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CUXTCDI $8165 D2431 \{Uzlul 22 in. and 4 ft. M APLE. TELEPHONE lo. 93 or {yaâ€"47.13. Doyou want Wood? If so, I am prepared to deliver to you at current rates BEST QUALITY I6 511., S... J. P§ETTY BEFORE THE BATTLE W. M; Rfififififl, 0247’ Terms 0257 Pi’zces I/V/mz‘ we I/Vam‘ A [ITTLE BHAT Qéegin wz'l‘lz W e a’mz’z‘ 'zmm‘ a cent W e lam/e also WEST END 3 STORES Is more trade. It you favor us with a share of your patronage we will reciprocste your kindness by doing all in our power to serve you faithfully and well. THE J EWELER. We win extend thirty days’ credit tan a]! responsible parties. Are consistent with our qualities. Then: is a point on the down grade of quality where cheapnacn ceases M be economy. WE NEVER. CRoss THAT LINE. ' WOOD. 0f your money unless you-are sstisfied you are receiving full value for it. That is why we are always g'ad to have you look around out were; and Iearn how much better you can do here than elsewhere. In connection with our Shoe store a REPAIR department which we recommend to you with all con- fidence. not: only for NEATNESS, but also for rRonmxmss. If we say your Repairing will be done in an hourMâ€"it will be. done in an We can supply you in a perfectly satisfactory manner with anything in the line of Groceries. In Boot-a and Shoes our stock is of the sassmm szxvmnmw kindâ€"se- lected particularly for that class of people who want lasting and mod- erately stylish Footwear. six weeks, we purpose giv- ing our customers such Bargains as we never at- tempted before. We will not 'quote any articles or prices, but just say. that all goods are at Bargain prices. We carry one of the largest stocks in the county and do the Finest Engraving and Repairing. \Ve wish, to thank our many friends and public generally for their liberal patronage during the year 1898, and solicit a continuance of the same. of Stocktaking, which com- just what to expect from us net-vice, in goods, and in prices. une and will surely help all who ever have occasion to call on us for §nythi98. by letting ghem knoly About our business will harm no mences in about a month or . KNOWLSON Displeasure has been caused in some quarters by the council’s action in excluding the press representatives from committee meetings. Since they were admitted last year it may seem hardship to be refused admittance by the new council. It is, however, a matter that lies within the jurisdiction of that body, members of which explain that while they are willing to have all the results of their deliberations made public yet the process by which these results are reached is not always in condition for pablic perusal. While in favor of the widest possible liberty being given the press, we can see force in the councillors’ contention. Com- mittee meetings are for the purpose of discussing and deciaing on questions with the fullest,i‘nformation at hand. Very often one can imagine that references of a personal character have to be made and details obtained that are necessary to a thorough discussion but which is neither necessary or wise to make public. Then again in com- mittee subjects are at an immature stage. Opinions are expressed at the outset without full information or care- ful thought and members are seeking solutions. The process will go more naturally and with better results if councillors feel free to ask questions and offer suggestions without h’aving them brought under the public: eye. “’0 are now able to name a. very low price on this celebrated “ EUREKA COAL.“ (the “Watchman Builders? Hardware. The best quality Blacksmith Coal that money can buy. Also Lhester White and Berk- shire Boar for Service McEJC’flE/Nl 3305., Argyle P.0 BULL CALVES, (Thoroug h bred Shorthorn Durham, Also CHESTER WHITE PIGS for saie at all times The above are all good stock and well worthy the immediate attention of those requiring such. Mciéfifim 8: £0 gent THURSDAY, FEB. 2nd, 1899 nt for. ..... ' BPPBEWE PEST QFHGE. STOCK FOR SALE ant) victoria ”(Mather EUREKA SMITHING COAL Reporters at Committee Meetings . MEJLLET MCLENNAN 812 CO Hardware, Coal and Iron SCRANTOH HARD COAL PRICES REDUCED THE WATCHMAN AND VICTORIA WARDER. Highest ................. 38.60 Tuesday Lowest. . . . . . . . .... . . . .â€"I3.60 Frisday Warmest day, mean of ..... 3'. 50 Tuesday Coldest “ “ . . ..â€"-I.75 Friday The week “ . .20 77 PRECIPITATIO\S IN INCHES. Greatest tail of rain in one day, 0 08 Tuesday Greatest fall of snow in one day 25 Thursday Rain fell on 1 day Snow fell on 4 day: Total rain and men-ed snnw 0 35 Next Sunday the anniversary services of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church will be held. Two sermons will be preached by Rev. D. C. Hossack, B.A., L.L.B., of Farkdale, To- ronto. Mr. Hossack is one of the best preachers in the Canadian pulpit and will doubtless be heard by very large congregations. Special collections will be asked ...... On Thursday, the 91h, the anniversary will be turzher celebrated when Rev. Dr. Mungo Fraser of Knox church, Hamilton, will deliver his famous lecture on "Jerusalem and the Holy Land.” No admission fee is charged, but a collection will be taken for the Talent Workers’ fund. All are invited. Repart for week ending Saturday night January 28th. The first carnival of the season was held on Tuesday night. The weather was quite the thing, the ice prime and the whole carnival was a. most enjoyable event. W hnle the crowd wag up to expectations, ' he costumes may be regarded as choice ”that than numerous. A decidedly taking novelty was the addition of Miss M. Jonna and Miss B. Hopwood to the stail‘ofjudzes. These ladies performed their duties ina. way that showed they appreciate the nice points about an ice carnival. The Citizens“ band broke the peace in a. most acceptable faihion: Following are_t_h_e prize-winners: Mile raceâ€"Isl: George Brady, 2nd Ed. Powers. Spectators prize was won bv little Geo. McDonald, the ticket. being drawn by Miss Grace Lukny. Best; lady‘s costu‘meâ€"Miss' Sadie Tayiéi'; Jester. Best zents‘ costume â€"Frank G0u1i8, Mephistophles. Best: gtrls’ costumeâ€"Miss Maud Thorn- dilie. Lady o_t 16th Century.’ Best béys’ costumeâ€"thn Thorndike, ant of 16th Centurv. Best comic costumeâ€"Ronald L. Forte, CtLampionship. Double raceâ€"Two miles, exciting lst W. Henders and P. McDonald, 2nd W. Massaw and W. Pilkiu. we shall be glad to receive as citizens and business men. Mr. Urquhart, their solicitor, also won the admiration of all by his cordial demeanor and evident proficiency -in negotations. this week that his minister declared in a recent sermon that a young man is deeply enough in love to marry when he would bear having his teeth pulled out for the sake ot his sweetheart. That is putting the standard higher. Formerly he was supposed to be de- voted enough when he was willing to lose his hair. To MUCH cannot be said for the ability and dismtch with which the Rider and Kitchener negotations have been conducted. From the time a committee of citizens arranged the pre liminaries and gave an hint of the material we haxe for a Board of Trade, till the final draft of conditions was 3.”T€Ld upon the matter has been carried on with energy and skill. 'Of Course much of the credit for this is due T'onn Solicitor flopkins who is an host in such transactions. Messrs. Rider and Kitchener have likewise showed themselves gentlemen whom rent on Kent-st yesterday afternoon to the elfect that Mr. Wm. Steers, bar' rister, and Mr. Elias Bowes, auctioneer: had been appointed to the positions of Police Magistrate and Clerk of the Division Court respectively. Passing through a vacant lot the other day where some boys were hav- ing a game of ball I heard one of them who had got :1 mp on the knuckles from a “foul" exclaim: “Jimmy, that hurts;" and then, after rubbing his fin- gers a mome'nflhe went back to his place on the field, little dreaming that he had just uttered a solemn invoca- tion (to the old Roman demigods Ga:- tovr and Pollux. Fou- orur vulgar “jim- iny” is but a corruption of the Latin “gemini,” twn'ns, a name applied to Gas- tor and Pollux, the sons ort‘ Jupiter and Leda. 