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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-02-08, Page 6That's H jp Clean ai9ti " " -' Free Krona. Dust Sealed Packets Only - Never in Bulk Black—Mixed—Natural Green E 212 The Bride's Name g Or, The Adventures of Captain Fraser but his rabid desire to get away from the Plage end never see it again eould� not have been cur passed by the latest bitter teetotaller Vint over breathed. alis greatest truublo ‘1,9111 with Por - son, whew limpet -like (menthe; were ti source of never -]'ailing concern to the arnfortunato mariner. Did be ascend to the drawing -room and gaze ycctrn- iugly from the windows at the broad stimuli of Father Thames and the re aft dropping down on the ebb -tide to the sea, Uncle Porson, sallow flee and unclean of collar, was there to talk beery romance of the (wean NU he retire to the renals yard at the rear of the premises and r'aee from the back door at the passing life of u Chelsea b .-street, Uncle Porson was look - The Best hours for Whiter Feeding. *I they have been drifted over, known Considerable has been written re -'fully the satrsfatu-4 Wortley by have the feeding of horses in SQ f:u, ing his work up-to-datte every evening. I If more than one roan is to work as hours of feeding are con meal. i tin airy penning job let it be decided Some would seed twice a day, stimr lbeforehand which an le to be the boos; three times dally; others would give I this saves time, and goes some way the regular daily allowance }n fon' 1 toward ensuring nu even appearance • trig over his shoulder, pointing out different lots, We must, in Level' 1 of the orchard when the work is 'milkmen with Itielorits, and cabmen, feeding niweya tretnrmbc:r that the bursars stonuirla is rather as smell til'- toughed, With three or more mesa. it fair, and Unit the 'hire's digestive guys to haus ,the boss on the ground system Is not equipped to handle all the. time, so that he can see that no mistaken ideas are introduced by purge cluuntitios to tt short time slit) f rho worltsnen, f}f:ient to Jest for many hours there- A reasonably fine saw, in good Shupe after, Tho nature of the horse's and of the regular cntpenter style, digestive butt is such ns to jndiente with a handle that will not cramp the that smelter feeds and morefrcmrent, band of the worker, is about the only but always given with tloy,t wide- tool needed, except the small pruning would bo more deajrnhle at mor.• wide- shears which can be carried in 11 ly separated intervals, On the aver- pocket. A lotg-handled pruner luny age farm during' the winter season prove useful end can be used all the the feeder does not. rise very early, time bye man 011 the ground, but the and it is safe to say that the horses saw and shears are sufficient on a in the average form stable do not get one-man job where a ladder has to • their first feed before seven o'clock be moved about anyhow. in the morning; get their• second feed The good condition of the snw- arouncl about twelve, and either enc The is the most important matter m or two other feeds later in the any.• 'regard to the pruning tools, ainl a Where three feeds a -day are relied man who cal file his saw properly is upon, we would favor giving one-half worth as much mors than another, as the hay in two feeds; our somewhere ! ie will cost to have the saw filed every .with a palet. The eece1141 week Of his stay was drawing to a close before ho fully realised .the horror of his position, Iris tout which ,had been giving him considerable trouble, WAS getting much better, though it VVASS by no means well enough to give lam e chance in a foot- race with Mr Put • ou er Chulell and as the family at the "Blue Posts" re - o iced the improvement the attentions et his perr anal attendants were re - tar; thtr.t ht somewhat misplace doubled, The key of his bedroom tCHAPTER XIV,—C,ont'tlj. g diem was turned every night. after he "Weil, I don't know much about left her Broom, he arm, are slow y had retired. a discover, he Mel mads , " the housekee er, luulcing' 1. t't the room, her departure beim, tee first night, after carefully dressing round said p the signal fur a general break-up, By appealjugly, "I heard yea, tilos •and threes the com atuv clriftet true flight and spending an hour over speaking to somebody at the door in a, si,.lwly up the road in her wake, while the composition of a farewell note to loss voice." „ . !Captain Barber, going