x BROUGHT HEALTH ” Years of Constipation Ended ~ By “Frult-a-tives” The Wonderful Fruit Medicine © who suffers with miserable Aathe is tortured with Head- of East Ship Harbor, N.S. Mrs. de Wolfe Says, “For years I was a dreadful sufferer a Constipa- tion and Headaches and I was miser- one every =a Nothineta the way medicine seem to help me, Theat tried op Fruit-a-tives”’ and the effect was s an kL a after taking only one completely relieved and ‘non feel like a new rson 50c. ie, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At dealers or — Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa, Ont ‘ (Al pa ae credited. with views ‘The Bin ner " ioeait = necessarily expressed.) BRASS BAND ys. A HALL (London Advertiser) A rather long document come# from the Ontario Legislature, in the report of the reasons why Karl Homuth was declared not to be the sitting member for South Waterloo. at deal of space is given up to a, record of a picnic where Kar! Homuth paid $45 for the Baden brass band to be present, and a pro- fessional entertainer was also engne: ed for the occasion. Mr. Homuth fig- ured he could get ail his constituents together in that way, and -the .a- mount expended for the entertain- ment was no greater than he woul have Spent in travelling and hiring oo, in three or four different poin Yer" paying for a band constituted a corrupt practice in the eyes of the law, but hiring halls would have been regarded as legal. It is a distinction without a dif- ference. Mr. Homuth, as a public man, wanted a chance to talk to ra on the MINARD'S to serve our with a to clients high resolve merit their confi- derice pnd grati- fied appreciation. Don’t Be | Careless About Your Clothes Bf, they are worth buying they are worth taking arpa of. en they .need a Altes attention let me know, and I will slick. them up 3 make them loek like new a- ain ‘ have arrived. Prop in ahd look aw he ‘owls the “die to order your Spring Suit. Satisfac- tis guaranteed. joe. Lockhart The Tailor Over Koch's Shoe Store t it would be better if it re generally done. He could talk to them by hiring several halls at dif- ferent places, or by getting’ them together at once place. In either case it was going to cost him money. Yet one case comes under the legal O.K., while the other comes under the ban. The line of demarkation is drawn too tight. NO KNIVES WANTED (Peterboro Examiner) A week or two ago a Peterborough leville had the, misfortune to let go a beam to which he was holding|’ in an attempt to see the ice, He hap- pened to fall on a Russian standing beneath him, and before he could get on his feet again the foreigner drew a knife and deliberately stabbed the youngster in the arm. The assailant was ready to repeat the attack with more serious ome had not bystand- ers come to the re For this aineroas attack the ieee was sentenced to two months n The sentence should have been much mS severe under the circum- stance In feos it should have been lengthy enough to show this man and others of his Hke who resort to the knife where an Angio-Saxon depends up- on his fists that there is no place in Canada for men who stab without compunction whenever they get in- volved in an’ agument Foreigners who carry knives for purposes for offence should be de- ported There are too many of these gentry in Canada now, and it is to be feared that a two months’ sentence for an offence such as that described above will not convey the warning that is Such men must @arn the lesson that weapons of any kind are not re- quired in Canada, whatever may be the custom in their native land. THB FUEL PROBLEM (Stratford Beacon) The Toronto Saturday Night prints a communication suggesting that in eorder to stimulate the burning of Al- berta coal in Ontario the mine own- ers, the miners and the Provincial authorities of the two Provinces in- terested get together and _ between them create for a given period a sub- sidy of $4 per ton, the idea being that this would bring the price down to a point where from an economic standpoint it would pay the citizens of Ontario to burn their own coal in preference to the Pennsylvania an- thracite. As the writer put it, On- tarlo could contribute $1 per ton as insurance against a fuel famine; Al- berta $1 per ton to insure a perman- ent market for its coal, and the coal owners and the men between them yon‘'s work. Teking the Canadian Railway figure of $7 per, ton to cost for the hauling of this coal from the Alberta mines to Ontario points the writer figures that this plan would land the Alberta eT in the ntario dealers hands at $8.50 f.0.b. Ontario points, and chat the consum- er could then obtain this fuel at a price that would make it attractive, as compared with the United States article. Some such plan could at Teast be given a trial. For