REMEMBER

GLENGARRY FAIR At Alexandria,

SEPTEMBER 12th and 13th, 1916

Dominion Dny Celebration SATURDAY, JULY 1st

at

DALHOUSIE STATION

VOL. XXIV ALEXANDRIA. ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1916 1 6

£rand Concert Under the auspices of the

Laggan Social Club, on |

friday Evg., May 12 IN

^ Laggan Hal! * ^Proceeds to go towards pat-

riotic purposes.

COWMITTEE: . ÜB. McDonald, W. Campbell,

J. R. Grant.

God Save The King!

For Sale

A Snap to a Quick Buyer

Corporation of Alexandria

The Public Health

CITIZENS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT AND THE MUNICI- PAL BY-LAWS.

PUBLIC NOTICE. Is hereby given to all owners and oc- cupants of premises in the Town of Alexandria, that they are hereby re- quired forthwith to haA'« their cellars, drains, yards, water closets, outbuild- ings and other premises cleaned, and all dirt, manure and other substances which may endanger the public health, removed therefrom, and have the same completed by the FIFTEENTH day of MAY next, on which day the Sanitary Inspector will commence a general in- spection.

All citizens are earnestly requested to keep their premises constantly clean and thoroughly disinfected.

D. COUBVILLE, Mayor and Chairman of the Board of

Health. Alexandria, Ont., April 26, 1916.

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That desirable proj>erty, situate at Summerstown, on the St. Lawrence in 'the vicinity of Stanley Island, consist- ing of three acres of land on which is -«reeled a modem dwelling of rtlnw rooms j wide verandah, a good bam «nd water supply—an ideal home for summer winter. It is partly furn- ished including a Chickering Piano, al- so a skiff, two buggies, harness, etc., the property and contents are valued at over $3500, the early buyer secures all for the small sum of $2000, terms $500 down, balance to suit purchaser.

It will pay you to visit this pro- perty.

The undersigned has several town and farm properties to offer for sale

•on similar easy terms. For full partic- ulars apply to J. A. C. Huot, Alex- andria, Ont. 15-2

Corporation of Alexandria

Card of Thanks To the Editor of The News.

Dear Sir,—1 wish to return my sin- cerest thanks to my many friends for their kind expressions of sympathy during the illness and at the time of the death of my sister, the late Mrs.

A. Tallion. I am.

Yours sincerely, Mrs. Alfred St. John.

Alexandria, May 5, 1916.

NOTICE. Take notice that the first sitting of

the Court of Revision re the Assess- ment Boll for the Township of Aenyon for the year 1916, will be held »t the I'ownship Hall, on Tuesday, May 16th, 1916, at 2 o’clock p.m.

J. D. CAMERON, 16-1 Clerk of said Court.

Auction Saio At his residence. Centre Street, Alex-

andria, Friday, May 5th, household furniture and effects. H. Williams, pro- prietor.

PUBLIC NOTICE. •

By-law No. 243 of the Town of Alex- andria, passed on the 29th day of May

I 1911, provides that a tax be imposed * upon the owners, possessors or har- j borers of dogs within the Towm of ' Alexandria. j TAKE NOTICE that said taxes are \ now due and payable to the undersign-

’ ed within 30 days from date, and that in default of such payment legal pro-

• ceedings will be taken as provided for ' in said by-law. j MAX CH. SEGER, I Chief of Police.

Alexandria, May 5th, 1916. 16-2

For Sale Pure-bred Jersey Cattle for sale. For

particulars apply to William D. Munro, Martintown. 52-10

Teacher Wanted A qualified teacher for S.S. No. 23, !

Kenyon. Duties to commence after i Easter. Salary paid $450. Apply to * M. McRae, Sec.-Treas., Greenfield.

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^ Money to I oan

'(k-fhen you want a loan, give me a eall. I am in a position to give iper «ial terms of repayment to borrowers. I have also considerable private mon «y available. Angus McDonald, Alex- andria, Ont. 7-tf

TENDERS WANTED

Tenders will be received by the un- dersigned up to 6 o’clock p.m., Satur- day, the 13th day of May, 1916, for painting the Town Hall, Alexandria, and constructing a new chimney, ac- cording to specifications which will be on file in the Clerk’s office on and af- ter May the 8th, 1916.

S. MAGDONEIX, Clerk, Corporation of the Town of Alexandria

Alexandria, May 5, 1910. 16-1

Farm lor Sale ^^Burnbrae Farm,” 149 acres, part in

corporation of Vankleek Hill, will be sold reasonably to a prompt buyer. Apply to J. W. Robertson, box 24, Vankleek Hill, Ont. 15-tf

Farm For Sale The undersigned has a farm for sale

in the vicinity of North Lancaster.The property is conveniently situated n.i.d is equipped with good buildings. Reas- onable terms of payment can be given to purchaser. Angus McDonald, lean agent, Alexandria, Ont. 16-2

For Sale A large number of second hand piano

cased organs at half price and less. These instruments are as good as new, also some bargains in square and up- right second hand pianos. I am now enlarging my display room and get- ting in a complete stock of selected special! made Sherlock-Manning pianos for my summer trade. You are cordial- ly invited to call and inspect my stock Easy terms to all intending purchasers No reasonable terms refused.

15-tf i). ' ' K\, Alexandria.

To Rent In the Second Division Court of the

United Counties of Stormont, Dun- das and Glengarry.

His Honor James Redmond O’Reilly, Esquire, Judge in Chambers, Tuesday, the Eleventh day of April A.D. 1916.

Between James MePhee, Plaintiff and Annie McDonald, Defendant.

1. Upon the Application of the Plaintiff, and upon reading the affidavit of the Plaintiff and of F. T. Costello filed and upon hearing the solicitor for the plaintiff.

2. It is ordered that the service up- on the defendant of the special sum- mons in this action by publishing this order together with the notice thereon endorsed once a week for three weeks preceding the (5th day of May, 1916, in thi' “Glengarry News,” a newspaper published at Alexandria, in the Coun- ty of Glengarry, and in the “Repub- lic” a newspaper published in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, one of the United States of America, | be deemed sufficient service of the said writ.

3. And it is further ordered that the said defendant do file a defence to the special summons and particulars

■thereto attached in the office of the Clerk of this Court at the Town of Alexandria, in the County of Glen- garry, on or before the first day of J^^une, 1916.

(Sg.) JAS. R. O’REILLY, Judge.

NOTICE.

The plaintiff’s claim is against the •defendant for the sum of $122.17 being the balance due on a certain promis- sory note dated the 5th November, 1911, made by the defendant in favor of the plaintiff as follows : To amount of note payable 8th

Dec., 1912 $200.00 1912 Dec. 8 To 1 year’s interest at 7

per cent 14.00

Barred Rock Pullets

Birds of quality—bred to lay—$1.25 and $1.50 each.

EGGS FOR HATCHING.

From our heavy laying strains of Barred Plymouth Rock and S.C. Rhode Island Rods, $1.50 per setting of 15 ^ Butcher shop, with dwelling attach- eggs or $9.00 hundred. ed, to rent at Green Valley. Apply to

INCUBATOR. • Green Valley. lO-lf

One Peerless 200 egg size for sale, in perfect condition, $20.

The Rolyat Poultry Farm, R.M.R. 2,

Alexaudria, Ont.

White Rocks

The IVhite Plymouth Rock stands to- day without an ,^xception at the head of all general -purpose fowls, and one of the best laying breed in existence. My fo'^ds are of fine build, large and stately carriage. 1 would invite you to give them a trial and be convinced for yourself of the rare qualities tlie White Plymouth Rock possesses.

Eggs for hatching 85c per thirteen, $1.00 per 15.

D. K. McLEOl), 15-2 Box 49, Dunvegan, Ont.

Hatching Eggs

Barred Hocks exclusively, choice utility stock. Heavy winter layers, males eight to ten pounds, females sev- en to eight. Eggs $1.00 per 15. Apply A. D. Stewart, Glenview Farm, R, B. No. 2, Dunvegan. 16-1

Hatching Eggs

Single comb brown TjCghorns, extra heavy laying strain — won prizes at Ottawa Winter Fairs in 1912; 1915 and 1916, also took special for best S.C.B. T.eghorn pullet at the Fair—^w^on many prizes at Maxville Fairs. Eggs for hatching $1.00 per 15 ; $3.00, for 60, and $5.00 per lOO; K. K. MdÆod, Dunvegan, R.B. No. 2. 14-3

To Rent A furnished residence at South T an-

caster, containing eleven rooms, water in house, three open lire places, large galleries. Plenty fruit and shade trees, large lawns, vegetable garden and gar- age. Apply to Mrs.^ 1). Dennie, J.an- caster, Out. 16-1

Wanted A respectable young girl daily, to

take care of two children. Address A. B. Nows Alexandria. 16-1

Wanted An experienced stableman to work

around a livery, married man prefer- red, steady job, good wages, free house Apply immediately to E. DujYerron 6z Son, King George Hotel, Maxville.

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$214.00 By cash 114.00

1916 100.00

To interest at 7 per cent... 22.17

$122.17 Together with interest from the date of the claim being the 12th February, 1916, at 7 per cent.

MACDONELL & COSTELTX3, Plaintiff’s Solicitors.

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Hatching Eggs Pure bred Rhode Island Reds — fifty

cents per setting. Apply J. J. Camp- bell, R.R. No. 2, Dunvegan, Ont. 14-4

Eggs For Hatching Extra winter laying strain — Buff

Orpingtons, 76c per setting. Apply to A. McKinnon, Green Valiev, Ont., box 64. 13-4

flOriCE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that all cred-

itors and other persons having claims against John A. McKinnon, formerly grocer of Greenfield, in the Township of Kenyon, and County of Glengarry, but now with The Bushmen’s Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, are required to send by post prepaid, or to deliver to the undersigned solic- itor for the said J. A. McKinnon, on or before the 20th day of May, 1916, their names and addresses with full particulars in writing of their claims and statement of their accounts, and the nature of the securities (if any) held by them duly verified, and that after the said 20th day of May, 1916, the said solicitor will proceed to dis-

j tribute the available assets of the said J. A. McKinnon, having regard

' only to those claims of which he then ■ shall have notice, and that he will

not b>e liable for said assets or any I part thereof so distributed to any j person or persons of whose claims he

shall not have had notice at the time ! of such distribution. 1 DONALD A. MACDONALD, { Solicitor for J. A. McKinnon. J Alexandria, April 20, 1916.

Canadians Were Heavily Attacked

Quebec, May 3.—In a letter written to a resident of Quebec, Brigadier- General David Watson hopes that the “regrettable misunderstandings” between the two great races in the old city of (Quebec, will soon become a thing of the past.

The General says : “To us over here, working along

and bearing our burdens harmon- iously, these things cannot ^ be un- derstood. One cannot account for such a state of affairs, when the two greatest races in the world, and even more so, when the seed of those two races, as represented by the Canadians are fighting side by side in this terrific struggle for the prin- ciples of right and justice. And when one looks around here and witnesses- the strong, very strong, appreciation of all our ,French allies, it do^one good, and makes any sa- crifice^orth while.

“It has been suggested by the small-minded ones at home, that the British are not doing their share, and that only 50 miles of the lines are held by them. That is a con- temptible He, and only worthy of the equally contemptible mind that inventeh it. The British have at least 100 miles of frontage, and their navy controls the sea today, which far more than compensates for the difference in area of trenches hold. This thought or statement is never made here. It is quite realized here what the British navy is doing, and what it will do.

“However, these false statements are not worthy of notice, but what I do wish to impress on you, is that the greatest accord and enthusiasm exists in all ranks here. Mv 22nd (French-Canadian) Battalion is me of the objects of praise and regard for all our superior officers. The officers and men, as a rule, are just splendid, and their excellent work is invariably the subject of apprecia- tion. I only wish we had a brigade such as they are, and commanded by an officer of the type of C’ol. Gaudet. But this may yet become a reality,

“Now, I guess you know we are again in the detestable Ypres salicntj and T regret to sav that our divisi >n in the past eight days, has lost c''or

men. “But the fact of the C'.aTmdians and

the Guards Division being m "his position, is a tribute to the great officieney of the troops, stnee only the best regiments in the -service arc placed in such positions of criti'^al danger. How wo are all wishing and looking forward for rhe dpl '.’r- tunity of the great offensive.”

Duke of CunuBught Alexandria Greets Leaves This Year! Wounded Hero

Ottawa, May 3.—The Duke of Con- naught, Governor-General of Canada,

' since September, 1911, will, it is under- stood, terminate his sojourn inCanada during the present summer, or in the early fall, and return to England,

j A new Governor-General will be named abolit mid-summer.

The Duke of Connaught assumed office in Canada on the 13th of Oct- ober, 1911, just after the change of Government, having been appointed in March of that year. He has perfo»:m- ed the duties of his office in a man- ner which has won general commend- ation in Canada, and has entered into the democratic spirit of the Dominion with a readiness equalled by few of his predecessors.

I It was the intention that His Royal ' Highness would return to England in

1914 and Prince Alexander of Teck, I brother to Her Majesty the Queen,

was nominated as his successor. On the outbreak of war the departure of the Duke was postponed indefinitely, and Prince Alexander went to the

I front. Since that time His Royal ; Highness has, by his counsel, given I most valuable assistance to the Do- minion in all matters pertaining to the war, and has displayed the keenest in- terest in all that Canada has done to- ward the successful prosecution of the

I war. He is now completing his fifth year as Governor-General of Canada, ordinarily a full gubernatorial term.

It is not expected that the arrange- ment in which Prince Alexander was to have succeeded the Duke of Connaught will be adhered to under the present circumstances, but that the next ap- pointee will be a personage not named hitherto.

Tlie Girl’s Ciioics Oh boys, who’ve donned tlie khaki, i

You boys of the 1-5-4, j How proud WG are to claim yOU, ,

As friends for evermore. ; For, boys, you’re doing your duty, |

You’re giving up your home, | Your parents, friends and sweethearts

To sail across the foam.

Ye boys who are the shirkers. Who stay without excuse,

Who fail to see your duty, And use some petty ruse

To blind our eyes to shirking. Don’t think that we will be

As friendly as we ace to those Who’re fighting o’er the sea.

Then don’t- delay in joining, Although our liearts are sore

To think that perhaps we say you Farewell for ever more.

How proud we are to know that You’re hearty men and true.

You’ve risen to your duty, You proved yourselves true blue.

We’ll “keep the home-fires burning,” Until you boys come back.

We’ll greet you all as heroes, And give those here “the sack,”

And give you allvour friendship. And cherish you as those

Who felt that stir of duty, Who knew' the right and chose.

—An Alexandria Girl.

Farm Laborers Wanted ’The Western Provinces of Canada are

now experiencing an acute shortage of Farm T.aborers for Spring and Sum- mer work, w'hich makes steady work and good wages a certainty, Saskat- chew'an has called for five thousand Laborers, and an equal number is re- quired in Manitoba and Alljerta.

Alter a thorough canvas of the Ter- ritory served by the Canadian North- ern Railway, it was found that an average of 27 men is required at the points bom which returns w’erc receiv- ed. An average wage of $45.00 per month including board is being paid, the highest being 83.00 per day.

For further particulars as to the men required and the wages being paid at the various points applv to Brock Os- trom &* Son, agents, or write R. L. Fairbairn, General Passenger Agent,

I 68 King St. E., Toronto.

THE NEWS—The Peoples Paper—one Dollar a vear to anv address in Canada

Glengarrian's letters Frnm War Zone

From Private George McDonald to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mc- Donald, Elgin St., Alexandria.

Belgium, April 11, li'D*. My Dear Father and Mother,—

T am very sorry that I did not an- swer your letter sooner but as we have been moving around considerable and kept pretty busy, I did not have much time, and when 1 did, I had no con- venient place to do so.

We had a big bombardment seme time ago and it lasted several hours and believe me it had my nerves going for a while, d'hey threw’ every kind of shells that were ever made and some that should never have been made. It was awful while it lasted. Joe Grant was also in that bombardment but he camo out safe’ as 1 saw him a few days later. We have moved to a. new part of the line and it is a very warm spot. Î consider myself (piite fortunate so far, and hope it may continue until the end of the war.

I was delighted to hoar that you and moi her are enjoying good health and liope vou may long continue to do so.

1 had a letter from Donald a few days ago and also letters from sev- eral of the boys.

Well, dear parents, there is really nothing more I can tell you, only that J am in very good health, lioping to iiear from you soon again,

T remain. Your affectionate son,

George.

P.S.—Bemcinbor me to all the family and relatives.

From Private Joe Grant to his bro- ther-in-law, Chief Soger.

Somewhere in France, April 17th, 1916.

Dear Max,— Just a few lines to let you know 1

received your letters, tobacco and pa- pers 0. K., and as usual was very glad to hear from home. Well, by all the signs, it loo»ks as if there’s going to be big doings where w’e are almost any day now. The weather is good and that means plenty of fighting. This war will be won by the nations with the most artillerj'. The ground I have been over lately is all marked with shell holes, most of them only a few feet apart. A week egt) we were holding an oak woods, a year ago It was all green and now every tree is dead. The only things living there now are soldiers and rats.

The last couple of weeks I’ve seen some of the heaviest shell fire of the whole war. We were on a high ridge and the Germans were shelling a crater opposite us. I remarked to an officer : ^'How can men live in that ?” He said, “They don t,” and it was the truth. I heard afterwards that most of the boys holding that position were either killed or wounded.

Well, Max, I guess there is nothing doing for me getting home, anyway I’m not losing any sleep over it. Give my best regards to all the boys, not forgetting Annie and the baby.

I remain. Yours as ever,

J. P. Grant 6763, Staff Pioneers, 1st Battalion, Cana-

dians, France.

P.S.—Haven’t seen Gordon yet, but I guess he is only a few miles away.

Despite that rain fell on Monday af- ternoon a large number of our citizens gathered at the station to welcome Private Con. Higgins on his return to town after facing the foe in France where he was unfortunate enough to receiiT© a bullet wound in the shoulder.

Amongst the big crowd assembled were Mr. J. A. McMillan, M.P., Mr. Hugh Munro, M.P.P., Mayor Cour-

, ville, and other members and officials of the Town Council, Captain J. A. Gillies, and officers of the lo4th Bn., stationed here, many of Alexandria’s most prominent residents, including a generous sprinkling of the gentler sex, a large muster of the N.C.O.’s, under Lieutenant Stevenson, and the men of the 154th Bn., stationed at the Ar- moury, under the command of Lieut. I/eo McDonald, accompanied by two pipers and a host of citizens generally.

Private Higgins, who is looking re- markably well, appeared surprised at the large concourse ready to greet him Mayor Courville read an address of welcome, the crowd cheered again and again, the pipers struck up enlivening strains, and every one seemed happy. The procession was then marshalled up by Chief Seger and his staff, and heàd-

' ed by the pipers, N.C.O.’s and men of the 154th Bn., gaily be-flagged auto- mobiles, a string of carriages, and a throng of pedestrians escorted the hero of the hour to his residence.

ADDRESS. To Private Cornelius Higgins of His

Majesty’s Overseas Service. Most Worthy Sir,—

On behalf of the citizens of your adopted town I hereby tender you a most heartfelt welcome on your return from fighting our battles on behalf of liberty and justice. Words fail me to express the sentiments of gratitude and admiration we all feel towards your- self and the other brave boys who have willingly offered their very lives in behalf of civilization on the blood stained fields of Europe.

Though feeling regret at your wouncs, we feel thankful that your life has been spared, and the marks you now carry will be at honorable testimony In future that you have ac-

I quitted yourself nobly and well. We I trust lo see you soon restored to ' health and strength, and rest assured I that your efforts will not soon bo foi- | gotten bv *hose in whose cause you have suffered, but we trust not in

Signed on behalf of the citizens of Alexandria.

I). Courville, ATavor.

May 1st, 1916.

Mr. JligginS enlisted in the 38th Bat- talion at Alexandria, in January,191.3, being sent from that battalion with a detachment of *250 which left Canada in May of last year. He was drafted to the 2nrl Battalion and received his injur\- while trench digging aliout three months afte»’ his arrival at the front. Ho received attention at two gospituls in France, previous to being removed to England where ho was under treat- ment at a Ramsgate Hospital and at Beachhorough, Shorncliffo, eventually sailing for Canada on the Pretorian. He is now enjoying a two weeks fur- lough prejiaratory to going to a con- valescent home at Ottawa. His many friends here will join with The News in wishing him a speedy and complete restoration to health.

Private Higgins wishe.s through the News to thank the citizens for the re- ception given liim on Monday wliic.h was quite unexpected.

Poland Thanks Ontario Hon, T. W. McGarry, Treasurer of

Ontario, has received tlie following let- ter from the Polish Com*nission in Switzerland, for the rolieff of the people of Poland, who, as our readers ai’e aware, have been reduced to a terrible state of destitution by the war :

Vevey, Switzerland, April 1st, 1916

Sir,— We have the honour to acknowledge

receipt of your kind letter of March 13th last, also of a draft for 26,150 francs, representing a contribution of. $5,000 which the Province of Ontario has had the generosity to send to us ! for the victims of the .war in Poland.

Profound!.- touched by this magnifi- cent donation, by which the Prime

I Minister, the members of the Execu- I live Council, and the citizens of the I Province of Ontario, have desired to I show their sympathy in our work, we

wish, sir, to express through you our I sentiments of the most heartfelt grati- I tude. j Faithful to her traditions of devo- i tion to the common cause, your noble i country has been good enough to re- i member martyred Poland, and it is In I the name of our grateful countrymen ' that we wish to convey to all our

friends and benefactors our warmest Please accept, sir, the assurance of

and deepest thanks, our highest and most respectful re- gard. The Pres, of the Executive Committee.

(Sgd.) Antoine Osuchowski. The Pres, of the General Committee.

(Sgd.) Henryk Sienkiewicz. The Honourable T. W. McGarry,

Treasurer of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

Estimates Cali For $28,000,000

Ottawa, May 2.—The supplement- ary estimates tabled today call for ap- propriations to the amount of $28,* 282,081, of which $25,166,098 are chargeable to consolidated fund and $3,116,983 to capital. This brings the total of estimates to be voted by Par- liament up to a little over $217,000,- 000, exclusive of the war vote of a

' quarter of a billion.

■ Among the itéms are a number aris- ing out of projects of the Government for increasing trade and production and out of legislation of the p-esent session. There is a vote of $150,000 “to provide for the development and extension of Canadian trade,” one of $50,000 to conduct an advertising

i campaign and to hold meetings ad- ^ vocating ’‘production and thrift,” and \ a third of $25,000 to defray the ex-

penses of the Economic and Develop- ‘ ment Commission, now carrying on its work. To provide for the admin- istration of the Business Profits War Tax Act, $150,000 Is asked.

Several items also appear as a re- sult of the burning of the Parliament buildings. Tliere is an appropriation of $1,500,000 for the restoration of the buildings. There is a vote of $240,000 to put a fireproof roof on the eastern departmental block.

Compassionate allowances are made to the families of the Government employees who lost their lives in the fire at the Parliament building. To Madame Laplante, widow of the late J. B. R. Laplante, deputy clerk of the Commons, is to be voted $6,000 and the families of Alphonse Desjardins, senior, Alphonse Desjardins, junior, and Robert Fanning, who lost their lives in the performance of their duties, 82,000 each.

