonsfl�atin I Baked sweet apples. with some people, brio* prompt relief for Constipation. ••With others; coarse all -wheat bread will have the same effect. Nature undoubtedly has a vegetable remedy to relieve every' ilment known to man, 11 ph sielant can but bad Nature's way to health: And this 11 strikingly true withr gas rd to Constipation. The bark of a ceresin tree In California -Cas. care Sagrada—offers a most excellent aid ,to this end. But. combined with Egg than Senna. s1i pert' Elm Bark, Solid Extract of Prunes. etc., this same Caseara.bark is given its greatest possible power to correct constipation, A toothsome • CLndyY Tablet. called Lax-ets. Is nowmade at the Dr. Shoop Laboratories; from this ingenuous and • most effective prescription. .Its effect on Consti- pation, Biliousness. Sour Stomach Bad Breath,- Sallow Complexion. Etc., Le indeed prompt and. satisfying. No griping, no unpleasant after effects are ex- perienced. and Lax-ets are pot up in beautiful lithographed metal boxes at b cents and 25 cents per box. For -something new. nice. economical and effective. try a.boz, of ax=ets T. W. •MCFADDEN. Whitby Steam Pump Works T FA L GOODS 9RRIPED ,A•good supply of Men's, Women's_and a h lid ens_. : ; 4 F-- -..FOOTWEAR. ;. Roses 'lour': -Choice Pastry Flou - .:Mill Feed Kept Constantly on Hand. ..A. trial of the above is to your satisfaction. ' The Corner Store. '` = {, f: r; -1.:'W. M. PA.Lit11 , Proprii -Coal and Wood Ranges , ranging from $20 to $50 Coal -Heating Stoves xp ,,:ranging from $5 to $16. Parlor Cooks ranging from $27 to $38 TRADE MARKS Dumas COPYRIGHTS &C' Anyone sending a sketch and description may gqat:kl) ascertain our Opinion free whetber an llamado*is probably Dtestr otlooa strictly cone dent Handbook Putouts sent tree. oldest agency for securing patenr Scientific ntI. Patents taken thronetin= 3 CO. i special smile, withoutIn the merlon. A handsomely Illustrated �wee4ekty. Lanai ea- mission tr- w toA mon_thy �a,,551. SolahiBO_ rnaL a gc..o luL IUMrir Co seands Othee .ES Pa,w ewT o C. Voters' List Court, 1907 Muncip&lity of the Township of Pickering. NOTICE is hereby given- that a Court will be held, pursuant to The Ontario's Voters' List Act, by His Hon • our the Judge of the County Court of the County of Ontario, at the Town Hall, Brougham, on Wednesday the 30. day of October, 1907, at eleven o'clock a. m., to hexer and determine the sever- al complaints of errors and omissions in the Voters' Lists for Polling Sub -Di- visions Nos. 6, 7. 8, 9; 10 and 11of the Muacipality of the Township of Pick- ering for 1907. - All persons having beiainess at the Court are required to attend at the. said time and place. - Dated at Whitevsle, in the said Township. this 17th day of October, A. D.. 1907. DONALD R. BEATON, 2-4 Clerk of the said Munlcilpalisy. -A good easy working pump is time saved. Time is money. -• We handle all kinds and guar- tee satisfaction, - , - Cistern tanks made to. order. • E.- W. Evans, Brock, "street Whitby. Let Others Help you To recover your -stolen property. The Pickering ..Vigilance 'Committer • will do this. Members having property stoleu comment. (sate immediately with any member of Executive Committee.. Membership fee . • " 11.00. - Tteiests may be bad from tne President or Stcretary on application. ArthurJ!rey,. J. A. O'Connor, -- secretary. .President. Exec. Com.—Geo. Leng, D.E. Pngb, Q. S. Palmer, Pickering, Out ' Stomach troubles Heart and Kindney ailments, can be quickly corrected with it pre.eriptioa known todraggiata everywhere as Dr Shoop's Restorative. The prompt vied sarprisingasilet whita this remedy im mediate y brings iaeatirely-due to its Rector mire action upon the ooneroiliiig nerves of the Stomaob, sec.• - • LIFT,: FORCE AND PUMPS and SUCTION Constantly on. Hand. - . Prices Right. - Jtarkhttm, SCarboro, Whitchurch, Uxbridge and aughan townships, also Stouffville, Markham and Pickering villages, over Indel�endeut system. - . - - - Brantford Gasoline Engines and Windmills. Orders promptly attended to. Repairing done. John Gerow=8ncosssor so _ ._ - Wind—mills erected and Repaired, 'Direct 't telephone communication with all Paris of Pickering, 9'age yeaeefi? Charles We sell all the leading lines and make of Stove THE PEOPLE'S TINSMITH Sargent, . Claremont, Ont. It does not take a wise man ' To telt a good apple from a bad one. but it takes a wise man now- . adays to tell the Qocd, =ars .ees -from the bad unless- he has had- some experience with its actual wearing .qualities. " Our Harness and Collars are :as perfect and up-to-date as good material, skilled workmen and modern methods can [Hake them, and -they have -those "wearing qualities." . Aiso castor, neat's foot and bar - nese oil on hand. - _E._ W. Bodell, . Wear the Zest 1 ant selling the Page and have a proposition to. submit to every fence user—one which will cause - Os & Bon, Olsremoni. - you to sit up and take notice. Why ? Because. I can . save . you money._ - Page, is the strongest and cheapest fence, on the mai ket, and if you don't know it, find Out Now. . Drop`s card, Or call. • -.. N . n=r_m_ Y 34=6m - Agent, Pickering e BROUGHAM t: Mores• No ,iv iso �• e b tr R •a fs � - w i11:484. , V 'CLAREMONT. b ra a K • d w.o o a .� 0 G • IOmII I1IIDIiIF rt' iQN! O -3 "' pets' S IIJ!- 1 je a ' 'a a to ae MarryO Apr ia. r; a Jae CC Are paying ' big prices- for Vatter and Eggs ( While picking apples on Tuesday George Davidson ran the end of a twig in his right eye injuring the ball just below the sight. Medical aid was procured, and although the injury is very painful at times, Mr. Davidson does not anticipate any permanent injitry to his sight. • Ratepayers of York township have asked that the local option by-law be submitted to the people No agreement has been reached between the Grand Trunk Railway and its telegraphers. 4. o.s-an int�r1Underwear' t pricks'not prices not tobe equalled by any other store in the neighborhood -Our GroQeries. are Brand New. and. 'Fresh at lowest prices ALGER eft Far mess." r ip O a V CA CV m CV vik m N Ws DT m, a n as 0 7. —t V. Sept. M 9. Oct. hal i. m r.. a m ..ani Nov. 42 . •' so c, Dec . January 1908 -Whitby 9,.oebawa 10. Pictrrring 19, Port Perry 14, Uxbridge 17, eannington 10, Beaverton 15, Uptergrove 14 AN CA 4^O, The best place to buy. Wall -papers • —IS AT Binghams Over 200 samples to choose from at 4c. per roll up. - Mouldin match all papers. Aiso, 1 line of the:best feints, Oiis and Varnis)lee elways stock at lowest possible prices. Don't forget the place. W. G. BIASGHAM, Noah Glare Trial Catarrh treatments are being mail ed out free,. on request, by Dr Shoop, Ra sine, Wu. These testa are proving to the people—without a penny's cost—the great value of this scientific prescription known to druggists everywhere as Dr Shoop's Ca! arrir Remedy. Sold by T M McFadden. Owanted*? I Of all materials and design - kepti D stock. It will pay yon . to call" at oar works azd inspect our stock and obtain prices. Don't be misled agents we do not employ them, oonsegnenti ly we can, and do throw off the agents bamcont. mission of 10 per tt., it which you will certainty save by purchasing fronts. mill solicited. WHITBY IRANITE 00., Oa.. W hsby, Ontario Farmer's Trucks 1. Bring in your ole wagon and getd' the wheels cut down. . Make goo farm trucks. • - Buggies and other vehicles repainted' at reasonable rates. Thomas Patterson, CLAREMONT (Dowswell's old etan BAKING ! First-class bread constantly on hand atthe shop.. - Wagon on the road every day in the week Cakes of all kinds made to order shortest notice. Ice -Cream Parlor in connection. W. A. Thomson, •- astronaut.. Oat.. LEARN DRESSMAKING BY MAIL in your spare time at home, or Take a Personal Nurse at School: To enable all to -learn ,we teach out cash or instalment plan. We also teach a personal- class- at school once a . month. Class commencing last Tuesday of each month. These lessons teaches how to cut; fit and put together any garment from the plainest shirtwaist -suit, to the most elabor- ate dress. The whole family can learn from ane course. We have_saught over seven thousand dress -making, and guarantee to give .five hundred dollars to any one that cannot learn between' the age of 14 and 40. You cannot Learn dress -making as thorough as- this- course teaches if you n•ork in shops foryears. Beware of imita- tions as we employ no one outside the school. This is the only experienced Dress Cutting School in Canada and excelled by .,one in any 'other Write at once for particular., hs we have cut our rate one- bird fur a short tune. Address : — SUMPS' DRESS -"C 31 Frio. ' , 8trntfo:d, Qat, , Cancel TO FARMERS I.beg to call your attention to our new FROST & WOOD Mower for 1907. See it at - -our showrooms: You should know by this time ;that the Frost & Wood is the ideal machine to buy and should insist on having no other. I also handle the celebrated Barrie Carriages, Canada's best production. Call and see the new roller bearing sprite:- the nioest you ever road in and fully guaranteed the life of the vehicle. . Agency tor the the genuine Proven hay fork and slings, also binder twine. Trade with me and get honest value evet'y time. R. iT. Cowan, 6k esesseeseis. ADING . •• • • . r • sie - • .. **- BriOrMOUS IntreaSe --Mails -.Received TISII LEA.BINll PromBngIan A despatch from Ottawa says: The Department has completed its o statistics Of British nulls coming to is: Canada by Canadian steamers to the Y.