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Our Patrons *fissured the benefit of first cost for superior qualities and exclusxve “ES, advantages which cannot be obtained in dealing with houses that handie everything in general and nothing In particular. 5" Styles for Season 1900-4901 are now in Stock “‘11)“ Short Jackets, Smart Collarettes Comfortable ”‘Scarfg, warm Fur Lined Gauntlets, Good Generous "”3: Fur lined Capes, Storm Collars, etc. Manufacturing Furriers and Hatters, etc.) '96 KENT STREET. LINDSAY 11' save There are almost as many diFferent kinds and qualities of Furs there are different kinds of Peeple. Furs are not like cloths, there :no two garments exactly alike, and for this reason, the price :essarily varies. It is therefore important to buy Furs directly from illaaul‘acturer and only from houses of unquestioned reputation for norable dealing in whom you can place implicit confidence. BUY HJBS FHUM ' HESPUNS ‘ur Facts for PM Buyers Eflats, Caps, Furs, Hosiery and Underwear are all 5 new. 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All orders burned out promptly ....... . mfl‘mm ceases Ii you If you intend building this season to consult me before mak- R. Campbell, or J. W. Garvin, The North American Life insures persons of boths sexes between 16 and 65 years. We have about twenty plans to choose from. See on: Commercial plan ; Insurance at the actual cost of carrying the risk. Cxll and see us. This is the Banner year in Lite Insurance, and the year to do business. The Leading Shoe Store, KENT-ST" - . LIND: The Stock was bought at 3 LOW RATE on the dollar, and is being rushed of? at a SACRIFICE. The stock is up-to-date. COME AND SEE IT. The Sisson 6: Co. , Bankrupt Stuck] Tm: NOBBY TAILOR, LITTLE BRITAIN Have you nrdered it yet? Now is the Tune Fabrics, Style, fit and out perfect. That’stbe way we turn out Clothes. The best dressed men in the district patxonize us. See on: new {all stock. 0311” B. B. EUHNHL Still Continues LIFE ! Lindsay. LINDSAY. THURSDAY. OCTOBER nth. THE SALE OF WILL Shoes GEDRGE MOLE 0F. Peterborough. LI NDSAY TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 2 50. E. W. Grave’s signature is on each box. I send a. Boer shell picked up on the skirmish field. Had two bullets Ipicked up that struck stones near me but lost them. ALEX. The 50 men who were sent out to stren- gthen the regiment have been with us about a month, and six of them are at- tached to us-all very nice fellows. One of themâ€"our namesake, a Sergt. Skinnerâ€" was captured by the Boers in a skirmish :they had just before they joined us. I think this is all the news. I am keeping excellent health and am getting fleshier even on four biscuits, 1 tin of jam and three~quarter pound of meat, which is three-quarter rations. Must close now} with fondest love for mother, yourself,‘ Floss, Jess, Maggie, Willie and all the other dear ones there. Your afi‘ectionate son, The nights are not so cold now, but as I said before there are indications of rain iwhich makes us uneasy. Our squadron and afterwards the whole regiment were doing outpost duty yesterday and com‘ mandeered, as they 'call it, 200 sheep and did not see the Boers. We captured some Diggers and kept any from going from or coming to camp without passes. Then today we had our horses saddled all morning for some expedition but it has failed to come ofi, hence I have time to write instead. I don’t know whether I mentioned that the general in orders commended our regiment for the way we did our work the day we made Anusford. when our troop were in advance of the whole outfit and I ‘had a fearfully nan ow squeak being killed several times when coming to the tops of hills. The country that day was a succes- sion of hills and admirably suited for the modus operandi of the Boers. Some of the Tommies turned themselves loose that night and made a sad mess of the stores. Some procured a lot of jewellery, etc., and what they thought not worth while taking they scattered on the floor. We; saw the Red Cross wagons about7p.m.