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Would like one of those for a New Years Gift. |
Call on us, We have ei proposition to make you-~ call i
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Conuol1y’s Building Queen Street. 
riious, iiions.
Arrived per steamer Campaua 50 bags and 15 barrels re cl 1
onions--selling low before storing for winter-wholesale and
retail. Alsoiiiiihbard Squash, and Citron Melons, Celery by
the barrel and doz. Place your order now, price will be up 5o l
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per cent in another month. p
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p  of ferns. begonias, priniroses,
etc, all of which will make
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We "ir: headquarters for
palms which we will sell :it
low prices during the holiday
season.
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cut flowers.
PHONE 269.
JAl`l E5 TAIT, JR.
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Talk About_Your Talk Abouts
--IF YOU BUT CALL AT--
The High-Grade Art Parlor
And lee the nngallcant. display of Art Quads, hundreds ot pictures, in every class, iframes.
photo frames, framed mirrors, oil paintings, water colors, framed and nnframe<1;1_-goo large
matted pictures igc each, in doa fancy pictures all framed asc each and up, a great assortment ol
photo frameaéc np to 554:, a large aovlmeat ot fancy photo frames warranted line gold plate,
all pflcoa, all alan and shapes. You must come to my store in order to go to the new pcs
ohm, lo just step across the street. walk in, buk around and when yon ace the assortment mah
a purchase and ask for one of the beantitnl matted pictures with match sale combined, they are
nmch nicer then the general run of calendaza. By the way, ask to see some ostrich' leathers
ills, and other goods ihathave returned from Parker‘s Dye Works. You 'will have something
' o hh aboat till had tin.e;tlien call again the neat day to
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WATER. " ;_"
Everybody wants to buy,
And no one wants to sell.”
But when the boom had vanished
£144 murmured, with a nigh:
" verybody wants to sell,
And no one wants to buy.
"wi sorry for the people
ho aiidly watch and walt.
But thut'l a way that water hall
lt will avaporate."
Dl0\vln|;' Their Own Trumpol.
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“Soiiietliing for ii present, not too 93-
penslve? Yes, niurlani. These phono-
graphs are very popular.”
“But are they good?"
“I’ve sold a greiit many and had no
coinpinints. I need hardly any more,
inoduni_ They spank for themselves.”
Cornored.
“I culled on Mrs. Iliiiigerly this after-
noon. Iidwnrd, and she told me how
her husbziiiil run wild while she was
uwziy ut the Bcu:<iii<>."
“\\'ho, I)iiii;.{ci'ly'.’ You surprise nic.
I'm siii~i'y to liefir it."
"Shir siiys he bcliairi-d just drciidfiil-
iy_"
“Siiiiiiic on him!"
“lic ili‘:ink iiiiil pi:i_\'i~d ciirils and
wont to thc tlic:itt~i's o\~i~ry ziiglit."
“.f\\vt'ul!"
“Yo.~:, I~Jil\\'ai°d, :intl .\li's. I)niii,rcriy
sxiys you \\'ci'o his boon i-onipniiioii lu
ull his orgies."
“l‘1 For sliiiiuvi I'iii iioi»oil_v`s boon
couipzinioii. \\`lio -»wiiii told lici"l“
“.\ll‘, liiiiigtwiy. Ile li/ ('oiit`vss<"_1 ev-
erything," I
“(.`onfc‘SSctl? \\'\‘ll, of :ill tlii- bloiim-
ing idiots!"
An l`nt`||.\;i\lininl>i¢~ I’rn_\'1~!‘r
A young liriili- ri-i'i-iiil_\' \'l~'iti-il one of
the hirgi- ili~p:ii'iitii~iit ‘='i»ii~:i iil` tiiI~' city
on thi' pic:i.\;iiit l»ii.-:.i~»~.\ ;~.i` i\\ir<~ii:i.siii<,;
tin- i`ui'iiisltiii;:»: i'»:i~ Iwi' p_r)-I i_\' liitli- tizit.
