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`WE that every day : a Bargain Day at the Cash Store. ShoDP" A .u{ga.nnmd 25 T0 40 PER cmrr. sumo on every doller s worth. Ir our L_ We never_'e_v'ede.` W qnalidee ere notelequel to the beat, we'll give you the goods for nothing. - '6 mu I011 Ilfkily and quickly. Make our neoeeeitice your opportunity. We never e never your money `till you any we deserve it k'o4cp_yo_I.II.-"II'Io.I.Iey if you went ft beck. Eight o clock am. is none W0 .weor and Shifts, white md colored. __ _ _o___-.. ...........u.., w.w.wu ale 0: high-class Clothing. The Mclntyro & Sons (Monnronl) $500,000 sale of incomparable Dress Goods, Linens, Blnnnelq, Km clam, Towels. Handkerchiefs, Linings and NaperV- A maker : ovorplna of Blouse W ` tints. Ladies Collora and Cub, M en s Neck _ 1A_3P`A"h P1'l.',1t 0 blfslin of dolicate Summer Dress F_abrics and ne goods to so withlthom; ` ' '1 is of CLOTHING, of DRESS GOODS. of STAPLE DRY GOODS, of BOOTS AND SHOES-end in it you cntch 3 little refrain Oi BEAUTIFUL BLOUSES `and PARAGON PARASOLS; while an echo seems to follow of NEW NECK- WLAR, NEW SHIRTS, aqd eh re-echo of LACES, RIBBUNS, MUSLINS. PRINTS, CHAMBRAYS, EMBROIDERIES, HOSTERY and those hundred and one other lines that go to constitute the and elweye-body dry goods store. `I L'_ _l_ as .- etock of a modern. moving, ambitious , __ 1-v---v, wuu III `Illi- Itja 3 "Tale gm"-common thingy. Kipling s frenzied and fearsome injunction to Take up the White-mans Bur- den ! is being provided on all sides by the professional paragraphers and funny rhymsters. "Nobody has as yet ventured upon an hysterical call to Take up the Merchant s Burden ; but it will, no doubt, presently occur to some aspiring verse- maker that that is a fitting theme for the times and this nation ; and he will pour forth his very soul in the e'ort to glorify good merchantdizing and evoke due sympathy for the good merchant. Meanwhile, each individual store-keeper is worrying _along under his burden and making the best of it without the assist ance of poets and their panegyrics. As for this House, the burden is borne easily, not to say jauntily. When we assume our share of the load, we rind the public ready totakeup their part of it. Just as we manifest enterprise. so the people endorse and tangibly approve it. Oering phenomenal bargains, as we do everv day in the week, we have no complaint oh the score of lack of takers. Dnina `Inn:-1.... 4- - ---|- ~-- - ' ' ' Doing hulinleshl; on 3 cash, one-price, But, pshaw ! when we have an intell with, we fairly sing under the load. "THE WHITE-MAN'S BURDEN. `Newman Mounts E: eaten. at eaten, ea caters, JAS. VA IR &\C9. Giugow urgent : Miss Fraser rettirned `yes . ay from her visit to the sum. mer opnings. She reports very pretty, and has bogght for e newer ideas of trimming r department an immense assortment of the latest.hovelties f summer wear. Do 11 & Giboo gm; ` . . uciim. . 3...`: `.?:.._.i?;'.`:2.; '.'i`f `. '3'-cl-=8 910% are Busy days for our Milliners ; espcially during lie ae oons our facilities are taxed to the utmost and we insure bttet at tibn and greater satisfaction to all. For styles and pnv we are the ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER/ST_in Milline this season. ' `- Millinery Suggestion, inspection In\X1:ed. :lRWlN.A -31 per Ammm an Advance." :-I " _""`s."-- III-,7, we nun Store. bnoppcw uEN'.l.`. SAVING on If 00 `t5'_"u iVY'|| goodo nothing. We ma" noun -......:;2_. _ P"ia Imalljprot basis iagtrevlie veure, a burden." intelligent, and appreciative community to deal ll; at eaten; IN BARBIE Mrs. Robt. Webb. con. 12, Innisl,ia` ` seriously ill. ` _--r_v--_ 7- .