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THt rLBSHERTON ADVANCE. The Quiet Observer Orchard Difficulties. Fruit h«8 been the urgent issue in the country since the grain crops were handled. That there is something wrong with our economic system is evi- dent when in a year of such abundance in the orchards as rarely aceurs fruit :s going to ^aate for want of pickers and apples in the city are worth five to ten cents apiece. The fruit grow- ers do not get the high prices. Around Paris, for example, Northern Spits, sprayed fruit, only bring offers of from 41.50 to $2 a barrel. Some better tie- s.^ription of cooperation to gel t!ie fruit to the consumer ought to be fos- fible than the present one that leaves half the crop in the orchards and neither pays the grower adequately ;>or charges the consumer reasonably. Prince Edward reports sales at $2 a barrel on the trees. A special lot, chiefly Spies, went for $3, picked. To- r..atoes are plentiful and in some places have glutted the market. The garden Llots in the city have contributed to this. A better distribution of the cr. p with early and late varieties would add to the value of the tomato crop. Thee â- s much complaint about the cost ut ticking fruit. Wages at $3 a day and l-oard, instead of $2 a day and board, '.5 last year, make a big diffcrenc ; to the grower. Young men are unwi'.lin^ to work for 60 cents an hour, even when they have no money in their sockets. It ought to be possible to ciganize the harvesting of peaches and apples on a more satisfactory basis. the shape ar' twoiueli maL-adam. The aen engaged are chiefly of the type known as corner-boys. It will be noted that recent dispatches describe the killed as being about 19 years of age. It is wise to stay in the bouse when "the boys" are having "their sport." This is how these riots that appear so terrible to outsiders an; regarded by those among whom they occur. No wonder England does not understood bow to govern Ireland! The fait that political agencies have taken advan- tage of the national temperament to i.iaugurate riots on a more extensive scale than before should convin':e the unprejudiced observer that there arc more than Irish interests involved in the wreckage of Irish property and the slaughter of Irish men and women. Two whose advantage is it to keep Ire- land in an uproar at the present timef The answer to that is the answer to in historical problem. Certainly not to the advantage of England nor to Ireland herself. The source of the trouble will be found on the coi.tinent of Europe among those who recognize the Achilles' heel of the Britib'.i Em- pire. DAME FASHION'S FALL WEAR FOR MILADV Feeding For Winter Eggs BIG ORDERS FOR c.tLT^F^E^.pun.u?:^:} CANADI_AN GOODS The period of greatest egg produc- layers will produce more eggs and I RounuUlia Will Spend Seven and a More Likely To Be Lowered. Among other attempts made by cor- roration antagonists of public owner- ',:_ .. discredit the Hydro-Badial BMP to system has been the circulation of ru- bers that the rates on the Windsor street cars were about to be raised. .No doubt it is hoped that such atones will have some effect in influencing the new Hydro-Kadial Commission ap- pointed by the Government to investi- tate the Municipa'. Hydro-Badial Union The result will not be affected bv such tactics, and if the new com- mission governs itself by the evidence it will certainly endorte the results al- ready attained. One opponent quotes Sir Adam Beck as having on one oc- casion declared himself against the un- lecessary parallelling of lines already luilt, apparently thinking that Sir \dam is inconsistent in projecting the Toronto and Eastern, the Toronto and Uburban, and the Toronto, Hamilton rud Niagara lines. There is no greater opponent of unnecessary duplication of service in Canada than Sir Adam Beck ^nd the idea that be is gouig to vio- late the principle he was the lirst tJ lav down implies a total ignorance of ki"s aims Md methods. The Windsor and Amherstburg lines are a case in point. Before the rates were adoB.c I and the operation inauga'ated unuet the Hydro management thj most car:- ful estimates were made so thnc no ehan'^es would be necessary. Such o- timates are always made with amp : maroins. The Windsor lin.M aie dmig more tban was expected of them, an.. takinn- care of all expenses, anticiput- ed and unanticipated. If any change be made it will be to lower rates. It will be the same on any radial luies that Sir Adam undertakes