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Jaymxfir? it ‘(l >3 4‘. - -ht.. h‘. €311.30. a. fine range of Oriental Rugs '_ at 90 cents to .4. as , . t.- rm. '3“! I it. it“; qr. .15.: at, Linoleums. t IN a" ti". . ’ this season’s trade. A. "a :‘ 25 and 30 cents :I’i": - 20 and 25' cents a yard. .. if" '3‘ . - .lto 25 cents ayard. 24:. I ICttrta’iinPoles‘; either wood .7‘ ,We have the best andlargest stock of Carpets, ' cloths and Linoletiins in town, and have all new " ‘ ' designs to show. .2 Ask to see our new 500. lines-at/GO and. 70 cents. .21 X $4.50 each. The Big Store. CARPETS AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS. I Colored Art Muslins, all new desi W'e‘jhave-a. splendid showing of Lace Curtains, Cur- tain Muslins, beth White'- and colored, Art Musltns, Art Sateens, Carpets {in Tapestry, Unlon and Wool; also Rugs~ andSquares,» Oileloth-ssand The above are ALL NEW LINES, bought especially FinetW-hite Frill-ed Muslin for Curtains at .20, 25.- , i _ and 30 cents a'yard. _ Fine White Bobbinet Muslin for Curtains at 20, a yard. Fine White Fancy Nets for Curtains at 10, 15,, V' Lace, Curtains at 25, 50, 75, $1,, $125 to $5,113,,im,p_ a WVindow Shades at 35, 45, 50 and 70 cents each, or brass, 250. each.” Tapestry Carpet. Better See our display of these on: Saturday, Special Bargain Day in every Department. w. concerns. gas, 5, 10,15 for 9’ . .-:' ' I. . Fe ~.t '1 °t S. Melly, the larder. VICTORIA COUNTY’S LEADING JEWELER. We are making the greatest elfort in our history to make the holiday season. of 1903 surpass anything we have ever attempted. We are showing the best and most varied assortment of Gem and Wedding Rings, Gentlemen’s Sig- net Rings, Gold, Gold-filled, Silver and ("run-metal Watches, Bracelets in sev- eral designs, the richest in Gold and Pearl Brooches, some elegant goods in cases suitable for ' presents. EBONY GOODS Combs, Brushes, Mirrors, holiday goods for theladies in morocco cases. Sterling Novelties, Sterling and Plated Silverware. etc. Remember we do the finest Repairing in watches and jewelry, and in Engraving we have no competitors. Come early and give us a chance by buying your goods and . having them engraved before the rush. Bear in mind we are headquarters for Watches, Gem and Diamond Rings, re- pairingin watches and, line engravrng. r2. Meta Furniture and. - Undertaking. , OW Just received this week an- other lot of nice Baby Car- riages that are Value. Also Extension Tables, Side- ' boards and Bedroom Suites. 'W l carry in stock a full line of l’arlour Suites Lounges, Chairs, Etc. ’ Picture framing, a Specialty. if you are in need of a Sew- iigng Machine be sure and see styles before buying. 1., DEYMAN. Spectra: ~ 0/ .r DYIG ' to your heart’s conteu STANDARDTngYE I ' ‘ \. They are the most brilliant and beati- AWAY I t with S“ t .6 results. g 10.2. a package, 3 for 25c. A complete stock of Toilet Articles, 5 Perfumes, Drugs and Me é tiful, and give the best dicines. - Robson’s Drug Store. 4 FcneIoanalls. its-m: f: I. fill”. first“ i were ' 4 manganese w. neksown’s FURNWURE ' if US ild E$$, and will carry a large and upetoâ€"date stock of furniture. Am, also prepared to do all kinds of Carriage Making, Repairing and Repainting, and to make DOORS AND-S Planing done one short notice. S. S. Ga ASH. - 1 111611 ‘ 'THosf RosoN. ' occasion nine of Russia’s ships were de- ’ said that the Japs have renewed the at- tack u on Port Arthur. and co tuned -. _ . , p p 'edrmkang water was frozen solid. "Cutters. ' "Tit; Fcnelen Fall‘s - Gazette. I Russia-and lapen. The war between Russia and Japan forts and ships at. Port Arthur were at- tacked by the Japanese fleet. On, that, stroyed or badly damaged. and it is new four of the enemy’s torpedoboats by the use of Russian signals. Both nations had about the same number of ships when hostilities commenced-I; but seve- rail of Russia's were somewhat old-fash- ioned, while all of Japan’s were uptoâ€" date. So far, there has been no fighting on land, but there is likely to be, at several points,befcre long. The gene- ral impression seems to be that the war will not last; many months, and