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These?gufesA are containfed'in an `-interesting ax:t_'i_cle` on i-ailroad growth, wh_ich'{' appeavfs. in thg. thi:d;"`annua1 statistical, `review and - 'Ou`tlopk- [num- ber of The` Monetary Times, Tpub- lished on _January 7th...._ `\ Y , `*;e;;..ada `Mme la'11A7"ge"Sf ram. m1l1ge_in t'he wor1d _in._proportion to its population.` - 1 A.` 1 - ` `r 5 .` ' 1 Cox1paed with,>Ev;topeai"countri-es, Canada; mm in t11e;li's`t,_'in the matter T of? `r`ai1.rba;'d_ mileage 9 '1ncrease_ during the past 50 years,` with a per - centagegain of 1,132. _ ' _. rr,# 1' -.'- % V0ix15`f7TJ ;;; .i:g1it;:`v1c>f"A:Canad i"a5n frjaix; roads {are owned by the Gdvernment. % `TE;x`1da s` rz:ii Io;.;Is \ate t1it=;_Vil:c'J7\(vsrTeSTt capital ized `in the wprld, $55,638 per m11_e- 4 w(7`:V1;1ardVa1`;s"_.;';i(1';'-c.>ad nlege has" in-A` creased in forty ,ears _.from 2,524 to 24-104; mi'1es-or-' per cn*- I ;cAnA%biA2ig 1 3% H.P. Horizontal Gasoline Engine. 3 H.P. Vertical Gasoline Engine. V3 H.P. Ma'rine`Gasoline Engine. -1 H.P. Horizonal Gasoline Engine. ' Horizontal Steam Engine,_ 12_x l6 Cvlindnr .n.1.\uluvulal uullll .I`llb'lllU,_ 12 X10 Cylinder. . V . 12 H.P. Portable Steam-Engine. _ 3" x 2" x 3" Duplex Steam Pump. Shafting, Hangers, Belting, C;rcu1a)r: Saws, Babbit Metal. Saw Arbors Made to Order. -. First Class Repairing. 1 POLITICAL BATTLE IN ROME. H. M. Wolfend 2.;_1;FEI;"Ea?t ; so n....c:..m' Q. n YoUR READING NEEDS E WILL BE WELL SUPPLIED AT Scotts Bookstore meecrot: T. a:_:cnoI--r, Manager Transact a Banking Business. NoteaDa'aco'uMed' at feraonable. rates. . . . . Collec- tfpn 9/` Note: and Accounts given s1'mial_ atlcnlion. V l b Drafts Issued payable anywhere. Cheques on outside banks cashed at lowest rate: qt` ezhange. . . . . Sale Noted Cached or Collected , on mbstfawable terms. .BANKE;RS. Olce Hour.-10 to 7 . H _ . _ . _Amongst the persons present were! two premiers, Sir James Whitney, and Hon. J. D. Hazen,. of New Brunswick. a-coA.} S'l`RIO l` Pimsonu. Awrlan-mnw Dun. . su mm` . ' Ag -} 'wxox P:I:>hro Horseshoemg i `I? 1: ___,_._..-_._ Buggies, Carriages, Wagons '4 V MA\'Umc'1fU*1_1ER `OF ?Sli ghs and Cutters. 54--.. vs` mo. V55 .BAYF|ELD sf} Andrew} UNWIN, MURPHY & ESTEN, Ontario Land Surveyor_s, Engine-| _'e!'S, etc. Established -1852. Oicc,` Medica-1 Building, S. E. corner Richmond and Bay streets, To- ronto. oTelephone, Main, 1336. Instructions left with Strathy `& Esten, Solicitors, Bank of To- ronto` Building Barrie, will be i promptly, attended to. _. __- `rvvv' Having penti years Post Graduate work in ' Brltinh ospitals and having served as clinical Assistn.nt in Golden Square Ear. Throat 8: Nose Hospital, London` Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital tldoorelds) ; for a term as Resident Surgeon in Royal London 0 hthalmic Hospital; Bristol Eye Hos ital. Bristo :and Birmingham Eye Hos ital, B rmingham :tormer Member of ] British phthalmological Society`. V OFFICE-78 DUNLOP STREET. BARBIE. f `Phone 54. P. 0. Box. 96. I __.---.. M.'D.. C. M. (Torn) Late of Tomato Genet.