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lookin‘ young woman with a satchel, that‘s ‘Gusty. Don‘t whistle. ‘Tell her I‘m out. I‘ll be back in a jiffy, but you needn‘t tell elther of them so unâ€" ties when there was a step on the walk outside and a knock at the door. "Which is it," he thought, "‘Gusty or the reverend?" Obviously it was Miss Black. She stood on the mica siab that formed the step and looked up at him as be swung the door open, She had a small leather bag in her hand, just as the captain had said she would have, but it fashed across Mr. Hazeltine‘s mind that the rest of the description was not a fair one. She was certainly much more than "middlin‘ good lookin‘!" "Is Captain Hedge in?" she asked, Now, from his friend‘s hints Raiph had erpected to hear a rather sbarp and unpleasant voiceâ€"certain disagreeâ€" able remembrances of former encounâ€" ters with female book agents had helpâ€" ed to form the impression perhapsâ€" but Miss Black‘s voice was mellow, quiet and rather pleasing than otherâ€" much." After the captain bad gone Raiph took down a volume of the "Great Commanders" and sat down in a chair by the table to look it over. He was semiling over the gaudy illustrations and famboyant descriptions of batâ€" ,' "No," said Mr. Hazeltine, obeying orâ€" ders with exactitude. "Captain Hedge is out just now." . & 5. °T â€"‘;'av;niy;’â€"somebow the name didn‘t seem to fitâ€"was manifestly disappointâ€" Now this was a question unprovided for. Ralph stammered and then misâ€" erably equivocated. He really couldn‘t say just when the captain would reâ€" _*"Ob, dear!" she said, and then added, *WWill he be back soon?" "Oh, dear!" said the young lady again. ‘Then she seemed to be waiting forâ€"someâ€"furtherâ€"observation on the part of the gentleman at the door. None being forthcoming, she seemed to make up her mind to act on ber own initiative. "I think I will come in and wait," she said with decision. And come in she did, Mr. Hazeltine not knowing exactly what to do under the circumâ€" stances. Now this was much more in keeping with the electrician‘s preconceived ideas of a book agent‘s behavior. Nevâ€" ertheless when be turned and found the young lady standing in the middle of the floor he felt obliged to be at least decently polite. "Won‘t you take a chair?" he asked. "Thank you," sald the caller and took one. & £ The situation was extremely awkâ€" ward, but Ralph felt that loyalty to Captain Eri forbade his doing" anyâ€" thing that might urge the self posâ€" gessed Miss Black to prolong hber visit, so for a time he said nothing. The young lady looked out of the window, and Mr. Hazeltine looked at her. He was more than ever of the opinion that the "middlin‘" term should be cut out of her description. He rather liked her appearance, so he decided. He liked the way she wore her hair, so simple an arrangement, but so effective. Also he liked her dress. It was the first taiâ€" lor made walking suit he bad seen sgince his artival in Orham. And worn by a country book agent of all people! Just then Miss Black turned and caught him intently gazing at her. She eolored, apparently with displeasure, and looked out of the window again. Mr. Hazeltine colored also and fidgeted with the book on the table. The situaâ€" tion was confoundediy embarrassing. He felt that he must say something now, so he made the original observaâ€" tion that it had been a pleasant day. To this the young lady agreed, but there was no enthusiasm in her tone. Then Ralph, nervously fishing for anâ€" other topic, thought of the book in his hand. "I was just reading this," be said. found it quite hmting."