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,,.. _. .,..uuu x-IucI.:LU1` (E rates IO?` [the year 1926 at a salary of $190.00. V . J. Quinn was ,9:iven permission to! ig a well on the 9th. con. `south of the Sunnidalelroad. he to fence and be re- sponsible for same. i The Clerk was instructed to write Messrs. J. and A. VVallwin to remove obstruction in ditch ormosite their lot on con. 10. within ten days. The Cnni` Qr1in1n~nnA in -~----* A uu cull. w. wunm ten days. | Council adjourned to meet on October 20, at 1 o'clock p.m. A `D rqrxrvn-nu... ~- [the * unuumge. mz;sts.b'U. A by-.'law w.as VV'm. E. Brown 001 `X , J Chlinn urn.-. Ipt"cuS, am; A. H. VVilson, part services as 'Reeve,`$30; Jas. Doran, part services as Deputy Reeve. 5515; Albert Ford. part services as Councillor. $15; Geo. ,D. Shannon. do, $10: D. McLean. do. |$10: A. B. Coutts, 1,1 year's salary as |Clerk and 'I`rcr~.sure1'. and expenses re ldrainage. $236.60. ` lauet-:1) Kmea by dogs, $15: John Cur-_ ,t1n. on account award _dr-ain (Bet- lteridge), $100; Thos. Harrison. work` on 10th con.. $15: VVm. H. Pratt, plank- for Willow Creek Bridge. con. 6, $14.58; I, McM'aster, work opposite lot 18, con. 11. $8.75; Wm. J. Holmes. gravel for VV. Degeer, gravel, $9.75; Arthur` Brown. gravel $2.16; Miltonc Sutton. ;gravel, $13.50; Jas. Hogan,.grave1 for `con. 11. $5.10; T. J. Nelson, gravel for ,s.r. 30 and 31. con. 1. $5.70; `VV. J. Bish~ op, gravel, 9514,40; Bishop Bros., gravel, $19.95; Jas. Craig, grading. $11.10; G. M. Vance. County Judge, hearing ap- peals from Court of Revision. $5; Geo. NV. Crawford. attending hearing of ap- peals, $5; A. H. VVilson, [as 'Reeve.'$30: Jas. Dnmn nut-f m...,:.,-~ ,...... uausa. _vvm. is. brown applied for the position of collector of rates. The following` account were passed- John Curtin, on acct. award drain ' (Betteridge), $25; I`. C. Craig, attending `Division Court and rent of hall. $8.00: V\'m. H. Mason, cutting brush Demp- ster road, $7.50; Wm. Shanacy, work on Colonization road. (money return- ed), $17.50; Thos. Pattenden, work at. ,Minesing grravel pit, 557; R. M. Bell, gravel for 4th con., $18.60; Thos. Moore. sheep killed by dogs, ltih, award Awash (`Dru- `um-:cvu 111 [He Chan`. Communications were read fron Chas. E. Wright, M.P.P., re f100l Finlay Bridge and drainage. `C.l `that culvert had been put in at l\ J. Tgsimpson, enclosing copy `of Co ty by-law setting out amount of 4 count allowed to municipalities ing their county levy on or before ( tain dates. _W'm. E. Brown applied I rates. j The Vespra Council own Hall, Midhurst. at 1 ber the 8th. as pei' al met at p.m. on E adjournn - wants], JJIJLI-V `Eggs, doz. Butter, pound . . . . . . Fowl, pound . . . . . .. Chickens (broilers), Cream, pint . . I Buttermilk, qt 0 0000: use Or-fabled You came Uu TAim`. or Lego; hcuma `Will Help? You OI: Nothing to Pay ' 3; vs. .-vu- Butter beanq VII-1 {On Eda nu DON'T` THIS VESPRA couucu; um.-Jxxvl. . a - . - o u a "Poul t'ry, Butter and Ann -unw w.-as passed appointing collector 0! rates for a snlnrv nf-' Mon nn - V-v\..s H.111. 1 A. B. COUTTS. Clerk. Dassed appointin Hector nl rntoe fn _. .u.u.vo losing-cop_`of Coun- dis- pay- evy on or hnfnrn no-_ - me uom ounu. 1 saw about it in a paper an one wo'- ' man prevailed on me to take it. It .ias helped me in every way, the gains are less, and I have more appe- nte. It is a pleasure to recommend Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com- pound to other women.-LEA DE-_. norms, St. Adolphe, Manitoba. Found Great Relief Toronto, Ont. --I am at the Change of Life with hot ashes, `dizziness weakness `and nervousness. I had head noises and was short of breath. I was this wa about six months when I read about I? ydia E. Pinkham's Veg- H stable Compound in the news apera. . `llhave taken ei ht bottles so at and `band eat re 1ef."-- Mrs.R.J.SAL-, .IoN, 1 2 Lawlor Ave., Toronto, Ont. .uuuu..Aua.1lLlCS pay- Vy cer- ?Ct()l` nf Vrn fan .