[1 -29th in His Difficulty. You WI`0I1( me. said Plodding` Pete, when you say I ain t willin tc work. I m jes dyin to work." Then what s the trouble? `_`I m too conscientious. Whenever I git a job I m so anxious to til! it Well dat I gits stage fright.-Washington GA-.. But Not For Paying Back. I see Slickman has bought an auto mobile. I didn t think he had sur- clent means to spend money that way." A ` ' llI\I_ L- I._.. ..'II I_l_.J_ _ .._AA~._ J "7'6'n, he has all kinds of means of borrowing and spending money."-Bo hemian Magazine. These hats` wit the feathers make us` look like little birdies. don't they, Haro1d':-New York Press. She In Calico. Your husband, the poet, must take great` pleasure in seeing himself 11.1 print ` . . V 4417-.. I...` It 1.49.1 an`!-' an -In!-L1 I'l|.lI'\. ,....... , I f`Yes, but if he d get a Job-I might Ihave the pleasure of seeing myself in something better. than pr1nt."-Kan City Times. _ . . Condensed Mal-it, A Dearest, you are just the one tor an editor : bride." T j V .,f`WhJIO.da`rungr _, `V ' ` mufrg t."%na1umo?r HEB MESSAGE Yes, "Genevieve!" umor wonidias, later to- ` ;.I notice that `William Beach, ex- `champion oarsman, has been `narrat-V C! ing some -reminiscences T; of his sev- 5` eral matches with the late Edwardl 81 Hanlan. ` He admits-that in the meet-litl ington `the Nepean 'Hanlan gave himl 13 the hardest contest, buthe does not V accord the famous Canadian the full 3 measure of credit for the race he 0 rowed on that_ occasion. The cir- t vcumstances under which Hanlan V made this, the second. and last,` trip '3 to Australia, in quest of the world s 5 title which he had lost, were notll `such as to improve his chances of 1 3 success. It wasgin 1887. He rowed ` Teemer on Toronto Bay_ about the 5 middle of August, and then packed ` his baggage and set out `on a journey - that_ tookiully six weeks to negot1\ be ate. This brought the time down to ` within 18 days (I think it was) of ` the date originally arranged for the ` match with Beach. The date was subsequently extended a couple of weeks-Beach would not consent to a longer postponement--but, at that, it is not difcult to see how severely Hanlan was handicapped in making his preparations. Notwithstanding. he was able to give Beacha grilling race, and at the nish line (scarcely a length ofdayli-ght separated the shells) the antipodean was so great- ly distressed that he had to be assist- ed from ,his boat. Hanlan alwaysi claimed` that he would have won in another hundred yards. And it cer- tainly looked that way. Considering the hurly-burly of a contest in To- ronto right on the eve of his de-l part1trc,`the wearisome voyage of 12,000 miles, and only a month in! which to become acclimatized andl _]to complete training,the performance of -Hanlan was certainly meritorious. __ How may of the scullers of this or] any generation could have duplicated that feat? _ The Pari-Mutuel machine systemi of betting is the only one that will| be recognized at the Louisville race track this year, and the genus book- maker will accordingly have to re-` 'sort to other pastures. It is to be! noted that this method of wagering is; in vogue in France and (Germany. where its operation has been attend-i ed with. considerable satisfaction to| .the general public. There are no blackboards and consequently. no quotations. The bettor simply handsl in his money, states the name of the horse he wishes to play, and gets a ticket from a machine which auto- maticaly registers the amount. Dif-i ferent machines have tickets of dif-ll ferent denominations, e.g., there may] There was a good attendance at? the regular meeting of the local \N. . T. U. on Monday, March 2nd.