/ LOCAL NEWS I \ June 22 Sports Day. ICE CREAM NOTICE
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/ LOCAL NEWS I \ June 22 Sports Day. ICE CREAM NOTICE
No. 15 VISCOUNT, SASKATCHEWAN. CANADA, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1915. Vol. 7. DR. S. G. FALARDEAU P h y s ic ia n and Surgeon \ June 22 Sports Day. / LOCAL NEWS I Graduate of I.aval University. • Attended Quebec General Hospital Office and Residence:— Over the New Drug Store, Main street. Office H o u r s 9-11 a.m ., 2-5 and 7-9 p.rn. Viscount, Sask. W . P . J O H N S , M . D. __ __ \ Tuesday, June 22.. H. C. Whiteside, of .Saskatoon, has leased Peter Kerr’s barbershop and will carry on the business. M. F. Rauckman has just com pleted the fitting up of a neat Office and Residence West end of Main street, west of the school. garrage. V iscount, Sask. Rev. O. J. Tollerud will con duct Luthern service at Mr. P. W. DR. G. R. CLARKE Nelson’s on Sunday, June 20th, at DEN TIST 11 o’clock a. m. Will be at Viscount every Wednes G. T. Curry sure believes in the day and Thursday of.second and fourth weeks of each brighten up” idea, and on Tues m o n th day applied a liberal coat of red Offices in Goyette, Tallon Building Phone 44 Lanigan, Sask. barn paint to the brow of a ‘bluff” Gas administered lor the painless ex adjoining town. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON PROVINCIAL CORONER traction of teeth. ' Great preparations are under way towards making JUNE 22nd the best sports dav that Viscount has ever offered her patronizing public. Over $500.00 will be giv en in prizes and the varied pro gramme should in every way he of uterest to the spectator and of pro fit to the participant. On Page 5 of this issue a partial list of events with the prizes and monies offered, will be found. Among the special prizes offered is the handsome Silver Cup donat ed by the National Life Ass. Co. through their local representative T. M. Kenney, and won by Wm. Northgraves last year, w ill again be up for competition. This hand some trophy will become the pro perty of the party winning it three years iu succession. t’s Just Whatever You Say. On tl.e J o j . And now that "the boys” have their smokes, how about comforts for those they have left behind ? With all due respect for the local committee and the valuable service rendered during 1914, we would ask what has been done during the past five months. The war is still in progress; many wounded men have gone back to the front ; we have paid once, shall we “come hack,” or have we done our share? Your answer can best he made by your effoils in the re organization f the committee. If your views are worth expressing let us have them. A recent issue of the Sioux City Tiibune, says: Criticising the British navy for not providing an escort to the Lusitania gets no place. Obviously no navy in the world is large enough to bombard the Dardanelles ; guard the Suez canal ; patrol the Mediterranean ; guard transport ships crossing the English Channel so closely that, although within a few miles of the base of German submarines, not a transport was lost out of a number required to convey 600,000 soldiers; guard transport ships carrying troops from Canada to England ; keep open the English channel for constant commissary supplies to Village Council Minutes. France ; guard all the ports of the British Isles ; bombard the Germ ' — / Minutes of Village Council nieet- ans on the coasts of Belgium ; keep the German fleet penned up in the ng held June 1st. Overseer Tallon in the chair. Kiel canal and at Heligoland; drive every Gtrmau merchant v-ssel— Councillor Wolf present. Minutes of last meeting read and 2000 in number—off the high seas ; blockade Germany so effectively adopted. that even the Germans admit not a Communications were read. The secretary was instructed to particle of food, Copper or war sup write the C P.R. in regard to their plies are reachng them by sea; have war vessels in reserve to give bat request. fhe secretary was instructed to tle to the German fleet if it ever collect the dog tax and to make a makes a dash to sea ; and still have poll tax roll for the Village for the enough warships to act as escort to every steamer. There are limita year 1915. Wolf—That assessor be instruct tions to even the British navy. Ed. Bergren and his sister. Miss Emma Bergren, left on Friday last V isco u n t Lodge No. 1 23 for the home of their mother at /. O. O. F. Cokato, Minn., word having been A dance will be held in the Hall Meets every Monday night at 8 p.rn. received of her serious illness. Visiting brethren always iu the evening. welcome The Woman’s Gu.ld of the An Jno. L. Jeffery, W. T. Morphy, glican church have decided to N. G. Rec. Sec y serve supper in the church on the Telephone Contract is Let. evening of Sports Day. The booth The contract for the construc THOMAS SWAIN will be erected on Sports grounds tion of the Viscount Rural Tele PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER as usual. F o r d a te o r p a r tic u la r s c o m m u n i —See our "Cream” adv’t on Page phone system has been let to Mr. c a te w ith m e a r c a ll o u T h e S u n ’ W. D. Craig, of Regina, and the 8.—Peck & Larrabee Co. work will be commenced at ouce. VISCOUNT, SASK. Local diamond artists motored The coutract calls for the comple over to Colonsay yesterday after tion of the system by September 1. noon on invitation of the western Remember the Old Stand The Kellogg enclosed battery in ed to assess Dr. Falardeau’s stable boys who are taking to this form strument will be used throughout and add the same to the roll it hav of amusement With the old re Frosts, during last week end, jh ^ /is c o u n t iug been omitted, car. liable battery—Hank and Joe—the destroyed garden stuff throughout The following accoun's were The Cream Market. tally was all but a shut out, 22-6. the west. In parts of the province R e sta u r g n ^ read : Dr.. S. G. Falardeau, $25 damage was also doue to grain. Colonsay, however, have the mak Peck & Larrabee Co. make an do, $55 ; do, $36; do, $35.25 ings even thodgh they did show Pure announcement today that they will Goyette, Tallon & Co.. $3.25 ;. do tip on the short end. A return now buy all well-kept cream from $11.55; Serre & Gagne, $24.45 Under The Land Titles Act and game will be given shortly. Amendments thereto farmers iu our district and offer a Mrs. D. Fillion, $3 00. Daily On Sunday last the home of Mr good figure for the product either Wolf—That accounts as read be Sundries of all flavors. and Mrs. S. Berg was the scene of in the sweet or sotir sta-ge. The paid, except the accounts of Dr. S Of Valuable Farm Property a pretty little surprise party when Home-made bread always testing will be done here and the G. Falardeau, they to be reduced on hand. ITNDER and by virtue of the a house full of young friends gath producer paid as per butter fat con to $82.00. car. Power of Sale contained in a Fruits, Soft Drinks and ered to congratulate their genial rtain Mortgage there will be oftaiued. Owing to the present very Confectionery Wolf—That we do adjourn, car ered for sale by public auction by hostess who- had reached another unprofitable price and the limited A. MACK, Secy Thomas Swain, Licensed Auction Choice Cigars & Tobaccos milestone on life’s way. The after eer at the Hotel Viscount, Viscount market for butter there is certainly noon and evening were spent in a in the Province of Saskatchewan little enducement for the increase Board and Rooms TUESDAY, JUNK 22, Viscount on Saturday the 3rd day of July A. pleasant way. At the refreshment of dairy herds, and unless a mar Sports Day. D. 1915 at the hour of 4:00 o’clock hour Mrs. Berg was presented with afternoon, Mountain Standard Time ket is found wherein the farmer the following property, viz :—The a purse of money as a token of can secure at least fair returns for North West Quarter of Section esteem of her young friends. St. Paul's Church. Thirteen (13) in Township Thirtythe capital invested there is a grav three (33) and Range Twenty-five Last week Mr. Frank Lacey for danger that our herds, even tho Evening prayer will be conduct West of the Second Meridian in the warded the sum of $22.00 to the they are small, will be seriously ed in St. Paul’s church, Viscount Province of Saskatchewan contain London Times Over seas Tobacco affected. We believe, however Sunday next, June 13th, at 7 p m ing 160 acres more or less. The property is situated about 5 Fund, to be used in supplying the that the Provincial creameries are The subject of the sermon will be miles from Plunkett, Saskatchewan soldiers at the front with cigarettes making every effort to improve fa ” The first and greatest command on the Minnedosa-Saskatoon-Edmonton Sections of the Canadian TAKE NOTICE that all parties and tobacco. The money was rais ment.” cilities for the marketing of cream Pacific Railway and the Vendors hereafter found removing sand or ed by popular subscription from Despite theinckm ent weather of are informed that about 80 acres and should have the co operation gravel from auy road or road al last Sunday, the services vvere of friends in the Viscount and Colonhave been brought under cultiva of the fai tiling community concern lowance within the Municipality of very encouraging nature — good tion and that there are on the pro say districts. As a package of Viscount will be prosecuted. ed. The working out of the pin congregations assembled both at perty :—Frame house 12x12 and smokes (usually retailed at about No further notice will be given. proposed will be watched with in Lonsdale and Viscount. If mem frame stable 24x24. TERMS OF SALE:— Twenty $1) will be furnished for every 25f By order bers residing near town would only per cent of the purchase price to be terest. this contribution should make glad J. F. BELL, Reeve, make an effort to join with us on paid in cash at the time of sale and Rural Mun. of Viscount, No. 34T the hearts of some 88 brave lads Sunday evenings there is no reason the balance according to terms and House plants, cauliflower, cab whatever why our church should conditions to be made known at who are fightiug “ somewhere in Ith* *ime ° f >ale. . Tthet bage and tomato plants for sale not be filled. For quick sale and good price France.” j will be put up subject to a sealed — Mrs. L. Jago. The incumbent would urge tbe reserve price and will be sold clear list ycur land;' with Wolf & Bloch. The High School Examinations attendance of all vestrymen on of encumbrances save taxes for the At York school on Sunday, June begin this year ou Monday, June Sunday next as an announcement!c»rrent Munlcipa1 claims and possible Seed Grain Liens, The F. L. Jago plowing outfit 21, and the Grade VIII Examin 20, Rev. N. P. N. Hvale will hav will be made in respect .to .tbe. elec-1 any por further particulars terms and is now open for contracts of break ation on Tuesday, June 22. The confirmation of Catechumens in the lion of officers for the ensuing year, conditions of sale apply to the Aucing or summerfallow Work done examinations will be completed on forenoon at 11 o'clock, and Eng The country service on Sunday & M U N R 0, by this outfit is right and parties or before June 30. Viscount has lish service in the afternoon at wtl! be as follows : Saab,school. ' Solicitors for the Vendor., desiring work done should- coni- been appointed an examination o'cloek. South of Viscount ser 1 10 a m.; Lonsdale school, 3 p ni. Dated at S askatoon, Sask., this Rev: Hamilton Barr, 2nd day of June A. D. 1915. muuicate at otice. Charges are Centre for Grade V III a'nd High vice will be held at 4 effclock Moil Incumbent.l 481.J11-35 day, June 21. School students. moderate. ICE CREAM Mortgage Sale WM. KERR, NOTICE ! ___ - — v ______________________ “ ____ THE SUN. VISCOUNT, SASE. ________________________________________’ CHEW “ GOOD LUCK’’ TOBACCO A GOOD CHEW IN A CLEAN WRAPPER. - - Then Rfllph reached out his hand to tlie foot of the table. His long, leun lingers were tangled In the strip of dam ask down the m ahogany table on which lam ps and decanters and glasses and dishes of fruit were placed. Witli_a vigorous pull he brought the whole thin g crashing on the polished floor, w here tw o pools of paraffin m ade a blaze of the w reck th a t Ralph had caused. T hen lie slid over to the floor and and opened one of the windows, lettin g In the pure air fraik from th e N orth Sea. 10 CENTS PER PLUG Indian P rince’s Guns of Pure Gold To Neglect Flax The G aekw ar of Baroda, the* wellknown Indian Frince. has a b a tte ry Would be G reat M istake T his Sea of artillery consisting of gold and silver guns. son [ T here a re four guns, tw o of gold It seem s m ore th a n likely th a t a and two of silver. The gold guns A lberta Taking the Lead in Practical by-product of th e "G reater Produc of the ; were m ade In 1874 by an a rtisa n W ork Along Educational Lines tion” m ovem ent, fo ste red by th e ex of Laklia. who w orked on them fo r It has been public property for some pected shortage in the w orld's food | five years. They weigh 400 pounds supply, will be an actu al lessening of ! each, and except for the Bteel lining tim e th a t the agrici R ural schools es the acreage of flax grow n th is yearj are of solid gold. They are m ounted on tablished by the departm ent of agri This, of course, will m ean higher j gun-carriages of carved wood, over culture for A lberta a re proving rii un prices th a n ever for flaxseed, and big By Fred M. White ! laid with silver. In 1876. when the qualified success. The m ost caustic profits for the level-headed farm ers of the seheu-e have long ago Gaekw ar w ent to Bombay to m eet critics Ward, Lock & C o. Limited ledged th a t the m inister of who see and g rasp th e opportunity. the then Prince of Wales, lie took acknow ^ L o n d o