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The Milverton Sun, Ye the best Local Newspaper in ‘County of Perth, It is the Best th, : ———————— [ADVERTISING RATES. DENYS WNL strictly in| THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. . We have again taken first prize for our bread at the Mornington show. Buns. Cak Items About Our Own Country, | burg, Bava: SPACE. 6 mos.|3.mos.|1 mo.} ~ Great Britaim, the States, and} Gen. Pendo, a Spanish nder All Parts of the Globe, and in Cuba, has been killed by the insur — AND DAINTY — Bee ‘Assorted for Easy Reading. gents, who, have eaptared ‘the Village j Tet Ae clases ree, piven nk um.) Confectionery Half colu eos ci \sing the probability of war between always on hand. pari oo] 35°] Sir William Van Horne announ ces | ‘and China as the result of ighth col. 3 00] 2 09) that the C. P. R. will bu ld an inde-|the oceupation of Kiso-Chau Wedding actheige Made to One inch...- Gr: meee line to Ross! The Khedivah a has been safely deliver ay Aberdeen has os coment to de-/ed of a danghter. The te aie Mi liver an auspices |to her was @ Tescsiot » sdvertisementa af0 ClAtE| Or the Gita at. Patrick's Roucky: oc aveertepats te wa Gee CEO. GUENTH ER. ene first insertion mn, and Se. per line (ang of, Mi “w pees et ‘Advices eccived at Soak Kae: tion. nenreiies at vinni during sala announce t) reports are each successive Oinaer 0, $18.50 compared there that tl jifa recently murd- W. EGER, MB. M.D. C. M. made a clean sweeP | nounces a surplus o! wate of College of Biginans and es fain street. destro: the last year and a1 ted’ surplus ee oa ost — about a tozen bulies . The loss will | of 40,000,000 lire for the curren’ Fadent, o , London, | be about $40, in is said to be with th Englan@, Office og car at Poat Ofioe. Grand Trunk railway bas fects ofthe publication of the Milverton, Ont. Telephone connection) 24 five hun lubed leer eae providing for an autonomous form of with le. Br unner, Lutheran Chureh sand pounds ecay each, for | Government ae and Porto and Rostock. general use on the system. Tt is rumoured in Cairo that the Ang- The Provincial ealth lo-Egyptian fo ied Met- ick i enatatey. Public schoo! pupils must be vacci- Sostiats ot nated a 2p jon against small asellPost, Graduate "Gen, Wapler, the former Captain-Ge aes i epee The owners of the Canadienne, eer et Pakoes Soho Ott ich was run eke by ee rae Saja ieee Majors, his birthplace, 0 Wi tes cruiser, Yantic, im @ husiasm Was mal Le aT eicaal the United States Government Fac tan emia: Seat oot ery month fror pied dollars dam: It is understood that the Cartists in practice of ms of vent ere |Spain will nol take any a veld to be guilty of 2 grave infractiol ou Carlos bas ‘replied Dr. R. J. ROBINS health law in not holdit ng their sen! oe pee ona, palative 19 the 1 Graduate of pups for isolation ea nun was Political situation. routo., th Gradupie n gusset toben gee aivisionat | THe, United States Minister to Tur: legs of Dental: Sy nee punwcay. from) Ma. Free 2 Nenad eegari ed the demand of. th Set MO aa! Offmolet rate¥ Grand | freight agent of the Grand Trunk ret) United States for an indemnity e P Nitrous ore > andl ie oe eh SER OSCE ee 6 eT rkish Government for the pill- Dentral Hotel. Nitrous 9 to succeed Mr. Harris as dis Saree area: 1 ttaction ae teeth Crown De Spidgs = = ly broke out in the specialty. “All: work guarane| vi ona have sent Pe onlenent oe ina peek igs ae ~ radi d pears to the West | creasing in ataeee Reals jen inary. i ¢on- | thousand Albanians are in full revolt IE Milverton, Ont.,| sisting of jagainst Turkey Giiduaie Ontario Veterinary College,|. Mr. E. E- SI 4, ‘Trade Commis-| Toronto, treat stwes of domestic | sioner for Fouth America, does not be- | anaes a Pees cm oromic'stientifically. Allcalls prompt-| lieve any tradp can. be established be- st Ten eat r felephone or oth-| tween Canada and Brazil, seeing that | STEEL FREIGHT CARS. ly Stteniee vor malt. Tentiatry