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02.1 IN Itl {b EIGHT The hum of the threshing machines is now heard all over the land, meaning more work for the housewife to keep the table supplied. We have an excellent stock of fresh groceries just suitable, carefully bought, so that we can sell them to careful buyers. With the change of the season comes the renovating of the house, new Papers are required for the rooms, new Carpets, Bugs and Linoleums for the floors, and new Curtains for the windows. Come to see our stock. We have the newest designs in the most approved patterns, which we are selling at reasonable prices, The stock is large and complete in all lines, heavier makes to suit the cooler weather, all made on easy fitting lasts If we have not the styles required we can have them delivered in 12 hours. LARGE SALES MBKEBHNIES’ WEEKLY NEWS 3 pounds Valencia Raisins tor 25 cents. 3 pounds good Currants for 25 cents. See the 25c. Mixed Tea. It is extra good. Granulated Crystal Sugar at less than Wholesale Price In great quantities, the newe‘St'éuts. A fine selection to choose from. Autumn Barga ms Boots and Shoes. House Furnishings Menfs___Clothing Dress Goods SMALL PROFITS Efij THE DURHAM CHRONICLE praIrre‘ WIffiout' a" fidif; 'With'out sun; without the stars. . Even with abundant criticism prem- iers have a knack of losing their way and not knowing that they are lost. Alexander Mackenzie on the night 0f the election of ’78 expected to hear that a new lease of power had been given him. He was amazed when the election went fatally against him. Mr. Balfour, in London, had a major- ity of over 100 in the House of Com- mons when he resigned in December, 1905. When the new House assem- bled it had a majority of 360 against Sir Wilfrid has been for so long the absolutely dominating force in the Canadian Government that he too seems to have mistaken the trend of average Canadian opinion. In his youth and prime reciprocity with the United States was the ambition of the Canadian peeple. But now we have realized that Canada was more than capable of becoming fiscally indepen- dent of the United States and of achieving a powerful position in the commerce of the Empire and of the world. -' and you need pf?“ the help of ' .' :13 Booth‘s Kid- j J n-ey Pills, the ‘3 guaranteed kidney remedy In every machine, there is one part that Works the hardest, and gives out first. The kidneys work night and day, and naturally a life of unusual activity doubles the duties of the kidneys, and in time the strain tells. The kidneys give out, and nature cries “stOp.” Booth’s Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers, 50m, postpaid from the R.T. Booth :Co., Limited. Fort Erie, Ontario. There is no pill just as good. Send for a Free box. The test will prove the truth of our statement. He himself announced about the time the twentieth century came in â€"â€"the century that he claimed for (‘anada’s ownâ€"that the old-time am- bitions were dead and that the only way in Which to maintain proper friendship with the United States was to be absolutely independent of them. He implemented these declarations by a commercial policy in the shape of the National Transcontinentalâ€"Grand 'l‘runk Pacific Railway, which means a capital expenditure of at least thirty dollars for every man, woman and child in Canadaâ€"as to which you must never forget that though the money for the enterprise may be borrowed in London the burden of it has funda- mentally to be carried by the country itself. Sir Wilfrid has exhibited the defect which is apt to come with advancing years, with the detachment from popu- lar conditions which seems inevitably to belong to the protracted manage- ment of a party in Parliament, and with the adjustment of individual claims to notice and preferment in the Legislature and all over the country. NATURE STOPS When the Kidneys Give Cut. 5 Do you feel that you simply can’t go any fartherâ€"that you must have rest for that lame and aching backâ€"relief from that con- stant dead-tired feelingâ€"freedom from those stabbing, darting pains? Reciprocity seemed very sweet to Sir Wilfrid years and years ago. It was a political sweetheart of his from whom he parted with a reluctance that he too well concealed. it was thought to have been buried at Washington, but it was evidently left around the corridors of the Capitol, there to ac- quire the Washingtonsccent and the Washington way of regarding things. When it was returned to Ottawa with many compliments. Sir Wilfrid did not realize that though it fwas the old sweetheart come back it was an en- tirely different creature from that which once found favour in the eyes of Canada so many years ago. Never prophesy until you know. Sometimes you do not know very much until you begin to prophesy. Which means that often it in only when you try to size up the