------ diet dria te Oh, not mye chorea aT: ore Ss aa ellie ee PT ees ~--T eeesneaE DO YOU REGISTER 'Bermuda Bottied. HOW DO YOU REGISTER? | oy. ction the at et "Ape the oo jermil a Bdttied. OFD. sey De 8 ee | ; Mr ed a daurhter af te Bermuda. Uf Pls mien, the wile ot oO ant F out aut be Yoon t- = , -- Se ad c Te, Forno s aught ie for the conerqarne os. at, THE WAY THE HOTEs vhe im SAYS wiles of dector, I cas afford begga Mag & Sal S R TER. hter tire or ¢ Ones "Wel es hi in i ia HAM LON 0m Sf "Marva. on the 19th alt, the wife that Is lntpexs!bic, 'aati Waar orn, ofa dang - Fe Bayt tS: Sizing Up Strangers by . Their . Handwrit- bee ee ab add & log--U Vou Belong in the Mridal Pasiok wile af " 5 § He's ae Sure to Fine ft et as uf You £ Were One of the Sky Parlier Ppaterniry. L > ' ™ Pr ( ts w The titel clerk had just cpnetivied an ausper cy a) jotn ult, extehded consulta ith proprie- he wife of W © ue wife at tor. Thev had lelinited 1 rr i . py I y : Cou a+0n Jt} that the news iitior heoted th & ck fn : baad -a4 Paget m oft VW bie fair Pht Ey ¢ Ne ' w iu K ' a the Ps itors « tain 3.500 ¢ ins r Ti a daughter some fess: this made the clofk cheer. RINSMAN- fp wotebell, ont . SURE TION, fully finjuscious -- lie actudily beamed SG tn stratford, a Met! ne wite of City is, Cougi ona newly arrived sud ju gistering Ge om ee 5 rebate bei Kelly or Severe Cold he felt ne happy Rag ot tapesis, chase tT have CURMD with it; and the PR ; ©, the "Front! Show thi ntlemanio room _ hint the most rensie ; iM. Another B01. Yee th sa bath. i MARRIAGES iy ahe Now, L hil rm Ythat the clerk as ie \HRIE--MONKMAN--4¢ Kenosha, Wis, by the ropertics of the Hye - Pee H. Thormpeon, of St Matthew's Epivcopa otains, signed the gous ' Wi (which had fans tare, in the presence of a numberof nt te at your abathroom attac fore the afore fiends, Fr vd 2 Co crie, son of Jobn Corrie Broggisi's, in -- m ~reagper, Be : } - p : ore and eee in sure pes ou get tt ois Po gaid yuesit iad acid « word as to tire | EB mt od of 4 rs ye 'achat of Hamilton, TT & NOWXE gat Heviie desirability of that very excellent addi- tion to the guest chamber. | presturued that the newcomer was knoy clerk, who possibly was familiar with the' guest's predisposition to personal cleanliness, and asked him if that was nto the "No," replied the clerk aifably, hotel clerks are always affable. \l-never saw the man hefore, but I knew from the manner in which he recistered that he wanted all the eouseniences the hotel afford "Knew fromthe wal he ragitered?" l "~"Yepeated in surprise. "You, [very seidom: fail to size a man up from the way he handles the register. One half a hotel clerk's value consists of * his memory for faces and the names that go with them. The other half is his ability to read the. desires of a stranger est from outward indications as he spreads his signature over the register. Of course, sometimes | get left, but not often." - A WALKING EXPOSTULATION, "Won't you put meon?" This from me, anxious for information regardiag a ace feature of ehoracter reading Why; certainly; it's no seerct. Take, for bh tmoce, the-newty married --roung husbaiut as the easiest example. Mis lunch is the simp I.can always lo Cate iiita frou: the nervous was in which he adds *And wife' to diis name, even if hia biashes didn't disclose his newnessin the tole of benedict But it won't do to --ALS...tiel Oho, fo ad of that | lead him to believe that an i wing under au sion that tres thie fathe rit constantly incrensi: of tre Heed it nearly to cdenth deben tae a oword © ahant but he gete it) just t family tis hie him the br 'dal e aes ¥. the same "One of the oddest characters we have to deal