-Al Hospital. mice of the late` or. smith. Collier st PIIOIQ CI. 32-ly > _ I The Premier went to Quebec, his: stronghold," to confer with his pafty, V leaders there. ' ' L;R.C.P. 8: s. Edinburgh; m.r.1>. & s. Giaqow ` -`-SURGEON-_- G. G. SMITH & CO.,.`PH'ONE 82.M Established 1869. Undertakers. Open'dayL and night. Morgue and chapel in connection. Barrie, On- ` tano. . "flii-n}gq ron..;_;11, V- um. J. n. u. 1:.vruVa, 1 r1`b1L.1AN,_ Surgeon, etc., Coroner for Simcoe County. Ofce, and residence: I William street. Allandale. Tele- | phone 30 a. At, Stroud `Office: 2 E to` 4 pm. Monday to Friday. >DR. V. A.`HART, `G-RADUATE OF Trinity University, Toronto, Edin- borough, and Glasgow and Post Graduate of University College, London. .. Oice and residence :[ Cor. Dunlop and Mulcaster Sts. O'1ce_ open each day until 8 pm.` Phnne 19.: :.:._.._2.... . . _. .DR. MORTIMER LYON, 31 CARL- . ton St.. Toronto, late of Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eye and Ear Hospital, bwilla be at 67'" Owen St., Barrie, every Saturday. Diseascs-Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Consultation hours, II a.m. to 5 p.m., and by ap- pointment. ` . ' `DR; A. T, LITTLE, *_/LATE 0.1+` Churchill, Ont. Office and resi- ` dence,,John .St.`,& near corner Eliza- beth. Phone 2x3. FDR. ROBERT s. BROAD, PH.YSI- 0;-.111 C ooooo l\O -4- C._-_:_1., `D DR. W. A. ROSS, PHYSICIAN, ` Surgeon, 'etc., L.R.C.S., Edin., L. R.C.P., London. Oice and resi- dence, Dunlop street, Barrie. Tele- phone 77: . T ' I The reception accorded M-r". Bot-i den in Toronto was most gratifying. Five hnndred Toronto Conserva-, tives waited upon him in the King` Edward Hotel, and "the occasion was! festive with hopes of victoiy at the comimg general election. ` 'S'.l`RATHY' "cf ESTEN, BA1iRIS- T ters, Solicitors in High Court of Justice, Notaries Public, Convey- ancers.- Oices over the Bank of A Toronto, Barrie. Money to loan at lowest current rates. G. H. Esten. ...,_L_E1TNOX,- COWAN & A BROWN, - Barristers, Solicitors for obtaining 'p ro,b_a,te of wills, guardianship and V administration, and general Solici- tbrs, ` Notaries; -..ComreyanerAs, etc. Oices, Hinds block, No. 6_ Dun- lop street, Barrie. Money to loan at 4% and 5 per cent. Branch of- fices at Creemore and Alliston. Haughton Lennox, K.C., Alex. Cowan, G. E. J. Brown, LL.B. _ - I CRE'SWICKE & ALEXANDER, Barristers, Solicitors of the Sn- preme Court of Judicature of On- tario, Proctors, Notaries,` Convey- 4 ancers, etc. Money to loan. Of- ce, Ross block, Barrie. A. E. H. , Cresyvicke, K.C., Arthur Alexander. DONALD Ross,` LL.B., 'BARRIS- tcr, Solicitor, etc. Bankof Toron- to Building, Barrie. Money to loan. Eye. Ea:,9Ivo:eVThroat. lfvv. AULT, BARRISTER, -some-1- fnr `prnnl-no KTn6bu-.- I`.-..--..__-.. - -,_ -; 7`VA:"f"'Ai39:L$GAL. " ? frIia}};i21`**& STEWLART; - `BAR- faff RTn4.....:`...-. D..LI:-`- u \.c Upc \I;h;me 124. ux. nunnnx D. ISKUAU, 1 1-i.YSI- cian, Surgeon, etc. SpeciaIty-Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Oice and` residence,-Cor. Elizabeth and Brad-` for ! Sts. (Dyment Gore). Phone 105. Box 456. nu. ARTHUR ME? CHANGE ELECTION DATES. C--I--- >12. T. ARNALL. OFFICE AND Residence corner of Toronto and Elizabeth Streets. (Opposite ELiz-- abeth-Street Methodist Church). Telephone 167. .. `r. A.