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1>BCEMBKB 17 1908 THE FLESHEiRTON AUVANCK â- f- iimm MARKDALE â- I (inmense Purchase of Fancy Goods and Toys Selling at Ridicuiously Low Prices Boug:ht at 35c on the $ To mak^ a \o\v^ story sliojr, we bonglii from a \vholesalo fancy goods house $HOO.OO worth of Toys at the ri(licnh)nslv low rate of 25c on the dollar. That is why we are stntt'away. .School 'feachers and Sunday Schools wantinji; toys and ffincy Fancy Goods an< nearly jJiiving tin <'oods lines of nearly every <lescription will do well to he on hand early while the variety is large. For the conveuienco of customers we have displayed those goods in our Hardware Department where they can all be seen away from the rush of business in the main part of our store. For comfortable shopping we woukl advise you to come as early in the day as Tjossible â€" the morning if yon can, Fancy Toy Satchels for 10c hcautifully enamcllecl Toy Satclielg, unuinelled in colors, decorated with 10c I Big Collection of Fancy Toys In Mechanical Liucs selliug at B, 5, 10 and 15 cents Amongst the collection you will Hud 'S"''^- i-Pgiilar'-JSc. for euch Toys as Clowns, ineu, cats, inoukeys, birds, ducks, goals, dogs, beare, pigs and boats, all that have a way .f their own about goiii;,', and in the regular way sell for 15c to 85c Cich, but the way we bought lliein j yoa can buy them here for each Sc, 5c 10c and Fancy Ahnninuin Pieces, They come in fancy cup? and saucorj, mugs, trays in a variety of shapes, collar button bo.^ces, ink stands, salt and pepper, napkin rings, never tar- nish, and selling for each 10c, Drums. Drums. ])rums. Buy the small boy a drum. \ We have tlicm in all sizes r.nd we : Sweeping lleductions OU are asking about oi.e rpuiter ol the i Trimiucd Millinery for all 15c Fancy Perfume Baskets 50c, 1'oc and 81.00 lines selling for ;>5c Fancy perfumes, put up in fancy baskets, all good l'"rench perfumes and in such popular odors ac Jockey Club, Crab Apple Blossom. Heliotrope, Lilac and Lavender, all COc, 75c and ♦ 1.00 lines here, nicluding baskets 85c Fancy Musical Toys of all kinds are included in the lot, selling at 5, 10 and 15c each. This lot includes Concertinas, Rattles, Music Boxes. Horns, fancy bells, and >insical Toys of other varieties, all regular price for them 20c Drums for t'c 5'Jc Drnms for 15c | 25c Drums for lt« The large sizes 18 ^^ . Christmas Guns for Boys. These afe a good large wood gun witli tin barrel and trigger equipment, such as you pay 25c for on sale for each 5c Fancy Waggons in Iron and Wood. We have nearly one hundred of these fancy wagons. What better toy could yoii buy for the boy? The 25 c. Wagons selliug.for 10c. The 50 and 75c. Wagons we are sell- ing for 25c. Fancy Musical Tops for 5c Wo have these in great variety, big avc decided not to wait until the season is over to clear np our MilUnery stock and from this on we will offer up to date trimmed millinery at the following prices â€" 87.50 StvHsh Trimmed Hats for85.C0 85.00 ' " " '• 83.50 $1.00 v '• '• 82.75 83.00 " " " 82.25 For late buyeis of untrimraed Mil- linery this is a great opportunity right in tlio middle of the season almost. like Steam Boat.s fitted just Big Steamers. Will propel in the water, and the price of boats is nearly nothing ., , , , ^ ,, ^, r. .. -o 50c. luuicy Boats for 15c. at ridiculously low plices, worth three i and small. Just think what you have : (jOc " " 18c times the price in the usual way of been paying for fancy musical tops.andi 750" " " 20c" selling, the prices now are each 5, 10 j ti,i„i; of the prito yo.i can buy them j Heracmbpr Tovs are all on sale 'in the and '""^ hfcrcat, your choice, each 5e. Hardware Department are Engines of all Kinds. Fancy Horses on Wheels I III "real variety have we the Kngines We have a big assortment of Horses and boilers, and wo are soiling 81. 