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New York Boston Chicago Established 1899 The sycamore maple is a European immigrant. Its leaves have a thick, vegetable appearance, and the char- acteristic form of five-pointed lobe! is smoothly regular. Another Euro- pean importation, the Non‘vay maple, has a leaf strongly resembling the accepted Canadian emblem. The pa.- triotic spirit of the Dominion is mingled with a natural regard for this most beautiful of forest .trees. I: regard that naturally leads to a. closer acquaintance and more inti- mate knowledge. Thu spike mama and moose maple er Shiaucl‘ members of the family. “izh slightly more pretentious flow- ”'5. The box afler is classed as a maple by virtue of the form of Its twin seeds, but its leaves suggest the ash sufficiently to give it one of its many names. The male and female flowers are on separate trees, a con- dition occasionally appearing in oth- er members of the family. It may be regarded here as an importation. The silver maple has the most beautiful leaf of all the members of the family. Its deep sinuses and de- licately,attenuated lobes make a most artistic outline, and the pale under-surface flashes a. pleasing change of color when the branches are swayed by the wind. Like the red maple, it flowers before the leaves, and the seed falls and germi- nates before the close of the sum;- mer. The leaf is distinguished from that of the soft or red maple by itl rounded and comparatively shallow linuses, smooth or sparingly toothed edges, says a writer in The (Hobo. Three of its five lobes have three or [our sharp points. The flowers are unfolded with the leaves, while the red maple is shedding its sterile flowers before the leaves appear. The Sugar maple does not sow its seeds till the fall, and they lay dormant all winter, while the red maple seed- lings take root before the frost sus- pends their vitality. Cmda'. Emblem. Canada’ a emblem is now unfolded In all its beauty, and every tree is a polid mass of rich green foliage The sugar maple is the member of the family selected to grace out insignia” and while it may not have the most beautiful leaf, it is certainly the fin- est, grandest and most imposing tree. Them to whom it doe. not bring back the sugar bush. the It) troughs, the buckets on the jumper. ,the kettle suspended over the fire. the Imoke and ashes, the tafiy poured in the snow, and the delicious angering- 06, have missed one of the joys 0‘ life. From the time when alternat- ing thaw and frost promote. the mys- terious activity of the sap till the buds begin to swell and the huge: I. demandid for the purposes of growth, the maple is the most boun- tiful of ion-st trees. m maple. . c rand, Input-3 It... NorIeEiake'a thought beyond the way I’m I mind {he day that's over-by, 311' Die. thl day that's here, there be to come a day when we'll be dad, 1 1003:1321??? when 11 be d I.” tar day we' en â€"-Moln O'Neill. ”I'd van 1 could be um; near, to Ion you day an' night. to let no trouble touch you or m; l’d wish I owld be dyin' hereto“; spirit light, I! Them above '11:! let me win you 101. Achny! 8 Then above 'ud to: in win you ’07. Adria?! Ion'd maybe take and wear nyln’ far, 7 For then Pd 6: and and you in ‘3' I'd wish I was a Utfle use 3% ”1 mm the day I’d wish 1 was a canal! 'An’ now I wish no Fotfithen fou'd' maybe wen it PAGE TWO THE MAPLE LEAF. l MIND THE DAY. 'Local Office, William St. Phone 178 References, Bradstreet, Dunn Winn W. F. DEVER CO. STOCK AND BOND BROKER “They don’t necessarily,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “They have their enthu- siasms. The trouble is that a rich man can’t admire anything without being solicited to buy it.” A pretty snub deliverixl by a pro- fessor to a very young and very dog- matic undergraduate is refurbished in a work of fiction. “Dogmatism,” said the don sadly, “is puppyism which has reached maturity." It may similarly be said of dog Latin that it is chiefly used by pups.-London Globe. Costly to Admit-o. “Why is It that wealthy people be- come so cold and cynical?” I His: Rosa Battleâ€"Is society rally growing Worse? Waggsbyâ€"No; but 1' it's still tryi_ng telâ€"Sketchy Bill. ...