HOME BANK’S.- RECORD YEAR ‘The report submitted at the An- qnileyed.“tie: most successtill, year: tt its histor: ‘The progress made by. the Hom i that the Hguid ‘assets now al ted fo ‘over 61% of the total liabilities ae er thre The depositors, had sunscribed over $4,800,000 to the last t Dominion Vic- The increase in deposits dur! the war period soe amounted to eve rease 0} e reflects e ban! Tia" at the end of the previous: Year, peat deposits now stand at $181 500, red with $14,600,000 at Ing $100, ais ‘aa eet“ Aecmnt, me amount carried forward. w: - $48, as compared with sats 371 for the’ previous Keeping Time By Chas. H. Smith. I have questioned many farmers as to the kind of time they keep. One ins some. other Bays: “Well, I try. to kee! ime, I clock thirty minutes faster than the depot lock in the mn I rejoiced to hear a man answer: “I keep Rr standard time ie my watch and clocks are good time-keepers, too.” An SEK hat farmer is a goo io eraslt business man.” The entire business soe runs on iasitaed time—except farmers. ‘he trains, boats, pl dake “all run on standard time. e rest of the bus!- Eas ic standard time, This is-right and proper—the way it shout be. It is difficult to imagine the confusion that would result if each sy should dont 8 a different time. use farmers persist in keeping ee are con: rel Whereas if he had correct standard ‘d time—and it’s easier to have standar yeddish gray, the under side of the the breast and shoulders wide. ears, too, are short, as if they had with a pouch to contain feed, but this foi a ee ee adapted to digging. ip of bis nose to-the root | of his aye Tittle tail the prairie dog creatures live in the ground, generally six or eight, and their holes are some- times quite dee; Ce that may appro: The noise their heads just above the ground sur- peer out to see what is doing. prairie owls, and find their way into ths holes with the THE QUAINT LITTEE PRAIRIE DOG ‘The prairie dog is a curious ee en-| prairie dogs, and naturally enough the tertaining little fellow. His color is a; latter find them very unpleasant neigh- Ors. e | It is an amusing sight to observe the neck and belly being lighter than the prairie dogs come out of their holes other parts: The legs are short and | and sit with their tiny forefeet dang- The ling upon their breasts, a posture that gives them the appearance of little been cropped; and the jaw is furnished sig: men taking their ease with folded hese pouch is not so large as that of the’ ipron “hole to hole like gossips making common squirrel. The two inner toes | \ their round: of the prairie dogs forefeet are long,| news they conveyed could on no at dd: count be delayed. seem tb brush their gray whiskers in measures about one foot, but his tail . Fate! sort of way while exchang- four inches. While clumsy of form, the prairie dog cae trained, are ae uite Eas is, nevertheless, most active and digs | and most affectionate when once with great rapidity, Colonies of these | confidence has been gained. People wl re where prairie dogs flourish aver that n talk to on Dp. if any animal When at rest they sit upright on| other, these are surely the ones, for their hai Racha? seemingly with great) it really seems as if one could ‘hear confidence, barking with , a fretful/ them carrying on a conversation. Then and harmless Cee eh at every in-| proceed from hole to hole, stopping for a short they make resembles hat ‘of a pet dog | to an ‘acquaintance and then, with tw al a mjor three shakes of- Heat tails, eet alarmed they turn “back somersaults” | they go to the next hi Sometimes a whole ie of prairie tesa, ae or si have mustered suf-| dogs will emerge to observe the pas- ie Patt such cas! rounding their burrows and curiously ae a well-to-do family of country 01 Black-footed aes rattlesnakes, es figure, ni cunks sometimes | mising offspring, while the father ap- pears somewhere in the background. nimble busybodies tun is and hurrying as if the ‘They chatter with one another, oa comments. The y g e B ® s 2 8 & 2 ao 44 4 3 g a & The origin of moons is one of the mysteries of astronomy. If, some star-gazers asseft, our lunar orb was oa gs fa the earth when the latter