at pesos uick sale. VOL. 14. ATWOOD, ONT., FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1903. istowel's Leading WALTER BROS, bistowel's,, tgading " * . . New spring goods now in and ready for inspection. Dress Gocds, Tweeds, Muslins, Prints, Ginghams, Waist and Dress Silks, i i tain in all the leading shades and styles. In no uncer way this store will demonstrate its wonderful resources its alled facilities for ort cok ua | prices. From the very first and worthy goods at unusua the success of the sale is assured. buying and selling new [t will be a mone saving sale to every man, woman and child within reac of this store. side,but aot in the least wi ed or sacrificed for the sake guard is thrown refunded if goods are not satisfactory, Low prices will be in evidence on every lliqualities and style be slight- of low prices. Every safe- around shoppers, and in all -cases money or if better values for the money can be found outside this store. But enough said ; come and- judge for yourself. ead on and see how we have provided for you. ese are only a few of the many good things awaiting visitors. LADIES' JACKETS. All semi fitting and tight _ fitting Jackets left, worth from $5.00 to $9 00, to clear at $3.50 All wool unlined top Skirts, regular $3.00, to clear at $1.98 Regular $3.75 and $400, to clear at $2.50. Regular $3.00 and $5.50, to clear at $3.69. LADIES' CORSETS. The best $1.00 D. and A. Corset for 79c. The best 75c D. aud A. Corset for 49c, SHOES. Our reguiar $°.50, ladies' or gentle- man's kid Shoes for $1.69 per pair. LACE CURTAINS. All $1.75 Curtains at $1.29 per pair. All $1.00 « 69c CARPETS. 65 and 75c wool tapestry Carpet, 9 different patterns ut 48c a yard. COTTON Again we will give 20 yds. best 8c factory Cotton for $1.00 FLANNELETTE 8 pieces plain and striped, 36 inches win, Fiaonelette at 73K0 per yard. GROCERIES. 25 Ibs, Red Minth granulated Sugar for $1.00. 6 Ibs. Currants, Saturday and Mon- day for 2ic. 2 Coxte Royal or Jersey Yeast Cake for 5c. . 8 plugs McDonald Tobacco for Ldec. All fur goods at cost, Py ROBERT THOMPSON, BARGAINS ! BARGAIN ! BARGAINS ! One of the Greatest Chances for you during February. 2,000 yds. new spring Prints, going at 5c a yd. 20 Ibs, new Currants, cost you $1.00. 1700 yds. new tapestry Carpet, rang- ing from 25c to 85c per yd. 6 hares Comfort Soap 25c. 6 bars Surprise Soap 25c, 2 Royal Yeast Cakes 5c. 2 Jersey Yeast Cakes 5c. 97 pieces new wool and union Carpet, just opened out. Fresh Columbia Salmon 10c per can- No fake : best roasted Coffee 10c per Ib. One only gent's Fur Coat, Astrachan Collar, now $22 00, Three plugs McDonald best smoking Tobacco and one pipe for 25c, Two bottles mixed Tickles 2dc. 6 Ibs. Figs B5c 30 yd. ends 73¢c per yd. 5 Ibs. Tapioca 25c. 8 lbs Purity Wheat 25c. Ladies' black DuchessefSatine Under- skirts, 95c at The Golden Lion. Ladies' kid Gloves, tan shades, dome fastners, only 49c per pair, 1200 Ibs. Rice, come early, 4c per Ib. 4,000 yds. 30 inch Flanaelette, downs them all, at 5c per yd. Suap : best Green Coffee 8c per Ib. 8 plugs McDonald chewing Tobacco 25c. 25 cases new spring goods. Try us for bargains. Try our Golden Lion Japan Tea 25c ~Y per Ib. New Laces, new kid Gloves, new Embroidery, new lace Collars, new Corsets, new Dress Goods, new lace Curtains, new Si The leading Dry Goods and Grocery Iks, . House of Listowel. Highest price paid in cash or trede for all kinds of farm produce, Great Chance to Saye Money at : Listowel's Live Cash Store All lines of Furs,§ Mantles, Overcoats and ready made clothing are being slaughtered. borrow the money ratherthan miss the chance. wait until next winter for a It will pay you to Why fur coat when you can save twenty-five per cer' py buying now ? The sooner .you come the better the choice. i) 4b Tl 995 4.00, 19.00 5e costs. Groceries cheaper than We are determined to clear all winter goods at all any other house in the coun- try, at Listowel's noted bargain house. Gray, - Listowel and e = ee Bernie & Co., Owen Sound. 900 yds., outy Matt, 'Bengal Sheetiig . rows AND Sonny | Weare pleased to see Alex. Mor- rison around once more /after his re- cent severe attack of inflammation of the kidneys. Mrs, Adam Berlet who has been un- der the doctor's care for the past two weeks, is gradually improving we are glad to report, Mr. and Mrs. W.D, Angus left for London on Saturday morning last to Visit friends in that city. W. D. re- turned on Monday evening. The sawmill has not been ranning for some time, owing to an accident te some of the machinery. Logs are constantly arriving and the mijl yard is being rapidly filled up. Wm. Marshall, having bought the hardware and tinware stock of Messrs, KXrauter and Ritchie will speak to THE BEE readers next week by means of an advertisement. Wm. is a hustler and should make a success of the business, Messrs, Krauter and Ritchie left on Saturday for Ethel, where we under- stand they will open up a hardware store. Weare sorry to lose such two good fellows, and trust that their ven- ture io the neighboring town may prove a success, We notice by reference to the Mooso- min paper, that Dr. Elliott of that town has been appointed Minister of Agriculture in the Haultain Cabinet of the Northwest Territory. Dr. E!