` } C }The President presided. g After the usual business there was an interesting discussion regarding ;the recent Dominion Alliance Con- } vention. The reports of various depart- ;ments of work showed much activity on the part of the `Superintendents. It was reported that four large bales had been sent by the ladies of the Union to help relieve the Shacktown distress. It was arranged that the Rev. Mr.l' Munt be invited to visit Barrie on `March 13th. Mr. Munt is one of the :missionaries of the W.C.T.U, and works in Muskoka and New Ontar-l io.' He has had a wide experience in pioneer missionary work, last year having travelled nearly three thous- and miles. -His lecture will be inter-l esting, I ' .' '11 L, 1-41.1 A parlor" meeting will be heldl at the home of Mrs. Myers, Toronto? `Street, Friday evening, March 20th.` V FEBRUARY HONOR ROLL ' WEST WARD SCHOOL. Jr. IV.--F1-ankie Robinson, G.` Wiseman, O. Gallagher, Lena Quantz. ~-_ . l u{' S331 Addrcs: W-Sr. III.-A--L.ena Foster, E. Averill,` E, Stewart, E. Hammer. j I nJr. III.--(a) J. Hill, B. Johnston, E. Henson, L. Howard. (b) W. C`ooper,- V. Longhurst, P. Sweeney, n R. Quance. `Sr. II.-(a) M. `Beec'i'oft,, G. Mit- \chell, G, Palk; (b) H. Hors~e1d, E. {Pat-ker, A. Bebb. ` ` Jr I.I.--('a) N. shaman, E. Handy,` i_A. I;e. (b) H. Smith, A. Robinson, I A.,`.Hobley. ; V Pt. II.-(a) S. Pye; H. Shannon, E. Curtis, Wardman. (b) B. LFleming, B. Gray, . W. White, J. ; Humphries. ` . | Pt. I.-(a) L. -Roxburgh, J. Ham- mond, S. ,Sha1it.. (b)`G. Sweeney, L. 2 Douglass,- Barber. (c) E. Ambler, `S. `Lee, R, Congdon. } ____r. , , - 1 No. on Roll, 257; average,atfCnd- ance, 220.. ' V - pus-5/\ 1-. v `I'1._Z..-:..n1 E . Week1ypractice shoot, 10 clay .bi1jc_1s, yiardhs rise, `unknown ang1"c s': :11-Mn! , __ _ o % "KS; ..1\7I.c_;. 1,;.l;r.r1'=!.I1;-E. {I::}`{{." Williris 8, R. wolienden 181W . Urry 25: Gi- - PHASES of**SPOR'I` yuuuu _ 6 e experi- F hope to- all inter- best kind G590. GEO." R. WOOD, `Principal. BEAVER GUN; CLUB. be $2, $5 or $10 machines. At the conclusion of the race, the whole sum played or wagered is divided `amongst the holders of the winning |'_tiCketS, after a small percentage has been deducted for the bank. The various workings of the machine are of those on the outside.` If the sys- tem hbnrhnc .\I\-\nd`.. -.. at all times exposed to'.the full view; tern l V- ..-- `slaw uuualub. ' 1| Luc sys- tem becomes popular in Kentucky, we shall `doubtless see iinifension ofwit to other parts of the United States. It makes for cleaner racing, less heavy individual speculation and a quieter betting. ring, Moreover, the player. is not eternally up again- st the book'maker s percentage which ranges all the way from 25 to 50. v_The Pari-Mutuel systcni-,might with advantage be introduced in this country where the Sport of Kings and the puritanical element of so- ciety are engaged in a perennial war~ fare. While in this connection, I might refer to Mr. T. H. Lennox s (North lYork) proposed bill to regulate horse racing. This bill, among oth- `er things, makes provision for the taxation of all race meetings, the tax being a percentage of the gross re- ceipts. The money is to be devoted to the improvement of horse breed- `ing in the Province. As the avowed object` of race meetings has always `been the encouragement of breeding, no objection should be taken to the principle of Mr. Lennox's bill, pro- vided that the Government's per- centage is not placed too high. It 118 said that last year the state of a New York derived a revenue from {this source of $247,000. Another feature of the bill aims at preventing long meetings, such as are held at Fort Erie, which are claimed to be run primarily for gambling purposes. The rough house," that so fre- `quently characterizes hockey in this fProvince, but rarely invokes the pun~ lishment that should go to the offend- Iing player. Down in the Maritime Provinces, however, they do things idifferently. Recently a hockey play- .cr from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, lwas tried before Mr. Justice Russell ion a charge of assaulting another player from Glace Bay. I-I15 Lord- ship imposed a penalty of three lmonths in the common jail. If this example were followed generally, we should have cleaner sport and at the same time the game of hockey would {be rid of a class that have always lassociated it with discredit. sio;1T VV. Cr_0ss1and 5, E. R. \Vain- rig}1t 5, J. Clme 5. Lanna I-Lugs;-\4- 1-` 1-q;v-rlc ' llslll. D, J. \.1AAL\, 3. Spoon shoot. 