n , Melbourne and T o ro n to ^ ^ Flaxseed is selling now for around was rig h t and they were the gold guns w ith him to salute agriculture CHAPTER XVII. wrong. These schools have accom $1.80 cash; O ctober is quoted a t $1.86; the Prince, and th a t was the only plished som ething which all the agri if seeding re p o rts show a decrease In W hence Did They Come? occasion on which they have been (Conttnneu i prices w ill doubtless go still In the darkness nobody spoke for allowed to leave th e S tate of Baroda. cultural colleges have failed to do, acreage, Then with the confidence, of the a m om ent. Not one of them could nam ely, they have reached the m axi higher. T he early seeding th is spring, and m ountain goat he m ade his way to the have said anything for a king's ra n mum num ber of boys on th e farm s and beach, the hard strip of beach th a t lay dom. A part from the feeling of suf have given them practical scientific In the fact th a t u n d e r norm al conditions under the shadow of the castle. H ere focation, the gradual poppy sleep of Oranulafed Eyelids, stru ctio n w ithout in any way weaning flax can be sown up to June, and he fum bled for some tim e am ong the deatli th a t filled tlie room as a great J U Eyes inflamed by expo- them from the farm s. They have grown successfully on new breaking, damp slippery rocks, feeling for som e wave suddenly engulfs some rooky sure to Ssn, Osstand Wind taken hold of the boys and the girls gives farm ers a chance to get busy, thing with infinite care and patience. cave, th e dram atic horror of the d a rk ■ —Tm / w f s quickly relieved by Murlse who have had such lim ited opportuni a !te r o th er g ra in s have been sown, llis perservance was rew arded a t ness held them fast. ™ ■V I > ^ Eye Remedy. No Smarting, ties of education th a t they could not and get In enough flaxseed to add very last. His hands lay on a m ess of just Eye Comfort. A* have been adm itted to any college, and m aterially to the y e a r's profits. At the same tim e th ere was some flowers, dump and sodden and yet Your Druggist’! 50c per Bottle. Murlse Eye have m ade them feel th a t th eir practi com paratively fresh. He lifted one to thing of a shock, a healthy shock in StlvsinTubes25c. ForDesksiIheEyeFreeask cal knowledge of farm ccndltlous was We have been tra in in g our youth th e plunge from light to gloom. A his n ostrils and sniffed it. Druggists or Msrioe Eye Remedy Ce„ Chicago an off-set to th eir :«ck of book learn m erely to be b e tte r farm ers, but this fitful purple gleam still flickered ing, and having saved th e ir self-re Is only half. W h at to do with the “As I thought,” he said, "as I ex where th e blazing paraffin had licked spect In this way, have stim ulated school, the church, th e ru ra l organiza pected. How cunning it all is, how the hard oak polished floor; the th eir am bition to add the knowledge tion, th e com binations of trad e, the H arrow s and W eeds beautifully w orked out! Ann noth b reath of the sea breeze was bracing. obtainable from books to th e ir prac highw ays, th e a rc h ite c tu re , the lib ing, how ever sm all, is left to chance. It was Marion who first cam e to h er T here is no b e tte r weed d estro y er W ell, I caine hoin'e in the nick of tim e, self as one comes out of a horrid than the harrow s, if they are used tical experiencerary, the beauty of th e landscape, the in th e c arp e n te r shop of the school country store, th e rousing of a fine and 1 have found an ally I can depend nightm are. a t the correct time- Most farm ers a t Olds during the past w inter the upon. Only it was ju st as well not to “Oh, oh,” she shuddered. "W ho will have noticed th a t on a m oderate boys m ade m odels of the buildings com m unity h elpfulness to tak e the let Geoffrey know w hat I knew ol place of the old selfish individualism , ly fine tilth , and a fte r a few warm the window?” Jessop's lodger beforS today. 1 won opened days, the seeds of the various annual which th is sum m er will help th e ir and a hundred o th er a ctiv ities is Nobody responded for a m om ent. d er if my lady guesses how carefully Ralph had crept to Geoffrey’s side- weeds th a t have been lying In th e fa th e rs to erect on the home farm s. enough to fire th e Im agination and to The boy w ho took a model home with she Is being w atched.” It was m arvellous how lie found soil a ll appear to come up a t once him knew not only Low to build a stre n g th e n th e arm of any young H alf an hour late r Ralph was in file Ills m an or woman.—L. H. Bailey. with a rush, and If the land is h a r way in the intense darkness. large building by th a t model, but he castle again, w andering about in his “Say you did It,” he w hispered. I rowed Just as th ese weeds are be knew to a foot of lum ber and a pound re stless way and appearing to be in “ You m ust say you did It. Speak.” ginning to appear through th e soil, cem ent the m aterial required and terested in nothing as usual. P re se n t I did,” Geoffrey raumur- m illions of them will be destroyed. If of ly the g reat bell began to clang in the ed.“ I suppose they are le ft two or th ree clays be w hat it would cost to build. The g reat “ 1 seem to recollect som ething tu rret, and tho family party gathered of the kind.” yond the correct tim e, only a sm all beauty of the instruction a t these In th e dining room before dinner percentage of them will be actually schools is th a t nothing is attem pted “ You have saved our lives,” said Vera was the last to arrive. pulled up, h r they very quickly get which a boy m ay not la ie r do on his “IIow lovely yon look.” Geoffrey Marion. “ Will som ebody ring the a tig h t hold In tile soli. G enerally own farm if he have patience and bell?” w hispered. speaking, the harrow s are much m ore perseverance. S erv an ts cam e w ithout much dis required oil grain *han the roll, even The g irls who a tten d these schools Vera laughed and colored. She had m ay or surprise. They w ere used to r w hite dress w ithout ornam ent and on quite light soils, and it may be a re n o t only receiving instruction In dom estic science, dress making, and w ithout flowers, save a deep red rose am azing things at R avenspur's. It taken as a rule to be broken. would have caused no m ore than a laundry work, but they a re receiving In her hair. exactly the sam e instruction as the "T hat red rose is the crow ding painful sensation to come in some night a fte r dinner and find th e whole boys in poultry raising, horticulture touch,” said Geoffrey. and dairying. "I thought It was to be all w hite to family m urdered. “ B ring m ore lam ps,” Ralph R aven -1 W hile the schools are closed during night,” Ralph said. He had caught the the sum m er, work in connection with w hispered words, as he seem ed to sp u r said quietly. Lam ps were brought. The b o r tlie schools i,v nc m eans ceases. The catch everything. "W as th a t not so, dairy com petition which was carried dered litte r on the floor was sw ept up, V era?” c NONE EASY on la s t y e a r is th is year being Increas “Not for me, sir,” Vera replied. “I the broken globes, the dainty china, ed to herds of three cows instead of In th e glass and silver. The w hite flow am In w hite.” M A D F IN C A N A D A dividuals, and a very large num ber of “I wish you could see h er," Geof ers w ere no longer there. This w as a frey said tenderly, “she looks lovely. puzzle to everybody but Ralph, who As Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege stu d e n ts have e ntered tlie com peti tion. The prizes given for these coreH er eyes are so blue, h e r skhi is like likd g athered them a t the first dis- , table Compound Dispelled petitions are pure bred stock, and the traction, and throw n them out of the the sunny side of a peach.” successful com petitor can choose a “ And your tongue is like th a t of a I window. Backache, Headaches calf, pig or sheep. L ast year 30 young goose,” Vera laughed. “N ever mind, I T here was silence for a m inute or anim als ware distributed in th is way. U nde Ralph. Never mind. If you I tw o a fte r the serv an ts had w ith and Dizziness. The com petitions r r e open to both can't have the inestim able advantage draw n. Then Ruperi R avenspur dash boys and giris, and last year one of of gazing on my perfect beauty, you ed his (1st on the table in a passion of Piqua, Ohio.—“ I would be very un the successful com petitors w as a girl. shall have the privilege of sittin g by despair. grateful if I failed to give Lydis E. A nother com petition th a t is being me at dinner." “G reat H eaven!” he said. “How P inkham ’s V egeta carried on is th a t of growing alfalfa Geoffrey pleaded with com ic des long, how long? How much m ore of ULUVES AND MITTS ble Compound the seed. T hree prizes are offered—$25, pair, but Vera was obdurate. As the tills is it possible to bear anil still re Union M ade hell clanged again, she laid a hand tain the powers of reason? W hat was p r a i s e it deserves, $15 and $10—for the best bushel of a l FIT, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP light as thistledow n on K alpli’s arm. It?” fo r I have taken it falfa seed to be delivered -in 1916. Al OUR MOTTO She was b righter and m ore gay than “Could It have been the flowers?" a t different tim es ready 74 hoys have entered th is com Sam ples sen t your dealer on re q u e st petition, and they are sc a ttere d all usual th is evening and Marion played V era suggested. “It was my fault.” and it alw ays re K. G. LONG & CO., LIMITED, T oronto over A lberta from CardEton on the up to her, as she alw ays did. “No, no,” Marlon cried. "W hy your lieved m e w h e n south to V erm ilion on the north. None The elders were silent. P erhaps fault? Those white blossom s were In oth er m e d i c i n e s of th is seed will be grown under Irri the w hite flowers on the table check nocent enough; we packed them our failed, and when I gation. ed them . They w ere so suggestive of selves, we arranged them together.” hear a woman com The m oney for these prizes was the w reaths on a cofTin. “Still, I believe it was th e flowers,” • W hen once the cloth was draw n In Geoffrey observed. “ Why should they plain I alw ays rec donated by several of the large lum ber th e good old-fashioned way. and the h a je fascinated us in th at strange ommend it. Lastw ih- com panies In A lberta. The head of ona decanters and lam ps and glasses j way? It was h o rrib le !” te r I w as attacked of these com panies, noting how much stood m irrored in th e shining dark H orrible Indeed, and n o t the less w ith a severe case o f organic w eakness. was being said by the B ankers’ associ ation about mixed farm ing, went to m ahogany, the resem blance w as more ; so because the horrible was now conm arked than ever. T he long strip of I spicuous by Its absence. T hat inno 1 had backache, pains in m y hips and th e Hon. Duncan M arshall and asked over my kidneys, headache, dizziness, him If th ere was anything th a t they white dam ask, whereon lam ps and cent flowers, pure w hite blossom s, flowers and d e c a n te rg ^ e ste d , m ight could lend them selves to a dark m ys lassitude, had no energy, limbs ached could do to help. Mr. M arshall seized have been a winding sheet. R upert te ry like this w as alm ost maddening. ! and I was always tired. 1 was hardly the opportunity an< told the lum ber R avenspur protested moodily. And y et it m ust have been so, for able to do my housework. 1 had taken m an th a t he would like $150 to d istri When Hubby “ Lights U p” “ It’s dreaful in a house like this,” no sooner had the flowers been re Lydia E. Pinkham ’a V egetable Com bute in prizes for the grow ing of al he said. “Who did it? ” for his after-dinner smoke, be moved and the a ir of heaven had en pound on one other occasiixi, and it had falfa seed. T his would be $60 for each “I am the culprit, d e are st,” Vera tered th e room than the grip and bit helped me so I took it again and it has school divided as above. The lum ber m an w ent away and cam e b ark In a adm itted prettily. “ M arion did all in tern e ss of death w ere past. sure he has • match which built me up, until now I feel like a new few days w ith the money- W hile so far h er power to prevent me, but I would “ I am sure we ware n e ar the end,” have my own foolish way- If you will Marion cried. “Geoff, was It you who woman. You have m y hearty consent no girls have entered the com petition, will give him a steady light, forgive me I will prom ise th a t It shall snatched the cloth from the tab le ? ” to use my name and testim onial in any it is open to them should they wish to do so. way and I hope i t will benefit suffering not occur again.” first stroke—Ask your Grocer Geoffrey was about the deny the D uring the sum m er a num ber of R upert R avenspur sm iled. It was suggestion when his eyes fell upon w om en.” —Mrs. Orpha T urner , 431 S. special women in stitu te m eetings will only when he was looking a t Vera th a t R alph’s face. It was eager, alm ost W ayne S t , Piqua, Ohio. for be held, and the in stru cto rs of dom es th a t ten d e r relaxation cam e over his pleading in its aspect. Like a Hash Women who are suffering from those tic science from the different schools stern old face. Then bis eyes fixed on th e ^hanging expression was gone. to bring the advantages of lha flowers and they seem ed to draw “i t m ust have been m echanical,” distressing ills peculiar to their sex will seek schools directly hom e to tha him forward. Geoffrey m urm ured. “One does those should not doubt the ability o f Lydia E. these “ You are forgiven," he said. “ Mar things and calls them im pulses. In- Pinkham ’s V egetable Compound to re m others of the province. In addition to th is th e re will be a dem onstration lon w as right, as she alw ays Is. W h it | spiratio n would be a b e tte r expres- store their health. train which will give special a tten tio n should we do w ithout your cheerful i sion, I fancy." I f you w a n t s p e c i a l a d v ic e to the new er lines of railw ay, p articu ness and good advice? Upon my j 'T hey crowded round him and gave word I feel as if those flowers were him th e ir thanks, all save Ralph, who write to L y d ia E . P iu k lia m M ed larly In the north ern p a rt of the prov ince. draw ing all the reasou out of m e.” ,1sa t drum m ing his fingers on the table ic in e Co., (c o n f id e n tia l) L ynn, A lberta is n o t to be w ithout its Nobody replied. It was a stra n g e as if nothing out of the ordinary had M ass. Y o u r le t te r w ill b e o p en ed , I One of their many Brands and curious thing th a t everybody happened. N othing seem ed to draw rea d a n d a n sw e r e d by a w o m a n agricu ltu ral college, however. An a g ri cu ltu ral college section of the univers seem ed to be regarding the waxen him out of his environm ent. a n d h e ld In s t r ic t co n fid en ce. ity will open next October w ith a com blossom s in the rarne dull, sleepy Still, it was an o th er m an who came p e te n t faculty. T his will give an op fascinating way. All eyes w ere tu rn creeping Our B est C om m ander to Geoffrey’s room when the portunity to the boys who wish to go ed upon them as eyes are turned up lights w ere S ir Douglas H aig, com m ander of extinguished and the cas Taube O riginated From Indian Leaf fu rth er th an the tw o y e ars’ course of on some thrilling, repulsive perform tle was w rapped In slum ber. T here T he Taube aeroplane was invented tlie ag ricu ltu ral schools, to obtain ade th e first B ritish anfiy, has earned the ance. The silence w as grow ing op w as au Inner room looking out over by an A ustrian. quate train in g and obtain a degree. Dr. g re a te st re p u ta tio n , so far, of anv pressive and painful B ritish officer engaged in th e w ar.