Elie \\'islu~i.l for :i l»i'i~:ul o:ii'd iii livr
ltitifiicii just liliie tho oi/\ ,» .»: .iioilicr
hull ut iionic, \\'i1,ii "<2ivi~ us' .lils day
our ilaiily l>i'a-ini" r';:i'\'-'il ;ii'i-iinii the
lio1‘ili»i',
Tho yuling; i:ii‘l who \\'niti\<i upon lict'
ltroiigfiil l;i'<":=,il iw:ii'ii_~i with -ilhi-1' iii-
i-'<~riptliins upon tiiciii, s;iyiii_'_; iii n pat-
ruiiiziiig \\':iy:
“’I`lii_~ worils you wnnt :irc old insh-
neii noir. \\'i- il<iii't h:i\'c any cali
for them any iiiorc."
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No \Vondcr.
“YVh:1t'.”’ sold .\'o:ili lndlgniintiy.
“You sny the ilcci'_is kicking bccnuso
he hos ii loivcr hcrtli? I never hciird
of such ii tliln;,','_ il tiioiiglit everybody
preferred having o io\\'cr berth."
“It isn't that. faitiicr,” snid ilnm.
“The deer isn’t nind lwcnusc he has it
lower bcrtli. I1c`s iniid about thc unl-
niiil we assigned to the upper berth
over liiin."
“\Vlio luis the upper?" asked Noah
“Tho hlppopotnuiiis."
Catching- Up.
She-I sec the Phllndeiphians ent
their cereals in the evening instead of
nt the morning maui.
IIo-Well, that shows they are ini-
proving in Philadelphia.
“How so?"
"Why, that shows that now they srl
only twelve hours behind."
The Lnnklalli 0! ua-aminhia.
"Shooting thc crow," it was explain-
ed in a police court, was the criminals’
term for ordering drinks without hav-
ing the money to pity for them.
lritlals, but Nat English.
Thcro are 500.000 people in Wnlel
who do not know a word ot the Eng-
lish language. Ireland has 80.000 peo-
plc who speak only Irish, and Scotland
has just over 40.000 who speak only
Gaelic.
Longitude Testa. '
Two hundred and thirty observiitlonl.
each occupying eighty nights’ work,
have been made to determine the dif-
ference of longitude between Green-
wich and Paris. The observation!
were made at Greenwich and Paris
simultaneously, and in order to obtain
absolutely similar results the instru-
ments were frequcntly interchnnged.
The results, of these observations have
proved both the Greenwich and Paris
exlstcnt meridians to be erroneous, tho
discrepancy being a small fraction of I
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"Til organise a trust." he said. `~ 6'" --_
" 'Tia my financial dream.- ` * -  .F _
01 course some water I must hav! ~ ' < . " 1 '
'ro neat my iittis scheme. " ' ' _c . .
"The earth ll two-thirds water, Q ‘  '  and
Aa scientist! agree. ' ‘ i ' ` \ g ,
What'a good enough for thin old eorlh  '
Is good enough tor mo. _ r' jé/ `  S I 6
"Water, water everywhere!" l /3"?"   _ .`
Ha murmured. "All is well. - i -" ' \
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iii pl;i_\' ii»l.`_"
"'l`li;il`-' so," ;_,.i.‘l ilii‘ii1.iii ii. ‘i tl.-
iiivziiifli-~`i-i'i|i  iii-i‘».
".\li\l." r'i_i|iti'i"-‘il lliv <»tl`l~-iztil pi-
ll-=->pli~~i', ">l:'- \\ 1| _;;»l 1| lull ;i .1
\viii~ii .~l\i» <':|:'i»; ii~'lifii'_', i1.'.'\i1 i. ii ~i:-
:iiiii :i t<‘iiiii~; \i!'<~: '.\l.--ii :.l.i\ wi.: .l I
plxiy tifiiiiis fiii' ll-:ir shi- \\'ill l:i.Z\ .A
uiiil ii biitiiiiu; sliil \\l‘<-ii slzi- l..;. ;i~»
ll1iiil:..lil. ot’ i;<\iii_' into thi- \'.::l~ i' : i il i
rililiii; hzililt \\'lii-ii tin- V71" llmucl.: ~f`
cliiiiliiiig on :i lh»:~.\'i> ;;i\'i- L'-i' ilu- .li lk
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iiiv;in:i:‘s<~.-ilt \\'li|~l\i»r_<_ "but \\l: ‘ii .~l.-
;.,'Y-ls ii \\'1'i`liliiii_' ilri---4 =lii» ii~i-:iris li`.i~1
ness. lC;'i~i' no‘it~-- il~_.t'."'--.ii:il;,.'\.
