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| EVvERY 3 MONTHS _ JACOB . HESPELER _\ Manager. Waterioo Branch ade Molsons Bank _«‘ Nead Office â€" Waterico -“3:â€"' _ King St. . Business Office 249, Hou :‘hnc- solicited for fu idnss * /. Cn.mm g‘u A* BOEHM «.‘ Waterloo, _ ACHE Will Repay You _ If You Dosire A _ JOMN RITZER, §*w Taltor, © Wateric oc Pene s aroct bnlse. Ous plite eurclt wotle "* _ qusers uonrenss 00. waw soas, Tns! M foil Do insl frim â€" Tas WisSB3 â€" FKRRENBACH: x Leading Milliners ‘ tos: in the EE Twin City rCOHE AND SEE _ OUR STYLES. The Mercantile Fire hntof gent‘sfurnishing © always kept in stock 1° ____â€", : 26. 9t cAndige PS and Lancashire Insurance Company with Assets of $10,306,638. Subscribed Capital .....:â€". 25G,0CC.0 Deposit with the Dominion. @overnment 1..... ..>>>>>> g117,140, All policies guaranteed by the London ~C. AZBOEHM General Insurance:Agent m; to Buckberrough & Co. - Established 15644 Office, Waterloo Mutual Building Insurance Company INCORPO®ATED 1875 SAVINGS BANK DEPOSIT INTEREST CREDITED King Street 32 Aiisoat thegs Bat afior allolck beed When using a *k Â¥ations indicatif Wright, : District Ageot Ont. Phone 240. visit to us and accurately kirt pattern the pétâ€" ng the plaits should cluss Berlin Mr. W. H. Broi of: Berlini}~ ‘Arp 5. M onl sn e C soomate on ‘RiWl | im is T Crin .‘ .- "¢~"‘3 6 '“ iver," ~ at °t Mn%k k wm west, Toursday Mr | ns pot thaupt showed that the volume Guelph â€" of the tide of a river deperded . .on | ° my F the rainlall, and the forestration ~Of ] punk. ; its basin Fotu::.‘h:’d::l ”‘d live Ané eeusing a more, 9t 8°1Y* | numbet ed as re-u"plu. while in the secti088 } [poyp cleartd of woods, as in the C280 Of | ‘ng mo; the rivers at western Outatio, there nad a h was a.rapid swollen current dUIing | glep , th» Spring freshets, but in the.. SU40 ] â€" Amigy mer the stream dw _ ndieqd greatly. lt_ frunk | eelope ol o en ReL aal l +o. cupyng a small â€"area of the country, Lni at these points forests were ol most value. In the case of the Grend River, tm\mumwflu-- lew \Ways, and a limited one for the . rest of th» year.: _ Mr. Breithaupt: proyed that this was mot the case wh u th» country was unsettled, and thit <much valuable â€" water. power along theâ€"river was now lost. If the land at th> sources of the . streams were reforestud a more â€" even â€" flow would be casuredâ€". throughout . the year, making the river of a greater commercial value. He found the Plaâ€" was fornd that the headwaters. â€" of the streams were on high land 0¢â€" teau in which the Grand River _took its source was mostly of grazing land: and estimated the storage basin beâ€" low Elora alons, which is 11 square miles in e«tent, would eatch in a year of normal rainiall m,m cubic feet ol water. A which â€"stored 1,500,000 cubic feet of water would increase the low ‘water > fow ~of the Grand River rvefold..> Mr. Breithaupt suggested, in â€"view of this fact, thait the â€" Government shou‘d make arr:ngements with â€"the tarmers o ht section whereby th: lan? wou‘d be reforested. : _ An ‘ntcresting ‘discussion was startâ€" ed by Mr. E. H. Keating. Mr. H. W. Somerville thought the Governmcnt :hould on ourage privat( individuals ~to replant. vnproductive portions of their ‘holdings, . â€"If the farmer were given remission of his taxes and the forests placed under Gove:nment supervision, in time th Grard River, in common with many oth t streams, would. become much more valuable commercially. He <hought that ripe trees should be reâ€" moved from ths timber reserves, â€" as rottinz vegetation was conducive to fires. ; Mr. Stanisias Gagne, who has reâ€" cently returned from a trip to Gerâ€" many, where he inspected the forests, thought the engineers should get into closer touch with the. reforestr} movement. ‘They should also see tha! other rivers in the province were