¢ Synopsis of Canadian Nerth sest HOMESTEAD REGULATIONS, Any Aro: served, a Pae-quarter sectivn, of 150 less. rp codon for homestesd entry nist made in person by the applicant, infon = Lavds Agency or Bub- . Samia by proxy however, be Agency on 5 "father" Mother, son, daughter, bro or or sistér of as intending homestead An gpplcation for entry or cancel tion ily at any sub-agent's 1 wired to Phe Manat a st oy ha yore] ..S is vacant p of telegram such applica Rave prioniy and the land will ufitil the necessary Lo be hon toned head of & Bamily, or re of age, Ln the esteat © acres, more : papers complete " transaction, sre received by } Salomari) the upper loft personation" or sans wi fore forfeit all pricey rane ap been granted it will be cancelled. tion for cancellation must be 0. The applicast wust be |® entry, and only one for cancellation will be re until thet ag ge settler is required td per under pue of the follow Joint this requirement. father (or mother, if the ) of a bomestonder and Saniency on farming ly Bim, not less than ) re y In extent, in the Vicini- Bowestend, or W fides Jicice by living with the } " The term "vicinity" Im the two als defined as mean nine miles ot rosa ai Mth of road al fonts or himseM mus of such migei at Ottawa, of his 'sa ¥NOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH- = ui RE ; entry fee $5, renewable year. may Obtain two leases tq wi my, ove miles ¢ach for a renewable at the ot wa Minister of the In shall have a dredge in of ong season from the for each five miles. Rental um for each mile of river yuity at the rate of 24 per SA the output after it ex. W. W. CORY, the Minister ot the Interior, puhlita on this will mot be paid for, 7, 2% se | TENDI@S FOR THE | eat, bread, groceries, straw for beddin 1, 1908, will bg re- urday, March 7, tenders should be marked on hand. corner of the en: pa "Tender for .. H the, supply, or servioe). "and ld be to the Secretary of lithe out, Ottawa. % forms of tender comtaiming full pulars way be obtained from bot Csatracts, Ottawa, Firm of 'AL. SUUERSTFIN, 476 roadway, New York, For sale by MoKaivey a Birch, 60- 71 Brock St., Kingston, Ont. JUST ITF a cold angroing po oy el 'NO 25 CENT TEA. Thirty Cents Promises to Be the um Soon. Tea has hedn so bigh in' price lor months past that it is now apparently only a question of a shaft time before 25¢. tea, retail, disappears altogether and 0c. a pound becomes the mini mam. Two causes ape. responsible for the high state of the market. Russia which formerly purchased most of its tea from Cey lon is now getting it from Ceylon, which is the source of most of the tea gonsumed here. Then the Ceylon growers have found the rubber plant to.be a very profitable crop, and are not growing ag much tea, Of course, the. advance, which is as much as four to five cents on Ceylon teas and about three cents on Japan teas, hits the cheaper grades most, as the bulk. of the trade is in the cheaper lines, ------------------ Toledo News. . Toledo, Feb, 27. --Mr. andi Mrs. W, McClure and family returned home, last week after spending the past year in the North-West, William Ron an, Athens, was in the village On Je turday. He returned from Smith' Falls, having been there purchasing horses, Miss Maude Singleton and Master Gerald Singleton, Smith's "Falls, 'were guests © of thelr "parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'Lhomas Singleton, To- ledo, on Saturday and Sunday. Miss L. Merrick, Kingston, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T, Singleton, Mrs, M. Mooney and little daughter, Migs Mary, spent Monday in. Carleton Place. Miss Violet Brigginshaw, stu- dent of the Athens High School, spent Saturday and Sunday at ber home here. Mr. and Mrs. J. Seymopr were in Athens on Saturday, attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Green. On Tuesday morning, February 25th, in the Roman Catholic church, here, the marriage of Mies" B. Lynch to Heber Berne, was solomnized, Rev. Father Hanley officiated. The bride was becomingly attired in a neat navy blue travelling costume, and was assisted hy Miss 0. Berne, Atheis, while John Morricy was groomsman. The voung couple will shottly leave for Watson, Saskatchewan, where tie will reside, follawed by the good wish- os of their many friends in this local ity.! Mr. and Mrs. John: Poster and family are preparing to move to Mandal, Sask., where Mr. Foster 'has spent the past couple of. vears home- steadihg. -------------- Only