ABUNDANT RAINFALL NO DROUGHTS IN ON. 'TARIO'S CLAY BELT. * All Along the Line, Are Streams SHAUGHNESSY'S LONDON WAN. Mr. Archer Baker Represents C.P.R. Across the Big: Pond. Not all Canadians are aware of the magnitude of the business done in Europe by Canadian financial con TEA "FLAVOR | Tea acquires.a flavor under' the caliar climate of Ceylon that cannot be acqui anywhere cise on earth. The delicate fragrance J and. delightful aroma o VICTOR Records are uniform 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE" PEL aT 00, They never vary In tone or quality --no matter where you buy them. New Records Every Month Watch for the list of New Records, published on the first of every month. Double faced Records 90c. for the two. Ask your dealer to play them. Write us for complete catalogue of Victor Records. 97 THE BERLINER GRAM-O-PHONE COMPANY LIMITED, - MONTREAL. | trees, | ake | way on Rivers--This New Land Has Advantage: That West Not Possess. There are mo droughts up in On. tario's new clay belt. The forests and streams forbid that, and the irriga- tion problems of Western Canada will never trouble this northern Onterio land. The wild flowing Abitibi passes out of the lake eight miles to the eastward and upon its waters a canoe could pass northward 170 miles to James Bay. is the Frederick House. the line are streams or rivers The rainfall has been abundant throughout the season that is near its end, Frost comes early but even the frost's approach has been driven back for days around Englehart and New Liskeard by the extensive clear- ings and the drainage. At these and other pléces where cultivation! has been progressing fos a few years the temperature is several degrees higher than in the woods that fringe them This new land has advantages that neither the West of to-day possesses, nor the older part of Ontario, when the axe, "first woodland music of civilization," was heard in its un- broken. forests There are two crops up here twelvemonth where the one. The spruce tree: have a com- mercial value sn high -- between $3 aed $4 a cord--that fqr the cigaring of the land, and pro- vides mohey for the sowing of the eror There is profitable work for wintsr as well as summer Older Ontario had this double crop but what section had a railway pass along the virgin forest, Mostly the bigger far than here, had to be i=lled and burned where they fell, for lack of the transportation to a mar- ket. The Ontario is at its doors in the navig- rivers and the colonization rail- that the older province has sent All along in the west has only np. There i$ for none of the pioneers of +4 Narthern Ontario. the need to hit a Housekeeping Easier fall and winter 'Crown Brand Syrup' out ve more largely used by everyone. It simplifies the making of deli- cious dishes to such an extent that house- keeping beconwes easier in everyway. Crown Brand Syrup-eaten with bread, toast, biscuits, pudding, porridge or pastry, provides sustaining dishes that please the palate and don't overheat the body--dishes that are plain, wholesome, easily prepared and easily digested and at the same time very nourishing. Won't you try CROWN BRAND SYRUP? When you think of its purity, its wholesomeness, of all the dainty and delightful dishes you can make with it,--when you think of its fine "honey-cream" flavor and "ti#ag golden colour, and how it will save you trouble and bring variety to every meal--don't you think it worth your while to order some. Children thrive on it. = Adults enjoy it. Ist your convenience Crown Brand Syrup is put up in 2, 5, 10 and 20 air tight tne-with Eoff ido ¢ The Edwardsburg Starch Co., Limited @ ESTABLISHED 1868. ad Offices : MONTREAL, TORONTO and BRANTFORD In Works : CARDINAL, Ont More Bread to the Barrel Test it yourself. Count the number of loaves you buke with a bag of "Beaver" flour. Notice the size of the loaves, too--and the. way the dough stands up in the oven, "Beaver" Flour ound for pound--makes MORE bread and whiter, fehter. tastier bread with the flavor you never forget. It is the original Ontario Blended Flour and contains the best qualitiss of both Ontario and Manitoba Wheat Flours. 