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LC. blOW the place t slip it‘ teeth :9 ambrel into ' anther Goods have. ga’Longhlin McIntyre '. and it down may to {away MW W :t hei " " ”fl 2% $5] Cash and One Price hog {Dr} Goods Story Hatters, Men’s FumisherS. etc” 96 KENT STREET. LINDSAY 5' Irff'r/ Hats, (30ft) .......... $1.50 and $2. 00 151'.“ Weight Straw Hats, 250,350 and500 .- 9 \v: '\ -‘ 5/277'2‘5 .500, 750 and $1. 00 :15/6phZ/7‘ Shirts ........ 7’50 and "$1. 00 '5) 'i2 7 3’43 Light Weight Caps, 25c, 350, 500 i 5 *r :rproof Caps (ventilated). ......... 5 00 ‘5‘ F12- {£7 (ear ’ 2791,6068) ..... . ............ $1. 00 )B <oft Hats ...... 500, 750, $1 00 $1. 50 style Hm d Hats ....... $2. 00 and $2 50 ummer floods will soon be out of sight, but then the Fall brings everything new. "a tax e beautiful New Estamine Friezes, Cheviots, ; Serges. Zrbehrzes, Ladles’ Cloths, Irish and Canadian domespuns. e assortment of Flannelettes, Flannels, Cotton and ‘A oollen Underwear. .Zil’ 1:2 ( lausefurnishings, Table Linen, Table Napkins, etc. Lace Curtains, Towels, Towehngs. [en’s Furnishings, Ordered and Ready-Made Cloth- ing. and eterything that men need. SPLENDED BARGAINS FUR MEN 2 6110-36. . ! This is the season for Fish Stories, but we we ferward and tell you a 2 G. BLAIR SON. , Made to fit don’t cost any more than that which Wits “Ct We make clothes for hundreds of people as; give them perfect satisfaction, and we can do the “me for you. Now is the time to order your Fail and Winter Suit or Overcoat. Don’t put it off until the cold weather sets in. Have the benefit of it the full 563503 Prices always right. Remember the place more reliable than any fish tale ever spun xLIII. N umber 36. Q‘OI in Great Variety ------------~.-- Tu. loan West . . ”3’50, 500 and 750 of Dal! luau I". O Lowest Rates. Ap- ply to... ' Peterboro, Ont. PR I N Cf PAL 5 W.» m-- Q Peterboro V Business 300119 ge Money :ocomocm. KENTâ€"ST.. W. L. ‘ White Come and get your share of the BAR- GAINS whiie the stock is fresh. IT MUST BE ELEAHED rat a low rate on the dollar, and will rush the WHOLE STOCK OFF AT A SACRIFICE. Make application at once, as it is imoor- tant that those who purpose antendmg should enter as soon as possible. Send hr our TWENTIEI‘H CENTURY andouncemenn. , WM. PRINGLE, Peterboro, Ont. PRINCIPAL BOOBS flflfl SHOBS The Leading Shoe Store, DUTAT UNEE 0311 'R E-OPEN S SEPT. 4th B. E. EUHNEIL LI N DSAYI, I "have bought the '. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th LINDSAY In nelng gravel only. the difficulty erleee from bhe fact: that: the oemenb, send and stone are not: and cannot be expected to be mixed uniformly In thoae propor- Again among causes of inferior side- walks is the use of gravel and cement to form the entire work, in place of a proper mixture of sand, cement and stone. In the composition of concrete we first pre. pare a mortar of sand and cement with just suficieut water to make a plastic mass; this is mixed with a quantity of stone in such proportion that the mortar will completely fill the voids between the stones, with a proper excess of mortar for safety. There are certain definite proportions of cement, sand and stone which must be uniformly mixed in pro- ducing a good quality of artificial stone. J not as to how cement can be of poor quallty is not understood by many, and it may be pointed out as one example, that the presence of free lime causes that ls known as “blowing” in the finished con- crete, and rapidly results in decomposin- lon of the aldewalk. best sense economical. But defective work shows itself quickly. Wherever there has been careless or “scamped’ work. it is very likely to show itself after exposure to a winter’s frost and damp- Iuess. Work which stands for two years without signs of cracking. shaling or crumbling is likely to be permanent, its life conditional chiefly upon the actual wear which it receives. CAUSES OF POOR ’WALKS Among the most frequent causes of poor concrete is the use of an inferior brand of cement. A cheap sidewalk obtained by the use of cheap cement will,; in the end, prove exceedingly costly.{ Cement is a material of widely varying‘ degrees of excellence, and experiments; should not be tried by the smaller muni- cipalities. There are good and reliablei brands of Canadian Portland cement which have proven their qualities in large government works, and in other extensive contracts, and to go beyond these is un- necessary and in many cases endrely unsafe. Cement concrete in walks. culverts and other etrucbnree of a llke nature, is last. ing and serviceable, and when properly mixed and rightly pub in place, is in the The use of concrete is for from befng properly understood by those who have charge of sidewalk construction in some municipalities, and the result has been in many instances. that most: unsatisfactory work he: been cbtalned. tence. It is not too much to expect that the cane-ate walks now being laid will do service for fifty years if laid as they should be. The coat after a. term of fifteen yam in very little more than that of plank wslke, so that their life beyond a term of fifteen years in a practical eav- ing to the municipality. Cement concrete walks are being laid for eleven and twelve cents a square foot, although the circumstances of some cases, ‘the difficulty of obtalning broken atone, grave], or sand, may require a slightly increased outlay. The