_r * â€" The nest moment he realized that he had sald what af al} thinse wos t4s are made of finest Canaâ€" dian wheat flour, pure butâ€" ter and rich cream. There‘s nothing else of equal size and cost that contains so _ W#uch wholesome nour»â€" _ An ideal food. All grocers have themâ€"fres and crisp in 1 & 3 To packages overlook their food value + _ Mooney‘s 4 Perfection Cream Sodas " Uhe Food â€" That Builds "I ; _ "Whyâ€"whyâ€"Miss Black, I supposeâ€" that is, I"â€" Just here the door opened and Capâ€" tain Eri came in. He took off his cap â€"<@#d tbgn, seeing the visitor, remained standing, apparently waiting for an introduction. But the young lady did not keep him waiting long. most impolitic. It was nothing less than a bid for a "canvass," and he fully expected to be confronted with the necâ€" essary order blanks without delay. But, strangely enough, the book lady made no such move. She looked at him, it is true, with an expression of surprise ang _what.seejued to be 2museâ€" ment on her face. HS was certain that her lips twitched as she said calmly: J "Did you? I am glad to bear it." + This Jispassichate remark was enâ€" tirely unespected, and the electrician, as Captain Eri would have said, "lost bis bearings" completely. g "Yesâ€"erâ€"yes," he stammered. "Very interesting indeed. Iâ€"I suppose you must take a good many orders in the course of a week." "A good many orders?" I "Why, yes. Orders for the books, I mean. ‘The booksâ€"the ‘Great Naval Lives‘â€"erâ€"these books here." ; "I beg your pardon, but who do you think I am?" . And it was then that the perception of some tremendous blunder began to seize upon Mr. Hazeltine. He bad been red before. Now he felt the redâ€" mness creeping over hbis scalp under his hair. s | "Are you Captain Eri Hedge?" she asked. + "Yes‘m," answered the captain. "Oh, I‘m so glad. Your letter came this morning, and I burried down on the first train. l‘m Elizabeth Presâ€" ton." ERHAPS, on the whole, it is m not surprising that Captain breversedt lri didn‘t grasp the situation. (HSH3Y Neither his two partners nor himself had given much thought to the granddaughter of the sick man in the upper room. ‘The captain knew that there was a granddaughter; hence his letter. But he bad beard John Baxter speak of ber as being in school someâ€" where in Boston and had all along conâ€" ceived of hber as a miss of sixteen or thereabout. No wonder that at first he looked at the stylishly gowned young woman, who stood before him with one gloved hand extended, in a puzzled, uncomprehending way. "Excuse me, ma‘am," he said slowâ€" ly, imech®hically swallowing up the proffered hand in his own mammoth fist, "but I don‘t know‘s 1 jest caught the name. Would you mind sayin‘ it ag‘in‘?" "Elizabeth Preston," repeated the visâ€" itor. â€" "Captain Baster‘s granddaughâ€" ter. You wrote me that he. was ill, you know, and I"â€" "What!" roared the captain, delightâ€" ed amazement lighting up his face like a sunrise. "You don‘t mean to tell me you‘re ‘Liz‘beth Baxter‘s gal Elsie! Well, welll 1 want to know! If this don‘t beat all! Set down! Take your things right off! I‘m mighty glad to see you!" Captain Eri‘s hand, with Miss Pres ton‘s hidden in it, was moving up and down, as if it worked by a clock work arrangement. ‘The young lady withâ€" drew her fAingers from the trap as soon as she conveniently could, but it might have been noticéd that she glanced at them when she had done so, . as if to make sure that the original shape reâ€" mained. "Thank you, (_‘nptain Hedge," she said. "And now please tell me about grandfather. Mow is he? May I see him ?" ©‘The captain‘s expression changed to one of concern. t "Why, now, Miss Preston," he said, "your grandpa is pretty sick. Ob, I don‘t mean be‘s goin‘ to die right off or anything like that," be added bastily. "I mean be‘s had a stroke of palsy or somethin‘, and he ain‘t got so yit that he senses much of what goes on. Now, I don‘t want to frighten you, you know, but really there‘s a cbanceâ€"a little mite of a chanceâ€"that be won‘t know will you?" "I knew he must be very ill from your lettor," said the girl simp.y. "I was afraid that he might not be living when I reached here. They told me at the station that he was at your house, and so I came. He has been very good to me, and 1"â€" _ Her voice broke a little, and she besiâ€" tated. Captain Eri was a picture of nervous distress, â€" nervous distress. _____ f ' "Ob, cat‘s foot!" he exclaimed one "Yes, yes, I know," he said hasti)?." gay after hunting everywhere for his "Don‘t you worry now. HMe‘s bette" | gunday tie and at length finding it in The doctor said he was consid‘rablÂ¥ pig bureau drawer. "I can‘t git used to better today, didn‘t he, Mr. HMazeltine? . wmie averlastin‘ sptruced up bus‘ness. Why, what