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in all SAINT PAUL; UHUR- PH. INNISFIL.` '--"1""'"-* "W." . _ f`nd;.,pl5tt9r. o _. % A " Call. and `see our irhito .enamelled toilet sets, best goods, 19 piece sw. 1 o MUSIC ` Two st'P8. *0? 22% 5 1 .' `Fancy Cups an_d Sdt1cer just a. few left. We are offering special Fvailue in brown Rockingham ware. mo. - _ _Pian9 and Organs-`--the best always on hand. ILIIDII 1 vir- . very smTallA 10c. J ugs. large, 15c." . ; 7 Medium, 10c A ~- - Bakers, 180, 14c and 10c. , jMixing B9w1s,` 135;: and 25c. Bbwl,'31l)7aes,V_f1ol1i_ 6c `up to 19. }A_`pjg1_1did~7aa8drtment Of white tiamelled pudd3ng dishes, bakers j_I';A.|..".'*.;.` .- . Teapots, large size`, 30c and 25c. `T medium 25c and 180. " small ~>20c. THEBAZAAR Toilet Sets . . . . Di1merSets . . . "The first notice that I had that a` breach of condcxice had been made was when an oicer of the court call- ed to see me in reference (to the trial,.and said it` was in The Globe that it hwd been settled. I got 8. Globe in the outer oice, but could not find the reference. but it turned out to be in the earlier edition.- I immediately telenvhoned -Mr. Lennox and got him in the court room at Newmarket. He told me then that in The Globe bulletin posted at ANew- market it was reported that the pe- tition `had been abandoned. Wee dis- cussed the matter over the phome,~ i and he was to call. again and let me` ` know what to (lo. He called me up.' later and said that The News had` called him up, and as a breach `of faith had been made, a -true _state- , ment` ought to be given. . , 5 'I`he ()`vertrn'v.~< it-nine from 'Mr..e.. Davis and it was through his inter-" Mr. Lennox sum he did not wish to- mc-diary that thecase was'dro'pped_.i 1 I be \=indi<'1ive._in the matte) , when Mr. Davis was anxious; to resign ajndirg any person who knows Mr. Lennox.` will understand that quite Well." _ A i signed l9iul`(_9' Witnesses. T - . The document, it is further stated, 7 was signed by Hon. E; J. DAa,vis=-in! the presence of two witnesses andfi handed to M1'.VBuird, solicitor for. `V petitioners. ' 5 l '5! " run... -.-..............,....a ...-_ -_.1-- I _.-_.....i.,: THREE uoons EAs'i.* or Qtmmnjs HOTEL. VMrche8;`S61;gs, etc, the very latest, for only 1_C C. K. CAVANAGH, Corresoondent Dr. Lsidlnw spent Xmas` in Toronto. \ Mrs. Newton Smith and Miss Mab ore visiting friends in Toronto. - `ll':__ (1-1:__:-_.__1 `r -....- mg-.. . . . _ ....L `re VIIFIIIK ITIUIIIIU IQII LUIIIIIDU. I Miss Winnie`and Laura Thomas spent [Xmas with their aunt. Mrs. J. Lander. I It, 1` I," :11. I_-__ _AA______I ____ `LA `Lilli VUIIIII IIIJDIL Ialluig JILIUQ Us aawuu Mr. J nhn Smith hes returned from North West where he has been teaching school for several years. 112.. 1'--- n:_1.-_.a-.... :- -.......l:..... .. 41..., \ "ale!-1: .`I',i:a`z`1`:1`el`-W:;1l1.<?.family spent New Year : Day with Mrs. J. McLean, of of J gr:-at : 0or1_1er. J , S ._____J.___.- HUIIUUI I.l'I' UUVUIDI U'.llDo Mina J can Richardson is spending a. few we_e_h with her mother. ' 1 0 SI. _,____L \T-_ xvl UCIIQIDD \.IlIlI-IUI. Miss "Jean Richardson is Ip0l1d1ng`8 few feeka with her mother. E `I'\-L__2L 1. LL. raw ItAI0\lAl\1J no The `agreement was only W-a.ccep't e_d after consultation between Mr. Balrd. and his counsel in the case, ~W. D.` `McPherson. _and '1`..I[c1-bert Lennoxko of Aurora.. VI-Ion. Mr. ADuyis was re-* presented by R. A. Grant of Toronei to and F,` H. Lloyd of ~.NoWmarket_, L; ` Hiding the Fm-.t-s. 7 ' A V ` Hon. `i.\~Ir. Davis yester<.i'ay,,.atte1'.