— e sea, which Geoffrey used Indiffer W hen In India he noticed th a t the Tory, the head of the university, has H GeofTrey gave a little gasp and lai 1 th am ilton H erald. ently for a sm oking room and study. leaves of the zanonia tree, as th ey been very keen on th is for some tim e, hts hand upon his chest. "1 can smoke my pipe here w ithout “W hat Is it? ” he said. “T here Is a '• a chance of our being overheard,” he fell, floated for a long d istance be and already a dean of agricu ltu re in fore they settled. T his he found to the person of E. A. H o v es, B.S.A., has A w estern horsem an tells of a Joe pain h ere like a knife. I am burn j said. “ W ell, w as the adventure this be due to the peculiar shape of the been selected.—F ree Press. key a t W indsor, a c ro ss the line from ing.” creepy enough for you?” leaves, and th e v.’ings of his aero D etroit, who was recen tly indisposed Nobody took the fa in test notice. ! evening Geoffrey shuddered slightly. Flag plane he constructed on a sim ilar Two Irishm en arranged to fight a “If I don't g et rid of th is cold soon,' Only Ralph seem ed to be alive, and rant, rioting dangers would have had principle, w hilst th e body he fin duel 'w ith pistols. One of th sra was said the youngster, “I'll be a dead yet th ere was no kind of expression distinctly stout, ana when lie saw his one." on his face. H eads wTere draw ing on te rro rs for him. It was the un ished in th e shape of a dove. The G erm an w ar staff approved lean ad v ersary facing him he raised n e are r and n e are r to th e vases where seen th a t played on th e nerves of “Didn’t you see Dr. Spinks as I told and im proved th e design, and adopt an objection. ‘‘B edad!’’ he said, "I’m you?” asked a friend. the graceful flowers w are grouped— im agination. “H orrible,” he said, “ but why th is ed it for m ilitary use by sheath in g tw ice as big a ta rg e t as he is, so I those innocent looking blooms which "N o; the sign on th e door sa id ‘14 It In ste el and adding to its dove ought to stand tw ice as Tar aw ay from to 1* and I w asn't going to monke> were the em blem s of all th a t w as fair m y stery ?” (To be Continued) him as he Is from m e.” shape the vu ltu re’s habits. and fine and beautiful. with a long sh o t like th a t.” VVliat did It m ean, what stra n g e m ystery w as here? Nobody could speak; all w ere sinking, lulled and soothed into a poppvland sleep, even Geoffrey who seem ed to be fighting for som ething he knew not w hat. % £ The Mystery Ravenspurs Schools of Agriculture FEELS LIKE A NEW WOMAN PR ES ID EN T SUSPENDER -so- KEEP THE HEN IN GOOD HUMOR EDDY’S “GOLDEN TIP” MATCHES W. N. U. 1054 Red Rose Tea^ goodtea” TH E The Congestion From A Bad Cold Loosened Up In One Hour If Rubbed on at Night You’ re Well Next Morning Nerviline Never Fails W hen th a t cold comes, how Is It to be cured? T his m ethod is sim plicity it*»lf. Rub the chest a n a th ro a t vig orously w ith “ Nerviline-" Rub it in good and deep. I,ots of rubbing c an 't io any harm . Then put som e Nerviline in th e w ater and use it as a gargle; th is will ease the cough, cut tut the phlegm , a ssist in breaking up the cold quickly. Empire Industry League T here is no telling how quickly N er viline breaks up a hard racking cough, eases a tig h t chest, relieves a pleuritic pain. W hy, th ere isn 't an o th er lini m ent w ith half the pow er, the pene trativ e qualities, the honest m erit th a t has m ade N erviline the m ost popular Am erican household linim ent. A large 50c b ottle of N erviline cures ills of the whole family, and m akes doctors's bills sm all. Get It today. The large size Is m ore econom ical than the 25c tria l size. Sold by dealers everyw here, o r d iie c t from the Catarrhozone Co., K ingston, Canada. Women who Work on Farms Alms at Expansion and Protection of Female Workers Employed on Farms in Scotland Trade In Scotland wo me a a g ricultural The form ation of an Industrial w orkers are a fairly num erous body. league in G reat B ritain designed to According to Inform ation has id on loster the frate rn al and co-operative the 1911 census, th ere w ere 14.997 women employed on farm s In Scot land. The women outw orkers in S cotland a re alm ost exclusively con to the high com m issioner. Mr. Griffith says: "T he league has fined to the counties south of the already comm enced to c a rry out its Tay. In th e n o rth ern counties and objects in a practical way by asking the H ighlands the women relativ es of quotations from C anadian m anufac the c ro fte r or sm all fa rm e r m ay be turers of clo th and oth er arm y sup seen a t work in the Helds, but ex plies for shipm ent to the continent cept a t th e turnip-singling and the of Europe, and enclosing a list of potato-lifting season the hired fem ale tome of the requirem ents. T hese in outw orker is practically unknow n, in clude 2,000,000 yards of arm y cloth, m ost p a rts the self-binder has dis 160,000 yards of white and tan hav pensed w ith fem ale labor on the h ar ersack cloth, 160,000 yards of khaki vest field. South of th e Tay, how cloth or French blue grey, 20 ton ever, women a re em ployed a t differ lots of leather, sole o r harness, etc. e n t kinds of work- They work In the "T he league aim s a t th e expansion liehls along w ith the m en, gath er and protection of B ritish trad e weeds, spread farm yard m anure, and throughout the world, and Its o pera hoe and single turnips. At potato tions on behalf of B ritish industry, gatherings, pulling and storing tu r m anufacturers, and m erchants are to nips, lining tu rn ip s into c arts, and bo world-wide. The m otto of the o r o th er jobs they aU o tak e th e ir part. ganization, which is non-political In A ccording to som e re tu rn s obtained character. Is ‘Support Hom e Indus by officials of th e S cottish Farm tries.’ Its m em bers bind them selves S e rv a n ts' Union, It Is sta te d th a t in alw ays to ask for, and o th er things W est L othian and M idlothian the being equal, to purchase a rtic le s ’pro- usual ra te of pay is from 9s to 10s iluced or m anufactured a t hom e or In per w eek; in E ast L othian, 11s to 12s; In R oxburghshire and the southw est the colonies.” ern counties, 12s. The hours of labor a re generally frotn n ine to ten per day. A half-holiday has been secured on m any farm s, and in M idlothian and W est L othian it is now fairly general. Banish Pimples ' And Eruptions In the Spring Most People Need a Tonic Medicine One of the su re st signs th a t the blood is out of o rd er is the pimples, unsightly eruptions and eczem a th a t come frequently with the change from w inter to spring. T hese prove th a t the long Indoor life of w inter lias fTad Us effect upon th e blood, and th a t a tonic m edicine Is needed to put it right. Indeed th ere are few people who do not need a tonic a t th is sea son. Bad blood does not m erely show Itself in disfiguring eruptions. To this satue condition is due a tta ck s of rh eu m atism and lum bago; the sh a rp stab bing pains of sciatica and neurlagia; poor appetite and a desire to avoid sxertion. You cannot cure these troubles by the use of purgative m edi cines—you need a tonic, and a tonic only, and among all m edicines th ere is none can equal Dr. W illiam s’ Pink Pills for th e ir tonic, life-giving, nerverestoring powers. E very dose of this m edicine m akes new, rich blood which drives out Im purities, stim ulates every organ and brings a feeling of new health and energy to weak, tired, ail ing men, women and children. If you are out of so rts give this m edicine a trial and see how quickly It will re store th e appetite, rlvtve drooping spirits, and HU your veins with new, health-giving blood. You can get th ese Pills from any m edicine dealer or by mail at 50 cen ts a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. W illiam s' M edicine Co., Brockvllle, Ont. L ittle Bobbie listened w ith deep in terest to the sto ry of th e Prodigal Son. At the end of it he b u rst Into tears. “ Why, w hat's th e m atter, Bobbie?" exclaimed liis m other. "I’m—I’m so sorry for th a t poor 11T ca-alf,” he sobbed. “H e didn't do fluffin'!” Ask for Mlnard’s and take no other. Anaesthetics for Horses On th e battlefield in Europe, h orses are tre a te d w ith ju st th e sam e care and skill as is shown to the soldiers, and are given chloroform and o th er a n ae sth etics before being operated upon by skilled officers. To every division and cavalry brigade is a tta ch e d a mobile veterin ary sec tion, each consisting of one officer and twenty-two train ed m en of th e A.V.C. T he m obile section Is divided into two sub-sections, one employed In col lecting sick and wounded horses from the firing line and o th er places, while th e o th e r branch conveys th e patients to th e n e a re st railhead. T hence they a re se n t by tra in to the n e a re st base ve te rin a ry hospital, w here they are tre a te d according to the n a tu re of th e ir w ounds or sickness. E ach hospital lias accom m odation for som e thousand o r m ore cases, and Is equipped w iht every requisite for m edical and surgical use. W hen sufficiently recovered the horses are drafted to th e convalescent farm, w here th e cure Is com pleted. M iller’s W orm Pow ders are a prom pt re lief from the a tta c k s of worm s in children. T hey a re power ful iri th e ir action and, while leaving nothing to be desired as a worm expellant, have an invigorating effect upon the youthful system , rem edyiug fever, biliousness, loss i f appetite, sleeplessness, and o th er ailm ents th a t follow d isorders caused by worm s in the stom ach and bowels. T h ere was trouble In th e back yard. Six-year-old Billy had throw n a stone a t a boy In the next yard, who w as m aking vociferous th reats. “ If you throw a n o th e r stone,” he yelled, “ I'll sick my dog on y ou!” “H u h !’’'re p lie d Billy, “If you come into my yard, I’ll sick my m other on you!" The Joy of Good Health Is Now Experienced Nervousness, Dizzy Spells and Sleeplessness Are Now a Thing of the Past. T his is a cheerful letter from Mrs. Peacock, and it should bring joy to the h e a rt of m any a read er of thia paper. Dizsy spells and sleeplessness are sym ptom s of exhausted nervea, end a re th e bug bear of m any w o men, who do not know Just w hat treatm ent to use. You can read Mrs. Peacock's let ter and ta k e cour age, fo r she baa proven th a t Dr. ____ . „„„„ C h a s e ’ s - Nerve MRS. PEACOCK. Pood Is a com plete cure fo r these troubles. So pleased w as she w ith the results obtained th a t she w ants other women to know about th is food cure. Mrs. T hom as Peacock, 21 H iaw atha ttre et, 8L Thom as O at., and whoso husband Is conductor on th e W abash R ailw ay, states :— “ X was quite run down in health, was very nervous, did not sleep well, an d had frequent dizzy spells. Believing th is to be the result of a n exhausted nervous system I be gad using Dr. C hase's Nervo Food, and can say th a t th is m edicine did me a world of good. It entirely freed me of th e sym ptom s stated a b o v e,.b u ilt up m y h ealth generally, so th a t, to-day I feel th a t I am q uite well again.’’ In a m ore recen t le tte r Mrs. Peacock w rites:— “Dr. C hase’s N erve Food h a s done m e a w orld of good, and I would be pleased to tell everybody so.M In n early every issue of th is p a p e r you will find letters about Dr. C hase's medicines. If th is one does hot d e scribe y our case w atch fo r oth ers or w rite to us. Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food. SOc a box, ( fo r $2.60, all dealers, o r Edm anson, B ates ft Co., L im ited, To ronto. SUN, VISCOUNT• S A S K . Patching Battleships Marketing Eggs Methods Used by Jack Tars to Repair Dirty Filler* and E g g Cases Should Not Be Used Leaks in Battleships T he Dominion Live Stock Com mis A fter the conflict, Jack T ars have several m ethods of stopping the in- j sioner, Mr. John Bright, sends out the coming w ater when a b attleship lias i follow ing: been hit , below the w ater line. F or j I am inform ed th a t th e quality j f instanee, if a sm all hole has been m illions of dozens of eggs is seriously m ade in the vessel's side, an a p p a ra im paired each year and many eggs tu s like un um brella is used. T il’s [ m ade absolutely w orthless through is th ru st through the hole, point first) the use of dirty, filthy egg cases and and then draw n back so th a t It will ‘ fillers. T he season is a t hand when every open like an um brella—leaving t i n case th a t can be hunted up Is ordin canvas outside. Of course, the pressure of th e w ater arily put into use to m ove the increas effectually forces the canvas ag ain st ing supply of eggs. Many of these the ship's side, th u s stopping the cases will have been stored In dam p leak; but to m ake it m ore secure the c ellars o r w arehouses or perhaps left handle of the um brella, which ts form out in the open 3ince last season, ed like a screw, Is fastened by a nut w ith th s old fillers and pads left in and perhaps w ithout even the bad or inside. In the case of a bigger leak —when broken eggs removed. It Is im p o rtan t, therefore, th a t all the ship has been stove in below the w ater-line--a large m at m ade of c a n egg dealers in sist th a t th eir shippers vas and oakum is used- T his h a s to should not use filthy, m usty egg cases, be fixed into position by m eans of nor soiled, dam p or m usty fillers, and ropes. But the fixing is not a very also th a t the excelsior or o th er .mat easy m atter, as one rope has to be got e ria l used for padding be clean and rig h t un d er the keel’, to th e o th er sw eet. C onsidering p re sen t conditions and side, in order to drag the m at down to the hole. Two o r th ree the fa ct th a t C anada's reputation with j oth er ropes are also required a t dif re sp ec t to eggs dependent upon the feren t angles to guide the m at to its quality of C anadian eggs th a t go into sto ra g e th is spring, It is the duty of right position. every C anadian engaged in the egg trade, w hether farm er, collector, co u n try sto rek eep er o r produce dealer IU A M A U M IM to see th a t the eggs m arketed during the next tw o m onths are or the high e st possible quality and th at th e y are stored in the best possible condition. Your Liver is Clogged up That’* Why You’re Tired—Out S o r t n o Appetite. CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS will put you right _______ _ __^___ in » few dtys. They do W c™ ,;. \IlVER !■ « « More than half a Century of Quality is behind e v e r y package of BENSON’S k v* W. T IEKS0Na CO.'S PREPARED CORN ten atFiaxr etweoat 0.1.my1.1^. *»:*..,»,»km IMc u n t lit'icYci" jorris Small Pill, Small D oit, Small Price. *- Starch Always order by the name B E N SO N 'S in order to get what you want Practically every rocer in Canada as BENSON’S. g r An O unce of P revention is w orth a pound of c u re w h e n it comes to looking after harness. IEUREKA ! HARNESS,. OIL*; I cured a horse of a bad sw elling by MINARD'S LINIMENT. B a th u rst, N.B. TIIOS. W. PAYNE. K eep* leather soft and prevents c racking and the possibility of acci d ent due to dried ouf traces, etc. A Waste of Time A civil engineer, who was building a railw ay In Mexico, was trying to show a uative how much th e new railw ay would benefit the country. “How long does It tak e you to carry your produce to m ark e t at p re sen t? ” he asked. “ W ith a m ule it tak e s th ree days,” w as the reply“ T here you a r e ! ” exclaim ed the en gineer. "W hen the new railw ay is in operation you will be able to take your produce to m ark e t and re tu rn hom e the sam e d a y !” “ Very good, senor,” w as the placid reply, b u t w hat shall I do with the o th er two day s?” Dealera Everywhere Genuine mint bear Signature Feeding Prisoners of War T h e-B ritish w ar office gives to its prisoners of w ar the following dally ration: Bread, one and one-half pounds; of biscuits, one pound; fresh or cold storage m eat, th ree ounces or preserved m eat, half ration; fresh veg etables, eight ounces; b u tte r or m ar garine, one ounce: condensed milk, one-tw entieth of a one pound tin ; tea, one-half ounce o r coffee, one ounce; sugar, tw o ounces; salt, one-half ounce.—Nurse. ; • -A potion, BUioasnest, Indigestion, and Sick Hendneke. V I suaaaarmsmu I c ured a horse of th e Mange with MINARD’S LINIMENT. CH RISTO PH ER SAUNDERS. D alhousle. I cured a horse, badly torn by a pitch fork, w ith MINARD’S LINI MENT. St. P e te r’s, C.B. EDW- LINLIEF. J! — I---------------- — She Soon Gained Forty Pounds Tlu> IM PERIAL OIL COMPANY Limited Alade in C anada 75 YEARS OF PROGRESS The Old Reliable CUNARD LINE Established >840 Asthma Overcome-—The trium ph T he W orld's F a s te s t W eekly over asth m a has assuredly come. Dr. Mail and P assen g er Ocean S erv let. J. D. Kellogg's A sthm a Remedy has Reduction Second Cabin Rates proved th e m ost positive blessing e re A L L STEA M ER S the victim of asth m atic a tta c k s has INCLUDING L U S I T A N IA DAME BOUCHARD FO UND NEW ever known. L etters received from thousands who have tried it form a The largest, fa ste s t and finest H E A L T H IN DO DD S K ID N E Y testim onial which leaves no room for ste am er now in service. PILLS doubt th a t here Is a real remedy. Gpt P repaid passages a rranged. Ap ply to any R.R. o r S.S. Agent, or Now She Is Advising All Her Friends It today from you dealer. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO., Who Suffer From Kidney Disease How Wars Are Won to Use Dodd’s Kidney Pills 304 MAIN S T R E L T WINNIPEG W ars a re not won today by the Portneuf, H am ilton Cove, Saguenay su p e rio r valo r of the m en of any one Co., Que.— (Spec!al)-*-Perfectly cured n ation or a c o a litk n of nations. The by the use of Dodd’s K idney Pills, av erag e m an will face danger, no m at Absolutely Dame Rene Bouchard, well known and t e r w hat his n ationality m ay be. He S n iv * highly respected here. Is advising all will advance o r re tre a t when ordered, 5,U C Painless her friends who suffer from K idney w h e th er he is a G erm an, Russian, No cutting, no plastF renchm an or Briton. V ictory or de C o r n s disease to use Dodd's K idney Pills. # era or pads to press “ When I comm enced to tak e Dodd’s fe a t depends on m ore than bravery. „ the sore spoL Put'Kidney P ills I was so run-down 1 T hey re st on equipm ent, train in g and I ' n T • nam ’s E x tra c to r only weighed eighty pounds,” Dame resources. Modern rifles, a rtille ry and Bouchard states. “ I only took four m eans of tran sp o rta tio n have reduced m akes the corn go w ithout pain. T akes boxes In all but they b rought me w a r to a highly developed business.— out the sting overnight. N ever fails— leaves no scar. Get a 25c bottle of back to health and now I weigh one Boston GlobePutnam ’s Corn E x tracto r today. hundred and tw enty pounds. You m ay publish w hat 1 say if you wish, for T he peevish one a t the corner table Dodd's Kidney Pills have done sum m oned his w aiter and to him ad wonders for me.” d ressed th is novel inquiry: Dodd's Kidney Pills do w onders for “ W alter, have you ever been to the T u m o r j , L u p u s c u r e d w ith o u t k n ife o r I run-down people because they cure Zoo?” p a in . AH w o rk g u a ra n te e d . ^ T f Iu w Book* I the Kidneys. Cured K idneys stra in all “W hy, sir, do you a sk ? ” returned im i the im purities, all the poison, out of the astonished servitor. “ I repeat;’’ dem anded the peeviHh the blood ami the pure blood c arries new nourishm ent, health and life to one, “ Hst^e you ever visited th e Zoo?" A More Important Question all p a rts of the body. T h a t's w hy so “ W elir no, sir.” many people say, “D odd’s K idney "Y oitS ^ought to go,” growled the “D arling,” he said, “ would you con Pills gave me a new lease of life.” p e e v lslia p e . “You’d enjoy seeing the tinue to love me If I w ere to be poor to rto ise* whiz p a s t!” all m y life? ’ “My d e a r,” she asked him, “ would Meaning of Turkish Titles An Old wom an was severely re you continue to love me if you should “ P ash a” is the only T u rk ish title proved by h e r m in ister for bowing chance to become a m illionaire?” conferred personally by the Sultan, w henever the nam e of S atan was anti th e only one which c arries any m entioned. Asked why she did so, j precise rank. "Did you strik e th is m an In an ex i O riginally confined to princes of sh e replied: “W ell, civility costs nothing, and cess of irascibility?” j the blood, it Is now conferred on “ No, sa h ; I done hit him in the m ilitary men. governors, etc., whose you never know w h a t’ll happen.” stum m lck." ! rank and m erit a re sufficiently high. I All o th er title s—Aga, Bey, Effendi, ! etc.—a re conventional additions to H'HE change may be critical and cause untola nam es, and obey no hard-and-fast -*• suffering in after-life. , tThe modem-young rule. G overnors of provinces a re woman i» often a "bundle of nerves’’,—"high strung” I Beys, so also is any person o f rank, —fainting spells —emotional—frequently blue and m any m ilitary men, and governm ent | dissatisfied with life. >Such girls should be helped officials. An Aga m ight be one occupy | over this distressing stage in life—by a woman's ing a confidential position in th e Sul tonic and nervine—that has proven successful for tan 's seralglo or m erely a re tired of over 40 years. ficial, an arm y officer, o r a big landowner. CANCER F rom Girlhood Many m others have reason to bless M other G raves’ W orm K xterm inator, because It has relieved th e little ones of Buffering and m ade them healthy. Baron Jam es de Rothschild, founder of the P a ris branch, had occasion to hire a cabm an. He gave cabby his legal fare. “Ah, Baron, your son. B aron Al phonse. alw ays gives m e live tim es as m uch,” said the man. “ I don't doubt it,” growled th e old Baron, “He has a rich father.” W. N. U. 1054 D r. P ie r c e ^ F a v o r ite P r e s c r ip tio n is a keen enemy to the physical wqeimcsses of woman. , A medicine prepared by regular graduated physician of unusMaLexperiencein treating woman’s diseases— c a re f u lly adapted’to jrork in harmon/N^h^ the molt delicate feminine conatitutioa T t U now Obtainable in liquid o^sahgsr-coated tablet form U the 'drug store—or send 50 one-cent stamp* for * trial box, to Buffalo. E very woman may w , , . . >-*11v and conAdantleliy to D r. Piorco and hi* a la IT of phyawtan* and Bperialiat* a t th a Invalid*' H otel and Surgical In atltu te. Buffalo, N . Y „ an d may be cu re th a t h ercaae will receive c a re fu l, conactantiooa. confidential consideration, and th a t experienced medical advica will be given to her tre e . D R P I E R C E 'S P L E A S A N T P E L L E T S ro g u la to a n d ta e ia e r e te o t o m a e k . l i o o r a n d k o m e lm . f t a g a r mooted , tin g ( ' a a a i t i aaay to Imho mo to ode.'. Europe has been w ithdraw n a n will rem ain w ithdraw n u n til th e wa • >a over a t le a s t L et the C anadian m anufacturers m ake th e m ost of th e situation. And let the people o t Canada rally round ou r m an u factu r ers and help them m ake the m ost of it, for we need them and the thin g s they m ake as n ever before. The Im m ediate re su lt of the E uro pean war, In Canada, was a check to business. The second re su lt will be to stim u l a t e business—if we keep our head), and go a fte r business. We believe every C anadian will follow th is tim ely advice. SPORTS DAY & CELEBRATION PR O G R A M M E : Senior Baseball Tournament Senior Football “ “ PURSE: 65 and 35 p. c. $75.00 $35.00 Free-for-All, trot or pace, 3 in 5 mile heats $100 Local Named Race, ,3 in 5 1-2 mile heats 75 Running Race, 3 in 5 1-2 mile heats 35 4 to enter and 3 to start. Best Team Drivers in Harness Best Single Driver in Harness Best team draft horses in harness SPEC IA L SPEC IA L Silver Cup Donated by National Life Ass. Co. of Canada, T. M. Kenny, Local Rep. ATHLETIC EVENTS: Men’s race, 100 yds Obstacle race “ 44 Fat Man’s race 44 $ 2.00 $ 1.00 2.00 2.00 Boys over 14, loo yds 1.75 75c Boys under 14, “ l.oo 75c Ladies’ nail driving contest $2 $1 Sack race, boys over 14 l.oo 5oc High Jum p l.5o 5oc Hop, step and jump I.5o 5o< W heelbarrow and Frog Races, etc. 1 .0 0 1. 