and $2.00 for 'one dollar. HATCHING BASS FAY Fish Guards the Eggs. O the expert the reports from the Ontario hinterland that "the bass ain't bitin' so awful good this season" mean only one thing, name- «1 ly, that such-and-such lake or river is ' iC | getting fished out. Luckily our "" pation and Indigestion, Fruit- | wealth in bass-ground is so consider- tives given unususlly effective | able and the numberof anglers who Fesults, By its cleansing, healing | exploit them so small, comparative- Powers on the eliminating organs, | Iv, that the depletion of a lake or 'Fruit-a-tives" tones up and invigor- | WO 18 no crying matter, says Thomas ates the whole system. | Wliaburgh wr a Toronto Scar . £ 'A eekly. B0e. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial Size, 23¢. | yery shortly find anil ouent will sent postpaid by Fruit- | into the distribution of bass fry on Ottawa, a scale to which their present oper- Stions are negligible. They do it in Mich , Thirty years ago Mus- koka's three picturesque lakes were a fisherman's paradise. Then the Summer tourist started coming, and, yearly, the supply has dwindled while the demand increased. Think what additional popularity Lake Joseph or Rosseau would acquire if the bass were always 'bitin' good this year!" It will come to that; for every extra . fisherman who hies northward accounts for so much money taken out of hoarding and put into circulation, witere it does most good : : Black bass culture (small-mouth) is a science which has only very re- cently been successfully elaborated. The small-mouth black bass is a Dest-builder. ' It makes its nest by!' cleaning up a circular patch of gravel two to three feet in diameter, in shallow water, and the female lays ber eggs thereupon, But experience bas shown that if artificial nests are provided in suitably sheltered places the nrale fish, which attend to the business of nest building, will occupy them on. their own account. It took an fmmense amount of experimenting to arrive at the best style of nest, but it was worth it all to solve the problem of propagating artificially, "inch for inch and pound for pound, the gamiest fish that swims." In a state of nature the male black bass picks out a place for his nest where there is coarse gravel, in shal- low watef. - Standing upright, with a sweeping movement of his tail he brushes away all the sediment from An area two or three feet across. Then, standing on his head, he roots over the gravel, and alternateiy he roots and sweeps until all the sand and smaller stones are swept to the edge of the saucer-shaped nest, so left perfectly clean. When the nest Is thus prepared the male stands i} guard, but makes frequent circles fi Into deeper water in search of a fe. male bass, fetching her home with him, d remaining at hand until she deposited her eggs on the clean gravel. If she attempts to run Away she is pursued and brought back, but directly the spawning fs completed he no longer detains her, and he may even drive her away, It now devolves upon the male bass to care for the eggs and "fry." As for the female, she takes no part In the subsequent proceedings. Hs remains over the mest, guarding it until the eggs ard hatched and the young fry are ready to leave the nest. Swimming slowly back and forth, he fans the eggs with his pee toral fins and tail to keep them fre from sediment. At frequent inter vals he leaves them and circles abon the nest to assure himsel$mo enemies are nigh, If another fish approaches it is attacked. When the eggs are batched the young bass remain for some days hovering over the nest and then leave it, accompanied and guarded by the male. Usually they seek very shallow water along shore snd the parent swims back and fortf In a balf circle outside his "school" of young hopefuls. This care is taken until the fry are an inch to-an inch and a quarter long; then they scat- Unless cared for thus, compara- tively few of the bass would live to grow up, Both eggs and young fish bave numerous enemies -- varidus kinds of minnows, sunfish and young bass of growth---which ase ready to attack during even a brief absence of the parent. The same de- scription would apply to the large- mouth bass throughout, except that their eggs usually are laid on the fibrous roots of water plants, dead ~ leaves, or other such materials on . Your choice of all straw | "re arom oa all these vagaries hats-worth $3.00, $2.50 then was the or of the arti ficial propagator. It was soon found that methods employed with other sh would not work; ome male bass must by no means be able to see an- other; it always disturbed him, he Be wanted to fight. With other fish they "strip" the females of their eggs, let the males fertilize the eggs, and place them in a conffnually flowing current of water in trays or glass jars to hatch, It cost thous- ands before it was found this would Jot work with. black bass. ---- Drop in 3 According to figures given out re- cently by Building Inspector Cahusse of Zontreal, the building record for the first six months of the-gurreat year shows a decrease of one milljon dol as compared with the same od of last year. For the first half of '1915 the value of permits issued was $3,419,000, while for the first six months of the current year the fSgures were $2,434,000. ---- FA Marriage for love is a fine thing it gpe can afford it, 3 plaid and s plaid, to clear : Ne Rev. and Mrs. Ross and daughter, Ruth, left Trenton on y for a gyacation. They will occupy the beautiful home on the banks of South Bay, owned by Mr. William- sou, Picton, on ent Lidi N "The subjects mhish proved: ville, Stouffville, Orillia, and Beaver- ton, under the auspices of the United Farmers of Qntario, to bear Mr. Kennedy and other speakers deal with subjects of special interest to farmers, : "Despite the fact that farmers were in the midst of haying from 100 to 300 turned out at each meeting," Mr. Kennedy continued. By way of introduction, Mr. Ken- nedy usually began by telling of the work accomplished by the organized farmers of the western Provinces. And it was a wonderful story he had to tell. "To begin with," he said, "it was the farmefs organizations of the prairies that m the west dry. It was the resolution adopted at our local and Provincial . comventions which crystallized the sentiment that banished the bar from the western limits of Ontario to the foothills of the Rockies. It was our organization that secured the enfranchisements of women in Manitoba and obtained the pledge of the same for Saskatchewan and Alberta. In Manitoba, again as the result of our efforts, a direct legislation act has been passed that is to be brought into foree by proclama- tion, and in Saskatchewan and Al- berta an incomplete system of direct legislation bas been provided for, with an assurance of completion of the work at the next session of the Legislatures of those Provinces. The principle of direct legislation has al- ready been applied in Manitoba, Pro- vineial prohibition ' having. been brought about by a popylar vote, the reform being carried by three to one. "In a business way the organized farmers cf the west have created the largest grain commission business on the continent, and what is said to be the largest grain exporting business in America. Through our commission business we will handle 40,000,000 bushels of western grain for the year ending with August. Through our export organization we will handle 60,000,000 bushels, largely Ameri- can grain. We are financing the ele- vator system of Alberta, where there are seventy-five elevators, and hand- ling the grass passing through these elevators. We operate the two C. P. R. elevators at the head of the lakes. By means of our activity in the grain business we hgve created real com- petition in the western grain budi- ness, and so rave added literally mil- Hons of dollars to the returns of western farmers. We have handled five million pounds of the binder twine purchased by the prairie farm- ers. That is net over 10 to 20 per cent, of the requirements of the west, but by our activity in this line we have created real competition here, too, and by so doing have saved our people 2 to 23 cents per pound on their twine purchases. We. have bought farm machinery and vehicles in wholesale lots and for cash, and have thus saved our people 30 per cent. in the cost of the same. By all this we have made a]l the difference between tolerable 'and intolerable conditions for the western farmer." Having told what western farmers have done, Mr. Kennedy drove the lesson home to his Ontario audiences. "Who accomplished all this?' he asked. 'Men who went from Ontario and settled in the west. You have thousands of farmers still in Ontario who are just =s intelligent as those who have gone to the prairies. What western farmers have accomplished in the way of improving their condis tions, Ontario farmers can do in im- proving conditions here, Ottawans in England. Talking of Canada, on my way up to London, while waiting for a con- nection at one of the big Midland Railway stations, a train pulled in bearing reinforcements for the Ot- tawa Regiment, says a writer in The Toronto Mail and Empire. They bad just landed in England and were on their way to camp, preliminary t6 being despatched to the front. They stopped for about fifteen minutes and were let loose from their cages, so for that brief space the big, silent, sombre station swarmed with a cheery, laughing, chafing crowd of khaki-clothed men, who looked the absolute embodiment of good spirits and vitality. They swarmed round the bookstall and I was amused to hear the discussions which' resulted over a sixpe and half crowns, Ow- ing to the liqdr restrictions the re- freshment rooms were only open for the sale of buns, tea, and such like, harmless and nourishing commodi- ties, and as the recall sounded and the compartments filled again me; and officers scurried back , to their sedts carrying paper bags in e hand and steaming cups of tea or cof- fee in the other. As for the penny- in-the-slot machines, which provided chocolates, cigarettes, and matches, I imagine anyone who wanted either after. that train moved out of the sta- tion would have been disappointed, for they clicked incessantly under the influence i a continual stream of pennies. : Enlarge Maple Leaf Club. « Lady Drummond has secured two houses near Hyde Park, London, for an extension of the Maple Leaf Club, one to be run by the club and the other by the Daughters of the Em- pire. As some 600 mi ere turned away, last month, the n of exten- sion' is evident. : Father's Definition 'of an Optimist, Freddie --" What's an optimist, dad?" Father--"'He's a fellow who doesn't know what's coming to him." wedding was celebrated 2nd in Frankford, the bei David