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Markdale Standard

Markdale

Standard

Thursday, September 8, 1904.

Markdale Standard.

VOL.XXV.-WHOLE NO. 1250. MARKDALE, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904.

$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Two hundred acre farm for sale. Enquire at this office.

Read McFarland, Stafford & Co.'s change of adv. this week. It will

pay you.

Woodford is to have a new Methodist Church, and building operations

have commenced.

A number of telephones in town were put out of business as a result of

the severe storm of Friday last.

Large kiln fresh burnt lime open for sale Tuesday, Sept. 6th, two miles

west of Markdale. Robt. Ireton.

School supplies, inks, pens, pencils, scribblers, slates, erasers, and

everything else required, at Turner's Drug Store.

Rev. Mr. Ranton, a well-known evangelist, will open a series of evan-

gelistic meetings in Flesherton on Sunday.

Mrs. M. K. Beaton is moving this week in the apartments over H. Mercer's

store, formerly occupied by W. S. Whaley.

It is pickling time and good spices and vinegar are a neccessity; the

very best quality can be had at Turner's Drug Store.

A valuable hound belonging to Mr. Geo. Dundas was poisoned on Sunday.

The much-prized animal died in a few minutes after taking the venom.

An order has been passed by the government prohibiting horse-racing at

fall fairs. Won't this be an awful blow to the Glenelg fall Fair directors.

The tennis match for the championship of the town will likely be played

off this week. Messrs. W. W. Berry and Thompson Plewes are in the finals.

"The Orphanage" is the name suggested for the House of Refuge by an in-

mate, the humourous side of the suggestion being quite significant. All

the inmates have lost their parents.

Lost. Wednesday, August 31, between Markdale and lot 21, con.9, Glenelg,

a small size black silk umbrella, with pearl handle top and gold band Finder

leave at this office and get reward.

To new beginners The Standard may be had the balance of this year for

a quarter. Just think now if you have a friend, at home or away from home,

to whom you would like to send the paper.

A public auction of household effects, etc., will take place at the resi-

dence of the late Mrs. J. E. Marsh on Saturday, Sept. 17th, at 2 o'clock.

Positively no reserve. Terms cash. Geo. Noble, Auctioneer.

The schools re-opened last Thursday morning, scholars in bright array,

hosts of them, and teachers all in place with renewed vitality, except Miss

Macpherson. whose room is taken by Miss Murdoch, sister of Mrs. Richard

Noble of this town.

Any amount of money to lend on mortgage security at the lowest rate of

interest. Expenses low. No fines Properties valued personally. No wait

ing for convenience of inspectors. W. L. Young, Markdale, Appraiser for

Canada Permanent Loan Company.

Our genial and respected citizen, Mr. A. F. Wyville, drove out of town

this Wednesday morning all smiles and geniality. He was on his way to the

marriage of his best girl in the suburbs of Flesherton, The Standard

flings the proverbial slipper. More anon.

Mr. T. F. Wilson has placed the mouth of a horn into the skylight win-

dow of his shop with the little end attached to a rubber tube connecting

with a phonpgraph. By this ingenious device-his own invention- he can

give out-door concerts, which he does very frequently, without reference

to heat or cold. Often large crowds assemble to hear the entertainments.

Owing to the severe storm on the lake on Friday last the C.P.R. liner,

Alberta, when about eighteen miles out from Fort William, was forced to

turn back and ran into Port Arthur, the steamboat express therefore mis-

sing her regular trip through here on Sunday. The storm necessitated a

stay of 12 hours under shelter, but after that the vessel set out and made

the trip without further loss of time. This is the first time in a number

of years that one of the big liners was compelled to seek shelter.

Subscriptions will be taken for the Weekly Mail or the Weekly Globe for

the balance of 1904 for twenty-five cents.

All the latest up-to-date school books with all the information you may

require about any of them at Turner's Drug Store, Markdale.

Diseases of Eye and Ear. Dr. Burt regrets very much that he missed his

train last week; however, he will keep his appointment at the Markdale

House next Friday, Sept. 9. Hours 9 to 12 a.m.

Public School Boards that require school maps, globes, desks or other

supplies will find it to their advantage to consult W. Turner & Co.,

Markdale, who are agents for the best lines manufactured.

Lord Minto and his party, who passed through Markdale on their tour,

narrowly escaped death while enroute to the West. The "Imperial Lim-

ited," the train on which they travelled, telescoped a freight train

which was standing on the track. Several persons were killed but the

vice-regal party escaped uninjured.

A copy of cartoons illustrating the emigration to the Canadian North-

West has been received at this office with the compliments of Hon. Clif-

ford Sifton. This is a capital little book and conveys its meaning at

the first glance. This book circulated in the Old Country and in Uncle

Sam's territory must have a beneficial effect upon Canada.

A magazine editor seeking an increase of circulation, sent to each of

his two thousand five hundred subscribers this query: "What was the most

important act of your life? $50 for the best true answer." He received

more than one thousand replies, all but one relating to some particular

deed of which the writer was proud. The exception-and prize winner-was

brief and to the point "Being Born."

Labor Day was a public holiday and business in Markdale was entirely

suspended. A large number took the morning train for points southward,

the majority to the Exhibition at Toronto, and in the afternoon driving

parties were numerous. The chief event of the day in Markdale was the

lacrosse match between the gentlemanly teams, the Alerts of Clarksburg-

Thornbury and the Young Aberdeens of this place.

Mr. George Ricketts, son of Mrs. C. Ricketts, Main street, met with a

severe and painful accident Monday evening. He was working in the bush,

in the employ of Mr. Minnis, cutting poles for the new electric light

line, when the axe he was using slipped and his left leg received the

force of the blow, making a nasty gash in it. Dr. Ego dressed the wound.

The accident will lay George up for some time.

Nearly thirty sheep and lambs were killed or maimed one night last week

near the Saugeen by a pack of town dogs; the next night a flock was en-

tered while pasturing in a lot on the corner of Toronto and Cavan streets,

only one escaped serious injury. W. G. Pickell, drover, is the chief

loser. Dog-owners have a debt on their hands; over $250 worth of property

has been destroyed in the nocturnal raids this last six weeks.

The Aberdeens Win.

On Labor Day the Junior Aberdeens broke the tie played in Clarksburg some

time ago by defeating the visiting Thornbury-Clarksburg aggregation by a

score of 7 to 3. The locals should have been credited with another goal,

the time keepers declaring time just before the fifth goal was scored when

in reality there was five minutes more to play in that quarter. The score

is a fair indication of the playing of the teams. The Aberdeens were too

fast for the visitors, who, however, played strenuous lacrosse. For the

visitors Loucks, Dinsmore and Clark played the best game, while for the

locals Burnside and the Kellys were always in evidence. Dassie Mercer at

point played an excellent game. The visitors were a gentlemanly lot of

players and will be welcomed here in the future. Both teams were consider-

ably stronger than during their first game. Referee Lougheed had an easy

time-no player being penalized. Quite a good crowd witnessed the game,

which proved a pleasant method of spending the holiday.

House of Refuge Notes.

(By An Inmate.)

Notwithstanding the unavoidable delay in commencing the grain harvest it

is most satisfactory to state that with the exception of one small load

of peas the grain crop was safely housed by the middle of last week. It

is also pleasing to state that all those of the inmates who were at all

able to render assistance, worked well and willingly to secure the crop

in splendid condition previous to the rain.

A change was made last week in the location of the inmates, the men

being removed to the quarters formerly occupied by the women and vice

versa. The change is undoubtedly a proper one in every respect, insomuch

as it makes a greater convenience to the managers, their assistants, and

the inmates in general.

Miss Robinson, who commenced her duties here three weeks ago, proves to

be an efficient housemaid, pleasant, cheerful and obliging. It would be

a difficult matter to find two better qualified persons than the Misses

Harness and Robinson for their position, in fact, the whole staff is all

that can be desired.

We understand that another carload of coal has arrived for the Home.

By the way, on the arrival of the first cargo the cooks were not very

much in favor of it, and, being Canadians, preferred beech and maple;

but now they are becoming more accustomed to the black diamonds, and in

a short time we opine they will give them the preference.

It was with surprise and regret that we noticed in last week's STANDARD

the announcement of the death of Miss Maggie Matth T & S Road.

AS an old acquaintance of the family, the writer extends his heart-felt

sympathy to the bereaved mother and brothers of the deceased young woman.

Mrs. H. Stone of Stone's Settlement, accompanied by her sister-in-law,

Mrs. (Rev.) D. Holman of Freeport, Mich., paid a short visit to the former's

daughter, Miss Robinson, last week.

Mr. R. Thompson of Owen Sound paid a flying visit to Mr. and Mrs. Harness

last week. Mr. Ben McGregor, of Duluth, son of Mr. McGregor of Kemble,

Tp. Keppel, paid a visit to Mrs. McLean, an aged inmate, when returning

from the Toronto Exhibition.

Thanks are gratefully acknowledged to the under-mentioned for presents to

the institution, viz.: Mr. Caesar, C.P.R. agent, and daughters, very choice

bouquets of flowers; Mrs. S. Hill, attractive bouquet. Mrs. Haskett, a

quantity of harvest apples which were very acceptable; Mrs. Stephens, a

number of magazines. We may add that our reading room table is loaded with

interesting reading matter, and we trust that when the inclemency of the

weather confines the inmates more indoors, a greater interest than hereto-

fore will be taken in reading; those who cannot read themselves will al-

ways find someone willing to read for them.

Mr. Dan Henderson (private boarder) showed to your correspondent a trans-

lation of Homer's Iliad, printed in London, Eng., in 1736. It is an old

family relic, yellow with age, but the type is still remarkably clear.

The weekly budget of the Flesherton correspondent of the Markdale STAN-

DARD is always exceedingly welcome and interesting. May you live long to

wield your facile pen, friend!

The usual divine service was conducted by Mr. Harness in the men's day

room on Sunday afternoon. We have been informed that some of the ladies

of Markdale have signified their intention of taking part in the weekly

service. We sincerely trust their intentions will be realized, their

presence will be respectfully and duly appreciated, and their voices

raised in songs of praise will be exceedingly helpful in our meetings.

The hour for divine service is 2:30 p.m.

There were no admissions to the Home last week. There are two inmates

in the sick bay; Frank Foster is their attendant.

Number of registered visitors since last report, 86.

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Mr. H. Cornfield is again in Markdale with headquarters at Murphy's hotel.

He pays fifty cents per hundred for all kinds of old iron, four cents per

pound for old rubbers, twenty cents for horse hair, and five cents for wool

pickings. Leave your order at the Murphy House, or write to H. Cornfield,

Markdale.

PERSONAL MENTION

Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Stafford are in the city this week.

Mr. Allie Watson of Dundalk was in town over Sunday.

Walter Plewes left Monday for Pickering to attend college.

Master Cham Whitby of Dundalk visited in town last week.

Mrs. J. B. Waite and Miss Iva are visiting friends in Toronto.

Mrs. A. Henry is attending the Exhibition in Toronto this week.

Mrs. McCullough of Chatsworth is visiting friends in town this week.

Mr. S. A. Thompson and Miss Alma of Midhurst were in town last week.

Mrs. Wm, Levi and two children visited in Owen Sound over Sunday.

Mr. Thos. Boland of Gore Bay, renewed aquaintances in town this week.

Mr. Charlie Bush of Toronto spent Sunday and Monday with his parents

here.

Mr. Jas. B. Chalmers of Owen Sound is visiting his brother, W. S. of

this place.

Mrs. N. Campbell of Teeswater is visiting her father, Mr. William Arm-

strong.

Miss Nora Claughton is spending a few days in town with Mrs. Kate

Sproule,

Mr. Herb. Gregory left Monday to take a course in the Pharmacy College,

Toronto.

Misses Fern Watson and Flossie Irwin are attending Owen Sound Collegiate

Institute.

Masters John Montgomery and Geo. Small left Monday to attend Owen Sound

Collegiate.

Mrs. P. Sparling of Goring is in Toronto visiting her sister who is in

the hospital and who has passed through a successful operation.

Mr. Allie Littlejohns of THE STANDARD staff, and Thompson Plewes are

holidaying in Toronto.

Mr. D. T. McDonald of Toronto has been holidaying with his aunt, Mrs.

W. J. Beatty, Orange Valley.

Mr. G. W. Armstrong returned Tuesday night from a business trip West.

He went as far as Edmonton.

Miss Eva Freeman of Chatsworth visited in town this and last week, the

guest of Miss Ethel Stephens.

Mrs. Fulford has accepted a situation at Uxbridge and has taken charge

for the millinery season now opening.

Mrs. Jarvis Henry is visiting her daughter, Miss Eva, who is under med-

ical treatment in Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto.

Postmaster Plewes went on Saturday to Courtright to attend the funeral

of his brother-in-law, Mr. Lott. He returned Wednesday.

Mr. Geo. Pratt,forman of the C.P.R. Machine shops, Ft. William, spent

a few days in town, a guest at the home of Mr. E. Rutledge.

Rev. W. A. Rodwell and family returned on Friday from their month's

outing at Parry Sound much invigorated from their rusticate.

Miss Alma Richards and Miss Mattie Nixon of Dundalk spent Sunday and

Monday in town with the former's mother, Mrs. G. W. Richards.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Jackson and Master Bertie Sundayed near Holland Centre,

the guest of Mrs. J.'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Jackson and family.

Owing to the severe illness of Miss Beatrice Ricketts, Mrs. Kerr and

baby Eileen, also Mrs. Cobb of Toronto are spending a few days with their

mother, Mrs. Ricketts in town.

Mr. W. K. Ireland of Owen Sound very acceptably filled the pulpit in

the Presbyterian Church on Sunday last. He was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.

R. L. Stephen while in town.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eagles sr., of this town, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Eagles

and son, Master Freddie, of the suburbs, are taking in the National Exhib-

ition and visiting friends in the Queen City.

Mrs. W. L. McFarland returned Tuesday from her visit to the parental

home Brockville. Her grandmother, Mrs. Lazier of Kingston accompanies

her and will remain her guest for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Trelford, accompanied by their son and daughter,

Jack and Eileen, returned home Monday evening after a most enjoyable

five-weeks' outing to Two Harbors, Mich., and Duluth.

The milliners have assumed situations as follows this season: Miss

Thompson to McFarland, Stafford & Co.'s; Miss Nettleton to Mrs. Sproule's;

Miss Stein to F. T. Hill & Co.'s; Mrs. Fulford to Uxbridge; Miss V. Elliott

to Alliston; Miss Daisy Davis to Harriston; Miss Nora Claughton to Ayton;

Miss Annie Bush to Norwich.

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Address and Presentation.

On Thursday evening last the congregation of the Presbyterian Church,

Markdale, met in the church and presented Mrs. Hunter and family with a

purse of gold containing $80.00 and the following address:

To MRS. HUNTER:

Dear Friend,-It is with feelings of deepest regret we have learned that

the tie between pastor and people is so soon to be severed- a regret that

is all the more intensified because the disolving of that bond will be the

occasion of your departure from our midst.

For nearly ten years it has been our privilege and our pleasure to be

associated with you in the work of our congregation with which you have

so heartily identified yourself. During that time we have learned to love

you dearly as a friend, to respect you as a counsellor, and to follow you

as a leader. At whatever point you have touched our life, or our work,

it has been with a kindly helpful hand, ever inspiring and encouraging us

to fresh effort and new undertakingsin the Master's work. Our doctors

have always been open to your coming and your entrance has never failed

to bring to our homes the benefaction of genuine humanity, and the bene-

diction of a life consecrated to our Lord. Welcome on all occasions it

was in times of sickness or trouble we learned most to prize your kind

and genu ...

There your presence ...

... efficiently assisted in the choir and Sabbath School, will be long

and gratefully cherished in our household.

In acknowledgement of the splendid services given so graciously by

yourself and family we ask you to accept this purse, not as a measure

but as a mark of our appreciation and as a token of our gratitude for

the many favors we have enjoyed at your hands.

Sensible of the great loss we sustain in your removal we rejoice to be-

lieve that your memory and your influence will remain with us- a source

of helpfulness and a foundation of inspiration whose stream will never

cease to bring its rich blessings to the shores of our life.

May He who holds the waters in the hollow of His hands be your Protec-

tor, bringing you safely across the deep to your desired haven; may He

spare you all in health and strength to work for Him in a new field of

labor; may He still more abundantly crown your services with success,

more fully enrich you with the treasures of His throne with exceeding

joy, where by His mercy we shall meet again where parting is no more,

is the sincere prayer of your devoted friends in Markdale.

Signed on behalf of the congregation. Markdale, Sept. 1st, 1904.

_______________________

Old Folks Can't Stand

Harsh, purging medicine, but invariably find Dr. Hamilton's Pills

of Mandrake and Butternut the mildest cure for constipation and sick

headache. No griping pains, sure cure, price 25c. Use only Dr. Hamilton's

Pills.

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Established 1880.

Wm. Lucas & Co. BANKERS, MARKDALE ONTARIO

Transact a general banking business. Ample capital enables us to offer

every accomodation to our customers consistent with sound banking princip-

les.

We make a specialty of investment in mortgage security on first class

farm property. Interest from 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 per cent. per annum. Agents

in Canada.

The Canadian Bank of Commerce

_________________________________

Think It Over

The best is the Cheapest.

R. W. ENNIS' HANDWADE HARNESS

is the cheapest because it is the best.

R. W. ENNIS, MARKDALE.

Rural Notes.

Pathmasters should cut the thistles on the roadsides before the seeds

are carried into adjoining farms.

Farms never looked nicer than they do at present; roots are thriving

well and the recent rains have made fall plowing easy.

A number in town and country are using pneumatic-tire buggies, and

they are so comfortable to ride in the wonder is that more of them are

not used. They will be in general use before long.

Why roadmasters will insist on gravelling the roads in June and July

when they might just as well do it in October is a mystery. The roads

are simply made unpleasant for summer driving, when they might easily

be made a pleasure.

Farmers who can afford to do so, should remove the old rail fences,

particularly on the front of their farms, and replace them by the up-

to-date wire fence . The rail fences are unsightly and unclean, be-

cause they harbor weeds, and they do more to cause snow-drifts than any-

thing else. Much land is wasted alongside a crooked rail fence which

could be utilized if wire fences were substituted. The time is coming

when a rail fence on a farm will be a curiosity.

Business Locals.

For Sale, sow with seven pigs over a week old. H. D. McLoughry.

House and blacksmith shop to rent or sell. Apply to J. W. Knott,

Markdale.

Brick house with comfortable stable on Toronto street for sale.

Apply at this office. ...

Farm for Sale-That beautiful property in Markdale suburbs known as the

S. J. Coleman farm. Apply on the premises.

Liquozone, Peruna, Pierce's Remedies. and all other leading patent

medicines always in stock at Turner's Drug Store.

International Heave Cure cures heaves and is backed up by a company

with a million dollar paid up capital. It is guaranteed. 50c per

package at Turner's Drug Store.

Just in, a new and complete stock of scribblers, exercise books,

drawing blanks, pens and pencils and all school supplies at Stephen's

drug store.

Get ready for a trip to the Exhibition by having your linen in good

shape please bring your parcel early. Markdale Steam Laundry. W. J.

Smith, Proprietor.

Try a bottle of Japanese ink, All sizes, writing, copying, red ink,

fountain pen ink, ink for rubber stamps, and mucilage. Stephen's drug

store.

For sale, two milch cows, one a farrow cow this summer, both in calf.

Mary McIntyre, lot 24, con.9, Glenelg, Markdale p.o.

No house should be without a bottle of Wild Strawberry Compound. It

cures summer complaint, diarrhoea and dysentry. 25c per bottle at Tur-

ner's drug store.

T. P. Smith, Eve Specialist, will be in Markdale on Wednesday, Sept.

14, one day only, at Stephen's drug store. Mr. Smith, who is a well-

known optician, has been coming here for some time and has been very

successful in all cases in his treatment of defects in eye sight. His

charges are moderate. Examination free. Call early and avoid the rush.

See large circulars.

SPECIAL NOTICE.-Expecting to spend six weeks or two months in British

Columbia and the North-west Territories. I will during the next three

weeks before starting offer some special bargains in heavy draught, gen-

eral purpose and carriage horses. My present stock which is lowered to

eleven in number, consists of some superior individuals. All guaranteed

(with only one exception) to be sound, gentle and not over five years of

age. Parties wishing to purchase work horses, brood mares and colts of

various ages should investigate promptly. H. M. Douglas, Vandeleur.

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East Mountain

We are pleased to report that Mrs. ...

... Mrs. Wallace Graham spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo.Boles of

Vandeleur.

Miss Mary Braniff left this week to attend the Model School.

Mr. Bravender of Hepworth spent a day or two at Mr. Geo.Harbottle's.

His little daughter, Sadie, returned home with him after a pleasant

vacation.

Ed.and Willie Lowe returned to Owen Sound last week after spending

a few weeks at their uncle's, Mr.Jno.O'Brien.

Mrs. Wm.Humberstone left this week to spend some time with her daugh-

ter, Mrs. W. F. Orr of Sheguiandah, Manitoulin Island.

W. H. O'Brien visited Duncan friends on Sunday.

Stephen's Drug Store.

Pickling and Preserving Season Now Here.

Whole Mixed Pickling Spice. Pure Malt Vinegar in bottles.

Sweet Pickling Spice. White Wine Vinegar for pickling & table use.

Catsup Spice in 5c. and 10c. packages.

Tumeric Powder. All our own Essences, put up by ourselves:

Curry Powder. Vanilla.

Celery Seed. Lemon.

Pickle Bottle Corks. Pineapple.

Jem Jar Rings. Jargonelle Pear.

Bottle Wax. Peppermint.

These Essences ...

... Store.

FLESHERTON HAPPENINGS(By our own correspondent.)

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Thompson met with sudden bereavement on Tuesday eve-

ning of last week by the death of their little five months old son, Ivan,

after but a few hours illness. Being their only son and an exceptionally

fine child of his age, the devoted parents feel keenly their loss. The

little coffin was literally covered with floral tributes from many friends

who sincerely sympathized with Mr. and Mrs. Thompson in their trial.

Mr. Wm. Hooper and Mr. Wm. Strain, old residents of this place, who

now reside under the Stars and Stripes, were highly pleased while rec-

ently visiting here with the improvements and evidence of prosperity in

Artemesia township. Numerous fine brick residences they observed had

taken the place of the old log houses instead of the old log barns large

frame structures on stone basements were everywhere to be seen; neat wire

fences had in many cases supplanted the old rail fence and stumps had

largely disappeared from the now well tilled fields where once the old

"drag" was used for a harrow and the back-wearying scythe and cradle was

made do that which is now speedily and comfortably done with horses and

modern machinery. The well stocked farms, beautifully covered carriages

driven by our farmers when out on pleasure, and the happy condition of

the people were all matters of pleasing comment. During our interview

the names of many former residents of this locality who have passed away

were recalled by our visitors, Mr. Strain being able to name for us about

fifty who have died during the few years of his absence.

Mrs. (Rev.) J. C. Wilson, of Newcastle, who is visiting her son here,

gave a very interesting missionary address in the Methodist church on

Sunday evening last. Mrs. Wilson is a fluent speaker and dealt with her

subject in an earnest and impressive manner.

