-NIGHT \t 7.30 to 8.30 'We will place on' sale the following 2 Specials Jast Received Mens' Ties 480 1-Hand Shapes, those you kaot yourself. » latest.; Some are in light "shades, others ss are 20¢. and 35¢. | : 'o-Night 15¢.Each 'Mén's Brown Mixed lish Merino Sox values 20c. pair. Yours To-night e lot lasts 10c. Pair. LAIDLAW & SON. ren's | Stockings shmere Stocking] fine, medium or wide rib, ach foot up to 93 inches, 20c., 18c., 23c., 3c., 35¢.. 39c. 6 qualities to select from. ymere Stockings, 4 qualities to choose from, rong Eoglish Cashmere Stockings, double en's 2s Stockings sh Cashmere Stockings; seamless feet, full ,40c, 3 epecial makes. e Stockings. 45¢; 49¢, 63c, Tse. ckings. 15¢, 20c, 25¢, 35. New Spring Suits for Women We are showing some very 4 the latest i styles for spring and early sum- mer, and as these cannot possibly be duplicated after the present suits are sold, we ask wou to come and see them. Even il not pre- perad to buy if you see one that attracts you have it placed aside until requiredy attractive designs in » Ty inom smo Swell Walking ET | hm, Ts S Dress Boots : New and Distinctive Styles, ¥ : IN THE ¥ L Empress AND 3 Dorothy Dodd : Shoes x MEME |, 5oiendid Shos.in the Bxn- + press, fcr © $3.50, and a 3 plendid Patent. Leather, © - Ee) THIS STAR a either Button or Lace, f } OURSTORE ~ 12 an. American make. "e: 9 = ; " 8 bh Es v THE DAI YEAR Th... (NEST NES Despatches From Ncar Asd Distant Places. THE WORLD'S TIDINGS GIVEN IN THE BRIEFEST POS- SIBLE FORM. Matters That Interest Everybody --Notes From All Over--Little bei --r an alchemist was by order Augustus placed under lock and key, LY BRITI INGSTON, ONT. R10, SATURDAY, MARCH 3v, 1 GREAT LOVER OF CHINA. The Discovery of thé Telebrated Dresden Ware, Augustus the Strong of Saxony was a great lover of china, and his belief in the transmutation of metals into gold was accidentally the eause of the scovery of the celebrated Dresden ware. Anyone fortunate enough to be the possessor of a piece of this old china will invariably find his initials A, K. on the of it, An apothe- cary's lad by the name of Bottinger' had, it 19° said, composed 'a tincture that was su to be capable of translormed into gold. So suc- of but, unlike most prisoners, with a la- boratary at his disposal. This restraint almost deprived the lad of his reason, and, accordingly, he was remosed to Dresden and allow- a certain liberty. It was here, while pursuing his experiments, that 3 Belleville carpenters are asking an | Bot discovered the Meissen increase in wages. po! , commonly called Dresden Three more cases of smallpox have china, which to Augustus was as wel been discovered at Oneida. An old-age pension has been intro- duced in the Nova Scotia legislature. JW. A. Potvin 'was nominated for the Commons by the conservatives of Ka- mouraska. James Grabam fell into a vat of boiling water at Lindsay, and was terribly scalded. It is expected that a settlement of the longshoremen's strike at Hamburg will sharuy be reached. _ Premier Whitney said he knew noth- ing of any proposal for an increase in the salaries of cabinet ministers. It is reported that the Grand Trunk will put on a new train between Chi- cago and Montreal, about May lst. J. A. Killingsworth of the St. Thomas Journal has been appointed manager of the local street railway. Professor B. E. Fernow was ap. pointed professor of the department of forestry in the University of Tor- onto. . A large number of persons, mostly Italians, have been killed on a train wreck on thé Southern Hohe in Cali- fornia. A petition is being widely circulated in Britain to secure a reprieve for yoner, the murderer of William Whiteley. ' A reward of $5,000 has been offered for the arrest of W. F. Walker, the ab- sconding bank treasurer of New Brit- on, Conn. A general strike has been declared in Canton de Vaud, Switzerland, all trades quitting work in sympathy with the chocolate workers, A deputation representing the ad- visory council of the Ontario Medical Association asked 'the government to 'bealth, erente a 7 The Canadian "Pacific railway is to straighten the road and uce the grades between Toronto and Bolton Junction, a distance of twenty-three