one place you can. buy. high- class' eandy in ingston. MeUConkey's and 'Hayler's, sold only at Gibson's Rod Cross drug store, It is possible to take such good care of your conscience as to keep it from being disturbed by anything going on. | 'Fruitatives" ake 'sold at Gibson's Red Cross drug store. Fresh there. It is just as sensible eat your dinner by proxy as it to make friends by proxy. Bathe the Baby with Mira Skin Soap. It cures cha aon nd i sin nbn, to is in, fragrant It is the gin, toilet soap ¢ best medicinal al soap. on on cht Co of eo rk Department of Railways -- and Canals. QueBEC CANALS. {NOTICE 10 DEALERS IN CRMENT. F SEALED "Tender 1 ary. Ett are ie FTE to bear in will not be TE i ths privied fora, ant ia t rms, unless thers Care priteey rr the nature of 5 residence. of must $ eid. t for ae into contrac! aL the rates stated ia the ofler "wnt in will re]! od the ctors re a . advertisment dated 20th February Hayes, a barber, who when the war LACKS Visio OF FUTURE. | Canada Ig Disappointing Says British Canada, Journalist. There is no Milton-minded men in ng. captains and fuglemen ! whose moral grandeur and fervor of When the English Lady Finished-- Lively Correspondence Over the Absence ofa Letter, A bygone generation witnessed ap acrimonious controversy in the Irish | family of O'Cong¥ in County Roscom- mon as fo the right of any branch of the ancient rice fo spell the name | thus--with one "un" 'That right, it! was milntained, was held only by the | O'Conor Don as head of the house. | So prolonged wis the contest between the partisgns of the O'Comor and 0' titled that It was called the "N-less" (standing for "endless" cor- respopdence, Final e question a referved to Sir J. Berar Burke, tb Ulster King of arms. His ecinion coincided with a decision in a certdin other Batt uApely, that much wight be said op either side. The two of puting families, 20 mon arigin, a king of Con Jgould with propriety and in etotflance with tra- dition jifhe nue one way or the ortified by this "award," the ~~ families have coutinved to pel aie name with ome "n" up to the ut hour. : : qually | firm, on the question a h. how his name showld Ue spelled wn the witness in a case tried in kibg's bench a few years ago. Asked his bpm, his prompt reply was "Job 'Awkins." A yon," queried coutise], "gpell your name with or without an H?' The emphatic answer was, "John" As a rule, however, as we have sald, variety in the spelling of the hag of people, as in that of the names places," owes its origin to people not bejug so clear as Twas our friend regarding how a name should be spelied. Two stories In Qustration of this occur to us. Tn the first Mrs, Quiver. ful was baying christened her latest baby. The old minister was a little deaf. "What name did you say? he queried. "I sald," replied the mother, with some asperity, "Hannah" "Deo you," said the other, "mean Anpa or Hannah ?® "Look 'ere" exclaimed the now thoroughly exasperated lady, "1 won't De hexamined in this way. | mean 'Haitch-hay-hen-hen-hay-hajtch'-- Hannati!" The second incident to which we re- fer is this. Here ¢iso there was "a Indy jn the case." Bhe was on an er rand,' and she had to' deal with the name of another party. In brief, she bad bought a pair of sleeve links for ber flance When the 'shopman asked, "Any initials, miss? The rest may be stated thus: She--Oh, yes; I"forgot. Engrave a "y" upon them for his first name. Shopmap--Pardon me, is it Uriah or Ulysses? Names with "U" are rare, you know. She (proudly)-His name Is Eugene. London Globe. "MOLL. PITCHER." ~ History of the Famous Heroine of the Revoution. "Moll Pitcher" tras the daughter of a Penhsylvadia German family living fu the vicinity of Carlisle. She was born in 1748, and lier name was Mary Ludwig a pure German name, She was marrled to. oue John Casper broke out with thé mother country en ligted 18 fie Fitst Pénnsylvania art. lery and was afterward transferred to the Seventh Pennsylvania infantry, commanded by Colonel William Irvine of Carlisle, with whose family Mary Ludwig bad 1ifell at service. She was permitted to accompany her husband's regiment, servifig the battery as cook and laundress, and when at the battle of Monmouth (Freehold), N. J. her husband was wounded at his gun she sprang forward, seized the rammer and took his place to the ond of the battle. After the battle she carried water to flie wounded, and bence hes Yet name of "Moll Pitcher." Hayes died after the War was over, and she married a second husband of the name of McCauley, and at het grave In the old cemetery at Carlisle there 18 a monument that bears this inscription : Molly McCauley, Renowned in History as "Molly Pitcher." the Herolng of ., Monmouth. . Died J Be 1838 Erected A by of Cum a4 County, Joy 4 oe voted le 4 lt of $40. and pension of $40 pee. yobs. | brow is bright i whose feet | statesmanship of a Moses, ble us | eal sweetness | received. 