00 . C on testan ts to be 200Ibs or over Married Ladies’, 60yds 1.50 Girls, 12 or over, 60 yds $1 Girls, under 12 , 60 yds l.oo .75 5oc 5oc E£E3 Tug-of-War, Viscount vs. All Comers $5.0C Brass Band in Attendance Good Hotel Accomodation. Grounds. Booths on the W . SH AW , JOHN COGGINS, President. '— --------- —~ Some Improvement Already able In Canadian Induatri tsr Times Ahead Notice Beti I T he sudden break in g out of wai caused m any to "run to cover." Like th e chicken on whom th e rose leaf fell, som e of us becam e a prey to fe ar and w ere ready to d eclare “ the Bky is falling.” Now th e vision is clearing, our alarm has fled, we have recovered our poise and o ur courage. We a re see ing, also, o u r opportunity. Sw iftly and alm ost overw helm ingly has C:me to us th e p erception of th e fa ct th a t the com petition of C ontinental E u r ope has been taken away. W e are faced with a condition and an oppor tunity both tending to our advantage as a country of Industry, agriculture and trade. Oood tim es a re ahead, :f C anada and C anadians see an d prize the p re sen t opportunity for en la rg 'n g th e ir Industries and trading. We W e m ust have m ust be careful, courage. FLOWERS AND WEEDS Uncontrolled Flowers May Often uorre Bad Weeds 3 to enter or no 2nd Prize PURSE: 60, 30 apd 10 per cent. RAYS OF SUNSHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS Secretary Treasurer. The propagation cf w ;e d s has e t tim es been encouraged under the guise of a beau t ful Howe;. Instances of th is a re not ra re in C anada, and among those m ay De m .n tio n e i th a t of the K o ch li, o r B urning B uth Th a Is an o rnam ental annual, cf ra p ll grow lh, daveloplt g into a pyram id from two to th ree feet high. Tne leaves a re slen d er and of light g r .e a color, changing in S e it.m b e r to a deep r.d . T he flowers ace a n a l but Innum erable, and the seed propor tionately plentiful. T he plant, If allowed to ripen, drops Its seed very r a 1 y. an 1, w herever r. seed drops, a p a n t will grow the follow ing season. It has been largely used as a border p lant along roadw ays and drives, and is sold by th e seedsm en lo r this pur pose. On account of lt3 rapid spread ing, the planting of K ochia sbeu d bs discontinued. -----------------------i Scottish Radium Plant D alvait. on Loch Lom ondslde. Is t':a hom e of a new industry In 8 otla d. An old saw m ill h a s been adapted for use as a factory for the extractio n ot radium -n d o th e r ra re m etals irom th eir ores. T he p rom oter of the sch me Is Mr. John 8. M acA rthur, a Scottish m etal lurgical chem ist, whose a tte n tio n was directed to the problem of radium ex traction about two y e ars i go, when he began to m ake Industrial ex perim ents, w orking wltb c res from which the irr.ntum and vanadium had ilready been extracted. He was soon successful, and before long had e s tablished a sm all factory a t R uncorn. Though R uncorn w as perfectly su table for m ost of the e a rlie r processes a purer a ir and w ater s u p p y was necessary, and it w as th is which Influeiced him In his decision to tra n s fer his factory to Loch Lomond. Mr. M acA rthur has placed upon the m arket about 1,500 m illigram m es of radium , and expects to be able to ex tra c t about five o r six gram m es a year. Protect the Foreeta The protection of the te rs s t cover of the w atersh ed s ot C anadian w ater ways la so Im p o rtan t is to affect the In tere sts of every In h ab itan t of th is country. F ifty p er cant, of Lone on boys en gaged In s tre e t trad ng sell news papers, ami tw enty per cent sell m ilk. fc fi ► r £ ►> ►> * * ►' ► I* y Standard, M anilla and Pure Manilla. ►’ r %, a ► ► of use on a well m anaged farm , w e sell “Made in Canada” McLaughlin Buggies and Democrats. The best on the market. M. F. RAUCKMAN a g % HARDWARE . FURNITURE IMPLEMENTS ^ #ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATfATATATATATATATATATATATA\ The Viscount Sun 2)1 HO C Published every Friday •1 subscription $1.00 a* year in advance. Foreign subscriptions, postage extra. Our GROCERIES William T. Morphy, are unsurpassed for quality and freshness. We cater to th e particular trade. Proprietor. FRIDAY. JUNE 11, 19:5. MILK IN THE COCOANUT BITTER GET AFTER IT “ MADE IN CANADA” Fcr a cool and comfortable Ford Touring Car Price $ 5 9 0 Creat Opportunity For “ Made-ln-Carv- SUMMER C O R SE T da” Products— European Products Are Now Shut Out 5 W hile the nations of Europe are at war, the people of C anada have a duty to th e ir own land as well a s to the M other CountryW hile re g re ttin g the Issue forced on the M other Coun try and giving contingents to E ng land's aid, let us also give all the help we can to ourselves. C anada's own big problem 1b th a t of a country you m u st purchase a D. & A. and LA DIVA 0 0 I Secure these famous models and obtain Kase and Grace added to Style. The names of I). & A. and LA DIVA are on every pair. Look for it when you pur chase. Prices range from o 0 a g g B F iZ T T T r $1.00 to $25.00 per Pair SERRE & GAGNE GENERAL MERCHANTS -------- '-Jl-------- II---------------- 2 1 = ^ ^ ] l< = J O E = 3 j lC Z I O E r D l Full stock of fresh and cuicd meats and home-made saus age always on hand. Fish Every Friday " i ) ) l t ) s j 1 Lake Manitoba While Fish and Coast Halibut » ) i s 1 THIS SPACE ( ______________ FOR SALE • • Highest prices paid for Cattle and Hogs. •* + » -^1. «» * Shop where you're invited to shop W. L. Creighton ' } (¥ whloh has Im ported m uch—and sud denly finds (hose im portations cut off. You will g et a t the m ilk In the cocoanut a t cnce by glancing a t th e CoHowtng lists: L ist No. 1 Some of th e things we have been Im porting from G erm any, A ustria, etc., to th e value of $38,000,000 per annum : A nallne dyes, b a sto ts , hooks, boots, buttons, broom s, brushes, canned goods , chem icals, chlnaw are. clocks, clothing, collars and cuffs, c o t ton goods, combs, curtains, colors and dye stuffs, cutlery, dolls, drugs, earthenw are, em broideries, electric npparatus. feath ers, furs, fringe and tassels, gloves and m itts, glass and glassw are, guns, hats, hosiery, hops, Jiw elry, knitted goods, 1 lath e r goods. Lace, labels locom otive tire s, m achin ery. m illinery, m ineral w aters, m usi cal instrum ents, optical Instrum ents, p Tnts and colors, papers, pencils, perf lines, pianos, pharm aceutical prepari.tlons, piano parts, piano key Ivories, pipes, purses, ribbons, ru b b e r goods, reeds, shoes. laces, silk k nitted and other goods, silverw are, Boaps, spirits, stockings end socks, tim e recorders, tobacco, tc ile t article s, tools, toys, underw ear, woodenw&re, woollen goods, w atches. List No. 2 Borne of th e thin g s m entioned In L ist No. 1 th a t we now m ake In Can ada In com petition with the manufaotu re rs of C ontinental E urope: B askets, boots, books, buttons, brooms, brushes, canned goods, c a r pets, chem icals, collars and cuffs, cotton goods, clothing, combs, colois and dye stuffs, cutlery, dolls, drugs, earthenw are, electric ap p ara tu s, feathers, furs, glass and glassw are, gloves and m ltta. guns, h ats, hosiery, jew elry, k nitted goods, lam ps le a th e r goods, labels, m achinery, m illinery, m ineral w aters, m usical Instrum ents, optical Instrum ents, p aints and colors, paper, perfum es, pipes, pharm aceuti cal preparations, pianos, piano p arts, purses, ribbons, rubber goods, seeds, silverw are, silk knitted goods, soaps. Spirits, stockings and socks, tim e re corders, tc ile t articles, tools, un d er w ear, w oodenware. woollen goods. A Great Advantage T he C anadian m anufacturers of th s a rticle s in L ist No. 2 have now an <1 1 !¥ 1 Ij * Your neighbor drives a Ford—why don't you ? We are selling more Fords in Canada this year than ever before—because Cana dians demand the best in motor car service at the lowest possible cost. The “Made in Canada" Ford is a necessity—not a luxury. Colonsay Route Cards Know th a t your route cards are right by having them printed in T h e S u n O ffic e Continental ■1 I t n ■rr? Runabouts, $540; Town Car price on application. All Ford cars are fully equipped, including electric headlight's. No cars sol-1 unequipped. Buyers of Ford cars will share iq our profits if we sell 30,000 cars between August 1, 1914, and August 1, 1915. W OLF & BLOCH, Dealers, Viscount Under The Land Titles Act and Synopsis of Canadian Northwest Amendments thereto Land Regulations Mortgage Sale Of Valuable Farm Property [TNDER and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage there will be of fered for sale by public auction by Thomas Swain. Licensed Auction eer at the Hotel Viscount, Viscount in the Province of Saskatchewan on Saturday the 3rd day of July A. D 1915 at the hour of 4:00 o ’clock afternoon, Mountain Standard Time the following property, viz :—The North Wesi Quarter of Section Thirteen (13) in Township Thirtythree (33) and Range Twenty-five West of the Second Meridian -fti the Province of Saskatchewan contain ing 160 acres more or less. The property is situated about 5 miles from Plunkett, Saskatchewan on the Minnedosa-Saskatoou-Ed monton Sections of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Vendors are informed that about 80 acres have been brought under cultiva tion and that there are on the pro perty :—Frame house 12x12 and frame stable 24x24. TERMS OF SA L E ;— Twenty per cent of the purchase price to be paid in cash at the time of sale and rhe balance, according to terms and conditions to be made known at the time of sale The property will be put up subject to a sealed reserve price and will be sold clear of encumbrances save taxes for the current year. Municipal claims and any possible Seed Grain Liens. For further particulars terms and conditions of sale apply to the Auc tioneer or to H E sole bead of a family, or any male over 18 years old. may home T stead a quarter section of available Do minion land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. The applicant must appear iu person at the Dominion Lands Agency or Sub-Agency for tlie district. Entry by proxy may be made at any Dominion Lands Agency (but not Sub-Agenc) ) on certain conditions. D uties.—Six m onths' residence upon and cultivation of the land in each of three 5-ears. A hom esteader may live within nine miles of his homestead on a farm of at least 80 acres, on certain con ditions. A habitable house is requited except where residence is performed in the vicinity.. In certain districts a homesteader in good standing may pre-em pt a quaitersection alongside his homestead, l'rc e $3.00 per acre. Duties— Six m onths residence in each of th ie e years after earning homestead p a te n t; also 50 act e» extra cultivation. Pre-em ption patent may be as scon as homestead patent 011 certain ccnditif us. A settler who has exhausted his home stead right may take a purchased home stead in certain districts. Price $3.00 pei acre. Duties. - Must reside 6 mouths in each cf three yj-ars, cultivate fifty acres and erect a house worth $300.00. The a n a of cultivation is subject to reduction in case of rough, scrubby or stony land. Live stock may be sut D ilut ed for cultivation under ceitaiu con ditions. W. W. CORY, C.M .G., Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. N. B.—Unauthorized publication 6f tliis advertisem ent will not be paid for. 64388 Get the Habit buy MURRAY & MUNRO, Solicitors for the Vendors. Dated at S a sk ato on , Sask . this ' • ‘ M a d e -in -C a n a d a ’ goods 481,11-25 ' * 'a\ •’, 5-*. ffH ii SUN, The New French Army The new F rench forces are in good health and sp irits, and they have learn t m uch th a t th ey did n o t know when th e w ar began. T heir equip m ent is Tnuch im proved. T hey are am ply supplied w ith officers, and the officers, particu larly in the higher com m ands, are younger and m ore vig orous. All the old generals a t the head of large com m ands have been elim inated, and the average age for general officers is ten years lower than in August-—London News and Leader. ^\\»miimiminiiiimiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin;i> MADE IN C A N A D A M A G IC AKING POWDER C O N T A IN S N O A LU M M e J c e s pure.delicious, healthful biscuits, cakes and pastry. It is the only wellknown strictly high class baking powder made in C*ada, selling at a medium price. Read the label TORONTO, ONT. M ONTREAL ^miiiiniiHiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiimmiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiMimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimw^ An Irish te n a n t had unexpectedly paid liis rent, and th e landlord felt very grateful. ‘‘Now, O 'F lah erty ,” ,h e said, “ which would you ra th e r have—a ton of coal or a dozen of w hiskey?” “Ye will have yer joke, so rr,” re plied the te n a n t; “ye know I burn peat.” On Her Brow "Before we m arried you prom ised me rings and brooches aud beads to w ear." “Well, w hat of it? ” ‘‘I was ju st thinking th a t the only beads I’ve ever worn since are beads of perspiration.” The Navvy’s Shovel The navvy’s shovel, which in this w ar of entrenchm ents is m ighty as the sword, is not w ithout its rom ance. W hen the Liverpool-M anchester line was being cut 80 years ago. it occurred to one of the w orkm en th a t the heavy square-hladed spades then in use could be plied more easily if Minard's Liniment used by Physi the corners were rounded off. He suggested tIlls to the contractor, who cians. scoffed. Clinging to his idea, however‘She's crazy to g et in to the upper the navvy induced an ironm onger to ten. isn 't she?” m ake him a dozetYspades to his speci “Crazy? Why, sho’d even reserve fication, and persuaded a m aste r to give them a trial. W ithin a week It on a sleep er!" cam e re p o rts of the men lighting for the possession of (hose shovels. An agreem ent was made betw een contrac MOTHERS! tor, m anufacturers and inventor, a D o n ’t fa ll to p ro c u re p aten t obtained, and the observant MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP w orkm an died a wealthy m an.—Lon don 'Chronicle. F o r Y o u r C h ild re n W h ile T e e th in g I t s o o th e s th e C h ild , S o f te n s th e G u m s , A A llla l a yy s th e P a in , D is p e ls W in d C olic, a n d Is th< B e s t R e m e d y fo r I n f a n t i l e D iu rrh o e a . TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A S01TLE FREE TO ALL SUFFERERS I t you feel 'Ot.’T of fiORiV 'HUN DOWN* V .o r the BECKS' St FFW.R from KIDNKY. Bl. ADDER. NERVOUS DISK ASKS, CHRONIC WEAKNKSS.L'M ERS.SKISl ERf PriO SS.PIl.ES, w rite for F A K E c l o t h b o u n d m e d ic a l book on th ese disease s a id WONDERFUL C u r e s effected bjr T H E N E W F R E N C H R E M E D Y . N .1 N o2 N . 