am I thinkin‘ of? Let me make you known to Mr. Hazeltine, | =â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_L_â€"Li1_ooon 2â€"â€" next door neighbor of ours, right across $ the road." And he waved toward the ‘(7/ i inkeat . x\}\‘hh k bay. Ralph and Miss Preston shook bands. The electrician managed to utter some sort of formality, but he couldn‘t have told what it was, He was glad when the captain announced that it Mr. Haâ€" I zeltine would excuse them be guessed . Miss Preston and he would step np-. stairs and see John. The young lady took off her hat and jacket, and Capâ€" | tain Eri lighted a lamp, for it was alâ€" most dark by this time. As its light | shone upon the visitor‘s face and bair the crimson flush before mentioned citâ€" ‘ cumnavigated the electrician‘s head once more, and his bump of self n-l teem received a finishing blow. That any man supposed to possess two fairâ€" | Iy good cyes and a workable brain . could have mistaken her for an Orham Neck book agent by the name of "* Gustrâ€"‘Gusty Black!" Heavena‘ ‘wit mfF. Mazeltine wouldn‘t sit sun. He announced that it was late and he ust be going. And go he did in spite ‘N- host‘s protestations. _ ie Don‘t feel bad if he don‘t, now CHAPTER IX. out for the stairs," cautioned p "Now, I think likely," be said in a | rather busky whisper, "that you‘d like _to stay with your grandpa for a little while, so I‘ll go downstairs and see about supper. No, no, no," he added, i bolding up bis hand as the girl spoke ! some words of protest, "you ain‘t goin‘ nowheres to supper, You‘re goin‘ to stay right here. If you want me, jest speak." | And he burried downstairs and into the kitchen, clearing his throat with vigor and making a great to do over the scratching of a match. the captain, leading the way with the lamp. "The feller that built ‘em must have b‘lleved that savia‘ distance lengthens out life. Come to think of it, I wouldn‘t wonder if them stairs was the reason why me and Jerry and Peâ€" rez took this bouse. ‘They reminded us so of the shrouds on a three master." Elsie Preston did her best to smile as her companion rattled on in this fashâ€" fon, but both the smile and the cap tain‘s cheerfulness were too plainly asâ€" sumed to be convincing, and they passed down the ball in silence. At the open door of the sickroom Captain Eri "He‘s asleep," hbe whispered, "and, remember, if be wakes up and doesn‘t know you you needn‘t feel bad." Elsie slipped by him and knelt by the bed, looking into the white, old face on the pillow. Somehow the harsh lines had faded out of it, and it looked only old and pitiful. The captain watched the tableau for a moment or two and then tiptoed into the room and placed the lamp on the bureau. Mrs. Snow returned a few minutes later, and to her the news of the arrivâ€" al was told, as it was also to Perez and Jerry when they came. Mrs. Snow took charge of the supper arrangements; When the meal was ready she said to Captain Eri: C f "Now I‘ll go upstairs and tell her to come down. I‘ll stay with Cap‘n Baxter till you‘re through, and then p‘raps if one of you‘ll take my place I‘l} eat my supper and wash the dishes. You needn‘t come up now, I‘ll introâ€" duce myself." Some few minutes passed before Miss Preston came down. When she did so her eyes were wet, but her manâ€" ner. was cheerful, and the unaffected way in which she greeted Captain Peâ€" rez and Captain Jerry when these two rather bashful mariners were introâ€" duced by Eri won them at once. The supper was a great success. It was Saturday night, and a Saturday night supper to the average New Engâ€" lander means baked beans, The capâ€" tains had long ago given up this beâ€" loved dish because, although each had fried his hand at preparing it, none hbad wholly succeeded, and the caustic criticisms of the other two had preâ€" vented further trials. But Mrs. Snow‘s baked beans were a triumph. So also was the brown bread.: As they rose from the table the young lady asked a question concerning the location of the hotel. The captain made no answer at the time, but after a short consultation with the remainâ€" der of the trinmvirate he came to her as she stood by the window and, laying his hand on her shoulder, said: "Now, Elsieâ€"I hope you don‘t mind my callin‘ you Elsic, but I‘ve been chums with your . grandpa so lJong seems if you must be a sort of relation of mineâ€"Elsie, you ain‘t goin‘ to no hotelâ€"that is, unless you‘re real set on it. Your grandpa‘s here, and we‘s» here, and there‘s room enough. 