---. nnnvu. all. Llllf . at Sep- adjournment H nrhhf an:-I I-I-A L.l'o.r., re mooring` ` C.P.R. An Mac. inxr nnnu `n? n-- ...........a. 300 1 ul. IIIIICKI C and the Ll Ulll I "` flooring (`TDD a o o o no nun _ L." R. ORD CIVIL ENGINEER Ontario and Dominion.Land E 133 Blake St 'n......a.. -- - __-..-.....5 us. 1\cpuu'l MIANNI/E_MK:-:nNAN.; 58 Small '_ j the .An uuuzrlu ana pominion 133 Blake St., Barrie. WELCH. CAMPBELL 8. LAN! - hartered Accountant`: Phone Main 5874'. 59' Yonge St., T H..J. Welch, C.A. G. D . Campbel W. S. Hulbig, Production Eng! T. E. Lawless, C_.A. Manager Cost and ``li`.f.-u........ - cucc, on worsley St. WELL BABY CL from 2 to 5 o'clock Phone 751W IN IC St. Adolphe, Manitoba.- 4'1 was J very weak and had great pains dutin mv not-inrln an 6-Inn - B rue. Brarizl Residence, 86 Worsley _ _ WELL RA`!-'-iv rvr bandmastex: dmaster; of 475th VICTORIAN ORDER u; 109:9 u.s. Bn., banc` Torpnto Scottish Regt. Teacher of lglano, Organ Musical Th u I n\lulVll in us. DEC. Plano, ' Rnnlna-J us. ac`? uT`ncuMn . Teacher nf Dan... 11..., __ 1'. 1:3. I Manage; Cost : __________.,.____ versity, Montreal, e--.Cor. Elizabeth e. Phone 105. `Two Wbmen Owe Helalgth to Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound _. J. SIMPSON. M.B. PHYSICIAN AND SURGI Office and Residence--Co1lier ner Clapperton St., Barrie. Ph ___._________* .. u uuu H. HUSS Form rly.o'f Drs. Ross & Ross, Barrie Late Surgeon Specialist with the Imperial .Army,_ 4% years. General Surgery and Obstetrics ` especially. ' Office+140 Dunlop St., Barrie Phone 710 P. 0. Box 1073: B DR.` FRE Formerly of Surgegnf T....-._ --- 1.44 131001` St. West, Toronto. , Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Th}oa |Consulti1tion` hours-11 a.m. to 5 p.m. |Barrie, phone 2. Toronto, North 3326" DRS. _ LITTL Physicians and Su Office and Reside Office hours: 1 to 1 v anuurnw... ._ _._and__. . DR. C. B. HORTON Graduate of Toronto Unive Phone 61 Off: ruune 01 ~ Hours: 8-9 a.m., . - UH- Surgery an sociate Cor w. A. LEWIS d Diseases of W oner County of _._and__. DR_ n p I_|f\fj|I and Elizabeth Sts., opp Ge hours: Ofce Until 1 . to 3.30 and 6. to 8 p.m. j J; A. \ NOTARY PUBLIC, Co cl1'1'din`g drawing of wi ranging of loans, etc. I1 kinds. Executor, Adm. v Thornton, O UIII. l Wll, fix it up with the head of that! zlepnrtmont. I've entered `em as plain! :appJes. What's this cloth thing? "Sewing"-w()rk. My yvoman, she-" . "Yr-s, yes! But what's it's name? Is it31 `knitted, embroidered or hemstit(:hed?l 1 If DUNCAN F. McCUAlG. B.A. Successor to Creswicke & Bell- BA-RRISTER, VSOLICI-TOR,` ETC. I MONEY To LOAN. Ross Block. Barr_ie H. H. CRESWH Barrister, Solicitor, Nc MONEY TO LOAN. Ross .' 1 ,_.____._________. ALEXANDER COWAN , Barrister, Solicitor for obtaining j bateifof wills, guardianship and ministration. General Solicitor. Not - Conveyancer, 7 etc. -Office--Hinds `Block, 8 Dunlop MONEY TO LC BOYS &. BOYS arristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public Conveyancers, `Etc. _ . Money to loan at lowest rates of in- terest. 0ffice--13 Owen St.. in Mason- ic Temple Ruilding, Barrie. Branch Office--Elmvale. W.vA. Boys, K.C., M.P. J. R. Boys. I-----"'---- * rxsl-1.-1.l.D1 nub`, SOLI Offices: 707-8 Ke Toronto. I L`. W. Plaxton. G James 0. I31 } Spinal Adjustment and Massage. Electric, Vibratory and Magnetic , . Blanket Treatments _ - Patho-Neurometez` Service . Phone 405J "for appointment .____.______._____ Masonic Temple B uuNAl..D ROSS. LL.B. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. uilding, Barrio MONEY TO` LOAN _9-1'0 a..m.. max sums ___N_ILMnHE ;___._________!___ GORDON LONGMAN Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, . MONEY TO LOAN url. IVIU 122 Bloor mu 1... .. r ; DR. MORTIMER LYON 22 St. West,~Tor9nt< n no o+ M n--~ / DONALD ROSS. LL.I QRTRTWD 5` """"` N oruuhsss Barrie. Brarich :LI/4 CLINm - DiR. H. 1'. ARNALL e COPODQP (`nnn+u Ac ~ DR. W. A. LEWIS TY and Diana. no 1- ( 3..LITTLE & LITTLE IS Suraenne P---V S1261`, solicitor, Notary TO LOAN r cy: ' - J m"Yaw," assented the Swede.