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/‘\./~.. ' _ .- VA ,/ “a...” _" AAMa 4 . r 1‘35 ., I "-2 «-'~".,':~h*.0“'.t‘v;_ ._,‘ ,_ "xfiqc‘ . .’.-V‘w'r~ “NV-A“ .~. a y v'vmrm” J“ ..v v u'v ' w. concerns. ,) .>.. I i- i i . i 4. THE Bus CLEARANCE SALE). SHLL GOES 0N.. ' 's’ -1.; WW SOME BARGAINS THAT ARE BARGAINS. The Big Store is the best place to buy fine Clothing â€"â€"there’s no doubt about it in the mind of any of our customers. We sell the best clothing for the money '_.- it is possible to produce. We sell at the lowest price it is safe for you to pay for quality. Read the list ' carefully for Saturday. 1-0 doz. Men’s Felt Hats, black, grey and brown, regular $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. Sale price, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .79 Men’s Tweed Suits, regular 37, $7 50 and 358. Sale price $51.99 Boys’ Norfolk Suits, (2-piece), regular $3, $3.50 and $4. Sale price $2.09 Boys’ 3-piece Suits, regular $3.50 and $3 75. Sale price. . .. . ... $2.99 Men’s tweed Pants, regular $1 and $1.15. Sale price . .. . . . .. .09 6 doz. men’s colored cambric Shirts. Regular 75c., $1 06 and $1.25. Salefprice . . . . . . . . . . . . -.49 Men’s winter Gloves, kid or mocha, reg. $1 and $1.25. Sale price .79 15 doz. misses’ and women’s black and colored Gloves, regular 250, 35c. and 400. Sale price per pair . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .13 Another lot~of cheap Dress Goods for Saturday. 20 pieces fine black Dress Goods, regular 35c, 400. and 5°C. Sale price per yard .23 30 pieces black and colored'Dress Goods, regular price 60c., 75c. and 85c. Sale price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ‘ . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .44 Fine English bleached Cottons, regular 120. and 13c; Sale price.. .08 5c. Steam Loom. Another case this week. Regular 7c. Ior . . . . .05 56 pairs more of ladies’ fine Shoes, similar to those of last week. Sale price,perpuir...... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . $f.,00 31) pairs men’s fine box calf Shoes. Regular $32.75, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00. Sale price, per pair . . . . . . . . .. $2.00 A winner for this weekâ€"2300 yards fancy print, big variety of pat- terns, price while they last, per yard. . . . . . . . .. . . . .'... . ... .. . . .. .05 ' 30 pieces striped Flanellctte, per yard . . . . . . . ..... . ...... "u .05 15 pieces Flannellette, plain grey or plain white. Regular price 10 cents. Sale price peryard . . . . . .07 Be here early Saturday. Ceme Friday if you can. “OOOHMMM - “WWW” ONWW Departmental Store. ReductiOn CF LADIES' MANTLES, SKIRTS. A‘N'B‘ FUBS. We wish all our friends and patrons a most happy and prosperous New. Year, and'to be more practical we are offering all our Mantles, Skirts and Furs at a reduction in price that cannot fail to interest you. '@@@@fi@@@@ 125 Ladies’ Skirts ranging in price from $1.50 to $15.00. These Skirts are made from the best t c ii ii iii 0 ii ii iii ualit cheviots broadcloths and tweeds and all @ <1 i a I 2 pp @3 ii ii iii ii iii 0 ti ii iii this season’s styles. V... 24 Skirts, regular price $2.25, on sale at $1.75. 12 “ “ $2.75, “ $2.00. 6 only Skirts “ $3.50, “ $2.75. And all other lines at prices that may justly be termed bargains. Ladies’ Coats worth $3.25 for $2.50. “ $3.75 “ $3.00. See our $5.50 Coat, made from best quality Frieze and Knapp cloth, semi-fitting back and lined $4.50. We can save you money in Furs if you buy them now. A nice assortment to choose from, consmtin of Caperines, Buffs, binds and Caps. “ {G with mercerized. . Our sale price . . 09 Don’t miss this money-saving chance. TH E CH EAP STQREL . iiii. CAMPBELL. $33 @éagggeaegge $ .gcraofahe London peorhave been-item» pcrarily relieved. But it is an almost fully.” 'l‘he Penelo Fal _ etc. Friday; Feb. 10th,.1905’t. ‘ - " it is Horribte. On our first page we give an editorial from the Mail and Empire on ” EM? land’s Problem of no; Unemployed,” the writer of which ives some harrow- u . _ , , , . g- ,; Fairs and Exhibitions Association. iog figures, speaks of the theories as to the causes of the prevailing distress: and winds/up by saying that “ the need of the hour in England is not loose change. but brains; not philanthropists, butz statesmen.” Tibia?