A vote of $34,500 is to provide payment in full of sessional indemni- ties to members, absent because of illness or public business from the House of Commons for more than the number of days allowed by law. Of the sum 82,5()0 or the indemnity for the whole session is to go to Hon. H-. S. Boland, M.P., who is a prisoner of war in Germany. Compassionate al- lowances of 81,000 each are made trf the widow of the late James Murray, oceanographer of the Canadian Arctic expedition and to Mrs. Neuve Beu- chat, mother of the late Henry Beu- chat, anthropologist of the same ex- pedition.

There are further votes of $65,000 for public buildings and 857,113 for harbors and rivers in Quebec, and 8114,926 for public buildings and 8206.070 for harbors and river im- provements in Ontario. Appropria- tions are asked of $500,000 for re- building a grain elevator at St. John, N.B., of $500,000 for an elevator at Winnipeg, of $5.5,000 to purchase the steamer Norlhumberland for the ser- vice between Prince Edward Island and the mainland, and of $150,000 to provide two vessels to replace the steamer Quadra.

Alexanilria Gad Cross Receipts for April, 1916. Life members $25 each.

Mr. Bond, Phila., Pa $ 25.00 Members $2 each.

Miss Alberta Willson ... Alex. McNaughton, McCrimmon 4.00 Mr. Bond, Phila., Pa 25.60 Miss Maggie McMillan, Lochiol. 1 00 Miss .Mberta Willson... 3.00 Alex. McNaughton, McCrimmon 8.00 Cash in bank 304.35

35 Louise Massey Simpson,

Treas. Alexandria Bramh.

CASUAT,TIBS. The followinr-- names appeared in thii

week’s official casualty lists: Wounded — Major Samuel Morgan

: Gray, {of the old 59th) kin at Com- ' wall, Ontario.

Died of wounds—50988, Roy Tinkess, kin at Avonraore, Ontario.

Wounded — 454174, George Arthur Poapst, kin at Martintown, Ontario; 586 Sapper J. A. McDonald, kin at Cornwall, Ontario. nr»—^

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H:AY 5tli, 1016

legislature Prorogued Alter about twenty minutes' cere-

mony the Ontario Legislature was prorogued Thursday afternoon. jhe ideal weather conditions brought a fairly large crowd to Queen's Parle to witness the outside • part <>f the -'ir- rangemeuts, but inside tlic Chamber there was a somewhat deserted ispect, restrictions as to admission applyijjg to those outside the privileged few with tickets. Hon. Dr. Pyne, Ron. G. Howard Ferguson, Hon. T. \V. Mc-

' Garry and Hon. Finlay Macdiarmid wci’o the Cabinet Ministers present, while Dr. Preston, Minister without portfolio, was also there. Outside of the names mentioned there would not be more than a dozen M.P.P.’s in at- tendance, these including Lic\it.-(’ol. T. Herbert Lennox, Mr. W. 1).' Mc- I'lierson, Hon. Thos. Crawford, Mi- G. H. Gooderham, Mr. Wm. I’roud- foot, Mr. Sam Carter and Mr. Allan Studholmo. No few'er than 118 lulls were given final assent.

The Lieutenant-Governor, Sir John Hendrie, who appeared in military uniform, was accompanied from Gov- ernment House to Parliament Build-

• ings hy a mounted guard of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, under command of Lieut. P. F. Arnoldi. Just on three o’clock Queen’s Park was reached, and the Lieutenant-Governor and party were met bj'^ Hon. Dr. I’yne, Acting Premier. Together with Sir John Hendrie there entered the Leg- islative Chamber Col. Clyde Caldwell, Military Secretary ; Col. ' Alexander Fraser, Brigadier-General Logic ■nd other military officers. Lady Hendrie and Miss Hendrie were also presîut.

A fine representation, from the 95th Battalion, under Capt. G. 0. Hall, formed the guard of honor, and the 48th Depot Battery, under ('apt. Hon drie, fired the salute of fifteen guns.

powers of the J^rovince for devch.'p- mont purposes has been brought under public regulation, and statutory confirmation has been given to radial railway by-laws and contracts that have been entered into by the muni- cipalities.

An act has been adopted to improve the quality of dairy products in Ontario by establishing stand- ards for milk and cream to be used in the manxifacture of cheese and but- ter. In order that opportunity may bo given to all parties concerned to prepare for the new conditions measure will not take effect until the end of March next.

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NLW ONTARIO DEVELOPMENT. A further step towards encouragiuo

settlement and development in north- ern and northwestern Ontario has been taken by the adoption of the measure authorizing the Government to make loans to settlers through the medium of a Commissioner to be ap- pointed for that purpose.

By the creation of a IVades and I^abor Branch my Government will be empowered to co-ordinate the var- ious undertakings now maintained in this connection, and to prepare the way for future action in regard to in- dustrial conditions in this Province. 81,0un,ii00 FOR ROADS.

A further sum of SI,000,000 has been set apart to aid in the improve- ment of public highways.

Among the other measures adopted are the ainusemcni tax act, the art to amend the highways improvements act, and tlie act to amend the mining act of Ontario.

I desire to thank you for the gen- erous provision you have made for can-ying on the public service ar-d the various undertakings my Govern- ment has in hand, and to assure you that the supplies you have voted will be administered with a view alihe to economy and «‘fTieienev.

In conclusion I trust that the bless- ing and protection of Almighty God will rest upon the Empire and upon the Province flurit’g this grave and anxious time, and tha.t a brighu*r OIM look will ere long be f)ur portion as an ETni)ire and us a people.

I The moving spirit behind the Irisii I rising is Professor Eoin MacNeill, 1 Vice-President of the Gaelic League, ' and Professor of Irish in the National ! University. He is reported to have • been killed during the fighting in 1 Dublin. Sir Roger Casement took a ! prominent part in organizing the Na- ■ tionalist Volunteers, until that Itody

the ' taken over by the Irish party, but ' the power behind the throne in the strong resistance to Redmondite con- trol was Eoin MacNcill. After the break with the Irish party the ex- tremists continued to organize the Irish Volunteers, mainly composed of Sinn Feiners, the old physical force party, and the Larkinites. Welded into one compact whole, those ele- ments took the place of the old Fen- ian movement. Dublin, always the headquarters of the physical forse movements in Ireland, took on a more determined opposition to the Irish party after the downfall of Parnell and tlic rise of Labor.

Mr. Nesbitt’s Warning There were two incidents at the

Meredith-Dull shell enquiry Fri- day afternoon that are worth more than passing notice. One was Colonel Carnegie’s refusal to disclose publicly detailed inforraa- fion secured by him confidentially as a member of the Imperial muni- tions board regarding a certain ccui- tract placed in England by ciic V'i:r Office and Mr. Carvell’s proto-?t ‘ as j reprosunting the public” tliat such withholding of information was un- satisfactory to him a nd Sir V-’iltrid l.aurier ; and the other ‘’as the warning uttered by Mr. 'V^Hace Nesbitt, K.C., that facts of value to the enemy were being revealed in the course of the enquiry ind tliat might have most unfortunate le- suits. !

At the time when. Mr. Nesbitt, uttered his warning Mr. flollmuth for the government was drawing from the witness. Colonel Carnogl'*, information as to the firms and thrir location in the United Slates that were making fuses for the allies,

i !Mi-. Tlellmuth at first poohpoohi.Kl ! the idea of any danger, but wiun I Mr. Eesbitt persisted that he might

be jireparing the way for a series of factory-wrecking explosions, he seemed to realize the importance of the warning. With the Parliament buildings fire and at least one other local incendiary blaze fresh in mind, we imagine the people of Ottawa will also be inclined to attach weight to Mr. Nesbitt’s pro- test. Earlier in the day there had been read a cable from the war of- fice to the shell committee in the course of which it was stated that only three English (inns had been

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THE SINN FEINERS.

Strong enough to prove embarras- sing to the Irish constitutional party, tiie Sinn Feiners have not succeded in making their power .olt in iTr- Uamentary elections, partly through the fact that the Sinn Fein organiza- tion has always been opposed to the presence of Irish members at V»'oat- miuster, partly owing to the st i ng , opposition of the Catholic Cliurch to'| all such movements, and partly to the ’ lack of funds to carry on an active propaganda. Sinn Fein, the \^ugan : of the movement, has been suppressed I since the outbreak of the Mean- j succbs'sfullv manufacture .. .ng, \ e ourselves, Sinn l;cin (Pfo-j eertain fuse. That ' was very inter- nounced Miinl'ain) took its pohcy ^ information as showing the' nom the Hungarian '•cvolt against ; 5^3 jhe Bertram shell Austrian domination Standing for , eommittee were up against in hav- an Irish Ireland, it advocated the re- ! ,,,3^ ,nade in Canada; Vivai of Ir.sh industries under a pro- ^ .„nt it is possible that it was even

tarili, and formulated a plan ^ ,-norc interesting information to the lor the national indepui lenee ,1 Ire- j pj^rmans who undoubtedly are fob land, her neutrality to be guaranteed '

With the return of spring comes the idea that we must have some spring tonic to in\Tigorato the system, whether it come from the family physician, or bo of the patent medi- cine or home-made variety, but what the great majority of people need at this season of the year is fresh air, exercise and a simpler diet. Weather conditions have restricted the activi- ties of many during the winter time, and the tendency is to eat excess! oly of meat and fatty foods. Wlien the spring arrives there is a general f* cl- ing of lassitude and the human ma- chine* is quite likely a litthî out of

But if the dei'angemeiit comes from overeating and under exercise ‘clief cannot be found in medicine, at rll events permanent relief. ’The high (loath rate which almost invariably prevails at this season of the year from pneumonia, tuberculosis i nd other respiratory diseases is largely due to the reduced physical resistance of individuals, which makes them par- ticularly sensitive to the sudden changes of temperature .so common [ at this time of the year. Old people are susceptible, as they arc housed more closely (luring the winter time than young folks. '

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Commuting Provincial Taxation Issues of importance to the people of

Ontario, raised during the session oi the Legislature, must noir be forgotten or indolently ignored during the rest of the year. With the need of reveniK* pressing and the session marked by gi- gantic borrowing, the remitting of tax- ation due by the nickel interests of Sudbury stands out. as a serious dere- liction o. Governmental duty.The mat- ter was brouglit before the Legislature by Mr. Sam Carter of Gueljih in an amendment to the formal vote for a Committee of Ways and Means. His estimate of 817,000,000 gross produc- duction and the loss to the Province through failure to levy the tax estab- lished by law were carefully made, and seem to be well within the truth. ’I’he estamate of §17,000,000 gross produc- tion was made .rom the figures in tlio bulletin issued by the Crown Land.s Department. Tlic cost of production was estimated at 82,000,000, based on returns filed with the Government by the Canadian Copper (’o. 'Idiis vould leave the company liable to a tax of over 8-100,000. The Government has been commuting the tax of the com- pany, without-legal authority at 84Û,- 000 a year, ’rhis commuting or remit- ting is as clearly a violation of iho law as it would be to give money to the company from the public Treasury,

It was stated by Premier Hearat in the Legislature, and later by Hon. Mr Ferguson, that there was no five-year agreement with the nickel producers

.1 *'j X XI -n • ' I for the commutation of taxes. When ther aid to the Empire and conr-erve returns of correspondence were brought our resaurces for war purposes. It * J J* x is intended that the committee will \ also devote attention to the matter of ‘ recruiting, and 1 trust it will be able | to prepare plans which will assist the Dominion authorities in placing the work of enlistment on a more desir- able and more efficient basis. It is mv earnest hope and conviction that all classes of our people will co-oper- are in encouraging the enlistment of ttMn for overseas service, in practising thrift and economy, and in maintain- ing production at the highest possible point.

The general desire of our people to promote the welfare of returned soldiers is recognized In the legisla- tion . establishing the Soldiers' Aid Commission and extending its pow- ers. Legislation has been adopted confirming grants by municipalities for patriotic purposes, and enlarging their powers in that behalf.

THE LIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR’S SPEECH.

The speech of the Lieutea.unt-Goy* ernor was in the following terms :— Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly : In relieving you of your duties I desire to thank you for the important legislation you Lave adopted, as well as for the rai'e- ful and expeditious manner in wliich you have teansacted the public busi- ness.

The deep interest you have taken in all matters concerning the var, and the spirit of patriotism and unanim- ity that has prevailed in this connec- tion, are in accord with the letermin- ation of the people of this Province to assist in every possible way in car- rying the conflict to as speedy and victorious conclusion.

THRIFT AND ECONOMY URGED. By the re-enactment of the war

tax you have placed at the disposal of my Government a fund which will enable it to maintain the undertakings now in hand to assist the i .mpire, and also to give effect to any b**ne- floial proposal that may be deemed advisable. 1 observe in this <<'nncc- tion that you have provided for the establishment of a representative committee with statutory powers and duties, which will consider proposals whereby the Provmce may give fur-

THE ONTARIO TEMPERANCE ACT.

An important step has been taken in the enactment of the Ontario tem- perance act, which prohibits the sale of introxicating liquors as beverages in tile Province to the extent of the pow- ers this Legislature ; such legisla- tion to remain in force until a ^>^te fe respect to repeal after the war, and until such time thereafter as the peo- ple may ordain. This measure has l>een adopted ae a necessity of war, to conserve our strength for the great •tru^le in which we are engaged. In due time, when our soldiers have re- turned from the front, and the legis- lation has been given a full and prop- er trial, the electors will be called upon to pronounce finally upon it in the light of experience and know- lec^r^.

HYDRO POWER DEVGLOFMENT. Several important measures res-

pecting power developments have been adopted. Provision has been nade for a further development of water power in the vicinity of Niagara FaHe by the Hydro-electric Power Commission. The power of the Com- misskm has been extended so as to ^ve statutory authority for its var- ious operations. The ourchase of ex- tensive develpinnents of water powers in eastern and central Ontario und^ taken 1^ private enterprise, has been authoriwd. The use of the prater

down it was apparent that the under- standing was quite definite. Although there was no signed agreement to that effect, the Government having no pow- er thus to contract away the revenue of the Province, the letters exchanged were obviously capable of that con- struction. That such was 'ntetidod end understood was proved by th'> Iw-st of j all evidence, the carrying out of the ; promised generosity by theGovemment This is an entirely unwarranted liber- ty taken with the law and with the funds to which the Province is entitled. When the Legislature adopts a tax rate for mines it is the duty of the Gov- ernment to collect it without favor. This duty is most imperative In re- gard to a large and prosperous cor- poration. The fact that a large sum was involved made the obligation of the Government to the Province all the more binding. To accept in full pay- ment less than one-tenth of the am- ount due under the statute was r.u un- pardonable dereliction.

If the law were found unjust or bur- densome it could have been amended to suit special circumstances. Any TcJief shown to be necessary could be grant- ed and the people of the Province would freely endorse such a course. No one wishes to deal unfairly with the mining industry nor with any industry nor with any industry or enterprise. But in this case the tax was com- muted, not only without legal author- ity and in actual disregard of the law's mandate, but without the just- ification of even a plausible excuse.The exempted company was eminently pros- perous and abundantly able to pay. No embarrassment or hardship would have resulted had the legal rate been levied. The nickel interests seem to be efficiently organized. The output in the form of matte has but one purchaser, and that is the refining company com- posed largely of the men engaged in mining and smelting in the Province. Prices could be, under such circum- stances, arranged to show only a small profit at the stage where taxation is levied. But any such attempt at eva- sion could be dealt with effectively by a departmental inquiry and without a costly investigation. As the Com- mission method has been adopted, the public must maintain an alert inter- est to the end that the rights of the Province be not sacrificed to private interests. The Commission may be use- ful in gathering sufficient information

by ILiropoan powers. ^ Atlracti ig to j its ranks intellectuals and idealists, I il bocamc- the rallying irroun i f<,r separatists, syndicalists f.r j p' yrwal t\)rc(' men. Aethur Griffirhs, the edi- tor of Sinn Fein, was its fhi(fi apostle, his arguments gainst British rule resting mainly on economic gro lads.

THE LARKIN MOVEMENT.

I'hen came Jim i.arkin—now in the United Slates — a fiery exponent cf .=^yndicalism, gifted with natural elo- (luence and having readv to land the groat mass of unskilled labor which had failed to benefit by the agrarian agitation. Underpaid and underfed, tins army of casual workers became sucli a power in the hands of Lar- kin that he carried one Dublin city constituency against the Irish paio-y, and had at the disposal of the lead- ers of the Irish Volunteers men eager to learn the use of the rifie. '('hey were wheeled into the Casement ranks, and their headquarters, Lib- erty Hall, became an armory for the driUlng and organizing of “an army oi freedom.” It was these men who landed the guns at Howth and who fell foul of a detachment of British soldiers on the eve of the outbreak of war. dust before the rising I.ib- r'rty Hall was held by armed men, who defied all attempts of the au- thorities to disarm them.

James Connolly, reported killed, was the brains-carrior of the Workers

' and Transport Union, of which I.,arkin was the leader, (.'onnolly lived for

; some years in the United States and ' was prominent in Labor circles. He wrote a book on the labor struggle

I in Ireland from the days of Henry Grattan down to the present time. He was of a quiet, reflective turn of mind, but threw himself whole-heart- edly into the Larkin scheme for arm- ing and drilling the dock laborers and men engaged in transport services.

1 The destruction of Jacob’s biscuit fac- i tory and the dry goods store of Clery ' & Company was aimed particularly , at the men who took the lead in op- posing the Larkin strike in Dublin three years ago. The T.arkin strike at that time also was opposed by the

I Irish party. This finally drove the I extreme labor organization led by i Larkin into the arms of the physical I force movement, which has end^ so I disastrously.

DOOMED TO FAILURE.

undoubtedly the evidence taken at

That the movement was predestin- failure as a political power

aiming at the complete independence of Ireland was clear to anyone who knows the utter abhorrence with which the Catholic Church views all secret political organizations. In the City of Dublin such movements exist in spite of the Church, but in the rural districts and provincial towns public opinion and the whole weight of toe (Catholic Church, make a serious rising impossible. The farmers, having acquired their hold- ings, have no longer any love for re- volutionary movements, and are not disposed to look with favor on labor agitations that adopt the weapons of the syndicalist.—Toronto Globe.

NEW MINING CORPORATION.

A §25,000,000 mining corporation, which will embrace the HoHinger,Acme and Millerton gold mines, aqd a par- tially developed claim of the Canadian Mining & Finance Co., at Timmins, has been formed. Hollinger stockhold- ers will receive four shares in the new company for each share now held.

as to richness, metal contents, and values at aU stages from the ore to the refined metal, to make the evasion of the tax impossible. There is a danger that it may also be useful to the Government as a familiar political device for evading responsibility. Full publicity is always in the public in- terest, and it will make such tamper- ing with Provincial revenues impossible in future.—Globe.

lowing closely tlie enquiry. ,

As to Mr, ('arvell’s protest, he' does not yet seem to realize that there is something to be considered even greater than the division of a mil- lion dollars in graft and the fate of the Canadian government in con- nection therewith. Mr. Carvell “as representing the public” refused to ’ accept from the witness any informa- \ tion that could not be published broadcast. When Colonel Carnegie' declined to give certain particu- lars asked foi concerning a munitions contract placed by the Imperial government in Eng- land, Mr. Nesbitt had said the information would be given confi- dentially to Mr. Carvell and the com- missioners. ,

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Mr. Carvell’s attitude is inexplic- able. If he is “representing the pub- lic,” as lie claims, he can surely take any evidence on behalf of the public. ; If it satisfies him it will satisfy the public and if it does not ho can say so, and the public can draw their own conclusions. But one “representing the public” and not merely a political party or section of the public should not be slow to appreciate that in war time, and in such a war, officials en- gaged in the purchase of munitions cannot disclose all they know. ;

As a matter of fact, in this enquiry, as Sir Wm. Meredith pointedly in- dicated, Mr. Carvell does not “repre- sent the public” but Mr. Kyte, the M.B., who made serious charges in the House of Commons that he has ’ now been given a chance to substan- ' tiate. Mr. E. F. B. Johnston, not Mr. Carvell, is the nominee of the Liberal opposition, and it is pleasing to note that he did not make any such absurd suggestion as that a witness should not be permitted to throw any light on the questions at issue for the benefit of the com- missioners and investigating council without making the thing public. Whatever may be Mr. Carvell's opin- j ion, the Liberal opposition and the public generally independent of po-1 litical parties desire but one thing from this enquiry and that is a pro-1 nouncement from Messrs. Meredith and Duff, in whom they have im- [ plicit confidence, as to the correct-1 ness or incorrectness of the Kyte charges and as to whether thei’e ! was graft involving the Bertram Shell Committee or the Minister of Militia. 1

Information has been already dis- ' closed at the enquiry that never, ought to have been made public and that newspapers have previously \ been prohibited from publishing. [ The commissioners doubtless find themselves in a very delicate posi-1 tion which is shared by the various ^ counsel. Any attempt to withhold patticulars or to confine the know. [ l<îdge in confidence to a few might be interpreted as a deliberate effort to muzzle the enquiry ; but even this ’ may be the lesser of two evils. j

It is to be hoped that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, wlio Has from the outset been v(»ry fair and judicial, will ad- vise his counsel,. Mr. Johnston, that he ha.s no desire to embarrass the military authorities, and that Mr. Carvell was not authorized to use his (Sir Wilfrid’s) name as opposed to the submission ot anv evidence that could not be made public, even where it could be successfully shown that such disclosure would not be in the public interest. |

The Free Press does not believe that the Canadian people are so steeped in partisan politics that they are unable to appreciate Mr. Nes- bitt’s warning, or to realize that a million-dollar graft haul may be trifling compared to possible loss sus- tained from the reckless publication of intelligence of incalculable advan- tage to the enemy.—Ottawa Free Press.

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“Up to the beginning of the present century there was no really organ- ized method of instruction or control in connection with the dairy industry of this TYovince," said Mr- Geo. A. I^utnam, Director of Dairying, in speaking of the chief line in Ontario agriculture.

“We had our dairymen’s associa- tions and our instructors in dairying,” continued Mr. .Putnam, “but the associations had not funds enough at command to send instructors to all factories engaged in the making of butter or cheese, consequently in- structors went only to such factories as asked for their ' assistance, and there was no public control over tlie work of these instructors. The chief weakness in the system then existing was in the fact thae instructors wrnt only to factories which asked for their help. As a consequence of this the least efficient factories received no aid at all, because it was the up-to- date factories from which the demand came for the latest information in re- gard to the conduct of their business.

FIRST REAL- STEP FORWARD. “The first real change came in

1905, when the work of instruction was taken over by the department, acting in co-operation \/ith the ns.so- ciations. The department became responsible for the salaries of Ihe in- structors, and undertook to <end oiio of these to each factory asking for instruction. Each factory n.’ui'iug instruction was, however, re luired to pay a fee for the service rtndei'ed, and of course the Government covld not very well compel the acceptance of the services of an instructor where

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“Action in this direction was fol- lowed in 1911 by legislation requiring all makers of factory cheese or crearaory butter to hold a certificate of competency. Thi.s has had the ef- fect of increasing efficiency at the makers'* end of the line.

“Coincident with all this there has been steady aOnd increasing attention to (he farm end — to the source of milk or cream supply. Undai- the general sanitary law instructors have power to proA'cnt the use of unsani- tary cans for the delivery of milk or cream, and that power has been used, (besides this, leaflets dealing with the care of mille have been de- livered by the thousand. I.ast year for the first time, our instractors used a sediment test which show'od liow much filth there was in milk sent to cheese factories. It was a fevela- lion to some patrons when they re- cci\x?d cards showing exactly the con- dition in which thoir milk arrived at tlie factory.

