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FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE ARE OFFERING SPECIAL PRICES ON Tfor its Subscribers, at * BARRIE AND STROUD. DR. Hess s'roK FOODS- COLONIAL POU`LTRY FOOD and DR. HESS PAN-A-CE-A will make hens lay. THE ADVANCE A BARGAIN LOT OF Ltterheadsg Noteheads, Billheads, Envelopes,Statements, Dodgers, Etc. FROM A DOLLAR A `THOUSAND UP, FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AT With Any Paper IN THE DOMINION ornosrrn POST OFFICE THE ADVANCE CUT RATES ---ww- His performance was somethingylike this: At the very, rst grin he cast ev-[ ery human feature out of his counte- nance; at the second he simulated. the {ace of a spout, at the third that of a baboon. at the tourth the head ,0! a bass vial and at the fifth .a 'pair of ' nut crackers." Addison adds'that a comely wench. whom he had wooed in vain for more than tive years, was so charmed with his grins that she married him the following week,` the cobbler using the prize as his wedding ring. WILL. Club Clubbing Rates 3UM}A ncn 3, 1904 `Tho Term which stand: as the Sync- A 1:01 of Closed Lips. Sir '1`. Browne, in his Inquiries Into Vulgar Errors. dated 1646. says of the old phrase sub rosa. The expression is `commendable, if the rose from any natural! propertie may be thesymbole of silence, and goes on to quote some Latin lines whichrepresent the rose- bud folded in its sheath as an emblem` of closed lips. 1-1". .1... ..___I_.. -1 1.1.- ..--_-..._'L- L- \oIna~IIr\n co He also speaks of the secrecy to be observed .in society and computation. from the ancient custome in Symposi- aeke meetings to wear chaplets of roses about their heads) . Cvwv Or-liegvcier-irerelexpresslon from the table that Cupid gave `a rose `to Har~ f pocrates. the god of silence, as a bribe to prevent the disclosure of the amour: of Venus. -L V -n -UI Them are` many records of roses carvpd upon ceilings in early and in more modern times as reminders to guests that words spoken in convivial moments should not be repeated. TL 8- mg!) LLAL .I_ QKGQ _ . _ _ _ . . _ -- 'iF {J ';.1a'z.;;;1; 'f5'Eo.T;Econse. cmted by the pope. were placed over the conteuiona.ls 1n Rome to denote no- Facerowder In Cuba. V ` In Cuba there has never apparently been any dearth of face powder even, among the lowliest. The Cuban wom- an; octogenarian as well as sweet sev- _enteen." considers powder amore neces- sary article of the toilet than soap and _ water and utterly mdlspensable to her -attractiveness. which it is her absolute tiny" to preserve. All classes` of the eotiununlty are devoted tothe powder ` tron`-gthe l_1ttle_s1:~'year-old orphan 1;'.;th9*asylum` to the lady or high de- 1n.:. teachers-pi A n'd ` ` hjseraunu-:.: 3. WeIfming-4Ndunfishing-Stimulating. __aoaewammaew_ uk-30.. GRINNINGV` MATCHES. UNDER THE ROSE. , it contains in the smallest )( )\\ possible bulk all the strengthening "` and stiiulating properties of the `finest beef and is so palatable, refreshing _ . "and invigorating that thousands are getting ` J THE BOVRIL HABIT--because they like it --because it is the ideal cold Weather beverage. Warming--Ndulfishing-Stimulating. Myers E`B3ere s Health There is hhc-:a1JtIi and Stregth in every dr_augl }t of 7 ` Niagara Falls, Out. & _N.Y. The Wonderful Designs That Win- dow Panes Picture. When the frost fairies have a mate- in , rial ready for original design they often . on those particular occasions. '7_whic_h hegraced some priceless vase of` produce _in the hours of