} noon instructed his privuite secretary to inform the press rep1`esentati"vel -~` that-`he had nothing toaay further than that he had not r'osign'ed. * 4- 7\Y.. ` ~w1...+ ..n.,... n_...__ r.;. `s..' IUW WOULD Wllau uul Iuuuuvs. Miss Irene Reese of Detroit is the I guest of her aunt Mr: Alex Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Potts returned to Colling- wood on the evening train of December 10th. A carriage was waiting their return and con- veyed. them to the home of the groom where manv relatives and friends were gathered to receive the young couple. All sat down to a sumptuous tea. After all had. partaken of the necessaries of life. the bride was the recioient of many costly and handsome presents. EDGAR. nunuaa vuuno uv |l(I\A lI\lu Iunnguvu. .\Vhat about Mr. .Dz1v-is ha[ving signed an agreement to _1`esj.Ag-114* that true? was asked. ' 1 N ` "7`.` o'1II7-\I 1.... I- ,, __ 1 n I A I ..D.uyu uypyulvtz. _ ' -`I; ~ The protest in Nort' against the retxmfn of .iH_0_ f " ",~Da.vi_s has been sg3_1;V;`1_ed.'_7_;;;_.,_ ajgraph"-conve_y9d =j:h.e, `in! ' ' V Who. protest against tgoizi-_,ha.d been (I { :mm~%s;%Am. `Equivalent to Resignation. Globe : St range Conduct. ' cwt. 0 Windsor, Jan. 7.---Chharles A=._Ma_. ; honey returned. to_` Witndsor yesterday `morning from ltcgixxa. where he went `a to take charge 0l'.Au&tin M.` Powell ; of Simcoe, charged with Ve`111be2':(;ling zabout $2,000 from Frost 8: Woods. }Mrs.- Eabin-a. Powell, his wife, was - arrested yestenduy` morning Charged {with complicity. v'M!`s.' Powell, who has been living in Detroit, since her 'husba;nd s -ig`h~_t, crossed to Wvinidsor to visit him. Detective Mwhoney ur- `; rested her on the charge of abetting- ;her husba.ng'd` in the embei7.y.le1nent.0 .I*Hu sban-d and wife will ho-tabken to .' n-11------ to country. --The _p'aragre[ph' was 1a bise'n,t[ $0111 the secondedition-; which is da- 'gned- for local qonsumption. ' ` ..\Itnlstq:rs Despex-a.te., fril- . `I . ..Thi`s'.s_tatement `wag: f _ thesecretary fof E. J. -,l_)a'.Y1s ""c_on-A tradictz absolutely the ".rum`qr that Mr. Davis thus! Festgnedahis seat i_n f the Legislature` or the G-overnment. The private secretary of Premier Ross gave out a-7similar den_ia.l. Technically` the statements are cor.- rect, but `that they .de1'ibera tely mis- t represent Mr. Davis position in North York is evident front the I statement of Mr, Jemes Baird. |,:_Mr.k` Whithoi Shgqino xi tothe iI.oui'.|t- } `Mr. Ross Mum-Pa.rtle,ulIu-s of Bid- ! mg. and Contestants. leader of the Opposition, is sanguine of the result of the bye-elections to- day; . Last evening he expressed the V Toronfo, `Jen. 7.-J.;P. T`Whiti1e&.e greatest: condence of victory in the l phrce constituencies. ,1 0 .9 vs ;;.uun .5: It alinva-J, ;nv uLaa..|.`.:oJ -Janos.-_ T".l.t is aiziuing to note the denial in't.oV-day's Star by'Mr. Ross" pri: vate secretary that \ Mr. `Davis ' has not. .1`sig11ed and halsrno intention or resigning. The peculiarity of this statenrent` will appear "When tha ac- tual factsiare made public in 9. `fewf days. . x -I-' `I-\ , ,1 u o... 1 \ "'55 CU \v\)I' 91`-`cl`\ulVI , L Speaking of the agreed ngesignation [ of Hon. E. .J. Davis, he simply said: ulJ- 4.. ..~....u~:..\... 4. . ._..A... 4.]... A.......`l \.JIIv.VI3l` I-Ion. Mr. Rosswas asked if heAl\1a.d anything to say as to the elections to-day .or the resigna.tion of Hon. Mr. Davis, and the reply was` that he had not. q _ ' - ` * Itnaings and Candidates}; L, North Norflk--Ca.ndidates, D:-.~.s.'-' .1. Sni_der, Conservative; `A. M. Lit- tle, Liberal. In the `general election .l)1-. Snider: had a majority of 27 over former member; E. C. Carpen- l.e1', who, when he was elected, had a. majority of 250. ~ 'n7-..4.