- liott is well known in these parts, hay- ing taught school here for some years, His family, consisting of his. mother and three brothers, reside in Logan. We heartily congratulate Dr. Eliott on the honor conferred upon him, and are assured that he will fill the posi- tion with honor to himself and satis- faction to the Goverument and his own coustituency. Gas Explosion. On'Saturday morning about9 a. m & great many citizers were alarmed by a loud report. Investigation proved that J. A. Mitchell's aceteylene gas machine had exploded, and that J. A. bimseif had received asevere shakirg up. Ed. Ziemann was cleaning out the machine and Mr. Mitchell entered the gas house to see if the cleaning pro- cess (was completed. The building beiftg dark he struck a match, when instantly a loud report was the result. The force of the explosion was decid- edly upward as reveled by the tearing apart of the roof anda portion of the upper side wail. The lifting of the roof gave vent to the force of the ex- plosion, and Mr. Mitchell whos was leaning over the machine was hurled towards the door. He states that be heard no report and remembered noth- ing till he pulled himself together and made for the house. Ed. Ziemann was near the door and was burnt slight- lyinthe face, The gas machine, which is of the St. Thomas make, is pretty badly twisted. This, machine was guaranteed not to produce gas when notin use. Evidently some gas had escaped during the night, and being confined and mixing with gthe air, all that was necessary was for a light to be struck to cause an explosion. Acet- eylene gas is not explosive when not mixed with the air or when not con- fined. It will ignite, but itis the oxy- gen of the air, confined and mixing with the gas that causes the explosion. Mr. Grosch of Milvertun who is in- terested in aceteylene gas, visited our village on Monday to investigatr. A great many people think that this machine is the same as the one in use in Milverton for the town lighting. Mr. Grosch informed us that they never yet had an explosion with one of their machines, but have had some ignitions We are heartily glad that Mr. Mitchell sustained no serious injury beyond a slight cut in the head, a bruised arm and the shock to his whole system. Ht has the sympathy of the entire cor- munity in the serious loss and )- convenience he has sustained through the accident. Iu regard to the cause of the explosion we are instructed by Mr, Mitchell to state that the machine was not at fault. The®mechanic who made the valve did not follow-instract- ions regarding measurement, conse- quently gas escaped. To'show bis con- fidence in the machiue, Mr. Mitel: 1] has f ordered a uew one from the same firm, The following article appeared in The Toronto Daily Stat, March 2ist, 1902 :-- Last night the Engineers' Club of Tor. onto held an important meeting in| their rooms, King street west. The gathering, which included some of the city's foremost minds in engineering and building, was presided oyer by Ma- jor Henry A. Gray. The discussion was 6 in future, butin tructares, The discussion was led §y City Engineer Rust, who drew attention to the re- markable growth of the cement indus- try throughout the. American States, Quoting the mineral resources report of the United Statesfor 1900, he said that in 1894 the pra@uction of the-ce- ment works in the States had been 793,- 000 barrels, while i 1900 it was eight and one-half mulli@® barrels which were valued at $9,000,000.- The imports for 1900 were over 2,800,000 barrels, while the total consumption of Portland ce- ment in 1900 was over 10,700,000 barrels. The City Engineer was unable to quote the figures of the Canadian growth of the cement trade, and light was thrown on this by M. J, Haney, who is a member of the Ciub and a well known contractor, The proportionate increase in Canada has been as remark- able as the increase across the border. Inu 1891 100,000 barrels of cement were used in Canada, 81-4 of this 25,000 bar- rels only were, ude in this country. But in 1901, Mr {/aney explained,1,000,- 000 barrels were..:-»ynsumedin the Do- minior, and of '. is 600,000 barrels were produced at hor, 2. This report of the splendid stride in one of Canada's most important indus- tries was greeted with applause, which Was repeated when Mr.Hanev said that he believed the proper sentiment for Canadians to show was, all things be- ing equal, to support home inc ustry. The City Engineer continued, ex- plaiuing that untila few years ago no Future Buildings fo Be. of Cement, Portland cement was considered good unless it was of English manufacture, -- "but to-day," said the engineer, "for all te purposes, the cement