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your patronage 7d . ,, , tually surprised o -' \ the price on every over unto another m . F 9A fireat Sale of New Prints Over 15,089 yds at close In this lot you get Your choice of scores of new and novelty patterns2 A manufacturers’ sample of heavy knitt top shirts, 50c kinds 39c and 75c kinds 59c. This ofiering will appeal to every careful Woman who knows by experâ€" ienre that, this is the month to buy prints. There are about 487 bright new. dainty pacxrns tha: are exdn- ‘sive to this store. A choice wide jenough to please the most critial ibuyers, in a. great, assortment of light, and dark shades, 32 inches wide, a. splen- did wearing cloth, full of style and strength. It really requires good kudgment to know thwe from tho 'eguiar 12gc kinds. : like of it' outsidé .Iities for each and. Women's purses of leather, nick]. ,rimmings, card and silver pockets, worth up to 30¢. ! About 25 choice new patterns, light. and dark Shades, 24 inches Wide «strong heaVy cloth that will wear and wash well. Regular value 7 and Women’s Wool Under vests a“ ‘Irawm's ribbed, shaped, splay“ waxing qualities, worth upto Gk A curious mph“ the - waive firm. is an as. at In British pick}. .. . Io have been nub. ‘flnlr 9315914 t little mom. u. Yards F Thcs- are perfect garments in It 11d quality, vests are ribbed m .nd trimmed, drawers to midi, tx- plat 25c value. Women will be delighted with the tightness and newness of those 12“ luahties. The beauty of them is 03‘ when they are made up you find ¢i$ “23¢ 10 doz. Men’s black worsted sod. Jso a few doz. heavy grey wool. sock. xtra value at 23c. London. Oct. 13.â€" Tho quiae yesterday say! it I! at the Duke ol'l‘eck. the“ -other of the Princess 01 m D hard to distinguish them from “I. my expensive muslins. Cloth is tb bell and most durable kind fund in my prints. ' ads to become a. stock brow. In lhortly join one of th- li- m’ in I nrdr n In the Men’s Department nished Stock-takingj ' A124: Heavy Worsted Stoddm. aka Q 't of ribbed and plain wool , I!“ to 10 inch. worth up to 35¢. ‘ An extra. heavy stocking of unsted yams, double knee. sin. 3 . 10 inch, always sold gt 50:. ext week’s issue. Safe Satisfactoly ' 5 w Omdr'l'oil'o‘ autumn“ Muzzy continue to“. all. all often multiply. Eu. 0‘ m and mum word cannot I'D" 11°" and ho ur muei n In! Brat haying q tered It. M “All m («Wm “4 here this week. bsiery, Underwear 0RD dsay. DuhctMtoBosm rsM§sms”..M At 1'1 At 12 Me Goods eucaly a g presented. P r I c 3.3 just as we say anneIettes At 396 At Me At I96 At 41: At 19c AtSC wumddnphis dflll‘ K ““8117 War. over to gang“! tho V, Mob oi Austru 'm the on- ‘ 'tion was the a: thing to 7 wmpushed. Bismarck N a. r ‘- youth In those days. full of Went, and able to perform. roots “3 Gu‘gantum dating. and Grinning m would undo men of less Mn- ‘tltm and less robust digestion. “mild atop up all nlg t drinking A“! What Wondrous talks thou d1- “hilt “tung- of his must lave mm“! Labby was ready their-u 1" ‘8 even now-~tbtstop' up a): 1; "‘3 Bismarck or with anybody ‘5‘“ this qualification. mt hwy dxd 1’“ then. my men than he does» u" destroy his health by. ”an; M °’ drinking much, Which pa- hl' mounts for the fact that .h‘, t" buried more friends sud htfi ““5 than any 1mm 1n Europe; at! that t‘10“811 be Is over -' ”‘WW- 1'? 12,2315; _h9a_rty. clear-headed M 0! government called the Comma-anon used to meet Mg, tfort. Bismarck, ho ha", '8‘ {he taiv '9‘ Ma at that 01"..th n a" pity, says M. 'A. P., that ”I, bouchere does not give his f6- Ilmacanceo; no man of our timbhaa In so many integrating people, He '19 once a. friend, a crony em, 0! Prince Bismarck. It was in the tar- eg days when the clumsy insWfi “was then that to saw V g‘ot tho 1m 9 gmdd up may 3% that and thereabout are blossbming into I new and more luxuriant existence. ”London Mail. But now, being doomed to destruc- tion, the old place has been subject- ed daily to inspection by brokers, and the auctioneer has sold its con-4 tents And the famous Bath Hotel stands revealed as a. wretched jumble of passages and rooms, devoid of at- traction and fit only for the house- hreaker. Its floors have reached the "§Witchback" stage. There are un- suspected little steps, some up~and some dowri, into many of the roomS. The old portable bathsâ€"in a Picea- dilly Hotellâ€"emphasize the change- I'hich has taken place between the m of the Bath and the era of Clap H8": and the Carlton. ,, All over the West-end the “hoteI de In." is springing up. In Sloane Street, the Cadogan. close by the Hun Crescent, in Mount Street. the 0050113111: Kensington Gore, the Do Vere and Royal Palace Hotels. :11 toll the same talo.