future that you find out what the past has been teaching you. are talking sound common-sense and the best kind of political economics. When I hear that Canada is to have a population of .80 millions within the next 80 years, it does not excite my credibility. It is as important some- timesâ€"to recognize your limitations as it is sometimes to dwell upon your possibilities. So that if you were in Sir Wilfrid’s place you would be in a very awkward place, and you would want to get away from the altar where President Taft is waiting to play the part of best man. After all, you know a great many things that you do not know how you know. Some knowledge is acquired as you acquire a suit of clothes; but the best knowledge .is that which comes to you as unconsciously as the hair upon your head. It grows with you and in you. The Canada you will never see will be as surely the product of the Can- Lda you see now as that the boy is father to the man. When you talk about being a trustee of posterity you The twentieth century will be ours It is nature’s {Warning that the kidneys are giving out the Do you not see that underneat and above all, and beyond all, m2 183: mediate considerations that may at- tect your vote on the Twenty-tint are the untold importanoes ot the Canada ‘7... “’11! "__ W A. You Will Never See? v â€"- wvm‘ meme subsidiary to what Sir Wilfrid called the ever vigilant competitor, who is ready to take the trade that properly belongs to those who acknow- lege Canada as their native or their adopted land. The complete establishment of our own lines of inter-communication be- tween East and West, the clearer understanding of their Canadian-Bri- tish-Imperial possibilities by the many. tongued poOple oi the West; the ap. preeiation of what our responsibility in world politics meansâ€"when every citizen of Canada, nativeâ€"born, Bfl- fish-born or foreign-born, is so much in need at understanding those things it is imperative that we seep ourselves tree from any entanglement with a nation that would make our mm. unique way in which we can prevent the full consequences of our disabili- ties. To hear some people you would think it gets warmer instead of colder as you approach the North Pole. Temperature is bound to influence population, although, perhaps, not to the extent and in the way that you suppose. A severe winter does not necessarily mean a scant fertility or a seriously restricted capacity of the soil to sup- port population. Things do: not grow in winter, anyway. We know nothing about the extent of Canada’s papula- tion 50 or 60 years hence, because that will be governed by conditions of soil and climate, which we cannot affect. No one, by taking thought, can re-write the story of the thermo- meter. But, if we cannot bequeath a climate, we. can construct and be- queath institutions. They must be constructed in accordance with the genius of the people whom they are to serve, and also of the climate in which they are to flourish. Where you have a climate that for several months in the year causes the people who live in it to fight against ---A A 4.1.- It is easy to make or mar our fate by some action whose importance is imperfectly understood. I verily be- lieve that the General Election that is upon Canada is one of those deciding epochs in her career. The Govern- ment brought the Reciprocal Agree- ment from Washington with the idea that it was nothing more than a reâ€" duction in prices across the counter. They were seriously mistaken. It has been described as the most important in Canadian history because. as Presi- dent Tatt has said, “Canada is at the parting of the ways,” and because, as Sir Wilfrid has said. “the best way to be on friendly terms with our Ameri- can neighbours is to be absolutely in- dependent of them.” Trade has become an expression of political ambition. I mean, of course, trade in its largest aspects, as it is the subject of treaties and statutes and elections. Some people try to make out that there is nothing more in international trading relationships than there is in a lady buying goods over the counter. But when a lady buys sugar and tea, furs and feathers, the storekeeper does not tell her she is at the parting of the ways and that what she spends with him will serious- ly affect all her domestic relation- ships and will weaken her friendship withher kith and kin across the sea. yCVLIlw Iv L‘v v U -.._ elemental nature you have got a cli- mate that tends to produce a virile peOple. Men detertorate muc}: faster ML- Not so long ago she was regarded by both London and Washington as a very poor relation, as a negligible quantity, almost frozen out of the national class that counts. To-day she is courted by both. If she is wise she will refuse to sacrifice one tittle or jot oi the independence that is her chieftest insurance for future politi- cal