darkness most exquisite decorations. The window panesare their drawing paper, and the window frames serve as picture frames There are said to be no_ less than a thousand forms of snow crystals, everyone of them of the nest nish andof unim-I . peachable symmetry. `Some are like . the patterns in honiton lace, while oth- p era are elaborated ;.with geometrical patterns so complex that it is dilcultl to analyze them. `But on the window, panes the frost. `pictures are by no- means conned to what are standard patterns" in snowflakes, but show the ` .most various and dainty schemes of ornament.` some are like starry ow- ers, set with stars in the `center and 7 with starry. shoots and comets dying intolspace around them. _ the shape of leaves arranged in set form by some human designers. _'J.`he endive pattern is among the _most beau- tiful, the curves and motive being often scarcely. distinguishable from those in which a goldsmith of the days _p_of Louis XV. `modeled the yormoln in V jasper or crystal. Scale `patternI.'l1k ` the scales of ashes. Cwith._'strlated_ [I1'no'n the overlenp1ns?d1sks;"V?Iw pat-y_ 1 terns .set,w1t1u stars. tern r.pa1tterns. m6u.nqtterns_t and .f01`IDa.3e_df.v`:;IfPP8I .sife91aid9nhh1r`er? emens"ithe choices: jbnlthe? t .. Others tak'_eJ Apt Answer: to,;Qua1nt Questions V Which Plea`s.e`d.Su,vn1-ol. A The great ~R'u'ssian soldier, Marshal Suvaro, was in the habit of asking his men diicult "questions, sometimes foolish ones, `and `bestowing favors on those who showed presence of mind in answering him, On one occaion a general of division sent him _a sergeant with dispatches, at the same time rec- ommending the bearer_ ` to Suva,roft s notice. The marshal, as usual, proceed- ed to `test him by a series of whimsical questions. ` ' ` __ J... R). L- 1.1.- _.____II j__ LI__: 7517.5 "n3n"&.'3u"e' behind the enemy : line` there was a wagon load of good thing to eat. ll`f'l'-': .__-_- 3-]. -'..- 7 LI. -_- l_ LL- - Suvaro, struck by his shrewdness, kept his eye upon the man` and soon afterward gave him the promotion for. which he had hinted. 17%;; `far is it to the moon? was thd rst query. ` V - ll'II___ -5 ____.. __--II-..-__I.. L.--_-S -wag u Two of your excellency.'a torced marches." the soldier promptly replied. If your men-began to give way in battle, what would you do? (run A.-II 4.1.-.. LI.-L .n-__;.'I_-|..|....I 1.1.- 77o?v'"x'Z'a} 'iin are there an an sea ? ` u ; n uvuu u Just as many as have not been caught. ' A_.5 _- .LI'__ -____l__L]_._ _.___L A_ J..III' And sothe examination `went on till. Buvaroft, nding his new acquaintance armed at all points. at length put 1 final poser: A , ll117l.-J. 1.. AL. .111 ____ A- L-L__ . A _ - . .... -T..`-. I`x'a;;~1;n'the difference between your colonel and myself? IIIVIL- LIX _ _ _ _ __ 1.. A.I_.I... II _.-_Il-S LL- "`-E; a:&.,;:..;:`;s this, replied a... soldier coolly. My _ colonel V cannot make me a. captain, but your excellency Then am but; three clgisses of men- ._ e` rettognde. .the- station0g17- and tho :`i:P}7?9|" 3,".*'*"I.1`9"..?::% . -- V 5'? " ` "it - r . 