slow. yet ever-increasing streamiof huganity flowing back from the city to thef farms; a"hasty but more slender str&@&mi rippling home to town agam, es capihg from mortgages. hat is the picture, as it stands to datg, of the American movement toward the®simple life and bucolic indepen dence Ve hear much of those who go. We lear more from whose who come bakk, blowing on burnt fingers. But we bfear nothing of those Who, having gone, their varied fields, have been tak those migrators into very serious @nsideration, differentiating then, , as ¥iclass, sharply from the farmers bord th whom. they so dgringly engage in alry. $ d science, regarding with = wary Ic « x . ' kt, Fo and mechanics, however, in hat ctesnak worry of the farmer, p¢rt or amateur, the labor q'Bestion, s 'at last contrived, especially for his nefit, an automatic farmhand, fit "to the work of a dozen horses, if need . who never kicks about starting in at & am, never runs away with 'the far- mer' daughter, never gets sore be, use he 1s asked to wash milk pans en he was employed to do plowing, $d never quits the morning that SIX es of hay must be taken Wn. ® The new farmhand of the modern dence is so jammed full of dlectrical rgy that he would knock stiff any Sm hired man who daréd touch . to. resumptuousy ; yet he. is so ddable Rat ey will shilie the cows ith one hand and, 'with the other, do 3 Monday morning wash. What farmer who ever turned a fur- x in the past has had a hired man Re thar? w to re---- Just to learn what this new farm- and can do, journey in Imagination where one of him is working now, # and Wight, with not a single stop a 300-3cre farm on There are many more but this Mahrrrg sorse- tre Tegrermg Serble ® meals, on ong Island. ' r @f him in the United States, Spe is a good example. i He is an electrical motor, but differ st in his general style and utilities om the big affairs that furnish motive ower on immense western ranches and ave been written about and pictured & the magazines. ; #@ The new hired man has no ambitions faulting toward running an cight-gang ow and chewing up the world's tient face at the rate of mamy acies It was apparent Ag ould be grouped Nor does it propose to romp across |driven, in turn, by the grain-laden fields, tossmg out One motor could bemmded barrels of XXXX flour on one | needs, bec side, while it sells the latest things in American "stfaav-hats at the other. 4 it is perfectly willing and able to-- y Well, here is the story of just one WW farmhand, as told by its designer wi a yllustrated with actual § graphs, | mall 1 and lishing #& a"yecent assemblage of ¢l ctrical ex gerts in New York city. . He had, on Long Island, a client the modern migrating type, one Your city-bred men, tired of the foil, yet not rich enough to hve come fortably without work; possessed of | sand « l ng capital, for an undertaking of 1 $670 was made up of achieves the real means : agnitude, yet not sufficiant to permit on" mvgstment amd depr many ot his products through f expensive mistakes; intelligently ap 12 per nt, $420; : periods of low prices umtil such a time preciative of the value of labor-saving ng expe fu ub markets enables devices in the .mgin, yet far from be- and minor repairs, $250 ing; fool enough to want to run a was all = Scientific farm merely for the sake of was no cost. for because EINE A scientific farmer plant required no expert tention He thought of electricity with water | ran automatically and. demanded . the power; but, as he hadn't any water [Services of the man assigned to it ogly power handy, he had to forego the: for the daily start of engitfe and, gen- Qectricity in that cheap form. He serator. He could do a:full day's*wotrk thought of électricity from the public } and give the: electric hired. man,' be Bghting corporation in his neighbor J tween times, all the attention requisite Bood, but found it rwould charge: him Fo. The power plant was installed 'in an renecessary current alone, between Junused one-storey carriage shed... lo 000 and $1,100, with the interest"to cated at the westerly end: of the: L lose, besides, on the installation: of a } formed by the linked group of farm prasate feeder line of 1900 feet and the buildings. That "was "about ' 250 feet cost of its maintenance. from the building containing the firm e considered the plan of the build. | machwery and the creamery, but it hs he acquired with the 300 ~com- |permitted of utilization of a structure acres had | atherwise idle, placed the plant as nedr is was feasible to.the residence and.af- forded \ practically, a<central:location in ts relation to the "load to be cartied: it It 'was found. to be most economical | n # provide a generating. set with an:in- ternal-combustion' engine . for service during the evening. and. to instal 'a storage battery to provige a continuogs supply of . current throdghout the twenty-fonr hours. ' The: internal-com- bustion engine chosen was 'designed to Tahrig he Face. ar Liorker fet © merican Oils - Coal Oil famier has far too { Turning. to his escort he drew. but in the | card, on which was engraved: tions { Rear-Admiral, U.S. N., Retired, r the grooming of cows--a nmin | "The old. ship has. changed since as well expect. to take his grown | [ commanded her!" son down te the creek every night and | 'rub hint" with perfamed soap But it is: very . different when the pose 1§ there, ready to shove | Bir' John. MiMais: tells ~ this ' Rg She? geetris Barse I he { himsell. He was down by 't bank ti hoat & je grooming acl lof e T: amnting in: the rushes of + & - work comes down to no nag oy the Tay, jai ea ther Lubricating Oils ind, while time "doés amount" 107 hin has thrilled Gasoline Y thing. "every man has ever deffable sadmess and mystery of t iv: | We.make ial : } ed stock for a séas Knows that . je summer. He worked on so steadily . 