` \ V I No, they're Red Astrachan`s," said; at second objector. I've some just like! `em. J. [snmpso . [CIAN ANhN_Q1'1M:'r: LU. m.s.. bar:-1e. Phone Office hours: m.. 1-3 p.m., 7-8 p.m. ..- run I - f\l'\|`I'\l-I- Coroner County of-.Simcoe. Residence--Gorner Toronto eth om). Central m.......:. 1. `H. CRESWICKE her. So] irsifnr 'r\Y'n+n ..-. JJA. cons:-:'r-r PURTJF mm ---- -- PUBLIC, Conveyancer, in- awing wills, deeds, ar- Insurance of all acutor, Administrator and Ontario. 4-52c _____________e .. v--; van ` Production nginee: . : and ;Efficlency.De_pt. CHIROPRACTIC , ca. I'll` '11 MU$lC MEDICAL uur0UlV. WI-5 SURGEON ence---(.nnim. G+ - :.u1.UllLU umversity Office-58 Collier St. W 12.30-2 and 6.30-8 p.m. ___.____.______._ veyancer, " { MW. St., LOAN` / CIIL moul- LEGAL . . ....uD unu uuuua. Apples, vlnter rcabbage, some yelly 'and yam for my vomans, some sewing ,work, some~-" Hold on! Let's tenq to the apples n _ _ , _ __ _,, ,_.. it-at urhat Inna umge am, Toronto D. Campbell. C.A. iuction Enblnm.-. Lzc--\JOllleI` St COP` Phone 275. uL;c--wUI`eI' Toronto Central Church .30 am anti 1 nun Land Surveyor - Phone 628 ULJCITORS, Kent Building to. Ont. .--.-.._.-.:_.-. LA`wLEss unta nth 1. \IlIl-I G. Gordon Piaxton Plaxton _______A.}, . 1078 i . unuvn lull-y 0 your doctor. ` ----:-:------ P. .4. v.1A||L ' ' Pi6i2] ten mm. What klnd--Duc ess or Olden- burg?" ' T 0 vv uluru.-. r, Notary,- etc. Ross Block. Barrie _______.____. nacr vu.t0!`Y Of Toronto. Phone 683. rll-UV University -58 (`.n"I'nv G VVVVHIV / pro- nshin and M1- t., Toronto nhnil F A .. uu \4l.l. Lu UH x.m.. and 1 Phone 167 \J.LV St.. hnnn 0'7: - VVomen Simcoe IVGJU. Y. etc. WU! [-3'. Ya:w." V 'I`h'ey look like Baldwins," objected` I by-utander. "They're Baldwins, aren't ier?" ' vv_I`IaI\3 It you have not plenty of water, bet- ter see T. H. Rutledge about drilling a well.-I guarantee water and drill with r. H. RUTLEDGE, Shelburne, Ont. P.O. Box 122. - Phone 122 Buy Adiverplsed ... w. muuIVII'\H`l Funeral Director and Eml {tmbulance Ser-vice - 1 Cr.._ Mary and Eliaabeth Si: __________..______._ Motor and Horse Equip: ad!` Phone_ 5.47 : "Read The Exa'miner and get a] `local and district news--$2.00 a j ' Open 6! cavered Trucks I my -1! D1 Pthey?" ""QI|'r P. c. LLOYD Funeral Director arid Embalmer ' OPEN DAY AND max-rr 47 Elizabeth St. : Phone 218. _-.. ......,.eeecs snouia be given when change of address is requested. CAN- CELLATIONS--We find that most of our subscribers prefer not to have their `subscriptions . interrupted in case they fail to remit" before expiration. While subscriptions will not be` carried we assuine the subscriber wishes the service continued. REMITTANCES should be made by registered letter, money order, or cheque payable at par in `Barrie. n 7 . up - Harry Barron Britain $2.00 per year in advance (in 'a.rrears;`$2.50); `United States, $2.50 per year in advance. Both old and new addreasershould be given ('?FTl'.T.A'I'|`rt\\7a 9-rv -- - ` -..- gnu./nJl\.I.JIJhJ where we ' are equipped better than ever to "attend to _all your wants in the line of a- _.--pal f \v\J E'stabl'ished 1869 FUNERAL D'nu:c'roRs AND EMBALMERS OPEN DAY AND NIGHT '_A_ ,7 J.u.UN UA Y ,NIGHT. are asked to please mind. 1118 Examiner is desirous of aving reports of meetings and , ctivities of women s`organiza.- tions for W'omen's_Rea1m.'~ Se- `cretaries of Women's Institutes and other Societies are requested to kindly send such reports promptly, as their `news value decreases if these are delayed. In order to be inserted in Women's Realm such reports SHOULD REACH- The `Examiner by MONDAY Secretaries asked fn rum--~ '--~ " ` ` NOTICE TO SECRETARIES OF WOMEN S- ORGANIZATIONS 52 Elizabeth St. . FOR" Hot Wgter Heating and PLUMBING Aget for'\1V_fc'Cl`1:i`yA s -----n--- The Examiner aying of mnntsmn. .--A PLUMBING AND HEATING GIVE US A CALL ` Phone 180 ulalllslllu. "One at a time!" pleaded Gilbert.