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ms paeeree et 12 05 Fee beds, "ahd a. + > Eee Rxpress leaves Listowel 8 00 arriving at Guelph 9.28 a m. and To: mto 1125 a.m Express pa 8.05 p, ms aed at Guelph 4.88 p-m., Toron tural ig bad Froronto at 7.50 a a he oes at Lis. am, juelph vearineg "Toronto oe 5.10 p 'm.; ving SP taSimel 0 nections dehy at Layout Junc- tion aah trains for Goderic' Viorphy & Carthew, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS &0 solicitors-for the Bank of Hamilton. Nwtaries Pubic sud Commissioners. Mone, 4. B, Monray 1M Carrarw BLEWETT & BRAY: BARRISTERS, - SOLICITORS, NOTARIES PUBLIC & CONVEYANCERS, LISTOWEL, ONT. "¥. RO BLEWEIT, KO, GEO. BRAY, B, A. 9». Cecil Hamilton, B. A Barriste , Conyeyancer Solicitor for Imperial Bank of Canada ONEY Tu LOAN, Main St., next to Dr. Foster. Dentist. ones Atwood every Wednesday Branch office in LOUIS GABEL LICENSED AUCTIONEER, LISTOWEL, | ONT. Sales condacted in an in any part of Perth County at moderate charges. Satisfac- tion guaran Sales may be arranged for at Stand- ard office. 29. "FRED. 5. VANDRICK, LICENSED "AUCTIONEER 'or the Counties of = Haron soi he Townehiy of Maryboro lam re "nese to mga "at 'kinds of sales a Orders ns lat - A. "0. 'Vandrick's store, Lis- owel, will be given prompt attention ENTIRELY WEW 8TNCK OF Pure Drugs. and Chemicals. R. A. HUNTER having acquired the sole interest, will in future attend to the want ot his Customers personally Family recipes a spccialty. ?. A. Hunter Le. , TTY re P bkais. Ue ORD, ONT. : st RAL H Write us at ence for our free catalogue and learn what is being ing "business col- say they are the best. Three departments, Commerciat, Shorthand aqd Telegraphy. We give individual instruction and you many enter at any time. D. A. McLACHLAN, Principal. t. BVCEBETVVVDDE Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by mil- lions of mothers for their air etiiren while teathing with: Lge erg It soothes the child, so san e no other BENT.S) PROMPTLY SECURED I=per inary advice free. Charges modernte, aveatnty sentupon grat Marlon a Baron, Rec, New York Lile Outrealy end weenie. Bc, USA. Ki ne 9 paseager 10 Discovery on Pp. ™., ~- Even El Grim An = rr learns SA arse niland Sea. ship was the frigate com- Freesat by 2D Dear Supe! 'the sper June, bs r eveech out to the Atlantic were nevur again seen afloat -by whiteman. neasiness pee frigate nor. 8 rom, the com n the following June orders were y that sho plorere, ing in the north at did not Bcc Churchill in time to receive-and wea 'the order _ season, which was now well advan however, wae made 'in "the following pedition n had set out from Lo > some distance the '""Whalebone" sailed -- the northwest coast. The com- er came across Eskimos wearing whitemen's clothing, but these articles might have been come by in trade. No positive information was obtained re- specting the fate of the men with Cap- Kn arlow 0: e "Albany" and . a. Some thought they passed out of the Arctic Ocean, ieoueh Behring Strait; had, in fact, discovered the long-dreamed-of North: west Pass be heard f These conjectures The explorers had left r bones in the Far North, but it nm 7 until forty-eight years later that the nature of their fate was learned. During t the last ge - = dy 9 teenth centers the carrie black wal orien Marble sland was made the rendez Marble Island Hes along the and s from the whalers often rowed ing co the shores of the Island, and at crew landed t extremity of the Island, and there they made a étartling discove H .n0 found English guns, an a blacksmith's anvil, and many Sines a frame house, which had been, to a hiss extent destroyed by Eskimos tot the wood and iron.