to build 1 jt public service. |Geddes and Beaverbro<Js. ' Sir Auckland Geddes's addresses in Toronto at the Canadian Club and at the opening of the Canadian ^atlonal r^hibition were to the point, but necessarily restricted in their range hv the diplomatic reticence incumbent upon an ambassador. At the Canadian Club he emphasized the extreme cou- iition in which Europe is suffering, and tbe impossibility of restoration for the Furopean nations without assistance from the American continents, not merely Canada and the United States but the whole hemisphere. It was not charity that was wanted but hard work, production of food and ot the luate^ials destroyed during the war that must be replaced. They would ii. this way contribute to nothing less than the restabilization of "vilizaUon itself. It was obvious from Sir Auck- ifnd's words that he had caught a â- rUmpse of the solidarity of humanity throigh the war-clouds if "^t °f the "parUameut of man, the federation of the world." Lord Beaverbrook a ^w days later emphasized the mpor- lunce of the opportunity her bount.ful harvest offered to Canada to help, but be pouted out that all over the world â- t had been "as though God had sent iaiu to a thirsty land." Germany Bussia, India, as well as A-ner-a ..U had tremendous crops, and 't ^""^g"* "/ : problem to find buyers for the Cana- dian crop. The difference m exchange fs Ilso going to make a tremendous mV.nl Why should not some o cur financial geniuses ""gf «' *^; ' "T accept the British pound sterling at ^Ir and get the trade that otherwise !^e shall ite? The trade w.U be worth morp to us than the proceeds of the slarp practice of taking advantage of British need- a need resulting from the ..sistance she lent to the weaker na- tions of Europe. Belfast Riots. Belfast riots have been celebrated for their ferocity and mortality for about two generations. The present out- break., have probably not been more fatal than several previous ones. About ?.5 years ago the local forces had a battle roval in the "brick yards of the Falls" district, and according to re- port, the fatalities were many times Kieator than those reported. Both s des conceal their losses, and stories of bodies being conveyed away m bread carts and other unexpected ve- hicles are eommon. As a rule, it is tie women who "egg on" the com- batants and supply the ammunition in The Templemore Phenomenon. it is Slated that the miracle uf a statue bleeding at Templemore in County Tipperary in Ireland, with sub- sequent cures and healings under the s'.ipervision of James Walsh, a former srucieut for the priesthood, is being ignored by the Koman Catholic clergy. The plieiiomeuon of one of the laity, and a miscreant neophyte at that, pre- siding over such a shrine is not one to be encouraged. The experienced do not deny the possibility of the r'acts ;!S alleged. .Similar things are to be seen in different parts of the w:)rri. The miracle of San Gennaro in Naples, for I'.xample, has been seen by many. The coagulated blood of the saint boils and fumes in its crystal bottle, on or- tasion. In India, at Nargercoii, a Hindu priest thrusts a ball of clay tilled with water int> the breast of a statue of the god Suran and then \.heu he plunges a narrow into the bosom of the god, blood gushes out in streams. Of course it is not to be expected that anyone will believe this who has not >it seen it. Even then there will be many of the temper of the old farmer who on first seeing a giraffe, obstiiiite- 1;- asserted, 'Where ain't no such ani- iial. ' ' Which illustrates the habit we have of only accepting such facts as please us, and only believing wliat suits our own views of things. Tbla smart Ifltle sinslotbreastm laeket trimmed with gtv raulr« rel will be amoof tboM to ;ak« tti« lead In tbe aarama st7l«8. races to fast for some days in order to receive interior revelations, and the same practice is followed in many of the great religions. Brahmanism, Budd- hism, Islamism, and the Christian churches enjoin fasting also, without specifying any object beyond the reduc- tion of the lower desires. In the East and among the Red Indians, it is be- lieved that after a purifying fast of this kind it is possible to meet one 's guardian angel. Rise and Decline of Suttee. A remarkable change in Indii is marked by the abolition of salt or suttee (as it is pronounced) in the province of Nepaul. The burninj; oi widows on the funeral pyre of their husbands is an almost immemorial cus- tom, for it has stood for almost 2,5UO years. Statements go around the press ptriodically attributing the custom tii tl e laws or code of Manu, or the .