'Beaver' Flour saves you money. Try it: rices on Feed, aylor Co., write us for The T. H. Dealers. - Cereals. Coarse Grains and Limited, Chatham, Ont, ag | hig. back a bag | mites, trail through the woods and bear upon f corn, 30, 40 or 50 as more than one of Ontario's M.P.P.'s has done in the olden days + A kind Providence has smiled upon this northern land. Cochrane is moving rapidly, but | there is always a delightful sensation | bread horse thief { pinch of being on the border land between the old and the new; the tried and the untried; the land that has been bound to man's use and the' land that lies virgin to the far northward; the rail- way that runs straight south 500 miles to a city of 300,000, meeting here a narrow stumpy trail to the farms of the pioneers in the woods around When the giant Cree Indian was brought in from the Hudson Bay out- post, 1,000 miles away, chained and sirapped, he was in charge of a white man, named Clark, who had been brought upon the shores of Lake Abitibi, 40 miles to north. and east He was a full grown husky man, a Hudson Bay factor, and the train that bore the two south to Hamilton Asy- lum wag the first this white man hunt- er had ever seen The Way of the Mounteds. Inthe Busy Man's 'Magazine for October, Kate S8impson-Hayes relates the surprise of an American new-com- er when he had his first glimpse of the manner in which the law and order are enforced in the West, The w riter Suys: 'A year ago, jraveling through Al- borta, 1 met a keen-looking American from Nebraska, and I asked him how he liked living under the British flag? His answer was " 'Pretty d---- well." he sad, out elegance or hesitation. He: leit his plow (a ten-furrow affair, worked by steam) and. leaning up against a fence, told me this : 4 I was down near the boundary line last vear with a bund of horses, when a mounted policdnan. came all alone. in chase of a half- He sort of expect- to find hin in a breed camp a bit and F went with him just them red-coats would make a The fellow got off his horse, walked into camp where there were about twelve or thirteen ugly-looking chaps sitting around, and says red- along to see | coat | settling his hapd quite polite like | Winchester; ! Tae '! *Here, along with me,' on you come shoulder was. a another a Colt's; another out of him, but the red. a chaps * 'There let a vell {| coat just said " 'Look here, vou fellows, sit down quick, for I'm going Yo take this man { with me.' | Commonwealth want a preference | guished from a commercial basis. 'He did." " Preferential Trade. The newspapers of the Australian es tablished upon an Imperial as distin- We may perhaps be excused for being un- { able to comprehend how a preference | In trage can be established upon any other than a commercial basis. A preference to be of any valve aust be a preference which prefers. Canada 'took the lead in establishing a prel- | erence because she preferred the Our Sale of Fuimitre Will Continue Uni Dec. 1t,'09 Now is Your Chance for Some Beautiful Christmas Presents. Five O'clock Tea Table,| English design, with or with-| out glass trays, Card Table, cover with greén cloth, from $4.50 to| $18. Karly $nglish Finished | Card Table to match. Den| i =r Setts at low prices. Music Cabinets, Brass Beds, Mahogsny Dressers and Stand, White E namel Dressers and Stand, Bird's| Eye Maple Dressers and Stand. Bed to match. Robt. J. Reid. 230 Princess St. trade of the Empire to the trade of the world, pot that British trade is in- trinsically of any more value than the business we do with the United States or with any other nation, but because | Britain is our best customer and the only nation which does not seek bw | the impositidn of artificial barriers to | i | giving a preference, i Phone 577 Fee aor hamper trade under the delusion that it is harmful and ought to be restrain- | ed to the utmost possible limit. --Vie- toria Daily Times. Canada Will Lead. The Congress of Chambers of Com. merce of the Empire at Sydney, N 8 W., voted against confining the | preference to goods carried in. British bottoms, between British ports. Well, {just as Canada was the pioneer in so must Canada | be the first to get the full benefit of | the preference By and by, when $ wlia educated up to the | Sees 30 paint of siew, it will rea. o + i 1 hett prt its gets x. ESiond or Britis ro } . sleagers.~U.ia Does ¢ i To the west seven miles | their sale pays | timber market of Northern | with- fellow grabbed a | en moeAiereba: ache they often attcibute their suffering to other disorders and do not, realize that the kidneys are diseased. ' w how ) ful a fatal Hat i £ ica mo roel cue for kidney oe A.W. Shases Kidney 8 Liver ills ; This medicine has a trul derful record of cures and is i in nearly every home as the most . ghective me sbisindtie for for iver complain 1 iousness, Sotiti- pation, backacheand kidney disease. ¢ ill dose, Beta 3 box, at all deals rv Raman. Be & Co., Toronto. "Caught Cold." 3 Had a Distressing, Tickling Sensation In The Throat. Mr. Albert MacPhee, Chignecto Mines, N.8., writes: "In Oot. 1908, 1 eaught cold by working in water, and had a very bad cough and that distressing, ticklin sensation in my throat so that 1 coul not sleep at night, and my. lungs were so very sore I had to give up work. Our doctor gave me medicine but it did me no good so 1 Bot a bottle of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup and by the time I had used two bottles I was entirely cured. 'I am always recommending it to my friends." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup eom- bines the potent. héaling virtues of the Norway pine tree with other absorbent, expectorant and soothing medicines of recognized worth and is absolutely harml-ss, prompt and safe for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Croup, Sore Throat, Pain or Tightitess in the Chest, and all Throat and Liirig Troubles. There are many imitations of "Dr, ®ood's" so'be sure and get the genuine when you ask for it. Put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine | trees the trade mark; price 25 cents. | Manufactured only bv The T. Mi'Surs Co., Limited. Toronte, Ont. The Souvenir Base Borner Heater is & beanty und ldoks the part, Tis dee sign is ornamental, pleasing and in good I ical, son venient and durable. Ifs coastruotion practically eliminates repairs and makes for fuel economy. It is self-feadimg and radiates every unit of heat generated. Just buy the Souvenir if you want the best heater. It's fully guarssteed by the makers. GURNEY, TILDEN & CO., Limited & \ HAMILTON : Montreal Winnipeg ' Calgary Vancouver oo --®) EC ---- (ToL) ) BASE BURNERS For Sale by S. J. Horsey, ston, Ont. Kine HIGHEST FOOD-VALUE. Epps's Cocoa is a treat to Children, A Sustenant to the Worker. A Boon to the Thrifty Housewife. 9 EFESS 'SUPPER In strength d of flavour, d in use oul Epes is economy Children thrive on Wood's Zhsvghition | BY The Great - Tones and inv nervous eyStge) in old Veins. rnd Nero. ous Debility, Mental and Brain Worry, Des- pondency, kness, Fanissions, Sper matorrhaa, and ior ss of Abuse or Excesses. Priced p per box, six for will please, six Sold "by all sts or mailed in m, " Eppes." TRY BEAVER FLOUR Good for Pastry Bread Ne com- rlaing Farivthe | r years we ive, Loe yandli 3 » ie podargte LEAN, or and weckly got off. cerns--banks, reilways, ete. The London office of the C.P.R., for exam- ple, is a very bustling place indeed, and it is interesting to note how this' company's business has expanded in twenty-four years, and to ledrn some thing of the man who overlooks it. In 1885 Mr. Archer Baker, then gen- eral superintendent of the ' eastern diyision of the C.P.R., was sent {0 England to open up business for the road in Great Britain' and Europe. An office was rented in Liverpool, and its staff consisted of one clerk and. én office boy. Now Mr. Baker is Euro- péan manager of the company, which has its own Atlantic steamers run- ning from Liverpool, Antwerp, Bris tol and London to Canadian ports. He is chief of a palatial establish- ment in Trafalgar Square, London, with an army of clerks, 'and = head- quarters for an organization of 2.000 offices and agencies all over the Brit ish Isles and Europe. Mr. Baker was born: in the English city of York in 1845" and commenced railroad work in London in 1860. But a short ex- perience there satisfied him, and he resolved to try his fortune in Canada As to How he prospered we may take his own words, as they are quoted by a writer in The Idler: "} borrowed the money to pay my second-class assage; 1 promptly sailed from Liverpool in the paddle steamer. Scotia for New York. From that place 1 made my way to Mont- real. finding the ice just broken up in the St. Lawrence, the only means of transit from the south being by ferry, which I took. Up to thif point I had clung faithfully to the symbol of civilisation, as exemplified in the ordinary top hat, which I quickly dis- carded, finding it somewhat unsuited to the only occupation which present- ed itself at the moment--a job where, for $16 a month, I had to be 'handy man' in general, sweepi out the store and cleaning the windows being two of the lightest of my tasks. In- side of a year, 1864, 1 was fortunate enough to obtain a position in the Allan Steamship Co., where I remain- ed until 1869. During this time there was the attempted invasion of Canada by the Fenians and the trial of the St. Albans raiders; the latter, a party of Southerners who raided the St Albans Bank, fled to Canada, and were subsequently arrested and brought to trial. My duties took me to Portland, Maine, U.S.A, in winter, which the Allan 'steamers made their port of call during that period of the year. At that time, 1862 to 1866, the Civil War was in progress I was thgre when it finished, at the time of President Lincoln's assassina- tion, and had the pleasure of meet- ing many of the prominent men of the day, Generals Grant and Sher- man, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others: and had the good fortune to hear Charles Dickens give his last readings in America. - I have reason to remember the Civil War, because 1 found it necessary at Montreal to get my certificate of nationality sign- ed by the then Governof-General, Lord Monck, to avoid the eonscrip- tion, which was draining the best of the young men of the country away to take part in the struggle." In 1870 he returned to Canada and | became superintendent'sclerk on the Brockville and Ontario Railway. In 1878 he had risen to the position of general manager of this road and of the Canada Central Railway. In 1881 he went to the C.P.R. as eastern sup- erintendent, with the result already stated A Roof.