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mash: r than - Always ask for Stamps. ` - The Bash filiuyers Slam RECEIVING EN%ELOPES FREE at an_ 'o'f the a1;ove merchants or Seagers Ding Store. V - V ` Bo. 1G0" ask f0 10. wit This mea pping make sure to deal with the following merchants and Cash Buyers Stamps. They are FREE, 1 with 100. and "every $1.00 you have to spend for living necessities. a saving of 3c. on every dollar you spend. Free. to Sea GT8 rug Sto're,' oposite Post Ofce, Barrie, or Cund e s' 9 Store, Allandale, and get the -v..D ...... "D. _ ha.ve-i(v)0 or more Stamps. VIVL- `ll`-__-`L-_..L.. -2--- Alcllvv L In uI.J\ll.\.I nlvuu T T1I'V1saerchants"3'TcAs% BUYERS STAMPS. Ask for them. ' ' _ Streets. W. A.'PAE. Dry Goods. Dunlo R.1!l.Nl!88. Groceries, 28 Dunlo street. A. J. CARSON. Groceries. Eliza E. II. WILLIADIS, Groceries. D op Street. In 8'. WILSON ac SON, Grocer and toner. Bert-zy and Charlotte WM. IIUBBEBT. Butcher. the M SEAGEBS Drug Store, Dunlop Str J. 1!. BATCHELOR. Druggist. Dun] Street. MR8. In STEPHENS. China Hall. unlop Street. SIMMONS as 00.. Hats Caps and Fur Dunlo Street. OHABLEY98 Barriedanclv Works. lop treet. n. '1'. Trunk The Tailor, 41 nmnop reet. SHAW 3303.. Photographers, Dunno treat. A. A. SIMPSON. Baker and Confectione nnlop Street. - ROBERT II. FLEMMING, Stationery. lop Street. DODGALL BROS... (zgrpets and Furnitnr nnlop Street. OBOSSLANIFS, Boot and Shoe Repairer, lcaster street. :9 * , &>. THE .ACl;ANDALE MERCH_ 1.. BRENNAN. nuncn`:-:;`7i11_anda:q. . W. P. SOIILES. Grocer and Baker. Allandale. W. A. CUNDLE, prugglut. Allandale. ' Foot Coffins No log vvfiting. You an have the money whenever you .. 1nn .... .......... QJ............. Guard rovlnq clonal `The Finest igth Wbxildg No Brimstone. BARBIE AND STROUD. ED D/Y S M. J. 'Fra_wley, sole local Agent} A Put erape -on your hat when you ' V "wear rubber on your feet ! ' `Draws them-' Pains them-' Kills their comfort and telegraphs the trduble to your eye-sight. sJ Wear the new \Vaterproof Calfskin Shoe, with rubber outsole, Goodyear We1t---Safe, stylish, spri11gy,- durable, and ever ready for rain, snow or shine. no. 5%Dl|N[l0P ST... TUP Fl. cAsH `Fon THEM. route. 0; u- 3 EAGLE P: VICTORIA LITTLE COl$_1E'E; " um; voun STAMPS 100` 200 500 was Lslater Si-pless ;!f:_ PROPRIETOR. . BINDERY .When You. {sh Buyers Stamps, 25. . _.`-. _.`a Parlor Matches, 200 s. u H B1. 11*; 500% $125 $3 00 lTs_ FREE. 65's. com]: Iln ova II In-and o use thjli side thg hey doi _ such (1 nth I I .s " mam ID Ull Iusv 0n1LuA-'Mr. Wallace . Wilson's house, together with all the contents, was destroyed by re shortly s_ after midnight March sow. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were spending the evening at the residence of Mr. Geo. Price, and it is. supposed the re originated from the `dining room stove. The building was in ames before an a_lar_m was sent in, and the entire contents, inoludingall wearing apparel, were totally consumed. Only the walls of the buildingremain standing.- The house cost $1,200 and is insured for $700 ; insurance on con-. tents, $300, which is "less than half the loss. #3` Luv-ur..-__ , _ _ PENETAEGUISHEN e E`-Messrs B ' . _ mi champ and Beausoliel, farmer; in th . . 9 `W P f Tiny. while cutting w a - - - on at Pinery Point, came in oonmot .th W1 1 a large black bear '11` h 4 . V > and brought to g.,wn:'w`;er: ;:y aka the skin for $16. The M - "9"? about three years old and fat 1:2: l`Vy:. ee . There were several seen in W 1 . 