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uavtg auula lu nu IJIUVIUIID yfn One error which may still be avoided is that of layingtconcrete walks in frosty weather; This cannot be done with safety although injury may not always result. The only reliable course in to cease laying these walks immediately the period of frosts commences. Alternate freezing and thawing appeara. to cause; greater in- jury to newly laid concrete thandoes a constant degree of frost. How do you manage with your Gur- mun and Belgian goods, was naked 3 buyer of one of. the largest dry `goods and millinery establishments in Canada, says an exchange. ' _ 4 % " T ; The Municipdl Wot-Vl'd for` October has the_ following srtnole on the `timely subject. `bf Concrete Sidewalks ; Fortunately the new material, concrete, which has taken the place of lumber, is growing less in price. A few years ago fteen andeighteen cents a square foot, were the lowest figures for concrete. This year numerous contracts have been let as low as ten and a ..half cents. That this is the case in spite of the high prevailing rate -of wages is certainly encouraging. But` at the same time it may lead an ob'- server to question whether or not the low price of concrete walks is consistent with true economy. The economy of concrete lies inits durability; in the tact that it is a permanent work. a Tnatgood concrete walks` can be constructed for even less than ten cents a square foot under favor- able circnmstances is not to be questioned, but it is important to know that contracts are not let for a price which .,compels iu~ ferior work on the_ part of the contractor. A .........o.._ ..-a.....a -3 ...._-_--_ ._.-n_ I. , .v.--'. u wanna who Irony` yuan Ill UIIV In\(IJI_IlQUlIUl A greater extent of concrete walk has been laid this year than in any previous season. That some of it will prove dis- appointing is a certainty. Inferior work- manship or material very quickly makes itself apparent in a concrete walk. This, however, will not prove that -concrete walks in general are a failure, but will merely show that greater care must be exercised in future work. Uoncrete is at present, the most satisfactory material available for sidewalk construction and more has been laid during the past sum- mer. than in any previous year. I Inc A--an Inmnh nsnnaulu -5:`! I... -_.-2.I-.I 1, }_ And de you get the benet of the Brimsh p_refereuce. ` 6-rV..-L.....I... ._.. A- n.-- _ -_..-I.-_-, ,,-vv_ ..---v :- _'1`hejijn'eieasing' `price Ea: luinbee is mak- ing itself widely apparent in`ihe decreased use of this material in mak'lng.ai_dewalks.s `Ev\en at the higher price the quality is of a lower grade,-so that plank walks at seven cents a square faot, which remain in use for ten years at the most are found to be more than the average municipality can. afford. somm Mlscmnnvmous Nmws. GERMANY GETTING RICH. ysupsucrihetorA1u%AnvAucE."' All goods `thoroughly reliable] in quality and style. 1 Everything here to make buy-1 ing a. PLEASURE AND I T 23 Dunlop Street, Barrie A? '7 H M ....THE LEADING... Harness Shop Lime, % Cement, Culvert Pipe, Field jrile, Lath E Shingles I 0ffice-97 Dunlop Street, Barrie. IIIILLARS ll 0| uuruuxu. L` UIIUICI sunwuu an I. now. nu C3 VEGEYl`AlB{ES-Celeg, crap and Tender; * Lcttuco; Cabbage, arsnipl. Beets. Carton. SEEDS--Flower Seeds, Vegetable seedu. Plants and Bulbs. . TAYLOR ` FI=.6nIs'r.1Li~1D SEEDSMAN. :55 Dunlap-Stu Barrie _l 65 1 65 l -70 `cur FLOWERS--Rosco. Carnations, Violets, . etc, fresh ovary day, Bo\quota-Button'- Lo: Corsage. Funeral Tokens in laundry SEED "STORE . Make no mistake ! This is the GREAT Scott in the above lmes. ' James McCandless PROFIT as you. DOLLARS SAVED BY DEALING WITH A_llAthe best quality and guaranteed GO TO THE NEW :Qtt` `II I Iii:-so I `I TIE!