--When the tide waa sunk in five fathoms of water. figurehead of one with its guns were shortly afterwards raised and carried On this inhospitable is- half -a century before, w and expedition of 1719. Two years after the discovery, an- other whaling party landed on Marble eine and pe of their number, com- ng aged Eskimo, questioned hie, and abiatied further information respectin g the fate of the tcl of the "Albany" and the "Discovery." -Th account received from the Eskimoe by the whalers was to this effect "When the doomed vessels arrived at Marble Island, it was late in the autumn of 1719, 'and in making the harbor thraugh the ice, the barge (the Albany) was considerably damag- arty, however, landed in safety, and at once set about building the house. As soon as the ice" per- mitted, in the following summer, the Eskimos paid them a further visit, and observed that the Wig strangers were largely reduced i that the ee ware very un- os to ea It. is probable that they were length- ngboat, or repairing the tity of -- chips, * made by ca' ters.' By the setond winter only twenty souls out of fifty remained. urin that winter some ee who ha taken up their a n the opposite side of the harbor, senptiod the Eng- men alive. and hunger that they instantly seized w state the To . 0 three ot the five died within a few days. Although very weak, the two survi dig a large ir. dead comrades. Jonger the Desire os enn ore ee oy Sia Staley 2. ome wo SS 1s the = Story of the Two Vetocls That Gaile ord ae bed Fwe Hundred Years Ago ay sleeping | Erorace the Pag ona took the whalers to the spt * two men died, ere, lying above ground, were fou the skulls. and larger bones of cnet skeletons. After a silence of_almost tthalf a.ccn- tury, Marble Island had given up it? secrét, and the"fate of the en of 1719 was known. THE ARCT ic MAIL. Lonsly Outnosts In Frozen Areas WII Get Their Letters Late For Xmas. Receiving Christmas mail in April ia the joy in store for whalers who 7 wintering neighborhood erschel Isiand., Early last mantis : left Edm six hundred epee of it, no more, no less, which s designed to carry the season's cheer to the tr toe the isolated Se ger = the al Northwest Mounted Po. the pioneer homesteaders along the 'Peaee, trapper, the son Bay em- thabasca, and Mackenzie Rivers, and, eevutually, to men who are -- rbound in® the Arctic itself. Edmonton exchange tells thus of ike oo journe 8 ret pounds is all fas the Hudson y Co. w ee carry to sorters' points, and so ft it hap. ns that the large number of pa' etters, and postcards consign = inhabitant of i winter bound re t weight, office authorities mut go through the mail and cut out what they believe Cj on Ninety-two pounds were accordingly Isid aside; news: stcards for which isolated men and women are patien' and jasly awaiting, continue jour- ey over frozen streams, snowy plains, nd thro wooded bluffs. Leo} Biche carriers strike northward solution by = frozen lave last place that _ possibly be -- and if there w ints farther "forth ere arrived From there the mail will be carried to Fort McPherson and on thro to the Arctic Ocean ¥ for stories of the ain and for- cot told by penned po. = e ontioned at Boge lonely po: he mail will r ee Herschel Island in er just when the Arctic world of the outer world from which they have been cut off since the Hudson a | jab, boatg 'left the post during las. Daniel Wilson's House. Daniel Wilson, afterwards prin- of the University of Toronto, Dr. pal | ° used in earlier days to live néar Lau- " Yes, iritimate ly. , " "Then follow this road till a yon a house that looks as if it bel Daniel Wilson, and that will be ed him, and, sg hee vice, tad no difficulty in the he é. | Tt Shad: apie Bice. : In Our tee mak at. J a Lady Jo as gict in'1830 the some- what artificis for: Louis Phittppe, who "placed on he throne by. "Tt is sald," we are! any small boy "in those exhibit. the "}Ring' to. curio by ratsing' _ [heer outside ly precious, 3 cally upee-t $1. - & SON Are now installed in premises on Main Seen One Door East of Post Office where they intend keeping Only the Cioicest Meats. Our stock -be fourid the lar- gest and best in town and -- fe everything im the line of Fresh and. Cured Meats, Sausages, etc. We aim to' Satisfy our custom- ers and to make new ones aad we keep the goo do it.w Orders by phone or bdintirter ercaantly filled and meat delivered to-any part of town. new S.