- months at July and August. and. the figures bine bear out the conclusions which were drawn of the twiepreceding Illeatbs, that the increase in the Bet- h tab newspapers and magazines coming into Csnada.as a result of the reduction ..r.t postage• is altogether- phenombhat. i• The total increase tn. the number ef mailbags coining into Canada. from • Great Britain daring the months et i • 3uhy and • August, as compared will the eorrespondirg figures -tit 1906, is 1 per cent., the number for July and August, 1906, being 2,120 bags, while ';•••• for the same months in -.1907 there were 1,569 bags. But the full measure a OVER A SCORE DROWNED. Cane el the. Cyprus ShIlled.in a- Heavy Gale. the increase can beat be seen by a reference to the statistics for the leading centres of population- In Toronto there were 379 bags received during the mcnths of July and August, 1906; dur- ing the same months of 1907 the num- her was 1,048, an increase of 669 bags, or 171 per cent. ,The increase in Mont- real was from 442 to 1,024, -that is of 582 bags or 132 per cents The figures fani Winnipeg, however: are nothing less than amezing. During July, 1906, there were received at the *face 481 begs of British malls by the Canadian steamers. For the corresponding months of 1907 the number has risen 10-1.736. The increase is 1,255 bags, that is 261 per cent. of the number received in July, 1906. The "Intellectual preterence" evidently proving an even greater success than was anticipated. F., • • ii despatch _ from Sault Ste. Marie, i• • of Friday night the steamer Cyprus, se- e - lenging to the. Lackawanna Steam:dile • Company, of .Cleveland: downward bound on her serxind_trip with ore, sank h sedth scarcely a moment's warning • about 18 miles south of Deer Park, on • tive south shore ot Lake Superior, and a-ber crow of 13 men be only miry!. -Tor is Second Mate C. J. PUL who was ii. • viubed ashore on a tile reit and was •Ii - brought to the "Sob' In allitte of un - ie - ioonsciousness. The •bodkis cif the first ..enate -and watchman. who were ivith etha second mate on the raft, but were •,:••• . unable to maintain, their hold • in the li ., ..: heavy sea; have been washed ashore.. Nineteen beaten - have been recovered and beciught here. ' The cause of -the ....tragedy' .was the sudden•shifting of the . chrgo. caused by water pouring into the , _hatches. which were not protected. with ,.. canvas covers, while the captain was -endeavoring 10 ,reachi shatter. • • . i••• ....., rieihei•'..iktos-riittL CHURCH RUILNED. i • ... . - - - : • i Sae Building in the Western Suburb, . - Was Destroyed. • - .-- - i . „ .. . despatch from Montreal says: Gok -S4. Paul. ri western suburb of Montreal. '• - was the scene of a disaitrous fire on L. Saturday afternoon,, when the• fine I10- 7Ditk Catholic' church of the parish wee ' destroyed. entailing a loss ol 275.000. only partialLy . covered by 4nsurance. The..11m, which .hroke out about hale put one, -made- rapid pnigtees, and ali ' thiugh assistance was obtained frcrn the -'"'. Montreal firemen, the. progress .of the - flames craild.not be checked. About one . -hoer after .the fire started cne of the ' towers began to hotter and in a few ' • minutes it fell with a tremendous crash. and shortly afterwards the second ' -- tower- came down.'The lowers were over 'one hundred feet high. and several firemen who were working on ladders' bad nano* escapes from being killed. Ozit. says: During- the north-east gale . A HORSEMAN KILLED. _ . Fatal Collision of Two Freights Near Trenton. A despatch from Belleville says:. A. wreck occurred at an early hour. On Thursday morning on the line of the Grand Trunk Rallavae, just east of Tren- ten, resulting in a young man, Wil- liam Bernhardt. aged 26, of Buffalo. -be- Ing killed. Another man, Ernest Groves... a steeplechase rider. of Toron, to was serio0Sly injured, but is expect- ed to recover. He is now in the hospital. William McGuire. Henry Busby, and Stephen Deans. all of Toronto, Were more or less.iniured about the head and legs. The men were in charge of a ear of race horses belonging to Mr. N. B. iitherland, of Grimsby, which were on their way to their home stable from the races at Brockton. Masa, Ste of the horses were klled, and nine others In- ured. The killed were: Demon, Grims- by, Sand, Sweet Jane, Gracey K., and Rochelle.• • ' BREADSTUFFS. Toronto. Oct. 15. -Winter Wheat - No. 2 wltite or red, $1.063‘ 'to 21.05. No. 2 mixed,. si..afig. Mandeb& Wheat - No. 1 northern. 81.18 to $1.18%; No.• 2. $1.16. , Barley --From 700 to 75c, acoording- to quality. Oats -No. 2 white, 5234c to 52c; mixed MX° outside. . . Rye --78c to 80c outside. • • Peas -Quiet at 87c outside. Corn -No. 2 .yeLlow American, 72)Sc: Toronto freights; No. 2 yellow, 7e; No. 2 mixed. 71c. Bran -225 in bulk -outside; aborts $26, nominal. . • - Flour -Ontario, 90 per cent. patent, 63.85 bid for export; Manitoba patent. special brand. $6: second patent, $5-.40; strong bakers', $5.30 1.0 $5.35. • COUNTRY PRODUPE. • • MRS. CHADWICK IIIES-IN JAIL • , • • .TIIRESIIING •NEARLY OVER. - -11Vheat 'field in Marketer „ In Places . • Averages 23 Bushels. •- • A despatch from Winnipeg says i The crop _ report issued by the. C. - P. R. on fliday morning is again a met favor- able one, showing that threshing is well on the way to coMpletion throughout the West and that the yield -of .wheat averages at some points as high as h3 bushels toi the acre. while at all points the amount of grain.threshed has ex- sesdel 'all expectations. On the Bran- sion, Aroola and Souris sections the yield is exceptionally good. • • . JMORE vumoosAffiRIVE: .Buttee-litemand is strong and prices. firm. Creamery, prints . .• ' 26c tone do solids 23c to 25c Dalry prints' . . '23c' to 25c, de solids. . .21c to lac Cheese-Firia at1a%c for- large and 1534c for !mina injob tole here. Eggs -21c to 220 per dosen in case ts. • . Poultry -Live chickens are quoted at is to 90 and hens at 6c. Ducks, alive,. 7.. to 8c. • Honey -11c to -12c per 1h. for strained and $2.50 to 8275 per Th. for combs. Beians-oPrimes, $1.80 to 81.85, and hand-ptcked $1.90 to St. Polatoes-Easterns are quoted at 70c to 75c to car lots on track, and On - levies at 70c. Baled is quoted at 817 to $18 In car tots on track here. Baled Straw --Steady at 29.60 10 $10 -cn track here. . Five Hundred Reach Vancouver. 188 Were Rejected. -, - - ._ A, -despatch from Vaneouver. seas: Out . of five hundred and sixteen Hin- gration Officer rejected one hundred and eighty, over one hundred not 'hav- ing sufficient money, and the rest were ptysically- urifil. Ali were deported. The balance made up a unique proees- sion in variegated • Oriental. costume, running like frightened sheep through the streets. None could speak English, Superintendent of. immigration Soolt saw the • landing, and is reserving his. otflcial OpIrdiiir for Ottawa, for which ;lace he left this afternoon, having completed .his investigatkin. • 'SIX PERISH IN THE FLAMES. • Father and Five Daughters Victims of Midnight Fire. Woman Who Borrowed a Milhon. Dollars on. Vague Securities, . _ . A despatch from Columbus, Ohio, says: • Mrs. node L. Chadwick died at, ern* on Thursday night in the State Penitentiary. She. had been 111 tor some time. She died unattended by any re- latives. Mrs. Chadwick was sentenced on March 28, 1905, to ten.years in the penitentiary. She was the wife of LeRoy S Chadwick. a physician of Cleveland. She came into publie- notice in 1904, •when • her, amazing _chain af swindles came to light.. How much she got Was never learned, but it went well into the thousands. Her borrowings from the Oberlin National Bank, for which Presi- dent C. T. Beckwith was indicted, caused the failure of thatbank. She wasrespon- • - . PROVISIONS. - Dieheed nogs-$8.75 kir lightweights .o - and 118.25 for heavies. Pork -Short cut, $22.75 to $23 -kie barrels; mess, $20 to $21. - Lard -Firm; • tierces._ 123'c; tubs. 1234c; pails, 12%c. Smoked ant Dry Salted. Meats -Long clear bacon. 