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ip artntt 3trrr jlnsn rodins comfc krom the aim tree upmimt bough itorkl the robin early songl tolling imn und ull that now merry sprtiiatlmn hasten alone wlcom ttdlnns thou dost brlnir utile bar dinner ut wprlug itobh m riomn of the win tor we ura waury weary of thn frost and xitovr lo rutins for mm kunqhlne cheery and tho brooklet tturplftuf flow flladly than w hour then sing the joyful ravnllln of spring llnhln m noma rtlnu it- tut iii- hill and plain through thn icurdon lonely bower till tho grei 11 ivtavnm dalioa uguln tim thu ulr u uwoet with ftoworni wakt thu uownllns by thn ull wuk the fallow daffodil hohliu noma ttxn a thou wre wont of yor build thy tiomt und rear thy young clnxt leujd our cottage door in thn woodbine leaves imanf hurt or harm ihou nuxl nt not fear nothing rucln shall venture now liobln u come hinging still in yonder lane itoli in unsworn merrily llavbihed by tho dwmi refrain auco clasp her hands in glee falling from tl open door willi her soft voice nor and oer hobln coma william o caldwell adout nerves t wn uo imrvous i scream at the slightest hudiltin noise und jump if o a niouue run aero tho floor simply nan not control myself lvar rrlund did you rvr try ih a rat hor a hurolluung oonfwulon to make that one nerves am absolutely twyoml oiion control an a horse which ha run away is too much for tho week hand at thn rein leljme whlapr to you that there la an immense gala fn holding faat to yourself and quel ling tho expression or your frbrht or irrita tion refualng to shriek or to jump or to wrewn and preserving tho mim bianco of tranquility evnn if it bo diffl- oult and underneath there la nglta- uon children are obliged by tho atrongcr will of teachers and parent to suppress sign of passion or of frloht a littlo b u reproved if aba makm a ruaa at a harmlaaa beetle or a caterpillar when w or brown up we urn compelled to do for ourselves what our parent jo or lu in child hood and it mr ha pa require effort hut it la bettor for us in tho end if we hold a alrlet guurd over our lips our acstures and all manifestations of ex cited vahamonee prayer la a wonder ful help if wn know our temptation to be great in thta direction we muit be tho more alert in guarding against them the mother who la nervous and fret ted la often so a imply because aha la too tired why attempt bo muofat j advise tho womout woman to top in the very middle of the houseclean- ing with carpet up and everything in confusion and draw a lone breath it would be better to rest even with the furniture out of place and every thing- in a heap than to perservere until the end and then have a fit of illness pneumonia and revr follow in the wake of intense fatigue be lieve mo if you will only make baste slowly you will get tho conaueat over your nerves bo with palsys pretty new frock that you are hurrying over so that she may wear it on sunday lt her wear the old one it is still very nloc and tho child is herself so sweet and dear and dainty that nobody looks at bar clothes and your anxiety is wholly noodles x think it must bavo been for nervous poop that tbe word tas written in the good book as thy day thy atengtb shall be and bl paul bids us jo nothing be anxious but in everything by prayer and supplication with auppucauon with thanks tvlny your requests bo mode known unto uod mork the clause with thanks- slvlng wo are hardly in m thankful frumo when we are ready to fly lo pieces with narves in rebellion ah i what true heart reet and mind rest and rest for tbe body too is there in carrying all our burdens to the jlord and leaving them with him forest conservation by use there are several aspects of forest conservation voresta are conserved by keeplnv them from being destroyed by fire tbey are auto conserved tiy seeing that the trees when cut are put to the best possible ww this was the reason for the establishment of the btorcst products laboratories of can- ado under the director of forestry ottawa a few years ago the wood of balaalm fit could not be used cor pulp wood because of certain of its chemi cal constituent chemists discovered how these elements mloht be got rid of and now balsam or enters tersely into paper the laboratories oo-oper- ae with manufacturers and producer in solving problems which ore too jargexar any onoorporauoato un dertake and which affect directly or indirectly the people of canada a a whole among- tho investigation which the laboratories are at work on are the