5,300 more Britishers imaginatien . exalt the nation and throw a glamor about its dest in | writes Harold Begbie in The Dans In & young eountry whose with the dawn, and with strength om we look for the the pro- pheey of an Isaiah, and the rejoicing pogtry of a Shakespeare. We expect mspiration. We demand glory. But Canada disappoints. She speaks in no so n and majestic She sings s to us with no lyri- the dawn streaming with inc ms Bg brightness on her path, she sees no outline of the Throne of God, she hears no quiring of the Joungaye] cherubim. She is oonscious the greatness of her future, but that greatness is all of the market-place and the wharf. She goes forward to take her inheritance, not with: hymn and song, but with the grim masterfulness of a merchant eén- tering his colnting house. Sir. Wilfrid Laurier is a good man and a dexterous politician. He Ts not a great man. He cannot trust him- self to make the righteous and pas. sionate appeal to the nation which would rid it forever of its Sorupt and 'abominable politicians. He dis- misses ministers whose iniquity is hegugh heme to them ; his own virtue mown to the people : his incorrupti- bility is accepted by Englishmen and Frenchmen; that Gladstonian passion for honor and purity which ean sway multi- tudes and set a whole nation in the way of righteousnass. His long, lean, ash-colored Egyptian face reminds one when it is apimated by his rhetoric of Henry Irving, and when it is sphinx- like in repose of Benjamin Disraeli. Like these two men, he is a pictur- esque orator, an adroit politician. He uses events, he does not make them; he watches opportunely, he does not fashion destiny. Fortunate is it for Canada that among so many base and pliant politicians there should be this central pillar of honesty and seli- respect; but happier would it be for her and for us. if the chief pilot of her fortunes had the lofty "soul of a Mil- ton, and the spacious mind of Gari- baldi. Politics are the eurse of Can- ada, and the praise which history will bestow upon the French-Canadian Prime Minister is that he mitigated the curse. Genius alone can remove it. Chronicle move the high mountains, tongue OPEN UP NEW COUNTRY. Contemplated Work of C. P. R. the Northwest, Mit Wm. Whyte, second vice-presi- dent of the C. P. R., who has recently been in Montreal in connection with the work of settling the company's appropriations for railway expendi- ture in Western Canada during the coming year, has now practically completed his work. The appropria- tions that have been settled upon do not provide for any new colonization lines of striking importance, but show that the company will confine its at- tenition mainly to continuing the work it. has already begun in thoroughly exploring the vast and fertile portions of the provinces pl Saskatchewan and Alberta that lie within a distance of from two to three hundred miles north of the company's main line, The principal work decided upon for this year, Mr. Whyte announced, will be the completion of Pheasant Hills branch clear through from She- ho to Wetaskiwin, on the Calgary- Edmonton line, thus giving the com- pany a far shorter route between Ed- wonton and Winnipeg than it has at present, besides opening up iigeh new country. In order to ky this Mine a section of 82 miles will have to be built from Sheho to Lanigan. From Lanigan to Asquith, 24 miles wast of Baskatoon, there is a section already compléted. From Asquith the company will build a stretch of 200 miles west to Hardisty, =t the cross. ing of the Battle River, and that will complete the line, for thé rails are already laid from the Battle River to Wetaskiwin. | In The Retort Courteous. 