onie Mi ¥ Holm fel ps th ste Eee ittended the Osborne sale in! Hime as Wednes- day, | Jessie Fullerton has returned | tet after a short visit with friends ¥ nuraber from here Ae through _-onitheir way pie, froma Mitchell cali iba a number ‘Mr. and Horn enent the end week in Str: atfor oe and "Mr, and Mrs, R. Nesbitt, of Bas “ealled on felends town one day last nnual meeting of the Monk- |. am cheese factory will be held in the a on Monday- preaing. spent i pleasaaik Hime qt the fovand USSON conte the foneral é “ARTISTIC Bedi te Seas building. decorating ost fascinating voestipation ars, with ptepailtnis desi eye Miner Bag e are well wri ee ie terthe magazine, ‘sugge: ties publishers ton a imei Na in Mr. Ro: ended the Lis- rcs ist Mt ocker match at Bt. Wednesda: night goore was 3+! Guilsha namitiehue gonne ue tended the eee al in Millbank on Friday evening, gre eng that Mr. P MeDonald who wr a few days: in Havees of the. Rose am Alice Lo : sick list ek week. I. Siegne “visiting. at. Mr, "Messrs. Lorne Rennie and Jno. M. Campbell. of Berlin, “spent Sunday at Ble Geo, Peten is visiting with) rae esate ‘poounibentéd’ by and Miss Geneva Crosshi oe boo Bere ee |, intend: holdin inte aaa n as toned ta frees nr Gers esse wits friends conmider i gearaid ‘ty te W. Stinso S ratte Willie ce ‘ow the sic . Henr} | be kicked in ‘the face by a cow. las ae i August Bi Baumbach w! 1 chee Boma of Mr. oa | Honey, fast i Ir Hua inflammation, She | et _ home Wi 7a called | 3 + agree ani reget ss Carganae ithe “service, aoe was agne | is t hich as Fnela immediately barf the pastor gave a very inter- ei ko the topic: “How we Dani friends are Deed to welcome him back to his boyhood Le a Btratford, ee feed a f Mr. Robt. at Rrerereees jokey match im St. Maly last Wel ing. late for last "ey Aaa treater are arrang- ra Dene ie en. consisting of an address from Rev. a C. Reid. a Feiner Ane medly. Teel: | ta Hops and mus’ r. Ben sees | is visiting friends in neces poe wee! ait tmumber of the sari men attend- ed the Orange meeting in Atwood this [Reyes on fiends ae a Net Maier Jast A aumber of our Hine ania young peonls arranged a sleigh ride that they at a very pleasant Galloway who has been tor Bane eine ‘emo seat anu friends wou WARTBURG.» ithe ott spelt “isover and the light fall has improved the sleighing ably, ‘ruspe delivered a fine t hree- mn ifor the figure 00, “y on Saturday sue ‘on, of Harmony. Mrs. raat saan had a porter en- couple of weeks nee matt age owing to sk list. the misfortune s aera week, The vines will sontine ae to he hoy hone while. 7 ie Teport that oa is Mow seriously J asant evening was spent lenry loose. rot ee Rear aking it’s lee home fod town. lost @ valuable cow | Mrs, Armstrong is at present AMPSI PSTEAD. Rev. Dent Allen. aeneely of North East- pe. again pied the pulpit 7 will ae e Jearn that he § is at pre- sent se ill ae “t of Palmerston. | t the funeral o' wile ae hae ak s Stewart wa phold the neg- SCHOOL RE REPORT. ~ wine id the report of U.S. 8. so, Oi ine ee Mornington for the ay Stes. “Total al ili Carrie Roe 27, oe 2 eee Sanderson 248. fanet Brydone ber Sr. Th 4 py A tin ‘Total $00. Rachel eben ie Bi ice. 152. Tom: baeges ;: II Class, Total 100—rene Eawards First Book—Lena Albrecht. excel- a Beet Steekly. good, Mary Bry- es mer—Eddie. ba. sabe r ig hes et at ¢ | of heavy: ef ing to the “recent thaws ia places maxing travelling sista ir ie sitine we winter, at Our local Dlackamiti as been kept | i ME) wosy aboel F giv. at- "| spent a few ra visiting her parents ) we: Mr. Allencéo on of the late Rev. in Mi > rs. her smother, Mrs a ace ore ha rettim- rs Ti—Noab Steckly GOTHAM — _ the roads are im bad condition. Mr, Neil Matheson, of Streetsville. Ww days under the par- mith, 8th coh. is busy these days. Adam in- tends putting a foundation under his Mr. Leslie Hymers has purchased foes driver from Mr. Wm. Henry. of Vega p seam . West. a goa patpenutrest of | the ity ;ing at Mr John Miners een tine, EL art visited na wee! und