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WHAT YOU WANT FflH SPBNG Tin work and Plumbing done in ail their branches. You will find the right place at flesirah Every thing which is desirable both in beauty and artistic merit wi‘d be found included in our new stock. It wm. be’ hard to beat in «colorings, quality and price. A call solicited. First door .4 3-3m. Good Paying Positions“! “mm 8‘ BUSINESS COLLEGE HARRISON Toronto, have been placed in good positions in Toronto : Miss Kerr. Sbenographcr, Citizen 8: Comtrv Pub. Co. Mr. Ed, Hunter. S‘mum, Consolidate: CLoak Co. W. 'I‘home, Steno.. Whitley (igvce Cw. n I1_L n. ". IuUIuc, quv.’ .. .-_._‘ C. Matthews, teno.. “Evening Star" Pub. Co. B. Mameer, rtenn . Lotray 8:. Bolton, Barrister; J. KSi-lel', Miss Hewlett and Wm. Smith as office assistants. , The indiviiu-u instruction and thorough traininz given is unsuroassed. Sâ€"wd for c ntalogue and calander. BOXALL W. A. QQQDWM, Eazema I onlyfitook two bottles, when 3my hands got completely cured. â€"â€"Emma Sheridan, Parry Sound, About three years ago I had to leave school with sore hands. Iy teacher said it was Salt Rheum or Eczema and told me to see the doctor. T011112? A Chi ed‘ 7 Mother got some medicine, but it did me no good. After I had suffered With the itching and burning about three months, mother thought she would try Burdock Blood Bitters. will be h:ld at UKDSAY in }uue and July, in each department of study le' wnich five or more Candidates shall apply. Those in Theory, June 19th '09 22nd Vocal and Instrumental early mJuly Syllabua comaimxsg lull information free. Local 1:303. Represgtative, Ont. App} cuions and fees must be sent to the ‘Tuzouw ConScrvatory of Music by june Ist.â€"4 THOS. JOHNSTON, Local Centre Examinations v.3 ,V 0,31 V.,M s. LINDSAY. - ONT. Honorary Graduate Ont. Vet Coliege. . Formcxly Govt. Inspector of Stock. Fm: years in Her Majesty’s _s:§yicc a._s Vezexiu- ary'ot m: Tuinl meuc of Wales Dragoons. Treats an diseases of Domastichnimals Opposite Jewett’s Livery St ables York-st. ’Phone 104. Miik Pans. Cream Cans, Sprinkling Cans, Milk Cans, 20 to 40 gal. Within a few days the following pupils of the DR- EDWARE} HSHER, Musical Director ansermory of Music OFFICE AND INFIRMARY: Kent Street, Lindsay 3 Wall Paper TORONTO LINDSAY. DR. W H. CLARKE. Torrible The Hessian fly, knOWn to naLuruz- 1 ists as cecidomyia destructor, has now positively made its appearance in great abundance near NewtOWn Square, Delaware County, Pennsyl- vania. The first notice of this pest Was brought to the attention of local entomologists by Mr. Alfred Satterâ€" thwait, and it was hoped that a ser- ious destruction of the wheat in the vicinity might be averted. At presâ€" ent the pest is assuming alarming propostions. All the Wheat which was planted before October is being destroyed. 7~‘-â€" .. ruin“! uca u. UJ cu . The creature which is causin alarm is a mere midget in size, being not larger than a. pin head, with two tiny wings of gauze. Notwithstand- ing its size, it is stated to be “the g such FEMALE HESSIAX FLY GREATLY most serious enemy of wt tually preventing its cult some localities. DULLLD 'Avvw‘. VA»... The adult appears late in the fall and lays its eggs on the young plants, and the larvae work their way into the stem at or near the surface of the ground, causing a. slight gall or swelling and a deformâ€" ity in the plant’s growth. When Winter sets in, full size has been reached, and the “flaxseed” stage is entered uponflso-called because of its L VJ --â€" _.