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..- > 'i«ini i » i »iw > t i| f.iiM i t^i »^ March 31 1910 r HE F i|k 8 II E K T N A b V A N C E :y I F. T. HILL & Co. » Harktjale I TIIB";3=; Special Showing of New Spring G^ds Ne^r Dress Goods We have placed into stock many lines of Beautiful Dress Goods. In al|!l»e new Weaves and Shades. Etifllisb Diaaonal Sloths in all shades Satin €lc»tBs in plain and stripes Panama Cloth and English mohairs Muslins and Dress Linens We would urjre jou not to forget that we m-e sliotvint; a l)eautiftil range of fliese goods in white and fca'iinsf colors Men's and Boy's Natty Spring ClotHiag Wo have (tlaced into stock lliis week a Itii; shipment of men's and boys' suits, tlie finest we have Ivor shown, at prices from $10.00 to |1G (K*. C'>iiic in and let us show y'lu iheiii. Wall Paper Our <,'rcal *hI1 paper sale still continues. Prices the siiuie as previnu»ly ."uU'citiKed Spring Millinery Our millinery Department ttlill Be Ready Cbursdajy the latest st)le8 in hats for Kaater. New and up-to date goods in every line of M lllineryilnis been placed in stock. Call and inspect for yourselves. It will pay you. / With all ( Co tbe People of Flesbertoti And Surrounding Country Who intend buililing this coming summer 1 wish to announce thai I .slmll be at your service on the shortest notice with the lowest possible prices, and the most ocon(Jmical, satisfactory, and durable furnaces on the market. The Calorific The C'alorific is one of the many furnaces installed by me. Put in by skilled and experiencert workmen, j,'iiaranteed to satisfy and it is up-to-date in every detail. MiMtig tilted with the most improved set of grates and check diiinper on the market. I Imve .scores i)f these in operation and they all give perfect satisfaction. The Admiral The Admiral is another of the furnaces which we put in. It is especially adapted lor low cellars, and is an all-round good furnace, being a good seller ; and it always receives great praise from those for whom it is installed . We strictly guarantee that it will prove satisfactory, and will como up to everythmg that it is represented to be. Now, if you are wanting a good, reliable furnace, Che Udmiral i* the one to instal. It takes up very little of yoiu- cellar room, is easy to regulate, and pays for itself in a very short lime by the coal il saves you. Now nlHiut that Bath-roomâ€" Having flrst-clam workmen who have had many years' exporipiice imhc iilumhintt husin^HF I can equip your liHth-roout in the mott up-to-date manner for the loweat prices consistent irith lii»tcla*8 woi k. If yoii are eontempliting insiallinn a furnace, «ir havin« your halh-room titt«d up we w<">IJ advia.' j,,u i,, g^-m-e otir prices. All corre*fi<)ndi nco promptly attende.i to and estiniater rhoerfully gi\eii. Write or Phone A. A. GABRIEL, Phone Beach 369. 1345, Queen St. E., CorOtttO H,- a la... Art and Scieoce of Gar meat Cuttiil Young men wishinx to learn the art and •oioDce of Rarmant cuttini; will do well to nee me and make arrangements for a ooursfl of instruction, the syMem taught will be the moat tliorouch and up to-date the only system in the world where every Mhort measure can be applied to the draft. Having taken my diplotna in Lottdnn, EuKland and New York Cutting Schools, have hid 31 yean experience in pmatical tailoring in EnRland and America, there- fore I am able to guarantee the iMiai pos- sible retults to any young man whntng to learn thn Hcioacn of garment cutting. The lygtein taught by mail io thooe h*- ing unable to attend in peraon For terms of inni ruction and all imrlieuUrs. Apply to F. A. Baker, at MORLEY & B4KER Merchant Tailors Fksherton, Ontario Ir 'PERICOE, Flesherton, will buy ) our leflftei ana all your notes or advanoa yon monay ou tbaiit. ^^ luanrance, ntavery olaiw written, placed In sate au<l liberal com- panlw. L oaiiii. yuarapt«« tnnda, »te. Wlte for Fn*K ItBPOUT on your doubtful acoounta ami n otcB. â-  Telaplioae 10. II' priaea i Abram L, Gibson "The Highland Laddie 1 1 yearti oH winner of 115 â€" ^â€" ^V Edward Gibson ScoUis{i Vocalist Dv.lt for ')UgaK»menta U,,M,«dorutume v*.,,, ^ ,„, ^^,^, EDW, WBSON. NOTHvn (,„, /lesl)etton !2ll^iKince All iii(W|M-iKleut ne«T<i)aper, publiHheu every Tliursday at tli"' ottic«), Ciillinffwood Street, KleshertMii. SuLscription price ?1 i>er annum, «b<rn |mid iuadvimce; ^l.iiio wlicn not so paid. AdviTtisiux rates on api>lication. Circulat'dn l.D'M) weekly. W. 11. Xliui-Btoii - Editor THE OLDEN' FLOWER GARDEN In the natural trend of events