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Dn. TAFT Enos. MEDICINE Co. Gentlemen : I write this testimonial from a sense of duty, having tested the wnnderfu`. effect ot your Asthmalene, for the cure of Asthma My wife has been aincnd with spnsmndit asthma for the past 12 years. Having exhausted my own skill as well as many 0thers,I u..-......,1 4.... .....`. .m.... an... nnnn vrhar windows on 120th street. New York. I at once obtaizml a for Having exhausted sxm us Wen as mun; Ul|lLx.7, . chanced to; see your sign upon your windows on 130th street, bottle of Asthmalene. My wife commenced taking it about the rst of Now-mhe-r. Ivan` _soan noticed a radical imgyrovement; After usmg one bottle her asthma has di3ap1wart'1 and she is entirely free from a 1 symptoms. I feel they I can consistently recomme-ml the nmlicinc to all who are aticted with this distressing disease. Yours respectfully, O. D. PHELPS, M D. Dn. TAF1`_ Mnmcmn Co. Feb" 5v.19m b _ . V . I. . Gentlemen : I was troubled With Asthma for 22 years. 1 have tned numerous reme(1h butthey have all failed. `I ra_n acmss your advertlsemept and started mth a Lnal % found relief at once. I have smce purehased your full-size bottle,` and I am evex: P hm of heve family of four chdyen, and forsxx y_ears..wa.s upable to worn 1 aln now; 111` {f 15- Wu health and am doing busmess every day. This testimony you can make suc use L . see , _ -13---- no: 'D:;.:-.L.... .o-....l> Q RIAPHAEL. Ia-IAIIIEII j;j TRIAL BOTTLE szm` ABSOLUTELY ma:-: on RECEIPT or P091 % T . Do not delay. Write at o_nce,..addressing DR. TAFT BROS. MEDICINE. m, stung! rm. `'1' 1) , t`1:L-- o_nce,,_a 13_0th sc., N.Y. City. uome address, 235 Rivingtbn street. ASTHMALENE BRINGS msmlw RELIEF _::t3 um IN ALL ems. CHI; \Il Luv vvvuuuuva vs u.-V --_- In the church of Cartmell, in -Lanca-; shire, England. there ' was preserved until a few years ago an umbrella` said to be over 300 years` old. which was used chiey to protect the host. _A A... 41-- --.._1.....n.. ....... 4.. I-..`. ASTHMA CURE FEE! Fac-Similie of Genuine. SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF 1>os'r.xL. `WRITE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLAINS]-Y. 1an.|:r7 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS- There is nothing Pik Asthmale-ne. It brings instant relirf. even in the worst cases. It cum when all vlse fails. The Rev.` C F WELLS, of Villa RMQ9, UL, says : Your trial` bnttle of Asthmalene reveived in good condition I cannot tell you how thank- ful I feel tor the god derived: from it I was 1 slave, chained with tur.r-id sore throat and Astlm for ten years I de~pa.ir*-.ul of ever he-iuu cured. I saw your advertisement for-Ihe cuv`e nf thirs dreadfulaand tormemmg disease, .`..~'t,E1um, and thought you brad overspokvn yourselvc-s but re- solved to give itn trial To mv n.~.toni.~hnu-nt, the trial acted like a charm. `S<:m1- me a full-size bottle. UDIII \.lll\'.l.J.y sv ynvuwyu 1...`. ..v.._.. _ References tothe umbrella are to be found also in Blount s Glossog_rapl1ia, c1674) and Phillips New Worlde of Words (1678). In the first the refer- ence reads: Umbrello. a fashionof `round and broad fans. wherewith the Indians (and from them our great ones) preserve themselves from the heat of the sun. and hence any little shadow, tan or other thing wherewith the wom- en.guurd their faces from the sun. The second runs: Umbrella. :1 screen against the sun's heat. used chiey by the Spaniards,among whom it is known. by the name quitasole." 1111.- x_.......!.u.4-8.". nnn n-v{f+ In fhn L` r." 1 uun. Dies TAFT Bans. Msmcmn Co , ,,.I-... -_ , 17-..- A...L....`...