preâ€" would be better for the Government served in the above manner. Mr. S. Dillon Mills believed thatâ€" it to send out typographical surveyor: to trace the basins of rivers and to value the lands most important _ ir relsation to the streams. Thus the require@ sections would be made pubâ€" lic domain and reforested. LABEL ON PRINTING. {INARD‘S LINIMENT. | e The above facts can be verified b) Labor unions I:.:ono;‘::d ukiu‘) writing him, to the Parish . Priest 0~ that the union 1 Je on neighbors. city printing. It is said that a reso any. of Bs s lution cannot be legally passed by (# A. COTE, Merchant. city council to effect this purpose. 7 St. Isidore, Que., 12th May, ‘98. Marvelous case of Leo Corrigan which shows that skin diseases hereâ€" tofore considered hopeless can be cured. Since childbood, Leo Corrigan had been tortured with the burning agony and itching of Eczema,. His parents had spent a deal of money in conâ€" nitingrh ians and buying medicines â€"hutnllpnoyu‘?oa As he grew older he mf‘h;other doctnrsâ€"some of them specialists. . He was cleven weeks in a Toronto hospitalâ€" tight weeks in bed. At times the irriâ€"« tation.and pain caused by‘thg,hg- ME P SWR CY i were so life was a burden. . He would get so bad he could not waik. Several winters he could do no work. day, is a mervelous change. Mira Ointment Pee P eitrn ol rerommand on gorme sttirnt with this terrible What this wonderfully effective Ointâ€" ment has done in this extreme chromic em,nendoho&n-%hfi\ able conditions. If you suffer any form . of lkbdh-‘. don‘t ‘fit Certain relief and cure ‘w !zn'-otmt." Aou.ho- & §0. . At The Chemints‘ Co. : Canada, Hamiltoonâ€"Toronto, 16 He wrote, on February 20, 1906 : "In November, -v-slh“-""fi A was advised to use m râ€". 2i in To io oS use to mmc)" Bat. to my ruelyh m AHEY L0 h. m10dge: wak asked. 11 o Ofand norming in discussing the capture 0 hbe notoÂ¥ous customer with ~ th : inks that the trial will take place » berihn, and that he will not â€" be noved, . The detective left the Oity or the north, but wourd gi1¢ 10 funt of what heâ€" was working up further thrn ihat it did not concern M{L things have been Â¥ery quiet in . the citzlobxuholu conceined, â€"â€" he said. Can â€" Prove His Chargesâ€" Major Merewealher will go uP Rerlin toâ€"morrow to interview S and© endeavar to leain all hohl EWe e oo M e e Tok © E Retlin toâ€"morrow to interview Shafer and> endeavar to learn all he could rom him, and to make some investl= gations on his own account. ‘ He is confident that Shafer is the man who is wanted for the Howitt and Coghlan burglaries in this â€" city. as well as for a large number of crimâ€" es in the county and districts, which the Major has bech working on for some length ol time. The proof â€" he holds is such that he has been endeaâ€" voring for some time to lay hold â€" of his man, but Shafer has always provâ€" >d a most elusive customer, and could wever be caught, leading the constabâ€" les a merry chase for some time. I The Major is also confident that it 1 Nee W c accsli .A was Shafer who operated in DeWuuS recently. s | The confessions of Silbiska â€"should be of use in bringing the Gueiph crimes home to Shafer, as there can be little doubt that the statements he ‘made were in good faith, and that the information given was correct as nearly as he could. tell Some of the details were proaved by his descri,.~ tions of the missing jewelry which he could never have given had he . 101 \WMinard‘s Liniment Co., Limited Gentiemen.â€"Theodore Dorais, & ustomer of mine, was completely sured of rhenmatism after five years of sullering, by the judicious use of The annual meeting of the German School Association was held in the smoking room of the Free Libr building on Friday evening and ~Was well sttended by the members. ‘The reports presented were ol â€" a very satisiactory character.. The. reâ€" ceipts for the yeat amounted to about $40, which . was expended for. books, the Association payiug halt. : of the couolthcboohusedbyibpnptb receiving German instruction. In ordâ€" er 1h.t.