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Exeter Times, 1899-5-25, Page 2t -r*. fr fr TEE. EXETER TINES LEGAL. DICKSON & CARLING, liarristers, Solicitors, Notaries, ConVOYalleers, ContIniSsientrs, IVIDItey to toad Pet/ Opel' dent. and per oent. OFFICE ;-ll'ANSON'S 131,4001, EXETER, 11. ()AMAMI, A, D, H. DICKSON. Mettaborg the aria will be at ilemall on Thursday of 60.011 week. R 11, COLLINS, Barrister, , Solicitor, Conv-eyancer 'Dee kXDTER, ON. OFFICE : Over (Metre Bar. ELLIOT & GL.A.DMA,N, Barristers, Solicitors,• Notaries ?Alio, Conveyaneers Szo, &a. $SrIlloney to Loan. OFFICE, .. NAIR - STREET, UIIITEB. B, V. nx,140x. P. W. GLADMAN. 1191011111.4911.1.10.10.14, =ems= MEDICAL FR. J. B. RIVERS, X. B. TORONTO UNI JJ VERSITY, X D. CM. Ttbatty Didion sity. Office-Creiton, Ont.. fi,S.ROLLINS& AMOS. Separate OnIces. Residence same as formes ly, ralrew st. Offices; Spackmants building, Main st ; Dr ins' same asformerly, north deer: Dr. Amos" same betiding, south door, LA,. ROLLINS. X. D., T. A. AMO, NI, Exeter, Oat T W.BROWNING M. D. M. 0., te • P. 8, Graduate Victotia 1-fulairsity office mud residence, Dominion Labors. - tory, Exeter. T-1 R. ElYNDMIN, coroner for the County of Huron. Otlice, opposite Carling Bros, stor ti,1Dxetor,z. A 10 OTIONE RES- BOSSENBERRY, General Li- . sensed Auctioneer Sales conducted iu a I I parts. Se ti striation guaranteed. Charges moderate. Reusall P Out: ENRY BILBER Licensed Auee tioneer for the Comities of Miran cud Middlesex,* Sales co II all otcmod- erated at orates. ffice, at Past -office Croa- tian Ont. e000neeesoonannosennenette VETERINARY'. 'Tennent & Tennent 1SX ler Hit. Graduate el the Ontario Veterinary Col- lege. Office -One door south of Town Hall. THE WATERLOO MUTUAL nee eleSURA NeKCO .Igstablished tit 1.803. fi EAD OFFICE .; WATERLOO, ONT 1 bis Company br.s bawl over "Viventy-eigh Tears in successful opsrttion in ilrestern Ontario, and continues to insareagadust loss or damage by Eire, Buildings, Merchandise anufactories and all other desoriptioas of insurable property. In tending insurers- have the option of insuring on the Premium N`oteor Cash System. During the past ten years this companyhas issued 50 ei; Policies, covering ntoperty to the un t e $40,872,038; and wad osses alone Vitt,752.0e. .Assets, Si:0000.00, consisting of Cash in )aok 'Govern:1i en t ilepositand the un &NOS-. sed Premhun Nast; on baud and in force. J •WALDKN, M.D., President ; 0 M. Tavina secretary' ; .1. L. flutings, Inepector CHAS. BELL, Agent for Exeter and vicinity-. HE EXETER TIMES Is eubliabed every Thursday morning at Times Steam Printing House . Ma n street nearly opposite Fittott'sjeweiry store, Exeter, Ont., by JOHN WHITE & SONS, Proprietors, RATES ON ADVERTISING: rin't insertion, per ... . . .. .. ......10 cents Each subseetient insertion, per ...... 3 cents To insure insertion, advertisements should be sent in not tater than Wednesday morning. -- Our JOB PRINTING DEPA RTMEN T is one 01 the largest and best equippedin the County Of Huron. All work en.rusted to us will re- ceive our prompt attenton. beets, on, Regarding Newspapers. ' 1 -Any parson who takes a porper regularly from the post office, whether directed in his name or another's.or whether he has subecria- ed or not, is responsible for payment. 2- tf a person orders his paper discontinued he must pay all arrears or the pub isher may Continue to send it until the payment is made, and tnen collect the whole amount, whether the paps: is taken from the office or not. 3-1n suj ts for subserlpt.ons, the suit may be instituted in the place where the paper is pub- lished, although, the subscriber may reside hun ired s of miles away. •4 -Tao courts have deoi led that refusing to take nswspapers or periodicals from the posa office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, le prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. CARTEKS itTLE IVER PHIS. CURE Readache anti relieve all the troubles incl. dent to a bilious state of the system, such as Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Distress after eating, Pam in the Side, em. While their most remarkable success has been shorn he curing •SICK.