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e Ottawa, Feb. 23.â€"Hon. J. D. Reid, minister of customs, has given notice of an amendmert to the Civil Serâ€" vice Act, which applies a new scheâ€" dule of wages for members of the: customs with a sibstantial increase in‘salary.. A person who has served seven years as a chief clerk of the outside _ service may beâ€" appointed to the rank of senior chief clerk, at a salary of from . $2,200 to $2,8250. A person who has served three years may te made senior cletk at a salâ€" INCREASES FOR OFFICIALS IN THE CUSTOMS Inspectors of ports.. Assistant _ inspectors Chief Clerks ... ... Senior â€" chiel clet‘sâ€" .. urveyors ... ... Appraisets.... ... ........ Assistant appeaiscrs Examining _ officers .. ary of. $1,200 to $1,600 . ALLISTON.â€"A spanicl belonging to Mr. J. M. Mitchell, Mayor of this town, suddenly went mad while lying wunder the stove in Mr. Mitchell‘s reâ€" widence. The animal, aftér an excitâ€" img chase, was shot by the owner beâ€" fore any person or any other _ dogs had been bitten. Its head. was : sent to Toronto for examination. Falling hair means scanty hair, and scanty hair means â€" baldness. The whole. trouble is caused by dandruf g that destroy ‘the natural nourâ€" t that is supplied to the . bair s#lops failing bair banishes dandruft lailing , wet a I toâ€"day . It prev 20th CENTURY BRAND Reg. $23.00, sale price ©$25.00 sC _ ® «/ g232 00 "~ = * §18.00 ®© $7.50 10.00 12.00 16.00 Men‘s Raincoats at Men‘s Use Parisian Sage A BJ jead UNICORN BRAND" Best English Raincoats 0 â€"Raincosts at G6G C $11.00 $16.50 DOG WENT MAD Raincoats at Raincoats at Raincoats at Overcoats omey back, 1t it soelp . 1tch, uft in two weeks. I:i SAGE, the scientific . hbair nourisher, peâ€" netrates _ into the roots of the hair _ and ____not only kills _ the germs but 5 supplies _ the hair root with just the . kind nourishment ~«alllf it should have. It you are $ youe alk i % till m’,l:b but PARISIAN SAGE suarantood t $14.65 $17.50 $13.75 $12.50 $5.65 $10.45 $5.50 $7.50 $8.50 $12.50 PARISIAN roots of hair _ and only â€" kills germs but | Toronto, Feb. 24.â€"It was northern 'Ontarlo's innings at yesterday‘s sesâ€" | sion of the second annualâ€"convention of the Ontario Associatedâ€"Boards of Trade in the City Hall. The strong delegation from â€" the new â€" country, which was snowbound at _ Allandale on Thursday, reached the city Thursâ€" day night, and was ready tor action with its powder dry yesterday mornâ€" ing. Before the day was over the delegation got adopted by theâ€" _ conâ€" | vention four very important resoluâ€" | tions providing for the feore ‘rapid : development of the northern part of | this Province. Not all of the resoluâ€" Ition- were carried without fight, and | at every stage the New Ontario deleâ€" ates evinced their determination _ to get what they asked for, no . more and no less, and there were a . few lofty flights of oratory. _ . Important Programmes for Dominion and Provinacia} Governments Mapped Out . by Boards of Trade EXPERT COMMISSION IS URGED FOR NEW ONTARIO Theâ€"first of these resolutions disâ€" cussed and carrtiedâ€"at the â€" morning session urged upon the â€" Provincial (Government the extenmsion of the Temiskaming . & Northern Ontario Railway by building the road northâ€" ward %o Hudéon Bay, by building the road southward to Toronto, and by building another line to a point on the Georgian Bay. $ a The second urged wpon the <Proâ€" vincial ~Government the appointment of a commission*to gather