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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-05-29, Page 4THE WINGIIAM ' ADVANCE. May 29, 1902 Ritchie Campbol! Silk Gloves, 25 dozen on sale this -week in all:the latest shades as well as Black, White and Cream; assorted sizes and different lengths. Price 3oc, 4oc,p5oc and 75c per pair. emiledneese Neck Ribbons. Taffetta ribbons for neckwear, White, Cream, Black and all tthe leading shades ; plain and fancy, two qualities. Price 20C and 25C a yard. Muslins and Chambrays. Just arrived, some choice lines in Muslins and Chambrays, plain and fancy, all the leading shades are represented. Prices ranging from 12 I -2c to 35c. BIG REDUCTIONS IN DRESS LINENS THIS WEEK. Plain, embroidery and striped. We will sell the balance of our splendid assortment of Dress Linens at a reduction of 20 per cent. Ladies' Shoes. We have just passed into'stock-a"number of Ladies' Ox- ford Shoes and Slippers. Nice new goods. Latest styles. Prices ranging from $I.25 to $2.25. Carpets and Lace Curtains. The balance of our Carpets and Lace Curtains at cost. Now is the time to carpet your floor at little expense. Inspect our stock and take advantage of our reduction prices. Ritchie & Campbell successors to M. H. McINDOO. Sava Your Books by having a good place to put them. You'll save yourself worry, too. We have a line of Bookcases from which you will be able to select one that is not expensive, but will look well and serve you satis- iactorily. UNDERTAKING Residence -Patrick Street, S. Oracey'a former residence, where night calls receive prompt at- tention. Framing the Picture rofeS -The Orange Grand Lodge of British America will be opened at Niagara Falls on Wednesday, June 4th, 1902. Y Y Y -The Toronto World says 20,000 acres of North-West lands are be- ing sold in St. Paul daily. One American syndicate has taken up a million acres. It predicts that 200,000 Americans will settle in the Canadian West this year. * * -Professor Goldwiu Smith, who writes for the Weekly Sun over the signature of "Bystander," says :- 'Bystander likes Mr. Whitney's proposal of a consultative Council of Education. It would let fresh air into that bureaucracy, and there is no reason why it should not work as smoothly as the British Board of Admiralty, or Council of India." * * -A Bill creating the Territories of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona into States of the Ameri- can Union was passed by the House of Representatives at Wash- ington last week without a division and now goes to the Senate, where there is every prospect of its pass- age. The three Territories now have a population of about 1,000,- 000, Oklahoma claiming 600,000, and New Mexico and Arizona 200,- 000 each. If the bill passes, the total number of States will be forty- eight, and three new stars will be added to the American flag. * ` * -It is reported that two great Polar expeditions set out on the first week of April for the north pole. Lieut. Peary was to leave Cape Sabine in Greenland for a dash to the pole and E. B. Baldwin was to leave Franz Joseph Land the same week. Mr. Baldwin has the most perfectly equipped expe- dition which has ever been organ- ized, a New York millionaire, Mr. Zeigler, having put up $1,000,000 to pay the expenses of the expedi- tion. It remains to he seen wheth- er the scientific results of these ex- peditions are sufficient to justify the expenditure of money and life. cost from 25 to 50 cents eaeb. They are put down four feet in the ground, ten rods apart, or 32 posts to the mile. Then there will be the cost of hauling and putting them in. Porcelain insulators cost two cents each, and, in addition, small iron spikes or screws to fas- tem them to the posts or cross- pieces. Glass insulators and blocks cost about six cents each. No. 12 galvanized wire will answer, and will require from 125 to 150 lbs. to the mile, costing from $3.20 to $3.50 per 100 lbs. Two men will put up a mile of wire per day. The instruments cost $12.50 each, be- sides which some insulated wire and window tubes for the houses will be required. From time to time the water in the batteries will need renewing. Care must be ta- ken that the lines are kept perfect- ly insulated at all points. is sometimes almost as difficult as naming the baby. You'll find the task very easy if you bring the Picture to us and try the moulding and mats here. We have so many va- rieties of Mouldings that a satisfactory selection is quick- ly made. The beauty of the Picture is often the result of the framing. Its no trick nor joke to put on the right frame -we do it right, for we know how. That is why our frames are popular. Ball Bros. The People's Furniture Store Spring Suitings. The prettiest, nobbiest, choicest and largest stock is to be found at Homuth's. No mistakes in cutting and fitting. Our