` I \ll'` I-53$` 2 Rooms for offices. in Ross Block. No. 97. Dunlop Street. Fire proof vault; lately occupied bv Dr. Welln. Alsotwo rooms wnth vault, lately oocu ' bv Hood. Jacks & Fraser, Barrister-3`; imm ' A possesgion. Apply to C. H. ROSS. A_ < . ~ Iannatv .3.-3901*.` . L - . I . V:-tuf. -V jrneildvance Office Bill Heads (in pads) A Statements (in pads) ' Letter Heads (in pads) Note Heads (III pads) | _ Progra m mes Folders, Announcements % Cards, Tags, Envelopes, etc. \/(1 van. icom: AND GET oun RATES 1 Posters, \ . ELIZABE-TH STREET. Barrie. 1 Doom West or HIS!-Y Enos.` Burcmzn Srolln. uu\.n- JOB... PRINTING OFFICES To RENT on LEASE ` Rnnmn far rim:-an 36: Dana l .II....i. \f- -._ rs ,,,I- VANILLA. for ice cream. for instance; BAKING Pownsn. for cakes. One is a drug. of course ; the other a chemical; and there are still others--SPICES of :1! kinds. cream of tartar, etc. `The best Elie: to get drugs is at a DRUG STOR The druggist knows more about them than other people. W052: gcogin `gator: Come and ask us muuxmAN's nnuu STORE r on DUNLOP-ST. BARRIE. ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY In the Kitchen. Drugs and chemicals T3ichanan-;& Penstone One Door West Barrie Hotel noo'rs AND soms Every Description LOWEST ~ PRICES When Firearms are necessary they must be reliable. You want a gun that will in the work. If you are shooting for sport or protection there must be no question of results. We can supply. you with the best Guns, Ries and Ammunition, also Smokeless Powder at ind ww vC'ard{s, Dodgers, CII_n,- 'rANi(,"" ' and Repairs, gq to` 6:. CO. Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers; asnspmucs, MATRESSES, PUMPS, TLIIIIQ w. H._Bj[NKER, BRADFORD STREET. 23-1 BARRIE. BARBIE. .`:ADE AND NEATLY REPAIRED BY %svi Bills, OF ..-4, Catalogues, 165` wevbv \IL vauavo For awhile she managed to get on. but 1 at last: it began to be whispered about that it was no use for anyone to be so proud; it was Aeasie'1_-_for the whole town e ;uv;u, vyaeun U545` `IUVV EIILLUU UVUKIITQQI. There had been a time, after she was ! left alone, when Mrs. Robb could help ` those who were poorer than herself. She ; kept a cow, and was strong enough not i only to do a womagfs work inside her A house but `almost a man's work outside ` in her piece or garden ground. At last sickness and age hadcome hand in hand, those two relentless enemiesof the poor. -5 and together they had wasted her - strength and substance. `She had always _ been looked up to by her neighbors as , being independent, but now she was{ left, lame-tootedand lame-handed, with A a debt to carry and her bare land. and the house ill-provisioned to. stand the Q siege of time. i ' - ` I3-.. ..--|.Il.. L... ......__......I 4.- .._L -.. |_--s. . , on'i 1" '7'-" manna llll'P""-`; ld',nu 7 V ' .. tore. .Shelookedf-3" - bol`. Il 1- " n . . The 99? sou11'"333ebrm, WW` ` h'b3 : mnwu JohnVHi`;n`l"."t`!"}'.`dg.1:1fo1tLs_AVnow an ehrlnklngend dread 8` '9 mus ` -5 ' `soul "'n`o Ink o'b'roak`wlth, 5,` being asked, out of pity. 991 Home. It V Thanksgiving feast. but than W009` : 3.1318 1:91` 1" ` 9; ~boyu`h.wa:`-, "_"_3-' body coming with gifts In h"d' d "99 -`ad W0! ' M9 ; gnd~;t-p!0V,3'1_"' She had been full of NW0 901' 59 `,3 ; mg In 3|"t `"1 "n `_, .,.,'- }`d!!eI1:- B`. n Whether at home or ab1'0ldo 5* ',m~ 1; was pit.-out':.0 mag had chilled her 7" "w `W .liuh0fd"!d'.e`` .1; ` n,*`` poor old woman. ` " ` ` Her nearest neighbor had D09 most of those who wished 1101` l` - the town term, and III h`df"``m A than onne that it will, I9 "17, '9-`V "113. But John Mazider we! Wwf Imnauenuy to get bet`, my mm .13.` `W1: hendl; he had adVnII|I_'dv" ,9'-. - Won it in her extumity. = _ V9188 there we: stiil a_`de`bi, T her wood lot-to em; LOOKED our notmnmssnv ACROSS THE GRAY FIELDS. to care for her than for a tow '/neighbors, A and Mn. Robb had better go to tho poor- houae before winter, and be done` "with it At this 4-....-u..I.. x......;......u-.. I.-- 1..;......- uuunl.