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J e l A I CAREFULLY TEST ED- NO fancy prices if glasses arc required T WATSON Watchmaker and Graduate Optician D The ERA gives more home pews every week V IV on any iw f wo other in North York and is acknowledged to be the Leading County Paper Give YORK INTELLIGENCER AND ADVERTISER us tie liberty to know to tod to argue freely according to conscience above all other liberty No or North unless paid in advance United States J i LADIES HAND BAGS Wetter get one only a few left WATSON Jewelry Store Single Copy 3 efts Each Newmarket Ont Friday March TERMS annum paid fa a AP BUCKETS Flaring AP BUCKETS Straight AP SPOUTS Steel or Iron AP DIPPERS Square or Round AP BOILING PANS Steel J Oar Toronto Letter At its meeting in St Catharines last week the Grand Orange Lodge re ferred the question of placing a mem orial over the grave of the Kite Ale m ex I 2 3 and 4 gal Syrup Cans Galvanized Gathering Buckets vl Its a good time to Paint up your Buggy or Cart Buggy Paint will do the trick to your satisfaction PAINTS PHONE STOVES PUTTY OILS AND FURNACES PLUMBING AND TINSMITHING NEWMARKET ONT OF TORONTO GOOD SERVICE to their customers at all times has been one of chief factors in The- Bank of Torontos long and successful course SAVINGS DEPOSI TO receives assurance of the safety afforded by our large resources and our safe and con servative methods of conducting business and courteous treatment by careful BUSINESS MEN keeping accounts here have afforded them all the facilities of a longestablished wellcon ducted Bank possessing ample resources and full equipment and con nections for the banking of all classes of business both large and small HEAD OFFICE TORONTO BRANCHES IN CANADA Reserved Funds Assets 000 Capital NEWMARKET Ont FIELD Manager l South End Lumber Yard P PEARSON Bring in your bills of Lumber lor us to figure on before the rush com- Kindling Wood 11 author of The Maple Leaf to the Grand Lodge of Bfitih North America was chosen its the next place of meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West Toronto is to a new registry office the present one never was- a credit to the city A driver of one of the city postal vans had more cornjuice stored about his person than helped to serve his memory the oother day and he forgot where his rig was left After passing through the hands of the police and landing at the station the Post Office authorities thought they could find another who could fit the lovers clothes and discharged him accordingly A steamed out of the harbor and partially around the Island last week Navigation is expected to op en April A steamer made Point from the slip at Avenue last Friday The sudden demise of Samuel Wick- son aged So at his residence avenue recalls the passing of an other old Veteran of York County Council He was reeve of before that municipality was taken into the city He was a Liberal a fast friend of Reeve Jackson thirty odd years ago The military spirit has struck Varsity and now it is to have a reg iment all of its own that is if the present plans succeed The notion is to have an ideal regiment The main body will be formed from the stu dents The engineers will be com posed of School of Science men the hospital corps drawn from the men of the medical college with the 10- edsin attendance as Red Cross nurse will be very efficient Two people were injured a trailer and motor da aged and several peo ple were made late for work through an accident which occurred at the cor ner of ssiiitton avenue and College street shortly before eight oclock last Thursday morning Another coat in the per son of Moore who said he had taken too much booze ami who lifted down a coat which hung outside the store of Isaac Coles one day last week and tried to sell it to a He brew was sent over the Don for thir ty days It is understood Montreal has made an Offer- or the boats plying between Toronto awl Hamilton vi and If the project matures all the Canadian steamers between Hamilton and Montreal will belong to the Co Some are pleased at the grojeet others are kicking The annual meeting of the On tario Educational Association will be held in this city on the 31st oi March inst City papers report that When tie Became Father Himself Only two tilings can ft boy who to go fishing when he knows that is some home duty that he ought to perform Either he will get soundly spanked and he be made to do is necessary whether it be split wood bring out- in art its fury Terrific cracks of thunder and one more terrific and I terrible the rest which makes the runaway boy tremble in every limb and his eyes grow wild with terror What a storm The lightning flashes Wreathing the darkened heavens with lurid light The roar and tumble of the thunder shakes the earth and the frightened hoy lies still upon the raft and the frail bark I Then it turned to snow colder and shivering unstrung Other in the sta- pond as his objective point He isnt a bad boy Frank smoking ashes of where a bam had I I the skin and grew and with through the thought that storm so long ago he up farm yard lie gave Firebrand over to the boy and with the house his wifes anile ami kindly greeting He hurried to his room to put on dry clothes Ten minutes later he came down He felt sort of stiff He had never had rheumatism before but it did seem as if he had a touch of it He sat down by the the hall stoe Where could Freddie be invariably he came to the door to meet him but now YEARS AGO From Era Kyle of March 13 Lynch of J he A dead horse meets his eye l in a pasture field A voice from was nowhere to be seen Presently he Hut soniehmv he is ge ting unman- him in the diningroom where Oh but my rheumatism is hi waitfn fatht interested in a set of blocks that he had purchased- for him a few days before bad and he aloud jS ami losses Must be going to rain And yet there were no clouds in the beautiful in sky without even a as large as the proverbial mans hand barometer had never failed surely be going to storm Yet his it must Perhaps