Suits look well, wear well and the prices are moderate. In Cents' Furnishings We have everything to please the most fastidious :-Fashionable Ties, Stylish Hats, Fine White Shirts, Fine Colored Shirts, Stylish Collars, Underwear, etc. Boots and Shoes. einelf Mee Try a pair of ours :-They fit well, they look well, and they are made to wear well. The prices are low, when the quality of our goods is taken into consideration. Y Y Y ORCHARD SUGGESTIONS. Made at Orchard Institute Meeting. In planting, trees should be given a slight slant towards the prevailing wind. The main roots should be placed so as to brace the trees against the wind, and the tree should be so headed that the main branches would not when loaded bend directly away from the tree and so be apt to break off. Trees, after they have grown crorked, may be straightened some- what by the use of the spade early in the spring, when the ground is soft. In pruning the south side of the tree it can be left a little thicker than the north side, as it receives more light and moisture. It pays to thin over -loaded trees at least 20 per cent., as the remain- ing fruit will he of a better quality. A man who does not know a fruit bud from a leaf bud should never be allowed to prune a tree. You can hasten the development of fruit spurs and multiply the fruit buds by checking the growth of the wood. This can be done by pruning the roots with a spade, or by nipping off the ends of twigs. The latter method is preferable, as it does not impair the vitality of the tree as does the root cutting. Where large wounds are made in the trees from cutting off large limbs the wound should at once be painted over. A good paint mix- ture is made by mixing 2 lbs. ce- ment with 10 lbs. of milk. For an old wound where rotting has set in further injury may be prevented by using two parts of cement and one of sand, completely covering the wound so as to exclude the air. Orchards should be cultivated constantly until the middle of July then a cover crop of clover, rape or rye, to be plowed under next spring. Apples must be handled more like eggs than turnips if we expect to realize good prices for our fruit. The Baldwin, Ben Davis, Green- ing and Spy are at present the fa- vorite commercial variety. BORDEAUX MIXTURE. -After the blue stone is dissolved it should be put in 20 gallons of water, and the lime after it is dissolved should be put in another 20 gallons of water. The two mixtures may then be brought together. If the lime and blue stone are brought together un- diluted they will curdle. Mr. Caston strongly advises the use of lye as a wash for the trunks of trees. It should be applied ev- ery second year after the old bark has been scraped off. It not only destroys all bark lice, but seems to have a tonic effect upon the tree. PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYIIIIIIIIII MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYIIIIIMIIItIIIt IMITHIitlI MIIIILIIIIIM ...... THE PEOPLE'S POPULAR SWOwe OW. We JN0.. & JAS. H. KERR. 1.400 G .8.w, -w ..................r..... arse. Our ric*s.................. .....G.". ality of Goodsi . ..... ..... Must be right judging from the -~ . quantity of business coining our way. We have just placed in stock a package of Decorated Opal, Turquoise, Coronation assortment and also a package of Decorated Glassware. They are hand- some goods, and price is quite within the reach of Wall. Come in and. see these goods. -Two-thirds of all the letters which pass through the post offices of the world are written by and sent to people who speak English, says Bradstreet's. There are sub- stantially 500,000,000 persons speaking colloquially one or other of the ten or twelve chief modern languages, and of .these about 25 per cent, or 125,000,000 persons, speak English. About 90,000,000 speak Russian, 75,000,000 German, 55,000,000 French, 45,000,000 Spanish, 35,000,000 Italian and 12,000,000 Portuguese, and the balance Hungarian; Dutch, Polish, Flemish, Bohemian, Gaelic, Rou- manian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian. Thus, while only, one-quarter of those who employ the facilities of the postal depart- ments of civilized governments speak as their native tongue Eng- lish, two-thirds of those who cor- respond do so in the English lan- guage. There are, for instance, more than 20,000 post offices in India, the business of which in let- ters and papers aggregates more than 3oo,000,000 a year, and the business of these offices is done chiefly in English, though of In- dia's total population, which is nearly 3oo,000,000, fewer than 3oo,000 persons either speak or un- derstand English. Homuth & Son. 60 YEARS', EXPERIENCE ATEN.TS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. 10/M a *ending a akehlt and tleserionrn melt Quickly ascertain aur epinten free whether an intenttan to Dr+: