HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1909-4-29, Page 5TAE SIGNAL GEODERICH.: ONTARIO
Moving AND Clearing
SALE
AT THE LADIES' WEAR, WEST STREET
Genuine Bargain Prices
to clear -out our stock WWII t'xl,irtttirnf o"i'Ttl�it�e,
SPECIALISALE OF WAISTS A119 A.M. MONDAY.
The newest spring styles in allover Lace, Net and titlk t1'aists, in
black, white, ecru, cardinal, etc: Waists worth $3,50, 94.60 and 96.60,
on special sale Monday, all at one price, only $,.49 earn.
Over one hundred beautiful %Vaidts will be here, includiug all
sizes and giving a great variety of choice Also
Whits Lawn and Muslin Waists at a Btu gain Price,. 98c.
Waists worth from 81611 to *3.00 at 96c,
Whitewear Sale on -I-.:sday, May 4th
Lace Curtain Sale on Wednesday, May 5th
Ladies' and Misses' Skirt Sale on Thursday, May 6th.
THE BARGAINS IN CHINA AND GLASSWARE
arc going fast Come early for what you want in this department.
JOHN STEAD
1
THE LADIES WEAR,
WEST ST.
What Our
Trade Mark
Means to You
IT means that the flour con-
tained in bags and barrels
so trade -marked is decidedly
whiter, a great deal stronger
and more nutritious than
other flours.
It means that the flour has been
•rrore•r!y aged to mature its
full strength.
It means
Si
More bread
and better Bread"
and better pastry, too.
It means elimination of un-
certainty—"your money hack"
if Purity fails to give entire
satisfaction.
(*gets more than the other kind,
hut worth the difference.
PURI
FCO
Western Canada Flour Mills Co.,
M,I L .r wrs,ireo.
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FRESH AND GOOD
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Nothing but the highest
quality of Groceries
handled at our store,
and our stock is
constantly
c11a14gi14g.
(ilVI. US A CALL.
William L. Lindsay
llamlltos St. 'phone No I65
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STRATPORD. ONT.
KING OF GAMBLERS.
Prince of Monaco Expends Much of
"' Wit Revenue on Science.
The Prince of Monaco. occupant of
the smallest thron.dom in the world.
1s one o1 the most interesting and
praiseworthy notables of European
eeert I11.. Thourlt he draws him re-
venue large_ from the gambling
-yndiestte that et -mimic Mont.. Carlo,
h• --mop ends hies weriittriirTerthenng
scientific- knowledge, and the nautical
museum which he is having built
and which in now almost on the point
of eomippletien will be apt of. the moat
eomplele ul tituUons - of its kind m
existence end, more than this, a
creat part sf the treasures it is to
•ghtahl have been gathered by the
prince, in h.: own boat. from every
quarter of the marine world: For
more than 211 year.; he ha. been en -
:steed In making the collection and in
publishing the results • f hi. sftecnv-
erie,• From Spittbertrcn Ill the north
t, the ice barrier of the southern
seas the- prince . has earned his quest,
and to assist in capturing his prizes
of 1h.• seen he ha; invenhei tnaany•curi-
tote .leviers that nein. and rnnvey to
the surfers, the fragile denizens of the
drop without injuring them.
Apart freni all this the prince is
it model ruler in hie little elate. 'No
one there knows what stoney trou-
ble, all'. be land is so fruitful that
it }•x•] R crape- if- any Retention
',Sawyer i.. given to the .tilling of
the soli And for those who are too
iazi to trios -'iii' Ili Ybor..i farm the
earth, visitors 'freta all countries of
the w..rld, pleasure ,seekers, who
trosgi to Monte Carlo with Swelling
jspeksti"A.,,>, tee,- wtii+ng--10-epend
their cash with a prodigality unequal-
ed anywhere else tis the world.
The emallness of his dnrnain en -
Asks the prince t•. watch every detail
.•1 Its admiuutrlttion. Every street
must fe Wean and spotless, or tho
dereliet workman is called upon to
explain to the despot why the work
has been so poorly done.
No native i, allowed to play at
the casino. Let foreigners come and
spend their wealth liberally if they
will, that is their own matter, but the
prince will not have the pr of his
kingdom dropping sums they raft not
afford with the inevitable Harvest of
diaoontent, mi.ery and tragedy.