• Neat:twee, yet CARTER'S LITTLE Una Pitts are equany valuable In Constipation, curing and preventing this annoying complaint, white they also correct all disorders of the stomach, etimulate the liver and regulate the bowels. Zven if they only cured • H,EA Ache they would be almost prieekete to those who suffer front this distressing complaint., but fortunately their goodness does not end here, and those who once try them will and these little pills valuable In do many ways thab they will not be willing to do withoUt theme. But after all sick head ACH IS the haw Of so many livee that her is where lee make our great boast. Our pills cure it while other do not. CARTER LITTLE X.IVER Phis are very solidi and very ens,' ter titko, One 6r Piro 1ils make a dose. They aro strictly vegetable and de loot gripe (e. irate°, bet by their gentle Antic% , eletwo all who use them. In view at ee coven Elva for $1, Sold everyWhere, er ilea by mail, 0IIIIT:111174ED111111 00., $1111 ; ba IA :sat Agoi hia11 Pitt 'Agricultural. WA' MANURES AND MANURING, (T. C. Wallatie, Before the Onta-rio Farmers' Iestitute.) (Coetinued from last issue.) Manuring is actuelly eultivation. Manure ie labor. So WOritiftg the soil as to. Set tree some of the store of looked up fertility is rational work. Returning to the soil a portion at • leaseof the material we remove by cropping and grazing is also Mt /Mat, work, but ()ray a branch of the work, Treating the soil as a receptacle or storehouee into which we undertake to put a dollar's worth of stuff to get a dollar's worth mit, and struggliee•,in a bargain to obtain that first dollar's worth for fifty or seventy-five cents, so that we may score a profit on our labor, is neither rational or business like, Such lottery with nature is ne- wt:111y of the boasted agricultural in- Lelligenee of the closing days of the nineteenth century. Let us, however, now look closely at the general result of stock feeding on our lands. We find the results are goou up to it certain point. It was certainly better than grain growing as described. But, had we understood the true function of olover as a man- ure as we do to:day, we might have carried on the grain growing pretty successfully without stock, and per- haps more successfully than we have done it. with stock. But we oertainly obtained a better condition of the soil by having tlae animal manure for our lands. The animals fed on the farm nature us most af the potash and most of the nitrogen which they take with there feed, but they return as actually none. of the phosphoric aeid they take excePt such portions as they fail le digest- They take it to build their. bone, their nerve force, their ripening, and their puwers of reproduction. And so like the grain and, nearly every oth- er living thing we have to deal with, except the birds, our domestic animals drain the phosphate from the soil. Do not deceive yourselves with the false theory that after their young bone is built they then return the phosphate. No such thing occurs, and in fact the actual necessity for phosphate becomes greater as ripening or age advancese of course within the limits of the pro- ducing period, after which animals are not usually kept. It is sometimes con- tended that this drain of phosphoric acid can be prevented by feeding t•on- centrated foods to animals in much greater quantities than they require and so making them ANIMATED MANURE FACTORIES. This is blind practice. It is a frantic endeavor to fit the animal to the land. instead of adapting the land to our re- quirements. It is wasting energy, which can be more profitably applied to filling the pail or making beef, mut- ton or pork. It is this same blind practice wheih causes so much diver- sity of opinion and almost annually the changing of methods of cropping., cul- tivating and. harvesting our crops, to try and fit them to the gradually, but surely. changing conditions of our lands. Throwing the blame on Provid- ence and ascribing our difficulties to "clianate changing" must stop some- where, and the sooner the better. 