f The `old `lady shook her head..- I have no 'experience'of parrots, ;: she said rising nevertheless to look out of the window. V The removal of the blanket reveal-`- ed at large cage wherein a grey-white bird with an orange-pink crest and a powerful beak was swinging itself on a metal ring. T ~ A -1 ,,E.... L- .. It descended from the 1,-ing_ to a Lmuch-gnawed perch, and danced from side to side,. bobbing and {whistling with pleasureein the light }and air. - - A 3- 31.3 , a `canon . - v v: Never known to use bad lang- widge but on st. E called the station- master s wife a. name which you would not wish .me to repeat, mum. Shegive im the stick -fer it, and ever sence e s ad a sort of a slight pre- jerdice agin the female persuasion. Bl,1 t with a lidy in a bewitful ome ' I haven t said I would _buy him,' said Miss Pontigreve, quickly. I know nothing of parrots. What are they fed on? Ere's the mixture. You can buy it at any seed shop. E s an un- common bird-be wunderful com- p ny fer you, mum. You cud stand the cige in there on the floor, or get im a perch out ere and e d set on that with a chine round is leg as appy a_s possible. E ll keep you alive. Look at im bowing. E s tuk a reg lar fancy ter you, mum. I don t know," hesitated Miss Pontigreve, looking at the bird, who had_ erected _his crest and was curt- seymg on his perch. ' l ---, --- --_ __-- t -- -_- The station-mastdr s emigratin , _and in cors a bit ex-~ money 'ud come useful, but e won't arst more n two guineas. It s jest the ome. It s been a rare job fer im ter part with the_b_ird-" 1,. What species of parrot *,asked the old lady; GR\r\J Illb \ll\l nuns.` u =Well, mum, there is pairrits, ma- `caws, parrakeets, but this `yer is a mawvil of a bird. See im now chucklin at yer. Look at the wink `in 'is heye. You'd never be dull with im fer a minnit; `E s a. know- n gne, e is as grateful as a Christ- ` '1:he man produced a packet from the breast of his seedy coat. 1 I311. . ) vYou `need not bring that in, said Miss -Pontigreve tartly. It is no recommendation to me. I think it is the grey African birds that talk. -`._L__A.-Luo-1 xiv vvuvaau. was you -.-`-.a. -_ .._.._ New York capitalists are saidK tV6 have a project well under way to build a canal from Montreal to New iYork. - - `V -,,_,L__ In-IIU 51V Jlnlnvunn u-new ----v y---.. "No oence fer 'contradictin , mum," replied the man, holding up the dingy blanket as a'foil. Torks! E s at it all day. Pretty Polly, Pretty Po1ly,y he whistled, as the bird bobbed up and down." "Where's Polly's amper? 'E was put in one oust, and `e s never fergot it. `E can imertate trains and boys ter the I very life." ` -xv . 9 1- a____an __:_11u':.... All tan, )9 .-., ----. . _ "`Npt swearing, I hope? said Miss Ponngreve. ' `LS7 Q , _ `_ AA__ '___` `_____ '"`31"1i:'parro: is in good health, I isuppose?" _ . Ea1th! E s in prime condition --a ne young bird. TE l1 live a censhury barrin axdent, an_d`in years to come--may the time be `far dist- ant, mum!-you cud will im ter the Zoo. They ain't got none like im Two guineas; it s nothink-cige, food, kiver- D Miss Pontigreve, feeling, for her purse, Leave the Cagej_thl'C- Yes --take the cover away igwith you, Iplease. . (`(`You may keep the cover," said Mr. Tipples sat in his pantry with a disturbed expression on his count- enance. The cook, a `buxom per- sonage, with her right arm in a sling, was standing by the door; also Emma, the housernaid. Both look- ed upset, and the cook held a handkerchief in her uninjured hand. All `appeared to be listening for something. 1.-- -- `1Ha1l-ee`ee--.1000! I-Ial1-eeee- looo! -Hall--_eee-looooo-00! The shrieks were repeated twice and thrice with increasing force each time. 'The expression on Mr. Tip`- ple s face deepened into. a look of ineable disgust. Ll!