"i<` iL‘ii‘r, linve you ro i-i niy ode "l`o the
llincs l" :iskiil the _','oul.lif\ii poet.
"No, John, lliavt-if,” \\'ii.~. t.iii> olil ihiii.`.~
ivply, "lliit._v-.iii i-.i<l,t\l:i- t.l:i-i li-‘ro iix
.iu` Cui .l0\\'ii :i 'i~  i-1' `.~iii_ 'i`|\" pines are
.iiviii iiii' `1i':uLiv i <'ii'ii~ o' wo-rl f"
DOES CHILDREN GOOD.
f\li~<, .i.i.i\ph l.:\ni.: ry, iii-iiolwilli-, ti it
‘l have us'-~ l ltr. l.'\\\"~' Woiiii Syrup in
my fiiiiiily, :mil il has iilw‘iy~ li*-ch eli`~'cL~
u il :viii liusilonel.li~r-liil1ii'ui\i,goo<l. I ciin
hii4lil'.f‘ rot-.tiiiiineiifl iL.'
.in<on~".\`init.li ~..'ii-s 'hut lic twin vi-4 iii'
1\\ tiincii Siliiiiilil iii' i llriwvil l_'i \'oti~. '
l\ia.°-vii»"ll»- rl-is-.i, iii! \\'i-ll Iliiil. is
'-\ lim nciriir-: uf in:\i'i_‘, ing :i l»i.ly yt ii cu1i`l
lick."
X.  C0l`SCla11d Lipprecizitctl alike 
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. m   coiisiris :icross tlie border.
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eXaCllf\I¥“T|’\ey please the nio it fasttdlous. 
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 J Canada’s 'Vlost Prominent
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e__,>i...ioiii=i»~iriwii~iii..tL They 55_ti5fy the most
See the beautiful Models for 1904. viz:
,I ...,~iii_ i ,.___.~.. ._;_.. ..  .. Lady Curzon. Lady Eileen, l',;,_(}y RUby_ .
1- lip-to-(late inci'cli:iiits' iroiii ll \i_ii- \\' .`\`_ S to
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'_` \/'\N°"ll'\ll<i ll- L. C1111 .supply you \~.'itli iiiiii' proper
 l\l<idel iii ll. & l. Coiscts. '
i FACTORIES TOR._O.’hTU, ONTARHO
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Xmas Gilt
lio you love your wife :uid chil-
dren?
'l`lieii protect tlieni with a
iiiziiilie of zilleclioii tliatcaiiinit fail.
Ari Endowrnent Policv
of lite iii.\`iii‘:iiiut~ iii tlizit stcriiiig
Caiitiiliuii Coiiipaiiiy--~
The North American Life. i
We will ;;iini.'iiit<-i- to suit you
ivitlizi plan ill zi very iiiocrilzile
CU*-l.
Reilecrii yoiii' proiiii.~.e iliiriiig
tli<_-if-ziiuiiiiiiig ilays ol iicceiiibcr
:iiiil _siart the New \'ciii‘ right,
Yours 'l`iiil\~.
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EARAC CURED.
I`»l`:s.~i .i. J. .li»lir..\oii, liiiii~'t‘ull,_~\ll'i,_ -‘°.y~:
I w ii (riiiiblvl \\il.li l~l:i\'ii~li-- for ii ffl-iii
"inc, niiil nfvliiiipg liclpi-1| nil- until l li-ol
ll-iig_vni'il`.-i Yellow Oil, \\ inch cureil nic
complet.--iy.`
llix-l have unveil up i>ii<iul.:li for ur-I to
live nl. the ratugof $l(i,lll.t) ri gc ir.
