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non 1‘0 :iflairs and assist the men they have elected to act as managers. A year ago he asked the eo-operation of the citizens and in his recent address he attributed much of the gnome of the Council of last year, and said not on- ly that. but to the general good feeling ether. exists in the town today among he citizens at a whole. And while on his question, I would say that there is a large field in which the “Lindsay L. Ingpronment Association.” "The Ad- rancement Club." “'l‘he Canadian Club." or any other groan or assocm- tion of citizens, can work, for any- thing that will tend to make better -citizens, either morally or physically, does away with the need of policemen prisons and howitals to that extent. As the Mayor so correctly estimâ€" ates- there is vast field for civic Bobcaygeon Independentâ€"Mayor Bea}, of'Lindsay, in his inaugural ad- dress struck a note that might find response in every municipality. As a. rule municipal electors consider they have done their full duty when they have gone to the polling booth and deposited a. ballot. That is all they do until next election. except perhaps an eflort to get as much out at the public Treasury as they can. Mayor Beal expects the citizens to take a. fin interest in their communal TEE" LINE SAY POST $1.25 3:213:18? 08 "main advance «I’m! to publisher Io have m Mm agents. WELSOX 6" WI! SON, ed by statutes. the citizens are un- trammeled and free to do as their good indwent may dictate. The pay- ment of taxes is a compulsory levy, and compulsion is something to which human nature over objects. The man who hates paying a few paltry. dollars for civic maintenance through the compulsory tax bill, will willingâ€"' ly give by voluntary contributionfl ten times the amount when properly; approached. An Improvement Aseo -ciation, under skilful guidance. can; easily accomplish ten times more work for the general good than it is= possible for a Council to do. A; sound. active. aggrelsive civic spirit? Poultn' Remn‘w run-.3 the as. cases which an u-k i2.“ Is and make them uupmfltaldu. is necessary to every Community. to maintain it in health and prevent it from going to decay. That spirit is not to be engendered and developed by a. Council, which is nothing more than a. cold blooded statutory piece of mechanical officiatlism. The civic spirit has to be developed among the citizens themselves. and what ever that spirit may be. so is the munici- "hr Qnma onmmunifies have little r. rx pality. Some communities have little or no_ civic spirit. and leave everyâ€" thing to the Council and necessarily the town is a formal husk without Iife. Other places are perhaps cursed with a few meddlesome cranks of one (123, who keep the community in anâ€" tagonistic disruption, and dertroy all possibility of harmonious unity, breeding nothing but bitterness, ani- mosity and m feeling. The civic spir- it necessary in every community, is the spirit cf coâ€"operation and with another; a sgirit of giving, not of getting; a spirit of harmonizing o:i nions, not of mnlishly forcing ones own; Va. spirit of doing for others, not of doing others for oneself. After an, the distribution of seeds is not as cherished a. congmiona‘ privilege as free distribution of speeches. We: 25,000 years old. sur- rounded by pots of beans. haVe beer 30.114! in Arizona). Exiled Bostonian mom doubt. h‘ '1. DSAY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30. .31. $1611? BOT‘HAEfi Druggist - Lindsfl Neath opp the Post once P OULTRY ROFITS Pratt's PUW- tr I'nfifler‘ .............. . 25? : nd 50:: Roya) I‘m; l l‘uuifry Sp'rt- ‘ . 2:)» and 50.: MUNICIPAL SERVICE ’vr. qui kt-r Pmprhtnn PUL}! 