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TENANT-`Why pay rent. when, on such can monthl paents, you can become your own Ian lord ? nu ve the choice of repayin at a. monthly rate of $1.10, $1.50, or $1.90 for eac $xoo.oc bor- rowed. I v-. uuvuuun v yu. v nu uu THE lNVESTOR--Why not piace your $xoo.oo with the O. P. B. & L. Ass'n. and have it doubled in 12 years, bes_ide r.:ceiving during the in- terval 67; per annum paid to \ou every SIX months ? In other words, for your $xoo.do you will receive as interest $66 and a lump sum of $200. making a grand total of S266. -v.... V- y-vv. An investment safe as _gpvermnent securities and much more protable, realizing the investor an equiva- lent to 15 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on (At oice of McCarthy. Pepler 8: McCarthy) SEC - n TDDAC uAr)r)l'r.~I r\r*Ar nt\Ar|r\ .2 THE PUB|_IC--Why spend all our ockct money? 6oc. a month placed with the . P. I and Loan Association will yield you in about 8 years A PRESENT of $100.00, or a. prot of $41.40 over your monthlv Palnnc nts. TIA? IIll?31I33 1171 IIIICTCSE $% at: } total of $266. 95 Dunlop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. J. 0 UL VER WELL S Hanrcutting and Shaving Parlor OPPOSITE RARRIE HOTEL. BARBIE- ..-..---u.-um.-n_4- Razors and Scissors ground and set on short notice. M } u;EAIuJAan's mm mums ' ` V able mealclne (1l8COV8l'8(1. ll packages guaranteed to cure all formso Sexual Weakness, all effects of abuse or excess, Mental Worry. Excessive use of To- bacco. Opium or Stimulants. Mailed on receipt of price, one ackage 31. six. $6. One will plea88a qizwill cure. amphlets free to any address. The Wood Comnnny. Windsor. 011154 O.H.LYON, GHEAPER THAN cm! wooosirocx, ONTARIO, "II";-I'E 6Pol`,:JB|_IC--Why nonev? _ a month nlaned with than D 1 gm! PRICES. I23 Dunlap Street.` Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. . When it goes beyond this free public M11001 education. I cannot help saying that 1 am much of the same way of thinking as this old bachelor. Atter "Wiy Veare connection with the subject of education, 1 have come to the con- clusion that if any further education that needed to help a boy or girl for- W rd in the ordinary business life, is Nquired, it should not be given at the Public expense. Several years ago the trustees of our High Schools and Col- 1*`iate Institutes had it in their power to decide what tees should be paid by the Ppi1s attending the same, and I am not Ware that in any instance this power has been oppressively exercised. Their aim Was to make those who obtained I9 benet of these institutionti` con?- tubute their fair share` towards their maintainance, so `that too large a de" mand should not be made uponqtlie several municipalities interested. Not` ` V91`? long iago, however,. `We stepped in.`.e by new the iinpdsition of em: rot. at 621? Sold in Barrie at Seagers' Drug Store. ____- -_ _-__.- _ -r _. _. -.-.,- TREA_S. BAEKIE LOCAL BOA`!-2-I) . E. DONNELL, Note Heads, shipping Tags. Bill Heads, Statements, Envelopes, Dodgers, Letter Heads, Dncnunnn 23, 1897, Posters, Etc., Eta, cure. rampmens tree to any auureua. The Wood Company, Windsor, vv-- -:_._;:_._V._.' The Great English Remedy. Sold and recommended by all druggists in Canada. On] reli- able medicine discovere . St : d\I:A1l1u1-Ina rnnnvnmfnntf In nnrn Q1` I ,`lL'N 3 [3 Calls attention to the Wood's Phosphodino, NFL- l`V...u.6 Imnl 1.1: Daunnnn I23 Dunlop Street. andllittle more than hompinal sum. pulled the trustees to call upon their re- spective municipalities for whatever i; funds were necessary to keep the school. in fair running order. - And the de- mand of the trustees, up to a certain amount, the corporation of the munici- pality had nothing to do but to comply A with, and whatever was required, the ratepayers had to make up. The amalleum that can be required ? from such _pupile has` thus been the 1 cause of o._ large number of young peo- ; ple, both from town "and country, being found in attendar.ce-and that no mat- o ter whether they are adapted by nature ` for the reception of a higher education} .. ..