and| the latter country has & tariff “op SP) TRON THE TEA PLANT TO THE TEA CUP fa ialty: average of fifty per cen' Chronic & specialty Gis Williawn’ Van’ Horas bas rectived ‘They ie Coming 160 Cosel Use by IN ITS NATIVE PURITY. a RINARY SUR- ift of magnificent china vases eng Succes es EON, Milverton, FeeeE yy of Newton | plaques from the Emperor of Seead | For somo. yout Oe ae “of the Graduat rio Veterinary - a token of ack ae of the cour- | great transportation companies show @ thine cs th of do-| tesy oxtended by him to the Marquis |eonstant pat of | putit up themecives aid sell it only in the original ery in commer and ae all Limes, fer. Ce ena a driving Pa aeialty: Societies. Cc. 0. No. bet liars meets ever’ ‘ecteak d last: Tuesday uae ae ry ‘month, ae A olor, in iting: ret alwt welcome. Giese c. Rs As Barth, Recording See-| poi retary: : “T, 0.0. By “Silver Star Lodge,’ No. expended for isla a coke tol ties ty i every | Friday seeing ala at 2537 do the same work. Fewer ears in short-| suscession it whe Kinder melan- am. in De than hall, pad It, is sta’ hog iio} d ilding. wi jsiting brethren al- entered nto to at the instigation oe er trains, i aes N. 8s W.| Great Dalat for commercial foksone mien We handling freight an eos Zhe Gees ler Tolling: stock, while less land need. be S th ies ae ra: ustralian sculle: i ie—There ker! ve sae to yard uses. “A traim of thir- oie ee ae yas sol ae M. meet évery first a pasty oat Court, Villag fice, over ‘3 Shoe. rg Mai street, ‘Milverto NB, Milverton, ns’ and Bus meets eons. calls promptly Serene to. and, Maple St., Proprietor. a oe EXCHANGE HOTEL, Brunner, Ont., to Tiquors| 8 ac cial Board of Hs has notified the Mayor of Montreal that | @ i 100) vac: ts al animals. Pov be telephone | Ito during bis p ¥ ada last sum cousin of the Quee! | Pit freight agent in Montreal | Messrs. T. Carpe: rogress through Can-|| Ter: White, Collector of Customs | eal, fr ehae ote fe better is, fall_ than for many years. The Customs collec- tions for Novem! ban dollars in excess of what they | GRDAT BRITAIN. | a Sir Henry Arthor Blake has been ap-|ried, the late for its = traneortation will cost jount as would be of Hong Kong. Othe estate prs the nd ivi fn Ragland, challenges Gandaur | for the championship, but rowed ents the| gn Bevis In t) Reis are has ay: retired see train. nited tates from Supreme Court iaeh The United States mint during No-| mit vember coined $3514.00 gold and cecal rea for instance, on 103,000 silver. re to be cor msolidated. tated a ng of New Fork Doard of ereaith that death in every seven in New York a the fesult of tubercular consumpti , OW st retary of State, the position of At-| torney-General to succeed Joseph Me- | Ki President, MeKinley is considering the best me placing, before the} charitable wciene e | States an for tie. deotltien bt | abe. At Cambridge, Mass.,'Lorenzo Bay warm of shed rhes, a wood chopper, of, Maynard, | picatre arco! Got Was sccbaibed to be hanged on Mare JOHN GROPP. a es 4 tore. for the murder of John Dean, SA ana ae Pumps, ete.| “Tieut. Clay, an officer of thecuants| drawn to the rapidi ae being sued in\London for fifty- AVANTED —TRUSTW ND | five thousand dollars in notes cash-ed active gentlemen or ladies to travel for | five thousand dollars shed esponsible, established Lord Williim Nevill, says that his, tario. Monthly $65.00 and expenses.| Clay's, signature was obtained “by Position steady: Reference. ‘Enclose | fraud. f.- stamped: envelope. The| The New York dry goods’ firm of Dominion Company, Dept. Y. Chicago.