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`Isn't life brighter`. because lz`v1zg.? - '- 4 FAUX PAS.` is.` Your whole standard; of living has been raised-and-V Why? Because the men who make thwe better things are telling you that you -will be more comfortable, happier and `I.-..`l4.`l._-.. '31` You men. and _Women who buy things, let this sink in, You` are better men and women `because of advertising. You eat more whole- some. food. You Wear better cloth- es. VYour home is better furnished. Y9_L_1__ha_ve cleaner and? more sanitary houses. You read better books and magazines. You seek more health- ful amusements. V Let the ' Advance Letus thank'advertis1zg fa} it.` 'ou Can Thank Advertising lup his job as a oor-Walker. 4 i I thought he was solid. at Big-5 1 by,S Q'- I .' ` He .Was, but he had a _new arri-i `val at his house,` and he oouldn t `stand on his feet both, night {and day.-Life.h I ' Poor Paterson. H had to give? .The Thournbury ' V TranL'sportatio11. and `Reduction Works will reorpen after an idleness of several months. `:Tho-1isands- of cords of WO0d.VWi11 -be Irafted down as sobn `as the ice breaks up. 1 '77:. I\ ' I Little Bobby -- Mamma, make! lsister stop ghting me. A //vvvs n u vv1J_v.f yup ;x_uu.1:. ' | Not always. For instance, in .a: football game thenbest man is usua1-; { ly found at the bottom of the heap. i .-'Det1~oi_t'Free Press. - | Magina: `.`W`i1at, s[ she ghtingi you for ? ` T!1.1_1_ TT.'1,`l ,1 ll 9!`! , ,, .,,`I_,,, T Jun: A Litttlla. BObby{---V Cause when I} `ate all my candy` I took hers. ` I F` A_ good always is found on top of the heap. - a NAP nltwntra. T7... :v\.-wlvnrsnn 111 n Sirig'ing`Any Rags, song he made famom, at Hz _-\(1v\,d-m V - * Club Mlnstrels, March 20 and '21. WAS ABUSING HIM. ` NOT ALWAYS. OVERTIME. Mr. N. Du5pi'ee,~ who died in Bar'- 'ri~e Hospital from injuries sust'a.in- ed by a falling tree, is said to have left `$3,000 to Mr. George. Atkins, of Belle Ewart, for ,whom he worked for twelve years. A we have new ~ Isn t a Tungsten worth a thou- sand candles? J. J. Hill says this high living" co`sts more. True for J. J .-but it is worth more. And leaving the c0st'aside, ..do you want to go back to buying out of pails, oatmeal out. of a barrel, ` raisins out of sticky boxes, -or ' tea exposed in an open chest ? A and enables you to buy them almost immediately after they are pe;'fect- .-..J ` HOLLY SHEPARD, and higher standards Our circulation list in- fthe people who pay tar every tim e. Costs `by the Col1i_n.g*wood% Baal`-cl of Edu- O. Thifty Et1mlications j . ;x' 1'deived cation for the position of caretaker of the new, King Edward Public` School. The sala.ry- is $500. _ \v- -v\ -q-.. . ` i. Montreal standard Publishing Co., 7 ' A subscription to The S'.r~.:!.m} ` costs $2.00 per year to any wldx-;.ss in ` Canada. or Great Britain. It uses the most expensi'.'r- `ings, procuring the photograph all` over the world. . Its articles are carefully Sc-loci '1 its editorial policy is t11'.>:`u:: `independent, THE STANDARD is `.112 I '.7eekI:,' I.'c-'.*.'sp:Lpe:" of ti-.~ L of Canada. It is nzxtiony. in aims. 'E*im anbgzril TRY IT FOR 1912! Limited, Publlishez-s. MONTREAL. -T The prdmoters of the F109 rural `telephone system have petitions in in the township. vcirculation in every polling division q n .11 nn-2 ~ T at Wyebr.i=dg}e 1 [was `burned to the ground on`. Tues-_. V day night of -last. week. ` go . 7i31i1? s*%1*;I1is7'kiii .be' the sohe or a big 12th of July .demonstra.t.i'~on, and a, big remen .-s and band tour-' ngment on Augusft, 1st. __ _v_. -._ J Harris h-gaslgaen appointed g'.