â€"_._.,__ rudent “Because," she answered. grimly sarcastic, “I haven't the face to do Why no Stood. ‘Madam," said the conductor to the plain and somewhat elderly woman standing up in the street car, “why don’t you ask one or these men to give you a seat?” Mr. Buttercupâ€"Thunderation, wom- an. haven’t you any business acumen? What do you want to stop at n paltry million for when you can wish for a hundred million just an easily and with just as much prospect of getting it? No wonder we are poori l Wholly, novflâ€"Regyâ€"Do you weal- ly believe that absence makes V tho hurt grow fender? Miss Bradyâ€"Oh, you, indeed! I think twice as much of you when you are somewhere clue. ~Colored Comic. Mrs. Buttercupâ€"I wish I had n mil- lion dollars. 0-: Al: Consumption. It is computed that when at relt we consume 500 cubic inches of at: 3 minute. If we Walk at the rats of one mile an hour We use 800; two miles, 1,000; three miles, 1,600; (our mflee‘ 2,300. If we start out an! run six miles an hour We consume 8,000 cubic inches of air during ev- ery minute of the time. I out. It also sometimes stray: from {its proper wood haunts, to lam .nnd meadow edges. Remember tho 1 fetal cup at the root, and the white $gilll; remember, also, that 3 angle 1:33th is generally enough to kill I o nun, and beware of it, as there 1! : no rank taste or odor to give warn- ; mg, and the poison does not begin i to Work until eight or nine hours a!- tor it has been eaten, when it is gen- erally impossible to do anything to overcome it. It cause. death by paralyzing the heart, I had to take strychnine as an antidote, and it was a long time before I was fully recov. ered. There is also a notion that e toadstool may be distinguished from a mushroom by peeling it, but this In erroneous. The death cap can be peeled, and the edible put! ball can not. Hoping that this may be e Warning to mushroom humerusâ€"Nor. man Willmott. As the season is approachng to: gathering mushroom I would like to sound a. note of warning. The deadly fdeath cup toadstool grows in many places in Canada and as it recently ‘ caused the death of one man at 1‘0- § ronto Junction, and nearly killed mo, perhaps a. description of it my not be out of place. It has . smooth, satiny top, which may be either white, spotted, or tinted yel- low: it also has white gills and o whit. Item. A: a whole, it looks much, like a large meadow mushroom mad for this reason is doubly dugou- Womsn’l Nan-omens. Elect of Absence. An In possibility. 19 Wellington-st East Tomato Telephone 4303 Main wnts, to lam Remember the . and the white that a. single enough to kill ,' it, as there is r to give warm toes not begin feenfumhedisposedoftohisbié- 1.1a- Wi_llia.m, yho is still living in â€"_. his ”thyminthovmageor'fi ”You may imagine the consterna- tion and alarm caused by this sad catastrophe. I was told that our friend, Mr. McDonald, the captain, had remained much longer in Godcr- lch than was prudent at this season of the year. But there Was an el- ection‘ in the County of Huron going on at the time, and so anxious was he to assist his friend. the Hon. MaL colm Cameron. in his election that he had neglected to return in proper season, and thus it ended with such serious results to so many. for all Were concerned. for there was no way of getting any more supplies during- the winter but by packing it across by the trail through the woods from Owen Sound.” ' j That fall occurred the wreck of a schooner laden with flour and other supplies required by the inhabitants of Southampton for the winter. this position, with his eyes closed, earnestly engaged in prayer, al- thOUgh his end of the raft Was sunk about a foot under the Water,- and when we reached dry land, although Wet nearly up to his waist from kneeling, he thanked me. and said that he would never run the risk of crossing that river again, for rather than do so he would travel by land all the way to Goderich and get back home by that way." "He got dOWn upon his knees on the raft." writes Mr. Kennedy, “and commmced to pray. I pushed the raft ofl into the stream and I notio- that it Was sinking very much eeper in the water than usual, and I told him that I thought he Would be better standing up, for he was getting Wet, but he answered me by saying that he preferred to remain upon his knees, and he continued in Their shanty was overrun by white mice. which gnawed