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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-6-3, Page 2Boots that Sto**; the T A M1I E S HOLDEN bleCREADY LIMITED, Canada's largest shoe manufacturers, sup- plied, within .thirty-three days, 32,217 pairs of leather ankle boots and 30,000 pains of canvas shoes for the outfitting of the First Canadian Contingent, the largest quantity supplied by any manufacturer. These boots wore worn by our soldiers on active service both in this country and In the training camps in England. They were sub- jected to the most severe usage that boots could be subjected to, They travelled over rough roads and smooth, They waded through mud and through slush past all description. They were soaked by the never -ceasing rains of an abnormally wet English winter. They were baked on hot stoves, grilled on steam radiators and roasted before often fires. Yet, TREY STOOD THE TEST, Out of the entire 32,217 pairs of leather boote supplied by this company only a single pair was shown to be open to criticism when the Government enquiry was made six months later. Experts employrd by the Government exam- ined 1365 pairs and 348 odd boots made by various manufacturers. Among the number were found only seven pairs of boots of Ames Holden McCready manufacture, of which five were found to be repairable, one pair unrepair- able, and ONEI PAIR HAD A SOLE UNDER GAUGE. The best proof of the durability and service- ability of the Ames Holden McCready boots, however, was afforded by the sworn state- ments of soldiers who had worn these boots constantly from the time they were issued in September, 1914, right through to March, 1515. They swore that they had worn the boots through all the rough experiences at Vaicar- tier and on Salisbury Plain and that they had given excellent service throughout. Ser- geant Nussey, of Toronto, who had served twelve years in the British Army, appeared be- fore the Committee with a pair of such boots still on his feet and submitted then to the committee's inspection. The testimony of these witnesses has since ANES been amply corroborated by numerous reports and letters received from officers and soldier's at the front all testifying to the good wearing qualities of the Atnes Holden McCready boots. 4 ■ * * When the question was raised concerning the quality of the Canadian soldiers' boots, Ames Holden McCready Limited placed them- selves IMMEDIATELY upon record, by Writing to the Government, as desirous Of haying the most thorough investigation of the matter. The appointment of a Parliamentary Committee and the official enquiry followed. It occupied sev- eral weeks' time. The Committee stopped at nothing in their efforts to get at all the facts. This Company purchased the best leather and supplies available in Canada and spared no expense In manufacturing the boots. All our invoices, and- shop and manufacturing records were produced before the Parliamentary Com- mittee for their inspection and information. We had nothing to bide and were proud of the boots which were furnished to the Government. THE AMES HOLDEN McCREADY BOOTS CAME OUT OF THE ORDEAL UNSCATHED. The Committee reported to Parliament that the boots supplied by this company substan- tially complied with the sample, that no paper or other fraudulent substances had been'em- ployed in their manufacture and that all charges involving the integrity of this company or of the boots supplied by them had been abundantly disproven by the stvorn evidence taken before the Committee. The report, which was adopted by Parlia- ment, was A COMPLETE VINDICATION FOR AMES HOLDEN McCREADY LIMITED. * 4 M a, In bringing these facts prominently before the people of the Dominion, Ames Holden McCready Limited are actuated by the desire not only to protect their own good name — wh4ch needs no vindication with the thousands of Canadians who are familiar with this com- pany and its products — but also that of a notable and important Canadian industry, which has been unwarrantably aspersed. kOLDEN lleCRE PEED MONTREAL - TORONTO - WINNIPEG - ST. JOHN EDMONTON - VANCOUVER - DE LORIMIER - ST. HYACINTHE 1 11 THE FATE OF AZUNIA Or, The South African Millionaire. CHAPTER, XIII. inn 0)0]41, mother:' w -t, not often that Judith asked her m'r. hc•r a favor, when she did Ludy Glatt. court always