'Dhese hero gods ‘Were the pa- tmns ‘0: games and festivals of all kinds, and the especlal friends of tra- vellers; hence, when an odd Roman ex- claimed: “0 Gemini!" it was a devout appeal to the gods for help or protection. very much the same as when a. knight of old called on his patron saint. Killing Canadian Thistles. To kill Canada. thistles, let them come to bud, or flower. put heavy chain from right «hand end of double- tree to plow beam, at where the coul- ter is, or should he; leave slack enough to loop in w, just ahead of the turning . fu slice; have a good plow that it \ 4m the furrow, and with a steady 1 J you will cover. thistles completely, l .2 as they will have used all their vitality in maturing flowers for seed will be killed dead. A WELL DEFINED rumor was cur- OUR MANILLA correspondent writes ANNIVERSARY SERVICES FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL [From the Lindsay Observatory. Editorial Notes THE WEATHER TEMPERATURE. THOMAS BEAIL 3 green 'fiééi'éi't‘iéso notables characters, in the days of my servi . were women, and women of very uncertain age. There was, for instance, the “Countess of Windsor.” The “Countess” was a short, spare little body, with as drawn, pale face. an abundance of soft, gray curls and an ever- present smile, which would have been pleasant to see had its existence been called forth by reason. Her ladyshipâ€" nobody seemed to know her real nameâ€" had been a quarterly visitor to the bank as long as the oldest emplove could re- member, and was invariably treated with the utmost courtesy. Her other regular haunts were the Foreign Office at White- hall and Somerset House, to the officials of which establishments she Was equally well-known. Her history, involving a domestic tragedy and the sudden loss of a large fortune, was told with so many variations that it Was imncssible to ascer- tain the true one, but that she was of gentle birth was patent at once, notwith- standing the curious and altogether out- of-dute mode of costume she affected, the main features of which are an old silk gown of brilliant green and a bonnet like a coal scuttle. Public institutions the world over are all more or less infested with cranks, but none of them can boast a more interestv in: collection of human oddities than the Bank or England, writes G. A. Adam. I the casual eccentrics to certain characters who, because at their long continued reappearances at stated times of the year, have grown to be regarded by the bank employee. as ‘ ‘inetitntions. ” “ ‘ . , Iâ€" The Recent Capture in the Bank of East land Recalls Some of the Stock One: for Years Past. The particular bee within that alarm- ing headgear was a belief that a grateful House of Lords had, in consideration of certain services rendered by her late hus- band. voted the little ladv a slight mone- tary award, a triile of some ten millions sterling. This vote had been passed, in her poor old head. long before the brown curls had turned to silver, and, notwith- standing the fact that she had never been able to collect a penny, she never seemed to lose heart. It was all a question of time, she would assure youâ€"time and signatures. My first interview with the “Coun- tess," of whom I had often heard, took place at the bank‘s branch temporarily established in the Law Courts building. She came tripping up to the counter early one morning and, as I advanced. greeted me with a courtly how. “I am the Countess of Windsor. I pre- sume you are acquainted with my aflairs?” she said pleasantly. “As regards the vote?” I suggested. “Exactly,” replied her lndyship.‘ “I think you will find that the documents are now perfectly in order.’_’ So saying she withdrew from a shabby reticule the most fantastic-looking in- strument possible to imagine. It was a parchment roll setting forth the imagin- ary facts of her case in elegant script. signed (1‘) by an incongruous crowd which, I remember, included the Queen, Salisbury, Harcourt, , Irving and Brad- laugh, and decorated with a blue ribbon to which was attached an enormous tin watch case, burlesquing the great seal of State. I learned afterward that some of the idle youngsters of Somerset House had manufactured this document, and. it seemed to me a sorry joke. Another notable bank character was an elderly man who, unlike the poor little Countess, was thoroughly illiterate and or humble origin, but who, like her, bad a vague idea of rights to untold wealth. His name was Joe Wallace. Regularly four times a year Joe would show up at the private drawing office and present a check in rough manuscript for some fabulous sum. When informed that the check was worthless except as a. Inurio he would feign the greatest astonishment. Her face brightened instantly. and she pocketed the coin, saying: “Then you will please charge it, up, air,” and with another gracious smile went OR to see about the Duke’s signature. “Is this ’ere intended as a joke?" he would ask defiantly, and being assured to the contrary would stalk out of the building muttering vague threats. 0n the following day a latter would be re- ceived by the chief oushler from the irate Joe. The bank museum contains several of his effusions, all couched In some such terms as these: Bank of Englandâ€"Sin: I rite to say as my father as you no left wun millyon pounds for me in youre koflirs, but wan I cum to draw a cheq tic-day they clarks woodcuts pay up. Please send me sum as bignlss is pore and oblige, your obedient, J O WALLA CE. P.S.â€"Thia aint no idel threb. The solemn warning regularly convey- ed in his postcript for the past :20 years had never even led to Joe’a exclusion from the blank, though full. inquiries were instituted in his younger days, when it was found that he was a respect- able and hardworking, it crazy. oobbler. and perfectly harmless. “1 know what; you‘re going to say,” interrupted the “Countess.” “I ought to have the Duke of Westminster’s signa- ture. One or my Government friends told me that, and I actually forgot all about it. I’ll attend to it at once." With this the smilinzly rerolled the document and began to put it back in its rusty bag. her trembling hands showing in many places through a pair of well- worn gloves. As she turned to go I man- aged to slip a coin on the counter. “Oh, dear, no,” she replied, while eye- ing the money longingly. “No, air, it doesn’t belong to me.” “Of course, I don’t want all tho money down,” explained the with wo- man, ‘ha I examined the wouderful shoot and wondered how I was going to get out of the situation creditably. "I am afraid, your ladyship, that you have over- looked an importantâ€"” “Nor to me, nor to the bank,” I said. “Wont you take ltâ€"on account?” Perhaps the star crank of the bankâ€"â€" certainly the best known in its various departmentsâ€"was Mother McCabe. The form of this good lady’s eccentricity > was religious, and she endeavored to combine business with pleasure by drawing her quarterly ample dividend in life annuities and looking after the spiritual weliare of the bank clerks. She would bring with her, from her country residence, two stalwart men servants loaded down with New Testaments and a queer collec- tion of hymns of her own composition, Wretchedly printed and bound in covers oi! cheap wall paper. The meter of these outpourings of the saintly old lady was too fearful and wonderful to admit or description, but I remember that each efl’usion terminated with: Amenâ€"AM. Amelia McCebe. God’s Appointed. “Your ladyship dropped this, I think." I ventured to suggest. ODD CHARACTERS. LINDSAY. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND.1899% LYT1.E-â€"In Lindsay, on Wednesday, 251h Jan , to Mr. and Mrs. Jos.'Lvile, east waxd, a son (stillborn) BRYANsâ€"In Lindsay, on Tuesday Jan. 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Hany Bryans, wt ward. a son. ' STEVENS-In South Ops, on Friday, Jan- 2otb, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stevens, a $00 . STEVLNSONâ€"At Hill Head, Ops, on Tues- day, Jan. 17(h, to Mr. and Mrs. Stevwsoo, a. SOD. HUNTERâ€"HURCHMERâ€"On Jan. 24th. at the residence of Mr. H. Murchmer, bobcay- geon, by the Rev. J. W. Shiex, Gamer Hunter, jr. to Caddie IIurchmer, both of Bobcaygeon.. FIN-IESYâ€"CIBBONâ€"On 3am. 25th. in Fen- elon Falls, by ReV. \Vm. Farnccmb, B.A., Alfred Finley of Verulam, to Eva Gibbon, of Bobcaygcon. METCALFEâ€"ROBEâ€"At the residence at the bride groom, by Rev. R. H. Leiich. on Wed- nesday, Jan. 25th, Frederick A. Metcalfe of Feneion Falls, to Ida, eldest daughter of Mr. Francis Robe of the township of Penelon. DICK â€"In \Vinnipeg, Man, on Friday, January 20th, Sarah Wzllock, wife of Mr. W. R. Dick, aged 80 years. ' PEELâ€"In Ops, on Saturday, Jan. 28th, Harold Henderson Pee], infant son of Charles Peel . EV’ERSOXâ€"In the township of Vewlam, on Friday, january 201b,, John Everson, sr., aged 88 years, 8 months and 4 days. ' BURKEâ€"1n Lindsay, on Friday, Jan. 27th, Mary Burke, wife, of Mr. Wm. Burke, east ward. BUCKLFYâ€"At Sudbury on Friday, 27th Ian. .. JohnL Buckley, aged 30 years. For- merly of Lindsa}. SIMPSONâ€"AtMaBiIIa, on Jan. 24th, Mrs. Flora. Simpson, wife of Robt. Simpson, aged 75 years. PEELâ€"In Digby town; hip. on January, 231d, Mls. Richard Pdtl, aged 90 years. Vt Emum -On January 251?), at Little Bob, Iame< F. Welsh, aged 17 years, youngest son of Mr X\. ‘Vth'sh ' MCTAGGAKTâ€"At Sonya, on Jan. McTaggaw, agcn 82 years. ' IEWELLâ€"In Lime Britain, on January 28th. Mrs. Jewell, mother of Mrs Orlando Jews”. ‘ SOIERâ€"In Littic Bn'ain, on Tuesday. Jan. 3lst, Mrs Elizabeth Soper. aged 76 years and 7_ ‘months. \EILLS- A: VJ» ' florid. Harbor, on Tan. 26th, El-Izahexh Elgom: beloved wife of Mr. Frank M:l s, formerly of Emily. BeIlenlle Mixed ............... Port Hope Mixed via Bethany. . . Toronto Mixed via Whitby and E Toronto Express ............... . Port Hort Mail via Peterboro. . . . Toronto Mixed vix Lomcvilla. . . . Sunburn»; Mixed .............. Toronto Man . ................ Oobooouk Mixed... ........... Port Hope Express via Panel-born MCEACHERN.â€"At Argyle, on Sunday, jan. 29th. Gilbert McEachcm, aged 43 years. Haliburton Mixed ................ Toronto Express from Port Hope. Port Hope Mail from Toronto ..... Ooboeouk Mixed ................. Port Hope Mixed from Port Hope. Toronto sun from Port, ane ..... Port. Hope [-2 rem; from Toronto. Whitby Mix .......... Belleville Mked.......... LaveLmdanv.............. LmveJunctinu...... . ..... ...... Arrim at] B. 8: O.Ju1cunn........ Artive :2, Lindsay. . .. . .. ........... . Leave Bancroft. . . . . Leave Junction.. . Arrive at. Junction“ Arrlve n Bsncrozc mo You Will“ 65mm neatly at them tor Vin you medial advice. Write free the patio- nlnrs in your cue. on will receive a prompt. testy. wt out cost. B..J.o .gvng, We are sure you do not. Nobodywantsit. Butit comes to many thousands every year. ltcomes to those who have had coughs and colds until the throat is raw, and the lining membranes of the lungs are inflamed. Stop your cough when it first appears, and you remove the great danger of future trouble. Ayers Cherry l pectoral a whol- lulled ‘OIISIIIIIIDIWII? Mr”: Fine. For tour cents 3n stamps tong: __- _‘ __-un ___ __‘- -._‘_-Â¥ , Wo have the exclusive let-vices of some of the most. eminent. physician in the United States. Unusual appor- tunluea and long experience em!- stops coughs of all kinds. It goes so because it is a sooth- mg and healing remedy of great power. This makes it the great- est yrevennve to consumption. Put one of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Plasters over your lungs flodloal Advic- Fun. GIT R. LOCAL TIME-TABLE rtonr cent. In My stop: we will send you tum m 'uo-o ........... .....uoma nu ares:- trom Port ane. ......... hi1fromToromo..............‘ lixed........................... fixed tromPort Hope.......... ”mm For: ane ...... . ....... 13mg» from Toronto... ....... Ions-ocnpoooa. a Lined..........................., l. B. 8: 0. RAILWAY. MARRIAGES ' G T. R. SERVICE. ..................... no. 0 via Bethtny ............. 6 I Whitby and Port Perry 5 ............... 8 L3 Peterboro .............. 11 k Lorncvilla .............. 12 l ........................ 3 ......................... 6 .................... 6 in via Patel-bore .......... 8 D EPA RTURFS BIRTHS DEATHS ARRIV A LS. 0. AYE Lowell. 5Mmm ..... 6 15 8.!!! mePuquOLm mmmmmmm auPPPvP ummmm-% Jflm3668 ..u“”.n nun” 3. 17m, nmnmmmnm. 3tPPPPP wmmwwwmm 8HM2678N 11 mun“ h Ppp wwwu 1215 840mm mmmm mPPR mmmw 1.325 John Lafirippe GENTLEMEN who am partiallxo 0r \\ not; miss the opportumtv of seeing v1 11 1 Z w : :‘.‘. prove their appearance and add mum. : :1}; : against Colds Catarrh and other la 11 :t~ :1 2f"; lackof hair. TOI'PES AM) W 1051111 21 detection by the cloaest obserwt 1s‘2. delay! Secure the benefits nov. 3011 3“ 3:” later on. If not convenient to come '0 lfx' 1“ .‘ name and address and he will call at res: i1: -. »: sactions trio'tly confidcn‘ml. Remember at, BENSON HOUSE LI.\DS D DAY, FEB. lizh. 1899 also at 91:11:35ng Horn, PETERBORO FRIILH I “~ " ART HAIR GOODS f“ Hair taken m exchange, or cash paid for it. Big Reductions in the above lines {or the next two m \Ve will sell A150 some Half String and Open Bells to be sold at reduced ; PROF. DORENWEND 3131(an HOUSE- 1 I\DS AY. 01‘ W. W. LOGAN, HARNESS, HARDWARE. The Loss of the Hair to a Lady or Gentleman is a Great Affliction .HIGINBOTHAM, Tn gm Blankets worth $400 a pair for Bells, IOng Blankets, Bells, Robes fl fl t‘ U “ Often leaves a person with a bad Cough F use WHITE PINE BALSAM fo‘ur tun-ea ,of Price 20 cents. If you find yourself Weak 1:.“ out any appetite use O’KEEFE’S MALT 33“?" Price 25 cents, or $2.70 per dozen. ” ‘ Every week has brought NEW GOODS and New Customers. Our store is getting a. reputation among the best cooks and those who ave particular about the sort of Groceries they use. There are no stale Since opening our New Grocery Store we have obtained our share of the trade. goods on our shelves to push out; among the new. We know the grocery business. and are not experimenting. Our stock is the finest. in assortment and quality in town. We invite people who read these few words to come in and see for them- selves. One Door East of Benson House, Lindsay WITH ALL KINDS OFâ€" string, worth $2.00 fl THUS. BRADY, has demonstrased to over a hundred thousand pexsons that the artificial nu» tomtion of the dsuted locks is prc- eminently essent' to their HEALTH. COMFORT and G001) Looxs. Of late 1:0 has added man new styles and des';::~ to his h co ection and is now in a pm case of d-headmws or thin hair. Ewr; his new and artistic fashions in “'igs. B; Plain antpieoes. Switches, etc. ANOTHER WORD 2.50 Yours cordially, E. PROUSE; 0m Aflf‘ In the market, any make. aw cheapest according to the 9‘33 He pays cash for all his .9.“ gets the best discounts, C333 his customers righs prices andk terms. (K “ for General Agen‘ Linda)"; 170 Kent SW99” SELLS THE BEST FUNDS. (MEANS IND SEWING 'lCh'lNE 3 1E h C ( 1’ q 1 ( ( r‘ t “ ""**"'£"W Ma ‘4 .5 i i r; M- . , . . , , , , . . . , , n ,..., . . n.1,- 4..., < . . ’A'.‘ W The: .. . ’- l, a q a : ‘.’ . '3 Hunt. 1. .‘l‘ 6 THE WATCHMAN AND woman WARD . . Editorial Notes l ODD CHARACTERS- A “THE CHAT About our business will harm no one and will surely help all who ever have occasion to call on us for gnything, by letting them know Just what to expect from us in service, in goods, and in prices- To fight wit/z We can supply you in a perfectly satisfactory manner with anything in the line of Groceries. In Boots and Shoes our stock is of the SEFsIBLE sznvrcnanrs kindâ€"se- lected particularly for that class of people who want lasting and mod- erately stylish Footwear. ,We have also In connection with our Shoe store a REPAIR department which we recommend to you with all con- fidence. not only for SEATNESS, but also for mourrxrss. If we say your Repairing will be done in . an hour-wit. will be done in an hour. ”76 (27072? were]? a 5222f 0f your runnry unless you are satisfied you are receiving full value for it. That is why we are always g’ad to have you look around our sores anal learn bow much better you Can do here than elsawhare. 0257* Piece; Are consistent with our qualities. There is a paint on the down grade of quality Where cl’zeapnen ceases to be economy. We saver. Guess THAT Lisa. ‘ 0257' 777225 We will extend thirty days’ credit. to all responsible parties. I/Vkaz‘ we l/chz‘ Is more trade. It you favor us with a share of your patronage we will rectprocste your kindness by BULL CALVES, . doing all in our power to serve you faithfully and well. W. Ill. fidBSfiil, WEST END 3 STORES BATTLE of Stocktaking, which com- mences in about a month or six weeks, we purpose giv- ing our customers such Bargains as we never at- We will not 'quott: any articles or tempted before, prices, but just say, that all goods are at Bargain prices. We carry one of the largest stocks in the county and do the Finest Engraving and Repairing. We wish to thank our many friends and 1 public generally for their S. MAIN . catsuit PdSl QFFIGE. STOCK FOR SALE (Thoroug h bred Sherthorn Durham, Also CHESTER WHITE PIGS for sale at all times The above are all good stock and well worthy the immediate attention of those requiring such. Also Lhester White and Berk- shire Boar for Service McEJC/IERIV 3803., Argyle no Maseru i. no Hardware, Coal and Iron EUREKA SMITHING COAL Thu l)l‘.\l’, quality Blacksmilh C021] that money can buy. PRICES REDUCED \Vr- nrv now flblt‘ to name a very low prim- on this celebrated “lililil‘Il‘IA CO.\I..' Agent for ...... SCRANTON HARD COAL 'McLENNAN oo. Builders' llnrtlwnrc. ’CCbelt’Qlatcbman anb victoria Warner THURSDAY, FEB. 2nd, 1899 Reperters at Committee Meetings Displezisure has been caused in some quarters by the council’s action in excluding the press representatives from committee meetings. Since they were admitted last year it may seem liberal patronage during thelllafllslllp to be refused admittance by the new matter that lies within the jurisdiction of that body, members ufwhich explain year 1998. and solicit a continuance of the same. council. It is, however, a that while they are willing to have all the results of their deliberations made public yet the process by which these resul's are reached is not always in 8.. J. Pii'lTl THE JEWELER. condition for public perusal. \Vhlle in favor of the widest possible liberty being given the press, we can see force m the councillors’ contention. Comâ€" mittee meetings are for the purpose of discussing and deciding on questions with the fullest,information at hand. Very often one can imagine that references of a personal character have to be made and details obtained that are necessary to a thorough discussion but which is neither necessary or wise to make public. Then again in com- mittee subjects are at an immature Do you want “bed? If so, am prepared to deliver to you a J. M. KNOWLSON TELEPHONE lo. 93 or $5.