` greasing: his hand to his head. It's ibis man's turn. Your name. please?" "Olaf Oleson." Number two hundred and twenty- lve. What have you?" asked Gilbert, ,wrffng the name. ICA _...I-.. '7 .1-.Fj'C"AR5% % Thlncs. ...., cuuocxuuer wzsnes the mtinued. r, chequg I. A. MacLaren. Editor W. C. Wlls. Manager 32 "43 I-znen St. --..- .....s.; ucsayeu. .l.Il serted .e IGHT. please bear this in 9tf. TRY rnone Equipment o aeth Sts., Ba : Phone_ 952W connection Phone 82. .....,..,... 5 go box A. score of impatient exhibitorswere two. xlemanding exhibition tickets,, calling; fee ov attention to the merits of their special, we're. brand of potatoes. and insisting upon! builqir being attended to at once. Some of the me wj men were making pathetic attempts to work 1 give names to the articles of fancy how} 3, work entrusted to them by their W0- I a piece mankind. _____ A lwhat 1 u(\.,.,. ..L .. A-I----"' ` " ' Embalmei-` Phone 431 nfnnnf Luz`, net- t . ' to haul. 1 prices are 3` me and I Furnaces. 1.111611 L ts., Barrio ; all the year. OCOD4 Bet Kee ii U10! IIIU L stntrg} tllnlnn usuxuapacu. There were `seven books open upon! .3 long counter in front of;Gilbert.1 Neat` them a stack of entry-tags waited to receive the exhibitors num-3 There, the names of their exhibits and} `the class to which they belonged. I_3ach: run-Iru_hnnly an-.o........:: .. 1...... uh: - The` day before the, opening Q! the 2 annual fair in - Carp County, Gilbert .1 Ware, the nineteen-year-old. `son ofthe president of the Agricultural SQclety.]_ was in cny'ge otethe;entry books in the .1 administration building. The secretary,,[ ` who usually attended to thetmattenl was busy super-intending the erectlon.t at a new band-stand. the old one hav-6 1 iug at the last moment `unexpectedly!l collapsed. . j c Thnrn urnrvn `nanny-n knnbg. A . . _ . . . ._ v.. u asvau ynsua uurulg _ my periods so that I` could not sweep t h e fl 0 o r. The ; pains were in the right side and ex- .` tended to thetleft `V and then down- _ wards, It seemed` as if the body was heavy and upside down. It is for these troubles I took the Vegeta- ble Com,pou_nd. I nnnnn an A-.4. --A` nr nldnn- v -'**v --cu--' \ Twenty-four hours later the :lu.1gen,'A: after a prolonged strule_wlth' nine ~ crazy-q-ullts. -so Jnerly _ A the owners could hope to tell them apart, turned with fans! to an extensive ue that only-' -1: var uunx Q! u,iaKin8`- a list." Virginia .coiored. partly` with pista- ure. partly with so rolnn mad 0 take a. new asp fduf later the jud mething `else. Things \ ect seaf :1-nuoaln unuI..' -l--` v LUIIUB. . v ` l The next fhorning Virginia offered her neat list to Gilbert, who made the entries without a. question. until he came to a. number of articles for the children's department. How is this, Virg:!in,la?,You're over sixteen. aren't you " ' - - Yes, but`! made thethlngs before I was sixteen." s ` "Oh. that's allrlght. then!" returned Gilbert. AI wish, everybody would enter things as correctly labelled as` ours; `are. Onlyvaifewvot the old exhi ltors .-ever think of _n,iaklns*. a llst." . .4 I Virzinia. calm-ml, nnrqr uurul-bl. ulna- wuvn nelwxes ms Belgian hares." Virginia was partly right about her` potatoes, although so wrong in her M reaoning. There` were farmers who certainly made one variety of potatoes masquerade under various pseudonyms; but their example was not a. good one to foliow. Virginia, however, was young and very thoughtless. Tired out from an exciting. day, she went to bed with- out realizlngrthe enormity of hero!- fence. nu... ..--... L--.-s --- us Just what the farmers do with their potatoes. There's everything in knowing how to enter things. "There! I'm done, thank goodness! I'll get Ned Hicks to take this out in the.morning, when heltakes his Belgian Virginia was mu-nu .sq...+ ........ ...~_. ~HtLWH' Gages. XIII.- Luv umuure, "apnoea strawberries." Six [plate domes were compelled to do duty as aftray-cloth. 