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tie not 01 the world combined. a neatly patented stairway fo'r Explanations within recent years lave indicated that China. has coal A hydraulic brake for automobflw flat has been invented in England opersta on all four wheels 0! a. car st the same time. Two Swiss surgeons haVe invented an easily used drug which stops the flow of blood almost instantly. Much of the exterior of a. new gas range is enamelled in white. so that it can be kept in a more sanitary condition. 'A new saucer for iced drink tomb. 191’ is fitted with ridges to hold a. taxable: out. of the liquid which ac- cumulates in it. A ranch Pail with‘ a‘ lamp in the bottom by which the contents can be hosted has been patented by a; Pen- nsylflmin inventor. 'A system has been developed wh‘era by wireless messages may be receiv-i ed in safety at all timer. even during‘ tered oil may be used indefinitely without losing its lubricating quali- tiel. A griddle hinged in the center has been invented that may be turned over to bake a cake on both sides. torch. Tests haVe shown that properly fil- I: is estimated that if the oceans eVaporated they would yield about 4,500,000 cubic miles of salt. For heating soldering irons there has been patented a. bracket to hold them in the flame of a. gasoline Norway has 144 tree-planting soâ€" cietie- which since 1900 have set out more than 26,000,000 trees. Pinee are believed to live the long- est 0! all trees, some hearing attain- ed more than 700 years. Although the eggs of various spe- cies oi birds difler in shape, the yolks always are spherical. A woman is the patentee of ‘ clip to tum 3 rubber stamp to any Pen- cil or mholder. A French inV'entor’s collapsible boat can be iolded and carried within an ordinary suit case. .00 urea 01 unproductive land. A motor-driven machine has been invented that polishes a cuspidor in halt . minute. 8).:- Contains more than 11,500,- 000 urea 01 unproductive land. Pneumatic boxing gloves “Ye been invaud by a Phifadelphia lportmg n7 tour .pplied with a. pie!» xewapoper will cleanse tin. PKGE m “Did it have a big sale?" "No; she made the mistake of pub- lishing her own pivture on the title page.”-â€"~)'oungstown telegram. “Mra Shiinmormte wrote a great book called ‘How to Become Beauti- Jonesâ€"Delighted. old man! She was mine once-London bketoh. Smith (introducing his “latest”}â€" How do. Jones? Thisâ€"erâ€"ls my sis- Sheâ€"It's only when you're with me that it seems so beautiful.-â€"Fliegendo Blatter. Heâ€"I don't find the song or the nightingale so exquisitely lowly as you do. An effective electric fan that is small enough to be carried in a, poeâ€" ket or handbag is operated by a dry battery = f ‘ ,3“ A clockwork attachment for cam- eras, small enough to be carried in the pocket, to give a. photographer time enough to get in a. picture he is taking before it snaps the shutter, has been inVented. "Exercise!" exclaimed the patient. “Why, man. I have to put the dog down cellar every night, and l chase him at least seven times through ewery room in the house before 1 can catch him.”-Denver Republican. A device that enables a. man to climb a. steel cable to which it is at- tached by turning bicycle pedals has been patented by a. California inVen- tor. *Do you take much exercisW‘a'sEa- the doctor. For riding on water there has been invented a. tricycle with hollow, water-tight wheels, the rm pair be- mg: provided with blades for propul- sion. The tread of a. new English auto« mobile tire is made of small piecps of steel, so set into the rubber that. the latter does not touch the ground. A young theologian named Fiddle Refused to accept his degree. “For." said he. " ‘us enough to be Ftddlo Without being Fiddle. U. 1).” reaching seldom used portions of buildings folds into 1,, ceiling and is hidden by a panel when not. in use. fly heart leaps up when l behold A rainbow colored lie. But when upon my vision glares One of those new ceriSe malts _My heart Ha down to me. Ill The prosecutor said. "Tut. tut!” And stamped around In fury. He tried to hang the prisoner. but He only hung the jury. -l’hnadelpma t‘ubhc Ledger. -â€"Cmclnnau Enquirer. â€"Yale Record. ~ . Mrs. Margaret Hewitt Ahearn, wife of Thomas Ahearn, (President of the , men in! Canadian philan- thropic and Veducatidnal circles, is dead. 7 k ,6 The fellow who is‘ continually go- ing up in the air'isn’t verymy t9 rise in the world. Mrs. GreenJâ€"You spoke just now of social tact. Precisely just what do you mean? Mrs. Wyseâ€"â€"By social tact I mean getting familiar with all sorts of peo- ple without letting them get familiar with you. “We shall