1'04 Illustrated Booklet on Horses and Cattle. Royal Spice Co;, i5RoMO`rIbN BY RETORT, FROST FAIRIES. ` "entic experimenter, believed that near- - ly all `metallic oxides could be reduced to a metallic state by heating them to , an extremely high temperature by the ,1 voltaic arc in the presence of rreecar- 5 hon. Aluminium had been successfully ; reduced in this way. Mr. Willson i wished to obtain metallic calcium. He 7` therefore mixed :1 quantity of quick-` ! lime with pulverized coke and brought g _the mixture to a `high temperature by I the action of `the voltaic arc. He ex- pected to obtain a- white metal. but in- 3 stead he appeared to produce nothing `but slag. This was thrown into the yard. and one day at noon while the ' boys were having their luncheon they l picked up thesebits of slag and threw, I them at each other. One piece fell into` ! a pail of water and produced a hub- ` bling effect and a strong odor. This at- tracted Mr. _ WiIlson s attention, and upon investigation he found that the strong smelling gas was extremely in- ~ainmable. `Further investigation re- `vealed that it was pure acetylene gas.- Sir Hiram Maxim in Harper's Weekly. s ".:_. 3`_f,`!73l`4Iil1 I`!Il."t_l.l`_f0" L In `cardigans other po pxe`&s;:wn have looked`*;a(ter` fox .cov`erts Ijhave`, often been puizleq. by the disappearance . 2 of well 'known5foies'Vand have become convinced that the more intelligent i~foxes,.-- after. they" have been before night's foraging. hounds several` times. often turn their wits to account tn avoid, being hunted. In ' a small covert that _I "know well there was always a fox. A ne big ~ fellowhe was. I `have more than `once i met `him when taking an early ride as he loped quietly homeward after his ' He neverseemed to mind being seen, When the season opened` he gave us one or two capital runs, on the second occasion only just saving his brush by `scrambling into an unstopped drain in our neighbor's terri- t tory. After that be was never "to be found when hounds came. Yet he was seen about as usual at other times. One day when walking near the covert one of the terriers; who knew all about foxes, took a line to an old tree in the hedgerow and began'to' whimper and scratch at the roots." A careful exam- ination showed nothing. The tree was not diicultto climb. It proved to have a hollow trunk, and there. at the bot- tom, was my friend curled up fast asleep. His mask smiles on me as I write. After a-' seven mile point and on a good scenting day he met his fate. [13 "4 Feats oi Famous Men That Seem Al- . moot Beyond Belief. I Some examples of the marvels of memory would seem `entirely incredible had they not been given to us upon the highest" authority. Cyrus ldlew the name of eaoh soldier in his army. It-is also related of Themistocles that he `could tell by` name every citizen of ; Athens, aithough the number amount- ; ed to 20.000. Mithrldates. king of Pon- Ptus, knew all his 80,000 soldiers by their right names. (u-.n_;- u__.-,__ -1: LL- .__`n._LgL__A... _A _ The Healthful Uphill Walk. The best way to get oxygen into the 3 blood is to walk a mile uphill two or ` three times a day, keeping the mouth closed and expanding the nostrils. This beats -all other methods. During such _a walk every drop or blood in the body will make the circuit of the lungs and stream, red and pure, back to its ap- pointed work of cleansing and repairing wornout tissues. Recreation piers-V are coming into use at seaports, and people ` are being advised to use balconies and } re escapes in the fresh air treatment \ or consumption. Theuphill walk. as 9. 1 prophylactic and curative measure in ' many. chronic ailments dependent upon l a weak` `condition of the heart. lungs ] and blood vessels. would prove invalu- | able. ' to_the rst._ u.-.-ac- 6-v cauaugavwu Scipio knew all the" inhabitants of Rome. Seneca complained of old age because he could not, as formerly, re- peat 2,000 names in the order in which they were read to him. and he stated -that on one occasion. when at his studies, 200 unconnected verses having` been recited by the different pupils of his preceptor. 