with ts the chuleric vid gentle man who won't register until he knows just where his room is, bow it fronts and where the fire escape is; how much we're going to charge him per diem, and if the bed has been aired. A kicker? Why, "he's'a walking expostulation. "Yet that type of man usually ends by taking the very best in the house and. paying his bill without.a murmur: worse than lie if you right. "There ia the. man, too, who, before he registers, lcoka all over the names and addresses on the register for a week back, and yet never seems to knowa soul in the house. I generally assign him a cheap room, and if, he geta away without paying it's not our fault. 8 for the traveling man and the theatrical * advance agent, it's no trick to pipe them off. The 12-year-old bell boys can do that before they get into the door. But there are different species of those classes, and it requires an expert to decide in ad- vance just what they want. Generally I gauge them by the size of their signa- tures, on the basis that the larger the signature the smaller the room, SOME QUEER CHARACTERS. "Asa rule the man with the megath- erian autograph is generous only with writing ink. Again, | find that the more airs 2 man puts on before the hotel register the more apt he is to be satiéfied with a roof parlor and one towel. "Once ina while. we have a queerer character even than usual. to. deal with, Only yesterday a fine looking man, whom afterward found to be a distinguished scientist, couldn't for the life of him think of his own name when he came to sign it on the register. The general run of queer customers comes from the agri- cultural districts. A big city hotel isa revelation and a terror to him. Every- oon in and abeut a first class caravan- and scares him--every- thing except the dining room--there he only serious, an awful thing to him. To het the signing of his name, besides being an act of mental and physical difficulty, is, in his diind, ever connected with judg- ment notes, morigages, lawsuits and ' "The meekest and easiest to satisfy of #0 pale as the sight of pen and ink thrust toward him. He is out of his clement it without the arles Pernictoas Coca. | Coca isthe dried leaf of a South a shrub, used for its stimulating nar- cotic properties, which it is said to eed gess in a greater degree than opium, to- or any other vegetable produc- 'The leaves are gathered and dried in the éun, and wiixed witli quicklime, }-- 'ard are chewed by the Peruvian Indians, 'the effect being to support the strength for a considerable time in the absence of food. Its use is attended with perni- 'clous- ------ _ Baik At the resifence of the | & "Mast sl he eo os alt, "ty the K NEW ADVERTISEVENTS, the it «rocer, stra foes. te > an Leila Baird, soonest -- _ jater Of Mr A. Baird of this i | oir | sMaTit- "a ANCE- March 20, Set the Manee, Pal NEW -- | Au am, by Hes 3M i, Mr ia Walter ae mah & tepen ellie Qaance, both of Drayton anstiie f NST! N~ At the residence ¢ l ] I I \ er ar tartare, -- =e il on the evening of the at uit. A,' Be , Fee { Blanshard to Lottie EEE sinter ot iv Hurt oul oft he : 'ilege a Thed -_ > as a o ar ; stoe ist ow ALTER Tn Wallace, on the Mth ult, a oes of Mr Jacob ce ft, <4 Kev aha Ont, to Mies Lydia Walter, of Wallac %, FRONT STREET, Just East of the Old Port Dover 5 Station. 'DEA THS. the Ballas ny Trade « ill consult fone own interests get our prices wili selislumber tor les wll than you bare en buying for, for some time. Lumber deliversd to any part of the city without extra charge, json, adg Tr. HAMDLET. IN--M 21, in Palmerston, of cancer, Rachel, wite ot ison Hambleton age red Sl years ll months nd 16 days. PRASEM--In Mite: vie ¢n the ye ult, Jane, wife ven , aged 6h ELLIVTT-- Im Le rah, atin Sind ult, Fosse Viola, aFo ° ywnoLr . sl artang of Mir i. H. Elijott.aged 4 year and | LEISUMAN, MAUNDRELL & CO, 5 month 4 te Se c KELLY --In Stratford, March 1, Anthony Kelly, Woodstock and Stratford. 