|_ 1"A....L'I. n___.u.1-z___' 1* n IJUUII Cll7\- IICLI. V` I lull an IIKQJ LII `DJ UL .l.\J\J - L North -Grey-+-Candidates, G.` M. Boyd, Conservative; A. G. M-a.cka.y'. Liberal. In the general election Mr. _Ma.ckay Ah a.'d a majority 01 10 over_ Mr. Boyd,_who had previouslyobeen elected by a majority 01127. " Port T0V;!`1:B'-eVl'ild,V Wash., J an. L7._~- `Newa has; reached here of the wreck; . of `f_t_hev Norwegian _ba.rk ]E 1fince___ ,A"1`-D _ butt, off the coast 6! Wanhjn-gton, .on~ - Jan. '2. Elzht. li\fe'3" lost, twp sa,ved.` I J. 4 nI.~_| \.a. North .Perth---Ca.ndlda.'tes, J. 4C. Monteith: Conservative; John Brown, Liberal. In `the general election Mr. Monteith had a. majority of 2 over John Brown, who previously had been elected with a majority of 160 M....n. rm... (V......x!.a..4..... n` `M V5115, VIVJ V\';All.lI5 IQU ""\l"VVVllO The coroner read to the` jury two- ` )ettera rhe had received, one from Dr. l'Gree_nwoord, the other from'Dr. Mc- Mahon, both of the stem of the St. (Jathgrines (}eneral Ilospdtal, certity- ing that ;the injured men, Engineers Duke and Du_ck,;:itt. `under treatment g in the hospital, will be {unable to at- tend the inquest and giva evidence `for some weeks. The inquest was ad- `jourhed till Jan.` 31, no oVvivden'ce be- 3 ing taken. St. Cathalfines, Jan. 7.f"ThO in- quest to ascer-ta-.iun~the exact manner of the -death of `Fireman Charles Warring of De1hi,`Oht., who was in- stantly killed ` at -Merritton tunnel ,Satu1w:i-ay morning last in _ cdllision. between the Chicago Ex.p!'eSI and a. mogul engine nunn-ing light to Ham- ilton from Niagara, Fails, was re- sumed before Coroner` Gopdman of this city last. evening at Mer11-xtton. VERA lI1\IVl\v|nn|n -amok` 4-n +.k.n` huuuy 4:111): " vgucouvr, 1'3'.`C..', -.JV_'uz`:.,L'i'.-_-_Seh:'1't_; c`)'x' ` % Tempieman. f in ya ,1 Aspgoch y,eg`tAerda":y, gm-at :h`e;__i:~r* 1` .: Terrifying Blaze in Chapel Royal.; London,Jan. - 7.--'Dhere was 0onsider.- ` able alarm at the_ Chapel Royal, St; 1 James" Palace, - yesterday` morning owing to the sudden outbreak of tire ` in the Christmas decorations ' above `the altar. The chaapel was crowded, i the occasion being the ann-u~a.l Epip-- hany service, at whiqh the King's of- fering of fran.kin<'ense and myrnh is `made. The draught carried. _ the ` ame of a. candle to the decorations, , but before the blaze hafd made much i headway "the oiciating clergyman mounted the altar and tone down the Li burning holly. - Toronto,` Jan. 7.--V-Tvhere di-ed at the `Home for Incurables- yestevr-da.y,'g in his 84th year, a. member of II-is Ma- Ejesty's Army and Na.vy,":Ve*taerans, 3 w E service for the Empire. .late of the Second Battalion Rie 2 Brigade, was probably th-e7 only Jnan` ioliving in Toronto who played in phey `band at `the ictoria; and he wa.sUa1so'a'.~veteran; } V ho had perxormed-goo'c1 ` and loyal F; McQueen, coronAa_.tion` of Quen '; oi the `Sikh war o:j1s48. 2.: L Imndoh; -. Jan. 7:-`The 1 ' Standard yesterday referring 3 to the tirnmlgration statisticq _ot the Domin- iion, says this growing popularity .of x Canada is a: matter for sincere con. { grattnlations by the whole Anglo- Saxon _x_'ace. ` - ' L V . ! ' \JBIIC|l_G uluuu J Iayunwuu Vancouver, 13'. C., LJa'. n. "7.-.Ca'pt. Bernierhas . written the T Board, L of " '1`rade_1f.ha.t he will start for the Pole n-om `here, `and will build his amp lpre :1t;he.1s~gi_V,'n $10,000`. ` ' ` o THE ave-suzcnons. Piayod Lt Victoria : Coronation. 