expert adâ€" vice and report as to the best policy to be followed in settling new Onâ€" tario and . expending the â€"$5,000,000 appropriated by the Government reâ€" cently for that purposé. ‘The _ third asked â€" the Dom@uion Government to take into serious Conâ€" sideration the question of making navigable the French River between QGeorgian Bay and Lake Niptssing® on the route of the Montreal River and Geotrgian Bay shiv canal. and â€" the Georgian Bay ship canal, great ‘advantages that w to northorn . Ontatio in 1 fourthi relating to In their two days‘ convention in Toronto . concluded Â¥Fri afternoon the Ontario Associated Boards of Trade were practically unanimous in urging the following for immédiate action on the part of the Provincial and Dominion Governments, respectively:â€" Ontario. 4. Appointment ol a Coloniza tion Comgnh;ion for 1 5. Extension of the Governme nt: railroad ‘to Toron Bay and to Georgian Bay. 3. t 6. Establishment of a prison farm in ‘New Ontario 7. Bettor provision for physicAl welfare of New On 8. Care of the levels of the gItat lakes. 9.~ Improvement of St. Lawre nce water route. 10. Enlargement of the Wellaand Canal. y 11. Making the French River DaVigable. 12. Appointment of a commission to regulate Can e & > 10. Enlarg 11. Making 13. Appoin shipping rates Nothing resefved, &11 our high grade Suits, Overcoats, TFrousers, Boys: 4 at deeply cut pfim s s 5 It‘s the buying opportunity of the year. Haviok piirchased the businéss and stock of M# E. A. Stranser. at % m the dollar, we are | T heke must bn tipared bargains w. ave never before been offered in Waterlo :1““ ckâ€"taiking we fo mfh‘l m%‘fimm ~En Fi out and turned into cash at once. enmlfld Ciothes Sates these ys but there‘s muchg ce between «â€"and their methods, and what they really firan and what you gat for your money>â€"as there is between ¢ be cleared at from 25% to 35%, discou 100 Men‘s Highâ€"Class Suirs, 20th Century: Brand The House of Good Clothes. Prevention of the practice ol Wide prosecution of the good Extend‘ng the Hydroâ€"electric Sale Starts Th‘ufidamarg 22nd and ends Saturday, March 2nd , ; 4 ® $° wap c 9 ES .- C e T T n ‘.. ,..â€" d C 9 d t vw: tC3 m ha d *A x) fl ~ # # .Â¥ & &3 u+ Moe ts oc ie e Us uU ' css , â€" & 4 Hk. L. 4 F4 .’ x F ‘% x® # «> ...'{ ,ih & % h h * B 4" % ¢ «“ Great 10 Days «sw so |~ t# _| ‘ o y *n ¢ 6 , .. o 1 7 * $ s 3 p p wa t dn ¢ â€" BA | E ull 4 A 4 £. 6 f a n" tw‘ " :’ any Men‘s Fine â€" _ ~â€"â€"_=<Felt NHats $2.50 Bing or Crevilles or Fit#ell, at ¢ $250 Christy‘s, apecial at $3.00 Christy‘s Con ce ‘of bonusing industries. good roads policy. etric _ system _ throughout . New some plan of control of the clafiu.‘ and building operations, of, street : planning â€" and garbage dlmo&l, "all ! looking to the physical welfare of the people in that part of the Province. Mr. L. C. Raymond of~ Welland proposed ‘a . resolution setting _ forth that the boards believe ‘"that grantâ€" ing bonuses to manufacturers, except by way of fixed assessments or freeâ€" dom from taxation, should be prohiâ€" bited, and that a conymittee be. apâ€" pointed by the President of the â€" as sociation to take steps to have legisâ€" lation .introduced at the present sesâ€" sion to carry this view into effect." It was unanimously adopted. Taxation ~of large . mail . order houses in the Province was advocated in a resolution proposed by Mr. Wm. Proud{oot, M.P.P., for the Goderich Board of Trade. After a brief disâ€" cussion the matter was referred * to the Executive Committee