\la iiava Dhurma Shastra. This is en- tirely misleading. The code of -Manu h a collection of oral traditions,, while the Vedas, of vastly greater anit(|uity. are held to be a direct revelation from God. But neither in the one nor the ttlier of these scriptures is the eintoni of widow-burning mentioned. When the custom was first forbidden by the English the Brahmins appealed to 'i verse in the Big Veda, but this vtrsc was shown to be falsified, as .Max .Mul kr, H. II. Wilson and other authori- ties have demonstrated. The custom of sati was of course a purely volun- tary one, at first, but becomiug estab- lished by precedent as the proper course for a devoted wife to take, the women of later times would no more have thought of departing from it "han our own widows would have thought of not wearing black, .\mong the an- cient Kejputs when the warriors went out to war it was the custom of those who went to fight to the death to put on a saffron robe, and the wives of these were accustomed to build a fu- neral pile and plunge into it to meet their husbands in the heaven world. In savage times when women became the prey of the conqueror, these proud women thus preserved their honor with their lives. Similarly have EnglJsh- men in the presence of savages, kept their last bullet for the women they Ifved. Out of these early customs grew the strange and deplorable cus- tom of sati. The prime minister of the independent state of Nepaul, iu forbid- iling the practice, indicates the mod- cinity of India and its response to rea- son and humanity. It should not be forgotten, however, that the practice is the result of implicit faith in tlie hereafter and the certaiuty of reiiuion with the beloved one. Psychic Evidence of Murder. A murder of the usual brutal type 'n En^lani" has developed an entirnly u-.-« phase of jisychic interest, w!i%-h i*. i-' xpected may briiifj about stirt- ling results in law. In the ease in question, a London stenographer v. aj found murdered at Eastbourne bea â- !. and absolutely no clue could be foanj to the murderer, although all Scotli.ii Viird had been engaged on it. Alias Crobel, who is a well known psychic, got in touch with the murdered girl, .>eno Munro, and was told by her the name of the murderer, and the circum- stances surrounding it. Detectives be- fore now have unofficially accepted such clues, but should the present one lead to the convielion of the murderer. a new precedent will be set in law. ft is unnecessary to say that no court would receive evidence of this nature, but such evidence would and could ouly come in incidentally. Having found their man by psychic assistauee. the 'detectives would proceed to gather or- dinary evidence in the usual way, and it would be on that evidence the pris- oner would be convicted, if at all. Fasting a Universalj^Practice. Very few people are aware uf the ef- fect of fasting, and most people re- t,ard the possibility of such a thing as doing without food as very terrible. After the first day or two, for the per- son with any will power, fasting does not eai'jio much inconvenience. Of course, if there is any considerable amount of exercise, weaJiness will de- velop, but fasting with rest and quiet is no dreadful experience. Prolonged fasts are not often indulged in by western people, but for those who suf- fer from slight ailments, particularly of the stomach, there is no better or simpler remedy. S. L. Clemens points cut how a crew and passengers ship- wrecked in the Pacific Ocean, nearly all of them suffering from diseas') of some kind, the sailors having scurvy, were confined to an open boat for six weeks with scarcely any food before they were rescued. At the end of that time there was not an ailment left among them, and the scorbutic skin of the sailors had become as soft and pink as a child's. It is the custom among the Ked Indians and other jirimitive BUTTEEJdlLK PIE 1 cupful of sugar / 1 tablespoonful of butter 2 level tablespoonfuls olj flour 1 egg A pinch of salt 2 eupfuls of buttermilk Havering to tsste. Soften the butter a little, ere.Tm it witn the sugar, add the Uo-ir and mii aga'.n, t;en put in the salt and c'le rj'g. unbeaten. Beat these ingreV.euv^ very light, and add the buttermilk and flavoring. Cook the mixture in a granite or aluminum kettle and stir constantly till thick. Then pour into a pie crust which