‘ and had to do without tea or blankets as 1 our waggons did not arrive until 10 a.m.11 the next day. There is plenty of good water here in the Koomatie river which is only a sprint or creek here. It is generally understood that this is the last march we will have to take part in and it is fully expected that the result of this general advance will be the ending of the war. They have been calling for volunteers for the police for this country and over 100 offered for that duty. There will of course be a large permanent police force here for some time, somewhat the same as the N.W.T. Mounted Police. I Would like very much to live in Ontario if I am spared to come back, but that of course will depend on circumstances. We are approaching the rainy season and scarcely hope we will be on the way home before it arrives. There is a part of Swazu- land east of here called New Scotland from the similarity of rocks and scenei'y to the dear old sod. the time away. I waited a few days ago, a couple of hours and then the show closed for dinner before my turn came. One of the amusing things of camp life is the field canteen. Tommy Atkins in- dulges himself in condensed milk, Aber- deen kippered herring, and other unheard of luxuries. We form up in a couple of lines, 100 or so behind one another waiting patiently, or otherwise in front of waggons, and lots of funny jokes are pissed to pass As I said our squadron were the first tr0098 to enter Ermelo. which we did at full gallop, with a hurricane blowing and a fearful dust-storm raging. From then till this camp our daily march (3 days) was north-easterly over the high veldt country a succession of hollows, with wide flat valleys, and rolling. It rises gradually. Traces of coal and great beds of iron which look volcanic, appear. There is scarcely any grass and the countrv is mostly burnt over. We are over 6000 feet above sea level. Tuesday evening “C” squadron occupied a place called Catalina and after we had got everything nicely straightened up for the night we were ordered out and at full gallop. Off we scurried to their help. Got back to camp after 14 miles march without meeting the enemy. One of our men was wounded. called Hecks, shot through the lungs and now he ' is setting up smoking and all right. We have about 25000 with this column with plenty of artillery. We form Zpart ot the 7th or central brigade. The old 92nd are with us, “A” battery artillery, South African Light Horse and some other regiments. our trip as far as Erméio in a letter to Lizzie so need not go over that again. STRATHCONL'S HORSE, Koomatic River, Aug. 18, 1900. My dear Father,â€"The army is having a few days halt here and I seize the chance to write a line or two, as on the march there is no time for that. We left Paarde‘ k0p (east of Slanderaton 22 miles) for the north to connect with Gen. Roberts’ army under Gena. French, Hunter, Hutton, eta, md arrived here Wednesday evening (this is Saturday.) I think I gave a sketch otl August Mr. Alex. Skinner has received the fol- lowing letter from his son Alexander who is In South Africa: He Writes of His Experience in Africa During a Few Days in TROOPER SKINNER HAD A CLOSE CALL OR TWO Watch your moulting hens, and if some look and act dull, and their combs are dark, put a little tincture of ixon in drink- ing water. Weed out all deformed and useless chick- ens ; cull close ; do not feed dead wood. Keep only your best: specimens for next spring’s breeders. Separate your early-hatched pallets, placing the number in each coop you wxeh to leave there all winter. They will soon begin to lay, and must not then be 1e- moved. Kerosene your roofs, upper and under sides. Repair your houses, windows, roofs and doors, and make all weather-tight. Gather your road-dust and fill your dust- boxes full; also store an extra supply of this valuable article for winter use. Re- member thab next month it will be too late. If you neglected to whitewash your coops last month, it is not. too late now; add an ounce of carbolio acid to each pail- ful of wash. October is the month to prepare for winter. of the companv or the lakes that over- ticking should be done, but; if ten times the present accommodation were provided it would easily be filled. There should be no further hesibatmn in enlarging. There is no longer any risk. it; is a certainty. Build at once this fall, and be ready for the opening in June next. We have in our lakes a gift of nature that requres only moderate good management to pro- duce an annual harvest along their shores of half a million in cold cash. Bobcaygeon Independent: Mr. Charl- ton, the energetic advertising agent of the Grand Trunk, made a tour to the lakes last week to inquire into the business of the past season, and learn from the experience of the last few months what would be necessary for next year, for the work has always to be laid out a year ahead. The boat service was a marked improvement and much was learnt that will