keep you further posted , on developments in the meantime. I We beg you not to be alarmed as to possibility of not being able to secure . the goods for which you may have . placed orders with us. Two young men of the Cuthbert party from Canada disobeyed the Paris order a few weeks ago that all citizens should be indoors at nine o’clock in the evening, and went for a stroll. Coming home, they were stopped by a. soldier and questioned. In his flurried attempt to remember French and his hotel, one of them said he was staying at the Hotel de Ville (City Hall), then. when the sol-i dier gasped, he said the Hotel de Europe (in Switzerland), and by the time he remembered the Hotel de Louvre, at which the party were stop- ping, a big crowd had gathered. From these a. man stepped forward who spoke English, and the two were able to escape, but took no more evening strolls. The Customs Department, since the issuing of the imperial proclama- tion prohibiting trading with the enemy, has taken drastic steps to pre- vent any of the goods crossing the border. and so far there has been a complete cessation of trading with the enemy. The same vigilance will be maintained during the war. “In the meantime we shall con- tinue to fill orders from our stock. which we hold at the disposal of out customers without advance as long as it lasts. " “We are glad to inform you that our Hamburg factories are in opera: tion and goods are being made up. Arrangements are now being made to ship these goods via. neutral ports. and we believe that the new routing will be in good working order very shortly. We may of course be in- convenienced by some delays, but this will be only for a short time we hope. "After having been cut on' from our connection abroad since Aug. 3, we are glad to advise that we have teaâ€"established cable communication with our friends. Hon. J. D. Reid, Minister of Cus‘ toms, has obtained one of the many circulars with which Canadian mero chants are being deluged these days from agents of German and Austrian firms in the United States. The cir- cular is as follows: Evening Strolls Risky. THE WAi'OHMAN-WARDER. LINDSAY._ ONT. United States Senate by a. jority. Hon. T. Berthiaume of the Quebec Ingialative Council, owner of La. Presse, Montreal, died suddenly of ”II: Inc th'it make the man rome raund. A generation or so back Glaisher computed that at Greenwich the mean temperature had risen two de- grees in the preceding hundred years. Fertcinly severe winters are less tre- quent than formerly. end when these do occur they are rarely experienced until after Christmas. The drier ground is eble to hold the wnrmth of summer far into the autumn: in this way the threatening cold ls diminished and kept at bay for a longer period than would otherwise be the case. This is what has actually-itiakren place in England, for it is 3 proved fact the mean temperatureln that country is appreciably higher than it was several hundrediyears ago. The removal of stagnant water is another powerful ameliorating force on the climate. During the last few centuries there has been an immense reduction of marsh land in England. Now. as water-laden soil is always colder than dry, it is not dimcult to imagine that the moistness or other- wise of a vast area of land will have a. definite eflect upon temperature. If damp land is artificially drained for the purposes of cultivation it seems like that a permanent altera- tion in climate would be the result. The immigration bill, with the A still more fascinating branch of the question of the artificial inter- ference with climate is that in which naturally parched regions may be converted into serviceable tracts of land. It is true that trees do not grow in deserts because there is not sufficient rainfall for their needs. 0n the other hand. if it were possible to irrigate the Sahara desert and then clothe it with trees it is likely that a regular rainfall would become a feature of the climate. In India forests produced in regions so dry that cultivation was only possible after irrigation have brought about frequent rains. Children Cry run Emma's .CASTORIA and this will be precipitated again in showers. In many parts of the world the destruction of forests has brought about a serious shortage in the rainfall of districts. This has been so in America and in Centrav india. The replacing of the forests. although of course a matter of time, will in many cases restore the cli- mate to its original condition. In some of the central provinces in In- dia it has been observed that ten years after the reatl’orestation there was an increase or 20 per cent. in the rainfall. Similar results