ES A NB * PAGE TWELVE, ' when you are appe- poor----your whole system BR rat 7 a Wade of Lonatrs Ale and Stout Jlauses. $e palate, refreshes the Body -agzeen with the weakest A truly wholesome bever- hee eh cally nourishes, For a try Labatt's London Lager to the Bnest German vy he Nigh a ight, table, patisfying, ay Av, the lavender - 3 4 *y ? *» Comet Beer , (LAGER STYLE)" 3 a To 4 hE looks Las. Sheise 1a piri, Quenched ' i gives & Premier Beer (ALE STYLE) The newest non-intoxicant, mild and delicious, with the real flavor ad uality of good ale, Complies th local option requirements and bid be openly sold anywhere. Order any Labatt product from 'your dealer, Ask . Jelseshens 3 For Agent, James McParland, 339-341 King St. E,, Kingston. A FURNACE THAT WILL GIVE YOU AS MUCH HEAT FROM SIX TONS OF COAL, AS YOU EVER GOT FROM SEVEN, IS ONE YOu CANNOT AFFORD TO OVERLOOK. ONT Es. The !' Hecla " will do this : It is built to save coal at every-point, but the big coal-saving feature is the Steel Ribbed Fire Pot. By adding Steel Ribs to the Fire Pot the surface which radiates heat is increased three times. Ps rom drm. Be a ayhel ] Every Furnace has flanges or projections of some sort on the fire pot to get more the beating Capacity of the fire pot wu ases j H ps e fire pot increases as you increase the radiat ating surface, But the "Hecla" is the only Furnace that has attained the gréatest possible radiating surface rs reason is that where "other Furnaces have clumsy casteiron Flanges, the flanges on the *' Hecla" are made of steel plate and fused to the fire pot casting by our patent process, radiating surface, becauss STEEL RIBAED FIRE POT Constructed to save Fuel Flanges of steel plate--g7 in number--are fused into the Fire ~~ Pot casting, increasing the radi ating surface three times. This§ A gives the air better access to the source of haat so that the heat is conducted away from the coal as rapidly as it is created and with- out waste. oe test extending over three years, demonstrated that this ribbed fire pot made a saving in coal--I133% Isn't that worth looking into ? | Ask someone who owns a * Hecla," You will find the "" Hecla " the best warm air Furnace you ever saw. You will find Jhat it gives an.evea distribution of heat-- beat that is moist and free from gas or dust, You will find the * Hecla * a Furnace easy to run. One that does not waste live coals when you shake it down, You will find a Fumate that burns wood or coal equally well. CLARE BROS. & CO., LIMITED, « PRESTON, Ont, ELLIOTT BROS. Kingston. THE PATLY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUKE 10, 191%, . ------------------ ------------ ---- \ the | BY UNCLE JOSH. i snes Sometimes, the way is very dark, the day is dreary; "perhaps, is i soul are 5 sup is in the west, weary. And 1 Just smile friend, And start there is nought but sorrow, gnd face the 'east, dear anew Lo-mOIrow, A hoe crop is one of the best pre {parations for alfalfa. A field in which a. potato, mangel or crop has if thoroug ultivated, excellent comdiz alfalia in the org | been grown, {will leave the land in [ti n for a deeding of Hollowing season. At a meeting at Dublin, presided Lord Aberdeen, it was stated land now supplies more poul- Great Britain than does any {other country. There has been an average increase in these exports for some vears past of £353,372, and since {vot these exports have increased by 1 £1,000,000r, for er by {that Ire jtry to A Phenomenal Cow. details reparding a phenomenal cow wre taken from the Nouvelliste Vaudois, of Lausanne. Lhe lecow Theda was the subst of a paper fread at a = wetling of 'the Normandy [farmers by V. Lederiey, of the Lieber eld Federal ¥ stablishments for agricul | tural experiments and analysis. She is lof the East Friesian breed, was caval in 1901, and belongs to a farmer om {the estate of Dr. Ojtmann, at Meterhiof, inear the vill i Loge. It is claim- 'ed that she holds the world's record {for production of milk and butter, Af- f ter being dry for about six weeks and jo noderately foddered, she gave, from the day she calved (March 13th, 1907), 25th, 190s, 10,654 kilo milk, or 2,255 gallons, 56 per cent. of fat, representing kilogrammes, or 536 pounds of butter. She was not a very yg cow. Ome May 11th, 1907, when leav- ing for pasture, she weighed 564 kilo- {grammes (just pver 11 ewt.), and on {returning {November 10th, 1907) 597 kilogrammes, or 73 pounds heavier. At the autumn, 1910, this cow warded the prize for production show of breeders of East Fries Farmer and Stockbreeder. The following to. February srammes of th 3 80,302 end of was at the land.