greatness within the Empire and as a neighbor of the Republic. But, as Canada is the miracle of the modern commercial and political worlds, and has come to her magnifi- cent position in spite of climate, in spite of geography, in spite of politi- cal pressure, in spite of prophecy, in spite of everything except her under- lying determination to remain in the Orbit oi the British Empire, so she will continue an increasing power among English-speaking peoples, because. over and above the capacities inherent in her geographic, climatic and ethno- graphic qualities, she is so happily placed that she may be the living link, the balance weight, I had almost said the arbiter, of the international rela- tionships of the English-speaking Em- p'.'e, and the great English-speaking Republic. - PCUle- LV‘HLL uvwvnnvâ€"w-vvv â€"â€"â€"â€" in the south than in the north. The institutions of the north have alwayl been more admirable than those which flourish in.the south. Physically ani- mals and men always attain their highest perfection nearest the line mm anunua‘nce' or their rooa be gins to taper off into scarcity. l._‘_ The other day a party of British journalists was admiring the beauty of the scenery on the upper St. Law- rence and envying the recreations of the people. One of them asked, “How do you endure the winter?” He was surprised to be told that the winter was even more enjoyable than the summer, with hockey, skating, curl- ing, and all the zestful occupations of crisp days and long, joyful evenings. John Bright foresaw the day when geographical and other influences would cause the stars and stripes to float over the whole of North Ameri- ca. Goldwin Smith, also an English Liberal of the intellectual school, be- lieved in the inevitability of Canada’s fusion with the United States. There is going on in Canada. a re- making of peOple who speak the Eng- lish language, but who will, through the climate, become different in their physical fibre, and who will be re- strained in their pride by the fact that they have got to get along with mil- lions of fellow citizens who speak the language of ancient Gaul. Even as there is a fight against physical na- ture within Canada, so there will al~ ways have to be a fight against some of the results of natural geography, which stuggles to give its own un- alterable stamp to political institu~ tions. You Can Get Them Here The same is true of Vine. gar. To have good Pick. les you must have SOOdim gredients. Don’t take any risk in the matter when you have our guarantee- And note particularly this fact, that our prices for the best are no higher than Prise: charged by the grocers. Pickle-Bottle Corks, Sealing! Wax, Gem Jars, Gem Jar Rings, etc., etc, “Quality in Everything" is our motto. 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Ladies’ Summer Vests. wiEh- Out sleeves. with short sleeves and long sleeves. We have a. few Ladies' Waste leftâ€"only 25. If You want one don’t delay. is the only emulsion imi- tated. The reason is plain- it’ s the best. Insist upon having Scott’sâ€"it’s the world’s standard flesh and strength builder. Summer Goods Call and see us. Men’s Wear ALL DRUGGISTS Sept. 14th DAILY SATURDAY. AL'G. 2511: TO SATURDAY. SEPT. 91h INCLLSI\'E Depot Agent Town Agent THE REVIE‘ MILLER AN Local Liberal 0 Tries to Sm Pe Practically Admits the Says the Question From a perusal 1 q than ever, that the Rene the simple reason that he Liberal Government. :1 ? content to 51 mg 1111.. 7m Miller and the Govemmei from the issue.â€"Reci7- tag that Reciprocit} 1111: Irma Government was Lw Hum malority Of the IHH‘N‘A‘. ‘ out of sight and v. he be representative, \\ he ‘11 r 1 bad one, this is nut an N Laurier,â€"Reciprocity i'; f Thursday. In the to do. The Liberal HHVE i3 returned to pun-m. *4 B“DPOI'ter of the M‘ It makes no difft“¥'<’.’7-'<' \? PPOCity would ”he .~: ":1: bâ€"â€"C If it is a bad thin: , < are will not hem-:- 1°. ‘1 4 and the elez~twt- :1 ually reminded uf i313~ a MUST vote for 1h 1, J. Procity, they 3119'? ~ .1 it easily follnwc :Fw‘ '\ ED TO REC‘JPEILH" The Review regren 3'; ifisue. And \"h}"_’ 9133*: m Conservative party “12 “110198318. thus emu No, the reason the Ravi tom“! in the fact that : havoc in the ranks of I the length and hremi‘h Was One to them. am :Mldn’rt touch Recizn‘m LAST week‘s Revj Review reaches mos decided. The South to c0n5ider: Firs:â€" Miller, by all Odds. ber South Grey eve her-8 that sits at on he has influence. ant Conservatives as: w. able; he is an ideal Secondâ€"Shall hv Government that k- received with aim till the evil gains battle ground. By the question shou‘; is the first Confivr and will certainly ment in its immix in its financing: (J LETS RECIP been a remarka‘t plus, and big one tore. Why 13‘1" “ States came seek Miller and mo should have the who recognize.“ lveness in a G Vote f N0. 23l6 almost