1-}! Po“ der ' poultry and keep lwu causze pm“! ry her and more} any thzng we} mum St J. McKinuon. On motion of Messrs Mark and - Moynes H. W. Johnston Ewas given the appointment salary of ‘390, he to pay postage. ' On motion of Messrs Smithson and [Lee John Cundal and Percy Mark iwere appointed to audit the 1913 ac- ! counts at $6.00 each. } The Council of 1913 were reâ€"elected Eby Acclamation. vimâ€"Reeve, Henry gTompkins, Councillors, Jno. Lee, Uno. Mark, Joe. Moynes and Wm. iSmithson. The Declarations of Quali- { fication and Office were taken and the minutes 0! last meeting were confirm- PKUCEE QINGS ‘ 0F ed. Aid was asked for by the Sick Childrens' Hospital and on motion of Messrs Moynes and Lee. Applications for Assessing the Township were received from H. W. Johnston, C. Reid, P. Mark and S. On motion of Messrs Frank Mark and Smithson -a by-law was intro- duced confirming the above appoint- ments, also the Board of Health (or 1914 the members of which are J. W. Ray, M.H.0., Reeve Tompkins and Richard Byrnell. The by-law was passed, signed and sealed, M. Moynes in the chair. Leeâ€"Markâ€"That a by-law be passed at next meeting commuting the Sta- tute Labor of all parties having sum- mer cottages and paying the same at $1.50 per day also charging the same rate per day to all other parties who wish to commute their Statute Lab- Lee â€"Moynesâ€"-That the Balsam! Grove and Pleasant Valley Telephonef Companies receive permission to’ place their poles on the roadsides to; Cameron and Fenelon Falls, they to} observe carefully the statutes relat-i iog to the placing of obstructions on. highways. ; Smithsonâ€"Moyneeâ€"That Jno. Lee be Commissioned to have some gravel- ling done on the street near Cooke's Point. Markâ€"Meynesâ€"That Council has considered .103. Moore’ 8 claim for damages to buggi on cuLVert. at. Jno. fWestaway s gate and: behave that they aresfifgesponsihle for the same. ' MoyneEâ€"Smithsonâ€"That accounts I l amounting to $84.89 be paid. The following other motions receiv- ed the assent of Council:â€" Markâ€"Leeâ€"That Wm. Arksey be appointed Constable for 'Cambray Village for 1914. or. Markâ€"Leeâ€"That H. Stroud be paid 125c per rod_ on 87 rods wire fence. Leeâ€"Markâ€"That Council grant $5 to S_. J. McKinnon to be used’by him for a charitable purpore. Markâ€"Leeâ€"That Wm. Styles be 110-} (Special to The Post.) tified to remove the stone he dumped, Pl'enty of m. in dashing. The into ditch on Con. 9, Lot 18. ‘thaw of last week helped to make a Leeâ€"Moynesâ€"‘I‘hat the present wireibetter bottom- fence by-law be repealed and another; Our Link has very good ice now. A prepared and passed at next meetingjhockey match between Minden and of Council embodying among otherIKinmount is on for Wednesday night, nrincinles. the iollowinziâ€" 528th. Leeâ€"Moynesâ€"‘l‘hat the present wire fence by-law be repealed and another prepared and passed at next meeting of Council embodying among other principles the following:â€" lst that the ordinary bonus be 25¢ a road; 2nd that the bonus be paid for the removal of obstructions to snow and that only partial bonus be paid where any thing interferes with the passage of snow. 3rd that the bonus be paid only when the work has been passed by some one author- ized to inspect it. 4th that all parties intending to erect wire fence shall notify Council on or before August 15th of each year giving (1) the num- ber of rods, (2) the number of wires in the fence, (3) number of rods not drifted and the number drifted. Council adjourned to meet at Cam- eron on first Monday in March. J. B. FOWLES, They were giving the author oftte ’amous pamphlet, “Be Punctual." a complimentary dinner. It was ha‘f an hour beyond the announ‘v‘d Little. “What are we Wait’ng lu' ?" in- quired a unvous guest. ~ “The author.” PREACHMENT AND PRACTICE £3?» Lm‘“ Wit-t “WWW mm {fig Sgeciai Gfierings This Week, Manufacturers (Bverstfid; Saie “I. HINGS 01‘ FENE ION COUNCIL WEBMNG SELLS WMMM The Felix Forberi Shoe Eatore HE KEY TO A ;;;.;- 0" Co‘acconk, Jan. 27â€"01: the (Wen-i i n; of Wednesday, January 21, the‘ 'kihome of Mr. and Mrs. John T. era-7 O‘ihlm, Glcnarm, was the scene of a t'fiquict but. very pretty wedding when 31' their eldest daughter, Mary Adelaide V. was united in marriage to Mr. mgGeorge Andrew Rutherford, son of asiMr. and Mrs. Adam Rutherford, oi es Fenelon, by the Rev. A. Cooke, of Fenelou Falls Baptist church. ' v- The :bride looking very charming in a dress of cream serge with trim- be mings of satin and shadow lace, enâ€" 15' (tered the parlor, leaning on the arm Iof her father, to the strains of men- ,mideissohn's wedding