` RADENHURST, BARRIS- text, Solicitor, Notary Public, &c. Oice, It oor Bank of Toronto Building. .Money. to loan at low- esto rates. . vv.~.g_a\/4.44, .|.rI.&\aL\.I.sJ.l.L'4J.\,' .)\J1.4.I.\)1" tor, Proctor, Noary, Conveyancer, etc .~.Spec_ial attention in drawing and pr_o'bating- wills, obtaining -le t- ters of administration and guard- ianship, coilecting accounts, etc. Qices, Ross block;Barrie. Money to.,loa`n.1. .v . . , \. g-1. r-.s.~,:.a":;_!I;::;xg.\_,.l, 0L D.I.L'aVV&tL1\ L.` '.DtL .l.\-' ' ti'V1;e`1_-s`, t; Sb1ii0rs,9 N otarie`s 5 -Public," 'a1id?Co11vvcya'iuj:.ers. Money to ldan in` an?" sums.` at. 5 per cent. .O'"1ce, 13 Owen St., Ban-_ie~.' H. D. Stew- a1:t,7~LL.D., D. M. Stewart T \. J. A. C. EVANS, PHYSICIAN, TI? 5 ioPr=o`sur'+: ROSS s'r ..70HN BA.-RR'S ~0LDvSTAND_ UNDERTAKERS. gmovan. To -v------ -v--- V-a""'-"""'V" '-'-"'_-".' 1 _ This may be said to be the begin- ning of the political camipaignv inithe provinces. It has never hitherto begun so long before a. general elec- tion. ' ' SURVEYORS. PI-IYSICIAWNVS. Next Saturday V MO3f9_1 _ `$2-I! t _V An old } .1 : \; 'ec;~<.>F " " _the..-. T,-sfot . The leader of the Opposition went: to Toronto to confer with his partyl leaders and organizers.in!OntaArio. I II`! I CRAIGHURST, om". LICENSED }_I_C_'I_`IONEER I33!` nn- -.- -_._ ---v-nQdO\ FOR `rs-1:` counrrv or smucoe. Most reasonable terms given on all Stock Sales flo V uuu uwucru m an xmas or Rough and Dressed Luniber Doors - .l' l'aInes ] Turnlngs Slsll Stairs r Cellln s Blinds Shlntles I Floor ngs Tanks and Water Trougns (Pine and ' cypress PW! M::..I".::.:-.. THE am mm mm ii. J.`D. lnoncnmsj '3,'}.',`.f ]wM. cum:-: and Dealers in all kinds of Rough and A _ Dressed Lnniber cozrmmsnn Anvnnrnitunnws. Condensed Advertisements on rat page mac). u want: ofa_ll kinds, lost and f_ound, px-open, for sale or to rent. apeqic artlcles, etc., etc. must be aocomnanled vnth the cash. Cuts for advertisements must in every case be mounted on solid metal bases j Advam -- u-up: uuvu vuw IIIUIIU ll pun. tigorlbora now in srrcarn for times months and over will be chanted 31.50 per annum ~ MAKES YOUR SKIN LIKE VELVET- Monkman s -Glycedonia. Has a marvellous effect on rough `skin. One or two applica- tions will remove the rougnness. and by its occasional use the skin` acquires the smoothness and softness of a baby's. Glycedonia. is not sticky, and gloves may be worn a few moments after usin if` pf`:-IA IE4. g._J A-- 1\ go 1 . ii. w --u -cnvnnsvclt-5 dl\-Cl U51! it."-i rice 15c and 25c. Delight- ful after shaving. LS1: J_ohnJ "8: Groolxerl I.'3!!.9?!f9!'9!1_rvl I FNEXTDOOR TO THE -rnnmanv Is 0 en for all orders in CASTINGS. MIEL REPAIRS, 8:2. ol Brwed Entirely from the Finest . Malt and Hops. --_ --- wvmuui `halo lruetvl Vn;me will be ndded to thelsulr Icnptlon but until the money is paid. llhlnhlhnnn max I. -1`... 