` UULUIU WIDUBI`, QD(l 08 (10116 W151! it. At this terrible huggestion her brave` heart seemed to stand still. 'I'h.. -...`....v_ __|_-___ ,|_. _._._x A... __ -_A. -`vuuulll'Wn, V `A _ h 50 D901` old Mary Ann Robb out at ,g TE!` wmdow on the afternoon before '0 ankeiving and felt herlblf poor and Ihiriwwful indeed._ Across the frozen road of ooked eastward over a grent__ stretch P would meadow land, brown` and '!Ilnd- ; me?` nd crossed by icy, dltoheg. It I; thargxed to her as if an all the "troubles 3 this She had known and oerried before ._ to h more had elweye been tome hope 1d. as if she had never looked pov- , "$7 fullin the face and lean us _oel_d `Dd mules: look before. Shelooked-nnx--_ .1 loualv (Inc... 4.1.. ___.1- L__lAL _ n.-_' '_.n""n.`1.' "V--:u nDvhLlU|| IIU SUHLIU 351110 - The people whom she cared fotnmost uhpllenedoto be poor, and she could no 10080!` go into their households to make herself of use. The very elms-overhead seemed to say No, as they groaned 111 the late autumn winds, and there was something appealing even to the range Passer-by in the look of the little SP8) house, with Mrs. Robb s pale, wor- ned face at -the window. I II. I : Some one has said that anniversaries are days to make other people happy ln,`.' but sometimes, when they come they `@9111 to be full of shadows, and the l`W*=r of Riving joy to others; that ln- ; Bllenable right which ought to lighten T the saddest heart, the most indifferent.` zympahy. sometimes even this.s`eems'to 9 8 withdrawn. ` - ` .nou...__-mg`. . `can I)` 1' . There was a sad heart In the low- storied. dark lxttle house that stood hum--3 bly by the roadside under some tall; elms. Small as her house wasyold Mrs. ; Robb found its too large for herself alone; ' she only needed the `kitchen and a tiny i bedroom that es`. out of it, and there 1' still remained the best room and a bed- * room, with the low garret overhead.` [ Thorn Hopi known a 68-an all-_-. _I.- ...._... THE NIGHT BEFORE } THANKSGIVING. -Auvhwe walk on start)` ; ad es ignore the daisies _ V p 3'; bleisings common in out eight- `: We ,3;-ely oer praises.` ,1 '_ 3:`, We Sign for some supreme doligh ` To crown our lives with splendor, And quite il-311073 "`;';J_: of pleasures sweet and tender." ` - _ e ` our cares are bold and push -theirw'y Upon our thought and feeling, a They hang about us all the day, b . _ our time for pleasure stealing, 4` so nnobstructive many a joy.- - We pass by and forget it, . . __ But worry strives to Own our lives 1 And conquers if we let it. There's not a dayin all the year A i 13; holds some -hidden pleasure And looking back/joys oft appear. To brim the past s wide measure. . But blessings are like friends. I hold, . who love and labor near us. . I - We ought to raise our notes of. praise While living hearts can hear us. Full many a blessing wears the guise ` ` Of worry or of trouble. -b Farseeing is the soul and wise Who knows the mask is double, i But he who has the faith and strength. i 'l`o thank his God for sorrow ' Hus found a joy without alloy To gladden every marrow. We ought to make the moments notes Of happy, glad Thanksgiving; . The hours and days asilent phrase Of music we are living. , . . And so the theme should swell and grow As weeks and months pass o'er us, And rise sublime at this good time. _ . A grand Thanksgiving chorus. 4 ELLA WHEELER Wlncox -_.---... GLAD 1:1-IAN nu 1,011 we gr_aav_euzIq.~; ; sngdu- `_tor_ m ` " 16,` %ibba}V ;h:"tal':ought at LA - Calm In HA1!` HUI.