nederstuod that there was. eomet6:ng rnnt.ained in the the request whleh was of great imp'rrtance to .Tu- d:,h. and whish elm did not quite under- stutd and noiwab,+cunding the strange fatter 6ud;th had made of matrimonial pr rje he still had a great deal of f+,+ra In her judgment. That Judith had eomething in her mind, same plan this Send For Free Book Reduce Your Roofing Costs, Protect Your Buildings From Fire, Lightning and Weather You accomplish all these results by using our heavily zinc coated 6 ,t, Eastlake" Metallic Shingles They give longer service than any other roofing. Cost less to lay. Are rust -proof and do not require painting. Those laid 28 years ago are still giving good service. 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Of eounse one road of tboee kind of ideas in books but well-bred people neves had them except perhaps faintly outlined, like an antique arab• esque, half effaced by til a lapping of the sen or constant exposure to wind and weather. If they did, it was no good be. Me Intensely well bred, unless you check- ed tbem at once, or failing that, hid them successfully. An emotional ,parson was always second rate, to 09.7 the least, and whatever one coulld say of Judith the was without doubt lmmen,:ely well-bred, and with a rceservo in ber manner which was adamant. Now and then Lady Gime court had wondered how the reserve bad been broken thrnagh on that regrettable occasion at the Lorraine, she could only attribute at either to Judith's youth and inexperience. or a tact the had observed, that the want of reserve of the well+bred often when it has to express itself, ex• presses itself in immorality. It certainly was ., great pity that Judith was inulin• taI to are fast. "I really don't tee Why I should, I never have, and theme :pcorylo. Gulling, did you ever hear much a name?" Judith wee quite aware that her mother continued to argue principally because she wanted to draw Judith's reasons roam her. "Oh well, people won't go to thew on aecount of their name, you know," "No I suppose it ie entirely their money." "Entirely, of course." "Why on earth doesn't the Duchess do It herself f" "I suppose that it would look so trim. lately paid for, with Lord Eyebath In the eovnp0 0y." Well, yes, I suppose it is theta dear 010, it's very tiresome, if oeely we hadn't 80420 to torn so early she would bave found somebody oleo." Judith knew that the allusion to hav ing come to town 0o early ,was meant for her; she also knew drat her .mother would never have forgiven the Duchess of Dum- triee If elle had asked anyone else. What Judith wondered later was whether the old Duehcee had meant to do hor a good turn, or perhaq,o-yes,that was much more likely, to keep her from marrying Lard Euotace. But there wee no danger of Lord Eu- etaee wanting to ]Homy her, if there had bean the Duehess would have aeon to t that he heard all the story, or the ga• led version or It which had reached the ears of eoniety. She had given no all idea. of trying to be a, Durkee-% or even an ordinary gentle- man's wife, the husband who alone would. meet her carte, would be sonro000 quite oat, of the beaten track. With the eanno of humor whdoh when she was not in mental ,pain would assent iteel.f, she told hemsdf that an explorer would bo the beast kind of man. The only thing she. would have to be retread .abcnt waned be wealth, 0nnrmo10 wealth, wealth that could not be coveted. I6 le a dreadful thbtg when a waman kap reanhod sho petal when the realizes that only fahu. lon5 wealth con bring her the counterfeit of tint happiness whieal the ordinary cotirom of life has railed 1,3) hriug her. Bast of lade the idea of eorneriln. millions had interested Judithftverish.'y :threat, and bemuse her (lt11 bitians were morn' Heated 000, beeauso she no lengek thought of the man she bad to find, so much as of what be pocaessed, site was able to concentrate Jten:elf more, to bring more earnest force to bear. It was this uernv project of he which rhad msde her to go up to town soon after Easter. It would bo no good to bo in at the deatth, she most start the running early, at once. What had once been the usual girlish ambition, the in. Minot of rex, had now become a set, buniness-like purpose witch completely occupied ber mentality. What they were both discussing this Morning, as Lady