-L. Kib>D & son, J) GABEL i ti 31. ne Nee: 'Supply of Kodaks ~~, and Kodak Supplies. - all cinsses 0 catioas drawn, and estimates furmahed on spplication, bt done to aioe tine wil rol mates Prompt sttention and orkmanship guaranteed, Sole agent for the CAPITALPAID UP ~~ _»= RESERVE FUND) - An early start and a definite slats go far tonratae: as- = suring success to out iff life: No sea ory 4 should you be a spender. The sensible and easy method» of creating a -- es your future needs is to. open an a@c-- count with th ; deposit whatever you can each' 3 : - week or month. Stick to if, and in time your success will {¢ - LATEST MODLEINGS ts in the picture framin CAA, 'LEE, Min Streat.. +: pee Listowal bit tac Sash and Door patton. ~ BAMFORD BROS. Builders and Contractors. are prepared to contract for the erection of Plans and epesifi Sener Start now--you will never regret | ls Sa a -- ~ Qos : ' : 'LISTOWEL BRANCH, a - : M anager, Po A ~ PAA Se AFIS SIF AGA --ALAS AS DOSED SSS IA SPECIAL BARGAIN: SALE J.S.GHEH's For the next few days we will be unloading the balance of Winter Lines at and Below Wholesale Prices. $1.50 2.75 SASH, DUOR FRAMES, BLINDS, bee ote,, sunt on short notice. in thi "Dkarges Moderate. Bamfcrd Bros. Few Fur Ruffs, nice stylish Coney, $2 50, each.... Marmot or German Mink Throws, $4.50 for .... «. Other Furs in proportion. Men's 75c and go, Unshrinkable Undershirtsat soc. and §9c. Special Bargains in Dress Goods. NEW PRINTS, GINGHAMS, REPPS, LACES, EM- BROIDERIES; also newest weaves in Dress Goods, Suitings Farmers bring your Butter and Eggs. Edison Phonographs and J. S-G@ bE. Hamilton Watches. "A Notionalist M. P. br npr an ' Hon. Adam Beck sppointed a one week owing to criticism tha} Jedes of the Otympi 'ioe Show in> Speaker of the British House. London, Englan The Irish party will aia no part fat: Coronation Mr, Asquith ciatoeala veto bill * Issuer of Marriage Licenses. | in the British House of tho \/ 2, 6, 2, yo Goaeaceeleece aloes) oy \7 2+ OOO, ° , co \7 ¢ +4, o, oo Pere, oe, Pere, ' ' \7 reerereres ° you raise, ag LANDS CENTRAL AL PRICE $10 PER ACRE ANCL With TEN YEARS to Pay in if Lands Are 'Or you can pay down from $200 to $400 for a choice quarter section and } The rich soil of Central Alberta is capable of raising from twenty to forty bus from sixty to one hundred bushels of oats per acre, as well as all other kinds of grain, fla rain-fall to produce large crops without irrigation. 'The C. P. R. Lands in Central Alberta now offered for sale cover an immense territo 7 Calgaty and Edmonton and stretching from the Saskatchewan boundary to the foothills, and comprise SEVERAL MILLION Of the Choicest Land in Alberta. "Pacific FOR _--ie- | N ACRES eo "ye : : & ' > Rett : ee % Now i is the opportunity to secure specially selected land along the Wetaskiwin and Lacombe branches of the os C. PRS This is the district that the American settlers are pouring into this year. Why not Ontario farmers and. Ou ° * others who are looking for the safest possible investment take advantage of this golden opportunity to secure a °° pte hold og the price advances ? - é >. x Lands now selling at from $10 to $15 an ecre- wil before bis be worth from $20 to $5 an ate, This is | & : the 2 sd those who know. further particulars about the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LANDS in Central Alberta, also the. Compe ase eatin Bs, ren lo xe X o, ¢ = '° A: ST: GEO: HAWKINS, - Agent Cz PLR. Lands,