has been previously cooked. Or, line a large deep pie plate with pie paste, pierce holes with a fork all over the bottom to prevent puffing, ponr the above mixture, uncooked, into this raw pie paste and place in a mod- erate oven. Cook for twenty minntea or until the mixture is set and a golden color on top. A little grated cocanut or a meringue may be spread on top if derired. Uon in the life of a hen that is fed and handled with the sole object of (.etting the largest possible yielil of market r-ggs is the second six months of ler life â€" between the day upon which she lays her first pullet egg, usually at the age of five and one-half to seven months, and the time she starts "to molt the followiiHf summer. To n.ake successful winter layers the ear- Iv hatched pulleu should begin laying by November first, when the prices of iiew-laid eggs are high, and should continue to lay at the rate of forty to liftv eggs a day per hundred hens until February, and thereafter at the rate of sixty to seventy-five eggs a day per hundred hens uijtil molting tioM* A good depth of litter covering the foor will encourage the vigorous scratching necessary to replace the ac- eustomcd outdoor exercise. The active hen is most productive, and if the fowls re kept busy scratching for their grain the first few weeks they will begin U'.ying sooner and will have little time to cultivate the unprofitable habit of egg eating and feather pulling. Wheat straw and shredded corn fodder are ex- cellent litter materials. In preparing nests and roosts lear a mind that the light breeds, such as leghorns and Campines, require aiv to eight inches of roost space and nests twelve inches square, while heavier fowls, such as Plymouth Bocks and Wyandottes, need ten to twelve Inches of roost space and nests fourteen inches square. As eggs are about seventy per cent. 1' ater, some arrangement should be nade to supply the fowls with drink- ii.g water heated to a comfortable temperature. An ordinary two-part galvanized gallon fountain, filled with v.arm water and set upon a hot soap- svone, will do this, or a larger foun- tain heated by a small lamp will xolve the problem with a minimum of at- tention. The greatest problem in producing winter eggs at a profit lies in the poul- tryman "s ability to select from the •available grains and feeds an eco-'iom- ieal ration that will stimulate laying, iollowing are the rations we have been ".siuK with very good success since Jiep- tember first, both in starting the pul- lets to lay and in maintaining produc- tion. Mash: One hundred pounds bran, 200 middlings, lOO ground oats, 100 alfalfa meal, 100 beef scraps. Scratch grain: Sixty grain: Sixty pnuuds corn, 40 oats. The mash is fed in open hoppers which arc before the fowls the en- Tire day. At ten a. m.. a feed of moist mash is given â€" all the pullets will eioau up iu twenty minutes. Three times a week this wet feed is mixed with half its bulk of cooked mixture of equal parts by measure of pump- Kin, cull potatoes and whole oats. The wet mash is seasoned lightly with suit atid red pepper, with a heaping tea- spoon of dry grouuil mustard to each twenty-five fowls. Cookeil rations of this nature are giving tine success in starting pullets '0 lay. Cooking breaks up the bulky, t'brous feeiis, which are now the cheap- est and which form a high proportion ct our ration, making them more nutritious an<l lessening the danger of indigestion. -Vt night, about an hour before the fowls go to roost, a heavy feeding of '.he scratch grain is given, at the late of fourteen pounds to each 100 lay- ers. Scratch grains are highest in price, so we feed only one meal of them a day and encourage the pullets to eat a greater quantity of the cheaper mash. Corn is the one grain we have found indispensable for maintaining health and egg production during cold weather, so our scratch mixture is three-fifths corn. Small self-feeding hoppers hung upon the poultry house walls contain the necessary grit, cyster shell and charcoal. Given comfortable quarters. with less feed if confined to the house | continually throughout the winter than if allowed to run out in the snow and cold. â€" MAUHICE H. DECKER. Half Million For Woollens. THE MAGIC CARPET. ViaiU to New Worlds. FINLAND. Finland, which lies at the north/ast comer of the Baltic, is peopled by one of the most interesting races in Eu- rope. Finland lies north of the Gulf of Finland and east of the Gulf of Bothnia and does not quite reach the 14,253 square