Ghaucourt sat at her writing -table, was whether the would do £03 the Duchess of Dumfries had asked her the day before, and help the Gollings to give their first party. The Gollinga were new people of untold wealt0i, so everyone said, who bad started a diamond cam. pany under the best emplace, with an enormous capitalization, and the beat names on the beard. Mr. Golfing was an Afrikandor pure and simple, but two or three years ago, had married the daugh. ter of an impoeundoue baronet, wieo atter living at Cape Town for time years had. as it were, :oat her claim on British pres- tige as a baronet's daughter, and return- ed in now gattb as the wife of ,a muilion- aire, and bud to have a new beginning. Ae the daughter of a poor baronet ..be had only known frumps, a5 the wife of a millionaire the MG going to know every- body, to entertain princes. But sho had to have a beginning. In Cape Town, she had been gate a personage 05 a baron• et's daughter, and been taken into din- ner by the Governor, whichhad wade the other women frantically jealous, Hero the would have to go in nearly last, at the kind of functions she wanted to at- tend, at least it was not 00 muoh. =1te Who wanted it, site waw a peaceable soul, but her husband. Gollings, who once had thought it a groat step, immense, to marry a baronet'e daughter, end who now wished he had wafted in order to marry a duk0'e. To Lord Bantam, the Ducl ase' second eon, who from the Eret had been interest- ed in the diamond scheme, she confided tato fact that with all their money, she eL shed as :Ihe• spoke, as if the burden at it wee far:tenable, it seemed lie if they ought to )snow more people. Aud Lord tests:ea who had always liked her and pitied her for being married to Gelling, and who wee always ready to bolo any- body, had spoken to the Duchess. about It, bogged her to start them. Eustuce was her favorite son, or the Dualism would have utterly refuted to ran anybody or anything, "They alovaye make the thing a demo by asking some !mpceafble rel.uttons or ntiends. They can- not understand that one only mike ahem for their money, and that one doesn't wast to know their friends or relatione, They look upon -dying a ;Marty as it it were a sort of amusement, a sant of gold- en wedding arrangement, or school -feast, or workhouse tea at which one wamht everybody to be happy, They are 00 tad. imutoue." Eustaee laughed. "Nell 7011 really must, .it 10 quite a waste, to think of their house and the beautiful place at Maidenhead, and the really is ratite it nice little woman, Ile is an awful brute," be added. The Duchcau had thought It over and resolved not to do it. People would say sho was being paid, or that Eustoce bad got into some scrape, Lady G,laucourt ww.0 jt:nt the woman to clo it, and then she had a daughter to take out, it looked mieob more natural, and ;then thie year - She would not confers even to bcmelf that this year the Glaucounte would bare to throw down the ":barbed wire," if they wanted any amusement, "if the is going to stick to the name old lot this year," elle said to herself, she, wag too good- natured to any it out loud, "she might as well l:n'1 Blown the blinds and take her In 'e 'a 1310 drawing room, for no one n.-' 'reale it.' Yrs, ,this year Mere v .aa doubt that a cloud, 1.P ne bigger than a 1105,0, band, hung over the beautiful house 1n Piccadilly. '1'he young men and tuaidene wore afraid, and en were the mnbhees. It would be impaes!ble to (spend the 001000 by turning the house Into a home for fathers and this year it w: uld he co far, far Meta,if Cor. nolle 11111,1'6 give n dame, or, indeed, any thing that would c tenet ottani ion. No• •Ihirig ro entnhaeized antrelebieg decal-. 01000 110 roncentrutdnn. fin day Cornelia Gd tuemlri rave a party she wotild sera, the t1itboreneo, it Ma meth better not. to tempt- foto, Bat helping diem Atrieane that Vettedifferent. She Gould ask alt hor own friends, and sootety would pretend that it mete all right et the house of the AS. rlea 0. d 1 A a and r t S n 4 We of sold to teal tdlese People for tine andy in- vestments. n vesttTent's. Ef only the Sough Ah'leane the eolveq knnr it, bat 11. '005 just ne loll Iha,t they didn't menage lining.