[`reassurer of Burk s` Falls to suc- ce'd' Walter Sharp, ysvhp has]res~igu- the new government wharf. . . Five i1uI1dTf:ci"cords of stone will` be shipped on cows from Thorn- bury to Meaford for lling cribs at` 30000OOOOOOO5000OOOOOOOO: H '1:h '(.T.R. will build a new sca-4 tion at Wyebridge. The material `is now on the ground`. ,'1`hisWeek the Uollingwood Water `a; -Light Commission have bean implying more than the water .t2k- bo,;-gain. -for, says; The -Bulletux. "f .,1t.h._"the water they are sending hon` of which was laid on our h Wek. having been 08-I>1?u`1"_ 2 3 _ he. of Mrs. Perry, Pine,` "t.hg1'I9 nohihhcxtra. FROM FAR AND NEAR? ooooooooooooooo 66090009 9` Belleville is advertising for aCity Engineer. V V /--u--. % CAPITAL - $ mast, s8.0oo;oooi The Money Orders of The Canadian Bank of Commerce are .a,-safe, convenient and economical method of remitting sman` stun; of money.` They are payable without charge at every branch of a charte'r_,ed-bank` in V Canada (except in the Yukon'Territory)_ and in the principal cities of. the United States. ' ` ` ` . ` ` ' ` 1 --._ ---_--w- uv--our-an % The Orders and full information regarding them 'rnayfli;:o-e: nlgtainegi H on application at the Bank. ._ ~ v_ -V - _ V > In the event of loss of a Money Order the Bank will, on 1;-eceipt of a satisfactory guarantee, make arrangements to refund the amount of the lost Order. _ "A232 BARRlAE__B_ARANtCH ljzws NOTES SIR EDMUND `WALKER, O._V.O.. Ll.-..D.`.`D.D.L<.. `P|`a.aio:N'r ALEXANDER LAIRD. jGENEl37AL MANAGER D Q MONEY 61u>ERs H3. 'Gii;&E'T7r. Manager. L IVCUCID .lJur-I-I-IS, JILL. v U u -Ala -A utnauvyv of Orillia was nlected .a director. In this connection it is i-uberestimg to note that Mr. Tudhope is now `a director of ten. Canadian companies. Of the ten Mr;'Tudhope is Presi- dent of six. `I-Iis- connections are as follows/: .Prelsi_dut, `Tudhope Motor Co.,- Limited;. President .Tud'ho`pe"- Can'ri=a,ge' '00., ;L-imiteclg` `j President Carriage _Factories~, ; {; fPrei- ; d_9n'. T11dhP,'And61'$n , ; Pres-i+denj_: : :Wor1T V Lmilited; P}`8ident_..'_ Mum A 31% 8 7" The boyrs' .who `run the County Orange Lodge of West York-. have passed the following resolution :---v - That. (no political speaker or mean- imr of any Parliament in- Canada, - nbt a. member of -the Loyal Orange` -"Asso(iatio11,`be permitted to sit on ffigthe platform or give` an addxress at 12th of July .deamonatra.tion; t'o at Woodbridge this year. At the annual meetig of ' `the rTraders Bayilfi Mr..J.` B. Tudhope n /\ -11- . _'l--L-_I: .. .l.'...;..J..... Uuuaaca u 115-ULVJ uuvv v.L ouy uusuug, the sugar-making season, -if other weather -conditions _are favorable. About a week from- next Satulzday we expect to See maple syrup on sale at the market. Of course, a few sunny days do not make a. spring; but" .somehow` they insnire the thought that Old Sol. .will bring" to pass longecl` for 4 weather conditions: that school-boys enjoy whjen playing marbles `on the sidewalk]. . _ The Newmarket Era says that the maple sugar season will soon be. here and if we may judge A by early pioneer and Indian prophecy, the in- dications point to an excellent run of sap this spring. Sugar-makers of, half-a-`century or more ago used to ;)rog'nost_icate that a cold`, severe win- ter, which causes the soil around the roots of the marpletree to freeze to_ a considerable depth, _'with continued freezing Weather on into. March,` 7causes a heavy ow" of sap during _ ._-_1-2..... ._.........