1 don‘t want to say‘ too mnch, but I‘d like to have you bWlieve that me ‘and Peres and Jerry want you to stay right in this house jest as long‘s you stop In Orham. â€" Now you will, won‘t you?" That eveningâ€" just before going to bed the captains stood by the door of the sickroom watching Elsie and the lady from Nantucket as they sat beâ€" side John Baster‘s bed. Mrs. Snow was knitting and Elsic was reading. Later as Captain Eri peered out of the dining room window to take a final look at the sky in order to get a line on the weather he said slowly: And so it was settled, and Captain Perez barbessed Daniel and weut to the station for the trunk. ' "Fellers, do you know what I was thinkiu‘ when I see them two women in there with John? 1 was thinkin‘ that it must be a mighty pleasant thing to know that if you‘re took sick somebody like that‘lt take care of you." _ Perez nodded. "I think so, too," he said. But if this was meant to influence the betrothed one it didn‘t succeed, apâ€" parently, for all Captain Jerry said was: § > "Humph! ‘Twould take more than that to make me hauker after a stroke of palsy." In her care of Haxter sne was more like a sister than a hired nurse. No wife could have been more tender in her ministrations or more devotedly anxious for the patient‘s welfare. In her care of the house she was neatness itself. She scoured and swept and washed until the rooms were literâ€" | ally spotless. Order was heaven‘s first law, in her opinion, and she expected every one clse to keep up to the standâ€" ard. Captain Peres and Captain Erl | soon got used to the change and gloried in it, but to Captain Jerry it was not‘ altogether welcome. | ®>>9P.GCO fl It is impossible (Â¥, to make a soapY any better, purer, Y or more pleasscst to use th..n y BABY‘S OWN SOAP y‘ Ideal for tolliet, nursery and bath. # ALBEAT Ssoaps, LiNMITEO Wers., Mowratau . 3106 Way it used to be, this necktie was ikely to be m F and if 1 looked out in the kitchen or under the sofy I was jest as likely to find it. But now everything‘s got a place and is in it." < 1 M Prde A "Well, that‘s the way it ought to be, ain‘t it?" said Eri. "Then all you‘ve got to do is look in the place." "Yes, and that‘s jest it. I‘m always forgittin‘ the place. My shoes is sech a place, my bankerchers is sech a place, my pipe is sech a place, my terbacker is another place. When I want my pipe 1 go and look where my shoes is, and when I want.my shoes 1 go and look where I found my pipe. How a feller‘s goin‘ to keep run of ‘em is what I can‘t "You was the one that did most of the growlin‘ when things was the old '"-n . l "I can‘t git used to this cverlastin‘ spruced up bus‘ness." ; marked as Mrs.. Snow‘s.: The young lady was of an artistic bent, and the ! stiff ornaments in the shut up parior | and the wonderful oil paintings jarred upon her, Strange to say, even the was dipped wreath that hung in its cireulat black frame over the whatnot did not ’ appeal to her. The captains considered that wreathâ€"it had been the principal , floral offering at the funeral «» Captain | Porez‘s sister, and there was a lock of i her bair framed with itâ€"the gem of the : establishment, They could understand | to a certain degree why Miss Preston objected to the prominence given the . spatter work "God Bless Our Home" ! motto, but her failure to enthuse ovet . the wreath was incxplicable. "Yes, but jest ‘cause a man don‘t want to live in a pigpen it ain‘t no sign he wants to be put under a glass case." Elsie‘s influence upon the house and its inmates bad become almost as | _ Ralph answered rather hurriedly that she did not. He endeavored to change the subject, but the captain wouldn‘t let bim. | _ "Well, there," he exclaimed amazedâ€" ly, "if ‘Gusty ain‘t broke her record! Fust time sence Perez was took with the ‘Naval Commander‘ disease that she min‘t been on hand when the month â€" was up to git her $2. Got so we sort of