strength an durability of dif ferent woods for mlnotlmbere tooth- ode of beating pulp durability of treated and untreated railway ties suitability or different woods for pav ing blocks the utilisation qf the waste products of papermaking suiuatlon of wood waste in factories decay of timber in buildings decay of pulp- wood etc beoldoa this the laboratories answer many hundred inquiries sent sent in by citizens who havo met with qtaanccbjom corinbctoilwlui-wnod-ln- ly r i r r 1- thelr work results op bejno too absorb ed in yourself f none of us imagine that wo cuii be bores we are all bored at times but the possibility of turning the table never occurs to us and yet even the young collegian may boro ills listener kven the bright highschool girl may be looked op in certain quarters as bare tbore is one lnfnlllblo rule for beng a bore and that la to talk about your self and your interest regardless of your companions a sclenllat who per- t was thinking tho othr day whlln hitting doting in thu warm spring iiimlihx of tllw hil old tlmra wn liail on young folks ht our 1 1foahlonod palling huom und slntflng aotioola thnaa were loti helpful inatltutlons and they gave us young folks real good times too ii think many of the young rolkm of this community became good mimlluru wbuud of tlia old apei- illng rontaats ami i am of the opinion that tho mine auelllitg sornps in- plrtxl riumlmiu of our young man und women tn imrnnt h iliiiol leucher aud to nt tlinmiialvnm foi other pnaltliia in life you know that with all the present udvuntugu of high bchoola uod other molern day oppor tunltlea wn had juat us large a pro portion f tnsnhors and preachers de veloned in anton illatrlot as are going into profehdioiinl vocatlotiulhaln thu right wonl un t it today when we think of thn numoorw of no boo i tenchcrk whlrh mni rrom the families of th adanuwm ami lord o 11 u ana urants and wurninu ami bpauint and laiabya and uefjeans and ken- nadys an t hills and cumnrons and bmltlvs and jucdonuld and douglas 1 and mooios 4 cmwaomt und hent- itroatm ami othors 111 thouo early days of forty arty or sixty years ago we are bound to ronolulo tt the young at era of that early data who are grandfathers and grandrool tiers to day made good ue of their opportunity now any bless me whore was x a it oh yes the spatllng bees they were really good old times woran t theyt we not only had thn fun of theao weekly gatherings but thorn was tho better fun after you got woll acquaint ed of going home with your girl boy perhaps you young folks think wo juat had easy spelling in those days well here p sample of some wo uued to tackle i got this out of an old fifty- year old scrap hook yosterday it is agreeable to wlttiena thn unparalleled cstssy or two haroaiiod peddlers en deavorlng to guoge tho symmetry of two peeled pears head it over out of this column to your sharp young school friend and see how many of them can spell every word corroctly the first tune tho wentnnno contains many of the real pussters of tho old- time hpelllng book and than ihtirn wore tho oldtime slpglng schools thoy too wiro a means of profit and plounuro to tho young folks of my day 1 nnvor was much of iv min cur mysalf und thura are very few of the boys or girts of that day left now to talk about who attended tho singing iichoots homo atatd old folks of those times lisod to call them sparking schools but bless m wasnt that as good u placo as any ojnoet und midge lip to one an other as i sold few are left how who ttended tho singing olaosen hut we still have with ua jlmmlo matthews and his wife maria graham and maney brown mr bamervlllo now they attended and were all afterward in the uethodut choir in tho old church on church street im not hure but the old singing hohool was foully a parking place for jlmmln and maria anyway they went and they got mar- vted over sixty yearn ago and their arstborn son albert edward was in the choir later and then played the organ for years and their daughter grandmother maddock was a member of the oholr in her young womanhood and even helps out yet with hor voice or at the organ on special occasions and their youngest son chester is still a member of the choir and pluys tho cello in the- sunday school nrobostra and they tall ma that their grandson charlie is quite a addle player violin i suppose thoyd have mo say these days and that he ha strong hopes that his littlo son wui tho long list of family name back i believe to the fifth or sixth generation will make a musician