` I Sunday afternoon, he said. And %.a week ago this was a respectable i ouse. v`VI aven t a nerve btit what isn t `A number of tenants in county Roscommon, Ire_lanq, have formed `a "no rent combmatnon agamst their landlords. D II, 1,.` II is it? LEADING PAPER) -- AND TH TORUNTII muiv wdnw A 43 IL minnsingorrerg 4 Wesley 81 Crew, BARRIE. uuun-uu yuunyzcucsy, . UCHIUZHICCI I the cook, pressing tbhe~handkerchiefT' -`to her eyes. And there s Richard. with four ngers tied up with the :=rt1elni1>s e s.%sot nsltting th fod .1q"1_;he_fa`g_e,_'V,an1 the_pj9'or [little ieller ._--...-- '. shatteted. Lc_omp1e.tely,, _ bemoaned , Han nnnlr nnng-I... bl.-...`l.-...`lI--__-L!_Ql r x ,,. Britain will not undertake the `construction of any battleships this year, except those already on her programme. 1:, 1-.` 1' 1' -__..___ 1- -.-:_.. L`... -:a... 59.53.3393! ETHE have ell the epplienoee for the care of funerele in treneit through town and surrounding country: Hearse: and Wegzons; Morgue and Bnriel Perlore. In- termente in ell `oemeteriee. or shipment: to all pert: of the world. Work ol undertaken promptly and properly cared for. PHON E 32, Barrie llndertaking Establishment VVAPLPAFER guns; vu Botany. -Principals of the_ public schools of Toronto are asking for a rear- rangement of salaries. 4-- _ A.` 4 .. IZ'....... "`AnAau6-A Until. Jan. 1 st, 1 909, for... i. (3. SMITH 8 CO. You get the local news of the County (weekly) and the general news of the country (daily) for ONE YEAR at the~price named. While this "extraordinary offer is available to Advance subscribers old and new, it applies only to new World subscribers. Sendalong your order EARLY. All neI;% dsg1is.- Border and Ceilings, ail sold by the Roll and at the same price, at runurlm AND CARPET srom: Nort__11ern Advance Collier and Clnpperton Streets (ADMITTEDLY BARRIES LEADING PAPER) ALWAYS! OPEN. our NEW LINE `IS The foreign trade of the Domin- ion last year amounted to $658,599.- 974,_ an increase: of over $64,000,000 over the preceding year. C 1.1 ,0 zsrhausuzo 1970 'r.H~URspAY, JAN. 30th, . ._ liokin "soA miserable. j9the {log got lost through te :.trh , garden. convie- .-v" .`.:=~r "$2.50 .\)ll- nu... Lfscreant W1 'ith tales vi rating mm auld l1I'l(1L`.'.\ he end of rom that fc erson we want to fun f 0bScr\':m< W A L-"" l`|(f nd _;\:I3 fog " Ha1-- lc '18.]--`Cc:-~-71x I THC Shrin- ing than 1 nousemaid 1 318. A ht] THURSDAY. mu. 23rd. I Two Kmgston tobacconistg were `ned for keeping slot machmes in their stores. - ..L..__.. :. `.1... SEE liippleg. us mxstrw window. '1` 118 Of [he ate Richer I Ih<>\ soothing. `But pm :he bird u--V .`H31~'1L`( afternoun ` `Some pa over thv g The buy the botto as far ;-.. past Hw \ ,1 Some cl the passa with :x 91 p165 (npcn T\" W, r"' - Richard stood ncr the purro good hu chortlml cage \\`.<..\ propinutn Splint:-r~ w will cal St!'3.ngt'T<. lady. "\ 4 But he the bin} self wtld against Of thr I 1005." `JICII 5BUlVn Four thousand workmen in. the shipbuilding yards on the Tyne have gone on strike. `l'|._:__-:_-I.. At LL- ouckn an-Iannia OVCY. TIOISC. gun, and ed {rum the bird lous Iwh covcrc clmgn "Brim: i I ! ,_I1.. ladv, . fO1'C. :1 mi thza \\`< Fluy. sni. of guil of the hold 11 ano\t }_; c walkm the p - 601 `M11 It ccas =-3` nothin II IIJIMV5 \JbJu The robbery of several hundred pounds of nuggets and silver from the King Edward mine at Cobalt is reported. - '- f\__-._L...-..A. -2 l`:4-n M`\ \'1 Richa .,., . The "\\' M Do ier imp The Ontario teceived in. D".Brien mine 75- \Iv\pn u--v ra 6tv\.----D _, v---. Four men partook of a bottle of .wood alcohol stolen from a doctor's oice at Glen Ewen, Sask. Three are dead, and one may recover. 