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I SELL
Town and Farm Properties. Call and
see my list and get my prices. I have
some excellent values.
J. Ga STEWART
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Phone 184 Office In Town Hall
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CHIROPRACTIC •
It le easier to keep well than to en
cover lost health. Chiropractic Ad -
piedmonts is the Eey to Better Health.
They remove the Cause of -Disease.
DR. J. ALViN FOX
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DRUGLESS PHYSICIAN
OSTEOPATHY
DR. F. A. PARKER
Osteopathic Physician, only qualified
Osteopath in North Huron.
o Adjustment of the spine is more
quickly secured and with fewer treat-
ments than by any other method.
Blood pressure and other examina•
ions made.
OFI=iCE OVER CHRISTIE'S STORE
Of the Anieriean, ettsutatiee elate to
gas in the Great War, vole 19' • pee
«iitt. weep fatal.
'Pho :kin of tee Liman, ila.i,t i s
sovcnty-five time k as thiel. ae that
ten of the eyelid.
Brisk vwat±1;ing wet c:o a:; t+,ucit to
entente laf nlf h as ate forte tf ever -
rise.
-- Central Ontario Women's institutes Convention
LO.
Why Smith's Ad D:d 1 t Pay. '
John Smith, a dairy farir er, p.:t this
advertisement in his loco1 farm pettier,
when he had ten heavy milking Iiol-
FOR SALE -Ten cows. Prices reaeon-
able. JOHN SMITH, , Ont.
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because of a
r off be
ca
stela grades to' turn
shortage of feed; Then he suit back
and waited heteis. 0 'y a small
percentage .of the -farmers. who read
that advertisement, and were on the
rnarl et to buys answered it, Those
who did answer, asked a 'number of
questions. How old were the caws, i
what breed what price, what were
the milk reeords?
Smith had to answem these fetters
and wait again for replies, only to
find that <a -few wanted Jerseys, others
waisted fresh cows, others wanted
purelzreds, and still others wanted-
ehea'per cows.
In the meantime his feed got short,
concentrates kept climbing in price,
and he wanted to sell the cows, des- I
, perately. Finally he sacrificed the ten
head at about half their true value to
the neighbors and the local shipper.
These buyers took the cows because
they knew the stock, and knowing
Smith's financial embarrassment, they
could drive a sharp bargain. Smith.
decided that advertising did not pay.'
Certainly it did not pay John Smith.
Tom Jones put this advertisement
in his local farm paper:
TEN heavy producing grade Holstein
cows, 5 years old. Price $100. each.
Fresh in September. Forced to sell
on account of feed shortage. TOM
JONES,
In the return mail Jones had not
only answers but also offers irom
fermate who wanted just what the
advertisement offered, Holstein grade
cocas soon to freshen, five years toad,
and were wilding to pay about $100
apiece for them. He sold all his stock
within a few days, easily, and et his
owm price. His weld -planned adver-
tisement required only a few letters
direct to real buyers., and later a few
post cards to others, saying that the
cows were sold,
Jones --probably figured it out like
this: "I will put in my advertisement
ell the facts I should want to know in
buying -wage, condition. breed, quality,
production, price, and reason for sell-
ing." The advertiseent answered all
of these questions. He decided it
would sre'.4 cows to him -therefore, it
mot seal cows to other farmers. too.
The secoiZd advertisement was more
than twice as Iong as thetfirst and.
coat mere than twice as much, but
brought resuI!ts where the incomplete
adveatisemenrt failed.
The clavesielted advertising columns
of good`'farm papers offer good mar-
kets to tamers., but there are several
things to remember when writing the
in \ n'
a.ivertisement. Men who make a
business of preparing cl•assifie,l aaiver-
tisements check them by a regular set
cf questic":•;,. Here are some +of the
tests wlch they apply: "Does the ad-
vertisement g.. t< complete facts; is
it clear, concise, truthful, interesting,
logical, convincing, correctly spelled,
and punctuated? Is the address cor-
rect and complete?
