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Wliy Waste Time Rebinding Skirts? BARBIE AND STROUD. STILL AS THE NIGHT u SE WALL PAPER ! ooooooooooooo Emperor Willam is {showing extraoro dinaryintereat In motors in which poth- ?. to alcohol in used. He hopes to encou tags ;the growth oftha potato in Germany. -to .%r9p18.%1e,-nnrbeete, ,_ . BY CARL BOHN ` "Maia; Rogers very acoeptablv per- formed `the duty of calling Charg'e your glasses. genclemen._ The first toast`. was that cf the King, followed by a hearty amgingof the National Anthem?` Secretary,` Mr. Wm. Taylor gave an encouraging report after which Major Rogers sang He's a ne `old English Gentleman. Letters of regret" were read from Mr. Leighton McCarthy, M. P., Mr. Haught~.m_ Lenuox, M. P.-, Mr_ Jae. Duff, Ex~M.`L.A., Mr. R. H`. Jupp and Mr. D. Davidson. The `roams of the Govieruor General and Li_eutens.mtGovernora was next drunk and then the Dominion and Local Legislature. Mr. 9A. B. Thomp eon, ex-M.L.A., was first called on. Mr. Thompson expressed his thanks for the honor doueyhlm adding a._-fw words as m the !.0&8f.~ Our parliament`. had H0Ol_1t-h test of years and would stand, still. The `party system,-was` gobd as long as in was a. means to good gov. ernment and Canadians had _.oommon sense mlough, he believed, to see that they used it; L.) that purpose. The chamcngerisoic of the English race was the deeire for truth. fair play and justice. The v-t.ur}ent) of our parliament` e my imm'tucmna' was the student of our` . government and history. Mr. Thomp- json rvferred no the time of O-3nfe.dera~ . tion whexi Lhe Province of Uasnnda had been united as 'u result.-of the labors of the Fathers uf Cotxfederation. He then trucr;*d the milwuy deveiopruent. in Can- adyn from tun buzildjng of the C'.P.R.- Then the speaker paid tribute to the young: C&rmdi24nB'il1 `South Africa who, had brought '-honor to their country. They had duuenmote to strengthen she` ties With the Motherland than anything` -else. We lntlsfu recognize than we were an etnpim within the empire and chat no longer \\mr'! colony 11 ~ word Of re A prouch. While we men of English den cane were proud of our race and like ' Wine S.~>tclz mad Irish, lea us all to` member and be loyal to the` Mapl Leaf For Ever. " Mr. E A. Libtle,.Ex-M.L,A. was Vuuu -- .. ,. Previoue t: th ~' ' ; 1 . edumer the` Omizegya` Bend played in front? f numerous patriotic aim d`h.t~l ' . T. raw 3 large -crowd Wh W936 much `P1 d e . ease_ with the rat appearance . * the season of the band. They played very 1] n we 9 in-` dead. and d d A . ceived. eserve the praise they` re` 1-, .u A . I This was ooimpeheatedi for bytheex-h cellentemenu which was served with admirable celeriby by the `obligigg young ladies and which reeobed much credit upon the host. , r 1`::cw:v;e;t..J Altogether` -it `wasj: veury gucceastul the atnandaco being _better ;In8 THE ANNUAL DINNER IN H0805 3. -ms DAY-PA'1`RIO'1`IO smnfrlmnnus _ The annual celebration of Sn. GQOI45 . Day by the St. George's _Sooc'uty. and the Sons of England mok `place at the` Queen ; Hotel on Wednesday nightpf I- Alrnnnbhnn It won un.-nun I... v ww- Ic was some time after they nislied before seats were taken in the spacious dining hall. This is a sei'ious.-fault, this fault of delaying funotious.such'as this until after nine .o olook and in wearisome to those who appear on time-_ gtx`-eted with uynplanxse; Mr. Tliompaon; be said, had alluded to our country In a tting mmner. `Wake Canad- ians had made mistakes in the past; we had not condence in our country. Now it was udulitted Canada. WM the best in the Empire. We would find our youhg man staying with us. We were 2111 of one mind andwould stand up to uu.kechis country `what it was destined to be, thurac in the Empire. 7! A u `v 1 The Army Iatxa Nry VIVVBVF; {uheh posed and drunk. Commander hish thanked them present for his reoaptiou and for the toast `to the Navy. He Spoke intnruatiugly of the services in: the present war, of the navy.`_ The Opportune arrival ab`Lsd yemi t;h of the v-navll brigade was the key of the wgr 'for a long time. V I l'T . He gave tacm which shoyed'th6 tl_10 "W! was homing up its end. f\K,:_ II In _ ____,__, ..lv -cw -VFVVUV l\Iiajor[ V1'\'IVcl-`bee tfepiid `.iV. 'i-V-` `humorous vain, concluding, however, with a tine tribute to the Ound-" ".1 Hart Rivet`. [ ' V Muior S.ui'.h was called 11005 `'d.-"' plied in appropriate terms '9 `wt. of the army. ` . I ',. The Day and Those who Honor Io: came nexs, Rev. W.4Wit09~ .md_j=9 800d speech in response 00 h""'t" '1` ti 3?. smna'%s%nv;% 9. Out. THE LAST MEAT FAMINE. : 1`he last high record in meat `prices in America`. wee in 1882, when there was no trust to take advantage of crop failures and foreign were to put the screws to the coneumerje. lfwenty years ago there ween beef famine. In Sep- tember, nccorrhng -to records on the `le in the Chicago Live Stock Exchange, corn-fed beevee eold at $7.25 It hundred pounde.= end in the preceding J uue the price hed been $9.30 a hundred. Then dreeled beef sold in New York a` 817 e hundred and pricee were high in all the merkete of the couutrv. Itie new claimed that while there he Aheen en increeI_ej,,9f_. 41.0.00- 'cettle_,, 375QO0. Mn if *e,d55.990ie:!h?Pe 13 Zfte A ' #3 e ii`it!'iI9?k:*9;? h%9e V. vvv -_.V >w, The last toast The Host. and Host- ess" was heartily`drun'k' and resnonded to by Mi`. D. W. LeRoy in a` few ap- propriate words and then all joined in sin in * _ g 8 llllnoi awn tkn Vsnn Our destiny, said Mr. Witten, was to become the dominant raceof this continent.- t Cecil Rhodes had said he cared more for the ag than all else on earth and that should be more to us than any earthly thing. He concluded with the lines from `Tennyson; i _ i "There is no land like Eogland".', ' ' Mr._ H. B. ' Joyner thanked them briey for calling him. and made some appropriate: references to St. George and the Dragon, also reminding the society that the 23rd of April ins the birthday of William Shakespeare._ I1 ? I t\ sound, . I Equal riches a. plaueible tale, V V _ I Whitney and hi: Simeon quartette Must govern, and George Raikeaill the l """ r!" v , :- grouud, ' _ 01- our rich would speedily fall. Music was interspersed by Maseru. G. H. Ling, W. A_. Boys, J.. 0. Lang, Dr. A:-null. C. Horaeld, F; J. `Lover, Commander Whieh, C. Tickle and J.` `G. Keenan`. . _..- .-. _...---vv He also msde s great mietsltej when he doubted tbstthe Boers would not fight. He was misjudged; he was in nowise responsible for-[the Boer `war. That wsr wss inevitable; After showing why the war should be a lesson to Canada he said it would be e. mistake not to hold the -June camp this veer. The militia should 'be given three weeks training and with it proper food. (applause). There was no earthly sense in making the men endure hard- ships, as to food when training. He advocated military drill in the schools. l`\ I __._ Warden Quinlan, County Coun- cillor Raikea and Mayof Boys inade tting speeches on the municipal ineti' tutions. The latter spoke very entour- ugingly of when eprogureee would likely be made this yearin the establishment- of industries. Mr. Hezekiah V Edwards made a speech that brought forth great applause In spite of the fact that he is just re"- ocvering from a serious illness. He saidthat Uanada had proved its super- iority in the profession of arms. The men who were ghting our battles and who were bringing honor to Oanadalwere` young men. He hoped the young men would come andpprove as worthy as in the days of Sir John Macdonald. If Canada was to become a `great oountry_ it _would he the youngmen who would make it so. He referred