"MERCHANT TAILORING BUSINESS —E——EEEEEEE oe Convinces us that in order to hold old cus- tomers and make new ones, you must be ever on the alert to secure whai is newest and best on the market, That you must keep pace with the times in buying. That we do this is evidenced by our present stock, You will find everything that you want in Suitings, Overcoatings and Trousering. - Everything up-to-date, the best procurable and at reasonable prices. Knechtel & Smith Milverton’s + Leading + Tailors” Really Handsome Furniture SS ‘When it comes to buying really fine furniture, have no hesitation about coming to Stratford, Here you have the advantage of great stocks to choose from, and you get goods fresh from factories, mostly in the city, at prices made for rapid selling, ae us for ase or photos of anything inthe line of gi a may 1 R. WHITE & CO., Stratford ‘The First Furniture Store East of the Post Office Xmas !| Xmas! Judging from the cro: Nuts and Candy, w ‘ould alnrost (Eo keep up the suppls Candies this 1d of people around here this week buying presents emake you think that Christmas 1s not far ave re hipment of Nuts and One reas: a give Xmas Goods this year Is because the low Nee and NUTS 1 what we are doing. you for having such enormous si es of n our goods is doing it. ices just to show FANCY DISHES You should not miss seeing our stock of China Dishes at 5,10 and 15¢. Prices on all the TOYS we have left over will be cut in two. 15e, 10¢ for Se, and 5 this snap, Penk few Tae Conta fe, whieh: wel wilt ell at astonishing low pricen, as they an WE WANT YOUR PRODUCE and will pay you the highest price. J. R. YOST & SON gh ed de i lak BB Be Se Bo ilo hs Be io ie he le a Te Fh ee OT? OH OPT? OPO How would a nice pair of Felt Slippers or Romoes do for a Christmas present. The goods are manufactured by The J G. Grosch Felt Shoe Company. Call and see them, they are sure to please you. W. Zimmerman, Gye Shoeman RELELEEELELE EEL EEEE EE EEES RB FF 0 OO OT LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELE GS —_— Fle EXTEND THE ; apis of the Season >STBATFORD, ONT. school is recognized one onthe Heading Commercial Schools in tario. are in de- and. as to be Principals, 8 fe eatatogs Elliott & McLachlan, t A HUMBLE HEROINE, Mother ngs bac ay and me ane of sion of Hon Some au os in a city oe France a the soles. ‘were drawn up on thé in in the habit of char- ty was called “our in front of the gov- ernor general, and this is what he sald: when yi from a mitrailleuse laid you prostrate the battlefleld of cause you have not exposed ours “In 1870 you were taken up in choffen covere many are Such deeds of heroism you weeks ago with one of You took up the grenade ba your pate you smiled upon the wounded wi looked at you with fealioas of ae were seen ‘when persons came to your assistance wound when you returned to the hos- pital whence I have now summoned Then the general made her kneel lown and, drawing his sword, touched her lightly with it three times on the shoulder and pinned the cross of the Jegion of aoe oe her habit, saying: gt the cross of the service of your country. Soldiers, ore sent arms!’ The troops saluted, the drums and bugles rang out, the air was filled with Joud acclamations, and all was jubila- tion and excitement as Mother Teresa arose, her face suffused with blushes, ed: ' “General, are you done?” “Yes,” said he. “Then I ‘vill go back to the hospital.” From “The Companionship of Books,” by Frederic Rowland Maryin. a art POINTED ‘PARAGRAPHS, ‘here {sno such thing as a secret, pa Death gli probability is the only inty. who have ee the law say. ie Me nit hard to d nce 1s ike fire-If you play, with it you are liable to be burned. There is‘too little attention shes two mighty important words, tell.” It is a bad plan to seelt to make & ood impression by following every, to instead of what they would be pleas- lo. We can’t understand why people try. to deceive others, but cannot under- stand why they should try to deceive themselves, as so many seem to do, - hen Musici ‘Wer in these days of saber titerton and Jo, it seems strange to assert that there ever was a time when musicians were in demand, yet such was reall case, “In the fifteenth dante Bike: Mr. Henry. M, Brooks: in. bt ‘Old- en Time Music,” “musicians wer 80: 0! vat beth’s time children with the proper Qualification for her majesty’s choirs their parents without ny compensation being given ta tho tates ‘Weighing Common Afr, ‘The weight of air has often haa test- ea by compressing it in receptacles by the air pump. That it really has weight when so compressed is shown by the fact that the weight of the vessels is something less than one and a quarter unces. ‘The above experiment on the weight of air 1s supposed to be made at the surface of the earth with the temperature at 80 degrees F, Heated air, or air at hah elevations, is much lighter, Lunar Athletic) ‘The “man in the moon” must surely regard with amused nese: our much