in the other files Tipping. There was no chance "It wasn't a low voice, interrupt- direction, accompanied Captain Nib- of reerhing the roof from his bedroom eel Mrs. Banks, sharply. left's party as far as the schooner, in window, and the pavement below of- "Ttrell, I couldn't hear what you were order that he might have the opport- Bleed hint his choice between a wed- side saying, -and then when you went out- vhetheryouwere!unity unity of saying tt few well-chosen ding and a funeral. I asked you weeds -to Mr. Green on the subject of And amici all this the fiction was }nod of preserving him from going; home you Said 'yes, pleetay. • _' his law you? "It it ado t been for me tlpPntg lm 1 less £oes and 11111 own loran-� around six or seven o'clock in the' dey, - "Are you sura she said she was gu_'the wink, so as to let him know what renient devotion to duty, A struggle morning, rho other at noon, the other) A green hand can be Put to work Mg home? said Mrs. Banks's broth e„„ ,e was to go on when I came for escape was not to be thought of, 4 half of the hay to be fed when cltoring •nn the removal of dead branches until er-in-lave, in an awful voice, as the old' down, where should 1 'nee been?" he as the full measure of his deceitful- up for the night, which may be done he be lad sank back in her chane. e ' - nde of Captain Niblette. nese would transpire in the event of some time between six and eight gins to understand the practice Yes," said Mrs. Church, with a fine demanded that astonished mariner, with failure, and the wedding draw nearer of a more experienced in worker; the show of reluctance. i a helpless shake of the head, glee it day by day, while his active brain wan weloelc. The grain ration could very i points to be emphasized in giving hint There was a dead silence, dmiug still casting about in vain for any well be divided into two feeds; one first instruction being the making of which they all heard the smelling - pup' means of escape. M T p g in mortji�htafterc watering, and the fleet cute and the avoiding of leaving salts droll Next Tues emir. Istnbq Where heavy branches have a saidMrs, Tipping of night, watering. • "If this man said Captain Barber ] CHAPTER %V. to her step -daughter, as they sat ju :loon a turnip, a couple of carrots, or to be taken out bemuse of their being was ill at Mxpledon, Mrs. didn't you' The,"Blue Posts," Chelsea, is an old the much -decorated drawing-1opm one a manger might be given to good acs- dead or having received severe injury atelmiidl yacontinued voice. "I think time prive -house pleasantl•y sitalated afternoon, "slog ll he Mrs. who was sitting met if anybody ought to ::tis known, it by tonh amongst with an e servants c - to hhe Skippess r, looked at him languish - should h been me g i "I' all a fuss about nothing," saidj'busmen, and other skilled judges o ergly, and put her head on his should - "It's 1i2 G brazenly. "She stayed' good Boer, he subtle. and delicate per -I t d to fume of which limier Mr. teen, 1 i nor pervades the `I can hardly believe it," site said, out a bit too late, and then wantscoyly. put it all on to me." I Place from cellar to garret, and ]leer Flower, who was in the same pre - A good Samaritan picked up the 1more than once taken the police on dicament acted bar head tenderly, smelling-saltsir'nose, and held hem to the 1pres to the. k door, ander the ok- as being easier than replying. Tip - relatives a nose, while her scandalised;P Pression that something wanted look- And I must say," said Mrs. Tip - relatives discussed the situation in; ing into. in regarding the pair, "I'm a plain hurried whispers. The brother -lit-' To some men imprisonment in such roman, and I speak my mind, tht if law eyed her with bewildered accents; a place would have been little short of it was me I should want to know more proval, and in the disjointed accents; ecstasy. In the heat of summer they about him first." peculiar to surprise was heard to make would have sat in the cool cellar amid, ' m (I'm quite satisfied, ar;' said Miss of the words "friskiness" and "gal- barrels of honest beer; in winter, they Tipping, without raising her head, livetting" and "old enough to know would have led the conversation cosily' 'There's your raising relations to be sat - Her seated around the tap -room fixe. Fort isfied Matilda," said Uncle Porson, in Her relatives' remarks, however, exercise, profitable employment at the an important voice, caused