1-. I .,I 131 Mrs, Mary R. Clark shot and kil- led Frank Brady, an advertising solicitor, in a New York department store restaurant yesterday, and then committed suicide. vv ooooooooo \v\a -on-y-`pv- President 'yRooseve1t s `action in negotiating and proclaiming the trade treaty with Germany without any reference to Congress was sev- erely criticized in the Senate at Washington. u-nus-iv` A 19 II A Q? _ _;1_ ---_--__.' `----- _.`-v. Lieut. H. Gordon Browne 6f `Mon-| {real committed suicide by shooting himself. an. . L Bunches throughout Canadafuhln `the United States and B1 A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED CO0 ------ -- Eugcne Chandos, a Toronto machinist, died from bullet wounds self-inicted. Mr. Harry Long, formetly of Dwen Sound, was smothered in a ire at North Battleford. - The Portuguese Government has unearthed a plot to overthrow the monarchy and found a republic. ' 3 The Chicago" police broke up 9.! couple of parades of the unemploy- ied under Socialist auspices. ` H The New Brunswiek 'Legislature has been dissolved and the general election will be held on March 3_. Statistics issued by Lloyds show. that there are 40,000 foreign sailors employed on British merchant ships. 'l.`o1'onto Board of Trade Council passed a resolution opposing any fprther reduction in the number of licenses. V ' A bomb wrecked the front 6f _-an Italian bank in New York, exposmg in coin used as a window] display. William Woodman, wanted in To. ronto on a charge of theft, was _at'- `rested in Detroitmhere he was posmg as Lord Devonshirex. Two Italians, wanted in Philadel- phia for murder, believed to be members of a. Black 51-land gang, were arrested -in Toronto. A report to thc `Provincial Bbard of Health states that Toronto's milk an-n ounce; TORONTO FRIDAY, J AN. 24th. 1-1 IV Department of Mines royalties from the in December $7,327.- mm tge States an anglangt. Paid-up Capital, s1o,ooo,ooo Rest, - -g - 0 05,000,000 Total Assets, - n3,ooo,ooa A logger named Ban Smith was killed in his bunk_by a falling tree at Valdez Island, B.C. Eight other men sleeping in the shanty escaped, -Warrants were issued for the ar- rest of three trainmen held respon- sibleefor the fatal wreck near Duff- erin street, Toronto, last Saturday. Mr. `F . -`V ?/';1il;1;:e-,'_-I)`:-'<;tl"1.e'1V-Wcaf the late N. Clarke `Wall-ace, died at Woodbridge. ` The Actine Loan 8: `Savings Com- pany" was absorbed by the Standard Loan Company. Judge 'S;1idor of Hamilton has quashed the. local option by~1a.w passed in Salteet. The Indepeqdent Labor party pas-` seed a 1-e`solut1on_ opposmg a. reduc- ,tion of lxcenses 111 Toronto. ~Hon. William Pugsley visited Col- lingwood and was the guest of the Board of Trade at a banquet. Ephraim Goldburg was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to de- fraud _To1-onto wholesale merchants. Artfmr_Legr, chief accountant of the`Cort1pel1i Silk Company, com.- mitted suncide at St. John's, Quebec. is of 3. lower standard than that of {Ottawa and Montreal. V ` New York police have seized large quantities of .arms and ammunition and $800,000 in counterfeit money )intended for the` rebels in Hayti. A conference was held with the Board of Control to consider meas- ures for the relief of distress in To- ronto. The steamer -Montrose, with the Mount Royal's passengers on board, as three or four days overde at'SL John. T-he snowstorm in New York pre- vented the arrival of witnesses from Europe and forced the adjournment of the Thaw trial, The Lancashire cotton operatives have accepted the terms of the em- ployers. Consequently, there will be no lock-`out. Percy Boyne of Woodville, Ont.,. is being held by the police of De- troit in connection with the murder of Mrs. Welch there. The new Governor of Odessa has -announced that bombs discovered in the city will be exploded in the houses in which they are found. ; For assaulting an oicer, Private `Power at London has been sent- `enced to six months in the "Central Prison and to be degraded. Fire Insurance `Co, Mr. A. `H. Hoo- ver was retired -as President, and was succeeded by Mr. Cyrus A. Bit- ge of Hamilton. . T l At a meeting of the Sovereign Mr. Bryce, the British Ambassa- dor at Washington, will shortly visit Ottawa. to confer with the`au- thorities there on -matters in dispute between Canada and the `United States. ` { State Tot` ohm. City of Toledo. mt-.1: (`nnntv DKIIIO OI U010. Ulty OI '1'Ol6(10y 38 Lucas County. ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he ls senior artner of the arm of F. J. Cheney & Co-. doln uslness in the City of Toledo. County an _ State atoresaid.`and that eaidrm will pay the sum . of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrhythut cannot be cured by the use ofHa1l'e Catarrh Cure. can-s A now. u nuuonsgpunup Sworn to before 1;1;':;111ns;ixe::;:l:o;;lu1:1. my presence. this 6th day ot.Decembe_r. 1886. b (Seal) A. W. GLEASON. ' 4 ' . Notary Public. Itnlll. t"I-L-....I._l'1.._- .1- L-I.-_ .l_s-.._.`_II.. _.._.I 3.1. imm, President ALEX. LAIRD, General Kalli! - __ ~_.__ ._.o. n_._-.8_b.u1Anl' I V 3. G KIIIIUI E3115 Cstarrl; I Cure in tuketi inzemolly. and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces or the system. Send for testimonials tree. Jr. J. cmmmr ac.`oo.. v- -- v .. .'.l`oledo`.0. -Take all : . Pills for oonatlpationw .. IIl"II`iv- H J _GRALSETT.HMana%ge1-l SATURDAY, JAN.` 25th. pun we '1 Izsnnusunn 1301 if} then-_ banking A_- J... -41 an vu-n "iuNKV.'1. cnmunr. Fran 7NJOR'l`HEBN ADVANCE Miss p-Pontigreve ' dwelt at Cherry- stead, that pleasant and still countri- `ed suburb within easy _ reach of South-West London. 'Her house, The 'Acacias,_ with _, its spacious garden, was the largest and most picturesque of'a1l_ the desirable residences in Western Avenue, and, as regards wealth and social posi-' tion, Miss Pontigreve was` accounted one of the besti people in the neighbourhood. ' ' : L 3,, . ;1_ Q L.-- ___.:_.,.:,___ . I-05.15119 """" """""' L.` n. `mnunn. Snr=**1'*` ` B-nun-Inn- ,.....g..........._.._. _ _ But as she `sat inthe, bay window of her handsome drawing-room `that bright `autumn morning she looked anything` but a contented `old `lady. She held in her_ha_nd `a letter which she had just, shown -to her. old friend, Dr. Bedford, who -had come in to look at the cook s scalded hand. .:Miss Pontigreve had read the letter several times herself, though. she had resolved not to answer it. Her heart was sore against the writer, her nephew and godson, the Rev. Felix Pontigreve, who, after delighting her by a brilliant career at the university, had declined the easy duties _of the curacy his aunt had desired for him, to go and work in a back street district, very far east of Cherrystead. A- A `L .v|QUb vn wo-vc-Jwv--7 The quixotic` perverseness of the young people of the present day is -only equalled by their ingrati_tude, remarked Miss Pontigreve to her medical adviser. Well, we must give these ideal- ists scope, answered the old gentle- man. That- slum experience goes to the -making of the best doctors, and the best parso_nsj, too, so I'm told. It must be an interesting part of the world. Why don't you take the Eoy at his word and pay him a visit. L I shall do nosucr thing, said Miss Pontigreve with asperity, fold-: ing up the letter. He has run counter to all my wishes. You know that the Rector offered him a title, and I meant him to live here with me. Isn't there enough scope in a growing place like this for any rea- sonably young man? However, it has taught me a lesson, she added. I shall do no more for thankless lpeople. i Miss Pontigreve took .up her work as the doctor went away-_the ne- lace work she could see to do with- out spectacles in