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Boxall Mannie placed on its books over Twenty-Five and a Half Million Dallars of business and today holds that proud position of having the largest ratio of assets to liabilities of any of the Canadian Com- panics. For terms and plans apply to Hardware, Paints and Uils, Stuves, Tinwea.’ and Plumbing, etc. Parties interested in the stock of the Gmadian Cordageand' Manufacturing Co. may obtain turther information or make application for shares to, either : [INDIAN CORDHGE [Hill MANUFAGIURING COMPANY, PHERBGROUGH 'v'vr J.D. Brass - - Oakwmd John Paul Cunnings, Lindsay James A. Gillogly, - Lindsay T._l. Williams, - Lindsay John A. Jackson. - Lorneville Edward Masgrove. Kirkficld or to JOHN F. CUNNINGS Special Agent, Oakwood. Ont. J; G. [WARM EU. A Meat Chopper Carpenters’ Tools No. l'and‘ “215‘ éoid in Lindsay» by S. Pcrrin. A. Higinbotham, Morgan Bros. and E. Gregory, druggists; J..G. Edwards 6: C0. Lungs. Safemflectnfl. at your drugs: tor cook's can In. how at Take no 0 er,” All Mixtures. pull'nd mums we dangerou..Wo. 1. 81 at P01 L!"- P.- IPdem qmnwofl v9! be!» _ r In Mynaedmthlyl our 51v- v.1vpcsscva 'DIVII‘ WI W‘- I or§, mailed on receipt of price ”'3‘ cm Wt. mtg. no pool pomp-y Windfipt, Ont. ' " i'm' "iii Ufi'fiifi'fy'ifn‘ “7'53? ll" lmauldsnd mm} 51.1] mmnflble DWI“ in cm Joseph Goad. - 03"“00‘ is necessary in every home. We handle the best lines in different sizes. Our stock is complete ard up-to-date. We are also offer- ing at a special low price the balance of our stock of Lined and Unlined Mitts, String ard Team Bells. Headquarters for Buitders‘ and Heavy Hardware. Paints, 0.15 and Glass. .Cook's mm 3m comma Lager-Fluvial mmy‘yw SIGN OF THE ANVIL sss~sfi FOR The year 1900 completes the twentieth of this Company’s hisâ€" tory, with the proud record 01 having in that time. Slams -. “â€"wfl flERE§!S INFORMATION ABOUT SUGAR BEETS Ald Farmers Should (live it barcm. M J “ Attention and Make Experiments. _ “These days are different. from 'the old days on the farm in many ways. One chief way is the variety of sources from which farmers now de- rive a. revenue. Formerly what. could not go through a farming mill was of a. little concern from a. monâ€" ey standpoint. NOW-a-days the fanning mill takes a second place or at least, a place among the many means of income little dreamt of years ago. Hogs, cattle, dairy proâ€" ductsâ€"these and other things are tributaries to the stream of farm revenue that makes its volume great- el‘ and nmre uniform than when the month of erupting wheat bins was the only time the farmer had an in- The men Who have most promptly, diligently and wisely used these new sources of revenue are the men who have achieved success in the recent times. and the time has not yet come when he can cease to keep an outâ€" luok fur SUUI‘CC‘S still to be found. L'Olllt) a”\illllil:‘.;('.‘ LIL Luaunnaa .....s .s manufacturing them have been em- phasizvd in difi’erent quarters for snuue time and so succeszully that the Ontario legislature has decided on butiusing the industry and the; Dominion government has removed the duty from machinery for making beet; sugar. Experiments have been conducted at the colleges and, 011 priâ€" vatu farms and the results of these $00111 to justify the hopes that ad- \‘m‘zlh's‘ of the industry have roused. At the Guelph Farm. ‘ .\t the Ontario Model Form the "tests made and showed these results: Yield per acre l’vrceut‘, of sugar in beet 16.01 Degree of purity ..'....85.27 per cent n‘lt- .0:- out luutt‘on 0 Thousands of corks float about the coast, and thousands more which have been thrown out from passing ships min- gle with them and are finally cast on shore, where they are collected by the agents of the dealers and shipped to the .city to be “cleaned” and sold. Nothing will really clean them, but they can be whitened or bleached by the .action of a powerful acid, and this is what is done. The acids used are chief- ly'sulphuric and muriate or hydrochloric. Vitriol is also sometimes employed. The ‘mrrle is quite a large one and is said to be very profitable, many having grown rich at it and carrying on big establish- ments, with agents at all main points. It is conducted mostly by foreigners and has representatives in nearly all the cities, though of course this city boasts ...19.9 tons . ef'the greatest number. TRICKS lN ALL TRADES. This test was made under the dirâ€"‘ Layman-le- “mo Substitute Stones ertiuu of the Model Farm chemists Tests at 36 different. farms in dlftlff'. em parts of the province gave {0110“ng awrage results : _ That Are “Just as Good.” ,, A Chicago jeweler was handed a New {1-13 :Mexico garnet the other day with,_.thc request that he have it cut for a ring setting. Two days later he sent for his A 4L- IA‘L__ A‘m‘ ‘11. hmk for sources still to be found. The indications are that the sugar lva, is to be an Important addition to Lhasa already discovered. The advantages of raising these boots and manufacturing them have been cm- phusizod in different quarters for Yield’per acre ..-.. ..-.. .. 20.75 Percent. of rsfigar' 915.1 Jksgrve of purity. .‘ZL.;. ‘..:."‘;.86.5 " ~ In (:erumny Where the beets haw; lean a, paying crop the highest avgr; ago. fm‘ 20 yours was 11.70 tons per acrv. and the percentage of sugar. was 1:2. nr more than 9 tons per acn- luss than ours and about 3 pér (-cnl. Ivss 01‘ sugar. Individual growers have made \‘Tryj laruv profits. F. II. Stivzuigcr, Fenâ€" \Vil‘k ()ni. cleared $35.95 per acre, David l‘ulP, Southand $37.11 and C. Taylor. Foothill $64.25. The aver- urrv \‘allllc of an acre of wheat, is $5.18. 25, pulse $15.00, oats $12.50. .l'n (:ru-n Valley, Illinois, a, village of 500 inhabitants, the people sold $35000 \\'Ul‘lll of beets to their local iaciory, Tremont with 700 sold $27 000. and Pckiu with 800 sold 10000. Michigan last. year made 48000000 pounds of sugar. The farmers rais- ed 250000 tons and got an average of $1 per ion for themâ€"-Lhat is a. million dollars. Some got as high as $70 an acre for beets sold at $3. 20 at ton. Canada Adapted The comparison 01 Canadian and German yields shows that this pro- vim'u is admirably suited for this industry“ A member of parliament who has carefully considered tho question says that we should have thirty factories that could use 500 tons of beets per day. The cost of the factories he put'at $15,000,000 or half a million each. They should operate about 100 days in the year. That would mean the manufacture of 1,500,000 tons of beets. These sold by the farmers ‘at $4 per ton would mean six millions from sugar beets aloneâ€"another source oflrevemie. to be sure ! The byâ€"product is said to be worth 25 centsa ton wet. ‘ The question is a live one. The ferâ€" mers must be wide awake to take all and early advantage of the industry. It would be a. goofi thing if; 0211-11 _02 them would sow a test plot this spring. In a list of free seeds froh ’the Experimental Farm, published ll this issue two samples of sugar beets seeds are offered. They appear to be of the feeding sort.T110£e might be tried and likely wou1d be_ a. good in- dication of what the soil will do in producing sugar beets of any sort. ‘hh aim}! 03m hf ¢:fio mitt» Laxative ' ‘ ‘ ‘ .“mthatwu std-thumb Yield per acre l‘vrcvutagc of_sug.:uf . Degree of purity Should Give it Cargfali 1... u... .0- III-0| on... - ........l3.56 120115 uns- uâ€"..__ comes of thereork-s?" qdmits of a pretty complete reply. Cork :3 one of the most indispensable articles; yet, useful as it is and harmless as it appears, it is made a means of danger to healtll by tra_de com- How They Are Gathered and to Whom They Are Sold. “What becomes of tpe pins?” is an old and unanswered quesfxop, pm: ‘:What be- 1|. nzvr...__ 7. A cork once drawn and the bottle and contents disposed of is thrown away generally as waste, especially in private houses, though in the liquor trade they are often preserved for sale to itinerant dealers, who purchase them for a trifle. Those which are thrown away gravitate to the ash and garbage barrel, the dump or the gutter and possibly the sewer. From these odorous and offensive recep- tacles as well as from behind the bar they eventually reach the bag of the ped- dling collector and are all placed in one mass to undergo the process of so called “cleaning.” which makes them appear to the untrained eye as good as new and prepares them for sale to the economical hottler of wines, liquors, pickles or what not who has a strong eye to the main chance. The corks look all right and se- cure the botthe as well as new and clean ones would. So even it there is a little poison or worse in them, what does it matter? thinks the careful