0pp`oIad:'_t_A'> tvlgei Govrnmont. `a 1 _. pg \\ "IE1: Was Alto Arrgsted. ` `Cantata A G1-(`mu Popular. No Evidco .Tak9n. wuts .th pmgopo. Elgliht Liven Lost. u-u-u uuu; wan uancu. - ! "Well, he has nothing to say in that re_qa1'd, was the response". ' ` J Premier Ross would not discuss the `I ` `subject. 1`hrnug`h `his pri-vate seclzzfi-5:2.` V tary he ga_ve a stutetnent to .:vA`_t;hO!f.`Li ` press setting forth `ftllat thfe atatea.` ;` . ment that a Minister had resigned .15.: " futteriy without foxuldation. - note was; supplemented with` a.,s _i'.Ma_ ' .ment that that was all the Miuise ' desired to give for pu|)lici,ty,;_;a1l1;6i' had been asked if the .- . {erred to the .1\r1niat;u)'s," , when making the statemez)t;.' \ 'rhe;G1obo'u_ .n1un;io_ l'The mutual agreement 01; announcement Vconcerning,;;M _.V ;.res1gnati'on` . WM . vidlted Globe; In 'l`h e; Globefa1_,`E Q; 5. efgterday. 4mfo_r4ni,ng-V the ;i16'l-iggl Era-nh; app9are.d= 7 wm1...~I A ......o.:m .L V T .w1ft'n' 'No'*n yaigopnobu. L `T. Mcfirath, e. well-know'n' journalist of st. John s,L'Newfound- land, in the course of an article on Labraldor, says:- ' ' T4. ha [I _n.~..-`only.-.`l\`In Inn` fknf 1-nla-{In cl-anus cw:-Ava. p gag cw-, a It is. 5- remarkableinlfact that `whnej virtuallygevery -residmt of ,Labrad'r fbitten by the savage dogs of the region i there has never` Leen a, case of hydrophobia there. The fact is attested by Dr`. Grenfelly, the super- intendentoi the English medical mis- sion _,theA_re, ;and~`who has now spent ten years on the coast "and treated `over-80,000 patients. He` cannot ex-9' `plain this singular circumstance; it, be` due to climatic conditions; but it is more probable the result of -the Wolahvstrain in the bre_ed`of the dogs. The extraordinary part of it is __that, such a condition should be found glliedwith the most absolute savage y on the part of the animals. They are the ercest of any brutes trained to be of service to mankind; they will attack anything they be lieve weaker than themselves, ' and _,1-._ I,.__L ,0 ._ 1 __A. ._ 1..-- 1:119 I-ll-INKFEQLLI5 .|lUU UL IILIV -I-Gulibvlo They are L at `cross -between ` the . wolves and" the earlier Newfoundland dogs brought `there and by this time _'a`lmo_st "all but the wolshi character- istics are I eliminated. `The coastfolk~ nd them` indispensible; `yet live in fear `of them. No man ventures aibrvoad without his whip, every wo-. man carries a. stout club; it is death to. a. chil-idto get; among them. Only last month the little son of the agent -of the Hudson's Bay Com-, p'any s post at Sandwich Inlet was } attacked by these brutes. Within a. minute they hadhinicted over sixty ? whites on-the child, and but for the `devotion of a pet retriever dog and the lad s `mother promptly ying to the rescue, he must have been liter- ally torn to pieces. He was taken to the hospital at India harbor, where he is making a quick recovery. _ This was afmore fortunate outcome than was the case at Cartwright last year. A child wandered from home and when the distracted mother ew` to where a pack of angry dogs were ravening she found nothing but the bone of her offspring.` A little girl was so badly mangled by them at Punchbowl last year also that she never recovered. - _ -A, -,_,L' 9 iii; 41% 371y";z in subjection T; the unce_a.sing.use of the lash. mu-" 4...