have been noticed in other parts of Amer- ica. More important is the exact of forests upon the rainfall of the dis- trict. Trees increase the humidity of the atmosphere by the evapon- tion of moisture from their leaves. been observed In South America and In Africa. The fact is readily under- stood when it is considered that land densely covered with jungle does not get so heated as that which is fully exposed to the sun's rays. Large tracts of forest land have a definite influence on the climate of a district. In India. it is known that great numbers of trees bring a. cool- ing influence. The same effects have I Stretching up towards the North Pole there are millions of acres of land, of .v'hich we may take the vast "tnndrae" of Siberia as an example. Here. owing to the marshy character or the ground. it is so thoroughly chilled that even in the height or summer it is always frozen hard within a few inches of the surface. It is admitted that if these great has areas could be drained of their euperabundant moisture a great dif- ference in the climate of Siberia would be the outcome. In many parts of the Dominion, especially round Winnipeg. it is com- mon talk among the older settlers that the low temperatures with which they were so familiar in the old days are not now experienced. A steady increase in the warmth of the winters goes hand in hand with the breaking up of the prairies. This matter of bringing up the tem- perature by even a few degrees is much more important than may ap- pear at first sight. The breaking up of the vast prairie lands in Canada and the United States having a very radical effect upon the temperature of many districts. The experience of those who have investigated the matter 'goes to show that the more land is broken up and cultivated the more even is the temperature. - That great dread of the Western farmerâ€"the summer frost-lineâ€"is being pushed further north year by year. Mr. J. Obed Smith. Assistant Superintendent of Emigration (or Canada. says that twenty-five years ago in Manitoba summer frosts were expected as a natural and an inevit- able event; the only question agitat- ing the farmer's mind was whether the visitation v'vould be severe enough to damage the crops. At the present time the question of summer frosts has become almost a tradition; ‘ for a generation the farmers have scarcely been troubled at all in this direction. it is not only in the sum- mer (but in the winter as well) that an increase of temperature is to be noticed. A: one would expect, some of the most interesting results in the way of artificinl interference with climate are to be found in the case or those ccuntriea which-have been colonized within comparatively recent times. The control of cl_imate is evidently not merely a. dream of the future but an accomplished tact. TheBredkingUpoftheVutPI-uflo bio Efleet In the Direction of Bedudngthe Rimotthalco- 'Bonnd Wintersâ€"Drainage of CANADA’S EXTREMES OF GOLD ARE MODERATING. _ BUMATE l8 IMPROVING V . ' ing and meaning. who use Damn-ho: 1 Jamesnficm gliomoxfzf: . Mucous and phlegm are cleaned ’wonders at its me: um, , , away! breathing made easy. ond Co- Get the complete mn' droppod dead "In“ doxng tan-h symptoms entirely disappear. the work sure. u” “Pm” “ h” ””1” . Daughmu and plasma: is .Cotarrho-v‘sample or am siz: ~Be~iood version:Wu-on earth, ‘ mm between mén. ' 1°39. Imple to use because you declare everywhere. r/EURIOUS HU :TING CUSTOM. uon themielves at bout: 0: vanu'gâ€"e and thg-beners endeavor to drive the Cheered by this timely advice, Mr. \Lemleux did “keep at it," and reaped his reward. "Nonsense," said Mr. Brock. "It was your first attempt. and you did well when that fact is considered. Keep at it.” He was Mr. W. R. Brock. who was than sitting for one of the Toronto constituencies. “I will never try to speak in Eng- lish again," said Mr. Lemieux. in deep mortification. Old Parliamentarians have a pain- ful recollection of his first speech in the House of Commons. He biundexv ed, stammered. and finally sat down in utter confusion without having impressed his thoughts on his audi- ence. After the awkward silence had been broken and the wheels ot‘ procedure were revolving again, an1 old gentleman rose up from his seat‘ on the Conservative side of the House , and crossed over to the Liberal side. ' where Mr. Lemieux was sitting. Lemieux Per-slated. Hon. Rodolphe Lemleux is one of the finest Englishapeaking orator: on the French side of the Canadim Commons, but it wu not always thus. The sum of $67,318.80 was paid to 965 vessels and their crews and to boats and boat fishermen wu pen! the sum of $92,677.60. fishing