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A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE The regular monthly meeting of the Public Library Board met in the Read- ing Room on Fmday night last. Ap- propriations were made for Magazines and Books to be purchased before the end of the year, after which it was considered advisable to give a concert on Friday evening. the 20th inst, in the Town Hall. It is proposed to be of a purely local character, and the Board desires to have a number of such concerts at regular intervals durâ€"p ing the winter. The Library is in need ‘ of money and they do not feel disposed to get expensive outside talent, believ- ing that our own young people have sumcient ability to furnish a good enjoyable entertainment. The charge will be light and it is hoped the attend- ance will be good. The committee will interview the young people who, We know, will give a cheerful assist- ance. All who aregifted with musical An Opportunity to Carry Gladness to the Suffering and Needy PUBLIC LIBRARY CONCERT. Your golden dollars may be the Angels of AR my this bring the glad tidings of Good “1 ill and Rutui '1 x.., ;:'-'.‘;: I? E fellow seeking admission into his only refuge, tm: :3: ask £41 for Consumptives. A last wordâ€"will you help to care for thvso Wham 1435 (in “(:1 want? TOYS! TOYS !' TOYS ! It has no endowment, except in the kind hearts :uui 11m gulu‘l'nlzs gifts of the people of Canada. His Excellency Earl Grey has shown his interest and 5'62. gm this great work for the needy consuunptives bV accepting; .i; .. vs": I Honorary President of the National Sanitar 111m Associatinn. It now cares for seventy-five patients. It would care. for tin-tn hundred if the needed money was forthcoming. The Muskoka. Free Hospital for Consumptives has never refused ;. patient, because of his or her poverty. Dear Friend :â€" A Christmas message, “Peace on Earth : Good Will to Men,” was sent to this old world long ago to bring gladness. Was this poor fellow included? The Place. Not Africa or Pagan India, but Christian Canada. The Persons. A son pleading for his father. Father, with one arm (the other lost in railway service), stands with tears streaming down his cheeks as he tells his story in the doctor’s office, M uskoka l'mpital: “I have been a railway conductor. I have been turned out of my boarding-house, where I lived for seventeen years, because I had consumption. Then I had to leave the hotel for the same reason. The hospital of my town refused me. I have travelled for two days to reach here. For God’s sake, doctor, let me stay. I have got money to pay for all I wan t.” If this was the story of a poor 'fellow with money, what about the hundreds who are seeking admission to the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives, with their money all gone in the struggle with this dread disease ? I have a. fine assortment of Toys for Xmas, also an elegant line of Perfumer, Hankerchiefs, N eckwenr, etc. No need to go to town for your Xmas Presents, you can get them right here. Right goods at right prices. Come in and see them. N o trouble to show you our goods. I also have fresh Can dies, N ut-s, Raisins, Currants Peels etc. DreSsed Poultry of all kinds. Eggs and Butter taken at highest market prices. . H. TEAKLE, Allan Park. F aithfully yours, ready for their ownpafion at night. The work is under the superintend- ence of a housekeeper, who gets a sal- aryofatleast£33weekwhfleeach cleaner gets about £1. There are many ladia’ maids to each theater who are known as Met-s. To end: dressing room there Is at least one, and'the pay is the same throughout the whole com- or literary ability will be called on during the season, but not at any one meeting, as such an array of talent as 'this town can furnish would make the program too lengthy. Make a note of the date, Friday, Dec. 20th, 1907. London Theater Cleaners. Thahousemaids, or, in theatrical lan- aters, would number a dozen. Every day the whole of the auditorium has to,be ‘swept and dusted, and the ac- tors‘dressingrooms-danedandmade 35ng Toronto, Cam, Dec. 11th, 1907 ( 'hri ~'.. I 1 ms "}‘('o' )1 Lit Q) Ihv :2.