(hockmybel:e|fl:on the _number of books sold hereaiter thc \ pupils must receive slips from the | teachers which will be given to the | bookseliers before books can be 56â€" |cured at hallâ€"price. _ 1 | Owing to the increased number of ‘schoknulnghoohl‘wmw-‘ nwessary to increase the membership and a comimittee composed of Mesers. L. J. Breithaupt, J. Ritéinger and iw. J. Motz were appointed for this M'I'h tollowing officers were reâ€"clect 1e $ued J d residentâ€"L. J. Brsithoupt Secretaryâ€"K. Mueller. Pr. H. 0. M,_fl!.?., . was BERLIN GERMAN SCROOL ASSOCIATION MEET présent and reporWto 3270 . _ vleweth-Pm-mdB tion, who w#“ to â€"exten time of the permite granted â€" to the : GooD BUILDING YEAR. ( Galt builders and contractors are very optimistic, They predict â€" that the comng sumWet will be . a vOr} would never have given had. he the articles himself. it and reported having . (nle!:, i Dr; Pyne, Minister of Educaâ€" who has agreed to extend the Iso confident that it operated in Belweod "" _ | Pokio, â€" Japas.> . .. “'*1 Over 200 meinbers MHY c 6 ds C anmd SAutioas â€" th 10 interâ€" mun upon the anmiversary: of â€" their" â€"â€" 6 spersed music «. splendid) /y is ‘trom fcifuien ay Jms â€"ine Sthinet > ts Lapien (hep) "Riie."of / Hik A pleasing Teatureâ€" ol the OVERDIRE pepruary, and refers to the death of was The presentation of â€"the i0ll0Wâ€" 3ns onty gurviving brother _: of Mrs. ing address and a pursevol : goid “Cluut.-h::tlon to many â€" of Rev. Mr. Hauch by the congregatiO®: (ou} readers, from the tatt : of . not makingz her home during the ~winter Rev. . P. Hauch. F ol each year with hor son Mr. E. P: ns meaks. We‘ the friengs and Clement, K. C., at 51 Bentom<St.â€"â€" Déar Brother.â€"We, the frienas and members of.. Zion Church of which you were formerly the beloved pastor and presiding elder, ‘heartily© .: greet you in the name of our Lord: and Saviour. Jesus Christ, i: It seems ~to us to be bul a short time ‘since you took leave from us, to assume the_ work in Japan, to which the church hadâ€"called you, and yet sight long years have rolled _by ':hj.,'”t""m.; ;.rn toâ€"night we réalice during Tthese s you â€" wero separated from the hmk of thas large titcle of friends to whom : you had endeared yourself. â€" 4. We rejoice ioxn you in our midst w-nitm and to express. our gratitude that a kind Providence bus watched over you and kept you so that you were privileged to speni your brief furlough in the good, â€"0.d homeland, renewing friendships an l enjoying the _communion of tho ¢ with whom you were Jormerly asso fork‘. M in e We realize that we who are living in a Christian country are not: in a position to fully .appreciate the disâ€" couragements and difficultics that conâ€" tront you in your missionary operaâ€" t ons ‘among "he heathen. We dosire however, to assure you of our contingâ€" cd interest,; sincere sympathy and inâ€" eréasing praycrs In kchall of yoursclM, your â€" companion in life and yor <hildren. Bo ot. goodâ€" cheer, dear brothâ€"r . Yo_r labor is not in vain in > th« Lotd. You are entrusted with . & gréeat work. â€" You are building for th, future. . The Slones you are gathâ€"râ€" inz from the quarries of ‘heathendon shall become foundatiocn stones of a inighty Christimn empire, and, evenâ€" tually, precious stones inâ€" the corcn i of our glorified Redeemer, And â€" now that you are: gbout 19 / quent leave usâ€" azhig to TeSMUME â€"YOUL iM" Sjndust portant work im the suntise Kib\ ar, bu dom, we ask you to kindly actt>‘ which this small token of our s nere _ Iâ€"â€" with 4 gard and Christian afftection for y04, apt 4¢ wishing you and your family a PFOS lot wa perous _ joursey