Mrs Banks comparatively lit- beer -engine in the bar; for intellectual Miss Tipping raised her head and ale pain. Her attention was fully exercise, the study of practical chem- favored the interrupter with a baleful taken up by the housekeeper, in istry to the cellar, stare, whereupon Mr. Porson, stretch. whose satisfied smile site saw a per- 1 To Captain Fred Flower none of , h,g his neck feebly, glanced at Mrs feet recognition gnition of the reasons for there things appealed. He had visit -1 Tipping for support her action of the previous evening. ed the cellar certainly—in search of "Our relations needn't time to see She got ftp from her chair, and with subterranean exits; he had sat in the a stateliness which her brother -in -1 tarp-roum-close to the open window; THREE .viTAL, QUIgSTinees Are you full of energy, vital force, cod general good health? Do you know- that good digestion J ■ tho leoodation of good health; Paine and ore oresion fo stomach and cheat atter outing, with constipation, headache diazines', are sure signs of Indigestion. Mothm.3,44el•e Syron, the greet herbal remedy and tonic, will euro you. •n'`g AFTER 6M EALS TAKE ra1F. MOTHER sr 1 AN 4 -y'BANISH _ STOMACH `'' P,cs TROUBLES At all Druggists, er direct 05 r00011521 el prise, tin and 51,'.!0. The large bo O t comnina three times as nuc}: as the smaller, A. J. 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Apply to COMMODORE A1MILIUOJ JA1tViti Navel P oo••ultina Officer, Ontario Aron 103 Boy Street, TORON'CO, ow Dept, of the Novel Iorviao OITAWA vantage. it is better to make two cuts rather But we believe there is a better than run the risk of the heavy branch method of feeding than this. Where splitting and carrying the spilt down the horses get their morning feed about seven o'clock and a noon feed about twelve, both representing fair- ly small quantities of hay, and where they are watered in the afternoon around four or five o'clock, es is usual on these short days, we believe. they would do better to have a very small allowance of hay just after this evening watering and sufficient to keep them quiet until seven or eight o'clock at night, when they can be very well fed a regular night feed of hay, composing the hulk of the hay ration for the day and their eats, and be bedded down for the night. The horse is a restless animal, anti the quieter he can be kept the better. We would favor this latter system of feed- ing,us,° said his niece at length. "Re's - with the roots at noon as pre - marrying me, not my relations."viotusly mentioned. We would water "He's snaking me his uncle, at any twice a day, and the late feeding at rate," said Mr. Parson, with a sudden night takes the attendant to the barn access of dignity. uvi� "You don't mind, Fred, do -.,vu asked Miss Tipping, anxiously. "I'd put up with more than that rate. for your sake," said Flower. "I needn't tell people," Start I'rnnjn • Now. That's all very fine,"said Mrs. Tip- ping, tailing up the cudgels for the It is necessary to start the pruning, sreechless and glaring victim of these of the apple orchard some time in pleasantries, "but there's no mystery about your uncle; everybody knows February at the latest. There ace him. He doesn't disappear just as some other jobs for which the farmer be is going to get married, and be wishes to pick good days about this brought back in a • cab months after- time of the year, such as drawing weeds. Be isn't fall of secrets ire the ice, salving up the woodpile told kow.mustn't tell people who ought to killing hogs, and with all these attend - row•' secret 111 my life,' ed to there is not too much time left '•Never ]cep' a" agreed Uncle Parson, whose head was for pruning before Spring's work be - buzzing under this unaccustomed gins to crowd in. praise. No matter what the system of prun- "I know quite enough about Fred," ing, or whether the cutting be heavy said Miss Tipping, tenderly; "whets I or light, one thing should always be want your opinion, mar, I'll ask you remembered when pruning in Valuate for it,t' in a country where snow is to be me. ed Tipping's reply was interrupt- er! by the entrance of a young man peered frequently, that is, to pick up from the jeweller's with four brooches the brush as you go; only a person for Flower to present to the brides- who has had to straighten out and maids. Mrs. Tipping had chosen burn tangled branches and twigs after them, and it did not take the hapless