â€"47-I3. I stage. t outset without full information or care- Opinions are expressed at the l n ' a" r . -' or cum-gm rates BEST QUALITY 16 in., :giutggrught and member» a e SCLblllo ' more naturally and with better results if councillors feel free to ask questions and offer suggestions without having them brought under the public eye. The process will go l 1 THE ONTARIO legislature 0 yesterday. The session will probably Fox and THE PROBABILITIES are that a by-law ‘will be submitted not later than next January providing for the erection of a House of Refuge. .._â€"â€"-â€" A WELL DEFINED rumor was cur- rent on Kent-st yesterday afternoon to. the effect that Mr. Wm. Steers, bar‘ rister, and Mr. Elias Bowes, auctioneer: had been appointed to the pOSltlonS of Police Magistrate and Clerk of the Division Court respectively. â€"1h OUR MAXILLA correspondent writes this week that his minister declared in a recent sermon that a young man is deeply enough in love to marry when he would bear having his teeth pulled out for the sake ot his sweetheart. That is putting the standard higher. Formerly he was supposed to be de- voted enough when he was willing to lose his hair. \ To MUCH cannot be said for the ability and dispatch with which the lider and Kitchener negotations have been conducted. From the time a committee of citizens arranged the pre liminaries and gave an hint of the material we have for a Board of Trade, till the final draft of conditions was agreed upon the matter has been carried on with energy and Skill. Course much of the credit for this is due Town Solicitor Hopkins who is an host in such transactions. Messrs. Rider and Kitchener have likewise showed themselves gentlemen whom we shall be glad to receive as citizens and business men. Mr. Urquhart, their solicitor, also won the admiration of all by his cordial demeanor and evident proficiency in negotations. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES Next Sunday the anniversary services of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church will be held. ,Two sermons will be preached by Rev. D. C. fHossack, 3A., L.L.B., of Farkdale, TO- ronto. Mr. Hossack is one of the best preachers in the Canadian pulpit and will doubtless be heard by very large congregations. Special collections will be asked ...... On Thursday, the 9th, the anniversary will be further celebrated when Rev. Dr. Mungo Fraser of Knox church, Hamilton, will deliver his famous lecture on "Jerusalem and the Holy Land.” No admission fee is charged, hut acollectlon “ill be taken for the Talent Workers’ fund. All are invited. THE WEATHER. [From the Lindsay Observatory. Rep-wt for week ending Saturday night January 28th. TEMPERATURE. Highest ................. 38.60 Tuesday Lowest..... ...........â€"I3.60 Frisday Warmest day, mean of ..... 3'. 50 Tuesday Coldest “ “ ....-â€"-I.75 Friday The week “ .....20 77 ruicwmartom IN INCHES. Greatest tail of rain in one day, 0 08 Tuesday Grmlest full nf snow in one day 2 5 Thursday Rain fell on I (lay Snow fell on .1, days Total rain and melted snow 0 3; THOMAS BEAI 1. â€"â€"¢â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€" FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL The first carnival of the season was held on Tuesday night. The weather was quite the thing, the ice prime and the whole carnival was a. most enjoyable event. While the crowd was up to expectations, 'lw costumes may be regarded as choice ”the: than numerous. A decidedly taking novelty was the addition of Miss M. Johns and Miss B. HOpwood to the stalfofjudrrcs. These ladies performed their duties in a way that showed they appreciate the nice points about an ice carnival. The Citizens‘ hand broke the peace in a. most acceptable fashion. Following are the prize-winners: Best lady's cestumeâ€"Miss Sadie Tavlor, Jester. ' Best gents‘ costumeLFrank Goulais, Mepbistophles. Best gtrls' costumeâ€"Miss Maud Thorn- dike. Lady of 16th Century. Best boys’ costume~John Thorndike, Gent of 16th Centurv. Best comic costumeâ€"Ronald L. Forte, Championship. Double raceâ€"Two miles, exciting. lst W. Henders and P. McDonald, 2nd \V. Massaw and \V. Pilkic. Mile raceâ€"Isl; George Brady, 2nd Ed. Powers. Spectators prize was won bv little Geo. McDonald, the ticket being drawn by Miss Grace Lukey. â€"â€"_._â€"._â€" Passing through a vacant lot the other day where some boys were hav- ing a game of ball I heard one of them who had got a rap on the knuckles from a “foul" exclaim: “Jiminy. that hurts;” and then, after rubbing his finâ€" gers a mome‘ut,’he went back to his place on the field, .iitttle dreaming that he had just uttered a solemn invoca- tion to the old Roman demig'ods Gas- tor and Pollux. For our vulgar “jim- tpy” is. but a corruption of the Latin gemam,” twins. :1 name applied to Gas- tor and Pollux, the sons of Jupiter and Leda. 'Dhese hero gods 'Were the pa.- trons of games and festivals of all kinds, and the especial friends of tra- vellers; hence, when an old Roman ex- claimed: “0 Gemini!" it was a devout appeal to the gods for help or protection. very much the same as when a. knight of old called on his patron saint. Killing Canadian Thistlas. To kill Canada thistlee, let them come to bud, or flower. put heavy chain from right hand end of double- treeto plow beam, at where the coul- ter is, or should he; leave slack enough to loop in w, just ahead of the turning . fu slice; have a good plow that it . am the furrow, and with a steady l a you will cove . r thistles completely, . .3. as they will" have used all tlheir vitality in maturing . ,n flowers for seed will be killed dead. and will benefit the land as green manure. - penedl The Recent Capture in the Bank of EIS‘ laud Recalls Some of the Stock One: for Years Rust. Public institutions the world over are all more or less infested with cranks, but none of them can boast a more interest- ing collection of. human oddities than the Bank of England, writes G. A. Adam. I am not referring to the casual eccentrics whose visits are of daily occurrence, but to certain characters who, because of their long continued reappearances at stated times of the year, have grown to be regarded by the bank employee, as “institutions.” Most of these notables characters, in the days of my service, were women, and women of very uncertain age. There wag, for instance, the “Countess of Windsor. The “Countess” was a short, spare little body, with a drawn, pale face. an abundance of soft, gray curls and an ever- present smile, which would have been pleasant to see had its existence been called forth by reason. Her ladysbipâ€" nobody seemed to know her real nameâ€" had been a quarterly visitor to the bank as lon'g as the oldest employs could re- member, und was invariably treated with the utmost courtesy. Her other regular haunts were the Foreign Office at White- hall and Somerset House, to the officials of which establishments she was equally well-known. Her history, involving a domestic tragedy and the sudden loss of a large fortune, Was told with so many variations that it was impossible to ascer- tain the true one, but that she was of gentle birth was patent at once, notwith- standing the curious and altogether out- of-date mode of costume she afiected, the main features of which are an old silk gown of brilliant green and a bonnet like a coal scuttle. The particular bee within that alarm- ing headgear was a belief that a grateful House of Lords had, in consideration of certain services rendered by her late hus- band. voted tbe little ladv a slight mone- tary award, a trifle of some ten millions sterling. This vote had been passed, in her poor old head. long before the brown curls had turned to silver, and, notwith- standing the fuel. that she had never been able to collect a penny, she never seemed to lose heart. It was all a question of time, she would assure youâ€"time and signatures. My first interview with the “Coun- tess," of whom I had often heard, took place at the bank’s branch temporarily established in the Law Courts building. She came tripping up to the counter early one morning and, as I advanced. greeted me with a courtly how. “I am the Countess of Windsor. I pre- sume you are acquainted with my aflairs?” she said pleasantly. “As regards the vote?” I suggested. “Exactly,” replied her ladyshlp.‘ “I think you will find that the documents are now perfectly in order.