“As a result of all the legislatian and educational work of the last few years a vast improvement has taken place in . the condition of factories ; makers are more skilled tlian they were, cans are better and cleaner than those formerly used, milk is cleaner on arriving at the factory and more regard is paid to the lempern- turc of the milk. All this has sj riled betterment in output. But t'--’ work along these lines has been jer- tially off.set by retrogression along

! one other line. It takes more milk ; to make a pound of cheese to-day j tlian it formerly did. This is be-

cause the percentage of butter-fat in tlie milk supplied factories is loss than it was years ago. As a result of this lower percentage of fat the cheese lacks something in one line of quality which it formotU- •■•ossessod. Rdrogression in this line is due to persistence in the practice of paA'ing patrons for milk wei-rlit instead of according to quality. This h-\s led

Start Early to Defend the Trees Ihore is little doubt that the usual

army of insects and fungi will make their attack on the fruit and shade trees this Summer, and if the trees are to go through the war and emerge in any kind of good condi- tion it is necessary that provision be made early to resist the invaders.

For the owner of just a few shade trees, or the man who can attend to his small, orchard in his spare time, a method that will gi^e satisfaction is that recommended by Professor Dean,, of Kansas, whicli consists of the banding of the trunks of the trees with a sticky substance into the

üevelopment of Pooltr) Indostrij^»;*

Picking out the Calves From time to time, says one farm

paper, some exponent of more live- stock rises to remark against the slaughter of the calves and not always is this without reason. We must agree that very often calves which should be kept in the herd for breeding pur- poses are turned away for veal and their owner get.s little profit from them, and they are not permitted to do the good in the herd which they would haA*e done if kept for bre«’<ling purposes. However, there are large numbers of calves raised each y

cutting down to suit the size of tlirff window, but this is easily done.

Or boxes may be built of 1-inch lumber the length of the window or space to be filled and about ten inchei wide and eight or ten inches deep, I'his gives sufficient earth to support the plants during four or five months# and if they are too deep the earth is ' apt to become floor.

Of course in finishing the boxes one will avoid the scarlet paint one has sometimes seen and also the harsh greens which look ghastly with nature’s own verdure. Gunwood or basswood, well seasoned, are good for

which .should go to the veal route, and j | ho boxes, and either will take a good _f il ...Lit- !.. ® many of those which are killed while very young would be no use if kejpt in

effective in fighting tlie j herd as breeders. The method ‘or plac-

in the sticky substance around the tree trunk is to smear it on heavy paper, such as building paper, hound to the trunk of the tree.

The paper bands should be put on in the first warm days of Febru- ary or early Spring, and the sticky substance renewed whenever the ma- terial hardens. In order to close all crevices between tree and band, a strip of cotton batting — cheapest grade—about two inches wide hould be placed around the tree and cov- ered with the band of tarred paper. I’he paper should be drawn snugly

. enough to press the thick band of In poultry, said ! cotton into the crevicesf

IS statement on 1 baud can be easily fastened

at the end with three sharp-pointed tacks about three-fourths of an inch long. If the paper band is much wider than the narrow cotton one it will completely cover it, and thus avoid the unsightly appearance of cotton cither above or .i5elow the edges of the paper.

Mr. F. C. Elford,. poultry husband- mau at the Dominion Experimental .I'arm,. has lived with poultry all his life long. He has produced eggs and chickens for sale in a commercial way; years ago he had charge of a demonstration poultry plant in Huron county; he is fully informed both on the producing end and the marketing, and his know- ledge of the poultry industry is Do- mînion-widô.

“I know of no line in connection with agriculture in which greater changes and more remarkable devel- opments have taken place in the last fifteen years than Mr. Elford, basing information gathered during long study. “About Holmesville, in Huron county, at the close of the last cent- ; ury poultry was almost wholly ne- f glected, eggs sold at 7 cents a dozen j in summer and dressed poultry run- f ning eight pounds to the pair at 35 I cents. There was not enough in the i business at that time to make pocket i money for the child^n. Last year STICKY, one firm paid 5100,000 for poultry , . ^ . , x* i products within an area of ten miles | ^ number of substances of a sticky square about Holmesville. The change j pa^ure are suggested by this author- that has taken place in that particu- j Among them are pine tar, coal lar section is typical of the changes printer s ink, and dendrolene. that ha\'« taken place all over On- ! The best substance,^^and j>ne that

The good dairyman has a basis upon which he works in selling or keepmg^ hig calves as the case may be. Ho uses first of all, a pure-bred sire with milking propensities well marked in the blood of his ancestors. Tie keeps in his herd nothing but the best in- dividual animals and' the heaviest milkers and ho weighs the milk from each cow or heifer regularly and sys- tematically, and, if necessary, nas the milk tested for fat, so he knows ex- actly what each of his cows is (ioing and whether or not calves from tb..t cow are likely to go on and ruako val- uable animals to place in his herd. If

stain, preferably dull gi'ecn or brown. For the brown stain get aspbullium at a drug store, put over the fire in an

^ iron kettle, add linseed oil and heat I until dissolved. I’hin with turpentind ' and apply with a brush. If a green stain is wanted it may be procured at a paint shop, mixed with turpentin* and applied in the same way.

QUES'ITON OF DRAINAGE. I Careful attention should be paid to the drainage of the boxes. Loose

: scams allow both the water and the ^ loam to escape, and are never satis- j factory. The seams should be packed j with moss or otherwise closed and the joints as nearly water-tight as pos-

. sible. As, however, a spell of rainy weather may flood the boxes and re-

the cow, mother of the calf, i unnot, ; tain the water to an undesirable through milk production, justly her e.xistence in the herd there i.4 little reason why the calf from suc.h a mother should be kept past ve.nl age,

' and it is far better that such a caU should go to the butcher early in life than to prove a bill of expense, in Pact, a robber, in the dairy herd.

POULTRYING A DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRY NOW.

“Poultrylng is a diversified and ex- ceedingly profitable industry to-day. Winter egg production has become a specialty,, and for winter eggs producers can get almost any price their conscience will allow them to ask, the figure frequently going up to 75 and 80 cents in cities. An- other specialty develop>od of late years is the production of broilers. Those, sold in early spring at from a pound to a pound and a half in weight, frequently bring as much as is naid for six-pound roasters in fall. One of the newest developments is in the production of day-old cliicks for sale. 'This has been made possible by the making of large hatching ma- chines that turn out chickens much as butter is turned out of a creamery.

; “Poultry Is no longer a mere side- line ^ in farming. It is a great indus- try in itself, an industry to which grown men are giving their whole time, and out of which they are mak- ing a good living. But, while purely poultry farms, when well managed, are proving exceedingly profitable, farm poultry is and will bo the big source of revenue from the poultry industry. There should be a poultry department on each farm, and one of the boys or girls should be placed in charge of the same. The average farm could keep one hundred hens, whicTi would produce onougli to pay the rent or interest. Nor i.s there any reason w'hy poultry production should be limited to the farms of On- tai’io ? There are hundreds of people living in villages or small towns who would find the keeping of a few hens a source of pleasure as well as profit.

NO FEAR OF OVKRPKODUU’JTON. “There is no fear of overdoing it.

From 1909 to 1915 Canada did not ex- port anv poultry, though prior to that considerable was sent abroad. In April, 1915, exporting was again taken up, and during the past year largo quantities of eggs have been sent to the old country. Now that we are back in the exporting trade poultrv producers should produce more stuff and better stuff in order to hold it. I’rices are good and prospects are bright.

“The position of the poultry indua try to-day as compared with fifteen years ago in the matter of returns ia the result of the adoption of bettei methods. At the beginning of that period flocks w'ero mixed, there were few puro-breds, hens were kept until they were old enough to vote, little attention was given to feeding and less to housing, 'l’o-day ' OU see pure- bred flocks and suitable poultry houses everywhere, flocks are weeded out every season, eggs are taken care of. . Let us keep up the work of impro\‘>e- ‘ ment and there is no reason why' the income from poultry should not con- ! stitute one of the chief items In the general returns of the farm.”

A RT^VERSAL IN T0E CUKHENTS OF TRADE.

Another man who knows the poul- try end of it all the way through is “Dick” Graham, who is in charge of instruction and demonstration work in poultry at the O.A.C.

In speaking of the market situation as regards eggs, Mr. Graham said: “A great change has taken place in market conditions in the last year or t\vo. For some years oue of the chief outlets for Ontario’s surplus in eggs

mains sticky for the entire leason, j however, is 'tree tanglefoot.’ The J tanglefoot should be spread upon the I band with a wooden paddh ' a smooth coating one-eighth of an I inch thick. On badly infested trees it is sometimes necessary to comb or renew the sticky substance frequent- ly, as many of the female may be able to cross the bands over the dead

, bodies and wings of males, which may completely cover the sticky por- tion of the band;

1 The use of the sticky bands is ' especially recommended for large elms or other shade trees that would be difficult to spray. If the sticky sub- stance is applied directlv to the bfik it Avill show as a disfiguring mark for many years, which if it is applied to bands of paper the band can be removed from the tree at any time without leaving any sign o»’ scar.

J Moreover, so much more of the I tanglefoot is -necessary to fill the ■ cracks of the rough bark in making

an efficient barrier that the cost equals that involved in the Imndlng method.

THE PROFITLESS CALF.

There is little use of keeping an in- ferior dairy calf to the age of two or three years, because it will generally cost more, especially when grain is high in price, as it is now% to put meat on this Vedge-shaped dairy carcasfl than it is worth. It would be folly then to keep all calves without dis- crimination. Only the best should survive for breeding purposes, and the

leaving | only nian who knows which are the ' best is the man who is using a proper

sire of a heavy milking strain and ia weighing the milk regularly from the cows to which this sire is bred, and keeping the calves from those cows which lead in milk production and give enough to pay for all feed and labor and leave a handsome profit besides.

patrons to strive after a large \olumc ■ was found in the Canadian west. I.ast rvf rr»51lr uon’fl rrlloce .-if tllG * .mo*. QC vaoulf .-«f « ■! r>

Real Estate Notice The onderslgaed ha* for sale a few

g«od faermfl in ihe County of Glen- garry# at reasonable priées.

Iniendinff purohaflera will do wril to Me me before boying-

Partiefl who wish to dispose of thedr farms, may be able to do ao by eidl' lof at my office# as I have a mnnber ol «Bqnirm for farmft.

T. J. GORMLEY,

of milk, regardless of the jheese making qualities of that milk. The legislation passed this session, provid- ing for the grading of milk and the paying for it according to grade, will check that tendency. The legislation referred to is the greatest forward step we have ta*kcn in a long time, and as a result of the same I expect to see Canadian cheese attain a till higher standino- in the markets of the world. By what is now beincr (’one we will be put in a position to take full advantage, along this line at least, of the changes and developments that will follow u|f()n the close of the V7f.r. —The Globe.

year, partly as a result of an increase in production and a decrease in con- sumption in the west, eggs from that j quarter were sent east.

“How will it be after the war ? That will depend. If there is a heavy ! flow of immigration to our cities and i to the western Provinces home con- sumption may take care of home pro- duction. If there is not then we must look abroad for an outlet.

HAVE A GRIP ON EXPORT TRADE.

“Fortunatrly we are in a favorable position to develop an export trade. In fact we have already begun to de-

velop such. Prior to the war the lOnglish market was largely supplied with eggs from Denmark and Russia, fl'he high prices offered by Germany has turned Danish eggs in that direc- tion and imports from Russia have been curtailed by the war. Canada has thus been able to resume her old- time export egg trade with England and it is up to us to see that this trade is held after the war.'The quality of our egg product has been greatly improved of late years, but in order to fully establish ourselves in the .T'nglish'^ market still furthe»- improve- ment is called for. Eggs must not only be clean and of good quality, hut they must be graded as to size.

TREKE VTLT. BF MONEY IN IT. I “Is there auv money in the export

end 'of it ? I think there Is. Summer eggs for export should yield the pro- , diicors fifteen cents per dozen. Nine dozen eggs, and that is the minimum any hon should p«;oduco, will yield ?<1.35 a vcar at that price. At the College hennery, where we buy every- thing, and where our hens are en- closed all the time, we figure the cost of feed per hen at 81.40 a y<^ar. On farms, where hens have an open run, and gather a lot of their own feiul, that ligure can be cut down by one-third. Then, again, part of the egg crop of the year will be produc- ed at a season when eggs will com- mand more than fifteen cents a dozen. Besides, as I have said, 100 eggs a year should be the minimum. As a matter of fact the average production can be brought up to fifty per cent, above that amount by care in breed- ing and selection.

A BRIGHT OUTLOOK.

I “'To me the outlook for egg produc- ers is a bright one. All classes of

' meats are high and so long as prices in these lines remain high eggs will not go down. In any case eggs will not go lower relatively than meats, and it will be some time, in my judg- ment, before there is any great reduc- tion in prices in any of these classes of foods; because the stocks from which tliey come have been so de- pleted by the war. We have got a grip on the English market now and our poultry stocks are increasing in numbers and improving in quality. On the other hand, it will take our rivals in Europe a year or two to build up their chicken population to the level it had attained before the

The point is, to be able to pick out calves which should remain in the herd, something must be known about the producing ability of their dams and this cannot be estimated by the ordinary guess-work method. The scales and the tests should be made just as important in determining the future individuals which shall com- prise the herd as in determining which cow now milking shall remain in the '••■rd.

It is important also that no family inHividiial as to conformation and

I type be kept in the herd. It is not j enough that the sire_ be from good j milking ancestry and' the cow be a J licavv milker herself. 'I'hoy must have ^ such conformation and prepotency ! that the calves show the desirable '

’ type of the milking breeds. '

! Faulty calves should be discarded j even through their ancestry be right. I Thi.s close selection will send thou- ! j sands of calves to the block as veal I which would otherwise be kept in the ' ; herd at a loss. It may be, after all, } j tliat there are not too many calves j slaughtered young, })ut that there is ' not enough system followed in deter- '

I mining which shall go and which shall i • be kept. Undoubtedly, many are kept

which should go and equally true is it that many go which .«hould be kept. î Tlie matter is in the hands of the ' dairyman, and the sooner he makes ^ all his selections on conformation and ' type, hacked by production, will it be i righted.—Prairie Farm and Home. i

ex- tent, it will be well to provide for its escape bvmaking at least three holes at the bjljfcm of the boxes, and when not Boeewp these may be plugged.

If desired the boxes may t>e lined with zinc, and this, though entailing considerable initial expense, will prove very satisfactory in the long run, as the boxes will last a lifetime, and there will be no trouble from the swelling of the wood and opening of jointsf

For benefit in drainage it will be well to put at the bottom of the box old broken pots, bricks or stones, then coarse screenings, and on top of that the loam. The latter is very import- ant, as it must be adapted to a var- iety of plants, and must be of a qual- ity to sustain them to a high degree of culture. For this reason a rich compost is desirable, and may be com- posed of one part of old decayed sod or rich garden loam, one part leaf mold, and one part old, well-rotted manure, and little sharp sand. The loam should come to within half an inch of the top of the box.

PLANTING AND WATERING. In order to leave room for the

plants to develop they should not be j placed too close together, and it must I be remembered that some plants are j very hungry feeders, and these should not be put in small boxes.

’ Watering is of the greatest import- , ance. It is not enough to sprinkle the window garden lightly each morn-

I ing. The water must be poured on j in quantities, and during a hot spell I several times each day. 'J'he aver-

age amount of water required is two ' gallons to a box, and some author!- ] tics consider sundown, or a little later,

the best time for watering.

USE OF FERTILIZERS. Do not use fertilizers on plants

which are at a standstill, for dormant plants may be seridusly injured by giving them rich food which they are not in a condition to make use of Wliey they begin to grow, however, use it cautiously, increasing the am- ount as the plants show their ability to utilize it. On the other hand,- re- member that in growing season your plants will quite quickly take the best nourishment out of the earth, and U will be necessary to enrich it. Do tliis by digging out as much earth as possible from the surface without dis- tûrbing the roots. Replace by fresh soil, leaf mold or decayed sod. This should be done about the middle of the summer. Also water frequently with manure water.

I :

Window Box Planting Beautifias tlie Home

'J'he beautifying of a house by means cf window-boxes is something that appeals to almost everyone, and cer- taibly to the housewife, no matter how large and attractive the surround- ing grounds may be.

WHAT TO PLANT. It is possible to arrange boxes which

will be in bloom for a very long time. Put them out as soon as the danger of frost is gone, planted with hya- cinths, tulips and other bulbs. Follow these by summer plants. In some all-the-year-round boxes the mid- summer display is made up largely of filage plants, the bronze , and crimson acalypha being most strik-

I ing and the aspidestra and antheri- cum very effect ivc, modest in price

j and easy of culture. If flowers are I preferred pansies may be used, Eng- 1 lish daisies, forget-me-nots and the

.1*1 .,1. X .1 ,, i like, and these followed by hardv A growth ot brilliant bloom, says I 4,,^, before, Sweet one writer, of warm green or of van- ^ ^vi„iam, camparmlas and the like, gated leaves is always welcome against the cr-dng of cold weather n h/Mico ho rho crnvriGri na r>loVirtro foa ' - - - “ house, be the garden as elaborate it may. It both beautified and adorns, and it at once rests the eye and gives a welcome emphasis to the openings of the house and wall.”

rowth may be coa- tiny evergreen

“Hatch every available egg,” is the advice of Mr. W. A. Brown, head of the l^oultry Division of the Live Stock Ifi'anch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture. Canada is, in the opinion of this expert, on the eve of the greatest development in the poul- try industry ever witnessed.

The Neu s to the end ot the year, to any address in the Dominion tot 70c. prebnid

, the window 1 I tinned wiU' I trees.

j In filling the boxes in the spring the first thing to be considered is a fringe for the face of each box. For

' this purpose you will want plants pf a trailing rather than a climbing na-

' ture. Trailing fuschias are good for a north window, also trailing abutilon

j Moneywort is also a cheap and very ; graceful vine which may be kept oa hand by planting where grass will not grow. It makes a handsome fringe, which is really the most important part of the window box. Geraniums —fine young stocky ones should ba chosen—are nice with this and they are also nice with spider-wort. A

, standby vine which thrives in any situation is the variegarod vinca,

; cousin to the my**tle. Another vine I which does well in almost any ex- : posure is the ivy-geranium.

WHERE TO PUT THEM. Shade-loving plants should not be

exposed to the heat of the western or southern windows. For these soariet and white geraniums or heliotrope make beautiful and fragrant gardens

Certainly, to the invalid or shut-in, the cheerfulness of the window-box is almost indispensable, and the caring for it, too, often a form of gardening in which anyone, particularly those much conlinod to the house either by home duties or by illness, may ind\ilge with the greatest satisfaction.

This form of gardening need not, of course, be confined to windows. The barest skeleton of a verandah or bal- cony becomes a thing of beauty when draped with vines and bordered with flowers. A charming decoration for a balcony is to have boxes made that will just fit the copings, and from these to extend a coarse wire netting to the : eaves. A line of quick-growing vines | like clematis, morning glories or nas- | turtiums will form a lovely drapery i and screen, and the rest of the box j can be filled with blooming plants. I

AS TO BOXES. j But the first consideration of all in |

window-gardening is the box, which ! and" always'dependable. >etun&s and may be of the least expensive order or j ^vild cucumber vines are also good for of the most elaborate as one pleases, exposure, but really, with fine vines screening the front, it seems unnecessary to 1 have much ornamentation on the 1 boxes. Scythe-boxes, which can be bought at a hardware store for a few cents may be turned to use, or, from other stores, boxes which have held window blinds and the like may be obtained. They may require some

The east window is a good field for growing tuberous begonias.

But the window gardener will soon become enamoiad of the eratt, and will work out by experiment com- binations of color and term that will be practicable and beautiful and will doubtless find as mudi foy in the pro* cessee as in their reaplts.—Polly Peele.»

The' Nev s, AiaxAiian», Cm May 5 19i6

OUNTRY ORRESPONDE

Captain Palmer an<l Mr, Jock Hun- ter of the 5th I’ioneers, Montreal, were . *

! of Mr, Alex. M, McEae last il n i TT tm -»T fc

I Speed Up The News

Maxville Messrs. Angus McLeod and H. Grant

of Dunvegan, were here on Saturday. Mrs. Peter J. McEwen was the guest

of friends in Ottawa for a few days last week.

Mr. Hugh McLennan, Baltic^sCorners, did business in town on Saturday.

Mr. Mack McEae of the Bank of Montreal, Montreal, after spending a week’s holidays at his parental home in Dyer, returned to tlie city Sunday evening to resume his duties.

Mr. N'oil McLean, Baltic’s Corners, did business In town on Saturday.

Private Myke Harvey of the 154th Cornwall, spent the week-end witliMax- villc friends.

Messrs. Eraser and A. C'ampbell of Baltic’s Corners, were here on Satur- day.

Mr. G. A. Sloan, Fournier, was here on Saturday taking home a load of tile with him.

Mr. Angus McDonald of Dunvegan, was a recent visitor here.

Lieut. David Hunter of Toronto, an old Maxville boy, was here for a few days the guest of his brother, Mi. Robert Hunter. He returned on Mon- day evening.

Messrs. Smillie & McDcrmid are add- ing new goods to their complete stock general merchandise and the public are cordially invited to call and look the goods over. They have also a com- plete lino of men’s, boys’ and lurlîes’ boots and are olTering same at reason- able prices.

Mr. B. Eouselle of St. Isidore, ha> and grain merchant, did business h(?re last week.

Mr. 1). K. Sinclair is as busy as over buying and selling horses and cattle. He has now some forty horses on hand.

Mr. D. (’amoron expects several cars of coal here shortly.

A large, quantity of A 1 maple syi up is still being brought into town and i finds many ready buyers. I

Now is the time to continue the good work started in our cemetery la.st year I A general clean up should be made be- fore the weeds get too much aeadway.

Mr. Bourgon of St. Isidore, was hero Saturday afternoon.

Miss Mabel McKinnon returned to Whitby I.adies Business (’ollege ’Jues day morning after .spending the Easter vacation at her home here.

Mrs. Dr. McEwen si>ent a couple of days last week in Montreal.

Mr. Alex. St. Louis has rented the McDermid property just east of Mr. D. McDermid's and will take possession of game shortly.

Word was received last week (hat Mr Duncan Christie, a Maxville boy, wes wounded and is now in a hospital in France. His many friends here hope for his early r(iCovery.

- Mr. and Mrs. John M. McEae, l'.vcr, entertained some twonty-tw'o of their friends on Thursday evening of last week, Among those present was Mr. Jock Hunter, vSeottish com-^dian of Montreal.

On Wednesday of this week, the members of the l'îth in tr lining he^e under command of Lieut. Gillie, march ed out to Dunvegan. WJiile on route they were hospitably entertained by Mr. D. J. Stewart, Riverside.

The many friends of Mrs.HughMimro are sorry to learn that she is some- what seriously ill. All hope 1er her complete recovery.

Mr. James Burton was in Alexandria on Wednesday.

Our local drovers shipped large con- signments of mixed cattle to Montreal on Saturday and Monday of this week.

At Strathmore, on April 30, 1910, the death occurred of Catherine McIn- tosh, beloved wife of Mr. Alex. N. Mc- Don^d, aged 80 years. The funeral took place to the Catholic Church and oemtery, Apple Hill, on Tuesday, and was attended by a large number of sympathising friends.

Mr. D. McKercher has received word of the safe arrival of his son, Peter, in England. He states he has already met a number of the boys who left here over a year ago.

Mr. Percy Weegar has accepted the agency of the Ford car for Maxville and surrounding districts, and nas a sample car on hand. He carries all the accessories and is able to keep any car in No. 1 shape.