11c to 11.)c tor • tons and cases; hams, medium and light, -15c to 1h3Sc, heavy, 1434c to 15c; backs 16%c to 17c; shoulders, 10%b to 11c; *rolls; 11*; breakfast -bacon, 1534c to 16c. Green meats out of pickle, lc -less than smoked. . • • . • . ..s.. . A despatch from Gloversville, says: Half an hour. after a forty of merrymakers, earty on Sunday, had left Solornon Franks hi-nnif, where they .had celebrated the approaching nuptials of the daughter, Dora, tire sweptthrough the house, and six members of the fam- ily including the betrcthed woman, were killed. Only the 'mother and two infant sons • escaped. The dead are: :Salome') Frank and his five daughleih'S They were suffocated -by smoke; which filled tie - rear et the house In which they had retired. That portion of the building was destroyed and the bodies were re- ocyerect Irom the ruins by .fireinen. 18 HMG 2OFi.11YDRDPllOBIk ••••moOlIMIN • - - !dor"- TAEAL MARKETS. - Montreal. Oct. 15. --Fleur - Choice swing •wheal. patents, $5.90 to $6.10; seeiand, $530 to $5.50; winter Wheat pedents. 86.50; straight roller. 15.10 to 25.20; do., in bags, $2.4 10 .$2.50i exi t,as. 22.05 to 82.10. Provisions -Barrels short cut mese, te22 to 822.50; half -barrels, 811.25 to 811.75; clear fat backs, 223.50 -to $24.50; long cul heavy meas. $20.50 to $21.50; half -barrels do., COM to $11,50; dry salt- tong clear bacon, 10c le 11%e; .bari rets' plate beef. 811 to $16; half -barrels dc.. ti- $8.25; barrels heavy mess -t eef, $10; half -barrels -do., $5:50; -60M- pound • lard, ' loxe .10 10%c; -pure lard. 11%c. to 12%c: kettle rendered. 13c to 13)4e; hams. 12* to 1534e; according to size: breakfast baron, 14c to 15)4c:. Windsor bacon, 15c to 1534cs fresh killed atallefr dressed hogs, 29 to $9.50; alive, $6.20 to $6.35i- • • - - Cheese -Prices held at 13c to 1334c for finest .western, 12%c for Quebec.: ' iBuiter-27c for finest townshipe. Egge-Salesof selected stock were made at 24c to 25c, -No. 1 at 2lc, W- ends. at 16* to 17c. • • ,• • • Bu tter-Que ta tie ns to -d a y .range from 25c to 263;c, though some holders are asking 27c :for the best grade ,of town- ships. Hay -No. 1, $14 to 1114'.50; No. 2, $13 to $13.50; clover, mixed, $12 to 812.50 and -clover at S11.50 to ,$12 per ton, in car lots. The, market for • oats •rensatns• very strong. the cash option in Winnipeg scoring a further rise of >-c per bush- el, ()losing at. 583c... Manitoba old. crop cats quoted at 59c per busheli'efsfore: sfble also for the indictment of Cashier Si • Is. B. Spear, of the First National Bank . et Conneaut, Ohio. Alt of Mrs. Chaxiwick'SborrOwing Svaa ' done on _ $5,000,000 of bogus securities, o - which were supposed to be deposited in , tho Wade Park Bank of Chicago. Many. '• prominentmen were swindled, by her. - - - - Pittsburg being the field of many of her • biggest schemes. Mrs. Chadwick was born at Eastwood, near Woodstock, Ont. and first became • is notorious when, unaer-•the name el I.ydia De Vera, seventeen years -ago. she -i- committed numerous forgeries at- Toledo, • • - Ohio, and was sent to the same prison . • where she on Thursday night died. Good medium weight cattle .for lery feeding were hi demand, with buy- ers..oftering $3.20 to $3.50 ior steers and 22.20 to 82.50 for bulls. _ Calves were steady, with a goid• de - mend. Prices ranged tram 3c to ohysc per pound. Sheep were in acUve demand, and prices held their own -at 34.25 to:$4.40 fc ewes and $3 to $3.50 for bucks and culls. Too many lambs were cffered. Prices were 84 to $6.60 per cwt. The market for hogs ruled easy. Se- lects. $6.1234; lights arid fats, -$5.50 to $5.8134, according to quality. Very in- ferior, about 85.2.5. After 261 Bites a Dog Catcher's Wounds Prove Fatal. --•CiLN REMOVE litaRTILIMARKS..... French Doctors flays Discovered New - Use for Radium. A • despatch from Paris says: Two ef the foremost physicians of Paris, Drs. 'Wickham and Degrais, have created a sensation at the Academy of Medicine Di a. report .on their discovery of a me - iss • '. he: --A' despateli. !torn' New York says: Isaiah Lees, the official dog catcher cf Yonkers, is dying in .St. John's. Hospi-- - tat there, the victim of two hundred and sixty-one dog bites, which have 1:oro- <Need hydrephobia. , . lies vat's last bitten on Sept. 27. Arid the -poisoe of the wound then' in- flicted has defied the efforts of the -doe- ' tors in the Pasteur institute, who have attended him on dozens of pFevious Oc- - casions. Ile . is perhaps the most ire- -Tient patient the institute ever had. He came there so often that he learned Inc troalment ntiminslered in hydro-, phobia case; and applied it himself at 14,-;biinif %II-WIWI:Or he was boon. on Sept. 27 is•hei he received the :ie., that was le provo the.wound a:u a airs to Mod of rernoving birthmarks by the ac- tion of eedium. Such marks have With (Ito been believed to be indelible.. The new method has proved -equally suc- cessful in casessof adults. and children. .Marks are effaced by the simpleiaPpli- cation•of a plane surface covered with a varnish containing. radium.: The w- hen is regulated by the length and fee- queney Of the 'applications. whieheere. absolutely painless. The treatment may be appliedoto an infant uring steep. -The doctors add that the birth- marks most easily .cured are these which, are moat hietity colored: • -, the institute to have -It treated. All,the usual efforts failed. Heroic measures v. -ere ificewiee fulile. So great was the virulence or Che p6ison acciimuTated in his system from all his remarkably num- erous bites that he was taken 16 St. Pihn's Hospital in a: critical condition. According to iseverni friends who were admitted to the room where he was o6nfin-edi the terrible action of the arced malady caused himto bark as •a rend dog might. Lees has been. chief dog catcher of linkers tor Ilie past three end n half years. Ilnrdly a week passed- without his receiving one or more bites. During thi., Summer months. when mad .dogs are numerous, the number of his in- juries always increased, and several times he WIIS cenflned to bed with s an • toms of hydrophobia. • --- • BUFFALO MARKET. - • Buffalo, Oct. 15. -Wheat - Spring, strong .and higher: No. 1 northern, $1.1934; Winter. higher; No. 2 red, 81.06%. C.orn-Stronger; No. 2 .white, 69Xe; No. 2 yellow. 70c. Oats -High- er No. 2. mixed, 54%e; No. 2 white, 5'1%c. Barley $1.08 to $1.15. like - Canal freights` --Steady. - - NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET." MAILED 140:1IBS AFTER WARNING. Man Confessed that Lack ot Monies, Was the Cause. A despatch froin - Denver, Colorado, says : Kemp V. Bigelow, 'arrested on Tuesday for sending infernal machines through the mails to Governor Buchtel, David R MoffaU. and C. 13. Kountze. -•.,. • • MIS BODY CUT IN m Gp Cook Killed Trying to )111oarti OF MURDER . Moving Train al Verona.ConIctri lake . • . v confessed on Wednesday that lack of money was the impelling motive of hie -• acts. He said he had conceived the idea of sending the dynamite after warning the recipients in the hope that he would thereby beoeinasa hero and reap finan- cial reward from the wealthy men whose .. lives he had saved. He detailed a trip e ' to Eldorado, where he secured the dynaa mite, and said that he constructed the - machines Sunday and mailed them. He - - aIsci planted 31 alias of -dynamite -4n -the - rear of Edward Chase's residence. and then notified the police that he cverheard two men plotting to brow up the place and kill Buchtel, Moffatt and Kounize. • , _ di HILLSIDE MOVES HALF A MILE. • • Remarkable Landslide in Department of France. . . . A despatch from Paris says: A big of Ardache. The movement of the earth k ascribed to springs. It threatens dis- landslide is occurring In the -Department . , 7, :7 ...„ _. aster. A hillside, comprising nearly 5 million .cubic metres of land, has been moving for 26 hours, in which it has traversed half a mile. 11 is now travel- ling •fiftir yards an hour. and has dam - rued a river, causing a large lake kr thrm, .demelished a road. and carried" away two bridges. The department- is - , s • , ._ also -suffering very severely from floods. ..._,..„...._ ...h.. The railroads are cut he fifteen places. .. . 