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Long Boots Felt Boots Buckle Boot ft from to FeltLined Boots at from to 175 Women and Girls Fleece Lined at to 160 These goods axe of the Famous Make THE QUALITY OF WHICH CANNOT BE BEATEN XMAS GROCERIES Raisins Currants Figs Da tea Peels Extracts Flavorings Nuts Candles and Fruits the quality of which we are not ashamed of and at prices that defy competition Queens Thou dear luced Thy dying Itvi heartfelt ruin Thou hast lvn our No name like livue will sweet again I lie of Ifiy long Is marred by war ami tears With woe burdened thou wilt to The sifts learned iiii our race Tito- march of progress hm perfection height Would wisdom need and pen to truce So many wonders liave been brought to light Of unknown before heard men of yore But in thy great effulgence struck the sight- What have been rcchoil in locomotion What Vast propelling forces utilized Evolved by men who make a worldcommotion By whom the world is revolutionized Stilt onward strides For nought rest abides And greater wonders yet will be devised word and sound schemes today Which span the seas and the continents Within tin beck and of thoie who may Hold converse with and the worlds comments In all past centuries No greater men than Who change the course of events The flail has given place to the machine Which threshes grain with tenfold speed or more in days when and flail were seen Beat out the grain upon old bam floor The scythe and sickle too Have passed away from view The docs the work of men a score The tallow of former days Has disappeared from off the mantlepiece When light was seen as through a misty haze And tallow candles ran away to Greece grease Beside the so dim The had to seam And stitch at garments for few pence a piece Now by the light of oil or gasoline Or better still of electricity While with her foot she sews on the machine No bleeding ringers pierced through constantly Sewing from day to day In the Oldfashioned way To stitch starve was her necessity take a hook of many pages thick To give details of all Inventions made For laborsaving with Producing woidcoci speed in every trade The world in haste moves on And much that is unknown Will in their turn drive these the shade Since first thy dawning waled the Christian wxrld Wisdom and knowledge have run to and fro Tne Gospel banner wide has unfurled Islands of seas rejoice to know That Christ for them has died And that His blood applied Gin give their spirits rest make them as snow While Missionaries have their lives laid down By heathen monsters hunted unto death Were counted worthy of a martyrs crown And testified for Christ with dying breath A stroke I a pang I a sigh They mount starry sky And bid farewell- to all earthwoes beneath Undaunted- still they go a band To prosecute the work which they began To Chinas Africa and strand They bear- Christs message unto sinful man Their lives not counting dear That all the world might hear The tidings of the Gospel plan warfare fierce has thy escutcheon stained And brought much sorrow where peace only dwelt Yet liberty for all must be maintained And stern unto the despota dealt For freedoms cause men die Approved by God on high His heritage to man the world to belt Richmond Hill Bee 20 S TKRMH35 per annum if paid in advance P Grant Happy Prosperous New Year all Readers Inasmuch as ye have done i unto the least of these my children ye done it unto me is that ham it is too old to sell and this of wormy dried apples and a of meal and one of flour which are both a mouldy but still good enough to the poor and that half barrel sugar that the kerosene was spilt in and those two sacks of rice that has weevils and you might add ail that stale bread They will moke a good showing and I guess my name will head the list for nobody else would give so much- Those things you an set aside Mark and tomorrow I want them carried round to the He noticed i man who staggered by and laid a heavy weight tff gold and Ihiirvh candle sticks and other at his icel and that they low hi If of ait a church which was jb and thru a oir old woman in rags along with a Of cold water ah her only This Sent the stairs down down it a toil and then a pale thin man only tear This weighed an old broken toy or some old or a of bread was laid at and these were heavy on wonder ful Pet pet kins that whose gift weie light Jisap- and he angels sent pitying after them Suddenly the Saviour Now Peter Perkins what have you brought to the Lord Oh I am willing to give you all have hut this bundle on my kirk was not intended for you but for poor If you will let me go back I will return with something more worthy of you J til he SAW hem fall i italic tiway in distance while But in what have you in that bun- Hex tin cruller box was never empty and how good they were the older they were the ami belter they were remember she used to j Ai- a j irt-i- some flour and meal and make me a boy and a time she and always two for my And mas and New Years she put caraway seed candies alt over mine wonder how she did It That mime pie was good I think take another haint cost anything it mates me think of old times they would do for the poor And have you never heard of my words when Inasmuch as ye do it unto the least of these my children ye do it unto me Look that cup of water was given by a sick and woman to one who thing to but you but of your offer only that which he lit his candle for he never would have gas and vent to Scarcely had lie got warm and corn- rooms with my compliments Aha turned away This will help many a poor family to garment of enjoy a good Years dinner asiU instinctively Peter for food and in that than hesaw standing at his poor you have of- bedside a stranger whose fje was jt carefully turned away and who some unknown will help me with my customers likes a generous man but of the brethren- will make as good display shall tomorrow guest Ill go home Mark and ah here are 2 for your New Years cant more You know your business is slack Well good night And wizened old Peter Perkins got into hi old overcoat and went home through the where the snow lay thick and heavy he reached his comfortable looking three story house- After he rang the bell he muttered to himself I might just as well have only giv en instead of Hed a been as thankful and Id that much And alt things I could have sold them at a discount but then after it all 1 was losing ground in church custom by what they call my stinginess and now well I guess after all Im glad give them The poor who get thorn cant complain Oh there she comes kins put his hand under his pillow af ter his revolver thinking of robbers but the stranger said in a bw voice which yet lad such authority in it that the wretched man dared not dis obey Arise dress yourself and follow FREE CAMERA I wlut lffr mrelpkeJ jxij for 9 LIFE ON THE RAIL Mr Geo one of the best known engineers on the QTR writes For years I suf fered from kidney disease