On Saturday last Mr. HilaireFillion of the 10th, a highly respected farmer, passed away. The funeral, on Monday, May 1st, to St. Catherine's Cgurch and cemetery, was attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances.

During the past week several hen coops in town were visited by thieves who helped themselves to quite a num- ber of fancy birds. Among the number to suffer was Mr. Tracey.

Mr. Eamon, agent here for the Che- ▼erlot automobiæ, has disposed of a car to J. Welsh of Welsh & Christie, and expects two more sales the coming week. Quite a number in town have tlw car lever and are greatly taken udth the Cheverlet, as it is a good hill dimber. Mr. Eamon is an expert in the auto business.

An event awaited with keen anticip- ation by the citizens of Maxville and vicinity is the concert and dance to be held in the Public Hall here, on Fri- day evening. May 12th, In aid of the 154th Bn. fund. This is an entertain- ment and not a recruiting meeting. Among those who will render the sold- iers assistance In the concert are Jock Hunter of Montreal, a second Harry Lauder, Bishop Armitage, one of New YoA's best comedians, several artists from Cornwall and local talent. Come one, come all, and help the fund along H you are not able to enlist, you can at least contribute a small amount to |i good cause.

regular meeting of the Women's Institute was held Saturday afternoon 29th of April. The attendance was very good. After the burinees routine %as completed an exoeOent read by jifre. D. McKinn<Mi, **How we may Keep ÜJhçerhü Daring the Worries

of Housecleaning.” Mrs. Grant, Secre- i tary of the Glenga»:ry Red Cross So- I ciety, was present and gave some in- j formation regarding the work. Friday ' afternoon will be tree planting day i when trees will bo planted in memory of our fallen soldiers. The annual meet j ing will be held on May 27th, when all members and ladles of the com- munity are asked to be present. ;

Lancaster Mrs. W. J. McNaughton visited her

husband in Cornwall General Hospital on Monday.

Mr. J. D. Houston, Montreal, spent tiie week-end the guest of Mr. and Mrs J. A. McLean.

Miss Barbara Mcl.aughlin, Cornwall, was the guest of T.ancaster friends on Monday.

Mr. A. L. Grant spent the week-end the guest of his family “Gurney,” South I.ancaster.

Rev. . U. 'I’anner and Mrs. Tanner left on Monday for London, Ont.

Miss Marion TToui»ton, who had been visiting Lancaster friends, returned to Detroit on Monday.

Mr. A. Sauriol and son, Louis, paid Montreal a visit on Monday.

Mrs. W. 1). McP>ean left for her home in Winnipeg on Monday.

'Che Misses Reichling, Montreal,spent the week-end visilinsr friends hero.

Miss Sadie McC'uaig visited Montreal this week.

Mr. Megins, Montreal, ])aid a visit to Lancaster friends the early pari of the week.

Mrs. A. R. Macdonell and son Lieut, i Ewen Macdonell left for Lisiowl on

Monday to attend the marriage of her I son, Mr. A. D. Macdonell. ! Rev. Mr. IWacIi arrived this week to j take-charge at St. John’s Anglican i Church, East Front. First servicesSun day next.

i Frank Love, jr., joined the L54th as • a bugler. Young Frank, who is onlf , in his teens has been anxious to join

ever since the war broke out, but on- ly succeeded lately in getting the con- sent of his parents.

The G.T.R. inspection staff was in I.ancaster on Wednesday of last week. The agent, Mr. C. P. Whyte, operator, C. Paterson, section foreman, C. De- ruchie, and section men passed their exams, creditably.

Mr. C. G. Skepton, who spent the past couple of years as cashier in the Merchants’ Bank here, enlisted with (ho 154th Bn. and left for Kingston Mon- day. During his stay here, Mr. Skep- ton made many warm friends who wish him Godspeed and a safe return.

Vankleek Hi 1

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Villeneuve and Miss Agues Villeneuve spent the week encl the guests of Cornwall friends.

^Ir. and Mrs. Charles Currier were in I Greenfield the first of the week attend-

ing the funeral of Mrs. Currier’s father Mr. Fillion.

Report of Easter Exams. Names in order of merit.

Class V.—Hugh Gourlay. Class IV., Sr.—lames Bethune. Class IV., Jr.—Charles Stewart and

Bruce MacDonell equal, Albini Aubry, Cecil Shennett, Alplionsine Sauriol, Isabel Fraser and Grace MaePherson equal, Archibald T'obin, John Mac- Arthur, Isabel McGillis, Lena Dufresne, D. D. Stewart, Catherine Stewart.

Class III., Sr.—.-\gnes Brady, Archib- ald McArthur, Ina Shennett, Olive Love and Peter Bonneville equal, Aga- tha Dennie, Bryson Armour,Antoinette Ranger, Huntly Watt and John Deru- chie equal, Irene Wightman, Dorothea Copas, Florence McDonald, Janet Shan^.

Class III., Jr. — John MacGillivray, Patrick Tully, Neil MacGillis, Jack MaePherson, Margaret Fully, JohiiFr.a- ser, Arlington Fraser, James MacAr- thur, Margaret Shanks, Alex. Lefave, Daniel Bonner, Blanche Laframboise, A,vin Bethune.

Class II., Sr.—^Martha Watt, John Lauzon, Harry White, Edna Johnston, Maggie McDonald, Elsie Shanks, Lau- retta Brady, Jolin Stewart, JohnWhite Leonard Shanks, Catherine McLean, Leslie Edgar, Jessie. Armour, Edith McGillis, Bertyle White, Wilfrid Du- fresne, Bernard McDonald, Beatrice De- tune.

Class II., Jr.—Agnes Morin, Thomas McDonald, Catherine Collette, Robert Lafave, Arthur Lafave, William Ville- neuve, Donald Lapiere, Lea Dufresne, Archibald T^afave, Silvester Saumîer and William Tully eqdal. Flora John- ston, Florence Lapiere, Peter Collette, Lena Lapiere, Janet Munio, James Bonner, John Quesnel and Alcide Ran- ger equal, Kenneth Doull, Wilfrid Lau- zon, Emerson Bethune.

Class I.—Yvonne Leroux, Grace Mc- Donald, Rose Gourlay, Louis Shanks, Clinton Watt, Estelle Bonnerille and Eleanor Copas equal, William Shanks, Inza Shennett and Laura Ranger equal Genevive Laprade, Allan Richardson, Gordon Fraser, Becky Thouvette, Joseph Gardner.

Senior Primer Class—Earl Rif hard- son,-Jean Armour, Maude T./apierre, Laurence Saumier, Florence Lafave, James Laframboise, William Le- roux, Berthe Leroux, Derina Brady, Christena Bethune, Harvey Lafram- boise, Leona Lafave, Dolly Stewart, framboise, Leona Stewart, Alex Quf.s- nel, John DeMoulin.

Teachers—Mrs. A. L. Grant, M. E. MacDonell, M. E. Shaver, Edith Earle.

ft W0«0 FOR MOTHERS ftlM gHMW sisteht lorsAotlkcn to M«- mrnétmhmmÊà

Private •!. D. McMillan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donahl McMillan of Union street, who was severely wounded sev- eral months ago in France, arrived at his home in Vankleek Hill on Thurs- day last, April 27th. He came up from Montreal on the C.P.R. train ar- riving about noon. A large number of our townspeople, old and young, went down to the station to meet the re- turned soldier. There wore twenty-one automobiles in the procession, all pro- fusely decorated with flags and bunt- ing, making quite an imposing display, l'he Mayor and town council occupied the two front cars. The recruits now training here marched down to the .station in a body. After .Mr. ^^Ic^lillan stepped out to the platform, Mr. W. S. Hall, in a 'short address presented him witli a wann welcome from the people of Vankleek Hill, who highly appreciated the valiant service which lie had remdered to his King and coun- try while fighting for liberty and right llrivate McMillan feelingly replied stat- ing that he had not done more than his duty and regretted that he was not now in a condition to give further and better service. The procession re- formed and went back to Vankleekllill where they marched around through the principal streets of the town. This celebration was a plea.sing incident which will long be remembered by the residents of our quiet town.

A ban(;.u t was given to the members of the 1.5ith Bn. now in training in \'ankleek Hill, on Monday* evening, May 1st, bv the ladies of theWomeu’s Institute. In addition to the soldier boys, invitations were extended to Ma.\or ’I'aylor and the members of the Town Council, to the clergymen of the town, to the principals of the Colle- giate Institute and Public school, the parents of boys who are now on act- ive service and also to several other prominent residents of the town. A sumptuous repast was provided by the ladies to which ample justice was done Supper being over, Mr. GeorgcHartley assumed the role of chairman and call- ed the assembly to order. He then call- ed upon the Mayor, Rev. Geo»*gc Elliott, Rev. W. IL Morgan, Rev. Jos. Pinel, Mr. J. A. Mitchener, Mr. W. S. Hall, Lieut. Morrison, and others for speeches. They responded

A few of the News county correspondents are slipping a little behind in the matter of

s* promptness in sending in their weekly budgets, with the result

Greenfield The Misses Sarah and Catherine Mc-

Donald spent the holidays at their respective homes here.

Mr. Rod McRae, who spent a couple of months with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. McRae, returned to Fernie on Monday.

Miss -Anna Cameron of the Cameron House, spent Monday in Ottawa.

Masters Eugene and Myles Deagle of Alexandria, were the guests of Mrs. D. McIntosh on Sunday.

Messrs. Ranald Chisholm and J. A. McRae of Montreal, were among those who attended the ball given by the I. 0.1).E. last week.

Mrs. Lalondc visited friends in Max- viile on Tuesday.

Miss .Jennie McDonald of Montreal, spent Easter with her parents, Vr. and Mrs. D. A. McDonald.

Mrs. Dan Chisholm of Timmins, Ont., who had been spending the winter

I months with her parents, Mr. anri Mis. I Rory AIcDougall, Dalkeith, returned j homo on Alonday. Mrs. Chisholm spent Sunday with relatives here prior to re-

: turning to Timmins. The dance given by the I.O.D.E. on

j Easter Monday evening was a grand j success, and the Daughters extend tteir I j thanks to those who so kindly patron- | , izod them and also those who assisted

in decorating the hall. They especially J thank Mr. D. A. McDonald for sccur- ; ing the Town Hall for them.

y that occasional batches of news \ are too late. It is a safe rule to y mail the budget by Tuesday, if X possible. In any case, make

sure the news will reach The A News office by <4

any case, will

Wednesday noon.

Brodie Who but can enjoy these days the

liberal concerts given by our little pond friends, “the froggies.” The ad- vent of summer.

Having spent well earned Tolidays, Mr. M. Davis, B.A., resumed hi.s duties here on Monday.

Miss M. J. Brodie spent some time visiting with Montreal friends.

Mr. D. and Miss M. MacDonald vis- ited Alexandria on Thursday.

Mrs. J. Jamieson had as her gu<*st appro- ] last week he** mother, Mr. W. Durc/n,

priate patriotic addresses highly com- j Powassin. plimenting the soldier boys for their Mr. J. Hays last week returned to uniform crood conduct during their | his summer cottage, “Glen Dale.” training In Vankleek Hill and trusted Mr.^A. D. McMillan visited friends in that they would give a good account j Ih® East on Wednesday, of themselves if called upon to face Mrs. V. Morrison is spending the thi* fo'i on the battlefield, and that ] week at the Capital, they might be spared to return to their | Miss B. Hayes left last week forlVal-

Mrs. !.. Fraser, accompanied by lu-.r son, Mr. Duncan Fraser. Ste. Anno (ie Prescott, renewed acquaintances, in.-e the first of the week.

Farmers are once more busily engag- ed ploughing.

Wo afo pleased to welcome Mr. 0. MaoGuaig to our neighborhood, he bid- ing at present engaged on his farm

We understand that Mr. D. A. Mac- Donald has recently purchased some high class cattle at the Bcnning sale,

Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Latimer spent Wednesday and Thursday inMon-

Cedar Grove factory opened for the season on Monday.

Miss (Tara and Mrs. M. MacGillivray of Lome, visited friends here the first

I of the week.

' Mack’s Corners ! Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Donovan of Van- couver, B.C'., are at present the guests of his mother, Mrs. James Denovan.

j There was a large congregation pre- sent at preaching in Dalkeith school house conducted by Rev. Mr. McLean on Sunday evening.

} Messrs. J. T). and C’oUn Campbell were in Vankleek Hill on Friday.

; The Misses Jessie and T’ena McIntosh were visitors at the horar of Mr. I).

, C. McKinnon on Friday. ! Mr. D. F. McLennan was a visitor to Dalkeith on Monday.

I Very little seeding has been done around here yet owing to so much

. rain. ' Mr. D. C. McKinnon did business in j A^ankleek Hill on Monday.

Private Alex. McLeod and his sister. Miss Sarah McLeod, accompanied by Miss M. McRae of Montreal, spentFri- day evening the guests of Mr. J. I). Cameron.

homos with honor and renown. An abundance of patriotic songs were heartily encored. Everything passed oiï very happily and a pleasant and enjoyable evening was spent by all. The soldier boys particularly seemed to r.ii’ov themselves immensely.

Fournier Mr. J. Kelly was in Maxville onFri-

Mr. George Lalond, under graduate ui B-ew '■’{USJTnojç 'A'jTS.iOAiujq town recently.

The farmers are busily engaged with their Spring work.

Mr. A. Gates has a slight attack of pleurisy.

Miss Gerty Kelly, trained nurse, is ' visiting at her parental home here.

Miss Winnie Andrews returned to Ot- tawa to resume her studies at the Normal School.

Mr. and Mrs. Alex, Campbell, Athol, visited at the home of Mr. A. Wilkes this week.

Mr. S. D. McDougall of St. Elmo, recently paid our hamlet a business call.

Born—On Saturday, April 22, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. D. Harkins, a son.

keith where she will spend some time.

The News to the end of the year, to any address in the Dominion to'> 70c. pret>eiid

Ice Cream Season Here Again

We are prepared for hot weather and dispensing of our Cold Sodas, Ice Cream Sundaes, Welch Grape Juice, also a variety of other nice soft drinks of ice.

We want to “get next” to the way you like it—with ice or without—then all is lovely.

If you are satisfied, teU others ; if not satisfied, tell us.

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Mr. A. A. McEwen of Dominionville, called on Mr. John M. MacRae onSat- urday.

Mr. John V. McDonald attended the party in Greenfield Monday evening.

Miss Jessie MacRae had as her guest her friend. Miss Cassie Kippen, Green- field, for the week-end.

Miss Bella McLeod spent Saturday the guest of her aunt, Mrs. M. M. Mc- Leod, Moose Creek.

Mr. Mack McRae spent Tuesday at the home of Mr. A, A. McEwen, Dom- inionville.

Miss Myrtle Munroe was the guest of . her aunt, Mrs. Neil McLean, Tolmie’s Corners, the early part of the week.

Mrs. Alex. M. McRae and daughter, spent Tuesday the guests of Maxville friends.

Me.ssrs. John F. McRae, John V. Mc- Donald and Miss Flora B. M.cUae spent Sunday evening the guests of Sandring ham friends.

Messrs. Alex, and Mack McRae and Miss Je.ssie McRae spent Friday with Greenfield friends.

Mr. Nelson Geneau of Howick, P.Q., is at present visiting his sister, Mrs. D. Villeneuv'e.

Messrs. John M. McRae and Rory McCuaig made a business trip toFour- nier on ThursdAy.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. McRaeenter- tained a few friends on Thursday even- ing in honor of their brother, Mr.Mack McRae. Those from a distance present were : Miss Stedman of Perth; Captain Palmer and Jock Hunter of Montreal.

Mr. Adolphus Villeneuve and Miss Mary Aubin were guests of Dominion- ville friends on Sunday.

Mr. Quesnelle, who lately purchased Mr. M. McRae’s farm, took possession of it on Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Buell of Gravel Hill, spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. M. McRae.

Mr. Rory Cameron and Miss Camer- on, Maxville, Sundayed with the for- mer’s mother, Mrs. N. Cameron.

John ^oyle Phomuo.zs

An Honor Roll For Glengarry THE NEWS desires to secure a complete roll of

Glengarrians at home and abroad who have enlisted for overseas service since the 4th of August, 1914, and solicits the help of its readers connected with these men in securing this information accurately.

If a member of your family has gone to the front, or is in training for it, or has just signed up, kindly hand to this office, or mail to us, the following particu- lars : —

The full name—both Christian and surname—of the soldier.

To what family did he belong—whose son was he ?

The town or township to which he belonged.

haracter of service—infantry, artillery or mount- ed, or any other service.

The date on which he enlisted.

ompan y in which he enlisted.

Company in which he is now serving.

Rank with which he enlisted.

Rank he now holds.

Place of training.

Age when enlisting.

Smillie & McDiarmid pOR SPRING!

We have opened a consignment c

/Ÿeief ^ress Çoods INCLUDING THE LATEST AND THE MOST FASHIONABLE

, PATTERNS, WHICH ARE NOW READY FOR INSPECTION

All these goods have advanced in price, but owing to early and care- ful buying, we can give you practi- cally the old prices.

Flour anil Feed always on hand

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Granite Nvhich we are offering at cut prices.

In May and June a large consignment will arrive fiom Scotland, of which we have the latest photographs.

rCMST PRICES FOR IKE QUALITY

Lettering of Monuments in ^Cemeteries done when notice is I given.

Customers can save money and agent’s commission Y by dropping us a card to call and show designs.

NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME

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The News Job Department Is teplete with everything

necessary to give satisfaction

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Chevrolet $675 One look at the car-one ride in it-and you’re convinced that nothing can compete with it.

Read--ai\d Learn Why You may have h^^ard of the CHEVROLET, the car that

has taken the public by storm. This is no new venture—no experimental untried car—but a proved

success—a car that has been m arketed with phenomenal success by a company established ior Five Years in the United States.

THE PRICE S675.00 includes full equipment, even to the ammeter (to show you at a glance the volume of electricity the motor . is generating or the lights consuming), and a speedometer. Tires, 30 x 3^ all round mohair top and d ust hood, dear-vision, rain-vision, ven- tilating windshield, and ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND STARTING SYSTEM that is designed and built into the car as an integral part of the car.

The Buggy from Glengarry

FOR SERVICE

MAJOR FLUSH (12350)

Recorded in the Clydesdale Book of Canada, Vol. 20.

Stud

PEDIGREE, SlRïl — Royal Flush (irap.) (4790)

(11906), sire of sire : Casablanca(4843) (10523), dam of sire : Darling ofLettre (6255).

DAM—Lady Cairnton (5119, sire of dam : Royal Cairnton (irap.) (4019) (10875), dam of dam : Queen (3332). Enrolment No. 835. Form I.

Approved. CERTIFICATE OF ENROLMENT

AND INSPECTION OF PURE 15 RED CT.YDESDALE STALLION.

Major Flush, registered in the Cana- dian Clydesdale Stud Book as No. 12360, owned by Neil McLeod of Dal-

I kelth, foaled in 1910, has been enroll- ed under the Ontario Stallion Act, in- spected on the 23rd day of 0ctol3cr,

1 1914, and passed. } THE ONTARIO STAIJJON ENROL- 1 MENT BOARD.

Pete»- White, R. W. Wade, Chairman. Secretary.

Dated at Toronto, Ontario, the 27th day of March, 1916.

(jood until December 31st, 1916. This celebrated horse took First

Prize in open class at Alexandria Fair,

I Glen Robertson • Mr. J ohn McRae, Glen Sandiicld, vis- ited here last week.

i Miss Katie McLennan was a visitor to Alexandria last "Week.

I Marriage licenses issued by Sam M.

I Mr. Valentine Chisholm, Lochiel, was a visitor hero last week.

I Mr. John Hambleton transacted bus- iness in Alexandria recently,

i Mr. Horace Robertson paid Coteau Junction a business trip last week.

Mr. Paul Lacomb, Montreal, sp«rat Sunday in town with Mrs. Lacomb.

Mr. Roderick McRae of Glen Sand- j field, transacted business here lately. I Mr. J. Morrison, I48th Bn., Mont-

real, spent Sunda>’ here with his ' grandmother, Mrs. Philip Hambleton. I Messrs. Joseph and James Rickert

transacted business in Ottawa last

Mr. George Hambleton, Mongenais,P. Q., has gone to Montreal to join the 14Sth Bn.

Mr. and Mrs. Archie Thompson visit- ed their daughter, Mrs. StewartMcRae, Glen Sandfiolcl, on Sunday.

Mr. Malcolm McCuaig is engaged for the Springes work with Mr. Rory M. McCuaig, Glen Sandfield.

Miss Loretta McDonald of Montreal, was here over Sunday visiting her mo- ther, Mrs. John C. McDonald.

Mrs. Orvice McDonald and children, (’ornwall, are guests of Hr. and Mrs. Dan Hope.

McCrimmon Rainy weather. Mr. Dan McDonald, Laggau, was a

business visitor here on Monday. The Misses M. McCillivray andGrctta

McCrimmon returned to the A.H.S. on Monday.

Mr. J. G. McLeod returned toQuoens the first of the week.

' Mr. Tom Sturrock has gone to Skyo where he has been engaged as inaker in Mr. Neil Fraser’s factory.

' Mr. and Mrs. Rod. Campbell called on Battle Hill friends on Sunday.

^ The young ladies of the Women’s Institute entertained the young men at a social in the hall here on Friday evening. A good programme of songs and speeches was given after which re- freshments were served. All went homo well pleased with the entertainment.

Wounded ioldiers Ireated Like Kings

Casselman

Mr. James Rickert loft on Tuesday 1915, also First at Ottawa and Second \ for Depot Harbour to accept a lucra- at Guelph as a yearling. j tive position in the otfice of the G T.

Major Flush is a beautiful bay, nigh i R. there.

On Exhibition at Our Show Rooms

J. A. MCMILLAN, Agent ALEXANDRIA, ONT.

fore foot and hind legs white, bred by Peter Christie, Manchester, Ont., and weighs 1900 lbs.

He will serve a limited number of mares at the owne#;’s stable, T.aggan, during the season of 1&16.

I'ERMS—310' to insure, payable ist March, 1917. All mares at owners risk. Marcs once tried and not re- gularly returned, and mares disposed of before foaling time, will be con.sld- ered in foal and charged accordingly.

NEIT, MAC'T,EOD, Prop. - I^ggan, Ont., R.R. No. 1 Dalkeith. 16-tf Box 62.

FOR SERYICE

Mr. John Dashney commenced his summer duties on the section on Mon- day.

Mr. William Hambleton, Mongenais, has been engaged by Mr. E. TXamblc* ton for the summer.

The euchres and socials in aid f St. Alarfin of O'ours (’hiirch were a decided success.

I The funeral of the late Mrs.Gain]) la, 1 mother of Mr. D. Campeau, fermer hotelkeeper here, whoso death occinred in Montreal, took place to St. Martin of Tours church hero on Sunday mern- ing.

, The Ladies Aid meet Thursday after- noon at the home of Mrs. Ed.Riddell.

I Morklcy Bros, have a large number of men working for them at the pre- sent time.

■ Mr. A. N. Reid, Presbyterian student, . in charge of Casselman and South In-

dian, has moved to our midst, j Mr. R. R. McLeod, attended thoPres i bytery meeting at Ottawa, i A very useful exhibit was given on I Tuesday by the Provincial Board of

Health under Dr. P. .1. Moloney. The school children were j)resent in the af- ternoon, while the adults attended in the evening.

JOIGNY j Imp. (2820) (89248.)

JOIGNY is a beautiful grey, s./ipe. He stands 16-2 hands, weighs 1700 obs.