for considâ€" tration. & At the lurcheon tendered by _ the Toronto Board of Trade to the NS sociated Boards yuumy noon, . and over which Major Brock, Viceâ€"Presiâ€" dent of <the former body, ° presided, the question of an excursion by memâ€" bers of the boards to England next Allour| Stock will ibe Offered at Prices Low E | Enough to Force Sales. f t $1.65 $1.65 $2.00 helpat times, if they would avoid headaches, backaches, lassitude, extrome nervousness, ‘The really quperior â€"remedy: for thenâ€" known the world over and tested through â€" three . generations is Women Must Have BEECHAMS Co:mmission fort New Ontario. ailroad ‘to Toronto, . Hudson to regulate Canddian marine nt Opposed to Bonuses . DETENBECK, Waterloo of New Ontatio people ecial at to Men‘s Negligee Shirts â€" _ Men‘s 75c and $1.00 Shirts 6+ uks c:fio Tt% 25¢. Neckwear at 50c. Neck wear at Friday 59¢ _ Meon‘#$1. 25 Shirté at Neckwear Woodstock, ~Feb:25.â€"._ Charged with btraing â€" a barr on a farm beâ€" longing to George Patterson, tenth concession, Easi Zorra, on â€" ‘October 19, 1911, George: Patterson, > the owner, and Warren Pennis, a friend apreared â€" in the : Police Court â€" and were remanded â€" tiil Thursday. ~Bail of $2,000 for each will be iaccepted. The defendants ‘did not plead or elect. At tife time: this barn was burned anâ€" other on an adjoining farm was . also destroyed by fire, and the arrests are the putcome of the investigation held in Tavistock in Décember ‘last tefore Coroner McLay, an inguiry being / dsâ€" manded ~by the insurance companies interested. + EASTâ€"ZORRA FARMERS FACK ARSON CHARGE Private ~detectives have been _emâ€" ployed om the case, and the arrests were made last night in the countrty by Hich Constable Hill and Constaâ€" hle Foik of Tavistock, Oscar Shertock was brought â€"to the county jail from: Greipif on Tuesday to serve a month‘s sentence for anâ€" noying a patron of a barberâ€"shop in that city who was being shaved. Sherlock _ pulled the man‘s mustache and passed some derrogatory remarks about him. Sherlock was cilased out ‘of Guelph. about six months ago ard had returned on Monday. Overcoats Trousers, Boys‘ Clothes, Hats and Furnishings will go into this #4. . J t, . Mamiiton, G, 6. Iyan, m,.'i?‘ / Cims, nem-,;u B. Y CX Coate, md-ph ham; . T. Somers,. ‘Toâ€" C36 BF MRW, BBO S WTW ARRUERCB NC T s 3 he outeome of the investigation held werâ€"they gould ithe over the hay. n Tavistock in Deécember ‘last LeO!C | pig‘g Railway franchise, Mr.. Moore ‘oroner McLay, an ingwiry being 49 | nrormeqg the deputation th&t O iNVCSâ€" Bm“dtedby the insurance companies Uslflon ite attairs _ of thak proposed nterested. + fexs â€" ‘ Private ~detectives have been _cmâ€" ::;:;:;“fi::‘:d t?flb?hii: :ou::‘p:nymgd loyed on the case, and the ““’s"s,'not degm , it expedient to ‘absorh At. vere made last night in the countty Sit © William Mackenzie expressed y Hich Constable Hill and Constaâ€" so;ln anxiety" 48. to the procuring. of te Fcik ~of . Tavistock, an â€" ¢htrance to Guelph for a freight \ _ MUSTACHEâ€"PULLER 5 ':::;‘d‘"; ”;b’i{&';gt‘;f"'u"::‘u?:: Oscar Sherloon wis prought â€"to : the 1 %?’:};‘%fi?&?