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i- An Umbrella be SURE to See our choice new stock with de tachable handles 150 to 6 WATSONS jewelry Store v -as- a The Eta gives more home news every week than any two other papers in North York combined and is acknowledged to be the Leading County Paper IVI I per annum it paidin advance to the United States No Paper sent outside of North York unless paid in advance FOREVER BATCHES AMD DIAMOND RINGS i EXTRA VALUE AT JACKSON Editor and Proprietor JACKSON tr Newmarket Friday Dec A Merry Christmas to You This is the Picture when put action which brings pleasure to your home and especially joy to the little ones Their hearts long lor a sleigh pair of skates air rifle snow shoes or toboggan For the grownups you will find many useful articles for mother father brother or sister Carpel Sweepers J275 Wringer Carving Sets up Tea Trays Berry Spoons Butter Knives Tea Coffee Pots Scissors Knives NutTicIrs and Cracks Washing Machines The Weat Choppers Meat Forks Raisin Seeders Asbestos Sad Irons Pocket Hooks and Wallets Crumb Tray and Brush 25c Smoking Pipes Mouth Organs to SI Mechanical and Electric Toys Dolls Carriages and Sleighs Hoys Mecca Mitts Pair Hath room fittings Granite Double Roasters up PHONE HARDWARE NEWMARKET SE THE nkToront receive Strings Deposit of J upwards Interest to ill twice a year Safe Convenient Profitable Oar Toronto tetter The city was successful in the fight against the proposed new telephone rates Creditors of Ontario Hank will be paid a dividend of out of call under double liability clause After pleading guilty to the theft of a purse and a box of candies which she picked up in a store Mrs Mary Ann McDonald was allowed to go on suspended sentence by Judge Morgan last week A fine specimen of that domestic and holiday bird the turkey was deliberately stolen on Thursday of last week almost in the same hour that it was to become the property of Caretaker J Graham of the School of Practical Science as present from a second year student It was a mean theft Fifty years ago Toronto Hay was frozen over on the of December same week as this year but a cou ple of days earlier Sir James P Whitney addressed the London Canadian Club on Thursday of last week on electric power and other questions The Ontario Government has inti mated that it will continue its policy of helping to bring out domestic ser vants to Canada The Heliconian Club had a jubilee time last week in honor of the second birthday of the Club About sat down to dinner all being ready din ner was announced by musical blasts on chanticleer whistles The club has done much towards bringing many professional women together The proposed celebration of the corning of Hydro- Electric power to this city will not take place until near the end of next month An iceboat crossed over on the bay on Thursday of last week the first this season The Crown Coal Company had a pile of coal at the foot of Jar vis on fire last Thursday morning thru spontaneous combustion The fire lire brigade put it out without much damage Sand boxes have been placed at ail the principal street intersections In the city by order of Street Commis sioner Harris for the purpose of sav ing horses from falling on slippery pavements Notwithstanding the fact that she had stolen from Mm William Wright proprietor of the hotel at the corner of King and Parliament sis exhibited a very Christianlike spirit In the County Judges Criminal Court by putting in a strong plea for mercy on behalf of Elizabeth who was employed as a domestic in his hotel The woman pleaded guilty to the charge of steal ing the MOO and although Mr Wright believed she had taken more than that he was willing to accept the hundred dollars An employee named James Sued Divine to recover damages lor loss of four fingers which were cut oil by a sausage machine I be decided that injuries oc curred through Ms own negligence Mr was tendered a complimentary banquet last Friday night by the directors A Christmas Legend Son BY CLARA SPEIGHT Assets 43000000 A BRANCH FIELD MANAGER P W PEARSON Try a Ton of Pea Coal In Range save 1120 It Start quicker lasts longer than AM- W OH South End Lumber Yard or give to J Bowman or J Need a Good Overcoat Every Man Does You need it for protection from the cold and sake jroW like to show you well we are Overcoat We for their beauty their durability warmth expect you them for the reason Something that io vote with every WILLIS YOUR TAILOR the Club it was a big lime candidates are In the field as the Hoard of They arc running on a tick et known as the Protestant slate Sixty days in jail was the sentence by Magistrate Fri day morning on George Smith who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft overcoat and other from student lockers at the of Toronto Mr J Crawford With a tray of silver and Mr with a cane last Friday to mark their 1 rem en I from the stall of the dale High School A model enter car went the rounds ol the street barns Friday It Is approved Cars Will he equipped as It Tin- rear steps ar extended two feet The rear door has been removed to the left side a stationary fare box been placed outside of the door The Conductor stands at the Inner rear corner he platform which fa closed on three sides A series of papers on the relative merit of piece work and IfniC work