[ and is a horse of exceptionally fine action. He won First Prize in l^erche- ron Class for 3-year-olds at Alexandria in 1912.

OBITUARY I Mrs. James 'A. Tallion.

, At 7-1 Milton street, Montreal, on I .April 30th, 1916, the death occurred

'after a protracted illness of Mrs.-Tames A. Tallion. The deceased, who was in her 62nd year, was a daughter of the late Archibald McDonald (Tanner) of Alexandria, and had many warm fri- ends here, who learned with regret of her demise. She is survived by one son, Angus D. Tallion, of Baltimore, and one daughter, Mrs. George Wint- ers, of Montreal. She also leaves one brother, Mr. L. A. McDonald, and two sisters, Mrs. Alfred St. John of Alex- andria, and Miss Minnie McDonald, of Montreal.

socks, 21 rest pillows, 48 handkerchiefs | The remains were conveyed frornMon- (material for handkerchiefs do u'^ed by . troal on Monday evening to the resid-

Dftlhousie Mills RED CROSS SniPMENT.

On April 10th, the following ship- ment was made by the local RedCross Branch, to Belmont Park, Montreal.

17 sheets, 21 pillow slips, 50 bed jackets, 20 pyjamas suits, 90 pairs

In no respect is this war less to be compared with other wars than in the recoveries among the wound- ed. A wounded British or French soldier has now almost ninety- nine chances in a hundred of getting better, for the death rate among sick and wounded has been reduced to something less than 18 per thousand. In the first year of the conflict the death rate reached .53 per thousand, but, thanks to the magnificent hos- pital equipment provided, the skill of the doctors and the devotion of the nurse-J, the d'^'ath rate is now smaller than in many cities among the whole population in times of peace. Tndeet^, Dr. .lames d. Walsh, who comments upon the matter in the New York TTorald, says that there arc cities in New York State situated upon the supposedly salubrious Hudson which have a hisher mortality than prevails amonsT the sick and wounded French and flritish soldiers. It is surely one of the wonders of the war.

SECRET OF PROMPT TREATMENT.

' There are various explanations of this medical miracle. As regards se- vere wounds, those that would have been certainly fatal fifty years ago, and those that would have resulted in hish mortality only a few months ago. the groat secret is prompt treat- ment. Very often a delay of ten iiiinufes in the arrival of medical as-

^ si.^Tancp will mean the difTcrcnce be- ^ tween life and death. Oftoncr still nn

hour’s difference tells the tale. Now I the wounded are treated almost as ; swifilv as though they had been the j victims of accident in_^ a large city in : '’’nes of peace. They are more swiftiv

tr‘\sted, and certainly more skilfullv treated than if they liad met with ac- cident in some suburban town or coun- trv place in France or in England. Delays that m'->an death are usuallv caused when the soldiers are struck down in an action and their comrades are unable to rescue them until dark- ness falls. We have heard terrible stories of the wounded lingering for days })etween the trenches in a space swept day and night by artillory'and machine guns, but fortunately these comprise but an insignificant portion

' of the wounded.

BABOO mrMOR.

East Indian,Efforts to 8pcak English ••Vre SoiTCtimcs Amusing.

Speaking In his “Reminiscences’* of the letters he has received from Baboo correspondents. Dean Welldon says that he has been addressed as “Your Divine worship,” “Your holy- ship,” “My paternal old father,” by one who signed himself “Your affil- iated son,” xs "Civilized sir,” and “Honored enormity.” “I have even, as I was told, been spoken of as an 'honored and spanking sir.’

“Begging letters, perhaps, contain the most striking examples of more or less theological English. As when one Baboo writes ‘This your humble, clotheless, and foodless petitioner begs humbly to be pardoned and gracefully-beseech your worship shelter him under the Ecclesla’t mighty wings just to support witb the family.’ Or another begs In termi of a humble supplication for baptism, absolution, and a pair of shoes.

“There is not, I am afraid, much humor among the Bengalis, or It could not ha-ppen that the Lieuten- ant-Governor would be greeted bf the word ‘Welcome’ on a large pla^ card put up outside the jail, or tb« Viceroy by an inscription which eTl* dently dated from- the time of tha late.King Edward’s visit, when ha was Prince of Wales, to India—“Tell Mamma we are happy!’ ”

Among other Items of Baboo hu- mor cited by the Dean is the descrip- tion of a native baker who labelled his shop thus “English loafer,” be- cause he made bread In the English fashion. The “very best” Baboo-ism that the Dean has heard, however, was that in which a house was de- scribed as “Only three or four miles away as the cock crows.”

Miss Christie- P phore.)

McC’uaig, St. iVlcs-

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Enrolment No. 1619. Form 1. Approved

CERTIFICATE OF ENROT,MENT AND INSPECTION OF PURE BRED PERCHERON SI’AfJJON.

Joigny, registered in the Canadian Percheron Stud Book as No. 2820, owned by M. Fitzgerald and d. Kerr, Alexandria, foaled in 1909, has been enrolled under the Ontario StaDion Act, inspected on the 23rd of October, 1914, and passed. THE ONTARIO STALLION ENROL-

MENT BOARD. Peter White, R. W. Wade,

Chairman. Secretary. Dated at Toronto, Ontario, the 10th

day of March, 1916-. Good until December 31st, 1916. For further information apply to M. FITZGERALD & JAS. KERR,

13-tf Alexandria, Ont.

Unity Miss Edith McDonald returned on

Monday to resume her studies atMary- vale Abbey.

Mr. D. A. McIntosh, who spentEaster with his mother, has returned toMont- real.

The Public and Separate schools here re-opened on Monday with MissMcCrea and Miss Vachon as teachers respect- ively.

Our baseball sports had a good prac- tice game on Monday,

j While Mr. Joseph Levac was crossing [ the tracks at Alexandria his horses took fright from a passing train and ran away throwing him from his wag- gon. He received painful injuries. We hope for his speedy recovery.

j ence of her sister, Mrs. St. John, Do- • minion street, from where the funeral \ took place Tuesday morning to St.

Finnan’s Cathedral and cemetery, re- quiem high mass being celebrated by Rev. A. L. McDonald. The pallbearers wore Messrs. Peter J. McDonald, D. J. McDonald, Ed. J. McDonald, A. J. Mc- Donald, D. D. MePhee and JohnBovle.

We extend warm bereaved relatives.

sympathy to the

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Curry Hill

roduction CANADA’S CALL

FOR SERVICE AT HOME

The Empire needs food. If you arq not in the fight- ing line you may be in the producing line. Labour is limited—all the more reason to do more than ever

before. Grow food for the men who are fighting for you. The Allies need all the food that you can produce. Every little helps. You are responsible for your own work. If you cannot produce as much as you would like, produce all you can. Work with the right spirit. Put fighting energy into your effort and produce now when it cormts. The more you produce the more you can save. Producing and saving are war-service.

In war-time do not waste time and energy on unim- portant and unprofitable work. Economize labour. Put off unproductive work till after the war, and, if

help in producing something needed now. Let us not waste labour. Canada If possible help to feed the Allies. Make your backyard a productive garden.

possible needs it all. Cultivate it with a will. Make your labour count for as much as possible.

Do Not Waste Materials There should be no waste in war-time. Canada could pay the annual interest on her war expenditure out of what we waste on our farms, in our factories, in

our homes. Every pound of food saved from waste is as good as a pound of increased production. The way for a nation to save is for every individual to save. France is strong to-day because of thrift in time of peace. The men and women of Great Britain are not only “ doing ” but are learning to “ do without.”

Practise economy in the home by eliminating luxur- ies. Wasting our dollars here weakens our strength at the Front. Your savings will help Canada to

Save your money for the next Dominion War issue. There can be no finance the war. better investment,

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Mr. W. Sullivan spent the early part of the week in Montreal.

Our school re-opened on Mi^/flBafter a two weeks vacation, with C. Gregg presiding.

Mrs. A, Brown and little daughter, Helen, returned to Montréal on Satur- day, after spending a week with Mrs. Brown’s mother, Mrs. J. D. McVichie, Pines.

Mrs. M. Trickey, Miss Hazel Trickey and Miss Nell Sullivan returned to Montreal after spending their Easter holidays at Oakdale.

The sympathy of the community is extended to Mr. and Mrs. John Four- nier on the death of their eldest daugh ter, Mary, aged fourteen years. Her death was due to pneumonia following an attack of measles. Tbe remains were interred in St. Margaret’s cemetery, Glen Nevis, on Saturday.

Mr. T. xV. Fish.

Mr. Thomas A. Fish, a resident Arlington, Wash., for the past twenty three years, passed away at his resid- ence on Sunday, April 3nd, at 11.39 a.m. Death was due to pneumonia, complicated with asthma, ho having sufTcred with the latter ailment for several years. Mr. Fish was born at East Hawkesbury, Ont., June 27th, 1860. He came to this place in .8'.'3, since then he has been a respected re- sident of the coïnmunîty. He is sur- vived by his wife, Catherine Fish, a son, William Thomas, and two daugh- ters, Mary Agnes Harton, and i\1iss Martha Fish, and four sisters, Mrs. L.

i H. Dewar, Glen Sandfield; Mrs. Angus IH. Dewar, Kirk Hill; Mrs. John vS.

Rainy, Gouveneur, N.Y., and Mrs.P^n- lay McNeil, Oshaga, Mich. To the be- reaved we express deepest sympathy.

Apple Hill Mr. H. J. McMillan, Finch, called on

friends in town the early part of the week.

Mr. W. Murray, Martintown, paid town a business call on Wednesday.

Miss Teresa Masterson of Dalhousie Station, renewed acquaintances in towu on Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Munroe and chil- dren spent Sunday with friends at

[ Finch. ^ Mr. and Mrs. W. Lalonde attended i, the funeral of Mr. H. Fillion on Mon-

day. Messrs. D. and J. Cameron, contrac-

tors, Finch, have again started their work on the Beaudette.

Miss J. Kinloch, after spending her Easter holidays with friends in Avon- more, returned home ou Saturday.

LET US PRINT YOUR ROUTE BILLS. WE HAVE THE LARGEST SELECTION OF CUTS AND CAN GIVE YOU THE GREATEST SAT

ISFACTION.

THE NEWS PRINTING CO., ALEXANDRIA

Mr. N. R. McDonald.

The following notice taken from a copy of the Greensburg Pres.s of the issue of the 24th April, will be perused with regret by many of our readers. The deceased was a son of the late Norman Neil McDonald, 1st Locliiel :

*’N. R. McDonald, day superintendent of construction on the work being prosecuted by the John A. Kelly com- pany, at the Radebaugh tunnel, aged 49 years, was found dead shortly after nine o’clock Saturday evening near the Pennsylvania freight station. 4 be man had evidently been struck by a limited train known to have passed a while before the body was round. Early in the evening Mr. McDonald accompanied his wife to the shop\>ing district in Greensburg. Mrs. McDon- ald had just recentlv came from her former home, in Ontario, Canada, and was making preparations to establish a home in this vicinity. At first it was believed that the man had been foully dealt with, but an examination of the body plainly indicated that he had been struck by a train. His skull was fractured and his left log and arm had been broken. He is survived by his wife and three sons, who are foremen of work at the tunnel.

“The funeral services will be held in the Most Holy Sacrament church on Tuesday morning. Interment vill be made in the Catholic coiru>terv.'’

LA ROSE SUCCESS IN NEW DEVEI.OPMENTS.

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Toronto, May 2. — The La Rose Mining Company is meeting with much success in the development of the Maidens-McDonald claim, in Deloro Township. The diamond drilling has revealed the existence of an ore body from 750 to 500 feet long. Three holes were put down for a vertical depth of | approximately one hundred feet 750 feet i apart. Good results were obtained in all of these holes. The diamond drill • cores indicate the existence of an ore body of this length from four to eight feet wide, of ore that will run from M to *8. In consequence of this fav- orable development, it is most probable that the La Rose will make further payments on the Porcupine property.

OPERATING AT NIGHT. I , , I i In ordinary circumstances, if the stretcher-bearers are unable to re- ' move a wounded soldier as soon as he falls, they can go out at night and bring him in. A year ago a soldier rescued at night had to wait until the next morning before he could be operated on. is true that hemor- rhages might be checked, and frac- fures eased or roughly set, but it was necessary to wait until daylight be- fore important operations could bo

; attempted. Now, there are operating tents immediately back of the firing linns. These tents are hoate<l and lighted by electricity. No matter at what hour of the night a wounded soldier is brought to one of these operating tents, he can be treated im- mediately. Sir Frederick Treves, who has visited the front, and who has seen many battlefields in other wars, says that the operating tents are as well Gfiuipped as the operating rooms in a modern hospital. He was lost in admiration at the completeness of the arrangements, and could imagine nothing that might be added for the comfort of the patients or the con- venience of the surgeons.

C'TTF.F.RTNO THE WOUNDED.

I As soon as the operation is com- pleted in the tent the patient is re* mov’ed, either by train or by motor

I ambulance, to a permanent hospital j further in the rear. He may either

remain here to be treated, if there is danger in further travelling, or he may be sent further back, even to I'mgland. Experts say that this prompt treatment has a considerable psychological value. The man feels that something is being done almost instantly for his relief. He -is not worn out by needless suffering. j*he idea that he is going 'to recover is firmlv planted in his mind. He knows, too, that he is in more skilful hands than if he were being treated at home, for the army surgeons have crowded into a month practice that at home would hardly be acquired in a lifetime. Moreover, the wounded T’ommy has the advantage of the con- sulting advice of the best doctors in France and Belgium. A king could command no better skill.

ELECTRO-MAGNETS AND X-RAYS.

The war has brought into existence many new devices for the treatment of wounds. X-ray machines are al- most as common as scalpels. Great success has attended the use of the magnet for the withdrawal of shells detritus. Formerly these fragments had to be probed for, and the wounds drained of all foreign matter, thus imposing a strain upon the system and greatly delaying the recovery. 3*he fine physical condition of the men, too, in spite of the hardships they have had to endure, or perhaps partly because of them, has made them admirable patients, and no doubt the knowledge that they ere winning has its cheering effect.— Mail and Empire.

Animal Doctors. v There is more than one kind of

animal that, when in a state of naU ure, employs animals of another kind to protect it from disease and other ills. For instance, crocodiles In th^ Nile make friends with a little bird called the Egyptian plover, which feeds on the insects that infest their jaws, and also on the pieces of food that cling to their teeth. No croco- dile will ever harm this bird, for not only does it save him from having bad teeth, but it prevents him from being considerably irritated by tho flies. An even more curious animal partnership than this Is that which exists between the hermit crab and a worm called a “nereis.” The her* mit lives in the empty shell of some other shellfish; btrt as he is a very untidy creature and litters hU “house” with bits of food, he induce» the nereis worm to come and live with him, in return for shelter, the worm cleans up the hermit’s dwel- ling by eating all the refuse that 1» left about the shell. '

A Carrier’s Fortune. I The death of Mr. Robert Christl-

son, one of tbe foremost Queensland pioneers, recalls the romance of a Berwickshire post-l^oy whom he met out in the bush. James Nallan, the first post-boy between Foulden and Berwick, emigrated to Australia over fifty years ago. By working for two years he saved enough money to buy a yoke of oxen, and he made a small fortune by acting as carrier during the rus-h to Bendigo for the gold-dig- ging.

Mr. Christison met him in “Bac c- hus Marsh,” hiding fo-r fear of at- tack by bushrangers. A feature of his equipment was a pair of bullock- horns, ostensibly filled with cart- grease, but having secreted in them 206oz. of gold-dust. Four years later Mr. Christison met him again In Melbourne. He had saved £2,000 as carrier, and bought land near the place chosen as harbor for Mel- bourne. As the result of his Invest- ment he was enabled to return to hU native county and buy an estate of 1,000 acres. . i !

j A Scottish Ghost Story. ' The young Grenadier GuarHsman,

Sir George Houstbun-Boswell, who 1» reported “missing, believed killed,*’ is a wealthy Berwickshire landownw and a scion of an ancient Scottish family. A weird ghost story is as- sociated with Allanbank, the resi- dence inherited by him from his an- cestors, the extinct Stuart Baronets. Allanbank remained empty for s

' number of years because it was haunted by an apparition know^n as

J “Pearlin Jean,” so called because sht , wore that kind of lace on her dress.

**Pearlin Jean** was a novice in a Continental convent when the first Baronet, Sir Robert Stuart, fell !■

' love with her. Sir Robert deserted . her, and the girl flung herself under

the wheels of his carriage, and wsi killed. When the faithless lover rp-

I turned to Allanbank he was horrilked by visions of the girl. Seven minii^ ters were called in to lay “PearllB Jean,” but her spirit would not rest.

j Westminster’s Famous Window. I The east window of St. Margaret*%

Westminster, London, which hit been removed to a place of safety iB view of Zeppelin raids, has a parti* cularly interesting history. It w»$. made at Gouda, in Holland, and wad presented by the magistrates of Dort to Henry VIII. for the chapel of

^ Whitehall Palace. The King, hoir* ‘ ever, gave it to Waltham Abbey. Tb#

glass, of which the blues and greeni are remarkably striking, suffered sundry removals and vicissitudes» and at one time was buried tt escape the seal of the PurUans. Eventually it was bought by tlM

' ehurohwarden of St. Margaret’s for 400 guineas. 1

Births MACDOUGALD — At Alexandria, on

Tuesday, Mav 2nd, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack MacDougald, a daughter.

S.ABOUEDs—At .Alexandria, on April 26th, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sabourin, a son.

M.AIX)XE—At Alexandria, on Satur- day, April 29th, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Malone, a son.

Sympathetic. A recruit of the Highland Lisht

Infantry, stationed at Malta, who rooke with a Tery broad accent, wa* sent by his color-sergeant to buy • note-book. Not knowing where to

, And a stationer’s shop, he accosted a Malteae, who Moldn’t speak English. B8 follows:

{ "Hey, mon, can ye teU's wbaar th find a beuk-seller's shop?”

I "Me no’ speakee Engleech.” I ' "Weel, weel, my mon,” retara^ the recmlt, "ye’re nae the only i I canna mak’ mnckle o’t myari*.!**

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The New-*, Aiexacdria, Ont. May 5, 1916

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OÎ Interest ^ ^ | I

^ * to Women •

CAXXED SALMON DISHES.

Salmon Souffle. Separate one can of salmon into flakes, season with salt paprika and lemon juice. Cook one-half cup of soft stale breac' crumbs in one-half cup of milk ten minutes and add to salmon; then add the yolks of 3 eggs beaten until thick and lemon-colored, and cut and Ibid in the whites beaten stiff and dry. Turn into a buttered bak- ing dish and bake until firm.

Salmon a la Creole. — Cook in 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of butter 1 fine-chopped green pepper 1 minced onion and 1 chopped tomato (or one- half cup of canned tomatoes); add one cup of milk, stir until pepper and onion are soft ; add one can «;f sal- mon, drained and minced ; s'-rve hot.

APPJ.E CAKE AND FILLING.

Cream one-third of a cup of but- ter; gradually beat in one cap sugar, the grated rind of one lemon, two eggs beaten light ; and then alter- nately half a cup of milk, and one and three quarter cups flour f-ifted with three teaspoons baking powder fi' Imlf a teaspoon salt. P.'ike in two layerrcake pans. Put the layers together with apple filling and siit confectioner's sugar over the t^p. To make the apple filling hea'.: in a dou- ble boiler one large ap|)lo grated, Gie jttice of one lemon, an.i three q\u*.rt- ers of a cup of sugar; add one qt;ar- ter cup of sugar to one egg bea+cn light, and stir into the hot mixture; cook this, stirring it, until the froth disappears and the mixture thickens. Remove from the fire and beat in one tablespoonfol butter. Use when both cake and filling have cooled.

CORNMEAL PUFFS.

Scald one cup of milk, add one tablespoon butter, one quarter tea- spoon salt, then gradually stir in half a cup of cornmeal ; cook a few minutes, stirring constantly, then eool. Heat two eggs lightly, add to Ihe cornmeal mixture, then add a quarter of a cup of sugar, a quar- ter cup of flour and two teaspoons baking powder sifted together. Mix thoroughly turn into hot buttered muflin pans and bake fifteen to twenty minutes in a hot oven. This (juuntity makes twelve puffs.

CORN SOUP.

Chop half n can of corn, add one eup of water, and simmer for thirty inimités, then rub through a sieve. Scald one cup of milk with a thin slice of onion, when corn is ready, remove onion from the milk, add the corn, and bind with a roux made of one tablespoon of butter and a table- spoon of flour and season. A ^Voiix" is made by molting the butter and when it is bubbling a<iding the flour, when well mixed, add to the boiling soup, stirring constantly. This pre- vents the soup from separating, as it is apt to do if it stands.

CRFAM OF RTCF SOUP.

Blanch a (juarter of a cup of rice, put into a double boiler, with one quart of milk and cook slowly half an hour, or until tender. ^Vhile cook- ing, chop half an onion and two stalks of coloiy fine, and put into a frying pan with two tablespoons of butter. Cook slowly until the on- ion and celery are tender, then add to t))o soup together with one tea- spoon salt and a dash of popper. Cooik a few mimi1‘s iong-r, press îhrougli a ve<jrotablc sieve, reheat and serve. If desired one cup of cooked rice may be us-d. Add to one quart of hot milk and proceed as above.

PLAIN PASTRY. ,

Sift one and a half cups flour, one quarter teaspoon salt, and a quar- ter teaspoon baking powder into a chopping bowl. Flour the blade of a chopping kuife, and chop one third cup of shortening (lard, butter, suet, o»* a combination of any two or of all) into the flour, being very care- ful to kc(^p the flour between the hlados of the knife and the shorten- ing as much as possible. When the mixture looks like meal, each little particle of fat being coated with flour, add gradually cold water enough to make a stiff paste that is not crumbly, but sticks together without adhering to the bowl or knife. A case knife is preferable for mixing paste. When the paste, rolled with the knife into a ball, has taken up all the particles of dough or flour on the sides of the bowl, turn on fo a board lightly dredged with flour, roll about in the flour with the knife, then pat with the rolling pin into a rectangular shape and roll out to the thickness required. Dust the board with flour when necessary, but use as little as possible.

I Living Happiiy on little 1 How to cut down expenses is a j question that has troubled wiser heads I than yours or mine ; and after you

and I, friends, have settled the prob- lem to our satisfaction, the querry will

' still be asked, “How can I econora- i ize?" !

I .1 i A housekeeper of thirty years ex- ' I perience says the first thing and the

hardest thing to do when savings ^ must be made, is to discharge all * help and do your own work. The help's wages are saved—a matter of several dollars a week ; but this is

' not the greatest saving. When ' you are your own maid you can discover many leaks that one-dollar bills will

, hardly stop. This is not to be won- ' dered at, nor is it a criticism of ser- ! vants’ waste — they are not spending j their own money.

j Since extravagance in the home is j usually located in the kitchen, cou- , aider the food supply carefully,' it is I dangerous to use too cheap foods and , wrong to stint in the quantity noedetl. But delicacies, palate-ricklers and ex-

, pensive, out-of-season foods are not j necessary. What you should plan for

are food values that will sustain bod- j ily growth and action.

i Meat once a day, eggs in place of ! meat very often, preference for stew-

ing meat that will furnish soups and I flavoring for vegetables, macaroni : with cheese, baked beans with pork, j and fresh fruit in abundance will j vary a diet that has been too heavy.

Next to meat, butter is most ex- peûsive. Stop using it in your cook- ery and substitute drippings in ils place. Save all fat trimmings, the fat

: from broiled or fried bacon or ooile<l ham. Heat and strain this, and you will save what will seem to be con- siderable if you are economiai.ng in

j earnest.