These few important little things
will help farmers to write result -get-
ting advertisements. If it pays to ad-
vertise, and it does; then it pays to
advertise right.
Good Tools Are Profitable.
It may bo desirable to keep the old
tool :vorking, jest as long as possible,
but it is not necessarily always the
most profita.t ie :thing to do. it must
be remembore.l taut machines are con-
tinually being improved and the time
may came before the machine is worn
out when it shound be discarded be-
came of o'beolcsocne.
Obsolescence as a big word, hat it
means a lot. A machine is obsolete
when the money one loses through its
use would pay for a new machine of
improved type, which would do the
work faster, better, more economical-
ly.
There is certainly such a thing aj
keeping a machine too long. The self=
rake reaper had to give way to the
modern binder. The modern corn
planter dieplaae3 the old hand -oper-
ated type. The process of displace-
ment is coiitinuaily going on.
The modern farmer requires the
best and most up-to-date tools and
equipment. He must of necessity
know the cost of production in order
to know whether his business is profit-
able or not. The use of labor-saving
equipment is the best insurance of
profits. The man with the hoe, the
scythe and the flail has passed, and
the wheels of progress carry the farm-
er of to -day on a good road to sure
profit and pleasure in his business.
The Farm Dumping Place.
Altogethertoo many farmers are
using their immediate surroundings
around the house and barn as a grave-
yard for their old machinery, wagons,
etc.,. gathered there for years, to-
gether, with other useless rubbish,
making an otherwise naturally 'good-
looking place forlorn looking to them-
selves as wela as to passersby. If one
in bound to have such a dumping
granted, why not have it is an out -of-
the -way place and keep the yard clean
and attractive? This can also be ap-
plied to the right-of-way along the
read. Keep the -weeds and rubbish
away from the right-of-way and make
it book clean and nice. One can al-
ways teal what kind of a man rims
the farm when he seee the barnyard
and roadside. and never make a mise
take in the estimate.
afrr
While it is natural for cows to
freshen in the spring it cannot be said
to be most profitable, for in the flush
time we always find a lower price,
while farrni work is then most press-
ing. More than that, a cow will pro-
duce from fifteen to twenty-five per
cent. more by freshening in the fall.
Espeei'al]y is this true if she is given
good care through the winter. The
cow waning fresh in the fall will be a
profitable milker during the season ef
the year •w'hen dairy products sell at
the best price. She will go on grass
in the earl', spring and will again be
flushed to a profitable production for
April, May and June. When pastures
become dry and short and the flies
most troublesome, she will be dry.
Dairy products are high compared
with other farm. produee, and the price
will undoubtedly continue goad until
next June, To get the greatest return
from the cows they Should 'have good
housing and care during the reinter
menth.s. It will well lay any cow
keeper to provide modern equipment
for his stock. Not only wild hot sieve
in time and labor, but through giving
better comfort to his annuals, their
production will ;be increased.
The dairy cow has proven the farm-
er's best friend during these trying
times. It never before wags so neces-
sary to use good cows, give then good
care in modern stables, and take ad-
vantage, of every opportunity to in-
crease their production.
Valuable luable Ex erimennts With
Beef aid Dairy Cattle.
Although a pure-bred herd of
Guereacys, repitsenting the dairy,
and a pure-let:el herd of Shortborris,
repiteenting tee beef breeds:, were
only established on the Dominion Ex-
perimental F'aini - at ?+Tappan, Nova
Seoti'a, early ire the year 1920, some
noteworthy facts regarding them rare
forthcrrering in an interim report of
the Super e:idea$ covering the year
ending March 31, 1921. The coat e?:
fecdt eg is given in detail, along wit".? I
the ruantiti e of the different feed,
eupptlied,arrt]•,'Ahi the «uo of the!