“ So saying she withdrew from a shabby reticule the most fantastic-looking in- strument possible to imagine. It was a parchment roll setting forth the imagin- ary facts of her case in elegant script, signed (1‘) by an incongruous crowd which, I remember, included the Queen, Salisbury, Harcourt, , Irving and Brad- laugh, and decorated with a blue ribbon to which was attached an enormous tin watch case, burlesquing the great seal of State. I learned afterward that some of the idle youngsters of Somerset House had manufactured this document, and it seemed to me a sorry joke. “Of course, I don’t want all the money down,” explained the little wo- man, ‘as I examined the wonderful sheet and wondered how I was going to get out of the situation creditably. "I am afraid, your ladyshlp, that you have over- looked an importantâ€"” “1 know what you're going to say,” interrupted the “Countess.” “I ought. to have the Duke of Westminster’s signa- ture. One of my Government friends told me that, and I actually forgot all about it. I’ll attend to it at once.” With this she smilintzly rerolled the document and began to put it back in its rusty bag. ber trembling hands showing in many places through a palr of well- worn gloves. As she turned to go I man- aged to slip a coin on the counter. “Your ladysbip dropped this, I think," I ventured to suggest. “Oh, dear, no," she replied, while eye- ing the money longingly. “No, sir, it doesn’t belong to me.” “Nor to me, nor to the bank,” I said. “Wont you take ltâ€"on account?” Her face brightened instantly. and she pocketed the coin, saying: “Then you will please charge it up, air,” and with another gracious smile went ed to see about the Duke’s signature. Another notable bank character was an elderly man who, unlike the poor little Countess, was thoroughly illiterate and of humble origin, but who, like her, bad a vague idea of rights to untold wealth. His name was Joe Wallace. Regularly four times a year Joe would show up at the private drawing office and present a check in rough manuscript for some fabulous sum. When informed that the check was worthless except as a curlo he would feign the greatest astonishment. “Is this ’ero intended as a joke?" he would ask defiantly, and being assured to the contrary would stalk out of the building muttering vague threats. On the following day a latter would be re- ceived by the chief cashier from the irate Joe. The bank museum contains several of his effusions, all couched in some such terms as these: Bank of Englandâ€"Sire: I rite to say as my father as you no left wun mlllyon pounds for me in yours koflirs, but wen I cum to draw a cheq to-day they clarks woodcut pay up. Please send me sum as hignlss is pore and oblige, your obedient, JO WALLACE. P.S.â€"Thls slut no ldel thrst. The solemn warning regularly convey- ed in his postcript for the past .‘20 years had never even led to Joe’s exclusion from the bank, though full inquiries were instituted in his younger days, when it was found that he was a respect- able and hardworking, it crazy. cobbler. and perfectly harmless. Perhaps the star crank of the bankâ€" certainly the best known in its various departmentsâ€"was Mother McCabe. The form of this good lady’s eccentricity , was religious. and she endeavored to combine business with pleasure by drawing her quarterly ample dividend in life annuities and looking after the spiritual welfare of the bank clerks. with her, from her country residence, two stalwart men servants loaded down with New Testaments and a queer collec- tion bf hymns of her own composition, . wretobedly printed and bound in covers of cheap wall paper. The meter of these outpourings of the saintly old lady was ‘ too fearful and wonderful to admit of description, but I remember that each effusion terminated with: Amenâ€"A.M. Amelia MoCahe. God’s Appointed. 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bryans, east She would bring LYTLEâ€"In Lindsay, on Wednesday, 251h Jan , to Mr. and Mrs. Jos.'Lytle, east ward, a son (stillborn) BRYANsâ€"In Lindsay, on Tuesday Jan. ward, a son. ‘ STEVENS-In South Ops, on Friday, Jan. 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stevens, 3. SOD . Stravntzsoxâ€"At Hill Head, Ops, on Tues- day, Jan. 17th, to Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, a SOD. MARRIAGES ' HUNTERâ€"HURCHMERâ€"On Jan. 24th, at the residence of Mr. H. Murcbmer, bobcay- geon, by the Rev. W. Shiext Garner Hunter, jr, to Caddie Iiurchmer, ooth of Bobcaygeon. FINLEYâ€"CIBBONâ€"On 3am. 25th. in Fen- elon Falls, by ReV. \Vm. Farnccmb, B.A., Alfred Finley of Verulam, to Eva. Gibbon, of Bobeaygeon. Msrcarru â€"RonEâ€"At the residence of the bride groom, by Rev. R. H. Leitch. on VVed- nesday, Jan. 25th, Frederick A. Metcalfe of Fenelon Falls, to Ida, Francis Robe of the township of F enclon. ________._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- DEATHS Harold Henderson Peel, infant son of Charles Peel. BURKEâ€"In Lindsay, on Friday, Jan. 27th, Mary Burke, wife of Mr. Vl'm. Eurke, east. ward. DICK -â€"In \Vinnipcg, Man, on Friday, January 20thI Sarah Willock, wife of Mr. \V. R. Dick, aged 80 years. ' Evuusoxâ€"In the township of Vaulam, on Friday, jammy 20th, John Eversou, sr., aged 2:8 years, 8 months and 4 days. SIMPSON -At Manilla, on Jan. 24th, Mrs. Flora Simpson, wife of Robt. Simpson, aged 75 years. PEELâ€"In Digby township. on January, 23rd, Mrs. Richard Pctâ€"l, aged 90 years. WELsH-On January 25th, at Little Bob, lames‘ 1“. Welsh, aged 17 years, youngest son of Mr. R. \Vebh. .VillJSâ€"‘AL Victoria Harbor, on fan. 26th, Elizabeth Elton), beloved wife of Mr. Frank Mil s, formerly o.’ Emily. h'lc'l‘».<;o.\s;'l‘â€"â€".~\.t Sonya, on Jun. I71‘n, john Mcl‘aggam, aged 82 years. _ Bummerâ€"At Sudbury on Friday, 27lh Jam. John]. Buckley, aged 30 years. For- merly of Lindsay. lE\\'ELl.â€"In Little Britain, f8th. Mrs. jewell, mother of Mrs ewell. SOI'ERâ€"ln Little BrI'ain, on Tuesday, Jan. 3lst, Mrs. Elizabeth Soper. aged 76 years and 7:momhs. McEacnmmâ€"At Argyle, on Sunday, Jan. 29th. Gilbert McEachem, aged 43 years. â€"â€"..._â€" on. january Orlando BIRTHS ‘ PEELâ€"In Ops, on Saturday, Jan. 28th,! ER. LINDSAY. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND,1899'~ . Lafirippe eldest daughter of Mr. ‘ 0.“: R. LOCAL TIME-TABLE ' DEPARTURES Bellenlle Mixed ......................... 5 50 p.m Port Hope Mixed via Bethany ............. 6 15 run Toronto Mixed via Whitby and For: Perry 5 50 a.m Toronto Express .......................... S 55 a In Port Hora blah via Peterbnro .............. 11 03 a.m Toronto Mixed Via Lorncville .............. 12 10 p tn Haliburton Mixed ........................ 3 00 pm Toronto Mall . .......................... 8 20 p.m Gobocnuk Mixed... ................... 6 30 p.m Port Hope Express via Peter-bore .......... 8 05 p.m ARRIVALS. Haliburtou Mixed ......................... 8 40 up Toronto Express from Port Hope .......... 8 50 mm Port Hope Mail from Toronto .............. 11 00 an Cobocouk Mixed ........................... 10 10 an: Port Hepe Mixed from Port Hope .......... 2 06 p.m Toronto hail from Port Hope ....... .. 6 2O p.m Port Hope Ex rose from Toronto... . 7 53 p.m Whitby Mix ......................... S 00 .m Belleville ”bred ........................... 10 20 p.m l. B. 8: O. RAILWAY. G T. R. SERVICE. Leave L'ndsrlv ............................. ll ‘20 l.m van‘e Junction ........ ......... . . 2 3:) p.m Arrivu a: I B. a 0. Junction” . . . z: 00 p m Arrive at Lindsay ......................... 5 so p.m I. ii. 8: O. SERVICE. Leave Bancroft ............................ 11 00 am Leave Junction. ‘2 '30 p m Arrive at Juuc'ion ........................ 1 45 p.m I Arrive at Bancrozt 5 15 p.m We are sure you do not. Nobodywants it. Butit comes to many thousands every year. ltcomes to those who have had coughs and colds until the threat is raw, and the lining membranes of the lungs are inflamed. Stop your cough when it first appears, and you remove the great danger of future trouble. ‘ stops coughs of all kinds. It does so because it is a sooth- mg and healing remedy of great power. This makes it the great- est preventive to consumption. Put one of, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Plasters over yourlungs a whole It.“ Lbs-cry Fm. For four cents in Item we wmsendyouflgggn’m lulled Advic- Fun. We have the exclusive services of some of the most eminent ph in the United States. Duns appor- tunlties and long nee uni,- nently fit them for {Win you medical advice. Write free a the pat-tic nlars in your one. on win‘reeelve a , prompt re ly.wl outcast. A era. B'J'Bdmfim Often leaves a person with arbad Cough, F9. use WHITE PINE BALSAM {our times a 1 Price 20 cents. If you find yoprself weak and ’ out any appetite use O’KEEFE S MALT Iii-1r. . Price 25 cents, or $2.70 per dozen. A 4 H;.. ER; all or g GE fir: ml l 9‘ a? 1.. . If" “"15 £57) :Lrfil: I :1 U .u. illlt (’97. [i ANOTHER ’Wllllll .l'll/L‘JI: sol-all {30‘} El ”IT”: .4 opening our New Grocery r“):- I: LE Since /E we have obtained our share of 2l::’- li‘l’ll-a Every wet-k has brought. NEW GOOD." Cling h’. "lettvlnrxltzs!.'