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The Clinton News-Record, 1910-08-11, Page 3August i ItI,, 1910 Ontario. Apples. on the Decline. Niagara Falls, N.Y., Aug. 4. -What the apple industry ot Ontario is on the decline and that for fifteen years the quality of the fruit produced .has been slowly but surely deteriorating is the opinion of James Crow, profes- sor of promology at the :Ontario Ag- riculture College, Guelph, who spoke otr Canadian apples at the Interna- tional Apple -growers' Convention over the river to -day. Some fifteen or more years ago the apple industry of Ott t r' wasbest,c a e� o a io at its de l.. r d Pr f. Crow. Since that time for various causes there has been a general de- cline of interest in apple-areharding, a general increase iii the percentage of defective apples, and a general tail- ing off in the quantity of good appIi'e>e. finding their way to market. At the present time the industry is coming to life in a few localities, but over the Province generally creharding is still on the decline. There are many localities of inland Ontario where orchards are to be found. In most sections, however, orchards are small in size. Good growers in the in- land districts are few and far be- tween. In the Niagara distriot and ese Essex and Kent counties some plant- ing of early summer varieties isbeing made. These are intended to supply the northwest market during the early, part of the season. There is probably no better apple -growing proposition than this, but at the, pre- sent time only small quantities of this early fruit are aviable. Cost of Living Now and Fifty Years Ago. The Standard of ,Empire, while ac- knowledging that the cost of living has been increasing of late years, says the cost is still very much less than - it was fifty years ago. Tho Standard is undoubtedly correct. in its assertion. Clothing is certainly cheaper than it was half a century ago ; it is quite as cheap as it was thirty years since. Tea and sugar are not over half the price they were when the present generation was' young ; boots and shoes do not . cost, nearly as much now as then ; hard- ware is cheaper, travel -taking the time necessary to cover a given dis- -Lance into account -is very much- less costly ; and fully five.times.as much reading matter can be obtained for a dollar as could be obtained in the 'six- tics, • True, it costs a good deal more • •to Live now than it did then ; but thisis because we have more to hive with. Pianos are as common to -day as ac- c•c•rdeons were in the days of the pion- eers of Ontario ;. parlor suites have taken the place of plain wooden chairs ; Brussels carpets have sup planted rag mats, and furnaces have displaced the old box stove. More- over, reiateve to income, good living need not cost more than very poor living did in the days of our fathers. --:- Weekly Sun. FOR SKIN' DISEASF:. A Tz' atment that Costs Nothing Un- less It Provides Satisfactory Relief.... We elief. - We have a grayish -white ointment with a pleasant odor that es clean • to use, which we believe is the best known rem,:•dy for the I;'livf of skin diseases. It is especially e:'iicacious for overcoming eczema in• all its var- iots forms, ring worm, acne, .pimples, blotches, inset bites, tetter, certain forms of ulcers, sores and wounds. It is strongly antiseptic, cleansing, soo- thing and healing. It stops all etch- ing and burning caused by skin erup- tions. We are positive this ointment is un- equalled that we offer it with the dis- tinct understanding tanding that if afterhav- ing ing given it a reasonable trial, you have only got to tell us and we will, are not ratified with the results, you without quibbling, return every rent paid us for t:t. We exact no prom- ises or obligations whatever. We want you to try Rexall • l;ceenea Ointment. The f;rst application giv- es a refreshing sense of relief, and be- cause of its germ destroying power, it eradicates the germ or garasite which causes eczema and many other eruptions. It quickly allays the in- fianiniatio•n, gives protection to the inflamedsurfaces, and helps restore healthy tissue. It is particularly ac- tive in relieving skin ailments pecul-. .q iar to children. You certaihly can- not lose anything by trying it. We would not dare stake this offer ex rept we are positive Rrxall !eczema Ointment will sati:':actorily benefit you. Two sizes, 50c and $1.00. Re- member, you can one; obtain it at our store—The Rexall . Store W. ie. R. liolme:r. ' Fashion Notes for Men.. (From the Man's Magazine Page of The Delineator for September. Thr practioe of allowing the hand. kerchief