8. pecimen of silk embroidery. an embroidered stand cover. a bureau cover, 3. pincushlon top and Kensington embroidery. The pos- ters, likewise, served as water-color heads, figures and painted panels. The prize for mere posters was certain to ` .go to Mrs. Blake. Whh aka nnnnl-{-.I LL- I --` ...... .,, nnuou uu uuc u`I>:!U7WBi'8 Ullged With purple; the rest were undersized and decidedly green. ` Returningto her room. Virginia sat `down on the rug to label her exhibits. `Her three glasses of strawberry pre- serves received new names. The jar in which whole `berries were most in evidence was relabelled, Home-Grown Strawberries." The one containing much broken fruit -was marked as Strawberry Jam." Virginia removed the cover of the third, stirred in a little ground cinamon she had carried up from the kitchen, and then christened the mixture, Spiced Strawberries." | enlate dniiinn warn nnvn-\nA-3 ~- .m-.- 11! Lue centre or her bedroom ru;z.' The resources of the house `exhaust- liad. Virginia flew to the garden, candle 11. hand. and stripped the solitary. !stu'nted plum tree of two quarts of plums----its entire crop. Those from the ` sunny side of the treewere tinged with lgurple; drvln I11 trinnnuu L - uluuucr mm snaken hezthead` and set 1 No, Virginia, it -s very pretty " V most beautifully made, but I can't ` ford to buy it for you. ?Why don't 3 I take some of your work to the fa The premiums might pay for it." "I did`thInk nf H hnf Mm. tn. lurucu LU! nusiness. , t lredhs shewas. when sheohad fin- is ed her supper she flew- from cup-j `board to closet. from drawer to shelf. ,lIteri1lly from garret to cellar, gather- ing up every article she had embroider-" ed from the time she was first able to hold 21 needle. every sketch she-had drawn, every poster she had painted. Even the doubtful result of her one at- tempt at preserving went to swell the pile in the centre of her bedroom rug. resources the hour-In -.wm....+, uuwt:vUl', vurglnla chnngede her mind. She had made a mental note of the ar- I times after which only one entry num- : her, or perhaps no numbers at an, had been placed: and she went home pre- lpared for business. ~ : Tirn nu at-.n~u.n... .'..L--~ -'- ' ` " um prt'u11un1S might ' I did `think of `it. _but Mrs. Blake [ does everything I can do so much bet- ; ter than I do that she would surely take 52.11 the first prizes. The second ones `aren't worth, trying: for." 1 V After a nv min. on... ....s..-- v-- - uruu L worm, rryxmr for." After a day with the entry-" however, Virginia chnnsred made a. manual nan; n~F n -.. ......u....u.. Lu ucuis urignll In SChOOl_ `the girl was clever with her fingers, ,zmd was in many ways unusually gift- ed. She painted in w-atercolors, made `pen-and-ink sketches. and the walls 01 her schoolmates rooms were adorn- ed with her spirited football posters. . Morever, she was skilful with her fneerlle, as many a dainty bit of em- ; broidery attested. - ' [ Just at that time a certain blue-silk {W7`l.iSt,- marked down from ten to seven `dollars. was tempting her sorely. It v was precisely what she wanted for the Saturday evening concerts: but her mother had shaken herlhead` said: and beautifully made. hm T- nnrf of ; I L isgaditxon to bethg bright in ji nh run In ........-. _-.--- I .-..._, ..,,..-. uy ua, wuss vu'g1n1a." | [ Virginia worked all the afternoon and promised to return the following morning. She would `need-to come. any-' a way. `she said, to enter some of her own ' things. - ` V W} or]:-Iltln... A-A -L-l-- -- ` 77* . -. "slung one uwycxe Up `He Steps. Virginia promptly separated the sheep from the goats-to be accurate. the pumpkins from the Battenberge lace. When the secretary looked in an hour later things were going finely, the piles of entry-tags had been materially reduced. and thev'crowd of waiting ex- -hibitors had dwindled to a few scat- tered individuais. ' "Now that was a bright idea." said the `secretary, catching sight of Vir- Jginia. It takes a. feminine mind to igrapple with works of art. i anc_v-work. land home-grown preserves, Hope you! Izrlll ..L.