molten, fiery mass—the departure—we have a special right to is much smaller than many of . the known asteroids. We are rather poorly off for moons. Saturn has eight, the biggest of them, Titan, being nearly twice the size of Dlanetary system, having a Aig if 3,480 miles. east two or three of Jupiter's . is atch, through a telescope, the shad- ows own upon that giant planet} ses hich furnished the ei data | li Uranus has four little nee which, | a one, wee diminutive, which traver-| ses the sky from southwest to asics ast. The aio oe ae on re-} cord hi mor Switt, 6 a _ aesitaes aes Age moons of | one and a half hours. ‘As a matter of fact, tlie inner moon | is 10,000 miles from Mai reas— the diameter of the planet being 4,000 miles—Gulliver’s estimate Id place | it at a distance of 0 miles. For the outer moon he gives 20,000 miles tng your watch as a basis for guessing good time, have them put in shape so that they will. Then set them exactly with standard time and get in step with the rest of the world. —s- pole Haig Story. as the distance, which is really 15,000 | miles. The time of revolution for oe inner moon is actually seven and hours. ee ge KEEPERLESS LIGHTHOUSE. ugo’s “Toilers of the ae bat unattended rock inoue house, marking the entrance to Rus- sell channel leading to St. Peters Port, Gui Seas a spot which figures in Vic- tor Hugo's romance, “The Toilers of Sea & Ee ighthouse contains many in- rical Ea mouth, the Governor of the | 9; he fc fi lar- Zingari Cricket Club, has related a Denow iter ba Ie heen ties that Wh en | miles away on the French coast—while r Douglas was invited to accept the | the current it carries also controls the is proposed to use this type of Earl D o ve tee your promise, keep your extomatle lighthouse for illuminating and keep your pas 2H a id A feta Marshal promptly cor principles are worth; sats the dation water that entered the war to keep its pro- Hudson Bay and Hudson Straits in naeelon ‘with “ne opening of these old ey asin iy of wheat by the t Churchill, A mise, that kept its temper through il- oropost o eeahish similar lights on hi fortune and through good, and please exposed and barren coasts God, will keep its wicket up until its | of south, America has also been con- promise has been redeemed.’ digestion. < about eq. any an Off-Color Day is due to a disturbed . Coffee i is often the . mischief~ maker. If you have suspicions “6, sy B . There:s a Reason’ sidered. Tea or or coffee,try 28 - UM GON Oy BEANETATEC ONS TEM: WEAK MOTHERS Pacific 0 io Er bettie the hole left by its | Through the New wv Blood Dr. Wil- mough to préssion. But there are other causes, as every mother knows, ae tend to make her nerves run down would benefit her jaded sy =e e B a ee n this Mar health ik ae energy, new am- clip, | bition and steady nerve. There is a | lesson ee oo women in the case who plored babies were born, and I was left very to do anything. The doctor gave me medicine, but it did not help mé. Then I tried another doctor, but with Dean | 2O™ Mars were discovered, made Gulliver | N ers aputa: the ten hours and the latter in epehtys ai |azo for by the time the fifth box was Nae better in my life. Now when I they did for me, and in similar cases re nd them.’ half hours and for the outer one thirty ans ae nae HO the tes of Guernsey, Seond ots _ REGAIN HEALTH liams’ Pink Pills Actually Make. No mother should allow nervous nd it is then that all worn ‘wo- a short tereulnt pills restore regu: en . Snider, Wilton, Ont., ive years ago my twin weak and very miserable, hardly fit 4 5 &, ad 5 = ae} e 2 I B & ip I re boxes. But I did not need them rst sign that the blood is The Great West Permanent : Lean Company. Toronto Office. 20 King St. West, +. 4% allowed on Savi Interest computed quarterly. Withdrawable by Che B'/% on Debentures, Interest payable half yearly. Paid up Capital $2,412,578. Ai) TABLETS NOT ASPIRIN AT ALL)" ss hex four- uot skirt and its wes Be jos _ It Was His Old Complaint. eary tramps met after a letigthy separation and sat down to f a had infin neni “Why, I've had that Sree for the last twenty years!”