'A well known New Yorker was talk- ing about the London cabhy "It is impossible," he said, "to ride in a London cab and pay only the legal fare of a shilling for twp miles. Try cab-riding without liberal fipping and the cabman will assail you with the most brilliant and witty sar. casm. "1 know a lawver,. who, through ignorance, rode from the British Mu- seum to the Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly, and only gave his driver the shilling required by law "The driver lookéd at thiz 2hilling and bit his lip. Then in the most courteous manner, he motioned to the lawyer to get in again. © "*Go on,' he said, 'Do step in again sir, I could ha' drew ye a yard or two further for this ere." . British Immigration. Recent British officiat'emigration re- turns show. Canada's unquestioned SUPreMACY among countries receiving British emigrants. In 1906 Catindia t the United States, and in;1907 she re- ceived 18,969 more. rest of the Bri Empire is nowhere as com- to Canada. Despite the assist- od | Australasia received only i" as Against Canada's 117,586. Of course a large proportion of these are adults. It is probably true to say that Great Britain nted to Canada last year a DOpUlation hardly less than it of the Province of Saskatchewan. etachabie feature is that this but he has nothing of, PERIL AHEAD D FoR ENGLAND. Astrologer Says She WI She Will Have Troubh In Her Colonies. If astrologers, especially tho se whe foretell the happenings of a vear be- fore its birth, really believe their own predictions, they must have none but the gloomiest of outlooks for the year 1908, and must, indeed, be miserable men Decrease Sn trade, increase in the price of money, wars and rumors of wars, sedit'on and revolt, political ups and downs, earthquakes, international trouble, disease and other troubles, are all predicted for the coming year The price uf wheat will be high, sav: an astrologer, and there will be a fay ure of root crops. "Sepharial," edit.ur of the "Fore cast," and a new weekly, Futures," was asked yesterday to calculate a special horoscope for the year; and some of the more interesting of his predictons are given below "The year 1908 is likely to prove one of the most fateful in the history of England. Three major planets, Nep- tune, Uranus and saturn, will hold cardinal signs, and be responsible for the development of great political crises. On the 8rd of January there will be a total eclipse of the sun in the sign of Capricorn. This falls closa to the position of Mars in the royal horoscope, and as Capricorn rules India, we may look for an outbreak of sedition and revolt in the pen- insula. "Uranus continues in the sign of Capricorn and in opposition to Nep- tune in Cancer during the next two years, the result being that New Zea- land and British South Africa, India 'and Egypt will perhaps be the scene of sedition and revolt "The position of the Government will be tremendously assailed and | effectually undermined in the spring fof 1908. Joseph Chamberlain will effect some signal sdccesses in July, and, given a continuknece of the pre- sent mprovement in his health, 1 judge that he will be a most prom- inent figure 'in the administration of affairs. Saturn will then be stationary in the horoscope of the present Gov- ernment BRITAIN STILL FAR AHEAD. Builds More Than Half the World's Shipping. The statistics of the world's ship« building in 1907, just issued by Lloyd's register, show a total output of mercantile tonnage by the United Kingdom of 1,742,365, being a decrease of 220,200 tons as compared with 1906, which was the highest on record. Tha foreign output in 1907 increased by nearly 80,000 tons. Great Britain, however, still builds more than oné-half the mercantile shipping of thé globe, which last year showed a net increase of 1.984. 800 tons as compared wh an increase of 2,158,000 in 1906. The world's fleet of sailing ships was reduced during the vear by 180.000 tong, and the steam tonnage was in: creased by 2,164,800 Great Britain is still a large pur chaser of vessels built abroad. Ane other matter of great discontent in this country is the large percentage of foreigners employed as seamen on the British mercantile marine, num- bering a total of 40.000, with an ane nual wage list of $10,000000. While the question of the unemployed is pressing heavily asNore, this is econ sidered unfortunate, and the British Naval League is taking aciive steps to agitate the utilization of the un- employed to take the place of aliens on the ships Oliver Cromwell's Body. "What becam# of Cromwell?" The question is a vexed one. According to an ancient tradition Cromwell's body was conveyed immediately after his _death, in obedience to his lash orders, and was buried on Naseby' Field, "where he