miles. A search is being made for the se- curities formerly held by the Ontario bank, which, it is siid, were removed from a safety deposit vault after the fgilure. Patrick Murphy, an intimate of the Elgin House of Industry, attacked an- other inmate named William Bran- non, and injured him so that his life is in danger. Rev. R. E. Knowles, Galt, has left for the southern states. Mr. Knowles is still suffering considerably from the shock received in the recent Guelph railway wreck, Lord Milner has expressed the op- inion that the premiers of New Zea- land and Australia should attempt to convince Canada of the honest inten- tions of Britain. A rumor at Ottawa says that Sir Wilfrig---Laurier will succeed Lord Strathcona, as high commissioner, and be crated a peer, with the title of Lord Arthabaska. A bomb weighing five pounds fling at Admiral Greve, commandant of the port of St. Petersburg. The missile failed to explode and the would-be murderer escaped. Postmaster-General Lemieux and his deputy are at Washington negotiat- ing for a renewal of the postal con- vention regarding second-class mail matter son terms more acceptable to Canada. Dr. Jacob F. Force, af Minneapolis, vice-president of the North-West Na- tional Life Insurance company, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for appropriating the company's funds. Rev. R. E. Welsh, M.A, Rev. J. G. Shearer, B.A., Toronto; Rev. J. H. Ratcliffe, B.A., St. Catharines, and Rev. Henry MacKay, B.A, Round Leke, Sask., are to be given the de gree of D.D., by Knox College. The Prince Edward Island legisla- ture is asking the federal government for a subsidy for the company organ- izod to connect the island with the mainland by a telephone-eable un- Straits of Northumberland. . P. R. and C. N. R. trainmen are between the horns of a dilemma. If they do not strike on the order ex- pected any hour from Chicago, they will violate the laws of the union, and if they do they break the laws of Canada: Louis Botha, the Boer premier bf the Transvaal, ss on his way to attend the colomal conference. He says he is going to England as an Africander to show Englishmen that the Transvaal is as safe in the charge of a Boer min- istry as with the English. Owing to the inability of the steel companies in Canada to keen pace with orders, the National Transcon- tinental Railway Commission has withdrawn the meoent call for tenders for bridge construction on parts of the road now under contract. pim-- was come a# if the youth had been success ful in transmuting gold, for he had large sums in what is known expended as the Japan Palace. Many workmen were new ware, and in 1710 the manufac- ture of Meissen begun the supply the demand which soon became Buro- pean. from Delft to work the of Married After Long Years. Dotroit, March 28 Twenty-five years ago Donald MoArthur and Miss Lock- wood were living at South Lyons, this state, and were engaged to be married. Differonces drose over fin: ancial matters and McArthur went to Canada, where he has since resided. He returned to South Lyons on a visit recently, he looked up his old fiance, when the engagement was re- sumed, and, yesterday, the couple, now each about sixty-five years of age, were married. -------- A bill has been read in the Dutch parliament to prohibit balloons, aero- planes, and all other kinds of flying machines from landing in Dutch terri- tory, under a fine of £40 or thr months. } t NEWBURGH HIGH SCHOOL. Presents Gifts .to Two Retiring Teachers. Newburgh, March 29.--The closing literary of the school was held in Form [11 on Wednesday evening. An excellent programme consisting of choruses by the glee club, a solo by Percy Nesbit, recitations by Miss Brandon and Miss Marguerite Patter son, a violin solo-by F. G. Millgr, an instrumental solo by Miss Wood, and instrumental duets by Miss Dot Mears and Miss Louise Beeman, Miss Helen Finkle and Miss Beaman, and Miss Sicily Kennedy and Miss Aleta Seriv- er was rendered. Early in the evening PD. A. Neshit, the retiring principal was called to the platform and pre sented with an nddress and a beauti- ful gold watch, as a mark of esteem by his pupils and ex-phpils. The ad- dress was read by Miss Olive