| Hilton, Hughes & Co., which failed oe with liabilities at $2,200,000, will T. R. Time Table. smaller creditors inj full. The ‘Trains due to 1 cave Milver poet claims have been bought} up by COrNG Nor’ cor Jadge Hil oe ee Co.; v3 Pail ex st Ri near. woort, Netherlands, at $474,000, under- com- poe English and Belgian York for ‘the ae of William Guld- }900 wr list of Cambridge Uni-| of yr. The Public Libraries of New. emt only i Vineue © Partin ‘Thorn was found guilty of i it is reported that the Albanian ‘re- have occupi mmeh, on the Nile, the main dervish position esteveen Berber and Omdur- -|The Best Bread, The Best Fruits, --AT -- BARBER SHOP - - - A PERFECT TEA * Kirst Prize Bread. “The Best Confectionery, | The Best of Everything id. H. Schmidt's --- IN CONNECTION: as 4 writs your eooar fora Model 2! Policy Dominion Life ASSURANCE C0., WATERLOO, ONT. It is DEFINITE being simply a LIBE! oConthisiog Practically no restrictions as to travel occupation and allows reserve to Boor enna in Policy is allowed t EQUITABLE: in elassfyin ion, La re ers separately, givin Bs fall benefit of Mech ae PROFITABLE. As the Dominion is a purely. company ; ian its death rate is lower than Eng- capital of ‘over a’ qua o million dollars cite eal eater i M. Bricker, Besta o. neral Agent. Monsoon rapid ‘ooden freight cars in favor of those wisdom of the earning pts of stee’. Whe wi os that the business | chee fy seen in increased \power, due to the fact that the proper- (ion tes paying to non-paying eset \moved is raised to & marl we for the corresponding month last Steel cars are more Your: certain salen of freight ALL GOOD GROCERS KEEP IT. if your grocer does, @ STEEL, HAYTER & CO. Mand 13 Front Street East, Toronto, not keep it, tell him to write 10 ‘4 BAD OMEN. = average train many Peapectibie railroads. roads from railways ai reasi faster than their gross carnings. cooL eOuEAE How an Ensiebean 3 Worked a Gun at Hazard. Great = Brett, of the Royal Artillery, was serious import. pecially mentioned and attention was ity with which he and am- Hirst, a puggaree 1 ames ae Bird, Hore at eaitate the fact of murder in the first degree at New| assisted had bronght reinforcements munition to the front at toes hen the young officer fell steel cars with a capacity of 100,- ach will carry 1,500 tons versity just published, - Hamilton | of the cars will be 510 tons, or.a total of He Waneit of Montreal, gets a scholarship 2010 t bogie ed ay: spreads a the value of fifty pounds. ash Dest. standard 60,000- bm | poun: city. ¢ ould be ges UNITED STATES. | Of two-thirds paying load and one-third President McKinley will recommend | weight of cars—that ao be cars peat ‘a grant for the relief of sufferers in |ed would weigh 703 to the Yi lmore than the car. seaicht = the aed item alone is more load, all. train mileage, on he latest errasal) tig part of the sa 5 A steam paliecad, the force the enemy were lata here was a gun at band, but it was without the asual_ app ances. This gun Lieut. de Brett load- ed himself, and rai the charge with without sponging out between the rounds. He recogniz- sist upo! —There i father was wealtl iat Tarkey—Obs cheer uy, old man, a breaking our engagement so shortly. Mpefore the date fixed for our Moe ones that your HORSE BLANKETS, WOOLLEN AND RUBBER A Fresh Assortment in for the Fall Trade. Call and examine my line of Fancy Single and Double Setts of Har- ness. : , | Repairing Done Neatly and Cheap- ly. Sleigh Bells on hand. WM. SMITH Par up in 4 lb., x 1b, and 5 Ib. packages, and never sold io bulk. THE HARNESSMAKER, ONE DOOR NORTH OF GLEISER’S R-1-P-A-N‘S The modern stand- ard Family Medi- Cures the eee common every-day ills of humanity. cine: ONE GIVES RELIEF. paying Bookman says, “a great in with this comprehensive effort to edit in one monthly newspaper.’ its readers an Bt sn ofthese ie wt mae ey the month, of the political, the monthly volume the American Monthly Review. of 43 ASTOR PLACE, NEW YORK — Reviews. pas ° pecan ‘the bi TW ii mle and a general air of neatness door. It nd in AGRICULTURAL gave a new interest and eae the the little house long. empty: and wano- | cheery, glow on the hearth the father} ~ iced. awa high 10 ured out his soul and tol y Jet in all the th of sunshine of had. been, thrown ‘out of ma the TREATING PRUNING WOUNDS. appy holiday, and Ebenezer’ a closing of a factory, how har A bulletin tly issued som Oh, it was Ste Christmas weath- on in the | tried to find another — i to no | results pilin a " yi : oe Adan meats a been one of |avail, and how all the ve up- in, ment of pruning jes onde alps Was the sum his dear ets raiee wounds on trees. It ai, Having done ping frosty air that whisked about, were, a it. ie table was|by sewing and Jimmy's pittance from| the pruning, and m: a filliping cheeks un- n white cloth, and| the market. And the Wifeyin her ture. 1 oy, shall we treat. them? Sball they til they bloomed like peonies! tha troop of excited chil-| told how brave and patient he had i ante es Sen aoa ee t instant en-| been, with a loving glance that made be covered with an application of any le jong the strests ia the| Saget. in the thrilling npee ns prea a rt? This ic almost universally re- Ey ildren’s dinner. The ; merriest humor imaginable, for, bless| mother, pale, thin and sweet faced, wag Airs someting gan’ New| Tecommended, especially when the us all, it was Christmas day, and their of honor, ensconced | Year's day “te gave his word upon it wounds are large. In order to test this hearts were aglow with the spirit of ¢ one comfortable chair, with a | feeling for first time question, six different methods peck vatehi the pepe: f rich has a” —_ ns eaoe'on earth and good will toward mA Charming sil, > treatment were carried through, all aif amused, half melanchol hen. ae was his torn. The icuuares, used at each of the times when The lad of 12, ered at his knee in} + youngsters cate hurrying home- re meal een a ile tlle ait | ireathinsly Beales 6 BE b he Druning was done. The applications a with skates s! over their he marxGrawn from| land and sea, of strange countries were liquid grafting wax, shell shoulders of the new and glittering fhe Rel Two , gleeful Tittle girls had seen and people ti -enown--| Varnish, white ledd paint, pine tar and pattern especiaily y | danced in with dishes of potato jueer, quaint people in far off pl coal tar, the other wounds being left Santa Claus, for fine as the toe was the | uraip, and & br at chubby youn Ailes sae orn Lke| with no application whatever. The co ringing of tide Hed bread and butter, | baby drew neare: oo Et parison of the different applications is up visions of turkey and stuffing, plum the serving of] ally clim) a much more reliable than that between puddii mince pie which no mor- at 3 tle ese different times of for each tree Far hoy Shull seniel —s last of sa tis father appeared | in] When it was her bedtime, pe Said ‘ber erent times of pruning, for eac! rag? he 3 loped in a big white | cheek: upon his in a soft caress. received the same number of applica- As for the little girls in the new wie = oe She loves you,” or oe id, and in @| tions of each kind, so tbat the tree ‘ where imney place hubby: e: es that everybody. smiled cies spells at sight of policemen on the corners slap- 2 S 4] ty 2 em & z 2 ee - & o mas day. And over all pealed the joy- ‘ous music of the bells in carols that found an echo on every lip. Even the houses wore a gala air. Wreaths of evergreenshungin all the crowning splendor of tthe day, a aer a turkey us tha -| smelled before, as the whole family uo- animously agreed. too, in a china pot Ww’ ‘eae handle, sas vl bot brought tat, in, feel e ‘occasion Coen ee Tay, chil Sains red) an jastitieg by the recollection that it| rich Yizl t into ‘the shadows and Cheeses, day. chair: He felt the baby arms still Mor Ge teihag laid sslde the) round his see th pled baby cheek aprea. ‘The cook vanished; che head] pressed close to his, own, wrinkled a of the house appeared. He led the ate | Sea Seamed with tha chreshiof the world, and at ‘the chimés Ta: out at mid- avindows high and low, and the market ight soft and clear theo on the corner was athing of beauty ti hea and and a joy forever, with piles of crim- aiyear he breathed w Uttle 7 pray- son cranberries, golden