+ 4nito by tiimuselvos. In it year or two they would be thinking twice before inviting the people who had "lance" Ohm, Grati- ludo, that le ono of the hoavleet clogs to tilt climber, a grateful manor woman earl never be really smart. gratitude and loyalty tut dietinotly bourgeois eltalitiee. And alto had begged Lady Glaucpurt 40 130 'it for her, and she knew that she would.. 11, ,;canted quite natural thug the And tshocJudth !ra no preened bereelf on Luck coming deet' way at lust, Lady Gluu• mut retied just the same olwta:des. "They will think we are being paid for it Raw abourdt" AL 15,4:.e. there was that comfort in Ju - 411615 life that people couldn't 5.07 611nt hmct of thing of two Gl:tueourzs. "It isn't, a5 if 16 were trate Duchess." "Nell, I don't mean that exactly, but why should we, don't you know?" She looked at her daughter serutiniz- tngly,.but Lady Judith would not let, ber see her exprescdon. Iahs took up the "World" and began reading it, .as if she did not o,ant to argue with her mother any longer. "There 0:00015 110.rcae00," went on Lady GlauoeuNt. I eupsmee that 0110 somotlmes tries to oblige people, and the Duchess i0 a great friend of yours, isn't oho? at least Lord Eucitato alw•aya seems to think so," Lady Judt:h 1o0ked up a little impatiently, Ir• rl retsd,. •weary. The allusion to Lord Eustace WO very dltrloma10. Lordly Glaueou•t wondered if that 11-31.1 In Judith's mind. She wee quite sure that tale Duchess wouldn't. help that, bat then Load Ettsbace wouldn't mind mush what she said. 0 "line he said anything to you about 1t?" The qucotdon was asked w,ith the usual ear of tll-ausumed indifference with which the always strove to cover tate Hank of her attacks on Judith's mind, on her in- ward thoughte, and which never by any means mdsled Judith, "Yes, We }cave talked about it a good deal. He say, Mas. wane,' ber name?" "Gulling," put in Lady G'Laueourt. "Mas. Golding is quite a nice little wo- man, and he says that they have positive- ly such heape of money that they don't know how much it is, and it 16 becoming more every minute." "Oh well," Lady G•lauoount cnorted a little. "I minnow they must have something." "They will oak all those impossible Af- roaln amnia, Zulu oltiefe or something, who yell come with feathers end eking, really." Judith laughed. I with they mould, but .they a onit." "Well, it really would bo better than the people they wUl ask, these German jewellers, merely jewellers, don't you know, just ordinary jesvellens, men like Itetomith, only that they cell en grws, 'n stead of en detail," "I don't think it matters much how they still. Lord Eu.etace says that that me, but of ilea Genmaro Jew, forget the rich one as a matter of taetr, the Got - tinge are paupers in comparison, so Lord Eue.aco rave, could buy London, if be wonted to." "And ne is beginning will, me. I sun pose they'll ask the pastnor," she added, yen see the kind of people. By the by, Io that the man with the p -ace in Park Lane?" Yes, Adolphe somrebody, the new house which is just Eniehed. "Mather good taste," Lady Glauoourt put in musingly. "Oh, by the way, what did they teal me about him? Oh, I know, Alice Morley told ane the cater day that he lives w•ltdt some African woman. I mean a real Aft'tean, black, with brace• lets, and, well I suppose she weans some• thing else in London." 'Are you sure of that? Judith lifted Ler eyes to her mother',, and Lady Glau• court this time could see the answer to all leer questioning. Good beavensl had it come to that? A common German tradesman, good hear - ens' Of course it was preposterou0, out of the question! But all the same Lady Gtaucourtinvit- ed the guests to the Gollings' party. CHAPTER XIV. Later 16 seemed to Judith that that year had been one of her lucky ones, that alt the influences bad been kinder, that she had loosed herself from a bondage, tiro bondage of exclusiveness, and that the found a good deal to interest her in wider spheres: That she was .making the beet of neces,tty she was quite aware, but the fact that she was no longer aiming high, made her low alpine pleasanter and lees fatiguing The harrowing, gnawing, constant anxiety had lessened. If she flailed 11w, it would not mean, so mach. She would bo careful this time bow she felt her way. And it lune a kinder year because sho bad made n very nice woman friend In Mrs. Gulling, Mrs. Gollieg who boa been alarmed et her distinction, and fascinated by her beauty, and ended by not being