----.-j -v~.._.-s-egg. William Dunham, well known in my; circles as a. driver, died in the Roy Victoria Hospital on Tuesday night of In: week, after an illness of two or three days, from pneumonia. He was about 58 yean of age, and was born at Penville, Tecumaet}: township. He married a Miss McAdam of Beeton ;she died several years ago lees. ing one son who lives in Beeton at. present. The three brothers of the deceased are: Richard Dunham, Beeton ; Philip Dunham, ; Alliston; and Gilbert Dunham, United Stntes. The funeral took place on Wed- nesday afternoon from Undertaker Smith`: residence, services being conducted at the house and grave by the ev. Canon Rainer. I PIIIJIUUWWVI UV I-I\I C`!- II the plan is found to work we_l1 in the eaatern city it` will probably be adoptej throughout the entire Dominion. 3 slot one is available so see that ad on, but those who are entitled to use M permitted to do so. - T` tho nlnn `an `aunt: On nu-uvl~ .....l1 :_ .- Death of William Dunham. j .510 new name will be added to the Sulucdptfpn Cit until the money is paid. - `lubncribere now in arrears for three months and rerwillbecharzed Smonerannum. b Harveluus in Bargains Perfect in Store Service Tmthful in Advertis- APRIL `.20, A. J. A.1>.JEm vuuvv VI Illllvy Tidy `VET, A Thur:dav Morning. by I vonulum. -WESLEY. Pnopauzfoa Tnvollers should secure a Rand-McNally Railwgy Illida and Hand Book--issued monthlv. . 1 4 An 8 Page 48 Oolumn Newspaper; II `Pub! ad from the Oice, tn;-, Dunlap Street -'.:- ... .|.- n......._. -: c,____ .u_- n__ THE %-Nonn-u=:nN Aovnucz J. Frank Jackson Vuuu. Douovrglllo Iugq yfuu AILINDALI TO BARKIE. 7-" I.m., I!-I.` 3.31.. `I-35 8.lll.,\5.`20`p.llln 503, frlllo, 47n"|' p,m., 9.05 p.m. . V can-an-ooov-Inna-- any ~nrIs\|\lIu QJIBUAIIIAVQ -BARRIE 1'0 ALLANDMB. - '.3'l*IlII.. 7.51 a.m., 11.17 a..m.. -u.43 3.113.. 5.34 P-u 6-3!`?-mu 7-44 Pmv ' ALXAANDALR `l'I\ RAIIWIIL ..__ ..,._.. uuww unu- p1:Ti7XxG. - -11.1? nan. Accommodation. 5.319.111 Ill pan. Accommodation. 7.50 a..m ALLANDALE & BARBIE SECTION. -IIAIIDIR 'Pf\ LIILIITILIE u1v'I.C'" " 'izZaL" %' LII .p.m. Express. IIEIYIEIIV A EVA "fn'iLven n-bas? Nonraniivi 11.08 min. Mail. 5.83 \p.In. , 5-8 pm. Atlantic & Pacic Ex. 11.48 " 3.1 " North Bay Mixed. 7.80 mm. t`-3unnI|nvnO :`n.'r`uD Icnnth A-u` ` Q` "` -` jjntpucti QQVICI UII TIM I. IJUIW` hill! `Bahia. in the County of Simone. the Pro- '_.4__- J t'\_-._ ,, , MAKER or PORTARAITSV. -on; H T 'm6mo; 7.51 an Egress. - 7.58 pm. 11.63 pan Atlantic Pacic Er. 5.8! " ' LII " Mail. ` 1&1` am. ' no A nun. --4`. I T56 cot -rct thing -srgicic .We make the boast of having` the 1 but equipped St'udio"in Oatarid.` Ll. " North Bay Mixed. '1-W I Gnvonhui-st freight (south only) 9-35 ' OOLLINGWOOD 85 MEAFORD. %_. %. . . .'__SEE TH`:-:J.i_.L. . .. % Tums or Suascnrfxoiv. nAniifi'oN; 9. pain. 11.83 1.3!. '3a'oIp..n. 7.5. mm. 5.30 ,p. m. 7.50 a..m. charges are tvrue I -ha-t are no'w _ The `mostserious complaint is that the gevex-`nment oieisls in the Klondike. ; have been-inoompetentsnd corrupcgsnd ~ .t.he disinterested testimony was is he- . bind the charge provesthst the charge is mosecnurm allegation. . Mining as the only; induau-y_qc in-V ,potl:snoe as yet in the Yukon, `there- T fore should get every ressonshle .noe'snd enooursgamon tftemthe Gevemmsqt though its The A opposite ha; been` thfibt, Mr. &fcon s subordinates, '1Ihobi'n most' . cuss wens? sppeintedtofthe Yukoh'u VV : 6 ':ewsu'l: t'ai' in aches _ an * coo, `voted with the Government. The` Minister whose department was inoat ate . tucked in Hon. `Clilfoxdv Sifton. The Adminiettation of the Yukon District; has been very