in. patriotic terms to the Canadians part in South Africa and the grandestportion of them were the nurses who `attended. the wounded. While we should all be proud of our country there was some thing still better to live for, To thine own self be true, and it must follow" as the night the day,-thou oans t not than be false to any man." -as --. WUIII < red as . --....I 1). Pailipg on behalf of those in the I medical profession`, Including the brave 1 surgeons serving in South Africa, thank- ed them all for the hearty toast. Mr. Charles Pqnlling was called" upon and made an amusing reply concluding" withthia rhyme :- ' V The rights of maumake a mighty fine } M_aasra..Geore Viokgra and Alfred 1 Wilkes made humorous speeches in re- aponae to thetoast of_The Ladies. '. Mr. Chas. Tioklevmlided at this junc- ture his hearty endcreetion` of Mayor Boys encouragement of industry and his assurance of the support; of the All-. endnle ratepayers of any scheme to `to further commerce; Hetuimf ineeceqaingfreseioagea to the Intel` Hon Oeqil Rhodes,whotn.he re`- garded as the greatest colonial atnoe the {am ptsir John A. lMscdouald. The Jameson` Raid was an error of judg- ment. The worst fegtnre of that fail? ure was that it was a failure; God Siva the Kin-" -There was a little excitement on Wednesday of last week when a man named Richard -- attempted to resist arrest. The prisoner was seen lifting a pair of boots from the front of Mr. Douglas store. V The man went up a nearby stairway and got out the back way. Mr. Douglas who was notied, located the thief in an outhouse wrap- ping up the boots. He gave up the lstolen property but asked not to be ar- rested. In the meantime Constable Dodds had. been sent for. The thief was taken along Dunlop Street and at Muloaster corner, he struck the Constab- la and ran towards the `wharf. They caught him by tripping him. The pri- soner endeavored to get` up` but Mr. Dodds held him. It is said that the constable called for help for 10 minutes or more and though a number. of men witnessed-the incident none made an ef- fort to assist the oioer, as was their duty. Mr. Dodds deserves credit as the man was a hard one to handle. Final- ly -Mr. Near and Mr. Douglas drove a long and the prisoner was taken to the lock-up where he broke a pane of glass. He was sent to jail for 60 days. ELECTIONS, may `29"rn. The Ontario Government has xed upon the datefor the eleotione. It was expected that the election: would he brought on in the Bret week oi June, but the Government has anticipated-. thil date. and will have everything decided before Coronation Day. According to oioial announcement. the On- tario election will take place on Thursday, May 29, with nominations a week earlier. on May The order-in-oounoil making this, deoiaion nal was signed Friday hy Sir Oli- -ver Mowat. Lieutenant-Governor. We the undereigned. do hereby agree to refund` the. mpney on, e 50-cent bottle ot Green : Warrented Syrup of Tar, if it fails toioure vour can b or cold. We_eleo.gner- eeiee e 25`-cent ttlo top:-ave eniafsotory 9re;money.re!unded. V -- V :.Woong, 2 _( `L ` .an-. `Menxxm, , ` .- '2 ',..`~" `-` 3 til" '.A~k`. ' . "i'" _ V -Miss .May Gordon, eldest daugh- ter of Mr. John Gordon who resides on the Mill Road was brought home on Saturday night, 19th ulto, from the Tor` onto General Hospital where she had been suffering from typhoid fever. It was thought she was much better but heart failure took` her away on the Wed- nesday following. She was only in her 21st year and her demise will come as a sad shock to a ` large oircleot friends. The funeral took place on Friday and was largely attended, the service being conducted by Rev. D. B. `Harkness. -P. S. I. Morgen officially visited our public school on Thursday and Fri- day last for the ret time since his re- cent appointment. He men 9. total stranger to the great majority of the pupils now ettending,- and the impres- sion `he made was most favorable.