` LIUUIUU, uuu uuv Luunu us-v nnvvo Sit down, sir. she said, turning to- Hward him with touching patience. You'll have to give me a little time. It 3 I'd been notied I - wouldn't have kept Toy.ou' waiting a minute this cold night." . `'0 cans nnf. hhn` `PADIIAII 'I"hn III}!!! h. s anybody said, an he helped I . to come to- . eon, left an orphan and ' distressed. Old John Maude : scolded,` but I oouldnft see the poor boy want. I kept him that year after he got hurt. spite o what me what little he could. He said I was the only mother he'd ever had. `I'm going out West. Mother Robb, says" he. `I shan t come back tlll I get rich. an then he'd look at me an` laugh, so pleasant and boyish. `He wa n t one that `liked to write. I don't think he was doin .v`ery well when I hea.rd--there, it`: years ago now. I always thought if he got sick or anything, I should have a good home for him. There : poor Ezra Blake, the deaf one too-he won't have any plaoe BIL- Il.__LL j__I_j __,L ,n `u n - i 5119 DCQIOOIDI. vvuy. muvuus .uv-nu nu... ., aeqm to-berendy for company` from out Wait! '1`hoAgreat; cheerful fel1.0._W.lAIl1r1`-led. about - $h0'ny_' honng and. ithdg. lmlg ` bid V llll urns uruuuu nus` nuu. suauvu. uws. What are you talking about? said I John Harris. You aim goin' to make me feel like a stranger? I've oomeall the way from Dakota to `spend Thanksgiv- in . `1`hene s all sorts of things out here in the wagon, an a man to help is em in. Why--don't you cry so, Mother bb. '1 thought yo`u d_hsv`e a great laugh III ooxnoand surprised you. Don't you re-9 `members I aid should " 1-L ._.-_ 74.- tr...-I. a..a...I `Flu: nons- you wluunug In ulxuuuv Vuunu vvnu 51:5-AI: It was notithe` keeper. The man by ' the dour took one step forward and put hlearm around her and kissed-her. ` llI'IIl__A. -..- ...-.. A...II-l-.... `hand-OH malt` IMO, unu full. Al-Lvul sllvuwa ' Dear me! Whatrls 1-M K she faltered, stepping back as` he came in and drop- ping her crutch. Be. I dreamin ?` I was a dreamin- about-- 011, there!" What was I a-_sayln ?T 'Tain t. true`! No! I've made some kind of a mistake. ' ` 1'1-.'_. .__.1 ;.|.:_ ..._- LI...~......I. -.-.1... In.-.5 - BUILIU lulu UL D lulnuunug Yes, and this was theman `who kept the poorhouse, andshe would g'o:wlth- out complaint; they might have given her-notloe, but she must not fret. nan ; 4...... ..l_ I! ah- ,nn'A tutu-ulna tn- W`:1"lu1.ere waswa tall man, not John Man- der. who seemed to fill` the narrow door- way. 11:1,..- I'..L ..... I.` H I... ..-I}I .......I.. `I I`JluIJW\L `III? IJ\' `V IIBIVI \l|Al Who `e there? she oafled, as she` found her crutch and went to the door. She wee, conscious of only her one -great fear. They've come to take me to the poo:-house! she said. and burns into tents. l'lI|.-..- ._....._ A._Il .....- Conn` TAI.-5 ll-- "7:(.3ome, let me in, hgsaid gayly. It's a. cold night. You ddn t_oxpeot me. did you. Mother Robb?" - v llT\.-...- o-ugl mlvhale In `9 Q}-no fnlfnnn UIVVVWLIJ III UAlK' Illll LIIIJIIQIIB \.'l It seemed only_ a moment before there was a `loud `knocking, and somebody lifted the latch of the door. The re shone bright through the front `of the old stoveond made a. little light in the room. but Mary Ann Robb waked up frightened and bewildered. ` - llilus 3; I-h1nun9 aha non on alan- 175 165 la: .. worthleei `people--`ln the gut and coming to be a charge to othorh now. Oh, It she could only d1e_ln,_hor own house and not -euero thevpoln` ct homelessness and dependence! ` ~ It Wll 'h`lIll: uh nnngnt nun! -_ ;I.`. I_.'I_ U? VIII II` T\'_i The light faded out of the doors, and again Mrs. Robb s troubles stood before her. Yet it was not _ so dark as it had been in her sad heart. She still sat by the window, hoping now, in spite other- salf instead of fearing: and a curious V feeling of nearness and expedeaney made her feel not so much "tight-hearted as light-headed. ` H1` l.....I 3...; .. In _-...-a|.s_) _..__ _.-s_s ""'"u`.~`Z?eL"15%L o7".