Cutrne ya, esett euIars are supplied of 1
the yield tag* milli o11d Of. the profits,
deelvcd. Tiee Yrsehe of hiller°a's,aosits!
in feeding 26 steers of average beef
type are also set forth. In the first
three months of the year, 14 of the
steers fed on roots and fair clover hay
gained in weight a total of 2,703 lbs.,
and 12 of the steers fed on ensilage
and marsh hay gained 1,918 lbs. The
same meal mixture was given to both
lots and, in addition, each steer con-
sumed 14 lbs. of hay per day. De-
tails furnished regarding four ef the
Guernseys are of special interest, Of
these, ene cow in her full lactation
of 671 days yielded 15,320 ,lbs. of milk,
with 967.15 lbs. of fat and a percent-
age of 6.36, the produce of butter be-
ing 1,137.82 lbs. and the profit real-
ized over.' cost of feed 8427.01. The
other three yielded an average each
orf 7.644 lbs. of milk, and a percentage
in fat of 5.7 in 862 days, at an aver-
age Bost for feed of $175:30, the aver-
age profit per cove being $182.8.
Particulars are also given in the
report of nine years' experiments in
grading up dairy cattle, the? object be-
ing to show the 'value of using pure-
bred sires of good producing milk
qualities on the average dairy cow.
Two breeds were used for this pur-
pose, Ayrahires and Holsteins. Full
particulars are given in the report
referred to. All the other numerous
activities of the Farm, in sheep and
swine breeding and feeding, in poul-
try production, in beekeeping, in field
husbandry, in fruit cultivation; and in
flower culture, are dealt with.
Pure -:reds promote profits.
Economize by working the '`upper
forty" during the winter months•,
- -on--
A New Year's Resolution
200 Years Old.
Resolved to Iive with all my
Haight while I do live; resolved
never to lose one moment of
time. but improve it in the most
preflt•a:ble way I possibly roan;
reeolvcd stoner to do anything
which 1 should elegise or think
meanly of hi another; resolved
never to do anything out of re-
venge; resolved never to do any-
thing which I should be afraid
to do if it were the last hour of
Illy life..-. Jonathan Edwards.
B' GIBSON SCOTT.
The lea of the serics of Institutes
Cantent'olt;s for 1921 was held fore
Central Ontario at Toronto. Thiegras
a':to a gathering iep of the strands of,
ce ol;erative tinily for all' Ontario, f^•r
to this gathering eame delegates with
grcetinga, full of the inspiration of
achievement, from the four assemblies
preeeding it, accounts of which have
already been given in these colurnns,
ilere, too, to the seat of the Pro
rincial Legislature, wane the delega-
tions
ele ga-tions sent by their sister workers, t
confer with the heads of the various
'Government departments, first and
foremostgwhom ameng amo� stand the Min-
ister of Agrieu+lture and the Superin-'
tenclent of Institutes. With these sane
and sympathetic leaders, plans were
discussed for forward work during the
coming year,
Then, there was the Convention'
itself, with its many-sided intreats,'
The keynote of the proceedings was•
happily struck by Lady Falconer,
when in her address of welcome, she
emphasized three things; First, that
they so magnify the art of science of
home -making that it would stand out
as offering the most liberal education
and greatest career open to women.
Second, to bring back the joy in work
which was one of the greatest factors'
in life. Third, to learn and inculcate
that self-discipline which leads to self
and hence a111 -mastery. The retiring
president, Mrs. Todd, in replying,
stressed the desirability of unity
among the provinces, and of a great
national ideal.
In the main, the aims were the same
at this fifth Convention as at the first,
-Health, Education, Recreation, Girls'
Work and Interests, Beautification of
Home and Community. The trinity of
effective co-operation as the Ontario
Women's Institutes know it, namely,
the Institute, the College, the Depart-
ment of State, was very apparent all
through the deliberations.
University Extension Service.