-4-s ,1: txl-`nan: `The Directors of Nexvmurket are starting in early to make this.' year -s Exhibition the best ever held by the Societyjsays The Era- On Friday '1a.st.a. meeting was held in the Fire Hall, .when the Prize List was revised andhy the large litimber of additions: made to the list, and the extensive premiums` added there- to, there -is little doubt but what this year s Fair will bethe" record breaker._ The Executive Committee was instructed! to complete arrange- ments for hlding the . annual excur- sion during thelmonth of J une, par-.5 ticulars of which will be given lz_z.ter. ' Braoebridge, March ,7.-'--At eight- o clock a re was discovered in` the store owned by Mr. A. A. Mahaffy. M.P.P., and occupied by him as a_ law`, office, and by J as. Thomson, stationery -and ` jewelry. 0 The . fire spread to the adjoining. store south, occupied by S. H. 'Arm.~:tron`g,. W. M. ROSS, grocer and. R. H. Ryan, photographer. Both buildings and contents are a total loss, which will be about $35,000. 7 All insurance, $14,000. ' ~ ' 0 A A government osufveyor was in} Bradford recently, making observa-| iaions with regard to the proposed canal from the Holland river to the G.T.R. station. '0wnexs of launches. are anxious to have` a more con- venient way` of reaching the river, and an effort is `again being made, to have the government proceed with this oft-discussed work. _ fignited some es-cwping -gas." The` On Satifrdayevening, Mafcli 2n-d,| Mr. W`. .J. Martin of,Hills da1e, had the misfortune to have his gas tank and power?` house b1o.wu up. Mr. Martin had put agre in the. power. house to keep `the frost out and itl wi-11d'o=ws yon one slide of Mr. Mar - tin s Tresi~d_e.n3c~e were all `smashed, also some in Mr. Howar,th .s. house, Mr. Mart.i11 s loss is about $300. The Midland` Free_ "Press 1says_=_l that Mr. J. W. MeVVate1~s', (former-.' -ly of Barrie) will shortly move his, l11I'11E`SS shop to the Bennett building! next door to the Public Library. It? is the intention of Mr. M'cVVatrs, to add an automobile -and carriage` d:epart.meI1t, and will consequently ` -require more room. The Collixlgtvdoti Bulietin say:- [Midland has a story that there are two hundred `cases of scarlet fever] in Cpllingwood. T This is quite in- correct. There are a few, cases, b_ut not more than the_.-average of. any` y town of ` the same popL11~ation; In 1 Midland the schools are now closed as -a precaution against the spread of the di'seas-e, 3. wise. move. o u . - '2. I ma.inta_u1. a -l1ne of 1-'a,11w-ay from a `point at or near the harbor of thei town of Midland, .in the county of Simcoe, thence `south. and south-| easterly through the said town of: Midland. and `the `townships of jTayi and Medonte, to :1 point on the line of "the Gvank 'I_`runk` Railway at or near the village of Coldwater; ' "U}1fe;"13;}i1e""ii{1};Zr seam, as the mark, Shelburne [is slated for -both a new C.P.R. station and` a new post oioe building. V An appro- ' tion of $9,000 is understood to ve been made `by the O'.P.R. for the new station, and Mr. John Best, ZM.P., -says the new post oioe is also A sure thing'.---Eaonoumi_srt. UUILIVHEB HIIY ROYCE exnm. ~ 7 A homestc-ader who has exhausted his home- stead right `and cannot obtain a prc-emption may enter for a purchased. homestead in cer- tain distyicts. ; Pr1ce.$3'.Gu per acre. DnLics.- - `Muss-reside `six months in eachof three years,` `ou;ltivaLe_ `fty gates and erect a. house worth `am 1 jw. w. Vcomx. , `O1 Mi11iBt9rV;Of5;the Interior.` Nza;aBg;;t$lao1:;e%;pub1ioa:ton=` this any wuumg uomeiwguler. Duties --aix months residence upon - and cultivation. of the land in each of three ears. A homesteader may live within nine m les or his homestead on a farm of at least 80 acres solely owned andoccupicd b him or by his In certain districts :2 homesteader in good standinlnnay preeemgt a quarter-section along- side his omeatead. ' rice 33.00 per acre. v Duties.