-. `Ire! ,- .-~=-v- q_rvuIAvvDIII\JluI_ [or not. Veluable years of the lives of -not 0. few of these, which might have : been devoted _to what would have pro- 1 muted their true iuterestee-have thus { |__`__ . __v..v 1-cw? VIIIIIU [been wasted. Their parents; being called upon only for the scanty fees re- quired, do not apparently trouble them- selves as to whether their children are really receiving an educa_tion--in the strict sense of the word. Had they to pay the actual cost of supplying the means for offering this education, they would, doubtless, take pains to see whether their children were beneting to the extent that might be expected- and if not, remove them and make an ` effort to see that their young years were ; more protably spent. After what might in many cases, be termed a smattering of education, we can understand why, it is that so many of our young people come into the cities and towns, leaving their parents to manage the farm as they best can, and devote themselves to an endeavor to become members of the learned profes- sions and other such walks of life. Now I am the last one to deprecate the honorable efforts of those who may be striving to get on, as it is called, in life--for to such the highest offices in the state may be proper objects of ambition-but when I see the learned professions, (not that of Divinity, how- ever)'so overstocked. that in our large cities, many Barristers and Solicitors have to call upon their parent to help to maintain, I think it only right to .warn young men that the attainment of a protession is in very many cases, not the prize they seem to consider. To one who nds, after taking counsel with his friends, those competent to advise him--that he has a particular aptitude for a certain walk in life, there is fair prospect open, but it is hard for a young man, after spending some of the bestl years of his youth in striving for a pro- N fession, to. nd, after it is too late to begin working on another line, that he is utterly untted for the position he has attained to. ' I have said, perhaps, more on this subject, that the occasion seems to war- rant , but when I see, in some countries of Europe, the state moving its young men to think twice before studying for the learned profesaions-already great- ly overstocked,` and then remember that we in this Province are much in the. same position, I feel constrained to echo 2 that warning here. We have lately had a very bitter ob-` ject lesson on that point, caused by the ineiciency or carelessness of some of those who were appointed to the posi- tion of County Auditors. The same laxness appears to prevail, so far as I have been -able to learn, in the case ct some of our minor municipalities. Au- ditors seldom seem to realize the re- sponsibility that is cast upon them by their acceptance of such an oice, and they appear to accept as correct the stalement of the treasurer, whose ac. counts they are examining, `without in-A quiring fully into them Their first duty is to nd out what the sources of income by the municipality are, and then to see whether the payments in respectof the same have been made, and properly `applied--if not made, why not? If auditors alwaysmade a full report of the assets as -well-as the liabilities, and thus were checked over by the nance committee, before being printed, this would be a guide the auditors oi the following year. As we are on the subject otichildren, that of their education may fairly claim our attention for a little. I suppose there is no country in the world in which there is a. hetter system of education than that which our pub- llc schools supply. There young per- sons may, at a very triing cost, ob ttin an education quite sufcient to en- able them to ll any ordinary position with credit to themselves. It is cer- tuinly a costly system, as our collectors roll will show, but as everyone who his children, can claim the benet of it. No one is supposed to grumble- not even those who have no children. Though to an uld bachelor who objected to the rate, on the ground that he was paying for what he got no benet from. 1 once heard a father of a large family promptly replv, Well, it you have no family to support, as} have, you are far better able to pay the school rate than I am I would li'ke to touch briefon the subject of the auditing of public ac-N counts. ' ` You are aware that vundet a late not of the Legisletpre, a Provincial _Anditor -`-r`~ ---- .