_exclaimed the first speaker} “but this is the first time I've ever heard its name.” If You Don't See the “Bayer Cro: nm the Tablets, You Are Not Getting are now ee es by a Cana- itever, Tall Tatts fee purchased ier the United States Government. that you are getting genuine Asperin, roved safe by millions for Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Rheum: pago, Neuritis and for Pain eee Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets—also larger sized “Bayer” packages can be ig stores. Asperin os oe trade nee register- ed in Can of Bay Manufacture of ocean of Salicylic- id. mies in France, ti 800, 000 civilians in the eliered areas. | ly in the wood. Genuine srrarer Tablets of Asperin” | 46,700 motor vehicles were used, an e in | 4500 miles of road made or sintne ress Money. en Com: ‘No man. interest | tained. one Five Seer doth three cents. t s to 500 infantrymen in the British} By adding During the war, acid imitations wee army, at the arm! etic there was one | the waste Bn drained out of the ie Cross” is your only way of knowing | were fired by our artillery at the ports managed by the British oe in France exceeded 10,000,000 | out of weekly tommage landed ethan ports was 175,000 tons y NURSING. AN’ TBD—PROBA’ ATIONERS noe the Montreal: Women'a -#eepl POULTRY WANTED W fie HAVE YOU FOR SALE IN ‘ive Fn Bane y Hens. Pigeons, feinrauch. & Son, us "Pant iste Market, Mont- 1a oe FOR SALE. EWSPAPER, WEEKLY, IN County. on as Re Sos PRveite 72 Adelaide S! v ELL. Sorel ED ‘SEW SaghRR and job printing nant in Has ‘uranee carried &, Toe soa ere cick ante: Hox ¢& Mason Publishing Co. Ltd. Toronto. HOME BUILDERS! Wise ITH FOR OUR FREE BOOK OF Touse Plans. and {ixormation tell~ ‘om. Hee Dollars: or eo Rae ate rese Halliday, Company, 23 Jackson . Hamilton. ‘MISOBLLANHOUS. CASEY any, BAG ARE ioe copys ur and Food Monthly, Brant TUMORB, “LUMEE, “BT re prea: Some War fies ae ree tn internal and, external, cured wld t Thes amazing | ys us before fo foo late: "Dr, ie nan aed tacte in Sir Dia ee final des- nc Hiro CHER anne won. 3 No. 7% fur aint: ‘al Headquarters — received 9,- Te aw chai s in one day, and 8,400 | FU Guties to pommence ontter ‘nottdays) ONLY TABLETS MARKED WITH | )ocoo Oy oe bel riderg:.. ONG, Suy, | Byard ane seam a ane Caoabr Re Aen: quarters had 10,000 telegrams in | f°, Wi; POLLOCK. 8 Fe * Old Coin in Tree. and telephones, and 3,688 A coin of the reign of George graphs It, miles*of railways, on which 1,800, dated 1730, was found by a cottager Asperin—Only Acid Imitation! Paine ran weekly. Bu six weeks 5,000,000 rations were | near Burnham Beeches, says a London sigplied by our ar! nce, to| despatch. The coin was wedged tight- The total daily ration strength of | cdin express the opinion that it a our armies was See ‘An addition | have been dropped into a cavit; ot one ounce to presented an ecire 7 ry ach pete ration re- ve tree and the bark gradually eye r it. Over 400,000 horses aaa mules Han eons meta In 1914 there was ene machine gun 50 per cent. coal oil git t mixture is ob- Over 700,000 tons of ammunition tained for the use on springs, which will keep chet in the finest condition. western front from last Sane ti ihe ented ice. Minard’s Liniment Cures Distemper. The number of “individual landings pages 2. Be ie in season and not necessary to ip to the armistice, ane in the last | truth; to, held ihe tongue is also a aire months of the war the average morality. ”—Ibsen. A eae Aiaanel ae nations weave a garland gay deck the allied dead, who died that earth might feet no aan rant's iron tre: ola ngland’ 's Tose of velvet red, — (SAG) YES! MAGICALLY! | des. Write for prices. CORNS LIFT OUT - “ronowt ee Ne ¢ ‘WITH FINGERS | The fleur-de-lis of Franc With Cuba’s jasman, wane ‘pale, The blossom of rom: The Irish shamrock flagreed So softly, sweetly blue; The sturdy thistle, purple-dark, From Scottish glen and hill; And from the shield of Portugal, The yellow daffodil; ‘The wattle from ana bush, Japan’s chrysanthe Canada’s maple-leaf that | decked T ae ee with gore like the sun, U. S. goldenrod. oa fo are rooted be ae dust es o'er tl mo perished in the eee as cause ff God and Lib ce) ce is the wreath entwined n this Memorial Day; tw tof onder take Dr. Williams’ Pink [skirt which measures