greatly increase the convenience next year. The T. V. N. Co’y are to be congrat- ulated upon their enterprise in taking up an undertaking that must necessarily aive poor returns until the trade is developed. It was this developement of trade that Mr. Charlton came to“ inquire into. On the: whole while the trade was much greater than last year it was only at a few points fully taxed. Fifteen thousand of the beautiful Kawartha folders were distrib- uted by the Grand Trunk, and ten thous- small folders by the Kawartha Lake»; Association. A second edition of ten thous- and G. T. folders have been recently dis- tributed at exhibitions, including the St. Louis Exposition now in progess. At St. iLouis the company have a display of over ‘200 enlarged photos of Canadian scenery 40x50, and forty of these are views of the Kawartha lakes, taken last fall by the Coy’s photographer. Mr. SWan. A collect. ion of 75 of these pictures were awarded the Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition. With innumerable newspaper arcticles and a beautifully illustrated page advertist~ ment in many of our magazines, the Ka~ artha lakes have been written over the whole continent. There cannot be adoubt that next season the number of visitors will only be limited by the accommodation, and it now remains for the owners of the resorts to enlarge their premises. The G. T. agents will not ticket tourists beyond the accommodation. It is not in the interest V7--. v- â€"-r v A pure, cream of tartar povirder, is quite expensive to make, and is sold from Iorty to fifty cams. Both consumers and grocers are inter- ested in this matter. Housekeepers should be very careful in purchasing their baking pawders. The alum powders can generally be distinauished by their low price. They cost but two or three cents a pound to make, and are sold‘from ten to tfihircy cent». a form of food of universal use, agents which are detrimental to the functional activity of'the digestive ferments. They must therefore be prejudicial to health, and the only course is to carefully avoid them." Professor Ruttan of McGill College, Montreal, who made a series of experi- ments on the digestibility of bread baked with alum powders, is quoted as follows 2 “The unanimous verdict of my experi- ments is that alum powders introduce into I in View of this large proportion of alum powders, Chief Analyst Macfarlane recom- mends that legal proceedings be taken against parties selling them, on the ground that they are unhealthful articles of food. Upon this recommendation the Commis- sioner of Inland Revenue has given public notice that persons selling alum powders will be prosecuted. The analyses were made by the Assistant Analyst. Mr. A. McGill, who fully discusses the use of alum in baking powders, which, he is of the positive opinion, is dangerous 1 to health. 1 era and manufacturers in the Dominion. The alarming statement is made that 85 per cent. of these are alum mixtures. Poultry N otés for October The Bulletin of the Inland Revenue De- partment (No. 68) contains analyses of 156 samples of baking powders bought of deal- Report of the Inland Revenue Departmentâ€"Large Quantities of Impure Powders Foundâ€" Sale of Alum Powders For- hidden CONCERNING ,i The Kawartha Lakes BAKING POWDERS Who that welcomes the caressing Salty breath that brings us blessing. Who that tastes the timely tonic uf the east wind In the dog days, will remember Not to curse it next November Nor revile it as a “good for man nor beast" wind? He who’s been resuscitated. Balmed and bathed and reinstated In his right mind by the saving gluve of Euros, Does he keep a faith implicit That he isn’t going to "mi ‘5 it." Though imprisoned here all summer intra mums? You’re For Euros 9 Lives the ingrate here in Boston. ~~‘ Who, e’en while we're wildly {used on ‘ Such a torrid wave as promises to sundet Soul and body, finds foundaxion For no fair hope that salvation Will be ours ere boiling billows sweep us under? “Penelope wants to an into a convent." “Unrocipromted law?" “No: she says she is just dead tirps‘ of having to make her shir’ waist and skirt stay together.” An Average Barber. Barberâ€"You don‘t come very often; Customerâ€"It takes ton much time. Barberâ€"I our hair in ten minutes. Customerâ€"Yes. but it mkfis thrr‘e weeks for it to grow enough to look re- spectable again. Looking again to his front. he saw the ..'hole town in an instant swept away be- :ore his eyes, and out of the great cloud if dust came a screaming. gesticuiating, wildly