afraid of her at all. Judith could ho very amiable when she chose, and eery simple and winning. Sometime it wee put on, 0ometianes it gave ono the idea' that under different efroumetatees she mlglht have been very sweet, anyhow the p050 new was .to begin a0 bo gat home with the parvenus, to invite their con• adeno. and hold out a helping and friendly hand to tlhem in their aootal dUemutoe. Ae a matter of fact Sirs. Gol- ling ionognized tint ,Tudith had been e, great deal more helpful than Lady Glen - court. Lady Gi1tucouat had told her who to ask, but Judith had bold her way. It quite took Mas. Golking's breath away. the wary Judith placed everybody in di& fereni, niches, and the want of awe with which she stroke of people who whirred her, Mrs. Gulling. Por, from having ba longed for so long to a vuigaa' mast, Mrs. Gelling had completely last all tradition of her own world, and spoke as ho would have spoken. Oh, they are not realty smart." Lady Jtulith would say of people, whom Mrs. Gobbing bad thought ween quite on the crest of the wav0. "0th, they aro nobody tri particular." "She's awfully caudal, are you going to have her?" of a woman who was reputed the beat -dressed in London. "011, you must have them, they're tre• mondouctly . don% you (snow, they' would' never forgive you, and they can do so mama," This about Decide who seemed primitive almost, fn their • want of charm, in ;their rugged simplicity, in their trumpy)em, "No, not that ma.n, he line disappeared." She drew a line through "Hugh Glover" on 0, lic11 copied from some onto of two years ago, when Hugh Gbover. leas Mild asked about. Not him, not him." She drew {t bins :through Sir i11tlbert's name and one or isother' men she didn't wand to meet. Danvers was Initialer to Japan now. She intended this party to be one quite congenial, and not:w•ithetamding that ber mother had tusked some of them, oho tabooed all tho50 who could harm her at odd momenta. u al Rio. ellin ' pre. She wiped out 1 G g a 1 conceived nmttous of smart stately, as un- derstood tbrough a rn!sty telescope es it were, either 00 a gill In a broken down Tudor hottSe of her fa,tlter'o, or front the Caste. Peers appt pee0etasee it 4mp0ared, could bo out ofeverything, and upstart little Americans and ,Jeweetice exceeding• ler in 1t, 51 confused Mme. Gelling a gold deal, and if onoasionally it gave her a &amet to hear how Jndeth spoke of same of the women, the surplpo0ed that it wag imsloesible for 0 git4 in her position not to knew tlheee things, • -while wondering whether it would be neceasary that her own little Johanna "timed for" 0 16110 Aint.loins 5117, Johannesburg, as tato centre from what'll her father 11141 made hie fortune. would have to go 111000gh. the 0ninn radioing proceao a0 ,Tudit1,. Rho de. 'wally lamed net. At, night, for elle was a good woman, elm prayed on her kneee. tl0t ilia, would not he necesatiry, at a later perinea, when she had grown. tufo. 01001 0'3.1, the n11wr1tarl wllle:t enveloped O,er Reda, when she bad unpacked ebasln. all end d fennel eaell One funs wetting in divine .111111cs, lly chlnpwl, sho volved Ibul ever, :furwere 1,0ressary, *11010ld net be. And oho, from an inward simple areal had said somotthing width had borne fruit in Jyultiib'e mina. Doe tilt 1t seem to you, Lady Jedtth, that everybody in iaondon,'I Mean of eateree people like younselvea'tete a great deal of trouble for what alter full the millionaires Gan do 1n a 1113014 with money?" Yee, St was tree. Tide 1!6,11* Johanna, with her Altura mi?!lons, how ea*y it evoald the for her eo marry anyone, coin. Pared wlUh the etruggl0, the fget almost It woe, even for girls who bad not Lady Judith's past to and saleable hut/bands. What fools they Were to fight, Instead of laying down their acme and treating to finding kind capitols la their eurronder, ]it certainly does 800211 510513$4, the wu0 everyone gravitates to London, even those who must know that they have neither the means nor the ab0ity to tope evath the strong flood of new Wallow which has deluged London. Money, yrs, wheat was thee° left for Lady Judith but money? Pots of money it must be. Asad during the days preceding the party of the Goiling'0. Judith found her way almost daily to their house. '1107 Mid dined at the Olaucounts. Lady Glaauoourtvhall mid, "anthe I looks11i 000, Yee, it