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Oldest Woman in Canada Is Dead in Nesbitt, Man. fetter Resident of Com Township Dad. Axel 108 Yearsâ€"She In the Tar 1800~-Lived in lilbrook for a Short Time. nveninz Post .9! Feb. 14 21' 31-13er met an old buntetz'ayflzk a 10:21 layers: #3111 today. :w.h0\ Ml: «some Miami‘s-5 tales of the mm Win .0! We ‘n-mth uni! martiaularly at the iiwlfina o! thafieefg ; ': “ "f ' “Ana than any finingfkille'd n'dw 3" W tin ueponber. I. (g f ‘-' “Yes. aha «Magus of (this '(w'olves mwmmgreawttmmr i...“ mm ”Wt “\t‘hie' m townslhp- “Gut?“ mn' 1% years of use at her ueaw up. week. The mitoba Free Press gives the following amount} 0! her lite and mm. Probablyi the oldest womm in Canada died on Wednesday. the 5th inst... at Nesbitt, Man., in the person of Mrs. Argue. Her maiden name was Margaret Jameson. and she ma born near the village 0" Petâ€" tito. Fermanag-hl county, Ireland. on ”August 15. 1800. She was married: in‘ Ireland and had one daughter. Mrs, filler. sr., with whom she was liv- ind at the time of her death. Mrs. Killer is 81 years old. After the death of her husband. Mrs. Argue emigrat- ed to this country in 181:3 and sctt~ A that ; new: him w. . . . mane hunter hails from: this with. 13‘, when the wolvafi roam about' in Wm troops and may. upon other mifigiambtfldmréfiqfilf .[ J} ”Have their any MW in mun- (‘éng dawn the fleet.” was askefié. “Nonain did last- mhefiwr’s \fteet M through the mm mm: how In, Deer Slaughter“ This ‘ They are Easily Caught. "h nthemtm 1-49de 101‘ Whit“ fihuzfibarr’. '3 i 3 “ , "Baiso we bounty .1: isdef$15 wwandpomiblyifitmflfi$25 (wammmmdflmdt lRl'Du uuu -.-‘. ,, _ how. she was Elv- nfiuer. sr., with w ind at the time of her death. Mrs. Unisex is 81 years old. After the death of her husband. Mrs. Argue emigrat- ed to this country in 181:3 and set:- Ja‘d in the townshig of Gavan, Ont.) near I‘cterborouah. In 1845 she mar- ried John. Speer and moved to the township of Bummer. where 17 yelrs were spent. and then two years in fruruberry .Having become a. widow for the second. time. she returned. to Saran, and for the third time she ___â€"‘ Ravag es Being Made By Says 01d Haliburton gums along an! m victim with Râ€"ci WOULD TREAT A FO0T RUNNER LIKE A RACE HORSE ycar 1m ;(£ years 1 Records Would Go if They Could Boxed up and Fed Regularly. amt of dry. stale bread. It was Male bread three times a. day and ale to «sh-ink instead of watu. ‘Scorw of athletes died of fever simp- 11 on account at that diet. . “I switchcd‘ from that. idea, gave any men plenty of fresh vegetables, subatever mean they_ wanted. and. then more Vegetables. The result was {bat none of the men‘ I handled ,wont stale or became. fever :lried. I let thun have ice cream and good H18. AXE” 'Fhe PEDLAR People ($3 m W 0th" Tomato London Winnipeg 5, the oldest wot?!“ in former resident 0"- C" mg its terron tmdoleLf’ J. ‘. ~ r ieath ld-St entered the matrimonial scare, Lune .time being married. to Henry Argue. of Millbrook. After their marriage' the): lived. in Millbrook only a few months and then moved to Flea township. near the Georgian Bay_ where Mr. Agrue died. She- then went trek to Turnbcrry to reside with her daughter. Her grandson. '1‘. W. Ml:- kn. (arm: to Manitoba in 1882 and took up his present homeatead south of Neebitt. sending east. for his mo- that and grandmother in 1886. Ac- cording to family records. Mrs. Ar- gue would have been 108 years or age next August, although several of her relations claim she was in her 111th year. She was peaceful to the last and it was clearly evident that death was due to advanced age He ‘told (thud u’eportdr that it Mats. a. bequent occurrence in the north Where, he spout the greater portion ‘01 his‘days to hem- Iran the. shanfiy the howling not tha'timber wolves ‘35. they {pursue the deer through ‘ the forest. I? i ’L. '”‘ "Is that lthd only earned tor. (the de- clin'e of the. deer?’ Mala askedd: "'Oh'. no." {he filamrhed. "the im- cmase in the mnfloqr of hunters dur- in; the Ipaat tefw years ”and. else. the cheapnefi b1 firearms as compategl with the priceb 10 yuan 3gp ham 3 “deal to do with ~the decrease,” of the flee: to the {wilful (ignoring? of the game laws and WWI: 'if he Was the makdr 01 the regulations he .wbuld allow mfly one diepr to mull hunter and that “he wbul'd have well paid inspocbom travel the province .go Lassen illicit hunting: .. “J . flapping in the north a: that trat and mini: havej m1 on rthe inn-vets W .Hali‘durton and 11:3qu- 101 «was [plentiful and: his vuu -7“- V that death was due to advanced age only, as there avers ‘no evidences “believer ot illness. Though in ex- cellent health. with good nppet'u'a and spints, her physical powers war-.- not commensurate with these. ‘hnzl e e but never left her bod since Juiy. 1904. Her eyesight tailed her 1898. but be!“ hearing remiiael in to the time of good plastically‘ up mere W to! at Lindsay ’and De, Macromgih. prowe‘d that the past season had Laden a profitable onq [for fim.-â€"Petqlboroulgh Examiner. her death ckar water. Good water neVer hurts any athlete. “Look at the way a trotting horse can rcpeut running ten pr twelve beats in a. day. and all within three seconds or so of the Same time. I’ve seen Lorées go out and do 3.06 1-4 in straight heats. one after anothen. .WLat man can run heat alter hunt in the same time? Its a matter of conuztion. A man has. twice the en- duxsnce of a. horse. Man is the strongest animal in the war”. In six days a man 634; run a home to death. man sfith nothing to do but loaf and look [or amusement will drink half a dozcn boLtles of ale 3. day. not 'bctawe he wants it, but because he hush: t anything else to take up his thoughts!’ . "It you could take you athletes and :hut them up in box stalis, feed them within five minutes of the same time every day, give them nine hours a nigh-t of undisturbed sleep. wark them under the supervision of men as smart as the men who train hor- ses. and then send them out to com- pete. you'd have the greatest re. cordc‘breakers in .the world, and th.y‘6 be able to go but and repeat as often as you wanted them :6; "1114: only thing in which a man differs from a horse is that his brain is more active. He needs mental! exercise, too, or he’ll fret himse! Stale. .When I had Jimmy Mist-ac] the most nervous little bike rider in the world» I watched him all the .time. I saw that he trained right; ard I carefully picked out his am- usnmqnts. Once I took Jimmy to see. the ‘Floradora' Show, six times in three weeks. He liked it, and nine. kind of amusemetnt was; better Lhan loafing around Manhattan Beach. A ‘Conductor, what (100: shall oub’x' ny 2" ‘ 7. i "hither door, mat-am." graciously am’wered the conductor. "The n:- stops it both ends.“ Factions Gonductor. (The Argonaut.) As the railway.- tra'rn was stepping, an old lady, not accustomed to tr:u'-, elling. hailed the passing conduazor and asked; aporter inuuimd about the in the north and was: ito‘ld and mini: have 5m plenti- ;he *ri-vetrs amid ~marshes tin m and Hammfi, rTh-e rqd nlenbiml and his in rs, (which GOOD SEASON ‘ matrimonial ‘ state, this Yearsâ€"She Was 1 get Workingman Lost House and Goods When Mrs. Blake got one: Irom ucx wood gathering she found the whole kxtchcn ablaze. and could do nothing to 510;: the progness of the flames. The only persons near were two neighbors. Mrs. Copeland 'aud Mrs. Oliver. who came to Mrs. Blake's as- siatancc. and between them they mo naged to save a couple of pictures. four chain. and a few of Mrs. Blake's clothes. Everything else (all a prey to the flames. the house being onâ€" tirel) consumed. There was little inâ€" surancc._ How the News Was Broken bya Blun- dering Sympathim. Evening Post ‘0! Feb. 14 About four o‘clock yaterduy after- noon the frame house on Williams“. occupied by Jae. Blake was entirely destroyed by fire. It seems that Mrs. Blake lit a fire tin e stovqim fthe outside kitchen and then went out to gather some chips: The pipe {tom this stove. and from the stove in the house both [ed into the same chim- ney. and it is thought that soot must have filtered into the unused pipe and. when the stove was light- ed took tire, and. in turn sature house on fire. J‘nc firemen were not called. sime the place is outside the corporation and the nearest hydrant. is too far for the town hose to reach. Mr. and M15. Blake are now living in a house offered them by Mr. Steve Olinr. tormcxly occupied by himself. self. where he was sick. and was down town at the time of tho hrs, In some way he heard of the fire; and was hastening home when a neigh- bor, sceing him passing at such speed, undertook to break the news gently. “Jim." he homered, "what's the rush? Where you goin'?" “110nm !" was the reply. "0 blazes 1 No you Not. You aint got no homeâ€"your: place was a heap of cindcrs filteen minutes 9.50." However. Jim kept right on going. be had [paid Hones $12; on looking for the stamp indicating lull maasuxe be found none. 0n measuring it he found the would! forty-bur inches inâ€" Etoad of {MU-eight inches longâ€"Just ore-twelfth short. or $1 worth. Should not the: porno In that Air Jones stamps this wood: mll mm‘rofi (the above in 3 true local Mm; Mr. Jones“, who sails wood in town, dxent to his locker and asked‘ for a loaf of bread; demanding that it be stamped for full «might. we: Jones «had gone ihd baker went out tq m: E12601: two cards of wood: for which [he had paid Hones $12; on looking â€"Bd3inning March 1. nan-[are «ates fez cinnamon will be granted [by the 31111110. LRonheElter Pitta- [xmrlgt aura resulxt at Mdecisflud o! tha mneme' count ht Pennsylvania in the Wylvaxfia'a M at the two-centi- Ia‘m Mg { 1‘ ‘\ ~13 the Dominion house a bill has {been introduced, making it compul- sory upon all railroads to 3311 Annie ticket otrioel milepqgo books. of. 6% m1 1,000 miles at two-cent mt... {to 53‘ accepted on any passages: train. {Lbs [bill also makes a. ticket 0th may valid. {or tramtion over any other railroad: Bunting from the ammo (point ammwm tothenmo MW r," 1 u n’. Sauce‘for Goose. Sauce for Gander. Blake is int When “ sweets ” lose their sweetheaâ€" and “ substantifils,” their charmâ€"there are always MOONEY’S P E R F E C T I O N CREAM SODAS to coax back the appetite. DoYOU know how good they are? m Chewing Tobacco Rich and satisfying. The big black p195: Black Watch Railway Notes. back from Kmmoant, 1‘, halt-la" was down Town Committees Deal With Affairs Evening Post of Feb. 14 A m at Council can .wm hair! Wm «Mi; Sign: and :11 the WM. ‘ new OI All, W- WML J M ' .1 _ "’ * ‘4-|»A‘ 14!. 'eswd'. u‘uuu .- v v m; a: «an anti! avowed MM- Chnirman and W H” F“ name commas Mm“ (1'1“ first item M1 M81 wan the trealmre‘r'a [ilhtt at the town: topdnd I Wk ative; but coma ot the ethnic mem- portant one. and' that it would '36 unworthyotthotdwn tout toluene- fit by the county's W. On motion ‘0! Mid. finale. ”sanded €51 Deg-teem «Eyres. it was decided that Minor Begs should want : (BAKEN 'DO TASK. \ M Mr. G. .H. Hogans. tanner town a‘oioitor. in [Mug I. um- sent him by the secretary at the Banzai Gomim‘nouaflxbda note tout-hoe:- with“! the mmarknosfmehl- «lumen in connection with” a similar irciadent has! Laden correctly reported. it «would serve the Council right it he plan-dd such oomimunicmtiona in the mam paper basket. instead a! forwarding them. (the letter re- wrdd to main innmitohin; matâ€" ters in MM the town is Snot inter- Vewrinnry Sn'ngeon Cowan appeal- ul 0333th being heir! liable (or. uter- eit on taxes unpaid when he had not maocived his tax slip. The opimon mas Impressed that the Dr. Mould have aplanekl himself in. a mute: posi- titan by paying; the amount dud at the time and. leaving the question at in- terest lame to be decided when He miuboaakeldtopaymorfigiml un- cut and to ms the overcha‘ in- terest equation at the commiutee's inert mm; .