& Ba) +~@ 4 . . 4 H - Think of No. 26 At the other end of the line Js an establighment that stands for quality and service. : If you want meat satisfaction, +s the habit of calling “two- six.” SEVEN HEAD AUCTIONED. Stratford Beacon—The fifth -an- ‘nual consignment sale of the Perth a | The Modern Telephone Tablet Made of sheet steel, oxidized fin- District Holstein Breeders bom oe t the city stables on Thursda: - : The choicest fresh and cured meats, sausages, bologna, head _ praca oa nts “the almost pec _§j__—. cheese, dard, etc:;; always" in-stock.” uous downpour of rain, there was 5 _> 9, good crowd in attendance and while eae |) bidding was not especially brisk, some ‘ : : ees prices were forth-coming. Forty- CG A. Ke 4 nm. head were eguctioned by Auc- ° . faire T. Merritt Moore, The high- est price was $370, for Rolo Grange, WALLACE ST. SUCCESSOR TO 8. J. STEVENSON. consigned by W. 8S. Shearer, Listowel. . 5 and sold to T. Turet, Goderich. Princess Pledge Hartog, consigned by J. R. Archibald, Seaforth, sold for $205 to D. Eby, Petersburg. Eleanor Dekol, consigned by John Archibald, Seaforth, sold for $180 to J. Moses, St.-Marys, No. 6. _ Countess Calamity Gano, consign- ed by J. R. Anchibald, Seaforth, sold for $215 to Geo. Smith, St. Pauls. Dorliska Mercedes Hartog, consign-| ed by J. R. Archibald, Seaforth, sold for $260 to Geo. Smith, St. Pauls. Kate Favorite De Kol, consigned by Jas. Harkes, Listowel, sold for $165 to Robt. McIntosh, St. Marys. No. 8 BEING USED LESS AND LESS FOR ing its that it is being used fess and less for medicinal purposes. There are other things which can take its place. Most doctors claim that its use, even in moderation, weakens the system and gives a bétter chance for disease. me Toronté- doctors interview-' ed. on the subject tell what they think about the matter. “As times advance doctors are using less and less liquor for their patients,” said Dr. J. S. Hart, “and I think that it Is falling into disuse ‘among advanced practitioners. When I first started to practise it was giv- en for relief in many cases, but now it is used very very little. /Effects Always Bad “When taken as a beverage the effects are always bad, but I wouldn't go 80 far as to say that the man who takes it in moderation suffers notice- ably from the ecects." Dr. 8S. M. Hay, a prominent sur- geon, says that liquor reduces the in- “WORLDLY WISDOM Half a parasol is better than no umbrella in a shower. Portunate chaps—those whose wives think their hus- bands are smarter than other . men. The prettiest bathing suits are found above the sea level. .- If you don't 1 a book you can shut it up. This shows the advantage of loving books. On the authority of an architect the largest.room in the world is the room for im- A poor girl has to be hand- some in order to be pretty, but a rich girl can be badly out of drawing before she is ugly. Any woman has a perfect right to look In a milliner’s window and wish she had a wealthy husband. Every bride of two weeks ish, insuring «-smooth writing sur- face. | : Pontiac Francy Lass, consigned by The roll pulls from the top and John Turner, Carlingford, sold for: eutsof. any length avaired. Now $200 to L. Lupton, Stratford No. 2. | rolls supplied fr a trifle. Sunnyside Alcartra Dewdrop, con- . signed by J. Turner, Carlingford, sold Made for wall o~ d ‘phones. for $195 to C. Millson, London. Sunnyside Posch Dekol Lad, ae signed by J. Turner, Carlingford, so a) for $77.50 to R. Johnson, Britton, oa 2: Handiest pad imaginable! i Price Only $1.00 - Banner Pub. Co. Sunnyside Calamity King, consign-| ed by J. Turner, Carlingford, sold for$77.50 to A. Preston, Britton. - Greta Pontiac Korndyke, consigned by J. Turner, Carlingford, sold for: $260 to Geo. Smith, St. Pauls. ua Sunnyside Dutchland King, con- signed by J. Turner, Carlingford, sold} for $50 to Ed. May, Sebringville Sally Hartog, consigned by. Cc, Baird, St. Marys, sold for $190 to W. Thompson, Woodstock. | Jennie Hartog Francy, consigned hy ©. Baird, St. Marys. sold for $230 to Geo, Nichol, Listowel, - Pontiac Canary Colanthus, consign- Sangster’s See 1s 1 by C. Baird. St. Marys, sold for ly Clover seed f.0.b. Liew at the following prices: $100 to M. Sticky, Wellesley. osso d train - : cy Hartog. consigned Scaried sos. wer tae a 00 Baird, St, Marys, sold for $210 to Mr Unscarified seed, per bu. .......6ceeey eee T OO Below Government standard, per bu $5 00 to $6 00. White Blossom Sweet Clover (Mammoth variety) Scarified graded seed per bu. ..........