'J5 in iheToy.'j. They are big and small, §1.60 and 81.75 lines for each 25 35 and tlio prices we arc aelling them at'auj gOg smaller still, for instance I '. Suggestions in Christmas, Presents for 15e and 20o Horses for 8c. 50 and 75o Horses for 20c. 25c and 8.'>c Horses for 16c. And till fjreat bif^j fellows for 25c. , Wo arc showing a \pvy jiW on sale jn^ of Nf^rfiies. ..-•'' our Hardware Department. A largo variety of Silk Hauditerchiefs Men stylish range Noahs Ark in large size for 15c and Mufflers. Something new Sweaters. Splendid range of Men's Fine Gloves in patterns in Mens' Noah's Ark comes in fancy painted colors, lilled with all kinds of animals of »'' kinds. a great fuu maker for children, 25 and I Fancy House Slippers. a5c lines here for ISc ' New Christmas patterns in fine shirts Buy the Girls a China Tea Set 111 these we have some very fine goods and the prices within the rtach of all, 8iicli as â€" 50c. Tea Sets complete for 15c. 75c. " " 25. 81.50 " " 50. 82.50 " " .00 and wc have some even better. Fancy Handkerchiefs Great Variety and Dainty Styles We might say that we have never had such complete and large range of Dainty Handkerchiefs priced from 5c to 81.30 each. With beautiful lines selling at 25, 35 and 50c each. Now we don't want you to think that Toys and Fancy Goods are the only offei you. We have never before made .such extensive purchases in all lir lines we have to purchases in all lines of Christmas Coods and you will find a large and handsome variety of Holiday lines through our store at values not to be beaten anywhere. We Have the Better Goods in This Big Purchase, too, Selling Accordingly as Low. Toilet Setts including Fancj Case with Mirror, Brush and Combs, Shaving Outfits in Fancy cases. Collar Doxes, Cuff Holder Boxes. Manicine Sets. Gf Dtlrnirn's Smoking Rcquisits, Ladies Companions, Bi riuliful Mirrors, Fur.cj Bronze Clccks. J< wel Doxes, Crinb, IhuFli nnd Minor Setts. The cases and boxes ar( xood, such a3 leather, plush and natural wood boxes, bf antifnlly inlaid, and wc arc selling values like these 1 S4.50 Articles for 1 60 and 1.7t~. .'?.50 Articles for 1.00 and 1.25 82.30 Articles for 75c and 81 .00 1.50 Articles for 50o and T.'Jc. Imp ortant Announcement in gard to Ladies' Mantles. re= We have decided to offer sweeping reductions on all the Ladies' Mantles and Jackets we have in stock in order that we shall nor have one left by the first of January and price virill be 25 PER CENT. DISCOUNT on every mantle we have in the store. Just stop to think what that means. 9lie 4|{lesli^rf0ti. %Avm^ l» piililUhed every Thumday at tl.Oi) per *nnun> if |>aid in advance, 91. 5c if not no paid ,. ._ , , ^. .. !» There i> » fight on for tli^ luduclion of the number of liquor licenses in Tor- onto by forty. Saturday Ni({ht thinks reduction is no go'>d and thinks it would only l)Hve',the eiftrctof ciui^eslini; business ill such barn as noidd l)o li-ft. This argument may hoM L''M>d to a cetlain extent, but there ix many » man who would go out and iji-t n " nip " if the â- aloun, 'Wore next door, nhere, if hn had to walk two or throi) l)lock.s ho wniild no without. If there were oidy one lifpior salocn iu all Canada, nnd providing iliis a'guiiient were thoroughly sound, tht'in would ba a conijostion of railways by tliu bibidous goiitlL-ii)i,'n who would bo nn.xioiis to yet at that shIooii! No, licon.sa re- duction will docrea.se driukiu". In conversation with a gentleman who travels extensively about the country. The Advance secured the following opinion regarding affairs in Owen Sound. He said: "I have been visiting (.)wen Sound on an aver„ ; age of once every mouth during the past two years, spending some times only a few hours and at other times '. two or three days. I have always: stopped at hotels, and I do not think i that iu two years I have seen half a i dozen people intoxicated, either on the streets or in hotels. There may bo drinking, and possibly to a large extent, but it is not flaunted in. the public eye as it formerly was. In this respect (Jwcn Sound today con- 1 trasls very