"There is a growing desire for more
edueation.," said Mr. W. J. Dunlop,
Director of the Extension Service of
Toronto University, "on the part of
adults for themselves, as well as for
the children, and people are begin-
ning to realize that the University is
here to serve She proving" He then
outlined some of the extension work
which rural Ontario might bring to
her own doors - Con..spondence
Courses for Teachers or other stu-
I dents, Night Scheele, which were be-
• ing organized so that the Arta Course
night be taken extramurally, and ser -
i ies of lectures to working men on
such subjects as Literature, History,
Psychology, Economics. The demand
for cultural training, in addition to
technical training, was a narked fee -
1 ture in the Farmers' Course of two
weeks, held at the University last win-
' ter. Two hundred and seventy-nine
cane from the counties of Ontario far
two weeks of combinedLholiday and
mental improvement, among them be-
ing three grandmothers, two grand-
fathers, some boys and girls in their
teens, and a large number of young
people, ranging in age from twenty
to thirty. This course will be repeat-
ed this winter from February 6th to
the 18th.
Other centres were organizing
classes locally, and bringing the lec-
turers out to theta. Streetsvilie,
Brampton and Cheltenham were each
doing this.
Better Schools.
Miss K. F. 'MacIntosh, Convenor of
the Standing Committee on Education,
drew attention to the work the Insti-
tutes were doing and could do, in get-
ting and retaining better teachers,
establishing hot lunches, supervising
plays. helping the teacher to find a
eonfortable boarding palace, and in
securing the travelling eellege, or de-
monstration short courses, through
the Institutes Branch of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
Dr. Marty, Inspector of Schools for
Toronto, urged the broad education of
the country child for all round human
living, and to this end commended.
Consolidated Schools, whence not only
might the children havo the advan-
tages of special teachers, but where
the whole community Iife might cen-
tre educationally and recreationally
during the evenings.
Libraries, Music and Story Telling.
Miss Coatsworth, of the Toronto
Conservatory of Music, most delight-
fully led the community singing, and
in speaking on Music for Country
Homes and Communities, said, "All
children are musical. and if they are
put to sleep to the sound of sweet
music, }sear fine and dignified music
in Sunday School, sing glees and melo-
dies from the best composers in day
school, hear the best music on me-
chanical instruments in the homes,
they would later want to study music
fetethemselves, and, in some cases, at
least, create it,"
"It is as unsafe to let the children
choes'e their own books as to choose
their own food," said Miss Lilion
Smith, head of the Children's Departo
melt of the T
o anto
Public Library,
r3
a
o a talk on "Hew-to
Make the Best
Use of the Library," which was follow-
ed by a demonstration in story telling
--which- made the whole Convention
feel like fascinated "five -year-olds for
a magical quarter of an hour, "Re-
place the Alger books and vapid love
stories with the classics in myth and
legend and fable -King Arthur, Gul-
liver, Robinson Crusoe, Anderson;
Grinun, Aesop, the Jungle Books,
Stevenson's work and the stories of
goad novels, so that when he is old
enough the child will unconsciously
demand the best himself," she ad-
vised.
The Superintendent "has a way with
him," and ene result of this was that
a large group of girls, representing
the Girls' Work, in both Junior and
Senior Institutes, were inveigled to
the platform, and, before they or any-
body, quite realized what was happen-
ing, found themselves dashing oft one -
minute speeches to an ,audience of five
or six hundred, much to the delight
of the seniors. Later, the girls organ-
ized a Standing Committee for Girls?
Work for the coming year in Central
Ontario.
Recreation.
"Do not let recreation become com-
mercialized," said Dr. Annie Ross,
Director of Physical Education at
Macdonald Institute, Guelph. "It is
better to get into the game than to be
spectators. Recreation was good for
the health, a preparation for life, a
mental stimulant, and an art. The
child at first wants every toy he sees
for himself. This spirit, if undirected,
will develop an adult who wants the
best of everything for himself. The;
next tendency, to pray house and store
and' school, tante from the desire to
imitate, and might be developed fur -I
ther in dramatics. Then came the in-'
stinet to compete, the age of running.
races, wrestling. fishing, and trapping.
This instinct might be used to develop
in some pupils greater effort in study.
Later, the social instinct developed,
the age of team play, of co-operation
of hand and brain, of accepting both
victory and defeat with a good spirit,
the spirit of good temper and fair play
and an abiding by the rules."
Health.