15 birds: Art Monkman, at 16 yds. R. Wolfenden, at 18 yds. Em. Williams, at 16 yds_ Wm. -Crossland, at 20 yds. . l H. Gibson, at 16 yds. H. Knowles, at 16 yds. \/V. Urry, at 17 yds. E. R. VVz1inright. at 16 yds. J. Cline, at 16 yds. Kathym Onterman-in T119 Girl That Looks Like Me. at the Grand Friday. March 27. CLASS ARE Lwtt iW-W-Payee L...` -_..;__-:1 ucawso AUCWONEER, MIDHURST, ONT. IALL Farm an.d'St< >ck. Sales handled at ' very reasonable rates. AJAX. you w... ' success . I of the . VVYYV V YVVVVVV-v-vvi V- `V. V VVVYVVVY vvvyvvvvv VTTT and for and the asc of c supply eady ex- hand _a - O N 06 OvO9 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOONOQOQ . : SACRIFICE SALE OF% 9 White Enameled agg, THURSDAY, M1\13 c11:` H n;u"rrnN &. son '.:::.::::~ Too High Pries Wl;aid Last Fall- Large Supplies Left Over. 5}"i1>I>ci`s zmd dealers in the West were the shortage ingthe appic crop of Ontario andthe high Prices` that were bound to rule dur- ing UH: winter months. Then the `lt`Sli was asked, what~wi11 G1`3t Britain do for her usual` supply 905 Canzulizm apples? The answer came ' readily enough, she wzillhhavei W my dear for them.. Stich `discus-` Sions, questions and answers, giwl'. the Sigiizils for an excited comipeti-. O11 between buyers," each one g0f wh0m bought with the fear tha,t_t.h'e 135$ lots and `orchards were iabiotlt], to be bought up before he _h3'.d= 53*] In Svrmt-mim and October? mt,` I ` cured his complement; To` add "mE clamor for apple . v i iAmi=i;gg;g an -1:-. mercy. Prots to the win` : clearance. To turn this`. ' ' mo cash is the only object. Havmg made u ' ` V to ,.et;,. ,a1togethr from busmess, we are sat " eost out of the good.-3. and gnve Our customers al prot.` Many lines 1n fact sellmg below; cost. " ' ng at the`,-rod '3 . . - t door and going clean through to, the back, .1 ofeet and including the baseme > u will nd. discunfs. anld re_.. ductions on every han h grows in interest every dy. ` efy week is better_ than the former one. Fresh `lines br ugh: forward fro'ii1"\ Sweeping reductios on` everything in the store, but the deepest cuts made ggpon `the lines of which ouf stock is the heaviest. ` ' 1000 New ahd tylish Ladies` Dress Skirts of the famous Helena Bran . ` ' - .' '_ Clearing of all ladies and Children's Coats 1 `M1 the fUEr1th`g W0011ens and Flannels to 1 C Bdllliin . free of t must. ons fur- s at the - ~-- vuulu auxuaa Luc ,I||IU 2", ' an additional lip to the crazc D went values to a still Ahiih*'*-` frockeuy ' ` Great 5 vin on Dress Goods and C-lolths. Men s a oys Suits, Overcoafs, Raincoats, and all clothing at unheard of prices. All lines of Boots, Shoes, Rubbers and Overshoes at wholesale pxjices. ` ' We just received a lbs:-geshi' PORTED FIRST QUALITY "- ':- ELWARE. These goods wer; '3 and in consequence must be 5 TA W, D QUICK- LY to make room for G '9 DS. We have marked prices 0 t for Q ENG regardless of C PR1 CE.` For instancj~--, I_"n-.-urutcd Whize Ename'Mug "Res-_ 250. {OP - - - - - - - .`~'6-axzulvw 1'2 quart Whibe=.Wat pain? R`*R- $"-,"5- `M - ' Seamed 1'3 quart "1 Reg- 31-`-I0: `,7_ ' 1u..um White Dish l ai1s.~ `eg. price 75. for `14*l|]':|[' " 00 foroufoooool 17<;~x..rM H 1.25. for-.-- __ , _ ..'--- I There aeW444 pieces in all. Just two weeks 5m8- .~ Come eorly--Notice our show window. e H`/Step inside and examine the goods-.. quart t-i/43% quart " 1.......4- H quart JDo&le igkilgi-s for Milk; Rice. 6 Dunlap Street. near Five 5 Points. APPLES. 'V`.,.x! . .ur sellmg out prxces 1!: W111 pay you handsomely knext season's needs. ` V QOING OUT OF BUSINESS. 