to protrude from the breast-. packet is dying out. It seems to be • tacitly understood that a gentleman carries a handkerchief, whether he displays it or not. European authorities differ as to whether pocket -flaps sha11 be worn in. side on outside tl:rs seasott. If a decision is reached we shall atop the press to announce it. The newer collars have clever elar.t- ic bands which are intended to enclose the whiskers' on windy days,. The dietarian waistcoat is a new offering. it contains a belt which may he set to the required dimen- sion. When you have eaten sufileient ,,. fill outto thatt to ditnen..cr n, the ten- sionon the belt releases a sista:ll al- arm -bell and you order your coffee. ,...,.ice The Durham Cement Plant May he Sold. Shareholders of the National Port- land Cement Co. will know by this time of an offer made for the purchase of the plant, as notices have been sent out calling a meeting of the stockhol- ders in, Toronto, on Wednesday, the 17t i day of August. In their general letter to tiie shareholders, the Direct- ors, through their secretary, state they have carefully enquired into the charaeter of the people who have op- ened negotiations with thorn, and as to their ability to carry out any con- tract they might make in the way at the comp are company . y and the Dir r or e t s well satisfied on this score, They say further that uncertain conditions of the cement trade, at competition and of poliit:cs make it advisable that no fair opportunity for bettering the condition of the shareholders shculd. be passed by without serious eonsid- eration. No definite otter has yet been made,and the Board exposes a desire that the meeting should be largely attended.Durham Chronicle. The Drop in the Canadian Apple Crop is the Heaviest on Continent, Niagara Falls, N.Y., Aug. 5.—C. P. Rothwell of lllartinburg•, W. Va., secretary of the International App:'. Shippers' Association today submitt- ed htis annual report on the condition of the apple crop on August 1, com- pared with the same date a year ago. "If present prospects are main- tained," he says, "the country will have plenty of apples of better than average quality. The Pacific States will produce one of the heaviest crops ever harvested." A. sutnrnatty of the report follows The New England group shows an increase of about •forty per cent. •The central group, which is the largest producing group, shows 'increases in Ohio, •Delaware and New Jersey overt last year. New York's, crop will equal last year's. Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wir':onsin show considerable de- cline, with the ,increases scarcely:self- fcrtnt tlei off • setli i e shortage. This group atet declinec from lati tt .year of five to ten per ecrit, . The middle west, or Ben Davis group ..promises • a erop practically equal to the one •of a year ago. The southern, and Pacific groups will silos an inereao':' of; fully fifty per .cent. Canada; not including the,, province cf Nova Scotia, shows a decline of thirty .per cent. , • tepon t'he cjuestion• of quality, the situation is decidedly 'better than one year ago. New England, New Fork, •Pennsylvania and Ohio all ' preitiise much better quality, •as does also the southern group, while the ,Pacific group promises exceptionally;• good' quality in the whole territory.. The middle' west, or Ben Davis .. group .ranges front: poor to, good, with . a considerable portion of it of only fair quality: • ' What is' the Reason? Why `is • it the cotntty schools open after the summer holidays • earlier than the town schools t• This . year the country .schools open on August 15th, • three weeks before the town 'child reluctantly returns to 'the stud- ies oft,l t c schoolroom. xlttihouglt.this • has been the established custom for many years, we cannot recollect , ever. having heard any reason advanced for the.difference ini the length of vasa , tion. It •' satin pt be thath t e educa- tional authorities think the country student needs the extra' time in school, tor' experience • shows that the country ,scholar es quite theequal of thee town bred child, • On the other hand It `'. ns ,t set strange that they Y should • open in the yery mtd•dle of harvest time, when the father needs the.assisttan.ee of his boys more than any time in the year. It would ap- pear pe .more reasonable • the countrv- • schools did not open until a few weeks after the time that the town mills of -learning resumed operations.