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200 (PRCRD MPEIRUIUDS § lgtco. Me:il Buflfing, . Te To Ln‘xtcrl stales | Sone o n? Sold and recommended by B take a vo‘s on the reciprocity Rite & Co , Beriin agreemert _ on Saturday. t a % Wbe rew ginghams are .. iderably lighter in weight than the wraves of last seasons "Mt pausiocales the i cnercut is oBsolete, ol a poker game urless you hi\'emi;;tv, what you Ray~ Plush trousers arre. 5 in@piabaiintneaiii ahithhcied d house party is a stimulaat. It should be carried graceiully, . A mew dress suit may casily _ be mragde from one‘s black alpaca office. coat. Merely turn inside out and cover _ with broadcloth cut in the pretvailirng _ mode for evening wear. The trousers and vest may be purâ€" chased with what money is left after the Broadcloth has been paid for, Be nob wear the whiskers dour. The e€fecl is fierce. RibWorless ha: â€"re EENELEMEN‘S Sold and recommended by E. Ritz & Co., Druggists. It is impolite to leave in the midst ‘The proper thing for Pmd Com n SmCIs! TTdte, That‘sxthe way poople get when they to&nnd roll in bed until two or three in the morning, with sleeplessâ€" ness. @ All unnccessary, because a calm and cheerful condition iof the mind apd nerves follows the use of Merrill‘s System Tonic. This is beâ€" cause @ystem Tonic aids digestion, ntoIs fermentation in the stomach, and. betels, cures constipation, and riils the sfi:fim of uric acid, the catise &l rhoumatism, neuralgia md‘ Htherss AAeL Tess oon oi P d moge ns ieaeedn mOs smew, but ok, the shud!" Braryone is prodicting | an â€" early Spring, and the fact that tho geess are beginnimg to arrive some three weeks earlior thar usual points to if. If there is an carly spring, with tke moisture from the snow and ~the ®pportunities for preparing the lard the West _ should have a crop that will alinost double last year‘s. As it is, the departments of agriculture for the three provinces state that the incrrase ds acreage will be 3@ or mole per cent Feylor, M.P.P. for Centre Winnipeg, fi:& tlat the winter of 1837 _ was get Whonomenral. The ~Red River mpver Reze aver and we actually only had ghree days whe» the thermomeâ€" ter r&fid lower than 35 deâ€" #tkes. Thero was practically _ no emmmer muk oa se o0 T SCls iatal RemiaiP. LA fi@ally fer the whole month has beer balmy and springâ€"like. The SRoOw is rapidly going, and there AilB gighs of the river breaking up. .Oldâ€"tithers have almost fo go back to‘ the year 1877 io equal it. That year was the most remarkable winâ€" b9r im the Ristory of the West as igr hack as the eatrliest records. Oldâ€" Himats _say that there was scarcely aby ‘saow_or cold weather. T. W. â€"Wirmipeg, #eb. 28.â€"This has been gas ol the strangest winters, _ the West â€" has ever @xrperienced, for it kas combined _ record cold weather with record warm weather, and Janâ€" Wity saw as long & stretch of exâ€" ttgptely ‘ cold weather wita heavy lizzards as the west Bas known for aoveral _ decades. February, on the Other _ hand, has ‘been exceptionally .mild. It is not often that there â€" is muck thaw in February in the West, AMd yot this wear tha woothar ars." Aal yo .'.l!“u,’,‘“. the weather pracâ€" Past Winter Has Been O â€" of Strangest Ever Experâ€" ‘ ienc:(fiyy Westerners Mad As a March Hare such nicety that it is ‘the combination of all three points of merit. Will you try a package. in 4éa niay <mean‘]| / to you flavor ‘or w @or Eragrant 4 riehhness. Red Rose |}** 44 t are considered bizâ€" WEVER SOLD iN BuLK FASHION NOTES quite the vogue N‘ i+ the bqlida_v pompaâ€" now teed cough and cold en well invested _ and may ; life®7. T. T. T. alv.ays car in one d.