1$gu?31" E1rice 900, ` ` $1.10. -t 1 25, 12, I?! o wishes testmg` CXDCYI-K send'in _ and in-7 e same; for for . for" ery wee] I` became wiser and sadder on the phil- o_sophy of the short crop. It has since become `apparent that instead of a decient yield it was an abund- ant one, and to-day the United States ' `and Canada are full of apples, `the igreat `problem being how to dispose of them with the least possibleloss. The improved markets in England recently were for choice fruit, which brought fairly good prices, choice Greenings and Baldwins showing nets of $3.00 to $4.50, butthe poorer -'and undersized lots: met with slow sale at pretty low gures.` `Some American shipments arrived on the `other side in a frosted and scalded condition; . ` . . ' q - ' ` ' '-'-- ("kins-urn state that "Advices from.Chicago sgate that over 1,000 barrels of Canadian aPD1es costing $3.00 -to $3.10 f.o.b.` at Can- adian .shippix_1g points were sold in the wmdy city last` we,ek at $2.50 to $2.75, after being wrried about four \months-. A `great drawback tQ__ the sale of apples on either side of the Atlantic was fthe a.bI_1ndant- supp] of _ h h` sol .at_ unprecg ent- pdly low pr_ice. % hi ._ments1are ;be- nag made to,:t11_:s,;.mar ct on consxgn-A `_ment _.,and- Jaructtongd off , for, , Vwhgt ' % :h`- ;.,__Sal1c__atV`auctio1g~L..Tthis; lment ,ano. auu........ ,__ _ I `they will fetch, Sales at auction this .Week_ /W_efre* repo`rted'_at_ from $2.50 to, {$,,aso~% $1:-isto6$ms%fr%.N9~ *$s:.y ` in ` Just_ yveeks or Porridge. prjceg. Shipments 3;: _...J to`._.t,_111s_ market consign- II aucttoned off fo_r whgjt fetch. % Sa_l_es_ 3; auction tlus; .. ..... .lGceoch o1lege,',_ ph, Ont. . .94c . .630 . . 57c . . 73c . 89.: .67c .79c .930 tat A|Jex.]'}JBrnwnlee BARI'-us. on-r. `Licensed Auction ear Toronto, Tuesday, March Ioth. Owing to the heavy runs of live `stock yesterday at the Junction, and to-day at the City Cattle Market,| trade at the latter was very slow. .Over 80 cars were delivered this morning, containing 1,411 cattle, 405 sheep and lambs, 400 hogs and 218] calves. The bulk of the cattle offer- ed was poor stu , for which the de- mand is not strong. By noon there were still a number of loads not yet sold and another train of about 20 cars came in about that time. Hold- ers were not satised with the low prices-the common stock was bring-I ing, and held back hoping to see higher prices. But the poor cattle were too plentiful and some ridicu- llously low prices were paid. A few good exporters were on the` _market and they were disposed of `easily at good gures, as the demand for them is good. One load sold at `prices varying from $4.75 to $5.25. Choice butchers , cattle were prac- tjcally not on the market. A few odd `ones" brought very good prices. Medium and common. butchers sold o` fully %;c. per lb. from last-week s quotations, Some of the cattle rank- edtas butchers were of such poor quality that they sold as canners at from $1 to $2 per cwt. `Good butchers cows were in just as good demand as steers, and were galmost equally as scarce. The prices tof choice were steady. Offerings of `common and _medium were large and `the prices pa1d for them were less I than last week. ' Thelarge oerings of calves which were not very _fat made ae_slow trade at weak pnces. No sales of `calves at over $6 per cwt. were re- ` corded to-day. ` 1, ,-_,,1_A ..:..1-.l LU]. uwu 3-v nu; . The sheep offered brought fairly good prices, as the number of them was limited._ Lambs, however, came `in large numbers, and they were somewhat weaker. Spring lambs were offered for the rst time this year and sold at $5 to .$7 each. ' ~-__-_ -1 Lacuna 00-1. 116* Gfl lard? l Quotandns on Tesday were- [Export steers. choice........... CUI._IlOlIO`luoIl ycdf Clllu vvnu up 7., -v .7, Deliveries ofhogs are not so large now as they were for a `while. The Harris Abattoir Company paid 15c. more. for them this morning, making the price of choice $5.15 and of heavy QAAA S 'r" u|pu1u|uuu.