reckoned by her like an almanac. Kind of thought she was sure, like death and taxes. And now she has gone back on us. Blessed if I ain‘t disapp‘inted in | ‘Gusty." But by degrees they became used tc seeing ‘the blinds open at the parlot windows the week through, and inno vations like curtains and vases filled with late wild flowers came to be at firt tolerated and then liked. "Elsie‘s noflons," the captains called them. Keiph Hazeltine called on the after soon following Elsice‘s arrival, and Capâ€" tain Eri insisted on his staying to tea. It might bave been noticed that the electrician seemed a trifie embarrassed when Miss Preston came into the room, but as the young lady was not embarâ€" rassed in the least and had apparently forgotten the mistaken identity inciâ€" dent his nervousness soon wore off, â€"l;u€ 'lrt came back again when Capâ€" tain Eri said; P _"Who is she?" inquired Mrs. Snow. "One of those book agent crlgtml?" & "'â€"i{'evli. Eflyfoi: called her that to her face I expect there‘d be squalls, but I cal‘late she couldn‘t prove a alibi in line‘s fancy, but he could have sworn that there was just the suspicion of a twinkle in Miss Preston‘s eye as she asked innocently enough: . p "Ia she a young Hidy, Capiain ar:s .. "Well, she hopes she is," was the de Hberate answer. "Why?" "Does she look like me?" "Like you? Ob, my soul and body! Wait till you see ber. What made you ask that?" "Oh, nothing. I was a little curious, that‘s all. Have you seen hber, Mr. Haâ€" geltine?" Ralph stammered somewhat confusâ€" ediy that hbe hadn‘t bad the pleasure. The captain glanced from the electriâ€" cian to Miss Preston and back again. Then be suddenly realized the situaâ€" tion "Ho, ho!" he roared, slapping his knee and rocking back and forth in bis chair. "Don‘t for the land‘s sake tell me you .took Elsie bere for ‘Gusty Black! Don‘t now! l_)on't_!” ~"ffe asked me if 1 bad taken many orders," remarked the young lady deâ€" murcly, on3 8 Wiu:n the general hilarity had abated a little Ralph penl{cnt}y_ explained that it was dark, that Captain Eri had said Mlsfi Black was young and that she carried a bag. eP . "So I did, so 1 did," cbuckled the captain. "I a‘pose ‘twas nat‘ral enough, but, ob, dear, it‘s awful funny! New, Elsic, you‘d ought to feel flattered. Wait till you see ‘Gusty‘s bat, the one she got up to Boston." 'Pâ€"X;:;r, it may have been Mr. Hazelâ€" ':::szz'l"{wglr;n. 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Sent on receipt of price v if your druggist does not handle them. cermitted to enter the United Siaâ€" tle if any sorrow because of the turnâ€" tes and to receive medical cart at <2 jng down of the proposal to reorganâ€" borpital. That a thing like that could j;» the company which has proved a happen jon‘ American soil is an O!â€" source of worry to many. A number fence against the country and a 4disâ€"|of the shareholders are anxious to grace to us all. _ Our immigratiOn , have the affairs of the York Loan laws may be inadequately enough gle-‘ straightened out as soon as possible vised, but at deast their executi0n" jn order that they may get whatever need not be put in the hands of mCn js coming to them and be through too stupid to know the difference b¢â€" ; with the whole matter. Patience, tween an emergency and a picce Ofâ€" powever, is necessary, but it will be strint. â€"Plattsburg, N. Y., Republiâ€" rewarded by not having the assets can. sacrificed. 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No fewer than 149,050 were ‘eund to "read and write imperfectâ€" Iy,"" and not _ mote than 123,059 could ‘read and write well," _ while only 195 wete entitled to be described as . "superior education." The lack of education is particularly noticeable ameng the female prisenets. Ot ithe 149,938 women sent to prison in 1904 as many as 12,816 were unable . to read or write, and 35,807 could do so impeifectly, while no more than 1,247 vould read and write well, and only ten were of ‘"superior odticafion." DVYSPEPSIA WHEN LAW DEFEATS LAW women who are sent to prissy . £0 there in default of payment <i tines. The number who thus. went to gaol in 1904 was 107,835. This may be comntâ€" ed one of the lfeast satisfactory feaâ€" tures