3 ---- — - - - T H E R A P IO N *andden.Je tor ___________________ ______ _ ___ | j o u r s e lf il i t is th e re m e d rf o r VOUR o w n ailm ent. A bsolutely F R E E No'follow up circular^. No obligations. l.»R. I. k C i .E/'C M F. D-Co.t I AYhilt STOCK Kl>. ii AMIS IK Al* I.ONDON.R.NIi WE WAN i TO PROVE THEKAPIO.N WILL CUKE YOU. 300 CARLOADS Seed and Table Potatoes 200 CARLOADS BALED HAY Prom pt Delivery—R easonable Prices. We finance G overnm ent and Municipal Relief O rders. W ire, Phone or W rite to Wilton Produce Co., 602 Confederation Life Bldg., WINNIPEG. “ Did you ever see a compaiiy of women perfectly silent?” "Yes, once- Someone had asked which of those present w as the old e st.” Minard's Friend. Liniment, Lumberman's o ffe r O n e H u n d r e d 'D o d a r s * fo r ‘ a n y “ £ ttm o n l'af* .1'* l ° CUr*’ 8 p n d fo r * . .A(M; ; sl / ‘ J. C H E N E Y A. C O .. ledo, O. S o ld b y a ll D m srsrlstn T . k e H a l f , F a m ily P llls f o f c o n te .To71.J ^ Defective Gasoline A farm er, in looking his c ar over one day, th ru st a lighted m atch into the gasoline tank. The ensuing ex plosion laid him up for several weeks. On the first day th at he was able to be about he visited the sto re keeper who had sold him the stuff and dem anded com pensation. “W hy should I pay you anything?” asked the m erchant hotly. “It was your own fault. You knew it was gasoline.” “T h a t’s all right, but th is accident was caused by defective gasoline.” “ Defective gasoline?” ‘‘Yes, sir, I’ve been sticking.m atches into gasoline th a t I’v bought h ere be fore, and th is was the first lot th at ever acted th a t way.” G reat Britain has now. over a m il lion m en in the field, which is 110 SAVED BABY’S LIFE tim es the figure of A gincaurt; >33 tim es th a t of the C rim ea; 25 tim es th e Peninsula; 14 tim es th e figure Mrs. Jos. D esrosiers, St. Alphonse, of the Second Afghan w ar; and four Que., w rites: “I cannot say too much tim es the tally of 1901. in favor of Baby’s Own T ablets, as they saved my little one’s life. Before giving him th e T ablets lie was greatly troubled with worms and was like a skeleton and cried day and night. The T ablets soon expelled the worms and now baby is the picture of health.” Baby’s Own T ablets also break up colds and sim ple fevers, cure constipa tion and indigestion and m ake the teething period painless. They are sold by m edicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. W il liam s’ Medicine Co., Brockvtlle, Ont. S h i It Be IMnrciiolce Shampoos and light dressings of Cuticqra O intm ent clear the scalp of dandruff, allay itching and irritation, and prom ote hair-grow ing con ditions in pre m ature hair.' most cases of loss of Samples Free by Mall ’ C u tl c u r . S o a p an d O in tm e n t M U (lir o u lb o u t t h e U n rid . L ib eral s a m p le o ( l e c h m ille d free, w ith J J - p . * ■■ * “ C u tlc u ra ." D n p t. K , B untou. V JS -* . - W. N. U. 1054 How Zam-Buk Cures Skin Diseases t100 REWARD. (IDS T h e re a d e rs of th l . r . p e r w in fee p le a s e d to le a r n t h a t th e r e I . a t IM a t one d read rd d is e a s e t h a t s c le n c a h a a |>*c? ,a b !? to ? u r e ln I ts s ta g e s a n d t h a t Is C a t a r r h . H a ll’. C a t a r r h C u r a I . ., b e ° nlY, P o s itiv e c u r e n o w k n o w n to th e m e d ic a l f r a t e r n i t y . C S ia r r h b e l n r a c o n s ti tu ti o n a l d is e a se , r e q u ir e s a c o n s tltu t lo n a l tr e a t m e n t . H a i f a C a t a r r h f u r * ‘. ■ J a i r a l n , * r,n * I,y ‘ * c t ln K d ir e c tly u p o n th e blood a n d m u c o u s s u r f a c e s o f th e tinn, 0 o f d e s tr o y i n g th e f o u n d s tio n o f tl.e d 's e n a o a n d c lv ln g th e n a t Uon h * dco° in n sgt l t Iutstlo n a n d a s s is tin g n a t u rl,p e tIn J ™ * ’ . T1] f P ro p rle lo i s h a v . s o m u c h S a y s J o h n y Knife, “ I’ m keen for life No r us t for me again, sir, M y heart is right M y face is bright I bathe in Old Dut ch C l e a n s e r . ’’ It Will Prevent Ulcerated Throat At the first sym ptom s ot' sore th ro at, which p resages ulceration and inflam m ation, tak e a spoonful of Dr. T hom as’ E olectric Oil. Add a little sugar to it to m ake it palatable. It will allay the irrita tio n and p revent the ulceration aud sw elling th a t a re so painful. Those who w ere periodically subject to quinsy have th u s made them selves im m une to attack . E .W .G ILIE T T COM PANY LIM ITED W IN N IP E G VISCOUNT, SASH, I i ! ! ! 1 * A s so o n as ap p lie d , Z am -B u k p e n e tra te s rig h t to th e v e r y ro o t o f th e d isease a n d k ills th e c au se th e re o f. T h e ric h h e rb a l e sse n c e s th e n so s tim u la te th e c e lls b e lo w th e su rfa c e th a t n e w h e a lth y tissu e is fo rm ed , w h ic h , as it g ro w s , fo rc e s o u t th e diseased tis su e . Z a m -B u k c u re s fro m th e b o tto m up. T h is is th e re a so n th a t so re s a n d s k in diseases c u re d b y Z am -B u k , do n o t re tu rn . Z am -B u k is e n tir e ly d if f e r e n t fro m a ll o th e r o in tm e n ts . It do es n o t c o n ta in h a rsh m in e ra ls, o r p o iso n o u s c o lo rin g m a tte r.1- N o r docs it c o n ta in c o a rse a n im a l fa ts, w h ic h , in a s h o rt tim e , go ra n c id . Z am B u k w ill k e ep in d e fin ite ly . M any people h a v e b e e n c u re d b y Z am -B u k a fte r h a v in g s u f fe re d y e a rs an d sp e n t h u n d re d s o f d o lla rs tr y in g v a rio u s re m e dies in v a in . If y o u s u ffe r fro m a n y s k in dise ase o r i n ju r y , b e n e fit b y th e e x p e rie n c e s o f o th e rs . T r y Z am -B u k f ir s t. D o n ’t t r o u b l e w i t h u s e l e s s re m e d ie s. > Z am -B u k is u n e q u a lle d fo r e cz em a , * piles, p im p les, c u ts , b u rn s , b ru ise s, cold sores, f ro s t b ite s, ch ap p ed h a n d s, a n d a ll s k in diseases a n d in ju rie s. W e a re so c o n v in c e d th a t a tr ia l o f Z am -B u k w ill p ro v e to y o u its s u p e r io r ity , th a t w c w ill se n d y o u a F R E E T R IA L b o x on re c e ip t o f th is a rtic le , n a m e o f paper, a n d lc . sta m p to pay r e tu rn postage. A d d re ss Z am B u k C o., T o ro n to . Someone should stir up th e Can adian hen and m ake h er realize th a t we are a t war, and th a t every part of the country should do its best. D uring the last fiscal year Canada Im ported 11,250,000 dozen, eggs. The eggs cam e from G”e a t Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand a n d .th e U nited S tates. It is only a few years ago th a t we were exporting eggs to G reat B ritain. Keep house. Minard’s Liniment in the Aunt E th e l—W ell, B eatrice, were you very brave a t the d e n tist’s? B eatrice—Yes, Aunt-'e, I was. Aunt E th e l—Then, th e re ’s the half crown I prom ised you. And now tell m e w hat lie did to you. Beatrice— He pulled out two of W illie’s teeth! Largely Business “I u n d e rstan d you a re going ta m arry th a t p ra ctic a l Miss P e p l^ ’?” “Yes, th an k you.” “A love m atch, of c o u rse?” “Love and business. It's the only enduring com bination. M inerva fin ishes h er course in salesm anship a t the sam e tim e th a t I finish my course in advertising. T hen we call in » n otary public and a clergym an and sta rt a double p a rtn e rsh ip .” W hether the corn be of old or new grow th, it m ust yield to H ollow ay’e Corn Cure, the sim plest and best cure offered to the public. “I paid th e landlady all th e hack board I owed before m oving into the fra te rn ity house.” “Ah. I see! You w anted to be well se ttle d .” For Indigestion and Biliousness those foes of comfort and well-being, there is one family remedy universally regarded as the best corrective of deranged conditions of the organs of digestion. Present suffering is relieved promptly, and worse sickness prevented by timely use of BEECHAM’S PILLS Let thi3 wonderful remedy tone your stomach, stimulate your liver and kidneys, regulate your bowel3 and you \»11 feel improved throughout your entire system. A few doses will prove to you why, for the common and minor ailments of life Beecham’s l^ills Are the Right First Aid P rep a red o n l r b v T h o r n . . B e e c h e m , S i . H e l e n . , L a a o n e h ir e , E n t l . n J , I n b o i e e , 25 ccutj. ________ hold e v e ry w h e re in G u n q d n e n d U . S . A m e r ic a . A ll D r u g g is ts a n d S to r e s s e ll Z u n - B s l t a t 50c. b o x The Hyphen Explained Mrs. D earborn—You say th a t is Mrs. Burke-M artin? Mrs. W abash—Yes; Burke w as her name and M artin was h er husband's name. Mrs. D earborn—But w hy does she use tlie hyphen betw een the nam es? Mrs. W abash—To show th a t she is sep arated from her husband. The telephone operato r was spend ing the sum m er holiday granted by a benevolent G.P.O. by the sounding sea. On th e first m orning, however, she had occasion to ra te the m aid of the lodgings for real or im agined neg ligence. ’ ’’Why didn't you call me as I told you thin m orning?" she dem anded. Canada Born in the Contingents “I did, m iss,” replied the maid, witli C anada's second contingent is show an injured air- “I called out ‘Sevening b e tte r in its representation of n a th irty / aud all you said wus, ‘N um ber tive horn C anadians than th e first engaged.’ ” contingent. The T oronto T elegram is auth o rity for the sta te m en t th a t of ficers of the second contingent claim FIND OUT th at 60 per cent, of th eir m en are The Kind of Food T h at Will Keep Canadians. If this be true, we have You Well the following result; F irst C ontingent................. 35% The tru e way is to find out w hat is Second C o ntingent........ 75% best to eat and drink, and then cul T hird C ontin g en t............. 75% tivate a ta s te for those thin g s in T his Beenis to be a reasonable re sult. The Canadian C ourier argues stead of poisoning ourselves w ith im th at the unattached, adventure-loving proper, indigestible food, etc. A conservative E a ste rn woman Englishm an rushed into the first con tingent, but th ere were not so m any w rites: “I have used G rape-N uts 5 years for of him for th e second and third. the young and for the aged; in sick Do It Now.—D isorders of the diges ness and in health ; a t first following directions carefully, la le r in a variety tive a p p ara tu s should be dealt with a t once before com plications arise of ways as my ta s te and judgm ent th a t m ay be difficult to cope with. suggested. The su re st rem edy to this end and ‘‘But its m ost special, personal ben one th a t is within reach of all, is efit has been as a su b stitu te for m eat, i a rm elee’s Vegetable Pills, the best and served dry with cream when laxative and sedative on the m arket. rheum atic troubles m ade it im portant Do not delay, but try them now. One for mo to change diet. trial will convince anyone th a t they “Served in th is way with the addi are the best stom ach reg u lato r th a t tion of a cup of hot Postum and a lit can be got. tle fru it it lias been u s e d . a t my m orning meal for six m onths, during A trav e lle r on a Journey was much which tim e my health haa much im annoyed by a pedantic bore who proved, nerves have grow n steadier, forced him self upon him and m ade a aud a gradual d ecreaie in my exces g reat parade of his learning. The tra sive weight adds g reatly to my com veller bore it as long as he could, and fort ” at length, looking a t him gravely, said: Name given by C anadian Postum “My friend, you and 1 know all that is Co.. W indsor, o n t. Read, “T he Road to he known.” to W ellville,” in pkgs. “T h ere 's a Rea "How is th a t? ” said the man. pleas son.’’ ed w ith w hat he thought a com plim ent Ever read the above letter? A new ary association. “W hy,” said the tra one appears from time to time. T hey veller, “you know everything except are genuine, true, and full of human th at you are a fool, and 1 know th a t.” interest. “S E C U R IT Y F IR S T ” Is Your Life Insured? Keep Your Policy In Force And Increase th e Amount as Soon as Possible If You're Not Insured, Make A pplication Today THE EXCELSIOR LIFE INSURANCE CO. Head Office, Toronto. Over Four Million D ollars A ssets for Policyholders. N.B.— W rite For Memo. Book and C ircular. Little MAIDEN CANADA, It's w hat’a Inside the cup that count* TTTF, SUN. VISCOUNT, SASIC. THE COUNTRY TOWN CAN HELP Red Cross Appeal ECONOMIC REASONS WERE IN PART ITSELF BY FOSTERING RURAL LIFE to the Farmers R£Sp()^S|BL£ p0R THE WORLD WAR I Help For the Soldiers Who Are W ag ing a G reat W ar For ■ ^ , Justice O ur country, with its Allies, is w ag G E R M A N Y ’S IN FO R M A TIO N CAN CO U N T R Y TOW N BE SA V ED FROM DECLINE AND PR E PA R A TIO N ing a g re a t war for justice, for the protection of sm all nations In the e n joym ent of th eir rights, for continued Prof. A. R. Mann, of the N ew York State College of Agriculture, and grow ing freedom , and for the C. W. Barron, of Wall Street Journal, Shows that Economic m aintenance of i ti plbdged word of A Careful Observer, Considers the Problem in the Com Reasons were Largely Responsible for the Outbreak of honor. Much destruction and desola tion are being caused L ives are be Hostilities—Many Problems to be Settled munity Aspect, in an Artic'c for the Banker-Farmer ing lost by the thousand. Canada'3 By country town, we mean th e rural th e ir color from the type of farm ing first contingent is now in the thick of "T he G erm ans have a t Berlin th a iT lia t w as a y e a r ago. G erm any's an* village, town o r city th a t depends th a t goes on about it- The in te re sts of it. Some will fall sick; m any m ay m ost com plete bureau of inform ation sw er convinced R ussia th a t she m ust prim arily on its agricultural back town and country, while in some m eas be wounded; some will pay the last to he found anyw here in the world, tight and she began p reparing for th e ground, th a t lives largely on the sur- ure opposite, a re essentially one; their full m easure of devotion to th e ir They know everything und understand struggle which she knew to be inevituothing They had ho m easurem ent ! able. G erm any, on the o th e r hand, rounding country. It is the settlem ent com m ercial Jife is largely one. The country and its cause. of a few hundred or a few thousand ! business in te re s ts—the m erchant, the The lted Cross Society exists, to in G erm any to gauge the soul of a ! had decided th a t the p re sen t was tho persons, hemmed in on all sides by banker, the m anufacturer, and a ll the succor the sick and wounded in w ar n ation gucli as th a t of the B ritish em- rig h t m om ent to strike. . __ _ . , , farm s and reached from all directions rest—m ust become a le rt to the neces The need of lted Cross Service is g re at pire,” declared Mr. C. W. Barron, in C,<hr<lluS iH°iher system of esP*bn‘ by roadw ays th a t lead out into the sity for c rea tin g fair and adequate re and grow ing g re ater as the w ar goes his address before the M ontreal Canopen country and over which much of lations w ith th e land population in on. The price of progress tow ards adian club recently. • * * * • ‘, he en3piye o u , the Mr. B arron, who is head of the W all ® e a b r eak-up. Ireland w as about Its trad e travels. The question of the th e ir own trad e a re a in the In terests lasting peace is very, very dear. It cost lives, horn s, health and m uch S tre e t Jo u rn al, the Boston News ‘°J'® be‘'f I.n(,lan " a ? ,ie4dy to .secede. relation of th is settlem ent to Its land of th e ir own g re a te st u ltim ate gain. w a ?J?i sl oya 1, willlie Canbasis, to its tra d e area, is now recogBut again, equally im portant-from besides. C anada’s p a rt in the pro B ureau and the P hiladelphia News i ’*?1 bn,.g 0 i),>lef) UP by .H11!*" nized as one of the im m ediate issues i th e co u n try standpoint, is the fact cess of paym ent, through giving for Bureau, has had unequalled opportuniR ussia she knew to be in In country life progress. ; th a t th e open country cannot develop ! Red C ro ss work. Is m ercifully light tie s to got a t the re a l causes of th e l e , wa r; b,lt re ' og' Much of the traditional separation any su b sta n tia l and p erm anent com- : and easy, even when all have givsn to tita n ic stru g g le now taking place in Europe. T hrough personal con tact ", ,ed M??* *n a couple of years Rusbetw een town and country is due to j inunity life a p a rt from a town o r vil- th e extent of really feeling it. what we may call n a tu ra l causes, re- lage c en tre. We may say w hat we will The soldiers and sailors pay the wttli g reat financiers, world fam ed j «financially, while G erm any herself had resulting from the conditions under about the open country having its price exacted by the desolating s tru g statesm en , and from personal observa which the tow ns have developed. The ow n com m unity life a p a rt from the vil gle from week to week. W hat they tion, he has compiled a w ealth of in been p reparing for years and deem ed town has its separate political organi lage; but it quiver will, except for an paid in blood and did in sacrifice a form ation regarding the causes of the the p resent th e opportune moment. Mr. Barron, Mr. B arron, who was a "G erm any,” declared sation, its own governm ent, its own occasional specially inspired and us m onth ago was not enough for them . struggle. everything, but understood no en terp rises to support by taxation) ually short-lived exam ple. T he farm Shall we say it was enough for us? m em ber of the London S ta tist staff "knew thing. They had no m easurem in from within, and it has been in te re st er's com m unity centre will be where W hat they are doing and suffering and loiig before S ir George Paish became Berlin which would guage th eentsoul ed m ostly in its own developm ent by he trad e s; and th a t is w here his corn- achieving have put aside, for the tim e, associated w ith it, has discussed the a nation like G reat B ritain. They a ttra c tin g trad e, seeking to establish , m unity life and spirit will head up. If all th eir thoughts and plans for indiv w ar w ith S ir George, as well as with of urban industries, and cherishing an a school or a church out by th e road- idual w elfare, com fort and safety. m any o th e r g reat financiers. In con had no knowledge of (he ideals of tho versa tion w ith Paish as to the durai Anglo-Saxon race, a governm ent th a t am bition to become a third-class city. aide is m ade a real com m unity ceil They don’t hesitate to establish p re serves the people instead of one which The corporation line has been a Ire, w here th ere is vital com m unity cedents. But (hey are p recedents of tion of th e war, the latter, q u o t i n g rules.” boundary betw een town and country, life, it will Boon find itself surround heroic sacrifice for our country and Its S ir John F rench, said; “The Allies “You would believe the w ar was with the tide of trade Wowing from ed w ith stores.' blacksm ith shop, post cause, for our principles and ideals have dug them selves into a solid trench from Sw itzerland to th e Chan w orth while,” declared Mr. Barron, “if the country to th e tow n w ithout a : office, houses; and r village will have th a t they may lie upheld. you saw ih e rejuvenated France. She F arm ers, individually as well as nel and all Hell cannot get them out.” counter-balancing m ovem ent from the ; sprung up. The farm er's com m unity town out Into the country to develop , life will be found in the place where through th eir institutes, clubs and "I know .” said Mr. Barron, “ th a t Sir is a new nation. The frivolous life of its resources and foster its life. The ( he m ust of n ecessity go frequently cheese and b u tte r factories, are in a G eorge is a good churchm an, but in her people is a thing of th e past. You resources of th e country have built up and w here he will m eet o th e r farm- position to help very greatly. T heir tliis instance he .a s talking sound would be astonished if you saw Eng land being vitalized and recreated . the trad e .o f the tow n; and th e public j e rs; and he is too busy to go often business does not suffer from the war. doctrine.” Mr. Barron in th e course of his ad “T his war,” declared Mr. B arron, “ will im provem ents resulting from th is j to a place th at is off his beaten path of P rices of nearly all farm products w ealth have been largely applied to j trade. We shall have to accept the have gone up. W hile labor is scarce dress show ed conclusively th a t econo settle some thirty-five or thirty-six the be tte rm e n t of the tow n Itself. The fact th a t w hatever genuine com m un th ere is tim e 14 think of th e hoys at m ic reasons were very largely re problem s, any one of which is alm ost m aterial resources of the country have ity exeprience the farm er has he will th e front and to send th e Ked Cross sponsible for the outbreak of host ill- as g reat as tiie slavery question which crossed the boundary into th e to w ; g et a t th e cross-roads of his trade, in Society a gift to be spent for the sick ties. A u stria was anxious for w ar was settled by the A m erican Civil and m erely used th e assassination of war. and wounded. and now for some tim e tjio hum an re- the town. "T he first g re at problem is, w heth aourc.es, good farm ers, have been con F arm ers are generous in sentim ent h er A rchduke as an excuse, hlIf we accept th is as true, then the trib u te d to th e upbuilding of the town. program for th e developm ent of town and generous in giving when th e ir though in th e last analysis th e ulti e r governm ents shall serve or rule. m atum which was sent to Servia was The sacredness of tre a tie s and th e h e arts and heads point th e way. T his Not infrequently they, too, have be and cou n try to g eth e r m ust include, come tow n-centered and neglectful of first of all, b e tte r co-operative busi is a case when they do so point c le ar changed by the K aiser to m ake it im rig h t of sm all n ations to exist as the in terests of the farm s which gave ness and com m ercial relationships; ly. persuasively and urgently. In th is possible of fulfilm ent. A ustria was anx such, are tom e of the o th er g re at pro them their com petence. T he farm er but it m ust extend beyond th ese and crisis, in the lives of nations and in ious to dom inate the Balkan States blem s which shall be se ttle d by this has come to feel th a t the tow nsm an m ust affect the a ttitu d e of the schools, the lives of stricken soldiers, none can and th ro u g h them the E astern Medi conflict. It m ay take ten em pires and is selfish—th a t he seeks th e m ajor th e churches, tho libraires, and most pray too much, do too much or give terra n ea n . He also showed th a t a kingdoms b attling to Bett^e th e quesro m m ercial trea ty which Germ any tion because G erm any has ideas th a t benefit from a tran sac tio n by Wxing of all the tow nspeople them selves. The too much. I appeal to farm ers to send me forced on- R ussia during the R ussia can only be shot aw ay, but th e pro the price both on w hat the fa rm e r has ! farm er m ust be caused to feel th at he Jap an ese w ar aud under which Russia blem s will be se ttle d sum s from $1 to $50, during the first It Is In the to sell and on w hat lie lias to buy. Of ; is p a rt w ith the town and th a t Ills course this is true only in p a rt; but j farm Is one of the real en terp rises week of May. E very $50 provides one w as forced to accept Germ an goods to last analysis a conflict betw een the it is a cause of separation and points i of the com m unity, m aking its definite additional hospital bed w ith the giv h e r own disadvantage, was a t the bot Anglo-Saxon ideal of governm ent and the way to a needed read ju stm en t for j contribution to th e com m unity struc- er's nam e over it. By sending me tom of the struggle betw een Germ any th a t of Germ an “ K ultur.” T he one is service, the extending of peace and the establishm ent of contidence. At I tu re. T he town school will m ake pro about $10,000, you would serve your and Russia. Tills tre a ty wa . to term in ate in 1917 prosperity and the general good of bottom. the separation is founded on vision for adequate tra in in g for child country well, bring credit to your ren from the farm s th a t natu rally cen selves and m ake all of us very proud and when R ussia a short tim e ago m ankind; th e o th er is, th e sp read of economic reasons. D irector Halley and oth ers have tre in the town. T he farm er will be of you. For the sake of the wounded approached G erm any in o rd er to se m aterial power and th e belief th a t well said th a t the solution is to m ake a ttra c te d to the tow n church Instead boys, m ake the gift substantial. It will cure an a lte ra tio n of the conditions the road to happiness Is found m aking the country town a real part of coun of stay in g hom e because of any feel be aji investm ent tow ards the recov site was em phatically told th a t the your neighbor serve you and not in try life, and to develop one program ing of inequality or distinction. The ery of some Canadian soldier who tre a ty was satisfacto ry to Germ any you sol ving your neighbor.”— M ontreal for the upbuilding of both tow n and village lib rary will extend itself into stood in our stead th at our cause and m ust be continued by Russia. Journal of Commerce. country. T he lire of the town cannot the country by m eans of th e parcel m ight be upheld.—Faithfully your be separated from the life of tho post o r otherw ise and become a com friend. Ja»- W. R obertson, chairm an country, and it will be im possible ever m unity-serving library. Plans for civic Red Cross Society a t O ttaw a. Germans Need Copper Canada’s Fighting Force to fully energize c o u n ty affairs un Im provem ent will tre a t town and coun less the tow ns are considered equally try as one problem and im provem ents In the process. The in te re sts of town will reach out into th e country. F arm King Albert as a Reporter Shells Are Now Being G athered and Dominion is In th e Fight to See it Re-used by the G erm ans Through snd country m erge and cross. The ers and tow nspeople will w ork should towns are the cross-roads of trade, the e r to shoulder in th e m ovem ent for Visited United S tates and Canada in How long will 5,000,000,000 cart- ; “Our fathers refused to BUbmit to Search of Inform ation tying centres where the business in good roads aud for good railroad se r ridges last in a w ar of the size of the the tyranny of th e ir own kings; th e ir W hen King A lbert of Belgium, as p re sen t one? How much copper h a i ; sons will not subm it to th e absolutism tere sts of all the farm ers in the trade vice. T he country fair, w hich is us area head up and th u s give employ ually held in a tow n c en tre and is Prince Albert, put aside his title and erm any on hand from which to m ake j a f a '*en ° u r fa th e rs won m ent to a certain population. T h i town controlled, will seek farm ers on becam e a new spaper correspondent, G u - ", . .. . , . ... for dem ocracy h e r e a rlie st and m ost average country town is prim arily an Its board of m anagers, and tak e on the he travelled a good deal, visiting new c artrid g e s for the infantry rifles , )agftng trium phs; they gave th e ir agricultural d istributing point, for the asp ect of a real, helpful, stim ulating France, A ustria, B ritain, Scandinavia and m achine guns, and drying band^ . u ves to secure th ese privileges. If distribution of supplies and provisions country fair. The whole a ttitu d e will and the Am erican continent, includ for the shells ol all siz es. G reat th eir sons a re w orthy!they will freely to tiie farm er on the one hand, and for change and th ere will be new incen ing Canada. B ritain lies declared copper contra- give t |iejr lives to preserve them .” at w in th is way the dem ocratic prince baud Of war. and is trying to stop its , the shipm ent, assortm ent, o r m anufac tives for developm ent in both tow n it m ight ‘ Rowell, _ T h®. K.C., 5b° vesum w omrded* of wtu re of the farm er's products, on th e and country, and new plans will be de was able to study the com m ercial ad going going to w anyj pv o rt whence * up his eloquent other. If the farm s a re th rifty , th a veloped. The com m ercial in te re s ts in vantages of other countries, a s well reacb n u J i»P dllv^ but when address delivered before th e E m pire towns are th rifty ; if the farm s are the town will find th eir la rg e r service as broadening his view s and ed u cat unthrifty, the tow ns are likely to be In m aking th e tow n, and all of Its in ing his mind. In order th a t he should S S K W fo fS lifflffii tti. li: its likew ise. The G erm ans are A fter -n com paring the conflict in Gerdead. The th rift of the farm s is the stitu tio n s and e n te rp rises, serve to not be recognized during his expedl w ar qu 1 - - ............ 