`..A- :5 :9: 5). "V `WI-" "1 r'-'--- 7 . . . of book-keeping to. be adopted by. municipal and school treasurers, nod to A framorules for the auditing of all pub- lic accounts byztho regular uudilzorb, or` by himself or -n ,,,g,, -__s 5 VII!) -Iguana----._- _. ._ _ has been appointed, whvoee duty it is to prescribe the form of books whet shell be kept. by pu_bIie tlreasurera, theeyatem ' - A - ILA QJAIQOQA kg Pdwef given this Provinoigi ` -- - vuwuvv cu-qua. ~nJ\II This Actyvgentlemen, is to be found in the Statutes. passed during the pres- ent `year, (60 Vict., chap. 48), and it should be read and carefully studied by every municipal council and school board in the county. if they would escape the penalties provided for the non -observance of its provision. ~ I have at last to congratulate you, getlemen, and the County at large, at the prospect of the realization of what. many `of us have been striving for so long-the establishment of a House of Refuge tor the care and custody of the aged. helpless poor -though the statute authorising these Houses was passed as long ago as 1890, yet up to the present year, no step was taken under it by this County. Having seen-it stated by the press of our town, that counterfeit money is in circulation here, I think it right to draw the attention of the public to the law bearing on that subject. Auditor of his own -motion inspect at any atimetlie iboolrs and accounts of any municipal corporation, or he may be set in motion by the request of any two members of the Council, or-by a requisition from-_ thirty ratepayers. Ample powers for conducting the in-A vestigation are given. A penalty is prescribed where a council or school board neglect to provide the proper books, after due notice. Every muni- cipal treasurer is required, either ve days after his appointment, to notify the Provincial Auditor thereof, and of histull name and post oice address. fI1L2, It is to be hoped that no unnecessary T delay will take place before our House of refuge is built and put. in running order. It should be known far andwide that children whose parents neglect or ill-treat them can now be taken from them, and removed from their control -so that any one who knows of such a Case is bound, in common humanity, to make such representations in the proper quarter as shall lead to steps being taken to rescue the unfortunate child. Any one can write, in con- rlz nee, to the secretary of the Children's A-.d Society in this town (established shortly after the passing of the Act in qwstioim), when action will at once be taken in the matter. By the code, the making of counter- feit coin resembling, apparently intend- ed to resemble or pass for, any current gold or silver coin, the gilding or silver- ing of any coin, so as to pass for any current gold or silver coin, or anything of that nature, is punishable by im prisonment for life ; as also the dealing in or importing such counterfeit coin, and the manufacturing or attempted manufacture of dies, moulds, &c.. for the purpose of making the same, utter ing, (or passing). such coin is punishable by 14: years imprisonment Not very long ago, several persons were convict- ed by me of both these otfences. Owing to the apparent ignorance of the prison- ers of the enormity of the offence, a a very light sentence was imposed, with a warning that in the case of the next conviction for a similar offence. a heavy punishment would be awarded. On one of those occasions I remember being struck with the excellent quality of the work, in making these coins, and that by men who did not appear to be any- thing but ordinary working men. In conclusion, gentlemen, I think we _may congratulate ourselves on the peace and prosperity that prevail in our coun try. Our political, judicial, municipal and