pumpkins, sil- pan. yer turnips, celery, apples, ar se nuts heaped picturesquely, behind ‘its! HOW RL es HARRIS DIED. frost efched panes of and the! thanked God for ims goodness in keep whole framed in graceful festoons of | ine them together pA giving them $0 | Me Foubt White Hix Greck Comrades Ran mic! aivhiokane may Poon Sere n he took up Away- a ‘s pi he carvi: nife as he a nxious- 4 It was a triumph of art ie at the ne eit The io Cueabout| The following story, related by acor- ‘at once the joke and ad- Gagne of all bebolders. Popular’ belief held that the mons-| ; + had been purchas- ter, the 30 pounder, ed by old Ebenezer Green, the rich and helor who lived by himself he outskirts of the could have pt ag to» buy it in such was hardly more neh an is daycare i yh fe apnrectation of nny, I declare,” she’ said tis, paola as she re or in her arms, r own: Injun “Next door?” Ebenezer gianeed up in eS reached the door} # neuer Green turned away, with The bell sounded in his - he | fixed ae upon the eabiorevere there were flowers and silver and cut glass, and on the side table, smoking hot and browned till he crackled all over, loome the mighty outlines of prize turkey. For ‘one 1 1 at once the oddest idea popped 8 ing woul hi , and th prize turkey never would have played apart in a , for once. in his life, the old man acted upon spur of the, ior ent. | He hurried ont into the hal mn his coat and hat, opened the door, vshbped Sock into the table. dren trooping in his trai “Good t casped the vi isitor, quit 1 out of breath after his Hercules ee ing: tor che souitar mother stepped shed kindly ¥ gentle ia which would have that heavy platter. what a turkey! He must, have been. raised in a land of gian agai chanced that the big turkey and the Tittle “one were side up the platter w respondent, in a letter from Athens, Oct. 17, is worth reading: Last e and of our. own Princess of Wales. His e the theme of com- nversation, opening brightly ioe young Cleme flarris. ‘An enthusiast in all he und- ertook, he soon fell a victim to the vi Hetaeria. Befor Oh, but that was a monstrous bird! | spring Thirty pounds? Fifty! Old Ebenezer|hatred of Greek he had. imbibed at fairly staggered under its weight a5/'Harrow, and was full of Greek wron he cautiously picked his way over the|and ausious for Greek freedom. War ice and snow toward the cottage door.| had not sh a ieee and he couldn’t even 5 andl ‘tol spree en’ meldor with the cower adot ma Sis" mnaged| Ole ih he eae of to make a good, rapping, how= leah fosuawontet tae the [Der of the Andartes. and undertook: to father ran hastily out he chile|Serve against the Turks when called : S THE CALL CAME SOON L ly in April Clement Harris, forts, “Good day, and wish ana Try bate Christmas! You-don’t know me, but| wih about ron to Cor fiotes, (dates: ¢{ I'm your next door neighbor, Eben-) % join the ezer Green. I’ve got the prize tur. for the _in- key, but I want AS to help me eat In good English fe for im very lonely. over, ‘there all} hi Beat Dt a ate by_mysél er; and on the evening of Come in? Well, the father saw in a| hi ris entertain- ice how it was, opened wide|ed som: Schobel Ee Go daane trckey wea Ate a begomme ‘a palae ¢ fod need alot have | brought your , returning, dinner ‘with you, sir,” | smiling. dirty, and “You ai ° fo a share of 5 is ficer ‘who n his ready for bed, and \6 group out- side fell into ailoncee- ite the little ne“Enelt beside her eri) “murmur- og the pede lean words o Sher “Now I lay me ‘do ih, thatwas s Ce Christmas day 1) 45 its close» Ebenezer and the world was| o)) made up- on this point would be as uninteresting Wax is the only application corporate all the observations -provess. A greater proportion of wounds treated with wax are reported as healing extremely well than of any ext remely well. Those treated with shellac did t seem to have healed quite as well as those left untreated. Paint does not hinder the pro:ess of healing, and there