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buying bulla of Tailor Shop J A ful of Also a Choice Lot of Fine Tweeds for I Hit ANTS I J ASSURANCE CO The Company has now enter ed upon its 74th year The following figures testify to its Stability Liber ality Popularity sar Accumulated Funds about Annual Revenue over Bonuses Claims Paid During year 1898 Polices wore issued for G The STANDARD baa investments in Canada amounting Knur- teen BONUS YEAR 1900 Assure now and a share of profits GEO MHUNT District Inspector J A BA8TEDO fa Bankers and ALLER Stock Exchange 6092 Broadway New York OP Can be through speculation with do- iipwnrtl pur cent margin upward on the Stock Exchange The greatest fortunes been made through speculations In or to know speoii are conducted notify and wo will you and market letter free of Charge Usual charged for executing orders and ItMlroiul bonds quotations on application for purchase sale and exchange irvv mm SITUATIONS In the Field are constant- K opening to those who are qualified to All them CENTRA BUSINESS COLLEGE Toronto Oat received calls for help within Three day from Agency Lady stenographer Williams Real Estate men clerk and stenographer J Co Jady stenoTaphor Cowans Kent Co be p Klg Co young man bookkeeping ana eraphy Our students such places soon as for them will pay to prepare for them J Correspondence invited I PEOPLE AND OF Virtually a Dais In lore Are III of ODT4Tuiztnt at Ion When you Buy a NEW BUGGY want manstyle but you want one that racket Thai Is you Mill find at shop North of Main St Newmarket are bandmade all best quality of materia to wear work at lew forms of two In South Africa IVaiisvual la tho other The former the by river which vttloa It from Capo Colony a Urlttsli South African colony On north It separated from Its Dieter repub lic Transvaal by river and of the mouatatou it from on the toot On Wont it- to bounded by is hotter known as the Diamond Fields v recently purchased British This little on area of about square miles It la on tableland above m ftTVr of the Orange and long by wide running north and south present population of country la by gov at about whites and natives of and tribes which Is miles north of Bay miles north of Port Elizabeth and 400 north of East London Is tho capital only mountain ranges in tho Orango Free State are Stall mountains la eastern por tion of republic From the the country slopes gradual ly to Vaal river on tho northern and western boundaries Tho south ern part of tho State is dotted with detached kopjes or Individual hills Othorvvise the Interior Is an undulating prairie or prairies for merly covered with coarse grass This Is changed in the south to scrubby brush or copse which Is ex cellent grazing for sheep a sweeter grass supplanting sour or coarser grasses In places Tho Fro State not a forest country It la virtually treeless The species of for est now found on the hillsides and In tho moist valleys of the rivers fa scrub of mimosa thorn tho wild olive the willow and camel thorn which Is a of wild aca cia principal lands are best Adapt ed to pastoral purposes though there la a by mile strip of noil border con sidered to bo second to none J the world for grain producing purposes pursuits of the people being prin cipally stock raising and grain grow- log the burghers have leisure for war strip noted pro duces without Irrigation or fertilis ing and after planting for nearly consecutive years from to SO to tho acre This fertile trip of land la known as the Con quered territory It was taken from about This little- bolt of land Is the granary of ihr State and of vaal la this belt of country miles wide by long arc grown wheat oats barley and corn It also carries largo herds of cattle horses sheep Ango ra goats and ostriches Pears apples peaches and grapes are like wise grown to a largo extent This Is tho Boer base of supplies and tho mountains which faco British Africa ore depended upon with Boer endurance and Boer strategy to hold these fields inviolate to tho homes of the twin republics of the same blood Diamonds extensively mined on the fields of Jagersfonteln where the famous carat Ex- celslor was found on May and In the district of which is In the south western part of the republic The Importance of these mines can when is known that the dia mond output of the field for January was carats valued at that for for the same period was carats valued at Inhabitants of Orange State are like the Boers of the Transvaal a peaceful educated and wellgoverned people The country is divided Into district each one of Which Is presided over by a or magistrate Each of these magisterial districts is again divided Into two or more wards ac cording to Its size or importance- Each of these