-.f' and l hours. Price 2° af H@ mailed direct om The M Cal Co. Me:i.l Buildine D rjiens the lmja :ind ma vdice husky. A ‘qu:‘rhr fl?g mla of Four T‘s. the *Fent 3.A Sin Against Wat ‘When yon "#:fl a ~Alfy] W‘fi‘g)ena_lty nature Th _A gald medal by Mr. Robt Smyth, |Stâ€", for best girl orator at the Cofâ€" ’h‘gi;)t(‘. _A silver medal by the Literary Soâ€" ciety, far secoret best boy orator. A silver medal by Mr. Robt. Smyth St., for second best girl orator. There _ will be no admission fee charged. Everybody welcome. A silver medal b King, for best boy Collegiate, C _ _1 076 Cremng the annual Oraâ€" ’tori('al Contest at the Berlin Colâ€" legiate and Technical Institute â€" will. take place in the assembly hall. Seven contestants bave entered and the competition promises to be keen. The subjects chosen by the speakers: are all pood ari the uratory will be of a high order. The medals for the contest have been dorated as folâ€" lows: On Friday evening the torical Contest at the legiate and Pechnical In Oratorical _ Immigration authorif fthat there is liltle like taining _ cnough laboter un farms. _ The rcasan many opportunitics | for are available that applic seek work on fartus or tracts except as a last Winnipeg, Feb. 28.â€"Estimates preâ€" pared here from information furnishâ€" ed by railway and immigration offiâ€" clals ingicate that at least 35,000 labotets will be required in the West this year. “ Each of the thrce big railway comâ€" panies will be looking for about 5,â€" 000 men, and mare than â€"20,000 exâ€" perienced and incxperienced will be needed ~on farms. The yuestion _ is not of placing workers, but of satisâ€" fying demands. Demand For : _Men in the $ Canadian West J CDOCAD062 thoe bill is not a lengthy one, the provisions cantained in the clauses will bring in thousands of dollars a year to the province. } The tax on cxpress compardacs is increased from $200 to $500 per 100 miles; and on railways from $20 to $40 for the double tracks. _ The pravince _ will receive an additional $40,000 _ a year from _ the express compani¢s, ‘an additional $20,000 from the vailways, aboug $15,000 a year frone the racetracks and _ the amount to be receivead from the tax on stock transactions, of course, cannot be determinc‘ ® estion, pleurisy, _consumptic~. / ons the Iunca . 7E _ iaxed $200 per day. | Each track where trotting races are held wSl be taxed $10 for one, $40 for two and $60 for three _ days‘ racing. 1 Although the bill is not a lcngthyJ ohe, the provisions enniainet 4o "anl : Racetracks. â€" Each race track in the province where â€" running races are held will be â€"taxed $200 per day. ‘ w n i e day and ‘;,« in 48 rees al ul age snn o direct _ om The Merrift Mediâ€" °2 _ WV be tared $15 per mile| HOL. A. Aylesworth, Minister â€" of for one, $5 mile for every other Justnqet acknowledged the xeceipt of track, 4 a petition that the Juvenile Court Act . be proclaimed _ in Waterloo Express Companies. :,‘ount.y and promised early attenâ€" 100. Express Companies will be taxtq | The Attorneyâ€"General‘s Department; $500 for every 100 miles or fracâ€"|At Toronto informed the Society that tion thereof over which they operate.| the petition had been received, and All stocks, bonds and securities will| forwarded to Ottawa, all of the proâ€" be taxed two cents per share of| Yisions of the Act baving been comâ€" a par value of $100. plied with _ Railways less length will be for one, $5 u track, â€" Tax on railways fixed at $60 _ per mile far one and $40 per mile for every other track ip organized â€" disâ€" tricts. In unorganized districts the tax will be $40 per mile for one and $20 per _ mile for every other track. Contest at the B. C. I. _ Torouto, _ Feb. 28. â€"Hon. Col. theson‘s promised bill ‘by which tevenucs of the province will be terially inctreased every year 1 introduced in the 1 priclatura ; niiics for employment that applicants do not authoritics _ declare liltle likelihoo® of obâ€" zi1 Jaborers, especially he reasan is that so the oratory _ will or. _ The medals for been dorated as folâ€" by Hon. W. L y oraior at in the Lel.i'sh-n;e s or railway conâ€" a last resort. Railways. than 150 miles _ in c taxed $15 per mile mile for every otherâ€" y at â€" the l Buenos Ayres, March 1.