of the administration of pasvice in a country in which there is supâ€" posed to be one law for the rich and the poor. on "Fruit Liven Tasiers® yer‘s Pills x: yer‘s Pills ssxesss FRUITâ€"Aâ€"TIVES LIMITED, OrTAWA. IN BRITAIN 2 atul @06 According to the new _ Public Schools Act, the salaries of public school teachers in rural sections are to be raised as follows: When the taxable property of, the public school supporters of an organâ€" ized county is at least equal, to an average assessment of $30,000 for each public school section therein, the municipal council shall levy _ an amount sufficient to give each prinâ€" cipal teachers or teacher at least $300, and each assistant teacher at least $200, When the average assessâ€" ment is less than $30,000, the amâ€" ounts received are to be $150 and $100 respectively. #i : ; In addition to the sum provided by the Township Council towards each teacher‘s salary, the trustees of each. rural school section shall in the cases hereinafter mentioned, pay annually, after the expiration of: the current calendar year, to the teacher, where there is only one, and to the princiâ€" pal teacher, where there are more teachers than one, at least the sum hereinafter mentioned â€"(subject only to a proportionate reduction in case the whole year‘s salary does not beâ€" come due) that is to say: (a) $200 where the assessed value of taxable property _ of _ the <public school supporters in the sectionyis at least $200.000. (b) $150 where such ass>ssed value is at least $150,000, but less than $200,000; _(e) $25 where such assessed vaiue is at least $30,000; but less than $50,â€" _(c) $100 where such assessed value\ is at least $100,000, but less than $150,000 ; (d) $50 where such assessed value is at least $50,000, but less _ than $100,000; And $100 to every assistant teache: whatever such assessed value is. (Woodstock Express.) f Two important points developed at Toronto Tuesday in relerence to the armairs of the York County Loan. The Crown, not wishing to be unfair, agreed to let the Phillips case be postponed till . September. The great reason given by the defence for wantâ€" ing the postponement was that the completion of the audit now _ being conducted for the liquidator was neâ€" cessary for the defence. | The other _ point â€" which developed Tuesday is the unanimous rejection by the Private Bills Committee of ‘the proposal to reorganize the comâ€" pany. <~Mr. W. T. White pointed out that there was no demand on‘ â€"the part of the shareholders for the bill 4o incorporate the York Loan Reorâ€" ganized Co., and he said: "I doubt . if there has ever been such a financial mess in Canada as this York Loan." There will doubtless be some disâ€" appointment â€" among the shareholdâ€" ers that Phillips will not be tried beâ€" fore September, but there will be litâ€" tle if any sorrow because of the turnâ€" ing down of the proposal to reorganâ€" ize the company which has proved a source of worry to many. A number An Otterville correspondent writes: ~â€"The remains of the late Mr. Alvin Burtch, of this place, who was killâ€" ed at Berlin: on Tuesday, May 1st, were brought here on Wednesday last: The funcral took place from his late residence in the West kEnd of the vilâ€" lage on Thursday, May 3rd. Service was held at the house at 2 p.m., and was in charge of Rev. Mr. Bunt and Rev. Mr. Eddy, both of Springford Mr. Burtch was a highly respected cilizen and will te <greatly missed. He had reached his 7Ist year ane had been a r.sident of this place for _a numler of years. He leaves behind to moutrn his loes a widow, five sâ€"ns, Amos and Frank, of Chatham;â€" Wilâ€" lham, of Prantford;, Archy of Rodney, and Ernest, of Berlinâ€"and one daughâ€" ter, Mrs. J. Smart, of _ Springford, who have the sincere sympathy of a SALARIES OF TEACHERS. wide circle of friends How often do we hear it tematked: "It‘s only a cold," and a few cars later jearn that the man is on â€" bts back with pneumonia. This is of suc‘.. common occurrence that a cold, howâ€" ever slight, should not be distegardâ€" ed.~ Uhamberlain‘s | Cough _ Remedy counteracts any tendency of a cols to result in pneumonia and has gained its great popularity | and extemsive sale by its prompt cures of this most common ailment. 