\.96@ 00 Unscarified graded nF Hp - ge ag esr ewiset Ye |) Improved variety scarified, eke ts : Neate Hartog, consigned by C. Baird, St. Marys, sold for $240 to Mr. Thompson, Woodstock. Count Korndyke Witzyde, consign- ‘ed by Tig. Wood, Mitchell, sold for I ty unecart = soy leet .n 00 $100 to M. Hyslop, Stratford, Red "Clie gene Py wee 1 : "ber Side mance fe 00 By saasiee ger Schuiling, see 4 od, Mitchell, sold Alsike, an extra fancy, No. 2 per bu. ......18 00 for noth toJ. 8. Whi : ibe. _-Ask us for quotations 6n Timothy and : Modified varieties, White and Yellow Blossom, Sweet Clover require not more than 19 to 12 Ibs. seed per acre for a generous seeding. Sapplies of these are limited but will. be sold at the above quotations while they last. J. W. SANGSTER Phone 14, Li stowel Beauty of Fairview, consigned by) Tig. Wood, Mitchell, sold fer $115 to) R. B. Stephenson, Brussels. i __Grace Wayne Cornucopia, consign-— @d by J. Whitney, Milverton, sold for) $195 to J, Archibald, Seaforth. Matilda Burnside Segis, consigned | by Robt. Cleland, sold for $250 to C.| W. Greer, Harriston. Burnside Rosie, consigned by R. | Cleland, Listowel, sold for $180 to} ~ + Wm. Welsh. Listowel. Bessie Alcartra Netherland, con-} | signed by N. Oliver, sold for $100 to! T. A. Trick, Goderich. _ King Alecartra DeBor,. consigned by” R. { The semi S 8. Oliver, St. Marys. sold for $65) a } i ‘to E. Durst, Sebringville. | Laura Grange, consigned by W. 8.| U { is Shearer, Listowel, sold for $220 to A. } Knox, Bright Rolo Grange, consigned by W. 8.| Banner and Daily Ce be eeu. soos 60k ob oe ase a ed canis 36 75 | Shearer, sold for $370 to T. Turet,' Banner and Family Herald and Weekly Star ........... a 90 | Goderich. . Banner and Farmers’ Sun (Twice a week) ............. 3 40 a, shes, ge ie by hs Banner and Daily Mafl and Empire ................-.. 6 75 | Gill. Mitchell or #210 to Gleason Banner and Saturday Mail and Empire .............-.. 4 60 | Stella Grange, consigned by W. 8. | Banner and London Advertiser (Morning Edition) ..... 6 76 | Shearer, sold for “ws to M. Arbo-! Banner and London Free Press (Morning Edition) ..... 6 75 | Btrattord Be at a teas sal } or eau 0 consign Banner and Canadian Countryman ...........-.6.2s+0: 3 ” | by Wm. Makins, Stratford. sold for Banner and Toronto Daily Star .........., sale Saiee wee oon SS | $200 to Mr. Thompson, Mitchell. Banner and Farmer’s Advocate ................-.4-5- 3 50 Queen Korndyke Dekol, consigned Banner and The Stratford Beacon (Weekly) ......... 3 50 7 William Makins, sold for $200 to Banner and Stratford Herald (Weekly) .............. 3 60 -_- Mills. Stratford. | } Agnes Segis Alcartra, consigned by | Banner and Montreal Weekly Witness ............. 4 60 | McNamara Bros., Stratford, sold for| Banner and’ Montreal Weekly Witness” (new subscribers) s 80 $236 to Mr. Thompson, Wdoodstock. | Bammer oud Preeuyteriat 1. ec wsevsunewavecécuewsces 4 00 Maida Mercedes, consigned by M "| Banner and Canadian Poultry Journal ................ 2 40 Sooo. — sold for $245 to Robt. | Banner and Youths" Companion ...........e0eee008- 4 650 | Emma Netherland Abbekerk. con-| Banner and Northern Messenger ......... ..4.++045- 2 76 | signed by W. J. Tinning & Sons. &t. Banner and Christian Guardian .............000e0uus a 90 | Paula, a ba! $200 to A. Kruger, | Banuer and Canadian Pictorial ............-.e0000s- 3 908 2 Mtachthiide Paterts . 1th : etertje. con- Banner and Toronto World, (Daily Bdition) .......... 6 75 | signed by W. J. Tinning & Sons. sold | Banner and Toronto World, (Sunday Edition) ......... 5 25 for $195 to W. Nairn, St. Marys, No. Banner and Rural Camada ... 2... 6c nese seeues 2 60 | &. Banner and Farmers’ Magazine ............cc0es008 3 50 Boutsje Calamity, consigned by Bennet and Farm and Dairy .....ccccnsccennceesasen 2 90 Arbogast Bros.. Sebringville, sold for Banner and Canadian Farm ....... 