3 5pecia ty of handling for any th mproved sense c wellbeing | 4p, he failed to wate Lubricating Oils of all kinds. : Prices on application. direct returns output. or Lu,tir a 'voice said: "1 W.F. KELLY & CO., that pay fuil" dividends on the raphy? his | South Cor. Ontario and Clarence 1 Sts. ward-working time to lose on indulgence ds sepa- {fo the calves befgre structures, | natural heat kind He turned loose his « { churn, electrically driven | grind out, larly to twelve fifteen minutes He' made a erect an with a windmill; ang them { until the bill was paid tl they could be [he could have installed a ¢ It from a moto. | power efectric puntp, which wonld li } ¢ of all their reliable and suit- larger service d from ned the of quadrangle Among tl m machimery he bought w place grinder, cutter fanning mill, grindsto: corn sheller, a small horse chipper close t'L into'a sala DIAMONDS = WATCHES AUCTION NOW IN PROGRESS. The High-Class Stock of had feed cutter, | of saw, and a ten pounds of Very Insulting, Everybody's, London. ..< root big 18,000 circu press that al sO ones a be us take been far moré simple, able for his needs There remain for body else'who can dis¢ern the perman fa wisely planned first in riche advantages of an jin automatic rigerating plant, worked by electricity. including re frigeration that is free from dampness, free from the waste of a single pound of energy, immaculately clean and per fect in its regulation of temperature With such a refrigerating plan only aboroof h i l elimina AUsSe no two of were to | him, as observe machines t the same time While he S motor in the installed a » supply th another fo whecl about power t ong the Sapportunities, whed women have begun to | mception of - their. rights am bélngs. ave . t means. the tor affords of lightening the work of | household. 1: deal qu L system of friepdly critic, eyit "Phone, - 486. was not flattc before reg His lack: of *d the Scot, who took : hen marched off wit of mute of ' "Silver Plate that Wears" If you want dependable silver, look for this mark-- ~ "|B4T ROGERS BROS. on knives, forks, spoons, ete. The most beautifgl, longest- wearing silver plate made. SOLD BY LEADING DraLens Exquisitely designed silver dishes, Ways, lea sets, as, oe ane wade b dl K nnear& D'Esferre give the which the | man is always go. an | rike against. It will sweep the floors | | pneumatically and mak ght of that | y { weekly Back-breaking |} itl broom It will turn the interior of the farm- | house from an gven at 2 @'clack of a | summer afternoon nto a cool paradise | ol by ats of "the electric fans is al- |) he Rev. Thomas " ways ready to, run. Ir will. wash the'l iyterian minister, g resident J clothes well but 'a 'good deal' nfore | Chelsea, and well. known as a brother "fully. than the wet wash latmdry, | DCOt, was most anxious. to know Carlyle And-- respite from that most: criel St4but had. no - opportunity sof getting an domestic tatkss--it will take away, the introduction toshim.. One. d the brutal foot:treadie from . the "Sewing King's Road, he saw ( arlyle coming in machine and 'leave the housewife feel- { his direction, and. took advantage of the ing. asithopugh she was not created to {oPPoRunity hy Foing up lo, the sage ana [carry inside of her a perpetually aching (53¥IN&3 Thomas Carlyle, I believe i inferno. Carlyle's= reply was Fom Alexander, I*know!" They: became good friends and later. Mr. Alexander wrote to Car Iyle for a subscription toward a school | building fund, and Carlyle wrote back a refusal in: doggerel, whereupon Mr Alexander replied that if he did send him five pounds, he would sell his | poetry to a collector og publish it. The | Foyvariv a five pomnds were at once forthe THE FRONTENAC LOAN AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY ESTABLISHED, 1863. President--Sir Richard 1Ce cream, ready to will 15. the ' Consisting of Diamonds, Watchls, Clocks, Solid Silver, Silverware, Cut Glass, Gald Jewellary, Edie. will be offered at Public Auction, Daily at 2.30 and 7.30 P.M. At Our Stove, Cor. Pri qh Wellington ip. A ing isioll, ¢ . Ladies Specially Invit : oe a _ Chairs Provided 1CC of pre , and photographs a muckle mair Jike the place, 100." ing ving in the the highest lvance » Two Scots. London Chrohicle. a often received rates or, & Pres Alex: a ---- without '1t me His .mgto I drive bottle m washing , machine and the pasteurizing apparituas..: It: will turn in on tke other |! end of 'the .milk business and drive his ensilage cutter smoothly. and powerfully --more smoothly, indeed than is done bythe. travelling experts who: hire owt their portable 'plant and' labor "at + the cuttihg' season. Aad, twicesa day, «it - will. work * the milking machine on two cows at a time : enable one man to attend to two or three machines at once, With "a milking machine, properly cared for as tw the details of cleanh- ness, not a single germ can possibly itivadé the milk supply. because, from the t tarts from the udder until hermetically sealed pail, breath of 'air comes mm contact labor his as AY, Pretty Heavy Tax. 