&“"fif uies ounty jail fromâ€" Greipif on Tuesd3Y / a freight terminal within halla mile o serve a month‘s sentence for anâ€" of the centre. * oying â€" a patron of a bafberâ€"sh0P | <ringineer Wicksteed therh subMittéd n that city who was ‘being shaved» | pong of the proposed rouue, Whith 6x Sherlock _ pulled the man‘s mumzhw from: *Aoroklky . to I ooksvile, ind passed some derrogatory TOMAIKS | ponee . _ northâ€"westerly s a point about him. Sherlock was cilased _OU+ gwo ang oneâ€"hallâ€"miles soutiwest _ Of of Guelph about six months ago ard !Bnmpm, from there to Georgetown, bad . returned on Monday. | Actor, â€" and © via: Eden Mills® to inenpe in ic Lo â€"iopiaicecwâ€"osto_â€", | Guélph. . ~FromGuelph it is proâ€" m rrâ€" tm .0 0 o5 ~â€" _ *{posed _â€" +Iater sito tw lines to / Galk May to take part in the proceedings and Periin. Sir William Mackenzie of the convention â€" of the . Chambers said . <that the =road © would ‘not be ol Commerce of the Empire . wasibuilt with ~a view? to intimately dealt with, and aâ€"resolution .. Â¥@s transforming it into a steam line.It adopted . gppointing a committeo to, will bew=of good â€" gradient throughâ€" immediately inquire mto the. maÂ¥ter, out, and â€"the time® between heroâ€" and provided at least $wentyâ€"five â€" memâ€" (Guelpil, it is < expected, will be two bers would say thoy would go, ahd hours. . Should business seem to warâ€" naming Mr. W. J. Gage, the initiator rant it, art hourly: service ‘will be put of the move, Chairman of the: dele= pn, and, if found nscessaty, a service gation, if it is found thatiasufficient of limited trains will be ifstituted. number will go. 7 & H 40c¢ to 45¢ Ont Hon. 1. B. James Whitnc of â€"business Bellewi1le Mr The it the poke _ leavag i H. AV. Krost, sines$ . .( addrossed (% lowing _ ofGCers ’:;cre € iorning : gession the pnâ€"-hgmldnfi. .:; ) "Londo® â€" ~First Vice ts Keep. C« 20¢ th the R A ould . nol the . deleg fon ~of a possibl. ntorests â€" _ betweer ux/mon. . â€" He gav H W ntry United senating «it ; 4 E Â¥t gh pressura SABOT IS.LAND, Va.â€"After being & @mu,m_mea for seventyâ€"lour . hours 4» â€"â€" a gate ndi”vod-tn shalt, Smith Moss, a.negro aA M;, . Wellâ€"digger, was rescued. He demanâ€" s â€" between | ded food,. But all the rescuers had for Ha enes chim was a coffin. 1b H Toronto, Feb. 26.â€"By next ‘fall the Canadian Nortkern Railway will have an electric line completed between Toronto and â€" Gueiph. â€" This fact was made known ° i Sir William Zmmckenâ€" zie, W. H.â€"Moore and Chiel Engzineet Wicksteed, of the Canadian Northern Railway, to a deputation which visitâ€" ed the local offices of the company on Saturday. The deputation .consisted of Mayor . Thorp, Ald. Peqcegnat, . Ald. Brydoh, ‘Ald. Lawson, Presider. Alex. Stewart, of the Board of Téade, and President J. W. Lyon, of the Guelph Radial Railway. uis ‘a WILL BUILD BLECTRIC LINE contracts to make an attempt . swim the mm Channel eatly th summer . Pitonot, who is .. co sidered â€" the ~champton woman ‘swin met in the world, will sail in Jiuhe BOSTON.â€"Miss Rose Pitowot, â€" the 16â€"yearâ€"old girl swimmer, ‘bhas signed WIM THE ENXGLISH CHANNEI HAD HIS COFFIN READY Successor to E: A. Strasser. Every Woman ~â€"2.50 Men‘s Fine Christy‘s Fedoras at . > Mon‘s Fine 00 Men‘ ‘Chriato‘ 38.F l‘Fth{cCh_rutyu A call will convince you of our great moneyâ€" savings offerings. s 2.00 Men‘s Fine Christy‘s Fedoras at Don‘t miss it. Etc., etc. $1.65 $1.38 $1.90 Spray | The IT WAS UNFAIR AND; If the result in South Renfrew is a blow to the new Government, the new Government struck itsell the blow, the Toronto Star rightly maintains. It was néither necessary nor ‘advisâ€" able, it says, to oppose Hon, George P. ‘Graham in the byeâ€"election. Mr. Low, the Liberal member, had a maâ€" jority ofâ€"610 on September 21. He resigned to make way for Mr. Graâ€" ham, â€" He did this"with the consent of the