favorably with other towns i ^ of its size throughout the province." I ^ Christmas Goods AT BOYDS Christmas is approaching. Yes, and we are alive to the factâ€" very much soâ€" and accordingly have made large purchases to meet the requirements of our customers. Below we give some prices which will help yon make a selection. Xmas Furs Fur Caps 1.50 to fl.OO Fur Ri.ift.'f 1.25 to 10.00 Ladies' Gauntlets 3.00 to 5.00 Ladies' Jacket.s . . . .20.00 to 40.00 Moil's Coats.. ., 15.00 to 00.00 Ladies' kid gloves . . . .1.00 to 1.75 Men's kid gloves 75c to 2.25 Linens and Novelties S. B. Scaifs 2.")c to 1.50 Tray Clot hs 1.5o to l.OO Pillow Shams, each. . . .50c to l.OO TaMo Napkins, doz. . . .85o to 3.75 Silk I'mno and Organ Drapes .... 1.50 ^o4.50 Drawn Work Novelties 15c to l.,50 Handkerchiefs, etc. Fancy Knibroiiery Handkerchiefs 00 to 25c Hem Ftiich silk do 2.'>c to 7oc Fancy silk do loo to 50c (leiits' silk Mutflor .. . .25c to 1.75 L'ldies ffincy silk Collars 22o to $1 Meii'.s Neckwear 2.5c to 50c Fancy Slippers In Felt, Carpet, Velvet & Leallier Children's 25c to 45c Misses' 29C to 45c Women's 30c to 1.75 Men's 50c to 75c Woollen Good Gloves 35c to 50c Clouds (white & colored) 25c to 55c Shawls 55c to 1.50 Golf Jackets 1.75 to 2.25 IT 18 NO DREAM. Cttfttomers will please remember that Toys are all on sale in Hardware Dept. of our store. The youn^ ladies in charge will be pleased to see you i there. F. T. Hill « Co. Markdale The dreamer as to Canada's great future can conjure up a very pretty I picture of the great things iu store for I us and very close at hand now. The I Grand Trunk Pacific will cut across! and open up country 400 miles north j of Old Ontario. It will bring down to us the wonderful mineral and timboi riches of the north and enlarge the market for onr fruits and grains to such an exto'it that wc will have a market at home for everything we can grow, at better prices than could possibly bo got by export. Already the effect is being felt as regards Ontario frr.it, the price of which has been steady with an upward trend for a few ye.ars, and many shipments of apples are finding their way north as the railways penetrate towards Hudson's bay. When that body of water is reached thousands of people will be engaged in the great fisheries and mines that are known to exist there. Immense deposits of iron, copper and other mincials have been found in and around the great inland sea, and will in. the near future give occupation to many thousands ol people. Imagine the market, that this development would open up for the farmers and business men of Ontario 1 With the speed at which railways are now penetrating north- ward it can only be a matter of a \ery short time until wo will see this transformation, and a continu- ous stream of northern products will pour south, while as continuous a stream of southern manufaoturea and produce of the farm will flow north- ward. In this great development that is at our doors the farmer has as great an interest as any one, and should prepare to reap his harvest with the rest. Perhaps in no line will the faimer get better profits than in his fruit, ior which there is likely to be a good market for all h6 can grow â€"apples, plums, pears, peaches and grapes. Thcso are things that can- not be grown in the north and will have to be purchased from us. Wo believe that the orchards will, in a few years, become the most valuable asset of oiu- Old Ontario farms, but they will have to bo cared for scienti- fioally and carefully as they are cared for at present in the Kootenay and Idaho. Worm eaten and stunted fruits will never be wanted. The possibilities of the near future opened up by the development of our northland, with ita masses of mineral and timber wealth, are almost beyond the powers of imagination, and are a subject too large to deal with at length. There is preparation to be made for them by all who propose to participate in the benefits that will accrue, and perhaps to no