one thing it would .demonstrate the exact cost of trans- portation, which our correspondent contends would be nearer $4 per ton than $7 under actual: working con- ditions.during “the slack pengverter tion Season. -THYIS, EDITOR 18 AROUSED © Quondon Advertiser) The editor, of tel Mer- oni is in ‘trouble 0’ + that appedr in some of sb te Magazines. He claims that he can thumb the over with very, little disturbance of temper. mn he came upon a page that sought to sell a book on etiquet-/. te, well he simp ag one t stand it ‘any longer. The advertising gave sev- where people had been boy attending a hockey match at Bel-/ ; Renfrew editor that there fe a tre- mendous waste of energy, time and comfort in dealing with such silly problems. ered fore the ohe etiquette begins bear the tell-tale thumb marks. 4 SHOULD MEMBERS oF TOWN COUNCIL BE PATD? (Hanover Post) A discussion ‘is taking piace: at present in the town of Barrie as to whether members of the town council should be remunerated for their ser- vices. A reporter of the Barrie Ex- ‘aminer interviewed number of that town’s business and profession- al.men, th the result that few of them’ regarded the suggestion with favor, Last year, the matter was be- fore the town council of Hanover, with the result that finally it was voted down. The Post is of the opin- ion that to remunerate members of the town council would not have a ‘endency to bring out better men, in fact, we believe it would have’ the opposite effect. Public-spirited men serve on the town eouneil,--on -the trustee boards of the schools, on the Hospital board, on the Board of Trade, on Church boards, on the Ag- ricultural Society, on sporting organ- izations, all without financial gain —in fact often at financial loss to themselves—but most of them do not think they are heroes for doing so. Money is not everything, and most men who are serving their towns in pea Bog oi Sle P ras br j riggs CITY MANAGER Mr. A. Ellson Fawkes, who has been appomine city manager of Brandon, ft ex- the British Isles, Canada > United States. He is a graduate of } the-Colege-of Science ogy, Edinburgh, Scotland. He was engineer for the concrete dam and hydro power development at Camp- bellford, Ont., and for the $1,500,000 filtration en of the Chicago, ‘Mul- waukee and St. Paul railway. He de- signed the present system of water supply from the Rocky Mountains for Caigary. one capacity or another feel it their duty and an honor to do Examiner says editorially: ‘suggested that a better class of men would be attracted to the Council if pay were forthcoming. But does any- one seriously believe that a-citizen of ability who has no inclinatién to- ward municipal affairdé would be attracted by a matter of. $100 year? An examination of the mun- icipal council roll in Barrie for the last thirty years shows that the town has been served by many of its lead- ing citizens—professional men, bus- iness men, men in various ranks of iife—men who were proud to serve their town without any thought of remuneration. Instead of attracting a better class of men to participate 4n municipal affairs, The Examiner is of the opinion that it would have the opposite effect. Another reason given for paying members of the ‘town council is that this practice has already been adopted in many towns. If this is so, we would like to see the list. Some of the smaller cities ave adopted the plan, but very few towns have done so—Elmira and Goderich being the only two that come to mind. In Collingwood, the qneetira was ee to the elect- ors under by a big cmateetey Orillia coaned voted down the salary proposition this year, though the expense would be much sesé_ than in, Barrie. owing to ae being only eix aldermen in town. There is apparedliy very little inclination on the part of town councils to avail themselves of the authority given them to vote them- selves salary. so. The “It is A BILL TO BE WATCHED (Toronto Globe) The Ontario Government ester- day introduced a bill that caJls for vigilance inside and outside the House. The Attorney-Gentral ex- plained that its object was to imple- ment pledges made by the Govern- ment before the last election to pro- vide machinery, “if and when it thought necessary,” to submit the prohibition issue to the people “by way of plebiscite or in whatever man- ner might med advisable." The bill does not embody the pro- posals or questions which are to be put to the electors. It is an enabling measure, and if adopted in ite pre- pnd form would give the Govern- ent a wider latitude than the choice another dollar to insure a full seas-| of of the date of voting. There is a dis- tinction between a plebiscite and a National | esieenbtoth. and the Legislature, wat he Government, should decide which of the two it shall be. A plebiscite may be a