convention which had nominated him, and with the approvalâ€" of â€"the Conservative convention, whose canâ€" didate he had defeated on September 21. The: constituency . was â€" favorable to the change. e# 3 But certain politicians in the new Government interfered. ‘Flushed with power andv~bulging with authotity, these amateur providences assumed control of destiny. ‘ and decided â€"â€" to shape history. It took months of time to : worksup South Renfrew people to the pitch necessary for a â€"contest. But those on the job persevered. c fl PEUB Mn ns WIR] Yet from the three Ministers who sat in borrowed geats, or from the Cabinet in which they sat, came the demand that ‘South fiiflflv . should not permit Mr. Low to vacate for Mr. Graham, :nte:-?t was forced on an unwilling tuency . A defeat was invited, and it came. The tourse of the Oltawa "politicians was not only unfair, it was stupid. F H Chicf Inspector. of the / Proâ€" r wiring â€" and wlectrical eyuip« The Commiasion: has ‘&i a. of regulations : ~Yor _and : the wor * oh. omiyl y â€" PS ¢ { Inspec IT WAS STUPID ATIONS he th har e kt 1 ukc he / Pro F H ngrutnngofio&oaa;fi.iilâ€" ht Regular $4.50 to $5.50, sale price All other lines reduced ‘accordingly Blue Stripe Overalls, regular 2 sale price + 3 Gue Black: Stripe Overalls," reg. ‘$1.25 mleprice â€"â€" â€"~â€"â€" 086 Regular $6.00 to $6.50, sale ‘price Work Coods Dept. 100 â€"pairs 2oth Century Trousers will be cleared at a great sacrifice. â€" | ~NEW YORK.â€"Mz. and Mrs. Math wias Shalck, 99 and 96 years old, t jday celebratedâ€" 79 years of wd; ie life. Mr. Shalck smokes three fl% a day and sometimes takes "a lith nip of liquor." WINDSOR.â€"An : unustal â€" ..consignâ€" ment passed through Windsor _ ovet the Canadian Pacific this morning,desâ€" tined for Toronto. Sixtyâ€"thiee tubs of butter, valued at $1,075, and / six bundred dozzen : of eggs, marked fresh" and valued at $204, _ made up the carload, ~which was shipped from Chitago on Saturday to a well known Toronto whotesale firm. > ~ BUTPTER AND EGGS FROM U.8 HAVE BEEN WEDDED SEVENTYâ€" ; NINE YEARS. 3 SORES FROM * _ ELBOW TO FINGERS Reverend Gentieman Fully Corâ€" $ roborates . $ Zamâ€"Buk Worked a Miracle of Healing | Miss Kate L. Dolliver, of Caledonia Queens Co.,.N.S:;, says: "I must add my testimony to the value of Zamâ€" Buk. â€" Uicers and . sores br‘otl:‘:t.;li y arm, and although I ttied to a :;m by using various preparations, wothing seemed to do me any ~good. ‘The sorés spread whtil from fingers to clbow wasâ€"one mass ‘of ulceration.: °_ so. 1 â€"continued : the treatment.. Evâ€" ery box healed the sores more _ and more until, to ~make â€"a long . stoty spicitly. Eraphony in ths phae tely. Everybody in this place knows of my case and that it is ZLamâ€"Buk alone which cured me." . Minister corrob orates.â€"The Rev. w. Parker, of Caledonia, 4 liver‘s minister, writes: "This . to " cectify that the testimonial _ Miss Dolliver is eonql:t as {fat . my knowledge goes. have i her for a year and . a halt, a: cure effected by Zaniâ€"Buk is "I had five different doctors,‘ and faithfully ~carried out theit‘.. ‘instrucâ€" tions. 1 ~drankâ€"pint afterâ€" > pint" of bloodmedicines, ; tried ‘saive Glg galve, . and: lotion after lotion; but was of noâ€" avail. 5 C 4 tried . Zamâ€"Buk, 1 s I got a box #ight aw box . did meâ€"more. go« medicine I had tried 4 outs lor. plies m-nlrnt ftee from Zar ab iW 400 Boys‘ Suits *The Leader" LION BRAND applied Buk Co., Toronto her m anv skin o _ Zamâ€"Bi "steo "n en harmfal ati