The Convention rose to its feet, to
pay tribute to the work she had done
for women, and is doing for the whole
world, when Mrs. Pankhurst appeared
on the platform. She spoke on the
seriousness of the results of venereal,
disease, especially to the innocent vic-i
tiros who suffer for the sins of their
fathers. Women were manufacturing
life and they wanted security in their
occupation. They should teach their
children a right attitude to life, create
a right social environment for young
people, and educate public opinion to
the knowledge that if there were no
social evils there would be no venereal
disease. Dr. Margaret Patterson spoke
on books to be used in teaching the
truth about life to young people, and
Dr. MacMurchy on the work of the
Dominion Department of Health.
Miss Brodie, of the Department of
Agriculture, gave an inspiring and
very practical talk on Business Meth-
ods, and Miss Cruikshank, Director of
M.acdonaid Institute, brought greet-
ings frons the college, and reminded
the Institutes of the Packet Loan Lib -
vary Service in connection with Mas-
! sie Library, O.A.C., Guelph, for any
member wanting help in preparing a
paper.
An entertaining feature of the Con-
vention was "Foot Follies," a humor-
ous and instructive filet showing how
we use and abuse our feet, especially
in the way we clothe them.
A Message from the Cabinet.
When on "Department Evening,"
with the Institute lecture star on the
platform and tile•• Minister of Agri -
WESTERN BOX WHO RAISED THE BEStr PIG.
Kenneth McDonald, 13 years of age,
of Oak Lake, Man., with the pure-bred
Yorkshire pig raised by bin:, which
judges at a recent competition at
the Winnipeg Stockyards declared
to be almost an ideal type for the
production of Wiltshire sides.
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The Sunday School L sson
JANUARY 1ST
The Revolt of Jeroboam, 1 Ki
Text -Ex.
Time^ -•About B,C. 937.
Place--S'h�eehenl, Beihel and Dan.
Connecting Links -David succeeded
in welding the various Israelite tribes
inter a nation through his masterful
leadership and through fear of their
common enemy, the Philistines. Solo-
mon succeeded in holding them to-
gether by the thoroughness of his
organization and by the despotic na-
ture of; Itis <adnninistration, But the
Israelites were more conscious of
t ii
r
he tribal distinctions than of their
national unity, and the more natural
state for them was not undon in a
nation, but separation into tribal di-
visions The first show of weakness
or unpopularity do the kingship would
be the signal for revolt among the
tribes and this came with the accession
of Solomon's son. Rehoboam.
I. The People's Request, 12-15.
V. 12. Jeroboam. See eh. 11: 26-40.
"He attracted the attention of Solo-
mon, who promoted him to the posi-
tion of overseer of the forced labor
in the country ofEphraim.A.ccording
to en intimation in the Greek version,
he fortified his native place of Zereda,
and enlisted chariots in his service.
This almost ostentatious indication of
en intention to revolt aroused the
vigilance of Solomon, and. Jeroboam
was obliged to flee to Egypt" (II. P.
Smith). From. Egypt he watched de-
eelopments .in Israel, and pe*eeiv]ng
that the accession of a new king
might -offer the chance of heading a
revolt to his own advantage, he hur-
ried back to Palestine. All the people;
that is, representatives of the tribie
who had come to Shechem, .a central
point, to confer with the new king
before they recognized his elaims to
the kingship. Not accepting as yet the
hereditary right of David's dynasty
to rule, they laid down certain condi-
tions before they would reeognize
Rehoboam's sovereignty: He must re-
lieve the people of the desportie type
of government whieh Solomon had
imposed upon them. (See v. 4.) Re-
hoboam had demanded three days to
think over their demand's, v. 5.
V. 13. Forsook the old men's conn-
sel. See v. 7. The old hien, who had
piobabiy been Solemn's advisers,
counselled a shrewd moderation. Let
the king appear to indulge the people
and serve them, then having gained
their confidence, ho may afterwards
do with them as he pleased.