their Way into everything of wood. “My brother," writes Mr. Kennedy. "often caught them with his hands and killed them by the dozen while sitting at the table.” The only place in which they could keep their provisions was an iron bake-kettle with close-fitting lids. They finally brought a cat from Southampton, but one day it upset at flatiron upon the kettle and smashed the cover, rendering it use- less, and their last condition was worse than the first. Another day he undertook to ferry across the riv- er a. man from Nova. Scotia, who hesitated to trust himself upon the raft used for that purpose. In 1851 he and his brother Wil- liam decided to shift for themselves in the valley of the Saugeen River, which they had heard was a remark- ably rich mining country. After six days' traveling through unsurveyed forest with a wagon or supplies and a team of oxen, they reached the Snugeen above Walkerton. Here they built 9. snow made of deals sawn by themselves out of a green pine tree, with the intention of floating down the river to its mouth- Their hard- ships at this time were almost unen- durable. It Was the end of March, and for two Weeks they Were com- pelled to remain there without Shel-i ‘ tar in inclement weather, with their feet and clothes wet all the time. Finally they started. and on the sec- ond day down the river reached the shanty of Mr. Simeon Orchard, foun- der of the Town of Paisley. and that night stopped about three miles from the lake, near the present Vil- lnge of Port Elgin. Not far from here they chose some land and built their shanty. Others following their example tried to float down the river but were not as successful. One per- ty. in e. scow, which consisted of four men, two women and five chil- dren, struck on a. rock and partly sank. Their provisions were swept ofl and they Were compelled to stand in o couple of feet of icy water for over 24 hours before they were res- cued and brought for shelter to a shanty. Among those who passed there in the following months were Mr. Vidal, now the Senator. ”The labor of clearing the first ac- re. 0! unbroken land was all per- formed by the settlers. when they Iubsisted entirely upon potatoa as a diet. baked and boiled time about. by way of change or variety. with Iomctilnel a dish 01 greens made from cow cabbage or the tops of young turnips, added when in sea- son. All this may seem strange when I tell you that the forests abounded with various kinds of game and the crock. were lull o! speckled trout. yet it rarely happened that the set- tlera succeeded In capturing any deer. wands. He gives a. vivid description at tho privntlons they endured in thou days: -- “Sometimes we were for week- without bread and had to subsist on potatoes and turnips, and then. were very omen frozen during winter. I can remember well seeing my moâ€" ther putting the potatoes into cold water to draw the frost out of them before being cooked. and then we had neither meat, milk nor butter to out with them. land all tho Way 30 Hamiltbn for Kelcan. and owing to the de- own home (or 55 years. , Among the Incident- in connection with hise fa- ther’s settlement Mr. Kennedy men- tion- that the contract»: for the house and each assistant were paid tour shillings and a bottle of whis- key 3 day. While looking on. his lathe: Was struck by a falling tree, which broke his leg. ifl‘hey had to in the title 0! an interesting little volume by It. Dawidr Kennedy‘ sen. His father and mother having com. (tom Scotland Iettlod a (hell)h in 1830. when ho. was two your: 0: age. It had been surveyed only threo year- pnviously and had only a. 10' log rhoulos. After 3 short undone. there his {other selected a lot in the Paisley Block, near Guelph. and the homestead, which '1. called Won-13mm won his “yawâ€"Donates..- 300.317.: 13.50... “Incidents 0! Pioneer Days a. Guelph and in the County?! Big-neg" PIONEER DAYS. The leaf of tin; Sagnt tree is near. ly thirty feet long. A Single leaf of the parasol magnolia of Ceylon mom. shade for fifteen or twenty persons. Thrushec and other birds crush the shells 01" land snails and enact their Juicy bodies, as do also raccoons and wood rats, but woodland birds will not Into his B‘endent. Constitution. A Sermon on loner. “No, my son." said the ‘Bllvme pan- ent; “money doesn't bring happiness. It only pays house rent and the gro- cery bill and makes the ball!!! and the bill collector respect us six days in the week while the pamon gives us is hallelnla smile on Sunday.”