- Oteemore Stat. '~ and Mrs. Geo. Garvin, Owen street, will have the sympathy of their numerous friends in the loss of their baby V girl, Eneid Eileen, whose death took place on Thursday morning, at the age of ve months and seven days.-- The funeral took place on Friday after-' noon. ` -The remains of the late Mrs. Eli- zabeth Heart), who died in Orillia on Tuesday, were brought to Barrie for in- terment on Friday. She was a native `of Ireland and relict of the late Joseph Hearn. She. left Barrie about a year ago, `having lived here about 25 years. She is survived `by three daughters, Mrs. Chave, B`arrie ; Mrs. Barney, Or- illia ; Miss Hearn, Toronto. The fun- eral took place on Friday morning to- St. Mary's Cemetery, the service being conducted by Very Rev. Dean'Egan. A -'l`he O.,L. have en-rangeQ the districts. Ban-ielntermediace Lacrosse team will play with Orilhn, Graven- huret, and Bracebridge. The J unieta are placed with Newmarket and Betty- erton. L A` ence before Judge ._A:-dagh. -The costs given by the Court ' of Aqypeal in the Nottewnsaga. Assessment Appeal are only the costs of the motion for prohibition and th"e appeals on this motion and not the costs of the refer- --The following are the amounts of the High .School_grant payable for the school, year ending Junee1902 which will be "remitted to the Treasurer of the Board din-ecu, Bmie, 81069.30 5 Brad. ford, $562.27; Oollingwood, $924,543 ` ` A ` ` ~~.-om-.|..1.ono-n-.-g-.... Ox-il'lia`,' $1014.39. - -_-This is inusio week with as. T . -Ori1_lia~hai no 81:. George ; $ooietY- .'_Eleotion, four -weeks train "to day. -Chief Hallorsnpf M.idland,br-ought a visitor to Governor Sissonson Friday, The prisoner was Cyrus Clemmer who for being drunk and disorderly was sent down for 10 days. Owen L'II . Annual! mme. 't;1;s_,"" Gno. `Momma, .1>.H-A M1+*m::~ % 47-20% A . BEETON. . On Friday a number of boys jumped out of a rig near the slaughter house Master Fred Camplin, the fteen year old son of Mr. Wm. Camplin, started to pull a loaded gun out of therig when one barrel! went off shattering his left arm very badly from the wrist to the elbow. The other barrel was also load- ed and the hammer cooked; and it is a miracle that some of the other lads es- `leaped. Master Fred s wounds bled most profusely and he suffered consid arable pain. ' Capt. J. A. Currie, accompanied bv Mr. J. C. Royce, mechanical engineer, were in town last week for a few days. The work was progressing as favorably as possible and the company hoped to be turning outbar steel by August or September. As their furnaces will not be completed in time the company have arranged to procure a supply of pig iron from the Midland furnaces. The aid ing is about "completed and will be brought into immediate use. ALLISTON. George Armstrong, a farmer who resides on the 6th line of Mulmnr, while returning home on Monday afternoon after marketing a load of hogs in Allis- ton, tell from the top of his stock wagon near Arlington and broke both bones of his right forearm and dislocated his right elbow. He was tsken home and Dr. ' Harper attended to his injuries- The fracture was bad one and Mr. Arm strong will be laid up for` several weeks. Herald. ' `easily might not henermanent. PEACE ABOUT JUNE let, i London, April 19.--The general im- pression that peace would. be made about June 1st was conrmed by Mr. Balfour's statement `in the House of Commons yesterday. The policy of the Govern- ment in refusing an armistice is regarded as a reasonable and eagaoious exhibition of. rmness, It may not be pleasing to "pro-Boers. but it is manifestly -the -best policy. Military operations will be con- tinued without reference to the conference- It is natural to assume that pea'oe- made too - Capt. M. Campbell has been her ing for gas at` his residenoeon Maple street. He went deeper than any fozb erswho have been boring of late, and got a stronger ow. At one time the gusgeis said to have stood -at 147;- Atter the gas had been allowed to es, cape and was again oon'ned,t.he regist ered pressure was much lower.