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|A CLEAN:® an percentage a baby girl. The wéiman was travelling alone, knew no woois of English, and to learn her name was impossible. Ier ticket showed _ that she was travelling from Toronto to Chicago, and a brief note which she carried inditated tnat she had intendâ€" ed to reach the metropolis and there present her husband with a smiling daughter. _A note indicated that she would be met in Chicago by her hus BABY BORN Italian Mother Was Travelling Alone to her Husband in Chicago Sarnia, Jan. 19.â€"As a Grand Trunx | train was passing through the tunnâ€"] ‘ under St. Clair River this aftencon there was born by a woman ef (ali 3 dozm Ladies‘ Hem. Lawn Handâ€" kerchiefs, regular 5e, at 8 for...* One case of light and dark shades, extra wide and heavy, regular _ 10c and 12%¢ for a yatd............... The balance of our left over stock, of 12%¢ and ic lines, Clean _ Sweep BBR Yil: ...cocsiees ercercococss rrrenscenst 20 pieces worth 12%¢c and 15¢, for B YBHE comyrums sn onl e en rtrinine ds FURS! DID YOU SAY FURS? 20 pieces worth 20c and 25¢ for a 50c and 60c Tweeds, Suitings, etc in good shades, Sweep Sale Price TERMS STRICTLY CASH $1 and $1.25 Suitings, extra good values, Sweep Sale Price, yd..... FLANNELETTE BARGAIN â€"_SEE THAT YOU GET A BROGOM WEDNESDAY,:> JAN. Two lines at clearing prices. No: 1.lotâ€"Sweep Sale Price No. 2 lotâ€"Sweep Sale Price GREAT SILK SALE AT 36c. This will mean GREAT SAVINGS for our economical town‘s people and in ardition to the wonderful barâ€" gains we will also give away > =" j t s . a FR E E 1 EXTRA GOOD 40c BROOM with every 8}.00 purchase made lore during this sale. A lot of _ Pantings and Suitings, your choice at Half Price. LADIES‘ WINTER COATS REMNANTS AT NEARLY ~HALF PRICE Balance of _ Coats will be *‘swept out" with a 33 1â€"3 per cent. disâ€" count. â€" Well, here they go. _ The _ balance must go out during the sale, so you can practically get furs at your own price. Including Tamolines, Taffetas, Mesâ€" salines, and Fancy Novelty Silks, worth 50c to 85e a vyard. HANDKERCHIEFS SWEATER COATS WRAPPERETTES DRESS GOODS DRESS GOODps \ LOOK FOR THE BROOM WINDOWS. THAT‘S WHERE YOU‘LL FIND THESE Th GENUINE BARGKins. . Sale Starts at 8 o‘clock a. m. Kole PRINTS ’ Travelling was too severe a strain for her delicate condition, and as the !l;.u'n was passing thrx‘ugh the tunnel the babe avrrived. Conductor â€"Callahan , was in charge ci the train. Jle passed through the various coaches calling for a physician, hut none was among the passengers. A veterinary surgeon, ;lmvolling irom a Canadian city, . offer ed his services, and because of the labsence of one more skilled he â€" was asked to oficiate. hand The motlict _ objected vigorously when an attempt was nyide to move her from the train at Port .Huron and take her to the .hospital. Though she could understand no English, she realâ€" ized that if she stopped here her iu>â€" band in Chicazo would be disappointâ€" ed when she failed to arrive, and reâ€" fused to leave the train. The passengers became nurses _ to the child born on the boundary beâ€" tween the two countrics and exerted every efort to lend comfort to _ the mother and imant. _A purse of about S. B. BRICKER & CO. â€" _ 39c¢ $3.95 $7.95 250 2C 79c 14c Oc , SHAWLS, WOOL CAPS, CLOUD‘S GAITERS, Etc. SEE OUR LACE CURTAINS at 50c, 75¢ and $1.00 a yard. Big Sale of Blankets a pair, Sweep Sale Price Our entire stock of Men‘s Suits from sizes 33 to 42, are assorted inâ€" to three lots and marked as follows: No. 1 lot go@s at ... Your choice of any of our separate pants, worth from $2, $2.50, $3.50 Sale Price Come Quick the Stock will not last /0 long at These Prices. [ OVvERCcoOaATs No Reg. value $12 Blacks, Sale Price Reg. value $14, $15, $16 and $17 No Men‘s Suits and QOvercoats Every pair of Wool and Flannelcite Blankets in the store is greatly reâ€" $200 was collected