1.. > .F 1? last autumn. HuNTsviLLE-V-Firle broke out in tho Morley Ladies College and Oonserva-i tory of Music about 9 o c1ook sam- day night, Aand despite all eifortsrthe building was completely _destroyod. The furniture on the ground oor, amounting to about $2,000, was saved. The total loss of building and contont-s `An AAA MIDLAND-At the funeral of Miss McCurdy on Wednesday afternoon last the following six ladies acted as pall- beamrs: -- Misses Ruby, McAuley, Carr, Baker, Sneath and Mrs Gilmour. The casket was a most: beautiful one. The funeral was conducted by Mr. `R- J. Timmins.. . .Some readers who ob- served the paragraph recently publish: ed to thodfect that ftyhouses would probably go up this summer, have-ex- pressed their opinion that at least` one hundred new dwellings will be erected during the year. . . .Mr. John` Lee, of Barrie, builder, was in town on,WO$_d- nesday looking for a dwelling, withs- View to taking up his residence here.-,-`u Free Press. 4 i Thom psonville. ' Emwnovn--A numbezf of thefrieude `of M g-. and Mrs. Jon. Stoneham nsn'embl- od at the residence of Mr. Hy. vghifeg side on Monday evening of "l;aa_I: week.-7 The occasion was the pmaentaiion Votgn teachers bible and hymn boolrto Mr-" Stoneham and `a pretty china tea. set to Mrs. Stoneham, who are removing to --~-----_ In -____ " -n-___ is esVHw;iVmated at 12,050,. insutfanc; $6,000. Cause of re unknown. COLDWA'I`ER--An accident befel_ the little four veer-old daughter--"of Wm. Dumford, jr , on Tuesday. the `marks of which she will \carry'a1l her life. . It appears that she was at Andrew. Mo-. Intynfa and he was about to hit a dog with the handle of an axe whe_n'theL blade of the axe. struck the little gitjl in the face, inicting an ugly wound several inches in length and into which it was found necessary to put. ve stitches. . . .George Kitohing, of Toy, lost _a valuable team Thursday`, through. the ice, while crossin'g.theBlaok Riizeraj ....On Wednesday evening, . March 29th, the dwelling house of Mr. nitaln Jennett, on the 7thf conoeaeion of .Me.ef donte, was totally destroyed "hy*:i'e., Part of the eontentewere saved. There, was an insurance of $200 on "the h'iIll.(_l"-".1 ibg and none on theeoontents.-;-_-lI. lIn`5__i:f) Unuw... ,`_ TOTTE-NHAM_ . . Barrie, forvtnez-lyM;. Er. .Tm`.ner C.,tv.. opened. up in the fa 13; Qvxllgigber 1 there and has an im`:In1ture -busing meat. If Samugl doeseme, Bt_a;blih..,_ gucclesai: of the busing. i':0:.l_:lns`k6 " ' f PP11lIriuy ..smi` Mt be . " ..nel. COOKSTOWN - Messrs. zstoddart have started is pl.`iV;|$: 3>:_'.b__I`l'I;k._ In... In C-IICVIJ EUZI U\l\I I UIDIVZVVU * :u_u-v--~ here; Wm. Galbraith 1; mags; .'.. poo": At the veatry meeting of St. ohurch here on Mohday D-_ 1 -- .... __ Rev. J. McKee McLgnn%9;..}'9'idd The following oioerswte -._6.1P1 .. ,A Churchwardens, R.` J ;TG1e8h ___.l'.3' E. Monkman , Miniateifsi . ` IQARRY souNp.'-La8t '_ A ernoon a little four-yeast-.T,q'l?pon:'o co, cutting it_ open froni tliev `u':6iitl1: toL tM,, Frank Paradis fell 9.; bf eleven feet, striking bill .the'ii)_;r`ti`I1:l"I"ii;' the eye, Thellietle fellow [id _in s critical condition.-S6ar. A if % __ _-_-._o Q mucrhu % ' .1!