4 67 years. . CITY OF STRATFORD SPRING FAIR oR ENTIRE HORSES, will be held "on Nty of Stratford, = 290. Prise a a ravy THE MARKETS, STRATFORI -Fall Wheat 50 Sprig Pes , t4 25 eT J es y Fase por ta 4.0 reyes Oates | | Draught Imported Ciycesdale stallion Ist, €15; roe bu, 4 'ani Potatoes (bag), 7 et 0.75. tnd, 310; ree year old impouted Uly desdale Apples (bushel) 70 @ 75 Peel, per. Bsa6 Mut Ciydertale Mtalsiony hy ey --* ipod i 25 a? & cn, as Restos ih 17 a0. KF ee oct des =i Draucht, Ist $9; 2nd, $2; Canadian : Deanight three whey es iO iat LM. om each, 5 @ jo. | Years old, let 84; fad $2; General purpose, Ist #4: Ducks per paly 55 @ 75, Chickens per pa =n Ep nee ral oe how iret years Old, Int eit to ®. Hides ver cwt., 3.50 to 6.00. Sherprkin i 3 Ca Tia te Lo? May por ton am 0 6.00 ree, three year my: cord, 2.00 t9 4.66. Woo ARYS--Fail Wheat per bush. 0.50 «¢ 0.50 4 Fapetag eat 609 bine s ee Aeon Be oe oF 5 Qnd $! arian 1. An entrance few ef $1 on wi ] be OF pg Butter sey not oe rT " ee <a, 12 charged for each -- exh ibited in each class 12. Hav per ton. 5.52040. 656. . Woot. pores} 2 bn trica to he made retary, peroneal ly: aa on re our oat ary @ 20, Pork, §5.25 | Orie wring, by the 8 that or, net later than 12% a% 0. . . o'thor heday et 2 ft Jud co eider exhibit not of sufficient me rit to warrant theta LISTOWEL --Fali Wheas, per bush, 0.50°cr 6 50 awandt Hie @ premium, they slall have i. ywer "4 i " pdt. 4. Le tote. tual Couapete class.to apron Wheat; 0:90 ir GSO) "Wastes; "T>"re-eeer thes wwAy Ye Te antty Hekate to br cal homes w Wey ir ten, 6 OO re) to each Sains during thet a itis being exhibited, ety eo ne on 6. All owners of horses ta : vy prizes must give @ per t., 34 13 Fase per doeen 12 @ 12 Pota. | K¥arantee that the said eaten wit stand for he toes per 60. Hides, per cwt., 2 09 improvement of stock during t zon of 189 to 2%. Bho akin, 0 to 1.0) Pork, 500 to 5 in the Province cf Ontario. ee shown ij Beet, 4.00 to ool 18 ~ +1, Roadster, may Pe bit in class 2, by psying Woor, 'Ke Loo " ong, Tees in all classes must be T. HAGAR TY 2.60 @ 275. Wood dat. 1.50 to MITCHELL-- Fall -- 6.80 ' i 0.80 Spriz el heat, 6.90 ur, $2.04 62.20. Oats, 25 ye oe ary-Treasurer. ident. i #26. Barley, 30 @ 37 'eas, 62 gt S3. Hay, -- @ 87 00. ee 14 @ 15 Egun, 12 at 12 Po a e ; face Sart orm Ta Pork aida to---- AUCTION SALE-OF-- on Farm Stock & & Implements. NE W ADVE RTISEMEN TS. M* JAME3 PROOTUOR, Auctioneer, has re- NOTICE. ceived instructions from Mr Henry Ross, _ "hed ont ccutors of the late George Darling, te i ws STRAYED FR FROM THE BOYS HOME on Sanday, (near Harrington). on THURSDAY. "ee ea niich cow, dark roan, white " mmencing at 1 o'clock p m., the following stock sen short dy grey about the hk. ©, Via.i--] mare 9 yea i: lmare, 7 y old, returning the the vadersigne 4 will got by " Royal Times"; 1 general pur mare, suitably rewarded. - got by --_ Douglas" 5 ye old; 1 general W. H. MERRY, purpose mare, Kot by * Res Douglass," 3 years old: Orphan's Home, Avon-st., ---r U ceiding horse colt,2 years old, yot by Laird Irie" -- horse colt, (year eld, got oy ** Laird o° Urie* wein calf; 1b treifer, yearend, to he in 7 4 heifers, rising 2 years old; 1 steer, rising 2 years ol calves; ig; 1 mo 1 Noxon seed drill It (combined), 1 horse power, 1 Stratford, April 1, 1899. Michigan Farm fcr Ss cuiting box and Ora rake, 1 hav