4 NS a) SZ 4 \ YZ bot i @ © 0. 6 a aa “2 BEY Eo S mo sf — eo *& ot B Four Dollars per Year, TERMS a VOL 3/7 Before the We have some goods that are exe usive for sum prices— will clear them out buy them buy them by the We take a pride in talking NE te when Free Born Men, having to advise the Publi ay we mention our Straw Hats. ‘housand—all new goods, no old stock. about our Ginghams and Print Cottons, OUR MIBSUVWMWER SALE OF CLOTHING Do you want a light summer Coat? wear Clothing, a. ae Do you want a pair of Pants for 75 you see our #6en's ‘Tweed Suits for $4 50? call at the Bargain Corner, Did you see our Boys’ Suits for for with every suit or pants we sell, a ? “: # SOO 0088 0080s 745488 Cc, may speak free.”—Evripipes, Did you see cur all wool pants for $1.06 ? we vive a fit. Single Copies two eons i ‘ner only We will not hold them over until next year if low prices—very low You can buy a straw hat at In Carriage Wraps we have them from 30¢ up. ‘A word is sufficient to you Drop inand see them. our store for less than we ean $1.50? Did If you are iu need of any ready to 4 . 1 / \ \ | ad / | i } / i / ’ f \ aan aid i Ss SZ §,000--1N CASH --$18.000 - GRAND PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION Halifax, September 28th, to October ‘st, 1997. Goid. Silver and Bronze Medals _ The largest amount ever offered in prizes in any Exhibition in the Maritime Provinces. _ In addition to the grand Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, special attrac - bens have been arranged for every day and night. _ The Spectacular Seige of Sabastapol every evening,—the most gorgeous and Ialistic eft-cts every produced in Canada. Av unequalled half mile track for speed competition. _ Exhibits carried at exceedingly low rates. Very cheap excursion tickets on all Tiwavs aod steamboats. Fall particulars later. App'y for prize, lists.entry forms, ane all§information to JOHW E. VWTOOD. ecretary, Halifax, N. S 2 You may be busy; so LJ st a Vi in ute are we, and have been all the Spring. % busy that we did not have time to advertise and tell you il the fine things we have for this season and the low prices j Ye are selling for, but the people find us out, for it takes over lurty people to keep the orders we get made up, xe it keeps 8moving to keep everything going right, But for those who lon t know, we might say that we keep a!l the old reliadle dloths such as Bellwarp Coating and Serges, Tyke and Blen- heim Serges, Fashionable Trouserings to no end. Come and *e us and see our stock and the fine clothes we make, JOHN MACLEOD & CO MERCHANT TAILORS. smooth as Velvet Your lawn if properly look after and kept cut with one of our Lauvn Mowrers Will be smooth as velvet. FENNELL& CHANDLER ar" j ; | : a» = “=e «€& . THE TATTLER. Although Miss Evelyn Lease of Kansas fs only 17 years old, she bas already taken | to the lecture platform. Mrs. Beasely of Philadelphia rejoices in an income of $20,000 a year, derived from an invention of her own, a machine that hoops barrels. Miss Mary Secord Packard of Bayonne, N. J., is the first woman to receive the de- gree of doctor of medicine at Johns Hop- kins university. Miss Edith Rotch died recently in Bos- ton and left $10,000 to the Shelter for Un- protected Girls, an institution at Syracuse. The money will be used to erecta new dormitory. Miss Eilen Glasgow is the nameof a goung Virginia woman who has produced an exceptionallly interesting book called “The Descendant.'’ She is from Rich- mond and is less than 25 years of age. Miss Edith Cernelia Russ of Rome, N. Y., was sent as delegate to the Universal- ist convention, held recently in Auburn, N. Y. Miss Russ is said to be the first woman ever sent from that town to a church convention. Isabel Darlington graduated the other day from the law department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, the only woman in aclass of 74. She was also one of the 17 members of the class who received their diplomas cum laude. Mrs. John Elitch of Denver is probably the only woman in the world who owns and personally manages a zoological gar- den. She drives a large ostrich attached to a light spring wagon. He is a ‘‘pacing bird’’ and travels rapidly in harness. Mrs. McKinley was lately presented with a magnificent lace handkerchief by Mrs. R. F. Thorne of La Cygne, Kan., who wished to show her respect and love for ‘‘the first lady of the land."’ The work was all done by band and contains 80,000 pieces. Two Chicago women, Mrs. Sophie Gage, daughter-in-law of Secretary Gage, and Mrs. Alice P. Henderson, have gone on a 5,000 mile trip into the arctic regions. Mrs. Henderson, who takes her 2-year-old baby girl with her, will gather material for a book. Mrs. Ormiston Chant has smoked a cigarette. She did so when detained within the Turkish lines to see if it would allay the pangs of hunger, and, though she says that she ia now better able to understand the charms of tobacco, she still disapprovea of its use by women. Mrs. Grover Cleveland attended the re- cent commencement exercises at Wells col- lege in Aurora, N. Y., and was present at the unveiling of the triple memorial win- dow which her class presented to the col- lege, and the funds for which were secured | largely through her effcrts. She was grad- weted im 188% DENTAL PARLORS North Side Queen Square. You can bave your teeth extracted free ot pain by the means of either general or ocal anesthesia. All kinds of work done atisfactorily. OR. J. H. AVYURS For sale or To Let Gc od Two Honses on Pleasant Street. table and yard. WILLTAM DODD. dy 6, °97- 1a POULTRY NOTES. Never use sulphur with grease to drive away the lice. Young ducks require more bulky feed than chickens. It is alinost tmpossible to have healthy fowls if the quarters are filthy. Do not pluck the geese until the goslings are all hatched and out of the way. Generally the more active the breed the less liable the fow)s are to fatten. Feed the turkeys liberally with grain at night asan inducement for them to come home. For diarrhea in chickens give them boiled milk in which some chalk has been stirred. Lime and lice do not agree. sticks, the lice will not. wash freely. By using a good spray pump for apply- ing kerosene, every crack and crevice in the poultry house can be filled with it. While soft fved is more ensily digested than whole grain, a chicken fed exelusive- ly upon it will shrink more in dressing. A good egg producing ration for sum- mer is wheat and oats mixed with sweet milk, with a good bran mash.