1-Vhen farmers realize thkt they must study their soils and adopt means to restore them, at least to a condition of "virgin fertility," many of the in- genious plans and contrivances which make their lives miserable will eass in- to ancient history and the museum.. I say that when farmers realize the true ;nwardriess of manuring as the rounda- tion of. the whole agricultural struc- ture we will not see the boys crowding to the cities and leaving, the noblest and surest of all callings for the un- certainties of trade and commerce. We may inquire now what indiea- Eons there are of the waning fertility through the described denudation of tee phosphatic heart in the land. ix 1 seem to lay stress on this want of phosphate without good and sufficient rea.soe I may well be condemned, but there are signs which he who runs ;nee read, and those who desire to un- irerstand must throw away their smok- ed glaeses and raise themselves to a niglaei pl.n.i et thought, and the ego- ist must lay aside his stagy ticisms. It gives me pleasure to be able to sly that 1 find must farmers thoughtful and anxious for information on this subject, though naturally timid in ac- cepung what to them at first Seems a theory, but to that elass of people who doubt everything but their own exist- enee, and whom I choose to designate ite egoists, 1 make no appeal. The signs moat noticeable are per- haps, Else a hankering after bones and rotten wood by the cows. We also knew. how unsatisfactory bones are as a food for cows, and we ask why do these animals whose stem - ace acids eannot dissolve benes naake such frantic efforts to eat ummtural food, will answer you. 15 the Irishman's way, by asking another teeestion. What is bone? And I se.e I must an- swer My own question. It is largely phosphate of lime. • The animal then wants phospnerte tioid, the weave prin- ciple of bone. Rave you ever seen the phosphatio light en an old dead log in the woods after rain? 01 eourse you bevel There again is the reason the cow eats the dead wood --because of the development, of phosphorous. Th t weak-kneed pig fed on food wantieg in phosphorie acid is another sigreand so is the old sow savagely de- vouring her young. The loss of fertility in stock, the pre- valet:Me to disease, as, for installed, abortion and tuberculosis, are signs, The givingwayof the teeth in the naan raee again points the way. The ehaneing of ()lovers from rieh, digestible fodder to tough, herbaceous tuft only fit for rope, is another sign. The softening grain, and. the soft, yielding etraw is still an indication. The clover sloknees, which I have seen, has the lose of phosphatic fertility for its prime cause. The spread of disease among orchards because the trees are anablE to resist is in the same line The ehriveled grain and failure to get perfect ripenieg, exeept in the most favorable seasons, can be put to no other cause but the want of power to properly ripen. Turn whera you, wilt, and the eigas stere you in the faee (To Be_C_on_tinued.) RENOVATING ORCHARDS. Repair is not necessarilY aseeielated with old age and decay. Apple trees 10 or 15 years old sometimes need r° - pairing quite as much as do old and neglected. oues. When the orchard to be treated has been neglected for many years, the first operation, if the Lana does not need draining, is to prune thoroughly. In this operation, whice nney be performed at any time front late fall until the middle of May, care should be used that the trees are given an open head. This does not im- ply that all small limbs should be re- moved, leaving a lot of whip -stocks, but that such of the larger _Limbs as are parallel and close together, or those which cross should be cut out. Half of the diffieulty of pruning is done away Willi if one deeides to allow the tree its natural form, rather than atotret to shape it to some partieular m Many growers suppose that pruning weakens the tree and shortens its life. Then is, however, no reason for this belief other than the general state- ment that pruning is unna curia. But penning is not unnatural. Man sel- dom prunes so heavily as does nature in removing superfluous limbs in the growth of young saplings in the forest. Furthermore, nature prunes at all sea- , sons and in the rudest ways. 43y this it should not be understood, however, that care is not necessary in the me- chanical operation of pruning. - On the other hand, it is of the greatest importance that large limbs be remov- ed with care and the wounds painted Lo prevent the entrance of fungi which wile induce decay. In trebling young trees, all crotches should be avoided. If bad crotches should be found to exist in ;trees 10 or more years old, they should. be braced by means of an iron bolt. Much damage may be avoid- ed if bolts are used in season. I THE LIFE -TIME OF A NATION. It is evident to every reader of bis tory