1.. La... - , -- DUNLOP STREET EAST BARBIE BREWING BBMPANY Tn: 'AbvANcE 1s .I'D'At nl an RATE; - Splendid ALE and PORTER The Best and Brightest In cask and Bottle GEO. MbNKMA1g_._ runzisn , , , . _ -_.~ _---v uuuo Boilers. Engines and all kinds of farm and stationary machinery made and repaired on ahon test notice and moderate prices. AIT done by expert machin- ist and guaranteed first class. Engine man It ulB6l.'_u0ll ing notices, Inn 2 5 manta nt Al 8 P: to 48 column Newspaper, Published u-omhe oiob. 1` Dunlo Street. Burlo.1n the County of Blmoooytgo Pro- vince of oncu-lo. Gnnudmovory Thundoy Moraine, by THOMPSON CREW, PUBLISHER.` Apply THE __ADVfAN_CE. ' V _, _BAR3l_E Barrie. art I9 I 3.Horse_Pnwer In First-c_I`ass Order MANUFACTURERS. Bxprt` Machinists Z Pl-|iOVN_E ' 1'a's ' .;"0F . . . H-E CONFLICT for poli~ticJal ` pOWr beween Laurier and Borden. has begun in-~ deadly earn-` est. . . ` - - Re-Sawing. I. Bqrrie. 9, Igzrf No. 5} .. 7.Ob.m N0. w'IOiC .-J * ---Mr C0111] ar th Igyd gm all h{l( tl.a wh tea go -L1 Gra L___ Ifl ' TERI! 0! 8UB80!!!PI'l0N.- $1.00 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. _ `UNITED .s'1wrn:s svnscmmms [ . $1.50 In Aowmcz - I 1;; '3'? *11.ooVp`m..cba1:t.s"peaiai 1197:` In V 0.: 10.03 m'1`ordntd& North Bay 5 15-p lit IIOpmuNorth"Bay......a. 67. V 8.llIpxn..'1fc`)1-s:nA1to&Midlan(1V 1.48am % - Gravenhurst '9.86a.m j rain' 0. 17 ll Facing No_rth.-v "l`_..... `and-`dep.1 'tur'es' g. .na'% V . 1jo':in'Ba:v-tie are as follows: ; Colllnzwood Laid u..:.. . TO . , FROM` . o._ 58....1M7a.m ; No.'5....7.4'h'\m ' ls....8Ilpm - 42_a...1.8pm C010 I _ witlmapm "`Da}il"y including Sunday. BA1;31ET ;2AILwAYI suing 23--oouvu` ` wan: In THE BATTLE BEGUN... '%_ No. 53,. no.3: s n) f` 55. . ..7..p_.l'l1_ `Going 'S6th. } III_..l_ 22....~ma'm . C..o.pm 5 These interestjng gures ar{;con- ` t_ained.,_.i_n the thud" annual .st'atis_]_tical, `review and outlook number ofe,-The i Monetary Times, publighed onflan uar,`/"7th`; . " ` -~'.'; V 'Whcn.A.bV|J} ing oys 'x,_t-11? .areA to . be. :53. V - V ,1V_`2._ ,1 . Be sure 'y.u , know your - . -.:e3rtenf"-1.'.3?"'-' 3' " `."v.. d aler' `tiers, `esp`ecia1}y if -.p_erVcent;~' * _ vvuuu y. _ 1" Cl` U311`. Canada.. .. 88-I4 United 'States.... 55 I9 Great Britain.. 373718: The_ only country `in. the world whose trade increased in, a `greater ratio than that of Canada was*"Ar- gentina, with a "percentage of._.r_64.88 FIN` Canada's Commene per cgpita ifs. 9,'rc:uez- than that of any .o-thr coun- try in .the~-world, with the exception of Great Britain. hHere are the gu-res:- . The `latest ft-cake tzewspaper hails, `from Madrid, and provides its read- crs with letterpress that can be read in the dark. `The ink is prepar- ed with some preparation- of phos- phorus. ' ` T DDIHIHCTCC 7 Country. _ per apita. Great Brltaxn. .. .. ..$1o5 23 Canada..;. ..`- .. 9242 United States.. ..- .. .. 