As heretofore noted by us, union evangelistic services will commence

here on Sabbath next when Evangelist Ranton will preach in the Presby-

terian church at 11 a.m., and in the Methodist church at 7 p.m. The

united choirs will lead the service of praise. Mr. Ranton, we are in-

formed, is a good singer and an original and powerful preacher greatly

blessed in the work to which he has devoted his life.

Mr. M. K. Richardson visitted our public school on Friday afternoon

last and favored the pupils of the senior room with an interesting ad-

dress on his recent trip to Halifax.

We received last week from a friend a sample of the rusted wheat at

Souris, Man., and judging from the head we examined the sample in that

section will be poor and the yield very light.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stewart, of the east back line, have for some time

with the aid of their physician, been doing all in their power for the

recovery of their second son, Jimmie, 7 years of age, who has been suf-

fering with spinal trouble. Last week Mr. Stewart took the little fel-

low to Toronto to a specialist who pronounced the trouble of tubercular

nature and we regret to learn gave the anxious parents but little en-

couragement for his recovery.

Mr. Archie Boyd, east back line, owns a fine span of well mated bay

colts, his own raising, and having treated himself to new double harness

and top buggy his driving outfit is now one of the neatest coming into

town.

Mr. Harry Stewart, of whom we shall soon have something more interest-

ing to say than that he has given up cheese making for farming, purchased

a horse while on visit home here last week and left on Friday for a drive

of 90 miles to Avonton, Perth Country, where he has located.

Mr. W. J. Caswell, Toronto line, has added a fine new Newcombe piano

to the furnishings of his home.

Mrs. Joy entertained a number of friends at a five o'clock tea on Fri-

day last in honor of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Fawcett, of Norway.

Mr. Geo. Stuart and bride of Kimberely are moving to town to occupy

the residence vacated by Mr. and Mrs. John Sheppard, who leave this week

for Toronto Junction.

Between ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday night last an explosion took

place at the Flesherton hotel which was heard over town and had a startl-

ing effect on some who had pillowed their heads for the night. Upon in-

vestigation a piece of smoking fuse was discovered between the hotel and

the shed, but no damage had been done by the explosive which is believed

to have been fired as a prank on the inmates of the hostelry. The culp-

rit is yet unknown.

The contract of putting down the cement sidewalk to be laid opposite

Sproule's block this fall has been let by our police trustees to the

Queen City Paving Co.

Mr. Herb Smith and Mr. W. L. Wright are both laid up this week malaria

fever.

Mrs. (Rev.) Wilson has been in Toronto for a few days with her little

daughter, Evelyn, who has been operated on by a specialist for trouble

in the tonsils and nasal passage.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reid were at Holstein last week attending the funeral

of a relative.

Ma. and Mrs. A. S. VanDusen were accompanied by their son and his wife

from Chicago on a pleasure drive to Collingwood last week. The visitors

left her for home on Monday and were accompanied to Niagara by Mr. Van-

Dusen.

Mr. Thos. Granger left last week to visit his sister at Parkhill tak-

ing in the Toronto Fair by the way.

Mrs. C. W. Bellamy is visiting her mother in St. Catherines.

Mr. Wm. Stewart and bride, of Fort William, are on their wedding tour

and visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Stewart, here.

Mrs. J. A. Oliver of Detroit is paying her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noble

Lawrence, a short visit.

Miss F. McTavish is spending a few days with her brother here before

settling with her mother in Buffalo.

Mr. S. A. Thompson of Midhurst was in town on Friday last calling on

old friends.

Miss Maggie Caswell has returned to Owen Sound to resume her studies

in the Collegiate. Master Charlie McTavish will be a new student there

this term.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Buskin of Markdale called on old friends in town on

Friday last on their way to spend the day with their son Wesley on the

old homestead.

Mr. Snowdon of Guelph is the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Alex. Stewart,

in town.

Mrs. Geo. Best is visiting friends in Toronto, accompanied by her

daughter, Mrs. Johnson Little, of Owen Sound.

Mrs. W. L. Wrightis so far recovered from her illness as to be about

again and give some attention to business.

Miss Jennie Richardson of Toronto is visiting her mother, Mrs. Henry

Richardson.

Mr. Duncan Cairns and Miss Maggie Cairns of King, Mr. Thos. Cairns of

Laskey, Mr. Wilkie, Toronto, and Mrs. Murdock of Caledon, are the guests

of Mr. and Mrs. W. Burnett here, and the latter's mother, Mrs. McRae,

at Ceylon.

Mrs. Jas. Osborn, who visited her daughter, Mrs. W. J. Bellamy, here,

for several weeks, returned to her home in Nottawasaga a few days ago,

accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Bellamy.

Miss Jenny Martin of Toronto is visiting at Mr. Andy Wilson's.

Miss Lily Thistlewaite leaves this week to visit for a month with

friends at Woodbridge and Toronto.

Rev. J. C. Wilson of Newcastle arrived on Tuesday to visit his son

at the parsonage here.

Mr. F. W. Hickling, Miss F. Richardson and Miss Mabel Munshaw attended

the millinery openings in Toronto last week.

Principal Mansell went to Erin on Saturday to meet Mrs. Mansell who

returned with him on Monday.

Mr. W. Clayton has been spending a few days with friends in the city.

Labor Day was a holiday here only for the school staff and scholars.

Wodehouse

The Flower Social held in the church here last week came off quite

successfully, the proceeds amounting to $25.

Mr. J. Edgar Soul called on friends here recently.

Among those from this part who attended the Toronto Exhibition this

week are, Mr. James Wiley and son Herbert, Mr. Fred Birch sr., Mr. D. R.

Ellis.

Harkaway

A few mare fine days and the harvest will be finished in this locality.

Mr. Bert Steer, son of Mr. J. Steer, who was suddenly stricken down

with spinal meningitis is very low at present, while all that loving hand

and the best of medical attendance can do is being done to assuage his

suffering.

Mr. A. Lyons and A. Barry visited with friends in Meaford recently.

Messrs. Knight and Randle of Meaford C.O.F. drove over on Sunday to

see their Bro. Bert who is a member of that Order.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Lyons took the train last Friday morning for Bowman-

ville to visit with friends in that vicinity also taking in the exhibi-

tion on the way.

Miss Bethel Staples of Owen Sound hospital staff is holidaying at the

parental home here at present.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Clarke of Blantyre spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. G. E.

Kinney recently.

Mrs. S. J. Halbert and Wilfred of Markdale called on Mrs. J Williamson

recently.

Mr. Wes. Douglas of Cheeseville spent Sunday with friends in the lo-

cality.

Shelburne

We are very sorry to have to chronicle the death of Mrs. Geo. Hill,

Gordon St., which took place very suddenly on Sunday about noon. The

funeral will take place Tuesday at 2 p.m.

There has been considerable excitement among some of our townspeople;

also some holding farms adjoining Shelburne as gold has been picked up

in stones on the surface of the earth also by digging they got more.

There was good hard coal picked up on some of the farm on the surface

and when those searching dug down they found considerable so that they

are convinced there is a goodly quantity. If this proves to be correct

it will be a good thing for this country as it is not soft coal but the

best hard coal.

Another large meteorite was found on Mr. Thos. Johnston's farm about

half a mile from Mr. Jno. Sheild's where the other one was got. This

one is 28 lbs, more than twice the size as the other. Mr. Johnston heard

it fall in his field of grain on the eventful night, but he did not say

anything about it, as he did not want to have his grain destroyed, so

when cutting the grain he soon discovered it by the earth being thrown

around for some distance and by seeing a large hole, so he dug about 2

feet and found the stone which proved without doubt, that it had been

broken off the other as the freakes were very much the same. This large

one is now to be seen in Jelly & White's hardware store window. There

is great speculation among some people as to where these stones came from.

Dr. J. P. Marshall, we hear, has sold his residence on Main St.

East and intends moving to Toronto. He will be greatly missed in this

town having resided here for a number of years. The Presbyterian Church

and Sabbath School will lose one of their best workers and supporters.

Dr. Marshall and his estimable wife has always ranked among our best cit-

izens.

Holland Centre

Mrs. Bulmer and her niece, Miss Chadwick, were the guests of Mrs. W.

Norton last Sunday.

Rev. H. Berry and son and Mr. and Mrs. D. Telford took in the exhi-

bition last week.

Mrs. McFarland is visiting friends in Streetsville.

Mr. F. Hamilton lost a valuable cow. She was on the crossing when the

engine struck her.

Mrs. H. Collins is on the sick list.

We hope to see her around again soon.

Weston Berry has gone to Drayton to attend High School.

Lauriston

Our reminder in last week's issue regarding the services in our church

on Sunday seems to have had a desired effect as was evidenced by the good

turn-out in the p.m.

Rev. John Smart of Kimberely delivered an instructive address. He will

also be present next Sunday 2:30 p.m. to which everyone is most cordially

invited.

Miss Laura Wiggins of Owen Sound who has been renewing old acquaintances

here recently returned home on Tuesday.

Miss Flora Tebutt who has been visiting her brother, Charles, of Walters

Falls for the past two weeks has returned home.

We understand Mr. Baird's mill has been closed temporarily for repairs.

We hope operations will not be long suspended as we greatly miss the

musica hum of this active institution.

We are pleased to report Mrs A. Love, jr., again convalescent.

Mr D. E. McAllister of Toronto is renewing acquaintances in this vicin-

ity this week.

Walters Falls

Labor Day was quietly observed here.

The following from here are attending the exhibition in Toronto this

week: Mrs. W. A. Dayman, Misses Lettie Shepherdson and Nettie Bonnell,

Messrs. Fred Wickham. F. Reid, T. G. Proud, W. J. Shepherdson, Geo.

Caswell, J. Laycox, P. Walter, H. Freeman and Thomas Barker.

Miss Georgie Bonnell and Master Russell Kirkham returned to the Owen

Sound Collegiate last week.

Miss Crissie Brown is visiting with friends in Owen Sound.

Miss Allie Barker returned home on Friday accompanied by Miss Annie

Smith of Meaford.

Mr. Jas. S. and Master Clark McCullough left on Monday for Georgetown

to attend the High School.

Mr. C. W. Saunders has removed his cider mill down to the woolen mill

for the water power there.

Born-On August 31st, 1904, to Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Watson, a daughter.

Mr. S. S. Taylor is greatly improving his residence by re-shingling

and veneering with galvanized tin.

Mrs. H. Bonnell and baby of Hoath Head visited with friends here last

week.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Saunders returned home on Thursday.

Mr. Johnson Abercrombie has returned home from Toronto, and we are

pleased to say much improved in health.

Priceville

The remainder of the harvest will be all gathered in this week. Wheat

is a very poor crop and it has taken less twine to tie the oats than the

farmers estimated.

We had a heavy white frost Monday night.

A large number of people have gone to the City thiss week.

John McMillan, south line, who has been ailing this summer, went to

the hospital last week.

Miss Jennie James, who has been in the hospital for some months under-

going treatment for rheumatism, was taken home last week, and although

improved in health we are sorry to say the rheumatism has not been re-

moved.

Dr. Dixon is away taking a vacation for a few weeks. He has an M.D.

to take his place, however, while absent.

J. R. Atkinson has closed his dental office and will resume his medical

studies again we understand.

Rev. W. F. Roach has been in Toronto for some time consulting oculists

about his eyes. He is expected home this week. It is believed an oper-

ation is not necessary at present. Rev. Mr. Roach, father of the pastor,

has been in charge of the circuit during his son's absence.

A. D. McLeod has re-fitted his chopper and is now doing good work.

A large quantity of lead has been projected into the mill-pond during

the last few days, but the wild ducks, or divers, especially, although

they do not return the fire, escape even better than the Japanese fleet.

Some important changes have been made in the classification of exhi-

bits, especially horses, in both East Grey and Artemesia Agricultural

Society's Fair. Mr. D. McMillan we believe deserves the credit of intro-

ducing the said improvements.

Irish Lake

Not seeing any correspondence from this part for some time I thought

I would write a few items.

Mrs. Francis Martin and children of the "Soo" is visiting her mother-

in-law Mrs. Martin.

Andy Kelly is busy digging a well for Jas. Nash. We don't think he

has struck water yet as the lake hasn't got any lower.

James Ryan (big Jim) has purchased a Deering binder from Knott Bros.

of Markdale and started it up in Mr. Kerley's on Saturday. It is giving

good satisfaction.

Mr. Dan McDonald and Mr. Ben McKenzie have also treated themselves to

binders.

Mrs. Sarah Sullivan and daughter Miss May returned to their home in

Hespeler after a couple of weeks visit with friends.

Miss Maggie Webster of Detroit called at her uncle's, Thos. Sullivan's,

this week.

Our worthy post-master, Thos. Sullivan, and daughter, Miss Kate, took

a trip to the city to his son and daughter-Leo and May-and will take in

the exhibition sights also.

Our school has opened up again and under the management of Miss Averill

of Markdale the children are doing well.

We were sorry to hear of the illness of Duncan McRea of typhoid fever.

Hope he will soon be around again. Duncan was formerely a Lake boy,

but is now living at Top Cliff, near Priceville.

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Catarrh, Pneumonia,Consumption.

Death's fateful trinity they are often caled, Catarrh is the first

stage, pneumonia often follows, and consuption finally exacts the ful

penalty. This can all be averted by using healing, balsamic Catar-

rhozonean antiseptic that penetrates the remotest air cells of the lungs

Catarrhozone reaches the entire mucous surface of the throat and breath-

ing apparatus: it carries health wherever it goes, brings instant relief

and is absolutely certain to cure. Two month's treatment $1.00; trial

size 25c. Catarrhozone is guaranteed.

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Blantyre

Harvest is nearly something of the past for the year in this neighbor-

hood.

Mr. Hugh Foy lost a valuable horse last week. Cause supposed to be

an over-feed of barley.

Mr. Norman Boyd of Blantyre has rented Mr. John Clarke's farm on the

Ninth Line, St. Vincent, and will take possession in March.

Mr. J. W. Patton, one of our township fathers, has been laid up for

some time with ulcers on the stomach and although he is able to go a-

round at times he is we are sorry to say very weak and will require to

take the best possible care of himself.

Miss Mary Smith of Harkaway spent a few days visiting her cousin,

Miss M. J. Paterson of Blantyre.

Mr. Wm. Yeadle passed through Blantyre on his way to visit the Toronto

Exhibition.

Mr. Fred Manning of Owen Sound stopped off at Blantyre to visit his

parents for a few days before taking in the Exhibition at Toronto.

A. C. Paterson went to Toronto on a business trip last Tuesday and

reports the Fair in full swing. His two daughters, Mrs. R. J. Clarke

of Thornbury and Miss Pearl took charge of the store during his absence.

Miss Emma McIntosh of Buffalo is visiting friends in and around Blantyre.

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Honor Rolls.

Monthly Report.

S.S. No. 16, Artemesia and Glenelg.

4.-J Ryan, M Martin, J O'Hearn.

3.-L Kerley.

2.-M Pilkey, J O'Hearn, R Patterson.

Pt. 2.-F Maatin, T McDonald.

Pt. 1 sr.-T O'Hearn, P Sweeney, G Paterson.

Pt. 1 jr.-V Pilkey, J McTaggart, G Sims.

Attended every day:-Jennie Ryan, Retta Paterson, Joseph O'Hearn, Lella

O'Hearn, Katie McDonald, Mike Ryan.

Average attendance 21.

A. B. Averell.

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Shaving In Egypt.

The earliest reference to shaving of the beard is found in Genesis xli,

14, where we read that Joseph on being summoned before the king shaved

himself. There are several references as to shaving in Leviticus, and

the practice is alluded to in many other parts of the Bible. However,

Egypt is the only country mentioned in the Bible where shaving was prac-

ticed. In all other countries at that time such an act would have been

considered ignominious. Herodotus mentions that the Egyptians allowed

their beards to grow when they were in mourning. So particular were

they as to shaving at all other times that to have neglected it was to

make oneself the butt of coarse and ridiculous jokes.

Even in this day and age when the Egyptian wants to convey the idea

of a man with a full beard. This notion is very ancient, a fact attest-

ed by works of art found in burial monuments dating back thousands of

years.

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Public Notice

Notice is hereby given that a court will be held pursuant to The Ont-

ario Voters' Lists Act, by His Honour, The Judge of the County Court of

the County of Grey at the township hall, Rocklyn, on the 29th day of

September, 1904 at 3 o'clock, p.m., to hear and determine the several

complaints of errors and ommissions in the voters' list of the munici-

pality of Euphrasia for 1904. All persons having business at the court

are required to attend at said time and place. N. L. CURRY,

Sept. 6, 1904. Clerk of Euphrasia.

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R. H. BENSON & CO., Markdale.

Only Thirty Days More in Markdale.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME IN AND GET SOME OF THE BARGAINS THAT WE WILL

GIVE FOR THIS MONTH.

Everything in our stores REDUCED in price. No time to quote prices this

week.

ALL BOOK ACCOUNTS MUST BE PAID AT ONCE.

Remember this is your last chance to buy goods from us in Markdale. We

guarantee to save you money on every purchase. Special clearing prices

on Ready Made and Ordered Clothing.

R. H. BENSON & CO., Markdale.

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The Markdale Music Store

EVERYTHING IN

Music and Musical Instruments of all Kinds.

I sell the Doherty Organ, Sherlock-Manning, Dominion and The Bell,

and the Nordheimer, Morris-Field and Heintzman Pianos. I have also two

second hand pianos for sale. All kinds of Graphophones, Phonographs

and Zon-o-phones. Edison records reduced to 40c. Columbia records,

35c., 50c., $1.00 and $2.00. Zon-o-phones 50c. and 75c. Second hand

organs for sale.

Agent for the Singer Sewing Machine, the only up-to-date Machine made.

THOS. F. WILSON - MARKDALE.

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BORN

BOWER.-In Mono, the 23rd August, 1904, to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bower, a son.

HILL.-In Artemesia, the 23rd August, 1964, to Mrs. Sol Hill, a son.

MARRIED

FRANCIS-RENNIE.-On the 31st August, 1904, at the residence of Squire

Pickell, Markdale by the Rev, J. M. Simpson, Thos. H, Francis of Han-

over and Mrs. Mary Rennie, of Meaford.

DIED

ROWE.-In Winnipeg, on Sunday, September 4, 1904, Mrs. John Rowe, sister

of Messrs. Edward and C, W Rutledge, aged 61 years.

McCARTHY.-In Glenelg, the 4th September, 1904, Ellen Teresa, daughter

of Daniel McCarthy, aged 42 years.

The funeral took place Wednesday morning to St. John's R. C. Church,

Glenelg.

BAKER.-In Glenelg, the 7th September, 1904, Mary, elict of the late

Mark Baker, aged 80 years, 2 months, 7 days.

The funeral will take place on Friday, leaving the house at 2 o'clock,

to Latona cemetary.

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Farm for Sale or Rent.

One hundred and fifty acres, one and a quarter miles west of Markdale,

well watered, brick house, good barn. Apply to DAVID MORROW on the

premises, Markdale p.o.

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Strayed

From my premises, lot 9. con.5, Euphrasia, a yearling steer, red

and white. Information as to whereabouts will be thankfully received.

4-p GEO. LAWRENCE, Kimberely p.o.

Strayed

To the premises of the undersigned, one mile south of Markdale, about

the 20th August, a young grey steer. Owner may have same by proving

property, paying expenses and taking the animal away. A. S. IRVING,

Markdale.

Tenders Wanted.

For the erection of a two storey brick house in Markdale. Work to

commence immediately Tenders may apply for whole or part of contract.

L. G. CAMPBELL, Markdale.

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Markdale Markets.

Corrected each Wednesday.

Fall wheat............$ 90 to 90

Spring wheat.......... 90 to 90

Barley................ 30 to 30

Oats.................. 28 to 28

Pease................. 56 to 56

Butter................ 12 1/2 to 14

Eggs,fresh............ 14 to 16

Hay,per ton........... 5 00 to 5 00

Wool.................. 11 to 21

Beef.................. 4 50 to 5 00

Pork.................. 5 00 to 6 00

Hides................. 4 00 to 6 00

Geese, per lb......... 7 to 8

Turkeys, per lb....... 10 to 12

Ducks, per lb......... 7 to 8

Chickens.............. 6 to 7

Apples, per bag....... 40 to 50

Potatoes, per bag..... 80 to 80

Flour, per bbl........ 4 80 to 5 20

Flour, Manitoba....... 5 60 to 5 80

Bran, per cwt......... 90 to 90

Shorts, per cwt....... 1 00 to 1 00

Chop oats, per cwt.... 1 10 to 1 10

Chop wheat, per cwt... 1 30 to 1 30

Sheep skins........... 50 to 65

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Strayed

About the last July, from lot2, con. 8, Artemesia, a yearling steer,

red with some white spots. Was last seen near Traverston. Information

that will lead to his recovery will be thankfully received and rewarded.

ROBERT HOLLEY, Vandeleur.

Strayed

On or about August 3rd, from lot 17 con. 12, Artemesia, 1 white ewe

and lamb, and one white yearling ewe with brown face and legs. Any

information leading to the recovery will be thankfully received.

MRS. S. DOUGLASS, Vandeleur.

For Sale

A quantity hemlock lumber, suitable for barn building. Apply ROBT.

WINLAW, Lily Oak. 49-56.

YOUNG FOLKS

A CERTAIN BOY.

He doesn't like to go to bed.

And getting up is worse,

To washing, too, I've heard it said,

He 's just as much averse.

And for school and studying

When he would rather roam.

He hates it more than anything

But doing work at home.

I must admit that it is true.

Though 'tis a sorry boast,

Whatever he is told to do

Is what he hates the most.

I do suppose that if he choose

What he should do all day,

He'd play and eat a while and then

He'd eat a while and play.

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SAVED HER OWN LIFE.

May was a full-blooded Shepherd dog and unusually intelligent. The

following true incident indicates that she possessed the faculty of rea-

soning: She lay in the kitchen one day with her two pups, where her mas-

ter and another man were engaged in conversation. Finally the man ex-

pressed a desire to buy one of her pups, but the owner answered that

he was intending to keep one of them and kill May, as she was getting

old; as he had not decided which pup to keep, he did not want to dis-

pose of either just then.

At this news, May looked her master in the face a moment, then

rose and calling her pups, left the house. That was the last seen of

the pups for several weeks. Their mother was watched and followed in

the endeavor to find where she had hidden them, but without success.

Finally the married daughter of the family came home, and being in-

formed of the state of affairs, said to May, "Won't you show me your

pups , May?"

Without more ado May led the way to a deserted woodchuck's hole,

and there were the pups, fat and sleek. They were carried to the house,

but not to remain, for again May took them away to what she believed to

be safer quarters, and no one found them again until they were well grown.

It is interesting to know that May's efforts were regarded by her

life being spared until she died, at last, of old age.

HOW BIRDS DRINK AT SEA.

"When I was a cabin boy," said an elderly sailor recently, "I often

used to wonder, seeing birds thousands of miles out at sea, what they

did for fresh water when they got thirsty.

"One day a shuall answered that question for me. It was a hot and

glitterin' day in the tropics, and in the clear, blue sky...

... round and round, and, when the rain began to fall, they threw their

heads back and drank their fill.

"In the tropics, where the great sea-birds sail thousands of miles

away from shore, they get their drinkin' water in that way. They smell

out a storm a long way off, they travel a hundred miles, maybe to get

under it, and they swallow enough raindrops to keep them goin'."

A PET RAT

I once had for a pet a white rat which was very cunning and mis-

chievous. One day when papa and I were going to town we stopped at a

neighbors on business.

Mr. S----- and papa were discussing their business affairs, when

Mr. S----- began laughing, and asked papa, "What is that thing?" Papa

looked around, and there was that rat sitting on the seat beside him

as contented as could be. It had been in papa's pocvket. I had to

carry it to town and get a box to bring it home in.

I kept the rat in a cage, but it always managed to get out and

gnaw the clothing. One day my sister were about five miles from home,

when I felt something in my sleeve, and frightened me so that I slip-

ped off my jacket and out jumped the rat, and ran under the wheel and

was killed instantly. How it got into my jacket and remained there

so long without my knowing it is a mystery to this day.

BE KIND TO SNAKES.

Most farmers, and especially boys, take trouble to hunt down a snake

when they are really the farmers' friends. Many persons will leave a car-

riage or team in the road to kill a snake they see upon the roadside. And

as for the black snake that lives under the house or old porch, it is a

greater enemy to mice and rats than the best cat could possibly be, while

it would not harm an infant; in fact, could be tamed to be very interest-

ing. Kindness always wins snakes, and they will show it as perceptibly

as most creatures. A black snake pet is more cleanly than a dog or cat,

is far less trouble, will respond to the familiar call just as quickly,

show every evidence of affection as sincerely, and if its fangs should

scratch the skin or even penetrate the flesh...

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FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE

NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRELAND'S SHORES.

Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish-Canadians.

Excellent reports continue to be received on the harvest prospects

in Ireland.

The canine population in Ireland is not far short of half a million,

according to a return just issued.

Two new political organizations are spoken of in Ireland-a Home

Rule League and a Progressive party.

Sir Robert Ball, who was born just 64 years ago, has his name en-

rolled among Dublin's distinguished natives.

Several thousand pounds damage was done on the 30th ult. by a fire

at Montgomery's printing works, Omagh, County Tyrone.

Waterford, lately visited by the King and Queen, is now one of the

centres of attraction with tourists in the South of Ireland.

The annual athletic fixture between Iraland and Scotland took place

at Belfast on the 16th ult., when Ireland won 7 points to 4.

T ?? eath occured on the 2nd inst ? at his residence in Belfast,

of J. MacGeach, the well known golfer and member of the Irish Golfing Union.

In the last ten years consumption has increased in countries where

economic conditions have become worse, as in Ireland, but decreased where

the conditions have improved.

At the County Antrim Assizes, Mary McKenna, 40, widow, was awarded

(Pounds) 250 damages for breach of promise of marriage. The defendant

was James McDonnell, 64, owner of considerable house property in Clones.

After the famous Blarney Stone the Treaty Stone of Limerick is the

best known object of its kind in Ireland. Tradition has it that it was

on this stone that the historic treaty of Limerick was signed by General

Sarsfield in 1691.

It is mentioned in connection with the wedding of Lady Marjorie

Gordon, the only daughter of Lord Aberdeen, that all her Ladyship's

lingerie was made in Ireland, as Lady Aberdeen takes such an interest

in Irish work.

In less than half-a-dozen years Harland & Wolff, Belfast, have

earned the distinction of having four times in succession constructed

the "biggest vessel afloat," with their Oceanic, Celtic, Cedric and

their latest and largest, the Baltic.

What is described as the biggest sale yet completed under the new

Irish Land Act is reported from Mitchelston. The Kingstown estate,

which was the theatre of the land agitation in the days of Mr. Gladstone's

"Remember Mitcheltown," ...

WHEN BABY IS SICK

Don't dose him with nauseous castor oil or other harsh griping pur-

gatives. Above all things don't give him poisonous "soothing" stuff.

These things only make him worse. Baby's Own Tablets are what your little

one needs. They are a gentle laxative, and make baby sleep because they

make him well. They cool his hot little mouth, ease his sour stomach,

and help his obstinate little teeth through painlessly. They are what

every mother needs for her baby-and the older chidren too. Mrs. Routhier,

Greenwood, B. C., says: "I consider Baby's Own Tablets worth their weight

in gold in every home where there are children. My only regret is that

I did not learn their great worth sooner." These Tablets will help every

child from the moment of birth onward, and are guaranteed to contain no

harmful drug. Sold by all medicine dealers or sent by mail at 25 cents

a box by writing The Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.

FROCKS FOR FALL

The fashionable woman will be interested to know that the early au-

tumn tailor-made suit seems to have been built purposely with the idea

of modesty revealing the prettiest curves of her figure. The coats reach

just over the hips or are three-quarter length. The close-fitting model

the one most in favor. Sleeves are noticeably plain, and velvet and sou-

tache braid are cleverly combined as a trimming. Pleats are still a fea-

ture of the wooltextile fashionable skirts for fall; however, they are in-

troduced much lower down than in the spring models. The best skirts are

finished at the bottom with a braid or velveteen binding, and hang so that

they are just a trifle shorter at the back than in the front. It is to

the original arrangement of the plaits that the fall skirt will owe its

special air of distinction.

Revers are more conspicuous than for many seasons past, and they ap-

pear not only on the street coat, but the bodice of the dress designed

for house wear. The single- breasted jacket, made with a short basque

and a pointed tight-fitting vest, will be much worn with a skirt showing

groups of plaits toward the bottom.

HE'S SO CLEVER.

"Does your husband take as much interest in horse racing as he used

to?"

"Yes," answered young Mrs. Torkins. "Charley can always tell the

day before a race which horse ought to win and the day after why he didn't.

SOME FUNNY MISTAKES

PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF THEM.

Embarrassing Mistake at a Reception-Police Arrested Their Chief.

There was much perturbation in high circles owing to a most embar-

rassing mistake which was made at a diplomatic reception in London some

time since. The wife of the Chinese Ambassador upon her arrival was

gravely ushered into the cloakroom reserved for gentlemen. It is not

difficult to account for this somewhat alarming error of judgement,

for Chinese ladies of rank do not attend public functions in London,

as a rule, and the costume is somewhat similar to that of men.

Many of the guests at a recent Guildhall luncheon had cause to

grumble owing to mistakes in their identity. They were given the choice

of appearing in Court dress, uniform, or evening dress. Those indivi-

duals who had not either of the two first attires were frequently mis-

taken for waiters. One gentleman there was vastly annoyed, as he was

gently seeking his place at the table, owing to the action of a waiter.

The waitet thrust a pile of plates into his hands with the remark:

"'Ere y'are, take these." As can be imagined it was no easy matter to

remove the impression caused by his having been seen with the plates,

and the guest had considerable difficulty in establishing his identity.

The police force at Amsterdam has achieved fame by the arrest of

the chief constable, M. Fransen. It seems that the chief of police

left Amsterdam for a longish holiday. One night he returned to the

town suddenly, private business requiring his immediate return, and

he neglected to notify the police. His zealous subordinates noticed

lights in his house during his supposed absence, and came to the con-

clusion that there must be

A GANG OF BURGLARS

at work. Reinforcements

were summoned in haste, and the premises were surrounded by a strong

cordon of gendarmes. A body of the police made an attack on one of the

doors. It was forced open, the police rushed forward, and about twenty

constables seized their astounded chief and bound him. Naturally the

mistake was soon found out, and explanations were followed by the re-

lease of M. Fransen.

At a fancy dress ball held at Malta during the carnival a charm-

ing young lady succeeded in making a deep impression on the heart of

a certain high civil official, as well as on that of a military officer,

also of high rank. In each case a mild flirtation ensued, and the two

officers became filled with jealous ire. An actual quarrel was averted

only by the fair charmer revealing "her" ...

... certificate presented to him in order that he might affix the proper

official seal; unfortunately he used the wrong stamp. The result was

that, instead of sealing the nuptial contract, he certified that the

happy pair were free from trichinosis. Before the matter could be set

right the powers of the High Court had to be set in motion to rectify

the error:

A DANCING MASTER

who had to appear before a Hamburg tribunal

for some trivial offence was the victim of a somewhat similar error.

On the charge sheet he was described as being blind. At once he made

protest against the assertion, and very politely requested that he

might have the mistake corrected, as there was nothing wrong with his

eyesight. The judge and the officials informed him that no alteration

could be made under any circumstances. According to the law of the

land the unfortunate man will remain blind in the eyes of the law so

long as he lives.

Another German, a soldier at Stuttugart, has had to suffer imprison-

ment in consequence of an error. He failed to salute an officer in the

street. For this offence he was sentenced to a couple of months' im-

prisonment. He pleaded that he was short-sighted, and accordingly re-

ceived another term of imprisonment for failing to report the affliction.

We have had a somewhat similar instance in this country quite re-

cently, a Royal Marine Light Infantryman of the Mediterranean Squadron

being the victim. This man weighs somewhere about twenty stone, is very

largely built, and the Service has not a uniform which will fit him.

A while back the Marines were ordered to muster in white. The unfor-

tunate big man found in a utter impossibility to bring about an alliance

of button and button-hole, so he was obliged to attend "divisions" in

blue.

Then there was an inquiry by the officer of the watch, the comman-

der, and the captain. The finding was that the man had received one

of the usual kits at Chatham, and that the thing was quite uniform-

it was the marine who was not. It being quite obvious that the man

could not get into his clothes, his grog was knocked off in orderthat

he might be sufficiently reduced to fit the uniform that had been served

out to him. -Pearson's Weekly.

LEARNING THINGS.

We Are All in the Apprentice Class.

When a simple changeof diet brings back health and happiness the

story is briefly told. A lady of Springfield, Ill., says: "After be-

ing afflicted for years with nervousness and heart trouble, I received

a shock four years ago that left me in such a condition that my life

was despaired of. I could get no relief from doctors nor from the num-

berless heart and nerve medicines I tried because I didn't know that the

coffee was daily putting me back more than the Drs. could put me ahead.

"Finally at the request of a friend I left off coffee and began

the use of Postum and against my convictions I gradually improved in

health until for the past 6 or 8 months I have been entirely free from

nervousness and those terrible sinking, weakening spells of heart trouble.

"My troubles all came from the use of coffee which I had drunk from

childhood and yet they disappeared when I quit coffee and took up the

use of Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.

Many people marvel at the effects of leaving off coffee and drink-

ing Postum, but there is nothing marvelous about it-only common sense.

Coffee is a destroyer-Postum is a rebuilder. That's the reason.

Look in each package for the famous little book, "The Road to Well-

ville."

HIS GRAVEL WAS SURELY CURED

DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS REMOVED THE STONES.

And Now Reuben Draper is Well and Strong After His Long Suffering.

Bristol, Que., Sept. 5.-(Special).- Reuben Draper, a well-known

resident here, keeps the proof right with him that Dodd's Kidney Pills

will surely cure the much dreaded Gravel. The proof consists of two

stones, one the size of a small bean and the other as big as a grain

of barley. He passed these stones and was relieved of all the terrible

pains they caused after using Dodd's Kidney Pills for a short time.

Mr. Draper is confident that Dodd's Kidney Pills and nothing else

caused his cure, as he tried two doctors without getting help, and was

fast getting weak and despondent when he stopped all other treatment

and started to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. In a week he passed the large

stone and four days later the smaller one.

This cure causes a feeling of relief over people in these parts

as it shows those terrible operations, long thought to be unavoidable

in case of Gravel, are no longer necessary.

DRESS NOTES.

As fashion is in a transition stage between summer and fall, there

is little that can be said to be new as to gowns. As to gloves, in

shades of colors, in the clasps and welts, there will be divergences

from present modes, but that is about all.

Clasps to match the color of the gloves-that is, covered with the

same material as the gloves-welts of a shade slightly darker or lighter

than the gloves, and embroidered points to match, are to be among the

novelties; colors for these varying from those of the glove material

will also be used. For example, a black pique glove has white points,

and another has lavender points of a darker hue than those at the out-

side. Lavender and white on black piques and burnt orange on brown

gloves will appear.

Two-button gloves are to be mostly used for walking and street

gloves generally, and many of these will show pearl clasps.

No mistake can be made in buying linen costumes now if one's sum-

mer wardrobe is runnig low. Linens for all sorts of frocks for all

sorts of wear, or lightly embroidered instead of being lace-trimmed,

are seen everywhere and anywhere. It will also be much worn next sum-

mer, so that the economical woman as well as she who has no necessity

or desire to consult her pocketbook may cheerfully invest in the linen

frock.

A gown in Lady Wolseley's famous collection of Stuart dresses is

one of Nell Gwynne's frocks, that in its trimming showed a peculiar shade

of that color now so extremely fashionable-heliotrope. The frock itself

was yellow silk and was embroidered in flowers in silk of red, blue, yel-

low and purple shades. The gown was open at the neck, and had wide bell

sleeves, a full skirt, and apparently was a little more than half fitting.

The wide sleeves were bordered with heliotrope colored fringe, and

on the shoulder pansies were embroidered in purples or heliotropes, and

yellows with leaves and sprays of their foliage.

Minard's Liniment Cures Carget In Cows.

"How is that little mining scheme of yours getting along?" Any

money in it?" "Any money in it? Well, I should say so ! All of mine,

all of my wife's and about three thousand that I got from my friends."

Summer Whooping Cough

The children seem to catch whooping cough easily in the summertime when

it is always so much harder to get rid of.

Shiloh's Consuption Cure The Lung Tonic

will cure them quickly.

There is no injurious drug in it and is pleasant to take.

At all druggists, 25c., 50c and $1.00 a bottle.

SUNLIGHT SOAP

Unless the soap you use has this brand you are not getting the best.

Ask for the Octagon Bar. 245

DARING SPY.

Russian Soldier's Exploits in the Jap Lines.

The daring adventures of the Russian soldier Volkoff, who got through

the Japanese lines and returned safely after fighting his way out, is thus

described in the man's own words in the Russian papers:

"I shaved my hair in front like a Chinaman, tied on a pigtail and put on

a Chinese dress with slippers and hat. On the 19th, while a cross fire

was going on, I seized the opportunity and slipped away into the Japanese

lines.

"They were at the moment advancing towards our troops, and were so

busy that no one noticed me, and I passed safely through their position,

and towards evening came to the village of Arthaisa."

After visiting several other villages and gleaning information as

to the Japanese forces, his real adventures began. "Suddenly," he said,

"a cavalry detachment of about twenty men with an officer came towards

me. The officer rode out and asked in Chinese where the Russians were

and what was their strength.

"I decided to sell my life dearly, for I knew it would be forfeited if

I were captured. I pulled out my revolver, and as the two soldiers ap-

proached I fired two shots at them. Both the men fell.

"Then I fired at the other officer, bringing him to the ground,

and afterwards emptied the revolver at four other men. The soldiers

lost their heads and galloped away, and as they did so I saw the four

men I had shot at fall severely from their saddles badly wounded.

"Then I jumped on one of the horses and galloped away for my life,

I had to pass through the enemy's lines, but fortunately I soon saw our

outposts, and I rode in and was immediately taken into the pressure of

General Samsonoff and told my story."

HOSPITAL FLOWERS.

All the hospitals and almshouses in Berlinare regularly supplied

with fresh flowers from the public gardens, while twice a week each

of the national schools receives from 100 to 150 specimens of four dif-

ferent kinds of plants for use at botony lessons.

The ... in this section of the country than all other diseases

put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable

For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and pre-

scribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local

treatment pronounced it incurable. Sience has proven catarrh to be a

constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment.

Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,

is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally

in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood

and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for

any case it fails to cure. Send for Circulars and testimonials.

Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.

Sold by Druggists, 75c.

Take Hall's Family Family Pills for constipation.

A piece of lancewood an inch square will stand a strain of 23,000

pounds before breaking.

Lever's Y-Z (Wise Head) Disinfectant Soap Powder gusted in the bath,

softens the water and disinfects.

There is a grave-digger school in Brussels and all candidates for

the post of sextion in Belgium, to be eligible, must have graduated from

this school.

C. C. RICHARDS & CO.

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caused by a sudden strain. I have used every remedy without effect,

until I got a sample bottle of MINARD'S LINIMENT. The benefit I received

from it caused me to continue its use, and now I am happy to say my arm

is completely restored.

Glamis, Ont. R. W. HARRISON.

GUESS HE'S RIGHT.

Her-I wonder why handsome women usually marry homely men?

Him-It must be due to the fact that the homely men ask them.

Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.

SOLDIERS' SUPERSTITIONS.

Among the numerous superstitions of the Cossacks there is none

stronger than the belief that they will enter Heaven in a better state

if they are personally clean at the time they are killed. Consequently,

before an expected battle they perform their toilets with scrupulous care,

dress themselves in clean garments, and put on the best they have. This

superstition is not confined to the Cossacks alone, but is widely prev-

alent in all branches of the Russian army.

ENOUGH TO TIDE OVER.

Miss Richgirl-Really, pa, it is cruel to ask George to wait until

spring. He says if our marriage is postponed, he'll die.

Old Gentleman-Oh, well, I'll lend him enough to pay his board.

Comprehend facts- not advertisements.

The popularity of Blue Ribbon Tea is a fact.

TRADE MARK ISLAND CITY

USE- "ISLAND CITY" HOUSE AND FLOOR PAINTS Will Dry in 8 Hours.

On Sale at all Hardware Dealers

P. D. DODS & CO., Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver.

Potatoes, Poultry, Eggs, Butter, Apples

Let us have your consignment of any of these articles and we will get

you good prices.

THE DAWSON COMMISSION CO, Limited

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LOWER PRICES BETTER QUALITY

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Any First-Class Grocer Can Supply You.

INSIST ON GETTING EDDY'S

SETTLERS LOW RATES WEST

Via the Chicago and North Western Railway, every day from Sept.

15th to Oct. 15th, settlers one way second class tickets at very low

rates from Chicago to points in Utah, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon,

Washington, California, also to Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster.

Rossland and other points in the Kootenay District. Correspondingly

low rates from all points in Canada. Full particulars from nearest

ticket agent or B. H. Bennett, General Agent, 2 East King Street,

Toronto, Ont.

While the Cunard liner "Umbria" was in mid-Atlantic, 1,400 miles

from England, a pigeon boarded the vessel with a message from London.

Minard's Liniment Cures _letheria(O)(D)

For the year ending May 31st last, 601 persons were injured by

motorcars and motor-cycles in the London Police District, and seven-

teen persons were killed.

For Over Sixty Years

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used by millions of mothers

for their children while teething It soothes the child, softens the

gums, allays pain, cures wind colic, regulates the stomach and bowels,

and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle.

Sold by druggists throughout the world. Be sure and ask for "MRS.

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A beautiful jet-black lioness has been added to the collection of

animals in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Black lions are found only

in the interior of the Sahara.

Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.

May-"Why did you refuse him?" Gladys-"He has a past."

May-"But he can blot it out." Gladys-"Perhaps, but he can't use me

for a blotter!"

MEDICAL CONVENTION.

Delegates to the Msdical Association at Vancouver can return through

San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Denver and the "World's Fair"

St. Louis, by purchasing tickets sold to San Francisco, account Knights

Templar meeting.

Tickets on sale from August 15th to September 9th, good for return

until October 23rd, with stopover privileges in each direction. This

is an open rate to the public, as tickets are not sold on the certificate

plan. The rate from Toronto will be $70.25. Correspondingly low rates

from other points. Tickets can be purchased going via Vancouver, return-

ing through above cities, or vice versa.

By writing H. F. Carter, Travelling Passenger Agent, Union Pacific

Railroad, 14 Janes Building, Toronto, Ont., he will give you full info-

rmation.

Closefist-"William Hunt is the most hopeful young man I know."

Hardcash-"What makes you think so?" Closefist-"He tried to borrow

moey from me."

None Left To Bother You After Using Wilson's Fly Pads

Sold Everywhere. 10 cents

ISSUE NO. 36-04.

When first taken from mines, opals are so tender that they may be

picked to pieces with the finger-nail.

St. Margaret's College, Toronto.

Re-open Sept. 12th.

A high-class residential and day school for girls. Modern equip-

ment. Specialists of European training and of the highest academic and

professional standing in every department of work. Foe booklet apply

to MRS. GEORGE DICKSON, M.A., Director (late Principal Upper Canada

College).

Dominion Line Steamships

MONTREAL TO LIVERPOOL.

Moderate Rate Service.

Second cabin passengers berthed in best accommodation on the steamer

at the low rate of $40 to Liverpool or $42.50 to London. Third class to

Liverpool, London, Glasgow or Queenstown $15.00

For all particulars apply to local agents, or

DOMINION LINE OFFICES,

41 King St. E., Toronto, 17 St. Sacrament St., Montrea

CARPET DYEING

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BRITISH AMERICAN DYEING CO.

Send particulars by post and we are sure to satisfy

Address Box 158, Montreal.

Cut Rates to Southwest and California

$33 Chicago to California, one way, daily Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

Good in Tourist sleepers, berth rate extra.

$20 Chicago to Oklahoma, Indian Ter. and Texas, round-trip, Aug. 23,

Sept. 13 and 27, first-class, three weeks return limit.

$25 Chicago to Pecos Valley of New Mexico. Same dates as the Oklahoma

rate.

For further information, ask

F. T. HENDRY, GEN.

For further information, ask

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151 Griswold St.,

Detroit, Mich.

Santa Fe

OUR SOCIAL LIMITATIONS

Every Man's Liberty Ends Where His Neighbor's Liberties Begin.

(Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year One

Thousand Nine Hundred and Four, by Wm. Baily, of Toronto, at the

Department of Agriculture, Ottawa )

A despatch from Los Angeles says: -Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage

preached from the following text:- John viii, 32, "The truth shall

make you free."

The word freedom has a charming sound. Like unto an xylophone,

each one of its letters seems to be a golden bar. Like unto a silver

throated trumpet, its voice sounds just as enchanting in the rich man's

palace as in the peasant's hut. Like unto the pheasant's call for his

mate, it seems to recognize no government save the sceptre of love.

Like unto the aeolian harp, which emits its most thrilling notes when

the wintry storm throb through its strings, this word freedom never has

a more plaintive melody than when it is uttered by beings who pine for

it while they cringe under the lash of the taskmaster and spend their

lives in the bondage of tyrants at whose word they may have to die.

There have been orators whose tones were so penetrating and im-

pressive that the words they uttered took a new and deeper meaning.

It was said of George Whitefield, the famous evangelist, that his voice

was of such compass and pathos that he could melt an audience into tears

by the intonation he could throw into the word Mesopotamia. But it is

not by melodious tones that the word freedom reaches the heart most pow-

erfully, but by the heroic deeds of men who have suffered and died to

win the blessing for their people. It was thus uttered by Spartacus,

the Roman slave and gladiator, when he led the insurrection against the

throne of the Caesars and offered as a libation for that word his own

blood, which was shed upon the battlefield of Silarus in 71 B.C. We

can hear it thus spoken in the clarion calls of a Bernardo O'Higgins,

the great liberator of Chile, or of a Toussaint L'Ouverture fighting

for the liberty of Haiti, or of a Maceo dying for Cuba, or of a

Garibaldi struggling for the liberation of his beloved Italy.