`; an -as-Ac-n knftwann `HA vnnvo-A-av- y vw, Every `year `brings its quota of those mishaps, while there are scores if not hundreds of; cases of adults be- ing bitten. It is impossible to keep sheep, goats or poultry. on the coast, because of the brutes, and their ex- termination would have been (-effected long ago were it not for the fact that they are the only means by which communication is kept up in winter. There `are no horses on the coast, as there is nothing to feed them. Teams of dogs,_ attached to sledges, are the -means of travel. With them the settlers go from har- bor to harbor, make hunting trips in the interior, haul rewood from the forests and convey peltries to the Hudson's Bay Company : posts._ These dogs play the same part in the economy of. this region as they do in the Arctics, and there the clip! - acteristics are the same, though -we` doinot hear of such instances of their savagery. V ` 2 Gentlemen (to `house -a.gent)-- The ' great disadvanthge `is that the house V .js0*~ damp. "House_Ag5ent-Di`sad-' ,.3,vp.ntage`a..'sir?:_ Advantage I'c'a.1l it; "'. In c,eef1;9.1 111:9 '-it tA.you1dp_.';he so like-; 13vitbah`unh`.' [ " diidg Some interesting history of ta. ta.- mous Irish and Cfanadiane family is given in The Blake Family" Re- cords. by Martin J. Blake of Lon- don, a. volume reviewed in The Ty-T rone Constitution, an `Irish newspa.-, per, `oi. Nov. 28. The Blakes, the writer says, wereone "of the fourteen tribes of the town of Galway. The progenitor. of the Blake family was one Ric_hard-Cadel, or Caddell, a reudatory of Richard de Burgh, the Red," Earl of Ulster,eand- Lord _of ` Oonnaught, from whom he obtained -grants of land in the neighborhood` of the Town of Gulway in the sixth yearot the reign of King Edward I., A.D. 1277-78. .'1`his,_Richard Cadel, or Caddell, assumedae -a surname the appellation of Niger,` or Blake, iavhich his descendants: dopted, al-_ though for many generat ons`thy al- so used the name of Caddell as an alias; The -word Blake itself, as `readers of -Chaucer and of the early English writers `know, is merely ,anv English form. of spelling Black." rm..- .....:4.... ..4..;a,... n...a- 1':....`...I ` 4.. mallsochluu Lvl AAA \Il ul-\ 111155 ;.aoIav;\ The writer states that lineal de-; scendants in the male line of Richard Cadel have retained to the present day some of th_e_ve1-y lands acquired byltheir ancestor more than six cen-- turies ago, `while the Blakes of Gal- way have preserved intact the orig: inale of their family charter, ' wills and other legal documents .during that long period. whicn is 8.` unique incident amongst -fami1ie's'in Ireland, and extremely rare" even in England. ` `He thenedesignated some of the prin- l clpal members of the `family, men- tioning `Dominick Blake" -and his grandson" Edward Blake, who Wis 11 `near ancestor of the two Blakes, Ed-~ ward-"and Samuel st; vell known ` in Canadmn public affairs. A chucra` Informal Dinner-. A tiny girl of-seven gave a. `dinner- party_ the other day, for which, twelve covers were laid, and that number_ of small. maidens sat down to (line. It was a'rea.l,little.girls dinner, an-dl the little hostess herself presided, sitting at the head of the table. She Had very a,_nxious,i im looking .-torwa1`d,to it, toxlo everything aseit shbuld be..done., Mamma," she `ask- ed.` "arhall we tsa,y'gra.ce?5. .No, said ; m`a,mma;. f".it vqill, be a. very infornial `dinner, nail think.`you-.need not do _t.hat. - -. ;.v".'I`ha_t -m,ean tJ `one ceremony 1 E It Would Seem .8o,gB'eoIuu` will l All the Costs "to Date. dnd_:3 __ V ment to Resign win 130' Put_.si`n_"f_._ f All the Facts ltelatlitg to , ling Concealment. V " H l I l1`orox1to,`Ja.n. 7.A--"In e_lecti0n trial` being xed for. 20;` at, V.;\ ewmarket I cannot resign- 1'1'ntll_`l_ then, as the statute does not permit.