__ - Winter sets in, full size has been reached, and the “flaxseed” stage is entered uponâ€"so-called because of its superficial resemblance. In spring the pupae is formed, and soor. after- wards the adult appears, ready to again lay eggs in the now rapidly‘ growing Wheat. This is the present condition of the crops in Deleware COUnty. The flies, Which are now huzzing around, will deposit their eggs so low down on the stalk that the “flaxseeds” will remain in the stubble after the Wheat is cut. When the new wheat comes up in the fall. the Whole story of devastation will be gone over again. The injury done by the Hessian fly is in stunting and aborting the wheat plants in the fall, and dwariing stalks in the spring, or so Weakening them that they fall or “lodge" read- ily, preventing thereby the (levelOp- ,ment of the "ear,” or of the grain I in it. The remedy is not easy, the best probably being to “pasture" the growing wheat, which is now being done to some extent in the infected district. In some instances burning the stubble is effective, but as clover is usually grown with wheat in this section such a course is undesirable. Tho planting of decoy strips of Wheat around the edges, which are after- wnrds plowed under, can also be usâ€" ed. Insecticides aro useless. Seeding Down to Clover I: a Practice That ‘ Will Pay 3 Profit. When the character and lay of the land will admit, a very good plan of manavenn-n is to keep in cultivaâ€" trOn durin 1 first four or five years. after swung out. and then, 11f? 1-- 1i1e In .1 uevin to bear “ell and 11111 1 11- Sunalfly Well (1 millished, to seed down in time-1'. On account of U10 130116.“: to the soil in \arious \qus, 1:. will pay to use clover in seedingr dO‘Wn in preferenm m grass. But before settling down good drain ‘1 e should be provided as trees 19211111013 be kept healthy if water is - 211101 ed to stand around the 10013 A very good plan is to throw the] dirt to the trees, making the fur- rows in the middle between the trees. Care should be taken in run- ninrr out the furrows to ax oid \\ ashâ€" ing. Then the soil can be [neszrud in good tilth,l1arrowing and drz g- {ring in order to secure a smooth su1- face, before sowing the seed. A little care in properly preparing the ”round before the seeding,r \\ 111 aid, materiallv in securing better results. ‘ Unless heaxy applications of man- ure are gixen the average farm soil cannot ”row other crops and a, crop of fruit cat the same time, and While cultivation is beneficial while the trees are growing, whenexer they commence to bear they should have the soil to themselves. The growing of clover can be made beneficial to the soil rather than detriment'al. hence it is a good- plan to sm'v clov- ‘er and either use a hog pasture or allow it to grow, mature and fall ‘ 1 ‘mxn and rot on the land. A good ' ;10“- th of clover Will keep doWn the xx eeds and add to the fertility of the soil. Early in the spring is a good time to sow clover, and if the orchard is to be seeded down it will pay to arrange so as to do the work in good seasonâ€"N. J. Shepherd, in Farmer's Voice. The nitrogen of cotton seed meal, linseed meal, castor pom-ace, fish, tunkage and horn meal is not so quick in its action as that of blood, for which reason it is not well adapted to exclusive use in supply- ing nitrogen in greenhouse work. For tobacco. or wherever crops enjoy a long period of growth, and in seed- ingr land to grass, these materials are particularly applicable, provided they can be had at a. reasonable price. Unless the price is very low, top-dressing with nitrate of potash is unprofitable. e Hessian l-ly is at V sylvania-Too Fear 1 for Comfort. A year or two ago a vast amount of practical good-roads work was done in Missouri by forming county organizations, and the person chiefly instrumental in forming them was a woman Miss Bella. C. Harber. That lady travelled through the state, and in the course of a, year organized 66 associa tioni. \\ A FARM TERROR. ORCHARD MANAGEMENT. Nitruuo-u fur Grflflnhnudp-t, Guod “'ork at n \Vnnlun. y of wheat,’ ac- its cultixation in wnrk in Penn- Canada to natural- E EXLARGED. t. M. Kellogg. at Michigan, “in| 5013‘ Very Interesting and Valuable Iu- furmatiun Concerning Them. The tWo figures in the illustration represent the perfect “(having stamens and pistils), and pistillate straw- berry blossoms, showing the sexual organs and their manner of produc- ingr and receiving pollen. Fig. 1 is a. perfect flower, so-called because it is selfâ€"fertilizing, or one Which has all the essential organs. In the centre at p are clustered the pistils of fe male organs, While on the outside are seen the stamens or male organs, (”‘9 9“”- v-Ov â€".