Qilbert nna, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hanna, River Valley, and Miss Minnie Estelle Reynolds. A quiet on August rincipals John W. Eve, a Medical Student, ' Lost His Life and a Companion Had Close Call--Body Was Re- covered Sunday Forenoon. When a canoe upset in the hare bor on, Saturday afternoon, John W. Eve, aged twenty-four' years, was drowned, and his companion, a young man named Clark, had a very The accident occured shortly before 2 o'clock, and the body of the unfortunate young man was not found until Sunday fore- noon. Eve attended Queen's Medical College, and his home was in Ber- muda. He boarded on University avenue, With his. friend Clark} who is also a medical student at Queen's, he went out in a canoe in the vicinity of Cataraqui bridge. The water was quite choppy, when a short distance opposite the elevator of the Montreal Transpor- tation Company, the canoe was ov- erturned. - Eve was regarded as a good swim mer, but it is stated that Clark could not swim. According to the story told of the affair, both the young men clung to the canoe and called for assistance. Some men who heard their cries ran to their assistance and threw out a rope to them. Clark was able to hold out and was pu out, but his com- paniop became exhausted and went down. As he could swim it is be- lieved that he suffered cramps. Search was continued all Satur- day afternoon for the body by a number of his friends and Constable John Naylon, but it could not be lo- cated. Sunday morning the search was resumed, and with the use of grappling hooks the body was brought to the surface. The remains were taken to the undertaking par- lors of 8. S. Corbett. | Deceased's parents are dead, but he has relatives in New York, who| were notified! by wire of the sad) fatality. The young man was } bright student, and was highly es-| teemed by all his acquaintances. He was in his final year. The police took charge of ' his belongings,| which included a purse, a small sum| of money, some papers, a couple of] a yard. 8 oe rings, and a gold watch. His watch had stopped at 1.45 o'clock, show- ing the time of the accident. The young man's name was found writ- ten in the lining of hig coat. De- ceased was a member of the Angli- can Church. THE YOICE OF THE PULPIT INTERESTING SER- PREACHED. SEVERAL MONS WERE Former 'American Minister, Who Is| With 154th Battalion, Preached in Brock Street Church--Long Is. land Rector in St. Paul's. Sergt (Rev.) George R. Harland, of the 154th Battalion, a former Am- erican, occupied the pulpit of Brock Street Church Sunday and preached two stimulating sermons. He re- ferred in the morning to the par- able in the ninth chapter of Judges, in which the trees asked the bram- ble bush to reign over them, and said there were plenty of bramble bushes in the Church to-day. People who didn't do anything themselves and 'who expected much from oth- ers; persons, who like the bramble, caused pain to those who came in contact with them. In the evening the speaker con- trasted Judas, who betrayed Christ, and. Joseph of Arimathaea, who sought His body for burial. The former professed religion, but did not possess it; the latter did not profess religion but possessed the essence of it.' But Joseph manifest- ed it only after Christ had died. This prompted the preacher to state that too many people saved their bouquet® until their friends were dead. Referring to Judas, he de- Y clared that all the world hated a coward. 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Dealers seeking Agencies can ad- vertise their'trade cards for $5 or lar- | ger advertisements from $15. | The LONDON DIRECTORY CO., 14d. | 25, Abchurch Lane, London, E.C. the speaker to say that there were many good men outside the Church. St. Paul's Church. Rev. C. L. Newbold, rector of Christ Church, Manhasset, 'Long Is- land, New York, preached a helpful, thoughtful sermon Sunday morning in St. Paul's, Church on the text "Beware of %Yalse prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing, but invariably are ravening wolves." He defined what prophets were and told how to distinguish between the {ring of a true prophet and that of !a false prophet. | At the conclusion of the sermon, | Canon FitzGerald, rector. of _ St. { Paul's, thanked the visitor for twice | preaching in St. Paul's, and men- | tioned that he was an American whose sympathies were with Can- ada at the present time. Canon Fitzgerald also referred to the fact that for the past twenty-s years Mr. Newbold /has been rec Manhasset church. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Newbold have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) Blakslee. First Baptist Church. In the First Baptist Church on Sunday morning, Rev. 0. C. Elliot pastor ' of Centre Street Basie Church, St. Thomas, gave a 'pithy and helpful sermon on '""Thé Mis- take of One Talent Man." The man who had received = but one talent from his master had received the wrong conception and has miscon- stryed his meaning. Through this misconception and misconstruction he had not taken advantage of his talent for his own good nor for the good of anyone else. So in the present day people are receiving the wrong conception of their divine Master and are misconstru; ing His ways to the detriment themselves, 3 Sydenham Street Methodist. " Rev. 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