â€" N: battle is expected to decide â€" fat the Paraguay revolutions. ‘ Paraguay government is sending Aect of warships against thrce : manned ships _ of rebels. , London, March 1.â€"British Imperialâ€" ists are advocating an impasing proâ€" gramme for Battleship constructing ravyy league calling for forty dreadâ€" naughts during next six vears. â€"~ew lork, March 1,â€"Joseph Robin tie _ ‘"shyrocket _ financiet" pleaded {zm’l!y to the larceny of twentyâ€"serâ€" en thousand dollars from the Washâ€" dregton Savings Baok of which he was formetly President. Ie will be sentenced March 27th. Cornwall, March 1.â€"Mr ’az‘m "I was burned to . at t? > home ol her somâ€"i hen _ Chaton which was d fire. Cornwall,Mcch 1.â€".John Preston, a young brakemar was killed at Firch yesterday. 1%> â€" felj between two cars and his 1 ad terribly crushâ€" ed. He leaves wile and three chilâ€" r‘dn:n at Finch. Aged Woman Burned to Death Want Forty Dreadnaughts Young Brakeman New York ‘The request of the Berlin Board of Health that oxtra care be taken that children brought â€" here from other counties are not afflicted with _ conâ€" tagious discases will be complied with Agent«Miller stating that he has reâ€" fused "to bring children to the Shelter who have not been properly isolatedl from .contagious discases, Naval Battle is Expected the dealer ie tiiind dnc iss t W 3 1 [) tawa, father of the Juvenile Court I movement, . were also communicated | with and promised to look alter the granting of the petition. | _A communication was read _ from the Juvenile Court Committee asking the Children‘s Aid Society of the County to coâ€"operate with the Chilâ€" dren‘s Aid Society of other places in the effort that is being made to preâ€" vent the sale of air rifles in Ontâ€" ario. It was pointed out that â€" parents. who buy air tifles as gifts for their children are liable for any . damages that may occur through the careless use of these weapons. Reference was made to the fact that during; _ the; Jlast few months air Â¥ifles caused the death of a young girl in _ Doon and ; ‘the loss of a young boy‘s eye in Berâ€" lin, with the result that heavy damâ€" ages had to be paid ‘by parents and AL s s Sn N Hon. W. L. M. Kin Labor, and Mr. W. L tawa, father of the J named as eler tm stt t Mn lvlsm of the Act baving been comâ€" plied with. â€" The petition provides for the apâ€" pointment of Mr. E. P. Clement, K. C., as the Juvenile Court Judge, the establishment of a detention room at the Children‘s Shelter and _ the election of a Juvenile Court Commit-} tec. In addition Rev. C. R. Miller is pamad 20 oal 0 . S : Nb S indb tbstriivine M. 0+ 4 establishment of a Juvenile Court ip Waterloo County. read T ETD O Aunbamentd read by the Secretary respecting of these dangerous the salaried probation off. uilty to Larceny Killed at Finch 1.â€"Mrs. Frickey, d to death when â€" sonâ€"inâ€"law,Stepâ€" was destroyed by decide _ fate of y of other places in} or;;:;n‘u s being made to preâ€" Meetings air rifles in Ontâ€" _ ded ... King, Minister â€"of wig . L. Scott, of Otâ€" e Juvenile _ Court also communicated Naval well The ___= Institutions for children parents Applications received for weapâ€" l St. Catharines, March 1 brakeman, fell under _ wh gine â€" at G.Tâ€"R. station a’nd ground to pleces. 1 is â€" iisnown, i Rachester, March 1.