corrupt if only half of the; V THE` YUKON CHABBEB. The end of the debate on the nddneee in the House of Commonshas been reached and the Government unstained on an amendment which virtually etiea nu` enquiry into the Yukon ehu-gee. Leig_ht.on McCn1-thy, M.P., N ort.h.Sim- In thisage of competition and com- mercial hurry, it is gratitying to note that the chances of life for those who have survived the forties have much improved in recent years. The causes ot_ this improvement are in the main due to better knowledge of and oonfor-` unity to the laws of health. Bower sanitation has also vastly improved the health of a climate that is blessed with many natural properties. _ i V npzcamhsnn LONGEVITY. During the past two months readers ot'1`ui-: ADVANCE must have noticed in: the Deaths - column the number of persons who` have passed away at an advanced age, most of them beyond the three-score-and-ten limit, and some in the neighborhood of the nineties. What has occurred V in this community has taken place` also elsewhere, and ptoves that longevity among Can- adians is increasing. F in the man by Collier ,st:not'wi1icli'l in at present, and has been for I or two, in very bad condition in Inon places. The nidawalk on` thb north` Jide, for -its entire longtli,.i'roIn Bly- -eld meet `to Mu-i*inr"Va corner, and nopeciully the eutotn mun be bynnew permnnentidk CI; u, the nnno town Health ._Inspector King will, in a few days, mske his innual tour about town -in the interests of the public health, and it will be a source of pleasup to him and us all, and will speak volumes for the cleanliness of house-holders if he finds that all rotten" cabbage,` potato` "peelings, old "rags, decayed apples, etc., have been dis- posed of. and back yards and alleys cleanand tidy. Delay in attending to spring cleaning is dangerous; Now is the time for Chairman Soulee of the Public Workmommittee to get hie rake and shovel brigade ready to charge down upon the various streets. . The cold storage having all disappeared. the garbage" and, other truck exposed to the sun and heat will soon throw oi little -harbingers of disease that will waft their way into many an open window. V ` A em-um eye 311` beeh uppeiiiled foi"._"th,e yearfby svarious _.oounils.`e {In a 7 fe'wrdays the concessions sidelines i wanna clear of ice and-rosd;masters_1 wili he looking about them. to `see what most _'ne_edof ststute labor. This plan of improving rods is. sure to go; is `. tter plan would be to improve the roads by "grants made by the township . uncils and expanded under the direc tion of a man who thorooghly('under- stands rosd In the `meantime, however, countrymen should do the best they can in statute labor way.` ' Pathmsstere should remember that trsic invariably seeks the shortest route to the destination it is daired to reach ; this will assist them very much in deciding what `road `improvements public. Time spenton some `back mag? or blind line travelled only very coca sicnally, and that perhaps unnecessarily is wasted, and might have been prot ably used "in grading or grsvelling a central road. Road work on the high- ways of commerce where trac can be expedited is what tells, and the good road boas will not consider whether the part of the road to be-improved is in front of Mr..Sc-and-So s farm or-not 3 he willhave the work `done where it is most needed. ' parts of. the public highways ]are in are most urgent in` the interests of thef Sign at: the eIe:'Iien_t_f yuan O3 ; u nuuamg improvements,-81,6 lichping, 81.82125; an siglowolkl. 03.849 71- .-V VI C-II,-O UIIDII IAICIZVU Z3. -`Some. of the item in exmanum for the year_ wore:-Public buildings, 3591-97 3 PW protections. Q1..964.59.; -81,6015 L ,N5';5.