of note lie s reported ti have good lungs anyway and oftei exercise them to the limit bout mid night or after wall nil this shows that the infjuonco of those old singing schools was farreaching und thuf the were really more ha sparking schools wall say i mnut got hack to main street again or 111 neverrget- through with tleae rambling chapters of ram inlscencea just think will you i m far into my third year with this scrib bling and i havon t finished 6 von mill and main streets yol wall well jump across from tho sold tannory house where we left oft last week tbey oam it hill hall i believe no and start in ut urook avenue this of course was all nick- lln farm property in the early days cobble mil und all hi swack slated in discussing his researches with hoasejpu the 1111 in ram om bran cu everyone he met would probably bore the average listener nearly to death though to his brother scientist his conversation would seem mostfascjn ting being a boro has nothlngvto do with intellect tyou gee it is really a ques tion of being absorbed in yourself the most brlllont beings who never give jh ot view njoy be the moat deajlly bores of ftu oatmeal a barrister was examining scottish mfc peasant yu amrtn that when- thla- gt happened you were just going home to si meat et us bo quits clear on 1 this point boeauso it is a very im- portant one be good enough to tell me sir with as little prevarication as possible wliat meal it wag that you were going hometor ye wad like to know what meal l th scotsanan tee air 1 would replleottbe vioun- sel seemly and impressively tte euro you ull the truth v wsel then it wag just ogtmeal i t brock avenue it dldnh look as if be coud over get an approach from the front but uds he aeeomfjllshed with a series of tor races uiujftupa ha lmd littlo difficulty in getting in from the side from brock avenue it did seem strange lo us old chaps when ho com menced to build up on that side hill why when wo were boys wo used to pick fire ahsrrleti on that nldo hilt and go in swimming in tho creek wo re it cute across the corner of the lot well i suppose this lotlooked mora hko swackhsmer hllf whero ht wai born than any other avallnhlo point in town he was bound to have a homo of his 6wn and to keep tho he brought his gnuidfuthorh old frumo bouse up there which be built eighty years ago took it down brought the materials to acton and with it erected the first section of the big brick house which now stands on thq hill above the noted main street spring the old house not only haft nn his torlcal family interest wan t stood up on swaakhamarb i1i1l but in later construction on main street acton it also saw history making jjpoohs in tho bwackhamer family u was here that iil lived when elected a member of the board of education lie resided here with his interesting family a devoted wife four sons und u daughter jt was here he lived when elected n mem ber of the municipal council then ellntbad up to thn lteoveshlp and fin ally ended his muntolpnl career by winnings the wsrdonshlp of the county wna here he resided when the fam ous main street bridge over the creek taftyfeet wide cement top and all- was constructed it was here the sad- idest event of his family history was ensvted when his wife mary chlshalm pasatfrr away oner months of palnfu1 i suffering three sons of mr swarkhamer en- tinted and wont overseas during the war thunkfu indeed he is that jhoy nil cmno back nitfe find sound her gaunt holph oorpojul hoah and i rl vuto joe tho old pluca looks lonely now to bur friend ul the members of tho fumlly havn all tilt tod from thn old- home and homo town und he is in town uloun tlunh is llfn mr unwln lu in limlon itrant lu in toronto itolph und llosti aro both in kltcltener and joe is with thn llnll telephone company at hamilton thn all spring ut the ntrwat opposite tho swaokliamer place lu as old as aoton it was hern when thn adamses came thnrn were lota uf kimhi springs then about their firoperty nut as soon aa thu hamlet of adamavllla besnn to grow thl spring iwtums thn family well for ull the residents unyway near it it uiputd tho drinking wutor for thn flueloiit furnlllnn thn mclotms hernktrnvls tloydw uiu mllneu the me iieraon hsru adumu itov il ii cook a und for ynuru supplied thn fumlliud of bev john mclaughlin und iluv xuohlati cnraeron at thn manse nix hundred yardu uwuy it ulso up- plled thu drinking wutor for the black smith shop and thn tunuery there beamed to bo an lin written law that thin opn aprlng nhoiild i