manufactured in in Canada is equal, if not better, than House of Commons recently, when 1% -- was stated by Mr. Fielding that recent tests showed the Canadian Portland ca-- ments to be far superiorto the foport- ed article." The learned gentleman from the City Hall turned his Searchlight' upon the question, "Should not concrete be used instead of cribwork in permanent har- bor works?" and gave his opinion thap he would, exceptin cases where stone could be procured in suitable proximity to the work, use concrete for bridge piers and abutments. Cement concrete, Mr. Rust,makes better work and cheap- er work, It was here that the City Eu- gineer expressed the opinion that stone masonry will soon be a thing of the past, and that it will simply bea matter of time when Portland cement concrete will be used in the construction of buildings not only for foundations, but for the outside walls and partitions, Later on in the evening the Engineer' gave the information that concrete has reduced the cost of permanent work from $12 a yard to $525 a yard. Major Gray said that in the past the quality. of cement had been doubtful, but now he believed that the Canadian article was as good as, if not better than, any made in the world. "What is the life of concrete?" asked & Voice. ' "Well, I know some that has been im existence over 1,000 years, and is about as good as new." ; H, F.Duck spoke on the durability of concrete, and instanced a casein Wis- consin where he was interested in the building ofa dam 200 feet wide, in which 100 feet of stone was used and 100Yeet of concrete. The stone was convenient but the 100 feet cost double the price of the concrete and is wearing away so fast that it will be torn ont and the entire dam built of conerete, Miller's Compound Iron Pills,50 for 25 cents, We are pleased to see John Robbie around again after an illness lasting a- bout 8 month. bOY WANTED---A smart intelli gent boy to learn the printing. A good chance for a sober, moral. and active youth, None other need apply at this office, ; 'rhe evangelistic services at the Bap- tist chureb continue to be interesting. Dr, Spencer preaches and sings every night and will speak om Sunday after- noon and evening. They will probably close on Tuesday night, Everybody ia invited. The 33th annual 8. 8. convention will held in the Methodist church' Listowel on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aprii 7th and 8th, commeucing on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m. A good local committee has charge of the local arrangements. The program will be announced in good time, We gladly give space to the following item from the Amherstburg Echo, re- ferring to the great success of the an- niversary services of the Methodist church of that town, of which the Rev. E A, Fear 1s pastor. "Anniversary services were held in Woesiey church on suuday last, avd were well atteoded aud especially successful althongh no joubl many were preyented from at- 'ending owing to the unusual namber if funerals on that day. Dr Potts, Ed- itor of the Détroit Christian Advocate »reached both morning and eyening, hes sermous being very interesting, The Rey. Mr. Fear had put forth « s;.ec- jal effort to raise the largest possibe sum in connection with these services, towards the reduction of the church dept and was rewarded by a very liber- al response receiving in cash $710 which with other sums promised and proceeds of the Ma~Donaid concert will foot up at least $8, Mr. Fear and the congregation are to be congratulat- ed on their success in this matter, as they now see their Way to cleuring off the entire debt next year". doses | A dose of Miller's Worm Powders oc- casionally wili keep the children healthy. b. Miss M. Torrance of Britton was the guest of her friend, Miss Bertha Mur- Tay last week, ' The saw mill is now in partial oper- ation, the small saw being used all the small logs. As 4 preventive as well as curative medicine, Hood's Sarsaparilla stands pre-emiuent--its great weritis fully e- tablished. Rey. irl Hicks' predictions re a cold snap and stormy weather abuut the 16 th of February have been realized. The weather this week has been very stormy. ; Mrs. T, Burrell of Trout Lake, B. C, is at present visiting ber brother, Wa, Brown who has been seriously il! for 10 months and is we are surry to say grad ually sinking. a My Hair **] had a very severe sickness that took off all my hair. ! pur- chased a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor and it brought all my hair back again." é - D. Quinn, Marseilles, 1. One thing is certain,-- Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. This is because it is a hair food. It feeds the hair and the hair grows, that's al! there is to it. It stops falli of the hair, too,-and_ al- ways restores color to gray hair. $1.90 2 bettie. Ail dengzists. If your d us one do sen Si imported cement, as explained in- ansr-- = wer to a question by Mr. Osler in the ae lo saw