-31.14. ` A good way to examineseed is with is small magnifying glass. With -this instrument the outside `characteristics of the seeds, such as the size, color and broken grains, can easily be detected, and if -there is a very "large proportion of these , inferior seeds the whole `lot should be discarded and a better qual itv substituted. In no case should small or undeveloped seeds be sown. Nature provides that every `well- developed seed has .withi_n itself a suicient supply of food to enable it to grow -under favorable conditions `till it is strong enough to utilize the plant -food in the soil around it. _ A smaller undeveloped seed has not so large a supply of this `food within `itself, and unless the conditions for growth in the oil are exceptionally favorable it _will hardly grow at all, and_at best will produce` a weak and spindling plant, For this and othsrreasons a shrunken seed is not good. Managing an Agricultural `Show. At the % Oansdid Fairs` `Association J-% Thov-F Murphy. jof Simone. said? 8, jignpet qn Th _F9t _Way` tjg Mnugg 2 Agcglturql Fairs. Hi: _p sperV my _ ahmmjged a,I t_o"!'lowfa ; -- -' - \ -7 ' _ _ 5 .1'2..--a.--.- Av` _- . .mSe1e_ot1n`g3eeds.j _; w 080- Of the important -tasks which. `every farmer has,` to. perform as seed jtlme approaches; ._ is V that N__,o4i'f_`selecting good seed. "In no small me;sure' the" result of the crop depends upon A wise selection of To prepare a `eld and get it into a perfect state of tillage and then, sow'_ it with an inferior qual. ity of seed is simply an absurd policy to follow." _ Yet there are many farmers guilty of-`just such practices as this, and if when harvest approaches the `crop is Va failure they wonder what is the matter. ` In rearing 'cattle.or any other kind of .stoolr,__ good feeding and good breeding must go hand injhand. And so `with growing grain, gbod; seed- ing or providing good -seed andgood tillage and cultivation must go hand in hand.. When both these are provided, and the land is in good condition as regards a suicienti supply of` plant foods, an abundant crop is almost sure unless :-the elements over which the former has no control are very much against him. V having` the number increased by sowing -as "would be the case with wild oats in L are able to divsposeof; theqtproduct ata good protsif sonly they on: l8'F""!!=.wp Quality" of the sownis 5. T. = course, _ nla farmer who has any pride in his profession. will sow dirty or unclean seed. Weeds are plentiful enough on most of -`our farms without dirty seed. Sometimes it may he dii. cult without a careful examination of ' the seed to detect any foreign matter regular oat seed. Then there arevthe smaller weed seeds_in- the grain that sometimes cannot be detected unless a close examination is made, such as we have already sdescrihed. p`All this quires careful attention on the part of `the farmer and should not be neglected if he wishes to make the most out of his ` farm. i,-Many farmers make `a specialty of `qrowine grain*_for`seed'and clean which they _cannot_ do funless. special attention p as to their-lrind~andv. Phillips E. McKay hIId.._his*le'ft hand, bddlylaoer. slated on '.l`ucdsy'n:cining `last by con); lng in contact with It saw? ' ing` "in. W. Robinson's factory. brethren cf Monitohlfr No. 236 A.F. as A.M., oookscown, spent nary enjoyable` evening. in the `dining `room `of the Queen : hotel ' here on Monday lost when they presented W.` Bro. Kirk,` who has since taken his departure for Neepcws, Mam, .with,sn address and 9. gold ring.