.':II::.’.'oral.'.'.'ll.':.’lfo’ and New (,‘ll>lfllll‘,‘l1‘. Our More is CD'li Tn: :t reputation among: the but cooks ;«..:l those u'ho are particular about the wr‘ 0: (irOL-osrio» they uw. Thorn: are LO sin comb on our shel2r~ to push out among the new. “I: know the grocery ltusltw“ and Lil'(' llui expcrinwnting. Our star}: i~ the finr-x‘. in Assorttmâ€"nt :Lntl quali‘y in town. XV.- invite people who read thew few worth to conw in and see for 11h“ my ht‘l‘.'t‘>. Yours cordially. Us! mu: 0 7 lllllS. BRADY. One Door East of Benson House. Lindsay .‘lfrtll wittlltslrcn W I llllllll Helm} WI |.Il <51; 5:: ll: ; \ Tgmlrfll’f V' 5% ~"_-: Blankets. Bells, Robes Big Reductions in the above lines for the next In: it“ \Ve will sell . Blanket-s worth $400 a pair for - - S: :3 u u ., (t ' J.co - - _ “ (C 2.50 (i - - H (( 2 00 (a - - _ Bells, long strir g. worth $200 for - - H A" u 1.7: - - - ; u t. u 1.56 _ - I :2 u n u I ,5 _ - -1 '~' ' ' l --'- Also some Half String and Open Bells to be sold at ICCI‘Q:C. :: HARNESS’ E PRGUS? 0 HARDWARE. . EL; All. The Loss of the Hair to a Lady or Gentleman is a Great Affliction PROF. EOENWEND “'HO \‘v'lLl. BL AT Busnt HOUSE, LINDSAY. on w ' - _ $atm*dy,Feb.ll i HAIR GOODS llll> dctnonstmsed to our 1i huntinfl' thousand persons that the :u'tilir-inl 1- -, i .u .M .r “C \. ART a“ m a. . ‘\“.\ tomtion of the departed lkX ks i~ 7" , . . Q eminently essential to their 1:15.13', «1 4": ~- . ‘r‘mhja‘ Cmrrour and Goon Looxs. 0f in"... ‘ , 3" ‘ . up. has added many no“ stylus and :Emi- ~ ' l' to his large collection and is now it: ;. ‘. . . ' cast- of bald-hcadness orthin hair. fix: 7 . , ' , his new and artistic fashions in “'15. i . ~ -~ Plain Frontpieces. S\\'ltclic.<. ctr. GENTLEMEN who 311* part i;lll\ or » not miss the opportunity of seeing {\ 2:. ‘ ‘ prove their appetu‘uuee. and mid soul-u :gnunst Colds: Cutarrh and other lir .. . luck of hair. TOI'PES AND WIGS an :. . ~dctcction by the (lows: obwrn-t .\ delay! Secure the benefits now. \11. \ later on. If not. convenient to “UNIV 1. . _ name and address and he will call a: rt-x: ' ' - snetrpnstrretly confidun‘tul. Remember at BENSON HOUSE USU.“ “3 DA). FEB. llzh. 1899. also :11 ORIENTAL HOTEL, l’E'rInmouo Tu“ u. ‘7 Hair taken in exchange. or cash paid for it. I i A SELLS TH): ursr PIA N08. ORGANS All/.7 SEWIHG UACHziu‘ES In the market, anym..k:. cheapest according to 1‘12: 395* He pays cash for all Ezi‘ gets the best discounts. his customers righs price: terms. W. W. .LOGAN, ) General Agent, Linda)": .1- 170 Kent Saree“ C ( 1’ q 1 ( ( r‘ t “ ""**"'£"W Ma ‘4 .5 i i r; M- . , . . , , , , . . . , , n ,..., . . n.1,- 4..., < . . ’A'.‘ W The: .. . ’- l, a q a : ‘.’ . '3 Hunt. 1. .‘l‘ 6 THE WATCHMAN AND woman WARD . . Editorial Notes l ODD CHARACTERS- A “THE CHAT About our business will harm no one and will surely help all who ever have occasion to call on us for gnything, by letting them know Just what to expect from us in service, in goods, and in prices- To fight wit/z We can supply you in a perfectly satisfactory manner with anything in the line of Groceries. In Boots and Shoes our stock is of the SEFsIBLE sznvrcnanrs kindâ€"se- lected particularly for that class of people who want lasting and mod- erately stylish Footwear. ,We have also In connection with our Shoe store a REPAIR department which we recommend to you with all con- fidence. not only for SEATNESS, but also for mourrxrss. If we say your Repairing will be done in . an hour-wit. will be done in an hour. ”76 (27072? were]? a 5222f 0f your runnry unless you are satisfied you are receiving full value for it. That is why we are always g’ad to have you look around our sores anal learn bow much better you Can do here than elsawhare. 0257* Piece; Are consistent with our qualities. There is a paint on the down grade of quality Where cl’zeapnen ceases to be economy. We saver. Guess THAT Lisa. ‘ 0257' 777225 We will extend thirty days’ credit. to all responsible parties. I/Vkaz‘ we l/chz‘ Is more trade. It you favor us with a share of your patronage we will rectprocste your kindness by BULL CALVES, . doing all in our power to serve you faithfully and well. W. Ill. fidBSfiil, WEST END 3 STORES BATTLE of Stocktaking, which com- mences in about a month or six weeks, we purpose giv- ing our customers such Bargains as we never at- We will not 'quott: any articles or tempted before, prices, but just say, that all goods are at Bargain prices. We carry one of the largest stocks in the county and do the Finest Engraving and Repairing. We wish to thank our many friends and 1 public generally for their S. MAIN . catsuit PdSl QFFIGE. STOCK FOR SALE (Thoroug h bred Sherthorn Durham, Also CHESTER WHITE PIGS for sale at all times The above are all good stock and well worthy the immediate attention of those requiring such. Also Lhester White and Berk- shire Boar for Service McEJC/IERIV 3803., Argyle no Maseru i. no Hardware, Coal and Iron EUREKA SMITHING COAL Thu l)l‘.\l’, quality Blacksmilh C021] that money can buy. PRICES REDUCED \Vr- nrv now flblt‘ to name a very low prim- on this celebrated “lililil‘Il‘IA CO.\I..' Agent for ...... SCRANTON HARD COAL 'McLENNAN oo. Builders' llnrtlwnrc. ’CCbelt’Qlatcbman anb victoria Warner THURSDAY, FEB. 2nd, 1899 Reperters at Committee Meetings Displezisure has been caused in some quarters by the council’s action in excluding the press representatives from committee meetings. Since they were admitted last year it may seem liberal patronage during thelllafllslllp to be refused admittance by the new matter that lies within the jurisdiction of that body, members ufwhich explain year 1998. and solicit a continuance of the same. council. It is, however, a that while they are willing to have all the results of their deliberations made public yet the process by which these resul's are reached is not always in 8.. J. Pii'lTl THE JEWELER. condition for public perusal. \Vhlle in favor of the widest possible liberty being given the press, we can see force m the councillors’ contention. Comâ€" mittee meetings are for the purpose of discussing and deciding on questions with the fullest,information at hand. Very often one can imagine that references of a personal character have to be made and details obtained that are necessary to a thorough discussion but which is neither necessary or wise to make public. Then again in com- mittee subjects are at an immature Do you want “bed? If so, am prepared to deliver to you a J. M. KNOWLSON TELEPHONE lo. 93 or $5.â€"47-I3. I stage. t outset without full information or care- Opinions are expressed at the l n ' a" r . -' or cum-gm rates BEST QUALITY 16 in., :giutggrught and member» a e SCLblllo ' more naturally and with better results if councillors feel free to ask questions and offer suggestions without having them brought under the public eye. The process will go l 1 THE ONTARIO legislature 0 yesterday. The session will probably Fox and THE PROBABILITIES are that a by-law ‘will be submitted not later than next January providing for the erection of a House of Refuge. .._â€"â€"-â€" A WELL DEFINED rumor was cur- rent on Kent-st yesterday afternoon to. the effect that Mr. Wm. Steers, bar‘ rister, and Mr. Elias Bowes, auctioneer: had been appointed to the pOSltlonS of Police Magistrate and Clerk of the Division Court respectively. â€"1h OUR MAXILLA correspondent writes this week that his minister declared in a recent sermon that a young man is deeply enough in love to marry when he would bear having his teeth pulled out for the sake ot his sweetheart. That is putting the standard higher. Formerly he was supposed to be de- voted enough when he was willing to lose his hair. \ To MUCH cannot be said for the ability and dispatch with which the lider and Kitchener negotations have been conducted. From the time a committee of citizens arranged the pre liminaries and gave an hint of the material we have for a Board of Trade, till the final draft of conditions was agreed upon the matter has been carried on with energy and Skill. Course much of the credit for this is due Town Solicitor Hopkins who is an host in such transactions. Messrs. Rider and Kitchener have likewise showed themselves gentlemen whom we shall be glad to receive as citizens and business men. Mr. Urquhart, their solicitor, also won the admiration of all by his cordial demeanor and evident proficiency in negotations. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES Next Sunday the anniversary services of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church will be held. ,Two sermons will be preached by Rev. D. C. fHossack, 3A., L.L.B., of Farkdale, TO- ronto. Mr. Hossack is one of the best preachers in the Canadian pulpit and will doubtless be heard by very large congregations. Special collections will be asked ...... On Thursday, the 9th, the anniversary will be further celebrated when Rev. Dr. Mungo Fraser of Knox church, Hamilton, will deliver his famous lecture on "Jerusalem and the Holy Land.” No admission fee is charged, hut acollectlon “ill be taken for the Talent Workers’ fund. All are invited. THE WEATHER. [From the Lindsay Observatory. Rep-wt for week ending Saturday night January 28th. TEMPERATURE. Highest ................. 38.60 Tuesday Lowest..... ...........â€"I3.60 Frisday Warmest day, mean of ..... 3'. 50 Tuesday Coldest “ “ ....-â€"-I.75 Friday The week “ .....20 77 ruicwmartom IN INCHES. Greatest tail of rain in one day, 0 08 Tuesday Grmlest full nf snow in one day 2 5 Thursday Rain fell on I (lay Snow fell on .1, days Total rain and melted snow 0 3; THOMAS BEAI 1. â€"â€"¢â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€" FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL The first carnival of the season was held on Tuesday night. The weather was quite the thing, the ice prime and the whole carnival was a. most enjoyable event. While the crowd was up to expectations, 'lw costumes may be regarded as choice ”the: than numerous. A decidedly taking novelty was the addition of Miss M. Johns and Miss B. HOpwood to the stalfofjudrrcs. These ladies performed their duties in a way that showed they appreciate the nice points about an ice carnival. The Citizens‘ hand broke the peace in a. most acceptable fashion. Following are the prize-winners: Best lady's cestumeâ€"Miss Sadie Tavlor, Jester. ' Best gents‘ costumeLFrank Goulais, Mepbistophles. Best gtrls' costumeâ€"Miss Maud Thorn- dike. Lady of 16th Century. Best boys’ costume~John Thorndike, Gent of 16th Centurv. Best comic costumeâ€"Ronald L. Forte, Championship. Double raceâ€"Two miles, exciting. lst W. Henders and P. McDonald, 2nd \V. Massaw and \V. Pilkic. Mile raceâ€"Isl; George Brady, 2nd Ed. Powers. Spectators prize was won bv little Geo. McDonald, the ticket being drawn by Miss Grace Lukey. â€"â€"_._â€"._â€" Passing through a vacant lot the other day where some boys were hav- ing a game of ball I heard one of them who had got a rap on the knuckles from a “foul" exclaim: “Jiminy. that hurts;” and then, after rubbing his finâ€" gers a mome‘ut,’he went back to his place on the field, .iitttle dreaming that he had just uttered a solemn invoca- tion to the old Roman demig'ods Gas- tor and Pollux. For our vulgar “jim- tpy” is. but a corruption of the Latin gemam,” twins. :1 name applied to Gas- tor and Pollux, the sons of Jupiter and Leda. 'Dhese hero gods 'Were the pa.- trons of games and festivals of all kinds, and the especial friends of tra- vellers; hence, when an old Roman ex- claimed: “0 Gemini!" it was a devout appeal to the gods for help or protection. very much the same as when a. knight of old called on his patron saint. Killing Canadian Thistlas. To kill Canada thistlee, let them come to bud, or flower. put heavy chain from right hand end of double- treeto plow beam, at where the coul- ter is, or should he; leave slack enough to loop in w, just ahead of the turning . fu slice; have a good plow that it . am the furrow, and with a steady l a you will cove . r thistles completely, . .3. as they will" have used all tlheir vitality in maturing . ,n flowers for seed will be killed dead. and will benefit the land as green manure. - penedl The Recent Capture in the Bank of EIS‘ laud Recalls Some of the Stock One: for Years Rust. Public institutions the world over are all more or less infested with cranks, but none of them can boast a more interest- ing collection of. human oddities than the Bank of England, writes G. A. Adam. I am not referring to the casual eccentrics whose visits are of daily occurrence, but to certain characters who, because of their long continued reappearances at stated times of the year, have grown to be regarded by the bank employee, as “institutions.” Most of these notables characters, in the days of my service, were women, and women of very uncertain age. There wag, for instance, the “Countess of Windsor. The “Countess” was a short, spare little body, with a drawn, pale face. an abundance of soft, gray curls and an ever- present smile, which would have been pleasant to see had its existence been called forth by reason. Her ladysbipâ€" nobody seemed to know her real nameâ€" had been a quarterly visitor to the bank as lon'g as the oldest employs could re- member, und was invariably treated with the utmost courtesy. Her other regular haunts were the Foreign Office at White- hall and Somerset House, to the officials of which establishments she was equally well-known. Her history, involving a domestic tragedy and the sudden loss of a large fortune, Was told with so many variations that it was impossible to ascer- tain the true one, but that she was of gentle birth was patent at once, notwith- standing the curious and altogether out- of-date mode of costume she afiected, the main features of which are an old silk gown of brilliant green and a bonnet like a coal scuttle. The particular bee within that alarm- ing headgear was a belief that a grateful House of Lords had, in consideration of certain services rendered by her late hus- band. voted tbe little ladv a slight mone- tary award, a trifle of some ten millions sterling. This vote had been passed, in her poor old head. long before the brown curls had turned to silver, and, notwith- standing the fuel. that she had never been able to collect a penny, she never seemed to lose heart. It was all a question of time, she would assure youâ€"time and signatures. My first interview with the “Coun- tess," of whom I had often heard, took place at the bank’s branch temporarily established in the Law Courts building. She came tripping up to the counter early one morning and, as I advanced. greeted me with a courtly how. “I am the Countess of Windsor. I pre- sume you are acquainted with my aflairs?” she said pleasantly. “As regards the vote?” I suggested. “Exactly,” replied her ladyshlp.‘ “I think you will find that the documents are now perfectly in order.“ So saying she withdrew from a shabby reticule the most fantastic-looking in- strument possible to imagine. It was a parchment roll setting forth the imagin- ary facts of her case in elegant script, signed (1‘) by an incongruous crowd which, I remember, included the Queen, Salisbury, Harcourt, , Irving and Brad- laugh, and decorated with a blue ribbon to which was attached an enormous tin watch case, burlesquing the great seal of State. I learned afterward that some of the idle youngsters of Somerset House had manufactured this document, and it seemed to me a sorry joke. “Of course, I don’t want all the money down,” explained the little wo- man, ‘as I examined the wonderful sheet and wondered how I was going to get out of the situation creditably. "I am afraid, your ladyshlp, that you have over- looked an importantâ€"” “1 know what you're going to say,” interrupted the “Countess.” “I ought. to have the Duke of Westminster’s signa- ture. One of my Government friends told me that, and I actually forgot all about it. I’ll attend to it at once.” With this she smilintzly rerolled the document and began to put it back in its rusty bag. ber trembling hands showing in many places through a palr of well- worn gloves. As she turned to go I man- aged to slip a coin on the counter. “Your ladysbip dropped this, I think," I ventured to suggest. “Oh, dear, no," she replied, while eye- ing the money longingly. “No, sir, it doesn’t belong to me.” “Nor to me, nor to the bank,” I said. “Wont you take ltâ€"on account?” Her face brightened instantly. and she pocketed the coin, saying: “Then you will please charge it up, air,” and with another gracious smile went ed to see about the Duke’s signature. Another notable bank character was an elderly man who, unlike the poor little Countess, was thoroughly illiterate and of humble origin, but who, like her, bad a vague idea of rights to untold wealth. His name was Joe Wallace. Regularly four times a year Joe would show up at the private drawing office and present a check in rough manuscript for some fabulous sum. When informed that the check was worthless except as a curlo he would feign the greatest astonishment. “Is this ’ero intended as a joke?" he would ask defiantly, and being assured to the contrary would stalk out of the building muttering vague threats. On the following day a latter would be re- ceived by the chief cashier from the irate Joe. The bank museum contains several of his effusions, all couched in some such terms as these: Bank of Englandâ€"Sire: I rite to say as my father as you no left wun mlllyon pounds for me in yours koflirs, but wen I cum to draw a cheq to-day they clarks woodcut pay up. Please send me sum as hignlss is pore and oblige, your obedient, JO WALLACE. P.S.