fork, . pullics and ropes, 1 fanning mill, 2 grain cradles, root cutter, scuffler, 2 2 plouchs, M oUhe make CO ACRES--$2 000. Good land. One mile from | 1 Patt wont t be ten one ae i town and railway. station. Good market, | Demoora Pig Be nearly new; 1 TERM 3--$1,000 Cash, to suit purchaser, cutter. nt tip bob shaighs nT oval box, . hay rack, 2 grindstones, 1 cor ae " it ik i Ww, BURNHAM, logging chains, sap cap and a fap bes aa, 2 on Office U. S Customs, Stratford, Ont. | double harness, and 1 ditto po whitfletrees, Strattord, March 2, 1890. TAL neck yokes, forks and shovels, and numerous cter A BARGAIN. i of Sale --8 months' pend on all sums Houses -and- tots for Eale. over ---- on trrnishing ontpeset joint t, cash. A discount of 6 per cent per aunuan-aii-forsanle on all Sutis OFer FID. JAMES PROCTOR, Auctioneer. --_ Mag JOHANNA DARLING, rpue GEDERSGRED has Two Frame Houses HENRY KOSS, | executors rch street, Adicining, Me ee MURRAY, Bator v's residence, and and Te 0 Lote and a March, Slet, 1 743-2 Dalton's Fair. Curtains, Curtains, Curtains. Having placed large ¢ orders for oil wind- ow shades: we ara enabled to offer you the th in plain Erie st., * O'Meara's grocery, WIL te sold heap. Apply to W. 38. MORRISON, r. Cambria and Birningham Streets _Staatiord, April, 1a. 743 SANAGAN The Merchant Tailor Room No. 1, above TOL- bo at the mere pittance Beat i in miad that we mean v very newest ae a me gees colors. These a when soiled, withoat it iajery, and will look as good as new. They are ~~ in, and ready for inspection. Call early, and secure the first selection. Mra Potts' celebrated flat TON BROS.' Store. irons; 3 in a sett, complete, $1.22, In Keeps a well-selected and | sioware we keep everything tm lacge dip. Bere Sos 3 pie plates tor 10s ; k Fashionable Stock of » | Sixes xp sip tha cant aay Tweeds, Worsted, ing ple Tes rdbae Pals 1 we and Goods of all kinds, He stands at the head of his Profession as a Cutter. Bs Go and see him. good 5-ft. buggy SANAGAN, iF ; Benson's satin gloss s' in I-lb chromo 7 8 cents per silver gloss starch, 8c che tes & tha hens laundry starch, for 25c.; Canada corn laundry for 250 ; trap, : is | Rady aciesath tolatee ae The Merchant Tailor, box 8 dot clothes bo So : 3 pak Beek : Market Street, spe: we eal: ween too; we hs per quire, for Se per qr; and. the | Stratford. paper, for 7c per qr; 10c_envelopes, for << shiets, bes per bes 2 egaielag --- ee a ' The only firm ia the city who are now | box. 'The trade supplie setae fine Valencia Raisins iy STONE--Ie Blanshard, on the Stst ult, Lillian LF, Th¥-undersigned have onets a Laaber. Yard |, fone digger er of Mr Joseph Stone, age 1 year T at the above place. We will keep on hand a mont fall stock of Pine and and bie rae Atwood, on the 7th ult, Mr Jciin a mead Cedar aquares and Pew xx and ne Shingles, N land 2 Those in : ' KRAHLIN G "! Worsteds, Fine Spring Over- comings: etc , to select from nt LOWEST 'STORE TO RENT. tHE bay < eget 1D offers ot tent that oc stare « atin st., betwrean ¥. aepat "LEYS Butcher the and W KOFEEY . jr's, optectionery. ~~ dia cellar in connects bebt moderate, rie " » ROFFEY a: a ly dpats, te New Firm: New Goods, New Price HOPPMAN BR0'S & ELDER HOFF AN BROS, 'ESSCORS afew isk wth STOCK at a very pigeon eth et vane | thei chitos est 'a can mpi » wtox prices © fee: cor fd nt gly we can save money for Pain NEW SPRING GOODS a'ready to hand and hand mig into stoc continually coming to e wil show ged reason the most complete APLE and FASCY DR ¥ "GuODs, MILLINERY, &c,, war shown In the ci : 'Sole Agents for Mc alte Razaar Glove Fitting Patterns and Thompson's Corsets Stamping done = of Charge by the instantaneous proces Feathers Cleaned, Curled and Dyed. Hoffman- Bro's. & Efder, (6% Onta rio Sn _THE-- Practica! Cutter, Erie St., Stratford. PANTCOA .TVESTERS, 800 Fashionable Tweeds, CASH PRICES. 