- in” {H I”! No. 3 n‘ .| It; was not; diificult to notice the Council’s somewhat apathetic attitude tmvzu'ds the }_n'0positi0n, the scheme seeming almost; too gigzmtic'fm- serious consideration. Anyway, “this is so suddenf’ In the course of a, few weeks Mr. Graham wixl again lay the matter be- fore the Council. and through the columns of the Standard the public. will be kept, infnrmed if there are any further devolognnents in the proposed cement; mmmfzwtm'ing industry. He purposes building and operating a one-and-a-half million dollar cement plant at Bell’s Lake, five miles west of Markdale. Mr. Graham has gone over the ground thoroughly during the past summer, and is satisfied that there is enough marl at that place to keep a cement mill in operation forâ€"well, scores of years, and he comes forward and lays before the Markdale Council a request that they buy $100,000 worth of stock in the proposed company, which purposes starting with a capit- alization of one-and-a-half million dol- lars and to employ 250 hands. The offices and warehouses of the said company would be located in M arkdale, and a spur line would be built to the lake, tapping the C.P.R. at Markdale, The Council, however, could not see its way clear to make the proposed investment of $100,000, but will, with the consent of the ratepayers, offer them inducements 1n the way of free site for warehouses, offices, etc., and exemption from taxabionfor a period. All persons are warned not to tres- pas on the following lots with dogs, guns or otherwise, for the purpose of hunting, or prosecutions will follow :-- John Bull, N0. (57, 3rd (Jot-1., 1‘1.G.1{. â€"â€"N0. ‘3’ and 4,151; (301)., N. D. R. (.‘11115 1*“,,i1th No. ), 1313 Con. \..D R. \V 111. Young, NO. .3, Con, 1, S.I).R.â€"- No. 6, 0011. 1, N.D.R. Emmi mm rnorosmon. Abraham Crutchley, N o. (32, 31'dC¢,)11. E.G.R.â€"â€"N0. 3, 4th 0011. S.D.R. ”The Catamaran. While-it is rarely employed by Euro- peansi-iasua method of travel. even in emergencies, the catamaran of the Madras fishermen of India is by all odds the most extraordinary of water vehicles. It consists simply of three logsdashed together and flush with the surface of the water. On these a fish- erman (sometimes two or more fisher- men)-stands and With a single oar pad- dles himself-far out to sea. A Madras fisherman will venture out when boat- Thus. McGirr, No. 61 and 62, 2nd Con., 15.0.3. Such a. -man‘ is Mr. Graham, of To- ronto, who on Monday evening of last Week laid before the Markdale Council his proposition, which is as follows: men will not launch their craft, and even in weather when boats cannot be launched he will go through the surf and out to ships with letters for the delivery of which he gets a few pence. In order to catch their ships a few be- lated travelers have been known to trust themselves on catamarans. They are united in the statement that the ride on the logs was the most nerve trying experience they had undergone in a land that holds a new thrill for the stranger at every turn. The sea and-an occasional ducking have no ter- rors for these natives, not even there:- tremely young. and in reality the cata- maran is not entirely to be scorned, for it is after all nonsinkable. A man of large ideas. A man who talked of hundreds of thousands of dollars as though it were so many cents. A man who believed that the Mark- dale. Village Council was losing the chance of a lifetime by not subscribing $100,000 in his enterprise. Real Causes of Earthquakes. While civilized man is trying to grasp the meaning oi" an earthquake the un- eivilized of all ages have long ago re- solved their doubts. In Mongolia it is the hreathings and skippings of a huge frog that cause the mischief, in China a gigantic dragon. in India a world bearing: elephant. in Celebes a hog and in other («marries the scheme is varied by the introduction of a bull and a tor- toise. Earthquakes in Siberia are be- lieved to Le due to the frolics of mam- moths who live in the center of the earth. while in Vancouver island it is the spirit of evil with his marshaled Interest at best current rates paid quarterly. ‘- J. c. TELFORD, ‘ __ N NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS The Sovereign Bank at Canada 4!! (Standard) Emuus JARVIS, Esq. ., - - Resident Rumour: MACDONALD, Esq" First Vice-Pram: A. A. Anus, Esq., - - Second Vice-10km McMnuN, HON. PETER McLum, mm Esq., M.P. W. K. MCNAUGHT, Esq., MJ’. m, Esq., M.P. ALEx. BRUCE, Esq, KC. the Wicked people who HEAD OFFICE:â€"-TORONTO. Paid Up Capital: . . $3.04 General-Manager. A THEszRHAM’ unnumchE Savings Bank Department. BOARD OF MRI-201038: DURHAM It has already been several times stated in the Pioneer in regard to Owen Sound. that a deliberate effort1 has been made there to discredit Lo- 1 cal Option. In the issue of the I Pit neer of Nov. 22nd in an article on ; the results of Local Option in Owen l Sound, it is pointed out that whileg for the last six months under Locali Option, the convictions for drunken~§ ness has numbered 66, and for the; same last six months under license! only ‘24. the police had been instruct» 1 ed since Local Option came into force F to arrest every one who appeared on the streets the worse for liquor. and g in license days only disorderlies were 5 arrested, and men were often helped ; home by the police. The Chief of} police himself had stated that if alli the drunks in license days had beeni arrested there would not have been ‘ accommodation for them, . The report concludes, “the hotel men claim that this is conclusive evi- dence that Local Option is not so good a measure as srricr enforcement of the License Law.” The Police Magistrate has stated that a man up for the firsc time on the charge of drunkenness in license days as almost invariably discharg- ed, and sometimes even on the second offence, while under Local Option every case of drunkenness is convicted and fined. These state- ments are borne out by the police court report. for during: the six months in queStion under license, while only 24 convictions were regie tered, 32 persons arrested for drunk- enness were discharged, and of'course no account was kept of the larger number of drunks not arrested. The purpose of the Liquor people in their open defiance of the ’law in Owen Sound is made clear in a report recently sent out showing that the total of police court convictions dur- ing the past six months were 117. compared with 43 during the same six months in 1905, before Local Option came into force. The details for the pest sixmonths are : drunkenness and disorderiies 69, assaults 9, breaches of the License Law 26, other ofiencss 13. and for the six months of 1905 drunkenness and disorderlies 44, assult 9, breaches of the License Law 4, other offences In the recent charges for violation of the License Acc brought against eight Owen Sound hotel keepers it was shown that in only one house was liquor sold over the bar, in all the others it was either from a bottle in the pocket, or in an upper room. The figures handed out. by the liquor people record twenty-six con- victions for breaches of License Law during the Local Option six months. and 4 convictions for the six months under license. Before the davs of Local Option the writer frequently spent a Sun- day in Owen Sound. Ont.. stopping at the best hotel. His {observation led him to believe that the bar-room in that house was never closed and he afterwards learned that it was the boast of the hotelmen in Owen Sound that they never closed their bars All hours of the night and all hours on Sundays, men could be seen drink- ing almost openly in that house, and them was apparently no attempt made to observe the law. in the face of these facts, the figueelhanded out as evidence against Local Option are ridiculous. It is easily recOgnized by the dry cough and horseness. Not dificult to cure with Catarrhozone as Mr. Xavier Babin. of River Capalin, Que . proved “No one could sufier from Bronchitis more than I did. ' I had a hard hacking cough that caused me great pain. My threat was hoarse. and I had great distress in my chest. Catarrhozone reached the sore spots and gave immediate relief Since taking it I have not had a single at- tack.” Every physician who it ask- ed about Catarrhozone says it is a sore cure,â€"-so will you if you try it. Sold everywhere, 25c. and $1.00. Height of vigor is past-nature’s power slowing downâ€"vitality ebbing away, endurance decreasing. Stop the prOgress of decay, tone up the weakened nerve centres, impart vigor to the tiring bodyâ€"prepare for the crisis. Best means for rebuilding is found in Ferrozone ; it brightens up the whole beirg. imparts power, strength, vigor. Old age is pushed back twenty years, the reliance of youth is restored, vigor, vim and new life established. You’ll try Fer- rozone, 50c. at all dealers. 