~ I k Charity orders by When engag- ed Mutation tor a. time. -. It was «pointed ad: that 51 claims but been granted by. one dispenser. and the Council W (this too much of «a good thing. frhe Maya: and Chair- man Eym will give the Mr uu-u 341mm" .’ T: I Mean. Stimson 8: 00., Monto. wrote with mmnce to the unsold. r town M |_ - running or «than no Emuu w“ w w- cal invests“ t” i .l‘tca-smer Kuowlsonâ€"' I ln'ed that last yearâ€"I consultdd a. number at local paltks .withont result â€" they. didn‘t mantle invmt." The cucmiueo 1th adjourned. Stawaart. de. IT. ‘M. Gamble. 3.07. C. F. Morravieh, 183v. Dr. Galmith. Rev. (T. E. Earthy and Rdv. A. Lease:- (The Rev. '1‘. E. Bartley ofliciaked M1: ha bound of mourning. and. (W83 waisted by M. L. W. mu. RenDr. vGal‘uait-h. Rev. 0‘. J. W and Rev. Mr. Garbut. At the grave {Ben 0'. .w. Wilkinson diviciatdd. and warns- listed by M. (0:. Galbraith uni Rev. ‘1'. E. Baum, ‘ A: m home service this two hymns selected by the; late BOY. W. Hill mare m3. MENU" ”Ai‘ise My Soul, Arise‘ I" c.1151 {Lead fl‘ha 99.11me metre when of the mngxegauon, namely. Meat-.3. :3. Dash, J. M“; Wlhaby. CAR. Slum, :3. B. LOW W. W. Mung ad Geo. GM. 13110 floral o!- IT. W. Pickett. Rev. J. .11 Mt. mv. Mr. Gazimt, Rev. 'Dr. Chewy. Raw. E. .Worhd; mm ramaims at the late Rev. Newton Hill. of Dav'nvillo Mop tbodést ohm-ch. North (Rotate. were laid to trust in Mount PW neme~ tery £11." weak. The tnnenl ms hugely am. and the WWII; clergyman more present; Rev. 'J. W. WiLkimon. Rev. W .Wdfiwmd. Rev. L. W. Hill, Rev. Georgie Brawn. .an. 11‘. W. Pickett. 'de. J. J! Baddit. Rev, Late Reverend Newton 8. Hill Funeral Took Place an Fridayâ€"Iii: Favorite Hymns. An]. W. 'J'ondan-J'What :0 small lots to‘ Unwise Charity Being Dispensed Chime: Solicitilt Gifts of Clothint Without Prom Warm. andflnmholathinltm1 '~ wamnmhphounormutndn-m Wen known by mono 1}: the wi- oinity. It loch ovary mph nil they any a worse Jvâ€"W'W' *‘ " ' the present W “9°11" ma mu, and ot the gunman: of “I“ ., people. to dawn clown; onlwae prom. which, on being no!!! later to tho second-hull man. will field than a panda amount at ”ME” The Story of a Woman lad: Well by Dr. Williuns' Pink Pills. Daily Fading Away Bad blood means bad health. That .is why Dr. .Willi‘nnc‘ Pink Pills mean 800d health. They actually make new. rich blood which strengthena erery acne and every organ m the body. That is why people who vac. Dr. \thliamn' Pink Pills (eel might, active and strong. Mrs. Arthur um. nigan. Mushville, Ont.. is a wituezm to the truth of these statements. Mrs. Bannigan says; For unrly three years I suffered from anaemia (bloofleaaness) end during that time consuitcd Jnd tool: medicine. (rum suemi doctors. without beneficial results. My complaxion w,“ of a waxy appearance. my lips and gums sir-med bloodless. I suffered [roar headaches. diuiness ‘and palpitation of the heart. My appetite Wis so poor that I did. not! care whether, I ate 0: not. am! I grew so weak, and was so much reduoqtl in (lash. that metriwds thought I was 1:: con.- sumptjon‘ As I have. saith I doctored willzout benefit. until the rest doc- tor l consulted cdvised me to .try Dr. '-Williams' I‘ink Pills. I followed. his advice. and less than a dozen boxes hate made me the well woman 1 am. to-day. All the symptom of my trca. ble have vanished but! -I enjoy the very best of health. I know thevc are hundreds of women who are drifting into the same condiliou 1 was. and to all such I .woulld strong- ly urge the immedifite use of Dr. {Williams' Pink Pills.“ Dr. .Willmms‘ Pink Fills do not not upon the bounds; they do mt tinker thh mero aymptoms; they go rignt» to the root. of the trouble in the blood. Ihat is why they can; common ndxncnts like rheumausm. neuralgia. iidney trouble, head-uh.” rm! backaches. St. Vntus dance. .url the special uilmonu that. amlct so mad)- women and growing gins. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail -5 pm on M‘r n!- ‘3‘ InYC‘S [of 392-5.)» ueo it on all coward buggies turned outbyihim, Mm'fltflhhaumltohe adopted with eagerness by makers ev- exywhc‘re. Mr. Steven. who lanow applying tor nu American meant. in to ho Wmtulawd. . .