very flexible and Indefinite affair. The question put to the people might be.so worded that the meaning of the vote would be left to the inter- pretation of the Governnrént itself. Prohibitionists are not disposed to give-the present Administration so wide a discretion. They ould in- sist on the more specific method of a referendum, if an appeal is to be taken, s0 that electors ma know with some approximation to certainty what they are deciding at the polls. The question to be asked should be frimed during the session, but pro- bably it will require vigorous repre- sentations from the friends of the Ontario Temperance Act to persuade the Government that it cannot de- casatatiy, watched. The wine came! continues to nose into the prohibition tent. When thé electors of Ontario are called up- on to-vote on the issue of liquor or - ohne it et certain that there will “beer and wine” option on the Senet paper. We shall be told that what if wanted is the sale over the mortified at Tg ee didn't know the proper thi Horrible exa th bare backs. f her handling of the numerous e- quipment aren for let she ped a nh the floo Bhe didn’ t kao “¥hat to do. <Was she to leave it there, pick i or call a waiter to do it for her?” "That is the situation «he faced, and the etiquette book. goes on to show that “she was sO em that the evening was speiled for Now the Nwrgy is that had “erous and demo counter of malt liquors and = Nght nes and thé exclusion of distilled liquors, which . admittedly dang- izin Can it be said that beer and wine are innocuous and safe for the rising generation? The history of . liquor control and liquor Boia every- ba proves that beer d ea that app gs te re to the kind of ope poverty ent from those of the United States, and 92 per cent..of all the liquor vonsumed there before the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment. con- sisted of beer and wine. 1 the beer-and-wine camel nose his way into the tent there will be little of the liquor. traffic left outside. And thet little will speedily make room for itself after beer and wine have pisneecr the way back to the open ar. * s . * . > . . . . ° « * ° . BLUE MONDAY . bd * e ° o e es o . . e e e . . ‘ Is there ek in the idea of “blue Mon Do people really feel more ‘epressed etter the day of rest than before it? Yes, there is coaieuretie truth in it for some people, — I believe the cause is not hard to f Of course there pe ministers priests, and church’ workers, who use up a tremendous amount of vi- tality on Sunday. The idea the preacher has, that he should go out early Monday morn- ing Pl the golf course, to make up by hard physical exertion for this mental Pa is a tremendous ‘and Technol-}- ciety,” , lke mos tions of its kind = probably ‘ais appeat as sey as i “h fs" ‘tine tat wo deniie were due” ‘for a form of their entertain sith It is not being Nasee “to” deat e mem- bers of the fair sex at the present time, then no game eyer was over- done. ere are women to whom ‘bridge is more serious than relig- fon, home and: fealty ‘The ~ ey Dp anything from six to 12 times a week in the afternoons and evenings and would in the morning if the laws of nature and the mo’ essen- tial lawseof the household did not interfere. Bridge is a perfectly innocent game when rot mixed with. dollars and cents.4Of course, the occasional cup and ” cer or a new and shin- rep deck of*cards offered as a prize e luc ae one pro S a certain Bioaet of stimulation. Yet bridge in-iteelfis-not-negligible-in-the-way it stimtlates mind an memor: training. eA Meioe: serves adequately to enable hose con- exautional- ‘capabilities’ are some- what shoulderbound, to get by with- out being noticeable ‘tor lack of ideas. In the present state of affairs in many circles ohne may find some jus- tification for the attitude which re- formers take, that card playing even bag nothing more serious than a p and saucer is at stake is an evil that should not. be countenanced. They see as much danger of intemp- erance in the time devoted to cards as there is danger of intemperance = liquor is plentiful, and easy to get. There are children who go school without breakfast because pa bridge; there are homes that are un- tidy because of bridge; there are husbands who are dizzy from the whirl into which they have /been dragged by bridge-mad wives, and ‘there are wives whose,heads are fil- led with nothing but? bridge. As in most cases of intemperance it is merely a matter of abusing some- ‘thing which taken fn ordinary doses would be helpful and amusing. Bridge, of course, has its saner pat- rons, thousands of them, who can pass a delightfully entertaining ev- ening around the baize covered table and find time in between hands to induige in pleasant and beneficial conversation. Neither does the game become such