57-62 THE CRITICAL AGE. OWEN BOUND FIGURES. Asst. General-Mama. $3,000,000. YOU BBOHOHI - TABRH! AL CA Socially, morally and financially, he claimed that Local Option was a suc- cess. Many false reports had been irculabsd about Toronto Junction In 1904 when Local Option went in- to effect the town had a. population of 8000, now three and a. half years later the population has increased to 1200 or an increase of 50% under Local Option. This he thought was con- clusive proof that a. town would PH)" per numerically without a licensed ad more money, and Wanted more improvements and were able to pay for what they got. Mr. Moran had also the honor to be present at the complimentary ball and banquet tendered Sir John and Lady Young and Prince Arthur on their visit here in 1869, and as a memento of the event he still retains a bill of fare of the banquet, which was printed on white satin. Follcwing is a copy of the bill of fare: Oyster Soup. Roast Beef. Roast Mutton, Roast Tuvkey. Roast Duck. Roast Chicken. Roast Fillet of Veal, Roast Lamb. Long Point Ducks. i The increase of the present year’s rate [3112 Hazelwood pointed out was not due to the fact that Local Option was in force, but extensive local improve- ments were being made, such as the paving of Dundas street at a cost of $100000, the erection of a new school made necessary by the increased pop- ulation of the town and other causes. Just here the Dr. grew eloquent as he told the audience that the town During the stay of the Prince of ‘Vales in this city Mr. Moran, aszm afiploye of \Vm. Kawanagh, shucd his horses and also the horses of sewml members of the distinguished party. J allied Turkey, Spiced Beef. Corned Beef, Beef a, la. Mode, Hams, orna- mented, Hams, English, Beef Tongues in Jolly, Beef Tongues, Garnishcd. Chicken Salad, lmbsters, Salad. Celery and Cheese, Pickles, Sauces, 8:0. The young lady frowned, and said some harsh things about the colored man’s audacitv. Lemon Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream, \Vaber Ices, Grapes, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Nuts and Raisins. After a sumptuous menu had been ? discussed, the colored attendants were ' passing around huge silver cups filled i with wine. and each guest drank what 1' he wanted from the cup and passed it ‘ on. After the prince had got through ‘ with the cup a young lady rushed up i to the waiter and asked him to show; her the exact place on the rim of the ,; cup: from which his royal highness l drank, that she might put her lips l thereon and do likewise. He pointed 3 out; the spot, and after the lady had 5 par-taken of a small quantity of the ‘ contents, the dusky waiter smiled good : naturedly and imparted the infm'ma- tion that he had taken a draught of § the wine from this same spot. a mom- en t before. Strawberry Tarts, Raspberry Tau-ts, Peach Tarts, Apple ' ‘au'ts, Plum Tarts. Macaroon Pyramids, Crystalized Pyramids, Cocoannt Pyramids, Kiss Pyramids, Orange Pyramids, Ratada Pyramids, Charlotte Russe, Trifles. \Vine Jelly, Italian Cream, Blanc Mango, Brandy Jelly, Chantilly Baskets. An excellent lecture was delivered here on Tuesday night by Rev. Dr. Hazelwood of Toronto Junction. He was here under the auspices of the temperance people and coming as he did from the Local Option town he was in a position to give many facts and figures in regard to the prosperity of a town where there are no licensed bars. _ (Hamilton Herald of Oct. 1869.) Speaking of things in reference to the royal family, Thos. Moran. the veteran blacksmith on Stuart street Business men Whom the Dr. Inter- viewed