vessels as modua vivendi In 1912â€"13. says the Annunl Re- port of the Department of Murine end Fisheries. the fishermen oi the Maritime Provinces received the sum of $159,996.40 as bounty on their respective catches of see fish during the season of 1912-13, end against that smell sum might fairly be set the total amount received as revenue from fishing licenses, tines. etc., $106,496,.01, which includes the sum of $13,500. paid by United States However political opinion me! diner u to the rightfulneee end velue ot bonnuee to certun mum- facturers, no one oppoeee the pay- ment of ~bountiee to encounge the dangerous and valuable fisheries of the Atlantic. Indeed the mount granted is very small in nny cue. During the yen- under review the two Iteemers or the whtllng station 3t Seven lulnndl. captured ’0 whelee; u agunst 46 in the preced- ing you. The loheter catch was less then that of the preceding you; but the higher price per cue brought the value in both yen-s nbont equnl. There is little dixerence in the eutch of cod, but the enhanced price of the dried product gave over $70,000 or en increued velue. Quebec province marketed in the yen under review an: mued at 81.- 988,341, which is $130,105 grate: that; the tea! for the preceding rest. The yield of emelu, notwithlund- in; unfevoreble weether conditions. was else mater end produced in nine 888,999 more then the catch in the preceding year. The teke of clean end queheun, en the ethos head. wee menu; end resulted in the value or theee being diminished by 312,432. The total marketed value of the fisheries of Prince Edwerd Island for the ume you amounted to 81.379.- 906, which when compered with the preceding yeer'e totel (81,198,898) show: a. very coneidereble incmee. A greater lobster catch, together with enhenced prices, edded much to the incremd total. nah workers there were 1,672 fewer employed on shore. sea. fishing more then usually hu- srdous, and to this alone must he at. tributed the diminished yield. Com- pared with the preceding year, then were 123 more men employed on ves- sels and 431 more in boats; while 0! ' 'Stémy wâ€"eather ’throughout the summer and fall of 1912 undo deep- ‘thecolla'pee ot the canned sardine market. which resulted in such low prices that little more than half the preceding year's catch was, taken trom the weire. With the exception of. lobsters, oysters and clams. on w the gulf shore, all the chief kinds of uh gave eubstantlally increased values. There were 106 fewer men in vee- eele, 18. fewer in boats, and 187 fewer workers on shore. Boats to the number of 1.087 need gasoline as a means of propulsion. This is an in- crease of 299, in the number of m- in: boats new independent to a cer- tain extent of wind and tide. Nova Scotia reported the total‘ marketed value of the nah and ilsh products for the year under review at $7,384,055. This, when compared with the total for the preceding year, shown a de- crease amounting to no less than 81; 983,496. This bis decrease in due principally to a shortage in the catch of cod, haddock, halibut and lob store; the value of which dropped $934,720, $263,886, 164.872 and $30 1.9 3 5 respectively; Reports from New Brflnlwlck for last year (1912-13) show that the total marketed value of all fish and uh products amounted to 84.264,- -064. This falls short of the preced- ing you": total by $622,103. The decrease 13 due glue-t enthaly_ to 1912-18 Shows Large Decrease. HAD A BAD YEAR. The Ozonnted Air Curo, better known as “ Cntu'rhozone is death to colds. Its healthâ€"laden tum contain the leading hum of the pine woods. Soothing and antiseptic. it gives NOTHING KNOWN T0 SCIENCE bmthe IS so INVAMABLY SURE TO cam-"h CURE 'AS " CATARRHOZONE." l“_‘"°- Glad New to all With Bad Colds Instant Relief--Few Hours For Care Som’aâ€"Rev. Dodds, mputy-Roevo Ferguson, Mr. Mc’l‘aggart, Charles House and Frank King. The various parts of the township were repmented as {olrows : The collections are to be deposited in the Montreal Bank at ()akwood, and the Standard Bank. Lime Brit- ain, and there kept until an of the township is canvassed. after which it will be forwarded to the treasurer of the County of Victoria Patriotic The township was divided in seep tions with a canvassing team for each section. It was also arranged to _do the canvassing in the third week in January and literature will be sent to all the families in the township. This will be mailed in leaflet form which will state in brief the objects of the fund, etc., etc. {Mariposa Township Organized ] For January Patriotic Campaign ‘ 'A‘, splendid heating was held in. Valontiaâ€"Ju. Swain nnd ."o‘n Society Hall, Little Britain, yosterâ€" Bruce. day, which was composed of repre- Uttle Britain â€" Warden Vauoo Sentatives from the various patriotic Dr. Hall,- R' ‘H' Short, Revs' I“. and Robms. committees throughout the Township, 081"” FR“. Limbert J I. “. 