2. caccccadcscces 2 90 $225, to John Ditner, Petersburg Banner and Canadian Farmer ... .. ....2...2.:0005 3 40 Ellice Frientl Daisy, consigned bf! Banner and World Wide .......0555 coun euvucauuues & 00 | G. Baker, St. Pauls, sold for $155 to | The above publications may be obtained by Banner subscrib- | T. A. Trick, Goderich. ers in any combination, the price for any publication being the figure given less $2.00, representing the price of The Banner These prices are for-addresses in Canada or Great Britais. If the publication you want is not in the above list let us know. We can supply any well-cnown C n or American publication. These prices are strictly cash in advance. Send subscription by post office or express order to Banner Pub, Co, signed by McNamara Bros., sold for'| ONTARIO | $175 to Mr. Thompson, Woodstock | —— j Irene Flora Dekol, consigned by J. | | Whitney, Milverton, sold for $180 to} | H. Stewart, St. Pauis. i Broadmoor Posch Segif, consigned | an the windows bat one eset two by William Makins, Stratford, sold for. skunks roug t window 50 ’ to a dance with o rival, a chap im! ..ied it up, then vat & board on top ai Maysie Fiecs Demet, sbemaned by | Nebraska threatened to break up the) of the chimney, Be btreke «sp the John Turner, Carlingford, sold” or! dance. He fastened the doors and, dance al) right. $240 to T. A. Trick, Goderich E | Prince Hartog Mercena, consigned | by W. Tinning & Son, St. Pauls, sold! for $200 to J. MeCracken, Listowel Netherland Posch Snow Ball, con- | siyned bf ©. G. Schweitzer, Stratford, | sold for $26¢ to W. Mart¥n, Mitchelb Jessie Lyons Abbekert, consigned | by Nelson Oliver, St. Marys, sold for! | $180 to G. Gill, Mitchell. Prince Mercena Alcartra, consign- ed by McNamara Bros... Stratford, | sold for $82.60 to E. Limes, Newton | Queen Mechthilde Johanna, con- Because his gir) intended to go "Wise | any person in good physical condition, | a stimulant once during the entire dividual’s power of resistance and shortens his life. “In my experience as director and medical referee of a large insurance company, I can say that the habitual users of alcohol, even in small quantities, are the poor- est insurance risks. It is not a food, but a stimulant, It does not impart “| nourishment to the body. but predis- poses an individual to disease." “Speaking from a medical stand- point, I think that the less alcohol used the better it is for human wel- “is competent to discourse knowingly of the trials and care incidental to the manage- * LJ * * . . *. * > * * * * » * * * provement. * s . = + * * * * td] * * * mert of a family. * . sete eee sree ee ese ne eee sate ee eet iesen . * ° = . . ° ° ‘Present need Limit Is Not Too Fast hal hetr ET 7 — fare," declared Dr. H. B. Anderson. fest ae rf thal wera “TJ preseribe very little for my pa- CONGEST TRAFFIC AND CAUSE tients. Possibly diabetes and pneu- monia are the only diseases where I MORE AOCIDENTS use it at all, and then very little “MOTOR TRADE." THINKS , St. Marys. MEDICINAL FURPOSES SAY en Canary Betty, consigned DOCTORS, : : by Adam C. Park, Listowel, sold for eeu T $200 to Geo. Smith, St. Panis. Globe—-Liquor as ‘s beverage has; never had a ‘ense, Now liquor ase * 6 © @ = = & © 8's oe prescribed. by 7 doctors ts 108 8 — support. _Many doctors claim There are very few in the profession who stand as sponsors for the: use of! .- (Motor Trade.) alcohol." From the mouth of a justice of the Supreme Court, the highest tribunal Hard on Hearts in Canada, comes the opinion, if news-| Dr. Margaret Patterson. one of} Paper reports are to be credited, that} Toronto's prominent women doctors. | twelve miles an hour is an excessive| speaks of an incident she witnessed | speed for motors on streets where| in India when the bubonic plague | traffic is ordinarily heavy. Mr. Jus- was at its height some years ago tice Idington went further than this. “There was a young chap in one of aecording to the daily press, and de-|‘the hospitals in Allahabad who had | elared that the best evidence of dan-| been given liquor as a stimulant | .gerous motor driving is the daily re-| during his illness.” she said “He | cord of slaughter, saying: “‘I am sur-| recovered from the disease alricht | prised that the ordinary good sense} But when he sat up for the. first of the community will stand for such/| time he asked to shave. He had just 4 Uring.” Started. when he fell over dead, and| Twelve miles an hour works out at| it was caused from nothing but the; avou} six yards a second,.considerab-| effect that the alcohol had on his ly-elower than the average healthy! heart It had produced heart fail- Man, encumbered with street clothes,; ure. Case after case of this kind can run for a distance of one hundred happened in the men's hospitals yards, It is only a decrepit or crip-| where alcohol had been used. I was in charge of the women's hospitals I never used alcoho) as pled or person who cannot run a mile in six minutes. and any athlete, or! at the time. Can