- 'here may he a reason for this ' cus- tom, but it is difficult to find it. Men Who Know. "I find the keeping of individua:' cow records vent' useful indeed, and would not go back again to the guess- ing method", writes a farmer, . who has tried both ways. . • The men whei just guess, and who do not know what each cow in the herd gives :during the year, often guesses too ntuclt oti the weight of ttnilk and fat, and too little on the eost cf deed. They guess that"Pol- ly" Is the. best cow • in the herd, but they do not know, because they have not weighed or tested the milk on.anv system. Probably "I3uttercup" is far ahead of "Polly" as a producer. . The men who know the best cows in the herd, those who know which cows produce a large quantity at a low cost, are the men who not only get good satisfaction out of keeping good cows, but they are the men who get good money when they sell, be- cause they -have records to augment the value. The men who knew the poor cows by theio records sell them cif for beef and save time, and 'abour, and feed, and stable room, and bad language. The men who know enough to seltct good cows oh their records of produelion are the successful dairy stun to -day. 'The Dairy -Division, Ot- tawa, supplies rtt'ord forms for milk and feed so that men can soon Ictinw what profit: each cow pays. T1s, otte5- tion is not "Alutt dots the Turd av- erage this month or next, but wile+ does each tow give during the year?" Each ' , t t e ow should be a long distance milker; Ottawa, ,July, 1910. r. V. W. John Gentles of Kincardine " Dead. Kincardine, August 7.—Mr. John Gentles, a prominent and well-known citizen of this town passed away to- day after a short illness, in his 66th year, He was born. in Goderieh and carne to this town 40 years ago. He was very suecrssfut in business, and was prominently known as a breeder of harness horse:'. fie leaves a wife and two sons. Value of Good Roads. Patent as are the arguments in sup- port of the improvement of the road systems and urgent as is Me necessity, no • little difficulty is experienced in getting practical results, People are everywhere complaining about the in- creased cost of living and are ready to quote figures in proof of the con- et:derable advance in the price of agri- cultural products. The fact is admit- ted, but a protest that doss not go beyond its ventilation is of no avail. The problem demands a remedy and the simplest and most immediately ef- ficacioue is the provision' of ' good roads. As Mr. Sulzer, a member of the New York I,elgislature, who pre- sided at the opening of the third an- nual convention of the National Good Roads Congress, said, a reduction in the cost of tnanrportation would en- able the farmer to market his pro- duce at a lower price and at a large profit at p th the same time. It would,, he added, bring communities together and into closer touch with the centres of population. Ontario is the, banner province of the Dominion in agricul- tural fertility. Easier transporta- tion and co-operative methods of dis- tribution would result in great gain both to the producers and the cone sinners, Mr, B. F. Yoakum, chairman' -of the St. Lcuisand San Fransisco Railroad Company; in his inaugural address to the onme convention, declared that on the basis of the t 5. Governmont's estimate of the present excess cost of fifteen cents a ton for hauling in that country, aS compared with .I'.uropean countries, improved roads would have meant to the farmers on last year's crop. an additional $225,000,000, which would have increased their $ 8,750, 000- 000 to $10,000,000,000. The United States has 2,1000 niees of pub - lee roads and from the best information obtainable there are only about 41,0110, or about two miles out of each 100, that .really reach a' high standard, and tints snore. than eight out of. each •100 .nelles can boast any kind of improvement, Very little consideration is needed to real int that the' poorest roads are the most expensive, and in- no••part of Canada should it need less argument than right here in Ontatio• Nor are good •roadsof purely local advantage. The benefit is•national and provincial quite as much;as it is eectional. What is needed here, as Mr. Yoakum said of the United States problem, is concerted action on the part el the federal and provincial governments and the local authorities. -Toronto World. Auburn The' gngagemcnt is announced of Clara l •.e youngest daughter of, Mrs.' Chas Huston, Riplct,. to J Ernest Robertson; Y.DI.0 A. •organizer, .of Walk tonic er .,,well known in :lrtrburn. 