O freedom, thou art more than a mere word! Thou art a strong arm-

ed angel of light, breaking the shackles of the slave, unmuzzling the

lips of the patriot, lifting the shadow from the home. Under this be-

nignant rule every man's abode is his castle, surrounded, like the an-

cient fortresses of the old world, with the moat whose waters were im-

passable to the minions of a king. Thou art the messenger of God, who

would place the coronation robes around every human shoulder. Thou

wouldst put the crown of gold upon every manly or womanly brow as thou

dost say: "Man, lift high thy forehead, for thou art a king! Woman,

God has made thy head the resting place for a diadem which is the equal

of the crown that I have placed upon thy husband's brow." Yes, yes;

no word in all the English language has a more potent sound than that

of freedom, for as God gave to King Solomon everything a prince could

want because the young king had asked of him "wisdom" so every good

thing in life is accessible to the earnest, aspiring soul when freedom

removes the barriers to its fight.

WHAT IS FREEDOM?

But as I began to study my text I asked myself this important ques-

tion "What is freedom?" Is it unbridled licence? Does it practically

say, "Man, you are free; therefore you can do as you will, no matter

what your desire may be?" Does it mean an emancipation proclamation

which liberates from obedience to all law? When, on Jan. 1, 1863,

Abraham Lincoln in the White House signed his name to the famous state

paper which declared that all black men and black women under the stars

and stripes "are and henceforth shall be free," it did not mean that

the negro was set free to follow his own unbridled inclinations, but

that he passed from under the control of the same law that his owner

himself has to obey.

Freedom has its limitations. We find those limitations in the phy-

sical, the mental and the social as well as in the spiritual world.

Biologists find them in the dumb brutes and in the vegetable and mineral

kingdoms as well as in human society. Thus my subject to-day, "The Lim-

itations of Liberty," offers a wide scope for natural and spiritual in-

vestigation, and I shall endeavor to show that the only true freedom

that the spiritual man can enjoy is in the surrender of himself to the

service of Christ. In becoming a servant of Christ, in taking his will

as the law of our lives, we are set free from the dominion of sin and

enjoy the glorious liberty of the children of God.

I am not here going into the details of the errors and the reasons

why a man should not abuse his physical organism. But I am here to state

that as God limits the natural realms in which the fish can live, and

the creeping things, like the worms and the snakes, can live, so God

gives to man a physical realm, and in that realm he must live. If he

persists in going out of that realm he must die.

BEECHER AND HIS FATHER.

The limitations of brain power can be well illustrated by compar-

ing the mental makeup of Henry Ward Beecher with that of his illustrious

father Lyman Beecher, one of the greatest ecclesiastical leaders of his

day. The famous pastor of Plymouth pulpit was in every sense a prose

poet. He spoke, he thought, he lived, in symbol and picturesque verbiage.

The songs of the birds, the beautiful wardrobes of the flowers, the autumn-

al sunsets, the beehives, the snow banks, the murmuring brooks-all had

to him a message. Lyman Beecher was made of angular Puritan granite.

He was in every sense a logician and polemic. Like John Calhoun, he was

skillful in arguement. Grant his simple premises, and you must grant his

conclusions. He appealed mostly to the brain as gray matter and not to

the artistic sentiments.

It was a great source of sorrow to Henry Ward Beecher that his father

never loved nature as he loved it. Lyman Beecher loved to hunt. He loved

the woods for game, but not for the flowers. He never loved flowers as

flowers. Facts always had to be presented to him as bare, unbreakable

rocks, and not as rocks clothed in garments of green and in Joseph's

coats of many floral colors. One day, much to Henry Ward Beecher's sur-

prise he saw his father standing before a beautiful picture. It was a

hunting scene, but the son prized it for the beautiful colors, such as

are always found in the retreat of the woods. "Ah," said Henry Ward

Beecher, "father is at last learning to love nature!" He stepped up to

the side of the old man and said: "Father, how do you like the picture?

What do you like about it most?" "Well, Henry" said the old man, "I

was studying that picture to see whether the artist had aimed that gun

right. Yes, I think that hunter will hit the rabbit. I think he will.

I think he will." "Ah, father," said Henry Ward, "can you not see any-

thing more in that picture than a cruel man shedding the blood of an

innocent, playful rabbit?"

No, Henry Ward Beechers mind and Lyman Beecher's mind were cast in

different molds. They both had their limitations. What one could do

in a mental way the other could not do, though both of those brains be-

longed to the master minds of the last century. Now, as we all have

our physical limitations, it is preposterously unjust for us to complain

because we also have our spiritual limitations? If the only way to

cross the Atlantic or the Pacific is in a steamship or a sailing craft

is it not absurd for us to complain because we have to sail over the

great sea of eternity in a gospel lifeboat?

LIMITATIONS OF FREEDOM.

True freedom always has its limitations. The Cristian life, too,

has its rightful limitations. Christ said, "I am the way, the truth and

the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me." There is only one

way to God, one door, one true life. But after we have once entered

through that open door then we are free. Aye we may become transcendent-

ly and eternally free. Is not my text right when it says, "In Christ

the truth shall make you free?" The freedom he gives is the freedom

from sin. the freedom from punishment, but that freedom, like all others

can be obtained only by submitting to Christ's rule. In one way alone

can we gain that freedom, and that is by the way of the cross. In his

service are endless joy and pleasure for evermore.

My brother, my sister, are you ready to let the truth make you free?

In antibellum days there was a beautiful scene enacted in one of the

southern slave markets. A young black girl stood upon the auction block

and was being sold to the highest bidder. Rough men were trying to buy

her for evil purposes, but in that group of bystanders was a Christian

gentleman, holding by the hand his own young daughter. The young girl's

heart went out for the sufferings of her black sister, and she persuaded

her father to purchase the slave. Higher and higher went the price, but

at last the Christian gentleman bought the young slave. When the black

girl was handed over to her new master he said: "Mary, I bought you for

my daughter's sake. I now give you your papers of freedom. You can go

where and when you please. You are free." "What, master, am I free?

Can I go where I will? Then I shall go and stay with you." Oh, she was

a slave before the auction. She was a slave after the auction. But

now she had become a slave of love. Will you not, oh, man, oh, woman,

hear Christ's proclamation of emancipation from sin? Will you not let

"the truth make you free?"-that is, will you not, in Christ's name,

cease to be a subject of sin, but in bondage for the love of Christ?

He died to make you free. With his divine limitation will you not be

eternally free, yet still in bondage to Jesus Christ?

Lord, oh, teach me what to do;

Make me faithful, make me true.

Help me ere too late it be,

Something yet to do for thee.

LEGACY TO A HORSE

A strange case of the affection a man may have for a dumb brute

came to light at St. Louis when the will of Dr. John Gifwee was probated.

The first clause of the instrument provided for a trust fund of $2,000

to be held in the name of a faithful old horse, Tony, ehich had served

the physician continuously for twenty-three years. The clause in the

will was as follows: "In case that my horse Tony, which I have used for

nearly twenty-three years, survives me, I order that $2,000 of my estate

be placed in trust at 6 percent, per annum, and said interest used for

his food, shelter, and care so long as he lives, and after his death the

said $2000 shall be divided among my legal heirs."

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If love is intoxicating marriage must be the jimjams.

Too often the price of liberty is prohibitory.

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THEY KNOW THE WAR IS ON.

Russian People Are Kept In Dense Ignorance.

The free atmosphere of London is never more appreciated than after

a rapid journey from the Russian capital, writes a correspondent. Cabl-

ing recently from St. Petersburg, it was impossible, amid the vague ru-

mours and false reports, to discuss the rapid progress of events in the

Far East. It is clear now that they need no interpretation. Some per-

sonal experience, however, of the ignorance of the great struggle in

which they are engaged, which is imposed upon the Russian people, will

serve to impress upon one the most extraordinary feature of the present

war.

Russia as a whole knows simply that the country is at war, and

vaguely that things are going badly for the Russian arms. The people

infer that the very worst is happening, for the blind and most trivial

official despatches which are given out are obviously are intended to

deceive. They know that they will not learn the truth unless there is

a Russian success, and even a great victory, if announced, would be re-

ceived with incredulity. The war is regarded as entirely outside the

popular concern, or rather beyond the reach of any popular influence.

Such an idea as a protest or interference of any form is not dreamed

of. It is recognized as a Grand Dukes' war, and is therefore unpopular,

but Russia will endure it indefinitely.

MASSES WILL NOT REVOLT.

So far as the masses are concerned there will be no such thing as

a revolution in Russia originating with them. Nothing short of extreme

hunger would incite a popular revolt, for the best of reasons, that it

could not possibly succeed.

Nevertheless, anything may happen to the present Russian Government.

The dynasty may be overthrown and the present institutions may be swept

away. A revolution, if it comes, will come from the top and not from

the bottom. It may originate in some desperate move by the grand ducal

conspirators in case the Emperor should prove recalciterant to their de-

mands. On the other hand, certain provincial governors who strongly re-

sent the present ruinous policy of St. Petersburg may take action which

will cause the dismemberment of the empire.

It is useless even to speculate as to what may happen until the in-

ternal policy is disclosed by the appointment of a successor to M. von

Plehve. The writer, in discussing the situation with several Russian

officials at St. Petersburg found them utterly ignorant on this subject

and anxious themselves for information as to the probable action of the

Czar. Their attempts to straddle the fence between liberalism and re-

pression were painful and ludicrous. The Emperor still gives no sign

as to what he will do.

CZAR'S COURAGE REVIVED.

The impession among the peasants and masses that the Czar's joy

over the birth of an heir would lead him to make peace is not shared

by the official classes. It is said that his superstitious courage has

been greatly received by what he regards as a return of Divine favor.

He even shows some pride of power for the first time since he succeeded

to the throne, and seems inclined to preserve the sceptre with undimin-

ished lustre for transmission to his son. There are signs of his spirit

in his message to the doomed defenders of Port Arthur.

The best effect of the birth of the Czarevitch will be the restor-

ation of the influence of the Empress in the court and Government. Her

position as the mother of the future Czar will be immensely more power-

ful than before. The Dowager Empress has somewhat usurped her influence

for the last three or four years. The grand ducal control of the Emperor

will be diminished also, and the change in all respects will be greatly

to the advantage of Russia.

THE LATEST INVENTION.

Machine That Will Take Down Letters From Dictation.

By an instrument for which the claim is made that it will automatic-

ally record messages and take down letters from dictation, the occupa-

tion of many a commercial clerk is threatened. The "Telegraphone" in-

vites them to contemplate a lost occupation.

Although the instrument looks simple, and seems to work easily,

the mechanism is intricate. There is a box, on top of which are mounted

two drums. These contain recording wires, and are driven by a small motor

through suitable gearing and belts.

The box is an electrical engineer's establishment in miniature, with

recording and obliterating magnets, switches, batteries, transmitters, and

other fittings.

The commercial value of the instrument will, of course, depend upon

practical results, which will be far reaching, if the claim be justified.

Most interesting is the claim that by its use the shorthand clerk

can be dispensed with, inasmuch as letters can be dictated to the instru-

ment, which will record and reproduce them. It is stated by the Electric-

al Magazine that the sounds reproduced are exceptionally clear and free

from "scrape."

When connection is made with the ordinary telephone, conversations

can, it is said, be automatically recorded by the instrument and messages

can be transmitted to any number of receiving stations that are in com-

munication with it.

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Benevolent Old Gentleman-"Don't you think fishing cruel sport?"

Fisherman-"I should just think it was. I've been sitting here five hours

and never had a single bite, and I've got three wasp stings and been eat-

en up with flies, and the sun's taken all the skin off the back of my

neck!"

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The Home

TESTED RECIPES.

Muskmelon Preserves.-Muskmelon reserves are a southern dish which

goes excellently well with waffles, while at any time luscious sweetmeat,

steeped as it is in the flavor of a half a dozen fruits. Gather the

melons before they are fully ripe. Peel and slice. Soak four days in

weak salt water, and then in fresh, until the salt is removed. Put in

a preserving kettle and boil in clear water for a few minutes. Make a

strong ginger tea, take the fruit out of the alum water, drop it into

the ginger infusion and let it boil a few minutes. Lift the fruit out

with a strainer, and place it in cold water for a few minutes. Lift

it out of the water and cook until thoroughly done in a syrup made of

two pounds of sugar to one of fruit. Flavor this syrup with lemon cut

in very thin slices.

Southern waffles.-Two eggs beaten well, yolks and whites separately.

Mix one teaspoonful of soda and a little salt in buttermilk, which add

to one pint of flour. The batter should be as thick as strained honey.

Beat into this batter the yolks, and lastly the frothed whites. Have

the waffle irons hot, grease well, and pour into them from a pitcher

the waffle mixture. They should cook quickly, should be golden yellow,

thin and crisp enough to be eaten from the fingers, just as crackers are.

Pineapple Pie.-Mix lightly together the well-beaten yolks of four eggs,

one cupful of sweet cream, one cupful of granulated sugar, one cupful

of grated pineapple, and lastly the stiffly whipped whites of two eggs.

Bake in one crust in a moderate oven. Cover with a meringue made with

the whites of two eggs and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. To be eaten

while fresh.

Marshmallow Cake-One cup of milk; two cups of granulated sugar;

White of six eggs; one-half cup of butter; Two teaspoonfuls af baking

powder. Flavor with bitter almond and vanilla. Use pastry flour, and

place the sugar in the milk half an hour before mixing cake.

Pound Fruit Cake.-Rub to a cream one scant pound of butter with

one full pound of sugar. Beat the yolks and whites of eight eggs

separately. Stir the yolks well into the creamed butter and sugar;

add a half-teaspoonful of ground mace and a generous tablespoonful of

brandy. Beat for three minutes before adding a pound of sifted flour,

half a pound each of seeded raisins and cleaned currants and half as

much citron minced fine. Flour the fruit well before it goes in.

Lastly fold in the whites lightly and quickly. Bake in small cake tins,

well greased. Cover with paper until risen well and firm. Then brown.

The oven should be steady and not very hot for the first fifteen minutes.

Then increase heat.

Molasses Pound Cake.-Cream half a cup of butter and one cup of sugar

(brown preferred). To this add yolks of two eggs and beat very light.

Then add half a cup of thick milk, half a cup of molasses, half a table-

spoonful of cloves, half a tablespoonful of cinnamon and three-quarters

of a tablespoonful of ginger. Beat well together and add one teaspoon-

ful of soda dissolved in a little boiling water. Lastly two cups of

flour and the whites of eggs well beaten. A few raisinsmay be added

for a change.

Moonshine.-This dessert combines a pretty appearance with palat-

able flavor, and is a convenient substitute for ice cream. Beat the

whites of six eggs in a broad plate to a very stiff froth, then add

gradually six tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar beating for not less

than thirty minutes. Then beat in about one heaping tablespoonful of

preserved peaches cut into tiny bits. (Some use one cup of jelly).

In serving pour into each saucer some rich cream sweetened and flavored

with vanilla; on the cream place a liberal portion of the "moonshine."

This quantity is enough for seven or eight persons.

Soft Pound Cake.-Half a pound of butter and one pound of sugar,

one pound of flour, one cupful of milk, five eggs (whites and yolks

beaten separately), one small teaspoonful of soda, two small teaspoon-

fuls of cream of tartar, one teaspoonful of vanilla. You may add

fruit if you like.

BREAD-MAKING.

There is always an interest in this subject among housekeepers

for no matter how experienced or generally successful one may be,

there is sure to come a time when she has trouble with her bread,

and is ready to try new methods, writes Mrs. M. J. Smith.

To begin with the yeast cakes.

To begin with the yeast cakes.

When buying , I ask for the kind that was received latest; because all

are good if only fresh enough. For this reason I am always glah to

get hold of a free sample.

The most reliable method I have found of making bread is as follows:

The morning before I want to bake I add a tablespoonful, each, of sugar

and salt to a quart of flour. Scald this to a thick batter, and when

sufficiently cool, stir in half a yeast cake, soaked soft, and set in

a moderately warm place. This ought to be light in three or four hours.

Either at noon or while getting supper, I cook four or five good-

sized potatoes, mash and add them and the water they were boiled in

to the yeast. This will soon become a thin foamy mass. After stirring,

it down two or three times I set away in a cool place. There should

be about three quarts of it.

In the morning I add a pint of hot water, stirring it in so that

it will not scald, but only warm the yeast. Beat in flour until it

is a thick batter. Let rise, and knead into a lump. Let this rise to

double its size, mould into loaves and when these have again doubled

their size, bake. A pound loaf requires forty minutes.

Flour should be added slowly and be carefully kneaded into the

sponge; the object being to thoroughly moisten each grain of flour.

In moulding out the loaves as little flour as possible should be used,

because it will not become as well fermented as that which is in the

sponge.

I have tried several methods of making bread, but like this the

best. It is usually very quick; often being out of the oven before

9 o'clock.

But sometimes I get careless and shorten the process by putting

the yeast material all together at night. This is often just as good,

but not as reliable as to raise the flour part first. The quantity

given is for six loaves.

I hear about the "starter bread." Can anyone tell us how to start

the starter in an isolated region where there is no neighbor to get it

from?

VALUABLE HINTS.

All material that is improved by gloss, such as calico, linen,

print, etc., should be ironed on the right side.

Kitchen towels should be washed out every day after the dinner

things are washed, and boiled at least once a week.

Cleaning marble with common salt is recommended. Rub it upon

the tarnished surfaces, wash hand basins, sinks, etc. It should leave

the surface clean and shining as when new.

All things, except flannels, should be damp before they are iron-

ed, and should be made quite dry in the process to prevent their having

a roughdried appearance.

Do not set earthen dishes or plates into a hot oven or upon the

stove. It cracks the glazing and renders them unfit for use. The smell

of such dishes or plates is very disagreeable, and cases of poisoning

have been traced to to their use.

When covering jam jars use the the white of an egg and white paper.

Directly the pots are filled wipe free of anything sticky, brush with

the egg, and put on at once. The heat of the jar quickly dries the

white of egg, and makes an excellent sealing substance of it.

Moth-eaten carpets are often the results of covering the floors

while they are still damp after scrubbing. The floor should be absol-

utely dry before the carpet is relaid; and it is a good plan to sprinkle

a little insect powder between the carpet and the boards by way of pro-

tection.

Much labor may be saved in washing frying pans if they are wiped

out clean with a piece of paper after the fat is poured from them, be-

fore they are put in the dish-water. The paper should then be burned.

These pans should also have a periodic boiling in soda-water in a large

kettle. If these two things are done they will be kept as smooth in-

side as when new.

In making cream sandwiches whisk some double cream until very stiff,

stir in lightly some fish paste or finely shredded fish left over from

a meal, and a little finely chopped parsley, season well with pepper and

salt. Add a little cayenne pepper, nutmeg, or lemon juice, according

to taste. Spread the mixture on slices of unbuttered brown bread, press

well together, trim neatly and serve on fresh lettuce leaves.

BEST READING LAMP.

The Plan is to Have Light Above The Head.

It is almost universally believed that the best form of reading

lamp is one which, by means of an effective shade, concentrates the

greater portion of the light upon the reading matter. Furthermore, the

lamp is usually one of the "drop-light" sort, which brings the flame

near and below the reader's eyes. The result sought after is that much

light be precipitated on the page, and on the page only, while the sur-

rounding parts of the room be weakly illuminated, even to gloominess.

If this condition be obtained an ideal state of affairs is presumed

to exist, and at first it looks very plausible, so plausible, indeed,

that it is usually accepted as a positive fact not to be gainsaid. But

it must be refuted. The custom, though of long standing, and of almost

unquestionable correctness, is a bad one and doubly harmful because of

the strong hold it has upon the public mind.

The best method of lighting artificially when the source of light

is a bright one, is to place the light considerably above the head,

holding the reading matter in such a position as to be illuminated as

much by the reflected light from the surrounding surfaces as from the

direct rays from the flame, thus creating an effect more nearly resembl-

ing "daylight" conditions.

LAYING WIRES ON HORSEBACK.

An expeditious way of laying telegraph wires is adopted by the

Russian cavalry. A party of three sets out at a hand gallop. On the

back of the foremost man is a roll of wire which unwinds as he goes.

He is followed by two others carrying lances the ends of which are fork-

ed. With these forks the wire is skilfully caught and thrown over bran-

ches of trees alongside the road. It is unusual for Russian roads not

to be tree-lined, but when this is the case the wires are thrown over

bushes or hedges, and on occasion they are laid in the furrows of the

fields.

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Old Gentleman (to small boy, who is nursing a skinned knee)-"Did

you fall down, little chap?" Small Boy -"Yer didn't think I fell up

and bashed agin a cloud, did yer?"

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THE S. S. LESSON.

INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEPT. 11.

Text of the Lesson, II. Kings ii., 1-11. Golden Text, Gen. v., 24.

The intervening story between our last lesson and this is full of

interest, but we are asked to pass it all by and give our attention to

this most interesting and profitable account of the translation of Elijah,

our golden text associating with it the translation of Enoch, who walk-

ed with God and was not, for God took him, or, according to Heb. xi,5,

he was not found, for God had translated him. This should be of the ut-

most interest and importance to believers, for there is always a possib-

ility that we, too, may be translated, caught up in the clouds to meet

the Lord in the air (I. Thess. v, 17), for we shall not all sleep, but

we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye (I. Cor.

xv, 51, 52). This will be the experience of all true believers who shall

be alive on the earth when our Lord shall come again, and, inasmuch as

His coming is always imminent, it might be the experience of those who

are living to-day.

The time had come when the Lord would take up Elijah by a whirlwind

into heaven, and our lesson records the journey of Elijah and Elisha

from Gilgal to Bethel and Jericho and through Jordan, and the separa-

tion of Elijah and Elisha, Elisha becoming the successor of Elijah with

a double portion of his spirit. Elisha's thrice repeated "As the Lord

liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee" is one of the

most interesting and suggestive words of our lesson (verses 2, 4, 6)

and reminds us of the devotion of Ruth to Naomi and of Ittai ta David

(Ruth i,16;II. Sam. xv., 21), and this ought to be our devotion to Christ.

The places Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho and Jordan may suggest different

experiences in the life of a believer, taking the suggestions from the

meanings of the words or from incidents associated with the places-

Gilgal, reproach rolled away; Bethel, house of God; Jericho, city of

palm trees, the waters healed; Jordan, river of judgement. Some be-

lievers may have only the assurance of salvation, all sins forgiven;

others have some special manifestations of God; others have learned to

let alone the waters that cannot satisfy and drink only of the living

water that gives health; still others see that they are dead with Christ,

buried with Christ, risen with Christ, like the twelve stones under Jor-

dan and the twelve at Gilgal (Josh. iv, 8, 9), but two men like Elisha,

no experience satisfies, nothing but a living person, to whom the whole

heart says "I will not leave thee"-not His gifts, nor His riches of

grace or glory, but Himself, apart from whom all is as nothing.

The bride eyes not her garments, but her dear bridegroom's face.

I will not gaze at glory, but on my King of grace. The same thought

is presented in the words of verses 7, 8, 9,-"They two went on, they

two stood, they too went over." This suggests "The Lord and Gideon"

(judg. vii, 18, 20), and Enoch's walk with God, and the essentials to

a walk with God-"How can two walk together except they be agreed."

"Humble thyself to walk with God" (Amos iii., 3; Mlc. vi., 8),The Lord

hath spoken. We cannot walk with Him unless we meekly accept His word,

and we cannot walk in fullest intimacy with Him unless we accept all

His words, "believing all things that are written." To do this, all of

self and self sufficiency and human wisdom must be renounced and the

Lord and His word

Markdale Standard- Thursday, September 8, 1904.

become our all sufficient oracle. The meek will He teach His way. If

we allow anything to come into our lives that is not of God- companion-

ship occupation, recreation in which we cannot have fellowship with

Him-our walk will be marred, our communion broken. He may have to say

to us as He did to the two with whom He walked to Emmaus, "Oh, fools,

and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken" (Luke

xxiv., 25). Let us not give Him occasion to say this, but let us be

"most surely believers."