4, A despatch from Kingston- says: John. Nicaturdocli, aged 25 years, of °maple ernpkead as cook for a Kingston and Pembroke construction 'gang, was in- stantly killed on Thursday morning while endeavoring to board a moving freight. train at Verona. The wheels cf the cars passed over the man. just. below the heart. cutting thelxidy corn phaely in two: DeCerised leaves .a young widow. • CHIEF ARRESTED. Wind River Official is- Charged With Arson. • A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.. says: S'ciirie •elt. citement has been caused at'Blind River owing to•the fact that Chief Raymond of the tire depart- nient there has been arrested in connec- tion with the recent incendiary fires. Six men are now under arreit. The case against Rajanond 15 said to be so aiming _that bail will not be accepted the Crown. hy Surdleld. A despatch from Hamilton says: "Guilty" was the verdict of the jury on Friday, that tried Jacob Sunfh'ld cn a charge of murdering Andrew Radzyk on the afternoon of July 12. The jury made a strong recommendation to mercy. but Chief Justice Falconbridge advised Sun - field not to hope Inc any Executive cle- mency, and sentenced him -to be hanged • on the morning of November 29th. JAPAN RESTRICTS EMIGRATION. - - Discourages Companies Engaged In • Sending Out Emigrants. - A despatch fromiTokio says: The•Ja- panese Government recently has placed heavy restrictions on emigration com- panies. Announcement has just been made of the formation of a vast colon - nation scheme which will open up a nittlieO ares of land in. Corea to Ia.- paneee settlement; and -officials aver that. this will scive the question's:I emi- gration to A.merica. •SHE IS A FOTIR-BitY New York, Oct. 13. Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red, $1.10% elevator; No: 2 red, $1.t1% f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 north; _ern puha', $1.253'Loh, allont;••No: 2 hard winter, $1.15% Lo.b. afloat; also hard winter, $1.15% f.o.b. afloat. • - •CAITLE 1Afl1ET Toronto. Oct... 15. -Export trade. ex - 'slot in nanie only, as far as Ontario co tile were- concerned. Good lots of \vesielrn cattle' sold to -day, presumably fer shipping. at 51..70. Butcher weee none plentiful than they have been for many a market.. Goiid to choice cattle sold briskly at $4.25 to S%&5. with lots pocked here and there frern among loads selling fr.:n Se.7u to $ten. Oricii -ordinary butchers' Fold from e3sio to SI 111. and common morliern rodes fihru Shot to eann. choice ceivt soil from 10 $3.65, with omens-alrnciliurn risii SOO te, ihas. Inferier sh f ea-. pie OM, and sod anyivberosoo m 75c t 82. •• The Mighty Cunarder Lusitania Beats All - Previous Records. . . .• . - • , - • . . A despatch from New York says: The Cunard steamer Lusitania-paseed Sandy ..•. . . Hook Lightship at 1.25 o'clock on Thhrss day morntng, having. made the distance from Daunt's flock; 2,779 miles, 10- four . . i days and twenty hours, her average speol. being - within a - iraetion -of 24 knots --to he exact, 23.95 knots. This clips nearly five hours off the reboot made by the great liners in her midden voyage. when she covered the distance in five days' and fifty:four' minutes. The time taken by the Deutschland. the -fastest (',err'-' . ship. running from Eddystone Lighlhou.se-to Sandy Hook., wins fb.ie days seven hours and thirly- eight. Minutes. 'The LTISitanirl may, th4--refore. claim to be the only four-day ship afloat, and to have won- beck the Allard les 1111c ritibon front the ('l- manq. . . . .. 1' -i----4,ania on this hip captures , es practically_all transatlantie records.. Her, best day' s • run -619 knots -]S „nine, knots better than the former record held by the Deutschland. Her average s exceeds tho formerfecord Of 23.58 held by the Kaiser Wilhelm II. cf the.North, Gerinad Lioeds: - • " • • •------ • --With all- transatlantic -records practio cally assured, the great Cunard turbineh Lusitania swung around the Nantucket lightship at -'5.25 -o'clock on Thursdays' afternoon, and heading into the sunset,' began her -Oasis along-theshome .stretch's o! 193 miles at the end of her second westward passage 'at Sandy Hook light- -ship: A- shower chspray was. spurting, high up her cutwnter, smoke vas rolling, :from all Pur funnels and blackening the sk far down to leeward, and her wake \N RA iti-oichr41 nib's astern. Passenger', could Aydin g her decks, and Mg siren shri•iked r.:1,;..4er 10 Ihe sulute attic n •e• • • ere. • Pse-. •te• ••••• hes . • e. ••••she .se..h.• • ' s • . OPSONINS.. - a former article it was said that , One of nature's ways of preventing dis- ease is to destroy the germs by means -• • of a defensive army- of. cells, -the soe culled, phagocyte*, which_ envelop the • Microbes in their substance and digest eehs•-• - them -eat them up, in other •words. But this does not always take place. ' "e es- Either the mic robes are in too great - • . numbers tor the phagocytes, and ao . • triumphs...over them, or else the cells, al- , • -1'.• • e so, - -though pm -sent in sufficient ,numbers, ' . • • appear not to relish the microbes, and to attack them, Then the germs .„ ,• „multiply without molestation. Bacteriologists were for a long lime 'printed to account for the fact that the white blood -cells would sometimes re - _fuse this least of microbes, and many saw In it reason to doubt that the pha- -, gccytes had any real part in the preven- _bon_ or, cure of disease. But recently Doctor Wright. an English scientist,. has • •advanced a plausible explanation (1 •this occurrence. tie says that the pha- gecytes will not attack bacteria until • lee latter have been acted upon by a -cerlaih substance contained in the fluid h.. portion of the blood, which in some • way makes them attractive to the white likeal-eorpuscles. In other ,iverds, the 'tells of the organisra win not eat raw bacteria, but must have them served in palatebte form. • The substance which thus prepares ..• item for ingestion is called opsonin, from a Greek word meaning to prepare- • The quantity of •this opsonin in the hkeel is not always the same, which explains why a' person may be resist- - ant to a disease at one time, and yet - later; when 'again exieesed, may - sue- _ - It appears, else, that opsonin Ls not a single definite substance, but that .each _variety of microbe must be acted -von by a separate substance, the op- ' leaJdn for the typhoid -bacilli, for ex- ample, having no effect upon the. germ Le of tubercutosts. . This explains why a person_may .sist one disease and readily fall a vie - •Aim. to another. There are many details in 'this theory not yet worked out, but enough is known enable it to he employed in ' -the treatment of some diseases. When a person Is suffering from typhoid -re- ' ver, let us say. an examination is made • ... asoertath the potency of •hts blood 'in typhoid, opsonin and If it Is found - - below what tt exited be. as determined by a Comparison with the blood from 'a number of healthy individuals, htepe. • are taken to increase.11. This Ls done by giving an injection of a culture of typhoid germs which have been killed by beat. • The result of this. tajection, 'is, after ti temporary decrease, to raise very markedly the quantity of typhoid • - ousonin in the blood, and so to teethe .. •• -tte living bacilli, which are causing the .„ Chseaee, more. vulnerable to th.e attacks s ..of the phagoceles.-Youth's Companion. • • . . • - TONICS. A great deal of harm is done by self- ._ drugging ter the relief of various real -hot. imaginary His. . • - • • Every man. of coarse, believes-. hint- ,- _Self a -doctor, and often thinks he is • bitter abte to attack a_cough or a case • of rheumatism or a headache, whether l'it be his own or another's than those , - who make the cure of disease a special study.. All he has lo do 13 20 make tip las mind what the trouble is -and any --One can tell a cough when he. has it- ., :end then to . take something that •is 'good for a cough." , There is nothing easier. The only ..ebjection to the plan is, that what i• e good for 12*. cough niay be 'bad for the • oougher. • gee-. • Se it. is 'With a -headache. • Ahnost • :any pain in the head not due le actual e•Sh.hetrain-diseaae may be moderated, if not -.". relieved temporarily, by some form *of . "headache powder- ; but. a frequent se- . hesee-sceurse to thie means et cure may fatally weaken the heart. When this stops .7' • 'beating the heedachee.gease to trout:lie, . hut the petket: is not in eisnditien to. - know or care, - • . • Less serkets, but not much so, is the • '• /these of tonics- A true tonic' is etertgethat promotes Me:nutrition of the . bide. This may be done by increasing the appetite and improving -digestion. ....;whiCh is the function of the bitter tonics; -er by improving the condition of the • blood by adding -to it the iron it has !lest; or by Supplying the system with *erne needed substance:. such as fat in cod-liver oil; or finally by stimulating • • '•-'1 the tissues to increased absorption, an •9e. section which is ascribed to arsenic, mer- sehehe:escery, and others of ,themieeral tonics. "I§ ut those are not the "tonics" tc "•:' Which people are apt to resort when the, run down. They take tostimulants, •,!