- a; 50¢. a box or six boxes for $2. '30. from The Dr. Williams Medicme I39, Brockville. Ont. flu [“th a Good Thing. Mr. W. H. Steven. of this town. irzuzantor at schools (or West Victo- In. “just am out a (hum una- bent. No.109.983. (the Invention is “dad as c cushion Iu-ppoa't (or been tannins-dud to tit on shank at ailing ot buggy to compost tho steel mum. and thereby nrevent the burning and rum-king of “may. fir. Douaid Sinclair has enmined the device cut! his verdict in ~thah it cup-plia- a. long-Mt ’wunt. He will Mr. Arthur Tennieon, 88 London Street, Toronto, writes cnthmstically otthenefiuofmcmtornl’l noun): troubles. “For aeven yesn I have Md indigct tion and d pain. I tried scores of remedies. {gel-00m resembled a. drug store with noatnmu which I hadbought. Eventually I need Packing and every d°',°__b|_’°uxht _pemnnent relieffi’ ‘ _ All Unto“, l‘ung and Itomuch troubles quickly‘cnrod by We. It is the prenuptial: of 1 gnu Ipocidist. At .u- imagines, 50c and $1.00, or Dr. ’1‘. A. Slocum, Limited, Toronto. . sigma; and mm site“! in “I“ Didn’t Agree with Me sum-am 8"“ “.0:me wild-l” mmud‘. as its on- mcnb in ms- 1 give, but should WILLIAI’STJ Bread By- [2m To Be Enforced Ccmplaints From Citizens That the Staff of Life is Under Weight. Several oomylaian havc'bcm re- ceived lately. of short weight. bread btinc sold in several planes in tawn. but the parties neglect-3;: to site the names 0! theotteniing bakers. hence it is necassary to put the by-law relating to short weight bun. into iorce. The following is the mud part 0! the by-lam': All breed kept (or sale :n Lin-l- any. shall be in loaves at one- bllt pound. or some multiple of n. half-pound. and the weight. snail D3 stamped thereon. This does no: Uwvu-w V! l-â€"- _â€" __ 7-, Excry murder of bread snail keep in a. conSpicuous pince :0 his or he: shop. where the bread is sold. a propcm set of scales, or weighing muchme, 5.1;:- able for weighing bread. mi snail. when required by the pur- chaser. or by any police officer, weigh the breai acid. or offered for sale. This does not require a undor of creed to carry suiea win: them in ‘Lheir delivery can. That any bread uttered for axle of Ian weight thu the weight scac‘xp- ed thereon. or on the lunch-3'1 and. shall be forfeitci am! JASM- o‘.‘ for the m of thepoor at any pnbho institution. ’ Thet- itulhall be lewfinl tor the Chief Countable or any oonstabm of Linbny to enter any shop where breed is sold and inspect and wean any bread for sale and confiscate “that “gray In: 'whicbipet less weightt'nn the weight stampel {W or on theâ€"WI tunnel. Weep“: ”newsma- clnsivc of m am! not exceeding 81 “ll “0' without hart H- THE MUTUAL LIFE stamped thereon. This does no: imply Lo lanes havmz “'11ch la- bllfi showing the weight to be not more than the actual wengm o! the name. nor does it 399'] to buseuits or (my brand; ' ‘4! .j..-|l TEN YEAR’S nnoww Income ......... Surplus ..... m. Assets ......... . L. McLean, Agent This brandâ€"on a bag or: barrelâ€"is the mark ofa BLENDED FLOUR of Ontario F211 Wheat and Manitoba Spring Wheat, miIch by the bat millcrs in Ontario. Showing large inmses m man! your. Lumen. cum-C0 ASSURANCE COMPANY Ask your grocer far a Blended Flourâ€"and 100ka the above bmdwhercvayoubuy. Opposite St. Andrew’s Church. - ”Made in. Ontario " 4 ‘ 2‘3"”I 1462 33921697 201.57 9 We are ofiering the very best chasm. Patronize your own town and get value for you money. Mr. Morgan Johns, ( Government EmploymeE will take applications fr requiring farm help or servants. The help is ‘ to come mostly from and Scotland. Any person wishing to at: part fare for respecmble : on: English girls will p168 use Ir. Johns, at his red 99 Lindsay-st. BROAD NEWTO" VETEmNARIANS. unnuv. - . ennui. in You Want MS” or Female Help? Guam: of the 0mm We Will PutrYour Name 0!! in the business of FRIDAY. FEB 344,199.95: 9.296.692 1.956.519 954.001 ’S BOX 217 IZI Vera IT‘TL' 9.