'elgrboro Expésitor, Last. year the people of Canada used | woollen goods to 'the value of neurly $20.000000. + Of this amount $14.873.000 fers imported and paid duty, on the average of «all classes. of goods, of 30 {pe r cent. Thirty percent. seems a prety { fair protection for an industcys Any { industty, that, can increase its prices $30 i Unneighborly Sarcasm. jon every $100.0ver its foreign competitor, Music : and "Prama. ! | shoul be able to get on fairly well. Fhey were discussing « the * relative | -- Position of various countries -as mrusi- Change In The Old. Ship. val centfes. Germany. seemed to S..Atmy and Navy Journal. the most votaries, much to the evident On one of 'the week-end ises the |displeasure. of one excitabl | battleship' Hartford van into Castine, | who wished his own. country us Dsbitit not paratively neglected he ought, . At a distance of 6335 feet from the house, in which he desired to instal 160 incandescent lamps, were the farm' dives, arequped in L shape, with : machinery houses at one end, va, small carriage shed at' the other, and the creamery, carriage house, horse stable and wagon he in between, 'incubator and brooder, which have : been the despair of the amateur most: of the timé--and of the regular farmer a large part of the thne--ean | be: freed from the incubus of the coal- {1 oil! lémp and 'giveh a perf steady, even temperature.' with prictically no OF our fowe Scranton Coals will prove tg Cartwright. you its superiority over, all other kinda. on City and Farm Pro Jertiea. + Municipal a rpurel received and mserest tad ales 1 P. WALSH, 65-57 Barrack St. as ciowelle. 4 IF IT IS TO GET A SINK ve of "its * ji "Italy is turmi Director. Get acquainted with Black Watch the big black plug chewing tobacco. A tremendous favorite oj on the electric generator, use. erude petroleum or some products. such as-are readily obtainable in barrel lots, inithe épen market: The full load capacity of the engine is ten horse-power, with direet current capable of five kilowafts™ at 125 volts. The storage battery is good for 288 ampere- haurs, 'or thirty-six amperes for eight hours---ample..to take care of. all»the day load.«the night load from bedtime until morning, and! to provide .for a constant reserve at all times, . He pat in a tubular cream separator, which takes the cream ont: of: sixty quarts. of 'milk within' thirteen minutes, making it: practicable! to- feed ithefskim. * attention whatever ve, There remains 'plenty ofespare time for the. attachment of the feed mixer, and so that rather héavy - and time- chhsunting' labor: of the barntis done away with 1 . Every progressive farmer knows to the "dolar, and every old-line 'farmer kaows by instinet, 'that the better 'the condition' of "his stock the more momey there is in his ket. And both know, bv this time) that, on the farm, clean- liness is a close next: toi profit earning: But the grooming of horses is one of the labors which," for the beter part of the week, is' altogether a labor of love; lw | Maine, where crowds of visitors. board- {ed the ship. One olds grizzied: farmer | fell into: the hadds of a young mitldy j from Montana. For the time; being i ventilators became torpedo tubes; those | "sticks. up"in. the air were to hold up fog nets, the topes wege clothes limes, the: engines. ran « by radium, 3nd the "pHartiord. 'was the fastest ship .afloat. The old boytseemed: deeply interested, especially in: the chute for getty over- 'board: the legs and arms that mght be' brut off-in action asidl. the valve jor. let- | ting out. whatever water might run into jthe ship." When he finally wentiover the {side he. was profuse gin 1..his | thanks. of the royal and imperial 'guests off the palm. most musicians, and has always turned 'out 'the most," he ericd. ! "Ach Gott!" exclaimed present, "can you plame dem?" An Odious Comparison. | + A Ring's coachman is a' personage of | no small importance. Certainly. the | coachman to her laté: majesty, Queen | Victoria, had a befitting. sense of the | dignity and: responsibility of his posi-| pion. On the occasion of the jnbifce { 1887 he was asked if he was driving at*that ALP S. C. McGill, Managing. : MEN AND WOME, | Use 6 for engstursh Set up or a bath room installed. Taam do it in first-eiass style and at xight price. Give me a wal 2igor Pics; MH DAVID HALL, Dass, DR. - LITTLE'S FEMALE REGULATING PILLS Best 'for Women's tse, in irregularities inghant? Palace. 1 ani the drive the time quaXtered i . vas his 'en's coachman ; fF. " or supression, at all Druggists, or by wall, $2MPR. LITTLE MEDICINE CO, { voronto, Opt. :