`I...... T derfnl. . U55 11-\]'1 unva. .u1:.IuL.Inn uv Gentlemen : Your Asthmalerw is an excellent remedy for Asthma and Hay Fryer, and its rom- posltion alleviates all troubles xx hich mmbine with Asthma. It success is astonishing and won- ., :. ____1.-11_- ..._..l.... .1 ...,. nnvx 1.-harp. QUIIUL - After having it carefullv ana.lyz~ d, we can state that Ashmalene contains no opium, morphine, chloroform or ether. Very truly yours, nmv np unnplsz \vm~u.~` T` X 1; ".-mg. AND THEIR U3: t lV'.food' tfsfltmgd ed into . A ri-.. y rizabeixgg absorb pfse?5oi,,i:ia~ spiral coil of irifugglt {j `gmounded by a coating resein ' ,I?'l~luloid and lled with milliomimo ` The muscular walls serve to * g eep-in motion the_ food which ha. been previousliy dissolved in the stomach uiiti the glands ha absorbedaall the ohyle to sustain thg human ` body, and nally force into the rectum all the waste or valueless material. (the chief disease of the intestines i_s constipation through lack of muscular p_ower. Then agam manypeo le are thin and emaciated, be`ea_iise t e glands of_ the intestines are insuciently active to abstract the (cod matter, hence much valuable nutriment goes _to waste. In both these cases Merrill s System Tonic is a most valuable remedy. The alter- ative properties strengthen the glands and thin eople _nd themselves tak. ,ing' on esh without any apparent cause and the valuable tonics con. tained in System Tonic permanently cure constipation by strengthening the muscles of the intestinal walls, This is vastly_ a superior method ta taking irritating pills or physic of which the use _of one dose creates a greater necessity for another. If you are unreasonably thin or pale and troubled with irregularity of the bowels, Merrillfs System Tonic is the only remedy that guarantees you a perfect cure in a reasonable tinire Each 50c bottle contains 50 pleas- ant-to-take doses. and is sold ;;;};a . petal. circulatio , ' - _ .~, The intestiinessa hm Ct: :21 sxxbo. ties. for $z.Su, Prepaid. to any address_ -MERRILL MEDICAL COMPANY Dame n _.., ,_ A A `. ` 181's REV. DR. MORRIS, WECHSLER, 13.211131 0'65; 635; 31.}? NEW YORK, Jun 3, 1901. --.-. I'!-_..7'll ... ..... ..--f\,\ v AVON SPRINGS, N.Y., Feb 1, 1901. AT ALL DRUG STORES, $1 hlulv Bunny \`\-IIUIIU-uvovu The imaginative Dean Swift in the Tale of` a' Tub (1696) depicts Jack. an ever resourc'efu`l type, making use of a parchment copy of his father's will as 3 nightcap when he went to bed and as an umbrella in rainy Weather. Did the worthy Hanway take his cue from this or from Kersey.according to whom the umbrella was a broad fan or screen commonly used by women ' to shelter them from rain? The last ref- erence. made in 1709. is the rst men- tion of it as a protector from the rain. Later Bailey, who` in his dictionary (1737) called it a parasol, dened it as a sort of small canopyto keep on the Jain. - II_-: -_..-_ n_;- ` S. RAPHAEL. _ 67 East 129th st., New York City l' emer. very Lrulv yutun, REV. DR. MORRIS WF.C}ISI._I'lR. Brantfordt 28. PERMANENT 3, %rj9o1 POSTAL. . 79 Edst `-CIIIJI Small, light umbrellas came into ` fa-zhion among the ladiesof the French * court in 1675. and these were carried by attendants. 'Riohelet`tells us that- they were made oilcloth or leather and had ribs of whalebone. A century` later they found favor with the-.me.n,_ ..who carried red umbrella, with edges_ fringed with `gold lace. rum. ....__1.... And... -uv`nt\II `Inna: Elan- ILIHECU VVILIJ Svlu luv.