rove red olid for over nfty years it wuji open by tho side of the atroot and everybody evon to the children rufralnqd from pollut- luic it- in any way the water lu choml- tully puro mid always rofreahlnsly coo home yuuth ago meson board- moro and company had a cement curb ami cover built und a pump put into uin spring now that w haw aurh on excullent wuter supply from tho waterworks system this valuable old spring will not bo neodod novqrthn- less i fancy them uru qultn u number of cttuens who wpj bo very luojlb u ive up the tian of thn wutor from tho good old nevor foiling spring tho lot next to hwackhumer wan bought by thn lata donald molkinald and ha too built a brick hoiisa on thn aide hill i think he nv r lived in it but it has always imsp tenanted mr and mrs hilly hull have bi there for years with their numerous and interesting family mr mcdonald hnlpad materially in actons progress by providing several house for homn for our growing pnpulatvnv thn home next to this was ocnuplod for many yeurs by mrs ahern the widow of tho late johnny ahorti old roaldants will remember johnny wall ha was sgsnt of thn grand trunk itallwey here for many years away back in the sixties opd seventies and a good one he was too hut johnny got tired of railroading ut last and i think be kept hotel a while before hi dlad but that was forty year or si ago and jou know its harder for me to remember things a few years back like that than sixty years or jnorc ago on the adjoining lot ed vorbos who was a foreman in itoardmore a tan nery at the lime built the comfortable brick house which ho occupied until ha moved to uruoebrldgn to take an other tannery position with a bigger salary he after left murray mc- oonuld who was then a foreman with messrs ihiurdmore jk co took his bride there and there they and their children spent happy years murrays independent spirit asserted itself in time and he bought from mr w r hamlin the fins borne he now oc cupies opposite the town hall on wil low b tree i murray is not a foreman of the tannery administration now our customs o nicer and pauses roods and commodities to tho vaiua of llllan of dollars yeurly ha also rnakes the business folks in town pay up their nxnlno and manufacturing to the government mid hes treasurer of tho school hoard and of the oddfellows and secretary for tho mason und secretary- treasurer for tho horticultural tiooloty provident of tbe acton fall fair und a few other things too numerous to mention i know for murray u office is right up hero near tho big clock tower uuy well i should nay hos the busiest man in town except perhaps the editor who also has a multiplicity of office whloh he la found religiously filling so as to be sure hes doing bis share of cltlxenshlp duties just llki murray only bes been at it about thirty years longer say thoy tell me that murray no busy he hasnt time to kiss his wife half tho mornings of the week when he leaves home for his office up in the big clock tower the seeds op kindness crowd of m hie tutor elbowing each other for out bent plait the small ixiy of tlis ihmii block and newsboy typa wan avorywhere thorn could be no doubt but vhut bn would one all of that wonderful glittering array m itut on top of hltnhlng posts looked from the roofs of building hung half way up oil fnlegraph pola clung to the support of billboard or at thn wry leant occupied thn front rank in the ntrnntw a crowd of theun happy littlo fel luwu bad aerurvd a good place on tbe kliiy niile of the l reel home had their lui king kit swung over their houldni uml nil were munching pea nut or urtiiy along tbe street cam 11 wonry looking twrly droeaed wn tnuii pushing u little crli pled girl in t whnvl ihulr thn brus hands warn bojrd in tliealuthlwu and thn fh li tre 11 ut ing thn line bruan to uhout tin re it come tho woman looked anxiously at thn dens ranks of sight ttecrii hoping for un opening through which aha could 1 uah thn little chair no doutit she had walked a long way fur the uuke of bringing a glimpse of pleautirn into thn 1 hlld 11 hard ufa but the pooplu who saw her trying to get through wro solnuhtyjnteax 011 their own viijoymnnl and instead 0 making room turnod uwuy from bar and stood rigidly in their plurea juat then om of thn boys uaw bor ho turned in stanlly tu his nnt unions buy fellows be sold there 1 a little is mo glrl that can l get a place mont likely shn don t gat many chances to see a parudn und we can see that come to town iet s give her our pi co and we can run