-Advc_cste. ' ' bind ti rtisemq star As --the chief substance which the seed takes from the soil in attaining maturity is phosphate it is claimed on good authority that seeds grown on soils decient in this substance have not within themselves the vitality to reproduce and give a productive crop.. This is something for our enperiment stations. and farmers to work out and test'for themselves. For this reason it is a - good plan for the farmer, it his . -land is decient in phosphates," to change seed frequently. _ 1. A board off.oioeraAand directorp with thepne idi "b_f_ harmonious action in ldianoing th6_A.~iiI.!5.0r`at of the fair. _ V 4 2. :V, .A`.l`v'?'%.1't."iJ}.`r"V.0A47"..$bi~il'&l'9t! off th6_bi6tys v,99u%iioa..{'51iEin8.Md" rEig};`i3q;j:%%%j;4;1wavs finf hqxd*i`94nd,:m:er an !V.!V.! A uI{y:ho.hhs.l alas-Lt, sun `ad ~!!i*5=.jI-sth9i='P9it.`s-nd We work nfssthejssisty on as steady gs iclock work. V _ A r ` `- .6., Expert jndgss. . -' _5.` A prime list complete in ever: do- tuil up to present needs. V - ` ti`? -_ The H9089 of Refuge Committee of `Simone ' County Council met in town on April 3rd to, determine the, number of inmates to be charged to the various ,munioipaIitiee in the county. _ Repre- sentatives of the interacted munici- palities were aleoipreaent, and the fol-V lowing, is the '` number V of .inmatee charged to each` municipality :-'1`os- Iorontio, I ; 0:-illie, 3; Bradford, 1 ; Ono . 2; A'1_li_aton,.2;'Nottnwaeaga, 2; Barrie. ` 6; Midland, 3 ;_Stayner,__ 1 3 `Adjala, 1` Veepra, ,1-; Essa, 3; F103, 2; Beeton, Al; Sunnidale,_. I ; '1_`eo_.um- ` eeth,- 4: Inniel; 4; ooningwooa,` 6; Ureemore, 1. There. is a balance of about 16 who are charged to the county, not having been residents of any pai-ticnlar municipality in the county. ' - 6, No member or `the bowl or sup- gtintendcnt V in" any vyhy to com- cmunissss with ens judges, unless sp plied to by the judges foi-information". 7. No favorites but all'trestcd alike, and_ in accordance `with the titles and 4' 8. If attractions and entertainments permitted, the utmost care to be exer- se to `morslity, etc; Under no circumstances or .oo`nsiderstion fakirsto bejsilowed access to grounds. Several` `inmates have departed from the House of Refuge this week. It is quite evident most of the sble-bodied" men "do not sppreoiate the idea of working on the farm, and ere spring seeding takes place there will be none but the helpless left in the home. ` I;'w-v- ~ I prop: etc.. 1 , and ' I-gnu nun _ AMr. Hindle, of Innisl, has _been` engaged by the County Council to assist Mr. Ross in running the House of Refuge farm. -- Beeton World. There, is trouble brewing for the County Council over the system, of charging the municipalities with the expense of keeping their poor in the House of Refuge. In many cases the paupers charged against one munici- pality really belong to some other. `It is a complex` tangle . that will be satisfactory. to no one and no time should be lost in `changing the system to an equitable one. Many munici- palities have found that it_ is costing them ;mo_re to maintain their poor in semi-imprisonment in _the House` of Refuge than _it "cost to maintain them at home and have decided to send no more paupers to the i Beeton paradise. The whole system evidently needs ovenhanlin.--Alliston` Herald`. Old Diok Goodwin, one of the. in- mates of the House of Refuge, inn- deted away and arrived in town on Monday," having "walked all the way from dBeeton. He did nt like the boon-d.. _ We understand _old Mr. Drury ot Mount.St. Louis also came `back. 