Gal braith and the presentation made by W. D. M. Shorey. Mr. Nesbit replied in a neat speech in which he thanked the donors for their kind wishes and gift. Later in the evening Bernard Me- Caul, read an address to F. G. Mil- lar, the retiring moderns master, a d Miss Ruth Patterson on behalf of fhe pupils, presented him with a gold chain and locket. Mr. Millar thanked the pupils for their kindness and wish- od them every success. Short speeches were made by Rev. C. E. 8. Radeliffe, Rev. J. F. Mears, Rev, J Gandier, T. A. Dunwoody, J. H. Patterson and J J, Shorey. he J. M. Denyes, B.A. the new princi «Nerviline", The Best Rub For Athletes And Workers. A bottle of Nerviline in a pint of water makes the best rub-down Its wonderful how soothing Nerviline is to over-strained and tender muscles laming and strain: is relieved at once. Pleasant to use, has an agreeable odor and makes it impossible to catch cold after you use it. Nerviline is the acme of perfection, and athletic leaders say there is not a pain, ache or bruise it won't cure. Not a lini ment on earth with Nerviline's pene trating and pain-subduing power: try it. CROMPT The following letters confirm all claims to superiority: pal of the high sthool has rented C. W, Thomson's house. Miss Annie Hee man spent Sunday in Napanee, with Miss Johnston. Miss Caroline Finkle is much better. Mrs. A. W. Benjamin, Yarker, spent Wednesday, with Mes. M. Ryan, Miss Anna M. Sutton, Tich- borne, is home for the Faster holi- days. Miss Elsie Moore has been en gaged as teacher at Iethel school. Mrs. T. D. Seriver fave a diuner party on T y evemng -------------------- TO HUSH A SCANDAL. Busy in Madrid to Prevent posure. Ex- "DON UARLOS. London, March 30.-Don Carlos, Dake of Madrid, and claimant to the throne of Spain, is said to be behind the scandal which a former mistress of King Alfonso XIII, threatens to start by filing a suit to have her son legally recognized and provided for The present king's cabinet members are doing all in their power to bush up the matter, Qule of cashmere stockings, splendid quality, 250, New York Dress Reform. --------. most favorably wi their prices range Corset Co., which we Such is the con Company replaces, guarantee, yet we se please the purchaser. AU_BON MARCHE ol MODES ET NO MESSRS. BARRY BROS., City. Gentlemen,--You ask us our opinion of the Crompton Corsets. To give them their due we must say that all the goods made by the Crompton andle, are very superior in quality, and compare th thd, best American products in the same line, although from 25 per cent. to 30 per cent. lower. fidence in the quality of their goods that the Crompton free of charge, any article that does not come up to its Idom have to use this as Crompton Corsets always Your obedient servant, Fu, roe 7 1493 £) 4 Aug are-cameezie. ( Moca Z/ UVEAUTES ° 3715 1509 Rye Sm Conamene (Con Se Antnt 8 30 Gentlemen, -- Corsets, which yor the up-to-datedne: notable increase. We make a specialty of corsets, hosi- ery and rwear énd know what set, Ac, New York Dress Reform. This spri enough to bet! an amateur gardeper. will auit. See our special Dip-Hip gi : many a man who is old ill pose as We may add t ment of Crompton Cmsvorna) MESSRS. BARRY BROS., Agents Crompton Corset Co., Montreal. ' We are pleased to be able to state that the Crompton give us the most entire satisfaction ; s, the perfection of fit and the excel- lence of material employed in making these Crompton Corsets have made them the most desirable of their line. hat since we have kept in stock a complete assort- Corsets the sales of our Corset Department. show a u represent here, ss of their model Yours truly, I -- -- DEATH DUTIES, on of . John . British Fortunes Enrich the | brewers wan 3 y " Orme {which occasion 88 chester tract b T Cured 72), William Louis ¥ free Package Sram sind price sent ia plain detied tesiope. Sor R_SAMARIA CRaribers, Jordan 88, For sale by H. Wade, druggist. 