farther up tbe at rent and get another all right cumn from half a dosai of tin hoy at one thn hoy who bed upoksn pushed through thn crowd hay iiiishou h said you ran have our place out here for the little girl with thn boy s help the chair was qulrkly guided to the plane and thn boy with iiih com pun ton ran away j in wu only a ragged little street urchin til language was plentifully liitxrlnrdml with thn roughest slang but he hud thu dlvlno npurk ln bis soul und nil who uuw the simple un- uiuminilng dnnd were butd to think that the aoou ul klntlnueh is found every where and imsii- rrult in the moat un expected p la cen t tale vernon onion culture failure with this crop hi due prin cipally to delayed seeding in tbe aprlng if an early start la not possible thn easter lilies grown from seeds instead of bulbs thn practicability of propagating easter lllla from sends rendering us practically independent of japan no the united- states department of ag- rlouuur arlington vu lily saed nave been brought to full flowervuh- utid bermuda bulb has been demon strated ut the experimental farm of in fifteen months of thn time or plant ing thu illy stalks produced at ar lington born from five to fifteen blos soms apiece while from fuuv to five has been considered a good average by florists using thn inf ported bulb the united states uat year import ed looooooo lily bulbs from japan at auaxpene of approximately f 1000 000 in addition to thn better results and saving of ejcpenne illy plants propa gated from need ut home are found to be ninioht fmn from d incases which infest tho fnrulgu bulb contrary to general improsilon it ltas been found that the illy is u purfaatly hardy plant und bulbs do not need a warm climate ror prop k tou bulbs planted no vember l in or wuuhlugton four inches below thn nurfucc are held dormant that thoy are not injured by front und heifln development with the first warm weather on the other band bulbil planted in a warmer c 11 ma to oomrqoncn to mw liofore cold weather and all to winter successfully a speedy poet a new england teacher avers that tbe subjoined u an actual componltton on longfellow the poet composed by a fourteen yearold pupil henry w longfellow was born in portland maine while hi parents wave travelling in europe ho had many fast friend among wham the fan test were phoebe and alice carey buy your tamplelont cupnule at e j hasnard drug store t it c for uheumatlam etc ha7mah for hallef i guaranteed asthma pleasantries this u harrys first year at school and each day he comes home with lots to tell to hi mother yesterday he rushed into the house and called ex citedly to hen o mother pm homely and you re homely but you ought to see our new teacher you look worried tonight wil liam said the rural editors wife anything wrong v well rather replied the- local molder of public oplqlons an indignant subscriber came into the affloa this afternoon und nearly punched thoiifa out of our eselohned- 1 hope mev my good we i the power behind the press he dldnc atop his paper one day a man went into a milk shop and with j most navlous air said to the dairyman i want a boy please a boyt repeated tbe man yc bo said 1 want a nice boy and t ii take a girl too if you have one and ho looked inquiringly around the shop i am afraid there is some mistake he shopman began o no said tho man just come outside and when on the pavement ho pointed to the window pn which appeared in enamelled letter the legend families mppllod mr kondhunband an aged mew york wiilovnr b tnorried recently lor the fourth time notwithstanding ho has a bouse full of grownup children while tho marriage ceremony wag being per formed one of life guests hearing sobs in the next room asked one of the children what was the matter its emily wus tho reply r always howls wheh papa gets married again among the passengers on a train on a onetrack rood was decidedly sehiosaaed commercial salesman presently the train stopped to take an water an jj the conductor neglected to serjdbaok flagman an express came along and before itrcould be stoppodbtnnped tho rear etd or the first trnln the salesman was lifted frorn iris heat and pitched head first into the seat ahead hq drew a long breath and amid well they dldnt get by us anyway do shoes carry identity of wearer r a new york paper has a new one in the way of uhoos indicating per sonaltty or circumstance of tho wear ers this urtlcla claims it is possible to determine whether a man 1 single or married by thn way he buys his shoe