educational systems are among the beat in the world. We have no army or navy requiring our support. The late depression in business is passing slowly but surely away. We are not troubled by any such serious conict between labor and capital as is now going on in England. And we may safely assert before the world that in Canada, it is possible for every man, if he be only industrious and sober, to earn not only `a living for himself and his family, (should he have one), but also to become a land owner--the great object of desire among the working classes of England--and lay by gmoney for the future. Lastly, every man may lawfully aspire to the highest loices of honor and emolument, if. his educaticn and acquirements are tted for it. i The tree is always lighted on mas eve in Denmark, and the family all `meet together then. The! older people get their presents on a plate at their places at the table, and the children's `gifts are on the tree. Roast goose is al- ways the chief feature of our Christmas eve dinner and a dish of rice is eaten on Christmas eve before dinner is serv- ed. Apple fritters are eaten instead of plum `pudding. Christmas day itself is observed strictly as a religious festival, but the day before and the day after" Christmas` are holidays. The theaters are open, and the young, people give danoes. -Our, little` Danish children do not know about Santa Claus. They have instead what they call a Nissan. , _ 1-n._:;.L...-.. *|......_...... .. LI... IRIVU usaucau. vvuuu In-av; vuun u -hiohiwvnn, meaning a Christmas brownie in the shape of a little old man with a large gray who is supposed to live un- der the ground. Another Danish super- stition is that at midnight Christmas are the cows in the stable rise and low in salutation, and on Christmas _ eve young maidens tell their fortunes by breaking the white of an egg into a glass of water and watching the shapes ittsusumea I : ."G1ag_elig Jul! is the Danish greet- ing for `-'Hgappy0hristznas! ,?_-;-Selected. Christmas In Denmark. _m1:,No1THmu< ADVANCE. '1-an ntmnnn PIGGERY}. -- g _. The Ontario Government established- . a piggery in the Humber valley, West" York, in 1894, thinking that a pig industry would very materially swell the treasury; In July, 1896, cholera. A broke out among the 261 hogs with the result that 163 hogs were pronounced 1 diseased and were subsequently burned. 97 of the remainder were dressed and sold. According to charges made on the floor of the House, and not dis- proved, the dressing of these hogs went on in the presence of other hogs dying or dead from the disease, and that por- tions of diseased meat were removed from some of the animals that were sent to the Central` prison for human food. Only one pig survived, and a ` man has been paid $500 to look after it for a year. In reply to Mr. Davis contention that the inspector was pres- ent at the time of the killing, Mr. St. John issued the following challenge : In addition to what I have already said, I am prepared to prove that `the inspector was not present at the killing, and did not select the hogs that were to be kil ed and dressed. I go further, and say that when he did make an in- spection it was at the cold storage room at the Central prison, and he only ex- ammed, and very carelessly at that, but one hog out of the whole 97; The debate in the House revealed a state of aairs which calls for the ful- lest investigation. If a private indi- vidual sold diseased meat for human food he would probably be sent to Kingston penitentiary for a long term -of Imprisonment, and any government that will do the like should be strictly avoided at the polls. Thisuchallenge was not accepted by the Government. It appeared to have forgotten that there are correlative duties on the part cf each, and it permitted the parent to exwciae patently authority over his cl-ild, though omitting altogether the duties he owed to that child. County Notes. Mo0Ns'roNE-lt 18 a mir aculousevent that the body of wise men composing the county council did not choose a lo- cation for the House of Refuge in York County. Why could it not have been in a. more central location ?