that nations have what may be called a life -period, at the encl of wheel] they decay. Half a century ago a French writer undertook to deter- mine the average duration of national life, and he arrived at the conclusion that it was between 800 and 1,000 years. Recently Dr. D. G. Brinton has taken up this inquiry in a scienti- fic spirit, and after pointing out what • may be described as national diseases, based upon lack of proper food, misuse of poisonous substances, misdirection of the mental and physical powers, etc., he concludes that, barring some deadly blow from without, which won'ti correspond with a fatal accident in the case of an individual, there is no reason why a nation might net pro- long its existence indefinitely. But to do that it must be constantly wide- awake and on guard against degen- • eration. FAMOUS RINGS. • The smallest wedding ring was that used at the marriage of Mary, daugh- ter of Henry VII., to the Dauphin of France, son of Francis I. The Dauphin was born February 28, 1518, and, as a matter of state policy and to bring about it union with England, he was married, accordieg to the custom of the time, when 8 months old, to a princess, who was 2 years old. She wore it cap of black velvet, covered with jewels, and a dress of cloth of euld. Cardinal Wolsey handed the ring and performed mess. The beautiful Miss Gunning, accord- ing to Horace Walpole, was married to the duke of Hamilton with a curtain ring, his grace being hasty, in May- fair chapel, and at half -past 12 at night. In Ireland, among the impover- ished peasants, hired wedding rings are often used. In the Greek ceremony the priest gives a. silver ring to the beide, and a •gold one to the groom. Numerous persons claim to possess the fatal ring given by Elizabeth to the earl of Essex -the one which the countess of Nottingham cruelly with- held -while he lay under sentence of death. It is said that in 1564, when Mary Stuart married Darnley, her royal cousin sent this very ring in token of her highest • regard -regard which history proved worthless. The ring exhibited as that of Lady h'rances Devereux, daughter of ,Essex appears the most authentic. It was made for a lady's finger and subsequently en- larged, with a portrait of the queen in sardonyx. Lady Scroope dropped it sapphire ring from the palace .window to ail- nounce the death bf Elizabeth; her brother hasteted with the greatest speed to deliver it to the Seotch prince. , Binge as tokens or pledges for loans were made for Queen Henrietta while in Holland trying to raise money and troops for her ill-starred husband H. M. R." was done in filigree Upon them and covered with it crystal; these were to, have been redeemed by favors if the roiral ca,uee prospered. A tepee set in silver with diamond and rubies was given as pledge to the Penderell bro- thers for savieg Charles XL in the oak tree after the battle of Worcestet, and a yearly pettsion of £500 Was conferred on the family forever, ONTARIO'S CROP REPORT. HOW THE GRAIN AND STOCK CAME TIIR01)011 THE 'WINTER, The Sr Wlater Months Espeetally Vie -avert able to Agriculture -Man Wheat rrate- vtlicoarl!yr, tr4,711iltvi: 'the Eso Weather hoe Greatly likelBed the tbletting in or Spring Crops -No tlteGilC aotoZili7vinYdtioa to l'iliat Vrees -"Ye 8")dc i The following statement has been issued by the Ontario Department of Agriculture regarding the condition of COPS and live stook, based upon re- ports received trone over five hundred special correspondents during the first week of May, 1899: THE WEATHER,. The records of the weather for the Six winter months November to April show thae while the severity of the weather was slightly more intense than the average, the conditions which Prevailed during Pebruary were es- pecially unfavorable to agriculture. The mean temperature for that month Wits 1&.O degrees, as compared, with) an average of 18.4 for the pe.riod 1882-98; while the snow -fall averaged only 8 inches against 16.3' inches, the general average of the month. • The absence of thi prwection generally afforded by a thick' covering of snow during mid- winter explains the Serious injury sus- tained by fall crops and other vegeta- tion. • FALL WHEAT. The weather during the winter andthe early spring has been exceedingly- un- favorable for fall wheat, and. as a con- sequence the crop, which promised well before