this i what it says toll a benedict by hu ebon i it can he dona said the cleric in a downtown shoe store theres all the difference in the world between i married and a elnglo man s shoe thi difference lie in the tipper parts when the single man bos worn out the muie of his shoes once or twice und hairthorn mended lie gets himself a new pair not so the benedict lias nnw solns put on his shoes as long as the uppur parts will last and when ho comes here to buy a new pair there u uttlo troublo after looking t the worn upper part to know he s married our guess is usually verified before be leaves our store by hi expression of hope that hi wife will like the new pair corns cannot exist when holloway 1 corn itamover i applied to tham be cause it goes tn thn root and kills the growth no part of a mans speech wins so much applause am the part where he finishes h remark jyid sits down yet how raw speakers seem to eb- mrvtf this i- 1 strawberries and cream and a moral a small boy who did not like to do homework was being warned by his mother says tho windsor maga- altie against thn evils that are tlfcoly to mtmlt rum intuitu ot procrastin ation tho boy asked her to explain qultn definitely what she meant and she replied by quoting the proverb never put off tll to morrow what yoti con do tojlay on getting the moral reduced to this simple rorra he sold well then mother let g go down stair at once and eat tbe rest of he strawberries and cream there were hoop left nvnr after your teei party other peoples brains do not depend on anothers brains any more than on his feet even a child soon outgrows his willingness tq be carried and insists on being set down an hi two small feet but un fortunately ho i less independent in tbo matter or using his brains and often after ha is old enoguh to know better is quite willing to ut other people do bis thinking for him do not make the mistake of allowing voara to become dependent on other people bruins mt vesuvius is troubled with erup tions and they dont know what to do wwk jj crater in continued growth and the forma tion of thick necks rather than the development of bulbs this may be overcome by on early start which gives m well developed bulb toward tbe latter part of august at which period a maturity inane bulb is hastened be cause of the hot and usually dry weather if rthe onion has not reach d b osrtaln development at this time vegetatlva growth will likely continue uninterrupted and good maturity not likely to be obtained heeding vnanld be done ar early a the groui la dry enough to work the isatra early flat i led 1 on of earliest tr t aorta yellow utobe uunven 1 ulsv early maturing but latrr than the above and much more desirable for moat markets the 1 risctoker i too late liar ponding in tbe open and unless tbe season is very ravorable they will not mature ait good garden soil will grow onions the land hi better ie manured in the fait but well composted manure may be applied in tho spring and worked lata tbe surface soil acid phoaphato at tbo ratp of 800 pounds per aero and nitrato of soda at tbo rate of 200 pounds per acre of a mixed feruuxer at tho rate of boo pounds per ucra may be applied to give tho plants u good quirk start this should he harrowed or raked jnto the aurfaoa oil before seeding thn need hi usually planted inr rows on foot apart and tbe soil well firmed by rolling or tamping just as sooi as the plants are nicely up loosen thn surfs boii between ths rows und follow shallow cultivation throughout the season providing a shallow surface covering of one soli they should be thinned to about 3 inrha apart the above variation warn grown ut the experimental station kentvllle on a light sandy loam from seed sown may g lsio early plat nd yielded 1618 tons globe danver hi1 tons and prlxntaker xi 7 tons per acre the la iter were not as wall matured as the other two sorts thn sned may be started in shallow boxes and transplanted prom the result tabulated below the advantage uf early sending to got well developed plants car planting in tba open is obvious the seed if of good germina tion may be sown at hto rate of about 10 to thn square inch and not be over thick and a box having 2 lent of sur face will give plenty of plant ror borne use thrw inches depth of soil i sufficient after the plant are nice ly started keep in a bright window ind not too warm the prlxetakar is te best sort for transplanting beed started march xx and transplanted may it yielded 17 06 tons of fully matured bulb per