The last helpful word we shall have space to consider in this brief

meditation will be Elijah's offer and Elisha's request, "Ask what I shall

do for thee," "Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me" (verse 9).

The condition on which the request would be granted was that Elisha should

see him when he was taken. As they still went on and talked we may not

know in what direction Elijah looked, possibly looking upward, but there

can be no doubt as to where Elisha's eyes were, for if he looked away

from Elijah for only one brief moment he might miss that which he desired.

So we see him with his gaze intently and unwaveringly fixed upon his com-

panion.

It is the same intense earnestness that is required of us if we

would be filled with the Spirit. The word stands, "Ye shall seek Me

and find Me when ye shall search for Me with all your heart" (Jer. xxix.,

13). The eyes of the Lord are still looking over the earth for those

whose hearts are whole toward Him (II Chron. xvi., 9). Elisha saw Him

taken with the whirlwind and chariot and horses of fire, and it soon be-

came very manifest to the sons of the prophets that the spirit of Elijah

did indeed rest on Elisha. It is greatly needed that the spirit of Christ

should be seen in His people (Rom. viii., 9; II. Cor. iv., 11), that we

might be living epistles known and read of all men, and it would be so

if we had the same earnest desire for it that Elisha had for the spirit

of Elijah John xiv., 13, 14).

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Ill-nature turns the wine of intellect into vinegar.

BY BALL TO NORTH POLE

IT WILL ROLL OVER THE ICE AND SNOW.

Rubber Sphere to Take Place of Ship and be Propelled by Winds.

A novel scheme to reach the pole has been devised by Peter Nissen

of Chicago, whose purpose it is to start himself in a gigantic air-bag

and to be blown northward over the Arctic ice and snow. This huge ball,

he thinks, would roll over a small cottage, as an ordinary pneumatic

tire rolls over a stone. Says H. N. Braun, who describes this odd ar-

rangement in Popular Mechanics: "Already an experimental ball has been

constructed and tried on Lake Michigan. The ball is 32 feet long and

32 feet in diameter....... Through the centre runs a steel axle, which

is held in place by numerous ropes, which radiate out like the spokes

of a bicycle. On this axle a boat is suspended in which the traveller

sits... At one end is a window, and at the other end is a small door

that will just admit the body of a man. A contraction of about six in-

ches takes place every time one goes in or out. On the inside there is

a suction-pump to be used to replace the air that escapes and also to

supply the necessary fresh air for the existence of the man.

"The ball is made of heavy canvas, of a fine texture, the seems

being carefully sewed with silk and the outside treated with several

coats of water-proof varnish.

"The ball I have just described was built only for experimental

purposes and short journeys. The advantage being that it can travel

over land and sea and with equal ease can roll over the rugged hills

that obstruct the path or float peacefully on the surface of the water.

The one he intends to construct for his Arctic expedition is to be much

larger, being of dimensions 115 feet by 75 feet."

Nissen is quoted as saying: "'During most of the three years that

Dr. Nansen has been in the ice he looked for high points in the pres-

sure ridges in order to climb them to look for another ice. He says:

"On May 19, I climbed to the top of the highest hummuck I have ever

mounted. I measured roughly and made it out to be 24 feet above the

ice; but as the latter was considerably above the surface of the water,

the height was probably 30 feet."

"'Now give me this balloon filled with air to the pressure of one-

half ounce to the square inch; give me an ordinary northwestern blizzard

at the rate of 75 miles an hour, and I will guarantee to travel over

such hummocks faster and smoother than an express on the finest track

in Christendom.'"

The cost of these experiments, Mr. Braun tells us has been born

entirely by Nissen, as has everything else pertaining to his invention.

He has already spent about $400, and expects to spend more before he

has gained sufficient confidence among the people to back him in his

Arctic expedition. Nissen is said to have refused tempting offers

from managers of amusement enterprises, and to be quite in earnest in

his plans.

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DECLINE IN MARRIAGES.

Falling Off for Last Decade in Britain Not so Serious.

Marriage is still on the dcline in England and Wales, as well as

throughout the United Kingdom as a whole. Mothers with marriageable

daughters will be interested to hear that the figures do not indicate

any very grave indisposition to enter the bonds of matrimony. The de-

cline, as set forth by the British Registrar-General in his quarterly

return, is represented by a small percentage, something less than one

per 1,000, instead of 11.1 per 1.000 for the opening quarter of last

year. The average over ten years is 11.6 per 1,000.

In actual figures the decline was from 120,554 to 118,968.

Nevertheless, it must be noted that mariages have steadily been de-

clining for many years. In 1862 the rate per 1,000 of the population

was 16.-1. For a period of four recent years it was : 1897, 16.0 per

1,000; 1898 16.2 per 1,000; 1899, 16.5 per 1,000; 1900, 16.0 per 1,000.

For the year 1901 there was a fall to 15.9 per 1,000, and the Regis-

trar-General suggested that this was probably due in some measure to

the war in South Africa. But the war has passed; the people have re-

sumed their normal habits; and yet the rate is not rising again, but

falling.

Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hersfordshire were the last

gipen to marrying in the winter season of the year. Their rate is

below 8.0 persons per 1,000. How low this reluctance goes may be

judged from the fine record, for instance, of Glanmorganshire, which

has a marriage rate for the first quarter of the year of 03.4 per

1,000.

The Registrar-General's figures on the birth rate deal not with

the first quarter, but with the second. The average number of births

is fairly well maintained; it is at the rate of 28.2 per 1,000 of the

population, against the ten years' average for the same quarter of 29.5.

Figures dealing with other vital questions are supplied by the

Registrar-General's quarterly return. The most deadly of the epidemic

diseases was whooping cough; it was worst in Warwickshire.

As to the nation's weather, the Registrar-General says that the

absense during April May, and June of any temperature higher than 80

degrees was a very unusual feature. London was well supplied with

bright sunshine; it was only ten hours less in the three months than

the average for twenty years.

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No matter how homely a minister is a woman always says he has a

good face.

In the spring there should be another plowing given, and harrowing re-

peated, for the purpose of removing still more roots.

With regard to the crop that should follow any such treatment as

outlined above there is a difference in practice. Some prefer to sow

down in the Fall with a very heavy crop, which will act as a blanket

during the next spring and permit of working the land early the fol-

lowing summer. Others continue the treatment of cultivation through

the spring planting in corn, potatoes, or some other crop which admits

of frequent cultivation, and final extermination of the grass plants

in the rows by hand-hoeing or by pulling. Such treatment as this,

faithfully given will almost certainly result in the complete eradita-

tion of the grass, the few plants which are able to come up in the rows

of any cultivated plant being easily disposed of by hand. Although

this seems a large amount of labor to put upon a single field, one

should never be discouraged from attempting it on that account. It is much cheaper in the long run

to do the job thouroughly, at the expense of considerable labor at the

start, than only to half do it and have the same thing to contend with

year after year. In the latter case not only must extra labor be perform-

ed but the yield of the crop is frequently lessened by reason of the grass

in the land. Again the extra cultivations given not only do not injure

the land, but in nine cases out of ten will be a positive benefit by put-

ting the soil in better mechanical condition and also in destroying other

weed pests besides quick grass and the noxious influence of these others

in our agriculture being scarcely fully realized.

BUYING PUREBREEDS.

A farmer who buys a trio or more of thoroughbred fowls will make no

mistake. If he prefers to get the eggs in the spring all will be well,

but he must expect to be ridiculed by some of his neighbors for paying $1

or $2 each for fowls. Nevertheless, these same farmers and neighbors will

promptly come forward with a request to "change eggs" with him when they

desire to hatch chicks the next spring. If a farmer buys eggs of the pure

breeds, he buys stock, the eggs being simply the embryo chicks.

A farmer who desires to improve often goes too far sometimes. Instead

of depending on one breed he begins with two or more. His interest will

be sufficiently strong for a year or two to keep the different varieties

separate, but in the course of time he will undertake to save labor by

turning all the breeds out together. Then the down grade begins, and in

a season or two his fowls will all be crossbred with no uniformity or fix-

ed characteristics.

If a farmer decides to improve, let him begin with purebred males if

he does not wish to purchase a trio or more, but stick to one breed. If

he gets a male every year, let it be of the breed he originally selected.

In two or three years he will have the flocks uniform and they will grow

better and better every season, and at a cost that is almost insignificant.

If neighbors desire to improve, let them co-operate in purchasing pure bre

eds, and if they refuse, then he should compel them to pay him for his ent-

erprise, when they call with a sitting of eggs from mongrel hens to be ex-

changed for something better. A dollar or two invested in pure breds will

make a difference in the quality of the stock and the number of eggs laid

of more than ten times the cost of the birds purchased.

IMPROVED TROUGH.

One of the grearest troubles with the hog is that he is so irrepes-

sibly hogish. When you feed him, he apparently feels in his inherent

duty to crowd every other hog as far, and forcefully away from the feed

as possible. When fed grain on the open floor, he takes it upon himself

to cover as much as he can, to keep noseing and pushing his fellows, of-

ten to his own loss of food, since more or less is wasted by his rude

"table manners." When fed slop in the trough, where he complacently

stands lengthwise, and if not satisfied with that, lays himself down,

gulping in his own and the smaller ones' share until too full even to

grunt, when he will stretch out for a snooze if the trough is big enough.

To avoid the waste of feed and to give all an equal chance to secure their

share, this device is as good as, if not better than, any. Then, too,

it is so simple that any farmer with a hammer and saw, and such loose

pieces as may be found in almost any scrap-pile, can build a substantial

affair that will suit.

The first requisite is a good-sized well constructed trough built

preferably in a V-shape. The width of the side boards will depend upon

the size of the hogs to be fed. A small trough, with six inch boards,

may be used for the wee pigs, and twelve or sixteen inch stuff for the

large shotes and breeding-sows. The size of pieces should depend upon

the weight of the animals, and the strain likely to come on the frame.

For hogs of ordinary weight a piece of two by four inches should be used

for the ridge-pole, and pieces one by three or two by two inches for the

guard bars. These should be securely nailed to the side of the trough,

and if a permanent trough in the hog-house, spiked to the floor to pre-

vent breaking off. The upright, firmly spiked should be amptly stout

to secure endwise rigidity.

For delivering slop to a trough, a spout or small trough should be

arranged to enter at the end of the feed-trough. With this arrangement,

when the distance between the bars has been properly adjusted to the size

of the animal, one can get to the trough between each space, and all side-

wise crowding is eventually prevented.

Modifications for this scheme are satisfactory for feeding young cat-

tle and sheep, as well as a guard against poultry getting into the trough

and scattering the grain about and onto the ground. You will find that

such a trough will soon pay all the trouble and expense incurred.

POWERS OF RADIANT.

New Fuel Invented by English Engineers.

A fuel called radiant, to be used in connection with gas and other

fires, has been invented by two young engineers of Southend, says The Lon-

don Daily Mail.

The inventors claim for radiant:-

(1) That it gives treble heat with the same gas consumption as an ordinary

gas fire.

(2) That it takes up the carbonic exoide from the air and purifies the at-

mosphere.

(3) That it does away with the unpleasant smell given off by gas fires.

(4) That it burns brightly like a coal fire.

(5) That it is as cheap as fireclay and is inexhaustible.

The two young inventors are connected with one of the largest firms

of gas engineers in the country, and have been experimenting for years

with a view to producing a fuel such as radiant. Radiant will take the

place of the asbestos or fireclay balls and will, it is said, give out an

intense heat. It is made from materials that are now waste products of

chemical works. Shortly, the new fuel captures the blue flame, which at

present is lost, and converts it into intense heat. Radiant is also said

to possess the power of retaining heat to a very great extent.

LUNATICS LET LOOSE.

Forty of Them Terrorizing a Small Italian Town.

The inhabitants of the Town of Atessa, in the Province of Chieti,

Italy, were thrown into a state of panic on Monday evening by a party

of forty lunatics, who were detrained at the railway station without no-

tice and set free.

They wandered about the town, committing all kinds of eccentricities

and frightened many of the shopkeepers and other residents nearly out of

their lives.

The mayor telegraphed to the perfect of the province for an explan-

ation. In reply he learned that the provincial council, owing to lack of

funds, had been obliged to close the lunatic asylum and send all the in-

mates home to their families. Those who were unclaimed and without rel-

atives had been sent to Atessa, the nearest town, and set free.

This extraordinary act of the provincial council has been referred

to the government at Rome, so that prompt action may be taken in the mat-

ter.

In the meantime the homeless lunatics are wandering about the Town

of Atessa, in a half-starved condition to the great annoyance and terror

of the inhabitants.

SCOUTING WITH TELEPHONE.

Scouting with the aid of the telephone has become one of the fea-

tures of modern warfare, and is now being made use of by the Japanese.

Two scouts proceed from the lines toward the enemy; one, the observer,

is a skilled army officer, who makes the observations, which are trans-

mitted back through a telephone line paid out from a reel carried by an

electrician of the signal corps. A ground return is used, the ground

being made by thrusting a bayonet of hatchet into the earth and attach-

ing one of the lines to it. The electrician carries a battery on his

back. He also makes a connection and does the talking. A special con-

ductor is used which will stand the rough usage. In this manner a scout

may be able to stay out a long time and give valuable information with-

out being obliged to make a number of hazardous trips to the front.

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The dentist is one of the few people who can fill an aching void.

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DR. A. W. CHASE'S CATARRH CURE...25c.

is sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower. Heals the

ulcers, clears the air passages, stops droppings in the throat and perm-

anantly cures Catarrh and Hay Fever. Blower free. All dealers, or

Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Toronto and Buffalo.

IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND

NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE.

Occurences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Commercial World.

Nine hundred and sixty thousand people enter London every day from

the suburbs.

There are 391 railway passenger stations within twelve miles of St.

Paul's, London.

During the past twelve months the Calais-Dover turbine steamer

Queen has carried 100,000 passengers.

The Westminster City Council has decided to contribute 8,000

(pounds)towards the cost of widening Piccadily.

Durham County Agricultural Society has had an offer from an in-

surance company to insure the society against a rainy show day.

Land is being purchased within nine miles of Charing Cross,

London, for the purpose of making suburban cemetaries, at the rate

of 400 (pounds) per acre.

The Zoological Gardens in London have just acquired four Japan-

ese apes. One of their chief peculiarities is that the tail is re-

duced to a stump.

During twelve hours an average of 60,753 foot passengers passed

over Blackfriars Bridge, 95,330 over London Bridge, and 24,920 over

Southwark Bridge.

While playing tennis with his family at his residence in Longton,

Mr. Josiah Warner, a well known earthenware manufacturer, fell dead

from heart failure.

A British peer laments there are no missions, no district visi-

tors, and no open-air preachings for the rich. It seems to be the

view that only the poor folks have souls to be saved.

Some 350 representatives of British workingmen's clubs have been

in Paris enjoying a four-days' holiday. They were entertained by the

International Committee of Arbitration and other bodies.

The British Empire is mistress of the seas in one sense from the

fact that the Imperial shipping alone numbers 11,134 vessels, of

16,006,374 tons-almost half the entire world's shipping.

The Archbishop of Westminster has become a total abstainer.

Like Cardinal Manning, he has recognized the havoc made among his

flock by drunkenness, and as he must preach tee-totalism to those

who need it he has decided to practice it as well.

In St. Olave's Grammar School, Southwark, Mr. Rushbrooke, the

headmaster, has enforced a rule that no boy shall be given a prize

in any subject unless he is ambidexterous and can write with each

hand with equal facility and neatness.

A cheque sent by the King to a horticultural society near Win-

dsor was missed by the village clergyman who had received it, but

after a diligent search it was discovered crumpled up in a fireplace,

where it had accidentally been thrown with some torn envelopes.

There are at present between thirteen and fourteen thousand cab-

men in London. No fewer than 47,000 articles have been left in cabs,

and conveyed to the lost property office. Among them were 21,608

umbrellas, 4,552 bags, 855 pairs of gloves, several bicycles, and a

long list of articles of clothing.

DOG AS CASH DEPOSITOR.

Takes Master's Money to Bank-Enjoys Fishing Trip.

"Rags" is the name of a little mongrel dog, not prepossessing

in appearance, owned by Mrs. John H. Morrison, whose husband is a

bookkeeper in a tannery at Middletown, N.Y., where the canine spends

much of his time, but, nevertheless, this dog, owing to this remark-

able intelligence, is highly prized by his mistress.

"Rags" makes a daily practice of visiting the local bank, where

he deposits the money of the firm where Mr. Morrison is engaged. He

has developed an instinct almost human. He will not allow anyone to

handle the deposit book after once taking it into his mouth, save

the bank officials and his master at the tannery. Rolls of bills in

"Rags'" mouth are much safer by far than in hands of many men, who

would be trusted with this important errand.

Another pastime of this remarkable dog is to visit a pond near

by his home, and with pole in mouth swims out to middle of stream

and there fish for specimens of finny tribe.

Superintendent Harry M. Hayes, of the tannery, was walking past

the pond recently, when he thought to have a little sport with

"Rags" by pretending to hurl something into the pond for the dog to

go after. The dog jumped right in and, swimming to the centre of

the pond, was seen to plunge about for a minute and then start to

swim back.

The action of the dog excited Mr. Hayes' curiosity. He came

to the conclusion that "Rags" had suddenly become ill, and was upon

the point of going to the rescue when in the mouth of the dog he saw

a long pole from which a line was trolling. Now and then there was

violent jerking of the pole and line which almost pulled the dog

from sight, but the plucky little fellow finally reached the bank

in an exhausted condition. In its mouth was a 15-foot pole and a

line, on the end of which was a large cat-fish.

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GETTING ON WELL.

"How are you getting on?" asked Johnson of young Tomkins,

whom he met in the street the other day.

"First-rate," was the man's reply.

"What are you doing?" further queried Johnson.

"I'm a medical director in an institution."

"A medical director?"

"Yes; you see I direct envelopes in a patent medicine house."

MERCER'S, Markdale's Cheapest and Most Reliable Store.

NEW FALL GOODS

Ladies' Coats.

NEW FALL STYLES. In blacks, blues, greys and fawns, style, fit and

finish the best, at prices running from $5.00 to $15.00. See them, buy

only if you want to.

Ladies' Top Skirts. In the new tweeds and black cloth walking skirts,

properly made and perfect fitters. $4.00 to $5.00.

Ladies' Underskirts. In fine black sateen, very latest style at prices

ranging from $1.00, 1.50, 1.75 and 2.00.

New Blousings. 50 new Waist Lengths, no two alike, newest weaves and

colorings, at 25c. to $1.00 per yard.

Readymade Clothing. The most complete and largest stock to choose

from in Markdale. No matter what you want in Suits, Overcoats, Rain Coats,

Reefers, Pants, Vests, Smocks and Overalls for Men and Boys, you can always

depend on getting it here, and at prices not beaten by anybody. Come and

see our new stock.

New Fall Caps. For Men and Boys in all the new shapes and a great

range to choose from at 25c. to 50c.

New Fall Hats. Hard or soft felts, latest styles, The prices range

from $1.00 to $2.50.

Bring along your Butter and Eggs, highest prices paid.

Headquarters for Hats, Caps, Clothing, Shoes and Furnishings.

H. MERCER, Markdale.

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Watch Repairing

Continues to be a leading and growing feature of my jewellery business,

Many customers have had the same watches repaired by me for the past eight

years and are thoroughly satisfied. Also many additions have been added

to my watch repair list by putting watches in good time-keeping repair

that had not been giving satisfaction. A better repair outfit or better

satisfaction cannot be obtained elsewhere. Can make for any part of the

finest watch or clock. Expert on fine mechanical work. Charges very mod-

erate.

W. J. SHORTHILL,

Jeweller, Markdale.

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Properties for Sale.

$2,000 will buy a 100-acre farm in Holland.-W. J. McFarland. $1,500 will

buy a concrete house and double lot on Markstreet, Markdale.

- W. J. McFarland.

Farm for Sale.

200 acres, being lots 16 and 17, con. 12, Glenelg; will sell together or

separate. Four and a half miles west of Markdale. Apply on the premises.

30-5 F. WALKER, Markdale.

Farm for Sale or Rent.

One hundred acres, lots 39 and 40, con. 1, W.T.S.R., in the township

of Holland, one mile south of Holland Centre. For particulars apply to

JOHN FREEBORN, Owen Sound.

Farm For Sale

100 acres, good soil, 50 acres under cultivation, can work machinery

on it; 12 acres bush, balance in pasture; 2 good wells, very good house

and stables, in a good neighborhood. Seventeen hundred dollars will

take it. May have possession at once. Fall plowing done.

CAMPBELL & WYVILLE, Markdale.

Farm For Sale.

Lot 8, con. 12. Glenelg, 100 acres, about one half under cultivation,

and the balance hardwood bush and pasture; frame barn and house, good

well, school and post office convenient. Good roads and good neighbor-

hood. ROBERT GOODWILL, Glascott.

Strayed

To my premises about the 20th August, five spring calves, two heifers

and three steers. The owners can have same by proving property and pay-

ing expenses. MRS. ROBT. JOHNSON, lot 16, con. 10, Euphrasia, Goring p.o.

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A Man

Depends on the tailor's Tape for the Fitting of His Clothes.

We know how to handle the tape to secure the results, and we've got

the goods from which to make the garments. Fit style and workmanship are

guaranteed.

Robt. S. Rae

Main Street, Markdale.

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CANADIAN PACIFIC

Labor Day Single Fare

Going September 3rd, 4th, 5th.

Returning until September 6th.

Between all stations in Canada, Port Arthur and East.

Full particulars from Canadian Pacific Agents or from

A. H. NOTMAN, Toronto.

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The Fall Term at the Northern Business College

OWEN SOUND, ONT.

Will Begin On

Thursday, September 4

The large new wing now being built to College will be completed and

furnished during the holidays and will be opened on that date.

THE NORTHERN

Is the only business College in Canada owning a college building. The

new wing will provide accomodation for over 150 more students. Send for

circular describing our courses of Study, which are Business Course, Short-

hand and Typewriting course, Prepitory course.

Address C. A. Fleming, Principal,

Owen Sound, Ont.

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THE MARKDALE STANDARD

C. W. Rutledge, Publisher.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

MARKDALE, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904.

Notes and Comments.

"There need be no repitition of the Scottish Church trouble in Can-

ada if the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches should de-

cide to unite," said Rev. Dr. Henderson, of the Methodist Mission Room,

in Toronto last week. "We would have special legislation passed by Par-

liament, allowing us to unite, and to carry over our property and funds,

before we took any formal steps towards union."

A charming woman is one forgetful of self; thinking of other people's

needs; sympathetic and unaffected; knowing the proper thing to say at the

proper time; an interesting listener- not always wanting to be the centre

of attraction. A woman does not need beauty to make her charming, but

daintiness and neatness in dress. She must be cordial and gracious to

all, not thinking because some are not her equals that she may pass them

by without a kindly word to help them on their way.

Nothing about a sawmill goes to waste these days. Ten years ago

the sawmill owners would pile their sawdust until they had a large heap

and then they would burn it, getting no return whatever. The most of them

now have Dutch ovens for frying the dust, and they burn it in their furn-

aces, making the refuse pay for the operation. Still others have estab-

lished paper mills and use their sawdust for making paper. In the olden

days great logs were taken and squared and the slabs were thrown away.