-- Shade for Chickens. Chickens of all ages should have plenty of places to go into away from the direct rays of the sun. A clump of brush-wood is the natural shade. failing this place, some shelter of wood, even large packing cases, will do so that the chickens can get away fromthe sun's too powerful rays. If vou use the boxes, see that they are turned that the mid-day and after- ngon #tn does not shine directly into them evén tigugh the sun is directly over; you can turn the boxes so that they will not get the afternoon sun. You will soon see the chickens glad to get this protection. They are also use- ful when it rains. i -- " \ The Home Surroundings. As one drives through the country he receives various impressions of the farmers from the appearance of the home surroundings. It certainly does not speak well for any farmer if his front yard is growing to weeds or fi in a poorly kept condition, Many farmers make 'the claim that it does not pay to do any work avound the lawn, but let us state here that this is a great mistake for it is not very expensive to buy a few plants and shrubs or seeds, and it does not "take so very much time to greatly improve the looks of the majority of cur farm homes, and what little work it does take can be done during the noon hour or at some other odd time, Beautifving your home with a neat- ly kept lawn; some nice flower beds and hardy shrubs is a sign of refine ment and the cost of doing this work is entirely out of proportion when compared to the beautiful effect they produce and the impression they make on people who sed them. To most of us our homes are the dearest places on earth, and we ought to take enough pride in ourselves to make them look as neat and attractive as possible, There are other things in this world to live for than merely financial gain. Therp is much satisfaction in hving whefe all of the beauty of nature can be seen and enjoved, and our farmers can have and enjoy these - things at practically no cost. It is the enjoy- ment-of these beauttful things that {lifts farming from drudgery to one of the highesf vocations known to Agriculture is the backbone of this great country, let us show the puislie that we have high instincts hy making our homes. attractive with the beauty of Mother Nature. man. Interesting Notes. The destruction of horses during the ATTENTION WHEN YOU REQUIRE ANY Tinsmithing, Gas~Fitting, Plumbing or Hot Water Heating Done CALL up civil war was enormous, says Our Dumb Avimals. In the fiscal year of 1864, the government purchased for the federal armies in round numbers 190,600 head of horses. There was one period of eight months of * that var when the army of the Potomac lone used over 40.000 head, and Gen. Sheridan, in his memorable campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, wired : Ki0 new animals per day. In addition to this were the unnumbered thou i Beware of Ointments for Oatarrh That Contain Mercury. a8 mercury will surely destro th sense of smell and completely decange the whole tem when enterin through the) mucous surfaces. 8 or articles shold never be used "phy fons trom reputable as the damage they will you can oats i Hails Catarrh sands destroyed also by the = Confede- rate armies, Wheat farming is, Dasrvoiua, ths most destructive, least progressive of any kind of. farming. "The men who fol» lowed it, in sconsin, Yows, Minne sota, fifty years of a kind that, as a rule, de ing of any sort and (ps ing... Every state Hp { patio n a sta that mada whet raisin staple had to charge iin order to save itself from absolute d of its farming interests. A oertaia propor tion of farmers saw the logic of the situs tion, and changed their entire me- thod of thinking and of farming, and became exponents of animal farming, some kind, to the great evrichment of their own fortunes, the state and of other farms, Hoard's most save prinptive, wion While France