- And the mid- “189d hotels in Albermaxl. Street For nearly 150 years the old Bath Hotel has been looked upon bygon- grations of Londoners as one of the mysteries which only the aristocratic might penetrate. There is something forbidding in the words, painted on the Piccadilly side of the house. ”Bath Hotelâ€"for Families and Gent» lemon,” and millions of people must lave looked upon the plain, 'dowdy old corner building, with its coat of dirty paint, and have fancied the in- terior to be, by contrast, a marvel of comfort. ’-_vv ,, Whilu tho wonderful Ritz Hotel,'to' much from Arlington street to the Green Park, promises to be the most .plendid in London, Claridge’s, just an Grosv-enor Square, has already introduced the modern hotel life in-: to the very heart of Mayfair. Very startling is the contrastâ€"now non- .xistentâ€"betwecn the richness of Chridge's and the plainness, almost mounting to poverty, of the old Bgth Hotel, stripped of the homely 01d mahogany furniture which may have been there since Thomas Adams, the first American Ambassador; put up st the hotel. Gorgeous Establishments lire thpucln‘ namely, Historic Houses in Lomlon the Great. The impending erection in Picca- dilly of two immense hotels, oneron the site of St. Jamw' Hall and ad- joining property, and the other, on the site of the present Walsingham .1111 Bath Hotelsâ€"emphasizes the fact 'cst. End is becoming the that the “ chief area for hotel life in Landau. A few years ago the Strand and Trafalgar Square could claim preâ€" eminence as the centre of the most celebrated hotelsâ€"the Savoy, the Cecil, the lleti'opole, Marley's the Golden Cross, etc.â€"â€"but quite recent- 3 new and improved style of “ho- tel de luxe” has come into enlist- .nee, and within a. brief space of time it seems probable that the West land will be “hotelized” on a. scale, both of magnitude and luxurious re- finement, surpassing the eldest m o! the hotel manager of m. be; years ago. ‘ 7- u “:Aâ€" 'I'T-Lâ€"‘ 'L-‘ haustion. Take A s Sarsaparilla an be’ quickly cured. fa“ A Matter for Regret. The Old Bath Hot-l. N EW HOTELS. :ablishments Are Displacing THE WATcmlAXâ€"WABDQ. want. 5th, 190: Enact! the muon- thing 'ck m I. r 3 days, full of o perform touts ”Toronto, Jan; 28,â€"1ij seventh annual meeting of thd Dominion Shot-thorn Breeders' Asséoiation Was B '1‘“ a hel'd herd jesterday. _ ect- ing officers, the Association passed this mo‘tion: ' , “That this meeting met the secretary to prepare tWo petitions, one -!or the Dominion Govg'nment, P. E. Island . these two pi‘6vinces ”the population to be taken to be that upon which, under the respective étatutee in that behalt the annual payments now made to them respectively by the" Dominion are fixed until the actual population, ‘ in __by the eensua war- 1‘. -__AILAâ€" on the population or! each produce ascertained from time to time by the lest decennial census .until such pop-2 ulatién exceeds 2, 500, 000; and at the rate of 60 cents per head for so much of said population as may exceed 2500, 000, the population as ascertained by the last decennial cen- sus to’ govern, except, as to British Columbia. and Menitobc; and, as t6_ deem Instead of an annual ant per head of population now lowo’d the annual payment hereaft‘er be at the same rate of 89 cents per head, but the amounts to be yearly paid by the Dominion to the several proâ€" vinces for their local purposes and the support of their governments and Legislatures, viz; Instead oi the amounts now paid the sums hereafter payable yearly by Canada. to the eeVeml provinces for the support of their governments and Legislatures to be according to pop- ulation, and as follows: Where the population is under 150,000, $100,- 000; where the population in 150,- 000, but does not exceed 200,000, $150,000; where the population is 200,000, but doom not exceed 400,- 000, $188,000; where the population is 