acre these were planted 9 inches apart in the row prlxntaker was thinly planted la flats ebruary 7 and set to the bpen ground may 10 3 inches apart in the rows and produced bl 9 tons it should be stat- ed however that urn bitter grew or soil in better fertility than where the other were gruwn the bolt having previously been bi onions for several years w u blair superintendent experimental station tcentvilte prince edward island ssssssssssseasbbssbsssssbbb 1 corns cause touch suffering but hoi- loway u corn slemover offers a upoedy aura and satisfactory relief providinq for a good lawn a great deal can be accomplished in increasing thickness and vigor ot grass by proper fertilisation of the lawn fertiliser applied to tbe lawn have the big advantage that tbey do not udd weed seeds but they help elimin ate weeds which ore already fouqd in the lawn as to quantities of firutlmro to ap ply tq lawu use about tbe same quantity as recommended for gardens but apply half the applications at two different dates far well established lawns scatter the rortluxer evenly over the lawn when the gross has made a good start in the spring choose a time when the gmr 1 dry luka thj fertiliser thoroughly into the soil and follow by a thorough sprinkling of the lawn if rainfall 1 not plentiful apply ibs remainder ot the fertiliser in the una way about a month later when establishing a lawn apply one half the fertiliser to the surface of tbe sot when preparing the seed bed and rake it thoroughly into the soli after the grass has made u good start probably late in july ur early in august make the seoond applica tion of tbe fertiliser as already sug gested the analysis of fertiliser to uso s the same as reoonunensled for gardens vr well established lawns where clover is not considered objectionable bone meal makes e good lawn fertlllx- harvest scene in prlrw ulend an ulsnd treut stream lrliifn ldwurd lulu ml bus uttrnc tlonu f r othnrs i nun transit nt visitor thu inland ih u docldo lly important fuoti r in 11m11lu11 aggregate 1th and holdu within ilu houndaruin gruut resources of mvemiii an well us many undavinpd potentialities not only i tho land ulf suportlng but in position to engage in a conaidurnhle export redo with its product within a area of 2 184 square mllos it has a pqpulatian of almut 94 000 lr twine an many person to the square mlln us uny other canadian province with thn lowest nxtromuw of igsat und cold of uny province nuat of the ilucklos the island has un admirable oil mute vrhlch muknn posslliln a diver sity of agrlt ultural and animal bus bo miry pursuits under die most fav orable conditions farming fishing fur ranching shipping and trading form the chief occupation of the inland its small peaceful intensive farmsteads number h stib and are extremely productive thn provlm a i nomotlmna termed urn illltnn norn form and axpnrts dn outre that tlin island could support u population of two million people i rustically all of it is under cultiva tion with farms very log from sixty to one hundred ucres in extent mixed farming 1 practised nxtenslvety and dairying 1 profitable and popular the rami of the provlnn per farm it i otalmed possess four time a many mtlla und sheep six times a many nwinn and nearly eight tunas as muny poultry us uny other province in the ybm in ion thuro aru or island farms propor tionately more cattlo than in any niate in the u s a with thn nxneptlou of iowa last agricultural yield of rlnoe edward island wan fr lllllllllhiuiiiiilllllllilllliii ilitiliriuiiiiiiiniiimmmik alxiut dos 000 biibholn of wheat 9 779- ooo huahvbt of toursn urn iii 9sb 000 bushel of potatoes un 1 340 000 tons of buy and clover of lute ynarw priono ldward iwluml huii ihioiih known to thn outxtdu world iiu tint iimnler land of fox runcheu tim domnwtln brooding if toxn origin- uicd thuro and tho inland has never luud to inaliitaln tbe ucendnncy exporting onch year u larifn fur punk us wall n large number of brvvdlug unlutul uml ut thn same time con tinue thn numbur of minting ranched during thn past season for instancu more than a million dollar worth of silver fox pelts inft tho inland shore uml lu the same perio half a million dollar worth of hrnodlng ntook found if way from the name nourcn to ranches uituatod in nvory part nt thn globn thar ura noma lour hundred fox ranches on tho inland with nonrly six thousand pulrs of black jqbco and nlhiut iitm thouhnnd palm of rod foxes tim lulling induntry i an important oun lohutor milmon cod haddock