•• ••,•• alcohol usually, and think they are tIng strong because they feel better at- slih•-•''',17eller each. dose. _ .• The alcohol 10 . the ese!"tionic" is often disguised, and the ',Jame -perhaps a conarieetiousteetotal- ehheir. would be shocked to learn that what hhhie was taking to give him strength • : , • 43ad more alcohol 'ie. it thanetaseetbos trongest whiskey. If the 6slon is. " • ' seseriously run-down. a ptihsiSiereelsould • she e be consultedwho will be able .to give West is needed, whether iron. -or -bark: ne gentian, or cod-liver oil. to correct the underlying . condition. that causes the debility. . • It'e the Ihing, in the world for 141 - loarry • • • _ %.*'4".".4•• • .*; ; ."•.' • • "'it" Ss-: • hee's-.., e-seeieseiehi s sheep 4.- '40` "• .., -GASE Of HIRAM BILGER -9 71/4-"ABLI, 0Atialt. Two 'Thensaind-Tons Art Lying on Docks In ?ranee. AN INSTANCE OF THE DREAMS WE Old potatoes renrire iwenty-five old carrots take tin hour; Youngones • • , Vies; new one, teen. • .031 Never Can Tell What Strange Fan. des Any Man May Have •s ' Ills Heart. • - "you never can said. Col. Celli •Phr • "Men of the simplest and Most clatter of filet exteriors may really carry 'abont With them, all their lives, quite unbeknown to their neighbors, 'fancies serange.indeed. "We had in Storliville Centre once a sedate, 'methodical and orderly living citizen named Hiram.. Bilge?. Hiram owned a small farm, .whichies tilled_dili- gently, as he had to de to make it pay; he was at it erely and late. "When, you raw Mr. Bilger 'start out in the early morning, in oki trousers and • flannel shirt and a somewhat ragged 25 cent chip hat, and with a hoe over his shoulder, to hoe his corn, you saw him. as you thought, es the full com- pleteness of one aspect of his life; and when you sawhim In his 151-iihk 'suit at churcthere-Suridey. you. thought you saw him In the other. These two seemed to bound Hiram in all his. ideas. and- as- piratiome and no 'one would have thought that he ever dreamed of aught beside. But yob 'never can tell. - "An uncle of Hirain's died and left him a bigger and better:4am. and also a little money in the bank. Hiraneworked_ just as hard as ever. after that, he had the real grit in him, but what he got hem his uncle TOOK THE GRIND OUT OF-41IM. -- "Before that he lead been compelled to week every minute 10. make both ends meet with just a little over, and there had been neither time- nor moneyfor the gratilleatien of such fancies as he might have cherished.. though his neigh - hers never dreamed of him as cherishing any; he seemed just staid, steady -going HiramBiliser. as' in fact circumstances had thus far -always compelled him to be. But now Mr. Sager was an inde pendent Man,' %Saha-means amply suffi- cient 10 enable him to gratify his fan- cies if he did have. any; and that he did have one, 'at least, was soon 'made ap- parent. "At he °aunty fairehetd in gto k Cense on the -date next following the time when .he came Into the little for- tune. Hire& finger appeak,,, not in hie ennyentional Sunday .and holiday suitof black, but in. what they called in those days -a fancy suit; a suit with a. light colored coot and waistcoat and fancy striped trousers. He had always been rerisidefed as about the most matter of fact man in Storkville; he had never be- fore been seen in anything -but his old c.14 !hes 'bathe worked trhand his black quit that he wore Inchurchon Sunday; and yet here was Hiram Rilger Ina fan-. ce suit, with striped trousers! And it made about the greatest small 'sense - Ion that .the Centre had -ever known. v. "He worked away' thereafter just as steadily, as ever. and he was -no lam Lrlfty; he added all the time to what he ti'W.(and no man could say that • HE WAS NOT A GOOD CITIZEN; but he dui bp oceasion itidulge himself. as' he was now well able to do, in just the one fancy, which probably he had Lerh cherishireg for Many years. "As heehad hoed the corn.or dug the, polatoes.• he had -though• he. was never ter a minute a shirking man -lightened - his latiors' with dreams of striped Iron-- sere. Steady going and faithful as he had always -been and se he'alwayit rnaineah-a-nd humdrum as he had always tlerty minutes. Old cabbage takes twenty-ftve- mins utes; young .takes lifteen. . Onions lake forty minutes. • Potatoes, boiled, take.twentystive mtn- utes, steamed, they take thirty-five min- utes. ..,Parsnips take !Orly minutes. • h'S.s. • .. Salsify take two bourn. • •. French beans take thirty- minutes. Cauliflower takes twenty-five minutes. Turnips take..twenty, Minutes. - 'Lamb, fifteen Minutes for each pound. Pork, thirtyminutes for each pound. Chicken, .weighing four 'pounds, IX hours. • Fish weighing five pounds, one hour. Turkey, weighing ten pounds, three ur6. • . Veal, thow twenty minutes for each pcund. Muttonsthirteen minutes for each pound. • Sirloin of beef, rare, seven minutes kr each pound; well done, allow eigh- teen minutes to each pound. Beef fihiet, twenty minutes for each peund. • Corn, young, twelve minutes,. Peas, eighteen to twehty minutes. - American CLuLitivator. The dock authorities et Sfax,-Franoe, A RHEUMA /ISM RECIPE • PREPARE THIS SIMPLE ROME-MADEI MIXTURE YOURSELF. • - • - • ' .• Buy the Ingredients Irani Any Drugglet In Your Town and Shake Them in • Settle to MI • A well-known authority -on Rheums - hem gives the reader al a large To- • rook) daily paper the following yalu- at kt, yet -simple and -harmless. prescrip- tion, which any one can ea/41y prepare - at honur... - Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargen, errie-ciunca; .Compeund.:- Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. • Mix by shaking well in "a bottle, and lake a teaspoonful after each meal and a! bedtime. He states that- the ingredients ean be obtained from any good prescription pharmacy at small cost, and, being a vegetable extraction, are barmlese to tske. - This pieties.* mixture, if taken regu- larly for a kw days, Is said to fiver - come •ahmost any case of Rheumatism. • The pain and swelling. if any, dimin- ishes with each .dose, until permanent results -are obtained, and without in- .juring 'the...stomach. .. While there are many so-called Rheumatism remedies, . patent medicines, etc., some of which dvi give relief, sew really give 'penna- nt -et results, old the above wilI, ea &Wet, be greatly appreciated by many •sufferers here at this time. • Inquiry.at the drug stores of even the small towns elicits the' Information that these drugs are harmless and can he' bought separately, or • thi druggists . 111 rats the prescriptio.n 11 asked to. • - flosa-"New., kin x, you ...really' -must ,speak to papa. to-day.7 .Max -"Certain-. ly. darling! Iles got -a telephone,' I sppo.seT' • .sermed to be yet tsr had carrled w,,, him that des;re for a pair of fancy striped trousers: and when the time- had come he turned his heart 'Aside out and thought them. "But really. when . yon tome to • think about it there as -nothing so very ex- traordinary about that. 1 ore* knew another man, and this one, too. es staid i thee es ever.plodded, who all his life desired to own a pair of black and white check trousei*hthe point of alt this being that you never can tell what strange fancies Any men nay Meet . • may have in his heart, though we -all bold some. "Whether we carry the hod or draw the plans of the building; whether we measure ribbon or sit in .the counting- rocis.anal direct the business, we all dream dreame and you never can tell what those dreams may be. . Many a mild-mannered man is a pirate in the Inmost recesses of his bosom, and tbere is more than one perforce staid head of tt family who would be by choice a tramp. "No doubt it is a good thing for most of us that We have to work and keep our 'nose at • the grindstone,.else-we Might give scope to -inclinations not quite so harmless to us as e fenny for striped trousers or trousers of black, and white check." TIM BEST YETI 47.am-Buk is the best houseliold..them. ever brought mb a -home.;' Such is the opinion of Mrs. Sarah McDonald .of Birre(Onth She says. -"My little had a severe and obstinate rash nn -her akin. 1. applleif Zam-Buk , a few times and the skin trouble which had deflect alt other 'remedfcs',-` Went away ;like ' • Zorn -Bilk cures Eczema, Ulcers, Seer - fele, Istesened woends, Festering Sores and alt Skin Diseases. Ttubtied well in it is the finest embrocation for Rheumatism, :Sciatica, etc. Of ill she rOi and eruggesee at 50 cents, er from Zit -11143A Co, Torontc, for price. 