'Whut is the use of the oonn oils going to the expense of sending these `people . to the House of Refuge if they allowed to wander away at their own free` vzi1l l-Coldwster Planet. _. . -Kuunc the mnmnos. _ A special despatch from New York to the Toronto Telegram says :--1t. is `suspected here, nlthonghhothing `den- its is -knownabout the. subject, that the slaughter. of the Filipinos by the American troops has been appalling. it is believed that thonsnnds of ` the natives_~'heve been slain. and it must be eonfeessd that the omission of mm-_ bers,_as rgsrds casnelties on the rebel- `siiie; in the o;oiul'.report, is somewhat remarkable. t No attemptit estimating the numjbsr` of: `Filipinos killed as A even. mag ; line some ides of the blood_y- el!'745!1i.s?`>.ii:slton- itioundteo-ni_1n may be an-de `bv,Mr- lilike. hf fin ;.<=h$389, not -It is eaici en old woman escaped from t.he.poor.h_onae on Monday and public- ly out in the railway` depot .nea_.rly all day waiting for .` 3 train to "take her` away. We have not heard what be- -came of her ultimately, but. Iurely there ought to be eorne improvement made" in this loose system" of doing` business.-Tothenhann Sentinel. . :x..;.,....: ..sz.. - ....: .';*.`"......*'*j .......-"' 3 have also found it . for acne throat. Pace, `:5 cents. by _ A Asthma Cured % rpgr onnted 3--- -jg tion, horrible wounds in cheats and ahdonaene, shoyving the determination of our soldiers to kill every, native in sight. '_l`he_ Filipinos did stand their ground heroically, contesting every inch but proved themselves unable to stand the de_adly`re ofonr well trained and eager boys in blue. I counted seventy- nine dead natives `in one small. eld, and learn thaton the other side of the driver their bodies werestacked up for breastworks. " ` ' , `It is as undeniably "trne that-many Americans are V heartily sick of the Philippine slaughter, and are making themselves heard in no uncertain way. What makes the `matter worse is the fact that the fighting has proceeded without any declaration of war or any" proclamation ,of it _by the President, or any action by the people or their represedtatives in Congress. A new precedent in the history of the Ameri- can Republic has thus been set up, and is now simply a question of sending in the lists of killed and `wounded and paying the `bills. The lowest estimate of the "Filipinos killed is 4,000, `and of the American killed and wounded 1,000. 0 ` i After Twelve tau-gv. -usuunngu;-.'1'o-_ rout!) _PhyuelansT Advlued heivtng . Her licime `to to to nluutoba.- cuu-kem Koiucompogna oniea; Wice, Mm-{ha Robinson, `Oacer Hurst, Jemee McNamara. Sr. lI--Ira Wice, Mabel Webb, Herbert. ,New,V Jasper. Gibbine, Grace` Smith, _` Lilcy Webb. Jr. II;--Wilmot `Queen; Willie Gib- bine, Hilliard-`Webb. ope. II-'-Willie` New,` May Montgomery, Dolph Guest, Ward` ;.Webb_, Calvin . Horse, Gertie` Milleni Br. I.-.--Blrdi.e-- V Montgomery; Battier %1ew;;; M 1--Lsadie: -P;-gco, was . Mrs, jMtl`a-ggart 80 Vanauley st . Iot- ~ont o. writes: "I haverbeen troubled with .ast:hma_ and bronghitla for, twelve 3'1-.ll ,59 "which gradually` ew worse each year In spite, at the_ min reds or dorars my hus- ~bandhas.spent with" several doctors, and a1: .most every remedy. we could roc-ore` .~'.;<.h only airorded temporary rel ct. 1'0!