We wish you “A MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.” We thank you for the business y given us that we may be favored with yo in years to come. Greetings ! during past years and t and a ou have t ur trade WEBER & BETTGER MONKTON'S X POPULAR STORE J whatever class this ate headgear, if it may te ‘Folding sities i Hed t! is you loubt this woman was right. risian elegance to the ‘Spanish women of the upper classes may have its at- a An may be Maiateaiaes sci Mail, THE FIRST WINDMILLS, Sanit per pone wl ie wine for his money. h among the Saracens in the Cena Be how ae he ‘or bundreds were among the most juncts of Saeuee zee they changed THE MANTILLA. “QUEER fear it?” they belonged, was suppo: that a lai serap book pasted and in #80 typical of the Spanish: “Well, I hap- touching the 0 have often ene of this, popular artist on e all of el Now, w that they hide our elaborately herangat hair un. , other offering: at and conceal our in the of service. of the “tnt | Wayward who has mi Windetle ea fat te ey had ‘sg the | coa structed ae code of years windmills: bgt toa ad- | and primis | | sage. the four bette | all over the derrick!" Ini Giving” rid charge of disorderly conduct at j Street police co ase Galt dloee di ‘police station Hs prisoner denied » had Saating, and the teported Se catia Matar. Years ngistions extremely weddin; bridegroom resented useful gift, and it took all the of mui So Board to prevent a breach ‘WEDDING. GIFTS. Rece’ ir of Coffins. red | donor must, of course, have put him- | Self to considerable expense. Accom- ig these strange presents was a note wherein the hope was express of ese’ subetitates salen se ania women, i telly prove of wu wore groom had in¢ As the bride- | curred pale aunty while under his government, it that these gifts ca woman was sitting In the ses! from a disappointed office seeker, a and I was thinking dexed many hi tion in drawing and paint! which Naturally enough effol m—chleago Recon: Hi Grew Too Tall. “{ recall a case of genuine bone- eethire eee an of a drill erew had been the ae e ; hand, the flow was small, ‘Pine trees ‘ardly | grow small,’ was to be thé code mes- seat drill struck wing message oy sent kt — a gusher hell, adh sl Of course there icated by Tobacco. lence aj ed fn g vi ery Wades in ‘tel evening. He with sata is noes man on a Bow miveteee ey me clippings containing adverse S eeltietat ace this singular if rts Like aration was no doubt felt by inev! accom: panying letter stated, “to T restrain the flights of a giddy young wife epit old fool (er- | and pened it. av The Burglar} -: = Alarm | It Did Its Work Too | Well | By EDNA BLAKEMAN Copyright by American Press Asso- elation, 1911. ° “Did you lock the pantry door?” ask-| {; ed Mrs, Bradbury from her halfway up the stairs. dbury turned with a muttered kitchen, where he rattled the pantr; door viciously. “I knew I had locked it,” he said in an injured tone as they took up the line of march for the sec- | ond floor. Once more Mrs. Bradbury paused c zo Bi seriously objected. Mrs. etre Dassed him with up- lifted chin and sailed down the sta! band ant down on the landing ily. uurned he awalted her _ rs with a eae frown creas- ing his handsome brow. ee Eye trying the pantry a again. e third or fourth Breen aerial upstairs, You fred | the living room windows for the fourth | thine and the parlor id the third time.” | his 0 very clever, don't you believe you might invent uf pore alarm, one | an; “we'll Gon to get inside, eh?” ee hours afterward, as the A was saetine 10, Mr. Bradbu: door after the departing ee in and nile his hands delightedly. oe all right now,” he cried enthu- siastically, ae off to bed, Louise, and wait for our burglar, eh?” Taeleuaege ‘into. details concerning the Bradbury. burglar alarm, eI yi ced by their not shock the electrician, for he wo} rubber gloves, a did the bell ring in the constable’s arm did work e eighteen bells Jangled diabolically. “I wish ee ‘those pies mee didn’t hay be si plained fie things ea Oe windows. up stail Bary. paused and turned with a ae ic gesture. “Joe!” eet what oe it now?” he grinned. | “Rest easy about ae pantry door— that’s fastened all ri “Tt isn’t that— ae teat overcoat!” “What about it?’ “I left it on the clothesline. I put it out to air. It smel elled pe camphor, and I for89 t to bring “I'll get it. Hold the candle while I alsconnect this —there, confound it! j rope he t little. plug down regi n't get out of the ne house, Louisa “until that plug is found understand? Until—that—plug—is = she EES Sea a, leave that to the chap that ceSS as trials that evening. | found.” Mr. Bradbury's Voice showed the strain of an oyerworked stock of, | patience. “Why can't you go outside, Joe? you mean that we're that would prever e from en- | : tering the houre vee | gners by that burglar alarm?” Sal ee Promise eo A en ave ata od facta bury, oe ling his head in perplexit: secant cea eee Peery the case,” returned her husband. 2 Ww. dones i “OLEVER, ISN’t 11?" “I might as well put in my spare time | tevin to aaect sen thiays Perhaps make a go of i you PRE it “on market she asked, suaning? a comb ager ne eee hair. “Cer “Wi sake es you going ef call it? It will have to have a nam “I shall call it ‘Brad! qourys Burglar | Alarm,’ said the inventor after some it. “Che cy ee ene Jes ever so yetter ig,” urged Laniae, ting a aaides braid over her “noting de srantiae: ath ‘that | ther,” assen it aes ‘n in his noteboo! Many wi sas Resale ie) fore any mi tion Ha mi of the burglar alarm. Imthe meantine Joseph Bradbury each night f¢ his. wife window Donlitay obnele little home trying each catch and lock after she had faatedien tt aad then watting batientty she once made el- en- fe rons. ma seen on. er ee eng Hie sister nie saan aban caleula- s of pinks ona tions on scrap: a from the o He came out on the tall | ate withcculng be Gactiad “ook ae panies case which hung heavily | fro “What ve you got, dear?” Mi Bradbury kissed her husband and look- | ed curiously at the suit case. ! “Anybody around?” asked Bradbury Bradbury inet down before the case | _ Within was a tangle | Se and bolts, “Tye got re Ae tiles t hs js it?” eShs leaned over the | it ae, her ery face ee ‘with curiosity and impatience “Phe uradbury Parga snem, ” an eutised “ibs inventor prot ‘then sou did tnvent if? AN souk: | ed joyful i gure 1 aid 've made arrange- | , i ments with the eectle light’ plant to: | run a line down from their feed Wire. with this and this and 1 All I’ve got:to do is to: switch on the current gis 1 go to bed, and no- body can enter the intruder a heavy | cae How's that? Go! she asked “After. sine I've are ‘electrician to al nave: ben Whole ee compictoa tiside ofa ted Mr, Braabury, jotting ju Que Thursday aight. Mr. ee om ffice at bby | cor “This little plug is my own device. When it is removed from this he ae }eurrent is on a When I rater the plug in the eoen! the reverse ot the usual "t it? from the house by a second story win- dow. It A Mage that sg yeah Ponlgen. as a long ai ft their beds. glar alarm demonstrated fo hee The colored lights flashed intermit- tently a over the peo the ae siitea en bells rang incessantly; the constable ait -hlg: it rattled on motor cy- ce, while Miss. Lenigan proceeded to end the air with her cries of pain. “When the tunift was over, when oie core had been shut off from the reed = sae Bridget fad eet he eae from her unhappy position more Sclgieon thait hurt eon ie seiveent had not been a very heavy one after had been lib- when the constable fed for his tro’ y upon tie outside rid and confronted his wife. to do, Joe? Brid; says she brought in your overcoat at 2 o'clock, so you need not have tried to radbury with a “Good said Bi at self control. red the house to its “artistic” | . What he did with the | genre from this devastation is not re- ded When he had finished he went care- fully around the house and locked each Ww doot ee ae ae 1d tested ea are hr doing, “Joo?” called Louise from the stair: tiously, “The locks atop!” grunted M2. rad: ‘Not setae Bridget’s afternoon and | bury, with a grim smile at his own ceaatiig: of