5.10.- i"or how lootft
lic~()h, ore yi-nr.
l.:i:{.'\-l.l\'i‘r l‘llis i\r'.’ the li\ili\‘.~i' lflvuriiu
1-ililiiirfiv, ii:-i tlioy :lo not, gripe or piiin,
.siivlri-n orixiiiluzii or i:u\i.~ii> thi* .~ll\l1_»l\“L Ill-
r~riii\'eiiii-iilw-. l’i ii v Lffic., ull iiru.'i<i:~L.~.
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lliillicr you in l\ii\'i> iiiy li\iii‘ liiiiw iii your
l.¢;i= Z" 'l`l.c l1`iiiLc.---"Nui, izi tlii- it- \\.L. l
wah lioin in Cliinii. icuii cnt, r11'.~."
Mihai-d's l_.in.inent lor sale everywhere.
l i\ili.~itrcss-ilifi you bring any rci'crcnce>~i
l with you l
Cook--No`in I Lliought l`ii get the plncc
Hruh
Minard‘s Liniment Cures Dandruti.
. Husband-“What docs lt, mii.‘.tcr how
plain your clothes ure? Beauty, you
know is only skin deep, audi-
\Vifh-“And I rriiily would like to make
mine senlskln dcepjust. for onoe.",
All the lung healing pwcrtion of the
pine are bottled no in Dr. ood'a Norway
Pine Syrup. Ii. is the most satisfactory
rvniedv for coughs and colds o all kinda.
Plroo He.
Willie-Pa, when you say n nian'a
‘wool gathering' lt. means he"<i ialy,
don‘c ltl
Pa - Not. necessarily. Ile may he
gathering the wool off the lambs in Wall
street.
Mhl‘d's Llnlment Rellevca Neutalgia.
Rooney'-Where dll ye git. the black eye
i Moike I
(Haney-Why, Tim D0ian's just back
from his honeymoon, an' Lwas me ail-
vised Tim to git. married.
stuprfylng heririaohos are cured, thr
mend cleared, and the brain brightened li;
Milhiirniw Sterling Heartache Pnwrlers.
rhisv fin i.rit. weaken the heart. Price lilo.
, and 250.
l Father-i)o.i`t, ask so many r|ucs'lon.~i.
`l'.;iniiiy. \`- u ‘ire not supposcil La know
isvi-rytlil iz that, uses on nrnuiii horc.
l Toriiiny ~ NU, hui. l ilo, t.h0ul<h.
'°°°nd~ . - - ' Mii-iard's Linlment Cures Burns, etc.
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And agree iii return for your kind p:ili‘o1ia;_{e during
tlie past ye tr to give you lmrgiiiiis iii all Xmas Goods dis- |‘
played in the /\l’l)'l`lll‘iCARll§S ll/\l.L --lt would be im-
possible for ine to give each individual a special gift, so I ‘
adopt the plan of SPEUIAL llAR(§ IXINS during the holi-
day season-Call and demand low prices on all Xuias Goods.
GEO. E. HUGHES,
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C3@AI_ Z@AL_
"INVERNESS IMPERIAL" COAL .>
(None Better,) l l
Screened, Run ol Mine, Sinclr. First Class both for
Domestic and Steam Purposes. _ --
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Shipping facilities ofthe most modern type at Port
Hastings, C. B., for prompt loading of all classes ' i ~
and sizes of sailing vessels. L
THE INVERNESS RAILWAY AND CGAL COMPANY. i
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Wm. Petrie, Agent, Port Hastings, C. B.
GEO. E. BOAK & Co., Halifax N.B.
General Sales Age* is for Nova Scotia, i‘~'i~\v Bmngnigk and
l`rince hdwani island.
JOHN F_ WHEAR, Sub-Agent for P_ E lglqnd
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