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| Man ctiad by the Owen Sound ire Fence Uo. Ltd: und am I ed to supply this Whol community with the very BEST WIRE F E Continent and at pices that can ot fail to satisfy purchasers. rl The Ditton Fence is without a AS peer, It is the BEST because it is exible i sfuare mash ; itis a pesiect hinge-stay fence, therefore is impossible to bend the stays in fact it is the best fence made in this or any other country, Bafore purchasing a Wire Parcs {don't fail to inspect the Diton Paice, J. H: Brown, Destur in AGRICULTURAL Tarra | Db MACRINERY. Ww SHES fo inform the ladies that she has moved to the rooms formerly occupied by her over Mr. Byec's Drug Store where "is prepared to execute all or for Dress and Mantle Making 'in a manner 'unsurpassed for Correctness of Stvle ; and Charming Effect. Or & ges are Consistent with the value given, - 'Port Perry April 1, 1gog. CRE NCE produced on this] BANADA. B. i AD. AME, H. 6. HUTCHRSON, Bell Phos Uities Wah | Bell Plows Newt Residence NU: 4 ADAMS & HUTCHESON SUCCESSORS TO DAVID J. & DOUGLAS ADAMS FIRE xr INSURANGE fi: ACCIDENT Roal Bante Mortgage Loans Steamship Ticketa SLE RK AS A WE moe i Ba ol aA Re. a annaninaendananaaan 19 x Aaanneaoanmann amaamaan HEARD ma;eanae 7 BRANGE, anaaan § ORR any, amy TAME ITALY ~ eomeaw 4 GOMPARED WITH OTHER NATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS TO THE -.. HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN FARMS. } ¥, aman 3 GHAMANY. rr atearaterin, SL HL aE France. 7 FF FF 197 (OF 7 007 OF NF IT PT O02. PRO Le dad dod do foi) oe a PRR J» dx dn donde fda NATIONS ON THE: BASIS OF. THE NUMBER or SIE » PP RY AT FT PTV AT T_o ANIMALS TO THE caion FET OT OTR MTue as. or CAND IN PARMS | CANADAS RANK AS A SHEEP wonees tabnhahabababalal rehchatohalt hababcbaladababal new fata rababadadobad bohedchatabadabaletn habatale sl 8 bababnbakobahahabebahabnhalis hshitsaE hadadubadabapaiol hs haheiahabubabakobatolodedobababcha habit} | Bh hahahahahaha ML : AREEEEE ER RARW Relahahadababahshahabninrs, i : : COMPARED WITH OTHER NATIONS ON THE BASIS © pure | number of eo barge, Ay those a. has shown a he purpose; definite . condit Ave tal condition relates h the room. If { the oil 1s of ned The atmos- je kept at & suitable tem- | also, for | access, must ty of mois! ¢ even when' inate are l, is fatal to d growth, tering 1s anpther im» for success. Ww better houses water than they will by Hot dir of steam. toms absorb thE mois- atmosphere with. the | he plant either loses leaves by withering or lealthy growth." Pans d on the radiators to ure always fmaprove the e blooms atmosphere what cool ahd moist, perature ranges from A dry | { ; Bewspaper Advettisamen ta pnd immediately my. hosband bought and my sooules caused by that t weak { mt a thing of the pas who soffer as [ did pda try riya, ia, E. Pinkham's - Vegetable Py ig Mrs, Jaz. Ronrserc, 620 Pp St, N. 8., Pittsburgh, Pa. Women who suffer from any form of weakness, as indicated by displacements, {nfarmation, ulceration, irregularities, backache, headaches, pervousness or |. "the blues,' should aceept Mrs. Rohr berg's Suggestion and give Lydia BE. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a thorough trial, For over forty years it bas been correcting such eilments. _ If you have mysterious ' eom ications write for advice to Lvdia KE: Pinkham M Goi; Lqus; Bad; 3. 70 degrees. Higher | necessitate 'more fre-.| § Some plants need daily, othess not more | 1 "three tiles & week. A pit 8 hollow when tapped with th ® needs water. Over- watering 48 bad for plants, and only bie or twWe varieties, like the spirea [if the pots are allowed All 'pots should ith 'good drainage in broken crocks filled in at of the pot whea the otted. is always beneficial, but € form of direct draughts. plants. better for sponging # month. Never water i it more of require m 4 bse which are or. rk ot be watered so oiten that ne soggy and always cold. th cold feet and a hot head --Experimental Farm Note. Veatlior and Industries. an 11 wind 'that blows no- * and there is certainly ood for a great number in ber conditions of the present that is, for the time being. the near future of the coun- a whole, conditions such as h regard to snowfall, or nt of it, are