1t always cures, and is pleasant to take. For sale by all druggists. IT ISs DANGEROUS TO ~NEGLECT A COLD. BURIAL OF ALVIN BURTCH The Canadian Northern _ Railway, the route for whose railway between Toronto and Montreal has already been made public, will build a _ line also â€" through â€" Western â€" Ontario. It will pass through Galt, and already the company â€" have had recommendaâ€" tions made to them as to where the station should be crected. It will, of course, be two ot three years . at the least before the road is built through here, but there appears to be now no question of its coming. Reeg ugu it, over and over again. Ayet‘a Pills. Ayer‘s Pills. Ay.n".l YORK LOAN AFFAIRS To PASS THROUGH GALT J Bartigler Bedets. n ies o To oteet "ats Crngers §a L000 3° + Cal whm: LEMENT & CLEMENT, ’Q‘;,M‘"'“"_"_ mf Notaries Public, Con Ormce over Whyte Packing Co.« store, corner King and Found: , Berlin. U‘::qblmar-’._;g'::.(dlcul E+s cBRIDE & FLINTOFT. é& B‘nhw Notariea upstairn Cor. king & mo au., iy. lCB A. B. McBride . Waterio K. P, CLEMENT, K C. E. W. CLEME®T M. 8.O. L. Batristers, . motaite, Aeret d 'Bzgd..n ww& se sou‘s office, Berlin.. C. T. NORCKSR ')B. Medallist of Toronto Licentiate of the College of Phy geous and Aecoucheurs of Ontario 3%&‘1‘% W.?:-lno, a ..;I.U‘.“ of the late Dr. Walden‘s residence. W x READE 8. a. F. G. BUGEHES. Dentist. â€" Oddfellow‘s Block. Watetloo. ns and Aranmahams 22 mU TCOs Sd and Ascouchours of Ontario, ffl'"mm ©8 of the nose and thront. nsuenndou given to the use of the m X .R nd Electric C rrents n the diagnosi -’.l and treatment o . evit ble case ";l'coonAlbnrtfltnd. near Public Librar building. Phone 210. e3 Dondn; L.D.8., Royai Volle. e Devtal Surgeons. 1.1.5. Toronie Iulv.dtL Allbranches of der.* «:77 prastinéd. Uffice Janzen‘s Block, Herlir, over Smyth % Blore. _ Kntrance between Fehreabach W. R.Wilkingson, L.D.S., D.D. 8 Fr mutual convenvience patients from a distance are ,{urticululy re quesied to make appointments. orand Stuctit gs grooery Office: Ovrer Bank of Hamilton, Berlin,. WELLS, W * es Â¥Y _ _C. W. WELLS, D.D. 8., Den . , w!wlu. Will viats nmwu House %mfl-flm :l‘-d F and fourth Te io sides ) 6. h.‘ o"no'mw nabsnt antruotion of toulh. â€" ‘Tuse Wobole 1 p.m. to Friday 1 p, m. '?)'fio'ififik‘gfi‘e? nleas extraction of teeth. ‘The Waterio 3;0 wul’:o closed ‘every Friday afterncon s ECkEL L. D. 8. D. D. S. Graduate o 5 Chicago College of Dental l?c-y and Royal Coll ge of Den:al Burgeons of Torente has opened a dental office abuv >â€"Mr. J Ufei mann‘s store, (Dentistry pra tiCed in all Jt _ Eye, Kar, Nose and Throat only. hours 930 till 12a,m., 2to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Office on Queen Streâ€"t, opposite the Oper DR. J. E. HETT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Veterinary Coliege, _ Office and residence, gpodu the Alexander House, King P one 208. Allneul:rby day or ll..:o Cmmrmmk WOLFL, in s Painter and Paper Hanging, Will un dertake contracts for painting and paver.hang log in{Town and Country Firstâ€"slmss wor . A. Bootion, B. A.. L L B. J J. A. We ter in *A Â¥*e ie in Caancers: Hartiriom, deilaitzer goo WaterIco Spring Term Opens on April and R. W. is PHLMARL, STRATFORD, ONT. Our classes are much larger than they were a zur ago. _ The public have learned that this is the best piace in the province to obtain a commercial or thortbhand training. Students are entering each week. . All graduates J. H. Engel, graduate of the Ontarie WATERLO HONREST HARNESA AT Qet one of my eplendid new sote of Harrgt now, 1t will improve the appoatance of / ontfitone(hundred por cent. # isviemia; a> moderatarates, JOHN STREBEL Specialty, Nose, Throat and Ear. | _ CRZCSUOF, Solicitor, conveyancer, ete : opposite Court House, formeriy Poter . Monor gra«uate of Toronto University Il mfluix;hu:.m .."n_y...fl"."‘.b u. R. _ W. T. WALLACE, M.B, M.R.C. OHN 1 WIDEMAN Issuer of MarringeLicenses floeâ€" Po :+ Ofos, Bt. Jacobs, Ont, M. ORAM, HILLLARD Strebel‘s HARNESS SHOP MISCELLANEOUS DENTIST. Ofice Open Daiy, MEDICAL posicions. _ Write now for ELLIOTT & McLACHLAN, o i M in ioclgecta 42. 2. ;..l?’Qm.' gs Kut&m GEON, VETERINARY HONEST PR\ ©4