3559 In the` ten-years. ended 1909', the -increase` of `Canadian trade was-`88.I4 per cent. This compares as`fo1l'o'ws: Increase of trade, !Inn_vId1u\ his trousers conveniently` and with- out removing them,` an ingenious" inventor has constructed an electric pressing iron adapted to slide on a vertical rod. The latter is tted with a-. stirrup at the lower end for the operator's foot, and a handleiat the .upper end by which it may be held steady. The pressing iron con- sists ;of two spning-pressed, elec- trically-heated plates; between which the material to be creased. is placed. The iron is furnished with current tapped from a lamp socket by means` of an ordinary plug and connecting , wires.--Scientic American. p . I In order to enable a man to crease CANADA'S COMMERCE PER E CAPITA. E Art thou a mourner? /Rouse thee from` thy spell, - Art thou a sinner? `Sins may be for- gxven, . Each morning gives thee wings to ee fron1 heH,' A Each night a star to guide thy ..feet to Heaven, % 1 Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep, . 1 I lend my_ arm to all who `say, I can, No shame-fac1ed_otv1tcast ever slankn so 1 deep, _ ` ' But yet mlght Vrxse and be again a 1118.11. 1 vvull slut` IUI. pl. CUIUUS CIIEUICCS D855-' > ed away, ' . Weep not for golden ages on the. ` wane, . . - ' : Eacf(1ln_1'1ght'I burn the records of the 35 . At sum-xse every soul is born again. `Laugh like a boy, at sp1endors_that . s have sped, V T To vanished joys, be blind, and deaf K anddumb; a .v "My judgments seal the dead past with ` its dead But never bind a moment, yet to `come. ` I We do n\c )t'.kn`oivj whe .w.t'ote the `f9'llov_ri'n.g` s,_tri-ki-ngflines: In. any [case thevau-thor does not Aagree7w-i_th {the sentiments ,of Senator Ingal'ls" torefamiliar lines'?on` the same subject. No -more is he in accord with the jesti-ng phil-os'opherl,l Ra- belais, who tells us that Opportunity has all her `hair on her foreheadland when she is past 'you_ cannot call her back. She has no ituft whereby you can; lay hold on her--for she is -bald on the backof her head, `and never .returns:' ` * ` ` They do me 'wrog [who say I: come I ' no more 1 __ ---- ..-v.-5 vvuv ad] I. UUIIIC no more , 'When onc'e I- >knockAand`.fail- to nd you in, For every day I stand outside youi" door , _ And bid you wake, and rise to ght and win. - A " Wail not-for precious chances pass - ed away- c ' Manitoba and Saskatchewan hold rnupii-pal elections on-. the first .Tgie- day-in D`ecember". `British V comm- bia a11oWs.'-the municipality to x `the dates. Quebeceholds municipal `elections on the third` hMonday in `January. -VNova _Scotia the third ~Tu'esday `November, and in the hUnitted States `municipal elections t are usuallyheld in: April and May. % ' In : imgny "of~_` >."t`e. ` injunicipamies ` thrdughout 4Ont'rio, Vmuch il'l-feeling Lu is" eng-endered during the" V Christmas tim.e'byv reasoa;7.~-"of_ "V-`\t,he .T..;n_unicipal campaigns, while: mzmy questiqns Vtihat came before the people do not get` proper .co_nsid-eratibn ibecatise other matters divert, attention. If v _ 2 A _ _ .-DiJf1<)vai`1 s.-.` =rephe'sT question `the `I1s_eS$$t&` . fox? sV1i'<'.l'1 -l an ;o`r`na\m-e%ntCof the pay roll as a: tax: %collector.`_ ' " ` 4 V ` "f'f:_-.