on this little ball of ours rainy things have coiue and goneâ€" as Imve luany poisons. With the paasini; of pcisons, more pariiculaily our graudniotheri., have gone the old-time flower garduuti. The iii'idern flower garden- or liviiJ- scape, as it is went to be called â€" i« laid out in rigid lines, and even any departure from the angularity of the modern idea must follow certain well-established rules of eccentricity. The flowers themselves must be coaxed along with all sorts of fertili7.ers, and when they docoiup, appear to do so grud{;iiigly. Wben I was a boy (as one is so often bound to say) the plots were not laid out in reirular linco, nor had the flowers any jaw-ltreiiking, h<f;h-souiiding foreign names. The old flowers and grasses are diiappearint;. No uiore wu hear of the 'â-  bachelor's button, " "love in the mist," or "live forever," and many others are fast sinking into oblivion. ItepUcing then4 we fi:id " pluinosus nanus, " " dd- pbiniuin," "ampelopsi< vuitchi,' and so forth. The lilac (without which the old- time doorw.ty was incomplete) is fading away. In it.s .stcHd we have the wraith of the old favoiitd â€" but it bears the name "syringii vulgaris " Our grandmothers' flower gardens weie a wealth of bluoui. The flowerH seemed to vio with each other in showiiig their varii'd beauty, and .-ts one walked along the narrow paths (for there was not much roum waMted in path«)eich step unfolded new biHiUties. Kvery nook and cranny had its little share of betu'y. But to- day ; If a person ventures into the ideal flower garden of to day the priuiness is depressing, and the flowers themselves seem to forbid nno to pluck theui ; a «'oc- ful contrast to things as they were, when a generous l>ouquet would not be inisssd from the amUlest bod. We may have the latest'thiug in flowers, but it is a far call from the kind tliiit Krnndniotber used to grow. Jence, but it is very seldom that any attempt is made to Iveaulify the premises. This should not be the case. The farmer should think as much of his home as the town dweller, and be will final that when he commencjs to beautify it and mike it truly a home hi.s boys will be le^s inclined to fly ofi' to the four cori.ei8 of the e:trMi the flrst chance they get. SIGNS OF THB TIMES When anytlung happens in this old world of ours there arc always to be found "signs of the timus" {Minting to it ; and the drain of 'he Canadian West on older Canada is no exception. There aie num- erous signs which tell 'he utintistakahle truth as to the state of ttflairt in this con- nection. In last Satui day's irsuu of one Toronto newspaper of recognized advertising val- ue were advertisements from three wes- tern Teachers' Bureau*, one asking fur three hundred and fifty «chnol tcachert.-. and the others requiring an indeflnaie iiuniber. This drain of teachers from Ontario is making itself felt, and a large nuuiber of our schools aro wanting teach- ers. Can wo, then, be tilled with patriut- iiin and pride as w>' observe the^devel- oi>einent of our country ? Yea, it is certainly nice to b« a citizen of one the riohest countries which Old Sol betins d<»wn upon, but when the riches of the uewer pontou are to be exploited at the expense of the older portion, which is a'su rich, then the shoe pinches. The tkX in this case ii eati'emely heavy on our cluctttional iustituiiouii, but will probab- ly right itaelf in a short period. Another "sign of the times" may be a.'en by any peraon who picks up a country weekly at this time of the year. In almost any "back concession" budget of news that may l>e scanned an item or 80 aimi'arto the ftdlowing may be found: "Donald McDonald luftthis week to holJ down a homestead nearKillarney, Sask," The young men aro being attracted in great numbers by the inngnelio wheat fields from the Ontario farms, where they are also needed. It la robbiii<,' Peter to pay Fau!. Mount Etna, in Sicily, liai brckin Inti eruption. PLANT SOME FLOVVKU.S It's hnuseoleaning lime in the back and front yards â€" and the majority need it badly. Let not your efforts oeaae when you have removed the aocuniuUtii<n of leavea and debris ; but aftei that is all over the job akould only be half done. The clean-up shuuM be the preliminary to planting a few fluwers, or aa many as Vkjui may be found for. Flowers tue not nrihoaealono who have large Ki^un^l^i M^t may be raised. in the tmallett «)f froiit oi'back yards, may te raised enti ly, and are not costly, Tiiore wou'.d appisar Io he an iinpressiun abroad that beuaiMe the fanner works with bis coat off and withbut a ataiched collar un that he bat no right to have anything beautiful ur comfortable around him We do not aay that there is atich an impteaaion, but it would npprar so. How often have you seen the house of a Mrell-t.i'do farmer with a bleak aiul liaio A bill paaaed Uie House of Reprfsefthv fi^ea "' Wasbiugtoii •|.'roviu'iiii' for Ihek , »i»iug 'f the Uuleship Maim., „ hich I "ShsMaiCiS, not « ahnib or fl„wer around ' ^,« sunk in H.ivana harbor. ( j, , oft-n it Is a fine lar^e brick resi- THE SICILIANS WILL SUFFER Nature has been cutting up again ! This time it wa.