proclaimed in favor of Local Option. They showed a gradual but marked increase in business: their cash receipts were greater than under license and it was vastly easier to make collections of accounts. east, can Well recall incidents in con- nection with the Prince of Wales’ visit to this city in 1860. At that time Tom was a member of No. 2 Rifle Company, and was detailed as a picket guard at the old Anglo-American Hotel when the elaborate banquet and ball was being given in honor of the prince, It was at this event that Mr. Moran first saw colored waiters attending the guests at the tables, and he tells a rath- er amusing incident that occurred during the evening. The taxation of the town had been reduced under Local Option. The last; year under license the rate was 30 mills on the dollar. The next: year it was 29 mills and last year 25 mills. This yearin has gone up to 28 mills. Tea and Coffee. Toronto Junction Heard From. BANQUEI'S 0F LONG AGO. The men is a fool. as everyone knows, Who Spends his hard earnings to color his nose. “ What is syntax?” asked a school. master of a juvenile templst. “The duty on spirits.” was the prompt to. ply- l Abone dollar bill cannot be better invested than by nmiling: it to the Family Herald and \Veekly Star, of Montreal, forayear's subsuriptinn to that great Weekly. To have it com to your home each week means a trea all the year round. One dollar is very small amount when one consider that every week for fifty-two week :he is going to receive a. copy of the best weekly paper printed to-day. It; pleases everyone; to farmers particu: larly it is a wonderful help. At thi§ season one cannot do better than send a. dollar to the Family Herald and Weekly Star, of Montreal. To Show that citizens had faith in ' the prosperity of the town he referred ‘to an ex-hntel- keeper (whose 111111111 he :gave) having purchased :1 1110111 on the lcorner of Keele and Dunn! 1s MH'PD‘. iend subsequently pun 11.151111: :1 1:11: ant {lot adjoining m1 Whirh ne “.18 going Lto erect a large b10< k. 1-111 (111' 1"«11111'1' iproperty referred to he paid nearly i$~10000,a11d the 10111111131 for 1’11i new ‘block was to he let to '10111 “111-111;, lthe 'l‘wreasuwr of the 1 1113111 011111111 Sc)- iciety in the town of 1111 011111 .111 ..- 11011. :The Dr. mentioned this fact 1n show gthat the ex-hotel 111.111 had 1211111 111 1he ; treasurer of the advocate, 111' 1 numer- 11111ce, and that there was 111) hwfi wt L1. Since Local Option Went. into cfi'uzr: on the 15!; of May 1904. Last year an of- fort was made to repeal} thv Art and to restore the bars. but the \‘utue in favor of continuing to rcumin a. “dry” town showered a much larger nmjority than on the previous occasion. The address was listvnvd tn \VE: h in- terest and votes of thanks wmw' tv'w dered the speakornt the (:Ins-x nt' :2." meecing. V Mrs. Newtxm sun}: :1. mu Spirited chorus was rvm'u xxx! hers. of the difl'orcnc t'ElHi! town. It will pay you to come up the Hill to getsome of our special snaps in Dry Goods and Clothing. We mention only a few: Black Ladies’ Cloth, 60ins. wide worth 60c yd. for 40c. Heavy Tweeds for Men’s Pants, good value at 700 for 50¢ Men’s \Vinter Overcoats, worth $8 Aâ€" -'.\ \Vith bright; and all]. « 1.x 0 things in ample vmietv and 1witc'l' 1 Hum for 51160110!) 111:111 ( \wl lwlnlc. \Ve’re p;11°til:ul;-u'l}' .~ m: 1;; in --T(_)YS â€"1)() 1,1,8 â€"-BO0K.< â€".‘\'(')\' 1'; l 11‘! ES -â€" (i AM 153 as will set. ('hihh-vn‘s luau-ts thump- ing and will bring us .m ;1\‘.'l_1:ltl('llv of trade. l’arvnts :u'v n-mimh-d that once elSsnl‘Llllans 1.191 ln'nkun the choice will ll(_‘C\‘SS;ll'11yl‘.U lim- ited. The best timv is. nuw, while the stocks are. at, Lllcir best. Comv and see Santa Claus. for $53.50 Men’s Tweed Suits worth Boys’ 3-piece suits worth $5 for $3.50 Ladies’ Fine Black Skirts only $2.00 Ladies’ Grey checked Heavy Tweed for Coats, per yd «mly 75c Other Goods propm-Linnatcly (the: Three Dom-s Nortthnu'; He SeEES {lhez’ap GngTmas STGRE In Upper Town The EEG 4 This is way lunch W. H. BEAN Money Well Spent Ciildtl' B‘H wk Dec. 12, 1907 9WD? .2, solo. :md 'a' Hotel. $8.00 for by mem- s 01" the mp