-._ a `member, who is petitioned against to put in his [resignation nntil` th_B'f protest is disposed of, but _it -yon} agree not to deliver particulars and` give me, an oprpuortunity 10- ..;I. will pay all the costs and resign`as___;`i soon as the petition can be .d-ispose'd' e of; and as an evidence of good faith J 1 will actually resign and Sign my resignation in duplicate, one of the copies to `be keptby myself and the. other to be handed over to youtso t-hwt if I d-o not hand in my resig`na._- ; tion on Jan. 21_you can deliver the one you "have to the clerk "oft f-thee House." - V ' T A vs:-agave, uwu A v--suA-- `yum uvuv Ll\lU `RU that. - T That meant one ceremony the legs to be gone thrmugh and was g,.re1iet_.`. But the little lady was anxious to ha.ve.a.11 her, guests under- stand it, `So, asjthey g`atv11e1'e-d about "the. table; she` _. explained: `.`Ma`nima. says _tha.t 1_-.his-`iis- such, an infernal _, `dinner -'tha._t we need x_1_ot.*- have gracof . 04; Origin of the Blake Family. ` CW- ;-__1_\` L'ABnA`poa.; The Xmas. tree in connection with the Methodist church was a decided success. Mr. Emmi acted as Santa. Claus to the delight of the young folks. Mr. Geo. Gartridgo and wife of Way-J `burn. .-`933., were viaitlng friend here.` Mrs. T. Nelson and Miss Muriel Nelson are visiting Mrs. Nelsons mother Mn. 1 Benham, of Beaverton. - _,_., . .., --, .: ;':; -11'.-.w;. 7 V V ` I 4, W _ ` w an `Mr. A . Johnatoh. wife ind family of Veapm spent New Yours in our village.` .Mr. Ruhinson of Guthrie and Miss ` Talbot of Edgar, spent New Year: at Mr. J. J uhustou. V V Mr-'. T. Anderson and wife, Min Mable Anderson and Master Rob., of Sheldon. am-.ntVXmaa with Mrs. Anderson ; father. 3 Mr. J. Lottan. " `HOCKEY #1 . BooT$ HOCKEY ; Boors -1000` yards ne French Flannel` Wznistings. regular 50c and '60c. goods to clear at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39c Dress.Go_od_B'--500_ya.1`dS ne Zibeline, 'I'weed am? A_l:'ion:espun _Suit.ings, Iegular 50c and 60c., clearing at.39c 1000 yards nenZibel1ne, Amazqn and. 'J`vtged Summ, and Plznds. r(.gulal' 75c to'$1. clearing at per yd...52c 120 yards ne Stripe Taffeta Blouse Szllgs, _1nA Pale-. Flue Pink, Helm and Ox. Bl: od, regular 650, clear- -.....-.4. . AL`- `_" J."""' "'_' "'7 If 7 _ ' ' _, ` 7 V "7 _ '""" ""7 """" lingat..'.....`..,.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..46c 10 doz.` ne Worsted Hose, `regular 50c line, clearing at per pair. . . . . `. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 15 doz; ne Wool H6se,__ very heavy. -w eight, sizes 85 to 95;" regular 35c , clearing at per pair . . . . . . . . . ._.25c 3 doz.' only Ladies Wrapperette `Shirt waists,` regular $1 75, clearing at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . ..79c 52 pairs" only CROMP'I`ON S` CORSETS, regular. $.90 gocds, but a line we do not intend to carry any _ 4 longer, clearing at per pair. . . . .' . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63. OUR $2.75 it It is our imperative role not to enter any more Winter Goods in our stock sheetstban we can possibly help and are making prices accordingly. L ` A Economical buyers can save money by visiting this store this month. In the foregoing words or Woids to the same effect Hon. E. J; VDavis' consented to resign his seat for; North York. While technically speak.` in-g Mr. Davis has not sent in his`re'- stignation; -he has Vrenou-need h-`isf claims to the seat, vThat renuncia.