when a hat was passed among the tourists, and this amount was presemied to the inâ€" fant girl 4 If Your Baby is Sick » Give Baby‘s Own Tablets 3 lot goes at ... y# If these prices don‘t make you buy then you are not badly in need of clothing. The little ills of babyhood and childâ€"; hkood should be treated Promptly, er they nfay prove sprious. An occasâ€"i ional _ éose of Baby‘s _ Own Tablets! will regulate the stomach and nowels and keop your fittle ones well Ur! they will profyotly rottore health _ ii sickness â€"comes unexpectedla. _ Mrs. Lénota _ M. Thompson, (Nl Springs, Ont., says :â€""L _ have _ vsed Bal:y’s. Own Tablets for my little gitls _ as occasion _ required, _ and have found, them alwavs‘of the groatest belp; ‘.\n! mother, _ in _ my opinion, should be without the Tablets."‘ Sold by mediâ€" cin> deale s or by mail at 25 cents ! box from The Br. Williams‘ Medicine Ce , Crockville, Ont. . + Ard Yent choice $5.00 Suit. Alsé divided Into 3 lots. Ist Your choice $1.00 Suit. 28d. Your choice $3.00 Suit. Odd Coats and Vests at HALF PRICE _ lot at Sweep Prices. W MEN‘S PANTS MEN‘S SUITS BOYS‘ SUITS at $1.50 ‘$10,.00 $4.75 $6.75 $9.75 $1.50 34 ©0009004000000000000646 | 4 oo oi oi i| ° AND WORKMENS : © _ COMPENSATION Sir J. J. Thomson of Cambridge, Eng., announced the discovery of a new gas. The above two questions will be â€" discussed by Mr. N. W. Rowell on Thursday, January 23rd at 8 P.m. in Concordia Hall. These are questions of yital importance to all classes of people at the present tim». Those anxious to hear the gifâ€" ted speaker should arrange to tbe ouf _ early as the seating capacity of the hall is limited and a large crowd is assured. A few seats resetved for ladâ€" ios. ‘ 3rd goes at ... Remnants of Oilcloths, Linoleums very cheap 1440 pairs of boys, girls and _ laâ€" dies‘ heavy ribbed wool Hose, allsizâ€" es from 5$ to 10, assorted into two lots, with a clean sweep Sale Price on each, per pair 19c and ... One lot of heavy Wikhter Caps, with ear prolectors, étc., regular 50c to 75¢, clear oiUt price....... ... BIG BARGAINS ON LADIES®‘ FLANNELETTE NIGHT GowWwnNns « Your choice of/any trimmed hat in $1 the department ............ ............_ AH SBBDDS Bb â€".::s:::002 coccssercocvess 5 Wings, Feathers, etc. very â€"cheap. * Good values and good style, in black, stiff and soft shapes. 2nd Our regufir $2.50 lines for An odd lot to clear at.............. goes at ..... Our stock is very fimited; only a dozen or so left in each lot. . ‘There are three of these. * Our 69c ‘"Special" will make you buy, and our sl@/i"mtn Special" Ladies‘ UmbreliaYmake people _ fall over themselves‘ trying to get their share. 9804 â€" On all Ladies‘, Men‘s and Children‘s Underwear. P gOBK &b ...:sses soree CHILDREN‘S COATS WINTER HOSIERY 10% DISCOUNT UMBRELLAS MEN‘S CAPS MEN‘S HATS MILLINERY Guelph, Jan. 20.â€"At the first meetâ€" imz of the Light and Heat Commisâ€" sion for the new year Mayor Carter was clected Chairman. On theâ€"recomâ€" mendation of Manager Hegg it was decided to redute _ the _ minimum charges of 50 cents a month for gas consumers to 26 cents, and the $1 charge for setting meters was cut off altogether. This puts the gas on the same footing as the electric light. Four men were injured, one probabâ€" ly fatally, by the fall of a scaffold at Niagara Falls. â€" It is reported that the Postmasterâ€" (ieneral has decided to dismiss Dr. Campbell, inspector _ of the London postal division. WE DO WHAT WE SAY $1.50 $1.50 2.95 3.95 39c. 35c. discussed by Prof. Day of the Agriâ€"|of the Company‘s business from cultural College, who was satisfhied |to year that you have the cbafi that barns could be rodded so that|of the public in general, _ althe there would be no danger from lightâ€"|your Diréctors have made no §# ning. This yeat farmets .were very‘effort to ifcréase ‘the business wi fortunate in regard to damage done able to show an incréase of risk by lightning, but in Welland ‘County $587,581. * & there had been terrible destruction to| ‘Your Directors declared ah as barns by lightning. In reply to the ment ofâ€"3 per cent. on all pret question as to how many ~members ‘notes in force up to the â€" first of the Farmers‘ Mutual had theit"ol September, 1912, which with barns rodded Mr. Stauffler said he ‘cash on hand, was sufficicnt to. . was unable to say but thought itlall liabilities of the Company : would be advjsable to have this _ inâ€" (Continued on Page 12.) NEARLY 13,000,000 ROMAN CATHOLICS IN THE EM London, _ Jan. 19.