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The Milverton Sun _ THORSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900. ~ Subsidising railways in Canada is _ like nursing a viper on your own Wy stich a By some strangely alae accident the ballots in the West Elgin election were destroyed and the crookedness "practised in this ballot.stuffing con- test cannot now be brought to light. The West Elgin Commission ap- pointed to investigate the irregularities ia connection with the. election there should ferret out and deal summarily with the officers who destroyed the ballots without being ordered to do so, Mr. Pringle, of Stratford, in a series of letters in different papers has awakened public sentiment with regard tothe local transportation question, ‘He has shown the jinjustice that the ‘people in nearly every section of On- tario have becn submitted to by the action of our largely subsic out of our own pockets in sidetracking our produce while they are carrying the produce of the American people, our greatest competitors, at cut rates to the sea- board. We are glad to see that this important question is being thoroughly di at the Farmers’ Institutes gue we sincerely hope’ that there will be such a sentiment of protest created that parliament will be compelled to grapple with the issue and: at once provide a remedy that will: give at - Jeast-a measure ef relief to the agri- culturalist of this province. | MILLBANK. Eliza ok of Wellesley is ‘visiting Miss z Mise Weir, of Glenmori is visiting ‘NF cousins the Mis eir. Mr. Jobo Gibeon expects to ship a carload of horses t9 Virden, Man.. on Tuesday of this week. A large num- ber of horses have changed hands’ in|1 this “locality during the past few w SA fu Almond was in the village last. - married to, ae Wm. Has ~ the presence of the families mea bride and groom. After the hore, which was performed by Rev. W. M. Haig, all repaired vo cs bie ganings Haas twas served, and groom are among our most pu- lar shee sogle all will join in eae sone every Une iness. of Hensall, qorning last in the interests o! Centary Faun ‘The Farmers’ Institute meeting here ve Jeaving the funny man oa year and sarin local talent instead. Magwood very ably filled ge ee were obtain- ai ie the Secretary. DARING DEED BX A BOER GENERAL London, Fob. 12. ‘Do “or make a drudge of him. Half ilways which have been | | No mene to trel Too well, too well a know it, for T Farmers’ Institute Meet’g| the _in the conse do jee side. of ft, such. as wetting a ote as as much velop the intell the farm. ‘The following unnamed and anon- in The ‘Pele re beside me, set my Bible on my breast. Fora momentlet the wailing bugles rest, Lord, letent Theneny servant go @ cadence in mine ear, rows The winds Mg pid nk fhé voices that ear— Yes, oie, redcoats are returning: I hear the steady tramp. After | twenty years of. waiting, Bronkerspruit but we ‘And we shot “the "Betis gunners where they They ee ae fon anon road ! But Hee, from snow-swapt Canada fiat outposts, Obeying their command, as they heard strain the bugle’s Mata ae in ale ite have joined the They some to find the colors at Ma- eaten and e to pay us ‘back the debt ices lifted, and 1 see strange colors tossed, ‘Mid the rooi- eae oainee one The ae ar faiths most i falter; the ust "tis ‘he sent wiiiddsanoe wank ue must nd welt, homey spruit, ce kopje to ran; x will bi fore tien Wwe shalh ar it in the song Of the rovi-baatje je siingng on theroad. war JOTTINGS. Nothing of particular interestin the progress of the ‘war bas transpired during the week. The public is kept guessing as to what ‘he! troops are doing. Lord Roberts has gathered 35,000 mien, with whom, according to tie ‘bags eee panies siege tap Kinbery and thus making his first step towa Bloemfontein. ; berts tells the correspond- ents