2 a ase of honey from Guelph to Devlin. aes Be! # & oe do Ww AY letter from a subscriber who cites - week to his home in Olds, Alta., bar-réom EXIT TH zie en ... {Toronto Glo aa sa has Pot pusiness, a self-confess- aa general prosperity. e go from here?’ sa _ the pawnshop to the saloon. . @XORBITANT EXPRESS. ‘RATES (Farmers’ Sun) Elsewhere in this issue appears @ ‘experience he had in shipping 8 The. ress on this 60 Ib. case of honey was $5. 65. . The honey itself eost $10, the express being 65c _ ghove. half the cost of the honey. Tn- = daubtesly the express companies have ted- unreasonable powers py a gravé injustice is being caused _the rural-communities. who-have to pay the higher freight and express rates. demanded by the express com- panies. EQUALLY TRUE OF LISTOWEL (Collingwood Bulletin) Has Collingwood an educational or intellectual spirit? This question is asked in view of the fact that seldom does a lecturer, no matter what the subject, be greeted with a crowded house. Other towns can. bring Bliss Carmen, Stefansson, Taft°and other notables at very heavy expense and invariably come out on the right side financially; but regrettable as it is to admit, Collingwood does not ap- pear to be {mn that class. The town runs rather to sport, dancing and other lighter veins of-life. INSIST ON FAIR PLAY 2 (Globe) The refusal of a militia officer to ‘permit the mse of the Armories at Windsor for a meeting to be address-| ed by William E, (“Pussyfoot"’) Johnson, on the pretext that he is a “foreign agitator,” is an insult to public intelligence. Mr. Johnson was welcomed by temperance everywhere in Great Britain, and his personal courage in a trying exper- ience won him the plaudits of oppon- ents. : _ For years there has been platform reciprocity between ‘Canada and the Anited States in the interests of the temperance cause, prohibition speaker w use of a hall in the “United States merely because of his nationality there would be indignant protest in this country, It is to be hoped the prohibitionists of Windsor, who have an uphill fight at the best, will in- gist on receiving fair play and on the observance of international courtesy ‘by the officer-who has ab his “Jittle brief au ity. M ‘EM PAY (Orange Sentinel!) If Germany does not pay for the destruction of French and Belgian cities, France and Belgium must. That is the cold fa™®that the Allies cannot in justice overlook in their dealings with the Huns. The vandal hordes of the Kaiser destroyed hun- dreds of beautiful cities of France. They were ruthless beyond paraliel,; both in the destruction of property, and in their cruelty to the inhabi- tants. No price can be set on their treatment of the Frenth and Belgian people. Compensation for such a- trocities is beyond the power of mon- ey. But so far as the restoration of the ruined cities is concerned the German people should be made to pay the cost. Anything less would leave them the victors, and the French the vanquished. The craven spirit so frequently dis- played)by ‘the cry of ““Kamerad” in the war is revealed fn al) the nego- tiations connected with the repara- tiens. Their whining about the im- poyerished condition of their coun- try excites disgust among the brave citizens of France. Germany is to- @ay better off than the victims of her attack. Her people are able to pay the moderate price demanded by justice for France and Belgium, and The Sentinel joins with the Brit- ish public who say to Lloyd George: “Make ‘em pay. Mr. Chas. Bright returned be- ing heme to. tttend the funeral of the late Wm. Bright. Wl ware Tamar ve | SO bh were ve-) mene Se ee | prepared there a grave for himself. |; workers/ po a Canadian} the ‘by the ordeal through which he had passed this * aciinstindicimdcaeatene, was the grandson of Mar~ shal Michel . Ney, one of the heroes of French history, who feigned death before a firing squad and was car-| ried from the Luxembourg Garden, Paris, and in whose place a corpse | was substituted while he made his | way to America, according to claims made by mem The life of Dr. of his father, Dr. E. M. Cc. Neyman, | who ‘was brought to America when he Was yét a child, were almost as strange as that of the marshal, acre ia —_ of high education and possessing one of the best libraries in Indiana they chose to live in the little v of in_compara~-| tive carauen The Cave of the Sepulcher, near the Neyman home, got its name from the fact that the elder Dr. Neyman Marshal Ney is officially dead, Ac- cording to history he was executed December 6, 1815, for treason. Yet if the word of his son, who says tht he saw his father several a after the ue Sate of his execution, and i other family docu- ments are to be Se betiaved. the matehel lived many years in America, though his life was forevef clouded by the fear that he would be captured and deported, Although a bitter shame seized France after the death of Marshal It paste’ take only a ucee. more Oman « sepced te reach the oon and enty minutes, to Uranus in two hours. —s ‘a halt and to Neptune 4n four ours, On the way = would come a mets without ae which are ra: It would take two outside the traction, of day would look like nothing more Lig saad: than‘a 8 nearest to us, Alpha meanwhile oe looming up, and t wayfarer through space might See to arrive there is a ices more than four years. By this time he would have ‘tea 34,000. 