` the pasttwo years I could not lie on mv `ett side. and` dmrin the; st year rev'o_~.:s- to taking CJarke's ola `omponnd he fUttllI|_a became so severe that I had not had a 1-nl night's slee ; and during most or that time we had a octvor in attendance. ' We gave up several doctors. as I was becoming no `better. `and the last doctor. after about two months treatment. told me he could do no- th'ngV for me. and advised me to goto-Manh ` tzoba or some dry cl-imate. We heard or C-la-rke's Kola Compound being a eure fut asthma. and before taking this remed made several inquiries from those who hat tuaea it-. and in each case found the result so saI.-- isractory that we resolved to -try it. Awe! taking the first bottle I became much aet- ter. and began to sleet? well at nights. S'=1ice taking the third bot e I have not felt the grhtest symptoms of my -former trouble. mm llhlnit Hm nsmt. nix mnnfhn mrhmd One writer says: A great many thinking men want to know "what we are putting so many people` to death for. What have they done 2- And what are "so many lives of our own peo-_ ple being sacriced for? They think that the work, removed from the sphere of ' politics, is simply , piracy and murder-T-wholesale murder of men who are acting in self-defence, andthe moral sense of `many people is shocked and outraged. They protest against and repudiate the work, and disclaim all part in it. They are not\willing to be responsible for murder. It is a burden they are not able to bear. As citizens of this nation they ask Mr. McKinley in God s name. to whose providence he refers this matter, to tell them how they `may, were they participators in this work, justify themselves ; and by this same name they must do this, `or they do not see how they can escape being damned. To them the shocking business is utterly irreconcilable with all their conceptions` of the acts of .God s providence, with which Mr. Mc- Kinley has tried again and again to allay their misgivings. ` We `killed a woman the otherday `for taking a life, and the wholestate was agitated about it._ We are killingf men and women together" in the distanteast by thon- `sads, `whose only fault is their desire for liberty`. They think that we_'are `solving the wind, and _ will reap the .-whirlwind, and are haunted by .,the thought as by _a' horrible nightmare. I They think that it -is_ the duty of the nation to hilt? _ `~ " " "'U 0hgrley Gibbins; ' E III.- Allnn' gang, mg" 's...i:.;, mg... m.., -I--r-r * A II mg. Ihiziphy, Algy Gue_t,' Renbui UIIICUO .` LENGLAI mpxm; 897- ?'lEl UUHQDIIUILIS UK I}I.l]"IOIIIllE.'l' ('U|ll.HCn. V ave during the past six months gained nearly 20 pounds in esh and-teel petfo-':l'y healthy In every way. I can assurv `you -that I will do all in my Eon-er to induce any -sutrerer from this ten-1 . p 7 le disease; *0 try WC -ertl_ed `correct by pm. Mcbaggart. Proprietqr 01' Toronto Dairy 00. gun IILI 1 I1. soul at " ..- V b;Jg7s'{oI.?." Hoixor Ron o_f sl 8. No. '17. Innlsl. _ ` 'V--Nelaoh Wice; IV--E_u_1`eat Carr, g||d G3kofs of all kinds in stock or made "to brd`r.- Robes, Urape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. 0rder's by Tlegraph or otherwise promptly attended to`. , ' G. O. .DOLM'_AGE, jlfanager; Stroud. lowed ition rag |_S loamVlnrks and %SlIow'lI`oom;l3ioI|ier-51., Barrio R dk.in_da of Blank. Books `ruled to any pattern and bound at reasonable rates. Magazipes Music Bound in splendid style and cheaper than city Prices . ` .o - . Let us quote prioes on your work before sending it out of town. BARRIE- .Y._.,r V~ : `j T) .._.__ _._..i.T 1:? T- g 5EPTAKEh, 'l5AI-;|n|l- Ann-5" an-nu-unsung` in THE ADVANCE. ;:-LL-305K ROBT". CRISTOE9 'rheE. . EDDY Co. (Limited), P- 9- Ask Your CE-rcbcer for HUB I Fpital.