400,000, but does not exceed 800,000, $190,000; where the popu- lation is 800,000, but does not ex- ceed 1,500,000, $220,000; when the population exceeds 1,500,000, 8240,- The Premiers say that the yearly payments heretofore made by the Dominion to the several provinces have proved- totally inadequte for the purposes intended, that the ao- tuel expenses of civil govemmmt and legislation in the several provinces greatly exceed the amount provided therefor by the act, and that the other expenditure neOeSSary for these local purposes, which before Conxed- eration was provided for out of pro- vincial revenue, has largely increased The Premiers therefore recommend the following proposal as a. basis for a. finaband unalterable settlement of granted to them. '7} per cent. only, instead of 20 per cent" of the revâ€" enue of the Dominion, or $4 402, 098, going to the provinces, while instead of 80 per cent... 92} per tent, or $53,648,692, is retained by the Dominion. Present Subsidies Inadequate. going to the Dominion. To-day the Dominion revenue stands at $58, - 050, 790 but, while the increased taxation is paid by the people of the provinces, and the increase of popuâ€" lation imposes upon the provinces largely increased burdens, no corre- sponding increase of subsidy has been ernment: an'd legislatures; Ontario, $80,000; Quebec, 870,000; Now. Scotia, $60,000; New Brunswick. $50,000. An annual grant in aid of each province was also to be made equal to 80 cents per head of _the population as ascertained by the census of 1861, with 9. spatial prpVi- 31011 in the cases of Nova Scotia. and New Brunswick. The revenue of the Dominion at the inception of Conâ€" federation was $13,716,786, of which 20 per cent., or $2,753,906, went to the provinces for provincial pur- poses, 80 per cent... or $10,962,880, bia... ....' ... Total increase} that at Conledmtion, when the cus- gomsypd excise duties were trans- New Hothod of Computing. oondii 140,525 00“ {liflvtl‘ll 0 I. I .' Ear ' and ~{hereafter .- 431,258,832 61,987 ‘11: Man you ban -. grout alarm to wry out. tor‘God'I uh drop proct- d-nt for m mount an come down to mine-I,”-'-Iprd Rm, ' g], “F. fond-of Amman pies. dded to M them the next thing by ”W her plea and. “ American rolling pin. glass rolling pin opedally used in tho manufactqm of these pie: has just. been forwarded to the novelist tram Wanamaker}. The glass roll- ing pilnv has among paler advan- tages the merit .of always being sw'eo’t and clean, and 01 being hollow aothatitcanbofilledwithlco to Cool the pic crust. . When Mrs. Kip- ling, who in mAmuimn. way in flat country lgxt. summer, sh. great- -_j h'idmh-ed' this contrivanoo. knowing that_he_r puebgpd an'd on his back for the next twelve inonths,” A letter from Mr. Webb- Peploe assures us that this is in the main accurate, but an under-state- ment. He did it twice, and won the high jump and diving and swimming in the intervals of a three years' re- diningâ€"not exactly in bed. but on a sofa. “Whm I went; the spinal couch Went." writes Mr. Webb-Peploe. And to the spinal couch camo even the Cambridge examiners to pass him through his examinations to his de- gm; It Was a notable triumph of mind over matter, and we are glad toget confirmation or these extraor- hinary exploits from their doer. â€" London Chronicle. ' Some time ago we expressed astonâ€" ishment at the performance of Pre- bendary Webb-Peploe, who in this month’s Quiver. is said to have jumped from a. sick-bed, Won his ovent in the university sports. and then returned to bed. and "remained " Rudyard Kipling, it appeaxa. is font! of applo pie baked on the Amer- ican system. To, gratify his tagte _a 'confounded. ' ' Benns' he paid to someone beside him, ‘I hgvo written a curious sort of book, but, whether it is good or bad, it will make my fortuna.’ Hi8 faith in his OWn judgment wavered, however, when the reviews appeared. With one exception, all were unfavor- able. But in the end his critics were time, but it was only after seventeen years of_ unremitting- toil that 'I Forbid the Banns' placed him where there is always roomâ€"at the top. The day ho finished ‘I Forbid the ”He may take a certain honest pride in his hardâ€"won success. but. vanity is not to be laid to hit charge. ‘Swelled head' is a. disease which rarely. attacks those who have thoroughly 'been through the mill.’ If be displayed a literary bent at an early age, he received no encourageâ€" ment to pursue it. Indeed, as he has related in his autobiography. his fa- ther, on discovering the MS. of an Arctic novel, promptly burned it. However, it nominally engaged in the study of the higher mathematics, he continued to write in secret, and eventually sold . an epic to Messrs, Smith and Elder. Leaving home he became a. journal- ist, and traveled widely in Africa and India. writing books at the same sketch 0! Mr. F. Franktort Moon, the novelist, M.A.P,_ says:â€" Frankfort Moore’- Suooeutul Story m Seventeen Years of Waiting. In the course of an interesting [many rooms hate each a: length 0! no less than 350 feet. It hae been erected on a rate known as the Olympia annex. . The front,- which faces Blythe road. in in the Renais- sance style, and built 01 Portland stone and red brick. ‘ lathe-centre, which is almost wholly of stone; is the main entrance in the form of three archw, leading into the quad- :fifl: beyond. On either side of the is a bay surmounted by a dome-topped tower, and between theee towers in a space for a clock. The centre, with its towers and with its facade decorated with a conSider- able amount of carved work, makes the main feature of the building. 'troxn an architectural point of view, and breaks what would otherwiSe be a monotonous may of windows in no extended'a front. In form. the building is a hollow aqiiare, with the north and south blocks continu- ed on both sides beyond the east and west blocks, the projecting en'ds Iuggesting that the present struc- tum, huge though it be, is- only a portion of the complete design, to be continued, perhaps, as necessity re- quires{ torn street. Five years after the building in Queen Victoria. um: metha- blg block was built st um rear. abutting on Kmighttidor strut. About six years. ago another block. extending from Knightrjder m to Carter lane, was taken. andlinbc then further accommodation has ’hnd to be found in buildings situatd 1n Addle hill and Dean's court. . A Colonial Building. .. ‘ The building in Wes't'KSniéixgton. which is to serv'e as the new ome of Thrift, is colossal. Three of its "I FORBID THE BANNS.” Kilian; :- Fond of P10. A Wonderful Athlete. NO MERRUPTION. tho royal naw. For many months he‘Wae in coznmand oi the torpedo gunboat Eduard, which was station- ed at Barrow to act as "mother- ohip" to tho five ”ti” diving tor- pedo boats built by Meson. Vickere, Sons a Maxim It we; Captain Bason’o hnsinaa to mako a trip under water in each 0! these “subâ€" marine assassins" ‘(as an old writer calls them); and we rejoice to learn that he is none the worse for his experiences of “potted air. " Captain Bacon has now vacated the command of the Hazard on being appointed to the second<clasa cruiser Latdnn. which is stationed at Portsmouth to look alter submarines Nos. “2" and ”3, " whizh have arrived at the southern port Nos. "1. " “4" and "5" will be deliured over to the Admiralty in n, few days' time and tho Hanan! will convoy them to Portflnimth, It is a pity. no names have‘been round for these newest cn~ Captain Reginald H. 8. Bacon, D. S. 0., who has just been appointed to the newly-created post of "In- spector Captain of Submarine Boats." is. according to The Chron- icle. one" of the greatest expect: in all method. 01 undermter warfare in “I «said: 'No, don't do that; it might onend the people. Play {or it! Which was agreed to. Tho Gov- ernment man was allowed to come in. and we played and the Gown- ment man won it all to the last dollar. So after all no harm ‘wal ‘done.”â€"-London 'lfail. Later one of the fallen Ministers visited us and said he could show us where 250,000 silver dollars were hidden. He was as good a his word, and patriotism being sunk by my friends in obedience to the com- forting moral of the place: 'Beldnd to ourselves.’ it was proposed to divide the eweg. “A battle took place on them one afternoon." said Mr. Labouchero in telling his story,_ “and I watched it from a grass hammock on thema- race in front of my hotel. The Gov- ernment forces were put to flight. and I was joined by my revolution- ary friends keen from the fight. Later in the day the Englishman discovered an anonymous peckege upon his room table. Opening the cover he found all the missing erb- iclee save the gold-edged cigar case and one of the charmsâ€"e little god- dess in diamonds and emeralds. Lnbby'e Experience. Mr. Henry Labouchere went. through a revolution in Venezueln some years ago. The Engli-hnnn mt straight to the seat a! Gavel-amt and com- plnined to on. of the mutate", who “pressed his dismay, and was than- upon informed that the person noon in the room bore a. resemblanco to limo "Very strange.” replied the IUD- ter, “for there is no one dive Ibo resembles me." ”In that case." rejoined his Vill- tor. drfly “you should hove nod!- ficulty in securing the restoration 0! my property." Concluding that this was a polite custom in tho country, the visitor re- turned to sleep. but in the morning he found his trousers upon thofloor, their pockots turned insido out. His old-fadionod, highly decorated chain puree was gone. but it. contents were on the ground. His gold-edged cigu' case and some gold charms attached to his {ob had 1130 vnnilhod. <ldellghu on PrenatAm II I... IP35 Yarns- Two members of Parliament have quaint. storiw to tell of adventures in Venezuela in times past. An honorable baronet, while on a visit to the Republic, had interviews with certain members of the Govern- ment. He dined with them in unev- ening. and retired at a. late hour. He Was awakened from his sleep by I. noise in his room, and new, a he thought. one of his hosts disappeu' through the bedroom window lowing to the verandah. THE -.N. Ho CKIN SHOE STORE ”gyms; £55315“ Cold and sunny weather is predicted for the month of February}. Warm Footwear and Ovetshos will be in demand. This store keeps its weather-eye Open and is prepared for all conditions of atmosphen’c changes. T N. HOCKIN SHOE STORE! m mum O "Mgpm m mm H mm m «Mm mm» m 3mm .rmm e. “maL, 1.. CW _ xxx m M An 1 perpatr » Men’ 5 warm and casy-tc-wcar Felt Gaiters an an: at 99; pe; pair. A: Claims“: Export. ,1 wo Shipmentsflof Overshoes Received This Week VENEZUELA STORIES. 71 refit“: MID-WINTER FOOT-WEAR mi; 13;;811;;_C:l'd: â€"Z;; 1-1: RedrEEiâ€"JYJEJ. inidvgrive a younger and handsome: expression to the face. Please remember Day and Date. I invite you'to my Show Rcoms to demonstrate the 00mg ete sutcess of my Alt Cow rings and Tonpt e2, won on over WOO heads. 1 ey are light in weig ht, strongand most natural in meqapce, and a pgotgction to the heat! Pedlar G} Emmerson William-st” North HAIR GOODS PROF DORENWEND of Toronto, IS COMING CHARGES MODERATE We big to call the attention of the ge: eral xublic to cur faciliti;s for re- painting. Our Paint Shop is in chuge of a First-Class Painter, and we use only the test stock We do all kinds of Repairing, and put your carriage in ood shape before painting. It is a good time nowjto bring them in. All inds of Vehicles built to order as usual. Pedlar :éfliaiâ€"I can“ .figzgizi unconnâ€" gazilli‘s and 8.3 any: 38.79 .5 gag 33°08 Shun-.5" segues: van-8:88PM. Lindsai, Benson Housefluesday. Feb. mm, 1903. BENSON HOUSE, LINDSAY, on IUESDAY, FEB. l0‘ [1. I903. BLACKSIIIHS and CARRIAGE HEIRS he will be at Puge Woven Wire Fence with its continuous cannot. cflmpod)btho best. stock fence made. Page No. 1mm.3. 7«roundl'Itkufinâ€"ooummn Na7winonlyLm£hm WV“ will not coilâ€"it hon: mtgâ€"4t hasn't. s spring temperâ€"Pugs Inn. '. on. um 2-0...“ .Joh.“ 1: Women’s fine and warm Felt Gaiters, all sizes at80c per air. Our first offering of Women’s Fine Up. t te $1.25 Dcngoh Laced Beats, sold in the push nice (f 99:. Having gone up I ith a rush, we will place nozhcr 50 pits of the same splendid shoe on our bargain table ( n Saturcav, to be sold at the tune pcpular push p ize of 99¢ per Electric Belts m the Reach of All: This winter visit of 1N3. I am pared to show a. 1m er val-fie of NEW YO K . PARIS and LONISION STY ES than even ofies ed to the public before. I shall have Ladies' and Gentle- men’s Wigs. Toupees, Bangs. Wavy and Plain Fronts, Switches of all long hair in every length am! shale. etc._ _ _ _ ,_ 1“ mien-III); Goods are recognized as the Stan- dard of Perfection and their use protects the bead and produws a younger expression tothe $20.00 BELT FOR $5.00\ 4 Gentlemen are you Bald ? Emmerson “Minnow-1W0!“ woe wst s PAGE SEVEN i1 . 2:55 5: Lindsay N?