absorption with these players that they will sacrifice a good friend beeause of some vantage or disadvantage at cards. One is tempted to question nat- ure’s work in so evolving human weakness that in so many cases the Say It With Flowers From Listowel’s Leading Flonist We are prepared to meet your every requirement, and all — large or small, will have our prompt and careful attention. Funeral Work a Specialty me choice Cineraria in flower. So Also Hyacinths andi Daffodils. q Sweet Peas and Carnations always growin WE SOLICIT YOUR ORDERS. Plowright’s Greenhouses Phone 260. Listowel. good and the pleasant things of life must be abused. One need not be narrow nor hypercritical to see that tendency to gover: snot} — He shoule J n bed Monday morning for an extra couple of hours, and then Jater in the afternoon get his game of : ut you are not a preacher or hard worker in the church and yet you feel tired out Monday morning. What's the matter? , you've worked hard all week and quite sensibly take an extra hour or two in bed Sunday. Then you get up fairly hungry, have plenty of time to enjoy a good breakfast, and do so. There is usually a real good din- ner at noon on Sunday, home cook- ing, food you like, and you proceed to eat a hearty meal. Perhaps you sit peat, home during, the afternoon, or perhaps go for a walk. Your mind is not worrie over business and with complete relaxation you look forward to. the evening meal. Even where the evening meal is omitted there is usually a good sized ‘“‘snack" indulged in before retiring. What does all this mean? That you have taken into your system more food—-and rich food at that—than you would eat in almost any two days through the week. And what else? That you hdve really done less work, used your body less than ‘auring any. other cay in the week. What's my point Nothing new at ot stanly over- eating and underworking. Your sys- tem is practically clogged, because there have been no actually function- ing of the different .parts of the ‘body. Ana the euggestfon? Get your extra hour or two of rest in Sunday morning, but remember the rest of the day will be that much shorter with really no work to do. You could ‘do with one meal less anyway. If you get out for a long walk, you are after a rest, entitled to a little more fo —George Matthew Adants. tetendenfendendesbectecontententeebecdesdecbedeodeslecierio detest we SOURCE OF PROPAGANDA Maydr Hiltz of Toronto, —“I cahnot understand how anyone who professes to be a £00 a citizen can expect our.future Canadian — to develop efficiently ave one ortion Soke Gp in, one school and- rey ere LTE EET R ecVciacaeii cceavesienrer a¢> in the best interests of the women who are the worst offenders in on spetias of indulgence. s s . e s s . + s KEEP EVERLASTINGLY AT IT: A constant drop of water ears away the hardest A constant gnawing towser Masticates the toughest one, A constant, steadfast lover Carries off the blushing aid, And a Constant Advertiser Is the one who gets the ’ aeeeenenenereenaneee sf eee eeeeeeenneean e® ee * * . . a ° * . AJ . ** - RTE EET + FERTILIZERS FOR POTAT- * OES + + + sfeodeeferberdesfecdondenonfesdeoberdesberbeetestebrdeteiee elie (£xperimental Farms Note) During the past few years there have been numerous, complaints heard from potato growers in New Brunswick concerning poor stands of potatoes which they attribute to fertilizer injury. Im order to obtain data on this problem, experiments were be; at edericton Experi- mental Station, , * t spring. Home mixed fertilizer was distribut- ed in three ways; in ig - in direct contact with pota’ ts; in the row and covered with eerth: and applied broadcast. e rate of application was 2000 om per acre of a 4-18-6 formula. eeed was planted by hand ‘and ‘eae even with a plough. Where the fertilfzer was ap- plied in the row in direct contact with the seed only 57.6 per cent. of a stand was obtained, ae where ap- plied broadcast an 81 per cent. we * . @ area where the fertilizer was ap- sited in direct contact with the seed, was 88 barrels per acre, while the two results emphasize the of either covering the fertilizer with | earth or applying broadcast rather than applying it in direct contact with the see nomical results. have been obtained from the use of a high grade — es er and in most cases the ts will be obtained from to use carried on at this Station. with tatoes indicate that when-a complete fertilizer w, ‘greater profits were realized’than when nit- rogenous, phosphatic or potash ferti- lizers were used alone. Furnace Work Hot Air Heating Plumbing Electric Wiring Satisfactory work keeps me busy. CARL ROSS Phone 81. Listowel. stand was obtained. The yield from}. Generally speaking, the most eco-j_ a a complete fertilizer. 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