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.“\ ‘ 3 Departmental Store 5 3m REDUCTIONS IN PRICES OF OVERCOATS wmwxwmmmwwwxwm§l§ § Large Sales Small Profits § soooooooooooooooooooooooooo90009009ooooooooooo‘o++¢oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo#6990oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooovooooooooooooooooooooooonroooooooL voooooooooooooooooooo‘oooooo§+o+909oooooooooo+¢¢§o+o+oooooooo++o+0000000000000¢§§§¢¢¢¢ooo++ooooo§ooo¢o¢§oooooooooooooooooooooooo99oooooooooooooooooooooooo Women’s Winter Coats All Half-Price These are all this Season’s Styles. It is a sin to sell them at the price, but we must carry out the policy of this store to carry no goods over from one season to another. That’s Why we are clearing every coat at half-price. Mcuecumig’ wgiuwws THE HIGHEST PRICES FOR PRODUCE Men’s $3.00 Felt Shoes. sale $2.00 Men’s 2.75 Fell: Shoes. sale 1 .90 Men’s 2.2.5 Felt Shoes. sale 1 .25 Men’s 1.75 Felt Shoes. sale 1 .00 Men’s 1.40 Felt Shoes. sale 95 Felt Shoes Almost Given Away A select stock of floor coverings in Oilcloth Linoleums and Rugs. A new stock of the ET. Corsets, see our $1.. Corset usually sold at $1.2 5. Notwithstanding the great increase in the price of Flannelette Blankets we are now selling I 1-4 at $1.35 during January. A fine selection of Dress-goods in the New- est DESIQ'US. Tweed Overcoats, regular $7.00 Beaver Overcoats, regular 9.50 Tweed Overcoats, regular 9.50 Tweed Overcoats, regular 10.00 Tweed Overc<u;>ats, regular 12.00 Beaver Overcoats, (fur collar) 1.2.0c FLANNELETTE BLANKETS m . If u‘ . 3% 14.50 Coats now 7.25 13.50 Coats now 6.75 S. “E NS A T 1'. NA L r \ Prlce-Cuttmg SAL E A 11.00 Coats now 5.50 '7' We want you to compare these prices with what other stores advertise. We w; Q to consider quality too. Newspaper talk is cheap. If you come and see the goods we offer to-day at such-startling reductions, you’ll readily un- derstand why so many people trade at THIS BIG STORE. / If you’ve been waiting until the Price- Cutting Sale started-Its your turn now “Its On” 5 Men’s Light Weight Over- coats, splendidly tailored with best farmer satin lining, all sizes from 38 to 42. Regular $10.00. Sale price $5.: 0 Men’s Overcoats ' Being Slaughtered THE J. D. ABRAHAM COMPANY Men’s $12. 5 Men’s 15.00 Overcoats Boy‘s 5.00 Overcoats Boy's 6. 5O Overcoats Boy’s 4. 5O Overcoats Boy’s 4. OO Overcoats Boy’s 7. 50 0V ercoats Boy’s 33. 00 Ox ercoat’s O Overcoats $8.75 9.00 3.75 4.35 3-25 2.50 4.50 1.90 THE STORE THAT SETS THE PACE for f0 1‘ for for $4. 75 for f0 1‘ Ul '/ '3 m 1 ’ MW ~13 *v- 7 My» .. \ ' . ' Poor Gu'uur. ’ Patienceâ€"ls Will good at guessing ’ aames? Patriceâ€"l think not. He said he guessed I‘d learn to love humâ€"Yon- ’ | kers Statesman. ‘ A" Sorts. First DinPr In»! me» «a: I think HI ”Me-r some mint. Spa-mad Inigo-r ‘ Don't! | abs-w arch", mum m ANN: ”L199? .it-‘s vilinflnh hvtul‘e )‘uu gm l1 i I... ”0-”- Legal Note. Sixâ€"My laWyer tells me I have a strong case. Dix-He brobably means that it is one that will last for years.â€" Boston Transcript. Easily Explained. Grinnâ€"Wbat's happened to disturb the ft‘iendShip hetwovn Nupop and Cut. up? Each one of them says the other is‘ an intolerable lmre. Barrettâ€"Nu- pop’s recently become the father of a firstborn and Cutup’s just had a sur- gical operation.-â€"Exchange. Just a Reminder. “You must give me credit for mat- in: money last." declared the wife. “But dont forget that I make it first". said the husband. -â€"Bufl’alo Ex- press. "I expot't it"s ’mlxsv I (luU't get things given ('0 mo ot’tvn onuugh fur practice,” answered the ymmg diplomat. hopeâ€" fully eying :1 box of <°m:(-ul:ltes.