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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1914-07-16, Page 4Special Prices on SWUM Goods Ready-to*wear, Hosi y, Gloves and Underwear 10 Doz. Long Silk Gloves 69c pair In White, Black, Pink, Pale Blue and Champagne, double tipped and full length Long Lisle Gloves 23c White, Black and Tan, sizes 0 to 7t 25 per- cent Sav- ing on • Whitewear Underwear, Draw- rrs, Corset Covers and Night Gowns Ladies' White Waists testae in the latest styles from fine voile, sizes 34 so 40. Regular $2.60 to $400 Your choice $1.98 Ladies' Lawn Waists Broken lines and odd sizes. Reg, 41 211 aud $1,60 for 98c Flowered Crepe, Cotton Voile, Null and Rice Cloth This season's newest dress ma- teriale in all the leading shades and patterns. Regular 25o and 360 values for 19c 200 yards 36 in. Blaok Guaran- teed Silk, a very rich silk with fine finish and will give excellent wear. Regulat 41,25 for 98c yd Cotton, Lisle and Silk Hosiery Colors Black, White t n$ Tan, 26o, 350, 50o and 21.00 g parr 25 Doz. Ribbed Cotton Hose Blank only, sizes 4j4 to 10, all at 10e a pair 4 DOZEN LADIES' HOUSE DRESSES Sizes 32 to 40, made from strong cotton materials, fast colors and neatly trimmed. Regular $2.50 for $1.69 KIND Produce Wanted Phone 71 Agents for Standard Patterns T E WINGITAM AI VAN 4444410++++++41401014++40101444014 .t4 3,. .r. .1, THE TROUB'..lt$OMS POTATO. riI WOOL!. O©O 0 L. Large quantities of Wool wanted Cash or Trade We pay the Highest Cash price going' g g O 0 O O O O 0 O 0 O O O 0 0 A large range of All -wool BLAN- KETS, SHEETS sand YARN made by the best mills. A Bring your Wool here and get best value forour money; Y Y A Isarb a assortment of MENS' SUIT S -. at 20 per cent. o xf regular cash price in exchange for wool. Over �suits 100 too select e ect from. J. A. Mills Phone 89 Wingham O O 0 O 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O O 0 O o' 0 0 0 0 O 0 O 45 ce . . PERRTN'S Dairy dream Sodas are always up to what you expect. of anything that bears the name of Perrin's. s Two kinds—The dainty "Fancy Thin", and the regular "Dairy Cream Soda." Sold by your grocer in sealed packages at 5c, 10c, and 2tic. Every package guaranteed. Send foe in cdin or stamps and your grocer's name for the "Perrin SamplePackage" of delicious fancy biscuits, ftme mom Mil Look for the I'errrn Trod. Marken oar pack.`.. D. S. PERRIN & COMPANY LIMITED 9 LONDON • - CANADA • THREE EMPIRES. Monarchies That Practically Sprang Into BeinS1 Overnight. Prior to Jilin. 38, 1871, the German empire, as we know it today, had no existence. Instead it was a jumble of kingdoms, states, duchies, grand duchies and principalities, all joined together by a like language and com- mon political aspirations, it is true, but otherwise quite separate and distinct. Then come the historic ceremony in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Par- is had just been captured by King William of Prussia, and it was held to be a fitting time and place to proclaim him the first German emperor. Never since the dawn of history was an em- pire born more dramatically. By a strange irony of fate, too, its birth took place amid the ruins of the French empire, itself the creation of a day, or, rather, to be strictly accurate, of u night. France went to bed on the evening of Deo. 1, 1851, a republic. :When It awoke next morning it was an empire. During the .hours of dark- ness Paris had been occupied by troops, and the prince -president had become Napoleon III. Equally sudden and almost as sensa- tional in its way was the birth of the modern Greek empire. After the yoke of the Turks had been thrown off in the war of independence the country became a republic. But the people soon tired of that democratic form of government and promptly proceeded to assassinate their first and only ores - !dent Tlien they met together, elect- ed lected a king and settled themselves down to be ruled by bins in a quite orderly and contented fashion. A Ili -e; Candidate. A vacancy has existed for several months in the County Court Judge- ship of Renfrew, and there has been much pressure brought to bear on the Government regarding certain aspirants. One thing insisted upon by the Minister of Ju- r' • is that the man chosen shall not be too old. A short time ago Mr. Gerald White, who sits for North Renfrew in Par- liament, had an. addition to his house- hold in the form ofouncin abigb g boy. One of his friends congratulat- ing him thereon remarked: "Why, Gerald, he will be right in line for the judgeship." "Yes," replied White, "and by the time he is of age I expeci: the Govern- metn will be about ready to fill the vacancy!" World's Largest ta'elescope. A leading citizen of Vancouver has made arrangements to erect a me- dium telescope 10 feet in diameter at or near Point Gray, close to Vancou- ver. It will be the largest telescope in the world, the lens having a thick- ness of two feet or more. BUSINESS AND SHORTHAND Subjects taught by expert instructors at the t..edt,/p/xl,V Y, M. C. A. BLDG.. LONDON, ONT. Students assisted to positions. College in session from Sept. 1st. Catalogue free. Enter any' time. J. W. Westervelt J. W. Westervelt, Jr. Principal Chartered Accountant le Vice -Principal New Telephone Directory. Yi Tho Dell Telephone Company of Oanala i soon te tient a new isms of its Official Tele- phone Directory for the i)istriut of Western Ontario Patios who contemplate becoming Subseri- hors, or those who wish omegas in their pros• n`. entry Should place their orlera with the -,.eel Manager at once to ineur.t insertion in t his issue. Connecting Companies Sleeild alio report nedttione and ehanpee in 'heir )tat of subsoriberq, either to the Lorre Manager, or direst to the Speotal Agent's itc- partment, Montreal. The Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Old potato growers agree that the market for title stable crop is one of the most unstable, and consequently one of the most difficult to forecast, mon : the leading crops. Potatoes are a universal food. They rem be grown almost anywhere. Tito crop. is relatively of quiet* growth, but the serious factor is the inability to preserve the sur- plus of a bountiful year until the time of shortage when the crcp is poor, Consequently any considerable increase In price stimulates increased producttou, aud, with favorable conditions, a sntplus results and prices often drop so low as to offer uo poss!• Witty of profit. There is no serious need of Im- porting potatoes to this country, since a year of favorable prices. and a good growing sefsou ere immediately follon'ed by a title- plus itl -pins crop. The clanger of int - porting new and serious diseases is sufficient justification for the secretary of agriculture to main-, tain itis careful quarantine against foreign stock. '1'he de- partment lies also Cautioned Po- tato growers against using sec- ondhand potato sacks whieli may have contained British or European potatoes. since these sacks are likely to conceal the germs of a serious dlseuse.— Country Gentleman, y. .£ s; 4' 44 +al ,., +:1 ,31, y, 'l' a• J; ill _, THE NEW KNNOX.. Presbyterian College To Have Beau- tiful Hone This Fall. When next fall the new Knox Col- lege is opened in Toronto the Pres- byterians of Ontario will be able to boast the posse. .ion of the finest ex- ample of collegiate Go'hic architec- ture in Canada, and that they have added a new noto to the beauty of the University College campus group. The general plan. of the building is on the type of Oxford aud Cambridge colleges, built on a quadrangle, one frontage on St. George street and one en the campus of the university. The general division is that the academic portion faces on the campus and the ees!dence on St. George street. The academic part in- cludes the Caven Library, six class rooms, eight professors' rooms and a stock room to accommodate 75,000 volumes. In ad lition there is a great reading-roo:n and a reference library where students can work un- molested. Tho -outhern part of the academic portion is the chapel and convocation hall with a seating capacity of 500 people. Beneath the chapel is the gymnasium and sho-•-er baths, afford- ing the student opportunities for physical development, which must go hand in hand with the spiritual. The residence part is made up of dormi- tories, and accommodates 120 stu- dents who wish to reside at the col- lege. The dining hall is situated 1 p - stairs on the north end of the resi- dential ,,portion, and will accommo- date 160 men. Beneath the dining hall are the stewards' quarters, and below them is the kitchen, stcreroom, etc. Between the dormitory and the dining hall rises the tower. It is very distinctive, being the only one of its kind in Canada. The nearest ap- proach tb it is the tower of Magdalen College at Oxford. In the tower is the great staircase, students' com- mon roon, and reading rooms. In the top of the tower in an isolated position there rill be an infirmary. The