Now a very thin slice is taken off. Then a board is sawed and edged and

in that way hardly a perceptible fraction is lost with the bark and even

the bark has its uses.

That the King is a busy man is well known. It is not often, however,

that the public is favored with the details of his Majesty's labors. A

journalist has compiled a summary of the activities of the King during

his recent voyage to the Mediterranean, which culminated in the visit to

Paris and the new French treaty of arbitration. In that trip it appears

that the King made 31 speeches, delivered 15 addresses, attended 25 ban-

quets, 7 reviews and 8 services. Thus in a brief time his Majesty had

to make 86 public appearances in various countries as well as confer in

private with sovereigns and Ministers. Mr. Roosevelt is evidently not

the only ruler who leads a strenuous life.

After years of suffering from an illness which several physicians

said was consumption, Miss, Iva Blakeman of Newton, Upper Falls, Mass.,

recently coughed up a penny, and her health is rapidly improving. When

the girl was recovering from diptheria 15 years ago she swallowed the

penny. She became ill about five years ago and physicians diagnosed her

case as consumption. She would be seized withe violent coughing spells,

followed by the formation of abcesses on her lungs. Miss Blakeman was

seized with a particularly violent spell a few days ago, and in an effort

to prevent herself from choking thrust her finger down her throat. The

next instant she withdrew her hand and up came the penny.

Dr. Goldwin Smith, with his usual logic, says, in the Sun: "The

speaker of the Senate complains with justice of the prerogative of dis-

solving of Parliament. It would be much better if the times for election

and disolution could be regulated by law. But as it is, the prerogative

of calling and dissolving Parliament is vested in the representative of

the Crown, who is bound to see that it is exercised constitutionally,

not as a mere move in a factious game. The Lieut.-Governor of Ontario

deemed himself bound at the beck of his Ministers to call the Legislature

at an extranordinary time, not for the despatch of public business, but

to enable a tottering Government to dodge the election trials. Sir Wil-

fred Laurier is now permitted to hold disolution over the head of the

country, and presently to snap a verdict when it may suit his party stra-

tegy. Sir John McDonald once suddenly dissolved, without any constitu-

tional ground, on the plea that negotiations whatever were on foot with

the United States, and met at once by a note from the American Secretary

of State declaring that no negotiations whatever were on foot between the

two countries. Either the the Governor General and the Lieut. Governors

owe a constitutional duty to the country or they do not. If they do not,

what is the use of the offices?

Passing of the Curfew.

A few years ago many of the people of Canada were seized with

the curfew bell mania. The Legislature, to meet their views, gave

municipalities power to pass and enforce curfew by-laws.Many places

took advantage of the powers thus conferred on them, and soon their

people had daily the sixteenth century notice to get in out of the

streets. The worshippers of statutes and by-laws were happy, and

some of them seemed to think that a great step had been taken to-

ward the salvation of the young. But the novelty wore off in a few

days, and it was soon found that the need for parental control and

home care and training was no less than before the bell had rung.

Quickly the curfew fell into disrepute, and now little is ever heard

of it save as a curious freak of legislation on the statute books

and volumes of municipal by-laws. Commenting on it the Christian

Guardian says:

A curfew bell to bring the boys and girls off the streets at

9 o'clock might do much good, but there is another kind of curfew

which we think is even more needed, namely, one that will call the

fathers and mothers home from the saloons and clubs and lodgerooms

and the many social functions of various kinds to make pleasant and

attractive and helpful the homes from which so many of our boys and

girls are wandering to learn their lessons of life from hoodlums on

the street corners. It is appalling to see how little responsibility

is felt by many parents relative to this matter, and yet it is a fact

well attested that the percentage of the boys and girls that go as-

tray from bright, attractive Christian homes,where fathers and mothers

look after their interests and are careful for their welfare, is very

small indeed. The curfew to call the children of the street is at the

best but an expedient to attone for the sinful neglect and selfish-

ness of the parents.

Our contemporary puts a finger on our social sore. If profes-

sing Christian parents felt half the interest in the welfare of their

children that some men do in their horses and dogs, there would be

hope for an improvement in the youth of the land. But there are many

who will cry for statutes and by-laws and reformatories and jails and

religion in the state schools, and all that sort of thing, while they

begrudge a parent's care to the children for whose training they are

by every rule of nature and law, civil, moral and religious, respon-

sible. The reform needed will not be brought about by statutes or

by-laws. What is needed is a revival of interest in the home and its

duties. To have well-behaved children we must have good parents.

Few bad children come from homes where the fathers and mothers have

a proper appreciation of the duties devolving upon parents. Reform

the home.

Fall Fair Dates.

MARKDALE, October 4-5.

Holland, Chatsworth, Sept. 20-21.

Durham, Sept. 22.

Owen Sound, September 22-23-24.

Collingwood, Sept.22-24

Walters Falls, Sept. 27-28.

Flesherton, September 27-28.

Toronto, Aug. 29 to Sept. 10.

Sullivan, Desboro, Sept. 29 and 30.

Meaford, September 30th.

Clarsburg, October 6th.

Feversham, October 6th.

Priceville, October 6-7.

Rocklyn, October 7th.

Dundalk, October 13-14.

The most astonishing features of the naval engagements of the

Far East, aside from the accuracy of the Japanese gun-fire, is the

long range at which the fleet fought. Togo seems never to have ap-

proached nearer to his victims than a distance of five miles (except

with his torpedo boats,) and generally he was a good eight miles a-

way. Kamimura was closer to his prey, particularly when his ships

closed in on the Rurik like a pack of wolves around a dying horse;

but none the less, he kept at a very respectful distance, and, like

Togo, relied on his heaviest guns. When one considers the distance

represented by five miles it seems almost incredible that three

twelve-inch shells could have hit the Cesarevitch within five min-

utes. At eight miles one cruiser, as seen from another, is not

much more than a toy ship. Of course the telescopic sight, in the

range-finder and other instruments have made the engagements of to-

day possible. But the marvel of these fights is only increased

thereby, particularly if one thinks of the targets and the marksmen

rolling about in heavy seas and moving at inconstant rates of speed.

Many Sudden Deaths.

Are traced to a heart that was neglected. If your heart is

weak or beats too rapidly you need Ferrozone to strengthen the

heart's muscles, regulate its action and stop smothering spasms.

Ferrozone always cures weak heart and restores this organ to a

strong, healthy state. The best heart medicine in the world is

Ferrozone which beats any substitue. Widely used by doctors and

sold at 50c. per box by druggists.

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F. T. HILL & CO.

Advance Shipments of New Styles In Fall and Winter Goods.

The greatest preparation in the history of our business is in pro-

gress for the largest and most successful Fall trading that it has

been our pleasure to anticipate. A few advance shipments in the

following lines brought direct from the best manufacturers in the

line, will go for to demonstrate the fact that quality and style

combined with big assortment and special values is destined to

make this store your popular shopping quarters.

Ladies, this Week for Your New Fall Gloves.

Any of these gloves may be fitted at the counter. Ladies'

Black Kid Gloves, 2 dome fastener, over sewn seems, made by a

leading French manufacturer, sizes 6 to 7 1/4. Regular price

was 85c. Very special at 58

Ladies' fine French Swede Gloves. Pewnys make this line in all

the leading shades, such as modes, beavers, fawns, greys, pearls

and black.

A very fashionable and an exceptionally good wearer, sizes, 6 to

7 1/4. Very special at 1.00

Ladies' extra quality French Kid Gloves, Perrins reliable make,

in black only, over-sewn seams, Gusset fingers, 2 dome fasteners,

all sizes, regular values $1.25. Very special at 98

Ladies, this Week for Your New Fall Skirts.

250 New Fall Skirts to make your selection from, is the story

we have to tell, consisting of such popular cloths as all wool broad

cloths, box cloths, worsted Venetians. Heather tweeds, fancy tweeds,

homespuns and friezes, combined with the big assortment of styles

we are showing.

Special prices predominate as follows:

Ladies' Fine Broadcloth Skirts, latest fall styles, beautifully cut

and trimmed, all sizes. Specially priced at 4.90 and 5.25

Ladies' Fancy Tweed Skirts, also plain and fancy homespuns, made

with fancy stitched seams, pleated gores, also fancy tabs and cover-

ed buttons, very unique styles, all sizes. Specially priced at

$3.50. 3.75 aud 4.50

Stylish Creations in Ladies' Fall and Winter Jackets.

We are showing an early shipment of New Jackets in the up to

date styles specially bought for early buyers. Popularly priced

as follows: 3.50, 3.75, 4.50, 6.50, 7.75, 8.50, 10.00, and 11.50.

It will profit you to see them.

Of Special Interest to the Men

In Tailor Made Clothing.

A SAVING OF $2.50 to $4.00 ON YOUR NEW FALL SUIT. Owing to the

Finlay Smith fire in Montreal we were able to secure from the Insur-

ance Companies a very large stock of Fancy Worsteds, Scotch Tweeds,

Olay Worsteds,Venetians and Serges at a very low rate on the dollar,

hence the reason we are able to save you...1.00 on your new Fall Suit.

The following partially tells the tale:

In fancy Worsteds and blue Worsted Serges we are offering a suit

that would cost you 15.50 to 16.00 in the ordinary way for 12.75

In Scotch Tweeds, Fine Worsteds and Clay Twills we are offering

you a suit that would be reasonably priced at 17.50 to 18.00 for

14.50

In extra fine qualities of fine worsted Scotch and Irish Twill,

colors, black, blue, and dark grey, we are offering you a suit

regularly priced at 20.00 for 17.50 to 19.00

Remember, we specially invite inspection, no need to buy. Best of

trimmings, always a guaranteed fit with choice of tailors.

The Following Specials Will be of Interest to the Many

50 dozen Porcelion Cups and Saucers, colors of blue, green, melrose,

very special at 8c. per cup and saucer.

50 dozen Porcelain Plates, in 6 and 7 inch, to match cups and

saucers.

Regular 1.25, special at 95c per doz.

4 pounds of choice cleaned Currants for 25c.

4 packages good quality Corn Starch for 25c.

Redpath Granulated Sugar, 20 pounds for 1.00

SPECIAL FROM OUR HARDWARE DEPARTMENT.

Remember we take all kinds of Produce in exchange for Hardware.

50 only 6 quart Granite Pudding Pans for 19c., regular 35c.

50 only 1 1/2 quart Granite Pudding Pans for 9c., regular 15c.

F. T. HILL & CO.

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HOBBLED SIX YEARS WITH RHEUMATISM.

The Remarkable Case of Mr. Cullen, a Chronic Sufferer, Who Was Cured

In Six Weeks by Ferrozone.

Mr. Cullen of Sturgeon Bay, writes: "For six years I hobbled

about like a cripple, unable to move without crutches and canes.

I used quantities of medicines, and special baths, but they didn't

help me very much. "On the advise of a Presbyterian minister I

used Ferrozone, gave it a good trial at first, and when I saw it

was helping, I bought six boxes and took one tablet at the close

of each meal. I amm perfectly cured, and am today as spry as a

youngster of ten. I am convinced that my recovery is entirely due

to the marvellous action of Ferrozone."

Mr. Cullen's case is a fair example of the kind of cures that

Ferrozone is effecting everyday. In severe cases of Neuralgie,

Sciatica, Rheumatism and Lumbago, it acts with surprising alacrity,

and no case is recorded where it failed.

Ferrozone cures these diseases because it is a solvent for uric

acid in the blood. Then it builds up and invigorates the system,

and makes weak, sickly people strong and well enough to resist and

ward off disease.

The best Rheumatism remedy is Ferrozone. It relieves quickly,

and cures so perfectly that the disease never returns. After all

other remedies fail, it cures, and that is the sort of medicine you

want. Price 50c. per box, or six boxes for $2.50, Sent to your

address by mail if price is forwarded to The Ferrozone Company,

Kingston, Ont.

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Fall Term Opens Sept. 6.

ELLIOTT BUSINESS COLLEGE. TORONTO, ONT.

A High Grade Commercial School!

Strictly first-class in all departments. Magnificent catalogue

free. Write for one.

Corner Yonge and Alexander Streets.

W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal.

A Family Necessity

Is a remedy capable of affording immediate relief to the hundred

and one ailments that constantly arise. It may be a cold, perhaps

tooth-ache, neuralgia, pain in the back,-use Nerviline; it's more

penetrating, pain subduing and powerful than any other liniment.

Nerviline is at least five times stronger than ordinary remedies and

its worth in any household can't be over-estimated. For man or beast

Nerviline is a panacea for all pain and costs only 25c. per bottle.

Buy Nerviline today.

Dysentry causes the death of more people than small-pox and

yellow fever combined. In an army it is dreaded more than a bat-

tle. It requires prompt and effective treatment. Chamberlain's

Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has been used in nine epidemics

of dysentry in the United States with perfect success, and has cured

the most malignant cases, both of children and adults, and under the

most trying condition. Every household should have a bottle at hand.

Get it to-day. It may save a life. Sold by R. L. Stephen.

Honest Watch Repairs

The real economy of watch repairing is not cheap repairs by

novices, but honest work by an experienced workman. I have built

up a reputation for honest watch repairs, and I intend to keep it

by doing only first class work. Give me a trial with your next job.

All work warranted for one year.

J. H. STEPHENSON

EXPERT WATCH REPAIRER.

C. P. R. TIME TABLE

MARKDALE STATION

Going South 7.30 a.m. 4.53 p.m.

Going North 12,20 a.m. 9.40 p.m.

Another club woman, Mrs. Haule, of Edgerton, Wis., tells how she

was cured of irregularities and uterine trouble, terrible pains and back-

ache, by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-A while ago my health began to fail because of

female troubles. The doctor did not help me. I remembered that my mother

had used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound on many occasions for ir-

regularities and uterine troubled, and I felt sure that it could not harm

me at any rate to give it a trial.

"I was certainly glad to find that within a week I felt much better,

the terrible pains in the back and side were beginning to cease, and at

the time of menstruation I did not have nearly as serious a time as here-

tofore, so I continued its use for two months, and at the end of that time

I was like a new woman. I really have never felt better in my life, have

not had a sick headache since, and weigh 20 pounds more than I ever did,

so I unhesitatingly recommend your medicine."-MRS. MAY HAULE, Edgerton,

Wis.,Pres. Household Economics Club.

-$5000 forfeit if original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be

produced.

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P. McCullough

Barrister, Solicitor, etc. Office-Main street, Markdale. Money to lend.

Lucas, Wright & McArdle

Barristers, Solicitors, etc. Offices-Markdale and Owen Sound. I. B.

Lucas. W. H. Wright. I. W. McArdle.

J. S. Black

Pomona P.O. Money to loan on real estate security at low rate of inter-

est. No commission charged. Business strictly confidential.

A. Brown, M. B.

Graduate Toronto University Medical College, Member of College of Phsi-

cians and Surgeons, Ont. Office over Stephen's drug store. Night calls

answered at office.

Saugeen Lodge No 327, I.O.O.F.

Meets every Friday at 8 p.m. in their hall, Sargeant's Block. Visiting

brethren always welcome. Harry Shaw, N. G. ; R. W, Ennis, Sec.-Treas.

L. G. Campbell

(L. D. S., D, D. S,) Dental Surgeon. Graduate of Ontario College of

Dentistry and University of Toronto. Office over the Post Office. Of-

fice hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

C.O.C.F. No. 399.

Court Markdale Canadian Order Chosen Friends No. 399 meets first Tues-

day in the month in Ennis' hall at 8 o'clock. Mrs. W. R. Burnett, Chief

Councillor; R. W. Ennis, Recorder.

Markdale Lodge, 141, A.O.U.W.

meets in Ennis' hall at 8 o'clock p.m. the first and third Monday in each

month. Has 99 members. A visit from other lodges solicited. James Ell-

iott, Master. C. W. Rutledge, Recorder.

R. J. Sproule

Flesherton. Conveyancer, Appraisor Valuator and Money Lender, Deeds,

Mortgages, Leases and Wills drawn up and Valuations made on the shortest

notice. Charges very low. Apply to R. J. Sproule, Postmaster, Flesh-

erton.

Court Markdale I.O.F. No. 991

Meets in Ennis' hall the third Tuesday in the month at 8 o'clock. A visit

from brethren of other courts solicited. Assessments must be paid to the

financial secretary, Frank Graham, on or before the last day of the month.

A. McCutcheon, C.R. J.B. Waite, R.S.

Money to Loan. Private Funds.

In large or small amounts. Lowest rate of interest. No expenses when

title is clear. Payments made to suit borrowers. SALE NOTES, LIFE IN-

SURANCES, Mortgages and other securities bought, sold or money advanced

on them. Purchases made in city, or elsewhere, of all classes of goods,

or any business intrusted to me will be held strictly confidencial.

W. J. McFARLAND, Room O, Confederation Life Building, Richmond St.

East, TORONTO.

Farm for Sale.

Nearly two hundred and fifty acres, being lots 13 in the 13th and 14 in

the 12th con. Artemisia, all in a block, would sell all or part. Has

good buildings, orchard, well fenced. well watered and in a good state

of cultivation. Apply on the premises. MARSHAL BEARD. Vandeleur. 44-50

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Changes in School System.

New Regulations and Revised Curriculum for Public and High Schools of

Ontario.

Complete and radical will be the changes instituted in the Public

and High Schools of the Province by the revised regulations which have

been prepared by the Minister of Education and his assistants, and which

were endorsed by the Provincial Cabinet at the meeting last week.

The regulations are of the greatest importance, and the influence

of them on the provincial school system will be far-reaching.

Speaking generally the regulations have been based on the draft sub-

mitted by the Minister to the Educational Association two years ago, and

the subsequent report of the Committee of nineteen, but neither of these

documents has been slavishly followed.

Briefly, the general instructions to teachers and the subjects for

study or examination in the Public Schools will be as follows:

In all the forms the teachers are instructed not to neglect any op-

portunity to give instructions in moral principles and practices, and in

good manners. The other subjects in the various forms will be as follows:

First, Second and Third Books- Spelling, literature, composition,

history, geography, arithmetic, writing, art, constructive work, clay

modeling, phsiology and hygiene and nature study. Needle work is added

for second and third classes.

Fourth Book- Reading, spelling, literature, composition, history,

English grammar, geography, arithmetic, writing, bookkeeping, manual

training, household science, physiology and hygiene and natural study.

For the Fifth Form of the Public School the following subjects are

obligatory: Reading, literature, grammar, composition, history, geog-

raphy, writing, arithmetic and mensuration and elementary science.

From the other subjects of this form, Boards of Trustees may select, with

the concurrence of the Inspector, such subjects or such parts of the

courses therein, as may, in their judgement, suit the requirements of

their localities.

When, from any cause, teachers properly prepared to teach the courses

in art, constructive work, clay modeling, elementary science and nature

study are not available, the Inspector shall authorize such modifications

of the courses in these subjects as he may deem expedient.

Classes in Latin, Greek, French or German may be provided in Fifth

Forms or Continuation classes, with the concurrence of the Inspector,

and with a time table provided by him. Teachers of these subjects shall

hold at least a second class certificate and have passed a departmental

or a university examination in the language they undertake to teach.

It is distinctly stated, however, that the Fifth Form classes, where

the candidates are prepared for the district junior or senior examinations,

the High School regulations regarding equipment, apparatus, etc., must be

complied with. On application to the Minister of Education, a list of the

apparatus required will be furnished, but the amount to be purchased will

be in the discretion of the Inspector.

The Minister of Education has held to his opinion concerning Latin,

despite the vigorous criticisms which have emanated from the "Latinists"

during the past year. In the new curriculum it is not an obligatory sub-

ject for the junior non-professional examination, but the pupils who take

it will have the marks made on the paper added to the total. In other

words, Latin will be a "bonus optional subject."

Value of the Apple.

There is scarcely an article of vegetable food more widely uesful

and more universally liked than the apple. Let every family in autumn

lay in from two to ten barrels or more and it will be to them the most

economical investment in the whole range of culinary supplies. The most

healthful desert that can be placed on the table is baked apples. If

taken freely at breakfast, with coarse bread, and without meat or flesh

of any kind, it has an admirable effect on the general system. If fam-

ilies could be induced to substitute the apple- sound, ripe and luscious-

for pies, cakes, candies and other sweetmeats, with which children are

too often found stuffed, there would be a diminution of doctor's bills

sufficient in a single year to lay up a stock of this delicious fruit

for a season's use.

Old Folks Can't Stand

Harsh, purging medicine, but invariably find Dr. Hamilton's Pills

of Mandrake and Butternut the mildest cure for constipation and sick

headache. No griping pains, sure cure, price 25c. Use only Dr. Hamil-

ton's Pills.

The Wrong Reward.

How apt we are to look upon life as on a popular novel or story.

The villian receives condign punishment and the hero becomes wealthy and

lives happily ever after. We think the hero, the man who has done nobly,

must be rewarded in a definite, material way. If he has acted well his

part, honor and fame must surely come. How often our standard of reward

is rudely shattered in real life. Then when we see some really noble hu-

man being who has not gained wealth, or honor or fame we murmur against

Providence and complain that the world is not managed just right. We do

not accept piece of conscience, self-content or a good name as sufficient

rewards for a virtuous life. We feel that the hero should be rewarded

with wealth and the glamour of worldly honor. We continually find our-

selves looking at things with a materialistic standpoint, not from a div-

ine standpoint. Our spiritual discernment is dead. But if we can only

bring ourselves to look at the things about us from the right standpoint

the reward within us is the greatest reward for well doing. The concious-

ness that our conduct has the approval of the Divine Father, that is great-

er than houses or lands or earthly rewards.

Be Quick.

Not a minute should be lost after a child shows symptoms of cholera

infatum. The first unusual looseness of the bowels should be sufficient

warning, If immediate and proper treatment is given serious consequences

will be averted. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the

sole reliance of thousands of mothers and by it's aid they have often saved

their children's lives. Every household should have a bottle at hand. Get

it to-day. It may save a life. For sale by R. L. Stephen, druggist and

chemist, Markdale, Ont.

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Animals Becoming Extinct.

Every century sees several species of animal becoming extinct. In

the race for life the weak must yield to the strong, and because they are

persistently sought for food or for feathers not only individuals but whole

families cease to exist. The disappearance of the great auk can be laid

to the nineteenth century. It became extinct on the American side of the

Atlantic about 1840 and in Europe about 1844. The South African quagga

disappeared about 1870 owing to the slaughter of hide hunters. The twin

shelled tortoise of the Galapagos islands became extinct in all probabil-

ity about 1875. The black emu of South Australia was also exterminated

during the century, though it was abundant in 1803. The great cormorant

was last seen alive about 1839, and many other species of birds from all

parts of the world have likewise been exterminated. In the Danish West

India islands, for example, out of fourteen species catalogued in 1795

only six still exist, and a similar history can be told of many other

localities.

Shelley Liked Bread.

The poet Shelley was very simple in his tastes and found his chief

pleasure in long, solitary rambles. Bread became his chief sustenance

when his regimen attained to that austerity which arterward distinguished

it. He could have lived on bread alone without repining.