$i'xs 1 love, she mad once ".l`he,v d be sorry I ain't got nobody to come, on nosupper the night agore Thanksglvin . I m_ dreadful glad they don't know. _ And she drew a little nearer to the re, and laid her heed back drownily in the old rocking chair. Ti anon:-and cumin 1: vi-anus-pant I-unfnnn l-aqua Ql.slU`llv$IIVIo I feehjuat as it, uomethin was gain to happen," she said. Poor Johnny Hart-.!s,_ `perhaps he : tzhinkin o me,_1t he : alive. TL _-.. .I__I.. _-__ _-_L _n ..u____ -_ g our '1 IQIIVOI It was dark now out of doors, and there were tiny olloks against the win- dow. It was beginning` to snow, and the great elm: oreaked. In the rising wind overhead. A dead limb of one of the old trees had fallen that autumn. and poor re- wood as lt had been, `it was Mrs. Robb's own, and she had burnt it most thank- fully. There was only a` small armrul left. but at least she could have the lux- Vnry of aire. She had a feeling that it was her last night. at home, and with strange recklessness she began to fill the stove as she used to do in better `days. TI!"1 M Iran limit! nun u-unn-an ,9 aka. BUUVU GD UIIU K1517 UV III IIUIIUUII I-I515: T It'll-that me good on warm. she sold,` still talking to herself. as lonely people -do, an I ll go to bed early. It's oomln on to storm. , lI|L_ ____. -12,-.__,1 A, _n_-; , 9 A 4 , comm on to storm." ~ The snow clicked tutor and faster against the window, and` she sat alone thinking in the dark. m`\nh1L - `lab. on Onllyn T `Junta H ..l... nah! uvuavepuuuili ill uipanqllnol ` . A :1 And:-` It wesiejiaet at sune'e,t;,endAss ehfe. `ed out hopelessly across `the `gun elds, -1 theme was u_ jsndden gleam 01 light tor 1 own: on. the low hills beyond, the`elouds"~1 opened in` the west and let the sunshine -through. One lovely gleam shot swift `es an arrow and brightened e tar cold hill- side where it tell, and at the same mo- 1 1 ment a sudden gleam of hope brightened 1 the winter landscape of her heart. } _Cl'l`hgpg Inna TnL___ ---l- 5` -~ ' ` vuv VIII-IUUI` IIIIHIUIIPU 01 I161` nehl. 1 -`fThero was Johnny Harris, gaid Mary Ann, softly. He was 9 soldier : it BE 1 DRAEAMIN : N . ?9) Make Thanksgiving in Joyous Day. '1`hanksgivin,. unlike Christmas. is not especially the children's day. It is s time for'th_e reunion of`, femiliee,in which. of course, the children are .i~ncinded,ibut they do not `occupy the chief place, as at their: own festival. But` , we all desire the special holidays bx-ightspote /in the lives} of -children. "The peeulise `features of such should be emphasized so. "_thst==!1!0!j'6)1ns ground ; . in nsftaerp ;ye'u-s. .!.` iy2!'51l-E1581!!! ..i.Vlt!!:~,"!!P\, .!0!m.`.!1I `:10! l oihildflhi om?! 1'1?!-.;,s;9g` Ll 0113 VI vullulnu Jvjvuunlvuug rvsuv I' In [ad of time can` wholly` deprive th;m .3; l, they have been Iuroharged with -`tun . 4. So\wVo'rli hov (tgvaattho lam; tm:koy tor Thsnkqglvin , and let the fat on I bev a respite till Christmas. . - 8. W611, chaw me'up! There goes the hatchet; off the handle. 2. It allas rues me to: see a .disper-, aition tor give the laugh tor victims of hart} luck. V , _ cannula `IOU luau UH no;dn t laugh, your Christmas. ' T 33- -"VIZ: ` ' !'No,`1 couldn't to V write letters; . no useto oomplaln i o the worst, an I * wantedto, tell you the best when I . oam_e;._,and he told` it while she.'cooked.., V the supper. No, I -wa n t gain to write i nofobllsh letters. John repeated. He 2 was afraid he should ory himself when ; he found out how bad things had been; 1 and they sat down to supper together. ; just as they used to do when he was a 3 homeless orphan boy, whom nobody else 1 * `wanted in winter weather while he was ? crippled and oould not work. She could i not be kinder now than she was then," but she looked so poor. and old! He saw her taste her cup of tea and set it down again, with atrembling hand and a look at him. No, I wanted to come myself, he blustered, wlpinghis eyes and trying to laugh. And you're going to have everything you need `to make you oom- fortabie long : you live, Mother ARobb,!" Qlnn Innlrnrl ale Isl-. .......|_ _...`I -_--1-1-: 4:: '.: - '. I ..`_ L`-a ~-,.--.s-.~,-~g . ` . ~~-..~ A , rm. f; n ' u L i ' _ _ *"8`tiiI'i`1:e"ooixieb?' we're not . her old chairs and tabled in their places `chm! Ajndzhe remembered everything, and klnled her as they stood before the areas it she were a girl. 7 ,,~-; .v HA lend Qmma nl--.