is, generally speaking, a country of small farms there are many holdings of 200 to S00 ° acres each. On these the conditions as to. labor are said to be exceedingly omer Men, women and children - work in ganee of ten to thirty each under a discipline\pf iron. Ordinary laborers work from Seree in morning until seven in the 'evening with three hours of rest in the interval. Shepherds, carters, ete., work from 4 am. to § p.m., with two hours'. rest. ous, Gradually there stems to become loss force in the talk about "the passing of the horse." "Tis well. It would be a alamity if the horse were done away with. Fancy a number of mén on a village vacant lot trying to play quoits with automobile tires ?--Cana- dian Courier, : While the fast running automobile is a great nuisance on public highways, the commercial anto and farm tractor has, Farm Stock and Fflome thinks, come to stay, nny parts of the United States a to a limited extent even in Ontario, auto trucks are used for the movementYof fruit, vegetables anid other like truck to market. The soline engine is also being largely om for "threshing and other similar operations, In some few cases it being used for the operation of a lighting plant in farm houses. . Produce and Prices. Kingston, June 19.--Market clerk teports the prices prevailing as fol lows : Carrots, 50e. to 60e. per bag; turnips, 50c. to 60c. per bag; cabbage, Bc. each; onions, $1.50 per bag; pota- toes, $1 to $1.20 per bag; celery, Ge. to 7c. per head; green omioms, Do. bunch; radishes, 5c. bunch; lettuce, Sc. bunch. : Jehn McKay, Brock street, reports as follows: Hides, trimmed, Se. per 1b.; horsehides, $3 to $3.25; calfskins, veals, Me. per lb; deacons, 5c. S0cy wool, sheepskins, from 90c. 21; tallow, in cakes, 6c." per 1b; wax, 25c. per Ib; ginseng, $5 per lb; wool, washed, 20¢. per lb.; unwashed, 13¢. per Ib. Raw furs: Red fox, No. , large, $6; No. 1, medium, $4; rac- coon, No. 1, large, $2 to $3; Ne. I, medium, $1 to $2; mink, No. 1, large, $6 to $71; No.l, medium, $3 to $6; spring \ 1, large, 35¢.; Neo. 2, .; kits and culls, at valpe; springy rubbed skins at value. J. A. MacFarlane, Brock street, re porta flour, feed and grain selling as follows : Oats, 38c. to 40e.; local wheat $1; buckwheat, 68c.; barley, 60e. to 65¢c.; rye, T0c.; peas, "90c. to $1; yellow corn, 65c.; flour, bakers, $2. 50 to $2.75; farmers' , $2.80 to $2.90; Hungar ian past, 2.90; oatmeal aod rolled oats, $4.50 per bbl; cernmeal, ¥l to $2; bran, os 2 ton; shorts, $25; baled straw, $7; loose, $5; hay, loose, £5 to $9; pressed, $10 to $12. Meat--DBeef, (local) carcase 84c,; prime western beef, $10 per owt.; by ecarcase, cuts, 10c. to 150. live hogs, Ge, 1b.; dressed hogs, Dic. pork, l0c. to ile. ; by' quarter, mutton, - 10c.; spring lamb, $1.75 95 per quarter; veal, to Re, b.; ducks, $1 to $1.2 pair; turke sys, 20c. to 22¢c. Ib; fowl §l to $1.50 pait; chickens, $1. to $1.25 pr.; butter, creamery, 24e¢.; rolls, 17e. to 18¢.; prints, «17c. to 19c.; Se, to 18e. : Dominion Fish C reports prices 15¢c, '1b.; white Pao jo. to 15e.; pike, 15c. a Ib.; skinped digby herring, 20c Ib.: white fish, 124c. to 15c. Ib.; pike, 10c. W.; Chinook salmon, 30c. ko. kippered herring. Yarmouth bloaters, #0c. doz.; peich, 36c. doz.; Atlantic salmen, 0c. Ib.; salt codfish, Te. to 15¢. Tb halibut, 124¢. to 20c.; fresh haddock, I10e.. Ib.; bullbeads, 15¢. Ib.; red herrings, 20c. box; mackerel, 15c. a lb: lake herring, Sc. Ib. sea bass, 12jc. Ib. George Mills & Co., quote the fol- lowing prices for raw furs: Spring muskrats," large, 30c. to 40c.; 20¢c. to 35¢. Mink, large, $4 to 36 medium, $3 to $4.50; all. $2 to $4. Raccoon, large, $2.50; medium, $1.50; small, 75¢. Red Fox as to size, $3 to $6. Skunk as to size and length of stripe, 50c. to $2. Weasel, 20 cents to 60 cents.. Only Found a Settlement. Toronto Weekly Rn A mere reduction of the tariff on apgricultaral implements from the Unit ed States, and an extension of the British preference {contingent probab- ly, on the granting of a preferaned by Britain on Canadian foodstuffs in re turn) will not solve this question as West and East unite in desiring to have it solved, Nothing less than ae ceptance of the American offer of ab solute free trade in agricultural im- plements will