--M ust reside upon the homestead or me~em tion. six months to each of six years` from a.teeoH1'omestea.d entry (including the time required to` earn homestead ps.L_ent) and cultivate` fty acres extra. -V , father. mother. son. daughter. 1-other or sister. R 'A" hnmantnnnn urhn hnn nvhmmo-...: it. c..._.... ANY person who is the sole head otn family. or a.ny.mnie_over 18 cars old. may home stead a unrter section 0 avaiable Dominion land in anitobn. Saskatchewan or Alberta. 'l`hc'applicunt must appear in person at the Dominion Lands Agency or Sub agency for the district. Entry by proxy mar be made at any agency. on certain condit one 1) father. mother son. vdau liter. `b':'otheAx_n-.ors ster or in- sending homes or. - Ihlnn __..~aiv iunnhm maiannng u... .....i smorsm or ` CANADIAN, Noam, wzsa: LAND _'.BG'O'I_a.ATION8. 1, 4:. uuw.-.\:nrA:y_r:1 wuv JUl.lU'll lllilfr 51' {full supply of fancy labeled spicel lboxes for the kitchen cabinet was] beyond her purse," ou'efu.11y covered with plain cream-colored paper or- |dinary tin `spice boxes. `lettering them uniformly. The effect was decidedly neat and pleasing, and it! `took `only at very little time to do it.` F. J . CHENEY 6: Co.. Toledo, 0. We the 11-ndersigned have, knotwn F. J. Cheney for the last. 15 years, and ' believe him perfectly lloilomble [-in `all business transaactions and n- Iancially able to carry .out any obli- gations made by his firm. Waldillg, Kinnan & Marvin, - Wholesi1.le D-ruggists, Toledo, 0 IIall s` Catarrh Cure taken in- ternally, acting` directly. upon the bloocl and mucous: surfaces of the! I system. ` Testimonials V sent A free. iPrice 75 cents per bottle. ` Sold by `all Druggists. A . l _ Ta1keaw`a,`1f1 ($ Family Pills ` for I stipation. . _ -_ We offer Reward for that cannot tarrh Cure. - 'BOGi`.'O1l TO.W'Il Council has pur- chased a strip of land on either side of the stream which supplies. the" - ' esidents with drinking water." This and will be fenoe(i in and trees [planted to ensure :1 continuous supply. . P Nelson Magee, an Alliston "boy {was jostled by other boys and fell` -from as sleigh. on which th6*.Y[ were an .ridi.11g. `He was run over by :1. lsleighi that. was . following am} had a leg broken close, to the thigh A1 "._ , IV-.___- L..J 1.3.. `An. I-nnrsirnla 06'1iilV' % of Iiinisl 'm't at. Shroud `M1011- d.ay,`Ma1~h 4th, 1912., All n'1em`bers Ypre -sent` except - Mr. Warnica, who` was absent through illness.- The several documents before the Coun- cil .wer to their respective cbmmittees. . A by-law was passed, ` appointing rpathmsasters, "fence-View ers, sheep valuators and oo1u1dkecp- ` (SHE V `weak; or- _- . boy ':-- * ter cott, stationery` $15.85; F. W. Mothers; - %1aca ;diIig'McOand`k disinfecting $17.00 . on e.y, ' meeting oea vgloard o f"1HeziFlI1:h'$3.O0;. Posting bills .00;- i_o_s. a.rper,- meetings 3.00; Posting bills $2.50; Robert Rieves, meeting $3.00; `Posting. bills $1.50; Robert Webb,.meeting $3.00; Post- ing billsi $1.00;"R. J. Hill, meetingl $3.00-; posting bills. $1.50; Johnston BIuac'k,, repairing sidewalk (1911) $2.50; "Robert Lynn, error in (log ltax $1.00; Henry Slight for wood |1ip_rpliecl Mary Taylor $10.d00; R. J I cAfee-, .woodT suppliei Ediward liCritte4ndon $11.38; R.J. Hill, qua.1't- `er year salary $93.7 5; postage. $05.00; !$Tame.s Black quzarter year salary ( 43.75. i I ' The Cle1"k.Was, instructed` to {vrite 3 E." Percival Brown", asking. for half -amount of money expended; on 14th Con., as _per ag'ree.ment.' H Council .' a.d-jou-rned to meet at 'Churchill on the 5th -of April. . I__._______{_._.J Colonist Cars on all Trams No charzevfor berths Efnrough Trains Toronto to ` Winnipeg and West Aok any C.P.R. Agent romp; of " Se1tlen' Guide". nu-nu ~ 'MANl'l0BA, ALBERTA sAxArcuewAu cw-551171.