|Ii1ding improvements, g.o -in-nag 18.1.58... .1 on: an , _. th_o1olIow`ing:--Polioe%oourtL linen and 8319.-33 - ? lace 2,124.71 - ;t_nt,1_>'` huh mi mukmwi 3393 22: gm `L3 OA-n- :- _.; , __~ J5- The amount of money spent on the zstreets last year did not bear reasonable proportion to thevsnm spent in. per- h `manent sidewalks; in fact little, if.any_ money was used for the latter purpose. In {distributing the amount the Public `Works Committee purpose expend- .-ing in this btanchof -municipal work - nhis year, we hope .`-hairmsn Sonlel . will .see.hia way .clesr to appropriating _o reasonable nmonnt -to permanent `sidewalks. ` h ` uuu vuap uuuvnug IOU DU quite creditable. ' Our stutement shows arrears of taxes -on'Dec. 31st, 1898, to be $10,600.35. This appears to us to be somewhat large, and we would suggest that you ' look into the matter and see if some- ? `thing cannot be done. to remedy this in the future. . i ' ` I In reference to the dog tsx,j we think it would ' be much better if this were not included in the rolls. By. doing so it would not only facilitate matters very much for your Treasurer but re- sult in , greater revenue to the Town. We would suggest that a dog tax hear- ing the year. ofvissue, and whichwill serve "as a license forthat year,_ he charged forat -$1 or $2 each, and that itbe the busiuessoi your Chief of Po- glioejtotloek this andthatihe he _ allowed`say:i.. "pa tag. `and that all, ` --v `-\u--n-DVIII We have looked into the poll tot scconnt. ' This is collected by Chief_ King, and after -deducting his commis- sion, has handed over to the Town $72.90. At first we thought this was somewhat smaller than it might have been, but when we looked into the number who were legally exempt, we nd this showing to bequite creditable. nnr |:l>ntn'-nan. gL.L-.. ......--..- A4` A _,..__ -- -_w-vu--v vs 'vUC II\ILeVU Wulll was the purchase money of -the Elec- tric Light plantand which will" he liqui- dated by the issue of the Electric Light debentures. - T Ont ofthe proceeds of Waterworks debentures sold the following paymenta have been made:--Awntd, 881133.03; costs of arbitration. etc., $14,384.99; and the unexpendede balance of $5,87 9.- 76 hes been deposited" in the savings department of the Bank of Toronto. _ l\.... -L..L-__-_L -`~ - V --vlru-- -uouvnnv Ill IILV #1383. VI iI."`Un"0o Our statement shows an overdraft in Bank of Toionto of -$22,501.00, which wan an nnnnknan ......_.... -2 .|._ 17:1,- .......... u-syn; V0`: , IULIUUJ. E10. 3 The total debenture debt, including the Allandele school debentures, is $194,001 80. . -During the year the Collegiate Institute debenture for $6,- 000-Amatured end was renewed, which was authorized under The Town of Barrie Debt Consolidation Act of 1894. There is 1130 anotherifor $3 600 me- turing July lat, 1900, the renewal of which is also authorized under the same nn The following property appears among the exemptions on` the 1898 rolls :- Bsrrie Tanning 00., municipal $56; achool:$26. Wsterworks Co., municip- al$935 ; school 8440. Hospital, muni- cipal 834; school $16. Mechsnics Institute, municipal $34 ; school $16. ml... a...o..I .:..1...._..__-' .1. :- ow uvuuun tun QIIQIIIVVE 0 All the books and accounts of your Treasurer have been carefully checked and have been found quite correct. The rolls have been gone through and all pa.y'ments of taxes are properly ac- counted for. Aloe receipts from other jaourcee have been veried. 