do in regard to that point, Nothing less than an immedi ate reduction in the duty on" British goods to one half the general rate, without even asking that the British artisan submit to the jaxation of his food in return, will be acoepted aw adequate so far as the British prefer- ence is concerned. Tie. to eggs, fresh, Sun, The way to win big profit at specu lating is not to do any of it. The devil was so smart to begin with he never had to go to school. Bometimes the best way to save money is to spend it well. There are two choices of what to do with your money, one is to waste it and the other to lose it. " Every man seems to think that he is 'warrapted in doing wnwarraunted bees-, mzdinm, | Have Your Ceilings Washed ? You cannot if they are plaster. You' could, if you ceiled with PRESTON Steel Ceilings. And un- less you do your home, your office, your - store, has at least one surface that is a dust- trap. a harborage for germs, an absorber of grime and dampness --as every plaster ceil- ing is. Put a PRESTON Ceiling on over the old cracked. crumbling, dangerous plaster ceiling. It will cost but hile: it will be fire- proof and damp-proof; ad it will outlast the building itself. Will you look at some of our beautiful new designs? iH Just send for the book to-day. io Address io METAL SHINGLE & SIDING H CO., Limited, PRESTON, ONT, Brasch Office aud Factory, Montreal, Quebec '\ are '"'vanilla" in name only. dainties so much more temptingly ! other extract, Real Vanilla Once: "Hi Just flavor a pudding with Shirriff's-- and you will have no more use for extracts that in cookery results is simply wondrous! aged long enough to get ALL the bouquet of the vanilla bean into this matchless extract. ? { ( (ERY [elle ff ALL A ni L fi i i A WN y ! ! You get the rich, full, fragrant savor of the real vanilla bean of Mexico in True Vanilla It goes so much further! It lasts so much longer! It flavors And the difference Shirriff's is Caution: A smaller quantity required than of any Other delicioas Shirriff flavorings are Lemon, Almond," Ratafis, Rose, Pineapple, Strawberry and ninety more. The Mexican vanilla bean gatherer, 3 (HN re Rem HE greatest strain falls midway be- tween the top and bottom of a one- piece. fire-pot, because the live coals are located at the centre of the fire. This continued strain overtaxes the expansion powers of a one-piece fite-pot and causes it to bulge out and crack at the centre, and through the cracks, dust and deadly coal gas escape and eventually pass through the reg- isters. In self-defence, you have to Buy a new fire-pot. Every 2Piecefire Pot fire-pot you replace is so much added to the cost ofthe main tenance of your furnace. Now, the Sunshine fire-pot i$ built in twa sections, which are joined together with our "famous" cup-joint. Because of the shape of the cup-joint and the layer of McClary, pi Lg "0 2m SN telv Oil Cement this joint is absolutely gag proof, smoke-proof and dust-pr The layer of cer between the two se section to expand or ently of the other the Sunshine fire-pot fron . Less than 1_per 'cent. of fire-ppts have been replaced. shows conclusive the Sunshine tw fire-pot will morey, and that's the nent acts asa' save you kind of a fire-pot you want in the furnace you are going to have installed in your new house: Get the Sunshine--the dronemical, guaranteed furnace. It's 'the Al fur- nace investment, London, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, 8¢, Joba, N.B., Hamilton, Calgary. SN ret For Sale By J. B. Bunt & Co., Kingston things. A man tells 4 secret just the way 8 woman dees, only be can't fib as hard abowt how he didn't. Coal Miner for 75 Years. {tte + received emploveest in doesn't. mind taking cold of Clin: [Glasgow, Rootland, when be wis file her clothes look: all ® ht, ton, dnd, has worked | in panes for more than muc years oie Severs] Jorty wight inch "chest ioon evi buon than weveaty-five yenrs, he: say preacs afterward hi rame ta the Lb ind | 3 dene thant uw man is hig leatted, ' sighty tye yt old. Staten and has worked fn the capacity ury is taken internally, acti a > pon She blood BE adf al. hd e system, In bayl ¥ Jes are ie ng 1a10% a wine at lof miner tucks i John Mushett, a ena! vines, A wan thinks lox failbare an acc intents