brought on by railroad life The doctors called it railroad kidney but could give mo no relief A Dr Chases KidneyLiver Pills saying they had cured him A few boxes this grand medicine com pletely cured me putting an to tho dreadful pains In the back and greatly strengthening the kidneys am a well man thanks to Dr Chase One pill a dose a box AH men are born ignorant and seme j never outgrow it Orleans Dec The British transport Montezuma left here today with a cargo of mules A big revival in the shipment of stock to Africa for the use of the Brit ish army has Nine vessels have for Cape Town during tbe month carrying horses and mules worth more than Nearly all the animals were purchased in Texas and Missouri Thirteen thousand dock laborers coal porters and are out on strike at Antwerp Edward A the wealthy Omaha packer paid in old for the ransom of his Son who was kidnapped by bandits me As in a dream the little miser fol lowed but they went so swiftly that he not where they were go ing until at last the stranger Open your eyes and tell me what you see Peter Perkins stood and gazed with his wizened face pale and frightened Ho seemed to be in a vast place so vast that it appeared to be il limitable space There was no begin ning nor end to anywhere and yet he was there the midst of this infinity of distance arid before him upon no thing stood great tables which was piled a collection of everything inraingjxble and while he r trying to understand this at last And she will expect a pre- he noticed that there had too It seems as if everybody rank on rank and file on file was beset these holiday times- Im limitless countless numbers of sick of it and seraphim and in the of At this instant Mrs Warner who this sat upon a crystal hrm was servant and housekeeper both Christ the benign the the opened the door her rather long face Pitiful and his features seemed to wreathed in smiles and her form sweetness and mercy from every dressed in her best black silk gown lineament and his smile was ineffably Peter Perkins was astonished and tender prised as she led the way to the din- cherubim- and seraphim sang where the old mans dinner Glory glory to God in the highest was laid for on the table was a and on earth peace and good will to splendid turkey while several other M P Perkins watched dainty and toothsome dishes beautiful countenance he saw its about among them a noble mince pie change it gave out a mellow luscious odor C3Llr sweet and that mortal could not withstand and again it was tender and yet he turned saying fiercely pitiful then it looked as it must have Mary Warner I Who gave you au- Come unto me to do this Why here is din- are weary and are heavy enough for twenty and such ex- flI sorrow told you this morn- merciful goodness and then it 1 didnt believe in holiday awful sense and I told you to cook half a Then Peter Perkins that there mackerel and a potato didnt I was a throng ever increasing and You did sir and I was going to reaching far below them so that the do it only this morning my sister in of was far out of sight and the country sen me a Christinas box lop came singly to the foot and these were in it and as I couldnt the Saviour and there laid a gift eat them all myself I made bold to of- instantly taken up by the you half sir and no offence I angels and laid upon a pair of scales hope which did not measure by the weight Oh well that alters the case the gift itself bub the motive Weil yes I dont care if do and Which lay like a living heart inside it he allows himself to fall in the chair Peter Perkins saw that all who she pushed forward and bo fell to and not yet their gift bad a in a snort time had eaten a most ex- burden to carry large or small and be dinner which he finished with suddenly became aware that toe great golden doughnut and piece of den fastened upon his own back was cheese He these as in a dream was very heavy But one in each hand and made alternate ne turned to the stranger and said bites of doughnuts and cheese in a re- When- It be my turn I fleoUve and even retrospective manner When all of these shall have past as be thought d- dont city folks learn to make And to stand there with the crullers like this For love nor great unknown weight upon his ybu couldnt buy anything like decs for long hours or days or this in all this greatcity taste years he did not know which while lust as mother used to make them all these people came by I did Oh please let me go back and do Alas you have lived your life and you must like all that throng you have seen take your deeds with you to plead for or against you You can return no more than they All men bring their passports of good or evil actions with them here and once they have come naught can change They must bear their fate Some of them did not know but you bad a mother who taught you aright but you forgot her words of wisdom or put them aside So now go your way And with thesfe words Peter Perkins felt himself falling into perdition weighed down by the mouldy flour and spoiled bread and sugar Down down he went faster than many others who were on the way and he cried out in agony of fear when suddenly with that cry he awoke and sat up in bed This then had been a dream But it had opened his eyes and he began to see tilings as be never had done before He remembered his mothers teachings and he slept no more that night But as soon as daylight dawned he dressed and went to the store where poor faithful Mark who bad slaved ten years before him was packing thoso wretched things into wagon- Mark said he throw all that stuff away and take double the amount of the best and take poultry and fruit and tea and coffee and bread and sugar and butter yes and anything else you fancy and make them up into parcels and give one good generous basketful to every poor fam ily you know Yes Mark and then if your mother is able to bear it take her in a carriage and come down to my house to dinner tonight and we will discuss our new sign with Per kins and Hancock on it Yes bless us I Oh no Im not crazy I Ive just come to my senses he hurried home and astonished Mrs- Warner by a handsome crisp note for and ordered a dinner for New Years day which wo iM have stagger if she had not had so good a beginning from her sisters farm Ten years have passed that time Peter Perkins is a happy To see bis jolly face glow at you from over his counter makes you involuntarily look round for the other Cheery brother and now it be was called be would not go empty- banded before bis Lord Saviour The Star says The case against Cornell for failing to pay- to the town treasurer tax monies collected by him as special collector was heard by Judge Hamilton and jury at Milton on Tuesday It re quired all day to take evi dence Next morn the lawyers gave their addresses and judge de livered his charge to the jury Shortly noon a verdict of guilty was re turned and judge sentenced- Cornell to six months in the central prison