the snowfall, has been greatly injured by the inclemency of the sea- son, and is practically it failure in many localities. The want of snow in most places left the groutel exposed to unix u Ey severe and protracted frtsts, and the heavy rains formed pools of water which froze and killed the young plants in the hollows and flooded lands. The dry weather which has prevailed in some neighborhoods since the opening of the s growing season has also wrought some injury. A consider- able percentage of the area sown to fall wheat is being plowed, up. As a rule this crop appears to have whater- ed better on clay or heavy land than on light soils, although the experience of correspondents is by no means IDA- animous on this point, The situation of the lands, and the degree of shelter afforded from wind and frost by its location appear to have been a con- siderably more influential factor in deciding its suitability for fall wheat • growing than the character of the soil. In •many cases it has been ob- served that the partial protection af- forded by accumulations o1 snow near the fences, the rest of the field being bare, has saved. the wheat plants thus protected. It is worthy:also of note that the reports from Algoma, where there was a good. covering of snow dur- ing the winter, are more favorable than those from the older settled coun- ties. • There are slight losses from in- sect pests reported, wire -worms and the Hessian fl3r having appeared last fall in a few localities in the western part of the Province. At the time correspondente wrote rain was urgent- ly needed at several points to ensure the remaining crop. CLOVER. A large proportion of the clover crop j.n every section of the Provinoe. has been winter -killed, owing to the mar - city of snow, the plants being either heaved or frozen in the ground. by ex- posure to the severity of the weather. The thinness of the old growth by rea- son of the drouth of last season, and the poor catch on newly seeded areas, contributed to this result. The dam- age appears to have been greatest in tha Lake Erie and Lake Ontario groups, while the most favorable showing is made by northerly localities, where the snow remained. on the ground to a later date. Where the crop survived the winter the fields are generally in a heal hp and flourishing condition, and promise well, although In some quart- ers clover is beginning to suffer for lack of moisture. • WINTER RYE. This crop is not extensively raised in any part of the Province, but where grown it has generally come through the winter in good condition, and prom- ises well. The early *sown is looking better than that of a later growth. Correspondents in several neighbor- hoods note time: more of this grain is being eultivitted than usual, a fact which is doubtless due to its value for feeding green to stock during periods when grass is not available owing to droutir. • VEGETATION. The late opening of spring, which PROSTRATED EXHAUSTED. 'N0,81,1E1Eill-NO REST. LL do not appreelate the words of John G. ., Saxe, wile sang, "God' bless the RUM who first invented sleep!" But depredation is not wanting to those s"" who have SUffered as 4'. ...0-11 \ Mrs 'White, of Mara V et. ToWnship Ont., who - • became so III WIth nerrous trouble il that, to quele her bro- ther, Mr. Develd' McRae, a well-known re- sident of that Inustrioing Section of North Ontario: "My sister had not slept a night fdr Over thee* menthe, She could not have steed title nitleh 1011211. and It was only Wheii death Seemed 1M/pinent that South American Nervine became the, good phy, eiciae, •After teldrie the Bret r10$10 �t ths Nervine she slept all riltr ti And gained lb flesh until Perfectly well, arid has now ilO algitt of niorsloUsnefil." This Is is wender full inedidibe in, the .0evere8t cases of nen 4otisileaft, tied the kteittest flesh -builder te fitie.hild' Atria/there In the_world.