â€"Atlantn mind as they are souls of deparbed friends not yet relieved from purga- torial pains. The bittern In their her- ald at nightâ€"Irish Times. lird Superstitions. According to a superstition which nnbaptized babes and sing their son- l'ow ut the midnight hour._ while the llnnet, yellow hammer and finch sing their plaintive and tender loan to re- Karo-cue. Kerosene wan first use m Bird. Live bomb Many people deciaim against the cruelty of keeping birds in ages, but it is a well proved truth that ease birds live about six times as long as a wild bird, and the bird invariably become. so fond of its owner and its surround- ing: that when the cage is thrown open it will not fly away. it surfers so little from solitude that it a prospective mate is introduced it hits her on the head at first (or her impudence in dar- ing to intrude into a private apart- ment. Paper flaking and the m The art et paper makin;r in aimelt prehistoric. It is believed that the Egyptians invented the first crude proceel. Thiauehowninthename itself, which is derived from the word papyrus, a reed which grows in Egypt and other warm countries. The ancient Egyptian- made their primitive paper from this plant by tak- ing the smooth, fibrous layer between the rough outer bark and the inner flesh of the reed. This they dried and glued together in long tells, which served as a means to convey their thought: in hieroglyphice. This proc- ess has been so improved upon during the succeeding ages that today the most perfect paper can be made from the meanest substances. The Guyâ€"Yea, indeed; pour: it out Ito his munchâ€"Kansas City Inde- Georgetown before “reporting" to pay all expenses and leave him n profit of about 8100. The 200 bushels were (no vided nmonx the members or the regi- ment. and Bailey returned to his duty. In to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk for them. There are about 200 bushel; Where’do you want 'emr' May did mlly make the trip. hind his men and sold oyster; enough In “Here m your oysters, captain. Couldn't and mu In Alexandrh. no I chateau! a schooner and made 3 voy- After 3 upse at nine days Bailey came into camp leading c train of tour hone wagons. loaded with oysters. Appmchlng and respectfully saluting the med captain, Bailey said: mauhoystmglvmghimmu'uc- doumtmretumwithoutthem. The mshdetandnomomwasueenot him for nine days. The Wnshlngton Time. prints the story of his realm} A captain of a Massachusetts mi- mat, stationed In Washington at the tune of the civil war, was noted for his lonotgoodtmngstoentaadonoday dhpatchedoneot ”00mm! ma maé'an who knows all shout the goods he sells. He menwboknowasmndxnsormon than they do about their business. Dress plays the most important part in theumeotcommemno iesswifllthe Balm than it does with the man- ufacturer, the mill man. the banker or the financial man. They all dress to impress their teilow men tavornbly. â€"0. IL Connolly in Success. and ”unlimited mount of cheek. He did not have to know anything nbout the good: he sold. ex- cept In a general way. He slapped menon the back. took them out to din- ner, got drunk with them and then m8 Letveu. 60¢ the Outerl. for ”lilting? about the Tael'property of W. A. Fanning Gamay Route for Season at I933 Humday 4th will proceed to (31¢an for nown. Kirifie‘d for night. Tuesday, But-over for non, Brechin for night. Wednocday. to Beaming for noon, thence to t ful- night. Thundaytqw _ ofornoon. M- i door. A mutinootpapentrom4¢gnu m ‘2 Peg “311- 011:. Paints. Var- Pal-ten ul Pm: Hagen. no: hits? two doors cut of The Watchma- MILLER BROS. “Why. Mrs. Sawyer.” lndlgnnniGVex- claimed the maker. “how can you my them nay-cu: i". “The: are really very well done.” commented the visitor. "but of course they are not the ml Indian baskets." “no-1 nun-r A young woman recently received in- struction in the art of Indlnn basketry and had made several caplet of Indian baskets of which the was very pmud. A friend who had been living in Ari- zona called upon the young woman. who showed the basket: with consid- erable pride. Med aerate-t flutes