-Top Dog. There is a dog in the city of Teo. ronto that lives ona roof. 'The roof is two storeys above the ground. When he wants to get any exercise he just steps out of his window, which is on the third storey of a certain bhilding on Yonge street, close to the corner of King and Yonge streets, and takes a walk aeross the roof of the next building, which happens te be only two storeys high It so happens that the people who own this dog occupy the rooms on the top storey above a candy store, and a billiard parlor. Up there they poaok their meals, wash and iron, and sleep. - In fact, it is hope for them, and home for the dog. The troubles is that they can't very well take him out for a walk -at the adjacent cor- ner, because it is not a healthy place for Alogs owing to street cars and bi- ties and other troublesome things at were made without any refer- ence to dogs at all. So this dog sel dom gets out. Ounce in a whilé he is led down the two flights of stairs to the ground floor and taken out for a walk, but that is usually on Sun- days. Other times when he wants the air he climbs out the window on to the roof and parades around in solitary glory among the chimney pots, From his roof garden he is able to see down into the backs of shops where the packing cases are put and whence the waste paper of the stores is taken by the garbage men. He can see also the back windows of a bi- liard parlor. He stays out quite a length of time some days, and seems to. enjoy the situation without the slightest annoyance from vertigo when he looks over the edge of his promenade. All he wants is more dogs; he's fond of company. Absentminded Traveler. \ well-known Toronto cigar travel er. one of the best known in the trade, sot on a Belt line car, Toronto, and on paying his fare asked for a trans- fer to a Bloor west car. At the ¢orner of Spadina and Bloor he folded his paper and got off the car via the front door At the time he was thinking of something els¢ and having got off the car in the front he walked to the | rear and got on again As soon as he was seated he un- folded his paper again and began reading. Bv the time the car gut to St. George st=oet the conductor came sround . and. Wve looked at the transter refmged take it The traveler was ap Tn the air, with the conductor, and with the railway in zeneral, until he found out bis error Piles Cured In 6 To 14 Days. Pazo Owtment 1s guaraute d to « A will please you. the 4 y- Bros. & Co., The Buy a . your grocer. 5 * package to-day from you like it! Just Look At The Conveniences You Have In The "Peerless Peninsular There's the Key Plate for broiling. By pushing the handle up, as shown, the steak or chops maybe broiled right over the coals. There's the Low Closet-- a handy place for irons, pots, pans etcy There's' "the Drop JASE Oven Door --which forms a shelf when opened, level with the floor of the oven. There are other special features which -make the "Peerless Peninsular" just the kind.ef range which every woman, who takes pride in'}ér cooking, wants in her kitchen. Being made of castiron, the "Peerless Penin- sular" will mot rust through. Write for free catalogue, which illustrates and describes the "'Peerless" line, We will also send name of a nearby dealer who carries " Peerless Peninsular" Ranges, Limited, Preston,. Ont. ; AGENTS. * ELLIOTT BROS. Let Some One Else do the Work You've baked yotir own beans -- You know what it costs in time, work and outlay. If you could not buy Baked Beans as good at less cost this would be necessary, but CLARK'S Pork and Beans are made under such favorable conditions that you get them all ready for the table at less than the beans alone would cost you. Why not let Clark's cooks do the work ad give you the bene- fit in-the saving both of time and money. ORDER FROM YOUR GROCER fic., 10c., 124c. a tin CLARK'S CHATEAU" Sc., 10c., 15¢. and 20c. a tin WM. CLARK, aturer of Hi ood Specialties -~ ade 7-11-09 f7 » BRAND Montreal Bake Dans what's more dis- pend or only half Oo them--naot so | Imperial th the 1] illustration. above shows strip along top of oven ding * down side and aloag bottom, follow little arrows and you will see p the that the fire heat must travel equal- ly over every part of the oven--this ~ guarantees An even baking heat. Any Gurney-Oxford dealer can show you features that have made this range the' Oxford" The small, dividing" WPERIAL OR RANG Simmons _Bros., .Phone 194. .. 1 Yellow Store. 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