-25. --, Oold by 0, Lutz, Exeter. rendered vegetation generally WOW/ - hand in the earlier purl of the seo.SCIn has been compensated fer by Xeeellt warm and favorable weather, Whieh bast resulted in so rapid a growth that in Many localities the first of May found vegetation well advaneed, affording good pasturage for live stock, Reporta are, lenvever, vtiry variable in this re- spect, The Lake Erie counties, and the eastern Portion of the Peovinoe appear to be the most bacleward sec- tions. Fruit trees and shrubs in the west are in leaf at ai earlier date than usual. Continued • dry weather hes somewhat retarded the grass in many quarters. SPRING SEEDING. Considerable variation °cetera in t e reports regarding seeding, While some of the reports state that the seed -bed has been favorable, a larger number de- scribe the soil as being too wet, or inclined to be "sad and run together," to quote several correspondents. In the west and north clay soils were said to be heavy from the weight of snow, while in more eastern localities, the fact was pointed out that there was an. unusual depth. of frost in the ground. The season was generally re- garded as being late, but the remark- ably fine weather prevailing as cor- respondents wrote, made the outlook for the getting in of spring crops an encouraging one. • The proepects are that a full area of spring grains will be sown, particularly of oats. FRUIT AND FRUIT TREES. Reports as to the condition of fruit trees vary in different, sections and sometimes in the same locality. In the peach growing region known as the Essex district, many peaches have died during the winter, while in the Ni- agara district, the loss reported is small, particularly near the lake shore. In the Lake Erie group some plums and pears have also sustained injury dur- ing the winter, but, generally speak- ing, there has not been serious injury to fruit trees other than peaches. A majority of correspondents speak of an abundant bloom on orchard trees, and some fear that the blossoms are out so early that the late spring •frosts may attack them. There are some references to black -knot on the plum, • but the chief trouble complained of is thc, appearance in large numbers of the tent caterpillar. Several eorres- pondents express their confidence in spraying a.s a means of checking this and other insect and fungous pests. In the: western part of the Province a number of correspondents state that smelt fruits, particularly raspberries, have suffered from the trying win- ter LIVE STOCK. As a rule live stock have wintered well, and are in good condition, fodder being abundant, though SOmS. corres- pondents note a scarcity, especially in the east and on the Lake Erie frontier. Many of the ea.ttle are reported rather thir. in flesh, though healthy. The market for both horses and horned cattle is brisk, and prices good. Hor- ses have suffered in come places frail" influenza and distemper. Sheep have been remarkably prolific, •and the young lambs are mostly strong and healthy, though in a few localities con- siderable losses have taken place. The mos, serious • disease affecting live stock has been an ailment described as crippling or rheumatism which has de- stroyed very large numbers of pigs, especially the younger animals, in al- most every part of the Province. The cause of this disorder is supposed be, some to be overfeeding with grain dur- ing the long confinement of the Win- ter months. • i FARM SITPPLIES. A considerable quantity of hay be- yond that necessary for home require- ments remains in the hands of farmers in most localities, the low prices pre- vailing having been inaufficient to bring It to the market. In many places, however, the extra demands of the late sprieg have left them with little, if any, available surplus. Oats are much scarcer, and the remaining supply will mainly be required for stock feeding. A large proportion of • the wheat harvest is yet retained by those who can afford to do so in the hope of an increasein price. The great demand for cattle at good figures has resulted in the sale and shipment of an unusually large number of fat and store animals, so that there is 'almost a universal scarcity, especially of the forraer, some places being left with an insufficient supply for local -slaughter- ing demands. Several correspondents note that farmers aro beginning to realize that it is more profitable -at least when feed is selling at a low price -to fatten their own stock for /market, instead of selling them as store cattle. This tendency of course somewhat reduces the supply both of coarse grain and of stockers for ex- port. Its permancy will naturally de- pend upon the relative prices of feed, and 'of fat as compared with lean cat- tle. CAST RI For Infants and Children. The face simile pisesture Of , 12 02 078* 4 wrappot FLOWER