-- W __ ,. -- .........u go :.cauuuUC u_uuu fancy-xvc and 3' 1 will stay right by us, Miss Virginia. [ V'l1'e'inin urnrvbn/I l\ 4.1.... -An - word for It: so to Wm. Croula.nd- or Iny druggist `and get a. bottle pt Rheu- uatodayr l1Ht?vdooen't' do u _ -~ In get` your, money back. It w 111 be olje waning for you. . `ltt. apuusiug to me ground; 7 Yes. Could'you'help a fellow that isi ,go home. do you? I brought iunch for` 9 two.-Mrs. Bailey is going to make cof- i; over the pop-corn man's fire, and lunch - in her {I has gone to my brain. I don't s_ee how woman can work for a year `on Ia piece of sewing and then not know what to call it when it's finished. 1 111'!" an uyhao Y A..- n u__,, - --- in a_peck of trouble? Yoq don't need` to ' I ..----- -u vuun AI. WIICH IE3 Ilnlsnetl." I'll do what I can." laughed Vir- ginia, with the propects of one .01 Mrs. Bailey's good lunches to cheer me.",,., , "I'm your friend`1'or life!" said G11-` bert, lifting the bicycle up the steps. Virginia hrnlhnflir m..........4....1 u. A umuycle, with a small parcel dang` I from the handlebars. `He irecogni Lin her av` c1assmate,, and one__of i- brightest girls in_ the high school- O Virginia," he shouted, 'w_ai` ,minute!" wu. Is it .9; table-cloth, a. -rug`, or a sofa. pillow?" V 7 . [ . - Yaw/" replied the man, obligingly. j.. "I must, have help!" cried Gilbert, ,'springing up and making for the door. I .. I I ll be back presently." . He looked Inn and (Inuit: I-has -A-J L--L l . I entry-Vbooks, lnnami how .-..:..-.a cquaw, uu: vere already air grounds . There were 2, streaming exh ihlfn fnvv y ' UUUAH, ~r mind. M :1; nu-yu wo vv vo ouuwuulllr -uuuual. 1 But we d o'n't-"ask you,to ta.ke'our for It:- "go' 'Croula.nd= 61' my druzziat hm! eat a ham. nf mm... school _ Pi 11 down it fair ? you ' W `LII uu LU -work e you n " V J!" )ne.of XC GUI` 'm In 0 hen) fancy 11'! can The preseqtatlon of medals to the 'members of the Ortllia Kiltiea Band. which won first orlzeln its class. at the Toronto -Exhlbitlon.'was made at the Orlluaf Opera}-Io,us'e on September 9. . 3 re_punL. . __ _ Here, said- the superintendent of [ the fancy work department. handing . tar happier` frame of mind. was em- erging from ,the building. It's for that A pretty handkerchief you entered Mon- day noon; There were nine. but yours ...was the best. - 3-. , .- \ ,Virginia pocke.ted_ the. two-dollar check almost gleetully..~for she knew that she was honestly entitled to; it. As` she handed it in at the office the secretary rubbed hisreyes and said; By the way, Miss Virginia. the asso- ciation owes you about"five dollars for your services. Give them to her. _ ;Gilbert.. . . store window containing the blue weld. It . as still there: she had money eno gh`, to buy it. t the coveted waist. had loslt its char ,. . Virginia ablue slip. as the girl, in a` On the wayaho, me'Virginla passed the ` : ulIl&l_I_ m. - { . . It fdrlvestheniaoisonous. wssta from the Joints and, _uscles--that's the ss- sret of Rheumws` success. . _ . ' ' 13--6 -an-A .I-._IA __u, _,-, - - - u neep nouse tor. you. The unsuspecting Gilbert rose with alacrity. Virginiawaite_d until he had rounded the corner before she dropped her remaining dollars. one,by one. "and as gently as possible.` into the tin box. They made a horrible clatter. however. The sleeping secretary opened one eye. but seelng'what .Virginia was doing, closed it again. . _ . Conscience money," thought the secretary Took advantage ,of the entry books and5wishes' she .hadn't. Seen `em do it before. but never knew` `em to - repent. 'u1:.rm...n ;...c.a H... -.-..`-_s_`L-w- - - yum` lH`lH' Kept me nustung." ("It's fine," said'Virgin1a. Go to the door and see if it isn't going up now. I The-man was getting" it ready when I came in. I'll,s1t herein your chair and keep house for. you.- The Unllnnnnor amm..+ ..-..- ---uh ...`---: unaual pl GIIILUIIIU .' Oh. the money stays in the : treasury. See that box? said Gilbert. pointing`: to a tin box with 9. slot in the too. Some. folks exhibit just for the good of the fair. and put their premium slips or their money in there." . "Have you seen the balloon go up?" asked Virginia, abruptly changing the `subject. A . - .