anything Naturally the work rt oudoors are the first e nienace, and net only 10 fear for the result of nd, in the ultimate condi- heir f2ll-sown crops, but also en and those of the trades nt on the supply of lumber, but look with apprehension nditions that, at present, lidhstry; ald promise to pre- {sfactory activity' in their business during the coming breeders, or "at any rate are engaged in the raising horses, find the spowless cause for considerable dis- ent, as the disposal of their depends largely on the activ- operations at . the lumber while they also look forward lunbering season to the | ior horses to. be used in i with' building operations. | connection a well-known der -and dealer in heavy 'Haid the other day that an 3 had. to secure 300 head of orses for ome lumber firm | cancelled i there was nd 'ods while the of snow. | dl "for an. ingreased with the start of nin the spring, he ha huis und proffering her a bag of earns i TAKING A CHANCE (Copyright, 1315, by the McClure Newapas | per Syndicate.) "figgers, the boss!" eed zedlously performing duties for which he never let them for he paid them. He tramped nolsily | got over to Flolen's desk, Despite hor dis 'like for him, she cotild never help but feel that be treated her just u little' more considerate that be did the oth. ers. "Td like to see those totals, Miss Bently," be sald In stentorfan tones, and Hol¥ll ihivéred as ho leaned his' portly frame over her. He did not seem to be paying much attention to the figures as he nervously fingered his watch charm, "Come into my office," he ordered peremptorily. Puzzled, she followed him into the room, and Rodney looked up as the door closed with its customary bang. "Here's where she gets it," he thought. Perhaps Helen was "getting it." "Miss Bently," her employed abrupt iy began. Xe cleared Lis throat with | rasping noite and Helen fortified here self for the whrst, "I intend to make You my wife." Helen reeled. "You've been a good employee for the past ten years," he weft on, &s if he were riiefly Increasing her Salnry, "and I don't think you'll Wists my money if I marry you" He paused to cough. "Does the lady select the wedding day?" he cross ® : examined. A hot and scathing refusal was on Helen's lips. Oh! The nian's auda- clous arrogance! Was she nothing but another gtep In his upward progress? | Did she have: no choice? How long had she been undér consideratiofi? Was her position in jeopardy? The ques tions 'raced lke finshes of lightning {hrough her confused mind, Then as in a panorama there passed before her | the years of confining hours, the toil- And upon the heels $f the whis- | ing days and the nights without recre= pered warning Mr. Joseph Q. Hattis- bury, beavy-footed and always sober; | entered the sanctum of his private of- | fice, The. (QF it must be stated, und | to "Orporation, oar ing a very SFradial dl rise from his lowly beginning as er rénd boy for this same business insti: tution some 40 years back. There wai about as much logic to his belle! that the "Q;" which ftood for nothing, add- ed a unlqué dignity to his name, as for his idea; assimilated through thé course of his career, that heavy-footed walking was an Indfeation of a "dom- | inant personality." Of course, Mr. Jo- seph Q. Hattisbury 'would not, have characterized it mo, principally foi the reason that he #éldom knew the meaning of or liow to spell words of : greater than monosyllabie length. As the door, labeled in letters of warning slzé "Private," banged shut, a small, thinnish fellow, with deep-set cyes, locked up from the large sheet : over which hie was bent, and retriey« ing "the lighted cigarette from hid pocket, whistled relievedly; His thin ning hair snd the telltale crow's feet about the eyes ddemed to vie oddly ' with Lis' boyish mannerisms. | "If it hadn't been for your 'Jiggers," Helen, Fd 've been caught that timé sure" Helen rested her hands, with thelr network of blue-veindd ridges, on the keys of her comptometer. Helen could no longer be called exactly young, but | an indefinable happy turn to her lips I reflectéd 'a 'hever-abseot sense of | humor, She twas ediiseryatively and economically dressed in a dark serge skirt. which eloqueritly testified by its | sheen its fourth year of continuous | merce, Black, low-heeled shoes and a {white lawn 'walst completed the busls | mesalike severity of her costume, ret | lieved only by a small amethyst brooch | fastened to the throat, "Right you are Rodney," she res. plied, but her voice did not have iti usual buoyancy. The Han noticed it. _ "SWhat's the matter, old scout?" he | asked consolingly, getting up from his Foraed the confection. ation--just worl; work and more work =~that one might live, The very white. ness of her walst semed to implore surcease from frequent washings and j Abe shing serge skirt silently pleaded ld discharge fro vie grasp was material ease for the root of her ye-rs. Helen hesitateg. "May T have time to think it over, Mr. Hattisbury?" she asked slowly. He seemed puzzled as to what nee cessitated consideration. "Yes," ha finally answered, "you may have a week." As Helen returned to her desk Rods néy looked up--and promptly down again, Helen was crying. In the next sutceeding days she was grateful that he did not qibstion her. own . affairs, It was the afternoon of the fifth day. "Helen." Rotlney called abruptly as he heard the last echoing footsteps of thelr employer down the ball, "will you marry me?" Helen's hand went to her forehead. Two proposals in one webk for & woman who "had reached her thirty eighth birthday without any. Rodney eame over to her, "Listen, Helen, Ive been thinking a great deal about what you told me that other day--about making some- | thing of myself. You're right. I've "been in a rut" Helen shoved her comptometer to oné le, This was a new Rodney, "So I went and sfuck the six hun dred I've saved up in the cutest little delicatessen you ever saw. 1t's got ' eans of stuff on the shelves and cheeses on the counter and cakes In the case and flour in the bin, and," he ran on ! excitedly without stopping for breath as ITelen grasped his cont siceve in the *contaglous enthusiasm, "there ls'a good | trade. IVIL be slow plugging at first, lot and lots of work, but--but it's a go. He leaned toward her with arms ex- tended, "All it needs--all I need is a wife--thatll make everything com not speak: plete 4 Helen could Sorhettitag wes choking Her. 17 hei good to you he pleaded, talking her silence for a refusal. "I'll do all the work. Honest I will, I just Won't - or it iid hve been the ¢ would have rought us but whatever it was longed for it with all because It never A Raves will happen to by 3, n see, we contin feel Burt and eT Dea fot obtained it. " FARM RESERVOIRS. Oobblestones Can Be Use In Building atier > v If durable Water reservoirs are sired, they may be lined with cons | crete or built of cobblestones: | { form, the concrete-lined type may by either rectangular br efrcular. cular. reservoir lined with i aving = diameter of 134 ttom, a depth of eight | capacity pf wh ficre-feet, or 65 gallons, {8 somewhat simi sign to one built under the vision of the office of fh and rural engineering ling, Col. Precautions a in order to_pfevent damage by | ment snd frost. If the reservoir { formed partly in excavation and y in fill, itis difficult to treat i elass of material in shel & | both will be eqildlly stable | pervious, 1f the material in | for instance, setiles more han | natural earth, the hy pc | apt to be ruptured ol Ine, Not only ot iy gE nh | different parts of the earth but ; | | | | But Rodney was pteoccupled in his | Construction of Cobblestone Maconck Wall, ok ment, but settlement in any oné part tends to rupture or otherwise dam age. concrete lining. A. sous nerete suitably hr Haine should coitain ad & perceni of good ecemefit iif ordet 1b make Watertight. 'A mixture of one by volume of cement, two parts of sand and four parts of gravel or broken rock is recommend measured volume of sand is dum on the mixing platform, half Sump coment is added to it and both in- grediefits 'are mixed dry until thd mixture is of one color. It's then moistened and worked into a 'soft mortar, and the rock or gravel, ha ing been previously moistene added. The mortar and rock or grav: el then are turned over with Ln at least twice or until the entire mass is thoroughly mixed. The should be sufficiently moist af stag that when sho wheel raw or other means Ry veyance it will assume a water-level on top, At the same time set B be so wet as to