« by a volcanic eruption in S cily and much damage has been done. Nature in her gentle moods is beautifuF, but in her wilder moods is terrifying. There is somethine irresistible m the way nature goes about thingii when in earnest â€"and ske has assuredly been iu earnest in this case. The tnurist is there to see tht afljjir from Ilia side of the fense. He sees one of the mofet awe-inspiring of sights. Ut. Etna is belching smoke and ashes, lava ii flowing down the sides of the mountain and the whole country in its {lath is be- ing deslri>yi'd. The affair is not cue cal- culated to appeal to every peraon, but there are nutiiy who desire to see it. The inquisitive tourist, as a rule, fails to see the affair in ita real light. To him the atibir is one of grandeur â€" it reveals the va.st powers of nature, but nothing more. The matter in ita real sianificance is shov II by the utterance of a guide who was fjfiird to exclaim, with a sob in his voice "It is our trees you see burniuij." It is a tragedy, and means ruin, even if not dea'.h to hundreds of po^iple. DID TAFT'S TAFFY WORK / The real state of tariff aflfaits between Canada and the United States has not been made public up to the time of going tu press. It is assured that an under- standing has been reached between thn two couQtrirs, but at the request of Hon. W. S. Fielding, Canada's represen- tative in the matter, the result is kept secret until Wediie.iday or Thureday. Why FieWing should demand sueh sec- recy is a royster to the writer, unless he did not wiih The Advance to publifh and comment on it this week. In that case it would have been more gentlemanly to retjueat us personally not to publish it. Howaver, we must wait for next week's issue to deal with the matter. The whole trouble has been one great, monstrous bluff on the part of TaFt and his coterie of advisors â€" and they are great on the blufl' too. Just how well they have "put it over" Canada will be known shortly, aud until then it would be folly to ciiticise Fielding tnd his friends. If they h.we been led to hand out too iiiaiiy concessions they will ha 'e something to answer for at the next election. Trust the country for ihit. But there, such things will not work. Suppose the people do vow all sorts of vengeance, they will forget all about it when the time comes to mark the ballots. The Advance has sufficient faith in the good judttmenl of Mr. Fielding to believe that no vengeance will be necessary. Last we?k The Advance mis-qtioted Robert Burns. We hereby beg his pirdou. The latest thing iu poultry is a chick without feathers aud covered with black wool. The flesh and bones are also said to be black. Probably just another form of the proverbial blacti sheep. Great Britain will probably have another general election shortly. Halleys comet i3 blamed for the state of affairs. A law should be passed making it a penal ofifenoe to discover comets. Tho past five months have se<Q 87*,000 Americans come to Canada as immijiiauts. If these were but Gero mans what a scare there would be ! Being just plain Americans there is no need for alarm. Funny, isu't it? The editor of The Owen Sour-d Sun broke out into poetry (beg pardon, rhyme) last week. It id a safe bet that if he had a dose of la grippe, suzh as was flying around The Advance office, his woids would not have even rhymed. coo Matkdalc is going at an stwful pace â€" horse racing, boxing, refusing local option (even when they had a water- works system)â€" and now they have a Chinese quarter. Charlie Cliong is the "quarter," and as may be divined, is an ordinary waslie<;-waFhee. Those who have travelled extensive- ly will easily understand why it was possible for a pultraau porter to be arrested for 8pe<>ding in his own auto. Fortunately, or unfortunately, when The Advance man travels he always goes third classâ€" or walks tho ties ; the lips are leas . What foola we mortals be! Iu sa Hungarian village the natives