large house north of residence, utilized as principal's residence, was once the home of Sir John A. Mac- :lonald and afterward the residence of Sir Oliver Mowat. The buildings will cost $550,000, apart from furnishings. The sale of Ole old site provided for the new site and gave $100,000 to the new build- ing. $460,000 had to be raised from the church. Already $350,000 has been subscribed and it will not be difficult to get $100,000 more from the many friends of Knox in Toronto and in the province. Knox College was born and cradled in a very humble home, and its early youth was sheltered in very common- place surroundings. In 1844 the first session was held in the residence of Rev. Henry Esson on James street, Toronto, The second was held in a house on Adelaide street, and from 1848 to 1853 in a building on Front street, which is at present the site of the Queen's Hotel. In 1854 a site was purchased on Grosvenor street, called Elmsley Villa, the residence of Lord Elgin in Toronto, while he was Governor-General. This building with the wing added for students' re- sidence cost the church $28,000, This remained the home of the college till 187e, when the college building on Spading crescent was opened. This was erected at a cost of $120,000. On September 26th, nineteen hun- dred and twelve, the corner -stone of the new building was laid. His Waterloo. In years gone by there was an e1c. tion crook well known in certain cir- cles in Canada who had a reputation of having voted sixty-five times in a single day, says a writer in Toronto Star Weekly. One day he met his Waterloo. It was bound to arrive. He crossed to I'imilton to assist the Greys in a very critical election, and had sac ceeded up to about four o'clock in the afternoon in registering twenty or twenty-five ballots marked with the navies of absentees, or dead pee - pie. ' Then some unlucky imp of fate prompted him to Select the name "J. Jones" from his list of deceased vot- ers. With that on his.lips he enter- ed the polling booth. "What name, please?" asked the returning officer. ".1. Jones," answered Boulanger boldly. Down the beck ran the officer's finger and paused over ati entry, "James Jones, colored," he an- nounced In good clear Saxon, "Good night," ., yelled Boulanger er andlun e d from p g d out the booth.b T o scrutineers scurried slow tnhe road, towards the railway at the imper- sonator's heels. Dy some special blessing a freight tralrt was moving out at a pretty fo0 d clip andl3o - Langer clambered aboard. No one dared follow, and lie arrived safely at the outskirts of Tor•'nto where he prudently made his way home, ABOUT FERTILIZERS, Purdue University issue* a 13ttllette Worthy of the Attention of Farmers, Purdue university recently i.esued a very Interesting bulletin on fertill'ers: Tbo subject of fertilizers natitrelly falls under three heads—barrtyard ma- nures, green manures (growing crops turned under) and eientieal fertilizers. Barnyard manure Is the rheai,est and best source of plant food, It not only adds fertility to the soil, but through its decaying organic mutter it improvers the mechanical condition and moisture holding capacity of the soil and stimu- lutes the growth of soil bacteria. Fresh manure may beturned under with great benefit to a clay soil, In the process of decay the soil will be mel- lowed. An application of fifteen to twenty-five tons per acre will be none too heavy. It should be covered with a rather shallow furrow on n heavy soil, .for if covered deeply thb air will be excluded and decay delayed. On a light or sandy soil possibly not more than ten to fifteen tons of fresh ma - A GOOD FERTILIZER sPREADER. pure should be applied at one time to avoid any rapid drying out of the soil and consequent "tiring': of the plants. Manure is not a well balanced fern. lizer—that is, it does not contain in the most desirable proportions the three fundamental elements of pinnt nutrition—namely, nitrogen, phosphor- us end potassium. All plants must have the proper amount of each of the food elements in ender to attain their maximum lrodtc ivity. If one element be deficient, no matter how abundant- ly the other elements miry be repre- sented, the plant will be limited in its development in proportion to the de- ficiency oe this element, other things being equal. A ton of average farm manure contains about ten pounds of nitrogen, five pounds of phosphoric acid and ten pounds of potash. It is plain, therefore, that manure is lack- ing in phosphorus. What is stili more significant, the soils of Indiana (clay and loam) are also generally low in this element. Growers, then, who have enriched their lands with manure with results not up to their expecta- tions should apply 200 to 000 pounds of acid phosphate per acre in conjunc- tion with the manure. What to Feed at Calving Time. Cows that are due to freshen this spring should be given from six to eight weeks of rest before calving. It is quite important that a cow be given a rest at this time, especially so if she has not been well fed during the win- ter. Some dairymen neglect to keep their cows in good condition during the winter, and as a result the calves are not in the, best of condition at birth, and the cows do not give as large a milk flow as they would give had they been properly fed. Silage is an excellent feed to be given a cow during the resting period. Along with silage should be fed some feeds rich in protein, such as alfalfa or clover hay, with a small amount of grain. The cow needs the protein to help build up the body of the calf, as. well as to keep her own body in good condition. A succulent feed like silage will aid in keeping the cow in better .condition. Silage in itself is not a very substantial feed, but when fed with a little grain and alfalfa or clover hay makes a most excellent part of a ra- tion.—J. M. Fuller, Associate Professor Dairy Husbandry, State College, South Dakota. FARM GARDEN POINTERS. The hardy vegetable can be sown as soon as the ground is ready. Important garden crops for early planting are potatoes and strawber- ries. Always use fresh horse manure in the, hotbed and well ratted manure in the soil. • Onions should be sown nt the earliest moment the ground can be got in good condition. An orchard sprayed for the San .Tose scale has a much benithier and better appearance than one not so treated. Keep an eye on the hotbed when the sten shines brightly. Too much heat will make the plants weak and spindly. Not all soils are adapted to the rasp• berry. In fact, it is nearly as peculiar in regard to soil adaptation as the po- tato. Plant a piece of old pasture to good timber trees for the benefit of the bey. It will become the best part of the farm. The best time to kill the plant lice infesting orchard trees and shrubbery Is ,lust before the buds open in the seting, Complicated.'• "You must stop worrying and take n holiday," said the suave practitioner. "My dear doctor," replied the irrita- ble patient, "if 1 could get my drake into a shape that would d nermlt me take a holiday I'd be do relieved that 1 wouldn't need one)'—London Opinion. Not Due Vet. "Deed yent Wife nag your' 7ask ed the drat walking gentleman. "No," anei'erod the second. "We've Only "been married a year. film calla it coaxing bo far." - Cleveland Plain Dealer. •. — _ .-_ __ &ANADA'S COAL SUPPLY A1l1ST x31; CAREFULLY HANDLED SAYS CONSERVATION Itl'.POIt'T. After Thorough Inquiry Commission I�'ind That Although Interior to. Anthracite and llitutttinous Coal, the Lignite of the Dominion Can Be Made a Source of Immense Industrial Wealth. Canada's dependence on the Unit- ed States for its supply of anthracite coal is a point strikingly indicated in the report just issued by the Cora - mission of Conservation, on the "Con- servation of Coal in Canada," Prac- tically all of the most populous por- tion of Canada lying between Mont- real, Que., and Moose Jaw, Sask„ re- lies solely on the United States for its supply of anthracite coal. Fur- ther, h e , t etre are indications;that the United States may, in the compara- tivoly near future prohibft the ea - port of anthracic, and, as the only anthracite deposits time far discov- ered in Canada, are copfined to the area near Banff, Alta„ it is of great importance that suitable substitutes be found as soon as possible. Such a situation makes it clear that Canada should carefully hus- band her coal resources and, so far as possible, check all wasteful meth- ods of mining and handling coal. With this end in view, the report suggests greatly needed changes in the form of coal -mine leases, the pro- visions of which should be carefully enforced by a competent engineering authority. This would go far towards preventing the careless practices fol- lowed a'. present in many coal mines. In ; 'dition to this, it is urged that the Government. should carry on in- vestigations with a view to determin- ing a e suitability of slack and low- grade coals for use in gas producers for gone:ating