-Lo? T . Both, therefore, were in--the Italian Capital at the same time. Mr. Bour- assa is supposed to have the [advant- age of the political sympathy of the French-Canadian clergy, -and the recently discovered" action of `Arch- bisl1op La.ngevin advising his people to read Bourassa s paper, Le_-D_e- voir, has awakened the Liberalsrto the need of alertness. ' " opppnrunrrv. Commerce " c`a.pita_. 25 %. 92 42 - 35_ S9 ded ade was-`88.I Ac an u Per 33 E3 ' '.. .a In uuonh" Ann -`twig ' 5 V&EIVV.' In the, silent watches of the night: Mrs. Brown. prodded Mr. Brown in the ribs`, and he awoke. with a start. John, she wl1ispe redIhoarse'ly,. .get .1413`! There--are.bur81ars~!L [I`,can` -hear Veax-., . _ V -gggnvt-ed I-ohn, ';turfni oivses. .dow'n_stairs! Rest 'eas v."j_n1y' .here `are. no ' bqrglgrs Yb_ -L ma___y_ \ avvu Uuslwucu. ' ` An English peer who visited Scot- land was at dinner given in his hon- or at a `private residence. A little daughter of the host, who was too well bred to stare, but who eyed him` covertly as the "occasion presented it- self, nally took the courage to shy- ly remark: And you are _x-eally and trully an English lord_.- Yes, he answered, pleasantly, really. and truly, ,I have often thought I would like to see anaEng'lish lord, went on the little mai-d,` and--and -- Andnow you are` satised at last, . he interrupted, laughingly. 'I\`.`N-no. - 9-his 4-.4-t.:. -.1 ..1.:u renliorl v I The Answer. 'I understand you called on the complainant. Is that so? demanded a brow-beating barrister of a. man. he `was cross-examining. Yes, re- J plied the witness. What did he say? Counsel for the other side eagerly `objected that evidence as to a con- versation was: not. admissible, and half an hour s argument ensued. Then the magistrates retired to con- sider the point, announcing on their return some .time- later that they deemed the question a proper one. ,Well, repeated the cross-examining barris- .ter. ~H.e_v;vas ngt at home, sir! was the answer. i what` did the plaintiff say?. Aunt, us; u.uLc1'l up_u:U, naugnmgly. `~`.`N-no, rep1_1ed the truthful child, _I m no_t. -satxsed. I ma good deal drsappoxnted. T . % |.a..ua uauuu 51.14 In the sun-E.-3-P` `inside the suxt. Quebec is the dominant factor in Canadian `pol`tics to-day as hitherto- Quebec is Catholc, and if the efforts 0:` the clergy are to be openly used` in the interests of Bbu`rassa and the _ Nationalists at the next" election two years hence,` `Sir Wi1fnid'TLanrier: will `be glefeatc d. --- visual` LI clly. Simpkins always was soft-hearted, and. when it developed upon him to break gentlypthe news of Jones drowning to the bereaved Mrs. Jones, it cost him much paper, pink, and perspiration before he sent the `fol- lowing: Dear Mrs; Jones - Your husband cannot "come hometo-day. rHis bathin - suit was washed away in _the `sur Poor Jones was I Severe Prescription. , Doctor--You -have` some sort of poison in your system. ' 1 `Patient-Shou1dn t wonder; what was in the stuff you gave me? Hon. Jimmie Du has decided to allow the students at the agri- cultural College to trip the light fantastic--which decision has no doubt, caused the farmer students to think, Duff is no duffer. 