For dive/aim. this virions ruler.
who has the power of all Ivan the
Terrible; but who Bose mon, like a
Herbert Sperm►, rets out rot his trips
of sea exploration. In the six years
between 1586 to Iasi he first *Wiwi.
ed the notice of vcnent,ii$e by the
drscrrverret= he made• on the Hiron-
delle. Now he has a new and finer
boat. caper -lolly equipped for the:
work. and named Pri ncew Alice If.
Like most other wealthy Europeans of
scientific bent the prince is giving
onnaiderabk• attention to aerial navi-
gation and ha: had a number of di-
rigible airnnipm, so-called.
What Dropping Water Can Do.
One of the Chinese modest ofpun-
ishment is to place the culprit where
a drop of water will fall on his head
for hours, or even for days if he can
stand item long The tortta.° this in-
flicts' ix pirtivo,t by an experience that
Col. Fred Burnaby had in Vienna
several years ago A school teacher
"bet- hum - that he would not be able
to let a pint of water, er, drop by drop.
7it71 • n his hand._ Burnaby fanglied
at 4!i. were. Iden -nt her not being
able to ,tan•! it, and the ta.t began.
Although the strong nisn talked) rind
jested gaily at first. it was not Tong.
before be began w show s.igms of dis-
tress. At abet the two hundredth
drop -for the sehonl teacher kept tal-
ly -an e:zpresmlon of pain txuemed his
face.
Whrn the ttalrl hundred had been
entered his hand began $i. swell and
grow red. en the • skin burst and
the pain grew more and mon- excru-
ciating. Finally, at the fwnr hundred
and twentieth drop. Burnaby gave it
up and acknowledged himself beaten.
Is Fastest Ship Afloat.
A wonderful pterformenee was ars
eomplished recently by the new Brit-
ish d*rtroyer Swift in trials on the
Clyde.
Afterhaving hail new wing propel-
lers fitted' she ,teamed rip to thirty -
Pie knots, bot ander pnvanr" two
more knots were run off -equal to
tnrtythrre land miles an hour.
The Swift may thus claim to 'be the
tastes[ ship• afloat. She wag built by
Cammell, Laird & Co., of Birkenhead,
and is descritic.i as an "experimen-
tal" destroyer.
As a matter of ted, Abe is twice the
size of the usual "man -going .Irntroy-
ere. end her special Mrsiness 1+ the
destruction of deetrnyers. She want de-
a{gnrd to accomplish thirty -4x knots.
The Rwift came out of dry dock at
Greenock.
Don't Ask Too Much,
i have got to tell yeti this, girls,
that no man yet was ever made more
tender hy having tenderness de-
manded of him : no man yet was ever
cried into loving bis wife nitre. i am
willing to admit that. men aro as
faulty creatures as women themselves,
tinsympathctie in small things, often
blind. and that they may easily be el -
Home Course In
Modern Agriculture
iV.—Water In Its Relation to Plant Growth
By C. V. GREGORY,
A.grtecgfo-ref DI'eli4Ion. lobos-tftore COff..e
Copyright, 19011. hy American Pram Asyttatlon
WE have already learned some-
thing of the value of water
am a plant food. This L
only One of its minor uses,
however- lu addition to the water
which la decomposed by the plant and
used In making starch and otber prod-
ucts, many times as much is used for
other pnurpoyert" One of the principal
of these is dissolving plant food and
carrying It upwanl to the leaves. Aft-
er reaching the leaves most of the wa-
ter Is evaporated, leaving in the leaf
cede the materials which It brought
up.
The cells of whloh the leaves are
made are very delicate and depend for
their *Utfness ou the water which they
contain. Without this 1 water they
would collapse in the same way a 'bi-
cyule the does when the air 1s let out.
Thia is the very thing that happens
when the leaves wilt. The rise of
water from the roots has Leen checked
lu mome way, and as evaporation still
ronUnnes the leaf cells become partly
emptied and shrink up.
.Tbe leaves *re- not - elttirefy helpless
at such a tiwe, however. Ou each side
of the tiny fore,' on the uudermide of
the leaf .1s It cell known as u guard
eel!. When the.supply of moisture
begins to fail. these guard cells shrlut
op and .in doing so close the openings
thus checking evaporation, lo scute
-Hittite, +eke torn; -tbeeteave, err ma ar
such a time, thus still further lessen
Ina the rate of evaporation. Of course
when a leaf 1,. wilted in this manner
the work stesbn(ldillg_up 4il„ap nate.,
is seriously checked. This often hap-
pens
ap(tens during the dry weather of July
and August, when the soli beco tt ac
dry that the roots have difficulty in
obtaining the 'needed mulaturs. The
checking of development which results
often reduces the yield of corn as
much an twenty to thirty bushels per
sere and that of other crops in Pro-
portion. • For every pound of dry
matter in a mature plant from 300 to
.001/ pounds of .tater have been brought
up .by the roots and evaporated from
the leaven, ---One of the most Impor-
tant factors' in the production of a
maximum crop is the maintenance of
a plentiful water anpply within easy
rush of the roots.