'I\I'__1'_II, 9 - The Town Auditors (1V'eport was handed in {short time ago. Parts of it read as follgws :-_ 5 While Hon. Sydney Fisher was pre-. paring his speech defending the Gov- ernment tor refusipg to enact a pro- hibitory law in the interests of temper ` ance, Hon. Mr. Tarts was busy xing up Rideau Hall, among the supplies being the following articles :-2 decan- ters, $1.75 each; 6 decanters, $1.25 each"; 12 champagne jugs, $1 each ; 200` champagne goblets, 70c. each ; 50`wine tumblers, 650. each ; 70 French tumb- lers, 70c. each ; 200 claret glasses, 70c. each 3 100 port glasses , 65c. each ; I00 sherry glasses, 650. each ; 70 liquer, 65. each ; 70 punch glasses, 50c. each; 56 sherry glasses, 20c. each. ?E&cept.ing Dunlap and Eujzsbeah ltaaetl, Where the 8idewolbI4Ire.Ilreddy ,1; -exoollentcondition , cause:-meat is Talking about said the Do minion statistician, I have just been into the question of thehen as a revenue producer. . I nd that there are about 14,000,000 hens in Omar. They yield about $0,000,000 dozen eggs _a year, At 12 cents a dozen" the value is close on $9,600,000. .The revenue derived by the Federal Government from taxation of spirits and Wines, beer, malt, and malt liquor is 81,400,-0 000 less than the value of hen fruit. The yearly expenditure on education. in_ Canada is $1,300,000 less than the value of the product of our noble hens. s isoniroehofr especial ` wealth `to the -htterfheing -the vaaabig ~"v!g1sm,% mining`? or the coon-. try. ' The"Consenetives:fi:nat1_y ' dew and that "(hie changes invesrigited by an- mdepondenfjndjciei Commission; the Gave:-n_ment s method is to conduct an inquiry by oneof its ooicls in that d.istnct,_end it goes without saying that such an. cicinlf is not going to convict his master, Hon. Clifford Sif- t_ou, . who spent seven bouts recently in the House in evindiceting the conduct of his Yukon ' employees, and cannot say that he `did not know whet was going onout there. ' Auditors Report. `|.AWRENE S FAIR Pieces, reg1"1la.r_price,V '35_c., our price, Ladies Belts, all sizes and kinds, fz_'o`m 10c. Sup. 1 Fancy Table Covers, 25c. each. ' Centre Pieces,- 12c-., 15c. A Good, Heavy, Irish Linen Centre 25c. , ,__ _. _..,....,._,.e. We have also 5. lot of Fancy Finish- ing Braida, 5c..bunch. I 1 Lace, from 5c. dozen yds. up. Handkerchiefs. ` Alo a l.tgQ`;t9ck of 'Ladies and Chi.idren s Underwear and Hosiery... 111, -|,__,.,_ _l__ "_ 1-. 10 In `on - - Suspenders, from 8c.`pair up, all sizes. We have alse a large - supply of Men s and Boy s Shirts coming this eek, from 24c. up. A L, A-- -- `. ochoS:'- `fflnfe ~A~v=iW the mtmien tI_=-9 M- VV .- We extendto all a cordial invitation to come and examine our steak of Dry Goods, consisting of White Cotton, Factory "Cotton, Plaids, Ginghams; Prints, `Flannelette; all at 5c. yd. Men s `Overalls, 69c. ' Suspenders, all 7 AND 9 oum.or- s'rm::'r, L '% NEAl"5";POl_lTS, Eatxnisl Hon. Sydney Fisher, `in defending the Government's course in the matter of prohibition, stated what he would consider a sucient vote to demand -.a prohibitory act. In his opinion, a fair _method of Judging would be to take the_ average vote in ordinary elections in Canada. He pointed out that in 1887 80 per cent. voted, and 1891' 66 per cent., and in 1896 66 per cent. Therefore Mr. Fisher reasoned that giving the temperance cause the benet of the doubt, a vote of 66 per cent. Lawrence Fair . . . S Bxunyinnn Puck,- Bicycles, $29. Latet.