when he gets down to business they shall have ample opportunity to His chief to go unchecked. Only telegrams will re ‘or the next few da: »| something is about to happen. Kaffirs sa Boer deserters: say that the Boers are hard pressed for food, and bat tice is loud Jamentations among the Boer women for their hus- ae sy relatives who have been killed in battle THERES ALWAYS HOPE. Diseuse and Kindred Kidney Have Lost Their Terrors— South "Smet Kidney Core Wages a oe cae sae ing for the ministry, od thea ofa ba hi norvn westers roppel into a sa drug store, and in ery discourag to the pro- prietor, “Tam q isliag’ my ny etadies aud go- home pee) My tol ti” oa xperience the almost eens Soy hisown cave me by th At eae eae je recomme! lectnal, mo} etic side of his bein set asthe mere- B. When - | Zion church, Wel moped to Nee mathe boys and girls on Eth Se As the saa is closing I am going | Pea my But But fee | through allt all the bugles rings And on the rinses my’ hopes of | Ham Ofthe r Foot aes singing on the Wool | Beef, per owt jess than. a month he | | aon, Ph, By past. He Week Exegus, gu ie view at sii k at 245 p. paar Wee Y,, mbent, Rivin en ice at Elma Cmnce MeMillen, BA., Tue ship at 7 ook p.m, Servi 30! —Rev. “Anderson, Saath Services at at 1am Bayer meeting on m2. Service at ‘Htesley Tp. at3 p. upesbe vax Sega eaeis (hs George, Finkbeiner, meaday evenings ab Betclock, "borane Babes Wm. ae Sabbath Service at 2 COMMERCIAL. Muventox February 15, Fall wheat per bus $ Sng whenty per bush. ios per bus Oats ** 1900. 6 a TF eaute emo Sune ssSaVeag leep. le at Potchefstrom |#*! Fine hogs 4.00 ‘Toronto, Februaty e 1900. Wheat, white... Sy Pee “ped. we SSSSlnaSRERSSHSESS essed hi ga bunts Lam " BURTON, THE TAILOR Has decided to have an- other annual Clearing Sale of all winter stock of Ordered Clothing and Gents’ Furnishings “At Wholesale Cost to clear for spring goods. OMAN i SSSLS na SSBNSSHT onse * CALL * Next door to Postoffice. MILVERTON. WAR NEWS Great Slaughter Xmas Goods P. H. BASTENDORFF . The Jeweler. ee ee de ee He TEE RE RE REE EIS e Just passed into stock a ton of New ‘ Spring HEHEHE HEHEHE HEE HEME WEEE TEE EEE ie te i oe le is ie ole i oe oie ie oie ie ie ee ie. © © %€ ale se ole le leg he ole ole TERE TERETE HE Hee eee La * Lg ¥ % for you, too. EE y. another season. brace both methods, ce TERETE TE EEE you: spendit here. y. Cash—ask for Credit which we bought last September, before the rise in market, so now that prices have gone up all. along the line we are fortunate enough to be in a_ position to stick to the old time figures, which is good fortune While many stores are wondering. what to do & between the outgoing of Winter and the incoming of § y spring, this progressive store is always doing some- & thing that keeps our trade active. y ness close selling—Small Profits always—and some- & times at loss, rather than * CASH OR CREDIT * Our business system is extensive enough to em- Our Cas% trade is an important 3 consideration, —our Credit dealings equally so. We y cater to both classes of purchasers. y, plains our rapid progress, and our present mammoth y proportions. Our Credit System was, and still is in- ¥ y. tended for those who need sweh concessions. Cash y ‘ goes along way in this establishment. If you have it by y “on call” use it, and we'll guarantee satisfaction, if If you honestly can’t afford to pay * Always in either case you get the “BEST VALUE % ¥ FOR YOUR MONEY.” ' GROSCH & PFEFFER. : Dry Goods oe oe ole oie ie ole ht i he le he oe gare ee s ait. ig i ie HEHE HE EE EE EE FEE ERE RE REE Oar plan of busi- e to carry goods over for eee ee veeeeun TERE EEE EE EEE IE EE This fact ex- ¥ eK We will make terms for you. es ee PREC EEE CE Whether this is the 19th or 2oth Century. We have the Latest Styles of Shoes Slippers and