! Instead of buying calves' liver at ; forty cents a pound buy little pigs'

liver at fifteen. It is as sweet, tender : and fine as th<: more expensive.

I If you have boon buying bacon, i dried beef and corned meals in glass ■ you will find you can save two-thirds j of tlic price you have been paying by

; buying a side of bacon and slicing it ' yourself. Dried beef is sold in bulk

.shaved quite as fine as that you n.ro I accuatomod to getting in tlie glass, , and the corned boef made by f ny I first class butcher compares favor-

ably with the fancy named brands in glass containers.

i 'J'he economics I have uientioned may not bo iudpfiil to you; prriu ].a you have practised them fii'hbdly for years, but you know ' c.w cin thought loads to another. ' ■ u can- not- be careful, about one thing with

' out gi\’ing some of that same care to I the next. Thus it goes without say- I ing that if you have learned to save ; in your food .suj)ply you arc? -o.ving too ■ with the gas or coal you use. |

i it is no hardship to try to live ha};- pily on a liltlc, even though it some- ; times means hard work. You rru st not expect to make great savings in • money, but a few pennies here and

, tliere will amount to a good devd in a year. This need not represent me an- ^ ness, but rather remind yem nothing has been wasted ; and while vou aie economizing rcnaeniber that the saving of your strength, time atid severe labor is a.s important as any-

Houseiioid üints

Some 'ewing Hints Why gather by hand when you can [

do it in a quarter the time on the ma- i

chine? Yith lace-edgert ruffles again

in favor you can save hours if you

sew on the lace on the machine. A

contributor to the Philadelphia Public

Ledger .suggests a way which will

make it look as if sewed on by hand,

and do tlie hemming at the same time, j

Lay the lace along the material facing

inward the exact distance of the hem-

to-be from the edge and stictch it on;

I put the goods in the hemmer. When

it is turned the lace is at the very edge

of the liem. Be sure to cut ruffles on

the bias if you wish them to hang

right, and to wear well. The filmy

silks and laces of the present-day

blouses are hard to bring from under

the machine without a pucker unless ^

[ they arc basted first to paper and

[ stitched tiu'ough it. The perforations

made by the needle cause the paper to

‘ come off easily and the seams of the

garments are without pucker. varm

iron should bo close at hand. Press

all the seams when sewed and ill llat-

tened-out tucks and plaits. You can

save pinning a pattern to your goods

if you lay it on and then run over it

with a warm iron. Hems turned with

an iron and gauged with a liemmer

save basting.

There arc all sorts of .short cuts for sewing on the market. The endless task of working buttonholes may be eliminated by using the worked button holes, which can be purchased ny the \

yard. The trying task of sewing cn hooks and eyes is not now necessary, when they can be bought by the yard ready to be stitched into place. In making a fitted lining it is well to sew on these fastenings before it is fitted in order to secure a good fit. If the spacings between the hooks are too wide in some places where there is a | strain, it does not take long to sew a few on at these points. If, however, you do sew on hooks and eyes, you will find it much less diflücult to keep the thread from showing through on the ' right side if you slip a piece of whale- ‘ bone into the hem. If the hem is too j wide for a whalebone, cut a heavy ' piece of cardboard the proper width and slip that in.

Snaps In several sizes come by the yard on black and white tape, and some of them are so small that they may be used invisibly on a flat seam. Have a baud of them sowed on the in- side of a skirt belt and a strip with balls to corre.spond on a shirtwaist, and you will never be ashamed to turn your back to anyone. L'or plackets there is nothing bettor than clasps by the yard. Bias lawn soraes by the ]?iece and lias numerous helpful uses. 1 Broad bolting for the raised skirt still * worn is convenient for the home-sew- cr and gives the frock a professional look. The belting should bo fitted and the skirt is attached and the top and placket finished licforo the bottom is turned. In turning the bottom to make it even nothing is better than a skirt gauge, which comes on a little stand, with a device for holding the marking chalk ; its small cost makes it viihin the rt'ach of all. In makitig the knick'Thockc'rs nrul lilouscs sew a small hook and eye to the elastics used; they may th'-n l.ie dipped in and out when laundcTf'd, and they will not need constant renewal.

IHE GREAT BLOOD Hints for the Home Seamstress Ways to help the Laundry Work

“Fruit-a-tlves” Cleans, Purities,

WtfsiX juic« la Nature’s own remedy. ”FRUIT-A-TIVKS,*’ famous

medicine, keeps th.e bloc»d pure and rich because it keeps the whole extern free of impurities.

** Pruit-a-tives ” improves the Skin Jh^ion; enables the atomach to digest **wd properly ; makes the bowels move £«cularly ; and relieves the siraia on » Kidneys.

By ita cleaulnf, healipg çowere on Mw eliminating o^ans, ^Tnut-a-tïves** rüdi the system of all waste matter and tbtti insures a pure blood supply.

SOo. a box, 6 for 2.50, trial size 25o. At dealers or sent postpaid on receipt of vtren by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa.

Washing Blankets In washing blankets the first

thing to do is to shake them well to remove all possible dirt and dust, so that it may not form mud when it comes in contact with the water and make the cleaning process more dif- ficult. Then look for spots and mark them by an encircling white thread, so that you can give them special at- tention. Do not use a colored thread, as it may discolor the blanket.

Next measure the length and width of the blanket. If it is an at- tached pair, measure half the length. Set your curtain stretchers to that size. Have ready a soap solution made of a shaved bar of a good neutral soap, and three quarts of cold water, which is heated to a boil- ing point, and w’hen it is cooled two tablespoonfuls of powdered borax and half a cupful of denatured alco- hol are added. Never rub soap di- rectly upon the blankets, as this will shrink them.

The temperature of the water in which blankets should be washed is about lukewarm. Work them up and down in the water, squeeze them against the sides of the rub, but never rub them, as this tangles the fibres. For the very soiled places you may use a brush with a little of the soap solution, and stretch the ma- terial on a smooth place to work at it. If you use a wringer, it should be so adjusted that the blanket is kept flat and not stretched as it goes through, nor should the wringer be too tight.

Y"ou should not tr^- to wash more than one blanket at a time, as it in- jures thorn to lie around wet. The frames are the best for drying, but if you are not so fortunate as to have them, hang the blankets on a clean line, carefully secured with clothespins, not in the sun, as that will yellow them, but in a bright place whore there is a wind. ' Morn- ing is the best time for doing this.

'ilo they are drying, brush them often with a clean whisk, length- wise, to rub up the nap, and when they are perfectly dry rub them with a fiannoi cloth in a warm room, to give them their original flufTlness. Selected.

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In many a Canadian home the sew- ing machine is working overtime these long spring days. War-time is econ- omy time, and sewing at home is but another word for economy. One dollar can do the work of three, if the sewing is done in the house. It is not the material as a rule which costs so much but the work that is put into the mak- ing-up of the material. Take under- wear, to begin with. If a woman buys a length of good English nainsook and makes it up into undergarments, it will probably provide for double the number that could be bought ready- made. And the difference in the wear- ing qualities will add another fifty per cent to the value.

In every well-equipi)ed home where sewing is done there will be a complete set of paper patterns for underwear. Fortunately these patterns are of the simplest and a child could cut them out and put them together. When making underwear at home, the first rule for success is to buy the ver}' best material possible. There is a fad at present for silk crepe de chine, but this is expensive and not as satisfac- tory as nainsook or fine cotton. Mull of a good quality can be got in pale pink or blue and makes up charmingly and wears fairly well. The daintiness and attractiveness of underwear can be obtained by the use of wash ribbons and iace or embroidery. Never, never use cheap lace on underwear. It will spoil the appearance of the best cut and make of undergarments. A little real or good imitation Torchon orA^aL is the best to use. Failing lace, toero is nothing prettier than hand embroid- ery, and a little if well placed, answers the purpose. It does not pay to (?m- broidor scallops around gannents. Bet ter make a fine roll hem with beading and edging.

DAINTY HOUSE GOWNS.

It is seldom advisable to make tailor suits in the house. There is a touch about suits which few but tailors themselves can attain. If a strictly tailored suit is out of the question the better way is to buy a smart top-coat and wear it over one- piece dresses which can be made in the house.

The one-piece ser^e dress continues to be popular and is not difficult to put together. A smart new one hgd a folded girdle of black satin and black satin buttons down the front like a priest's cassock. There was a roll collar of the black and above that a collar of embroidered linen lawn which could be removed and laundered. A smarter frock could not be had nor one more practical. Serge for the morning and taffeta or crepe for the afternoon-—such is the rule of the day. The prettiest crisp taffeta frocks are being turned out by the hundred and can easily be made at home. Choose a becoming color and make it with either a full skirt or one with layers of frills or simpL- a double flounce,

j Frills are most fashionable at present. If wi.shcd the sleeves and vest can be of georgette crepe of the same shade. There shouhl always bo some white net or lace near the face to make the frock becoming. Am- good fashion book will furnish a dozen suitable ways of making these taffeta frocks.

THE NEW BLOUSES.

The very newest blouses show no- thing particularly new. One exqui- site blouse of the drossiest descrip- tion deserves a word. It was of pink-

j ish mauve chiffon surmounted by a ; faint blue chiffon. 'Phe color çombi- I nation was lovely. Tt fastened up the ! front with tiny dull gold buttons and

the deep double collar, more like a cape than a collar, had tiny gold tas- sels. This combioation of two pastel tints is a new and most attractive note. Eor the older women the black over white blouses are still liked. No- thing is prettier than black lace over cream or pinky white. These can be made at home for one tliird of what they cost in the shops, l.ook at a good model, buy the materia^ and copy it at home. Crepe de chine and crepe are much worn. Double frills are good on a slight figure. There are. more blouses shown with the low nock than w'ith the high.

Such are some of the useful hints for tho.^e who make their own clothes.

The housewife is always glad to hear new laundry hints, or new ways of do- ing ordinary tasks. There are few peo- ple who do not, at some time, assist in the planning and furnishing of a home, and each room, each detail of its interior arrangement must have a I share of consideration. Heretofore the laundry and its fittings have been : given too little thought and as a re- sult the housewife has often had to accommodate herself and her work to conditions planned by those who un- derstand little about this branch of houseiioid work.

The tubs arc often placed so low that one has to bend .ar over to reach into their depths ; the same trouble often applies to the sink. Those plann- ing a new home wherein a separate laundry will have its place, or those

^ who are remodeling an old home, should visit one of the modern schools where laundry work is taught and

, where every equipment Is up to date.

' At such a school thev will see that the average height of tubs is now from 40 to 42 inches above the floor, IVith this arrangement the day of dis- comfort has passed.

Another improvement is the steam arm which, after the clothes are wash- er, is bent down into the rub and the steam turned on. In two or three min utos the wrfter is, boiling, and the clothe.s may be left in it to scald as long as the laundress considers neces- sary. This simple revice, attached either to the gas boiler or to the heat- ing machinery in the cellar, saves one handling of the wash.

A small mangle is a great time and labor saver which may also be operat- ed by steam ; vffien properly run, it does the flat work most acceptably.

j Many modern home laundries are equipped with washing machines. The most perfect of these is the machine which does the washing by rocking and tossing the clothes from side to side in a tightly covered copper tub. When it is adjusted and started, the laundress may leave it and attend to other duties while the washing is

* going on, as the machine does not I quire watching. The original outlay

for this machine is considerable, bnt it will be much appreciated.

I’he laundry sink should be wide and deep, set at the same height as the sta- tionary tubs ; in it there should be plenty of room for the starch pans. Blanket frames, with accompanying brush brooms (with which the blan- ket nap is brushed up after drying, thus taking the place of carding, and curtain frames both should have places in the modem laundry.

A tiny shaved soap bin is a aece.s- sity, no matter how small is the laundry, and a ladle should hang be- side it to dip up the soap shavings and to put them into the water There are some practical drying machines designed for home use,

' The stationary ironing board .has be- come a factor in the laundry, because the cord which supplies fuel to the iron and the pipe which brings the gas <-o the gas ii'on stand are fixtures

i that cannot be moved. The ftarion- avy stand makes the board '•erytam;

J il should be well felted and .have a tan canvas slip cover to be put on ^^hcn it is not in use. Tiiere should also bo tlie lioavily felted table to be U'sed for ironing if needed, but vviiich is

! especially good for the drying of sweaters.

I The.sc popular garments are now washed to measure; iliat is, after they are properly washed, they are not wrung out but are held up u.ntil the bulk of the water has run off; or they are put through a wide wringer, affer back down, sleeves folded across the which they are laid flat on the table, front, and with a tape measure are gently stretched fo their original rai^a- suremonts. Wlien the upper side is nearly dry, the gannents are turned Twonty-foiu’ hours is allowed for the natural drying and, when done in this way, the sweaters come from the laundrv looking like new.

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It is a good plau to dip brooms in very hot soapsuds once a week. It toughous their bristle?, and the brooms not only last longer, IDUI also sweep better than if they wen; kept perfectly dry.

I Spend ^ day each month looking over all clothing. See that hooks and eyes are in place, take out any spots, brush and press skirts, put in fresh niching in necks or collars and cuffs. ^ A small wardrobe well kept will mark ' you for a bolter-dressed woman than '

* a large one carelessly and badlv kept. ' ! ' " , : j Table linen must be quite damp

when it i.s ironed, and it must be ironed until it is perfectly dry. Nap-

: kins should be ironed on both sides, and a tablecloth should be ironed in

• the same way to give it the best finish ; j and appearance.

j To wash woollen goods successfully I , the water should be soft and warm, ! I not hot, ana of uniform temperature

throughout the operation. Only the milder soaps should be used, and ! these not applied directly to the fab- | ric. If much dirt is present, a vola* I tile alkali such as aiumouiiim carbon- ate may be added to the wash water. The scrubbing to which the fabric is subjected should be gentle, and the wringing through loosely^ set wring- ers Once washed, the goods should not be allowed to lie about wet, but should be immediately Lung up to dry, preferably out of doors if the air is dry and the temperature above freezing.

Grease will often yield to hot water and soap, but if this is not successful, use gasoline or naptha. A'aseline spots may be soaked with ether and placed under a basin for a few hours to pre- vent the other evaporating.

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I How to make onii till limiiales j The story i.s told of a. young wife I telling her husband on her return i from cooking class that slu* had s(-yn i timbales made. “What are they?” he asked. “Timbales arc something that

! you make, to put something else that vou make, into," was her answer. I îiave always thought this a good d(*fin- ition, for it is not so bewilc^rlng as to say, as the cookery books do. “Timbales are molds of foremoat filled with salpicon.'^

Chefs make timbales with forcemeat with elaborate fillings that are true palate-ticklers, but home cooks will find patties made with fine pastry cr batter fried on rosette irons best lonx- periraent wdth at first.

“Great ships mav venture more ; Small ones had ÎDest stay near shore."

To make pastry causes .or creamed meats and fi.sh fillings use - recipe for puff paste. Line timbale, mold with this and bake. To prevent the' paste swcilling and blistering ir the oven fill the lined mold with dried beans or peas. It is practicable to turn gem pans upside down and si ape the pastry on their outside and bake it so. When removed, the cases are j-’er- feetly smooth inside.

If you have a frontage or rosette iron upon which to fry batter, you will find this recipe excellent for it :

One-half cup flour, one egg beaten, one pinch salt, one tablespoon melted

j butter or cooking oil and milk to make j a thin batter. Beat and strain to free it from lumps. Cover and let stand

j for one hour. Heat the iron in the hot fat; dip it into the batter and hold it there an instant until a thin coating adheres, then plunge it into the fat Cook until light brown. This quantity will make twelve cups or fritters. They are crisp and exceedingly rich; sweet-

Worth Saving j The housekeeper whoso rule it is J always to make a savory brown or ' creamed gravy of the diippings an<l

moat-essence remaining in the frying ' pan after veal, chicken, or Hamburg

steaks have been cooked, will fre<iu- ontly let the contents of the pan .be discarded, if it were used for frying mutton or lamb. This is on account of the quality of the fat that cooks out of the meat, which is disagree- able to many persons. But if care has been taken not to permit any scorching during the frying, let a cup of boiling water be pour<?d into the

I pan after the meat ha.s been removed, I and let this bc4i up well, stirring with j a spoon, until all traces of the meat- , essence have been dissolved away

from the pan. Strain this liquid into an earthen or agate bowl, dash a little cold water into it, and set aside in a cool place. In a few hours the fat will have formed a solid cake, and can be removed, leaving a cup of excellent “gravy stock"; this can be used for re-serving any left-overs of the aforesaid mutton or lamb, if wanted as hash or ragout, adding notably to the flavor and richness thereof; or it can be added to one's soup stock.

The same method can be used with the dripping pan in which lamb or mutton has been roasted.—American Cookery.

broads, oysters and fish are delightful fillings for them.

Salpicoo of lobster is a delighted^ filling. I'his recipe will fill six patty cases :

Two tablespoons of lobster-meat, diced, six mushrooms, minced and pint rich white sauce. Mix together and season with salt and pepper.Heat through and fill the shells, or molds, with it. Dash a sprinkle of paprika over top.

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When Jimmie Whitlock come out yere to start a ranch we ali larfed at him. He was nothin’ but a kid. Two cheeks the color of a new red wagon and no sign of a beard on his face made him look like a gal not more’n sixteen years old. His figure was slight and small, and be wore his ha’r long end cut squnr aroun' his neck.

Whar he got the money from to buy a ranch and stock it nobody knew, but It was understood that he was the sou of a rich cotton planter in Georgia, and we r^koned that the ole man put up for him. Anyway, he bought a lot o* land and a lot o’ sheep and built a fust rate ranch house. j

Since he hired a good man for over- aeer we thought he mought do well j enough ranohin’, but we didn't think be would be suffered to stay In these , parts very long. There was a good > deal o’ gun play about here in them j days, and it was reckoned that he would soon be skeered away. He was mighty fresh, and we allowed that puity soon he would run up agin some feller that wouldn’t ^stand his Imj^er- ance, but we didn’t think any one would hurt him any more’u if he had been a real gal. 1

And Jim didn’t seem to realize where be was. He talked about things jist as If he had been In one o' them towns where people wore clawhammer jack- ets with garrote collars and the rest o’ the outfit to match. He seemed ratlier pleased with the idee o’ goln’ round armed, and as soon as he got yere, in- stead o’ wealin' one gun under his coat, where it w'ouldn’t be noticed, he wore two, one on each hip. He could Dot ’a’ done anything better calc’lated to git him into trouble.

“He’s been readin’ dime novels,” said bis overseer, “about the wild and wool- ly west He’ll git over that after awhile. H«’s harmless. Jist you let him alone.”

Mebbe Jimmie would ’a’ got through without any trouble if he hadn’t taken a fancy to Josh Gilson’s gal. Josh was interested In the Spangler ranch and above the ordinary cowpuncher, but he was a fighter through and through. When we seen that Uttle baby faced kid biK-kin’ up agin him and his sweetheart we all tlio’ught o’ Mary's little lamb walkin’ into the sleepin’ quarters of a grizzly. I thought It a pity that such a purty liRle fel- ler should stand in tlie way of^^a man like Gilson, and I says to him:

'‘.Tlinmle, if I was you I wouldn’t go monkeyin’ arouml Josh Gilson's gal What he’s expectin' to marry In the Bpring; it’s dangerous.”

“Is it?” he says, lookin’ interested. “Yes, Jimmie.” say.s I, “it’s mighty

dangerous.” “You don’t mean.” he says, “that if

Mamie Walker likes me better 'n him he’d blame me?”

“He’d put his heel on you and grind you into the earth lil<o a worm.”

Jim didn’t say anything to this for gwhile; he seemed to be thinkin’. Then he said:

“Supposin’ I got tile drop on him.” I larfed. The idee o’ Jimmie buckin’

ttp at all agin Josli Gilson was funny, but that he should dream o’ gittih* the drop on a man whose gun was used to goln* off almost before It left the holster and the ball plum through the other feller was enough to make a tnule larf right out.

“Jimmie,” says I, solemn-Ufee, “you’re • nice boy and I wouldn’t like to see »ou git hurt, much less carried to the Iwryin’ ground up on the hill. Take toy advice and let Mamie alofïe.”

“Much obliged for your advice, Mr. Cook,” says Jimmie, “and 111 remem- ber It And ril leave you somepln in toy will.”

“You won’t have no occasion to men- tion me in your will. Jimmie,” I says, “unless you do some fool trick that'll git yourself killed.”

Fact is, Jimmie seemed not to real- tee things. I was afeared his readin’ Of dime novels about the west would lead him to fly in the face o’ Provi- dence. or, rather. Josh Gilson, and afore he understood what he was doin’ he’d git a hole in him. 1 shook my bead and looked solemn, walkin’ away Blow, like an actor in the theater after he has warned somebody agin somepln awful.

One day socm after this warnin’ Jlm- toie come to me, and he says, says he:

“Mr. Cook, you was right about what you said about my ’soclatin’ with Ma tole Walker.”

“How so?” says 1. “Josh met me on the road this mom-

!n’, and he says to me: ‘You mis’able kid, what d’ye mean by buttin’ in at rte man Walker’s? Don’t you go there ao morel’ And 1 asks him why he didn’t tell Mamie to stop my gotn’ there. And he says that was none o’ toy bosinces; ef I go there ^ain he’ll tot daylight through me.”

“What does Mamie say about it?” I I asked. ! “She sayB she’ll rec^v© visits from ( anybody she likes.” j “Waal, Jimmie,” says I, “ef I was

you I’d let them two fight It out be- tween 'em. Ifs my opinion that a

I *htrd band comia’ in between the jack

o' clubs and the ou^on o’ hearts’ll get froze out o’ the game.”

“Mr. Cook.” -says Jim to this, ’'that was one o' the wisest remarks you over made. But supposin’ third hand iiolds the ace?”

Jim walked away slowly without rayin' nothin' more. I didn't suppose he WOIFW be fool enough to come to a showdown with Gilson even if be held a royal flush. Ef he did I hadn’t nothin’ on my conscience, ’cause I'd given him fa'r warnin’.

The very next day what d’ye sup- pose I seen? Why. Jimmie and Mamie. Jim on his bay gelding, Mamie on her sorrel mar', cavortin’ along the road, talldn' and larfin' like two children on their way to a circus. Mamie was barely sixteen and as onexi>erienced as Jimmie. My heart went down into my boots. There was them two young things, scercely out o’ the cradle, with no npporhension o’ the horrible fate awaitin' ’em in case they happened to meet Josh Gilson. Josh w’ns ten years older’n Mamie, old enough to look on em like two innocent children, as they was. But I knowod tliat wouldn’t con- cern him; all he thought about was that he wanted the gal and wouldn't have no meref on nobody that tried to take her away from him.

And what was ray horror to see Gil- son himself cornin’ along the road to meet ’em. Fust thing Î thought of was that no matter how fast I rode I was too far away from ’em all to git there before Josh would have a chance to murder the little cuss that was inter- ferin’ with him. But I hitched my gun for’ard and dug ray spurs into my hoi'se’s flanks. While I was ridin’ I seen it all.

Josh reined in and got out his gun. lie seemed to be hesitatin’ what to do. He put his gun back into its holster and rode on. but soon took it out again. I was watchin’ the children too. Fast thing 1 knowed when they was cornin' nigh one another. Mamie rode a little ahead o’ Jim and nut herself between bim and Josh. That looked as If Josh wouldn’t have a chance at him without Mttin’ Mamie. But what did the kid do butçride right before her, and that she might not be in the way o’ the gun play he veered to the side o’ the road

“By thunder!” says I to myself. “The little cuss is dead game!”