1h, marriage • 'twill lake place about the middle tt 1 ) c of August. About Cabbage Lice. A Walkerton gentleman Found that lite were eating his' cabbage and'• wrote to. Prof. Bethune of the Ontar- io Agricultural College who under date of ` yesterday; rep;':ed "The ,most satisfactory remedy for lice . on cabbage, which es the same. as that. which attacks turnips,' is , through spraying with whale oil soap o•r oth- er strong soap(1 ib, to • gals, of water). Tt tnay .he -necii scary. to the application after same •days as any survivors will • soon establish fresh colonies. The one great diffi- culty. is that the foliage of these plants is of such a waxy character that liquids do' not ,ttic•t to ..them„ and' therefore it takes much more of a dose to gets rid of. the lice. -• The borax and`water, salt petre, •etc., are of no use 'in • the treatment of these creatures."—Walkerton Herald.. Is Faith in Medicine Past Persons Are Less Inclined to "Pour Drugs of Which We Know Little • into Bcdics of Which We Know lass." , It is not too much to say that the medical profession to -stay no longer believes that any drug (with a few exec•; tinms, like quinitt ire 'malaria, tnercury' and the antitoxina) will cure a disease as such. All that itwill do le so to modify conditions as to eielp the body in its fight against sits, age. Wo ai'; no longer content, in the Siting phrase of Voltaire, to ",pour drugs of which we know little into bodice. of which we know less." What will help one patient may harm an- othet't'atld what may be beneficial in , the early stage of _a di'*to wilt be ttseless'oil even t'njurious in a latter stage. lit th„ lanxuage of Captain Cuttie, the creed of a drug, like "the hearin' of an observation," "depends on the enplioatien on it." it is neither, ra- tional nor., safe blindly lo swallow down a deui which is highly recom- mended in a t'ertain disease and e'x- pet't it to "do the rest." There is no ,such thing as a uni'ver'sal cure for a, disease, nor even a remedy van be relied upon us "a good thing to take" at any and all stages of it.—I)re Woods I.Iuta'hinson in 'i'he Delineator for 'f Sept sillier. Clinton News -Record The Eucharistic Congress. New York, August 1.—The Raman Catholics in this city are already pre- paring to Send delegations to the Eu- charistic Congres's, which is to be held in Montreal early in September. Word reached here that the Con- gress will be the largest gathering of Roman Catholics ever held on the North American continent. The prin- cipal speakers will be -Cardinal Gib- bons, Mgr. I•ieylan, Archbishop Eruch- esi of Montreal, Cardinal O'Connellae Boston, Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis, and Father Vaughan- of Lon- don, /Eng. One of the most impress- ing services of the Congress will be the Midnight Mass for men in the Church of Notre Dame- Another impressive service will be an open air mask meeting at the foot of Mount Royal, Montreal's greatest park. The Cardinal Legate, Vincent Van Nut-, teili, will carry the Host in proces.- oicn through four miles of streets. Protestants as, well as Ronan Catholics in Montreal' will enteet'ain the visiting -prelates. Lord Strath- cone has placed his town house at the disposal of Archbishop Beuchesi and several American Archbishops will be housed there. The Cardinal Legate will be the guest. of Sir Thos, Shaughnessy, President of the C.P.R. After the Congress Cardi- nal Van N'ntelli will visit the Catho- lic summer • school on Lake Cham- plain, and will then go to Washing- ton where he will be received by Pre- sident Taft and will spend some time with Archbishop tv t Glennon at St. Louis and Cardinal Gibbons at Balti- more. Good Horsesiare Advertisers A good draft .harm that presents an attractive appearance is valued nowa- days ,above his. worth as a worker alone. In the large cities of the country a good drafter is considered a money maker as an advertisement, as well as a worker. Not long ago a horse dealer who supplies large city users of drafters priced a good one at $295. • "That's alittle more than I 'want to pay for a drafter just now," . said the prospective buyer. "Buteness is getting. quite and I will not have so much use -for thehorse." "But; tr'p !i ed the horseman who was making the sale, "remember that. that attractive drafter -will snake you stoney by the work he will do• and al- so earn $500 for.: you by advertising your business in the,, next- six nron ths." 