~ 7, __ 5. On the left is a stamen greatly enlarged to show its manner Of disâ€" posing of its pollen. a. represents the anther and p the pollen dropping from it. .011 L- LL UL..- ;'- A sectional View of the pistillate flower or one having no stamens may be seen in Fig. 2. It shows how the pistils, p, are arranged on the out- side of the fruit flesh Where the seeds grow instead of on the inside, as iS the case with most fruits. On the left is an enlarged pistil. At the up- per end at a is the stigma. Where is deposited a sticky substance which catches the pollen grains carried to STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Fig, 1.-â€"â€"A Perfect- Blossom. it by the Wind and insects. Here the pollen grain begins to grow, sending its time dome through the style, 1). to the ovaries, c, in the bottom of which is the embryo egg to be fer- tilized. After the fertilization takes place the seeds bigin to grow and the fruit flesh to develop. Every seed seen on the outside of the berry comes from a separate pistil and must, have pollen or it will cause a hard, woody place in the berry. Aside from ‘V\,-\-J 17,--,_ a mechanical injury, every deformed berry is the result of a lack of pol- len. If we set a field of a pistillate variety it would bloom full, but no fruit would come from it. The pro- cess of secreting this pollen as well as the receiving wax on the pistil, is the most devitalizing process the plant is ever called upon to undergo. When a plant is allowed to produce an excessive amount, and this is fol- loWed by heavy seed formation” its vitality is so much lowered that the following year and often for several wears the berries will be very much ‘smaller and in every way inferior. ()ne plant grown in hills in my ex- perimental garden produced 41;,- quarts oi berries. three quarts of which were classed as large. These plants were given extra good culture, but the next year produced less than one quart of poorer berries, but threw out a great 1 mass of runners. These new plants were then set and given the same tillage and treatment the mother plant had received and by the side of plants in full vigor, but they yielded scarcely half the amount of fruit. I have made repeated ; experiments along the same line, and am convinc- t-d lzeyorid question that the develop- ment of fruit depends very largely on the physical condition of the plant in this respect. If the potency of life- e‘iving element of the pollen is strong,Y and plenty of food he given to sus- tain it, with congenial environments, the plant will throw its whole ener- gies into the development of its seeds and consequent fruit. but if the plant is lacking in this vigor it will lose the habit of seed formation and fruit production. - ‘- AL A: STRAWBERRY PLAN TS. 5L “nu I" .,\_.~ I believe this to be the secret of success and failure in strawberry growing. Snnmtimes frost or excesâ€" sive cold rains at blooming time will destroy the pollr-n and receiving: wax and thus the crow,» will be greatly ruâ€" duced, but all the more so if the plants be of low ~.-i1ality. It sonnâ€" Limes h":';'(,‘n:3 that the second crop STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Fig 2,â€"Imperfest or Pistlilate Blossom. Of berries is hunger and better than the first. This often occurs if the first, crop is 1111111 ed 111 frost (1r storms, but 1191 or in all 111v experien- ce, cov 1111111 17 \ears of strmxberu SI‘OWing, 11910 I had 11 second Very large crop 11110111111: an 011011150115 yield. Plants 1111111: (3111111 131v in \ig- 0135011113 oxlnu 511111 in a. device and others so 11111111131 stron:.,a11d so “9. find mam‘ barren plants 111 occasion- ally a \igoruus (>11e.1 11 1-1 these circumst uncos the Hold 1' 1-1111 1m\‘ and about 1112 sun” e‘c \‘1--1r.Sucl1 plants cannot be made to yield maximum crOps by any s3stem of tillage. l'ntmsh and Peach trues. Peaches, like all other prOduCtS Of the SUU, need feeding. Potash and phosphoric acid are the principal con- stituents required in making the fruit. An excess of nitrogen Will produce rank growth at the expense of the fruit buds. Take, for in- stance, the peach tree near the kit- chen door which gets plenty 0f soapy Water, which contains a large amount of lye (potash). It always has 0. full crop. A few pounds of potash and phosphate around each tree during the later Winter and you will be more than repaid for the .treuble and expense; ' THE W ATCHMAMWAH 1c vol} 11 and receiving “ax the cum “ill be greatlv rc- t v.11 Lhu more so if the of low vitality It, scumâ€" vmis that the second crop .