- The precise date when Jonas Han- way. who died In 1786, introduced the umbrella Into England is not recorded in any or the encyclopedias I have at hand, but they all state that he was V popularly known as its introducer. -I-nun. gs... 1\..a...t. an E17363: `bin; Inlnil yvpuxan I nut] 11 5.: With the Dutch. as with `the Indian grandees, the umbrella was rst an at- V tribute-of dignity. and welisit might be. for the prices paid for. them at The Hague in 1650 ranged from $75 to $120 each. The Dutch colonist who settled at the Cape of Good Hope were not slow to insist on preserving the dignity of the umbrella. for Ryk van Tulbagh, governor of Cape Colony in 1752. en- acted that No one less in rank than a junior merchant or those among` the citizensof equal rank. and the wives and daughters only of those who areor - have been members of any council` _ shall venture to use umbrellas. "and those who are `less in rank `than mer-_ : chants shall not enter the castle in tine weather with an open _'umbrella..- Frank ' H. Vizetelly in New York ;.[`lmes. A - ` UIDJ IUIJ -n-1.. \l\.`-v`u-v A Nongoltg.-r : opinion or `e._o1t.`.Ai A . Imagine a 1 great fat creature who. _.,_t-`ongl1_t`to.wear-Aa~ turban and a long; black" robe to hide his grossnessi whack- ` V-ingga `little white hall". for "miles and:' ;1}nents`.`;`whacking- it `either wfithj, ah_ahy- ` '11`-Soiemnitx 0! .8: childih `rinses. as"; _ i1,?i97,`"5,1,i& V: hall? .f1G.id9i3~ 3V-filhd -*`fii(1h-* , V {inilesl with `a ,pe`rte'ct_ surgery; or: ,1_1is`t'1,'1"_i-` --u--r Iv av- - iE7i`&rs9n's ~M*`5`i.`?3".`:.--.:'.f To tilejlgut otIA:`li;'ei`f;Knowledx'e.V -=4 1m;1y1Vwas Iqoks;:ft6r herjuusfband W L glnjjired an'x i,o,uS3y otg;hj emai/(1, ,; min V %a`pperi*A %]k`?%J51.`3$%t?hin at ` . .4, ,= ';w-saw-:~-9 "NV-'.'W.W!M=7-; 3{'i*.I5ure' J;0_um ". ,replid th `I 4*3?'gV%*'bvtA I tmk thew c; * : n +{n3iuiBseI V 7:?t`I'nfe in-ya. V '.f&:cot'1'espotidht-' elids the` goyggm ` story .."an old \`ix'giz:in`gentIemin,:. - s-5-.--.. ...-mag.` .|n0..... 1|-In man :1 iranfln. "KU_l"( P ..3",`.`fl"`:I7.',,P.".'!E`P"I'-'.'~""` ~ ?e:s6me..yen" 1 [man of_*lnrge;.linj1e d ;inte1'.3t8_. counsel is among his possessions .a' plantation` _on_ ; stile James ` river". _1'iIestat,eI of consider-i s`ble- dimensions. e Other "lntei!ests'?;kptfb-` him away trom; the old` place . for some years. duringwhlch time there was kt marked decrease in therevenue. Upon ` his return to `the- plantation he dlscov-' cred that many of thesiarves-were`, laid up with rheumatism and other `miser- ies, the ~ farming implements were in bad -order and the `old homestead was fast going to rack ,and_ ruin. Calling his overseer he said: ' , ,L1-_ -7 .._._-4. ...--... AIR `I115 UVCIBUCI uc Hutu. . i Anderson. _I notice a great many old 'w_agons, plows and barrows about `the place. Have them` broughtljand piled in front of the house, and on Monday next order all the nigger: on the place to be present." A A. Ln- ........l...a.-ul cl-nn. I-haw nnn\A III" lJI`|\g\; l\l I19 I-lI\:OJ\r.nUI At the appointed` time they 'came. The pile was set on re and thelmple- ments destroyed. The -following week` he called the overseer s attention tovthe sick` and inrm horses. hogs` and cattle and gave the same order. When the -._-_ I__..I -...........kI..A'nII 6-kn nnlvnnin uuu ECIVV luv wuuau vnuv. --v- --_- ncgroes ha-d assembled}!!! the animals were knocked in the head. The Fri- day following the landlord again called his overseer. ' ` O V 7 _ _._-.-A. ..._..__ _l-I- `|` `I I \II Q\r\iIO Anderson, I see a great many sick niggers around here-m_any who seem to be laid up with rheumatism and are good for nothing. `Gite orders that. on Monday morning at 10 o'clock they all. . appear in the front yard." ` mu- -l!l.....L -.. 4.1.... n`ncvnn nan nnnnlnal -illllltlll In Luv Llvuv Jubu The effect on the slaves. was magical. On Saturday menwho had been un-. able to walk were skipping arotmi like children; the sick grew W911 suddenly. and from that time on the plantation \ wasvmost prosperous. ' An English` Woman Teluls Vol 3110 Strange Thing: She Ate`!