I rode on across country, keepln’ my eyes on what was gotn’ on ahead of me Instead of on the ground I was travelin' over. It was mighty oneven, I kin tell you; but, instead o’ givin’ my hewse any chance to ease up, on cornin’ to a hole or a ditch I spurred him on jist as much at one time as another.

You see, what I was wantin’ to do was to git within range so I could drop Gjilson afore he dropped the cherub. They say haste makes waste, and so it did in this case, for cornin’ to a gully and not seein’ it I pushed right on,

!. not oven raisin’ my horse for a jump, j The consequence was he came down j on his knees on the opposite bank, I while I went sprawlin’ three or four i yards ahead of him. 1 I jdclvcd myself up and looked ahead

ag’ln to the front. While' I’d been ridin’ there had been a short parley between Gilson and the two kids, but by this time it was over.

Gilson made good his reputation for quick shootiu’, but whether Jim hadn’t quite got out o’ lino with the gal or Bomepin else, he mi.ssed. Jim fired and hit bad, but I couldn't see where. Then there was a rattle of shots, and fell off his horse. A few more leaps o’ my horse brought me within range, but I was too late to do anything for Jimmie; he had done it all himself. When I come up he was boldin’ bis left arm with the hand of the other and the blood was drippin' from IL

“Pve scooped the board, Mr, Cook,” be says, with a smile on his baby face as Innocent as one o’ them UtÜe fat children with wings in pictur’s.

I didn’t have time to say nothin’, for I se«i Mamie totterin’ on hM’ horse, and I had just time to reach her and catch her In my arms before she fell. I got her off her horse and laid her down aside the road; then I looked at Jim’s arm and seen it was bleedln’ mighty free. I look bis handkerchief and tied It tight just above the wonnd. He went to Mamie, and I seen she was cornin’ to her senses. I ran to where Josh was layin’ on his face. I turned him over and made up my mind right off that he was a goner.

I didn’t have no trouble in gitttn’ ’im back home, though I was afraid o’ the bleedln’ o’ Jimmie’s arm, and, to tell the truth, a bullet had cut an artery, and If I hadn’t tied that hand- kerchief so tight lie would ’a’ bled to death. I sent a wagon out for Gil- son’s body, and the scrap was over.

It made a heap o’ difference to Jim- mie Whitlock. Didn't any one after that larf at him for cornin’ west with dime novel notions ul>out the country. He was the pet o* all the decent men o’ the territory, and gim men let hhn alone. Everybody was pleased that Mamie Walker was rid o’ Josh Gil- son. He wasn’t up to her mark any- way. Her folks was respectable and didn’t like hw a.ssociatln’ with him, but you know that when young fcJks are at the matin’ age they’re liable to take up with the best there is at hand.

I’ve glv^ you the record o’ the corn- in’ to this state wlien It was a terri- tory of Governor Whitlock, now one o’ the richest sheep raisers In the west and one o’ the most prominent men •very way. Half the people out yere stRl speak of him as Jimmie, and some still call him Cherub Whitlock. Since he downed Josh Gilson anything he has wanted o* the people ronnd about has been h!s. His story only shows that you can’t most always tell what kind o’ stuff people, especially young- •t^s, to made up of until somepln hap- pens to bring it out. Just as the doctors can’t tell when kids Is ailin’ till they break out whether they got scarlet f©' yer or measlea

I FATIMA i • • ; A Romance ; : of the I • Sahara Desert ;

F. A. By

MITCHEL

Hendricks was cut out for a globe trotter and was furnished by Inher Itance with the wherewithal to be a world ti-aveler. By the time he was twenty-five he had traveled in every ' civilized land on the face of the earth, and with many of them was quite fa- miliar. I

Then camo the semicivilized coun tries. He determined to begin with north Africa. He had read much of the great Saharji desert, its ocean of sand spread out with all the infinite sameness as the waters of the deep, the glare of day, the splendor of the starry dome above it at night. But It was the danger of traveling among the treacherous, cutthroat people who in- habit it that made Hendricks long to travel there. As soon as he had be- come familiar with peoples similar to bis own countrymen he went to Moroc- co, intending to plunge down into the desert ^

I.«eaYing Faris he made for Gibraltar, crossed the strait and found himself in Tangier. The transition across this narrow water was like going to sleep in England and waking up in Bagdad. On the one hand were officers of the English army surrounded by the i>co- ple of Spain. On the other were Arabs dressed in the white baranca univer- sally worn, a swarthy people of diabol- ical countenance; snake charmers, with their snakes; indeed, such a people as çne would meet in any Moham«ne<lan country. It Seemed to Hendricks that lie had suddenly left the protection of civilized law to be subject to unciviliz- ed plunder.

The first thing to procure for a trip Into the desert was camels, which must be bought outright. Hendricks purchased several ot these beasts and hired a couple of do>;en natives. Includ- ing a man to manage them who had a number of names, among which was All, and Hendricks at once seized upon it to designate the man. AU attended to the purchase of the rest of the out- fit, including tents, arms, ammunition, eatables, drinkables, etc. The arms and ammunition were about the most Important articles, for the principal oc- cupation of the denizens of the desert was robbery. The large througli cara- vans were so well protected that little plunder was to be gained from thorn,

i TI» little force supporting a rich American having many tempting ar- ticles was a diffei'ont matter. Ali in- formed the master tliat they would Jxi subject to all sorts of strafegems for stealing purposes, hut would not be likely to any open attack. To be rob- bed at wholesale they would doubtless bo led into an amliush, in which case they would all bo murdered.

AU this lent zest to the expedition. Among the American’s reasons for

! plunging into such an unattractive ‘ counti’y one was to outwit the Bed-

ouins. I He had not got well into tho desert . before the performance commenced.

Of course a guard was established at I night. The third night after leaving 1 Moroccan territory a sentinel was shot I “"Why did they do that?” asked Hen-

dricks of All “It seems to me murder for nothing.”

“Don’t deceive yourself, master,” said the black. “Tonight another watriier will fall, and the next night another, and so on until our force is reduced to 90 small a number that they may overpower us.”

Hendricks thought much during the day as to how this prospective killing might be ettmlnated. Before rimA for posting the guard for the night he said

I to AU that the men were too stupid to * be trusted on a watch; he would do * guard duty himself''that night Tak- j Ing his rifle he stationed himself be- I hind a heap of sand and kept a sharp

kx^out for on enemy. The party had > traveled all day without seeing a bu- I man or an inhuman being. It seemed ! imposslWe that some one should rise ! up out of the sand at dead of night to I kill a guard. Nevertheless Hendricks I kept awake and, what was equally

important, kept hi.s eyes open. Just before dawn he spied some sort

of an animal in the distance wander- 1 ing about as though searching for food.

Hendricks watched the beast for awhile and made np his mind that there was a man under its skin. Go- ing into his tent, he brought out a rifle, stuck the muzzle into the sand and

! bung a baranca over the butt Having ■ done this, he again took position be-

hind his sand hîîl. It was not long before he saw a flash from wbye the animal stood, and a ball passed through the baranca. Hendricks fired at the beast, and it made off, ap-

! patently mingling with the sand, i That was the end of picking off sen- i tries. The party traveled for some Î days without further molestation to an ' oasis, where the> passed from the i sand ocean to earth, trees, flowers, j bouses, and, aJx>ve all, to water, for i this article, so common elsewhere and i thwefore regarded of so little impor- I tance, is a chief necessity on the dea- ! ert I Hendricks, leaving his outfit and his j men In care of All, put up at a hotel I to enjoy the comfort of living in a I bouse iurrotinded by tropica! rtirub-

bary. Dtre<^ opposite lived an Arab»

a trader, and when Hendricks was sit- ‘ ting by his window a woman, young and somewhat comely in appearance, ■ ^as to be seen in a room on the same ; floor as the American, She saw him looking at her and smiled at him.

Hendricks, though in the heyday of j life, was averse to interferir , with a. woman belonging to a Moluimmoclan and went away from tho window. The next morning a caravan started from the trader's house, and since Hendricks was prepared to move his own outfit, he left an hour later. When he wont Into camp in the evening the trader's more pretentious enc*nnii)ment was not a mile away. During the evening the Arab called on the American, appear- ing desirous of making his acquaint- ance. Indeed, before he left he seem- ed to have taken a great liking to Hendricks.

He had no sooner departed than Ali came to his master and warned him, declaring that the man might be a trader, but if be could overpower a smaller caravan than his own in the desert, kill every one connected with it and possess himself of tho loot bo would not scruple to do so. Hendricks assured his man that ho would be very careful what be did. but said nothing of the woman who had smiled at him through her window.

Hendricks had promised the trader, or robber, or both, that he would re- turn his call in the morning, breakfast- ing with him. Had lie been warned by Ali earlier he would possibly have de- clined the invitation on the ground that he intended to move -early. He did not fear a complication with the woman, for an Arab does not usually introduce his women to his men friends. In this case Hendricks was mistaken. The trader had three wives and they were all at breakfast with him and his guest. One of them was the woman

! who had smiled at Hendricks from a i window, and she was the most attrac- i tive in appearance of them all. I She behaved decorously at table, but j when AU arose with Ids other wives j to go into the living tent this woman, j whom he called Fatima* kept her seat J When Hendricks started to rise she

gave him a look that indicated she j wished him to remain. After a mo- i ment’s hesitation ho decided to accept j her Invitation. She spoke Spanish In- ' differently and Hendricks spoke a lit- • tie of all the romance languages. Con-

sequently with a mixture of French, Spanish and Italian they managed to make themselves understood.

Though the trader did not appear to object to his wife’s tete-a-tete with the American, Hendricks felt uneasy. The

, woman seemed desirous of keeping ( him with her; but, seeing that he de- j sired to get away, she at last arose, I and they joined tbo others. Before he 1 took his departure while unobserved, I she thrust a bit of paper into Ids hand. Î On reaching his camp lie read It. j Romain in your present camp. Meet me : after dark midway between your tents ! and ours.

I No one but a foo! or one ready for a desperate adventure would have ac- cepted this invitation. Hendricks was

j not a fool, but he was ready to take j any risk to gratify his curiosity, and I he liked adventure. However, since he t knew he would IK» risking his life and i did not wish to le-.ivo the world with- j out some provision therefor he took ! Ali Into Ms confidence, i AU said at once that the woman was

acting under the orders of her hus- band; that Hendricks would meet a bullet instead of a woman, after which the trader would swoop down on the

I others, murder tl^em all and take pos- H08St<Mi of the effects. He begged his master not to keep the appointment.

His pleadings wore of no avail. Then Ali asked him to permit him to go in advance. He would make it known that he was not tne American, but an Arab, which he knew well how to do, and would thus discover the plot with- out getting killed. Hendricks was

j tempted by this plan, but could not I bring himself to permit any of his i men to take a risk that he would not j take himself. ! “No, AU,” he said, “1 will keep this j uppolntmMit, but I will go with a rifle I at my shoulder and cocked,” i “Your figure will be seen against the ! sky,” replied Ali, “while one who meets i you cannot be distinguished from the I sand.” 1 Hendricks profited by this advice and i wore a light gray suit with a handker- t chief tied over his head instead of a 1 hat Half an hour after dark he sal- i lied forth, taking care not to expose I his silhouette against the sky. Pres- 1 ently he saw a figure thus revealed. I The Arab dress is such that he could t not distinguish whether it was man or j woman. He watched it advance to- i ward him, Hendricks taking care not

to present a mark for a bullet. But no , bullet came, and presently he heard a

woman’s voice say: “Follow me; I xN-ill guide you to m'y

mistress.” Hendricks decided to take the risk.

He followed the woman to a point a I few hundred yards from the women’s , quarters in the trader’s camp, and there : stood the woman he was to meet I “1 am a white woman,” she said.

“My complexion is stained. I was cap- I tured with a caravan that was attacked ! and looted, the women being sold as I slaves. Save me!” I “Howr j “Take me to your camp. Move on at j once In a direction that will avoid this j caravku.” j “Why did yocT husband permit you i to talk with me alone?” 1 “I offered to decoy you, agreeing to I get you In my toils tomorrow.”

HendjMis thought a few moments, then said:

“Com© with mo.” The next morning when the trader

arose the Americans’ camp was seen faintly on the horizon and but a short

I distance from an oasis. Fatima was mtoirtng,

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An Evil înlenlion ChangeT to a Good Cne :

By CLARISSA MACKIE

A man and a woman were riding on horseback over the broad acres of a wesrorn ranch As they cantered on the girl chatted pleasantly, while the man listened, making brief replies. He was thinking of another matter than the'one of which she was speaking. Suddenly he reined in his horse and facing her said, more as 1f In anger than in love: i

“Hose, I love yon. I’ve loved you a ' long while. Will you be my wife?”

The girl, startled at such a pi’oposi- tion made in such a tone, drew back.

“I can’t. Ralph; I can't. I would if I could, but—I don’t love you.” '

“You can love me if yon want to,” he replied bitterly.

“Indeed, I can’t.” i “Then there Isn't n chance for me?”

asked Ralph Dunston hoarsely as he looked away.

Rose's brown eyes grew very pitiful, and she laid her little gloved hand on Dunston’s bridle rein.

“I'm sorry, Ralph,” she whispered in a distressed tone. “I’m son*y”—

“That’s enough!” he interrupted sharply. “I suppose it’s Bert Slater. But I’ll see he doesn’t get you!”

• * « * • * * “Well, honey, what’s bothering you

tonight?” asked Uufuç Weldon of his daughter, as she sat in dreamy silence before the fire.

Rose sighed and then flashed a smile at her father. She went over and knelt beside his chair, leaning her dark head against his slvoulder.

“Nothing much, dad,” she answered after long silence—“only—only—only- well, father, it’s Bert Slater!”

“The deuce!” exploded Rufus in pre- tended surprise. “You don’t mean to say my foreman has the nerve”— Rose’s hand covered his Ups.

“1 love him, father,” she whispered. His arms went around closely, and it was thus Bert Sluter found them. When he came in Rufus extended a hand to include^ him in the little circle.

“The matter seems settled, son,” said Rufus humorously.

The period of Rose Weldou's engage- : ment to Bert Slater was marked by

anxious days and nights. She had not j told her lover of Dunston’s threat, nor : had she eontidecl in her father, for in

either case one (jr both of them would i have gone forth to administer puiiish- I ment to tl>e disappointed cowboy’. I Then suddenly one day Rufus Wel- j don met death, and the horse that had I thrown him had to l)0 shot Left alone j on the ranch, with h.er nearest relatives I some maiden aunt.': in Massachusetts,

Rose gave heed to Bert Slater’s plead- ing, and soon they were married. Slater had invested some money in the ranch, and as Rose was her father’s sole heir, husband and wife carried on the business in the* same thrifty man- ner that had made Rufus Weldon com- fortably rich as compared to many of his neighbors.

Of Ralph Dunston they saw little. When they did meet him Rose was all a-qulver with anxiety lest the dark browed man engage her good tempered husband in an argument that might foment trouble and cud In the gun play that would give ©nuston his long cher- ished opportunity to put an end to Bert’s life and tims carry ont his scheme of revenge.

But Dunston held himself well In baud. If he had little to say no one could marvel at his taciturnity in the presence of his successful rival, for the whole county knew that Ralph Dunston had loved Rose to distraction, and many people said that he had had a fair chance to gain her affections had not Slater come on from the east to join Rufus Weldon in the business.

But it had been a banner year in the cattle raising country, and every one was so happy and contented that no one gave heed to Ralph and his cher- ished revenge. Outwardly he was gay and careless, and no one knew that bto insouciance covere<l a heart brooding blackly over his coveted revenge.

As the months drugged by Rose grad- ually forgot Dunsi Oil’s threatened re- venge, and she dismissed it entirely from her mind when they placed her baby in her arms. Rufus Weldon Sla- ter they named the little one, and in the joy of motherhood Rose included the whole world In her great warm heart.

When Dunston heard alx)ut the Uttle Rufus he went for a long ride through the purple • sagol)rush. and when he came back his lips were smiling, but murder lurked in his black eyes.

The snow was falling thickly on that winter evening when Ralph Dunston set out to Micompass his revenge. It was the very niglit for his purpose. Two halfbreed Indians slouched after Hm on wiry horses, and one of these blanketed rascals was to draw Bert Slater from the bouse on some ficti- tious errand while the other kidnaped Rose’s little sou. It was a very crude- ly planned affair, after all, and showed the effect of long months of brooding over his fancied wrongs. Ralph W«B desperate now. He felt that by de- priving Rose and Slater of their flnrt- bom he could cause them greater pain than by simply taking Bert’s life. Ha wanted Slater to suffer, too, Mid hi death there was only releaee^

A light burned in f!.e and ( shadow flitted across the window shade» The buukhouKe wa.s in total ilarknesa, Dunston had chosen his night well, foe it was the occasion of a big ball at Red Top. and there was not a soul about the place save the two Chinese cooka^ and they were audibly asleep in the lit- tle but which they occupied together near tho corral.

Just as Dunston rode up to the door- step to peer into the window the door was flung wide open, and he started back.

Rose Slater stood in the doorway peering up at him like one distracted.

“Oh, Ralph.” she cried in a relieved tone, “1 am so glad it Is you! I wai afraid it might be some one I couldn’t trust. Bert has broken his lag. Therf isn’t a man about the place, and baby has the croup. He will die if you can’t get tho doctor here. Oh!” She leaned against the doorpost as Dunston slip- ped from his horse and rushed past h«» into the house.

“Come in and shut the door,” he coat» manded gruffly.

“Where’s the baby’?” he asked curl* ously.

She pointed to the sofa drawn clos# to the fire and then snatched the bun- dle to her breast, rocking to and fro I# helpless fear. From the bundle came hoarse, choking sounds.

Ralph Dunston had been the oldest of twelve children, and he had seen bl# mother handle croupy babies in the di» tant past. It Is remarkable how tena- cious these homo memories are in the breasts of the harshest of men.

“Don’t you know what to do for thi baby?” he asked sharply.

“I've given him croup medicine,” b6 gan Rose helplessly, when the b!i man tossed his In-.t into a corner and strode Into the kitchen, where Ho# Sing's fire was c;ircfully laid for th# next morning. A copper kettle of wa- ter on the stove w:;s quite warm, and in a trice. Dun.st- u had lighted th# kindling in the stove and drawn the hi# kettle over the fiaiv.cs. He sought and found the baby’s tin bathtub and placed it on two chairs before the sit- ting room fire, just as he had seen hi# mother do in that faraway past.

Once lie stepped outside to send th# wondering halfbreeJs scurrying back to Red Top for the doctor, And once h# ran upstairs and took a look at Bert Slater, who was lying white and still on the bed. He c.'tamined the injured leg and found that Rose had put it in splints formed of : n umbrella and two of her father’s luuivy canes. It would do until the doctor came. Thé baby needed first attention.

He held the baby while at his direc- tion the 4^tracted mother fley here and there, gathering flannels and mus- tard. Then tho hot water was poured into the bath and fue mustard added, as Dunston had watched his mother do, and finally the <'hoking and gasping baby was gently 1« -wored Into the bath,

Half an hour lalur little Rufws wa# sleeping soundly, wrapped In warr# blankets. Ralph Dunston awkwai*dly held the soft bumRo while Bose, cry- ing softly with relief, put away th# bath and then wont to attend to be# husband.

The doctor came while Ralph still sat there.

“Hello, Dunston helping out? That*# a good fellow,” wr -^ the doctor’s greet-

■ Ing. Tlicn Rose i J the physician ol ; the sudden attack and of the oppofr ■ tune appearance uf Ralph Dunston, ■ Dr. Finch noddcMi gravely, examined

the baby and the;: !):itted Dunston o# the shoulder.

‘ “Good, work, Du' ston; you saved th# I baby’s life! Noble work, my man»” h# I said significantly as he turned awa/r

for he, too. knew Dunslon’s secret I Dunston flushed and bent his fact ' above the baby's rosy cheek. Rufu# ■ turned his liend .sleepily, sighed, and ' tucked a velvety h:nul in Ralph’s neck, i The young man y :\ ihero, paralyzed j with fear lest the l.aby should remove’ ; the trustful little kngors. Little trio j kl^ of warmth ran around his hear# • and seemed to mi'lt all the hardne## I and the bitterness iliat had bound II i In an Icy crust. Desire for revengd i vanished never to return; love toê 1 Bose Slater became an almost forgot-

ten incident. The Slater baby seemed to fill the horizon .Inst to bold that wonderful little form close to his bearl^ Just to feel the iiftle helpless finger# clutch him confiflcnrly, just to knon, that the little breathing atom of hu- manity needed him. might grow t# love him In time, was enough fo# Ralph Dunston

t Rose came back to the room, be# eyes shining softly, as she saw Ralpk

I Dunston’s transfin-mcd countenance I He smiled upon her impersonally. Sb#

was only the baby’s mother! j “How is Bert?” lie asked.

“Doing splendidly. The doctor say# i be must be careful and that it mean#

a good many weeks of idleness. Bert wants me to ask yon if you can’t bel#

' him out here. Some one must tak# charge. He needs some one be cau

' trust. He says if you can, why. wbea I be gets around once more he would • like you to stay on as foreman. WH

you ?” j “'Will I?” Dunston unconsciously ' peated the question. He told himself I that If be remained he must confess M

his evil intentions that nigh#-*, i be would start clear with bim. W#lk I that would be hard, but he could do % ; Then, there was the baby. He eoolÉ \ see Rufus every day—could ride bttol I on his bartc—play with him—late(4 I teach him to ride a p<my. I "Sure, m stay." he said heartfl]^, I tad as be ^ke be bent bis bead aiM^ I bte ttps swept the pure cheek of ttttie one. ‘

*Tm BO glad,” said Rose softly, she took the baby from him. *T knoif '

I he’s going to be awfully fond ef Id# ITncle B#iMr j|

I And Dunston tiptoed #«t #d; tbe hoo##ÿ #i oo# who leave# # mené Mafr ^

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ews, Alexandria, Ont., May 5, 1^16

Special Notice Notices of any character relating to

future events for which an admission fee is charged will be inserted only as advertising, and charged for at our re- gular advertising rates.

1 Save and serve.

A{Mril showers—in !May.

Athletic clubs are now re-organizlng.

The Allies desire—to defeat militar-

Delay is dangerous, get into uniform

Automobile excursions are now po-

There is general activity now among farmers.

Sixty veterinaries graduated from the Ontario College.

Indications point to a warm spell— shortly before August.

Thirty liquor licenses \Vere cut off in Ontario the end of April.

The 154th is your Home Battalion. Wliat will you do for it ?

Calling the Kaiser names won’t win the war. Shouldering a rifle may.

The lo4th Battalion has touched the 'ft 1100 mark. This includes all ranks.

Are you one of the 150 asked for to complete the establishment of the ,154th ? If not, why ?

Have vou had your mail censored ? Therr should be no loop-hole left for disloyalty to thrive In this country.

Sixteen hundred teachers, inspectors and school principals attended the con- vention of the Ontario Education As- sociation held in Toronto last week.

In Toronto they are giving rejected men buttons to show they tried to enlist. The idea is a good one and ought to be carried out in other places.

To date 175 farmers have availed themselves of the offer to have farm help for the spring work, so far as the

Bn. is concerned and applica- tions are still being received.

SPEING WORK. Clean up. Clean up some more. And then some. And then what. Then some more.

FLOWER SALE. The ladies of St. Finnan’s have de-

cided to hold their annual flower sale tliis year on May L4th and ’2oth. They are erHcsa>oiing (o make it the best yet—keep the dates open.