in Caudn wen-nun nu music‘s-n. The wand Chickamsnga means “dull. sluggish strum." says the Chamnoo- (a Times. and it is front the waters of the creek that the Indians. who were among the most daring sud warlike of all the tribes in east Tennessee. got their names. The original interpreta- tion of Chattanoogn has long been lost. The general aceeptation of the mean- ing of the wand is “hswk's nest." said to have been suggested by the valley nestling in the shadow of the ridges and mountain. omen say that the word is derived from the name Clanoâ€" wsh. given by the Cherokees to small, warlike hawks that made their nests in the clifls or Lookout mountain. “It he knocked you senseless.” asked the police Justice. “how do you know he kicked you after you were down?" The witness scratched his jaw snd reflected. “I know it. hedge." he replied. “ 'cause that's what I'd 's' done to him it I'd gothimdown. You can betou that!” nanny Comm 0‘ n. The preaecnung wltneaa, who had a lump over one eye. a black and blue apot under the other. a nose that point ed decidedly awry and varlona atrlpa of courtpluter on his taoe evidently arranged Mthout any regard to their artistic eflect. teatined that the de- fendant had knocked him sensele- andthenklckedhlmlntheheadand face for several minutes one of the volumes in his hands. “this in the most magnificent volume 1 lave overseen. [do not wenttoeeemlm- pertlnent. but would you mind telling me what these books coet you?” “Thou hooks." begun the colonel. the twinkle in hle eye growing brighter at each wood. “cost Incâ€"the governouhlp of Illinois.” in the'bbékblnder'swart. Genet-ll Lo- mpkkedthem uponoatnume,nh- .0er in MI cdmlnuon otrthel‘zlbean- npononedaybyGeneralJohnA. no- gan. says the New York Times. The colonel wasnpstalrsattheflman‘ General Logan was ushered into the library, where on a table were three volumes or Voltaire's works, an edlflon de luxe representing all that was bad Whel Colonel Boned ‘ y flier-m w. m. fi h on: stable Record 72.23} m wmrcmx-wmm JUNE um V. cu, Pup. o. Yhompson a”, {or night. TUESDAY, will proceed to C- ar'aoggt 22. con. 2. OP" ‘ 011% Hotel, Cambr Msht. fly WEDNESDAY, will proceed to W's. lot 15, con. 16. iponn. lot noon. thence to Joe night. THURSDAY. will proceed to < hell'- Botol, Kin-Infield (or 0' thence (to ‘Victorin Hotel. Vii Road. or night FRIDAY will proceed to R Guava. Victoria Road for m M to GM, (or night- SATURDAY, will proceed to J- .08' Hotel. where he will re .: In“! 5 p'clock ; thence to his 21726 Vol. 5. Pacheron Swd Book. BLACK DUKE TERMS .â€"To insure 815:1’3’L.‘3M6 January lat, 1904. Season $10 PM at time of service. M80 Site 0! Minnie Keswick, winâ€" her 0‘ the World's record over ice for 1°” “'0 year olds. Will make c limited season at hi! on m. 172 Kent-6L, Lindsay. Just west at Sylvester Bros. Impu» "I“ All, Record 2.18%. The Mac-est Stallion in Canada Wilma of the firstrpriw Silwr [eds] and SW. Toronto 1n- duatflal Fair, 1901. in a strong field 01 13 competitors. Also winner of the first-prize Gold Medal and Sweepstakes at the To- ronto Home Show, April, 1902, in a “’0“ w 01 competitors. have his home stand. W‘ Finn, Fenclon, and proceed John Bates; Cameron. 10" 90‘ thence to the Butler House, 1 Opt and Lindsay. KJ. LEWIS, JAS. TAYLOR very awful having captured flut- claas honors at the Tomnto Spring Show held in February 1903 in a. vex-yatrongfield. Wfllmflw the seasonin Merino“. PIONEER in an ideal Clydeeddu of almost perfect formation, and n u lineal descendent of the m prize-winning families in Scotland. In the Show ring Pioneer has been Sire. Sir Arthur (10455;, by Sir. day (4714). by Banks; (222). Dan. Grace Eukine (12786) by Lord Erskine 1744, by Boydsm. Keswick PIONEER am.) 3374 The Propeqxof phegakgood ”an The Standard bred Stallion dale Association Pedigree from '. W. CURTIS , Mull“ 27, Run . N1? President. noon ; a 190: mmuu W G. S. BYEBSON. 66 OOuL‘ new"? sâ€"Wo m .4-“ mart WUGH of Pet l m Unduy first 0.1: hull-.1- in each month M Raise. Hours. L Mutton in By mt ad Nose diseases. I LEM-st. Region L GIL‘LEBPIE. C. A. an! a"! mental. To 1 _'lhvest money 10" 03333. Dentist. I. W for good De ’“Royunenmc Memo 80 Want: In No. ‘8. '7. Mun-g. Spec: yd“: to mdwfla'y a Â¥'0Inn. Telwbono “out All” h. mdsay Q hunt, nudes; Toronto Uni