—st. Louis Repubiic. TIRE PUNCTURES. The Rey. Thomas Gregory says that the bicycle’ threatens civilization. However, if civilization will keep out of the parks and not try to cross the street, there will be no danger.—Chicago Post. It is noticeable that the old folke are not as severe on bicycles as they used to be. The wheel bas been shown to bea promoter of romance and as #@ means of saving gas bills nothing has been found to equal it.— Baltimore American. Those dancing masters who complain that the bicycle is destroying their business are not wise. They should invent a step which will enable the ordinary citizen to dance out of the way of the scorcher.— Memphis Commercial Appeal. If the lime Use lime white- It is noted as a singular fact that while | most of the street bicycle accidents last year resulted in injury to pedestrians, this season it is the wheelman who is generally hurt. It would seem as if the pedestrian had become more expert in the art of dodg- ing and the wheelman more reckless in his scorching.—Paterson Call. ARCHITECTURAL. In the great church at Mengo, Uganda, there are over 200 trees to support the roof. Each of these trees took 100 men to draw it up the hill. The Manhattan Life building, New York city, which is 350 feet high, is the tallest business edifice in the world. It is 70 feet higher than the famous ‘Trinity church steeple. The oldest wooden building in the world is a church at Borgund, Norway. It was arected in the eleventh century, and fre- quent coats of pitch have preserved the wood from decay. The tower of Babel at Babylon was com- posed of eight square towers, one upon the other, the pile being 660 feet high. Baby- ‘on was & square, 15 miles on each side, che walls being 87 feet thick and 870 feet high. +e BETTER than cure is prevention By taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla you may keep well, with pure blood, strong nerves und a good APPETITE. Military men’s white canvas shooting reak caps with neck shades, all sizes, at Weeks & Cu’s. 164 2i «th, skilled profesional instructor, play rooms, ecott electric light. considerably reduced. Teachers ‘* TE. PTAYEOR - f Ze > NY DAINTY ‘From —_ »* Sah fie * DISHES CAN BE PREPARED WITH Benson’s CANADA Prepared Corn. MANUFACTURED FROM CHOICE SELECTED PURE CORN. NO ADULTERATION THE BEST FOR CHILDREN. HUWARD PSHER Musical Direcior Toronto Conservatory of Music. RECIPE for Infants’ Food. To one desertspoonful of Benson's Canada Prepared Corn, mixed with half % a cup ef cold water, add half a pint of RY, (7 9 builing water; stir over the fire for sy five minutes; sweeten slightly; for older babies mix with milk instead of water. SEE OTHER RECIPES ON PACKAGE. ’ THE EDWARDSBURG STARCH CO. Works: Cardinal, Ont. Offices: Montreal, P.Q. The Bell Organ & Piano Co.,L’d Dear Sis,—Allow me to compli- ment you on the qualites of the wZ; | Piano ordered from jou for the ° o- ‘ a ronto Conservatory of Music. The Collegiate Schoal, Windsor N. S. tone is remarkably pure and brilliant Established 1788. throughout, while the bass is deep and evict powerful. The mechanism is appar- RaciarssiMen Cy MMi Ae A i OO ently perfect. the touch elastic, and in L. President of Kings College. —S—S*«, #Peavance the entire Piano is a work Head Master:—-\ir F. T. Handsombody B. of art A. Late assistant and House Master Sir W. | Yours truly, Borlase’ school, Great Marlow, England. (Signed) 5 2G > ie @ > The school will reopen on Saturday Sept Epwarp Fisuer . . i ? ‘= . “yr A good general education is provided and j Mus cal Director’ Toronto Conser- pupils are prepared for Matriculation at ‘tory of Music King’s College and other Universities, the Royal Military College, Kingston, for the pub i lic Examinations and for Commercial life. i P. E. Island Agency, The school has good recreation grounds, a fh 8 well equipped (Gymnasium in charge of a Opera House Building J.C. P. Yeo, Azent at Summerside. age inlirnary ete. The building is heated throughout by hot water. and lighted by Fees for the majority of extras have been Reductions in the genera] fees are made for brothers, sons of clergymen and boys under twelve. There are six exhibitio.s for sons of clergymen, sud valuable money prizes are presented annually by the alumni of King’s College. For prospectus and further informa- tion, apply to the Rector. 246 Edgehiil--Church School for Gisls Windsor, Nova Scotia. INCORPORATED 1891. And students whe have succesfully passed their examinations will need a good time keeper before taking charge of a sehool. We bave a large stuck ot Cold And Silver Watehs timed, and ready for delivery at at low prices. Rr. Rev. Bisnor Covearyey, D. D., Chair- man Board of Trustees Miss Lerroy, of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, England, Frincipal; eight Resid: nt experienced Governesses from England ; Housekeeper, Matron and Trained Nurse. Board with Tuition in English Department, 818s. Music Art, Puyyican Cvirvrr, ete., extras Preparation for the Univer- ities Year begins Sept. 15th, 1897. For Calendar epply to Dr. Hixp Jeweler and Optician, orth Side Queen Square. NO 176 ‘