the burg attended the hockey smatch in Listo- wel last week. Wm, Dick made a business trip to Atwood on Monday. cot is sporting a new Mr. John McCracken, of Wallace. called on fri jb | day. GLENALLAN. ping tee neck, v ahiss Siete: Metae aa Visited with lew di Mr. ‘Gaym man has eae after attending the revival meetings to. M, Jolmaton. of Drayton. is re- newing old act lena ‘Gute a aecice trot uty ere fetter - the apron social home of gles Freeman, c Olivet. ae day. All report am enjoyable is Lillie Hi, of Berlin. spent Sunda os. Fleet is seriously We wish canst! a speedy covery. POOLE. spent a few days in "piratord thewen ae ae rs. R, Salvadge, of Stratford. Mr, and Mrs, P. Schmehl. Mrs J. Schweitzer. of Mil- at the home of ae Mek Geo. Berkner. of atlvertan, etd Sunday at Mr. and verton, chee Sunday Le _two weeks vacation at her ers entertained a is lahoing and a oVaaeat time was spent by by all. GRAVELRIDGE. sats, Huby Ramsey. of London. mond. of Mitchell. eh me o} alti a est Retr peti tlie week Oia and Mss John’ Uangford. are visiting friends 2, Miss (Susie Reels. Mia Daisy of) Mi spent rand and daughter Mrs. & a itriaee: M panied by ed home SCHOOL REPORT. january report +t of & 8.8. No. 9. Elma. hn White, Margaret Ran- z a Til—Gordon Holmes. Willie Par- Dalila Atkin Geor; i joah Kue Sr Nicholas Schmidt. re Parkin- con, eo: attendance for the month egoisti “ pas w. eisgrs Sy papi, ends here last Wedmes- | f A. B, puree Spent a few days |i Pear Wee Well totucrand tine’ attoe te pie her bed. We er her «| Spending a nm spent a day last week witb than this our le Mi Ketter. Etta Lambert. Rue ey On 5 We wept tree ae in ed to have their letters reach here NOT LATER than Tues- day noon. = Pee ae BEES ON THE FARM Address the Milverton Women’s Institute by Miss Robertson of Ider rigs President—I feel it meee Fiend sae to address the W. or un- told generations they were practically Bs a ee foses wished to describe t richiness ‘of ‘the promised Spoke of it as a land flowing with milk and honey,” Yet it is the lasi en. reduced 8 and knowledge of the habits and in- stincts of bees has made it possible for honey to. be placed .on the mar- ket "in “a palatable ‘and ‘economical pres re t adjusted belvca all throug! vg the evelonemed come which kelonged jonably to t! these’ their turkeys brought them in over $80, I kmew that! his taxes amount- al training is situation 453 See results t to. ss gained altogether see it iv not our independ: which is at stake. Efe i asefitiness © wo! tase: lay ‘our part in it wisely pies well new eesitions been forced aya et ad them bravely and. ed that the, aqme. sae ge phall-in no Magik be put to shame by the wi en Although it may seem somewhat q LET'S HAVE. ye ee ene uree for a supply of sweets | 8 mark ou the great feed im these -Johanges of the last century I ;|other tham honey pails. + impos- Welly taken om such an altered Teen heel fr ne’ oe peek: a How Bg are uhh eh nee the prob- h confronts he answi of ising fields for women in this coun-| the vv cess. Until we Bayh Je learned rays kept es at home coough to supply the house with hon @ succession of hard win- with poor igement netiefed our stock until in the spring of year; nae adittle general knowledge ‘The Feeont fs my first years is not 0 be pi lave you ever thought what a a dittioutt thing it is for the average girl to manage a usiness on own initiative. are mot trained for it and public opin- ion does that we make all the advantages Colder Weather the prices quoted. by Feb. 15th. Tallow 7c. We have a few lines of Winter Goods . left over, which we wish to clear out, to make room forspring goods. © made the price so low on these goods that we cannot afford to i them at 4 Ladies’ Long Coats in black and green, regular $10, to clear at... 2 Men's Black Beaver Overcoats, velvet col- lar, regular $14, while they last.. 7 Youth’s Beaver Overcoats, velvet — regular $7, to clear at......... 2 Men’s Sweater Coats, green with white trimming, regular $2.50, to clear at...... 6 Ladies’ Sweaters AT COST. ‘COFFEE At the Old Prices while the stock lasts. 