â€"James Hyatt, a wealthy recluse living â€" at _ Yatesâ€" ville was robbed and plundered _ and house _ burned during last night. Crime resembled the Lsobinski crime at Wellesley, Case Resenibles Customs increase, """ who made the laws, Nor the men who made the laws any mare than those who put the mon â€" there. "If every one carried out his duty as fwithfully as this man carried out _ his duty in his Government position there would be few mistakâ€" s made," he said. ‘ ReÂ¥. J. D. Morrow conducted the service. In bis address he referted to the position held by Mr. Rattlcy in life rather pointedly. He said he did not condemn him any more than ’hc condemned | those who gavo â€" the sentence of deati. Nor did he conâ€" demn the judge | who gave the senâ€" tence of death any more than â€" the. men who made the laws. Nor the men who made the laws any mare than those who but tha «_ l2 ‘Faithful Work _ of Radclive | _ is Commended _\ 1 0nt0, Fob. 28.â€"Donaa James Rattley, better known as Radclive, the official cxecutioner, was â€" buried this morning at 10 o‘clock _ in Humbervale cemetery. Rev. J. D. Motrow conducted the service. In bis address he referted tn Vembinatans 2 % Total children dealt with .. Outside Societies organized port will appear in next wee lidtints it 00. .. / 4. MB 31 different ages ......... Areivennsesscssene Applications received for girls of different ARCS ...llcl.l.l. ... Total applications received ... 1 Christmas gifts distributed to our wards, about ... rrrileite eriees $ Letters, postals, ete., mailed....., 3 Total mailing list Tess ririces rescese § The balance of Rev. Mr. Miller‘s r DRTORES 2ssssimee mcviance wveverere rseseceeg Boys in trouble weverrernsnnens | envessecsese Girls in mischief wvrrenrecese aversesevess Police courts attended, outside 8, Waterloo 5, urreccent eercssess sessessssese /) Surgical operations on children, tonsils removed Wirtrivrieet ebebbee ioue Surgical operations on children, adenoids removed, ...__ _ Toronto, Feb Was Ground to Pieces se stt Ont J _reâ€"apprenticedi......... srsiarse weisssers ‘ Children returned to parents ........, Total number children placed, â€" reâ€" ] placed, reâ€"engaged or returned to j _ Organized ........ .000 0 > Children made wards of Children‘s ° Aid Society (Waterloo County 3, other Counties 15) ......... rscresscs 38 Children sent in from other counâ€" ties to be placed: in foster homes 29 Children placed in foster homes or,~ apprenticed for first time............ 30 Children returned and replaced â€" a» Total investigations wrrerresceesccces 63 Of the above number of investigaâ€" tions 14 were in other counties, Children Dealt With. Cases of child neglect or Boys in trouble ...... ... Girls in mischief Adult lawbreakers injurin Rev. C. R* Miller presented the folâ€" lowing statistical report of the work done during the first quarter of the Society year, beginning November 1st 1910, to January 31st, 1911;â€" The Treasurer, Rev. W. A. Bradley, reported a surplus of $38 in the treaâ€" sury at the close of the quarter Guelph, Feb. 28.â€"Thirtyâ€"four lib eâ€"â€"«â€"»~ ‘frary _ boards of as many _ different r-As there are quite a number of. municipalities are _ represented here boys who are wards of the Society,|in the second mnnual meeting of the working on farms in the county Jd Guelph District of the Public Libâ€" who are being paid for their services, rary Institute which is being held a considerable amount is being receivâ€"]in the Guelph Public Library building ed by the Society to hold in trust |under the auspices of the Ontario Liâ€" for the lads. It was decided to &Pâ€" | brary Association. point a Treasurer for these Hust1 ‘The monvaniina io cour onl use sua o and U> C â€" funds and Mr. H. J. Bowman, unty Clerk, kindly consented to ~As there are quite a _ number boys who are wards of the Soci working on farms in the county who are being paid fOr their carvi BUSV collections show under _ wheels of oenâ€" R. station here toâ€"lay ) pleces. Iis â€" home in children‘s cause Lobinski Murder Agent Millet‘s Report for children visited... _ 4 received for boys of Investigations, exs Government Will Collect Five _ DBursiâ€" |Librarians of the Disâ€" Cent. Ov Per: mted and Busiâ€"| Wirereqs of e Groigh Die| Py wag. Ore: m Bor 9 WIBR ............ 