000,000 ench. Estates of nearly or up- ward of $10,000,000 each, death duties since 1867, have included | those of Baron Stern Hermann de kept the most ious of the merchant baker, $17,000; | erown jewels in his private cabinet, in Try This Cure 3 ugh McCalmont (78), ant, | order that he ht admire and ex- $16,000,000; John Rylands (87), Man- [amine them at his ease, an * 1 Hea warchouseman; $12,500,000; | tion in which he took much delight, §, to Wimans, American con [nor did he ever hear of a gom of 12,500,000; George Smith [great value either in Asia, Europe. or ongedy - ps any other country without making |PeTYeN strenuous efforts to secure the prime. These poisons her Father's | At an entectainment given by Louis blood from waste) to the Princess of Modena it . Jin the intestines. ! DrunKenness by & | that the conversation turned on | The cure is not ai Simple Remedy the fashions am designs of whey, First, cleanse entire intestinal . which prompted the Marquis Dan- trast, 1 Saves her lather from a drunkard's grave. Pree on Tosteless lesdaton 3 ; if from rich who hi died dur sugar beets ing the , the on sum of e 0S yas a 000,000, -$LI70,- | chemical madufacturer Where the farmers no ave In hha rate of $1,270. 3. N09 : - bright-- ay pithy, he received for eighteen weeks at the ASST FOR JEWELS They take rate oF Shei Tes are probable PASSION YOR 3 > at a + 140 180 - persons in Possessio . a who have cach absolute own- The Most Velusd sib ny dried ership of property to the value of Louis XIV. od-all over With $5,000,000 or more, Of these Louis XIV of France had an uncon. |= 20 GU 35 or 40 own wore than $10,000 querable passion far jewels, and his il the crevices. each, and 12 or 15 move than $15, [most valued was the fa mous crown of Agrigpine, which was of eight * of immense with | composed: of eflhiante in a transparent setting, > gean, who prided himsclf on his anti- Prescription checks | 0 fon knowledge, to observe that it | kidneys and liver. Spiel cure. wan in the time of Nero that the im Third, keep the the skin ial crown was arched; where : en Lous remarked that he. Po aly, * regulate i sod one himeeli, chionces de MonteSpan would produce it for him. wi Ali cirlet ' brought forth, it over universal ad- miration; but when the king obtained ! | 4 l 2 a close look at it he exclaimed to the ON CORSET A LA GRACE Manulattired by The Crompton Corset Company, Limited, 78 York St. Toronto. RLY marchioness, "How is this, madam ? This is no longer my crown of A All the stones have » Th ng was intact, but the brilliants had been replaced by paste. When the m: wan solved it wi proved at the mebee rh tarhet which held he crown had span, who, dur his visits, ba free 'acooss to pe: A the ving , Cot 13, Jordan w » . Fw SS W.H.$oroggie St. Catherine St.. Montreal MESSRS. BARRY BROS, Representing the: Crompton Corset Co., City. Gentlemen, -- Your favor of the sand to hand, say that we are much pleased with the C into the sales of our Corset Department we our sales to be away ahead of any previous year, a proof of the satisfaction and popularity the Crompton Corsets. For some time we have given a special guarantee that should the corset break or prove unsatisfactory we would cheerfully refund the money to the purchaser. It is our pleasure to say that it is a rare occurrence when we have been obliged to do so. S ' : We always try to give our customers the best possible value for their money, and we believe the Crompton Corset to be the best of all Corsets made in Canada, and equal to imported goods at much higher prices. . Wishing you every success, which we think your push and enter. . prise deserves, : 5 Yours truly, a - 4% os ction of quality remains long after the price is forgotten. . John Murphy & €0., THE CROMPTON CORSET CO. Dear Sirs,--We have much pleasure in testifying to the increasing popularity of Crompton Corsets. During the last two years they have rapidly advanced to the front rank. It is certainly a gratifying indication of our industrial progress to find corsets made in Canada, such as the " Crompton," competing suc ceswfully in style, fit and finish with the celebrated brands" manu! by the great firms of Paris and-New York. Lastly, its medium price brings within reach of almost every one a high-class corset, with all its manifold advantages to health and grace of figure. ! On the whole, we cotisider Crompton Corsets the best product of the Canadian market. S Yours respectfully,