NUX VOMICA.

There i.s an adult dose of NuxVomica 'in each of McLeistor’s Iron TonicPills, take one after each meal if you want a tonic 'LXuxated” Iron. 50c box of

' pills, or by mail.

.'■I’ WORK AGAIN. The High, Separate and IRiblio

schools re-openod after the l^aster liolidnys on Monday of this weelc. j'l e attendance at th.e several schools is well u]) to the average.

A lULSY FIRM. Wo nnfli'i'stand the Munro &: ;\l(dnlosh

Co., during the current wedi. are m receipt of several large order.s for bug- gies, cutters', etc. Tin* more the nier- uu. ^

'J'lIE LATEST FAD. Ultra-fashionable, women 3u New

York are i-ej)orted to be gilding Itu.ir finger nails, as the latest fad. While this may bo only a step further than having them ])olished and otherwise titivated, it seems to lend additional cfnpliasis to the cynic’s term, ‘'gild- ed fools.”

WINDOW Pl.ACVRDS HAVE A SMALL "CIRCULATION.”

Is, the man who OUGT-rj’ to buy your properly hard to find Have you about concluded that ho has placard-blindness ? Or perhap.s it occurred to you that a window placard has, after all, rather a LIMITED CIRCULATION, and is therefore, a poor thing lo lely! upon IF YOU REATvLY WANT TO | SELL ! Buyers, you s.-e, h.r.e a ' theory (hat real estate that is of any ! importance, or that is DESIRABLE, I is SURE to be advertised in thetK•'^s- ' paper when the owner wants t.) sell it.

‘■THRIFT IS BEST MEANS OF THRIVING.”

The teaching and the practice of thrift are recommended in a circular issued l)y Hon. Dr. Pyno, Minister of Education, to principals, inspectors, and school boards throughout On- tario. He says : " J he school can do more than merely teach children about saving; by the establishment of a school bank it can do what is even more important—help them to practice saving. To encourage this — the best method of teaching thrift— e^X‘^y assistance is given by the penny bank, authorized in IflOf) under the Dominion Governmeiu I’enny Bank* act.”

CAN IMPOSE AN INCREASE. Last week the Ontario Parliament

passed a bill which allows any muni- cipality the right to increase the poll tax on all males, not paying other taxes. The usual tax is one dollar. CAUSE OF MANY TRAGEDIES.

Pouring coal oil on the kitchen stove to stir up the fire has been the cause of innumerable tragedies in the past and it still api:>ears to bo more or less of a custom in certain households. The latest fatality of the kind is re- ported from Toronto, where an old couple were badly burned, the woman probably fatalh*. (Julto likelv other people addicted to the practice will read of the accident and then forget its lesson. The inclination to take a chance is pretty widespread. I

Four Iji'itush naval ofiiceis have ar- rived in Ottawa to secure recfuits for the British coast motor boat patrol service.

The last day for Federal Dis-allow- ' ance of regulation 17, Ontario's famous by-lingual rule, passed with no action taken. ^

The Military Hospitals Commission at Ottawa has announced that there are more jobs for returned soldiers than there are men to fill them. This can probably be met by raising the wages. j

Soldiers who prove unsatisfactory to one battalion are not going to find their way into another by making false declarations to the recruiting ofllcers, if severe punishment will pre-

IKere are tliree classes of people ; those who woiry because the price of gasoline has advanced ; those who worry about tl^. piice of bread being

! advanced, and those who worry ab..)ut j both advances.

} British Columbia is making a mil- j lion-dollar appropriation for 'arm j credits. It is the first province to take^ ' up the scheme on the New Zealand * j basis. This move may lead to the re- generation of the province agricul- turally.

! KEEP THE DATES OPE.\. ! Musical event of the year, Alexan icr I Hall, on the evenings of Mav "^Gth and

17th. * I

I FOiaiALIN. ' I j Formalin 40 per cent, solution, 35c. ‘ j per pint for treating seed grain, at , ^ McLeister’s Drug Store, as well as all other disinfectants and germicides. ^

I AT NOETH LANCASTEE. _ | i The Rev. Mr. Matheson of Dalhousie I Mills, will hold service in the Presby- * terian Church, North Lancaster, at 7.30 p.m., on the 7th inst.

I AT MISS CUDDON'S.

The plan of hall for the musical and dramatic entertainment to be given in Alexander Hall, on Tuesday and Wed- nesday, May I6th and 17th, will open at Miss Cuddon’s on Wednesday next.

COMING ENTERTAINMENT. A musical and dramatic entertain-

ment will be given by the ' 'hil Iren of Mary of the Sacred Heart Church, on Tuesday and Wednesday -evenings, Nay 16th and 17th.

GIVE ÿ:6,000 TO PATRIOTIC FUND. The Secretary of the Postmasters’

Association of Canada, on Tuesday, handed §^6,000 as a second subscription from the Postmasters to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. Last year the Post- masters gave 85,000. |

CONCERT AT LAGGAN. On Friday evening, May 12lh, the 7^

members of the Laggan Social Club will give a concert in Laggan Hall, the proceeds of'which will go towards pa- triotic purposes. An evening’s plea.surc is in store for all who attend.

SJ-:NTENCJN) TO EIGHTEEN ) MON T H S 1M1 ^ Rl SON M i-lNT.

Ih’ivate doseph Larue and iVivate Donald Summers, who in February last deserted from "D” Company, I. 54th Bn., Alexandria, and '-tore sub- sequently apprelicndcd by unmigration officials in dohnsonburg, i’enn., vyre sentenced at Cornwall >'cstevday by Police ?ilagistrate Danis to eighte(’n months with hard labor. '

G EiLtlAN CASUAT/iTES. German official casually li-ls up to

the end of February show total IOSCK'.' of about 2,700,00(t with death aggrega- ting 07],<i00. Add fifty per cent, to

''these ligures and approxiniateiy the right totals are obtained. Neutral observers like 1 ol. Feyler, of Switzer- labd, ha^'c agreed, in their conclus- ions, with the carefnlH worked out calculations of the French General Staff showing total German «’asnalties . of four millions, with over a million deaths,

A ^DECIDED SUCCESS. The Fancy Sale given by the ladies

of the- town in the Rc<l Cross Rooms on Wednesday of this week was a dc- cid*'(i «\jccess. The rooms were prettily decorated for the occasion and . (ho booths and tal)los were verv tastefully arranged. Despit the disagreetible weather the sale was hugely patroniz- ed, and Was continued throughout yes- terday afternoon and evening. A de- licious supper was served at 6 o’clock last evening. Wo understand that a handsome sum was realized which will go towards the buying of the wool for socks for the members of the 151th Pn. The following ladies wore in charge of the tables : Housekeepers’ Tabhî—Mrs. •J. T. Schell, Mrs. T. J. Gormley: Fancy Work—Mrs. 1). A. McArthur, Mrs. A. G. F. Macdonald; Homemade Candy—Mrs. Duncan A. McDonald, Mrs J. 0. Simpson ; Ice Cream—Mrs. .1. R. McMaster, Mrs. J. A. Camerou ; Tea Table—Mrs. J. A. McMillan, Mrs. F. McDonald, Mrs. D. E. McRae; Chinese l.aundry—Miss Jessie Kerr.

CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING. Dominico Kuffo, a fireworks manufac-

turer, who has been living in Cornwall for some years, is under arrest atMas- sena, charged with smuggling for- eigners into the United States, and is held, along with two he had in charge, to await the action of the Federal Grand -Jury. Ruffo was arrest- ed by Chief of Police Demo as ho step- ped off the train with another Italian and an English woman, who said they were man and wife, and w'ho exhibited a marriage certificate to prove they had been married in Montreal early in April. It is said the couple tried to secure permission to get across the line at Montreal, but were refus- ed. They then came to Cornwall, where they fell in with Ruffo, who agreed to get them over the line. The party crossed at Cardinal, took an auto to Canton and took the train for Maseena, presumably to secu»;e protection of the Italian col- ony there. The American authori- ties state that Ruffo has been sus- pected of smuggling foreiifners ac- ross the line for some time. '

AT ALEXANDER HALL. “Red Riding Hood” and “The iSad

-Mistake” will be staged at Alex pnder Hall, May 16th and ITth.

WOMEN DOlNt; THE WORK. The cheese-making industry in

Alberta is making great progress. More creameries are in operation this year than ever before, tnest cf the worv being done by w-omen, whose men folks are “doing their bit.”

A MAGNIFICTEXT SPECTACI.E. The attention of many persons was

attracted last Friday night by the re- markable brilliance of the Northern Lights. The lights were intensified by a huge black cloud that overhung the northern sky.

THE LA ROSI'. SURPLUS. The La Rose quarterly statement as

of March 31 shows a cash surplus of 8319,181 and ore in transit and ready for shipment 8131,986. Current liabil- ities are $40,435, leaving a balance of 8940,732. The dividend of one per cent, just paid represents a disburse- ment of 875,000.

UNUSUALLY HEAVY. The casualty lists being sent out

from Ottawa at present are unusually heavy. They are proof that the Cana- dian battalions are doing their full share of the work at the front, and also arc an indication that the coming summer is going to be marked by very hard fighting.

WHY YOU SH0UÎ.D ENLIST. If Clemenceau is to be believed,

France has thrown her last reserves- into the battle on the Verdun front. It is probable that Britain must supply most of the men for anv “drive” that may be undertaken this summer on the western front. More need why Canadians should still enlist.

DRY AND MEATLESS DAYS FOR BRITAIN.

The public is urged to refrain from the use of meat every Thursday and to abstain from alcohol every Monday in the interest of economy, In an ap- peal issued by a committee of twenty- six of London’s most prominent cit- izens, including Government officials, scientists and writers.

BTSHING SEASON OPENED. The trout and salmon fishing season

has opened, and already the brothers of the angle are fixing up their rods and looking into their flv books, some of which contain more flies than their owners can hope to catch fish with in a dozen seasons. However, the catch is not all the fim of a fishing e.xpedition.

TO PRI-:SENT COLORS. The 151th Overseas Bn., “Counties’

Own,” during the course of the sum- mer will bo presented with Regimental

■'Royal ('olors, the handiwork of St. Lawrence ('hapter. Imperial Order Daughters of tlie Empire, Cornwall. It is needless to .say that the intention of the Ladies, has met with the popular favor of oflieers and men of the Batta-

WOIÎLD'S AUTO RECORD. Ralph iffniford Ijroke all automobile

records for from one to twenty-four hours on fuesdav al v''^heepshead Bay Spoedwav, when he covered 1,819 and a fraeMon mdes m twenty-four hours, 'rhe l)0sl previous distanee for a twen- ty-four-hour run was made by S. E. Kdg(‘, noari\- nine years ago, on the Pu'ooklands track, in i-.ngland. L»ge co\i‘red 1,5''! miles in tlie twenty-four

l)isAL1.0\VANCE DE'I'mONS. Some fitly j.'onnds of signatures to

petitions pi’a\'ing for the disallowance of the Ontario act creating the Sep- arate .School ('omniisslon in Ottawa, Were tallied at (ho opening of tlic House on fl'uesday. The ])etitions were practieallv from the Province of (Jiieiioc, and most of them were done up in tlie original mailing packages bearing the imprimatur of Lc Devoir

I on tlie wi'a])per.

I EUFI-X'TJVF MAY 15. i The ProGneial Treasurer’s ainuso-

ment tax will come into effect on May I5tli. Thoiurli oflieial information is not yet ax'ailaliL', it is regarded as likelv from (lie^ information wMeh Hon. Vtr. MeGan'y is olitaining on the sub- ject that the tax will be a graded one right f'-oin the eommeneement, which

/ will nnaan more ri'vcnue than a flat tax of one cent for the first month or two and a rise afterwards.

PIANO SALES. Mi.ss I. Haggart, graduate nurse

of ihe Pembroke Cottage Hospital, this week p’ui-ehased a .style 140 Sher- lock-Manning piano. It will-be on ex- hibition in the Shorloek-Manning store till the 2Ilh insl. During the month of .\pril pianos were sold to the fol- lowing : Miss 1'. Williams, teacher, vSt .Mberts, Ont.; Mr. J. A. Merkley,Wales, Ont.; Geo. E. Gauvin, Lancaster, and ('has. McC'aslin, Plantaganct.

, HIGH PRICES FOR WOOL. 4'he demand for wool for war pur-

poses is a great factor in causing the present high prices for sheep. Conse- quently it is hardly probable present

I quotations will continue after the war is over. It is likely, however, that profitable returns will be obtained from sheep husbandr\- for a considerable time

I to come : I’ecaiiso of depletion in wool stocks owing to war waste; (2)

, because for years sheep production has I been declining to such an extent that , there is now an absolute scarcity in this line.

LICENSES NOT CUT OFF. j Though at first understood that nine

of the sixteen licenses of Stormont County were to be cut off from May 1st until the Ontario License Act comes into force in September, such is not the case, and all sixteen will have their licenses renewed for the further period. The orders from the License C’ommission were received on two .sep- arate sheets, and the presence of the second sheet was not discovered until the order bad been issued for the nine licenses to cease business after Satur- day night.

Personals Mr. J. E. .Jacklin, Montreal, Sunday-

ed in town. Mr. W. Wightman of Lancaster, was

in town on VVednesday.

Mr. anu Mrs. W. G. Rowe were in ' Ottawa on Tuesday. |

Mr. E. Kingsley of Montreal, was in town over Sunday.

Mr. E. J.owerv renewed acquaintances in town on Sunday.

Mr. D. H. Dewar of Glen Sandfiokl, was in town yesterday.

Mr. Peter Chisholm, Lochiel, spent last week in Montreal.

Mr. C. Dadey. Kirk Hill, was in town the latter part of last week.

Mr. and Mrs. M. McCormick, Fassif- ern, were in town "Wednesday.

• • ft Mr. R. Urquhart of Ottawa, renewed

acquaintances here yesterday. Mrs. A. Tj. Bishop spent the latter

part of last week in Montreal. Lieut. N. G. Reynolds of the 154th

Kingston, was here ovrr Sunday. Mr. James Orton of Montreal, spent

the week-end with relatives here.

I . . ’ “ • j Private N. Hart of the 1.54th, Corn- ; wall, spent the week-end in town, i Mr. M. McRae of Glen Sandfield, was I a visitor to town on Saturday. J Mrs. A. Lothian ol Ottawa, is the

guest of Mrs. D. Lothian, Main street South.

; PR0]>ERTY CHANGES HANDS. ■ I A recent real estate sale in town .vwas the transfer of the handsome re- ^sidenco on Centre street, the property

of Mr. H. Williams, the purchaser be- ing Mr. L. Graham.

' TAKE THE HINT. The inspection of backyards will take

place in a few days, and those who have not yet attended to their Spring cleaning will be pulled over the coals, so says the Policeman. So take the hint if you are interested.

FALLING OFF IN ATTENDANCE.^ I According to the report of ttiv Min-

ister of Education for Ontario, the at- i tendance at rural schools last year was only 46.21 of the total p’^ ollh-ent. This must not be taken as indioaiing a falling off in public interest in ed- ucation in the rural sections; it is an- indication rather of the sear fity of farm labor. The boys are kept from school because they are needed to work at home. There are tfuancv laws of course, but they arc n«it int.^rced, ann, according to the statements of those familiar with rural emditioas. It is impossible to enforce them der existing conditions.

BUGUS MILITARY CHEQUES. I At the instanoo of the Dominion

Police, a man giving the name of Flannagan, believed to be an Americ- an, V7as arrested in Kingston Sat- urday night while attempting to pass bogus military cheques. The same man had operated widely in Ottaw'a

; during the past w'cek. About 140 couii- forfeits of Militia Department cheques were found in the man'.s room in Kingston. Another man and two wo- men who were with Flannagan board- «;d the midnight train going west from Kinif.^ton and their arrest is expected hourly. Nine firms were victimized at Kingston, the old method of mak-

. ing small purohascs with a chec^ue of ; from 820 upwards K'ing used, it being

joprcscntefl the amount was separation allowance or assigned pay.

j WIH.COME TO ’i'OWN. I Miss Fllen Gregg, daughter of the , late I'homas Gregg, wlio has been a j resident of Battle C»-eek for the last I twenty years, has disposed of the last

piece of the ])roperlv owned by her , in Battle C'rcek, at 113 and 145 South , .lefferson street,-and she intends to : move to Alexandria, Canada, to make ( hor^:^me. ’f'hc property was purchased by A. J. Whyte. Miss Gregg, who has

[ many friends in Battle Creek, was a member of St. PhiliiNs C'hureh. At the

1 death of her father and sister she pre- I sented the church with tw’o beautiful 1 manorial windows to their memory.

'I'he members of the congregation will misa her, as she has been a constant attendant at the church.—3'he 'I^lvenlng News, Battle Creek, Mich. Miss Gregg is at present in Alexandria the guest of her sister, Mrs. D. A. McGregor, Bishop street.

' Mr&w-F. McDonald spent Saturday in Maxville.

Sergt. D. Dewar, Cornwall, visited friends in town on Sunday.

Reeve J. A. Grey of Dunvegan, was here for a few hours on Monday.

Messrs. J. A. McRae and E. I. T.arl- ton, were in Lancaster on Saturday.

Mrs. D. B. Macdonald, Glen Sand- field, visited friends here on Tuesday.

) Mr. James Burton of Maxville, was here for a few hours on Wednesday.

j Mrs. A. McNaughton of McCrimmon, ; was the 'guest of friends in town on ' Monday.

Lieut. G. Fraser Macdonald, 77th Battalion, Ottawa, spent Friday rxd Saturday at Garry Fen.

Gunner, D. McDonald of theCanadian Horse Artillery, Kingston, was in town on Tuesday.

Miss May Mooney of Laconia, N.H., is the guest of Mrs. J. McDougall, J’l- gin street.

Mrs. W. L. Chalmers left Frid.ay morning on a visit to relatives in To- ronto.

Mrs. Alex. McGillis, who had been on a visit with relatives in Momi-'ial, returned homo on Monday evening.

Mr. D. S. McTnnes, manager of the Hochelaga Bank, Vanklcck Hill, was a visitor here on Ikiesday.

Mr. M. A. Munro, North Lancaster, transacted business in town on Mon- day.

Mr. James Kerr left Saturday oxien- 1 ing to spend a few days with relatives ’ in Toronto. j Mrs. J. Devine of Ottawa, visited ' friends here the latter part of last

Mr. Archie MePhee of the Dental Col- lege, Toronto, arrived on Saturday to spend his holidays at his home here.

j Messrs. Peter McDougall and S. Be* • thune of Brodie, transacted business in 1 town on Friday. j Sergt. H. Barrens, Mrs. Barrens and little son, left Wednesday to spend a

1 few days with friends at GlenAndrew. j Messrs. D. A. McArthur and Angus

McDonald visited the Capital during

Mr. P. Murphy, Inspector Bank of Ottawa, paid the local office an offic.al visit on Friday last.

Dr. W. L. Chalmers leaves tomorrow evening for Toronto where he will at- tend the dental convention which will be held on-Monday, Tuesday andWeJ- nesday of^neXt week.

Miss Barbara McDonald of St. Ra- phaels Convent, speht the Easter holi- days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ,D. A. McDonald, Hillcrest, 4th Kcn- yon. m m m

Her many friends were ])leased to meet Mrs. John P. McDonald, who was in town for a few days this week the guest of Mrs. Arch. McMillan, Cather- ine St.

Mr. Bert Maxwell, who for several months had acted as assistant to Mr. D. E. McRae, District Representative, Department of Agriculture, left the lat- ter part of last week for Watford, On-

Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Jacobs and fam- ily and the Misses Phillips motored ov- er from Cornwall on Sunday and spent the day with Mrs. Jacob’s father, Mr. I. Simon.

'Phe many friends of Mr. Donald A. Macdonald, barrister, will learn with pleasure that he is convalescing niedy after being confined to his room for the past three weeks suffering from an attack of pleurisy.

Rev. D. A. Campbell, P.P., of St. Raphaels, who spent the winter in the Southern States, arrived honje last Saturday, and we are pleased to add is much benefited in health by the change. »

We arc pleased to learn that Mr. A. G. McBean, who is one of the eld- est members of the Board of 'Trade, and well known in grain circles throughout Canada, and who has been suffering from a serious illness, is improving and may recover. — Trade Bulletin, Montreal.

the early part of the week.

Miss Helen McDougall of Montreal, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. i J. A. McDougall, 1st Kenyon. |

Mr. Levi Billard and family have left i Green Valley for Montreal, where they will reside for the summer.

Mr. Ephrem Girouard and his son, Master Evariste, spent the latter part of last week with relatives in Ste. Anne de Prescott.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Duvall had as their guests on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. .1. Earner, Miss N. Rombough and Mr. J. Munro of Cornwall.

Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McDonald, I rdi Garry, visited with the latter’s moth- er, Mrs. E. McCrimmon, on Friday evening of last week.

Miss Doris and Master Cameron Bel- cher have returned home after spend- ing the Faster holidays with their aunt, Mrs. J. L. Grant; Apple "Hill.

Mrs. G. Winters and Miss M. Mc- Donald of Montreal, were here onTuos- day attending the funeral of t*ic late Mrs. J. A. Tallion.

Lieut.-Col. Macdonald, 0. C. Î54th Bn., C.E.F., paid an official to Winchester and Cliestervllle on Mond.ay and Rockland on Tuesdav. ■ ft • "

Captain F. Munro, M.O., 154i.li Bn., C.E.F., received the glad hand from his many friends while in town on Fri- day last. •

Private Sheldon McMillan of Lorn- wall, spent the early part of ihe week { with his mother, Mrs. •!. A. McMillan, j station. j

Mr. I. B. Ostrom, who had been on [ a short visit to relatives in Belleville and vicinity, arnved home 1\fonday evening.

Mr. dohn O. McLeod, who spent the holidays with his parents, Air. and Mrs. W. 1). Mcl.eod, Bonnie Brier, Me- Crimmon, returned to Queen’s 'Univer- sity, on Monday.

This Store Recommends

because it gives a

“finish” quite su-

perior to that of

ordinary varnishes.

JAP-A-LAC — the Content-Producer DINGY, discolored and unsightly floors sre not con- ducive to contentment. Why not bring about their complete transformation by means of the JAP-A-LAC

"Model Floor" process? This process consists m applying two coats of JAP-

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JAP-A-LAC is made m 21 colors for furniture, woodwork, sad floors. Always put up in Green Tins besring the name -GLIDDEN.*

Call TO-DAY at your lo^ hardware store foe a JAP-A-LAC color card, and a copy of the little hook, -A Thouaand and One Useaof JAP-A-LAC.'*

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A NEW ISSUE of the

Telephone Directory

ia now being prepared, and additlone and obao0lft for it should be reported toour Local Jtfanapftf at once.

Bene you a telephone? Those wbo baivft will tell you that it is the most predous of modOfS conveniences.

Why not order to-day and bavft your name in tbe new directory?

TheM

Simon’s, The Store of Quality Will give SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICES

on all lines during the Month of May

I ADIES’ Dress Goods, Suits, Coats, Costumes, Skirts, Prints, Cottons, etc ; Shoes for L£) Men, Women and Children, Men’s and Boys’ Suits, Rain Co ts and Gent’s Furnish-

ing’s, and in fact, every article in the store will be offered at very lowest prices. We have the largest assortment of any store in to'^m to choose from. You will find our prices the lowest. We take in exchange same as cash—Eggs, Butter, Wool, Raw Furs.

Give this Store a trial and be convinced that this

is the place to do your trading and Save Money

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