would bo 61 1'ter to have a talk about it, although there is really noth- ing more to be done. You have made her sand out the list I [tent; well, there 1e- no. Ukingmore to be done than to sit dame and wait to see who 000100, ane Who does not. The Drontons have prom:sed 10 go, eo I 5nppcoe everyone will." She epoko wearily, as if ohs had had a groat deal to do. and as if ahs wondered wby on earth people like the Gollings wanted to get into a otedy. Ie )'t necessary?" she asked. when airs. Galling said that it was so ilnportan,b to got hold of the right people from tho Etat, and Mrs. Gulling didn't quite 'know what to make of her apparent want of detail and interest. "Olt, yea, they are all coming," she said, hardly taking the trouble to listen to Mrs. Gulling at all, then suddenly grow- hig more sympathetic for no a74)ar001 reason except that she felt that brig. Gel- ling rather orttioized her nonalmalance. Lady do- Blain is going, and I Should think that woukl be what you would wish, she never comes to my 7rartie0, but then she's crazy on the suibieut of dia- mends." (To be continued) VIVE LA FRANCE. A Marshal's Baton May Be Found in the Knapsack of Jacques Goujon A good deal is heard of brave deeds that win the Iron Cross and the :Vic. toric Cross, but the heroism that calls for an award of the Medaille Militaire by the French Government seldom reaches us in the despatches. This token of valor is the highest mark of distinction a French soldier can re- ceive, As In the case of the Victoria Cross, only intrepid souls may aspire to the Medaille Militaire. The wearer is among the bravest of the brave, and he finds himself in a select com- pany. He is honored with that gener- ous envy oharacteristic of the rank and file of the French army. One of the youngest soldiers upon whose breast the decoration has been pinned in the great war is Jacques Goujon, a boy of 17. Jacques volunteered at the begin- ning of the war. He knew nothing of the school of the soldier. Ile was simply the raw material of which heroes are made, and he soon proved himself one. The opportunity came when, with some of his comrades, he was ordered to locate machine guns of the enemy that had been very troublesome. The little party dia. covered the hiding place of the guns, but only after two German sentries were shot down. Before the quick - firers could be seized the French were attacked by a superior force and all but Goujon ware killed. The lad dis• appeared into a hollow made by a shell, and remained therefor 3 hours until the coast seemed to be clear. Emerging from his hole in the earth Jacques did not immediately return to his own lines, but decided to ex- ecute the orders given him, Being an inexperienced soldier, Jacques spent no time in speculating about the reason why the machine guns, of which there wore three, had not been removed by the Germans. Two of the guns he at once destroyed with bombs, and in the very act the boy was taken prisoner. But Private 1 BENSON'S Corn Starch in the famous Yellow Package Don't asic mere- Iyfor'comstarch' or even for 'the best starch', but insist on BENSON'S —the `Quality Starch' with a reputation gained by half a century's ex- perience, AT ALL GROCSE3RS Goujon was not done yet. With ready wit and a pair of nimble legs he made his escape while being con- ducted to the rear, Later Jacques, pulling the remaining quick -firer, ap- peared in the French camp. No de- tails are given in the meagre dispatch of how the boy achieved this coup. Probably darkness favored him. We know only that the Medaille Milltaire was bestowed upon him, that he was mentioned in an order of the day by the adjutant of his regiment, and that he was promoted to corporal, We have an idea that there is a marshal's baton in the knapsack of Jacques Goujon, although since he was honored in the presence of his comrades a shell has blown off one of lits arms. 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I e1 IIII l. f �Ih r;.:. :•3 rtl �iµCat,7e'iY���'tiG 60 years ago Grandfather got an individual sugar package— "Ye Olde Sugar Loafs nsadebyJohn Bedpat h, in what was then n;Idl'k_only Bupir Kefine "` e r �il cid.?�p71o �.