â€"Catholic Direcâ€" tory for 1913 just published ‘and comâ€" piled with Uardinal Bourne‘s authorâ€" ity says in Enpgland and Wales. thete are twenty _ archbishops and bishops, 3,838 pricsts, â€" and 1,797 churches, chapels and stations. For Great Briâ€" tain there are 27 archbishops and bisâ€" hops, 4,401 _ priests, and 23,182 â€" staâ€" tions. 66 Torontp at which the subject _ was his remarks referred to the light | Your Directors have financedâ€" losses sustained, Wwhich wert due to|year‘s business and are able to the good risks carried. The success |port that you bold a surplus amo of the Company~depended very large | ting to $24148.03, an uncollected. ly upon the class of people who inâ€"|sessment of $1480.83, and over> 4 sured with the company, and the carejinterest of $200.00. 6 i. ‘-" For the first time the directory atâ€" tempts to state the number of Cath olics in the British Empire, the figâ€" far as possible the danger of * fire.|are 3995, the amount at risk . Mr. Staufter, speaking in reference to|492,404, for which the Company T the question of lightning rods, stated|premium notes to the fate valug: Galt, Jan. 19.â€"A sequel to the case of .John Johnson, who on December 7 was found guilty of an unnatural crime, and sentenced by | Magistrate Blake to nime months and _ twenty lashes, was heard in the Police Court yesterday, when .Johnson‘s daughter, concerned in the first case, was charged with perjury im giving eviâ€" dence against her father. In prosecuting, M. A. Secofd, K.C., for the Crown, based the charge on a confession made by the girl to the effect that her father was innocent that he had attended a meeting in{the anyount of $489483 _ The reports presented were of a most gratifying character showing the company to have again experiencâ€" ed a prosperous year. _ An increase in bustness of $587,581 was reported, the company now having «a total of $9,492,404 at risk. The losses susâ€" tained during the year were unusually low, being only $2,948.93, compared with about $11,000 the previous year. A surplus of $24,143.63 was reported. The very satisfactory nature of the reports was commented upon by varâ€" ious speakers and reflécted ths care taken in the selection of risks as well as efficient and economical manâ€" _ Messrs. J. Hardy and J. Gowdy were the movers of a vote of thanks to the Manager and Board of Direcâ€" tors for the efficient services renderâ€" ed during the year. + ‘The rétiring President, Mr. Hartâ€" lieb, in acknowledging the vote . of tham‘%s hoped that the company would be able to show an equaliy satisfacâ€" tory report next year.. Messrs. J. L. 'l’mbtch. J. H. Camp. bell, S. Cassel and Josiah .Staufter made brief addrestes, expressing their thanks for their reâ€"election as @lirecâ€" ‘The thirtyâ€"minth annual meeting of the North Waterloo Farniers‘ Muâ€" tual Fire Insurauce Company . was held in the Waterloo Free‘ Library Hall on Monday afterncon. Notwith standing the inclement weather there was a good representation of policyâ€" holders present, about forty being in as ‘they were . the orly nomineés, the scrutineers,. Mésers. Irvin Hallâ€" mam and J. Hardy, ~declared _ the above four gentlemen reâ€"elected _ for the ensuing term.