There are three classes of water In
the soli. The stoat is known as ground
water and is that water which col
leets in a hole dug In a wet soil or
runs off through the tile in drained
land. The second is the capinary
water and is that which is lett be-
tween the soli particles after the
ground water ham been drawn off.
TLc ground water is affected by grav-
itation, while the capillary water is
not.
If a sample of soil that looks per-
fectly dry is. placed In an oven and
heated for some time it will be found
that is has lost considerably In weight,
owing to tnolsture being driven off.
This is the third .lass, or bydreeropic
moisture. This. of course, is of no
value to the plant, mince the roots
(-armor. extract moisture from an air
dry soil. - Neither can they use the
ground water. This is really a dam-
age in the upper two or three feet of
suit, since it so fills the spaces that
the roots carnet get enough air.
During a rain the -ground water
passing through the soil draws con-
siderable air with 11. As soon as the
TIO. PIU—How 7/LX DRAINS AVIBLT THE
WA—r TairLi .
f!5. surface of the ground; W, water ta-
ble; G, around water; T. lite drains.)
soil heromes saturated, however, so
that the water is no longer moving,
the air soon be -Comes used up, and the
crop will turn yellow and cease to
grow. The remedy-, of course, le to
provide drains to remove the ground
water quickly. - - -
The only kind of water which the
roots can Otto. is flue capillary water.
When this is present in the right
amount, it fills about hitlf of the
spaces between the soil particles. The
the rest inc tilted with air. The water
easily dissolves pliant food from the
soil grains which ft aiwrounda. Thus
the two rmrenthile for rapid root de-
velopment, air and plant food. are
present in the proper amounts and in
a.readily avaihitie form, As fast as
the water is Wiese up by the roots
more is brought up ivy enpillarity from
the supply li the telbeoll in the man-
ner noted In arta. k' No -.2.
Tbe place where, the.eaptllary-water
}nine the ground water Is called the
water table. if this water table le
too high, the feeding ground of the
roots iy greatly resgristed, etnce they
cannot go below it. Ifs on tbo tither
hand. the water table is too deep,
eapillxrtty earufot brine the water up
am fast Ile It he tart by the roots,
in dry weattser the-water-tabte low.
e rg rapidly, hnt the More are also
g rowing dowtiwm-d at the Raffle time.
Tee greatest, . armies tram draught
comes when a sudden dry period fol.
lows a few weeks of extemaltit rain-
fall. The abuudauc•e of moisture dur-
lug the early part of the season haw
kept the plants from sending their
roots down ter' deep. when dry
weather does come, the soil bakes and
cracks and evaporation gook eu very
rapidly, This, together with the do
mends made by the plants, lowers the
water table We rapidly that root growth
cannot keep pace with it. As a result
the capillary moletute within reach of
the roots Is not replaced am fast as It
is used, aud the growth of the plants
is seriously checked.
Fields with a clay subsoil ministaud
dry heather tuueb better than (bone
with h subsoil tit sand or gradel. The
latter, because of their looser texture,
510. II—CO\-tnAO THE TILE DITCH.
allow the water to filter down out of
reach instead of retaining it for fu-
ture use, as do the cltpy sells. _
The farmer cannot Infuence the
anjount of rainfall, of 'course. After
the rain has fallen, however. It be-
longs to him to do with as he sees lit.
The way be handles it from this time
on determiuea to a large extent the
size of the crop he will harvest when
fall comes.
,The first problem is to get rid of the
surplus ground wpter quickly, and the
second is to waste as little of the cap-
illary water as possible. An endeavor
should be made to lower the water
table to three or four feet below the
surface as soon as possible atter each
rain. If this ran be accomplished in
two or three days the growth of the
trop will beluterfefed with'vg lit -
(le. A feet soils re so well drained
naturally that little artificial drainage
is ue ceseary, On ainlost any farm
there are' hills and ridges whtere the
natural drainage is sufficient. The
hollows between these elevations, how-
ever, and all the fiat fields will yield
mutat larger crops it tiled.