tboagiit that Halley's comet was going to fta- ish the world ono night recentijr. They caronsed until a late honr, then fell into a drunktn etnixirâ€" and mor»- lug came once more ! The C.P.R. encourages the estab- lishment of "first aid" branches to instrnct membera in giving first aii to the injured. Could not -aoiaa kindly disposed person persuade tte C.P.B. to give first aid to the miser- able mail service from tho north <mi tho Walkerton branch ? . It is needrf badly enough. Because he loitered around and an- noyed a white youiig lady, a negro was removed from an Arkansas prisoB and lynched by a mob of forty men. The nogro insisted on paying haM attentions to the young lady, declar- ing that he was as good as any whito man. We are inclined to believe, us any event, that he was fully as gt>oi dm the white men who did the lynch- ing. Once again has commenced the terrible toll of lives exacted bj tha rivers and lakes of nur land. It is but a short time since three ladka were drowned near Teeswater. Two fishermen were drowned near Ghat- • ham last week â€" aud this is but ih» commencement. The fool who rodcs the boat has a lot to do with tho great number of lives claimed by the waters, and he has as little, or leas, excuse than the fool who didn't knov the gun was loaded . Farmers Come to Their Own Inspector Campbell's report submittal at last County Council session, read, m part, as follows: I have p?eiMure in reporting that earfy in the year Fleshertou tchooi section wiUt Nos. S, 4, 7 and II Artemeaia formed a Rural Continuation School districts witlk Fleshertou as the centre. A Cootiaoa- tioa School of one teacher was opened at Easter in the senior division of the Flesh* erton public achool, nod before the end ot the year it had ao increased inattondaao* that it was necessary to add another teacher. That the school will be abun- dantly successful seems to be asaured, and many pupih are now rMeiving a Hijih School education who could not be seat away to a distant Hi'»h School or Colleg- iate Institute. The farming comrauniiy is corainjt te its own in the matter of higher education, and I hope to see, at a very early date, similar Continuation School districts established, with Markdale, Dundalk, Holstein and perhaps Neustadt and Aytoa as centi-es. The better the work and pur» pose of these schools are known, the more popular will they become, and ,the muie readily will the slight increaae of expen- diture involved, be t>orne by those oott> cernetl. South Grey, not havinti a sinsjle High School, ihould be given every chance to secure for ita people, aa far as posaibtey the many advantaites accruing to Weat Grey through the Owen Sound Collegiate Institute, and to East Grey through the Meaford High School. It is a sigtiittoant aid hopeful sign of the times that the people of both West and East Grey are generally favorable to the widci exteusioa of High School educational facilities in S 'Uth Grey. No tetter opportunity can p.-esent itself for showing this generous appreciation than by forming, where ap- plied for. Continuation School diatrictaaa provided for in the revised Continuation Schools Act, liX'i), Owing to the increased cost of livins the hotel keepers in Thornbury and Clarksburg have dL>cided to raise the puce of meals to 35c. Sbkble rates, one horse,hay, 15.; team, hay, 30c. AU>»« rates to take effect on April 1st.- HeraW* Reflector. Acute Dy$mpti« Restoration of Stomaoh Power Comes Quiddy With the Sight Medidn*. "My food seemed to decompoa* In my stotnxch." writes Mr. Ralnb CUm- mons. ot Newbridge, P.O. ^ h&d b atomach that failed in some way to perform Its work. Digestion 3eeme« more or le» arrested and I grew thin* yellow nervous. The atomach became distended and Impeded apparcnt'y the action of the heart, for often at nWit it would do great stunts. At ttmea I would vomit a mucou* mass, and at these times my head ached moat ter- ribly. A friend, who ;»ad beeu cureA of a similar condition, advised me tft take Dr. Hamilton's Pills regutatrlyt which I did. The result in my oas* was simply marvelous. Dr. Hamilton's Pills removed the cause, strengthened the stomach, excited the liver to nornial action, the kidneys were released 0* excessive work. Health soon flowed within me 1 can now eat. sleep, fvo4 live like a live man." Be advisedâ€" Use Dr. Hamilton's «lle â€"they are sure to do you good. W» l'«i- box, at all dealera, or The Ca* tarrhotonc Co., Kingston, Canada. Or, Hamilton's Pills Curo Indi^rsttloii DyspeiMla a t \ \ . . X 4 > ,«•- :J.:: ^ V