122 rganized or reâ€" next week‘s issue OVARTER was â€"T. Cullers injuring children 4 replaced or a large sersedressee abuse... 43 mir altenâ€" «. 87 . 126 0 4 Travelling Libraries Busy. s The speaker â€" scored some strong + 13 |points in his references® to the work of the travelling libraries which the _ 8 |department _ are sending broadcast throughout _ the .province. The traâ€" «3| velling libraries _ of which _ there â€"â€"~jwore at present 215 in circulation 122 |with from 40 to 60 books in each, â€" keeping a total number of 10,500 ue {books continually in cirgulation, _ Jwere doing a great work. A librâ€" ary would be sent to any women‘s or farmets‘ institute or any _ study or society that wished it and would be lowned to them for a period of about three months and the only cost to them was . the express charges, which selduam amounted to more than 1 d 75 cents on $1.00. "We estimate,"‘ said Mr. Nursey, "that within the past few years a ] millionm dollars has gone out of _ the 3 fProvince of _ Ontario to American ©» |correspondence schools and with a Alview to keeping some of this money " |in the proviree we are circulating . flittle â€" technical libraries free of ie charge. We send them to the libraâ€" E° ries in the various cities and towns ‘" fof the province and â€" then notify the t he mechanics «ind artisans in those ciâ€" be M ties and towns that&hc books are | * [tiere for © their use. PA commission | // * fappointed by _ the department of b: CA which 1 was a member, was sent | /.; ¢/last summer to see what progress |_, ° |was being made in library work by i some of the most progressive states $C " fof the American union and we found CV ;‘; that in this pParticulat branch, _ the s}( 6 distribution of technical books, our al province was the first in the field.| p,,, OJ We also â€" fount â€"that Ontaria lead the about 13 of the States of _ Ameriâ€" S J¢a in circulating library work. That tur _Jof the sif States ofAmerica of car the union that made a specialty of |; . travelling libratry none of them were 7 doing as much as ifis province is |,.;,,, J doing although Ontario has a greaâ€" ter area _ than any of them _ by about 10,000 square miles. M insl Bea "Fiction in the Public Library." |,,, ‘"‘Fiction in â€" the Public Library," was the subject of a very interesting / ~~ paper read by Miss A. G. Milâ€" of lard of (Galt. _ Miss Millard is _ a for lady with _ much experience in _ libâ€" usus raty work and her papet | was an ’gnm evidence of the fact that she has 2 Ineep keen _ insight into the _ work with] gol o which _ she is connected. She _ dwelt|gety principally upon the necetsity of careâ€"| q,, ful selection by the library BOATU® | ons of the fiction that was to he suppliâ€" ren{ ed to patrons of the publMc libraties.| jog;,, A haphazard _ selection of anything | of ; curfent would hevyer do even inceins1" 300 367 667 43 10 39 18 expenses of the delegates from the various libraries â€" and libraty board in the districts while attendâ€" ing the conventions as â€"well as pay, ing the expenses of the speakers who sddressed the meetings. The Guelph district with its thirtyâ€"four libraries was one of the largest districts in the province. Speaking of the proâ€" gress that had been made along this line, he stated tiat while two years ago there had only been three onf these institutes in the province there were now 12, and by another vyear this number â€" would likely be added ta _ The institutes were doâ€"| ing a great work in permittinp the| workers of the district to get toâ€" gether and compare _. notes and profit by each ather‘s expeniences. |â€" |helping the work ially. _ They, for for district instit as the present « expenses of the d various librar and was an interesting account ofi what the Department of Education of the Onu%rio Government is doing for the promotion and expamsion of public library work in the province of Ontario. There hbas, during the past few years, Mr. Nursey