Rubbers In order to make room for Spring Goods we will dose out all Winter Goods at and below cost. Call and see them. A full stock of Trunks and Valises just receiyed. J.G. GROSCH & SON MILVERTON, U Nexr- spook “to: Posrorncn. © Grand Jewel Stoves We will prove to you that the. Grand Jewel Stoves and Rang- es ARE THE BEST ; alk styles and sizes for Wood or Coal. Geta good stove, for you don’t buy one often during ‘our life. Al Full stock of Shelf and Heavy Hardware. at ones prices: All kinds of Fence Wire. 1 We give our Customer the benefit of our buying before he raise. © A-pleasure for us to show you goods. Yours anxious to please, ~ arrangements to secure news See our Self-Feed- . ing Coal Stoves and Heaters. We lead in Coal Heaters. Our TINWARE DEPARTMENT is complete. orders promptly ‘filled. Se 4 The Milverton Sun * THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900. GENERAL NEWS <CULLED FROM ALL SOURCES. Rev. Dr. Kilroy, of Stratford, con- tributed $5 to the Patriotic Fund. The ale fier Fund now Secce to $10! . de Hane, a oe Hosoda ee Bi thomas, was killed ‘Chatham on Monday while epiedibig: 7,427 Doukhobors and 16,787 Galicians have settled in Manitoba cand the Northwest since 1897. The revenue of the Dominion for the seven months ending Oat -y 31st shows an increase of $3,137, Mr. Samuel Harryett & Bancroft was nominted by the Liberals of Dore lastings as their candidate for th Commons. Gen. Hutton sails from New York for Southampton on Sat ter of Militia on Sunday afternoon. ames River rosc seventeen or ighteen feet abuve the ordinary level at es but little damage was ‘don Tei js stated that Mackenzie & Maun, railway contractors, will endeavor to purchase the locomotive works Kingston. Seal wf the school sections of East Zorra are petitioning the Minis- ter of Education to shurten the ‘sum- mer yacation in rural schouls, a ‘Canadian contingent in South died at Orange River Bore Colony, of locomotor ataxia bi The G.P.R. Company has declared a| Th dividend of 3 per cent. on the ordin ary stock for the half year, making a|¥ total of 5 per cent. for the year. The Simooe Canning war office, London, England, ordering ‘ at tons of jam for the troops in South | aoe moon shines bright upon the erg on the veldta Boer picket’s smoking hay; Gen. Buller’s “wistfully looking toward pope aay che banks of the Tugela fac w It is probable that Mr. Frat, tos doadan ot ale the post of chief Mioistorial Whip. Canadian citizens Boer sympathizers i in that city the other evening. Rie GovacaciGnts bea mala nee jeaths that niay occur among th i Carsdisil forces in South Africa and to keep the persuns inost interested in- formed. pace is now a keen controversy g: ing on between Mr. Sineibal the lack of attendance ia hel pee Tye, a Wilmot farmer's son, has been appointed chief engineer “ construction of the C.P.R. headquarters at Montreal. Mr, Tye, though only 40 years of age, lias reach <0 the top of the ladder in his pro: fession, in this country at any rate, Thomas Whitehead, uuerehant of Walkerton, died suddenly of heart failare on Friday last. a, and expired in ten minutes. According tothe lnst report of the Ontario Bureau ndustries, the value of all the hogs in the counties of lesex, saidto have abrogated by the recent st,| and the $3,201, 220, or $37,119 oe Vee value of the hogs owned b ‘ers of ali these counties. hogs |i t make up the mouey, for these rai road promoters, but it takes his mon in other ways. none the less. he it’s Always nig! Gloom 1 the sufferer from stomach ai e | by fo t follows. isa just so surely wi tan’s Pineapple Tablets let mm ie the full noonday i This is taking |g ‘land strong. Cay i 54 Company | rex! eecently reccived a cablegram from the | jy In r. | into negotiations wit ay, | Wat with England, pegotintlans 9 ree ® prominent | OF caveniy th e can: from blo: by the other. le Told Mr, Hill He was a. Dyin, Yet he bas w pay it] ones Mi dn ht foun tenantry on the | healer and to-dayiswell In these days of hurry and bustle, ner- vous strain, poor digestion, the struggle of the humble classes for au existence and the everlasting run of the married man for more money, the heart, the human engine, After doctors had said no cure—Acute heart disease had put Mrs. Fitzpatrick |o:*.. well nigh in the cluteh of the “Grim |; Reaper.” But Dr. Agnew’s ‘Cure for the Heart met her at the hose} rr: ix. pital door,offered her life, she accepted the great)" heart disease relief minutes after the first dose has been taken. Some of the most pronounced heart disorder are : pit breath, weak , tenderness chilly sensatio and pain in the left side is wrought upon for double the duty thal Providence originally assigned it. Thus i is that we may pick up nature to help her carry her load. less remedy. ‘Phousands of wonderful curative powers monstrated, and in most acute forms of SOLD BY JA any newspaper any day and read of the lide taken off of this, that and the other person, here, there and yonder--the cause assigned, heart failure, strain too great, and no assistance offered Dr. Aguew’s Cure fur the Heart is a peer- cases where sure and sudden death seemed imminent, its: have been de- ct it haustion. one of these 81 may mean sudden death the patient. permanert cure, rum, It ix a heart specific, leaves no ba after effects or depression. f on the nerve centres, S. TORRANCE. smothering spells, swelling of the feet and uneasiness if sleeping on the left side, fainting spells, bunger and ex- toma: is enough to convince of the seating of heart disease—and any one of them, if neglected, Dr. Agnew’s Cure for the Heart not only’ gives almost instant relief, but in the most} py stubborn cases it will effect a rapid and It is not an untried nost. It acts directly “induces nervous energy, dispels all weaknesses, and_general- ly tones the syste.n. Mrs. Jobn Fitzpatrick, of Gananoque Ont., was a great sufferer from heart die mn case of over hospital,and was i a short while discharged - from oe as a She incurable ; but, to- has come inside of 30} use her “As a last resort, I: bonaia | athe ae De Agnew’s Cure for , |}y. and I gladly bear my testimony to this Wonderful remedy as a life saver.” — What it has done for Mrs. lane t. y sufferer from heart disea 7 "3 Catarrbal Powder relieves ale “ta the head in tem minutes, and has Theses cases of fifty years’s standing. ew’s Ointment will cure blind, feeding or itching in from three to five nights. One sppligation relieves the ist irritating ski 4 35cel id} “Dr. Agnew’s Pills, for constipation, sick headache, flaca and stomach troubles generally. Only 20 cents a vial. DEATIVS chesn SHIGHBOR. Beoadhouse 1 ee a e Heart "Gare: fee ss ‘Tl ay Half an Hoar. by it to-day hhenxe outre.-S9)d by Tanues Poeranba, BAD FOR THE LAWYERS. Litigation seems to be going out of it is estimated that a ly good year’ It the bolete at The present Assizes in Toro: An ning epaniey might be made into the cause of this growing unsellingn ess to carry SY into oorhe e typewriters, by clearly express- ing what is meant in agreement, has he visible shrinkage in the supply of law suits. pe OVTLINE OF THE VTON-BULWER TREATY 1849 the United. eres entered the Behe fear that the opening of such acanal might bring about a Sir Henry Bulwer, the British minie- ter at Washington. reaty was adopted whereby both countries declared that neither the ol ene iad ‘such @ ans intain any fortitientfons pommanditie the same, or to any do: booties Bigeye eB mere ah war between e racting parties, nal should be exempt ekade, detention or capture ‘These are the atta pointe which are called on:s certain old erofter and hi