abdut 1% ms The tribute of a eons, the speedy improve- y mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for 50 irom The Dr. Williams’ Medi- a Co., Brockville, Ont. a FIRE THAT IS HARD TO PUT OUT. fi Water is not of much use for putting out an oil fire. It may, indeed, be much worse than useless, ee burning oil floats on it, and may thus be car- ried to considerable distances, apread: ing eee Ee Bi one he flames thrdugtr ian is ee cntehty eee If its ones t sufficient a aidea will be formed tl serves as nket, filling the ae about the of ae ex- cluding air from it. Much more satisfactory, however, is he the newer method of bringing together | * two chemical solutions, and spread- ing over the surface of the burning oil the thick foam resulting from their combination, theréby See ne air and uae at the method ease “very well hice well fires, a number of por- table “rela boilers being set up and steam thro from them upon the spray. Ls Siesie os be in- terrupted for just above the int a discharee Pitie fire will be put For spattlog? i small gasoline fires (especially on the floor) sawdust works surprisingly well. It floats for a while on the surface of the burning liquid, forming a iket which ex- cludes the air and smothers the flame. Dry sawdust seems to serve as well ist. as ‘moist. Frothy mixture soe of the kina} above described, when put up in port- et en aig tricity generated b; the “triction of fomine aapollae paint EG ca ea by the flo’ poughs Ber hose, Ponte a spark which, Se serious or ‘disastrous results. guard against accidents of this kind is for obvious reasons most difficult, see RED HOT JULY DAYS Pee gets in, then this lotion will keep HARD ON THE BABY) f= 'er'stostie ver” woman knows that lemon juice is used to bli i : fuly—the month of of. oppressive heat; red ! hot days and sweltering nights, mail at 25 met wien! Medi- ee salt one greed refused a ay sprained ankle, Whe) uild a | i 6 Love forced his way through bar- riers tall, Fled wretchedness and ,chill and ah saweth 5 Ontario in- ae cxpening “ren toe oh) rite on| ples of xoad-| building A eee ee Minard’s Liniment Cures Diphtherla, It will not pass a 0} ——+ LEMONS WHITEN AND _ rn BEAUTIFY THE SKIN. Make this beaity ld lotion cheaply for your face, neck, arms and hands, At the cost of a eisai jar of ordinary ef hands. It is miarselies, to smoothen rough, red Baby’s| A grocery store on a large truck they the ee peste ‘is thus elimin- ated. ° I fell from a building and receivétl what the doctor called a very bad and tol te the best ey ~made. ( BH, LAUNDRY. Edmonton. $$$ Telford and Macadam, both Bnglish. engineers, introduced certaitr Panel: mance | are, great extent, e basis of to modern ES anaes but is sufficient to remove every har or soft corn from one’s feet. ver dew. Brave Belgium's forget-me-nots pound applied directly. upon a tender, aching corn should relieve the sore- You simply say to the drug store 5 5 2 3 3 5 ® a 2 5 5 2 8 CUTICURA : | PIMPLES In terrblerash on face which made skin sore an lamed. itated faceby Scichings nd wa lig few drops of this new ether com- flaming or even irritating the sur- or skin. Don’t let father die of infection or lockjaw from whittling at his corns,| | Could and made feel but clip this out and make him try it.| | unpleasant. Trebtietaaeds fei poe . the automobile horn was’ ad in tis comity, 1: Leal Ag Substibutg Ten wes coming ene whistles, bells, gongs, etc. Gladys Nesbel, R-R. 3, Brussels Ont. Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal- m_promote and ‘maintain, ska Minard’s Ziniment Cures Colds, Bto. More than 40 per cent. of the motor) | purity, rt and skin health cars in operation to-day are owned by | often pes all ols § fails. farmers. : Py Srasy eepiot ates Se: ed Oint- MMinard’s Liniment Cures Garget in Cows __* SSS Ye ~ for all work about the farm FF Shoes are aes cheaper than feather That is why so economical for farm work in the summer. . The strong canvas uppers and spuin rubber soles make WORKMAN" and “EVERY-DAY” shoes’ easy, pers and als ad sturdy eed to stand up to rough work. Asit Shoes mean fn your t, for you can have several pairs of for the price of one palt shoes. ISSUE 20—79 mited,