20c, 25c and 30c Ib. 100 lbs. of Geese Feathers’ Wanted We-have 4.65 9.90 = A,75 1.50 Price. 45c Ib. Dried Apples 7c. WM. K.LOTH MILVERTON, ONT. son I had only 300 lbs, of honey and to 35 stocks, a To be continued next week. NEW NORTHERN MESSENGER Our good old friend Raed agien ty it really looks entirely Suitable to all class- es of Bowtiay schools. it offers one of ais to 8 _Farmers’ adnan oe - Feb. iow A HINT TO 'O_ PREACHERS» J. E. McIntosh, oe aac “Ont. e that it is time uid under ce rtain sympathizes with) them in their cor- row. , Our churches to-day are not draw- ipg the ket baa into them as they ul chan * alfiliiog her true mission on this earth. at rT m0 pelabictk fe awe I have 2 taok is help me-over the ‘aitt. man-who i his people. to and A BIG SNAP! 150 ACRE FARM FOR 150 Acres known as the Alex. Sch- i: Lots 30 amd 31. ossession. “Apply to CLIFFORD JACKSON, Real eas fie “i ties. appreciates, their temptations a} |Reent. Guelph, Ont. Zz (er ‘BOOTS an SHOES | In order to make room for spring goods we will make ‘baeacbe Reductions g Friday, Feb. ord ead ee until Saturday, kinds. ‘ Eggs Taken in Trade Feb. 11th, Inclusive On all Felt Footwear, on all Heavy Rubbers, Socks, Overshoes and Cardigans, on all Men’s Women’s and Children’s Fine Rubbers, on Boots and Shoes of all REMEMBER mde ‘ES: FROM THE 4rd TO 11th FOR THIS WEEK! 1 only’Men’s Fur Coat, China Dog, reg. $22, for 14.99 maett ak “" Coon, reg. $20, now....,12.00 6 only 8 piece Water Setts, reg. 2.25 and 2.50 1.39 BN 20 your choice.. at 1 only 44 piece China Tea Set, reg. 5 50, sale.. 1 only 100 piece Dinner Set, reg. 15.00, sale price 7.99 7-49 5:49 .2.99 12.25 10 00 750 « 3 only ro piece Toilet Sets, reg. 4.25, sale price.. apo 3% I only No. 22 Meat Chopper, reg. 3,59, sale price 2.25 “ dB e¢ rag “ “ « Bee 1699 19 1 only Alarm Clock, intermittent, reg. 2.50, for....1.49 HALF PRICE: Meyer's Royal. Poultry Spice, reg. 25¢, sale price...15¢ 3 only 8-day Clocks, reg. $4, sale price.. 1 only Alarm Clock, reg. 1 50, sale price 3 only Alarm Clock, luminous'dial, reg. 1.75, for 1. Other Jewelry at Pratt’s Egg Producer, rég. 25¢, sale price 2 15¢ Greig’s Improved Regulator Condition Bowie regular price 25, sale price... Something Special for Next Week SCHNURR BROS. LINWOOD, ONT. y J LINWOOD. og an son Willie aud, pleased wi with our Ontari ee, one of the finest that Be has ex- eur, eod Mrs; Peter Jackson. of Tisdale. Sask., called om Mr. and Mre oe Crooks on Monday. hall was crowded on Sun- Moore. the of Thursday P Maes Miemanea several ovel and attractir Especial mention of that of Miah eda Berlett should be m garments and hair were litup by elect rio bulbs which wer aled attached to a battery which she na ried om her person. Messrs, W. 0. Bundy and Ed, Berlet drove to Berlin on Wedpesda afte: was spent in business oat thet avauius an ising ie erie Waterloo hockey mateh, Melachren spent Mr. A. few sere last week visiting at his os hers Novas agatha, of rots. spent could mse. r last week disposed f his Bamisome, ‘roadster tapi th ME: |Srieker. of Berlim, for the snug sum f $410. \° awe. Gies. of Macton, disposed Jof his fine heavy team ps week to | Mr. Joseph Gibson. of Virden. Man. for the sum of $470. La grippe owing to the changeable woather t= prevalent in this it: sa Mr. McFaul. of pees ee eet anch o} xpeeted fiat the O.P-R. team of ‘Guelph and the Linwood hockey team will eross sticks on the rink a . a? here ayers the Lobimski inquest at Well Monday. : Mr. ‘Ale lex. Goetz. of Kenilworth. spent Sunday at the King Edward hotel. a J. G. Seip spent Saturday in er] eee ‘onday ne ie 30th, ~ ‘Bohmitts hotel the ing the as the list is still open has Jos. X m were the officers elect WOULD RENDER U USEFUL SERVICE bey 3 enna tion ae yanks prove The Ontario Government will 5 a i and a ‘vice Siri mousl ter thaber Gt aE half a century o) HAWKESVILLE. s. Dr. Weid S| to. Waterloo