march, played by he! Miss Bertha Rutherford, sister of the to ' groom. to; Miss Laura Rutherford, sister of to;th'e groom, was bridesmaid, and was Ltâ€"iattired in cream voile, while Mr. DmJohn Graham, brother of the bride, isupportad the groom. ‘ The 3101811 tide ‘0 Mr- H8"? Cob'! most conifers in~that it is not min- x. en ’8 by the Presbyterian Sabbathi one according to the generally an. iSchool’ Last Friday was an enjoyable! cepted meaning of the term It is 5 ;afiair. Messrs Henry Cohen, Ed. Lylei close-grained am! When cut intoflat and James Morrison took them all in sawed boards show a beautiful fig- their sleighs and they spent a pleas- ure. 3. la‘f ‘ ant eveninO. Coming back they had a The spring» growth is much hm, 1.9, Title unpleasant. The above named/zen-sthan the summer growth',’ so mt in- tlemen gave the children a pleasant*:hgn fire is applied to a Quqi board shower of rain, which made it a lit-z degree or heat which cnmnlptnv outing. for which they are grateful. chars tug softer grain will merely HENDERSONâ€"NESBITT. A very pleasing event occurred on Jan. 20th at the home of Mrs. Robt. Nesbitt, 49 Adelaideâ€"3L, it being the wedding of her second daughter, (Marie) to Mr. George Henderson, of Imperial, 'Sask. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Canon Marsh, only _the near re; latives of the bride being present. The bride wore a neat tailored suit of navy whipcord, with hat to match. The ha'ppy couple left. on the even- ing train for Toronto, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound and other points, after which they will go to their western home. ; A‘ter the ceremony which was per ploy this method of deCOrhtidg Wood formed in the P3110? under an arch ’is interesting. Many centuriea‘ ago iof evergreens and roses, the gueStS they began to gather driftwood from ‘all repaired to the dmlng room and .the sea, and turn it to the uSE’SGf {sat down to a sumptuous (1956311913 ibeauty. Its emboer ed surface due to ; After the bride had dormer her tra- the Ion: continued washing of the ivemng suit of navy blue serge and Waves and (fie chemiCal action of the .large black picture hat trimmed with ‘salt oi the sea which destroys the iplumes, the happy young couple de-lsofter parts of the wood and leaves Ported for their future home amid the harder growth in irregular ribs; lshowers ct confetti and rice,. carâ€" E was to them a source of artistic de- Ewing with them the good wish-es of jugm. gthe entire Community. f'. But the supply of driftwood was Mr. Jae. Lyle visited in Petuboro for some- time, coming home last Saturday, ~ Mr. Tom: MacEachern left Iazt Fri- day mocni‘ng for Ottawa, where he has been appointed to a. sit in the Militia- Department. Mr. MacEachern went with him as lat as Peterboro. Miss Annie Dettman is visiting Fen- clon friends.. Mr. John Austin, 811, spent the week end at his home in Fenclon Dr. ‘White took a. trip last week to Toronto.. Mr. Tom Smut, of Lindsay, paid a short visit to our burg last Friday. Miss Vanderburgh received a. pres- ent of a ladies companion from her Sunday School Class last Friday night. Mr. E. A. Wellstood took a. drive this afternoon to Minden. GRAHAMâ€"RUTHERFORD KINMOU .1? If you should chance to discover your friend Brown, the usually well groomed and sedate banker, dressed in overalls down on his knees and busily engaged in scorching a. board with tba flame from a gasoline torch would. you jump to the concmsion that he. had lapsed into second child- hoodâ€"or horrible thought -â€" that: he .had gone in for pyrography? “SUGI” WORK IS NOW POPULAR Bthdon’t worry. The chances are that he is “sugiâ€"ing,” and that the board on which be is lavish'mg his attention and the blue flame oi the torch is a decorative panel for the dining room of his'new bungalow. Ask him about it, watch him work, and very likely You will be a con' vert to this curiously named occupa- tion before you know it. ' For the benefit of the unenlighten- ed who may be tempted to look up this word in the dictionary -â€" where they won t find itâ€" it may be well to 911718 11 at the outset that f‘sugi-ing" means he process of buening or charting wood to