The distance a line of tile will "draw"
Is iu sandy soils often as far as 100
feet u❑ each side, while in heavy clay
soils it may not be iuore than sixteen
feet. 'ibis distance is also affected by
the depth of the tile. The deeper they
are placed the farther they will draw.
Tile are usually placed at an average
depth of about three feet, though in
many instances four would be better.
The extra cost of digging the ditch a
font deeper Is something of an obtee-
tli n. lint la balanced by the fact
the lines of tile do not neer) to be as
+lose together, Deep tile are not as
easily displaced by freezing, and a
deeper feeding ground for the roota Is
provided.
-t mistake trade more frequently
than that of not putting the drains in
deep enough is that of using too small
tile. The character of the soil, the fall
and the amount of surface drained are
the factors which largely determine
the prover size to use. Almost every
!intik or bulletin of (He drainage given
tables for figuring the size of the re-
quired tinder various conditions, if
there is any doubt it always pays to
get a the trio large rather than a size
ton small, even if the cost is a little
more.
It is usually better to let the job of
tiling to it contractor rather than to at-
temptto dolt yourself. 'here ate re-
table tilers In almost even- locality
who can he deiwntld upon to lay the
tiler -ter grttde and do n'ttrst class job In
every perHcnlar. Only the bard burn-
edSile.4hould be used- These will last
for a lifetime or longer if properly put
In. When the go within fifteen or
twenty feet of trees the joints should
be cemented. Otherwise the tree roots
will find their way through the joints
and fill up the drains to troch au extent
that the flow of water will be cut off.
The most important part of a drain.
age system is the outlet The tile
should empty into a stream if possible.
Water should not be allowed to stand
over the month of the outlet if it can
be avoided, as this checks the current
and CRIMPS the drain to partly fill up
With silt, thus redncing Its capacity
just that much.
With a thorough system of tile drain-
age In good working order the problem
of getting Nd of surplus water is
solved. Tiling also helpie to noire the
problem of lack of water. Tbe roots
go down so mach deeper In a tiled
Roil thaj they are in position to with-
stand a drought better than if they
were a foot or two farther above the
water table. Removing the implant
wwtcr by drainage also hasten' the
warming ot-the moil in tit` ermine.
asperetad into small brutalities "1
speech, 11 a woman refrains from es
acting devotion, and is unttweryingly
kind and tineelflsh, a husband who has
any affection for his wife at all ran
be left to look out for doing hiss
share. He will Iriok out for it, any-
way; no one *lee ran make him.
Neither tears nor entreaties will
wring from hien th ,s* small kindnesses
and attentions so dear to women, -
( or. _.--
It's usually the man who in too lazy
to (-tarry a stick of stovcwood that
go.s emend w'.th ae rhip on his
shoulder.
Impossible.
In a certain town are two ,hrothers
who are engaged in the •retail coal
business. A noted evangelist visited
the town. and the elder brother oma
converted. For weeks after hi. con-
version he endeavored to perenade his
brother to join the ehnr,h, One day
he said (il him : "Why can't you,
Richard, join the church, at. 1 did ?"
"lt'm all right for you to be a mem-
her of the church." replied Richer
"hut if 1 join, who'. going to weigh
the emit r May Lippincott'a.
Advertise in The Bignsl,
THNIODAY, APRIL 29, 1909
6
Christie's Biscuits
are the Best
i
EVERY particular house-.. -
ttife in Canada says Christie's
Biscuits are so much superior to
the next best that there is no comparison.
Christie's Biscuits are baked by ,special-
ists who know how, in the cleanest and most
modern biscuit factory in the Dominion.
Every pound of flour entering into our
bakes is the best milled—we blend the best
brands, then sift and test our blend. Every
ougce of raw material is analyzed by several
inspectors. Pure, fresh butter, new, sweet
milk, delicious cream and fresh eggs—all mixed
with our spedat-bicad.-of flour in the Christie
scientific way yields that unvarying flavor—
that crisp, delicious and lasting goodness
which has made
Christie's Biscuits
the joy of every housewife in Canada. Indeed
you do not know biscuit goodness until you
have enjoyedl.hrtstte's.
Sold io bulk, by the pound. or in moisture
aad dual.pruol packages.
Christie, Brown & Co., Ltd., Toronto
2
TR8 CHRISTIE GIRL—ahs le'r.gnsgata-
eve of the IDG s,r1. in sootiwo white. .malor.t
to the Chn.tt. factory. They aro animated until
Iwo .,miss,,.. • week..nd 15.a& with h.ndkp-
cholla. towels, .tc., art l.rtadn.d as (,a wen rise
Sued School Trustees.