V. 14. The counsel of the young
men. Unable to appreciate the sturdy
independence of the tribes, they
thought that Rehoboam should be
severe with them from the outset.
They considered that a people were
merely the slaves of their monarch.
Doubtle.s these young men had been
Rehoboa,m's boon companions and as
such had: a strong influence over him.
My father; Solomon. Made your yoke
heavy, etc. The yoke here refers to
heavy taxation and forced labor. A
despotic government suck as Solo-
m.on's galled this liberty -lone -1g people
as the yoke galls oxen. Rehoboam
here pro:pased to exact more dues and
duties from the people than Solomon
had done and thus to gall them still
more with the yoke of oppression.
Whips; a figure for a tyrannous and
despotic government. Scorpions. Not
reptiles in this instance, but instru-
ments of punishment. The "scorpion"
was a long bag of leather stuffed with
sand and provided with spikes and
therefore capable of infiictin r worse
pain than a whip. Rehoboa."" meant
that instead of lightening their op-
pression he was going to malts it still
ha.Yler.
V. 15. A thing the Lord. (Rev.
Ver.) Not that God prompted Reho-
boam to his foolish decision let that
once made. God used it to His own
purpose. The writer could net get
away from the idea that every event
was in some way connected with God's
providence. Establish His word• (Rev.
Ver.l foretold by the prophet Ahija't.
eh. 11: 30-39.
11. Israel's Revolt, 16-17.
V. 16. What portion, etc. "We are
not obliged to accept the rule of the
house of David:" The other tribes
did not recognize the hereditary rigbt
of David's successors to ale aver
nga 12: 12-17,26.30. Gold1e,:i
20; :4,5.
them since David himself breloageetl t.•
the tribe of Judah. To your tents.
"Disperse back to your homes," The
expreesxon is a survival of nornudie:
days when Israe] dwelt in tenth. See
to Ilene own house, David. Confine
your authority to your own Tribe of
Judah.
V, 17. Judele . The tribe to which
David belonged would riattir.;atl']y re-
main loyal to his successors, Hence-
forth there were the two kingdoms,
ha
t f Isrzt 1 in hand that
a e trxt
of Jutdah in the southo. no
III. Jeroboam's Sin, 2640.
V. 27. To offer sacrifices, etc. (Bev.
Ver.) During the reigns of David and
Solonon, the people had formed the
custom of going up to the royal shrine
at Jerusalem to offer their sa eraleeee .
Jeroboam recognized that if this cus-
tom continued it might prove a seri-
ous menace, to his own sovereignty;
so he planned to keep -the people at
home -by improving their keel Asinine
V. 28. Calves of gold; wooden im-
ages overlacd 'with gold, The calf
(properly "bull") . appealed to tete
mind of the people because it erign]fied
strength. Aaron had made a boil iu
the wildernees and eaueed the people
to worship it. (See Ex. 32: 1-6. No
Israelite would think of representing
his own son as bull or calf. much lents
his God. The golden calves were prob-
ably ornaments which were used in
the idolatrous Armes of the Canaan-
ite and were appropriated by Jeno-
boam for the worship of Jehovah. in
setting them up he was attempting
to make the worship at his element
shrines so attractive that the people
would net want to go to Jerusalem to
sacrifice.
V. 29. It is too much; an appeal to
indolence. Behold thy gods. He attri-
buted the daniiveranee from Egypt to
these gods rather than to Jehovah. If
anything was burned -aeon the eon-
seioueness of Israel it was that Je-
hovah had delivered them out of
Egypt. Thus Jerobrnt.•rn watt bleating
the people to apostasy from Jehovah.
Bethel; formerly a Cannranite shrine,
but henceforth the king's •;heel for
the northern kingdom. Dan; another
ancient heathen shrine near tho
soureea of the Jordan at the 'base of
Mount Hermon. In choosing these
two shrines, which were within easy
reach of the northern tribes, Jere -
beam hoped to divert the pilgrimages
away front Jeruselern.
V. 30. This thing became a sin.
From being merely ermaamr nts: the
calves became idols. It should bo
remembered that in the Jerusalem
temple there were oxen as ornanente
but they were never evoarshippeda &h.