-Iere. An Englishvwoman who visited Amer- ica a short time ago has been telling r her country women about the 's_trange 1 food across the water," `Of course she V discovered green corn..but she had been } prepared for that. Oyster crabs were } quite new to her. urni- --_ |-..|- In... D...~.4.-.n knhn hnnnn quxur HCVV LU Inca They look uk Boston baked beans, she explains. but they taste much bet- ter. ` _' 11,01 1911-: L-.. .._.l4.I. ......`- LUI n An oyster cocktail lled her with awe and enthusiasm. She tried It at Del- monico s undtbought itlwas soup. Of course in England one didn't serve soup in a glass: `but. then. neither did `the Englishserve boiled eggs in a \glass. One could never be" sure of l Americans. V L azxuyn Iylnuwo Of canvasback duck she has a poor opinion. but thin_ks.she might like it better if Americans would have it cook- ed or even warmed, "As for terrapin,_ she sings its praise. She found it much like calf s head. and she always liked calf s head. Shades of Maryland gour- mets. what a slur is there! ` ' ,, 3.11.. .._. 1.. A ... ....l-.. 4-- -84; I.LlClr3g Hunt (.1: Bsun no Lu: a All the puddings in America are pie or ice cream," she says. but it must be understood that pie does not mean game pie. The Yankee pie is `a tart and is ubiquitous. she explains. _ (V1,- _-;_ _'._4. 4.- A... Aunnntnnn nnnvu _ Sh: `:;:-1't;1`e2`:;t `-to-a;n'-zx_1'1'.a_1:i}.;an man- who ate a lump of cheese with his strawberry pie and turned `a plateful of ice cream over_bothf, but she doesn t know that that is a general custom. -- --.-A._ _.._J I.--'A. I-.4-.11 -yuan` IXJJUVV tllut LAJIQI In In aways..- v ~-v.-- _ The oysters were good, but had most impossible names. and the cockles (meaning clams) are excellent. On the whole. Yankee food and cooking are good. butthere is too much of the food on the table at one time. . W Portrait of Cooker. V A Edward Cocker,. who lived in the reign of Charles II.. is chiey known to the present generation by `the say- ing in common use, According to Cocker. which means in accordance with arithmetical rules. I saw the oth- er day amid the treasures of a private collector a copy of the nrst edition of Cocker s immortal` work on arithmetic, published by '1`; Passenger at the. Three Bibles on London bridge. Only two. or at most three, perfect copies are known to the book collector. One is .in the British museum. This par- ` ticular copy, ltsbrown, morocco piti- fully faded, bears. on its titlepage the inscription. - Cocker s Arithoetick, 1 Perused and Published by John Haw-V kins by the Author s Correct Copy. TA ___L_I_'.. ...Iu.-:6 -U\ICX'\l'\$`C *6 h -` . tllow is the hero of barbtig;lsm";. the L Injmy oplnionfhe man who mus his 7 _ _ma.n(w.bAo risks his, own life .'to save.`- _t_he !Wes,of otlers. is-`the.qn1y`hero.:thLat nuns U. Luv czuuavu u uv........- _-`..,- ` 1 It contains what `purports to be a`. portrait of ingenious Cocker. Ex- perts, however, shake their heads over the authenticity of this work 0'1 art. There are many engraved portraits of the epoch, but there was only one Cocker. The British museum copy has no portrait. and there is too much rea- --.. a- 1-..- 51...; this nmhollluhmnf I-LU [JUL |.l.D.u.. uuu `blush as aw`; -._-- _-._ son to fear that this embellishment was added by some ingenious owner of an earliericentury. `Coeker died In 71675. `This rare relic of the pastbears date 1678. 1675. This rare relic of past bears l W- date ` Once marigolds were simply called i go_lds" because,_of their color,_ but in the E middle ages the name of the Virgin Mary i l ` I if: a l Augustine Wasmnston- the father or: Z.lof 53}.. 