that Ja- pan will beat, herbig opponent. Russia is indignant because all; or nearly all, ) the other nations side with Japan ; but for this there is a good and sufficient cause, which the New York World thus explains: “Almost frenzied declarations come from RuSsia that th'e‘people of the United States are to blame for the Course of" Japan in going to war. Any. such’bclief mustbe ascribed to charac- tcristic ignorance and prejudice." Japan has needed no monitor in the matter, Utility .of our Government. That the S‘m3ath of the American ice in is t . . “y l y l p ‘wlll do well in cold storage, a good lremarknbln development of the indus- with Japan cannot be denied; indeed, there is no tendency to deny it. Not only has the brilliant Japanese overture to the drama of war excited admiration. but back of this is the history of the contending forces. Each has by its own acts established a moral status. Russia is not viewed with either the admiral. tion to be’won by more bugencss and strength, or the esteem due to the effort to uplift itself. It has been unspeaka- bly greedy and brutal; its policy one of acquisition abroad and repression and oppression at home. Japan, on the oth- er hand. has been an eager and apt stu- dent ol’ the ways of civilization, and has made wonderful progress in adopting them.” Our Butter Exports-g. The Brantford Expositor says : “ Nothing. perhaps, illustrates more forcibly the value of the Liberal admin- istration at; Ottawa than the immense growth in the past seven years of the Canadian butter trader. Back in the seventies and early. eighties Canada 3iused to send Great Britain. a great deal l'of butter, worth to our Farmers nearly $3.000,000 in 1887, and $3.333,419 in 1881. From that time onward there was a great falling-off» Other countries nearer Great Britain, like France and Denmark, had gone-in for improved methods, and were allowed to capture the trade. By 1887 the trade actually fell cfl“ to $174027, and in l896,â€" the last year of Conservative rule, it was $893,053. As soon as Hon. Mr. Fisher became Minister of Agriculture he in- stituted the cold storage system. from maker to consumer. The first year the exports jumped to $1,912,389. By 1899 they had attained a value of $3,526,007, and'iu the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1903‘, the butter exports to Great Brit- ain brou~zht in $6,554,014. This is a try. and Canadian electors may draw their own conclusions from thel'act that, in the last. seven years of Conservative rule the value of butter eXported'was $4.500 000, while in seven years of Lib- eral rule it was 327 500.000. The Op- position press may do all the howling it will. but. it will find insurmountable --menccd in earnest. and that , and hasbeen aware of the strict neu» I : reliable ,Globc has. [-er exclusive controlol any other Canadian isumr‘narized renorr, with every item oi“ The Globe’s was News, ‘â€" wood,- multitase who are lookiuigflfor a warmer climate than it is here are to be The Russo-Japanese conflict has com~ congratulated. part of the world is now the centre of interest. The Globe. with its usual enterprise, has made arrangements with the London Times whereby. it is able to publish sim- ultaneously the reports sent direct from the scene of’ action. The Times. lmu~ .don. England, has established its rep-u I tation as being the greatest and most newsgatl'lerer in the would, and readers can have full benefit of its excellent stafi'of correspondents by road- inc.r the daily or the weekly Globe. The this service in Canada, and these report‘s will not. appear in their original form in publication. A interest. will be' especially written for the Weekly Globe, enabling readers to gziiri {thorough k.no_wlcd;,I-e ot'tiie situ- ation without the trouble of readinu columns ofvcontradictory and confusing reports. The Weekly .Globe, with its illusn‘ated section and many interesting features, is no’wfloue of the cleanest and brightest iiewspapers in America. Cold Storage Hens. ' Atthc rcceaneetineIr of. the Cana-I ..dian Agricultural Association of Fairs and Exhibitions, held in Toronto, Mr . ~~ , l . ‘ . ‘ commenced on the 9th lush, when the .'