+.. -a `I.-.L.: ..a...-_ `I_--A-- GUI UIIIII9 I9`. 5 9 you uvu, 11106116!` '.l1ODDJ" She looked at him again and nodded. but she didvnot even try to speak. There was a good, hot supper `ready. and her own folks had come; it was the night before Thanksgiving. - n-av.-In as any were 5 $1111. , J vE_e1,had,;_`g6qnd plenty` hard t1mos,but' lnok. had come at` last. He had struck luck, and this was the and ot agroat "SO81; - 1. A F V _T - nadn '1: ar1ll:|e::-rglto lo:-gust- u:.:{2. 11 nah `A TURN OF FORTUNE. 4DVAN9E- saw; 1:" Ill, ,0 turn ll come |i6Z66o3e1;1;' `In a'recen't Vlisau of L' E`Vv.a:x;;mont,' of Quebec, and` Le_ Joqrnal, of:Montr'eAl, certain alarming reports were-Tmodo; re- _2&tdi_ng the;Qnaba;:V bxide. The Quebec 4B**d=V0?-wsnishvthv=#*i-.*=?, `QIll'l|(|' `And: C . Three new hatohetiee 6} Breeding lob-e stars` have been euncioned by the Govern- ment. They are to `be located on the Prince Edward Island o'out,Va'nd will pro- duce about 600,O00,000lobete1-3., ~ L The Finance Committee at Ottawa will purqhaae 5,000 tons of coal and 1,500 cords of wood for the `citizens who are n'eoted_ by the famine. V -. William Young, of Deloro. Hastings, ! was jolted in his buggy while driving 3 fracuons horse. Peritonitis ensued with a fatal termination. ` -' ' The Ohippewsnreek in to be dragged with a powerful magnet. in the hope of recovering the weapon with which Mu. Jennie Frank: was murdered. ` ` - ' The Quebec City Uouncil has passed a by-law amazing -that all insurance agent: who are non-residents of the city shall pay {tax of $200. ; _ -7 __ __- _-____. ..--:- uw-vv-an -F`(:iv-<;t;>vry extensions are contemplafed.ln Brauuford, which will aggregate $300,000`, and be completed before. Ghrigtmu. I Su-atford is considering the purchase of the waterworks from the preaent com- pany. _ . an . ' - - . R..obr t Stewart, 5 cattlebdyer, living in Ottawa. was run down by a train near Smit'.h a Fallabnd killed. . Ottawa city has placed zrn order for 5, 000 tons of coal :11 Wales. There are not 2,500 ton in the city at present. `Mrs. Demmery, Lendon, who, has been missing states-that she is in hiding. and wxll not return to her home. Rev, w.W. Lodge #11}; _IM_3;a;l;o:d an in-V vitation to become pastor of_Graoe `Meth- vodist-church, Charlottetown, P. E. I. T\&'I' D. S. J h;;;;;i;;1e-i- i1-i;'poui- I tion in Stamford and will become classi- cal master of the Berlin High school, `I1 Isu s. this a remarkable tribute to the British preference? It shows how much freedviueis given the manufacturers of continental Europe. in their effort to drive out Canadian made wares. It is an utter absurdity to, suppose that Great Britain alone enjoys the 33}; per cent. pre- ference in our tariff. Germany in par- -ticular is doing famously at our expense, and at the same time is taxing Canadian grain 16 cents per bushel more than that raised in the United States. ' A streetcar conductor named E. Gaz- non has been arrested at Ottawa, and is charged w" h using a digger. I` `I\ 2 Bl`! G50 Reid, of Saizit `urie, attemp- ted to commit suicide by chopping off hm head. He may recover. I.`_ _ _ aaa nun-V55 rnvlvlu VI-I09 "Certainly we do. Our purchases are- chipped to London in, bulk and put in packages there. Then they come to Can- ada an the product" of British factories. We uxmplv do what our competitors are doing every day. and I want to say we are guilty of no breach of Canadian law in so doing. We are only complying with trade conditions. Our lmportatnona from Germany amount to many thon- unda uf dollars each year._ `I Y .1- J ames McEwan, who fell off a. roof h; was hingling, near Galt, is dead. `I `I v._.-_ -_ vv-vac Merricri(v`1ll'eWv"17l'laAge has` purchased 9. Am) umgle cylinder steam" tire engine for $2, I I They our British agent. was the reply. - -