FOR SEALS. If you are artistically inclined a very pretty and novel way of sealing your letters is to form flowers with various Okra of wax, thus doing away with the old fashioned monograrti. Pansies ate very easily formed by first using violet wax, giving slight curves to the outer edges, and then white or yele low in the centre, twirling it around a few times to produee a decided pansy effect. Roses are easily made by using the different shades of pink. If the seal is brought to a thin, sharp stem when finishing the effect will be greatly heightened. ' ADVICE TO YOTJNG MEN. W. C. Andrew, who perished by fire in Ne,w York, a few days ago, was fond of new inventions and owed much of Lila large fortnne to a device for using coal screenings as fuel. His advice to young men was: "Savo every dollar you can and invest in anything that has to do with the development of cities' I ......_____ 1011101,1111101111111111111111111111110111(11111111111111111111111/111Wo ?." 41 . .. Rill '-.41C T.1 .... 2. ' -1-... • 1 I UIIIM1101111111k1=11111011 VII IIIIMMI IDOMMI111 ll 6. il . ---...... lit ltIllitill11 .11 it I 1 it t MI ItIolIJI 91,111114,1 NegetablePreparatiOnfOrAS- similating theToorl andReguta- thig the Stomachs andHowels of '1 $111 1,11 11,1 ., ......_._..- . PromotesDigestion,Cheerful- 'Less and Rest.cantains neither Copiuni,Morphine nor Ivlineral NOT 'NAB C 0 TIC . At :11 , IN, Jteeperau. tafoinOld. BrseSAMMearKirenz.. . 41,4Senns * Bode% Star-. rntint ..,_ caurtaalat.41 f-4. , Wenn J'sed - • aerr5gral-w: lilk 0 ... . Aperfect Remedy for Coos tipa- tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, Worms ,Convuisions,Feverish- ness end LOSS OF SLEEP. ,ri i TacSirnile Signature of 'KEW liDRIC. 9',41 ••• , . .,...ri .s,.,.i.. Avel- 4 EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. sew..., eeseesseed. - - - ' : --.:',..VietK-Seree.Weeeee es eseeetee I- ee- " .1•=11=1111=1M=M10111•••01.1k 'i%31101.4dirztt tfi-tY SLE THAT THE FAC—SIMILE SIGNATURE ISON TIM WRAPPER OF EVERY BOTTLE OF Oastoria is put re in one -she bottles only. It Ls not sold in bulk, Don't allow anyone to sell on anything else on the plea or promise that it is "just as good" and "will answer every pur- ees." 4147- See that you get D -A -S -T -O -R -I -A. Tic fao- simile sigasturo of POTATO CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. The eurlon5 Remaly or an Irlithutau for he Complaint. Among the many curiosities pullet out of an Irishman's pocket one day in a vaint search for it coin was a lit- tle black object that looked like a hard, round piece of agate. A friend ex- pressed astonishment at the man's car- rying such a thing in his pocket, and asked him why he did it. "Why, mar alive," Pat exclaimed, " 010.C -is not a stone, but just apo - tato, and, sure, I carry it with me to cure me rheumatics. 1.have two about me," said Pat, diving down in his oth- er pocket, and bringing forth- the mete of the first curious looking potato, as Pat swore it was. Upon investigation it was found that Pat had much method in his mad- ness, Potatoes among old country people 'lave been looked upon for inany years as a preventive of rheumatism. Small, round, smooth potatoes are chos- en, and are put in each pocket of the trousers. Soon the potatoes become black, but they never rot ; they seem to be petrifiid, and it is clahned they take the poison of the disease out of the system. At any rate, the remedy is a simple one and well worth a trial. Children Cry Tor • CA 1 TEA THE BRITONS DRINK. Greatest CIMS111110114 of the Beverage In the • World. We e,onsume eleven times the quan- tity that suffices for the average Rus- sian, and four times the allowance of each inhabitant of the United States, says London Tit -Bits. If the total quantity of tea consumed in this coun- try every twelve months was to be placed on one scale, and. the ;whole Bri- tish army, on the peace footing, of 215,060 men was placed, on the other, it would not coueterbalanoe the tea- chest -no! not even if each man on --the average weighed 168 pOunds. If five more armies of a similar number of men and weight were also thrown into the scale they would have no ef- fect on tlae equilibrium of the tea- chest; nor would the beam swing be- fore 65,640 additional men, weighing 12 stone eaoh, joined the six armies al- ready standing more or less at ease on . the opposite