-.W' R‘ Graham of [he 0“ A‘ b" S‘nd that they-had made the-college hens lay this winter by keeping.r ithcm:vcoltlé-by' leaving the, door of their houses open two or three hours a day when the tem- perature was away down below zero, and giving :them snow to eat when their Our opinion. founded partly upon experience and partly upon, what we have read For years in poultry journals, is that if you want hens to lay in winter you must; keep them warm; that if the tempera- ture of their residences can be by any means kept several‘dcgrees above freez- ing point, they will lay fairly well on a sufficiency of almost any kind of food ,r but that if they'are uncomfertably cold, they will not lay half enough eggs to pay for their keep, no matter how they are fed and cared for. In a word. we had more to do with their laying or not laying than all other " factors " put to- gether. At least, that hasâ€"been the case with all the bees we have ever owned; but then they were quite illiterateâ€"- ,could n’t even read or write. and per_-. .haps it is different with hens that have received a college education. M r. Gra- ham’s statement is certainly “ interest- ing,” as one paper calls it, (though " staggering ” would be a better word); but if he really has a breed of hens that many farmers would probably rather have a few of theirs-eggs than a sample of the seed grain with which the Gov- ernment gratuitously supplies them. Powles’ Corner. __.â€" (C'orrespomi’ence of the Gazette ) -. Several weeks have passed away since you have heard from. l’owlcs’ lorner, and a great many incidents have occur- red in'that time. ' The basket social which was to have taken place last Friday evening. the 19th, was postponed until Friday even. ing, the 26th, and it; will be held in the school house. Admission 1550. Those who buy baskets will have the admis- sion fee refunded. and no basket will be sold for more than one-dollar; Don't forget the sale on the 3rd of March on the farm of Messrs. John and 'W. l-I.'Cullis,'one mile west'of Powles’ Corner. A . Mr. O. Glaspell is not. making as great headway as usual in «assessing the township. owing to the bad state-of the reads. Mr. G.‘ is alsousalesman for Chase Bros, of Colborue,. nurserymen, and has been very successful. Mr. W. N. Jeffrey has moved to the County of York, about 25 miles west cf Toronto. It is not likely Mr. Jeffrey will do any more mason work here. , Mr. John A. Day has given up the notion of going to the Nerth-west, as he has purchased a farm near Valentin, in 'M'ariposa township. . Mr. James Fell has been getting the material on the ground for a new house which he intends-to build on the east hundred. The Wlarton Echovsays that men may come and men may go, but this winter will not go on for ever.- The G; T. R. Co. willfbe glad if it doesn’t. A. Montreal firm has written to the post-master here for a shipment of fresh ' eggs at 370- per- dozen; but the hens have put their foot dowu against‘sucn cold‘ weather. Mr. John Sims had the misfortune to lose one of his best cows. There was no apparent sign of the animal being unwell the day before it died. Every person is getting tired of this winter, especially these who cut the have always believed that temperature. New STOREcâ€"rMF. Sid uey Tyrrell, of Colbornc. has rented the store lately va- cath by R. 8. Allan Ni: 00., and is new receivingnnd opening out a large stock of general merchnndize. His advertise- '_ment will probab=y appear in our next issue. ~ Err-z Sener.-u.tsr.â€"â€"-l’rof. J. H. De- Silbr'rg, the celebrated eye specialist, will be at tliedlansion House, Eenelon Fallsl’rom 'l‘uesday afternoon, March ~. 1.5m. until 'l‘bursday afternoon, March 'l’lth. Consultation free. See adver- tisement in another column. ‘Pnas‘onarSLâ€"«ntlra. John Austinac- compsnicd-Mr. Austin to Kinm‘ount on ouday, with libel intention of remainâ€">- 3lntz.for' a- few days”.;.l....llri Charles 0’- Learywas, at the Falls on Sunday,‘vis- iting-‘bis sister,.Mrs. Hand... .llr. Al- exander- McArtbur, of Lindsay, has lbeen at the Falls since Tuesday..." Miss Emily Hand came home from To- room on Tuesday, and was accompanied from Lindsay. by her aunt, Mrs- John Berry........