had obtained the greate st victory and glory." Accords ing to another account, Mary, Lady Fauconberg, Cromwell's daughter, was able to convey the body away from its grave.in the Abbey and te have it buried in her husband's house of Newburgh in Yorkshire, where the tomb, an impenetrable marble one, is still shown, says The Lancel. An. othdr corpse was substituted for Cromwell's in the abbey, and it was this nameless . corpse which under- went the indignities put upon it on January, 1661, when the putative body was hanged on the gallows at Tyburn, together with TIreton's and RBrad- shaw 8, while the head was set up on ole above Westmingter Hall his head, still transfixed by a spike which was lot through the cranium by means of a specially drilled hole, is now in the possession of Mr. Hor- ace Wilkinson, of Sevenoaks. It is the head, curiously enough, of some one whose body has probably been embalmed, for the top of the skull has beeri sawn off in order. presum- ably to admit of the removal of the brain. The body to which this head belonged was buried under the gal- lows of Tyburn, unless, which is prob- able, the Fauconbergs oblained the body there and 'carried it off, : Death masks of Cromwell might throw-same light on the question of the identity of the head One of these was in the museum of the Royal Follege of Rurgeons of England a cen- ago. It is described by William i as an "undoubted cast of the face of Oliver Cromwell." It was pre- sumably a death mask. Another such is, according to Waylen, in the pos- session of Rev. Thomas Cromwell, rector of Michel Dean, Gloucester, shire. Tt may be mentioned that the measurements of the Sevenoaks head are said to correspond with those of extant likenesses and busts of the Protector. 'Britain's Rule In lodia. "Our rale in India. fio doubt, is to some extent in the nature of a miracle, That it is one of those miracles like that which preserves & man's eyesight face ol) a thousand risks run by wise man will care - look. We, § soy re Jefuse to be pessimistic' "J. W, Stewart . snd Isabela Wood- Sale of All "Odds and Ends" At Little Bits of Prices. 67 Boys' Two and Three-piece Suits, Odd Lines, but the lot together contains all sizes, from 25 to 33. Every Suit a good one and really worth the original price, but they are odd, and as suehNthey were inven- toried at a price to ¢ lear quick, Not a shop worn suit in the lot. Regular prices were $3.50, 1.00, 1.50, 5.00, 6,00 and 6.50, / Take Your Choice for $2.45 / joie of 15 Children's Fancy Suits, new styles last fall, Regular $4.00 to 6.00. Sizes 21 to 26. Price to Clear, $2.45 Men's Trousers, odd lines; regular $3.00 Take Your Choice for $1.95 70 Pairs and 3.50. Don't put off coming to see those Bargains, but coe early. RONEY & CO., The Store That Sets the Pace. -- 12 Princess | St. OC O00O000CO0VO0O0000000OO000Q00000O0OO0VOOOOOON La 0 0 st==But Not! Least. Only a few more Bargain Days. Our Clean Sweep Sale will be over Saturday Night. $5. 00 Waukerz & Bresford Patent Boots $3.97 Men's $5.00 Tan Calf Blucher Bhiapunsessssavhnissosss 3.97 Men's $5.00 Gun Metal Bluchers, large eyes, 3.37 Women's $3.50 & 4.00 Vici Kid and Leather Lined Shoes. Women's $3.00 and 2.50 High Laced Shoes See the Above Bargains in Our Windows Men's $1.50 Working Beots, sizes 6 to 11, 1.17 Boys' $1.50 School Boots, sizes 1 to J... LA7 Men's $1.25 Working Gaiter Boots...... O7¢ Girls' $1.50 Box Calf and Kid Lace d Boots, sizes 11 to 2 Children's 85 ae Kid Laced | size: D, 6 and 7. Little Boys' Heavy y Se hool Boots, 85 quality, 8 , 9 and 10 Baby 60c Button Boets, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Baby 50¢ Button Boots, sizes 3 to 7 Small Children's Slippers, 20 to 40c... Liquid Shoe Dressing, regular 10 & 15¢ for Abernethy' Ss 00 OOO FOO COO0COOOOO0O000C0 | OOOOH 0000VO00000V00H 'Men's 0 0000 0000000000000 00000000000000000VV0COINIV DOO 1.97 Oo0O0000 1.17 OOOO 0 OQOK Sac VO0 QOQOOOOVOC A Tookes * This cut speaks for itself, --shores the thoroughly shrunken interlio- ing. It'sthisinterlining that makes the collar keep its shape when laundried. These collars are 4-ply. It's the careful attention to these details that makes these 2 for 25c. Tooke Collars the most popular and best collar value in Canada, TOOKE BROTHERS, (LIMITED is. MONTREAL, 9 | GetIit for To-Morrow's Breakfast THE BEST OATMEAL MADE." The $t. Lawrence Lo Refining Co Ltd REFINED SUGARS Granulated and Yellows. Made entirely from cane ask for aStlaw ;