- statement: is not quite correct, because, however much brains and statesmanship may be de- sired, the whole cause of the trouble is the want of “loose change"in the pock- ets of the unfortunate beings who go about seeking employment: and finding none. The appeni' to the charitable on behalf of the starving thousands of Tottenham and West Ham has .been nobly responded to in this Cainadabf ours, and the " Globe Fund” will prob ably reach $5.000 by to-morrow night, after which no further contribhtions will be asked for, as the worst is already over;;,t'liat is to say, the pangsot hun- heartbreaking certainty that similar crises will occur, not only in England, but in other countries, as in all of them there are toiling; millions who canvonly get food as-long-os they can get work, and the stoppage of the one means the stoppage of the other. A book entitled “Poverty: its Causes and Recruits," by Robert Hunter, is reviewed in last Saturday’s Globe, and the writer :scys : 1 “ There aregreabmasses of’men who are up before dawn, who dress and wash and eat, kiss their wives and children and hurry away to work, or to seek work. The world rests upon their, slioulders. But industry is‘ so organ- ized that they gain-enough to live upon only when they work ;.;should they cease, they are in destitution and hunger. The more fortunate laborers are but a few weeks from distress when the mri-. chines are stopped. Upon the unskilled masses want is constantly pressing. These people are the actual producers of-Wealth, who have no home nor any bit of soil they may call‘their own“ They are the millions who possess no tools, and can only work by permission of another. In the main, they live miserably, they know. not why. They .work‘ soro, yet gain nothing. They know the meaning of hunger and the dread of want.” The way in which “ industry is or.- ganized ” is the cause ofnemzly-oli the. suii'ering and misery in civilized coun- tries, and the only possible solution of “ The Problem of the. Unemployed ” is offered by the Socialists, who demand that ” all those things upon which the. people in common depend shall by the people in common be owned and ad- ministered.” W The Lchi':=iAE§i§latur.e.,. Hon. G.jW'. Ross and his colleagues resigned on Tuesday afternoon, and the Lieutenant-Governor was advised to in. fithiing will be decided for some Weeks, ' imfarmua-n'd’iii'o- stock" matters» in the ince will be. discussed‘at the annual 'bf reducing the number of fall exhib. M mister.- oft Agricult governments. Ft is not likely that any- but it may be set down as certain that before many moons are gone Mr. Dry- den will be using his undoubted ability service of the Department of Agriculture here.” ‘ . Matters vitally afl‘ccting;the interests~. of the agricultural societieseflthe Prov; convention ofthe Fairs andiEiihibitions Association. which will be held in Tor- ontevon February 14th to 16th. A great majority cf-tthe societies have ap- pointed delegctcs to this convention,- in order that they may have an opportun- ity of expressing their views on the sub- jects under discussion. The most im- pnrtantisubjccts which will come up for discussion are : "‘ Should. horticultural societies be separate in the Agricultural and “Arts Act from agricultural soci- eties 7" “Should the number of agri- cultural societies be'rcduced ? ” “ How many fall exhibitions should be allowed in each ecunty ?’:‘- “ The best method itions." “ Should the distinction be- tween township and district societies be abolished and the societies i'ect-iv:c.ilieir.- grants in proportion .to rtho'i amounts thoy.expend for agricultural purposes ?" “ Should the government grant be with- held from societies that permit games ofcliniice at theirexhibitions?” "Should the Legislature be asked to vote a spec ial appropriation to assist in .stninping out. games of. chance at. agricultural ex. liibitions ?" Other Subjects of. a gen- cral nature which will be. considered in- ciudc " Ownership of stock by agricult- ural societies," and “ Spring stallion show.” Supt, H.,B .chai willpre- cent his report of‘ fairs wnrka~ iii the province during the year. Owing to the importance oftlie subjects, the cou- vention this yearwill lost three days instead of-two as usual. Reduced rates have beensecured overall the railways. A.