dealer. .1 mwuâ€"uu vâ€" petition; not than/anything noxious oc- curs in the original growth or prepara- tion for market of the cork wood or even in the process of charring the surface and closing the pores by extreme heat, which is said to give the elasticity and flexibility known in the trade as “nerve.” When it comes on the xnagkct, it is with- vv ..., out any deleterious qualities. It is after the cork in its finished- state has served its purpose in the neck of a. bottle that it begins its degenerate course. I, ,LAIA __, Ldpldarlel “’ho Substitute Stones That Are “Just as Good.” A Chicago jeweler w‘." s handed a New Mexico garnet the other day with the xequost that he have it cut for a ring setting. Two days latex he sent for his customer, and w .zcn the latter came he {‘Why?’ "Woll, I am not sure that what I give: Wag-the lapidary will be returned to me. He may substitute a stone.” : “How do you know '3” n ‘ “I took your garnet to a lapidary with an order to cut it at once. He looked it over and then handed me a cut stone, with the remark that that would do‘r in. its place. Then I ~found out that this: lapidary at least, lino: others. when re- ceiving ‘ a‘ storgé“ in the rough finds ,it‘ its place. Then I .tound out that this lapidary at Jeasj, ifenot others. when re- ceiving’a‘ Stc‘nfé'in rthc rdugh Ends 2,1! cheaper to substitute an already cut stone of similar color than tO'cnt' the original.” The customer finally had 3119 Stone ‘cut in carbuncle'form for :1 pin. but to this day he is not satisfied that he received back the some which he urigiually tum- ed oi'er to the lapidary. In the matter of ordinary ring settings it is easy to make substitutions without it being nos. sible for even an expert to know that the change has been effected. The owner of a garnet in the xough has no means of proving when it has been cut that it is the stone he first possessed. He takes the lapidary s woLd (01 it. Another trn-it k which is quite common. but not genus}! . .x known to customers, is that of substitut- ing hair on customers who desire orna- ments of hair made (or brooches, pins or chains. A young man secures a luck of hair from his sweetheart and rushes off to have it made into one of those lovely watch chains that [001: like a centiped with a million legs. He tow ingiy hands the lock to the hair worker and in a week receives his ornament. But often he does not receive back the hair he gave. The hair worker buys his hair at wholesale. He makes it up into stock ornaments. He simply matches the hair he has received with something in stockâ€"not a diflicult matterâ€"his work is completed and his bill heady [or conce- uon. 0*: course ’the customer knows no bet- ter. So the workman of easy conscience asks. “What is the difference?’ There does not seem to be much. on! y the differ- ence between honesty and dishonesty, and that is no more than the difference between black and white. The owner of a small book store in Harlem. desirous of a distinctive name for the same, after some hours of deep cogitation finally hit upon the iegond, “Harlem’s Literary Mecca." This he thought exceedingly good, and he had a manput it up in enamel letters upon his window. After the job was done he was standing out by the curbstom- admiring the effect of the inscription. when he hoard an old Irishman who had stopped and was also looking at it soliloquize as follows: wnfi’éecomss OF THE coma “Well, now, will you luk at that! The cheek of that Scotchman. callin himself ‘Haarâ€"r-lem’s Literary Mickey,’ just to catch some of the Irish trade! An the blaekguard don’t even know how to spell ‘Mickey!’ ” The inscription has been removed. Mrs. Brownâ€"Dressed in their natural' Lust-11mm lsuppose? Not Exactly That M M rs. MalapropJâ€"I saw some of them iyotalian emigrant women just landed from the ship today. Such funny look- Ing things! a Ber Preference. Sheâ€"[fever I mam. It will beta somc ‘tmgglipg young (allow whom I can be]; .u make a fortune. Her I fiend-4}}??? the some “toggling; mgllionane a ham 1 can beta to “and one. Mrs., Malaptop-z-‘l KW‘ Anyhow. vi! wasjhc most eccentrical garbage I ever iaw. ' afraid to have that stone cut. Be Could Not Spelt. She knows, too, tum. 1: sun will addle her eggs, shady nesg spo . But It '4 --A GHQ streams into 1L ‘ ghout full of quaint Brooding is throu . ‘ 'l hatch If