liie is indefinite for we really do not know how long con~ crete work will endure, but: we do know that concrete structures of the Romans” built 2,000 years ago, are still in axle-J The first coat of plank walks ls about five cents a square foot. The life may be extended to about fifteen years, but for the last ten years repairs will have been many. Each repair requires that a man be sent with material so that the patching process is very expensive in proportion to the first cost. The result is to about double the original cost of the work in a term of fifteen years, making the cost ten cents a square foot. The ad visibility of replacing old plank nidewelka in very many cases with the imore permanent concrete has been fre- quently urged, and a specification was included in the report of this department for 1898. In so doing, however, it has not been advocated that an inferior quai- ity of concrete would be preferable to a good quality of plank walk, the compari- i eon being. in every case between good quality of both plank and concrete. The granollthic walks haye come to stay. They are reckoned to stay for 20 years and their record is about 100 times ‘better than that. Portland cement has in derision the third and fourth gener- ation. That is. if it is properly handled. Its use in walks has become no general of late that the words of Commissioner‘ Campbell in his report will be read with Interest. The following paragraphs refer only to the use of the cement in walke. He says: Road Commissioner Campbell gives some General Information. HOW TO MAKE THOSE GRANOLITHIC WALKS The n 1900. -â€"Elder, Dempeter 6: 00., will acquire a. fleet of 25 steamers belonging to the Bziciah American Steam Navigation Comyany at a coat of £900,000. Walks are very commonly laid by con- tractors who furnish their own specifica- tions and agreement. Where such is the case, the agreement should contain a clause specifying in the most stringent terms that the wall: is to be kept in per- fect condition, order and repair, so that at the end of the term of guarantee, usually five years, the walks shall have given satisfactory evidence of their proper con- struction and durability. The guarantee is generally so worded that it can be in- terpreted to mean that the contractor is simply to keep the walk in repair for five years, and entailing no responsibility on the contractor even if the walk at the end of that period is ready to crumble to pieces, demanding almost immediate re- construction. A town, however, should not depend upon the contractor’s guaran~ tee, but should employ an ex; erienced and reliable inspector to see that the specifications are faithfully carried out. The effect of frost on a wet sub-soil must also be guarded against by the use of under-drains, otherwise the upheaval of the ground, under the expanding in- fluence of frost. is very apt to crack the walk. The separation of the sidewalk in- to flag divisions, however, is also of ser- vice in this respect by giving the separate divisions an opportunity to rise and sub side with the soil underneath. No de- pendence, however, should be placed on this, as a saturated sub-soil will eventually cause a very uneven surface, since the separate flags when once upheaved seldom return exactly to their original position. The surface layer of the sidewalk must be laid upon the foundation layer while the latter is still damp and before it: in set, otherwise there is not: a proper union of the two, and shading will result. Another cause of the failure of side- walks is that the concrete has not been properly and completely separated into flags to allow for expansion, with the re- suit that in hot weather, when expansion takes place, the sidewalk is thrown up at ‘ points of least resistance. The expansion of concrete is about the same as that of steel, and no railway company would con- template for an instant the laying of a continuous steel track in which there are* not joints at proper intervals to allow for this expansion. This is true to the same extent with a concrete walk, and every care must be taken to first cut through the foundation layer of concrete, then through the surface layer directly in line with the joint underneath. The'entire joint should then be filled with sand to ensure complete separation. be rammed into place until moisture appears on the surface. Neglect to keep a newly laid walk damp, and protected from the rays of the sun. will permit the surface to set too rapidly. Minute, hair-like cracks will appear on the surface. These fill with water, which freezes in cold weather, and the expansion deatroye the surface of the walk causing a thin layer to shale cfl‘ in‘ patches. The same éhaling will result from laying concrete in frosty weather; nor should it be mixed nor laid in wet weather. i The use of too much water In mixing will produce. when set, a concrete of spongy texture. Concrete when ready to be put in the work should have the con- sistency of freshly dug loam, and should formly, and in its proper proportion. MIX CAREFULLY A cause of an interior sidewalk is that the materials composing it have been care- lessly mixed. The cement and sand should first be mixed dry. This should be turned over and mixed with shovels not less than ten times before the water is added. Water is then added in just 1 sufficient quantity to slightly dampen the ‘mixture, and the paste should be again turned over and mixed not less than six times. If this work is properly done, each grain of sand will be surrounded by a sufficient coating of cement. This mortar having been spread out, the stone should be added and the whole turned over and mixed not less than ten times before being used, the last mixing ensur- ing that each stone is completely surround- ed by a coating of mortar. V_.r__---' sand, while adjoining it there is scarcely any sand, perhaps almost clean stone. 