-Times. VICTORIA HA1mon-The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. s timber mill shut down on Monday night. The record was broken both as to length of season and quantity of lumber and timber turned out. The planer will run some time yet. Cooxsrown -- Word was received ' here on Tuesday of the death of Mrs. I`. Evans, which took place at her late home in Toronto that day. Deceased was a sister of Messrs. John and Frank IRoss, of Innishl, and was well known in this vicinity. BEAVER'1`0N-T. W. Chapple, M.P. P. , has been re-nominated by the Liberals of North Ontario... ..About twenty- ve members of the Checker lacrosse club were treated by their President, Tl JIIl9.8 J. Overend, to an oyster sup- per on Friday evening of last week. Ono S'r4'r1oN-Court Oro Station, 1493, Independent Order of Foresters, elected officers on Saturday night, 11th inst., for the ensuing year :- C.D.H.C. R., W. H. Todd ; 0. physician, W. H. Clntton ; O.R., Robt. Blackmore; V. C.R., Sam. McA1-thur; F.S., Arthur A. Bell; R.S., Alex. Johnston ; Chap- lain, T. A. Bell ; S.W , Geo. Halbert ; J.W., Jae. Revil; S B., F. C. Bell; J. B., Wm. Emma 5 Treasurer, R. H Ryan. _Trusteea, R. Crawford, F. A. Bell. High Court representative, R. Crawford. ` In a note following some quotations regarding Christmas and winter weather the author of an old London publication says, Then prognostics of weather, eto., I look upon as altogether uncer- tain, and were they narrowly observed would as often miss as hit. Besides being quoted as above the proverb is varied as follows: A hot May makes a fat churchyard and A green winter makes a fat churchyard; To the latter proverbis added this note, This prov- v erb was sumciently confuted in the year 1667, when the winter was very mild, and yet no mortality or epidem- ioal` disease ensued the summer or au- tumn following. "-Philadelphia Ledg- U Urlll` llll-I` KUUIUIIR SILK IOU UIIUI-II Even for thevdur child Jesus sake. 1 . -Ph ` Blow. bugle: of battle. ofpeaee! - East. west, north and south lot the long qngr ; nus` nnnan l}ll. uvnuna uaou may say uvu. .`........ Sips the song or [rent Joy that the angels ho \ gun. o ' . ` Sins of glory tood and ot good will to man. . -Whittier. 1401, now u come our jAoy1`n1 _ntVt'eutl T Let every man be Jolly. `Each roomwith ivy leaves hydrant ' And every post with holly. with V - I This is a. Dominion Statute. The reference made to the Children's Aid S:.ci:=tV, sends us to the Provinciul Sta.- {um (56 Vict. ch. 44, 1893) under the authority ot which these societies are -established. No more excellent Act- was ever placed upon our statute book -one that has for its object. the rescue and care of neglected and ill treated children. lor iittle children everywhere (=,x=A Joyous season stillwe make. We bring our precious gifts` to them, `Dunn Gnu thn Angus nhil Janna nnlrn, Again at (`axristmhd did wofwegve '.l.`hevholly round the Christmas hearth. A The dlnnt now poisoned tho earth. .J]'nnnvnn. Hehpion more wbdd. - , ' The wind is chill, _ l `But, let it whistle on it will. A ` We'll keep our merry Christmas still. . -Walter Scott. Ohrlatnrnvli Weather. --W'1Athen. Santa Blaus isoming MANUFACTURING CONFEGTIONERS, FANCY BREAD AND CAKE BAKERS, Have Removed to their New Store, 127 Bunlop Street. OPPOSITE QUEEN'S HOTEL In returning thanks_for the very liberal patronage received at the old store, we beg to remind the public generally that we can now better serye them than at any previous time in our business history, and will be pleased to see them at the new stand. IFI_`I T. SIDSWORTH 6:. SON The law, gentlemen, had too long pmuizted parents to neglect and ill- heat their children,` recognizing the principle that the authority of a parent is not lightly to be interfered with. s. w. DAVISI We have urchased and reopened the Barrie Steam Laun ry. xo Dunlop street. with the latest modern agingliances or all classes of work. PAT- ` I-IOIl"l l?: '}`I]'l`IIv and `anus: ap liances 1'2 IIONIZIE A HOME INIDUSTIIY, and have our rig call at your door. .