in the manufacture of brick given at the of the Canadian Clay Product Association at the Prince last Friday morning In the general whiei followed the addresus It appeared be the concensus of opinion that piece work was preferable to day work as far as the operation of brick yards concerned Mr a Hanker been appoint ed Libera organler for Toronto has was on two charges of stealing cocaine last Friday In the Sessions Judge Mor gan let him off on suspended sentence hut for the next six months he to report personally to Inspec tor of Police Archibald if he con tinues to away from the cocaine habit for term he will regain his liberty If he falls the Central Pri son will be Ma pottoffice for a term FOR Written for the Era Germany there is story lold of a baron who had a little crip ple boy who was very dear to him One Christmas Eve the boy was very ill He begged his father to go and sec if the wine that Aunt Marie has promised him had come At the little boys request the father ordered his sleigh donned his furs and was soon driving through the cold winter air to the station At the station he received the wine which the little boy wanted to take the nasty taste out of his mouth There was also a little fur coat and cap as a surprise for lit tle son Looks as if it would be a terrible night tonight Bar on How he roue little one Oh little George is very ill Krin- We have little hopes of his re covery He suffers a great deal but is very patient Then as an after thought he added Yes it will be cold very cold I came myself for this wine I couldnt even trust Bach to come when it was for the little lad His voice betrayed his emotion Well I must he off Goodbye and a Merry Christmas for yourself wife and little ones The Baron passed out into the cold jumped into his sleigh and was oil for home As he was driving he saw a object against the white robes of some soft cream material Their heads were reverently bowed Soft was heard and the light began change color As the mu sic became louder and rich deep red began to fade till it became a deli cate pink At last as it was notic ed to be a clear pure light- the Christ Child was seen standing in the centre of the room His dear little face was alight with the love that onlv dear Fatherland of heaven There was silence for a few seconds then all the bells in the castle began to chime softly and sweetly The Christ Child said As ye have done it unto one of the least of these ye have done it unto me I give you my gift arise and walk And the legend says on Christmas Eve the bells in the Castle always ring and singers sing of the dear Christ Child Georgetown A Lay Xmas Sermon of date rial Christmas has arriv ed Christmas the birthday the founder of Christianity kept by His followers and by thousands are not his followers the wide World- over Whether the 25th December lie the exact of His birth or not is immate- day has been set apart by custom and accepted centuries ago An ordinary birthday recalls the personality of the individual in whose honor the festivities of the day are held Rut Christs birthday differs from others in this that to many recognize the day and celebrate it the personality of 1Kb babe at Bethle hem the teacher at Jerusalem the dark martyr at Calvary is unknown at there is but a vague conception snow was a little boy about six Me was I Vet His birthday impresses the thinly clad and had no overcoat His tire world with the influences of poor peaked little with the cold What face was religion and breathes afresh His could the spirit do He certainly couldnt Compare Christian with heathen his little boys coat and cap away lands and sec how all true civjliza- that would never do There was comes from or is fostered by no place to procure more till after the Christmas tide the to the influence of His life His teach ings and His death who gave His name to our religion There are no facts more solid than those of Chris tianitylet Skeptic and Agnostic sneer an deny as they will The Christian Bible with its lofty doctrines of mortality and its warm spirit of love clothed in the terse and sinewy language of our fathers raising men upward spiritually and strengthening them mentally The Christian Churches acting on Christ- both this life and the next their very spires silent indicators pointing to the land beyond their associations and services giving to us change thought and rest from life and work providing many of the poor the only club to which they can safely and ircely belong and giving them the only social life they have an opportunity of enjoying The Christian Sunday with Us rest from worldly toil with its opportu nity for turning the thoughts of man from the soil to which our physical frames belong and reminding them that gold and lands and houses can The baron groan- not carried away from earth and dont care my- that riches more enduring may he He had decided to take the hoy home with him when a little girl of nine up and said Ive got a nice warm place for Fritz and me He asked the children to come home with him hut little glr said No wc promised mother when she died we always go to see her grave on Christmas Day So we must stay here till morning He took on his own coat and gave it to her and with tears in his eyes ho gave his little sons dearest mas gifts He thought I ought to give some wine to revive the little