herring and muuu n 1 urn caught whilst thn ystnr ulturu i un important item in tluhery vtvtnuo tolmter is the inont vnlu k bl of the mmi products 1 himibiitliig in 1010 to sr38 7t out of a lot ul revenue of 895 0b1 cod wm next with 120 307 and thn oyster cult prolurijd 30 cos two hundred lobular canneries on tho island pro- iluccil morn than f 100 000 worth of good rhurlottfttowii thn capital and 00m- v morula tmtro of the inland has a population of ubout 12 600 other towiim urn hitmmorulde sourls n and montague ull iulnt littlo burg with a churmig old world aspect yet modern in activity 1rliko dward inland is indeed a i md of fortunnto pohhesslon having nil tho beauty of tho old world with thn wealth und potentiality of tho newt re prices hetnll shoo price titlll plncli price of nult are now beginning to suit the prjew f hard oal bus now gono down to about twice ufa prewar flgura brudntreotvi sayii commodity prices havo fallonto ixir cent itn too bad the people we buy from don t seem to know it tho people who tiro yelling tho loud est uhout hnrd times ura tbo people who huvo had to reduce their ywn profits to about w0 per cent acton granite works j nicol experienced granite cutter is prepared to supply monu ments of all kinds with akin- fully out inscriptions at low prions son nam pi on uf work and styles of monument at the monument works iuilltyman ulooic mill street acton ont wanted hon out riopamluhlo salesmen to rnprasant un in tho astle of nurit ry htook we supply all outfits free of charge and allow n lilxmil rntu of commlnnlon apply to e o smith av son ltd wtnons ontario r amusinq vrotn the printed report of the west ern pennsylvania humane society wt take tbe following a woman apparently not under fifty yearsj of ace coiled at the omce to as certain if anything could be done to stop abusive treatment of her mother riloer old is your mother r she was asked eighty years old who abuses herr hor father whutl uar father abuses herr yes her own father and he makes lire miserable for her too and how old hi bet he is one hundred and one years old these people live in pittsburgh rising to the occasion oct ready for what you have to do ana men to to it ran be oonrraoficc the people who expect that the occa sion will bring its own inspiration are disappointed as a rule apil those whs do their part in the way of preparation fcnd then start out expecting to h beat em are hardly more fortunate to not rcjly on sairooqodence to take tbe place of bard work but on ihr other bond dont forget its value in bring ing about sucoess seventycent potatoebaoain w understand the local u f o loads of potatoes and have been pay ing to cents per bag prices quoted ut surrounding points ranging from 6 cents to 60 cents per bag- on monday one man brought a bur load from boar arthur oraugevlile sun if yourgroqer were greedy for profits he wqvldnojlbe content t6 sell and rcoixv- mend red rose tea at a less profit than he makes on other teas j but it is a fact that he does make lessen red rose than on other teas and he recom mends it because he knojws its quality is the best amilimikmijllmllliiimimmigi a lesson tbe government paid for before 1914 bond broketjs and bankers were indifferent advertisers many who advertised re garded their expenditures as sop and thought they were doing publishers favor f then caniethe call for war loans on the ad vice of an advertising association yet controny to some brokers and bankers views the advertising of these loans was made humanly interesting 1 the results you aro aware of butherc is tbe real point i c nearly every bond house and bank in canada is today aggressively advertising and using all the interest and ingenuity at their command to attract business- they observed the powcr of newspaper advertising when properly used and hayiprofitiftd by the lesson i the same tiling is true of some manufacturers who noting the results of the imperial munitions board newspaper advertising have commenced to v use this same force to introduce postwar products the governmentlpaidfor this lesson have you considered profitting by it advertising is not a matter of guesswork it is not something to be lightly undertaken but it can beunder taken with assurance ofsuccessof it is done properly if yon have ever thousht you vrould like to advertise if you could get proper ndvtce on how to ea about it let the free press help you we will give you tho benefit of our experieneelh starting you oq out road to bucceesful publicity wppsi kw yiif