\PEC'A L OBDERS DELIVERED THE SAIVIE DAY. Don treadthisl STEAM LAUNDRY} THE ow RELIABLE AucnuuEEn_ G. 3. Porn: A T-13.: E92193 H-r@:t!9Jg%h%e,s&eLBro- HANDLES QLL KINDS OF AUCTION .8168 In 1118 B81108. " ` 3'0:-ders left at Tun ADVANCE oice will be uttendedto-. 35- G. R. FORD. In the case of 9. boy under 12 or 3 girl under 13, the Court or Justice is to give notice in writing to the execu- tive oicer of the Children s Aid So- cietv, if there be one in the county, and allow him opportunity to investigate the charges mude-the parents of the child or any other person interested in its welfare, may also he notied-and the proceedings thereof shall be as` thg statute directs. A e a. specialty and parties 'ntending` to have Ialez, will consult their own intere;ts by placing theix sales in his hands. 'l\.vl--- Igfo at Tun Anvnnn-II m 1:13 I-an A%99@8.,2!1, K11!i _!*,91@. E916? I2__-__-._ -__ _..-_.. Like a whirlwind. Experienced canvassers reaping- the richest harvest of their lives; new beginners doing wonders. Nearly everybody subscribes. One Aoung fellow on a farm at $12.00 a month as making 75.00 A lady type-writer at.$3.oo a week is clearing $1 r.oo. A mechanic whpxhuit earned $1.50 9. day is cleaning 85 .a_1day. We nal. Canvasam out- flia! a cts._. _$z~.`oo, E B_RADLEY- AR- T ON -CO;.'L&!tOd, TOIOIICO. Ont: `X'ly O CUT FLOWERS--Roses, Carnations, Violets, etc, fresh every day, Bouquets--Button- hole. Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi ns. VEGETAB ES-Celer . Crisp and Tender; Lettuce, Cabbage, arsuips, Beets, Carrots. 1-fr, CIZC. SEEDS --Flower Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, Plants and Bulbs. WM. TAYLOR SEED STORE! Telephone 15. ' `runs nuance, ~ _ oi-zsieus, COPYRIGHTS ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain, free, whether an invention is probably patentebie. Communications strictly condential. Oldest agency forsecuring patents in America. We have a Washington office. Patents taken through Mnnn .9; Co. receive 111 America. We IIBVO Wasmngton OTIICO. Patents taken through Munn an Co. receive special notice 12} the SGIENTIFIB AMERIGAN, hnn11f.ifn`.!vi]lnnt1-ntnd, Int-enact nlnvnlntinn nf lfllu Provision h of a child und:: 35.93 made in th Gd Of an offence e age of coe cao against th hvicg. 8 laws 0 1 Canada, for com mining Bu h Ohild to" 3? home t the charge 3:: ziglzcted children d1en s Aid so , y ly or . ~r $0 clty. gaulzad TTIZII I II If "IIlIZIII3IIII benutifuitv illustrated. lamest circulation of any sn'on.*'e *c ournul, week!y.tem1s$3.00 a. ear; .1.:>0 su. 2:.'_)v: bs. Specimen copies and D -3uoJ.: ox ; Afl`EN'1`S sent. tree. Address ' Q'Il-IQI A 4: BUT WE ARE HERE FARM_$TOCK~ SALES Because it is about that tired feel- ing we hear so much about, and is so apt to assail us during very hot weather. A cup of our 50c. Black Tea is guaranteed to totally eradi- cage Ebis evil. ,3 ,_I VZIJKF UIJIE W V [I0 Before taking, you wonder why you were made; afterwards, why you should ever die. SUCCESSOES T0 E. S. LALLY. THE CHINA HALL. FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. .`\IIlI up up: I\....I.u-._Qa nnvuu In vvo 5 I 361 Broudwnv. New York. With the most complete stock of Chrintmas Gifts that has ever been shown in Barrie. Never before have we placed such a variety of beautiful Chinaware, Glass wa.re,_ Lamps, etc., before you, and the prices are not half what they used to be. Take a. look for yourself. Cmld,.en's Aid societies 3 Good 'J.`hing.- Evue of the High School System.- Why Professions rre overcrowded.- Audmng of Public Accounts.-The Making of Counterfeit Coin. Aner an extended reference to recent changes and simplications in the civil and criminal codes, His Honor Judge Ndagh continued his address as fol- lows before the Grand Jury on Tuesday, 14th inst: L__ L___. .4_.1.. 2.. LL- --..- BARRIE TEA AND COFFEE MERCHANT. GO TO THE NEW . ..- n... .u now Mum. a;`2;'o:`,` Ill-nnnlnyn v. Nnlv "11 -AND- DIBDIJDLVIIIIV . :55 Dunlap-St., Barrie x 2-`Y The Ontario Permanent i Building and Loan Association Special Facilities oered to Investors and Borrowers. ms gonon GIVES ms QPINION on IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.