â€" ’7- , Not the “Go as You Please,” Haphal' ard Thing Many Suppose. Most people have an idea that freight is the last thing that railroads look after. Many profess to believe that a plece 0i freight once started on its journey is 41' lowed to loaf along at its own sweet W111 ‘ “‘-‘-~--«A afnnnlnfr Where it WiShes Rap “‘31) S HDER: ‘W 0" 3.! fl Lbbaaaâ€"n- -_V lowed to loaf along at its own SW68]; wu- and pleasure, stopping where it Wishes and staying as long as it likes, and only bringing up at its destination when there is nowhere else to' go. * -- - n-_ num- (lav 15 nun ”Gnu ...... 0-. When you have waited day after (1211‘:' for that piano which was shipped a month ago, you are ready to adopt that opinion. But don’t be in a hurry. When that piano box shows up in Poughkeep' sie at the time it should be in Portland, the Poughkeepsie agent does not unease the instrument and give a series of box car recitals for the next two months. You may think he does, but he doesn’t. Not a bit of it. There is no welcome anywhere for the wandering Willies of freightdom. No agent wishes to he caught with missing freight piled 119 In. his yard or house. ' The truth of the mat- ter is the railroads are continually punch- ing laggard freight in the ribs and ad- monishing it to move on. It is an interesting study to see how the railroads handle their immense freight business. To the outsiders a freight of- fice seems like confusion worse con- founded, but to the men who have been trained to the work it is all as simple as a problem in short division. No matter ; how far from home a car is it is always , in touch with the home office. If the car has had bad luck and one of its trucks is sprained, the home office knows about it and sends an order to have it placed in the nearest car hospital and doctored up to working condition. The office knows just what the car is earning, and if it . ,d h-.. ACCA ~n++ino LU \\ UL “11.15 \.uuu.~-v--- __ just what the car is earning, and if it thinks its traveling expenses are getting too big it shifts its route or calls it home. It is only once in awhile that a car gets away from the home office altogether, and when one does there is no sleep for any one till the runaway is found and started in the right direction. â€" - Jun: nk§ §Lq,L Lcu Au. sun. ‘- --- ._,__V After you have listenéd to a freight agent’s description of the elaborate plans taken to look after freig_ht you will mar- vol that astray. But the' man who .is piano knows that it Journal. That I: the Term One Critic Appllel to American Dinners. To realize how our “upper ten” scram- ble through existence. says Eliot Gregory in The Atlantic, one must contrast their fidgety way of feeding with the bovine calm in which a German absorbs his nourishment and the hours an Italian can pass over his postprandial meal. An American dinner party affords us this opportunity. From oysters to fruit dinners now are a breathless steeploehase, during which we take our viand hedges and cham- pagne ditches at a dead run, with con- versation ‘pushed at much the same :speed. To be silent would be to imply i that one was not having a good time, so LuILb UM» u v... we rattle andâ€"ééfibie 05 toa'ard the fin- ger bowl winning post. only to find that rest is not there. _ _ -yv- -_ V.