Jast_ week owi n er. Mr. paced Ci Dr. Weidenh: cara i ue jammer wad 0 be agate of his father-in-law. “the e east by} Mr. y the lime-| at Waterloo cai Hee foo eral of the late Jacob Conrad of Wai paid a gimeas dition of Sncueeal yerton. were in the village last Mon- "ey. mi rsom has bought the |- off Mr. ov a the ‘pocket: e large eh! + As mall settiement | ou alley? hous er barn i the| Ben Ballard sam intends of-re-/ them to = Z and child to rss “ho Saturday for ms. and the ex-| where they, will reside in future on farm afew miles east of Tavistock. fats chee .3 ingrich. om progusials nothing but Crown. they might ‘be sown” with the! sees of the white pine. and to. the| isa whe co! mmer abe joules serious illmess and death of te tothe Br. r- 0 on Saturday. attending the fenerel s. John Ottmann were last Saturday _ visiting Pete Huefner attended the fun- Northern resent visiting friends cidous trees were the propelty of the about’ tHawkesville’a and in St. Ja¢obs. If you tee it in The Sun it’s so. - in L. McKay Presiien t, Ve a mnie! Vice eine H. ‘Allemang ; Sec- F. H. Schummer; ‘Treas., is Buea is Hag) agreeable surprise was given Wm. McKay last vate, All Rear having spent a joyable evening. Following es eke 3 re Mr, and Mrs. Wm. M your friends and surrounding district, have assem! on t- | ding. We advantage of this opportunity to im- ss township | and praspero! a % sone int the past. m behalf of ye olde friends uaintances, We Pay Highest Prices for Farm Prod uce iss M. Ve Powell, of etre mi of Pept meet- img of the Rermers and Women’s In- Sates to be held in the town hall. rybody welcome. — Feb, 9—Farm stock and implements | amd | beoatag od 16 — Farm Macton. Eran -Farm stock and ol vot ‘nk Brenner. 3 miles northwes Clements. near Schop} io corner. a 24—Farm stock and Tnplements of R, B. Martin, 21-2 miles east of}, March 14—Farm stock and impte|' ments of John Druar. gas ee “ ne St. Clements. ach the work whenever you — tablets « aaa eek ake saness into of William Deunch. ae i 2 miles east of bs “THE MAN AND THE HOUR And the Sin of Omission Alice Charged Against Herself. By KEITH GORDON. 2 ; Blinor for the first time in her life was looking the future squarely in the eye. Hitherto she had been content to nibble at life, munching away content- edly enough, satisfied with the joy of the moment. And she might have gone on so for an indefinite time had it not been for the occurrence of the 34 of rune, New Year's day is significant only because then, by common ent time moves up a number. Ths partic- ular June 8 made an indeliite {mpres- sion on Elinor’s mind because on that day she began to be thirty-two—began at the very beginning, of course, but still she began. ? ‘ “I shall say I’m thirty-one all this year anyway,” she announced defiant- months 29 or whatever it if I have to ities it PM make it tnineeons in round en thirty-one plus.” ‘All of which, as the reader can see, was very unscrupulous. However, as she found, by far the worst thing about beginning to be irty-two was the fact that you couldn’t forget it. The ant is tried the Lae you remembered “Well, if I am?” ca the remark that our hero- ine slung into space when, after a she sat down with are plenty of other gir—women, I mean. Alice is thirty, Mary thirty-one, Mabel twenty-eight.” She paus: her enumeration, struck yy the thought that ‘all these friends ae ‘e married. fatrimony was a sub- ject to which she had given the mini- um of thought. She supposed she’d come to it some time, but she was in no hurry. to enter TOY so long as there was pleasant browsing to be had outside. ish she had thought of it at all it thi nose, a memorandum eC ed to avoid as long as He now that she was be- thirty-two the%thing was Could it ‘be that there waa point when one ‘0 be thirty-two, for instance, when I cointnaneny defand. ed that one should lay aside “Miss” Just as it required that ‘one should stop wearing pI oe ae ie Dlight with «stiff uj soaiiding: Cat ond ieeiR one t. Ss but teoae to blame. There had been .