1‘0 mix such material with cement to pro- duce concrete, while in many cases it may be successful, is always hazardous. The Lonly safe way, where grave! is the materi.‘ al to be used, is to snparate by screening, ‘ the sand and stone which compose the gravel, then to mix the cement and sand in proper proportions to form the mortar, to which in then added the stone, uni- formly, and in its proper oromrblnn- blons. Gravel usually contains sand, but not in uniform quantities, nor in any definite proportions. Some pockets of so-called gravel will be almost completely _,‘_j _I, n n progressing fsvonbly. Savers! och": barns were shattered. cattle and other animals were lulled. and altogether the storm was the worst that has Visited It», action for may you“. neeleu. Hail stones as big e: hen’eegge were a common thing, and some were two or three times that: size. Houeee were left withouhepene of glue, and bang and outbuildings were wrecked. In Bangor township the Item we: even worse. Large trees were torn ofi clone to the roots, and any buy or grain the we: cut and left in the fieide was lost: for ever. being curled for miles by the strong wind. A man nemed anule almoeb loot his life. Bl: barn was blown to pieces, and one of the beams struck him in the back, inflicting serious injuries. lo we. thought that his back wee-broken, but such was not the we. and he know â€"-A terrible lnil and rain storm ewepg over the Bancroft: section on Tuesday afternoon of last week. which did u greet amount of damage to the crops and buildings in the surrounding country. Some of the farmeu residing in the Paudeeh Lske dietrict will not: hue a bushel of grain to harvest, the hall end rain heving swept over the fields. era-h. ing the groin into the earth and leaving It and a big saving will consequently be effected. Burnt inland consists of 1.500 acres, end is said to be covered with the stone. The material is in layers, and stones may be taken out in any sizes. The cleimie made that: the stone from Burnt island is as good as any new in use. An idea. of the value of the litho- graphic atone may be obtained from the feet that; e slab four feet: in width and six feet in length. and perfect on both sides is valued at $1.000. â€"â€"An important deposit: of lithographic atone has been found on Burnt: inland, Lake Temieoaming-ne. This is said to be the only bed of pure lithographic atone in Canada, and, in fact, will be the only place in Canada from whexe each stone will be. taken. The most of the stones now in use are imported from Bavaria. crushed. dying at the City hospital a ferâ€"r hours later. Mlu McCrudden leaves 1. mother, two sisters, and a brother. ”Mine Tillie McCrudden of Beiievflle, [while returning home from 5 visit in Toronto, met with en accident at the station there, which cost her her life. It appears that the young lady wee asleep when the train arrived at Bellevflie and only awoke after the care were in motion again. The train had gained considerable speed when Mien McCrudden attempted to get 011‘ near the east end of the plat. form. She was thrown between the platform and the train. and terribly â€"The strike of 00111811: and railway men in Wales is ended. the companies having acceded to the demands of the men. Over 50,000 men were out. l 5 Trenches are still being constructed ' here. Nothing is said just now about ,- going home, but the draft and employed ‘ men are getting squad drill 4 hours per ‘ day. This, I suppose, is in view of a review, somewhere, sometime. I an orderly man today and am for outpost to-night, so I am trying to get this ready for the mail. I am in good health and weigh within one pound of the highest I ever did. The weather is getting a little warmer, the days a little longer. and consequently we stand to arms fifteen minutes earlier strength of R.C.R. One is Doey of Campbellford. Aug. letâ€"Mail arrived last night; i bringing only papers we should have ‘ had last week. Dr. Barrie of the Y.M,C.A. has opened a coffee room which is much appreciated by the men. Sixpence will you a goodfimeai of fruit sandwiches or buns and tea or coffee. In the regular way sugar sells at one shilling and three pence per pound, and rice and oatmeal at one shilling per pound. I think the low diet we had was good for us, for every- body looks extremely well. J OHS. Springs, July 31, 1900. Dear Ellaâ€"Mall which came Thursday 1 brought me your newey letter of June 19th. Nobody has had any paper: fora. month. We heard a few days since tint Gen. Buller had captured 1500 Beer: and several guns, killed and wounded 500 and had 1200 multlee on his side. Yesterday it was officially announced that 5000 Bears had surrendered at Bethlehem in the Orange Free State. The following brief letter to his slate: Is the last from Sergt. McCrea : So Writes Sergt. McCrea From the R.C.R. Camp at Springs. HE NEVER FELT ANY BETTER IN HIS LIFE News of the Week 75 Cents per annum V-