-- As the hostess pilots the ladies away to the drawing room she Whispers to her spouse, “You won’t smoke too long, will you?” So we are mulct in the enjoy- ment of even that last resource of weary humanity, the cigar, and are hustled away from our smoke and coffee, to find our appearance is a signal for a general move. making the rounds of the Plevna fortifi- , cations he happened upon three members 3 of a guard off duty, who. each possessing ; the then rare luxury of a cigarette. had ‘determined. with eastern logic. to play a game of cards for the lot. But while ‘ the game was in progress a Russian shell intruded. burst close by and killed one of the players. Now. a custom of the Turkish army (19. erees that a deceaSed man's comrade who is on sentry is entitled to a reversion of the dead man's interest. even in a gam- ble, so that Osman. who was unrecogniz- ably mufiled up. was at once invited to take the slain soldier’s hand and finish the game. He accepted and won. Then. turning to the disconsolate players: “Take the three cigarettes to the sen- try I represented.” he said. “They are really his by right”â€"tben, producing a well filled case. he proceeded. “and ae- eept these from me." E While Osman Pasha was one night l l One of the older ladies rises. The next moment the whole circle, like a flock of frightened birds, is up and 0%, crowding each other in the hallway, calling for their carriages and rattling the unfortu- nate servants who are attempting to cloak and overshoe them. Bearing in mind that the guests have come as late as they dared without being absolutely uncivil, that the dinner has been served as rapidly as was materially possible and that the circle broke up as soon as the meal had ended, one a'sks oneself in wonder why, if dinner is such a bore that it has to be scrambled through, coute que coute, people continue to dine out? Fattening the Ortolun. The height of luxurious living is a well cooked ortolan, the little bird celebrated for the exquisite delicacy of its flesh. The birds are kept in :1 room the floor of which is strewn plentifully with millet seed and corn and from which daylight gradually is excluded. and under these conditions they pass the last five or six weeks of their existence. Gradually the feathers of. the body drop om. and the bird becomes a more ball of fat with nun-u v<.‘_ wings and a foathm-ml head. Gently hauâ€" dling it, the operator picks up the bird and dips its beak into champagne. with the result that the bird dies suddenly and painlessly. , #___â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"- Not to Blame. “Do you mean to say that it is through no fault or yours that you appear before me for the second time?” demanded the judge of the hard faced culprit. “Yes. I do,” replied the latter. “I did my level best to defeat you the last time you ran.”â€"Pittsburg Chronicle. . Campaign Alacrity. “What did that politician say at first blush when the office was proffored him?” “At first blush? Lots you know about politics' '11101'0 wasn't any blush about it: he nabbed it.’ ’â€"Indi:11;apolis Journal. Stephen Rumbold Born Feb. 1582 Dyed March 4 1687 He lived to one hundred and five Sanguine and strong: An hundred to five you don‘t live so long. â€"Notes and Queries. A Story of Osman Pasha. WILD STEEPLECHASE. A Queer English Epitaph. single package ever goes who.is waiting for that hat it does.â€"Lewiston “I don’t believe." “that any man 0v without telling her “There was such COUL‘LbuLy w.-- the middle aged “Huh! I’m 3' in the early days of the race. now, when a man loved a days, you 1; woman he snea 111311. oung yet. I meant back In those ked up and knocked her out with a club and took her to 1115 lonely home, and thev lived happy ever after.” â€"1ndianapolis journal. The No. 30258, American no: The Property of MR. Fenelon Falls Anteam will make 21 Stable, McArLbur ANTEAM. 80258, is a. handsome Seal brown stallinn With white strip m face and three white feet. He is 16 hands high and weighs 1,100 lbs , and was fouled June 7, 1893. He is well proportioned and gives every indication of extreme apetd, havinx shown a mile in 2.30 as a. two year old. He is a troster sure and will be worked later in the season. He is a. full brother to Antea, 2 29:} at two years old and Ante Bella, 2.26. His sire Arleevolla. 