--'.l`he 00l'nplet6W returns are now to hand and show the return of 544 Nationalists as against 119 Union-' 3-n The returns, which are not quite all in,_ show 300 Nationalists and 83 Unionists elected. The ram: is general. In Dublin county` 13 Nationalists have been "elected as against 7 Unionists; Kilkennv, 20 to 14; Kings, 20 to 1 ; Mayo, 6 to 0: West Meath, 21 to 2 ; Derry, Ca:-low, 20 to 0 ; Charlotte Barrington-. the only woman candidate, was elected in Limerick. Lord Mayo received only l`9 votes in Wiclxlow, and Lord Castleton only 12 in Cork. ifending` Wool, 2`cards_}or 5c. Spool Thread, % T 6 balls Ola:-k_ s Crochet Cptton for -Personae having at least` ten lights and wishing to prectise economy will -avail themselves of the -meter rate, which after all is the only reliable` computation which compels - a. con- ilumer to pay for all the light he- ,gets.; and the option which the Council has seeused of putting in- a meter where` they consider the .st rete is being abused, is is wise one. The flat {rate essumes that a.ut .1-ete consumer zwillhave all the light.he needs, but {does not permit such consumer to il- .lomin.e `every room in his"house every -night in the week 5 it is supposed, he willggovern himself as he would were l ;he paying tor light by -meter rate; The Nationalists seem to have swept all before them in the county council elections last week. The London Times graphically says the Unionists have -been annihilated in Munster and Con? naught, extirpated in Leinster and bad- ly wounded even in Ulster. ' The elections were run strictly. on politics, and the result is an overwhelm- ing victory for Nationalists. Of Kil- dare s 8' members, 7' are Nationalists. Lord Frederick Fitzger-ald,s Tory land- lord, being elected, solely by- his direct appeal to the rebellious traditions of the people, having issued placards call- ing upon the electors to remember Lord Edward Fitzgerald. ' T Baby Bibs, `from 5c: up. a:n__ ` |3'`1! [A $390 Value Np nupons"w1' this Hat, `Irish Co. Council Eilections. BARRIE. Fisher on Prohibition STIFF HATS HAS MADE Us HIS SIMOOE AGENTS .mnMAhmN'r smmwux ,na1=.Rovn.- I II`1 llI , '.l `I1IS' ' JCELEBRATED MAKER `TRY ONE.` ABARGAIM KING. - - The Very Best; Goods The Very Blggest 0+.-ml, and-II! UL J IlJ66U U stobk % Thovoryluwestpricas Nickel-in-the-Slot Telephones. The Bell Telephone Company is estab~ lishing a number of my stations in Mont- real, on the nickel-in-the-slot principle. The instruments will he placed in drug stores, but the new system will be dis- tinct from the ordinary telephone in the store. having no connection therewith- The person who desires to use the instrument will call up central, when they will be requested to put ve cents in the slot, andgthe required number will be called. If the person desiring to speak does as re- quested an indicator before Central will signal that the money has been deposited and everything will be all right. but if no money goes into the little slot, that ends the matter so far as Central is con- cerned. Central will be supposed to keep a strict watch on all private phones where would be. required, whereas only 44 per cent. at the lists voted for prohibition, one-third for, one-third against, and one-third not at all. i J. M. SMITH. e - .~No.PnEmnmN:rxAL TAlIFF.' The new Electric Light schedule with accompanying'-Rules and Regula- i `-tious does not favor one `consumer more . than another. Mr. A. and xMr.'B. who `take three lights each will pay-_'the .aama_; and Mr. -C. and Mr.lD. who `have -20 lights each will pay. equal amounts into the treasury. As the late company tari` was` of the '-preferential kind, it stands to reason that some citizens -will now pay more for their light than formerly, while otherawill pay less than before. All "light-takers will admit, however, that -I thmpreaent tari` isjjust, equitable and oheap,.; no fair-minded citizen will want. -to pay -less than his neighbor when both- fhavethe same nuber of ` lights. 44