run ten miles in an hour.. So it| epidemic, and I never lost a single would seem that twelve miles an hour| case from heart failure." is not really un excessive speed. It “Do you ever prescribe alcohol in is a speed at which any person on foot | any form for your patients” she| handicapped by say twenty feet,| was asked ; could overtake a car. ‘His Lordship “No, I never have.” she replied. | comments further. if press reports} “There are other drugs than can be| ‘are to be accepted, upon the “‘daily| used instead and have the same j record of slaughter." Seemingly he} effect They are not habit-forming! is unaware of the fact that automo-| and I feel that no doctor ought to} bile use is constantly growing safer | use @ habit-forming drug where one} ‘ | There has been a steady decline in the’ ean be used that isn't habit-forming. Netherland Alcartra Dekol. on-}/ ratio of fatalities to the yimber of | I think that this alone should bar} cars in operation. We @re too prone! alcohol from therapeutic use." she to think that because there are more| concluded. violent deaths upon our streets to-| day than there were ten years ago the | fault rests altogether with the auto-| mobile. The fault rests with ‘°-| Cigarette Effects Rabbits | heavier traffic, both vehicular and) As It Does Young Boys pedestrian, that our streets have to! -_— carry, And the volume of that traffic | —— ee is such, on many streets in our larger | Lawrence, Kan.. March 3.—Cigar- cities, that a speed Iimit of twelve; ette smoking is harmful to young | thiles per hour or less would result | boys if it has the same effect on them ‘in hopeless congestion It is doubt-| as it has on rabbits as shown in ex-! | der and | the vicinity of Tobermory on | Columbia. ul whether we are going to reduce the number of automobile ‘accidents by enforcing speed limits. The ex: periment. conducted in many ‘large cities has not provéd fruitful of suc-} cess. The logical way to make the streets safer is to prescribe and ad- minister very severe punishment to all and sundry who drive recklessly | oOr—note this, too—who walk care- lessly on the roadways. Turn infested with rattle anakes and watch the fun. F. 'V. Williams did not do| Rod and Gun in Canada what hap- pens when swine meet serpents. Mr Williams tells of the snakes found in the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, and what}, happened to them when some plea were turned loose to siay and slaugh- ter. “A Happy Hunting Ground” is the title of the leading story in this month's issue of Canada’s nat-| jonal sportsmen’s monthly This article tells of the thrilling exper- jences in hunting bears Nova Scotians will read, with especial interest the story of | in British | ed periments at the University of Kan-| | sas, declares W. J. Baumgartner, pro | fessor of zoology. | Tests carried on with young rab-| bits demonstrated that those subject-| | ed to elgarette amoke for short per-} jods daily for about four and a halt} months——their normal growing per- iod-—made materially less progress in| weight than did those not “smoked” according to a paper read by Profes-! sor Baumgartner before the fifty-| same pigs loose in a swamrp| third annual convention of the Kan-| sas Academy of Science, held here. | “Never has there been an opportun- | | exactly that but he tells in April} ity. of course to carry out like exrper- iments with human beings. " said Pro- fessor Baumgartner, “but | should judge that were such an experiment possible the result would be similar! it has long been stated as a fact that ‘cigarette smoking retards the growth of young boys. but never was there actual scientific experiments to prove the aseertion so far as 1 know It is my object to furnish such data “IT find that the effect of cigarette amoke on young rabbits is very mark- It retards their growth causes them tp be less active, and seeming ly affects their’ morale in that they | hunting shore birds by Bonnycastie | do not keep as clean as other rab- Dale It tells of the difficulties to} | be experienced under the terms of the| Migratory Birds,6 onvention Act In) addition to these stories and articles there are nine others that will de- light the heart of the nature lover | The Gans and Ammunition depart- ment and the editorial comment on | the gun permit law will take the at- tention of the gun “crank” while | Robert Page Lineoln and George | Goodwin take care of the anglers and dog men, respectively Rod and| Gun