skipper long to arrive at the conclu- sion that she was far fonder of brides- maids than he was. His stock of matey was beginning to dwindle, and the l?urchase of a second wedding suit! within a month was beginning to tell even upon his soaring spirits. "There's another thing about Fred I don't quite like," said Mrs. Tipping, as she sat with the brooches ranged upon her capacious lap; "he's extrava- gent I don't like a mean man, but one who flings his money away is al- most as bad. These 'ere brooches are very pretty, and they do him. credit, hut I can't say but what some- thing cheaper wbulcln't 'ave done as well." "1 thought you liked them," said the indignant Flower, "I like thein well enough," said Mrs. Tipping, solemnly; "there's nothing to dielike in tlteni. Seems to me they meet have cost a lot of money, that's a11-1 suppose I may make a remark?" Flower changed the subject, and turning to Miss Tipping began to speak in a low voice of their new home. Miss Tipping wanted a sort of Eden with bar improvements, and it was rather difficult to find. They .had discussed the matter be- fore, and the wily skipper had almost quarrelled with his bride -elect over the part of the country in which they were to live, Miss Tipping holding out for the east coast, while Flower hotly chsmpianed the south. Mrs. Tipping, with seine emphasis, had suggested leaving it tectal after the honeymc but a poettc advertisement of an inn in Essex catching her daughter's eye, it was decided that instant inspection should be made. ('1'Q be .ontinuorl), Wanted To Know. "Who a,'rre Adam and 7:ve. grand- ma?" "Thee wore the first- men ami wo- olio then." Were t. a '(,Li ted with rent, grieid111a ?" where he can see that everything is all right, and tends to keep the horses quiet until morning. ---Farmer's Advo - 'rile only flour publicly and unreservedly guarn»teed _. not bleached, not' blended, beyond the point of cutting; this trou- ble can, however, be avoided if an un- dercut is put in to a fair depth before. cutting from above is started. The fellow who chases after popu- larity is apt to win few real friends. A good reputation is the product of. self-respect. Egamsssomumatresman The best sugar for the sugar bowl is Laitatic ._ Its purity and 'fine" granulation give it the highly sweeten- ing power. It dis- solves instantly in your teacup or on your breakfast cereal. 2 and Cartons ar Pui' e 10 and 20-1b Bags 8 "The AK -Purpose Sugar's Phenomenal Strides Rade By Canadian Northern Railway System in First Year As Transcontinental New System in the Past Year Carrried Approximately 131,000,000 Bushels of Wheat, an Increase of 125 Per Cent. Over Previous Year, Company's New Mileage on Pacific ,Coast and Northern Ontario Makes Astonishing- Showing Right from Commence- ment of Operation. Company's Lines Most Favorably Located. From Our Own Correspondent. such important centres as Vancou- Toronto, February 9th, I ver in tate West, and Montreal in The phenomenal gains that the, the East. Canadian Northern Railway reportsCompany's Earning Power. for its year as a transcontinental) The development that is sure to bo line makes the statement ono of the most favorably received by every - most important that has ever been body who is following the growth of issued by any rseilway in Canada., the larger Canadian railways will It is even doubtful whether the comefromthe fact that the Canadian tremendous increases in. business Northern Railway has come within handled have ever been duplicated hailing distance of earning its total by any system in the world. There fixed charges, the deficit for the are many features to the report' year being bruught down to less that snake it of special import to than a quarter of a million dollars, every Canadian, owing to the 1n- a reduction from the previous year tercet the country has in the build- of almost $1,400,000. As wag to be ins; up of this important transcon-I expected, ti great proportion of the tincntal line and the attractive ter- increased revenues come from the ritnry that has been developed'large crop gathered in the Canadian through the completion of the sys- I West in the .fall of 1915, but since tent. The feature of the report,that time there has been a marked that is likely to be especially gr•ati-increase in the general freight Tying is that which shows the pro-, traffic handled over the lines, and m}nent part the Cana.clian Northern, I during the first four months of