"Do you know," he said one day to a friend, with much surprise,

"that Mr. G. does not like bread? Did you ever know a person who dis-

liked bread?" His friend explained to him that Mr. G. probably had no

objection to bread in moderate quantity at a proper time and with the

usual adjuncts and was only unwilling to devour several pounds of dry

bread at the meal.

Shelley had no such objection; his pockets were generally well stored

with bread. Sometimes he ate with his bread the common raisins which he

bought at small grocers' shops.

Sea Serpents Breathe Air.

Like all other serpents, the sea serpents, though permanently inhab-

iting the sea, are air breathers. The lateral flattening of their tails

greatly helps them to swim in any direction, and it specially enables them

to rise rapidly to the surface of the water to breathe. That they may do

this the more easily and securely their nostrils are placed at the very

end of the muzzle and are furnished with valves, which secure them from

being entered by the water in which they live.

Unlike other snakes, they can cast their skins in small pieces.

Their eyes are not adapted to see well out of water, and thus they can-

not when in the air take a good aim to bite. They feed on small fishes,

which they paralyze by means of their poison, and thus they have nothing

to fear from the spines of the fishes they eat.

Two Tales of Truffled Turkeys.

The Abbe Morelet was accustomed to say: "There needs be two to

eat a truffled turkey. I never do otherwise. I have one today. We

will be two- the turkey and myself."

The archbishop of Sanzai was another truffled turkey lover. His

grand vicar had lost a turkey to him on a bet and delayed paying up be-

cause, as he alleged, "truffles were bad that year."

"Bah! Bah!" said the archbishop. "We will chance the truffles.

This is a false report that has been circulated by the turkeys. -"The

Pleasures of the Table," by G. H. Ellwanger.

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Honor Rolls.

Report of S. S. No. 7, Euphrasia, for August.

4 sr,-M Boyd.

4 jr.-Ruby Mathewson, E Knott.

3 sr.-C Eaton, E Eaton, W Knott.

2 sr.-H Knott, B Eaton, C Rodgers, W Charters.

2 jr.-W Lee, Elias Gardner,

Pt.2-Florence Gardner.

Pt. 1 sr.-Mary Eaton, E Rodgers, H Mathewson, E White.

Pt. 1 jr. (a)-G Lee, M Risk, Mabel Hawkens.

Pt. 1 jr. (b)-C Risk, Walter White. Etta L. Douglass, Teacher.

S.S. No. 4, Glenelg.

4 sr.-L Vasey.

4 jr.-Jean Boyle.

3 sr.-P Livingston, J Ellison, Annie Young, W Kerney.

3 jr.-F Vasey, B Kerney, V Dunn, C Brodie.

2 sr.-A Duncan, L Boyle, J Livingston, Mary McArthur.

2 jr.-W Goodwill, Madge Goodwill, Muriel Goodwill.

Pt. 2 sr.-J Kerney, C Dunn, Hughie Duncan, Donald McArthur.

Pt. 2 jr.-B Goodwill, Waudby Baker, G Goodwill, Jackson Boyle.

Pt. 1 sr.-R Goodwill, M Duncan, M Baker, D McArthur.

Pt 1 jr.-W Boyle, E Ellison, Sadie Goodwill, Pearl Stoddart.

Average attendance 32.

M Morton.

Victoria Corners

The thunderstorms of last Friday put a stop to harvesting operations

around here.

Mr. John Warner has had a cement floor put in the basement of his

barn; Mr. Joseph Strain is preparing to have his barn done likewise.

We are pleased to heat that Mr. Richard Stinson who has been very

sick is able to be around again.

Mr. M. G. Orr has the outside work of his handsome new residence

about completed.

Potatoes are likely to be scarce this year as the blight has appear-

ed even earlier than last year.

Mr. Joseph Strain shipped another car of lasts to Toronto last week.

DIRECTORY.

POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY.

MARKDALE.

The P. O. will be opened from 8 o'clock a.m. to 7 p.m. every working day.

Mails closed as follows, viz:

C. P. R., going North, 12:05 a m, and 9 p m

" " South, 4:35 p m, and 9 p m

TRAVERSTON and WAUDBY

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 12:30 noon

BEAVERDALE and WODEHOUSE,

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 2 p m

For registered letters and money orders thirty minutes earlier than

above. The P. O. will be open on Holidays an hour after noon mail ar-

rives.

Angus Plewes, P. M.

MARKDALE VILLAGE OFFICALS.

Reeve-W. J. Shorthill.

Councillors-J. Artley, J. Chapman, Thos. Kells and J. A. Crowston.

Clerk-A. Macpherson.

Treasure--Wm. Lucas

Pound-keeper-Os Walker.

Village Constable-George Noble.

Public School Trustees-Dr. Ego, Rev. J. R. Newell, G. M. Haskett, W. L.

Young, W. A. Armstrong and S J Halbert.

DIVISION COURT CLERKS

No. 1. Ben Allen, Owen Sound.

" 2. David Jackson, Durham.

" 3. Thos. Plunkett, Meaford.

" 4. W. L. Tyson, Clarksburg.

" 5. A. S. VanDusen, Flesherton.

" 6. John McDonald, Chatsworth.

" 7. Duncan Campbell, Hanover.

" 8. R L Stephen Markdale.

NEIGHBORING MUNICIPAL COUNCIL BOARDS.

ARTEMESIA.

Reeve-Alex. Muir, Ceylon.

Councillors-Jos. Gibson, W. J. Meads, Robert Purvis and R. Best.

Treasurer-W. A. Armstrong.

Clerk-Nathaniel L Curry, Rocklyn.

HOLLAND

Reeve-Wm Foster.

Councillors-John Murray, S C Greenaway, A Gillespie and B S Wheildon.

Treasurer-John Cameron.

Clerk-J. P Hare, Holland Centre.

GLENELG

Reeve-Thos. McFadden.

Councillors-G. E. Arrowsmith, Thos. Davis, Patrick Sullivan and Wm. T.

Kerney.

Treasurer-Daniel Edge.

Clerk-John S. Black, Pomona.

OSPREY.

Reeve-John Hudson.

Councillors-E.W. Norman, D. W. Clinton, D B Winters and F W Brownlee.

Treasurer-Josiah Gamey, Maxwell.

Clerk-Thos. Scott, McIntyre.

COUNTY COUNCIL

No 1-Gordon and Doyle.

" 2-Pringle and Garvie.

" 3-McKinnon and McLean

" 4-Allen and Shenk

McFarland, Stafford & Co.

MARKDALE, ONT.

Grey Couty's BIGGEST and CHEAPEST Store

NEW FALL GOODS

Just enough of a mention to remind you of all that's going on behind the

scenes. Boxes and bundles are coming by the car load, but all departments

are not in shape yet to show them. You can notice the store in general is

taking on a warmer hue, and in another week the fall goods will have the

prominence in each department.

This week the Special News is

Mantles, Skirts and Ready-to-wear Hats

New Fall Skirts.

We put in stock a few days ago our first shipment of Ladies and Misses

New Fall Skirts.This lot was purchased from one of the best manufacturers

of Ladies Skirts in the Dominion, and for Fit, Style, Workmanship and

Value we think they will compare favorably with any you will see. Only

space here to describe a few. Over 100 to select from.

Homespun Skirts for 2.25

Ladies' Skirts, made from fine wool homespun in rich shade oxford grey

or black, wide sweep, deep flare, double stitched welted seams, in good

heavy weight cloth, lengths 37 to 44 inch. Special value at 2.25

Black Cloth Skirts for 3.75

10 only Ladies' Skirts, made from fine black wool costume cloth, handsome-

ly trimmed with satin piping and buttons, 7 gore, flare bottom, wide sweep,

lengths 38 to 48 inch.

Splendid values at 3.75

Roxana Cloth Skirts 5.90

4 only Ladies' Navy Blue Skirts, made from rich satin finished Roxana cloth,

"the new basket weave," one of the newest weaves in fall dress cloths,nice-

ly made with new style pleating, brush binding, seams overcast and tepe

bound, very stylish, lengths 38 to 42.

Good values at 5.90

Tweed Skirts, 4.50, 4.75, 5.00

Three great values in Ladies' Tweed Skirts, neatly made and trimmed, very

rich clothes and extra wearers, three distinct styles and shades, all very

fashionable for fall and winter, and extra good values at 4.50, 4.75 and

5.00

Misses Tweed Skirts 3.50

10 only Misses Skirts in lengths from 34 to 37 inches, made from handsome

rich tweed in mixtures of blue and green with white flake, nicely trimmed

with silk strapping and buttons, extra good wearers for the big girls.

Two styles 3.50 and 3.75

Venetian Cloth Skirts 5.00

6 only Ladies' Black Skirts made from rich fine finished Venetian cloth,

handsomely trimmed with satin piping, satin buttons, strapping, etc., 6

rows stitching around bottom, deep flare, wide sweep, lengths 38 to 43

inches, an extra handsome skirt for 5.00

Many other good values but not many of any one style. We have Ladies'

Skirts as low as $1.48 and ranging in easy stages up to $6.00. It will

pay you to see the skirts we are showing this season before you purchase-

over 100 to select from.

New Fall Mantles

"The Northway Garments."

Experience has taught us that the NORTHWAY GARMENTS are the best made in

Canada. BEST FITTING, BEST STYLES, BEST WORKMANSHIP and BEST VALUES.

We have already put in stock about 150 Womens, Misses and Children's Coats,

a portion of the Children's are imported direct from an English firm, and

we have lying in bond now another large shipment from a German manufactur-

er, which we expect the customers to forward on in a few days. We think

we can truthfully promise to show this season the largest and choicest

selection of stylish Coats and Wraps ever put on display in this store.

Only space to mention a few styles.

10 each Oxford Grey and Black Wool Frieze Mantles, lined all through with

good quality mercerized Italian, turn collar, roll cuffs, double stitched

seams, sizes 32 to 42, extra value at 5.00

6 each navy blue and black Fine Wool Frieze Mantles, nicely made with

capes over shoulder, capes and cuffs, nicely trimmed with fancy buttons,

made in single breast, semi-fitting back, lined all through, length 30

inches, all sizes, one of our leaders at 6.90

6 only Military Jackets, sizes 32, 34, 36 and 38, made from fine quality

mid-grey Oxford Frieze tight fitting with half belt and military collar,

double breast with two rows brass buttons, collar, cuffs and belt piped

with red, very stylish and dressy for young ladies, good value at 7.50

8 only Ladies Fine Dress Mantles, 30 inches long, made from Wool Kersey

Cloth, a lovely fine broadcloth finish, with shoulder capes, fancy slashed,

stitched and strapped with button trimming, lined with rich mercerized

Italian, sizes 32 to 40, two qualities 11.50 and 14.00

30 Children's Frieze Ulsters, made from wool frieze in rich shades of

brown, green, navy and garnet, nicely made with shoulder capes, bell

sleeves and close fitting collar, capes, collar and euffs nicely trimmed

with velvet and gimp to match, large metal buttons, sizes 24, 27, 30, 33

and 36, Prices 2.25, 2.50, 2.75, 3.00 and 3.25

We are showing several handsome styles in Children's Ulsters, made from

fine qualities frieze, fancy tweeds, etc., one striking little coat is

made in the military style from fine quality blue frieze, nicely made

with double capes, military collar, new cuff, the collar, cuffs and capes

piped with red felt. This is a very dressy and serviceable coat for small

girls from 8 to 12 years. Prices range from 3.00 to 5.00

A big range of handsome eiderdown and bearskin Jackets for the little

tots, rich shade of pink, blue, garnet and cream, also fancy combinations,

handsomely made with satin ribbons and fur trimming, lined with rich qual-

ity cream sateen, very warm, dressy and durable. Prices range from 1.50

to 3.50.

Buy your Skirts, Coats and Ready-to-wear Hats early, the best kind usually

get snapped up quick-No trouble to show goods and no need to buy unless

you wish.-

McFARLAND, STAFFORD & CO., MARKDALE.

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(continued from, previous to advertisement)

" 5-McArthur and Bell.

" 6-McColman and Preston

" 7-Brown and Patterson.

" 8-Shute and Thompson

COUNTY OFFICALS.

Sheriff, C. H. Moore, Owen Sound.

Clerk of Peace, A. G. MacKay, O. Sound.

Clerk, John Rutherford, Owen Sound.

Treasurer, S. J. Parker, Owen Sound.

County Warden, Joseph Pringle, Chatsworth.

Registrar, N., R. McKnight, Owen Sound

" S., Thos. Lauder, Durham.

M.P., North, T. I. Thomson.

M.P., East, T. S. Sproule, M,D.,Markdale

M.P., South, M. K. Richardson, Flesherton.

M.P.P., North, A. G. McKay Owen Sound

M.P.P., East, I. B. Lucas, Markdale

M.P.P., South, Dr. Jamieson, Durham.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Service every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Prayer meeting on

Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock, Rev. J Hunter, pastor Sunday School at

at 2:30. Mrs. Clark. Superintendent. For pew sittings apply to T. H.

Wilson.

CHRIST CHURCH.

Sunday Services at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Sunday School at 2:30, Mr. W. Turner, Superintendent.

Bible Class Friday evenings at 7:30. conducted by pastor.

The Guild of the Good Shepherd every Friday afternoon a 4 o'clock.

Holy Communion, the first Sunday in each month, at the close of morn-

ing service. On other Sundays and Holy Days at 8 o'clock, a.m.

J. R. Newell, Incumbent

METHODIST CHURCH.

Services every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School at

2:30. Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening at 8:00. The E. L. of C. E.

meets every Monday evening at 8:00: G W , Armstrong, pres; Chas. Pickell,

sec'y; Minnie Rutledge, cor.sec. Rev. W. A. Rodwell Pastor; W. J.

Shortill, S. S. Superintendent. Ladies' Aid in connection: Mrs. A. Kearns,

President, Strangers and visitors invited, Parties desiring sittings will

apply to C. W. Rutledge, Pew Steward.

FIGHTING AT PORT ARTHUR

Japanese Capture Two Coast Forts Near the Town.

CAPTURED TWO FORTS.

The London Daily Telegraph prints a despatch from Chefoo, which

states that Chinese who left Port Arthur two days ago, and passed through

the Japanese lines at Kinchou Bay, say the Japanese, after four days'

heavy bombardment from the sea, suddenly landed a force from junks and

captured the two coast forts at Kwang and Kinshan, east of the Tiger's

Tail entrance and three-quarters of a mile from the town. The Russian

garrison was small, a majority of the men being engaged in bringing sup-

plies to the forts, which had previously been damaged by shells. The

Japanese were only able to mount small guns. The Russians retired be-

yond a hastily constructed wall of heavy timbers with steel plates, and

are stubbornly defending the road to the town. A small fort further

west has also been captured. Reinforcements have been landed from rafts

at Ianthshan, & here heavy fighting is in progress.

The Russians have recaptured Iteshan, and are holding their own at

Palichwang, from which the Japanese have been driven.

The bombardment of the Tiger's Tail is proceeding. The assault from

the sea and the west is being vigorously pressed.

The town is like a city of the dead. The shops are closed and the

people live in bombproof shelters. The hospitals are filled, and the

supply of drugs is short. One firm alone possesses all the flour.

The troops are very weary. The Japanese, on the other hand, have

the advantage of having reserves.

The Chinese are striving to leave by wholsale. All those who speak

Russian are captured by the Japanese, whose officers say they regret that

any Chinese remain in the town as they will probably be killed accident-

ally while the fighting is in progress.

The latest reports place the Japanese advanced positions at Port

Arthur thus:-East, Fort No. 5; north, Palichwang, and west, Hukaiton and

Hangtowang. The Japanese have destroyed Fort Tungkaitashan, and placed

guns on the adjoining hill. It is stated that the inner forts are pro-

tected by steel armour plates. Numerous Maxims are mounted so as to re-

pel an attack within the main defences.

17 FORTS AT LIAO-YANG.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Petit Parisien learns from

a superior officer of the general staff that Gen. Kouropatkin will not

abandon Liao-Yang. The position of the town renders it nearly impregnable,

and Gen. Kouropatkin has at his disposal troops equal in numbers and morale

to the Japanese.

They number 250,000. The force is made up of six Siberian and two

European army corps, with 144 squadrons of cavalry and 300 guns. The

staff officer said that Gen. Kouropatkin had erected around Liao-Yang 17

forts heavily armed with artillery. At the headquarters of the Russian

general staff perfect confidence is felt. It is denied that Gen. Kour-

opatkin's retreat has been cut off. The public is less optimistic.

PAY FOR JAP ARMY.

A despatch from Chefoo says:-The steamship Independent chartered by

the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, was held here on Tuesday by Customs Commissioner

Campbell while disembarking passengers and local freight. The vessel is

engaged in carrying food from Japan to New Chwang. Commissioner Campbell

contends that is she is allowed to go it will be a violation of China's

neutrality, and insists upon the cargo being landed here. The Japanese

Consul here has protested against the commissioner's decision, and has

referred the matter to Mr. Uchida, the Japanese Minister at Pekin. Mr.

Campbell meanwhile has appealed to Sir Robert Hart, Inspector-General of

customs for China, for support. It is believed the Independent is con-

veying a large sum of money, estimated at 10,000,000 yen ($5,000,000),

to pay the Japanese army. It is rumored that a Japanese destroyer arriv-

ed late Tuesday night from Dalny and took off all the money except 30,000

yen.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

A despatch from Berlin says:-The Vossiche Zeitung's Kiel correspon-

dent learns from a most reliable source that the Baltic fleet on its way

to the Far East will call at Kiel. The Russians desire to pass through

the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. They already have asked the Germans on what

day the passage can be made. Therefore it is supposed that Germany will

allow belligerents to use the canal and German ports under certain con-

ditions. The best informed cirles in Berlin do not know of any request

on the part of the Russians for permission to use the canal.

CAPTURED OFFICERS.

A despatch from Chefoo says:-It is stated that Japanese torpedo-boat

destroyers have waylaid and captured a junk conveying a party of Russian

officers with important despatches to Port Arthur. The officers were

taken to Dalny.

NAVAL ATTACHE MISSING.

A despatch from St. Petersburg says:-Lieut. De Cuverville, the French

naval attache to the Embassy here, departed from Port Arthur a fortnight

ago, and has not since been heard from. There is great anxiety about him.

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LARGEST LIVE STOCK SALE.

That Held at Calgary, N. W. T., Enjoys That Distinction.

Some four or five years ago the Territorial Cattle Breeders' Assoc-

iation initiated an annual auction sale at Calgary, in order to develop

a market for pure bred cattle produced in the West and to encourage the

increased production of such stock. Secretary C. W. Peterson says that

this sale now enjoys the distinction of being the largest individual auc-

tion sale of purebred stock in the world. The sale last May was most en-

couraging to breeders who contributed from every portion of the Northwest

Territories- from Prince Albert to Oxbow, and from Moosomin to Moiley.

The future of the stock industry of the West very largely depends upon

the quality and number of pure bred sires available there, and, conse-

quently, any encouragement extended to local breeders of pure bred stock

will be given in a good cause. The directors of the Cattle Breeders' As-

sociation are careful to conduct the annual sale in the most scrupulously

honorable manner, so that purchasers may always feel assured that any an-

imal bought at the sale is obtained at a price only slightly above what

other breeders were prepared to pay, a feature of purchasing by public

competition which will no doubt appeal to most buyers.

This annual event draws breeders and stockmen from all over the West

and since its inception the production of pure bred cattle in the Terri-

tories has increased by at least four hundred percent., due to the fact

that an annual renumerative cash market for pure bred stock is now avail-

able.

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AUGUST FRUIT REPORT.

European Crop Is Lighter Than Was Anticipated.

The Fruit Division, Ottawa, reports as follows regarding the pros-

pects for the fruit crop:-

Apples.-Prospects have not changed materially since the last report.

In Southern Ontario the fruit will at least equal the crop of last year

in quantity and surpass it in quality. In the Georgian Bay and Lake Ont-

ario district everything points to a medium crop, cleaner than usual.

Nova Scotia is developing considerable fungus. Prince Edward Island re-

ports no appreciable change.

Other Fruit:-Pears of all sorts are a light crop. Plums are a total

failure in more than half the orchards and only a light crop anywhere.

The prospects for peaches have not improved. Fifty per cent, of the cor-

respondents report a total failure. Black rot has injured the grape crop

materially, in the larger vineyards, but the crop will still be fair.

Foreign Markets and Crops.-The first American apples sold in Glasgow

at 12 to 14 shillings. The British and continental crop fill the market

at present, but the fruit crop is lighter than was anticipated, though

still a good crop. American apples are 75 per cent., peaches 60 per cent,

and grapes 90 per cent, of a full crop.

EQUAL TO LAST YEAR.

Worst That Can be Expected of Manitoba Crop.

A Montreal despatch says: "Reports on the Manitoba wheat crop have

been decidedly better, and a marked improvement has taken place in the

general aspect of the crop district in the past ten days." This was the

view expressed by Mr. F. W. Thompson, the vice-president of the Ogilvie

Flour Mills Company on Wednesday.

The Ogilvie company has received exhaustive reports from its large

number of crop experts throughout the wheat belt, and, basing its esti-

mate on the full information to hand, Mr. Thompson said that the Manitoba

and the Territories this year would yield 58,000,000 of wheat. This

would mean an increase of 5,000,000 bushels over last year.

"In making this statement," said Mr. Thompson, "I am allowing for

rust damage and other depreciation. Of course, we cannot look ahead,and

we may damage from frost. In that case the estimate would have to be ad-

justed, but should we have frost, and there is nothing to indicate it now,

the very worst we could expect is a crop fully equal to last year.

"Our reports on Wednesday were exceedingly encouraging, one place

reporting a fine, full crop, in fact the best on record. So there are

lots of good reports as well as the less satisfactory ones."

EARL GREY FOR GOVERNOR.

Earl Minto's Successor Has Been Selected.

A despatch from Ottawa says:-From information of a semi-official

character which has reached here there now seems little doubt that Earl

Grey, and not the Duke of Marlborough, will be the next Governor-General.

CROPS SOWN IN AUTUMN

EXPERIMENTS IN 1903 AND FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.

Bulletin From C. A. Zavitz, Director, Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont.

Owing to the peculiar weather conditions of the past year, the aut-

umn sown crops have been as successful at the college or throughout Ont-

ario as they have been on some former occasions. The summary of the re-

sults of the experiments which are here presented, however, are interest-

ing, instructive, and worthy of careful study.

1.-Hairy vetches produce a crop which seems specially useful as a

pasture for farm stock, a cover crop in orchards, or a green manure for

plowing under to enrich the soil. The seed has been principally import-

ed from Germany and costs about five dollars per bushel. In the average

of four years' experiments at the college, imported seed, sown in the

autumn and ripened the following year, has produced an average yield of

8.6 bushels of hairy vetches per acre. During the last year a comparison

was made between Ontario and German grown seed, with the result that the

former surpassed the latter in yield per acre by 3.4 bushels.

2.-Winter barely has been grown in the experimental grounds for ele-

ven years. It has completely killed out in some seasons, proving more

tender than winter wheat. When it has survived the winter, however, it

has usually given a high yield of grain, the average for eight years be-

ing 64.1 bushels, and that for two varieties in 1904 being 26.3 bushels

per acre.

3.-Two varieties of winter oats were sown on the 4th of September,

1903, but as usual the plants did not survive the winter.

4.-The Mammoth winter rye has surpassed the common variety in four

out of five years. The average annual yield per acre of the former was

60.5 bushels and that of the latter 57.8 bushels. The thousand Fold var-

iety gave the largest yield in 1903 and the Dibble's Mammoth White var-

iety in 1904.