stated, been id great revival in interest in library work. The Province of Ontario, he pointed out, was the home of the great bulk of the libraries of the Dominion. There are nearly 430 punpâ€" lic libraries in this province, E‘g that was the great majority of C libraries of the Dominion. t The Department nf Waneation .. The convention is well attended. There _ are very prominent _ library workers present to give able adâ€" dresses on _ the work. Every dele gate present is a library enthusint.1 His Worship _ Mayor Thorp, _ and Chairman Jas. Watt, of the Guelph Library board opened the convention at two o‘clock by making a _ very brief, but very happy addresses of welcome to the visiting . delegates. The main address of the morning was given by Mr. Walter R. Nursey, of Toronto the Government Inspecâ€" tor of Public Libraries for Ontario, beai ce ogty s [°° J AnSlllute which is being held in the Guelph Public Library building under the auspices ol the Ontario Liâ€" brary Association. in the Public Library," ject of a very interesting d by Miss A. G. Milâ€" t. _ Miss Millard is _ a much experfence in â€" libâ€" ion. There are nearly 430 punpâ€" braries in this province, :;'g vas the great majority of C s of the Dominion. =I Department of Education were ‘NCy, IoOr instance, arranged ict institute conventions,such present ones, and paid the ‘he library boards at was to he suppliâ€" the pubkic libraries. lection of any thing ver do even inspito technical books, our e first irs the _ field. that Ontaria lead : States of _ Ameriâ€" work along verfr matan.i Tuesday }nf the great dry for all that was usttal disregard good _ â€"bad _ or neerssatyr for tho selortions 10 m selves continually do this it was nr most authoratite tent literature, T letins _ sent out _ | of Education were she said, Mail bags _ on Beatrice were r to Vancouver. The ""“'“‘-’l, 5 1 22 CC OCETCR BV | the annual mecting of the Dominion |boy scouts that there would be 10,â€" 000 boys organized by next Sepâ€" tember. Every provincc, but Manitoâ€" ba, has been organized with a proâ€" vincial council, _ and arrangements are under | way there. â€" Earl (Girey, as chicf scout, was preâ€" sent at the moecting toâ€"doy. _ Lieut.â€" Col. Sherwood, Dominion _ commisâ€" stoner, presided. The governorâ€"Generâ€" al said April 23 »rxt, St. George‘s ’Ilay. was to be a hanner day for the movement. It was decided that the Dominion _ council should infuâ€" ture cansiss of five members > from each provincial council instcad of two. 10,000 Scouts Wanted by Ritz, Berlin, Ottawa, Feb. 28 eges for time of assessment as the ’cities, and the assessment act is so amended that business tax is a lien against goods and chattels on prem- ises. * + Don‘t suffer pain. â€" Take Merril!‘s Wizard Lightning. Olean and stainâ€" less to apply, and pleasant to take. Price 25¢. All drugpiata, or d: The Merrill Medical Com _B_uil@ing. Toronto, Ont. Sold and â€" recommended by E. 0. .. ?it> Ravlin the great drmand of the Toronto, March 1.â€"Mayor Schmalz, Alds. Uttley and Mills and AW ment Commissioner Huehnergarti;. of Berlin, appeared before th‘o‘ Private Bills Committec this morning in sui»- port of Dr. Lackner‘s bill to amend the Assessment Act, with satisfacâ€" tory results. * 3 Berlin Delegation. Before Private Bi Towns are allowed the same privils same Doméirkon officers [ 100 _"Was new with their disregard for whether it is bad _ or indifforent. It â€" was y for those who had _ tho is to make to keep themâ€" continually posted and _ to that was on disregard for bad _ or ind was necessaty to n the stcamer Prineess rifled on the journey @. Ihe governorâ€"Generâ€" 23 next, St. George‘s )e a hanner day for It was decided that council should imfuâ€" [ five members from hrcessaty to read the _ criticisms of â€" gurâ€" The Quarterly Butâ€" by the Department re also a great help, â€"It was stated at public were