-7 T Ill 9 ' gulckly stops con ha. cures colds . heals. nqhroat andlzm o _ I - - 35 cents. M-A}Ei_ }.;;'I}i.1| `"175. `Special Trains Will leave Toronfg A howsekeeper who fbunvd that.` al `-11 _-_-___'l_ 1 1 1 1 I It lKL'4,`; |)1'Ul`;\`.'1L \}L\JB|Z. l-`J ULLU vt1;=':I `Alpine Cause had his leg broken ad; Cookstown skating rink. _ `_ ` (F F or settlers travelling with livestock `sud 53:4-In _@6i>.'n`i."' Low coLo_msr ms R. J. FLETCHER ' ' " " ' L R.J. HILL, CLERK, Tuonxrox. Hows THIS? St. Pa.u1 s -Presbyterian church` '1_con.gr`e.gat.i-on at Victoria Harbor Harbor have completed; their vote on Church Union; _ The vote show- ed `a majority of fty-ve against union. . `0n'e Hundrecl Dollars` any case of Catarrh he t:u1'ed by Ha.1l s' Ca- Local Aget. . lg throng h line SETTLERS TRAINS " ' ""U I `urouglilf colonlet and Tourist Sleepers 1020 I7.MfIiiiiy | Regxil-or ams leaving Toronto nA--__ _ Sen_len and iamiliei unilmnl Iu..o....l. I -So we are t augh_t, dear. V ' j Well, I ,was born in January,` 'and there ain t no dust then. Orders have been issued by the.` :I1ead'of oes of the Grand Trunk Bail-way that all swibchmen Tmust have standard watches which will be kept regulated every week by the of- :oi,a1..timekeeper of the company. `Her mother--`T`Doe_s Ferdinand ever compliment you on cooking? ` Mrs. Nubride--Sometime. He! says I can make the `mfocst durzblc-V {cake he ever s~aW_; ' 4 it Attenda.Igt-Him? Th-a.t s the man she married. T--V Boston Evening ` Transcript. I hear sh has led a `bill for` divorce? ' T That s true. ' . He refused to stay down town to dinner the night she entertained her bridge club. ' "pa seems tothink it s hard luck.- Chioago Record-Herald`. ` y anoither_baby at your house. ` I '- Yepp; . I . ,. V V . . ` . What is it? T . The nurse says` it s a girl, but Attendant (showing , visitor through lunatic asylum-)-Yes, sir, [we have some very_ pathetic cases here.- Now ,in this room is n a poor_ fellow who lost his reason because the girl he was in love .with mar- ried, another man. ` i . V,i`Sit0l`:W-vV(3-1'-:`:(3'ld! Very sad! Ani who occupies this padded cell op-l lpos}te? _ ` V 4 Sniith -(flaftred ga;nd.** wishing A to! be complimentary)-Ah,` to sit next]: you is oo_ lose one s appetite..--Wa1;ch | En... `Old Maid---You, eat `very `1itt_1e, Mr. Smith.9 - T ` . ' J Deacon B. ' -4- No; brother, ,wh-at they need is. sermons that won -t let} V em_ go to 1_sleep-Boston Eveningi Transcript. Mr. J. D. McKay, editor and! 1prop.1'~ietor of The. Newmyarkem Ex- Tpres's'-Herald, who has been Aappoin`t- `ed Registrar of Deeds, is offering his newspaper plant and stationery -store. for sale. F Deacon A.--VVVh.at our people need ! _is sermons that_wi11 wgke them up.` SOME CONDEMNATION. HER TWO VICTIMS. HOW WAS THAT. GOT IN WRONG. NEXT TIME you step into the corner store, take a look around. Of all the articles on the shelves, how many were on your shopping list y five years ago ? Make it ten years, and you will find that most of the things you l:n_1y`to-day-and could` not do without--were not even made then T -BETTER STILL. cludes the best eople of th Cdunty of Simcoe--the pc _$1,.0O for thveixfi % per l 00 .cen_t on the dbllar eve] ~pbpthing.'t9 `ihvestigte. % 1 comfortable, happier healthier if you use these higher grade goods. . ` It `is wdvertisingthat makes it pos- sible for you to bu&_the` beet? right Iatyour corner store. It is advertis- ing that causes the inventor to make new comforts and utilities Bradford Witness -;- Our sports ?d0n t have to leave town to have a rabbit. hunt. All fall -and winter in tthe night rabbits" have `been raiding {the town and damagingi small fruit I -L__--..