lad hut he said No my own little sick child shall not do without anything that may relieve his pain He can Written for Christmas By HIS day replete with memories bright Returns and the lips and heart Sweet messages of gladness start And fill our lives with deep Let not our greetings soulless be May mutual faith and kindness blend The common good of all our end And earnest aim continually May each be better understood May every life be graced With noblest impulse and embraced In universal brotherhood So shall be echoed back again To Bethlehems mighty Guest the song Heard through the ages clear and strong Of Peace on earth Goodwill to men 1 mas i I i TO ALL OUR READERS YEARS AGO From Era Dec Terrific dale Census Commissioners for Ontario to take the census of arc an- nounccd William Gamble is the Commissioner for York County and Silas Fairbanks for Ontario Co I At the closing meeting of Whit- Chucch Aurora on sweeps Tuesday last a motion to give day as indemnity for members of London Dec a fortnight Council was defeated as a of wet and stormy weather through- t did not want it to go abroad out the United Kingdom one of the that they were taking pay for their fiercest westerly gales ever recorded services North Cpun- through theeountry today C voted themselves per day damage has done on actual expenses the Western and Southern English Newmarket Municipal Election next coasts Sea walls have been January will likely have the follow- in many places Several shops candidates in the Held viz and houses at have been Messrs Sutherland Hunter Smith smashed by the sea and their con- aiM Davidson for reflection and tents washed out Numerous wrecks nett candidates in the persons of have been reported and a score of Messrs Trent and have been lost The across- Channel steamers were unajile to leave 1 Newmarket markets quote fall their ports tonight Disastrous wheat at to barley floods have occurred in many places Oats butter eggs where miles of country is submerged fowls 25c to cents per and the crops ruined The tempera- pa geese to each is abnormally high SevenYear Term For ShopBreaker coat but I go shall the along without not ask him wine As be drove grew the wind a little voice was your little cripple hoy the cold wouldnt you who gave what deardsl to save and said I self but cant deny the hoy- SUM found a virtuous life and character he heard the pleading voice 1 lint Christmas the very spirit of a woman In crossed his path Christianity is exemplified more then came back and stood beside the thoroughly than in any ol forms horses head Was she phantom or through which Christianity unfolds colder ami colder He seemed to hear saying Daddy if it dying in people to their keys to per lb ducks to per pair pork to 550 per 100 lbs The assessor and collector for were each paid as their salary for this year Municipal officers earned all they were paid in 25 YEARS AGO From Era Dec of St Paul crowded last Monday and accomplice was sentenced to six months In the Central Prison Coronation of King George sell upon the day Not in the solemn church services not In rigid denomin ational needs not In theological dis count but in the cheerful unselfish life In not the age of stern mar tyrdom when men are called to give up their lives at the stake or even in defence of principle Not in this way can Christianity he exemplified In our day and generation to make others happy was the great object the life and death Christ And iflO Christian ol today Is called on lo show forth the Mas ters spirit in the daily and hourly sacrifices of personal means and time and labor for the the men and women who surround him where did she come from In a moment she spoke I Duty command you to save that child death Her voice was clear ami hard She was a tall slight woman with strong clear cut features and what was most noticeable her was her cold grey eyes She had a long loose dark cloak wrapped about lose their property her and the hood of the cloak was pulled up over her head The in thinking Of it afterwards wondered why he obeyed her so easily lie showed no desire to her He seemed help Jess with u SOb and a he turned hack He found the little boy had gone to his mother before Christmas day The little girl was lying close beside him fast asleep and ere long would have slept the sleep that knows no awakening He revived the little girl with and look her home At last hi readied the gate to the castle It was a picturesque looking place for anyone who had time to enjoy It The driveway commenced at the loot of a long winding hill Tall dark evergreen formed an arch over the Whole distance On the brow of the hill stood the big stern and forbid ding looking castle The front the castle all in darkness because the sickness A man Came out and took the horses to the stable The baron him self tenderly lifted the little girl and riled her Into the castle where he put her Into the care of the kind old housekeeper Hurriedly he up the broad Winding staircase and on to his lit tle sons room Went and sobbing told the little George that he had no gifts for that Christmas He dreaded to tell him all the Wide gone for the little lips were parched and swollen Then the little George said Dad dy never mind when the pain was had the angels came and sang to rue They told me all and I told them to ftavc those that had not the bleating