20 `Elie n`w23 fu?1; George Washington, was engaged in the ma,.;go1d_ 1732 in making pig iron at -Accokeeki One of the taiestold of the dahlia in furnace. in 3t&'0l'd 00111115 . V8 850111 `i that the ower ornamented the royal `gar- tirteen miles T from Fredericksburg. = dens of the Escurial at Madrid for sev- when his famous son` was born. This` era`! years before Spanish jealousy would furnace had been built by the oPrln'ci- I .W `ta `.0 59 ""dd `N0 031 George : Father; - pio~.com.pany. Cbmpoed 0,f;_Engllsh cap- i Aa`_ 'i"?.e` m`"'9'. " ' italists. as `early. as 1726. on landowned ' `V n,m.. 3o,e,,;,. A_ >_ , A by Augustine Wahington, aggregating A _-Ah b game .0, Ba1uv ,hw,` e about 1.600 "acres and containing iron ..`t,.an -ogdufon of pgyem m_F'wh{h ha 1o're.i Mr. `Washington becoming "the :-_uved.`evena-new one ha'd;_won fame. - owner of oneesixth ofthe furnace prop -ii .. I-Ie'mad_e~ a vislt;;o_i;e evenin.to" the in consideration -of the tr{a_n'sfer_Ao.t 1101189`; . F0!!!` of-hiainet .'a.d1ixi.rati0n9".s-R.oa- . ,.`B1DfT',TWh?;?'h5l .r>sxti;d:leai9:rhi-rtrr `.""919h` *4? mid `t9..~t=h`. m3-X" ` sinner` :th'en`~..-the " : ..:and?e`mo;ig:i::iigaa:.team-so I` Foi- an -imafiortuiia were in, twb ` ` FOOD OF AMERICANS. Conn begun .Moq_day of last week. Mr_ Jnhniog Bohqrrp9n,} presiding. Only %ror -nd in neithgr`:ilVj1d:m`an - giyii. H` The o-A86 which fqhonigghhvn Ind: preed'ei.oo was .b_a.t of Ohuries' McDeunot.s vs, G W. L.` Hvuqkling. 0.. Piuxunn fut platnti, Momhy & C-9.. D. Stewart for de-. feudunts. This wasps morz`gage_diaput;e. In `I890 Mrs. M-.Darm0ut.. and her two a -Svbnrrnid` money from My-. Wm. Hickl-1`-g, Sr, go abet-:x='ent. of 81150, ~ hi:-.'h lb!-`V covered with 3 mortgage. jg . In 1892 Mr. Wm. Hickling. Sm slrd leaviiag has spa and grandmas "xx-omoru of his will. ABeI'ore Mr. `\.'m.'H_ickhng. Sn. died Mt. Mo- De` tnott pisid him $153 at the _G.1`.~R. 6 miou, Alluudale,` for which a reoenpt Aw-s"prcdnoed.V Anqvhar receipt which was in dianme was $25 paid some days- ftwr_the $153. When Mr.__Wm. Hickling. Jr'.,died Mr. AGHre_ Buckling accepted the ' ortgage as parts` .of his legacy and, 0 1 2+-:it.I`m e-nt in jull was made in 1899.- } l`_'ne Mc-Dermeowa dl9COV6l`6d the above- meuuomd u-ceipts and `found they had \..'-dd" too much money. ` The suit is to- ecuver these amounts wu-h interest to fare. The defence is based on the . `nuue of limitations, the `claim being but the error was not discovered In -ime. V Judgment was reserved. _ The other case is than of Robert A- I-Irris vs. eBu{k of ' British North America. R. D. Gnmu and J. K. Km fur-pluir.!.'; Bluke 85 co. fo -hie!`-dents. T , - `uevnruauab EARLY CHRISTIAN paws. ~ A The plainnff claims that he sold some -laims In the Yukon td a devebpmeht x: mpuny Of Lund0n,A Englnd, that the money Vwua nepn8i'(-d with the defen- dants and that they refuse to hand it over. The bank admits the,1'ec+~ipt of -thalmoney but claims that the plaintiff hue` "not proved his title to the claims. Argument was heard for part nf. two (1 a and bud to be reserved_ to be__ heard In Toronto, as Mr. Jusuice Robertson had to preside at Bracebridge on Thurs- dgy. . ' I PENETANG HOCKEY CLUB. The following oicera were elected by the Penetangniehene hockey team :- Hon. President, Mayor Beck ; Presi- dent, 'l'hom_ee Smynheg Vice Presidents, D. -Davidson, D. J. Carmichael, A.` B. Thompson ;_ Manager. G. E. Wright; Secretary-Treasurer, Findley McGib, ban ; Committee, F. H. Col-beau, F." Bowman, A. Cornett and H. Hoinsby. _The pansy means remembrance. . Chaucer` speaks of -the daisy as` the e e otldaie." . A 0 .4, _-n__a 1.- `L- IV.....I... 1: U UL Ullcn The carnation was called by the Greek: the divine ower. AL ..-._-.. 1-- `L- I2I_ ..l but UIV nu: uvvvv... One of the pretty names for the lily at the valley is the ladder to heaven. ---- ~..-_L L__-_-....l.I.. ha; g cm.- _ tion. A ll: Vuuc; nu Luv lIA\n\n\-n uv .-..... -._ The fragrant honeysuckle has '3 very pretty mAeaning--generous, vdevoted antec- u,n,-_-..