0‘ Maripoaa. T1” object fl the don and Chas. Jenkins, member 0' meeting was to devise way- ond ob. township council. means of canvaosing the township in: Edenâ€"Ir. Ed. Rogers, reevo of th the interest 0! the County 0! Vio- township toria Patriotic Fund. . u..-m- 13.... mt“ J uat Breathe chrhozone ! ,-.. _‘, 3 Large cakes Glycerine' Soap 25c. A nice eelender tree with each purchase, end a savings hack free to each child. 2 cakes Life Bony for 5c to customers buying 25c worth of above Special in Mstchceâ€"GLarge 5c boxes for 25c, and 24 packages, 200 matches in each package (4800 matches) the two for 25c 6 Bars Comfort Sgap ........ 25c. Luge bar Castile fox Large blsck back Exercise Boob, regn'll' me, for only...:.. so large hard back Sailber 2 for Se. Large Sexibbler for pencil 2 for 5:. A line of 5c Lead Pencils, 2 for ’5. 'uf For town delivery, we cannot accept orders for feed, at above prices, for less quantities than 100 lbs. of each kind. Order your FLOUR direct from THE MILL, and save the profit of the retailer. We beg to announce to the public, that on and after this date, we will offer our different brands of flour, an all kinds of feed, at. wholesale prices. p. VICTORIA FLOUR MILLS mu. SALE or scnom. BOOKS FOR scnom. OPENING AT MORGAN’S Terms , strictly CASH. F R. L. MORGAN ALSO SPECIALS IN SOAP m JANUARY m " To clear a. cold out of your nnr' . trila and to be able in a minute or two to bmthe freely again. I can'f ‘ concech or anything being batm- than Catarrhozone," writes J. H. Glam, 0! Port Limon, CR. For any sort of Catarrh, throat (:0th or Bronchitis. Cawrhownc is I M. I know scores of 90°F]. '1") use Octal-theme and all ope“ grandam or its merit." Get the complete 81 outfit, 1; d0” the work sure. Small sin 50'“ Bunnie or trial size 25c. Sold “3' might of merit in winter ills. breathe itâ€"sum to cure coldé and eaten-h because it. destroys ‘he canoe. Doctors say nothing is DO" scientific, nothing possesses Inch CONGRATULATIONS. Several members of The Nude: stall, who were associated moi Ir [Arthur W. Jackson on tln- sum 0: the Herald, Stratford, Ont.. exfienr congratulations to him on his eleL tion to the responsible position or mayor of the city of Windsor, to which omCe he was elected on Mon- day by a splendid majority of 250. Mr. Jackson is one of Ontario's brightest. young men and wilt no doubt make a good chief magma. Edenâ€"Kr. Ed. Rogers, reevo of tho township. l laminaâ€"Rev. Dane. [ The enthusiasm shown aL the noon ing augurs Well for the succeso c this cmpaign and we have no baa tation in predicting that. the poop!» of the banner township of Maxim“ will roll up a handSOme sum for w. noble cause. J. MAUNDER SON. OPTIC!“ Uh coming of Parliament i5 d‘mu- “Q Q f0? the 4th of Fem-nu}. .AST 0P5 FAR“ l.\} AKINED BY .IAH. s1 '13. Harris, a farm 1; had been in thu vmplujx KcGQhey, of 1qu: (fin, \- by Jail Surgo‘un Ir .la-s‘ Hchlloch on Fridzu ln' sanity and fol-an: n: equilibrium, was Minn ! County Hagistnnw I‘_ I‘ The maghu'uh “'11 contents furnis'hml I.) 1 Iioculapiu< and pronoun in is insanv- or uthm this decision will Hu- incarccrated mam :11 lil him to the maul-Hr f.‘ Cd 11 Mimh'u. u Sadiv MV Barb-‘1'. n: F“. is a dauglnnr mi )1: lather. rho“ rt-sili-‘nt> n: m nexghhorhood, om an had been invitmi m unify-r ‘x C0_Odiou.~ ro-sidvm‘n. “Eu-xv 13‘ social int-‘X'('uu!‘\«- lu’w'vrw lying hours of the HM NOW Year wax “vi-runmi 93-"ng in a hmm'u'u'; :o‘fnu‘x’ Prwation of which MM I’m; daughters ar-- \w‘.) RHL‘M‘ After some “u-H r'vntiq-rmi on the organ and \mhs: dimd in th' z‘xm'u 'ilhlla Yho“ )u‘th’ Stirs of happinwv v “I â€"-A.l unuluail) piv ,1.“ fit the I'VHIIL- Z:' Fog-o, of Wm! "1". ("6-, be ofcafix-m 5w. Of B con “Jib-‘1'! :1! row from thwi: hm "Annabelle, ’11:» no“, «filed hm- fl‘, and Mrs K o‘wud and Mn> .{ mmz'vrd HWH' Inflaw‘c. 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Th0 ('0’30" mu m 750 quarts (if L‘u'fw' M are sixty cooks and 1“ M 5°38 employed. S“ 1'. Bouya. w I’C‘Cy LO\e. of (‘an::; I,“ W holidays nub in M” It. A. Bagshaw. m Prunella Arkrwy. ‘1 and Examined As To Smily WWI) â€"At Little Brit 9 m. f..~d,1915, A, 1 “New ‘M 81 years. M 'Phone 337L or dr‘ P. O. and was and Mrs. H. Hagshaw Year's a! Mr. I“ An POULTRY Hens, Chickens, 1 Highest P _. APPL ust (Ips, “as ( or othcrwis PERI” of her nude 31 LIED JANUAIY 71 1‘ will m SI RH! (m ‘ofm 4 If JIM)! \\' h )\ friends hero 'll ( h‘l’rfl lash all tra‘ U‘l