frantic crowd of men. women and children. rushing hither and thither. they Knew not where. for refuge from the great destruction which had come upon them. \Varning to the Shirt “'aist Man. Then, looking over his shoulder. he saw a great and ancient temple. which he had been admiring the previous day. leap into the air and fall in dreadful ruin. He had just finished dreesing when the first shock came. Ho cra “led and drug- ged himself out of the house. for to walk was all but impossible. The next mo- ment, so highly strung were his net-W's, he bu-rst into laughter at seeing the r~ markable way in which a girl was mov- ing down the garden path. stepping high- in the air, as it seemed. An Earthquake. Yokohama and the neighboring Tokyo are said to have about 50 earthquake shocks 9. year. Most of them are insig- nificant, but now and then comes one of a diflerent sort. In 1891 the Japan Mail described the experience of a man who had witnessed the terrible earthquake at Gifu. I I ___-“_ “The steer did his best to get at him. but finding it impossible looked about for other game with which to sport. The » stone Seats are ten feet above the ground, and this has always been an insurmount- ‘ able barrier for a bull, but they reckoned without their Texas steer when they buiit them, for as soon as the steer’s eye lit on the throng above his head he stepped back. and the next instant he was among them. Before the people could escape he had tossed half a dozen into the ring. but they were all rescued by the ring attend- ants. The stone seats cleared, the steer returned to the ring, and. seeing no one else to throw down the gage of battle to, took the exact center of the ring and bel- lowed his defiance to the universe. In the meantime the management had been busy. and a soldier with a Mauser rifle had been summoned from a nearby bar- rack. With the box rail as a rest. he took steady aim. and with the ping of the bul- let the steer‘s life ended. but the Span- iards have not experimented with Ameri- can steers in Spanish hull rings since that time, nor are they likely to again.” “The only trial of the Texas steer,” ‘ continued the Iowan. “was pulled 05 at 1 Seville, and while they intended potting: seven the first one they let loose gave them all they wanted and quickly brought that experiment to an inglorious finish. After the steer had cavorted about the ring for awhile they turned a horse loose. The steer paid no attention to him, but the horse, fearful of the unknown beast, would not advance. In came a helper with a sharp stick, and the steer, positively bellowing for joy, started, as the crowd supposed, for the horse. By him the steer went in pursuit of the big. ger game. and the helper shortly cleared the protective fence, with ten feet to spare owing to the steer’s able assistance. The representative of the Texas cattle trade went over that six foot barrier as though it was a prairie dog mound of his native plains, but the helper won out to one of the protective boxes and safety. 11m: _ ' Tens Longhorn find Ideas of Sport and Changed the Programme. A resident of Des Moines was a wit- ness to a Spanish bullfight at Seville, Spain, a few years ago in which one of. ‘ the animals in the amphitheater was s ‘ Texas steer. A steer, he says. will nev- er attack a horse or a man on horseback. A man on foot he may kill, but a man on horseback he will not molest. He also does not shut his eyes when he charges, while a bull takes his line and then shuts his eyes and charges, never deviating from the line his sight gave him before he closed his orbs. This it is that enables the toreador to step so easi- ly out of the way, for the bull, not see- ing, makes no attempt to reach the man when he has moved from the spot he oc- cupied when the bull charged. Within the walls I once thought mine; The rascal holds carouse mm; 1 walk the floor and pay the bills, But baby owns the house now! He came as come; a king unto His own. He showed no papers. But raised his voice and out a few Not very kinglike capers. He’s turned the whole house upside down. Changed everything, and yet it Does seem more homeh’ke smce he came To oust me and upset it. But now it seems a Iitle chap Who dropped in t‘other night’ll Be master here. though to the place I have a clean. clear title. Owns the House. You 151: me if I own the Muse I live in. Well, I thought it Was mine. becaus: with solid cash-â€" .All earned by meâ€"l bought it. STEER RUINED A BULLFIGHT. 75 Cent: Der maul r‘.