he will come back on whispered as lie again gazed he down the empty alley never needed him so badly as today and he looked over in the direction of the broken- 1 down fence Over in the pasture were neighbor Browns cows and nothing between them and the wellkept gar den but an open gate and the broken- down fence Yes perhaps he will come hack I I think he will and he hugged the idea to his heart until he saw Frank pass the bend in the road and then on and out of sight guess he is gone he muttered mournfullv my boy My boy Oh Oh And then after a ause How you have wounded your poor fathers I heart this day and his head fell down in his hands like a ship in a storm at sea I It was a holiday and the wife and mother wjth their little daughter some two years younger than Frank had gone in an early excursion train to spend in the city with friends Frank was put out because he was not taken along but his fa ther insisted that he must- remain and help him look after the place the garden needed watching because h TH LET US HAVE bowed stalked j Circuit very ill and Rev He scarcely noticed I of Newmarket took his work on Sun day Revs Messrs Phillips and San derson of Aurora taking the morn ing and evening services respectively in Newmarket Mr Beech arrived this week from the Northwest He reports very cold weather in the Prairie Pro during the winter Mr and Mrs John Smith of Elm- Vale visited the hitters sister Mrs Dr Rogers during this week The residence of Rev 1 Starr Parkdale and formerly of Newmar ket was entered by burglars carrying oil in cash and nearly all of Mrs Starrs jeweler Messrs Danford Roche Co an nounce the arrival of one hundred cases of their new spring goods di rect importations Rowen is reeve of Bast John Stokes clerk and John Hopkins and A J Milne au ditors i o HOW eaM IT DONE Barry the ByLaw Next Monday Without J An Opposing Vote The pass Sixteen of them are and held in the maw of the fence was none too secure Father Time In a beautiful nook in Just as hey were seated a he ta- partaking of the noon he heard a sound as o Iood w and Frank ran out only to find that neighbor Browns cows had broken into the wellkept garden To drive them out was but the work of a few minutes and then despite his fathers entreaties commands and pleading Frank made known his intention of going to the millpond to spend the ALWAYS ON HAND Phone or give orders to J Bowman or J Murphy IL Our New Suitings for Spring Are Now in Stock The latest designs are Diagonals and Stripes The newest color Is Grey- See our windows then step inside- and examine goods F WILLI MAIN ST MERCHANT TAILOR Phone comet will he En sight by the of this month but not very bright By the 1st May it will be seen more plainly A matrimonial agency was sudden ly brought to a windup on Thurs day of last week It was called Cupids Directory and had head quarters Major street Inspector Henderson knocked the all out of it in a surmising short time Mrs Gamble who was shocked by a dynamite blast at a gravel pit jointly owned by and Mark- ham Townships was awarded damages in the Assize Court last week Persons who purpose setting ofi a blast after this will have to give notice to everybody within reach beforehand or pay for disturbing somebodys nerves Pickpockets are now operating on crowded street cars People from the country should be On their guard- During the past week several com plaints reached the police Three names were added to the list of persons taking the Pasteur treat- in this city during the past week It is current report that Attorney- will recommend the ap pointment of two more High Judges for Ontario and Hon A B Aylesworth Minister of Justice has stated that if asked for the request will be granted A lighted candle caused an explo sion of gas in the cellar of Mr Bibles grocery store last week caus ing a fire which did some dam age An Ottawa press despatch states that Hon Mr Fosters usual good health has given way as a result of ter time and roses are in that winter hail stolen the time of summer It is February What a pretty home Garlanded with flow ers and vines what could furnish a more ideal picture of contentment The owner is Frank Rankin with Ma hook and line w him There had been a scene The father boy on the aft but they ermine that his wish must be -re- an I Prospected and was and the hoy was quit e obstinate nursing he reeling operations he had that he had been imposed upon not I bought a bertutMui valley of a allowed to join the excursion to Frank I Prank You must hot to enjoy the fruit of his lalior go Von must repair the fence You severance must drive a stake at least and then vFieddie he catM my slippers Bring them to me Papa is- cold of rheumatism At the dose beautiful wirethc rails paid no heed drive that ruarv 1 can hobble out and to it Hut the son will I must assert my author ity the father Frank Io you hear me the father You must stake You must- I wont came the decided answer of the boy as he dashed out as he treadslPe the his way to the millpond The spirit Of unrest and fancied wrongs is strong upon him He sees himself as the role of a sort of martyr- He thinks of the things that are de nied him forgetting what is given In abundance He pictures the beauty of a wild free life where there is no parental restraint The millpom when lie reaches it docs not satisfy him The fish do not bite wellso he thinks Hut had he but known The little creatures came and stole and ate away the bait while his mind was oft in the land of dreams dreams of a land where he could be free from fathers Yes and No and where he could do as he liked The afternoon wore on Plans form ed in his mind He remembers that a little town down the river a man had advertised for men to go west on a harvest excursion- He wonders if day a fairhaired woman comes No dont see him yet He the horizon in all direction remarks must be coming back some way It clouding up too 1 am afraid we are going to have a storm Frank will get wet do not think he took his waterproof with him There I saw a flash of