5.-Within the past fifteen years about two hundred varieties of win-

ter wheat have been grown at the college. The most of these have been

grown for at least five years in succession. The highest yielding vari-

eties for the past five years, including 1904, have produced the follow-

ing average number of pounds of grain per measured bushel and of bushels

of grain per acre: Dawson's Golden Chaff, 59.9 lbs., 59.8 bus.; Imper-

ial Amber, 61.2lbs., 58 bus.; Prize Taker, 59.8 lbs., 57.6 bus.; Silver

Dollar, 59.7 lbs., 57 bus.; Buda Pesth, 61.4 lbs., 55.4 bus.; Rudy, 61.1

lbs., 55.4 bus.; Fortyfold, 59.1 lbs., 55.4 bus.; and Egyptian Amber,

61.4 lbs., 55.2 bushels. The greatest yielders among seventy-two varie-

ties grown in the past year, however, were the Imperial Amber, 41.3 bus.;

Buda Pesth, 40 bus.; Crimean Red, 38.9 bus.; Rudy, 38.1 bus.; Tasmania

Red, 36 bus.; Dawson's Golden Chaff, 35.7 bus.; and Egyptian Amber, 35

bushels per acre. The weight per measured bushel this season has been

exceptionally light, as can be seen from the following: Tasmania Red

58.6 lbs., Imperial Amber, 57.6 lbs.; Dawson's Golden Chaff, 55.7 lbs.;

Turkey Red, 55.5 lbs.; and Early Genesee Giant, 52.3 lbs. The Dawson's

Golden Chaff possessed the stiffest straw and the Red Hussar the weakest

straw in 1904. All varieties rusted more or less in 1904, the Ironclad,

Tasmania Red, and Pride of America being the freest.

THE HESSIAN FLY

did only a small amount of damage the past year.

6.-Seed taken from wheat which was allowed to become very ripe be-

fore it was cut produced a greater yield of both grain and straw and a

heavier weight of grain per measured bushel than that produced from wheat

which was cut at any one of four earlier stages of maturity, according to

the average results of fourteen separate tests.

7.-Selections of seed made from two varieties of winter wheat and

tested for six years produced average annual results in bushels of grain

per acre, tons of straw per acre, and pounds per measure bushel as fol-

lows: Large plump seed-46.9 bushels, 2.6 tons, and 59.4 pounds; Small

plump seed-40.1 bushels, 2.2 tons, and 59.2 pounds; Shrunken seed-39.1

bushels, 2.1 tons, and 59.1 pounds; and Broken Seed-9.3 bushels .6 tons,

and 54.2 pounds, respectively.

8.-The average yields, less the amount of seed used, from sowing

one bushel, one and one-half bushels, and two bushels of each of two var-

ieties of winter wheat per acre in each of six years, have been 39.7

bushels, 42.3 bushels, and 42.4 bushels per acre, respectively.

9.-Seed wheat grown a thousand miles south of Guelph gave practic-

ally the same results as Ontario grown seed in the average experiments

of two years.

10.-Winter wheat sown at the college during the first ten days of

September in each of nine years has yielded 5.2 bushels per acre more

than that sown from the 16th to the 20th of September.

11.-The average results of sixteen experiments, covering a period

of eight years, show that on well cultivated land winter wheat which was

drilled in with a machine and that which was sown broadcast by hand gave

practically the same yields of grain per acre.

12.-Winter wheat gave much better satisfaction on clover sod than

on timothy sod.

13.-Land on which field peas were used as a green manure yielded

6.5 bushels of wheat per acre more than land on which buckwheat was used

as a green manure, and 2.3 bushels per acre more than land which was work-

ed as a bare fallow, in the average of eight separate tests.

14.-In each of five years, experiments have been conducted in treat-

ing winter wheat in different ways to kill the stinking smut, and the re-

sults have been very satisfactory. In the autumn of 1903, seven differ-

ent treatments were made with each of two varieties of wheat. In the

crop of the present year, the wheat produced from treated seed had no

smut, and that from untreated seed had 3.6 per cent. of smutted heads.

The treatment which proved very simple, cheap and effective was the im-

mersion of the seed wheat for twenty minutes in a solution made by adding

one pint of formaldehyde (formalin) and forty-two gallons of water.

RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS.

Co-operative experiments with autumn sown crops were conducted dur-

ing the past year on three hundred and four Ontario farms. The summary

of the results of the carefully conducted co-operative experiments which

have been reported this season are here presented.

1.-An interesting co-operative experiment has been carried on in

each of the past two years by sowing Hairy Vetches, Winter Rye, and

Crimson Clover was badly winter killed in each of the past two years.

In the average results of the experiments of the past season, the Hairy

Vetches gave a yield of 6.8 and the Winter Rye of 4.3 bushels of green

crop per acre. When fed to farm stock, the Hairy Vetches appeared to be

relished much better than the Winter Rye.

2.-Three varieties of winter wheat were distributed throughout Ont-

ario in the autumn of 1903 for co-operative experiments. The following

is the average yield in weighed bushels of grain per cre for each variety

for five years at the College and for 1904 throughout Ontario; Imperial

Amber, 58 bushels and 22.5 bushels; Michigan Amber, 52.6 bushels and 18.8

bushels; and Turkey Red, 53.1 bushels and 17.1 bushels per acre, respec-

tively. All three varieties are bearded. The chaff of the Imperial Am-

ber is red, and that of the others is white. The grain of each variety

is red, hard, and recommended for the production of flour of good quality.

All three varieties are rather weak in the straw. The Imperial Amber is

a close rival to the Dawson's Golden Chaff in yield of grain per acre.

3.-In the co-operative experiments with different manures applied

in the spring of the year, the average yields of grain per acre for the

past two years are as follows:-Cow manure, 30.2 bushels; mixed fertili-

zer, 30.2 bushels; nitrate of soda, 26.4 bushels; superphosphate, 25.8

bushels; muriate of potash, 25.1 bushels. the unfertilized land gave an

average of 21.2 bushels per acre. The cow manure was applied at the rate

of 20 tons, superphosphate 320 pounds, and muriate of potash and nitrate

of soda each 160 pounds per acre. The mixed fertilizer consisted of one-

third the quantity of each of the last three fertilizers here mentioned.

The usual cost of fertilizers as used in these experiments is from three

to three and a half cents per pound.

Each of the 3,740 experimenters with spring and summer crops will

kindly report the results of their experiments as soon as they can after

the crops are harvested.

WINTER CROPS FOR 1904-5.

Material for any one of the five experiments here mentioned will

be sent free to any Ontario farmer applying for it, if he will conduct

an experiment with great care and report the results after harvest next

year. The seed will be sent out in the order in which applications are

received as long as the supply lasts.

1.-Testing Hairy Vetches and Winter Rye as fodder crops, 2 plots.

2.-Testing three varieties of winter wheat, 6 plots.

3.-Testing five fertilizers with winter wheat, 6 plots.

4.-Testing autumn and spring applications of nitrate of soda and com-

mon salt with winter wheat, 5 plots.

5.-Testing winter barley and winter rye for grain production, 2 plots.

The exact size of each plot is to be one rod wide by two rods long.

The material for either of the first two experiments or for No. 5 exper-

iment will be forwarded by mail, and for each of the other two by express.

Each person wishing to conduct one of these experiments should apply as

soon as possible, mentioning which test he desires, and the material, with

instructions for testing and the blank form on which to report, will be

furnished free of cost until the supply of experimental material is ex-

hausted.

SALMON CATCH POOR.

Scarcity of Fish in Eastern Waters Reported.

A despatch from Ottawa says:-Reports to the Department of Marine

and Fisheries are to the effect that generally the salmon fishing in Eas-

tern waters during the season just closed has been very poor. The only

exception is contained in a report received from the overseer on the

Moisie River, which lies to the north of Anticosti Island. He says in

that stream the salmon have been exceptionally plentiful, and in six days-

from Aug. 5th to 11th-between 700 and 800 salmon were taken every

(misprint)

The demonstrations in the Scottish day.

method of cleaning, curing and packing herring, which have been conducted

at Canso since May by Mr. J. J. Cowie, of Lossiemouth, Scotland, will

continue until the month of November. The experiments so far have been

very successful, although the supply of herring was not as large as was

expected.

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Families employing servants at Madison, Wis., have decided to ex-

tend the liberties and privileges of the girls, giving them the use of

all or a large portion of the house at stated intervals for the enter-

tainment of their friends, encouraging them in church and charity work,

and in other ways broading and elevating their position in life.

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THE WORLD'S MARKETS

REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES.

Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and

Abroad.

Toronto, Sept. 6.-Wheat-Old No. 2 white and red Winter are quoted

at $1.04 to $1.05 east or west, and new No. 2 at $1.01. No. 2 goose,

90c east, and No. 2 Spring, 96 to 98c east, Manitoba wheat is firm; No.

1 Northern is quoted at $1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.05, and No.3 Northern

at $1.02, Georgian Bay ports. Grinding in transit prices are 6c above

those quoted.

Oats-No. 2 old white quoted at 33c west and at 34c low freights to

New York; No. 1 white 34 1/2c east, No. 2 at 34c east. No. 2 new white

oats 32c low freights.

Barley-No. 2 quoted at 44c middle freights; No. 3 extra, 43c; and

No. 3 at 40 to 40 1/2c middle freights.

Peas-The market is firm at 63 to 64c at outside points.

Corn-No. 3 American yellow quoted at 62c on track, Toronto, and

No. 3 mixed at 61c Canadian corn scarce and firm at 53c west.

Rye-The market is firm, with prices nominal at 58 to 59c for No.

2 new, east or west.

Flour-Ninety per cent. patents are quoted at $4.35 to $4.40 in

buyers' sacks, east or west. Straight rollers of special brands for

domestic trade in bbls., $4.70 to $4.75. Manitoba flours are firm; No.

1 patents, $5.40; No. 2 patents, $5.10, and strong bakers', $5, on track,

Toronto.

Millfeed-At outside points bran is quoted at $13.50 to 214, and

shorts at $17.50. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $18, and shorts at $25.

COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Beans-Prime beans are quoted at $1.25 to $1.30, and hand picked

at $1.15 to $1.40.

Hops-The market is unchanged at 28 to 30c, according to quality.

Honey-The market is quiet, at 7 to 7 1/2c per lb. Comb honey,

$1.50 to $1.75 per dozen.

Hay-Car lots are quoted at $7.50 to $8.50 on track, Toronto,

the latter for No. 1 timothy.

Straw-The market is quiet, with prices unchanged at $5.50 to $6.

on track, Toronto.

Potatoes-The market is quiet, with sales of new at 70 to 75c per

bushel.

Poultry-Spring chickens, 14 to 15c per lb; yearlings, 10 to

01c per lb.; ducks, 12 to 13c per lb.

THE DAIRY MARKETS.

Butter-We quote:-Finest 1lb rolls, 14 1/2 to 16c; ordinary to

choice large rolls, 13 to 14c; low to medium grades, 9 to 11 1/2c;

creamery prints, 19 to 20c; solids, 18 to 19c.

Eggs-Case lots are selling at 18c per dozen; seconds at 14 to

15c.

Cheese-The market is quiet, with prices firm at 9 1/4 to 9 1/2c,

the latter for twins.

HOG PRODUCTS.

We quote;-Bacon, long clear, 8 to 8 1/2c per lb, in case lots;

mess pork $15 to $15.50; do., short cut, $17.50 to $18.

Smoked meats-Hams, light to medium, 13c; do., heavy, 12c; rolls,

9 1/2c; shoulders, 8 1/2c; backs, 13 1/2 to 14c; breakfast bacon, 12

to 13c.

Lard-The demand is fair, with prices unchanged. We quote-

Tierces, 7 3/4c; tubs, 8c; pails, 8 1/2c.

BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.

Montreal, Sept. 6.-The market for oats is steady, and dealers

will have no trouble in disposing of their No. 2 old stock at 41c

in store; while No. 2 oats would bring 40c if any could be found;

new No. 2 oats are quoted at 37 1/2c afloat. Peas are about steady

at 73c afloat, Montreal; No. 2 barley,50 1/2c;

5h.) Markdale Standard (newspaper)

No. 3 extra, 50c; No, 49c. Flour-Strong bakers' are offering at

$5.20, and patents at $5.50; Winter wheat patents, $5.25 to $5.35;

straight rollers, $5.15 to $5.25; straight rollers, in bags, 2.40

to $2.50. Feed Manitoba bran, in bags, $17 to $18; shorts, $19 to

$20 per ton; Ontario bran, in bulk 215.50 to $16.50; shorts, $19

920; mouillie, $26 to $28 per ton. Provisions-Heavy Canadian short

cut pork, $17.50 to $18; light short cut, $17 to $17.50; American

fat backs, $17.50; American clear fat backs, $20; compound lard, 6

1/2 to 7c; Canadian lard, 6 3/4 to 7 1/2c; kettle rendered, 8 1/2

to 9 1/2c; hams 13 to 13 1/2c; bacon, 12 to 13c; fresh killed abat-

toir hogs, $7.50 to $8; live heavy sows, $4.75; mixed lots, $5.50;

select, $5.75 to $5.85, off cars. Cheese-Ontario white, 8 3/4c;

colored, 8 7/8 to 9c; Quebec, 8 3/8 to 8 1/2c. Eggs-Select new

laid, 21c; straight gathered candled, 18 to 18 1/2c; No. 2, 12 1/2

to 13c. Butter-Fancy grades, 19c; ordinary finest, 18 to 18 1/2c,

Western dairy, 14 to 14 1/2c.

UNITED STATES MARKTS.

Buffalo, Sept. 6.-Flour-Steady. Wheat-Spring, offerings light;

No. 1 Northern, $1.23 5/8; Winter, nothing doing. Corn-Steady; No.2

yellow, 59 1/2c No. 2 corn, 58 1/4c. Oats-Firm; No. 1 white, 35 1/4c;

No. 2 mixed, 32 1/2c. Canal freights-Steady.

Milwaukee, Sept. 6.-Wheat-No. 1 Northern, $1.16 to $1.17; No. 2

Northern, $1.10 to $1.12; December, $1.08 1/4 tot $1.08 3/8 bid. Rye-

No. 1 75c. Barley-No. 2, 58c; sample, 38 to 56c. Corn-No. No. 3,

53 to 55c; December, 51 3/4c bid.

Minneapolis, Sept. 6.-Wheat-Sept. $1.11 1/4; Dec., $1.10 3/4;

May, $1.13; No. 1 hard, $1.17 1/4; No. 1 Northern, $1.15 1/4; No. 2

Northern, $1.12 1/4. Flour-First patents, $6.10 to $6.20; second do.,

$5.95 to $6.05; first clears, $4.50 to $4.60; socond do., $2.85.

Bran-In bulk, $15 to $15.25.

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Experts place the total damage to the wheat crop at 143,000.000

bushels in the United States and Manitoba. This is a cut in previous

figures and the yield in the United States is estimated at 533,000,

000 bushels.

CANADA'S NOXIOUS WEEDS

WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THEIR ALARMING SPREAD.

How to Prevent Distribution and How to Destroy Common Varieties.

Weeds not only cause a great deal of unnecessary work and annoy-

ance during the harvesting, threshing and cleaning of grain,but they

sap the very vitality from the plants or crops grown. Impure seed,

particularly of grasses and clovers, is largely responsible for the

alarming spread of noxious weeds consequent- It is always advisable

to sow the best seed available.

Early maturing crops, such as clover hay, can be cut before the

weed seeds mature, thus preventing the distribution of weeds. Summer

cultivation of the stubble land, followed next season by a hoed-crop

properly cared for, will destroy all the weed seeds sufficiently near

the surface to germinate.

To eradicate weeds it is important to know something of their

nature and growth. Some excellent advice regarding the commoner var-

ieties is given by Mr. Simpson Rennie, owner of the gold medal farm

of Ontario.

The Canada Thistle and Perennial Sow Thistle.-These can be en-

tirely killed in a single season by a properly worked corn on root

crop. The main thing is to keep them from showing above ground. As

soon as the thistle is allowed to grow and develop leaves it commences

to store away plant food in its underground stem and roots, so that

by the time it is in full bloom it will have stored sufficient food

to live through another season, no matter what cultivation is given

the land. Where a summer fallow is resorted to there is no trouble

in clearing the land of perrenial thistles, either by shallow plowing

or by using a cultivator with wide points on the teeth, going over

the land at least once every three weeks until August.

Blind Weed.-This is a perrenial and one of the most difficult

weeds to eradicate. On account of its twining nature and deep roots

it can scarcely be killed in a single season, even where the land is

in a hoed crop. The only way to kill it thoroughly is with a summer

fallow, worked every eight or ten days with a broad-shared cultivator.

Couch Grass.-To eradicate this troublesome perennial it is ad-

visable to plow immediately after harvest, but not more than four of

five inches deep, as the rootlets are near the surface. When the

weather is dry, the roots can be gathered into rows by means of the

harrow and sulky horse-rake. The spring-toothed cultivator is also

very effective in drawing the roots to the surface where they are not

so numerous as to block it up entirely. The roots collected should

be allowed to dry and then burned. A well-worked corn or root crop

the next year will help materially in subduing the weed.

Ox-eye Daisy-The daisy is most troublesome in pasture and sod

land, but is not much seen in well-cultivated fields. It may be got

rid of by seeding clover, cutting this before the daisy seeds ripen,

and plowing up the sod after the first crop.

False Flax, Pidgeon Weed and Chess-All these weeds start to grow

in the fall and produce seed the next season. If fall wheat be left

out of the rotation, they may be readily eradicated by regular summer

cultivation after harvest, thus germinating and destroying the seed.

Rag Weed-By growing early maturing crops and plowing up the land

immediately after the crops are off, the seed of the Rag Weed will be

prevented from maturing, and in a few years this weed will be destroy-

ed.

Wild Oats.-This is an annual which is very troublesome in some

sections. It is best to work the land as soon as the crop is taken

off, thus encouraging the seeds to germinate. The next season a hoed

crop should be put in. The second spring the land should be sown with

some grain without plowing and seeded down to grass. If the land is

left in sod for three or four years most of the seed will have lost its

germinating power.

Wild Mustard.-Although only an annual, this weed is very trouble-

some on account of the vitality of its seeds. They may lie in the

ground for years and yet,when brought to the surface,will germinate.

Thorough surface cultivation from harvest to time of freezing up,fol-

lowed by a hoed crop the next spring will largely eradicate mustard.

It may also be destroyed in grain crops by spraying with a two per

cent solution of copper sulphate at the rate of fifty gallons to the

acre. If the mustard plants are in bloom a stronger solution will be

necessary, say three to four per cent.

Although only a few of the noxious weeds are here mentioned, if

the above methods are carried out they will destroy at the same time

scores of others of less importance.

VILLAGE WIPED OUT.

Terrible Forest Fires in Newfoundland.

A St. John's, Nfld., despatch says: Forest fires have destroyed

the hamlet of Little Bay, and 300 families are homeless. Two men have

been drowned. The steamer Prospero has embarked the women and child-

ren. The men are fighting the flames in an effort to prevent the de-

structive fires covering a wider area. The Government is providing

food, shelter and other asssistance to the destitute.

The continued success of the revolutionists has produced a panic

at Asuncion, capital of Paraguay.

CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE.

Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events

CANADA.

Alex. Porter, a pioneer farmer of Kilarney, Man., was gored to

to death by a bull.

The work of restocking the streams around London with fish by

the Government still goes on.

Permits to the amount of $7,000,000 have been issued in Winnipeg

for the construction of buildings this year.

A lower rate of insurance will be given on the city buildings of

Kingston on account of the stand pipe being erected.

The conductors and motormen who work on Sunday cars in Kingston

are to be prosecuted by the Lord's Day Alliance.

The abolition of the ward system and the election of aldermen

by general vote will be considered by the Brantford Council at its

next meeting.

The Scotch method of curing herring is proving successful in

Truro, Nova Scotia. A shipment of 50 packages, caught near Canso,

were sent to St. Petersburg and realized as high prices as the fish

from Scotland.

Hon. Raymond Prefontaine, Minister of Marine, stated that he

had received a wire from Ottawa stating that the United States was

asking for a conference upon questions at issue between the fisher-

ies of the United States and Canada.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Next year's meeting of the British Association will be held at

Cape Town.

Renewed efforts to settle the stock yards strike at Chicago and

elsewhere failed.

Sir Francis Leveson Bertie will succeed Sir Edmund Monson as

Ambassador to France.

Sir Thomas Lipton has opened negotiations with Denny's for

building the Shamrock IV., provided George L. Watson will design

another challenger for the America's Cup.

At the British Association meeting at Cambridge it was said

that the depression in the cotton and allied trades means a loss

to capital and labor in Britain of not less than $1,500,000 per

week.

UNITED STATES.

Seven new cases of smallpox have been discovered in North Adams,

Mass., making fifteen cases in all, two of which have been fatal.

At the St. Louis Fair Ground Barney Oldfield lost control of

his automobile, on Saturday, which crashed through the track fence

and killed two men.

Harry B. Casein, bank messenger, aged 16, was given $50,000 in

bills instead of $3,000 at the Southern National Bank, Louisville,

Ky. He immediately returned the money on finding out the mistake.

By the capsizing of a small cat-boat off Boston Light three

persons of a party of five lost their lives. One of the party lostt

his hat, and all of the occupants leaned over the lee side in their

endeavor to rescue it.

GENERAL.

The rebels in Paraguay captured a trainload of stores for the

Government forces.

Morocco's answer to the protest against the imprisonment of a

British subject at Tangier is said to be unsatisfactory.

Many Russians seeking to avoid war services are crossing into

Germany, thence leaving for Britain and the United States.

The strike of dock laborers and seamen at Marseilles, which has

continued intermittently for two years, has been vigorously renewed.

INSECT MECHANICS.

The deliberate use of a tool by a little sand-wasp might well

be supposed to indicate reasoning power. A well-known naturalist.

Doctor Peckham, watched a wasp dig a hole in the earth and deposit

therein an egg, together with a spider, which she had stung into

paralysis, to feed the grub which should be hatched in due course.

Then she filled up the hole with sand or earth, and jammed it down

with her head.

"When at last the filling was level with the ground, she brought

a quantity of fine grains of dirt to the spot, picked up a small

pebble in her mandibles, and used it as a hammer in pounding them

down with rapid strokes, thus making this spot as hard and firm as

the surrounding surface. Before we could recover from our astonish-

ment at this performance, she had dropped her stone and was bringing

more earth. In a moment we saw her pick up the pebble, and again

pound the earth into place with it. Once more the process was re-

peated, and then the little creature flew away."

"The whole of this performance," writes Sir Herbert Maxwell,

"is so unexpected that even Doctor Peckham's high reputation as a

scrupulous observer might fail to convince skeptics that he had not

been deceived; but similar behavior on the part of a wasp of the

same species has been recorded independently by Doctor Williston,

of Kansas University.

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No matter how homely a minister is a woman always says he has

a good face.

"What in the world's the matter, ma?" asked Arabella, as her

mother returned from the telephone and asked her for her bonnet and

wraps. "I'm going to the city," said Mrs. Highrocks, and there was

a cold glitter in her eyes as she spoke. "I just tried to call your

father up, and I heard him tell the boy to say he wasn't in."

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