~.Crisis .for New-Ontario. . The follc'iwine,r is. part ofi'an cuticle under the above heading his recent is- sue ol' the Globe : “ The intcrrcgnuin between two Ad- ministrations is a good time to face one oil-the most serious problems this Prnv- ' ince has ever had, or is ever likely to have, thrust uponvjt for. immediate and peremptory solution. The outgoing Ministry would have been compelled to have settled -it= (11’. once in some way if it had remained in centrol of public affairs; the incoming Ministry will, du- ringr the first session of its first Parlia- ment, find itself under the necessity of deciding what its course of action is~_to be. The problem is the control iof the liquor trafiici in the vast region lying far to the north and north-west of the set- tled parts of the Province. Four-fifths of Ontario lie within that area, and of this. the development has only-begun. The question for settlement is whether a liquor license system that has never been successful in an old community, where it has all the. appliances of a lilte Mr- Whitney t0 hfm't‘a'namAd' 'vCliristian civilization to aid it, is to be ministration, which wasdone, and Mr. :J. P’. Whitney is” now Premier of On- tario. On MOnday Mr. Ross, who will, of course. be leader of the Opposition. .told a Globe reporter. that, although the elections were disappointing“ he “looked forward with much pleasure to relief from the cares of office and ac- forced gratuitously on a new community in what is still a practicallypunbroken wilderness... The license law is‘ more difficult to enibrce there than it is in older and denser settlements, for there is less chance to invoke public opinion in favor of its strict-observance. Drunk- cnuess and ,its concomitant disorderli- cepted the decision of the electors cheer. negspam more rife because they are The Globe says :; V “ The conditions under which Mr. Whitney enters upon his office are in many respects unique. He has a ma- jority so large that any surrender to men of, blemished character or selfish motive'would be incxpedient and to the last degree culpable. His choice of men for positions of trust need not be forced. The alienation of some of his support- ers would be in his own as well as in the public’s interest. In any case he is bound to select the best men available for the important departments they will have to administer. And in the Legis- lature he will have his chance to Work out what he considers the best policy in education, temperance, colonization, and in administration and development of the resources of the ’Province. He is bound by no outgrown pledges. That fact increases rather than diminishes his responsibility. It; puts upon him the obligation of reason, intelligence and devotion to public ends." With reference to one of the most useful members of the late Cabinet, we find the following despatch from Otta- wa, dated the 6th inst., in the Toronto papers, and, in the interests of agricult- ure, hope it may be true : . “ There is some quiet talk gomg on in Liberal. circles here. especially among the members from rural constituencies, in the direction of finding an appoint; merit in the Dominion Department of Agriculture for. John Dryden, the lutfi, more vocial; and if this is the case where settlement has been going on for a quarter. cf;e century, it; is. sure to bc- imuieasurably worse where the process is just beginning, and where its progress will be extraordinarily rapid. If there is any reasonable and feasible way of saving that. region from the dangerv.-im-. pending over :it, no time should be lost it} taking the precautions necessary fort its protection. Survoyors have been at Work for, many months locating the. main line, of..the, transcontinental rail- way, and no long time will elapse before the work of reconstruction begins.” Being strongly opposed to the liquor trafiic, we sincerely hope that Mr. Whit- ney and his colleagues will be. able to solve the somewhat knotty problem be- fore them. W A Business Deal at Magnitude... _â€"â€"- The Post says : -‘ It will be of'inter- est to the business community to learn thatcne of the largest business enter- prises of the“ kind in our, town,has_ changed owuership. The Rathbun Co. have disposed of their entire business business interests in Lindsay to a new« ly organized company, to be known as Baker & Bryans, Limited. Mr. Baker has been the agent of the Rathbuu 00. since they began operating in this sec- tion, with Lindsay as a centre. some eighteen yurp cgc,.and under whose on- ..-v--l .-â€".’-v<_.~ vâ€"_-_.â€".-â€" - ».-â€".,. . -d mo in the Ross erpri-zing and succissful . 