- No. Haven't had a chance. My fa- ther has kept me hustling." -"It s fine." said 'Virg'InIn run on nu- mum against me want -_ . "Gilbert," said Virginia, hastily scribbling b he names of her victims on a scrap 1' paper. "I want you to take back part of this money. make out premium checks for these four persons, and tear up the corresponding ones issued to` me. That isn't quite-regular," "replied Gilbert, but I've had several appli- `cations of this sort before. and there is a way to fix it," , _ - "What happens when people fail to claim their premiums? H(\In `I... ....--4--- ~` ' ` IJFJUU .' `Suddenly Virginidbrightened. Get-A ting up hastily, she wormed her way along the board sidewalk. and ran` up the steps ofethe administration -_build- ing. As she hoped. she found Gilbert practically alone,- for the energetic se- cretary, worn out with his labors. was sound asleep`. with `his chair tipped back against the wail: - "ilh'nrf " nah: 1n.....:..x- -'7 nus. men: were Lwu GU16!` dolls..I guess one of them was dressed b,'\' a good deal older g'i1`l. though." . ') ` It certainly had been dressed by an older girl. Virginia's pnth,`cle:1rly, was "strewn with victims. It had not occurr- ed to her that she was robbing. other people in ethatwholesale fashion. The weight in her pbcket was becoming unendurable. How. cou,ld she wear. a blue `silk waist purchased at such a price? e - nqnlirlnnlu 1n.....:._:- L, I I I - a5ul.u.`iL ner sleeve. What's the matter? asked Virginia. sympathetically. "5-Ias Susie been , hurt? ` _ ' | She didn't get any prize on her] doll's wardrobe. said the girl. "She did every stitch" herself. and there's little flecks of blood all along the seams, where she pricked her fingers; but there were two other do1ls..I (`1i'es-1541- hav a (rnn-4 lies 1 ever tasted. The judges went! by the looks, and never opened the bottles. ' Still `you can't blame them." was the reply. \ i_'l`hey_: had: ninetylseven glasses of crab-apple jelly. they say. "Pwould probably kill eni if they tast-E ed everything`. I didn't get anything` on my strawberries. "either." ' . The unwilling listener rose hastily and changed her seat. She did not like the neighborhood. The new one. how- ever. proved no better. for she had seated herself beside a girl of about her own age. who was trying. in vain. to soothea younger sister sobbing against her sleeve. sympathetically. ``}-his Qnqin mm ptcuv,` xyuxg Un ner Dack. I f`The judges don't discriminate,".re- turned the other woman. Old Mrs. Cook was counting soon having her bureau spread_ take first premium. It was the on`ly thing she had to send. land she worked terr`ibl_v hard to get it! finished. The _one that took` the first [prize wasn't any bigger than a dolly." Virzrlnla flushed Tho lnncl z.. x.... IIHIIUI l'UW- It's av:-e r_nedy t t is astonishing `the whole country. a d it : Just as good tar gout, sciatica and lumbago as tor rheumatism, - ` A 1'4. 'J..l-\.'_'._. LL- `l1..,, , , vi - A aculueu a.l.Ll`8.ULlVE. I Even the blue sky appeared to lose its brilliancy, The loud laughter of the - people round her jarred on her nerves. She could see nothing funny in the antics of the clown. The woman beside her leaned against hey knee to talk to {a friend who sat at her feet. . Yes," the first woman was saying, I did hope Katy Perkins would takel first prize on that tray-cloth of hers- she s bed-ridden; you know. and it took her a whole year to work that piece,` lying on her back." Thn `hm-In-nu nn + .n.......-.._:..-L_ .- tin I'll\4 tcuuca u1zuLbul_\,' one else. - ' ' I As a reward for her services the first day. Gilbert had given her an 013-`! ticial badge, that admitted her not only to. the fair grounds, but to. the grand stand. [She had counted on spending a Jol1ya'ft'ernoon witnessing the acrobatic performances and the balloon ascensions, but they no longer seemed attractive.` I `Evan H19 hlnn alru on...........: t. 1..-- ---- ...-y_, -4.