â€"Phil- :ldelphia Le ger. Not Enough Practice. “()h. Johnnie, Jummic." said [the aunt rpprnm'hfully. “why is it you never remmnlwr t" S”.\'.°T1'lilllk you?” Bear Fighténg. In tho smvm‘vmsih vm wry (m feast days Hw lit'v of llw «7.:21' n." limsin was mulivmwd “ith sm'h :mmsvments as a lmtth‘ tn Ilw dmxth hvlwccn a bear and :1 s;m:u':zx:m. in whivh. it, is said. frequently tlw mun Inst his life In the (want 01' :1 sm'vvss’d'nl issue the spvm'mnn was rmx'urdud by being taken to tho mynl collars. Where he was 'ullowml tn drink as umch as be lik-vd.â€"~C‘ri do ‘m-is. nmv :md nhl. in var lilm‘ntm'v. mey «W ”(NJKHQ I'Hiwz's. I’Mis :xml Wafms; Rim-k ”ilil' I'(‘ll"ii.\'; (‘()!(H'Q‘ l’lnmhlm ’muks. H HOURS [wally lwzzm terms "-hmdun Mail Curicus Signbczei; .\n (-iylztvvmh u'c-ntm‘y Glasgow sweep summmlod (H'M' the door. of his hmxsv llu- :munumvnwnt: Xurm' Keir. he dam-t Mm hero. HI")! swru'p your w-nts. and nnt 100 dear. And should they Chnncw to 3:0 on fire He'll put thvm mu :1: yunr «If-sire. y '..I'Idinhur§:h ”HI-n vnjujcml the dislinv- Hull 01' [mssvsxinrx tlw must prolix sign- 1:0:1'11 m1 I‘N'nl'dl “Jul‘m Mum. SIIIIiHIK-‘Y. Bibles. Tes- taments. Psalms. Hymns, I‘l'flyor- hunks. Vulm-hisms. E'I'uvm'hs. Banks. â€"_â€"-â€"_‘ $1.00. Sale price ..... \anen’s Jersey Cloth Overshnes. High snow excludets. sizes 4, 5, 6 7 8. reg. $2. 25 Women’s [*ine Jelsey 010th Stmm Ovez- shoes, regular $1.25). Sale price ...... Children’s High Storm Overshoes. 'l‘wo buckles. rtegular $1. 40. SaJe price. Men’s Leather Leggings. reg, $1.7Sa1e p! we ...................... Boys Leather Leggings r'egnlm $1.25 Sale ........................ Men’s Jersey ()lntb Overslmes. regular $1.50 Sale price 0000000000 oooooooooooooo ......OOO. 1.25 750 98c 98c 85c 1. 15 Men’s Rubbers size 9,10 and 1], regular (101 Ill\ These goods are all First Quality, but we are overstocked in these lines and are bound to clear every pair re- gardless of cost. Half-Price Rubbers and Overshoes in Main. Stutim .ts. l’sal ms. I (,‘Mm-hisms. I and uh]. in \‘Hl'i uuu ‘ "I“ mint. Son-nun ""..¢" . fpers. T N‘H‘l' firth-v Jams. m rmq 1 ‘3 no" 3 "VIIHNHII ht‘hbl'e 50!} gm [1 l The .i‘tlo‘f‘..l.l‘uto 5mm 1 - ‘ . - v i man .AAAAA :liiHIK-‘X'. Bibles. Tes- Hynms. Prayer- s. E'l'qul'lvs. Books. \':‘H°inu< hmm'hes of «W (Ruining? fur old MN :HHI Ink: \VIIX «mum Hair. and itm-al Hunks. Memo- Ht'lig'inlls Tracts. mm]. on moderate I His colleagues rushed into the room. ' l but he was beyond human aid. In ten minutes he had laughed himself to easing death. Then one bethought himself a said to look at the last lines those lingers: -Yon- now cold and still. had written. At‘ the top of the all but unsullied sheet . appeared these words: " Another shot.»- . lifter arrested in one of our big stores . "5 m has been dismissed with a warning mo-r . [and her name withheld from the pa- . W n." f pets. What used to be called a crime ' is now yclept a mania"â€" 'f u ‘ That was all. But it had caught the ~ paragraph” unawares. -Clevelaui Kleptomania. The paragraphist opened his type- writer. adjusted a sheet of paper. lit his pipe and sat for a moment im- mersed in thought. Then be clicked 00’ a single line of copy. He glanced at what he had written. and a look of surprise came across his classic fea- “er8 Then he gasped. shrieked and went into a fit of hvsterics. David Grayson. I tried desperately to set up and support a sort of dummy creature which so clad. so housed. so fed. should appear to be what I thought David Grayson ought to ap- pear in the eyes of the world. Oh, I spent quite a lifetime trying to satisfy other peopleZâ€"David Grayson in Amer- ican Magazine. I did not always Indian in this doc- trine. For