wife, and was as usual rece extreme eonsideration, pen to the ec whieh The guidwife of the house with land hospitality pressed “tak? iv aff, for the day was cauld weet,” to which her guidman rejoined, “Toots, wumman, dione a] she cam! the _ | Royal eed ‘yracioolle put to her ae the Meee to nd press Her wo Majesty j je ebb bed a drap afore here.” STRAYED from the premises of the mation as to his whereabouts suitably rewarded by party crates hi PETER OPPER, ary A friend of mine, poles! fe used to relate the follow: preacher, who travelled bk areait horseback, was once overtaken by two men who agreed to have some fun with the traveller. They therefore rode up, gents: authetic fie of the: ig, cheat r-British war. c ry: THE LINSCOTT PUBLISHING CO., Agents ;—0ur me the Beit Fea ay & regula for agents ep “book. Srlbed sight OnttGirse ta mucamers, TH LINSCOTL PUBLITHING CO., Tor Age nts;—Fomous Men detaited in glowing langaage ; the pro- be niatious tie aid full of Ml the greatest inventions and coverics in the warveloua patio of the century a ope ie markable one hundred years in a world, Exceptional in- ents for agents, BRADLEY -GARRETSON CO., Limited, Brantrorp, OXt. Wanted =—Three young men for special ork, ‘Teachers or eilucated men pre: ferves HE LINSCOTT PUBLISHING £0. Agents :—A rich and golden anirete wat ith vas the the only Canadian oe ae Castell Hopkie recog thentic and gives inform: want. ly buys. Now is ths tims ta’ apinenes: ath BRADLEY-GARRETSON CO , Limited, Bruutford. | —People te elamoring. for ah ‘oronto. ‘on South. ‘Africa Tee THE DOMINION LIFE ASSURANCE . COMPANY. They then asked bim if h sermons. No, he replied, I preach extempore. He was then asked what HEAD OFFICE, Estasiisnep 1889. A han ever had. ta amount assured 23. 13 per cent. In Cash Pre’m Income mH 64 per cent. er age Receipts 1.46 per cent, 9.59 per eens. paid. all death losses from. the ginning. SiS, |) Gepataes ‘likatiches fobsea Gabatgers a raat and Women, Events of the Nineteenth Gentung: ” All the ‘are dewribed ; the Amount in force January Ist, 1900, $3,646,836. Jas. Innes, ex-M,P., President. Cur. Kumpr, Esq, Vice-President. Tuos. Hinuiarp, Managing Director. J. ¥. Marin, Sup’t. of Agencies, The year 1899 was the best the It eines in Tesi interest receipts kos more than 5 be FIRST PRIZE BREAD Competant judges at the Stratford Gener Fair awarded us lst Prize for Bread. We do not have to depend upon the intelligence of a country show judge tor our reputation. our bread in preference to any other are the best judges, and give the: ver- dict.as the judges at Stratford Fair did— Correct, V. WEITZEL, The Baker. Will sell Goods at Stock. mien between England if ited States. EEE SASL OAS. THE DOCTOR'S COYSOLATION, i Man, Bat morican Nervine Cared When ae was Abandon J. Hilt iia idige, Ou ier trouble, dyspeps E aya he tHe sean othe market which claim: cd 15 tees ont sieces, 3 a taking Rearataeic Men almost immediate benetit fo ec it, and toxlay says he life on this great remedy ax for sufferers to himself, —Sold y Jamnes Torraner. Queen Victoria frequently visits her Imoral estates, and Ask ac First uegrared FIRST PRIZE BREAD. T have been ih business four ears and never took second ieee prize for bread. WHY ?. .| Because | make the best- The public knows this now, my competitors realize it. Prize Baker Uy me your house. little book could be written aun ee of Queen at a boas the romantic meetin, peasant. On oue ‘occasion, the Gaen eG GUENTHER’: |E. KNECHTEL, Merchant Tailor all winter a reduced price,in order to make room for the Spring Call in and See Us. Our LATEST DESIGN, Suit will be done in the Nearly Three Hundred Pieces to choose from. Order Your Winter Suit Fall Goods have just arrived and they are of the Your: MOST sebaceous MANNER ~ The vast number of. nike who eat —