000,000 miles. This star nearest tos is in reality center of gravity. Celestially speak- ing, it is not a freak, aan as the heavens contain plenty of such “doubles” and great numbers of trip- let and quadruplet suns. Pures trip astride of the light ray, the traveler, at the end of a couple of centuries, es the great nebula of Orion, a gaseous mass of inconceivably vast extent, slewits composed o faintly. it is sen. hydrogen and heli The traveler, at the end of sixty’ centuries, will have come to the edge of the central nucleus of the Milky Way, which is what we call the uni- verse of stars. But ten times as far out in the vold of space are many other universes, Some of them are iy : te BS ri : aii i i i Ne ie i i g ; ERE gee Eg Ma Ney fell at a pre-arranged |‘ signal, just before the shots were to his solemnity due the marshal shal hid in the home of a nurse who had served in the family and when an opportunity came of escaped to America disguised as a sailor. In the United States, it is said, he was known as Prof. Neyman, benronted of French. He spent the greater pa of his time in the smaller se casks a South Carolina, although at one time he was in charge of the French De- partment of the Schools of Philadel- ph Dr. Neyman saw his father only on a few occasions in this country and he never knew when or where his illustrious father died, he said. His spirit was broken, his son said, e seemed to be always weighed down with sorrow and was seldom known to smile. Neyman, the marshal’s son, was brought to America by [riends when he was a child. His academic and professional] education and train- ing were ordered by mysterious di- rections and by funds from an un- known source before the identity of Later he saw. his father twice in Southern Carolina, where he visited him for a short tfme on each trip, another time he saw him for a few) hurried moments In Philadeiphia. : tho iianlnating lish use }t0/100,000,000 years to reach th lier lit eS candles fn die. Rangg oral og ied of stars, apbarenuy spherical in each ining from sup- 30,000 1 to 100,000 — Each such ter revolves posing the journey tinued for 6,000 of 6,000 centuries, one might-reach th o light would require from 10,000,000 years z sphere ofthe oan at- and by that time our: orb |} two suns revolving about a common |, paper without -injury. The Flat Oil Paint For Interior Decoration For thé walls and ceilings of room house, delicate and harmoni leur efiects cae ee, vores most secured by the use NEU-TONE is made in cighteen shades, and by the of various REU-TONE em i en = om MARTIN-SENOUR PAINTS AND VARNISHES NEU-TONE is easy to . It covers well and leawes mo brush marks, i sain ed dul ci, Miety souh which he show <r parne Cloth and. gi , oleum. 4 NEGTTON may be successfully TONE. Places ent ta tectieg oF nda * “ Marble-ite”’ There is a special MARTIN-SENOUR produc for Floor Finish every iy ary png every purpose. ull our The one perfect wearest Agent, or writs us direct. Our booklet floor finish. : Town and Country Homes" mailed free om request. R. B. WHITE # Weed Lae” . ° Stain LISTOWEL, ONT. — i “100% Pure’? Paint For buildings, outside and in. SENOUR’S FLOOR PAINT It wears and wearsand wears. “Varnoleum” beautifies and Improves the new—renews | the old. rT _ Would You Believe It? \ More than 200 films have been ‘produced in Great Britain during the past year. match an ex-sol- & Can- : at a bazaar at 22,728 mites | at the end of last year, ear, while there | are ves 500 taxable motor vehicles in . Brita rig Parlin whose wife insti- a proceed against said seg court at Los Angeles tuted him, that his wife charged him the fol- owing scale for Mager ite of jaffection: One kiss, cents ae. $1; sitting on hey $2. He that efery time he sought a oul from his wife she made bim pay cash in one de- A Critical Momert. Young Higgins been woinge Miss Truelove for e long time—years and years it seemed to her a. Thousands of cubic feet of gas had been burned in the parlor, and the of|leather sola had been re-covered three times At last the couple stood before the altar, and the clergyman put the fate- ful question: “Will you, this woman v.edded wifer” was too much for Miss Trut- love's little brother Jimmy, who had watched the progress of the long courtship from various points of van- tage during the years. “G he gasped oui, “Suppose he won't!" ong Higgins, take be thy lawfully- excitedly. Diplomacy. “Well, my dear,” said he, as he was dressing. “I spose you were right when you told me last night that. there were burglars in the is father was made known to him. | »ouse.’ “Why?” “Because all the money that was in my pockets when I went to bed is go ne. “Well, if you'd been brave and got Later on he visited his son. On SORE COLD IN CHEST ete. Tilton, NB. ish to we consider your. MINARD'S LIN- Chas, F. A hg this visit he spent the nights in the, Cave of the Sepulchre, near Saltillo, | aa, where the Neyman family lived. The cave years afterward was called Ney- man's Cave because of the strange | visitor it had sheltered, | The cavern received its present name from the fact that the elder Dr. Neyman wished to be buried there. Day after day he spent at work in the cave chiseling out a tomb in which he wished to be buried, When he died, however, his wife Was not willing for him to be buried in the cave, which is in a lonely, desolate part of the country, and in- stead he was buried in a email ceme- tery near the home, where she could eare for the. ve, The cave, though difficult to reach by the-country roads which must be traveled to reach it, is often viene by tourists, who still can see, though new stalagmites have jovubed. the grave that was prepared but nerer used. Not far away i# a mill, long ago de- serted, which afforded him an oppor- tunity to meet bis neighbors while walting for the grinding. The gag lived in comparative Te is few intimate however, learned his story, ana in timo ft was known ali bis neighbors. up and shot the wretch you'd have had your money this morning." “Possibly —but then I should have na widower.” She gave him back half his money. He Had His Doubts. An elderly man was persuaded by one of his sons to go with him to a lacrosse match. yh son, intent upon giving his father a good time, had booked two seats in the grand stand. “Now,” said the son, joyfuily, “you'll see More excitement for your $2 than you've ever seen before,” The old man grunted. “| don’t know se much about that,” he said, dismally. “$2 was all I paid for my marriage Hcense!"’ Substitute. for Radium. It is said by American experts that | @ substitute for radium can be pro-| @uced through a chemical process | which purifies mesothorium. Meso- thorium is a by-product in the maenu- facture of manties for gas lamps, a The radium substitute can be | used effectively for medical purposes, it is claimed, The forest area of Brazil®is esti- mated at 1,500,000 square miles, or | about 48 per cent. of the total area of the wo Sige cana pupae Farms Note) | rooding and feeding of baby| PF oodiag whether by hen or by arti-| ficial method, is the crucial part of| ing ltry It is "Taipocstele to d¥ér-feed” a! growing «chicken, once the. feather} Stage is reache The more good, food they can be induced to eat, the) better the growth, and the better the, growth the earlier maturity and egg) yield. Natural Incubation If the chicks are to be brooded by the natural method ‘they should be allowed to remain in the setting nest, with the hen until they are lively and seem inclined to get out themselves. | The hen should then be treated) with a little blue( mercurial) oint-| ment smeared on the feathers of the’ abdomen and under the wings. It is advisable to use olntment at this stage; powder is likely to get in the ttle chicks’ eyes. An A-shaped coop with removable! hottom is to be recommended on ac- count of ite simple and cheap con- struction. It should be used with the bottom in place and slightly rais- ed from the ground in the early spring months. hen the weather becomes warm- er and the ground thawed out, they| ‘® are better used without bottoms, but | the coop must be moved to fresh) ground daily. | Artificial Method The most successful and economical! artificial system of brooding is the colony stove, It can be quickly get up in a col-| ony house or in an idle pen of the| laying house. A space 10 feet by suitable and will accommodate any| number of chicks desired up to 500. When To Remove From Brooder | In April and early May, artificial heat will probably be required for 6 or 6 weeks, later it can often be dis- pensed with in three weeks. It en-j| tirely depends on the weather and | temperature If your chickens are witheut heat | and you get a sudden drop in temp-| erature with cold rain. it will be ad-| visable to start.up the stove again| and dry off the chicks. It is at a) time Ifke this that the chicks crowd | and smother, chill and catch cold | Always tack a short piece of inch-| mesh wire across the corners of the | room to prevent jamming and tramp-| ling of the weakest | The First Feed | Allow the chicks to remain in the/ Incubator for 24 hours after the| hateli in completed. A chick so hard- | ened off will hare augrest deal more} “brooder Imtelligencé” than one re-| and | is found in the monazite ore of Bra- | moved too soon and ‘will learn more | guickly where to go for warmth and eomfort. Supply coarse sand or emall chick | grit and water and leave them un-! til they show positive signa of hnn-! ger. They may then be gtven some | \@ry bread crumbs. slightly moisten- | ed bith skimmed milk and mixed w ith | | liberal supply of some succulent | ‘chopped green feed Lettuce, dan- | delion or planting leaf is excellent: a hard bolled egg or two, chopped! {fine and a little ground charcoal andj sand sprinkled over the whole, is fust | | what they want for the first 4 or 5 days. This should -be given at least five times daily and then two feeds of this ration may be changed for a little! mixed cracked grain to induée ratching and exercise, A little rolled oats at this stage is} a great help to growth and stamina. At one month they may be hopper fed dry mash and grain and allowed | | all they will eat. If induced to take | the mash more readily by mojsten- Ing with thick, sonr, it will prove of greai advantage and well worth while. Leave fresh water and sour skim- med milk before them all the time W. F. Scott, Poultryman, Erperimental Farm. Ottawa, Ont Fish What tivo A fish that growls and meows like a cat is found in certain parts of South America, Africa and Australia. It looks much mo like a snake than a fish. It has lungs, and is oblig- ed to put its head out of water to breathe. Lung fish, as these crea tures are called, are a link—betwee grag and fish—the “Yearest kind the origina) stock from which snakes and Osh poth sprang. One reason why these firange oy have been preserved thousands and | | thousands of years after their pre- historic ancestors wére extinct is be-. cause they can live easily through | long droughts. Alligators and their | African. cousins, the crocodiles, are) almost the only enemies they have to | fear except man. Their rich salmon Gesh is highly | 10 feet by 12 feet will bt found most- prized by the Indians, who go area t them with spears In the natural state, lung Osh is about elghteen g, but when kept in aquariums) the African inches dan | and fed the year round, instead of | lying dormant for lack of water, they | Brooding and Feeding Baby Chicks | skimmed milk | « | ae, grow to be two feef and a half long and weigh six pounds or more It is a fact that there are fish which cannot.swim. A Brazilian fish, called the maltha, can only crawl, walk, or hop. It has a long, up- | turned snout, and resembles to some extent a toad, The anterior fins of | the quite small, and are jin reality thin paws, which are 6F no service for ewimming. | | | Washing Wonders. A recent laundry exhibition show- ;}ed that increased output, as demon- strated by (he mammoth machines in use, apical result In decreased laun- | dry charge j There were shown super-tubs cap- ‘able of washing 300 shirts or so in jan hour, and 400 single sheets in the Same time, An operator, without un- due fatigue, could, with another de- |viee, elean 1,000 collars per hour; ‘while gigantic rollers dry, on an aver- 52 feet of clothes in a minute. | ©n this wave of domestic optim- | i#m comes the news that a Parisian jscientiat is confident of working all |the labor-saving devices now utilized lat home by machinery, the power to- be supplied by the humble water-tap. | | A Good Crop. As many as 4,000 dates have been ot gathered from a single palm at one | bearing. ASTI HMA csiziaw (RAZMAH Te. Is = pene | to restore normal breathing, stop mucts in the bronchial tubes, give ts of quiet 9 shpen contains no | | patdedoteding 6° drug. $1.00 at your drug- | pista Trial free at ong es or write empletons, 142 King W., Toronto. Loca) Afent—J. A. Stuart. harness now with every break. broken harness? We have Billets, _Harness Prices Down and you'll be surprised how reasonable Griffith Harness and repair parts are. Don't wait until the Spring rush of work starts. Repair your worn and brcken riffi Harness Repair Parts There's an inexpensive Griffith Why worry along with Breast Straps, Martin- gales, Hame Straps, etc. C. PRUETER W. LAVERY | LISTOWEL t “part” for