11.042323") Put the business of the agency has develop. I ed to such an extent thatin itselfit is .one'of the most important concerns in‘ our midst. With Mr. B‘lkfll‘ in the new dcpcrrurclis associated .\l r. Robert Bryans, our well kiimvn townsnian, who until recently was heavily interested in is similar kind of business. his need- less for us to say one word as to the business capacity and enterprise of cith- : er of these gentlemen. They are as well . known and v highly-appreciated by all '1 blasscs-~ot“'citizenss§ anyone can desire 2 'to be. The new company has purchas- led all the limits, manufacturing and“ freighting plant, store-houses, yards and stock, and with the energies of thcnerir! management cencentrated, the abund- ant success of Biker & Bryuns, Limit- ‘edjisi secured.” Dead Body Exploded. . A despatch from St. Paul, Minn, dated February 4th, tells the following strange story : ' “Peter Eberhart is supposrd .tci-ber the name of a farm band who yesterday drunks small bottle of nitro-glycerine on a wager, froze to death while walk- ing home, and to day exploded when ofibrts were made to thaw him out... Peter worked near Wlicctlcy,. Minn; . and while in theviliéige yesterday met the town marshal, who showed him a bottle of nitro-glycerine, saying' it was taken from a bank robber. Peter bet that he could drink it and never feel injurious effects. He drank it and... started for home. He failed tosgetr home. but. this .niorning was found by the roadside. frozen to death and much distorted. ' He was picked up iind'linulâ€" ed to the home of Claude Armonvzile, his employer, where his late “ boss" undertook to thaw him out, so that the body could be placed in acoflin and-i ‘propcrlyfi composed: While the body was left in an out-building near a stove in which was a roaring fire, the nitro- glycerine exploded. The building was almost as completely wrecked as was . the body of Peter." ' Fell-Ts Station. â€" (Correspondence of the Gazette.) '~ Mr. Pogue, of Lindsay, has been vise iting relatives in and around Bury’s--â€" Green for the past week. Mr. Thomas Bulmer, of our vicinity, has. taken unto himself a life partner in the person of Miss Lizzie Logan, of“ l‘oronto, and his many friends wish; them'.m.au'y years of wedded happiness. I Miss Lizzie Tipling, of Honey Grove, has been visiting friends at Powlesf.‘ Corner for the pagt fortnight.- I Mrs. Wm. Mitchell, Fiiirview, has " purchased a lovely new piano case Do- minion organ from the Bowmauvilles Organ and Piano 00., and is very. high - ly pleased with it. Mr. J. W. Moise, of Orbno, 0017., who is agent for the Dominion Oroan; and Piano 00., of Bowmanville. wagin our. locality recently looking up business:: illr. Moise also does all kinds of repair- : ing aud‘tuning, and expects to be in our Vicinity again in the very neon: future. V ‘ Mr..-O.‘.H.§ Mois'e, of Toronto, hast been spending aafew days with his rel-.. ativos at Fairview. * A couple of checker ~ma~tchcs harm taken place recently in Baddow settle- - ‘ment, which afford quite a lot of amuse». ment for these. long winteryeveninvsw and more are expected to follow: n i p Ounday school,- No. 11, is progressing -' splendidly under the careful attention -. and unfailing interest ofvour teacher. Miss M. Martin. ' ' Mr. Edwin Wood and 'Mi'ss Ellen LWood- spent Sunday with relatives near-i.- ‘Coboconk. Mr. B. Smith, of Bury’s Green, is busy at present making preparationm “for a newabriels'rh‘ouse which he intendiii». erecting thiscomiog summer. ' ' “‘“avâ€"s-‘mâ€"M A CALr‘s B‘.trn.~â€"Ou Monday a calf. about. nine months old, owned .by Manx: Walter McCall, back-ed ‘into an open well on his premises on Francis street, arid remained there so long that, though ‘ alive when rescued, it died next. day. 'l'nn FIRS‘I‘..--BLOCKADE'e-Owlng to. the snow-storm last night, the train. from Haliburton was cancelled this (Thursday) morning. It is the first .. blockade this winter on the line running I through the. Falls, and we hope-it will i be. the ltlstu A COUNCILLOR WANTED.â€"Owin‘g to.) the resignation of ,Councillcr McGee, somebody else will have to take his pl,ace,_and .the Returning Ofiiccr’s proc- lamation ist.already out. The nomina- tions will be held in Twomey’s'hallht, noon on Thursday next, the 16th inst., and the election (if any) on the 'l‘hurs- ' day following. ’Rah for the best man I - ALLEGED Honsn Tamraâ€"About a. fortnight ago a man named Edmonds, from Orillis, hired a horse and cutter .' at Mr. J. H. Lee’: livery stable. Anita-c )1 i‘ o- , . iii