lightning now and she went hack to the to pre- incai Frank Rankin had saddled his pet saddle horse early in the afternoon and had cantered up over flic mountain ten miles above his home to inspect a mine in which he was interested It took him long er than lie expected and as he came out of the tunnel he noted the lower ing sky and all the signs of a storm thats a good- hoy and damp and a touch tonight No papa Now Freddie you must- Papa He tightened girths quickly and back soon on a trip jumped into the saddle drove the spurs deep and the injured Firebrand fairly Hew along It was something so unusual for his master to use the spurs He had never done it in is cold and damp You must do it along now No papa lse busy wont I tell you 1 Scarcely realizing what his hoy had said he repeated his request but in a soft mild tone Now Freddie a wants his slippers Bring them like a nice boy Papa is cold and still- Hun quickly now A moment later the little face livid with passion appeared in the door way No ho papa I wont I wont 1 tell youI wont The had brought the stormy night on the raft to his mind but the sharp words his goldenhaired his darling boy went like a dagger to the fathers heart Like a dash it went through his mind the stern re fusal of his in those other days so long before He forgot the slippers His wife called once twice from the kitchen but he did not hear And then when she came to bring him for the meal was on the table steam ing hoi she found him with his elbows on his knees and into the lire All through the supper hour he was sad and silent His wife to draw him into conversation but he was in no mood to talk He sat down at his desk as the evening wore on and wrote a letter He was Aral con- YEARS AGO From Era of March The Town Council appointed Mr Kermott to the position of Assessor Donald Sutherland and Smith held a police court this week Last Sunday night Mr lost several valuable sheep by dogs getting into his penfold The Council ordered four watertanks to be constructed aud placed at dif ferent points on Main street for fire protection purposes James Nixon announces that he will dispose of his grocery stock located at the northwest corner of Main and Mill street Henry gives notice that the old May Hotel Holland Landing has been renovated and refitted for the accommodation of the public This hotel used to be the end of the stage route before the railway was at ion in 1 the strain of the recent libel suit against the Globe editor he would take a boy anyway for his boardonly to take him And as davlight disappears and the shadows come he determines to try and ere night conies down a boy and a raft are gliding down the river Rankin was right- His rheu matism was a correct barometer As the darkness gathers the sky grows Inky blac the forerunner of- the storm Frank has no more than got started down the river when it breaks years What could be the trouble There was something the matter it is true Through memory of that other storm all brought to his mind so forcibly by the disturbing elements around him his mind was in a maze of the past He had never gone back He had never written Loving and kind to his wife ami child beloved by his friends he was still the wilful forgetful boy to the would bring his- wife and child as he sealed it a smile of glad tent spread over his face Ill the soft hush of the night hour while Freddie was sleeping in his crib and the open lire burned bright ly he told his wife of his own cruel and how Freddies words had awakened him And as the night deepened a man a woman prayed that they might so under stand and guide the sleeping child that the second never know the A Larger Milk Supply I Patrons of cheese factories and creameries need not only to see to it that the raw material is delivered in the best possible condition but that a large and steady supply is furnish ed an any means be taken to in crease the production per cow or per acre The answer to that query im plies a knowledge on the art of every dairyman as to just what each cow in his herd can produce Docs any stable nowadays furnish free quarters and good to cowV that have no intention of giving more and that have no possibility of a profit able yield Is every dairyman quite certain that each cow in his stable pays it is an excellent plan to make sure of that vital point it is the initial step in successful dairying the foundation for building profit able herd The only way to make sure is to keep dairy records then it is an easy matter to distinguish and dispose of any nonpaying guest and feed each selected cow up to her full capacity of production Through a continuous check on the yield of each individual cow many herd owners have been enabled to increase the av erage yield as much as and pounds of milk per cow in three years- Forms for recording weights of milk or feed will be supplied free on application to the Dairy Commis sioner Ottawa The Dandruff Germ WILL CAUSE MORE TROUBLE IF NOT AT ONCE DANDRUFF is caused by germs a fact accepted by all DANDRUFF is the root of all halt troubles and is the bosom friend ol baldness hair tonic will generation might j kill the germ and remove the heart anguish and I in two weeks or he will sorrow first that had been the lot of the hearts behind the eastern hills As he days wear on the tame The storm strength The of the visit draws near the grew blacker the lightning father and the awakened son flashed more vividly and brightly and breathe a glad cry of thankfulness the thunder roared with a- greater and whispers often when there is no volume across to hurrying horse- one to hear that he might never have remembered had he not become a himself- mans ears As he reached the brow of the mountain the rain came down How it it drenched him to find the price of hair tonic will give to hair a lustre and radiance that is most fascinating and cause it to grow abundantly A large bottle for at Drug Store and your money back if it does not give you satisfaction 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