spite of her sixty- odd years. Her last words gave the clue to the grievance she was weaving into the delicate mesh. `She brooded bitterly over the ingratitude of the world in general, and in par- ticular of the favourite nephew whom she had adopted and educated, whose` sense of a vocation had thwarted her plans, and whom she missed more than words could tell. ,__-._;I _|,_ I,_I_ J .. ,_I! J llll9\r"-I IIIVJID I-IIGII VVUIIJD VVJLIIKI `Ulla I Presently she looked up, and call- _ ed through the open window : Flu`y! - A small black spaniel scampered across the smooth stretch of turf, and came to `a stop on the gravel path, all four legs set wide, regard- ing his mistress with a bright, at-. tentive eye; then {risked through a clump of cactus dahlias. The hard lines of the old ~spin- ster s face relaxed as she watched the little creature. She touched a hand-bell on the table beside her. [ "77T"a;1'es}7 ii 33.? :E{'1IS fdrxy ,man-servant who answered the sum- mons, -tell Richard to take Fluffy for his` walk. He is in the garden. ((17,. 1 , H '1 If I ain't a `beggar nor a horgai1- grinder. I'm a pore feller, wot s trapsed Vmanyra weary m1Ie,_ he said, plaintively, and has `I `wos a- passinf the gate of this yet bewitful 2garding,. and see `the little dawg ~a-bouVnc_m' hover Athejgrars as : appy Jas cud `be, .I sez ter meself, There s a"beneVv;;.rlentr.*lidy livin ere, I sez,_- `wot _.;woul5.in?t refuse ter do` a, real genurne` k:m_1ness. e `I: `la n lonnnnn V. Mr. E. J. Lennox is suing the city of Toronto for $181,255.71 for work done in connection with the erec- tion of the City Hall. on - ulquuu. , Tain t fer a."uman bein IT am ea-arstin , mum, went on the man Vgeagerly. Not fer myself, but_a_. pore elpless5bird in this yer cige, fer om ,.I am a -try~i.n ter nd afpme. Mon- 'ey s no pbjeclgv _-It ;,s the bme_ that's the \:ons1derat:on. , -' What kind e or bi1_'d?""~ V`inq11`i.x-ed ` '-Miss Poriticrreve` L VYes,4 ;r;;';m,?"" s_aj1ici"1_\rI';.' 1j i"p}1; whose name was ap obvxous hbel on his person. Anythmg else, ma am?| Cl?!` II IV`. i W;"Ifell`x'Sin1pso_n` vroiind and speak to me about the bulbs when he is ready. - Yes, ma am. He withdrew, and Miss Ponti- greve dropped her work into her lap and fell into a t of musing, from which she was aroused at len- gth by a step on the gravel. Is that you, Simpson? It was not her respectable Scotch gardener, the inventors of a new variety of rose-tulip, but a man of seedy appearance carrying a large dome-shaped object, shrouded ` in, a piece of dirty blanket. e -uu: \.u_u31uCl"alL!O. " ' What kind of bix_'d?v inquired Pontigreve. ' ' . `A`p'a1_-rit,'- mum--`-al mawvil. You ,nver see- is Iike. E belonged to a =-station-master .wot is a-emig1_'atin_ _to ;Canada_ with wife" and fam ly, and -`ax-s',me `tcr ndsa oin .fe_r* im. Only iia.-:v:couple o ..~..~guine`as,. mum,-' jest-. -wot ithe ;chap s out .ei-2.? packet. by` the gigc fr;-nap, -as yo.lt`1,~_,-8.ee." .;;h9`J:.~added,:? he-. .=g:unnn,z_:to- -.ut_1sha:9ud" xtg;~;;%fhat s~.-,x19i2h~.' _k* h b: d-** 1ssIf-g1esti 3906 He set it down on the ground, and saluted the lady seated` in the window by touching his forehead with a grimy nger. 6:11 1'! 3 `}i;vtiful day fer the ,~tin_1e er jrqr, lmum," he began `in an msinuatmg 2 voice. } Did they tell you at the back door to come.` round here? asked Miss Pontigreve disconcertingly. ~I don't give to beggars. or organ- grinders. 7rhe idividual touched his `fore.- X head aga1_n.- . . {Ir 0` u "`I people on principle, ;:said Miss _. Pontngreve. You had better apply to` the Charity. Organ- isation. 9 ~ T . . u on-\_:__9. 3 ~- - - - Miss Ponti gre ve s Parrot. Illllavaun. BIB vs u-.-..u-v- On information `-from .Toronto, I ercy Bowan was arrested in Woodville on a charge of murder. '.,I!_., -_,, ..-2_I "A.-..