A 1)iviai4rt L.oa•art case recently tried
before Judge Holt at Seafut'h was of
eensiderable interest to the people in
that neigh orhood.11111 the
school house in sections o, 6. Tneker-
smith, known as the Hanneb rrhrol,
was closed. and the trustees made
arrangement• with the, trustees of the
Seeforth public school to pay the tui-
tion fees of pupils from that section
attending the Reafnrth school. The
school had retrained doled since that
time. In 190Pe the trustees of the sec•
-
tion arranged to pay persons for the
conveyance of pupils to the schools
they were attending. liming the
time the echonl had been closed James
(l, Martin had been conveying hie
child to the 4*eforth -sehox,I, end he
was now ening the trustees of the sec-
tion. Judge Holt gave him decision
against the plaintiff.
Where Courage Fatted,
"With one wave of my wand," says
the fairy, "1 can make you grow
yowl, again." "Excuse me," replied
COME
-141 THTC
Corner Grocery1
Where you get Fresh Supplies
Well -lured Meats, the most wholesome Bread and also
Fresh Fish Baily.
Coal Oil handled to perfection. Goods promptly delivered. a
('ash for Butter and Eggs.
P. T. DEAN
Corner East street .and Square.
L
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the woman, "if I decline your kind
offer. If yeti ran bring youth to me
.it my present. age, all right ; but 1
positively refuse to travel hack
through pyrography, the Oust stager, of
bridge, the habit bark, the straight
front, balloon sleeves. and all the rest
of the fads i can remember," -fife,
CHAS. E. GRIFFITH
\1R
UPHOLSTERING
AND REPAIRING
MATTRESSES RENEWED
AND REMADE
CARPET All order.
LAYING promptly attended to
e 'ham, moderate
Repair /town. - ( one doer Kest of ('.J. Itarper's
stove store, tVest Street,
Iteeide•tce—ldlgin Avenue.
(H)U ICRICH. ONT
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G. JOHNSTON
EMBALMER
AND
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Furniture and L'ndrrtakir,g:waremome.
West nide tinware.
'PHONIC: Hinman. - Ooderich
Ite.ldene 178
Night calla: At re..idenoe, SS William
Street.
'Phone 110. 1 J. BKOPHEY & SON
tis
STRIKES WITH HIS HEELA
NINETY POUND BLOW' AT
EVERY -STEP. THAT_ SITHE
KIND OF HAMMERING'
BENOUR'8"FLOOR PAINT -1B
MADE aTO.STAND..
Martin:Senour
100 PER CENT.
PURE
PAINT and VARNISH
WE ARE SOLE AGENTS.
ELEPHANT WHiTE-LEAD. OiLS. BRUSHES.
Liquid Veneer.
25,' size bottle, 3oc, 5oc size bottle, enc.
Alabastine,
25c package. 20C, 50c package, 45c.
Largest assortment of
Garden Tools. Carpenter's Tools, Laundry Needs.
Lowest Prices, Best Goods
Our second car of Wire and Fencing is in. Peerless No.
q Woven Wire Fencing. 7 wires hagh, for 28c arod, Only
a limited quantity at thu special price.
Barb Wire, Coiled and Black Wire, (sates, Post
Hole Diggers, Shovels and Tools.
The Largest Stock of Fishing Tackle.
Eventually you 11 deal with ns Wnv NOT Cosi Nevi r \nit
WORSELLS'
HARDWARE AND STOVE STORE.
--1111: LEADINO—
Funeral Directors
and Embalmers
Ord.,. rartully •lt• o.d 10 .1 x11
hours. i tght or day
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COKE
Try our 6,t'11.Pali Cui:fi
Fine for furn.tces, ranges,
heaters anis grate's. More
heat and cheaper than coal
$6.00 per tort cash.
NewCoal Yard
I handle all kinds of hard and
soft coal. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Nothing but 'the best anthracite
handled.
Terms, without exception. CASH.
D. F. Hamlink
9
Mose 117
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'PHONE 15 °R 24
waMA0,1M1 /('er. wont
When Ton want `and Yard. 1 1 ,trent and
?ilknext at Dock \Honore
COAL
ALL KINDS OF COAL
ALWAYS ON HAND
CV An ('eel welshed nn the market +taloe
where ton get 14ti%t lbw. for . ton.
WM. L.EE.
•order. Ion ar (', r'. LP:Ir'. Hard war. Htnr.
reef .ode Square. promptly &trended to•