in Canada is published monthly | at Woodstock. Ont., by W Taylor, Limited Not Vet, Badie, Not Yet Be carefal, girls, OF grip and cough: We'll tell you when To take ‘em off bits. Those which enhaled smoke a} | half hour three times a day, eulked, played with ‘each other less and did not attain norma! size | “Il am continuing to watch these same rabbits to determine what ef- fect if any are noticeable in the off- spring of the “smoked" rabbits that | are not evident in those of the nor- both she and her husband became |} members of the Third Presbyterian ehurch of Chicago, of which church she was a member at the time of her | death For the past two and a half years she has been in failing health. Bie died at Hinsdale Sanitarium Febru- “For a year, I suffered wi Che forced : ‘One day while lying in bed, aboul “Frust-a-fives" the great fruit : medicine; and it seemed just what I” needed, so I desided to try it. The first box helped me, and Y took the tablets regularly until every _ traceof the Rheumatism Taft me.” | ; LORENZO LEDUC. | 50c. « box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 250, | At all dealers or sent ‘ees by Fruit-a-tives Limited; Otta Mrs. McQuiston Was a Highly Cultured Lady — Following is a report of the death previously announced in The Banner, of Mrs. Otis McQuiston, a — sister of Mr. J, R. Mackenzie, Lis- —] towel, taken from the “Eastern Ill- - inois Register,’ Paxton, I1l.: The death of Mrs. Otis MecQuls- ton, aged 68 years, occurred last Monday evening at the Hinsdale Sanitarium, near Chicago, where she had been a patient for some time. She had been in failing health for some time, but it had been thought there for the past few weeks that had been improvement in her con~ dition : aoe While the deceased had mever re- sided in Paxton, she was weil known to many in this city, because of the frequent visits which she and her the home of his MecQuiston and husband made to brother, Judge M. L. family in this city. Last summer she spent several meeks in Paxton. She was a highly cultured lady who made many friends by her winning manners. The remains were brought to Pax- ton at noon on Wednesday. being oc- |companied by her husband and his brother. Judge McQuiston, and were taken to the home of fudge and Mrs. McQuiston on East Center St.. where funera] services were held ‘at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon services were Rev. Robert L. Welch. United Presbyterian church. who read a scripture lesson, offered pray- er and spoke very Pagptetigirie from the text. John 14:1-2, tis theme be- Ing. "The C hristian’s 8 Hope.’ Miss Jane White and Mr. Wm. A. Westbrook gang two duets, *'Like As a Father,” by Herbert, and “The Lord is My Shepherd,"” by Koschat. At the services Rev. Welch read the following short obituary notice: “Isabella MacKenzie was born at Guelph, Canada, July 23 2 She was the daughter of Alexan- Margaret MacKenzie She Was married to N Otls MeQuiston at Chicago, Illinois, Feb, 17, 1892, and ever since they have resided either in Chicago or its suburbs. There were three brothers and five sisters of the MacKenzie fam- ily. The father and mother, one brother and three sisters have gone one before Two brothers, John MacKenzie, of Listowel, and Alex- ander MacKenzie, of Winnipeg, Can- ada, and one sister, Elizabeth Donald, of Berkley, California, sur- vive Shortly after her marriage Mrs McQuiston united with the Second United Presbyterian church of Eng- lewood and when they afterwards re- moved to the West Side in Chicago, conducted by pastor of the ary 28, 1921, at-® o'clock in the ev- ening.”' ° An Englishman sighed the pledge , after MM Ugh persuasion on the part of a clergyman, but the minister saw the man’s daughter hastening home- ward with a pail of beer. He stopped and said: "My dear child, where are ou taking that beer?" “Home to father.” “But surely your father doesn't drink beer after signing the pledge? “ “Oh, no, sir.”’ said the giri. “He doesn’t drink it He only soaks his bread in | | mal rabbits.” - —————— Darling. I've made up my mind to stay at home.’ | “Too late, George—I've | my face to go out.’ | made up Firat Phygsician—‘So fhe operar | thon was just in the nick ofitime? 1 Becond !Physiclan—‘“Yes: in an- other twenty-four hours he would have recovered without it. stone, Jr. and J, Mal DENTACLOR TOOTH PASTE WHITENS CLEANSES t PRESERVES RELIEVES PYORRHEA SON, al ‘Drsig ores, ie | For sale in Listowel by J. ical A. Gttemrt,