one is this forethought more necessary than to the farming community. A a we have said, the dreamer can conjure up a pretty picture, but these things arc not dreams, they are new vistas opening up before our eyes and new possibilities that could scarcely have been imogined thirty years aso. ^ ^ Crockery Dept III this departiupiit we have the mo.st extensive line of novelties ever be- fore shown. The arrangement is complete. You can have diiythina to suit vour taste and pocket. I'rices rangin^from 5 cents to 3.50. Dinner Setts, extra value 97 pieces 7.50 to 14.00 Tea Setl.s, extra r.due 44 pieces 4.50 to 5.00 Wo have ni.uiy lines wliich space will not permit us to enumerate, hut enough is said when wc rell you our stock and prices in general will compare favorably with any slock shown north of Toronto. VVc wish you a happy Christmas and a pio.sperous New Year. JIERE HEEE HEAR ALL YE WHAT RU.S'S JUST READ Dearly Beloved and Chri;itian Friends: (Mo That Won't Do.) Ladies and Gentlemen: (Ah, Garout!) Sfl TTI "^'^^^ Editor chap has just asked mo to write sonietliiiK' KJa.J . for his bin paper and you know I never made a speech in my life, iitid I don't know how to begin. I have Ijiyju asked some years .-go lo talk to the colored brethren in the Old Durham lloiid church, lut declined as I might get out some word not orihodoxicnl. (That's a bif; word.) 44 TENNYRATE " I'll just give you a list of « few thinys you Want for this Christinas, and tirst we have a beautijul .•selection of Christmas Cards, and I want you to call and get yours before they iire all also in bulk â€" White Hose, 11 ^,. -. .. fifty cents, . , ,,, ... „, Jockey Club, Musk, Incarnation, Crab Apple HU,ss,m. Kins; Edward's Violet, Egyptian Lotus. Heather and a lot more. Wut dojou think of that f..r perfumes. Then wo have sweets of a l.irtje stock, and some beautiful boxes of Bon Bona IJoses to please the eye and sweeten the mouth. We have Toilet \Vater.s. Anducolosjne, Lavender Water, Koso Water, Bay Rum etc In Games we have Ciokinole, Foi t. Tuu'ble in. Cbuck-H-Luck "ThUp 'fennis T,d.;e PWball, Table Croquet, Checkers, ctrs'' d! Back (.amnion, Dmninoes, Pina Poni;, Euchro Decks Fit Flinch and a very lar^e assortment of card games from live cents to lif»v cents. Ami now wo coma 'o Toys, and to enume.ate the virietv of these would be to write a bi;i book. We have D.,ll.s, Dressed Dolls one inch doll.s and thirty ' Brushes, Infants Bruslu'.'. I Brushes, Shaving ,. , ,,. „ , ,„• , - - '"ef, Clotlies Biu.she.s T. ' i^ets. Kings, Brooches, Clocks, a veiy nice .selection Case of Pipe oilet some sold mounted Pipes, splcnuid value, Ci-ar Casp- Pl.ri.f n „ Tree ()rnaments,'l-inse;. Candle Uoldei's S" ?''^'-^t'"»« B«ll« Skipieis, etc Spurkleis, Caudles, Sleighs,' us in the New Drue/ Stoi Wm. & Chas. Richardson. Teacher Wanted. For IT, S,8.No'9, Eigieuiontand Normandy county o( Groy, malo or fsinale, holding first ri second Ola! » oertifloUo. Aj plications, utatioo aiilary, quftilflcationB, oxperiicoo and euolosing testiiironalB will be received np to Saturdav pec. lOih. Duties to cnmmpi'ce at thebegi.iu- Ing of the New Yeari Wm Bradley, seo-Treac. Orchard, Ont- â- " 11.5 3^ Tenders Wanted . ^â- ily accepted 1 or full, pMi culaiB apply to H. D^ Mvkhnui Tort Law, Lot 35, Con. i, Artemcsia, Scottish Pride 66274 The youBR bull Feottiflh Pride will staud tor Priin'"!;'J;,.S",°"'"V.'!'''^ '" "'"'Ib.v Soottifh (Jem of H^iWh-P^r"' ""' !»0"''erf«l fhow cow. ItT.,? ,.""?,'-â- Â¥''â-  winner of eight prizes at 1 01 outo and London, beeidGS beliiR champ- n,?„ 'T^'^â-  '^'"' ."«'«'"' over 1900 pounds. «r„..- . â- ", "i^'"" "*'*«" sold for *1775.00. rZnnt r';'° ' "",' "' ^"Jy Bella by the reronto nrst pri/.o wiunor, Captain May PIv '»!? 2»t,W. Tl..iB youus bill l"i» prove him-' ^v'jrL'u'". '*",?'â-  '"evcrsham. Ho won tlri-li "I'lf. also diulouia tor boat. 080 havluK pure bred cows ,, - ^..lud bull bofoie breed i no as Mnmi?*""?* ' ° V®""':,','"'" """ '''"I- A limited V -sf-^