the with its transcontinental system, current fiscal yell:' gross earnings has been able to play in handling ; have continued to show large in - such a large proportion of the grain! creases over the corresponding per - requirements of the Mother Coen- iods of the year now under review. try. Perhaps the most striking develop- Right evelop- Rig ht along it has been the con meat in this connection is that it is ie•. tendon of Sir William Mackenzie the month of October that the and his associates that it was only !heaviest grain movement occurs, a matter of a very short period be-! and yet in October, 1916, the gloss fore Canadaeand the Empire wotadi earnings showed a gain over those enjoy the benefits of the big sys- of the same month in the previous tem that had been built up across , year. As the grain crop was very the Dominion', and the showing much lighter, this evidently in - made in the report dedicates thatdicates that the growth in the traf- theso hopes have been realized fie in other commodities has more much earlier than it would have than offset the lighter grain move - been thought possible when the ment of the year now being report - transcontinental system was set in operation a little over a year ago. Important Gains of Year. A .few of the outstanding lea - tures of the report are as follows An increase in freight traffic dur- ing the year of $8,352,412, equiv- ed on. Some of tho interesting features of the Board of Directors report as indicating the position of the line and the progress it has made in- clude the following : An agreement of great import - Meet to as much as 45.87 per cent.; mice in the development of the increase in passenger traffic, $717,- System's freight and passenger 246, of a gain of 13.25 per cent,; traffic was made with the Cunard an increase in total operating Steamship Co. In future the Gun - revenue of $9,564,168, or 36.91 per at•d Line and the Canadian North - cent. over the previous year. That ern Railway will be, in fact, a single the company's lines handled oveg transportation unit between Europe 131,000,000 bushels of grain is and Canada. proof positive that the railway has The possession of such 'favorable been located in the best grain grades as those on the Systems rowing areas of the West. lines has given the Canadian The exact grain traffic handled Northern an already impOvtasit ad amounted to 131,978,809 bushels as vantage in the economy of opera - compared with 58,575,520 bushels tion, particularly h1 carrying the in 1915, or an increase of 73,403; two commodities offering in largest 280, equivalent to an increase of as volume vis.: Waive and grain. much as 125,81. per cent. The main line of the Canadian That the Company has been able Northern Railway 'from Quebec to to make such striking gains in the Vancouver is superior to any line amount of traffie handledover• its crossing the continent of America lines will undoubtedly De more in points of grade and curvatures ei udily appreciated when it is re- favoring traffic, membered that it was only operated The lines of the Company's sys- as a transcontinental system dur- tern are now serving 75 per cent. ing the last seven of the twelve of the aggregate population of the months of the fiscal year, and when cities tied towns of all Canada, hut' - it is recalled that last winter the ing 6,000 inhabitants and over. weather conditions in the Western The present situation emphasizes provinces, and more particularly in the fart that the Railway is not as British Columbia, were the most dependent upon grain crop move - severe that had been experienced in meat as in the. past, and in he- a great many years, in feet, in coming transcontinental has accjuir- some instances, were the most (life ed a highly diversified traffic, The flcult that Canadian railways had ever to meet in that part of the country. It should also bepoint. ed out that the Company had the disadvantage, owing to the condi- tions arising from she war of be- i ithout its own terminals in developments of the year confirm the Directors in the belief that they strongly held, that •the ultimate prosperity of the Canadian Nurth- ern Railway System is measurable only by the prosperity of the Dorn.