is little evidence that it favors ie the a ge & Es ¢ A § £ ae 8 g 5 & ¥ 8 FI S Coal tar, how- wound having been repo! ing extremely well, while the majority are reported as healing only fairly well. When we come to tne matter’ of checking. conditions are different. Al- as well 3 Pad 3 Fert ne sligitly checkedi oni, checked and one as badly checl eae ‘Was ani sort may not rth while so far healing is coaverned, and may indeed even hinder it, as in the of c tar, it is of decided value in prevent- ing wounds from checking. This | is doubi important as the matter healing. for the checks readily serve as starting places for decay, whi in time destroy the life of the 2. It was noticed in the pruning done ¥ by side. soon)| friend - Ree ge Sectig Sebee ge bet enezer’s spirits rose ata bound and he | coat: fist they fought the bat. felt ues sis again. Hi = t — tle of wort {i eS Cortes they allowed their And lien chugklel at the picture,| my tack with ¢ apts fo his heusekesy-[ glish fre fay of the ate come mad when she found not only] ED HIS BLOOD ¥ turkey?” demanded the « “oid | gentleman, more impressed have Seat gave te ie saiemb connotes, which bad kept the two fowls still near nel aa boy told ny eg Eeanghy ours last aE toe res for the imes, fe ea eed rei ra with awe, principally on ae count of bis wealth, which was et fo be fabulous, but not 3 Tittle. be be: mewhat ‘reserved See air. fe his way deliberately. toward key wes Sure enor signs shoe tees! abbae ~ | could see him, him but the turkey gone. Over went the flowers, and the nuts: and See ea of set it t = <8 onder: Site into their modest. household H put in’ and washed tay a Gianer, dishes afterward. | “The “ener ts Green wiped, er eine the aiecsers of the fara ae id the “The neglected garden had beeh put gate repaired and pice up ‘around the fire. ‘The big logs had gone from Mr. Grae cellar not Spaige minutes be-| FE: fore Jimmy had worn a path through tay festal ‘toord d ond peveniaianenS at the mn Mr._ 0 | bi a .thety cane without: atriking blow Paneclvas UiAtrived at a company of about sixty Andartes, each of whi s furnished with a woollen cloak, a cap, rifle and Albani a y dri in money Boat enced rib triton ag etter to save ever, indicate any particular advan- lors the wound, and ‘that ts color remains, but perh: roved to be fairly durable. Jac and e tar failed utterly in thi: regard. 0 ca eit eported as stayin 0 | evers case they were al! gone. oF near- Or course the im- tied Us semiaioay it. If the wound not check, it mat- the application we iene is little trouble 4 in this regard. nsefal, B preventing the wood from but appears’ to be a positive hindrance to healing so or all the boards that, in spite of the fact that it stays well, there is little to recom- mend it. i id to heal- ing, being ‘apparently. @ trifle ° detri- tienial hile it helps only. slightly in 3 does not w ling, nor,.to a bined extent, prevents it Past eheoks FIXING UP THE FENCES. e fence question is one of those bat will to have all the posts of any particular line of fence rot off at the same time. to spring loose at uestion would be much simplified. It would then be a ques- tioa of rebuilding, and easily board in another, comes more oe We are tempted to Patehing, promising “ouraelves Jong as the rest of the fence, when we will have a new one. Fences must be fixed up aslong a8 wood decays or wire and-boards break, 5 several years and will also present wind ce! d Mr. Bink oe tees changing the props al: ng ‘bis We must all have some old flee, Paon is always a dangerous fence. A large all injury to stock 18 fone in old fences, where the wires have become or detached and are they will be injured. ARE THE PULLETS LAYING? With a season where obstacles of al- busy antl Apr count will balince tfpslt-in ner and the secr: successful poul- try keeping be solved. EXISTENCE IS PRECARIOUS. Considering hot y people die ey- ery year, it i i that living is very, very, dangerous.