course.” | wit. Suicide by Swallowing Gold. Suicide by swallowing gold is some- , 168 accomplished in China, The following is an anitionstive account, learned ©! j Bt , written by a very 1 hinese for | the. Westminster Gazette, of how thi ea contested form of suicide is ac- | lee ‘allowing gold it is not loose } BS No Fool Like an Old Fool And In Love Young People Are 6 | Not Overwise By J. BERRY CRAPO. Copyright by American Press Asso- ciation, 1911. PPD IIIA IA n I was fourteen years old my plies one ae. called me into his study and said t “Frank, 1 hte n Neiee ental your Uncle Mark, in which he offers to take Cut a Long Story. Short— — — COME TO Hayes’ Bakery FOR ——— a! Christmas Cakes Bread and Flour Wedding Cakes a specialty Monkton, Ont. ae GPDSC OVE Oat Cy ee our uncle ils eeen ules tp — rich. hand and on meeting her did not tear “Do you advise me to accept the of: | fer?’ I asked my father, » —marvel of courage that I was—to “There isa certain important reason “oss them to her. Sho enught ee Si ap Set eELiseensioane and the smile she gave me set Your uncle is a monomaniac. He has | beart afa He had a love affair which has turned out badly and es ponent iat he = i cies to be a women, declares that he will bere marry, @ his spleen is so great it he Wr DOHES separated, I going to college, she to a » , Seminary. However, there were four [ahs SERRE SOR NS ORMATORE ears before us of love dr ig. 1 man from enjoying his Aas on 5 He have always it that we re therefore makes it a condition with ally fortunate that the period of you that you shall bind rourelt never | feeling was so long in giving to , to marry.” t of sp There is in the former Being too young to settle such an a delicious. doubt, a fear that important matter for myself, my ac- | will nothing come of it all, a dre: ion was decid mina familycon- that at time iy hear that the ference or, rath my mother, who, _ lov: me bas entered into another being the last court of appeal in all such world far more beautiful than 0 as that shalt sesepe tui ofte: | She gaye no reaso: of this ‘decision, but it twas supposed that ahs fancied uncle might find a new love and his antagonism to women would vanish. In this case I would at least be educated by ki, ad ay live ee my uncle | ars old. that age man, manorial if soured ty the mis- | endowed with the propensities bestow- carria; love , is not likely upon mankind. It honor to fall into another one. Instead of bound since my uncle had brought me sottanleg toWyare Ate "UbDpete Sects antipatl associations eee ink Wet Young any pliable wom- en, but with thos his own age. Something of his own crankiness in them drew sparks, as flint striking flint, ie by en friends fled aw: himself up in his irae MSIE only his Tnea friends. there. eventags for a ses wh: Had ay uncle desired to bring m iv 08 breal Why Gontiart Ne Gotid aoe have placed me in a position better calculated to bring about such a nr sult. An old housekeeper was the only woman in our home ex cook. We do not covet what but what we are deprived of, school with boys and ted with girls. From to eiat girl frien them admij with lithe creatures to ir e will grow up t womanhood without a spark of that sense of honor, whipt i ae and which I school- masters ave oeibeavectag to WilanUats in ys i “Neve ertheless, Tne seat ty pI Ire plied, “she’s might ne ils were going to school. seen admiration in m; afer awhile she would ioe xe with ve casting her eyes | ng 01 f them ol ee pte ay iniichting thar she | took them up-a her, she avoiding eae at me as if | | rat i dese oF GOIN rest tide te pani h rene HL Sonte a glance at whos!) Sele elatna Sih 2) rah eae ed, but a solid lump of gold, or | fice would turn her to stone aeeattnn ante pobeyctis Ar even @ gold ring, weighing about halt| Not baving any assurance and de | $i Toth Tt voutn and who ‘an o Id ie not at any time | Siting to ih fa | turned him against her. sex. Short! of a corrupting nature, but when 8 ing upon meeting her Tr Abenen Wt of Ra pee Aleta ae ; lump of it is avatloien and gets into | the paveme”: shor! fore 566 “PRES: gout fo rs before he had made the bowel it fails, on desir ee its, ed. I turned, fee ngs ber ee. Nees eam ok binibelf ent tad tested sk Welanlacnelght to ei | walk over It with her heat tmenrd | $0 98 Eauae acon the convolutions of the bowels and contemptuousy upward patie \tar ea he could by leaving her enough can therefore never complete its t After two or thi ie ont like a trip Hammer, T-eonsilered 59. metre ou caue for the cect Fire slots iGrough he bowel and-de<; Gat I ah Tearvel of Deatenye! ©: it | stays life witout any suiering” | T wondered how L had dared do it, | biel on eae ats innit aoealt aie eee ee eee | one of those illogical, irrelative state- An Unfoctunate Response. i ae me which. women are vegies e ielencrint the one Naried Ox | “Youd better say.” I retorted, “tha ces—into the von it not . | enter m: this dalionte: chea- wi all men, old and votes days bebvoi seh cima of her work as. quietly os if ait old cu | mudgeon thwart hea es ee ea Ss, lets I tosse she designed at par ne ee 1 wis! 80 far as possible to peter any WO- ‘45 was loye—love absolutely Lai as ~an interminable es the first and leaving a horrible void for e. and a wom: hood, and I was married. | could inherit a cent gies his money. And so Da ame Nature went on wit! | not attempting 2 rtance ti it I had mad never to im nev mari had my love to do with marriage? It | wi of some five or six years one ‘ing more vey Before t atrimony—we were the forsake ont When we returned, an educated man ie ; that the result of an under IPPIGE GO bt top esaltene ith my wnele Trond involve, the! lose to ihe: of my love. On Syila, tha the a * nAMbO I ge I was twenty-one I rete) no ‘an in love than six- teen, ae, my uncle, who was fart fifty, was a greater fool as regard: matters than L. The truth is the far- ther we get from that period when na- ture intends we shall mate the less we know about mating. When we are In we ters even feel analytical statement - Seay inary to a Spoleto: & thing I kaa ried clingetinn. The m rae seen ee about tl ‘Gre the ragged edge es tint followed occupied Saath sense should haye told me to arance rst a RAND TRUNK System CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR RATES i Single Fare 50 ; neha etween ai aentoee in CANA Bast of Port Rock, Ningara Bridge, N Y. lekets sow 0 s 4 Ghe Compliments of the Season ... eeeee. J.M. FLEISCHHAUER Merchant Tailor MILVERTON, ONT ee Cosecosecess H. ¢. BARLETT UNDERTAKER 2. peat ‘om Presby ° @ ° aeeteesehesescassceces the ane with my oa marry a: ‘ommon sense is very Mer at visite poco pes: le. It is supposed to be a natura faculty, but I am Inclined to think it an artificial faculty. What does a pair of mmon seni ‘After our’ Clandlentine: toarelage a lived in a vert whirl between al- coenates pies mental torture, At ra stupidity of woman, said it woul ome out all right, Her prediction was followed by my uncle's suddenly isease. a pretty kettle of fish! 1 was tired of living under false colors, | is left to me and under a condition, re eondi- tion? Why, that I ma before I a was a Balt Bichtee 3 the income f $50,000 te la Wag- statt during a life, What did this ; mean? And who was Miss Wa; sentry It came out at last that even old! CHRISTMAS ‘W YEAR'S EXCURSION FARES Between all stations in Canada, Fort Wiltlamyand Hest. and: to. 6 Sault Ste Bi NY, 1915 1914 ffalo and: Fa Single! Fare Tine One-Third Good goi Dec, 24 and 25 Return limit Dee, 26, 1019 Also x Dee. $1, Jan. 1 on Return list Jan Pee: or write M. G, Murph; Ry,, Toronto, F. W. THOMAS, Local Agent, minine Pessimist. worries be- not as young as she once The fominine pessimist she is re see ee ree e will Winter Term from dan. 5th CENT BUSINESS COLLEGE RATFORD, ONT; ~ NTARLO'S best ess training. wooly We have thoronghcourses in Germotoie i, Shae ene a Tele- ie compe- Ree epee We air youadvere tages not offered elsewhere, You do DAL McLACHLAN, Principal A large piece of stump was blown ona Guelph bowling green by ei that - break up @ was tied and the Test shot had al- ready started down reen,