power, and their adaptability for the manufacture of briquettes for domestic use. By uti- lizing these inferior products in this way, not. only would there be less waste, but the,yalue of the public coal lands would be considerably in- creased. Again, it is pointed out that cen- tral power stations situated in the vicinity of many of the lignite fields of •^stern Canada, could develop electric power for transmission to neighboring manufacturing centres. This would mean a great saving, es- pecially in the case of lignites. The chief deficiency of the lignites which prevents their widespread use as household fuel is that they will not 1 lar transportation, In the first place their heat producing qualities do not justify the cost of freighting, and in the second place they will not stand shipment and weathering. In addition - to these defects, lignite in its crude form is scarcely suitable for stove and furnace use. In this emergency the coal bri- quette gives promise of being the sal- vation of Canada's vast prairie dis- tricts so far as cheap fuel is concern- ed and the Commission 'of Conserva- tion is bending its efforts towards ascertaining the commercial possibili- ties of the various fields of lignite in the west. In the case of bituminous and an- thracite coal it is possible to manu- facture briquet:es on a commercial basis only, where supplies of pitch can be secured for binding purposes. In the case of lignites, the quantity of pitch required is far less and it has been shown by experience that briquettes can .be made without the use of a binder at all. In. Germany, where the greatest advances in the industry have been made, an enor- mous quantity of low grade "brown - coal," or lignite, has been utilized and the handiness and uniform size of the little bricks has made them very popular in the cities, where they form the greater part of the fuel used. The uniformity of size snakes the briquette burn more freely and they give off less smoke, which in a city residential district is a strong re:•ommendation. .s While crude lignite is extremely brittle and is reduced almost to dust on a journeythe bri uette made , n from it can be transported long dis- tances with very little deterioration either from the jolting or the wea- ther, and when kept under cover will remain in perfect condition for sev- c al months. At the present time in the Crow's Nest country, where rnoct of the coal in the west is being mined, the prac- tice is to make it into coke which is sold to neighboring smelters. The high ost of carecage makes it impos- si'rle to market the slack coat to advantage. .Cire organization of the manufac- ture ture of briquettes in large quantities, however, must be retarded until a sufficient quantity of binding mater- ial is put upon the market. The most desirable binder is tar pitch, and re- cent surveys of the Athabaska river reveal the fact that there are enor- mous deposits of tar sand there which when developed rill supply a huge supply of pitch for the briquetting industry, For the present, however, coal tar pitch, may be considered as the has' for the development of bri- quette manufacture. Another method of utilizing the immense lignite deposits is in the development of electric power and on this the commission sets considerable store. The report points out that the fields are so sttuated that the large quantities of lignite could be used to run steam plants from which the pow- er eoula be expo+.'ted for great enough distances to serve the greater num- ber of the present manufacturing cen- tres in the west as well as creating new ones within easy reach of the generating centre. The by-products of the lignite beds are manifold and give promise of great industrial wealth. The chief of these is gas, whichp ro- c �an be duce:. In large quantities, and where a market is near at hand can be pro- fitabne sold for domestic and lighting purposes. It can also be used to furn- isle power for the mines, Honesty in Golf. • 'This eoofier a boy, or a man for that matter, learns to live up to the motto "rienesty is the best policy" in golf, a' in other things, the better for him. There Is no game which gives a com- petitor a better opportunity to cheat. But for that very reason there is no game in which the cheat, when d ed, is- covere aa!t usually er, y is sooner orlat , !s looked upon With greater contempt. --Frau* ranefs Ouiuiet in St. Nicholas. Advertise In the ADVANCE it has the circulation, ;ver. :. Subscribe for the Adv'ance Largest Circulation in HURON CO. We also club with all the leading papers in Ontario. asezieaseasanexaasseesomeaseetaza THE DOMINION SANK (RIR EDMUND 0, OSLER, M.P., PRESIDENT. W. D. MATTHEWS, VIOE•PRESIDENT. C. A. BOGERT, General Manager. Capital Paid up $5,963,000.00 Reserve Fund and Undivided Profits •6,963,000.00 A Savings Department is conducted at every Branch of the Bank where deposits of $1.00 and upwards are received and interest at current rates added. It Is a safe and convenient depository for your money. 011ausanarre WINGHAM BRANCH: A. M. SCULLY, Manager. asiseeeseasamaaasisramegettarnazaseesezeaosesalaaeameanne 1 1 1 Call and see what you can pur- chase for $1.00. Graniteware, China, Kitchen Uten- sils, Stationery, Children's supplies, Bats; Balls, Garden Sets, _Tennis Sets, School Bags, etc. An entirely new line. of Fireworks. Specials every Saturday. Misses Carson & Pyke 'aWM r4 rad v M iW aw~.~ey2) ALONE IN A STRAP -92E LAM: : Australia Viewed its a Great Sifter 0i the Hunuin 'Talents. "During the dec:.de I spent wan• deviate' to and fro on the face of tropi• cal Australia I saw the old ordor slowly changing," writes Bisbee Frodsham in the CornhIll. "It has not yet qui+e gone, but one by one the old hands are 'crossing the great di- vide'—to use their own metaphor, The successful men die in their With - ern homes, for, as a rule, these Dave the north to build themselves man- sions near Melbourne or homes by one of the landlocked inlets of Syd- ney cove. "The unsuccessful ones start out alone on their lam journey. The busy world who follow in their foot- steps quickly forg3t the men wee found and blazed the track. When they read in the papers that such and such an `early citizen' died at the lo• cal hospital or was found dead in bis solitary camp they remember for awhile and then again forget. Yet the battered old derelict was not infre- quently one whose name will live in the notnenelature of mountains, river and plains. "One blazing summer noon I met a rough -looking man in the gray shirt and moleskin trousers so char- aeteristic of the bush. He was leav- ing, as I was entering, a bush 'hotel.' We recognized each other at sight, although we had not met since the night when I sat next him at his regimental mess. I asked him to come and see rse and told him he could use any eognomen he liked. But, with the smile I remembered almost painfully, he refused. Ile had forgotten how to behave, he said. There are many such. They meet their fate, as they met their disgrace, With a nonchalance non halance not the least val- uable asset of a gentleman. "A man who is above the. avera-;l gets on 'in Australia far quicker than he could do normalcy in the old coun- iry. But what about the feeble Poll: Who are sent abroad to relieve their friends at home of their presence with a remittance paid regularly upon one cotdition•--•-that they them: elves Co r r Whatis the name not stn ll? C of mind that makes fathers emu' suet) eons to the outposts of civilization? le it the seine shortsighted oi, 1.nl:in as that which makes their boys hO little capable of distingu. Dine be- tween dreams and reality-eastles in Spain and the squalid actualities of a bush hovel?" UOMESEEKERS' EXCURSION To Points on the TEMISKAMING & NORTHERN ONTARIO RAILWAY Haileybury and North in Nor- thern Ontario. Prom all points in Ontario and Qaebeo on the Grand Trunk and 0 P. Rys., i xceut went of Ohalk River and north of Parry Sound on the 0. P. IL. Tickets at specially reduced rates good going June 10th aud valid for return until June 2rtb, Seo your nearest Railway Agent for fail partict 1 irs or apply to— A. J. PARR, G, P.A..T.&N O. Ry. North l3ay, Ont. Ontario Leads Forty per cent. of all the agricul- tural products of Canada are grown in Ontario. There is no better investment anywhere than a gnod Ontario farm. Take a trip through the country right now and be con- vinced. Never v: ere crop pros- pects better. 'We can sell you a good farm on easy terms and give you immediate possession. 111 health of owner the reason for selling. We have also two excellent 100 - acre farina, good as the best, that we can give po session of after the harvest. There can bo bought right, as the owners are unions to sell. not b' ing in a poet ion to work the farina themselves. Tf rnad 5 Insurance. We am agents for one of the streelaest companies in the world. (alt andet t. our rotes. will . I 1 surprise you. No premium note, Ritchie Cosens REAL ESTATE AND MUM NCN e 41