wards sends a member to the or legislature In addition to this each town also sends a member to the volksraad To this legislature people delegate government of the country The pro- who is tho responsible head of executive departments ad vised by an executive council and ho high Is a chief Justice and two puisne The government obtains about annually from revenue of state to meet its expenditures This Is mainly derived from th sources Quit rent on farms at the rate of cents for morgan or acres transfer dues on immovable or fixed property at rate of per cent a per cent rate on Is all goods sold by auction a hut or capitation tax of a head on From the custom received about a is from a ess valorem lvy a ail ova lea dueeare by virtus of a treaty with Cape ftt of Capo Colony They are also lovhd on the Natal by Orange Free Stat officers with provisions of the customs Union existing between- the Cape government and thy Free The former per cent of per cent duty levied to recoup It self for the expense these customs for republic tfovcrnmout of this Boer state is Very careful about tho education of children of tho land For tula purpose a permanent fund of is pot Tim educational de partment is a very thorough one This department Is under a superin tendent who has under him a corps of inspectors and are now about One govern ment schools With a staff of teachers Those schools are and nonaided schools such us those which maintained by the Catholics tho Anglicans and other denominations government schools are of three kinds town ward peripa tetic schools To teach them In structors divided Into first se cond and third class according to grade of their certificates from board of state examiners This board Is composed of nine members who are appointed by president of tho republic This board It can grant certificates of proficiency In law land surveying and and general ly Tho only higher schools supported by tho stato Barnes Institute seminary and Grey college both of which at In those Institu tions students are for matriculation at tho Capo university In Capo Colony Students desiring a education must therefore go to the South African colli at Capo Town or to Victoria at great majority of the citizens of tho Free State from tho circumstances of tholr Butch ori gin members of Butch Reformed Church Tills is the established church of land There is a con gregation In nearly every vil lage of the country The government annually contributes about to the support of this religious sect It is into church synod to be usetl as that body deems At This synod very other- year in month of May at Blocmfonteln tho capital It is composed of pas tor and a lay member of each con gregation following denomina tions also have churches In tho Free State The Episcopalians Lutherans Catholics Baptists and Presbyterians Their In dividual memberships aro small The climate of the Orange Free State Is drier and colder than that of Its This is due to Its and Inland position It is therefore healthful for lungs its dry season is In tho winter llmo but its periods of rain and moisture are uncertain The high elevation la affected by the evaporation of the lower countries which drifts up in- Canadian fairly The of Canadian to Africa and description el troops leayng command a late without all the other excellent a Holes Child Brought Up at Homo r lit iho title of very cleverly written menu- In He December Issue part of He ecrlce of organisation ariioicp More than four moth- erg and already eotil In in for the to nearly by Tiio Cosmopolitan tor articles for In connection with Organization Family Cure et Chlldtou Care of of the colors The demist of Mr D P for Middlesex from boar was on Friday born 1898 he was the candidate for Riding ho rerroftawd at hit death and It was he who bronchi Legislature of famous ram alleged to have been On Farm bat to make point Intended Mr wan importer bred hi By death another Hiding is open and a How in duo School Repopfcs If OK NOV Class Hoy BoK- Class Hugh Pollock George Greenwood Jr III Georgia McDonald Frank Murjorio Cole I Violet McDonald Ada Smith Ernest Ross Pollock Florence Mcnor Charlie Greenwood Jr Willie Pollock Eva Cup- pies David Pt II Hoy Fred Johns ton Smith I Amy Pollock Jr I Percy Flora Tablet Emma Watson Jennie Anthony Pearl Roy Cole Mary King John McDonald Donald McDonald Present day Mc Donald Roy Emma Watson John McDonald M Teacher TUB STATU to the White moun tains moun tains and the where it condenses and frequently floods tho streams causing them to run bank ers to feet their normal watScr mark The last named rise- to feet and popularly called Sources or mounts of sources from the number Of which rlso In them In tho winter time the rivers are shallow of them hardly