7643, is one of Elec- tioneer‘s greatest. sons. that is breeding on year 8ftfl' year wrth great regularity. He is aiull brother to Anteros, sire of Antidote, 2.10}, and twenty-five others in 2. 3’) list. Dam, Lucy (d~m o! Antea, at 2 veers :2 293, and Antea. Bella. 2.25) 79y Black Hawk Morgan; 2nd dam Dam, Lucy (d~m o! Antes, at 2 vears z 231, um Antes. Bella 2.25) by Black Hawk Marsan; 2nd dam Sis, by McGregor Warrior. . The Chloe-«o Horse Review, in a. brief reference to the mighty Electioneer, states: In 1881 Binaa Rose lowered the 3 ealing rec mi from 2 444} to 2 36%. and Wildflower, the twc-ycar-old. from 2 55} to 2.21; in 1883 Hinds. Rose lowered the three-year-old from ".21 to 219%. and Bonita. the hut.) ear-old, from 2.19 to 2.183; m 1886 Manzmita reduced the f our-year cld ‘ from 2.17% tn 2. -6; in 1883 Sum '1 cut the tw.;.year-old from 2.21 to 2. .8; the next year .-he hr uuht that for three-year o‘uis it In 2 18 m 2.1%. end in 199:) that for four-year with (max 2.10 ta 210} In 18:01 the family were record-breaking mead-breakers : Suuol ‘ fiained the wwlu’s lecord 0y truttinz a mi'e in 2.05} and ecfipuuu; Maud s ; Palo Alto seemed the st tlliun rec m! by 0 m in 2 083; the two-yearâ€" old A ‘mn lnwer- ed the 1e:01d {or trouers of his age to 2 It}. and mu Bird tank a yearling mark (-f '2 2!}. 011 Km ember 17, 1891. when Palo No Home: m 2.083.. the anus and daughters . f Elect‘oneer held the champion trotting records (at one. two, three, f .ur and five- eanolds, the world’s records, reenrmem of ege - r s. x. and the stallion heard. A eh .win; uith ut a parallel, and one which will [tub My ever rem flu so. _ IA ,,._-A ‘1... :t,m:'lr Bouncer TERM‘B.â€"â€".To insure $15. payabie February 15', 1901 Scasnn. 3x0 â€"â€"22 JOHN ALDOUS, PROPRIETOR. 2 2 Forward Movement fiOME-MflDB BOOTS You Make A Mistake . We make a specialty of Farmers’ Plough Boots ar‘d also in River Dzivmg Boots. Prices same as last year. The only practical Shoemaker in Lind. say. Came in and see for yourself It will pay you w bring your repalrs to us. When you do not use Dr. Ward's Blood and Nerve Pills to counter- act these conditibns. Why? Be. cause they contain all the natural elements necessary to build up the human system. The way to a cure lies along the road from the stomach to the blood and nerves. All food is acted on by the stomach and pre- pared for absorption into the system. Great Electioneer You feel yourself“ getting we“ when you take Dr. Ward’s Blood and Nerve Pills. 50 cts. per box. {lye boxes for $10“. All drug- gists, or Sam Wdliams 8c 00.. Toronto. Ont. 1900 ..THE.. 1900 Description and Pedigree No. 14. William-st. North If you have Pale, Greenlsh, or Saliow Complexlon, Gold Hands and Feet, loss of Ap- petite, Dyspepsia, Lack of Energy or Stomach Troubles, Dr. Ward's Pills give just the pro- per help to a tirefl system, and dif. . Forberr, fuse a'glow ot beam: though the whole human frame. â€"cf the Biggest Stock ofâ€" American imitive Method. ve. ” said the young man, I over courted a woman her lies” uch courtship once," Ever seen in Lindsay. a Limited Season at his own at House, Fenelon Falls. Trotting Register, JOHN ALDOUS, , Ont. Stallion, More to F0110 w. F. MGBAR offal ' The Best in To Y. .0 New parlors. .-\'erything (our doors Westo R: be: :0 a. K93“ H. 0.083% Hi you it you intend Dumas" sensontoconsult me before Ing contracts. 1 have 5‘1 :1 date planing mill. and can 5‘3” everything that is needed: housebuilding a: the vet"? 1°"? prices. The best workmen? dryest lumoer and SKEW“ unnamed in evex.“ “1““ 5‘1"} ed premises, and new ”4’5"!“- lust, added. All ordev- MW“ promptly...” . madam GEM l'he Lindsay Pulling Factor!- 5? 63:1: Rings, smtable :,_ n C o ‘ ; L on 5 meat ng5‘ and M": N MM 1. selmg an engagement there’s azzxva}.s mOrE b r and isprcparedto whit etc. . on th e :11 est r ensemble 3' Gifts from the gum? bride, and the Wedéiq follow in due course Fanncrs shouid have whitewashed this sorivfl- mprovc the health Of ‘ will also add matcriaily t0 For patticulars applv to Subscribe fo AYLMEH S Painter, M AY 2 unuasigned has Confcct T HE J EWELLER Q 0 IST “GEEK SUIUK' htealth Of that m OUI'SE hitewash We to no’fl .th