-Enter- prise. ;. . - - u IDS!!! It is thought that the terms o'ered by Kitchener must have been `denite, or the Beer leaders would not have: dispersed to consult their oommanddee. ORILLIA. On the 8th of April, at the hospital in London, Ontario, his native city, the Rev. B. W. Willlams, eldest son of the late Rev. Thomas Williams, The Get- tage, Orillia, passed to his eternal re- ward. Mr._Williams was in his fty sixth year, and had spent his life in the ministry of the Methodist church; He leaves a widow, one son-M`r. H. F. Williams, of Grand Rapids, Michigan ; and two daughters --Miss Williams, who resides with her mother ; and Mrs. Knight, Kincardine. ' conunawdon. T a Thursday was a busy day in the Sootohvillage of Dnntroon, the Spring Show of the Nottawasaqa Agricultural Society. being responsible for the stir. The numberof entries was larger than for some years past and the attendance was the greatest that-has been. There passed away, on Tuesday, April 15th, one of the oldest residents of South Orillia, In the person of Mrs. A. T.'Milichamp,`after an illness of. was born at Large Hill, on the 27th about two months. Mrs. Miyichampu May, 1839, and was .the youngest daughter of Captain and Mrs Wood. She became the wife of Mr. A. T. Mil- lichamp, B.A., who was the owner of the present property of the family. He died about fteen years ago. They have left a family of aeven,--three sons and four daughters. ' Mr. Balfour announced thstfan autumn Ieuion of the Britigh'Purlia:n'o'nt` will be necessary to deal with arrears of legisla- . Many Orillians heard with regret of the death, on Sunday. of Mr. Arch. Tis- dale, of Beaverton, who was well known here, having attended the High School for several trma. ` WHATS GOING on In THE Towns or '1-ms COUNTY. Justslmcutchmm. IWALL PAPER! ' GOHIIIS and Gaskets of all kindsJin stock or made to order. Robes, Urape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Orders by Telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. ' G. O. DOLMAGE, 1_!Ia/nager, Strand. Preparing For Spring Hnusecleaning }Steam Works and Slnowkoom; Gbllier-31.. Barrio 0000000000000 '8 . lg ...AL L... '8 The Northern Advance. M Pptatoeu are $1 a bushel in the'_ Ohio? .p4gogmV9_rlt'et.T - - ' I Recguitingfor South} Africa has begun F'iathaLwe`at. x ' ~ U NDERTAKER, `Oh: assortmept is grater th.a-n ever. New Designs. New Colo;-ings. Extfa good values for 5c., 7c., 10c and 15c. "per roll. Ceilings and.Borders to Match. `COMPLETE STOCK CE Fl.NE CORRESPONDENCE STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKS, OFFICE SUPPLIES, ETC., ETC. ' V _AGENUY FOR BUTTERICK PATTERNS. over) lllo Oneof the best specimens of the latter day School of German writers best efforts. TthispSong printed on_best'glazed paper, colored cover, will be issued next month as an absolutely Free Supplement to THE NURTHERN MJVANGE MUSIC FREE! "Use;S. & M. Bias Velveteen Skirt Binding and _bi1iding.' Next time you avoid all necessity for re- ' you do not nd the letters If `need a skirt bigding buy 0 0 R Ma S.. H. `& `M. Redfern---a on the back of Bias Velveteen or Brush bias Corded Velvet` 2:: Edge Skirt Bindings they are not the best. Waltgr Scott, Barrie. Published Weekly $1.00 a Year in .Advance. Remember.I2 pieces of Music G-. SMITH, ADVERTISERS who desire to cover the Simcoe County eld must Paper that is read in . the HOMES of the people, J IT cdvers Simcoe County better than any local pagier. ' ' In. Ac