and God‘s richest blessing and hoping that you may| tong: to be Spared to labor for the PET Master. ~ Signed in behall ol the Congregaâ€" ‘The recipicnt â€" responded very feel Game 4ngly and thanked his former parishâ€"] culati ioners for their kindness and thoughtâ€"| Govet tulness and the interest they _ have tectlo taken in his missionary efforts. _ | game ‘The aunual meeting of the congre gation of â€" St. Matthew‘s Luthera Church was held in the lecture room on Wednesday evening and was well attended.. ‘Fhis congregation was or« san‘zed four years ago, during which time the sum of $19,000 has beca Conâ€" tributed for all purposes only $1000 otf which was Taised outside of . tne membership. ot The finamcial report for the . (year, was very gtatifying and a ncat â€" bak ance ‘in the bank was reported.<An intetesting feature of the meeting was the destruction of the mortgage â€"Paâ€" pers ind ab effort will be made to pay off the mortgage on the parsonâ€" age during the nekt vear.. Theâ€" monâ€" eys raistd by this congregation. are contributed by free will m-fi mo socials or tea meetings are . hcld, for moneyâ€"making purposes. There are over 500 paying members m.m.-mmhnvmd‘o‘ last night. The services of Rev. E. Hoffman, : who has been the: faithful pastor since the inauguration of the church, were suitably ‘referred to." . It is probable that steps ~will be taken im the neat future to calarge â€" the PM,-&.M“M shiall to accotmmodate the inctcasifig r ‘ . 1 , :emoc Urustces resultcd in the appointment ofâ€" Mriâ€"C.« Klienn,to d the vacancy caugcd by the resign ation of Mr. J. L. Meisoer and . the reâ€"appointment of Messrs.. K . Muciier J; Bacts and A. Sippel. wAs BURNED TO DE Normen Shepherd, otf Collingswood, Ohio, the clevenâ€"year old son of "~! George Shepherd, formerly of â€" Quelph and _ alsoa grandson of Mr. J amos mfiw m'....‘!‘ ‘â€"A.} former pasto ~ who legves ANNUAL MEETIN3 33 atch _ (Ast work > in LA TH We regret to announce the ~ death, at the ‘advanced age of 87, of the Rev. Dr: George Uglow Pope, which ocâ€" curred at Oxlord on Tuesday. Dr. Pope, who was one of the most learned authorities on the Tamil lanâ€" guage of his time, was a remarkable manâ€"one of those Emglishmen . who have devoted themselves to missionâ€" ary work, and who, while thus _ enâ€" gaged, have done all that lay in their c ht c uie Por eS 4C 08 Rec 8 power to add to our knowledge: of the people among whoin their life was spent, and to present to those people the best side of the English charactâ€" er. Born on April 24, 1820, the. son of John ‘Pope,: a merchant and shipâ€" owner of Plymouth, George Uglow Pope was educated at Buryand Hoxâ€" ton: He went out to India in 1839, udb}oot priests orders at. Madras . in 1845. â€"After 42 years of missionary and â€" educational labor. in different parts of Southern India, he returned to England in 1881, and in 1883 beâ€" came . Oxford diocesan â€" secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and was University : lecâ€" turer in Tamil and Telugu at Oxford from 1884 to 1896. Dr. Pope‘s lifeâ€"work,. as was .6xâ€" plaincd by Mr.â€"R. W. Frazer at the meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society in. 1006, when heâ€"received the . gold . medal conferred every three years by _ that society for distinguished Oricnâ€" tal scholarship, has been to unravel the longâ€"lost history of the life ud" ‘thought ‘of Southein India, of a Tace, now to be found, in the words of the Dravidian scholar ~Caldwell, ‘"wherâ€" ‘ever money is to be made, wherever an apathetic people is willing to be pushed aside, there they swarm, these ~ Tamils, the Greeks ot Scotch . of the ; East.