scale; by that time they would •number 1,350,000 men, and the indicator would show that the balanee was true. via* A GIRL FAMINE, Manitoba is suffering. from a "girl famine." Servants, apparently, cannot be hited. The young woman •who acts as general servant in a private fam- ify can ,easily command $1.6 a month at Winnipeg; the parlor maid, $18, the cook $25, and the launclre.ss $15 to.. $20. A number of Scotch lassies were brought to the province last spring arid already over 50 per cent. Of them are rnarried. NEM/ E BEANS is ea OTOI7 'wrapper. ENSCO.1121111190MEM111111 11111rvill 131,1451C, t1111. covcry that cure the vrorst eneet of Nervous Debility, Lost Vigor and VaiIiiag Manhood; restores tta. weakness of body or mind caused. by over -work, or the errors orex. oces‘s of youth. Tble rtentedY ab• solutely cures the n,ob obstinate cases when all other nt.B.t.T5tENTS ilaVe failed event., relieve, Lold hydrae. gists. et 51 per package, or aix for $5, or sent: by mail on -ezelpt of price by addressinTV(11.T AMES ‘70.. Tn-otttn • • Sold et Browning's Dreg Store lexeter HE ROL 0,ff'Dn, -PUS Vie guarantee that these Plasters will relieve pain quicker than any other. Put up only in 25c. tin boxes and $1.00 yard rolls. The latter allows you to cut the Plaster any size. Every family should have one ready for an emer- gency. - DAVIS & lAWRENGE 00., LIMITED, MONTDEAL Beware of imitations ▪ iwetizo- •*reve..openz tok, MOST NOTABLE WOMEN. Recently an English magazine for woman had a prize competition, de- termined by popular vote, to decide whc are the twelve most notably good women of the nineteenth century, Much interest in the competition was manifested. in England, especially am- ong women, and a large number of votes were cast. The selections in the order of merit were: Her Majesty the Queen, Flor- ence Nightingale, Elizabeth Fry, the Baroness Burdett Coutts, the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Teck, Sister Dora,Agnes Weston, Grace Darling, the Princess Alice, Lady Henry Aoraerset and Frances Ridley Havergal. It will be easily noticed that the se- lections embody strictly an Englteh • point of view, which might have been expected, since only English opinion determined the voting, although the subject was of world-wide scope. ' The women raected have all been notable througil the purity of their works. tnd e life atheir conspicuous or- ganization and. support of charitable k Children Cry for CAS R IA. RANI) PAINTED DREssns. Printed rauslins and silks will not do this year. They must be hand paint- ed, and very lovely and waustial !signs are the result. Let not the une skilled amateur imagine that she is equal to the task of decorating a gown or parasol, for nothing could be mere unlovely than awkward arrangeme or crude coloring. All sorts of Bolts- ers are used --lilies, pansies, poppies, roses, tulips and daffodils -in wreaths and borders and scattered over the goods. One ean choose one's favorite flower and have the design made to order, and it is not liable to be dupli- cated. The gown should be cut first and the pattern made afterward, and so ad- apted to the style in whieh the dtess is to be made. Parasol and fan are designed to accompany the gown. Mad. painting ig especially adapted Lo the decotation of parasols, and. in (lie form will perhaps be more generally used, for unless one is able to do the painting oneself it is a somewhat ex- pensive luxuty. CHINESE TEACHER'S PAY. A Chinese teacher in a ptivate school receives about one cent a day for every pupil in his class. Pifore.4f.ger• Wood's Phosplitaino, The dreat 3ogUsPt BemetZ1/1 , Sold end redommended by all druggists' ingeMade. Only end. able medicine discovered. Bk package./ guaretnteed to euro all terms Of Sexted Weeltness, all effects of abuse Or eXcesS, ?dental Worre, BreesolVe use of To- beecca, °pliant or Stimillasits. Itittiled on receipt of pride, one pacluto $1, six, VI. One win pteases •zsjfUeurc, Pahlphletil free to any address. The Wood .Conapati3to Windsor, °lite Wood's Phosphodine is sold in Exeter by J. W. Drowning, druggist. ATTEMETING IMPOSSIBILITIES - k male Egnencipetor-Wi th Sib our work, the cause Of woman 'does no progreefe Why is it? Male Philosopher -The troubleir that the pretty Ririe spend alI their time trying to be brainy, and tht brainy girls spend all their time try, ing to look pretty. • re,