0 he repeated them in a reverse order, proceeding from the last } Av'I.`ho_mas Cranmer committed to mem- ory [in three months an entire transla- tion of the Bible. Euler, the `mathema- '_ticlan,. could repeat the 2Eneid, and \ Leibnltz. when an old man, could re- ` cite the_ whole of Virgil,` word for word. } It is said that Bossuet could repeat not f only the whole Bible, but all of Homer, 1 Virgil and Horace, besides many other i works. A A ' > Cheap Acetylene Gan Wan Discover- ie \ ed by? 3; Accident. \\ Cheapcommercial acetylene gas was discovered by accident. Willson, a sci- -_L2- ____.___!..-__.L_.._ I_-I.I____3 LL _ L A _ __. .._v.-no -rnynav,` v1ll.|v,\lU JUI-I `Wan: tor a birthdgy present? `Dickie-I want -to him! Wn%h't.5-rIn!1i!1-9II- 6 I .. 1- . When.Dlontl_m In Perfect. Moderation in diet has"more `to do with prolonging human life than any other one thing. A proper dietetic regi- men. once attained. brings all the rest in its train. Sleep. exercise. cleanliness. equanimity of _spirit. all hang upon it. f Life is not only prolonged," but is con- ` stantly enjoyed. most of its minor an- ; noyances vanishing when digestion in, j perfect. Pay no `attention to fads. They * give rise to `too; rnnch introspection, and 3 that" in - bad for` every gone.--Roxer B. 1 Tracy in Century, - `The Boston Halli ' V Mary--{think I be like the boss coat; `I'm made to order. imistress-Well, Mary, you -certainly are "not a ready. maid article, THE SCIENCEOF A LIGHT. . They . _ Mother-%-Dlc.k1.e. -.whnt'.-do.& you -want II nunnn-LL`) I\l-I...I- -Y ----J- MARVELS or-' MEMORY. TA-fWl SE:: OLD %i=OXA. &THENoRTHERNADvANcE[ i Fish ~A Tlifeatehcd.` .Eic1ss1vm com causms sou:-V arm, mm mm muons ARE on was cums amm 7 Iient; itliis ponrronted ._by_l extremelyi ' "thigh fish prices.-an in- convenient `contingency under the c'_irs- cumstanoes. The excessi_vel_y =l!5o1d' weather `is `the cause. - j . f`Bays- -are "frozen `over, and. drift- ing `ice. has made the work of the fishing Jeets perilous. said a large local ' llealer at noon {co-day." Al- ready prices have gone up fully twen- ty-five per cent.) and before` Lent is half over there will be another twen- -ty-lvfive `per cent. advance.) Not only that, but several varieties of fish will `not be obtainable at all.` While there may not be an actual fish fa- mine, `-there will be a scarcity. Pen- ple have been expecting Lent to mod- erate meat !bills. but there is little prospect `of `relief from that source now. ' Word `mama from New York that flounders. which generally sell thdre at `$2 'a barrel. are npw bringing $7, while `lobsters arevscarce at 40 cents a. -pound. and voodfish at 12' 1-2 cts." '"'.'l`vi1-e' i3?iE{si "An}}L;"{a Western % Assurance Companies will lose about % twenty 'thouaapd `dollars as a`-result of `the $3.000.000 tire at"Raochester last week. . . % The State or Vit6ri:i.1A.ustralia. will vote on" the proposal to teach the Bible in the`schoo1_s. ' vn.n\v our w-v nap eggs: The `late Marougvxrvaznna left an estate valuedat $7,000,000. V ' I C`? Ber Experience. , Professor--Iu China criminals are 01- 3 ten sentenced to `be kept awake until ` Insanity 'and.de`atl_x result. Now. how 1 :19 you suppose they; keep` them t1_'oxn.1 .1a1!ih& 391999! 