'Phis idea 0f a horse earning that much 'money. in half a year.. by .adver- tising may be news to•soine, . says the Stallion and Jack News 'hut it is an argument which the horseman said he had been .using for a good while. To investigate this further a team owner who works 65 teams for different' mer- cantile tutablishments'was questioned about leis' charges. for good. horses' and for ('oritmon . animate. •• ' "1 have several large firms—among theist • a. dry goods company and another, a -big _mail order house— which 'pay' the • .special rates,.. their stipulation being that I furnish at- t.raclive drafters. These firms, pay better' prices 'because they consider the extra -cost a good investment . as an; adi'ertisenient. •:To supply those, establishments • I purchase an extra good• class of •animals in 'the •market," It is a resell 'known .fact that many large- peeking companies and . ether large users of draft, Horses who main- tain their own barns and own the• horses they work make a • practice of Using .animals of. a. particular color and :grade; Thein purpose , is'. to ad- vertise their business by this ' means. Some.firnis have found it necessary to getting g quiet and.I will not have o s0 • .to ,secure .a sufficient. supply of 'the kind of equines they aimed to use. • • In addition to the ;extra value that is placed upon agood, attractive horse ' in the city.because of • the • ani animal'e ability to advertise, what is equal to. the satisfaction' it gives the ,producer. to knowthat that which he•bas helped` to create is admired and even coveted byis also menu , it not a means of advertising in the country and in the country town to have a good and attractive horse or team. ? Stallioners especially, ran testify to this. -.1t is notunusual for them to hear compile ment after compliment passed upon mare owners who have good animals, by 'their . meighbors and by those around the breeding barn. History of An.torhy. The way in which we are so "fear- fully and wonderfully made" Was largely a mystery to the ancients. It maybe sold that anatomical science Was•i)raetically unknown prior t0 Aris- totle, 384 B. C. Before that date near- ly all that was known of anatomy was derived from the dissection of the low- er animals, Aristotle did something In the way of science. but Itwas not Until the tittle of the fatnons .Alexan- drian school. a. century before and a century after the birth ot Christ. that the anatomy of than began to be fair- ly understood.' The Ptolernies were great pattrons cif the science and Wet'e the first who enabled physicians free- ly to dlsseet the human body, thtys frustrating the ignorant superstition which bad been 56 tong cornprotntsing the welfare of hunlantty,—Exchange. The Holland Primrose. 'there Ina plant In Holland known as the evening primrose, *bleb grows to a height of five or six feet and. Ware a profusion of large yellow tote- ers so brilliant that they nttract im- mediate attention, eren tit a great dis- tance. but the Chief peculiarity about the plant is the fact that the flowers. whfeh open Just before aunact, burst into bloom to suddenly that they give one the impression of some magical agency: A man who has teen tithe sudden blooming taays it Lei just as If some one had taucbeni the kind with it wand and thus covered It',alt at +)nor's With tt golden eheet, CSC COSY O Stip l G it►Aii Price t it Tamhlea Wb Bigf n Lines. Enter Into Struggle For Supremacy. The negotiations between the British and (German shipping conipanies trad- ing to South and last Africa .have for- tunately been brought to a successful C0110111619/1, consequently there is no possibility of a. disastrous rate war be- tween the rivals. For some years .past the Germans have had the trade on the. East Coast of Africa almost entirely to them- selves, aid even the British Govern- ment has had to send stores to Mom- basa apd other ports for the foreign companies. Stceh n state of affairs has not fos- tered British r ish trade, and recently the Union Castle Line determined to ex- tend their sailings right up the t',ast Nast, calling at both' Portuguese, German and British ports. The German companies resented what they regarded as poaching on their preserves and at once announc- ed their intention of carrying goods to South Africa at rates below those charged by the English lines. Although passengers and traders may receive considerable benefit while a rate war is in progress, suck meth ods of competition are very Costly, and in the end the rival ihippers us- ually come to terms and may even raise, rates in excess of the old charges. It may be remembered that in 1904 there was a fierce rate war in the At- lantic, and for several weeks it was possible to travel to Liverpool for only $10, Such a state of affairs could' not last, as it was estimated that the Brit- ish shipping lines alone were losing' i $ 50,000 a week, while the Germans lost even more heavily. • Then more recently they t Germans made a dead