�Toad Now, at less than half the price, his grallddattII�u''er gets a much improvearticl also "individuatl' — lr •aaataall", Extra Granulated Sugar in Sealed Cartons and Cloth 'a s 2•lb. and 5•ib. 10 2 ,o,5oandloolb. "Canada's Favorite Sugar for three Generations" CANADA suGAlt REFINING c0,, LIMITED, MONTREAL, h'it,iV)ya., 128 1011 1,..•LJtrcYaa, r'rl�?�¢•to'•%;:r�i%tilt:%,'.:i!;..>,..:fY i.., �Y�tP/� 1 r•. Sr :a•:r•:•:.'•`'¢: , p'r' +P!�'�'N►'i Y b e On the Faru. do iitva,iswasivia s Standard Weights for Vegetables, >tdoes not appear to bog general- ly - ly known that -the Dominion Gov- ernment last year, under the title of "An Act to Amend the Iuspee. tion and Sale Act," passed it bill fixing standard weights for vege- tables, which came into force on January 1st, 1915, These standard weights per bushel are as follows: Lbs. Artichokes ,.... ..... ,. 56 Beans , , .... , 60 Beets . .,,, 50 Blue grass seed 14 Carrots . 50 Castor beans 40 Clover .seed 60 Hemp seed 44 Malt . 36 Onions . 50 Parsnips , 45 Potatoes . ,. 60 Timothy seed . 48 Turnips . 50 Weights per hag are: Lbs. Artichokes . 64 Beets . '75 Carrots , 75 Onions . 75 Parsnips . 65 Potatoes . 90 Turnips . 75 A barrel of potatoes, unless a barrel o6 specified size, kind orcon- tent by measure is specially agreed on, mast contain 165 Dominioa standard pounds of potatoes. Any person selling, or offering for sale, by the hag any of the vege- tables specified above, in case such bag does not contain the number of standard pounds mentioned, 's liable to a penalty not exceeding $25 for a not exceeding $50.* Loss -off In Spring Litters. Mortality has ruled high in the spring litters of pigs for years past. For many years it seemed to be increasingly so. During the pre- sent season, however, the mortal- ity has been mush lighter than a year ago, and this apparently gen- erally throughout Ontario. Farmers are learning a more practical way of caring for the brood sow. The use of more pro- tein in their foods, the value of ventilation and dry quarters, of exercise and good care, are being learned by our farmers, and they are taking pains to see that their new stables and buildings do not deny these to the hogs or other live stock. Hogs of True 'Bacon Type. Thin hogs are the reports to hand from the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Thin hogs are also heard of from our stockyards and abattoir's. Perhaps the high cost of grain may have had something to do with it. But if so, it would seem to have been it poor kind of economy. Hogs that are well fed mature earlier, and' it is a poor business to feed a hog poorly for five days if you could gat the same results by feeding him well for one day. Keeping the Horse Clean. A brush or sponge is not a good thing to use around the nose of a horse when cleaning him. Lt scratches and irritates the tender skin.. Use a set, damp cloth for the nose and around the eyes. Only a soft cloth or the bare hand should be used on the ears. Wipe out the dirt, and rub the ear, and do not neglect to look for ticks and maggots. When you wash a hor'se's legs, get all the soap out of the hair and dry well, especially around the feet. Soap left there causes irrita- tion and sometimes sores. If the horse is a heavy drafter with long hair or "feather" on the back of the iegs. you can day ib by rubbing in handfuls of hardwood sawdust until the sawdust is so dry it falls .off. This leaves the long hair oily and silky. In fine stables they use bran for this pur- pose. Fruit Prospects Goner/611y Good. Apples and email fruits are gen- erally in fine condition. The com- ing season will witness the coming into bearing of many new orchards, and the presept:pr'Cspecbs are for Ulettllar big crop, Small fruits, eto,J are 5),,.§o repo}'tett to have win- tered to fine ebYiartiol. h I'Iis Stoprach ramal. I Mr. Dowbleohin was the despair of his socially ambitous better -half. They had been dining with some friends, at whose abode they had; unfortunately, arrived a little lai,v, 4,11.d now, on ,the homeward journey, `%a'--zas qu ' '10tent that the lady was not in tllT "l1 8f 7ft' tempers, i� atoy r Were you thinking of, o1 nebb aal[l, ,`tn . o"ke ,your. wax 440 Feat ,at the-14bll"..ythoub first gr 3 i it the Hostess 1'. r'Wobl il•Ijsst l C 'e licca the hue." band, With a broad �`p b�te, "1 reek. onecl the hostess as •alt calf her would keep; but, judging tont tho Tattle of the knives, and forks, tho' 'grub' seemed in danger of disap- pearing.'' ies - peering," i3 n