miles. Except for the Lapps in the north, who pay no atten- tion to frontiers, Finland is racially a unity, A prominent feature of the country is the lakes, of wuicn mere 35,500 Allotment has recently been made among Canadian woollen mills jt orders totalling $7,500,000 from Humanly. This amount represents several con- tracts from that country, including a large order from the Rumanian Govern- ment for khaki, frieze ani serge and {500,000 for knit goods, principally heavy woollen sucks, sweaters, jerseys and hosiery. The fabrics are, for the most part, blanket cloth, curi cloth and oxford tweeds of a heavy character iu small demand for the domestic market and the order, coming at a time when the Canadian mills had practically com- pleted deliveries under the contract with Greece, will keep in full opera- tion for some months Canadian woollen manufactories, the capacity of which were largely expanded to meet war de- mands. Deliveries to Bumania must be com- pleted within six months from October 1. The order is being financed by a are said to be over 35,500, most ot which are frozen over from November , British syndicate and will not involve tUl April or May. The climate re- any credits from the Canadian govern- sembles that of Arctic Russia, with a | meat. Mr. Frederick H. Yapp, secre- brief hot summer and a very severe winter in Decenber and the two lol- lovring months. The Finns are of Mon goi origin related remotely to the Mag yars of Hungary and the Turks. The population is scattered, timber being the chief industry. The first historical records of Finland are of 1157, when King Eric of Sweden, accompanied by Bishop Henry, undertook a ' ' crusade ' ' into Finland and for cen- turies it remained under Swedish rule. But Russia, always seeking a warm T7ater outlet, gradually encroached on Finnish territory and in 1808 it was conquered by Alexander. This did not, however, quench the Finnish national spirit and the growth of nationalism was accompanied by the growth of democracy. In the latter half of the I ineteenth eenttiry i; made rapid strides in social and national develop- n-ent and in October, 1905, there came the Great Strike, in which the whole Civil life of Finland was suspended for five or six days and the Social Democrats took the reins of power. Later in the year the Tsar conceded all that the nation had demanded and while the Tsar still retained sovereign- ty, yet Parliament had extremely wide powers. Finland reaped extraordinary commercial advantages from the war and after the Russian Revolution Fin- tary of the Canadian Woollen Manu lacturers ' .Xssociation, who negotiated li.H order, will return to Europe almost immediately with a complete range of samples uf products of the Canadian mills. This time he wil Igo as far as Bucharest. Mr. Vapp is confident that additional orders of large volume can be obtained in Rumania and elsewhere in Europe. Seasons for Success. The success of the Canadian Woollen Manufacturers' -Vssociation ;n obtain- ing such contracts from Bumania is (Zue in large measure: â€" 1. To the ability of the Canadian mills. This time he will go as far as dertake quick deliveries of large orders aud to offer a wide range of woollen yoods, without the buyers being ob- liged to negotiate with a large number of producers; 2. To the splendid reputation won by the Canadian products which were supplied under Government credits last year; 3. To the capacity of the Associa- tion's representatives, including the salesman who has been in Bucharest lor the past year, and Mr. Vapp, who went to England to close the negotia- tions and arrange for dnancing the orders ; •1. To the fact that the Association land declared herself an independent j was able to offer satisfactory prices. r!:ition. Her independence was lec- j Canadian woollen manufacturing ognized by Sweden and Germany, but Finland had many internal difficulties with her own Bolshevists until the Red Guards were completely defeated in May, 1918, A German prince was later elected to the throne, but he showed no signs of wanting to assume his new position. The railway system which is excellent belongs almost en- tirely to the state. There is an im- mense amount of water power available vhich is being rapidly developed. The largest harbor is at Helsingfors, which is completely dea<ilocked. "The popula- tion increased during the last thirty years, although there has been consid- erable emigration during that period, chiefly to this continent. There is