`. nJsLAA|- cusp, a.L UIIC aauc. Her spirits, too, began to sag cor- respondingly, for, as, she turned away '. from the counter, she heard the secre-I ,ta.ry say, There isn't an honest hair in that man Peck s heed." Peck. she remembered, had more arieties of po- tatoes 'than. any one .lse. ` ' A1: a rnurny-4-I fnn kn: -......:..-... n.-l . ucyal.`I.ulI'.'IlL3. Z. ' She felt more rlch. however,-`than she , dld comfortable. Perhaps the money I might not have so soon be ome ta` bur- fden on the girl's conscienc if Gilbert. { who still assisted at the office. had not. in a..spirlt of mischief,-`paid out the amount of her slips in twenty-two sll- ` .ver dollars. The weight ofdthem made -her bicycle skirt sag at one side. `l _`l...._ ..._x._n___ A, _-..----. ......-....`...,. uuu ;. _yuu LCCI _L'u.:u.' [ _ Ye-es," said Virginia, cramming the slips into a purse that already bulged with -ill-gotten gains from the other i departments. ' Rho felt rnnnn mink l..;....'.-....._ `4.1...._ -1.- -...u uvufanub JIIUIC LU IIIUEL PQTSUHS. I My! You. took a`- lotkof prizes, didn't you? said .Mrs. Sha..w, the super: Intendent of thefancy work-deparb ment, tearing pink and blu premium checks from thick pads and handing them to Virginia. You _took some in the art department, too,`I' guess. You can get thesencashed in the adminis- tration bbilding.` Don't you feel fi'ich?" `Vn_n-v' ....`:,: 1r.-.....:_2_ -._, :5 to me remarkable manner in which virglniafs .exhiblts . had been .entered.; glmostevery` one ofthem was awarded e1therpa,..fir`st.or a second premium. Shethad not expected such universal. successpfor there had been the_.chance ` of other persons making entries under ` the same heads. Apparently, however, 1 judging from the long line of numbers ' stretching across the page afterothe _` word doilies", doilies meant doilies land nothing more to most persons. L 1 "Mm v..'.. +n.~.1. ..~ 1-..- Get 5. bottle 01. Rheumva i:6da`.y and wear a satisfied smile on your-face` tamorrow, - - ' ` ,,....mu.ea wan any Iood you can get. You'll be glad to; know that Mc- Coy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets 'omein sugar-co'a"ted form now, so` if rou really want to put ten or twenty Jounds of solid, healthy esh on your wanes and feel well and strong and waves: complexion that people will {dmire--ask any druggist for a box wf McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tab- ets. 5 2tf ` Only 60 `cents for 60 tablets and f you don't gain _ve pounds_ thirty lays` your druggxst will hand you fuck the money you ..paid for them. It isn't anything unusual for re. er- '-on to gain ten pounds in thirty aye id for old people with feebleness .-vertaking them the"y work_ wonders. . ue wuuu. ' ' - 4 Because it contains more vitalizing lzifamines than any food get. be zlad tmknnw n...+ ..,a You re behind the times if you lon t now that Cod Liver Extract is me o the greatest esh producers` in henworld. = ' _'L ---l ' {SKINNY MEN I um. uxu wuaLe-matter you never thought was in your system. Excellent for chronlc constipation. Wm. Crossland, iruzzist. 4* Arter taking Adlgrllw. I feel better than for years. At my.a.ge (60) it is ideal--so different from other med- lcines." (Signed) W. W. Ca ter. Ad- lerlka is a. simple4'mixture f buck- thorn bark, glycerine. etc., which re-_ moves GAS in ten minutes and often orings surprising relief to the stomach. Stops that full, bloated feeling. Brings out old waste-matter you thought your system. Fhrnnllnnf fn- UIIFUIIIC C axuuuru U1 cxotmng. - - l 1878- pupils are enx o11ed in Orillia school this year: 180 in separate school, 404 In collegiate and 1294 in public schools. Collegiate attendance is 4 less than last year and the public schools. one less. 1 liarold Handy n The frame house on the farm of near Avenlng was com- pletely destroyed by fire at an early hour on the morning of September 13. The family escaped with only a few. articles of clothing. nunlln art: can .-.n...a a.. n..n-- Great Rejoicing~ by` Rheumatic Cripples