\lissAlice Niel left for'To-u .-ronto 'Oll Tuesday ..... .el‘lr. Thou. Rob- son was “at -_ i’e'terborougb on», business this week‘..j."2j‘.l..l'lr._ Hugh N. McQougall. was home over Sunday. ' CLEAN YOUR liners-«A few days 'ago the-roof of one of the drivinusheds ‘on the- Baptist church lot collapsed: under the Weight of the snow piled upou others. Snow is heavier than some-- ,people think it is, and. in, winters like this reefs that have not much "‘ pitch ”" :arc very apt to go down. An exchange 'sayszr “ A Gray county man weighed-5 three feet of snow taken from the roof of his stable. and the weight was 42?: pounds. Taking this as a standard, a cubic yard of snow would weigh 126? pounds. No wohder numerous bulld- ings break down by the great weightof’ snow on them.” Pnosncurn Tunersâ€"A lumber-mam Peterborouszh Review that deer are be- ing slaughtered in large. numbers out- ‘north by hunters and settlers. who locate them in their “ yards" and find little or no difficulty in annihilating the en- tire number, owing: to the depth of snow outside the sheltering trees. Men Who of the law ;4 and, but for the fact. that practically everybody objects to being an “ inforiner."'they would soon 'bx, pun- ished for their misdeeds. says’: ‘5 In all probability Game War- iden Smil-h,of Bel-levillc.~ would secure take a trip north disguised as a lumber« what he ought-to do. . CQRRESPONDENCE '.‘ Tot/(cEditOrof the Fender; Falls Gazette: DEAR Sm, . The Victoria County Old Boys met in the. Oddfellows’ Hall, corner College and Yenge streets, on Friday evening, the 5th inst. This was a really satisfactory meeting, as it showed 'a large increase in the membershipof the Association. Those presentnt‘ former meetings were surprised at the large number. of "ladies who flucked into the hall, and, indeed, this is the first meeting at which any number of the fair sex have beenpresent. This means luxury '3 weremead from Judge McIntyre, Judrre Barron-and Reva-Father O’Boyle, who belie accepted honoraryqmembership in the As- sociatiom After some business proceed- everybody became. re-acquainted with, old long-lost: friends, some little speeches were made and Miss May Callaghan, ofLindsay, gave a selection on. the piano, followed by M'lsslt‘ord,’ who sang “Kathleen Mavourâ€" noon” and Miss Baxter, who recited “ The" Country Grocer’s Daughter.” Then the project of an excursion was discussed, and, after a speech by Mr,- H. A. Middleton, in which he told of the desire on the part of the people of Lindsay to have this'excurr sionheld on the lst of July to assist in the celebration, a . committee was formed to make the necessary arrangements with the G. T. R., and it is expected" that thegexcur- .sion will be held on that day. The project ofa‘World’s' Fair excursion was also men- tioned, but was not discussed at any length. Mr. William lngram, of Fenelon Falls, su - gested'a plan for bringing all the Old Boys and Girls in the. city together as speedily as pessrble, but there was no time left to ’. discuss the project. Yours sincerely, CHAS. E. HAND?) Toronto, Feb. 12th, 1904. - BIARIEIED. THURSToNâ€"BEATTY.â€"-In the township of Verulam, by the Rev. Mr.‘ Cooke, on 'Wed- nesday, February 10th, Mr. William V. Thurston to Lucy, eldest daughter of Mr. Guy Beatty, of Verulam. Porrsâ€"Kcnnsrr.â€"â€"At Brooks’ Hotel, Fen- elon Falls, by the Rev. A. S.,Dickinsou, on; Wednesday, February 17th, Mr. George .Pmls 10 Miss Stella Kcll tt . burton. e t b0”! Of Balsa. it, and we have heard of one or two from'acamp near l-Ialitburton told the» will thus violate the game laws ought: to be' prosecuted with the utmost rigor.- The Review - some interesting information if he would“- man or wood ranger," and that is just' -._...-..___.._.~. . ____â€". in the way of entertainment and refresh» < ments at our next meetiua', which will he: held on.the first Friday in March. Letters ings audn short intermission in which: I/ Nn‘trsmw:; 9M. www_.. . MR..- ,.., :.zxmmԤx?¢fu.\ Lu. . . L 5: fl ii um" .. 11“" SEE-2. - avg-.mlm , app s xv“... 4-..: .'_ ,. vim.