set at the Cunard Co., resulting in a loss to the Hamburg - Amerika line of some $1,500,000 ac- cording to the Shipping Gazette. The position of the British company was stronger in the end than at the begin- ning of the war in spite of heavy losses. The Germans are never afraid, of waging wars against British, firms, and it must be confessed that within recent years German shipping has in- ereased. by leaps and bounds, In fact the German -flag is more in evidence in many Far Eastern ports than is the Red Ensign. For two years the Hansa Co.: of Bre- men engaged in a freight war with. the P, and O. line to India, which re- sulted in a reduction of its own divi- dend and much loss to the fam'ius British company. However, the Ger- mans statedthat they had strengtl''en- edhe' t it position and had secured peace for some time .t o come. The di- rectors considered a loss of 3 per cent: of their, profits was not too much to pay for future possibilities. Foolish Question. Ilrtsker—II('llo, Crabber Whnt are you going . to do with the camera? Crithtie-.-finutg to_bore an artesian well in our dining room with it. You. dicln'tsunpose 1 • was going. to take pictures. did ,you? His Object, • '4t'.i,:n •t:;-11'ltrtt. roses: Don't` you kntiiv ti girl never mettles tha•fc'rloiv who sends her flowers? Oldbach— Sure..I do. That's why 1 nhtvays try to keep on the safe side.—Plilladelphia Record. t'irtne is not left to steed alone. • Ile who prnctiees It will .have neighbors— Cnufueiue. ' 3 I:STERNFA IR tONDQN CANADA Sept,9th to 17th, 1910 14 $25,000400 in Prizes' and Attractions * OPEN TO ALL THE OREAT LIVE STOCK EXHIOIT1ON Speed Events Dog Show Athletic Day Every Y DayCat Show f S a 0 M nd a. X Music by the J/st Highlandersand t 9 ? h FusiLiers ATTRACTIONS DON'tFIREWORKS Better Than Ever MISS IT ! !' _ Each I Night Reduced Rates over all Roads Visit Londows Exhibition, Prize Lists, Entry Forms, and all information from • W, J. RED, President A. M. HUNT, Secretary K<«K«K« <�S{«1K{�1a<f�«<�G�I�K«�SK�, t^' The Workin Men Who Save are the ones who get ahead Most of the wealthy risen in the Dominion started to build their fortunes on a small scale. They saved industriously. And with their . savings they were enabled to take advantage of opportunities to snake more money, and thus become wealthy. You don't want to bb a working man ALL your life. Take tite first step towards independence by starting a Savings Account with us THIS week. 28. xoRox� ERI LOAN 8 SAVIKGS G Paid-up Capital, $1,900,000; Reserve, $1,800,000;. Assets over $12,600,000 442 Richmond St., .London. Incorporated 1864. 366 Talbot St., St. Thomas. >2›..2)ice% tt is, stated that a thousand Mari Will loses their positions As the result , of the Grand Trunk. strike: • 'TheAustralian iaarliament has .• adopted a resolution in favor of the decimal syst:elnt. • . i I Sir Wilfrid Lauit''er. addressed • e number of gatherings ,on Saturday along the line of the •Canadian North- ern between Regina _and 13att1cford. • • A printer nate.ed 3iatel, from Time. ouski, Quebec-, set .ere to the Merrill block in • Brockville yesterday rnorn- ing. llarris, the negro. arreoted at *Mon- roe, is repotted -to. have :onfessed to the Chatham murdr., Only three counties in Ontario are now affil -ted with rabies: • • Eugene Cadieux, a well-known labor organiser, was drowned 'at '.Ottawa. Mr. I•Ienri. I3ourassa attacked the Government's naval pollee in a speech at St. Hyacinthe: The steamer'. Seehelt, was wrecked: on 'the Pacific coast, but her passes- gena and crew were saved. • Its flavor Your first taste of London Lager will. make your palate thrill with a new delight ! For its flavor is surpassing. You have never found a lager so tempting, yet so wholesome, as this deliciously mild d iager Some of the best Bavarian beers equal London Lager's rare quality. But theyare seldom' ex- ported; p , and they- are expensive. This newest Labatt triumph is not expensive. Yet its ingredi- ents aro the very choicest and it is brewed with t u most care absolute l 0 use Lod purity. � non Lager sharpens appetite � pp ---makes your food taste better. Greatly assists digestion. Benefits the blood. And, on a hot and sultry day, London Lager refreshes you like a cool breeze. You'll surely appreciate it. And it will do you much good. London Lager is ideal at dinner .–stimulates tired appetite; adds savor to meat; allays thirst. Quit imported lagers, not nearly so fine and twice as costly. Just try it and judge. Order it next tine —from all •iisual dealers in beverages or direct from John Labatt, of London, Canada. is • Ask For 0 say it's fine Y.