-: L._ 41.. -..-hn.6- an-' LIUIIQ Hope was delineated by the ancients an a little child standing on tiptoe and hold- ing a clover. ' / _ _- _n `AL. ....... I... .-..|.:n h M-n nnfln ".15 u Iuu V cm. Because of the way in which its petals are marked the French call the sweet william the "poet's eye. ` _ --_._.'I:_.. L- ...-oa-`|u.I:.au- wuuuu:I uxc yvwsu -4... The anemone. according to mythology, sprang from the blood of.Adonis, mingled with the tears: which Venus shed over his body". ' -_._.A_ _. AI..- gounhn-.6 cal-Ana annn .~: l`i`iIA-It subbed; f1_ay.;tuji_i _-It-c.IU}1.*.'. _ - 3.-rage; scan to .uu_+e negiii u'tmu_ bolelly up Sign PI-otootoui-0I Ic_ II` `i -Attribute. ot Diunity.` ~ ' * '- ', _, In the early. Christian churches 3 large umbrella usually hung `over `- the_ priest. and it is said that from thin custom it became one or the attributes . of cardinals appointed from haslllcan v churches. For years, the doses at Nenlce carried umbrellas of state, `and in 1288 Pope Alexander III.` declared` that these should be surmounted by golden statuettes of the annunciatlon. IIl..I..-`AI \Innenon` Irina fhn ENG" Vn. IJUIIJ 0 The poppy,,.so the ancient story goes, -`was created to (allay her-grief by Ceres while searching for her beloved daughter Emserpina. . '1 , ___;2._...u._ 1.1.. .....s bk`. nnnnn AI L ruacn luau. ._ _`From antiquity the rose. the queen of owers, has been regarded as the emblem ` of joy. love nndprosperity. It in also the symbol of silence. . ' Y __ 5 -_... _.'.. - LL - `Q BJILIIJUI Us wurcuuwu In Germany the perlwinkle is the ower of immortality. but `in Italy it is the ower of. death. Garlands are madt of it and placed on the bier of children. n,._._. ___--......4.- flint-he O-In` U]. H. auu pulscu uu uav ............. .... The heliotrope represents Clytie, the beautiful nymph who `died of love for the sun. `The `story of Clytie is also conne<;t- `ed with the sunower, which. as well as `ment. the heliott'ope. means devoted attach- -- ---- _- _2._-._I_. --n-.I tut lull Igvuuo tales `told dahlla ornamented gar- years allow it. introduced other conntrienof Europe. _`_ _ Raine`: Bo_v_ert1. _ -`An anecdotg of Balzac ihowl, the Itrange condition poverty in which liv'ed_even`after he had; won I-1- ~-._.-.I-= .. ..x..Io Jo... nun:-vino tn -fhp a3 `gnu .` Then no wougerg - A. fill .the- mprnfdg Blnjqievihad been t ==*.%#`;% A % { FLOWER LORE. _ ~'Ulllu.laluIyuw|.u.'w Va. sou. u.-...._.....- - Michael Moroslni was the first ie- layman to carry an umbrella, which consisted of a small. at square or green stuff, over which was a cop- per spiral. Soon after the umbrella. was adopted by tashloable Venetian ames. According to Coryat s Crudl- ties" (1611), the Italian umbrella .w a small canopy and was made or lea - er extended by a series or wooden hoops. He says umbrellas were used by horsemen, who, resting the handles on the thigh as they rode, bore them so that they should minister shadow unto them for shelter against the 4 scorching sun." - 1.. LL- `r`l'-..I..l--. _.a--s-cn.1.c-loud-4': I\l\I-It In is beautifully situated on. a picturesque slope. overlooking Kenipenfeldt Bay.. an arm of Lake Simeoe. nine miles longanld from one to_ three vniles broad. and one of the prettiest bays in Caiiada in summer boats ply daily to and from neighboring summer rsorts and parks. The population of Bar tie is 7.0:. Streets `and sidewalks are first class and handsome residences are numerous. Streets, public buildings and dwellings are lighted with gas or elec u-Scitv. ' The waterworks and sewerage s_\ stems are very eliicient and provide spring water. good drain age and reliable fire. protection in every-part of the town. Barrie is a railwav centre