3 Nixes for $1:25. .. - men because he -isn't worse, - Seine people . find fault with a bad Death Comes to All.--e-But fed not crime prematurely if proper p autions are taken. "An Ounce at prevention 's north a pound of :cure," and to have prevention at hand and anew a disease .to work its will is hvickedness.• Dr. l'homas' F.clectrie Ott not only allays pains when applied externally, b will prevent lung 'troubles resulti fronicolds aac! coughe. Try it angl be cenvinced. ' - -1 Johnnie: "Isn't a tin born made of tin. nieirmia?" Mamma: "Certainly it is!" .k.hnnie: "Then how is it that a foghorn isn't made of fegr' • • Irllittr: best tonic ever compounded . It nonriehir in Yew Wrong& 113. taking "Fe•reidrii" and steengpienethe who in %Wow. • Dense: "Knocker called me a .dilapi- dated old mule. What shall I do?" Sense: Well, don't come to me about IL. ham no veterniary surgeon." Worms derange , the _whole system. Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator de - hinges worms and gives rest to the sufs' icier. It only costs 25 cents to try it and be convieced. • • • • • , . • --g— :•.0 PENCILS FROM POTATOES. • - • —7 Wooden Pencil Maybe Soon Driven Out of the Market by New Product. The fact that cedar wood suitable for making lead pencils is expensive' and, the supply growing rapidly less has led some' German scietelist to invent a pro- cess for making lend pencilsand it is said that -in a short time the wooden pencil wilhe driven out Of the market. The neer' prcilutt•is slightly heavier than the cedar wood article, hut is the same in size, form. and appetiranee, admits of sharpening mere easily, and can .1se made at a nominal price. A company has been founded in Iler- fi'i Manufacture the article.- The cost of manufacture is estimated at $0.00028: The second ,quelity pencil can'. be made at a cost of only $0.00595. Al the estimated prop of 49.000 pcnsils a Iay, the yearly et -ideation weied he 1.4.600.000 pencils. •Exports of these pencils here c.erranny lt) foreign countries for a yi,nr equalled. 1e.166 tons, or a total of 37133,200,000 periods. , ' • 'are puzzled to know what to do i.vgb 2000 tons of salt, which have been lying Ii their warehouseir without an owner kr two and a hall yowl. - The- salt, which is, in 40,000 bags, was bought by the captain oe a sailing ves- sel, who said it was • purchased kr the• Russian Government It was put aboard his ship, but a few days after he had it transferred to the quay again, and his .vessel salted a few Hours afterward. • No claim has ever been made for the salt, which has been gradually melting for the last, two years. The 'Russian Cohernment denies all knowledge of tho purchase. Mrs. 'Newlyrictie":: -"Well, of all the impudence," - - - • Mr. Newlyrkhe: "What is it, Hannnhr Mrs. Newlyriche: "Them -poor first cousins of eours have gonand got themselves the same identical ancestors that you've got 1" • Client !impatiently to clerk): "Look' here, I've been sitting in thii office for the last two hours- I" Clerk: "Well, and No; been- sitting here for the last teenty-tive years.' • For Intlamation of the Eyes. -Among the many good qualities which Parme- lee's Vegetable Pills possess, besides re- gulating 'the digestive organs, is their efficacy in reducing inflammation of the eyes. it has called forth many letters c: recommendation from those who were afflicted with this complaint and .fund a. cure in the .pills. They affect the - nerve centres and the blood in a aurPrisindlYelleilhe way, and. the result is alrnost immediately seen. When a woman wants to overtook the faults -of her husband shotells the neigh- bors. he is broadminded. Wet. "Why on earth did you put peer Jenkins between two. such _chatter- boxes at the table r Hostess : "My dear. you know he* so fond of tongue - sandwiches!" ..116•1/1•141011••• Walt. Man" Prairie Scratches sal every form of contagion Itch an Mama cr animals cured 'In 30 minutes by Wed - ford's Sanitary Lotion. It now Mk& Said by.all druggist'. - • Friend: "You've never been e.alted. in consultatkine have your •Young Doctor: "No; but I'd like le be. Ws nice to charge ten times as much as the other (teeter for saying that you don't know any more, about the ease than he does." Cholera and all summer oomplatith are ,so quick in their action that the cold' hand of death is upon the victims be.fore they are- aware that danger Is near. If attacked do not delay • In get- trng the proper medicine. Try a dose of Dr. L D. Keltogg's Dysentery Coe- dit, and you will. get immediate 21 acts with wonderful. repidity and never fails to effect a cure. Where ignorance is bliss there its gen- erallY more folly than wisdem in evi- dence. • • . • A woman will -honor •her hus tsr is wi mg to love and obey her - Put hot toe fire In & hot, it•ebing, andiesithy skin with Weaver's Carat... Vat it for sesenia, rtontre rash, tatter and snit Anna• . . . • • "He asked for her hand in marriage" "Well; why didn't she give in, the one that is always in her father's pocket?" ".Whe was it said, 'Give Me liberty or :give nie death'?'. "Some married mans shn't it?" is harder to- beat a poor carpet than - one. A lady writes: "I was enabled to re mote the ()erne, root andbranch. by the use- of Holloway's born Cure:' Others who have tried it have the.same e*.ue,riOce, • QUESTIONABLE. VERACITY.- - Green: "So Braggs tells a different tale, does he? Well, I guess :my word is -as good as his." Brown: "1 should hope so. Braggs 13 a charter member of a -fishing club." . . • IMPRUDENT. • L•. • • When mother boxea Mary's ears, .• She stands in tears and blubbers; Oh, foolish child, to stand in tears Without a pair of rubbers. We feel sorry for a young mall who is afflicted- with the impressi,in that he liriows it all. • BEER* STEADIES - THE NERVES (OOD beer, teed as a boyar - 11.71 age with nasals, makes steadier, ateseger serves h.. ezeause it helps the eientea de -he work better. *- Tear awn dotter wsm ten yea , that the right use of beer is geed for sleseet every odeitt—• 7 •women eapodelly. , The little alcohol in beer Nes • than there ia in cider). hielps . digest food. Get the sight ides about beer, amid be healthior for using it. litiseet la tic wilirate...hippielriatr- Jan:: a abets seliberiehra. LelloWeal ======== ANGRY ..,eiEED. - "When my wife get's angry," remark-. ed Hyker, "she reminds me of a vessel'. just leaving port." "What's. the answer?' queried Pyker. "She -gels her rancor up," replied the party of the prelude. They Drive Pimples Away. -A facie covered with pimples Ls unsightly. 11 tells of internal , irregularities which should long since have been corrected. The liver and the kidneys .are not per - terming their functions in the ilealthy• way they sbould, and these pimples are to let you know that the blood protests. Parrnelee's Vegetable Pills Will drive them all away,andwilj leave the skin clear and clean. Try then:, and there Will be another wittier* to their ex.cellence: •HARD UP • - "How frightfully hard up Jones is," remarked Smith. "He never seems to have any money." "Oh," saidErown, "bas he been trying - to borrow from you?" "No." said Smith,' "1 was trying 110 borrow from /Ifni." • sr Rale can't Net titrouih it in 21 own hat a memorky raelly).-fire can't =1011.diachi . 