-u---- p aouuuooII""` calvaoovo unoIIII"" BI-unnn_A\lrl|, ......s - - mode by his We oerbne Hundred Dollar's Reward for any case of Cotorrh that cannot be cured by }ioll s Cetarrh Cure. .. ` F. J. CHENEY 8: co.. Toledo, 0. .| : Wevtbe undersigned have known F.J Cheney for the last tmeen years. and believe him r~ tectlx honorable in all business transact ons and nanolelgyrgble to_ca.rry out any obligations -- - ~-A-.: "I-r--..`:.-u In IIIBIIU ll; nun nu no-I Wunxkd. Kturnua Mmvm. Z1033. lscusuu..........., . . . . . , .. If!!! OCIIICIIIIIOOIIOO Price 750 per oomg. Dmu uy .... ......,.,_....... _ Take :_I_iaAllfaV !J`gt_ni,ly~_P_llla% (or cons! ipatton, how : This 7 THE NORTHERN ADVANCE V.` CAL. CAL. - It would Take a Loud Off John's Mind _ when He Got lt. _ _t ' . After a bitter family quarrel the bus- band had declared that he, wouldn't, speak to his better hall` again in ve years. As usual. she went him a few better and " retorted that it would be a good ten years before he would hear her gentle voice again. Aifew days later thexwife called up her brother on the telephone. and the following con- .versatlon took plaice: Hello! Is this you, John?" Yes. What is it. Sis?" A "You know, John. that Dick and l` have quarreled`!" "What! Again?" | Yes. and it's all his fault." r "Oh, certainly! `What's the trouble ; v-, v`-.. this time? ,Ipl-Ilnr Ann`: n Why. he gotangry just because he } received a bill for a fty dollar hat I ' ordeted. ` . ' "I don't bl'- Thatexls. the wretcb!" "Isn't be? We are not going tn speak to each other again for years and years." ..v1_-|.n (VI-.. L1... ..... cl... Iunnlo nn [OI-l\J J vvnn nan Bosh! Slap him on the back and; call him old. sport and make it up You folks can : go along that way. -.l._I._A ..__A.lI IL- I`:-unpd We managezi I111}! `hired girl left last night. but now there is no 1 one to deliver our messages to each other." A. L`--- L- v|.I.J\4 "Gee. it must be tough to have tci call in one of the neighbors to ask your husband for car fare to go shop ping. ` _ 31.9.. ....; .... I-...1 new 5|-..-.& {In unnc `nub. I "Oh. it s not as bad as that. He secs 5 that I have plenty of money without? asking for it. Now. John. I want you% to give Dick a message from me. I III! A._._ .... L. -...\l...|.& nso-\;3. SV 55! gaawnn vo no-y......c`- -- _. --_v Sure! I'll come % up Vfonight and` spank bdth of you for acting so child- ish." 4_,1L AI__A 5951: No. the message cuu t wait that long. I want you to phone him imme- diately after I leave the instrument I 11 hurry upstairs so he W111 have tc answer it. ' All right. Sis. Where is he now?" "He s trying to cook himself an egg You know the girl left. I __,-_ 1.1-- D--II ITV-I'. points in f at Gnnd vv ..-my no-an... - .`-- .--_-._. "Tell him, John. that there is a can of sardines in the pantry and that 1 will make the coffee just as soon as he gets out of the kitchen.--A. B. Lewis in Judge. qvvu -.-vu .-gr 6--. ----v Poor dev-I mean the fool! Weli what shall I tell him '3 It Was a Stage Brand. Gertrude. aged four. had been to the matinee. Later she tried to de- scribe the play to a grownup friend. ..rnI___. J__..__I_ ._._..- 99 .....I: t`1_..A-.--J- vs.-.`--v baa`: `I.-av .v - 5... ..-..`. __-v--_- They drank wine, said Gertrude. "and then they all went out." An1~rv,II II ___._'.'I J.I__ ._.I_...I ......_....A.....J.1.. -..\. n -..--v ----`,l..---.... -.`---. Gertrude worked her small brain hard. on ...u v; "`:- _ s'a_i;1u wevimectantly. "and What happened next? t`I_._L..___.1_ ___-..I___`I I. __ -_....II Lnnrnh -.-no up I guess." she said. "they spit it out.-New York Press. A Cordial Cook. How do you like that new cook 01 yours? asks the neighbor. Is she nice? ...v\. u Nice? enthusiastically echoes the other. Nice? Why, she treats me as % though she considered me has equal. 1191LI- - ._! _.I_ -4! _-- __ LL _ ....:_.I.l..-_ "61113 1f's{,,i{"o? 'ev":e' xieigiinox changes the subject.--L}ppincott s. `st for later and epended