1+1*:.eG1`V(1It 1!! a en ggn;g:A_1!ami1y;()-I expect they gm '01: a V1mn.LA, for ice cream. for instance: Bnmza Powmm. for cakes. One is a. drug. of course 3 the other a "chemiul s and there are still othets-SPICES of all kinds. cream of tartar, etc. The best lace to go drugs is at a DRUG STOR . The clruggist knows moreabou hem than other people. - We `lam Egon V. Come antfaek u . for Spavina Ringbones. Bplinis. Curbs and alt forms of Lameneaa. The. use of a_sin_g1e bottle may double the selling nrirn nf vnur hnru- momma`: nnua stone in DUNLOP-ST. BARRIE. . Ill\q D: J. I\l-AVIIC'Il4la \.v\Je. Den Sir: -- ` Galistoe. N.M.. June :8. 1902, I have been us ng your Kendall's Spavln Cure for some time. I use from twelve to lteen bottles a week and nd it an excellent remedsfor 8 avinl. Sweeney Gene lllclltl and we] (I. .1 have two undred head ofhorsesin my care. _ 4 I enclnse I stamn for vour Treatise on the fi \ . Tuol: Mann OIIIGNI ;.. J ... .?';':'::.".r - no 80!! ea qutokylg uoerttln 311.1-'o|finl:ll`1 free w etglnert-11:1,) :?:.: ..`.`: .`.J'~ 833322 T "`&`a'%mEo`.'.i=;`&`n?. sent free. gldeot agorgcy for Iecuunsouafveuea. Patent: taken is n la Luna & rooolvo nwclalnouca. without. 1! non. in nu -rvuov alvvo VIIJX VIII) LUI UUVWIK atentn taker; $.51-on gut`: " 2`Lf`fi'1L`2``1` q`-`.`.';`:.;`3'L. V v-vuvvcuuv g -ICUCTU IVVVIVO A handsomely llhmntell weekly. Largest cu`- :'.::'2'.:::..:::z=.`a:`?so1a:::.'~. ..$.*:#.'. .".::..*.:: Hull 5 co am--w New Ygrls VII-anch_ _ 515 10` St.. Washington. D us; or a _s1ng pace of yourll ._-- on. 3. I. swam. co., euossune FALLS, vt. In the Kitchen hoid ofhorsesln I enclose a stamp your the If and his Diseases. Your: very truly. H. W. LAIRD. Thousands of Men report null good or en- lperlor results from its use. ce 1 ; six 101- 05. As a llnlment for family use it has no e ual. Ask your dr let: for Kendall : 3 Vin nre. also A Tree. 0 on the Horse," e book tree. or Add:-an Drugs and Chemicals] The Old Reliable Rcrpgcly DR. 3. I. KENDALL CO.. Fl.-- Clpn ._ ffqgg. name. IIIIIIO II!.r!9!y -au..a.a...;.h _.. .. H6661) 1?:-63 mvmmmna. ,| ARE NEEDEDEVERY DAY ' " J _I_!|lI QI_Ik_O'I8 of all kinds in stock or made l l l(.,`rs.`pela.nd all Funeral Requisites furnished. 91f promptly attended to. _ . ._.. _.. ._ r__ >. A. ,. `, \ ., ,__ _ -- --A __ A __,_r, - 7. _ . , , ,_, , Ami lloolnollior-sI.,BarriI U;N__E3 BmTA K5 R: JEWALL An. Aecep'ted Formot' Sport In "Early English Days. That grinning matches were an -ac- `cepted form or sport in early~English days is shown by an advertisement an- nouncing a gold ring to be grinned for by men on Oct. 9 at the Swan, Coleshill heath, in Warwickshire, which `appear- ed in the Post-Boy of"Sept.* 11` and 17. 1711, supplemented hy` the suggestion that all the country fellows within ten miles of the Swan should grin an hour or two in -their glasses every morning in order to_ qualify themselves for this extraordinary competition. a A 333..., ..j___. ._ _1-A.-.IIAJ _' . _ . _ __A. A` Sl`.lITT S BIHIKSTORE STOVE&HORSE BLANKETS, ROBES. LAMPS AND SKATES OOLONIAL STOOK FOODS, It will'b to the interest ofevery farmer to use stock and poultry food at this sason of the year. .We are agents for the .... .,. HAMBLY ea BAKER _G.sna:ITI-:-1: N1$w is the Time % f.for1Qheap A REDUCTION or so PER CENT. IN , MANY LINES. --.-----cw-` -'-.`.v.._.._'--- Addison gives a detailed account of. one of these controversies of, faces, telling us that the audience unanimous- - ly bestowed the ring on n cobbler, who produced several news grins of his own invention, A having been used to cut faces for many years together over his X3811." i i