many years-tbe years be- fore I was rightly born into this allur- ing worldâ€"l tried quite the onosite vom'se. I was constantly attempting to come down to life from above. Instead of being content to warm through life a sufficiently wonderful being named Wearing Shabby Clothes. it's a great thing to wear shabby clothes and an old hat. Some of the best. things 1 have ever known. like these experienees of the streets. have resulted from coming up to life from underneath. of being taken for less than I am rather than for more than I am. l-‘uui'e. the famous French baritone. also had a 1i;il'ti('lllal'ly facile and mel- low high I“ sharp. and many parts Were written especially to give him a vlmm-c m vxhibit it. to the gasping mul- titude. But in most lmritune Vail-es this i“ sharp is the very limit of the upper rung ‘.."l11(l. :ilzliungli it may have both power and brilliance. it seldom pnssesscs either meiiowncss or facil- ity: voiismuvnlly all the rules written for ll‘um'se (Meyul'bevr‘s “Uiuoruh.” for insmucel are particular trying for the 0 Mi uu 13‘ ba rit'one. -- A rgonaut. "s14 wing soqumzt SUI'I'U‘N.“ Y0. ISI': of them for E1” of the cold weather. vu. QLWA on runs and rur Coats is heavy. The \,\,7 inter thus far has been mild and we have Hundreds of Dollars tied up in Furs that should be sold. It’s the chance of a lifetime for you. Buy to-day at these cut prices and you’ll have the good Our Stock of Furs and Your choice of any Wmter Gap in Stock 750, She. $1.00 anfllga $1.25 Winter Caps Sale 49c Take your Choice for We’ve got the Knife in all Furs and Fur Coats ~Day’s Your Day The record of mheficbool in past years is a flatten-m one.. The trustees are progressive ucationally and s are no gains to see that teachelsan pupils ave every advantage for the pro- per presentation and acquistion of knowledge. FEES : 8! per month-in advance WM. F NUIARSOR, 0.0;, 6.1“!“ Chairman- Secret: Intending St udents should enter at; the- beginning of the «em: if possible. Board can be obtained at reasonable. rates. Durham as a healthy and at- tractive. town. making it a most desir-- able place f'u- residence.. THUS. ALLAN, Princi l and P10- vincial Model School eachex. lst Class Certificate.. The school is thoroughlv equipped in teaching ability. in chemical and elec- trical supplies and fittings. etc" for full Junior Leaving and Matriculation work. A scheme has been devised in Pennsylvania to reduce the cost. of radium by simplifying the pru- cess of extraction. The civilians who are accused of grafting in the British A1mv c.111- teen scandal are emploxoos of Sir Thomas Lipton’ 3 firm. gT he First Step Mr. Mansfield Leeson and sister- Margaret are attending the free courses at the O.A.C’.. Guelph, for a’ couple of weeks. The Grange held their monthly meeting on Friday last and had a busy time ordering grass seed corn. seed, etc. Mr. Alfred McCabe was away from Wednesday till Tuesday at-- tending the funeral of his fathex near Chatham. During his ab~r sence Mr. Wm. Long tank charge? of the mail route. Mr. Melvin Hoy arrived home from the West last week. VARNEY. Miss Bella Hay of Proton spent a Week \xith her aunt. Mrs Ridmu‘t 3.3.rber Miss Nollie Phillips of Halstein n9. visiting~ her aunt. Mrs. J. J. Wilton. Mrs. Jas. Mcllvnae is suffering: from a sore Wrist, which was snrgined by‘a fall on the ice. Often means so mmrh. H has mwmr slH'Pt’Sh to than.» ands of young people Whn wrote fur our Catalogue :is the first snap tnward a grand salaried pudtinn. Take. the step [0-day, Address (Yen- tml Business College W. H. Shaw. President 393-395 ~ Yonge Street. Toronto Durham Continuation School LISTEN M en tion this Paper “IT’S ON”