for Central and Northern Ontario. Thirteen passenger trains arrive and depart daily. The postal service is all that coin be desired ; thirteen mails arrive daily ; there is prompt postal collection and delivers throughout the tnwn. There are eight schools (one Separate). em playing thirty-one teachers; twelve churches, three weekly newspapers, one commercial college. every day imarket day. machine shops. planing mills. grist mills. saw mills, marble cutters. bicycle works. boat builders. tannery, breweries. ten butcher shops. sever- ll rst-class hotelswith reasonable rates. threeliveries, vhree laundries. one creamcry and all other modern conveniences. Stores are numerous and carry ful lines of all kinds of first-class goods, competition s keen and prices are as low as in a city. Telegraph and day and night telephone systems connect the town with all places near and distant. Barrie is fast wecotning afavorite resort with summer tourists. \ i ' ;.en 1. mos: '-iilielile" o_n'_he_ms'rket. Mr. the II. ~ Clerke, Kingston". Ont. hof fteen years in enooeeeion hel,i::he ciggeetreet - .vnI:ering could notzpqt on _ ' . 6o6te`o'r ,\ v'i1'k f_6r' eeveril weeke; i tried -Dr. eH`a.lI'e Rheumetic~Cnre. end three bottles. wit.h the.Clima.x Iron Tonic . Pills. com etel cured him. This great blood put er put up in bottles eon- raining ten days treatment. Price 50 cent: at all dru stores or The Dr. Hell |n_.Is_2_- I1. 17' .____n._.. I`..l. emits" it '81-! (iii `.sae.. Th- M qdlcino Co-, _ ton. Ont. Musical I`-Non1HEn%N* unmask ! DECEMBER 51:11. Wmren with its Cold Storms is {taming ONE PIECE OF SHEET MUSIC}: EVERY MONTH TO: SUBSURIBERS or ran: . XIII I-Gillie Dunn In the Harleian manuscripts, now in the British museum, there is in manu- script No. 603 a crude illustration showing the gure or a yoeman hold- ing an umbrella over his lord. which leads me to infer that umbrellas were known in England even in the early Anglo-Saxon period. 1-|-_I.. __ .........J In 4.1- 'l\-nn.-tn ; 1\ln- l%suusn-win: nu: manna, -I [ Drugs and chemicals. V VANILLA, for ice cream. for instance; L Bunna Powntn. for eakes. One is a "drug. cf course ; the other a chemica "; 1 ...a theme us still others-SPICES' of all One in drug. 0: ; me orner a. "cnemlt ; and there are still other-e-SPICES of kinds. cream of tartar, etc. The best lace to get drugehin at a. DRUG ` STOR . The _d`x-ugfist knows more about them than other peop e. we. keep agood drugstore Qeme andesk us ; aheut KitcheI_I_Dnags. _ . fl:n the` Kitchen. [MummAu's onus sums 'wn.n-. 33 rmxni Next 1950:: or `om: on and we are are prepared to meet it with a. full line of Seasoumble Goods such as Cow Chains, Stall Fixtures, Horse Blankets, Lanterns, Grain Scoops; X Cut Saws, Axes and Handles, and everything for your convenience. - Cali and see them before purchasing. < _ _ PRIGESARIGHAT. '1-Hi: Town or BARRIER. Eln|5I\l'I~IuIv4tVnn yum lv\u , Beck. as quoted in the Draper's Dic- tionary, asserts that at the time that Stephen usurped the crown oi. `England (twelfth century) umbrellas were in common use among the English. The rst mention of the umbrella in Eng- lish literature is in Florlo _s f`World of Wonders (1598), where it is described as a kind of round fan or shadowing that they use to ride with in summer` a in Italy; a little shade. 1.. -an-A -...--...I-....n.. -'...... ....-undo-AA In Supplement` FREE Both la.te_of ].. Hendenokfs. 1 Door East of BARliIE."'HOTEL, ARE Nnpnmn EVERY DAY q.` DUNLOP-S1}. BARRIE. Z Ital; ' II: I 5 5 s a y u u sow- In 1656 an" umbrella was exhibited in the Museum '1`radescantia'num; or, Collection of Rarities Preserved at South Lambeth. Near London. by` John !l`radescant," which was known as one of the wonders of the ark. n A_._A-__ -n 3.. 7-..-..