- tion is in blank and White, a. _fact that renders inexplicable the _state- ments of Hon. G. W. Ross and Hon. E. J. Davis that the seat has not: been vacated. This te-c-hnica.lV eva,s- 9 ion of the actual state of affairs was? rendered possible by a. mutual agree- ment on the part of the negotiators? to keep the agreement sacred `until after he date of `the bye-elections. __L_J.-.........J. __--.J._ 1....4. ......LA. `I... to make 3% speedy clgarance, `and our Boys' [$11.50 Gra}tOlearing of Many Lines of Holiday` and `A ` * VVinter Mercha,ndise. .Rs:4edLL t 5`-25-. ` Reduced t `$2.00 In Trimmed agd read;-to-`wear Mlinery. All mus-t go before Stock-taking. "All. Mntlg mu t00 I52-._c0le`a;1\?e_l out regardless of cost. Only 25 left to clear. - $14.00 Coats-.0 fo1?'$800 _ $7.50 Coats for $4.00 12.00 5 " v7.00 5. 5 6.50 H 5.50 510.00 ; 5.00 V . 5.00 H ' 2.25 % Llmlnsf iuksics AND Cl-IAATELAINES atfgreat reductions to clear. JAIVIES ` VAIR & SONS. Did Commissidner Lands Fearthe E|ection`Coui`t.v` ._ DALs'roN. sensationalReductions in Ladigs and ' Children's Mantles. All Cip,- Steen and Fur-Lined, at Same Reductiqns. j Millineryl Millinery ! " Unprecedented Bargains 1 and ready-to-wear Millinery. All must befo: J VVAIR 5 sons We menfion a few introdilctory values :_' The annual Christmas Sunday School Festival of this church was held `on Friday evening, December 26th, in S.A.Barracks, Stroud, and was as usual largely attended. The children sang several carols, ably assisted by Mrs. W. Cullen, Misses Webb and Carr, Messrs. Wellington Cullen and Walter Leonard, Miss Murphy presiding at the organ. Miss Grahar.. s well trained Voice was heard `to great advantage in two solos, while Mr. C. Smith in his solo gave much pleasure. The Rev.H.C.Dixon gave an illustrated lecture " Caterina. or the Blind Italian Girl, which proved intensely interesting as was manifested by the deep attention.- The lesson of the lecture was showing how love to Christ always brings light. ' ' D-.. n-..n.-. `Nl.u-aha navn flan r-Annrt `Io Rev. Canon Murphv crave the report of the Sunqay school, which was very satisfactory--the missionary contribution this year being in excess of former years. A feature of the Sunday school was the regular attendance, the following boys having special mention:-Herb. New, Ernest 6:1-2. Willie Cook. Jack Hewson, Reuben Richardson. Willie Hewson, Barry Webb. and George Richardson. the proceeds amounted to alucx uuc ucuvu Us uuu ugu vbvvvtvnouv A statement made last night by M.r..vJam-es Baind, solicitor for the petitioners, gives a history of the; negotiations that terminated in the writtenpledge of Hon. E. J. Davis to Vacate the seat. A T .' Mr. Baid said: - Mr. Baird's Statement. V "We prepared for the trial and ~g'ot'> the particulars ready. The 'exa.mina.'- tion of Mr. Davis had gone on for two days, and the respondent was up ifor the continuation of the examinas tion on Saturday last. On Friday he approached Mr. Lennox and 4` said- he would throw up the Seat. Certain details were arran-god by which the constituency `could be declared. `Va,- cant, saving consli-derable expense to _both parti'es.t - l`he agreement was ' drawn up and signed, by which Dav- is agreed to resign after the petition was dismissed and pay any` expense` _of costs of the petition, which were xed at quite a large sum, . to be paid to Mr. Lonnoxfs solicitors. In. addition to that M1`. Davis `res-ig`n?a_4 tion was drawn up,'p-ost d-abeid and signed in the presence of myself, Mr. R. A. Grant, solivitor for Mr. Davis, and `another gr,>nt.lo1n-an. It was agreed`- at the request of Mr. Davis a that, nothing would be said until a,te)r the: 7th inst., the date of the bye-e1ec- tions.