‘‘ Speaking on the same occaâ€" sion, Mr. John Morley paid an â€" ¢oâ€" quent tribute not only to Mr. Pope‘s industry and achievements as a scholâ€" ar, but also to the sympathy with which he had cultivated. intercourse witir the backward peoples, as we are apt to call them, among whom his lot was cast. * _lunmd the Berlin Fisn . sn Game Protective Association are cit culating â€" a petition to the Ontario Government in reference to the proâ€" tection ol food fish, game fish and game. This petition is â€" being citcu lated in all the 38 districts _ wher there are branches ol the associgtion, to be signed by. the people. . _ At present 85 per cent of â€"the fish taken put of Ontario waters goes to the United States. ‘The petition states that the present laws are not rigidly enforced, that export should be curtailced, that the game wardens and oversects should be <men of a higher «class. They should be employed full time, and PETITION IN CIRCULATION uxm with mecessary applianctes to work with. The petition asks _ that the province build and maintain hat cheries capable of an output of â€" at least 300,000,000 fry annually, _ to replenish depleted waters, and _ that wll money from licemses fees should be expended on protection of fish abd Henry Shater, who was atrested by Chiet O‘Neill on Sunday, is wanted in Hamilton: It is charged that, in 1904, he and & pal held up a farmer named Smith at the Red Hill _ His pal was arrested and given <a term, but Shafer escaped. Valuable Samples Free DIED IN ENGLAND Iviso *p w and mantions this own doctor. We have received a large shipment of Coffee in four extra fine blends, . qualities are the very beat; we rell quality, our famous Gold Seal Brand JYA and Vocha and Rio Coffeo. We have added another line of extra fAne coffée blended with extra fine flavors, We are going to sell st a special price worlth: 256 for 206; our reg. 156 roasted Rio, whole or ground, 2 lbs. for 250; our Go#fé, ‘Seal the quality that "«ouid cost you 30 cents at auy other store F 125e. Java and Mocha the very best value for 400. We will be ples 40 . show you these good*. Gire us a trial ordet. 3 5 % Successor to J. A. GOOD & Co. BERLIN, away down. BIG BARGAINS If you require any furniture, it will pay you to call and see us .. Several lines of goods are being sold at lees than : factory rices. â€" mpnnch.ugmaomdmmmwa» â€"â€" SIMPSON FURNITURE 00. UNDERTAKING, ETC. * BE The place to get your groceries, _ o *:?a« New ftresh upâ€"toâ€"date stock. Also sait fish nuch as _ herring, trout, cod, ete. â€" Breao and Fasury Floor â€" . King St.;; Waterloo, Ont. \A28 Real Estate and Insurance Agents .. Local Agents ‘for the [Motval Life Assurance Company of Canada FACTORY CONDITIONS Mr. Harry Clark, provincial | ~fwc» tories inspector for Western Ontario, geports factory conditions #s < very tavorable. He states that a number uuwn-m:n\lh district are dnzetrous and afford no protecâ€" tion to the sotie ds c 0 E‘_""“"" and Auny farmer in need of a first class stove wefwill take suger in payment o€ same. * m Friar‘s Cough Balsam I father has & coughâ€"mother a pain â€"«ona bottle will do for all. Bole‘s Preparation of is a mmmmm zs es e t 4 Curt in the world. Insist your dealer gives § â€" â€" you BOLRS PagraRAriONn. _ 38 |]. _ NATIONAL DRUG & CHEMICAL CO, OF CANABA, LIMITED, 1onbo®, J ce 6 Parlor Stoves 90 King St, Kast. Dictrich‘s Block Berlin, Ont. Hardware Stoves, Tinware,Plumbing and Pips Fittings Store near Post office, Phone 143, Berlin. â€" Coffee! â€" Coffee! A Regular Family Doctor J. BALL & â€"SON . . E. POTTER A. 8. HALLMAN, Grocer, to dispose of, Prices $12 to $38 employes whatever in FURNITURE Red Ticket Sale of BOTTOM PRICES® IN ONTARIO. WE HAVE BIG DISCOUNTS x1NGg ST. WATERLOO off your stocking and put it around . your neck, laying the foot part "diâ€" | mflycmmonkflh't;' same on until morning.= This is f excellent remedy for sore throat. 3 Sometimes on the white Russia® blouses of older children big German letters in red cotton wad a touch o# For Sore Throatâ€"At bedtime taka BERLIN.: + e