‘ T Messrs. Menno Snyder and [R. H. More were reâ€"elected auditors for the C e _ The meeting was called to order at one o‘clock by Mr. J. W. Hartleib, the President, amd after the appointâ€" meént of Mr. Metmo Snyder as secreâ€" tary of the meeting, business . was proceeded with. The Directors Report, _ and _ the Manager‘s Financial Statement and Auditors‘ Report, were presented and adopted by the meeting, all of which The retiring directors, Messts. Jacok L. Umbach, John H. Campâ€" bell, Samuel Cassel _ and Josiah Staufier were again nominated, and Mr. John Amos was elected Presiâ€" dent for the year 1913 and Mr, J. L. Umbath Viceâ€"President. Mr. Josâ€" iah Stauffer was reâ€"appointed Manâ€" indicated a very successful _ year‘s Manager Staufier in the course of CONFESSION" OBTAINED s UNDER UNDUE. PRESSU SHC fl;"llll'r UL $T00100. ~& *4 It is cleatly shown y the ineres of the Company‘s business froth ye to year that you have the cbnfuieh of the public in general, _ althoug your Diréctors have made no ~§pet effort to ifcréase ‘the business we. able to show an incréase of risk $587,581. l6 ures _ whenever possible being â€" from State returns. In England Wales there are 1,793,038 (Catho Scotland 547,336 ; total for G Britain, 2,340,374. In Ireland â€" are 3,242,670 Catholics. British America has 3,195,916 Catle olics, including 2,824,558 in Cangds. Australia has 1,184,589. The total number of Catholics 2 the British Empite is 12,968,814, am crease in _ twelve months of 392,58%. The Catholic populatior of the world is estimated at 292,787,085; +/ f After hearing _ all the > OÂ¥vi Magistrate _ Blake _ dismissed charge on the ground that the ¢ sion was gained under undue sure. of the wrong she had charged with. In defemding J. B. Dailzell tended that the confession had secured after members of the fat had pressed the girl to make it, she herself swore that the statem at her father‘s trial were true, that the "ronfession‘‘ had been j to bring peace in the household. formation given when applications & claim papers were made out is ~. ture. <9k . Mr. Josish Haliman, who ‘ director of the company forâ€" l twenty. years previous to his fl to the West ways present * and > pleased to greet his friends r Although he noted that some of old friends who served on * fort Boards of Ditectors were still ing places on Board, he 1 the presence of late Levi Stai and the late Mr. Ogterbein, who been closely identifibd with the ed pany. He was glad\to see that th places were being ably filled UyJ sons, Messts. Josish Staufter i Otterbein. He thought . it â€" amazi that theâ€"company expétienced _ st light losses and that they, wete & To the Members of the North W 100 Farmers Mutual Â¥Fite‘ h ance Co: 4 m Gentlemen.â€"We your Directors submitting this our Thirtyâ€"ninth, nual . Repert, Managers . Fing Statement ani Auditors‘ . Report: the year ending December Oist, 1 would congratulate the Compaity the steady increase in business the aimount of cash on hand. â€" > Our dosses totalled up to $2944 which â€"is very smail considéering â€" to finance with so small a pr rate. He cited a Mutual Firé pany in Manitoba _ whos?> pre question, and related instances â€" ‘den onstrating the value of having bért rodded to prevent damage by ning. â€" nata ‘The meeting comcluded about ... amount at risk. rate was about three times as, large . and thought the préimium rate of the. Farmers‘ Mutual, Waterloo, was very . light. He heartily eonmtnhgl‘m*j Company _ upon its Messrs. John Amos, J. Gow Aug. Jansen and A. C. Hallman a made bricf speeches, commeiting > on the splendid success which ‘hal‘ tended the Company. â€" Mr. Jansen in making reference,. the question of lightning rods,â€" % that after having his ~barn str@ which clearly showed the usefulnt of lightning rods in di ig & lightning, he had all his idi equipped with rods, and â€"thought t extra cost of doing so was worth the outlay. e Mr. J. Main also referred to _« _ Following is the Diréctors‘ for the yéar:â€" s Directors‘ Refort for the Yeat 1913