give it the beauti- ful eflect produced by the Japanese cm their. chief commercial, wood. sugi. The method has been employed by Japanese craftsmen for centuries, and they have reap-ed a rich harvest from the sale of samples of the wood to English and American travellers. For want of a better name these samples were known in this country 81 Japancsz driftwood. It was not driftwood, however; as the efiect was artificially obtained 5y the use of fire, the individual pieces having first been charred and' tfien‘ rubbed with rice straw. How the Japanese came 150 cm- ploy this method of decorhtifig' wood is interesting. Many centuries“ ago they began to gather driftwood from the sea and turn it to the usesd‘ it occurred to them that the thing to do was :0 find a way to hurry the process. to gain thesamemesult by other methodsâ€"4n other words, 1.1)“ produce artificial driftwood. But the supply of driftwood was limited, and its.eVolution from fresh' wood through tfm action of the sun and the sea took 3 long time. Then Finally they discovered that charr- ed wood with the char brushed out Iefttha same result as erosion by the sea, and thereupon was born the sugi finish. J ust .how it was done only .the Ja- panese themselves knew, and‘ they could not be coaxed‘ or bribed into divulging the secret. For a. long time it was the general impression thae, the secret lay in the knowledge of when and how to stop the aetion of the acids. Finally an American, the Oriental scholar and travel-er, John 8. Bradâ€"7 street, of Minneapolis, god: on the rig-ht track. What he did not find out in Japan. she shrewdly guessed at, and upon his return to America he satisfied himself by numerous expczi- ments that he had found the corréct method. But that was only half the game. The other half was to discmrer an American wood capable of taking the eugi finish. The Japanese sugi,_ which is rather soft and easily worked. diners from most conifers in~that it is not team. out! according ta. the generally ac- cepted meaning of the term. It is close-grained. and when cut into flat sawed boards Show a beautiful fig- ure. THE WAY POST. discolor the harder gran: Then when? the burned pieces are mbbed until all the charred portions are removad the darkened grain is left standing out like an embossed surlizce against the lighter colored soft grain. During the world's fair in Chicago a: few Japanese carpenters were brought to this country to aid in tiie construction of certain 05 the exposition buildings. When they be- came familiar 'with American woods th’ey indicated a strong preferente for cypress, whic‘1 they said possessed exactly the same qualities of texture and workability as their natiVe sugi. finned him that it was the ideal wood; practically the only American wood that would stand up under the sugi process tic triumph. Not only is cypress free from re- sin and pitch, a condition which is- neoessary to the success of the sugi treatment, but by reason of the un- usual degrees of difference between the hardness of the spring and the summer growth, it presents a. su- perior contrast after the sc0rching and brushing out process. Here was Mr. Bradstreet’s tip. He immediately began to experiment The sugi process is rapidly com-' ing mto favor as a means of pro-; ducimg one of the most nove1.beau-{ tiful economical and easily attained? eflects ever obtained on any wood for interior trim. Its extreme simâ€" plicity is one of the chief factors in: its success. The only tools necessary areas aeoliraa torch, such as is usedi by plumbers. or painters. an ordinv‘ scrubbing brush. , In selectng cypress for sugi vyork, more should be taken to,see that the wood is flat grained, with-very little edge grain. and that it, is perfectly 07. The only defects to be avoided are Splits, large semen checks and unsound knots. On account of the slightly uneven surface it is- dim- cult to glue the edges of two boards together as may be done with oak, mahogany, etc., and for thim reason it is better to limit paneling to twelte, and preferably an. inches. Another rcasou is that it; will take MWMM ‘J‘NfMVNWWfl-MM WWW-w N. . w're brush, and a and come out an artiss