kept at But they hatch more certainly _ chicks it the temperature 15 a degree or Just how it is done nobody knows, but mother hens some way con- trive to raise the normal heat of their bodies to the requisite pitch. Further, they strip the whole breast of feathers, so the eggs may have the benefit of full heat. Twice a day they turn over every egg in the nest, cuddling them separately up underneath their beaks, making little while. Hens are most uncalculating egg steal- ers. All eggs in sight will be drawn into the nest, though the stolen eggs may crowd out those legitimately there. Still in a way hens take stock of what they brood. \Vith few eggs they sit prim, with trimly folded wings. With too many they sprawl all over the nest, wings loose enough to let light between the feathers, and frequently turn themselves about reaching for uncovered eggs and drawing them underneath the breast. A hen of average size cannot profitably cover more than 15 eggs. In cold weather 13 is a better limit, although in midsum- mer the same hen might brood and batch A fresh egg has the yoke perfectly bal- anced in the middle’ or the white. Unless it remains thus balanced the chances are t its hatching. Brooding decidedly agains hens understand that. When filling the nest, a hen turns over all the eggs in it before she quits it after laying a new one. - mm bnnwfi‘ too. that in hot_weather tho Ian-nu u“ often Hmde where streams into it.” w“â€"- â€"vâ€" 20. Left to themselves, the unchecked in- stinct 0! egg stealing with hens is apt to result in a nest full of spoiled eggs, with maybe one or two feeble chicks. ‘9â€" _â€" _-LM mug-1‘. v-A‘ vâ€" v _-v Twenty-four hours of brooding makes hardly a perceptible change in an egg. Sometimes in warm weather there is the least reddish tinge beside the whitish clot in which the germ lies. After 36 hours the clot shows a well defined drop of very red blood. In two days the blood drop has spread to veins and arteries. At the end of ten days the head is fairly well form- ed. though the trunk is still ragged. In , _LI_ “ ya. ‘uqu_ two weeks the chick is recognizable u a chick, and it the shell envelope is bro- ken will quiver all through and feebly more the head. It has, however. no ves- tige of the downy coat it will wear : lit- tle later. The coat form; rather rapidly. :rge'ficriacâ€"lvoiviccfibntion for a chicken is 21 days, and for two days before leav- ing the $113!! tbe yougg fowl is practically 7, 7â€"- ALA ”AB ‘“\- -'r- ------ 1 - _ ,v _ bégfegt. Yet it would not live were the shell forcibly removed. It spends the last two days gathering vital force to make its own way out into the world. It lies sn‘h‘g within the shell, the head bent upon the breast in such a position as. brings the beak full against the shell. Usual. -- _”â€"__,_- -7 The beak is armed with a tiny detacha- bl‘ec'picce of horn, flint hard and set upon the very tip of the upper mandible. At gull, hatching time the chick presses this triangle against the brittle shell and breaks u triangle hole in it. possibly a quarter of an inch across. An hour later the chick, having turned itself slightly, presses the beak against a new Spot and, mafies a. fresh break. As more air comes in ,‘fhe' little creature grows stronger. lt- ‘writhes still more strongly in its prison,~1 ttirninz always from left to right, In gigging glwaya from_ left to right. In t“'0'hours or ten it breaks the shell in two and slips out into the nest. a wet and Weary sprawler. . A Egg production varies enormously. A hen’s capaéity is about 400 eggs. divided pretty equally through the first three years or he: existené‘c. ‘ She Thought She Saw a Light After Reading Hubby”; Letter. The postman had brought a letter ad- dressed in a singularly cramped hand to “George Ferguson. Esq.” \le'l‘aC l'clbuDVAJ. ~<-‘- "I wonder.” mused Mrs. Ferguson, closely inspecting the pcnmanship. “who that can be from.” If she had suspected that the incident would find its way into print, she would have said “whom” or course. but the oth- er way was easier to say, and. besides, the language is changing. “i never object to George’s opening my letters,” she continued, “and I think I’ll open this. It may be family business anyhow. or it may be something that ought to be attended to right away.” The envelope was loosely sealed. lt yielded readily to the careful