vaunted athletic records, A good ego athlete could cover Sri feet on the moon in @ runn irene jump, while leaping over the carrying six times as much and run- | ning six times as fast as he could on earth, all because the moon attracts’ eee with but one-sixth of the force Dette rast vith on ‘one who aia not eens the laws than with a sloven and unpresi | itles rule the world, but ai tancea the senses are d res aer entable person. Moral qual- | - The Watch of the Man In the & jet by the Stars. a aces “e a ae nS interesting sub- ject. the chronometer in the oe: ee & pro lon con The. sank, pale out with the the spell of ‘tim As most persons cnawe England sup- plies the world at valuable but isaperable ae maabalty: that purely ar- ing which we call timé day of the civ! but in America the pass States Naval observatory in Washington determine: Greenwich time and distributes it oF telegraph. In the end the watch of the man in the street is set by the stars. Out of the vast number in the heavens there are sen Bee visible either to the eye mera, Which are known to be aeationlly invariable, The astronomer selects one of them. ugh thé transit instrument—a telescope pointed at the meridian—he watches, telegraph- fe key in hand. On the lens of the telescope are eleven hair lines. center one marks the meridian. As the star crosses each of these lines the operator presses his key, the vires of which connect with an automatic re- cording elok calles a chronograph. ese time the ane rossed the FSEAS nate and Toles Stalls Tin "Dentistry. _ 7 t B (LEDERMAN, Dentist, 1 Lic tal Surgery and Dental ac ieonvot ‘of xe Oe Office abor a ’s hardware store, eietion: Medical. or Grad- rik Medical Epa Legai MORPHY & CARTHEW, eae of Hanon, Ete. Solicicors for the jt setinged Tor of the firm will be in Milverton every Thursday, H. B, MORPHY, |. M, CARTHEW, Veterinary. Calls by. tele: phone or otherwise promptly attended to. bles ets a5 “time at which “ ae whether or not the clock rs nine time is distributed at noon, the fraction of @ second.—Youth’s Com- panion. A FEW DON DON’TS. fi oat be reckless, Kless, especially. in your | < dyin; Don’ t giye to the Lord and then go out and rob a widow. Don’t acquire the borrowing habit, or the day will come when you will rum out of friends. Don’t marry an indolent man expectr ing him to brac to take in washing to pay for the race. Don't be so mean minded oe She can see no good in @ man, may be the first to loan you money. am time of need, Don’t lay up everything for a rainy day and go hungry all through life. | J Besides, where you are going it may neyer rain, on’t spread butter on both sides of your bread just because:you have $3 in your pockets. An earthquake may come along and shake the change out of velopment of The developiient ot e cnc sins the egg is one o: things in nature. fifty-eighth hour of incubation the heart begins to beat, two vesicles are the outlines of the wings may be per- ceived and sometimes of the head also; on the fifth day the liver 1s visible; on the sixth other internal organs appear. In 190 hours the beak is fully formed; rance. On cighteenth day the first faint piping of the chick is sometimes audible, y Old London, Modern ities are not as those of other days. For example, in London in the time of King George II, the streets were still cobbled and the pack horse of Elizabethan memory had been replaced by heavy carts and wag- such as pins, thread, string, ink, straps, fish, milk, cakes, bread, drugs, herbs, matches, were hawked in the streets. ‘The Moderna Way, “My dear, you must really take Fred- dy in hand about the way he use! slang. Today he asked me what en- tomology ay and I told him the scl ae of bug: ell?” Then he asked me it eens owas m craty, map.’ e up, or you may hava | \," Livery. J. H.LAMBERT, Mill St., about 3 doors east of the Queen’s hote class horses and rigs to be obt cea aggage transfer, Commer- ing a specialty, Give him a call. Societies. No. 99, Milverton, meets every ert en last Tuesday. of every month, at 8 o'clock, in their hall over Rothaermel & Son's baalegee “sere: eee brethren. always weloome: 6. , Cc. R., S, H. Pugh,'Ree-Secy > ‘Silver Star suseta every F ae halvover PbS Drag z brethren always wel: come. Daniel Hoss,N.G., W.K Lath RS, Season to you One and All. C.R.Honderich & Son “THE BIG HOUSE” Notary Public. W. D. WEIR, Notary rae fab tioneer for the County of terloo, Conveyancer, Deets y Mortgages drawn Ss Village Clerk. Office me! sine stores Main alreet lees fons Hotels. EXCHANGE HOTEL, Brannet, Ont. G oprietor. Best liquors st-class ac: commodation and tarve abling, A CEN rton. First-cl Jie L HOTEL, Mil f ‘Wedding Invitations Kc Promptly and Mini one at the ml Price, when printe or opminerolal travellers and Three large somple rooms, G i Best brands brands of ilguoer: and Chas. Ritter, Proprietor, ae Good sti gars, QUEEN’S HOTEL, Milverton, Ont George F. 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