1m any and G reat B ritain, th e speaker soul of the business life of the towns. open country and th e town alike, and tious King A lbert grew a beard, wore reported to have had nearly 5,000,000,' said th a t it was O liver Crom well who The country town has no o u tle t or es thus c rea te the confidence on which glasses, and trim m ed his h a ir in a 000 ride c artrid g e s on hand when w ar settled once and for all a g ain st the cape except through the country. Its all good business m ust depend.—The new way. His disguise was so effec broke out. They probably have 4.000,- 8,?“ len S L ? J " 1! Io r, tive th a t many of his countrym en to 000 m en under arm s, possibly m ore 'Hvine right of kings iu England. comm ercial activities largely take B anker-Farm er. “The path of liberty for the Ger whom he was a fam iliar figure passed T hey have thousands of m achine guns, him w ithout recognition in th e var each of which e a ts up cartrid g es as m an people lies in th e overthrow of and told him to stop itm ilitarism , and th e only p ath of lib a ious tow ns he visited. raat as a whole infantry battalion. “T h ere are m any oth er shipm ast r3 The royal rep o rter seriously w ork Tw elve hundred and fifty rounds per e rty to us re sts in our pressing th is who m ust have h eard th a t to ast drunk ed a t the profession he adopted- In soldier, excluding the m achine guns, w ar to a glorious conclusion. T he long before the w ar.” the U nited S tates he w as employed by and the 5,000,000,000 c artrid g e s are m otherland has th ree m illion m en British C aptain Heard the Fam ous a M inneapolis new spaper a t a salary gone. W ithout doubt the G erm ans are under arm s, and if we in C anada had a T oast Before th e O utbreak , of num ber enlisted we of $15 a week. The klDg's em ployers reduced already to picking up the fired proportionate The Potato were quite unaw are of his identity, cases w hen it is feasible to do so. would have a t th e p re se n t m omeift ‘ W ar and when he re tu rn e d w ith poor T rench fighting is particularly well 350,000 to 600,000 men in training. Com m enting on A dm iral von Tir"W hat an inspiration It would be to piiz's Indignant denial of the rep o rt It Rivals W heat as an Article of “copy” he was as badly hauled over adapted to this pu rro se, while front a the coals as w ere his less a risto c ratic m achine gfin th e ejected ra ses are th e heroes In th e tren ch es, to th e th a t Germ an sailors were accustom Staple Food colleagues. A story is told by his throw n so uniform ly th a t a basket m other country and all portions of ed to to ast "D er Tag," a H ull m aster A lthough it is recorded th a t the po m ariner. In an interview w ith the Cen ta to (Solanun tuberosum ) w as used as conferes of the way he endeavored to would c atch practically all of them . ou r em pire, and to those who a re now T he G erm an cartrid g e cases are not going to the front, if o u r governm ent tra l News Hull correspondent, said: hum an food m ore th an a thousand obtain copy. W hilst on a Brooklyn new spaper well adapted to being reloaded- The w ere, in addition to all they have “Some tim e before the w ar 1 was in y<;are ago, its culture did not extend A lbert A m erican governm ent reloads the already said and done, to cable to his wanted en try into a house command of a ste am er at T unis, w here beyond the boundaries of South Am er w here a m urder h ad-taken place. He fired cartridges, and th e require m ajesty's governm ent in G reat B rit th e re w ere th ree Germs n steam ers, ica un til about th e m iddle of the six was stopped by a policem an, who ds- m entsrifle th a t each case m ust ain th a t we would a t once undertake one of w hich w as consigned to the te e n th century. To Sir W alter Raleigh m anded his card. T he blue-blooded stan d 20specify such reloadings w ithout split to send a t lea st a n o th e r 100,000 m en sam e brokers as mine. Consequently is credited the introduction of the po tin g or giving aw a t any spot. H un to the front, not to fill gaps, but as a re p o rte r did not happen to have one, tiie captain and I m et every m orning ta to into E ngland t.nd in 1586 it was so the rep resen tativ e o f . th e law dreds of thou san day s of fired cartridges new fighting force, as an evidence of a t the office, and I found him a c o u r definitely known to have been grow n are reloaded by th e U nited S tates o u r appreciation of th e sacrifices ordered him off. teous Germ an sailor. in Ireland. Since th a t tim e the c u lti roughly A rival repot te r who noticed the arm y each year, because while th e already m ade, and of our d eterm in a “One day I walked into the prin vation of th is crop has extended over incident afterw ards w ent up to the com plete loaded cartrid g es cost 2t& tion to help finish th e task. If cipal cafe for lunch and found th ere the civilized globe. So g re a t has the policem an and said, "Do you know cents, th e case itself costs n early 1»4 our public m en of all p a rties w ere all th ree Germ an captains on the sam e reliance upon it become th a t when th a t m an you were speaking to was cents, a saving of 60 per cent, through to go through th e country and tell the errand. I was invited to sit down a t blight occurred in Europe a t various A lbert, Prince of tho B elgians?” reloading. people of C anada the vital sla k e we th e ir table, and was introduced to the tim es during the p ast th ree-q u arters of "W ell," answ ered the unenlightened have in th is w ar w hat a response th e, two stra n g e r captr.ins, w ith whom I a century, the failure of th e crop was policeman. “Mr. Prince should have The cabby regarded th e broken- people would m ake to th is appeal a tte n d ed by serious fam ine conditions. shown his card, for I’ve n ev er heard passed a p leasant half hour. down tax i wttli a gleam of delight, but C anada is in th is fight to see it T he potato has a c q u ire r a positior of th a t paper.” "Before leaving, one of the G erm ane did not speak. T he chauffeur began through.”—T oronto Globestood up and drank the to a st in G er n ex t to wheat, for hum an consum ption In his reporting days K ing A lbert in th e annual Held crops of the world volunteered to w rite on any subject o p eratin g on his machine. He turned man. the oth er two joining him. and tw isted it, and banged it, and R ailw ays In A lberta “You know w hat it Is, c ap tain ? ” and enorm ous quai tlties a re utilized connected w ith sport. As an all screw ed it, b u t to no avail and still In th e a rts and for stock food- The round ath le te he was especially quali In the province of A lb erta th e re is **”d'Ohy yesr,T r e D l!e d d' ‘I t is "To the I w orld's crop of potr toes exceeds th a t fied as an au th o rity on outdoor the cabby spoke not. T hen the chauf now one mile of railw ay for every 125 feur wiped his brow and the cabby, . yeB> 1 replled' 11 18 10 | of w heat by some two blllicki bushels. gam es. He can box, fence, ride, shoot, persons. The province guaran teed -Vie half apologized, und rem arking, | V .ljU « w k £ t a‘ d o l l . ^ . n d po- and swim. T here a re few subjects still w ith the gleam in his eye, crossed bonds la s t year for th e c onstruction over. " ’E re,” he exclaim ed grimly, on which King A lbert could not w rite AVell. it ought not to have been d ru n k Cf 4 ,a 1912'm ay be Set down holding out his whip: " ’ere yer are. or 2,436 m iles of railw ay, of which a good article, lie has a know ledge th ere a re now com pleted and In o pera ..“J?. yf,u‘ m , ( u r ' i . » i i i 'Rr.it. i t.t an approxim ate w orth of $3,800,- of m etallurgy, m ining, shipbuilding, m ister, ’it 'im w ith th is.” tion 1,230 m iles, and 347 graded, and O l ' . R d0„e f n * V r iJ n .l h p p , I 000.000 for w heat and $3,000,000,000 reAdy for trac k laying. T he m ileage you and 1 and our (r e “ d 1* for potatoes. L a st year th e figures for m otor cars, and aviation. Who gave the to ast will a ll be dead b e - : Canada, for w heat m oan An old Boldier a fte r leaving th e B rit was lest y e ar d istrib u te d aa follow s: 161.280,000 butheU , An e aste rn er who had bought a fore th a t day cornea, if it ever doas valued a t $196,418,000, ish arm y w rote to his colonel in the C anadian N orthern, 656 m iles; G rand and for potatoes farm in C alifornia had h eard of his follow ing term s: “ Sir—A fter all I’ve T runk Pacific Railw ay, 259; E dm oaton come.' 85,672,000 bushels valued a t $41,698.neighbor's ta le n t for raising large' po suffered, tell the arm y to go to hades.” ft Dunvegan, 240; A lb erta t G reat •At th a t the young Germ an captain 000. tatoes, so se n t his farm hand over to A w eek or so late r he received a re W aterw ays Railway, 750; L acom be ft got into a rage and exclaim ed; get a hundred pounds. •* 1 am Just out of the G erm an ply in the usual official m anner: “S ir Blindm an Valley Railw ay, 37. T he Ship's Officer—Oh, th e re goes elgTit "You go hom e," answ ered the ta l —Any suggestions or Inquiries as to to tal m ileage In th e province U 4,navy, and I believe we could do it now. We are not the navy we w e-a b ells; excusi me. It's my watch below. ented farm er to the m essenger, “and th e m ovem ents of troops m ust be en 097, w hich la g re a te r th an In th o Old I-Jtdy—G racious; Fancy your tell your boss that I won’t cut a po tered on Army Form 137, a copy of older provinces with th e exception o{ tw enty years ago. The older captain storm ed a t him, w atch strik in g aa loud aa th at! tato for any o n e l” O ntario.—Jo u rn al o ' Com m erce. which Is enclosed." Der Tag” Gopher Poisons ^A V A V A TA ▼▲▼AYATATATAYA ▼ ATATAYAVJJ jg 0 0 Good Flour is Almost as Necessary ^ ^ As the Air You Breathe p— Ice Cream C ■ ---g § delicious pure and w holesom e ^ -4? KINGS QJUALITY flour is made to a standard not down to a price. Every sack Is guaranteed or your money hack. YVeare headquart<3 ers for Flour and Teed. Please bear th is in ^ mind w hen your flour bin gets em pty. g PS VY'e carry the following stock and solicit your patronage : g i Plour, three grades ^ Scotch Oatm eal Graham Flour Rolled Oats Rye Flour Shorts Bran Shop where you are invited to shop. % The MAPLE LEAF MILLING Co. 8 H. L. WOLF, Local M anager S § * i *• Are you going to allow gophers to destroy your crop th is year? --------------------------------------------/ F R E S H B R E A D $ I EVERY DAY You can easily prevent them from doing so by using “ M ickelson’s Kilh’Em-Quick,” most effective poison known. 5 Delicious Pastry, Butts and i Cakes are our specialty. Give f v> us a ttiai order. 1 The BAKE SHOP ] S JOHN SMELLIE. Prop. j i Viscount / r «»^ l We also handle m any other pois= ons. Buy some now and take no chances. Shop where you’re invited to shop. * W.R. Turner SSEnfry Viscount sfATAVATAVA TATATATATATAT ATATATATA^ Just received a car of % W edding ‘Hillcrest’ Rings Steam Coal w E BUG to direct your attention to the fact that we have a full stock of Standard Qualities in wedding rings, made by the ‘‘ALL WROUG.IlT” seamless process, which produces a ring much denser in tex ture and tougher and harder than is possible with cast rings. They take and retain a higher and more lasting polish ; will wear indefinitely and are certainly the best values obtainable in wedding rings. We can supply \ou with any style you desire. : : : : |c—lormilolli We are buying CREAM o ! J. W. Jeffery! COAL and OIL and are paying •■I 24 cents for sweet cream 22 cents for sour cream ■ z i m o m r ___ __ Jifc...... ioc=±51 F. A. Stephenson Butter W e test the cream here and pay th e hbove price for th e butter fat contained. Parchment There is no sale for bu tter and it is low in price. Selling the cream w ill pay * you better. W atchm aker and Jeweler r s * Shop where you are invited to shop. 'C310EZD CZZIOLZD 0 IZ 3 0 I Household Special |i n We have ju st added to our list of household V necessities, and have som e splendid values in ^ TOWELS AND TOWELLING Large W hite Bath T ow els, per pair 50c. and a nice variety of Huck tow els to choose from. Every farmer selling b u t ter in blocks, squares or prints m u st have their parchm ent paper printed w ith the words “ DAIRY BUTTER” . T his is a new regulation to be rigidly enforced by the Dominion Governm ent. >: We carry a good line of butter wrap= pers and are offering them at a price to suit you. We m ake a special ty of the work SATURDAY SPECIALS >>: £$ CABBAGE CELERY BANANAS >> Do not forget th at we have fresh fish every w eek. >2 fgSZSZSZSZ S 2 S Z S H 2S Z X 2^ 8 | Govette,Tallon SCo. § “ THE STORES OF PROGRESS ” Viscount Colonsay ^ The SUN r' ; .*«; ■-. = * j- v Job D epartm ent. - ^ We W ant THE CREAM ! 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