some mining and quarrying and the fisheries are important, but the lum- ber industry is the great staple trade ol the country. Eating contests are common among the villages of Alaska. He who con- sumes the most food is considered the most accomplished man. Should a bridegroom in Korea stay .n the house of his bride 's family for more than three days after the ' wed- ding, he is compelled to live there for an entire vear. Good beef sold for a cent a pound in the reign of Queen Elizabeth iu England. Two parts of pork fat to one of beef fat form an excellent mixture in which to fry doughnuts. tf Wasn't it Luck â€" tliat 1 happened to see it advertised. It was something I had been wanting for a long time â€"and only by the merest chance I noticed where it was being sold!" She only happened to see it advertised. And she considered herself lucky. But think how often she must have been'^[unlucky---how many good things she must have missed by not being a regular reader of adver- tisements. It will pay you to read the advertisements in this paper â€"to make a practice of reading them. Beca They carry the news of reliable stores in your town. They tell you where and how you can buy to best advantage. use: They tell you of new and better things. They save your time and money and make your shopping easier. plants, which produce only finer grades of fabrics, did not participate in these particular orders, as such factories are devoting their entire output to the Can- adian market. It is in such finer lines that competition .from abroad is in- creasing and, indeed, the very rapid enlargement of imports of such wool- lens from Great Britain is already caus- ing considerable uneasiness in Canada and also in the United States. Brit- ish producers have a decided advantage in exchange and as their production is increased effective competition with Canadian manufacturers seems certain not only to increase so far as the finer lines are concerned, but also to extend tc the heavier and coarser lines of woollen goods. Recent investigations by the United States tariff Commission iudicates that British manufacturers have retained most of their pre-war advantages over manufacturers on this continent aud that increasing competi- tion is inevitable. Nevertheless, the Canadian mills are temporarily in a po- sition to compete iu overseas markets M far as the heavy lines of woollens are concerned. The order was not se- cured by offering woollens at prices be- low those available to domestic buyers and Canadian purchasers are getting the full advantage of the efficiency of the Canadian woollen manufacturing plants. Indeed, the latter are operating en a small percentage margin of profit. Big Wage Distribution. Had it not been for the organization of the Cauadian mills under the name of the Canadian Woollen Manufactnr ers' Association, there is little doubt that the very considerable umount of Furopoan business vrhich has been brought to Canada would have been lost and that the Cauadian woollen in- dustry to-day would have been in as serious a plight as are "the mills in the I niteii States. Through co-operation, the Canadian mills have been able to effect a large measure of standardiza- tion and speciali.^ation, to bring about other economies in production and gen- eially to increase their efficiency in i manufacturing and marketing. Credit I is due, too, to the Association's rep- resentative in Bucharest. Many orders have been lost through inability of the representatives sent to foreign conn- tries to understand the point of view of the buyers. A very large part of the money which will be brought to Canada as a result of this export business in wool- lens will be distributed in wages to Canadian labor. .SELL BONUS .\T HOME. (Barrie Examiner.) .\ number of Canadian municipali- ties are beginning to take a greater interest in the placing of their de- bentures â€" an interest that is being manifested in an effort to absorb their municipal bonds at home in- stead of havwg them disposed of through bond dealers. If selling campaigns were good business in placing Dominion bonds, they should .ipp.'y quite as well for finding a n-arket for se urities in the mu lid- palities where the money is to be spent. Read the Advertisements REGULARLY EX-MINISTER JOINS BROKER- AGE HOUSE. T. W McGarry. ex-M.P.P. and formerly Provincial Treasurer In the Hearst .\dminl8tration, has joined the stoclt brokerage firm ot A. K. Osier and Co. as Tics-prMl- dent and managing director. V