'See His Goods, J. KRAHLING, Stratford, March 18, 1390. 741-3m an Haw itinerant arte ees SPRING Our Importations --or-- FOREIGN WOOLENS For the Early Spring Trade are now Complete. J.B. WILLIAMSON & Co, Producers of Fine Garments, No. 1 Store, Albion Hotel: Block. Ontario Street. They are Here Again --THOSE-- 20 and 35 Cent = Foot Stools --AT--" Bradshaw. & Co's, Furniture Dealer & Undertaker, 1,3 & 8 Ontario ay pede he isinese on eeghs to b it for ours Powder or Cocoa, or GIV & IN: i ¥ at "Ora. r St ' t St 1 o flow to fs any article 3 PRESB hall t ving g to view the most beautiful Novelties our buyer ve ately free with our popalar profit sharing Tess, All goods warranted, now that the Superior Store has the largest patronage, in the quality of our goods, in variety, in the way w it fer your own interest and we want you to know ~Try us on the firet purchase of Tea, Cotlee, Baking ou peed in.our line, $10,000 stock free to relect from, We cannot say too mach - EMPIRE TEA CO.. Oddfellow's Bleck, Market Square, Stratford. Steres at London, Himiiten, Galt, St. Thomas, Berlin, Woodstock, Brantford, &c, SUITS at 86.00 well-made: Suits at $10.00 Worsted Coat and Vest, West of England Trousers for $14, equal to any* crdered suit. We show the Coats snd Vests in Sacks, Morning and Shooting, and guarantee to save you money on your suit. LITTLE BOY'S In all the designs knuwn to the makers is spread new and lovely things, some wonld call OPENING. please, only come while the show is complete and stock unbroken. A Spanlding Base Bal! and Bat given with every Suit over $2. We're Away Ahead in HATS worth keeping are to be found in the assurtment we are better than we can write. LOOK PRERLY. Tolton Bros ~ Toilers for Trade. St., Stratford. ase MEN N's TWEED Ail wool and Our Men's Wirsted Our Men's See ou: with CLOTHING and stylish = pretty out upon the tables -- awaiting your coming. Many it a CLOTHING Think of it as you the Clothing Race. All the possible shapes in wing. Come im, you can see We guarantee our goods to the extent P3 om: the M: Full Value Givers. « LO SPRING OVERCOATS Ready Made. We are well prepared with Light Weight Overcoats at all prices. Dark Greys, Mid Greys, Fawns and Drabs, at $8. Higher grades with Silk Facings, Lap Seams, in evéry color. These Light Weight Ower.- coats arehavinga rapid sale. They are just what are needed. Beautifully made and eyery ove to be depended on. Get aequainted with these Light Weiglt Overcoats. They outstrip the strongest effort we have ever both .in. Price and 'Workmanship. WHY should a man go it. blind or take any man's guarantee when he buys a Suit of Clothes or an Ovarenat...... Few...prople.. niore than two Suits in a year, 80 want of time cannot be urged as an excuse. The experience of a Cl. thing Expert is not needed to tell whether or not a garment is well made. Cowmen. renee will tell LD whether or notit is a fit. will not risk our reputation ~ by making up or & ing SHODDY We iavite Gur customers ., to give every garment a most care- siul inspection GOODS. before buying. Prices for honest Clothing are away down with us, and our stock _is a larger and fresher er Shan ey ever. Rroop Se > Erysipelas, and all Deranged Stomach, or ii oe Trronc Rik dar ka Aris! Viseuabes Loss of Appetite, hee | Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Affections of the Liver and Kidneys, Pimples, Blotches, Boils, Humors; Salt Rheum, Serofula, lap ibaa fg se = -- aah sar at eee awe ¥