â€"Thls slut no ldel thrst. The solemn warning regularly convey- ed in his postcript for the past .‘20 years had never even led to Joe’s exclusion from the bank, though full inquiries were instituted in his younger days, when it was found that he was a respect- able and hardworking, it crazy. cobbler. and perfectly harmless. Perhaps the star crank of the bankâ€" certainly the best known in its various departmentsâ€"was Mother McCabe. The form of this good lady’s eccentricity , was religious. and she endeavored to combine business with pleasure by drawing her quarterly ample dividend in life annuities and looking after the spiritual welfare of the bank clerks. with her, from her country residence, two stalwart men servants loaded down with New Testaments and a queer collec- tion bf hymns of her own composition, . wretobedly printed and bound in covers of cheap wall paper. The meter of these outpourings of the saintly old lady was ‘ too fearful and wonderful to admit of description, but I remember that each effusion terminated with: Amenâ€"A.M. Amelia MoCahe. God’s Appointed. 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bryans, east She would bring LYTLEâ€"In Lindsay, on Wednesday, 251h Jan , to Mr. and Mrs. Jos.'Lytle, east ward, a son (stillborn) BRYANsâ€"In Lindsay, on Tuesday Jan. ward, a son. ‘ STEVENS-In South Ops, on Friday, Jan. 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stevens, 3. SOD . Stravntzsoxâ€"At Hill Head, Ops, on Tues- day, Jan. 17th, to Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, a SOD. MARRIAGES ' HUNTERâ€"HURCHMERâ€"On Jan. 24th, at the residence of Mr. H. Murcbmer, bobcay- geon, by the Rev. W. Shiext Garner Hunter, jr, to Caddie Iiurchmer, ooth of Bobcaygeon. FINLEYâ€"CIBBONâ€"On 3am. 25th. in Fen- elon Falls, by ReV. \Vm. Farnccmb, B.A., Alfred Finley of Verulam, to Eva. Gibbon, of Bobeaygeon. Msrcarru â€"RonEâ€"At the residence of the bride groom, by Rev. R. H. Leitch. on VVed- nesday, Jan. 25th, Frederick A. Metcalfe of Fenelon Falls, to Ida, Francis Robe of the township of F enclon. ________._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- DEATHS Harold Henderson Peel, infant son of Charles Peel. BURKEâ€"In Lindsay, on Friday, Jan. 27th, Mary Burke, wife of Mr. Vl'm. Eurke, east. ward. DICK -â€"In \Vinnipcg, Man, on Friday, January 20thI Sarah Willock, wife of Mr. \V. R. Dick, aged 80 years. ' Evuusoxâ€"In the township of Vaulam, on Friday, jammy 20th, John Eversou, sr., aged 2:8 years, 8 months and 4 days. SIMPSON -At Manilla, on Jan. 24th, Mrs. Flora Simpson, wife of Robt. Simpson, aged 75 years. PEELâ€"In Digby township. on January, 23rd, Mrs. Richard Pctâ€"l, aged 90 years. WELsH-On January 25th, at Little Bob, lames‘ 1“. Welsh, aged 17 years, youngest son of Mr. R. \Vebh. .VillJSâ€"‘AL Victoria Harbor, on fan. 26th, Elizabeth Elton), beloved wife of Mr. Frank Mil s, formerly o.’ Emily. h'lc'l‘».<;o.\s;'l‘â€"â€".~\.t Sonya, on Jun. I71‘n, john Mcl‘aggam, aged 82 years. _ Bummerâ€"At Sudbury on Friday, 27lh Jam. John]. Buckley, aged 30 years. For- merly of Lindsay. lE\\'ELl.â€"In Little Britain, f8th. Mrs. jewell, mother of Mrs ewell. SOI'ERâ€"ln Little BrI'ain, on Tuesday, Jan. 3lst, Mrs. Elizabeth Soper. aged 76 years and 7:momhs. McEacnmmâ€"At Argyle, on Sunday, Jan. 29th. Gilbert McEachem, aged 43 years. â€"â€"..._â€" on. january Orlando BIRTHS ‘ PEELâ€"In Ops, on Saturday, Jan. 28th,! ER. LINDSAY. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND,1899'~ . Lafirippe eldest daughter of Mr. ‘ 0.“: R. LOCAL TIME-TABLE ' DEPARTURES Bellenlle Mixed ......................... 5 50 p.m Port Hope Mixed via Bethany ............. 6 15 run Toronto Mixed via Whitby and For: Perry 5 50 a.m Toronto Express .......................... S 55 a In Port Hora blah via Peterbnro .............. 11 03 a.m Toronto Mixed Via Lorncville .............. 12 10 p tn Haliburton Mixed ........................ 3 00 pm Toronto Mall . .......................... 8 20 p.m Gobocnuk Mixed... ................... 6 30 p.m Port Hope Express via Peter-bore .......... 8 05 p.m ARRIVALS. Haliburtou Mixed ......................... 8 40 up Toronto Express from Port Hope .......... 8 50 mm Port Hope Mail from Toronto .............. 11 00 an Cobocouk Mixed ........................... 10 10 an: Port Hepe Mixed from Port Hope .......... 2 06 p.m Toronto hail from Port Hope ....... .. 6 2O p.m Port Hope Ex rose from Toronto... . 7 53 p.m Whitby Mix ......................... S 00 .m Belleville ”bred ........................... 10 20 p.m l. B. 8: O. RAILWAY. G T. R. SERVICE. Leave L'ndsrlv ............................. ll ‘20 l.m van‘e Junction ........ ......... . . 2 3:) p.m Arrivu a: I B. a 0. Junction” . . . z: 00 p m Arrive at Lindsay ......................... 5 so p.m I. ii. 8: O. SERVICE. Leave Bancroft ............................ 11 00 am Leave Junction. ‘2 '30 p m Arrive at Juuc'ion ........................ 1 45 p.m I Arrive at Bancrozt 5 15 p.m We are sure you do not. Nobodywants it. Butit comes to many thousands every year. ltcomes to those who have had coughs and colds until the threat is raw, and the lining membranes of the lungs are inflamed. Stop your cough when it first appears, and you remove the great danger of future trouble. ‘ stops coughs of all kinds. It does so because it is a sooth- mg and healing remedy of great power. This makes it the great- est preventive to consumption. Put one of, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Plasters over yourlungs a whole It.“ Lbs-cry Fm. For four cents in Item we wmsendyouflgggn’m lulled Advic- Fun. We have the exclusive services of some of the most eminent ph in the United States. Duns appor- tunlties and long nee uni,- nently fit them for {Win you medical advice. Write free a the pat-tic nlars in your one. on win‘reeelve a , prompt re ly.wl outcast. A era. B'J'Bdmfim Often leaves a person with arbad Cough, F9. use WHITE PINE BALSAM {our times a 1 Price 20 cents. If you find yoprself weak and ’ out any appetite use O’KEEFE S MALT Iii-1r. . Price 25 cents, or $2.70 per dozen. A 4 H;.. ER; all or g GE fir: ml l 9‘ a? 1.. . If" “"15 £57) :Lrfil: I :1 U .u. illlt (’97. [i ANOTHER ’Wllllll .l'll/L‘JI: sol-all {30‘} El ”IT”: .4 opening our New Grocery r“):- I: LE Since /E we have obtained our share of 2l::’- li‘l’ll-a Every wet-k has brought. NEW GOOD." Cling h’. "lettvlnrxltzs!.'.':II::.’.'oral.'.'.'ll.':.’lfo’ and New (,‘ll>lfllll‘,‘l1‘. Our More is CD'li Tn: :t reputation among: the but cooks ;«..:l those u'ho are particular about the wr‘ 0: (irOL-osrio» they uw. Thorn: are LO sin comb on our shel2r~ to push out among the new. “I: know the grocery ltusltw“ and Lil'(' llui expcrinwnting. Our star}: i~ the finr-x‘. in Assorttmâ€"nt :Lntl quali‘y in town. XV.- invite people who read thew few worth to conw in and see for 11h“ my ht‘l‘.'t‘>. Yours cordially. Us! mu: 0 7 lllllS. BRADY. One Door East of Benson House. Lindsay .‘lfrtll wittlltslrcn W I llllllll Helm} WI |.Il <51; 5:: ll: ; \ Tgmlrfll’f V' 5% ~"_-: Blankets. Bells, Robes Big Reductions in the above lines for the next In: it“ \Ve will sell . Blanket-s worth $400 a pair for - - S: :3 u u ., (t ' J.co - - _ “ (C 2.50 (i - - H (( 2 00 (a - - _ Bells, long strir g. worth $200 for - - H A" u 1.7: - - - ; u t. u 1.56 _ - I :2 u n u I ,5 _ - -1 '~' ' ' l --'- Also some Half String and Open Bells to be sold at ICCI‘Q:C. :: HARNESS’ E PRGUS? 0 HARDWARE. . EL; All. The Loss of the Hair to a Lady or Gentleman is a Great Affliction PROF. EOENWEND “'HO \‘v'lLl. BL AT Busnt HOUSE, LINDSAY. on w ' - _ $atm*dy,Feb.ll i HAIR GOODS llll> dctnonstmsed to our 1i huntinfl' thousand persons that the :u'tilir-inl 1- -, i .u .M .r “C \. ART a“ m a. . ‘\“.\ tomtion of the departed lkX ks i~ 7" , . . Q eminently essential to their 1:15.13', «1 4": ~- . ‘r‘mhja‘ Cmrrour and Goon Looxs. 0f in"... ‘ , 3" ‘ . up. has added many no“ stylus and :Emi- ~ ' l' to his large collection and is now it: ;. ‘. . . ' cast- of bald-hcadness orthin hair. fix: 7 . , ' , his new and artistic fashions in “'15. i . ~ -~ Plain Frontpieces. S\\'ltclic.<. ctr. GENTLEMEN who 311* part i;lll\ or » not miss the opportunity of seeing {\ 2:. ‘ ‘ prove their appetu‘uuee. and mid soul-u :gnunst Colds: Cutarrh and other lir .. . luck of hair. TOI'PES AND WIGS an :. . ~dctcction by the (lows: obwrn-t .\ delay! Secure the benefits now. \11. \ later on. If not. convenient to “UNIV 1. . _ name and address and he will call a: rt-x: ' ' - snetrpnstrretly confidun‘tul. Remember at BENSON HOUSE USU.“ “3 DA). FEB. llzh. 1899. also :11 ORIENTAL HOTEL, l’E'rInmouo Tu“ u. ‘7 Hair taken in exchange. or cash paid for it. I i A SELLS TH): ursr PIA N08. ORGANS All/.7 SEWIHG UACHziu‘ES In the market, anym..k:. cheapest according to 1‘12: 395* He pays cash for all Ezi‘ gets the best discounts. his customers righs price: terms. W. W. .LOGAN, ) General Agent, Linda)": .1- 170 Kent Saree“