| anumber of men—the mischievous dim- ple at the corner of her mouth danced into sight for a second at the thought of how many—who had done their best She had inadvertently “ ‘lived over,” as she had once heard an pang hrased. was no bout ib she was an old maid! toe aloud in aoe its oan trathy,. edith such eu} “spinster” ho woman ‘ane ste ald audibly. But ed like'a gion one of th thi too ba e would probe Be pee up. after a bit to find that | been married since her eight: | an e role for all it was worth. she would avoid the ore Little by_ little her p were -e brought into reciisttine? little graces and frivolities of Le set stock amd ments of John Small, 2 miles cast ot eee was bint, aittte bie a’ maid—fust'a plain old eres fae ve thing that he hadn't done was to sore and Elinor had long sackcloth son ashes? lar sin are “The great ‘ain ea onsont® she | answered demurely as they sat om each sed But he aeien in- us. He ss not known her fif- He years for ion, rcs mean,” he /said dryly, with an air of remembering things. “No; omission! I'd tell you about never shia comfort to it like a stone, New Theses Soak Search For a ag fiers it par it is aa ca ae aly of, elimination has now been pamavictee.. ve are at last-on the right tract anol ‘ilized. is now known ri to be the case. It is found among all Faces, to a less among the un- civilized, but nevertheless among them. | All vertebrates are subject to es It is “not now thought to red: 7, COn- genital or ordinarily. ibis Gat What, then, is 13 By careful study a infected mice and rats the theory has been eyolved ‘that cancer is due to independent cellular activity. Cancer is not something that comes into bod; pie his eyes lazily upon her AS long, steady, inscrutable. he said, with a A laugh, ane go on; let me bl You always tell me eventually.” 4 so, in fact, she did. It w: beauty of Max oat he made fi like and hate aneously. But no matter what you felt you wanted him, and you usually confided in him. That jeast had been Blinor’s experience, and it was being repeated for the hun- dredth time now, She wanted to tell him; she always wagted to tell him ev- erything. She lean teres sudden- ly, with a childish bid for sympathy in her eyes. “You see, Max, I've omitted to get And now I’m thirty-one”— I married? icin itd what I don’t under- stand.” ‘There was a pause in which it ‘seom- c ed to her that she suddenly pene ha beating of her own heart. fully realized what had fans tert pence were held, close and Max was | saying: “Look at me, Elinor, and Bee if y you can’t find out. I’ve waited years for you to finish sowing your wild oats’ $ Part of the Game. _ i ‘The best kind of wit is not the broad. joke-or quip, but the remark which summarizes the truth of : one in possib! was talking about some bygone pie m of government. _“That is as obsolete,” he said, * “as the constitution of the ae States. Am I not right, Mr. Lows “T am reminded,” parka the other, “of a remark which I overheard at a tennis tournament. d_ ladies” “were watchin; Forests of the Philippines. years’ investigation of the forests of ps Philippine ee Dr. H. N. Whi to setaavatatenienie concerning their A Hate and richness which will be likely | rise a to surpt man; He says, | for ing that the virgin forest nds, covering: 25,000,000 ‘the ld te value ot the Given eal a it asset will have been added to the com- ‘mon wealth oH mankind. Dickent and Mai atben: PHvsne i tae ‘A yery interesting relic of one of the has found it possible to immunize ani- mals by injections of killed cancer cells prepai such a manner as Jeave intact the active substances. shave, sitting besi aed ‘at his black ie the poles are sold row -vester who sha) ari =| house. bank 1 oo from tiva ca — 3 raeticniat ne of the best farms, ton, ance bank barn, A. a r two miles, from Sniverton Ke acres | a] i oultivation: v Balance - bush. 1 mile “fzom ail i] G.T. i $7 een i Ha seul) Peieaeeneales alice ‘took a plaster imprint rie gO aes inane aaah