flow They de generate into what are called pans cow or hippopotamus water boles which have drifts or fords here and there This is due to drynens of the season In sum mer these water courses are danger ously swollen often rising in a sin gle from to feet above their normal love The pans or peculiar circular wa ter basins found in tho or watershed territory between any two rivers are sometimes salt or brackish These mlddlcveldt pans are numerous In the and of those depressions the worked by a large salt company which exports its product to Johannesburg This salt according to Professor analysis Is the best in the world pan frim which It is taken is about two across It is loca ted about miles from teiu The from It Is made after this fashion A trench eight or ten feet deep is In the pan The brine Into this trench from which it is subsequently pump ed up on a huge buck or tent rails Hero the waiter evaporates and the salt sediment is left deposited on the soil surface While the of ho Orange State are not navigable they are well with fish some of which are peculiar to them The Is only found In the Orange River and Its tributar ies This Is as long as seven feot It has ft very few bones and no scales The barber boo a large and ungainly with eight cirri feel ers on the lower Up yellow flsh is it In all the Free State waters It sometimes weighs much as pounds- Among the more Important of the other fish are the and the Iguana and tho river turtle also abound- State is not no table for fierce or danger ous The chief are ant jackal hyenas wild yogoi three last al most PUBLIC SCHOOL IV Class Etta Stephenson Joe Charlie HI Laura Tate Violet Curtis Hnttie Morrison Jr III Trent Annie Cur Edsar Walter Tate IT Maud Evelyn Parry Roy Vernon Arthur Lena Lillian Jr Nellie Wesley Eugene George Pt If Lulu Rose Emma Smith Vera Morrison Jr Pt II Bella Doane Frank Sarah Bert Leonard Curtis Morley I Ruth Haines Frank Pi- I Milton Edith Allie Vernon Jr I Ezra Morrison Trent Cordon Doane L Teacher w NO I NORTH IV Class Pearl Freeman Pollock Orison III George John Mabel Pol lock Jennie III Ross McMillan Sarah Flossie Crittenden Dorothy Pollock George tendon Jesse Thompson Class Rose Eli Edwards Bruce McMillan Maud Fred Willie ffillaby Charles Draper Arthur Edwards John Smith George Willie Terry Ella Archie Pollock Average attendance for Novooiber 36 Teacher rConduotor Cabana of the was run over and killed at Montreal Deposits In Sav ings Bank for October exceeded tho withdrawals by A Brandon despatch says a wo man named Mis employed to watch Hilda Blake the condemned murderess in Brandon jail has charged with conveying a filo to Miss Blake for the of sifc- to escape -4- ish VSHBWW r r I a J mm IT Yet You have probably tried two or three different remedies havent you I Getting somewhat discouraged Suppose without further delay you get a bottle of White Pine Wo every bottle to Relief and cure your cough If it dont you may have your money back Cents a Bottle The The Ought to ho suited in problem of Present Buying are of such a nature that it is an easy matter to select that is sure to please Whether you have ten or five dollars to spend this tho piece tree You will find on all our Do tho moaning it is Pure It means our Drugs and Chemicals chemically pure It is safe for us to do your dispensing resent We have a nice lot of I Brushes Dressing Cases Boxes Soxes Shaving Sets Glove Boxes OUR STORE IS YOUR Visit it when and as often as you like We are pleased to serve you at all times and our prices will always suit you Be sure and visit on Thursday Dec 21st Xmas Market Day for we will have Special Prices that day LEHMAN I ASH wuwwwMrvwwwyw Hundred and Fifty Dollars IN too r A Thursday Dec SS5XSSX5XSSS2 The Following is the Prize List Dressed Fowl Best Turkeys in one lot Heaviest Turkey Greatest number of Turkeys brought by one person Best m 00 Heaviest Goose Greatest number of brought by person Best of 00 Heaviest of Ducks Greatest number of Ducks brought by person Beat of Chickens 00 00 00 I Butter and Eggs fed Best lb or over Crock of Butter W Best Roll Butter Bo Best 10 lb Butter in one lb Prints 200 Heaviest Eggs Dressed Best Hind Quarter Beef 00 Best Best Mutton Uliu vwii Front Quarter Beef Beat Pig 3 Heaviest Dressed Pig Apples and Snow Apples W Apple Greenings I Bag Largest Sound Potatoes 200 Collection of Dressed fowl to include Turkeys I Geese Pairs Ducks Pairs Chickens 85 Person Making largest Number of i Entries will bo shown in Town Hall above the Market All Entries must be on the Tebjea by sharp and until the judging completed Entries All to be made with Secretary at Express Printing between Dec ana Dec No person allowed to exhibit more than entry in any one class CANE Mayor T p and i U