I had A red light filled the whole room An angel stood In each corned They wore long loose Last week four men were convict ed before the Magistrate at Parry Sound a charge of hunting and trapping on Sunday They were fin ed and costs each and the deer were confiscated Lima Iura Dee IB Insurgents have taken the Town of capital of the Department and Pro vince of Apurimac in Southern Peru In the lighting which preceded the fall of the town many persons on both sides were killed or wounded The Government is rushing troops to the district London Dec If A polite killed and lour police men were wounded one probably fa tally tonight In a revolver battle With burglars trapped on the second floor of a Jewelry shop In Cutter st The robbers waited at the top of the stairs picked oil the constables as they ascended and then made good their escape castor A For and The Kind Yea Always Bought MB of Dec David Haines alias James who was found guilty here a week ago of shop breaking arid theft is the criminal who the Hamilton police for nearly a year with mysterious bur glaries and was the robber of the McGlvern House on Queen Street north Hamilton He secured a con tract for building walks around the grounds and when the occupants The entertainment by the Hall lu- were away he stole a quantity of Singers was a grand success jewelry He was sentenced to six last Friday evening months on that charge In he On Tuesday evening last the pupils robbed the poolroom and ci- of Miss Ryan of the Separate school gar store For this he got twenty- gave a splendid entertainment The three months in the Central He did attendance was large not return to Hamilton after the ex- 1 The of his term but came to Napa- Church was nee He has three offences against j evening to enjoy a program of here and for the first he got interest There was an auction years in the penitentiary at King- sale ot eatables and goods A loaf ston The second brought him three Ol bread brought a fabulous price the third seven years Ihe sell of the evening was a sentences to run concurrently mammoth parcel bought by Mr Allan Charles Woods his brotherinlaw Ramsay for On opening it the parcel was found to he composed cotton batting Mr was the auctioneer and created lots of fun The merchants of the town have de cided to- Close at pm during the coming year Mr Sheridans team had a My a special from to the Mill They got Globe we learn that Canada has been llt train- invited send a military contingent 1 operating in represent last week John Randall lost a One turkey Mr has Case 1 I also lost some poultry worth about The aid of the Protection Socie ty is being invoked A deputation consisting of the War- task of organizing the Messrs Jackson and the above occasion proceeded to Ottawa this week to The Intimation is given is given between the that every part of the Dominion floral Government and the County will be drawn upon for the very best men in the militia arm of Add I sort who used to he the service will be represented at the Hotel and as well as infantry artillery and Aledo III has been viilry there will be a contingent rep- stale Veterinary Well resenting the NorthWest Mounted Police I Miss l Initio liar try left last week Wonder who will he chosen from the York Rangers It will he a Kenny Miss memorable occasion to all who may from near Stratford and be privileged to form the contingent Marshall Dennis of Sand Beach from this Dominion Mich were in town this week At the Coronation of the laic King funeral of Mrs Drown Dig crowd on the pond these seven hundred strong represent the Dominion at the Coronation of King George in June Tin vltation Ottawa on Mill Inst We understand the Militia Council will at once commence the Canada was represented a contingent numbering Jess than six- hundred Ings The was line One ol the hoys got a cold hath Mr John has charge of skating Ice the On- 1 a family gathering and birthday It A dinner look place at the residence of J Mr Thos Gardner Prospect Avenue the one day last week I ol Public School Inspector I Mrv James Starr while reluming for North Ontario by a vote which Itamsden mill at Franklin lust was almost unanimous Saturday was thrown out of the White Haven Dec sleigh violently to the ground Twentv persons were buried alive In Innately no bones were broken A broke and let the tongue down at hold the closing session of larlo County Council Mr Hutchinson A Principal High School was given a landslide here today when a re taining wall gave way A great mass earth swept down upon a row of cottages and a woman saw the danger and tried to give Warning was killed Smiths Falls trial of A Puree ol Smiths Vails charged with obstructing the who the The tug The tin Ion an entertainment on New Years ev ening Mrs Susan Johnson widow Johnson passed away on the Inst aged U5 years and mos Ottawa Dec J of 1 sherlfls officer In the discharge of his Hull who died yesterday at the age duty and also of having destroyed years lelt a family unusually certain machines by blowing them up large even In the Province 1uq- dynamite to prevent their being be where seized and taken away took place at mon was the County Court today The Jury dren whom brought in a verdict of guilty and was ma Purcell wan sen tented to six months by bin last in Jail ol are father iro still alive Mr three times and who survives Mm