4uerenteed is writing ter that a root—peacmainet all the degesee—tio 13 roof there la ehrarrite u and well *bow rots why. costa haat to roost nest. Joit arrow moo • . .. The PEDLAR People Ut' oars. sompoir000 Toronto Loris. litolipme MACKNERC FON SALE DYNAMO e00 lights, tirsteciass order. Will be cheap and must be gotten -out of tbe way owing to 600 -tight machine taking its place. S. Frank Wilson, 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto. - -. FAN BLOWER- - Buffalo make, number four, 9 -inch vers heal discharge; 24 inches high; perfect ' .conclition_ Superintendent, Truth Belie log, 79 Adelaide St. West, Torants. CARPETDYEING sod Ci.... This -lo aiummloko wIlk ORMSH AtinEltiOAPI OMNI OQ Send partimalen W pool lied we ammo Innwbrir soirees Sea 11111. Nostreo. ' see iinetok- ISSUE Nth • CO.. Window et SW 'QUEBEC MAW COWAN! Riyer and Gulf of S11 lamiici Bummer Cruises in Oool Latitudes Twin Screw Iron SS. "Camplua," with etehtric ' lights, electric bells and all modern comforts. SAILS PROM MONTANA', ON RONDA TS al t 010. i agth rd. seetemeer, 7th and 21.4 Oetoban- ad fort htly ereafter for Picton, N. S.. tall Jr ii at• Quebec, Gaspe, mai -Bay, reins Graze- - ...,i ver, Summerside, P.X.I., and Charlott ekiwzb Zi - • •••• B ERM U DA - :.:*.. • Numnler Elcourstoci, 103, -trq tho new Twin etht*raw SS. "Bermudian," &NO; $ona Saillag y mop breezes seldom rises-0443re 110 mlogroom. th September, bth, 16th and 21th inctober. dth, and 27th Novarober. Teraperature cooled . The finest trips of the season for health and -comfort. • 'ATITHUR-AI-1EfIN. Secretary, Quebec. • ," A. E. OUTERBREDGE & CO., Agents. 29 Broadway, New York. • ' • 4 44 ,•k . ;4*-. • • .• • • • • • ALISMS Cglizeln14•8 In the city on • Saturday. Ft-Essery-swsie in the city on -es-M . Simpson spent Sunday -veitte•zteiat4veff iuthe city. - -Mrs. Hardens of•Myrtle, spent Sundarhereswitirher brother, W. --Fred Garverly and sister, of Whitby, calletion. friends here on Rrokenelaire,• of Toronto,. . spent Sunday at the hoine of his parents here. -Fred and Mrs. Delong, of To- rpnto, spent Sinadayhere with W -"d•Mrs, Teak: • 3.-..,KOreombe Moved into W 4.,:l.11ogerla-resislenee/sdinining the bakery on Monday. Goodwin, "Trelaaine," ---,•!;13ais gone on an extended visit `•'friends at Tottenham. •1 • -Wm Morcombe, -of the range • •>, • • ling, moved this week into his owil .:. • house in theyillage. -Mr. George Kerr, we are pleas. „et/Au repoet, is gradually r000ver- ing from his receut illness. . W- Stover, • of Cherry- . has been eugaged as sueces- • sor to Reginald Nighswander at :-'the Spink Mills. , • ,-•7 .-Mrs. F. Evaus.(nee Miss•Ack- • "..'• erwaia), of- Toronto, is spending a • week With Mrs, Alex. Find/ay and friends in Pickering. • - -Mrs. O'Mara and Mr. and Miss 'Ward, who have been -residing, • -here during the summer, returned to the citycm Wednesday -F. H. and Mrs. Doyle 'and ----daughter, of -Toronto, spent a few: • days during the past week at the borne of their parents here. "•▪ '. -A. man from Oshawa it is ex- - • • .. • -George • Howland,. of Toronto, was in town over Sunday. -• • -W. A. and Mrs. Ham and child who have been 'residing in -Regina for the petit year and a half, will leave abont Nov. 4th for Honolulu sidiere Mr. Ham has been offered an excellent position, one Which he had several years -age. -J. H. Rogers left in our alike on Wednesday a branch from a raspberry:bush loaded with ripe fruit and some partly matured. This not so bad for the month of -October in "Our .Lady of the Snows." . . -Ho I for Xrnits.,."at home", England, Ireland, Scotland. Choice all ocean lines and railway routes. Tickets one way round trip or prepaid to or. from • most planes on earth: See -Stephenson, opposite Post Office, Whitby, be- fore -travelling anywhere. Rate etc. guaranteed right. Special one -way cheap.tickets to B. C. Man„ Sask., Alta., California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico, Montana. See or write Stephensotr, Whitby. . -The educational Department has ordered a new set ofschool readers to be prepared, the pre- sent set being uow considered too antiquated,. and .defective in re- gard to its topOgraphy; illiiitra- dons and subject matter. The work has been entrusted to Dr. D. J. Goggin, an educationist of note He • be assisted by a selected ccommitee and the Advisory Board Among the members of the 'Con- sultative Committee; we notice the name of Dr. Waugh, Inspect- or of Schools -for South Ontario, -A meeting of the Presbyterian congregations. of Pickering and Brougham was held in St. And- rew's church here on Tuesday evening for the purpose of moder- ating in a call to amini star. Rev. ted will riecupy the Mrs. L. 0'. W. • 11:" Wood, - interim rnit4erat-. ry's • dWilling just vaha Ciited by or, of Dnnbaraton,- occup - the ,Mrs. O'Mara and Mr.•and"' Miss ard. • •ie ir and W. D. Gordou acted results. • Last -spring Mrs. lifethinal4 lato,a: !dick • of wood -fall -.4404130 her shin, and later -had a fall near•tbe post -office. The injure developed into -a growth which the doctors could not cure, the only remedy being ,ainptuta- tion, and thVi she, would, not consent to. Death finally ri1lieVed her sufrer- Inge. urnal. 1*. FAIRPORT. - as seeretary. After a short dis- -.Rev. W. Moore, of Braeside, cussion, Rev. W. Moore, -of Brae - near Ottawa, occupied the pulpit side, was selected as the choice in St. Andrew's church en Sun.- of the -meeting.. It is expected ...,.; day last, his discourses being much that Mr. Moore will accept. The • stipend is $800 a year with free • . r. And hire. Nesbitt, of Jer. manse and'two weeks' holidays. _ . • • - DEAR yo.ur correspon- dent was rather hard on our summer visitors in your last issue. But there is one thing that he or she mentioned that I think all residents of this place wilt agree with and help to.,put a stop to if possible, thot is the shooting that sometimes occur, especially over holi- days. But in regard to visitors bath- ing I think we ought. to look to home first for.I think I win not exclude resi- dents of this place,who have not, when bathing seas 'good, refrained from taking a bath ,on Sunday and thought no harm, for they say that ".cleanliness.is next,to godliness.". And now, in reference to fishing on the Sabbath, my view. and that of several others to whom 1 have spoken on the matter, is that if. the law will allow the rich man t'?, play golf -on the Sabbath, when he may play almost any day he wighes, and. prosecute for having a quiet fish, the poor mechanic and others who have .to work from _Monday _morning unticSaturday night and can hardly take a day off for fear. of losing his job.- Such have need of a little 'sympathy rather than prosecu- tion. t'S" 1,11,10ked.- - •say City, N. paid a short visit It is hoped that these congrega- • „.-with thelatter'a uncle, Alex. Dick. tions will not be long now with- ,' -1e. and with John and Mrs.. Dickie out a pastor. - ,However, it on Saturday last. , - Will take a month or six weeks • -- -While passing through the. before the induction can - take i• village cut Monday a horse -belting- place- should 1Mr. Moore accept. •il Ing to a Jew was seized with acute -It is with the deepest -regret , g indigestion and after lingering for that wereport the death onFriday • '41. : - a few hours the animal died. • Oct. ilth, at the home of her moth- - ••• -;--B Wagner and family. of Kin- er, Mrs. -L. -O'Leary, of 2284 Queen •seale, have rented- the Hodgson Street East, Toronto, of Miss Kath - ti aesldence on Elizabeth street and leen Angela O'Leary, at -the early ' are moving therein this week. age of 20 years., Miss O'Leary We welcome-thein-sts residents. • -was born in -Pickering and lived • . -There has been left in our of- here for a number of years, and ; • •fice the past week a few peanuts- the news of her death -came as a t,l which were grown in W. Allaway's shock to her numerous friends in ta-agarden.• ... They. had reached ma- Pickering. . Since .sbe was. four --- turity and it proves.that the grow ..years of age she has.'suffered from , . in, of peanuts bere in -Ontario • an affliction which she, bore With - might be grown profitabiy:at least Christian foratute and patience. it is an experiment that is -uo:irtil-Rel----kiMly-smile and--ftiendly_ ".:.1. -making. • '•- •• - greeting won her many friends ' ., ' -The following Item - was wherever she went and the resPect :1-:- clipped from the Markham. Sun. in which she was held was shown .:;...'"Mr. J. RossThexton has sold his by the large number who attended 'interest in the PICKERING NEWS to her funeral to the R. C. cemetery ' .•• his partner Mr. John -MurkRr. hay- here on- Monday -morning. • The ,, Ing secured a lucrative position iu deepest sympathy is expressed for ,l'• Toronto. The News has prosper- her widowed mother and her '... -."! ed under the firm's. management three ,surviving sisters. ..e and. is one of the best' township -After a lingering illness, Mr. - journals in the Province. We Alexander Dickie passed'away on wish Mr: Thexton ,success in •his Monday, Oct. 14th; at the resi- ':' new situation." •dence Of Mr. John Boyes, aged 70 --After a silence of five, or six. - years, I month and:10 days. The Ic.•:--- weeks, the town bell resumed its funeral took place on Tuesday ..