7: 2o.
Application.
The leiason throws Iight en •lyse
causes of the social and industrial un-
rest of our own times. It will not do
to throw ell the blame on the employ
era of labor, but this much i' rata
Wherever the attitude of the employer
is selfish and hard, wherever hs rlay
the part of Rehobc'ain, he rust ex-
pect a harvest cf hate and i;*nstility.
After all, the only et a for all our
disputes and difficulties is the new
spirit of brotherhood in the btu -•t:; of
I all the people, not the dura?t,an'te
one group or ela'ss.
King Soloman had some riles _cable
qualities, but he sowed tin seed cf
disunion in his kingdom with a busy
hand. Not that he meant to divide
it, but his oppressive government and
cruel taxation bred snuN:en discontent
amonget his people. This d•]aronteati;
came to a head in the rebellion of
Jeroboam., When the grand nnotnarch
died he left a hard task for his son,
Rehoboatn. The -son was to reap the
harvest whose seed had been s;:; ee by
his father.
The French Revolution was: t ate har-
vest of centuries of neglect or tyranny.
Russia to -day is ,sterving, broken.ewe
fu.ed, because ef her own pa:•t. ,4' w
the seeds, of .su.spscei'en, hatred and
Jealousy, build up ext? ee ., armta-
m,ents, and teach your people }that
every other nation is plotting at..menet
you, and the result will be a war
explosion.
culture chief speaker, Superi,itendent
Putnam took the ebair, rounds of ap-
plause broke forth and the whole Con-
vention burst into "For he's a jolly
good fellow," which was merrily re-
sponded to by a platform answering
chorus, "See him smiling," as the be-
wildered but pleased superintendent
smiled his acknowledgments.
"Our own Minister," Hon. alarming
Doherty, as the home -makers regard
him, was listened to with deep atten-
tion.
"Anything which • the Institutes
could do to bring greatereeffieieney to
the home or lighten the burdens of the
mothers would receive the support of
the Government. The financial prob-
lems of this country were very great,
but all our work would be of little
avail did we not bring sunshine to the
homes." His interest was very great
in the eountry hones. He had visited
remote sections of Old Ontario and
parts of New Ontario and had heard
from settlers' wives something of the
benefits they were getting through the
Institutes. He believed thoroughly in
initiative earning from the homes of
the eomntunity, however, and thought
the part the Government should play
tells to provide the headquarters ma-
eldnety to coordinate the went and
made it effeetive ever the w]t!ole giro -
vireo, leaving the details to be worked
out by the people in eneh locality. Ile
approved of their interest in: building
up agriculture, the beide induziry of
this province, ce, in the way in wltie:h they
were spreacline the gospel ro:o-operaa-
tinIm. final urged even greeter intercet
lar innnigratione espeeiallv in extend
ing their noighborlinee•s eo Ile :fans..
ilies of the new -coiner:.
(Ohm'
C31 UnCer8
A )Year.
A year is like a loaf e,f head,
All fresh and fair and
With every day a little site
From off that loaf for y' z
And sprinkled sc:ntctime ; tln_ratl;h tho
loaf,
To make the flavor good,.
Are raisins---•holidaete feet nine
Exactly as they ?.,hoc ie
The year is Like a lea of wont
So fresh and new and fair.
And viten it's nibbled awa_t
Another waits yon there?
The New Year.
A f"'wer unbtow-a; a book tetiesd,
A tree with fruit i :ha'rvestetl
A path =trod; a house whore menu, •
Lack yet the heart's divine p erfu,nmes.;
A landscape whose wider bordee lie
In silent shade 'ne.ath silent Olt t's,
A worulswus fountain still unsealed
ri
Is this new yea 'yet ainre'tfaletl.
Plant seeds of l:intlaeee aa, ? eon .
vete fields of 9ieigliiborlitiew.si`.
Iletrenedttuent in groin praclwtt ers
-will facilitate soil rebuilding.,