'Custome.r--You_ surely do not me 20. _a pound for that- steak? `I Butcher-,-Yes, madam, that is 7 price. ` =(Eutomer-That must be the avia- tion meet I hear so much about. '1 I notice the early V-close, move- ment is `gaining favor with Barrie `shopkeepers. An exchange says this was inaugurated in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve donned the g leaves. That's certainly the earliest mention I know of. ` 3 ` ' "With -`three grocers and, a butcher in this year's Counci:l, we'll have to keep our eyes {open to see that they `don t legislate to increase` the price of ham and eggs. ' 4. There's one - article I -bent ' th os_e, Western grangers wo1ildn .t `object to a high protective duty on--the` blizzard, which is said to be manu- fagztured in Alaska. ` HE inconvenience and" annoy-` ance of municipal elections at Christmas time, and therst of the year have become so oppres-` sive that a serious teort will be made. to change the dates of muni-` ci_pa'l~ elections in ,Ontario -to some t"c{:nvenient date" in the" fall jtlig. 1 YE3r;.a9, Well as *.Y;chan,sjn`!'t;1?1}=12i:T7 tit'_3`L ,`??`=A`1;:...3 A`1"A-I V I The Grand Lodge the Orange-I men` will coAp.ve ne_;,here'._ on March 8th. Might have waited` till the V 17th and had `a*joint*celebration. No`, doubt `(every I ._sharehd1de'r of {hit Farrier .'Bank `has riowf con-` cluflied" that`-he .is 3 sureenitf _hay- '>"' > . ' ":"x~. . VA :' The `secqnd severe cold shap 'was_ expe`r'i_encedla,st -week in the West. The first one `was the frost they` gave the Lau_rier et al circus. during `the! early fall. . `ism ,WHen. `all. the rai1rQad- cbmpanies who are now asking for chartersget their`-lines constructed, twil'l be" as much as a man s life is" worth tot cross the street. antivbtg Vth;y nee 7einZ wox`-Jsel than we do. ' V ' - `a my :. -mg: *2` - :- Two [ ;hop'lifter} wcrg ahfrivevsutecf `in Begg s% 1s tore,.g ' Collingwpod. ` Mig ht b'etter_have.b_egge.d what they want- ed. ` v- 7 ` -- . do 4. .4. I%1y1>`oc:i'isyVVti14al:` .fe.vx %r' A people uncomfottgble than brutal . frzink`- ness does. V T < %:agnL.yyith; 7 takes beforbe `-trusting him with tr.ea,Sures. " ,9 " 'Custome1--Yo1.1_ svurejlgr IA AA.` _ ._ - P . Orilli. c'urle rs go tthe c1ub-bag.s`, A CANADIAN political vhattle has just been concluded in Rome. As soon as Sir Wil- frid Laurier `learned that Mr. Bour-6 assa, the Quebec Nationalist Lead- er, had gone to`Rome to see the Pope, presumably to endeavour to secure the interests of His Holiness` in the movement against the present Premier of Canada, the Government instructed `Hon. .Rudolphe Lemi-eux,' who was on his way backifrom South Africa, whither he had gone to represent -Canada at the opening- o-f the First Parliament` of the new Dominion, to go also to Rome and represent t'hePcause of Sir `Wil- frid Laurier at -the Vatican. 'Proo-E . Pdsitive. N at Satised. A N ORTH,ERN van vvaaucu ilW) _ ask the V *-.'-1---'. -'.-,"'!!' ' `F"`"' v 1; WA nu;1;`be4r; of good.Farugs~and1Town: P;-4. '1._rt.iea For .a1e,q;z.,1e9;s, .tf.ms;>.-' A} E- Donovan, M.P.P., for 1131-oc'l b'e.n~ in- --communcaoq % %%%ii61andw in