--,duties on Saturday evening. This. afteruoon when his remains were long •Fileree was rendered bees's- conveyed to Erskine cemetery for sary by the scaffolding used in interment, The deceased was e • -'making the improvements to the native of Old Deer, 'Aberdeen. • '7 -tower, the appearanee of which shire, Scotland, and emigrated to '.,•.has been greatly improved. On Canada fifty years and For the Saturday evening the 'beauti- past thirty-five - years he , has - Initil. • weather -vane - was placed made his home Mostly with Mr. •5',. in .position and the windows John Boyes. Mr. Dickie was a • :•:----eQu3 pleted. ' Altogether the tow- great reader and was exception. er •las an attractive appear- any well-informed, though . he ,7".• ant* and is a credit to the vil- never took any part in public --; ,lage: , - ' • -- affairs.' For a number of years- -The raising of pork- which bas he has lived, a quiet and retired .... been such a profitable business for life. The deceased was' very the past few years, has taken a highly respected and during his retrograde movement this Sea: .whole life never made an emeny:- Z.:: Son. The highest price "that is He. was unmarried but is slur- -- • being paid iCsix.eent.s per pound, yived by . three s•is-tere and -two • and at the present price of grain brothers, three of whom live in • -, it requires from seven to seven the United States and. two in and a half cents to produce a Scotland, none however were • ".'-'peund of pork. As a cons -e- 'able ti) attend' 'the -funeral. • He -- quence farmers- are in a dileno was a cousin of the Dickie fem- . They do not know whether ily who reside in Pickering. to knock' their pigs on the head -- . Thanking you, Mr. Editor. for the space occupied by these lines, I Te - main; truly,yours. T. MalfsriErp. _ P. S.—Ngw,, Mr. Editor, if- rhere any more letters oil this subject, I must refrain from answering .unless signs his name in full. '.--.'Shnple Home Recipe, - • Get from ant prescription° pharma- cist the -following : - -. • Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce ; Compound Kargon. one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla,. three ounces. - Shake well in a bottle and. take & teaspoonful dose after each meal and at bedkitne. The above Is considered by an emi- nent authority. who' writes in a- New - York dal/3. paper. as the finest per- scription ever written to relieve Back- ache, kidney Trorthle. Weak Bladder. and all forms of Urinary difficulties. -This mixture acts .promptly on the eliminative tissues of the-Ridneys. en- abling them to filter and strain the uric acid and other waste matter from the blood which vauses Rheumatism, Some persona who suffer from the afflictions -may not feel inclined to place much confidence in this simple mltture, yet those who hare tried it say the results are simply surprising. the relief being effected without the slightest injury to the stomach or other organs. --a -Mix some and give it a trial. It certainly comes highly recommended. It' is -the "prescription -of an eminent authority, whose entire reputatiori, it js said. was established, by A druggist hers -at home, when. asked stated that he could either sup- ply the- ingredients or mix the pre- scription for our readers, also recom- mends it as harmless. and .sell their- grain or- to raise • .--hogs at a sacrifice. .1. • -,--The South Ontario Teacher's neessAssociation' will -hold their annual - convention in Pickering on Friday pbst Saturday, Nov. 8thand. 9th. • The sessions will be held in the schogl during the two days and on Friday evening. a public Meeting will be held in the town.hall when an. addres8. will be given_by one of the leading educationists of the - • Trainee. During the evening a programme of a musical and liter- , ary character will be given. As a • la,ge number of teachers is expect- ed to be present it will be neces- sary to billet a unmber in private houses. Tboe who-tain conven- • — ientiv accornrob. kindly notify elt -Mies Campbll. ,. • ATX.SiZIDGE. . • . A youth neat Boston was stealing grapes in company with other boys, when two men appeared. The -boys - scattered and this particular boy wus fciund dead in a _fieldnext day. Re had choked on grapes while running. Th -ere . are not many grapes around here, but a boy co-uld choke juntas easily on an apple. -• The -vote on -the piano factory bonus by-Iaw last"Priday was large, being 323 out of 3g9 names of owners.On the list. A remarkable feature of the vote -was its practical unanimity, only One vote being recorded against it, and that fell to the honor of the north ward.' We understand no timeAvill be lost in• starting building opera- . te one Or more The death of Mrs. Lewis McDonald er Mr. Green GT on Sunday shows bow simple an itcoi 4,int may spmetiroes_have very serious, --,. • Notice to Contractors :• Municipality of the Township of Pickering. - . Ptanac Nonce is hereby given that' the undersigned Reeve and Deputy Reeve will let the following road con- trects, by public auction, op,. Tuesday, the 22nd of October, that is co say : - 1. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon. at Palmer's- bridge, on 'sideline between lots 20 and 21 in the 2nd concession, the work, of filling in back of north abutment, making approaches, etc. 2. At 3.80 o'clock in the afternoon, �n ard cobcessioninpoosite lot 19, just west of Brock road, the work of fram- ing and putting in bent at east abut - of bridge, bringing timber for same from Pamer's bridge, etc. The lowest or anv tender not neces- sarily accepted.. JAMES TODD, Reeve. -. ' THOS. POUCRER, Deputy Reeve. October:15th, 1907, °dings - 'Leave your orders at the • PICKERING LUMBERYARD . • for Ontario and New Brunswick _ whitc.cedar shingles. Patent Roofing and all kinds of ' building material. C -W D.GORDON & SON. MACHINE . SHOP . The Undersigned having pureh- ed B. Waguer's Machine Shop in Kinsale, . is prepared- to. dci all kinds -of repair work and general blaeksniithing. Satisfaction giiiiranteed.— Prices right. •• Call and see us. '•-••• •- • - JAMES PENGELLY. Kinsale, Ont. To check a cold qaickly, get from your druggist some little Candy Cold Tab lets called Preventics. Druggists every where are now dispensing Preventing, for -they are not only safe, but decidedly certain and prompt. Preventios contain no Quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor 'sickening. Taken at the "sneeze stage" Preventing will prevent Pneumon monis. Bronchitis, La Grippe, etc. Hence the name, Preventios. Good for Sold by T M Moraddes rArmen Supply. o., feverish children. 48 Preventitts 25 OW "" ' rk , NEW GOODS VOR FA Our H. B. K. Brand af-tnderwear, Top Shirts, Socks and - ' • Storm Coats are guanteed to give satisfaction-. - •-• - 7 • 10.V.PalraCCLA•lreS`9. • •e' Before buying call and see our special beaver cloth, Persian lined with otter collar. ". • A. BUNTING, MO Pic ering - - "Whencommenceaie market, viz you to talk about Stoves and Ranges, you naturally think bout the best on THE SOUVENIR." We have a fine assortment to show you: • .Drop in and see our - - ROYAL STEEL -RANGE - - It's the leader among Steel Ranges, at a reasonable price 1-istsd.vcrare 64.2=c2. Sio•Cre -E=.jporilamo. S. CI-1AP :11 C W ._P 01 AT 3DIOICIM eic 008 • 11 L VI _U U * Greatt valnes iii-Flatinela At last year's prices. Also, Flan- -rielettes, Shakers, Wrapperettes, Veloset • and Valsours Flannel. - - • - _ Heavy Lochlomon Flan-nels' in good colors • for shirting. A, bistock of Underwear for Men, Women and Children. - Our Men's Shirts- and Drawers at- 50C each are. - • good -value.. Our Ladies' Suits at 00 cents - areselling very fast. • ----We have -some "Ladies' Tweed Skirts in grey, broWnana black. Latest designs from $3.00 up. aud see them. -Our Boot and Tie Bargain Sale is still on: We are consts antly adding to the Stock. Come in and get your choice. - • - • • It Pays to Buy at Bundy's 0 -ST ..-• • T 1 • • • • These chilly nights remind us that cold winter is coining. . , - • - -Nothing is more necessary in a home than a good Stove. Our "Impertil Oxford" and -- - "Happy Thatrght" Stoves and Ranges fill the bill. Hundreds int use in Pickering and vicinity, and every, - , one a grand success. - Call an see the New Designs and Impr.overnents,or 1907 ' • - -If its Hardware yon want, we hAve it. • • - • • BU Will buy grafted fruit. Wind -falls at 25c per hundred lbs—trade only. Pali apples price according to -quality delivered at store in Pickering. Pears and Plume at highest market price, in baskets.