insinuation of a darning needle under the flap, and in another moment she hadsopened it and was perusing the contents. “My dear Ferguson,” the letter began, “if you will meet me at my office to. marrow morning we will confer about that matter we were discussing yester- day and will come to some conclusion. In the meantime I may tell you in conti- dence that Ruggles will not come into the scheme at all. We shall have to carry it through ourselves. i may as well cau- tion you in addition that whatever you write to me about it should be addressed to me at my ofiice instead of my house. as my wife, though an excellent woman in every other way. has a habit of open- ing my letters. and I don't want her to know anything about it till we have all our plans perfected. Your wife. you tell me, never opens any letters addressed to you. Such a woman is indeed a jewel, and I do not wonder you are proud of her.” “H’m!” somoquized Mrs. Ferguson in much perplexity. “How can I look George in the face after such a-such aâ€" ! do believe it‘s a decoy letter after all." Then. with a firmly compressed lip. she carefully sealed it up again and sat down to think about it. “The poor old 51.. Y. and Z. railroad.” wrote the editor of The Hickory Ridge Missourian. “declines to exchange cour- tesies with us this year, and we have taken its ad. out of our columns. It’s a moth eaten old concern. anyway. and We new, took a trip over it without kissing our wife goodby twice and taking out an extra accident insurance policy before we started. Last year we did $467 Wurth of lying for the X.. Y. and Z.. andcall we got in return was $29.40 worth of travel- ingr We can stand it it the darned old road can. “'hen you feel as it you would like to be seasick and don't care particu- larly how you get the sensation and have pleat! 0! money and no better way to get rid otit and would just as tier riskxnnr me as not and haven't any other way or -m¢§ug your timefgo andmrke n ride of 5" or six mile. on the. X.. Y. and 2.. and. Buy the Lord have mercy on you: "moan SUSPECTED SOMETHING. Getting Even. nu..- â€"7 - eggs, so she chooses ; But in winter a nest is :e the fullest sunshine You are invited to our Spring Millinery Opening, “513.; takes place on ‘ We will show a large and beautiful assortment of lb] Bonnets and Millim Goods for Spring and Sum . iss Ida CO under thi- «wk-110 88“" 'L a other (13» “tune to b 1000 roll. Kitchen Papers at 5 6' roll. 1000 rolls Bedroom Papers an 6 8; 7a a roll. 1000 runs DiningRoom Pa rs 3:8 8; We atoll. pe lOOOrothnrlor Paperaummfic ; roll. lmorollslnfltin rswithbouler and ceflingto mm 800K AND STATIONERY STORE WALL PAPERS 61%).me Thursday, Fi/zkz’ay and Sa/zzm’ay, m Wilma-wagggm, mncn 28m Opp. Post Office. Lindsay 3." W oped dipht and was q ched to So ‘ skill of m \Ve alfin have 3 yrs“ qnafi’! c hoice White fife Seed Wheatfornlczl $1 per bushel. On delivery of the 9:0 t I rxnlnll and winter we will 01‘ 1' buahel ova- crdinary tpring whetl 35 v ' 44.2-94.9:- ‘ “‘“ iiToCapitalists and Mi _--.. a.â€" Choice Goose Wheat f1 Seed iThe FLAVELLE my: FARMERS. ATTEI The Municipal Cameramanfl in the Provisional County of HI mu! "quire A GRIST JIILL To Hannah. and WOW" '; ,». .will lave w“ 3:531fl {DMD - _ . m8 Much A > ‘- ~9.W tantalum! wit: ~' ‘8 u and: shook! take the "a. 7 route .0 l 45 a II- PW‘I “Inna“ ' abound take the am 3““ I 935:». . min-“fl d ur-Jn “a For {all MM” ’ any Game" and: w “’ ac Afloat. or to Oneâ€"Way Settlers’ Excursion§ 750. Per Bushei umbmon. Feb. 25th.1901: cipher independently or in M '5 uh tome other en' ' I" id Cam“ ficipal Council at the 35 I9 prepared w 9!“! 399““! L and: mill Particulars of ‘ can he obtained from the OJ ERSKIXE, E~q., 11mm P- ~ from the undersigned. ' { WILLIAM P8051 : Township ‘FA 1 I! pltpalw W Uu ...... those who would build sod" M M FOR SALE Cinnamon '5 Dr. Bowen fly to take i spring su guaranteed in a trial ‘33 Ina. Stu Inning on pathy is family in t Elbert Wats‘ , is ill with attended 1 e that the l little men r. Jno Scar got over 11 his team at new tail red the t rksmith she .'s third rsday morn aftcmooz .95 Sunday other 5 pinions. 1101101, schc Friday. 8. ‘. Jas. Gert i Twa‘e Cli 3 of this ins IaSt. c. iiders' ] is with Lt. A (Ila mg a tailc Ody to 102 mas 2’0 0 .‘s to }O idemic of Handc‘ visiting 1 recently l'geon I CWO fl! store i sui 50’}