• inion of Canada. - FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST .FUt)M19 BBB BANI2S AND BRA M. What is Going On In tho llitlhlAndn and Lowlands of Auld Scotia, Matthew Park has been appointed ellttilmnn of the Greenock Parrish Council, Rev. Doneld McInnes, of Tires, .Argyllshire, died recently, at the age of fifty-five. The Alarm= of Bute taus lleen `, elected convener of tht' .othesay Town Council, Tho amount realized tit 'be last freewill offering sale at '.horlthill Mart was 4931, The Edinburt,'h Ayryritire ;'tub are giving rr 480 bursary' for ,, Irl'? ses- sion of Edinburgh University - At the last meeting of ria Teviot- dale Dairy Comnany `10 been. of 220 was granted to the employes, Another batch of 242 nareels has been sent to headquarter, by the Red Cross Society of Dalbeattie. David Torrance bas been appoint- ed chairman of Menzies and ?lonkton and Prestwick Parish Council. At a special meeting of the Ayr- shire Agricultural Associtttien it suns decided to hold the usual show this year, The treasurer of the Ayr Harbor Trustees reports that the coal ship- ments for the past year were 1,004,- 842 tons, Ninety-five bags of potatoes were distributed among the dtsorving poor pf Blairgowrie by W. 0. Mac- pherson. The Corporation of Edinburgh has appointed Councillors Yoting and Hutchinson and the Medical health Officer as representatives to the Child Welfare Conference in Glas- gow. 'John Reid and John Mc7,amont have been. appointed Coministlioners of the Income Tax Appeal Court, Rothesay. BRITISH FOOD PRODUCTION. Revival of Agriculture as Result of Ravages by Submarines. The never-ending ravages' l)y Ger- man submarines upon British' ,and neutral , shipping are .interfering se- riously with food su5plies to the Motherland from overseas. In a re- cent three months' period 470 ::hips have been sunk, of which 187 were British. Most oe the neutrals were carrying cargoes tsi, ;Best t1n, l It therefore, of the highest importance that the people of the United King- dom take most radical 'iiieaaures to grow more food at home. In 1917 there will lye an immense casi'rpai},•n to this end, to relieve pressure on di- minished shipping resources, and save on foreign purchases, The Board of Agriculture, under Mr. Prot.hero, is undertaking radical m.n1ures to stimulate production on all ,..dei, The Food Controller,- Lord Devon- port, has fixed prices to farmers for wheat, oats and potatoes, assuring them high returns. But Mr. Prothero proposes the forming of committees in every county to supervise produc. tion. In villages every possible ',crap of land is to be cultivated, pig clubs are to be formed, and seed furnished for garden production. The county committees are to make surveys, and to have the right to enter upon any farm to inspect cultivation, and take possession of it if not cultivated. The speeding up of agricultural Iabor is to be assisted by the War Office through the use of German prison- ers, of interned aliens, of consciena tious objectors exempt from army service, and, on special occasions, of soldiers in training. Corps of women are to be mobilized on a military syse tem, paid as soldiers and billeted as required, to help on the land. Motor plows, steam cultivators,. steam threshing and other machinery will be provides} by the board, with men specially released from the army for their operation, Special imports of feeding stuffs have been arranged with the shipping authorities. In fact, almost as much attention is being given to farm production as to regu- lar war organization. The British people ,neglected agri- culture considerably in recent years because with their large mercantile marine they could import foodstuffs from the United States, Canada, Russia, Australia, India and other big producing countries at a price an low as the domestic value in these coun- tries, and by buying abroad, create a demand for British manufactures, But the demands of war upon the merchant marine, both for British and Allied purposes, and the losses by submarine have forced the British to the conclusion that they must pro- duce extensively for themselves. They grew, before the war, only one-fourth of their food. Now the endeavor must be to grow three-fourths of it. That would closure independence of any submarine campaign that might be launched by Germany, ege German Propaganda in China. The Germans have acquired two • scurrilous newlpaper,;.,;yl.Norh China w11ieh I iia gg of ear -:....ter- t10n among the Cil.neic. -'heir Overseas News service snpp]ins the Pekin columns daily with fanciful war news. Much of thio 1' unietelligible to the v. 11ehe, tee !'.; e'+"va frequently contaitis ,' ,g to the -allieq. a•