Kent-Si. Lindsay. Ont. The torch used should have as; large and as pot a 'blue' flame as pas- Bible, since speed in Earning the; wood' is important. If the surface' can be charred So quickly that the; Ergo logs to pmduce very wide boards showing a. fist grain figure tfie full width. heatdaes not go through. the board the result will be much better and much time will he saved. The use of two ’torclres at one time, arranged on a. handle so that the flames are a couple of inches apart, will also fa- cilitate the work, . Since :3: burning is for the pur- pose of coloring. the hard parts of the outer grain only it is important ring -is carried too -,far the soft parts? will be burned clear through to the next hard grain, and the efieCt will not be nearly so good. The mill work should be done and the individual pieces burned Sand brushed out before they are put into place. because of the tendency of the wood to.warp when 811me to the intense heat of the gasoline flame. Warping under such conditions is perfectly natural and unavoidable, and need cause no worry. Wood that is considered? absolutely dry still contains as much moisture as an ordinary indoor atmosphere, or abOut 12 per cent. face of the wood through to thereâ€" verse side, thereby causing a shrinkâ€" ing of one face and a swelling of the other. The rezult is that the charred face monies- concave and the other face convex. By setting the board immatiausl‘y after the burning and allowing it to stand for two or'three days it will reabsorb' enough mole- ture to hatanCe up with the atmosâ€" phere and thus- straighten out. It is then, ready for the rubbing process. It is advisable to do the burning in narrow two or three inch strips the full length of the board rather than to start at the top and work over to start at the top and work over the full width. The one thing to avoid is over burning. The~ ultimate color efiect is not. controlled heady so much by the burning as by :83 brushing. The ‘I‘he heat hair the efiect of driving this moistum from the burned! sur- more the soft gram is rubbed out the lighter in color will be the gen- eralitoae. And the rubbing must be done evenly so that the tone will not vary. If the rubbing is (1011910111? with the grain the work will be slower and the tone darker. A good plan is first to goover the board lengthwise, in order to {move the black charcoal. and then rut. across the grain. Under no circa...- stancee, however, should there be any diagonal rubbing. One or twc experiments on small pieces will teach" all there is to know. The work of the wire brush. leave: the board completely covered with; fine brown powder, which must be going over i first run a. rum- broom,.a:nd {than with a and! dry scrubbing brush. the latter being handled vigotouily to pond: the raised surfaCe. Cloth should never be used to remove the powder. as. it will rub the powder in Moire- moving it. The final: finish‘depends upon the taste of the operator. 1! an -procees is completed after the removal of the DOWder theiboard Will be softer it; toneand less brilliant than it wax- ed. Ordinary floor wax. Wet, will bring out the full eflect of the grain. The wax should be applied, and then polished with a bristle brush. Thin stains while permissable. have the efiect (of darkening the wood. An: excellent way to give col- or to. the board is to apply ordlwy lead paint. of the desiredcolor and then immediately rub out all that x s’wggmfiléfiififiéfitfiwz t . . can be united out with cotton waste. Vamiehes should never be 22:- ed. They cheaper: the work ant! $319 results are far from phasing. Not only is sugi-finiahed cypress tun! one or the moat distinctly of all woods as an interiortrim for buildings; but because 0! the ease and cheapnees with which the pro- teas can be employed and we Meas- ing and novel eflect8.that cube ob- tained its use for special furniture and innumerable small artictu. wall undoubtedly cause it to become :c- pular with the mm as well :.5 tbs professional crattgmen. r", 519. gm Retest. Pipe. 3 that. Each ¢ did Y1 that they their I“? :- havé know town 1c: Geor; "CI; 1 h". "But tion. do w ing :83 toga Ice: nee bit :Vfll GEE let