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[155v v- 'Vvvvw -..__ Rev. Mr. Wren of Brussels. who conducted the services in Zion on Sunday has a very pleasing per- sonality. He is a fluent and tactâ€" ful speaker. This neighborhood is tendering! very warm congratulations to Mr. Albert McNally on‘ his marriage to Miss Ella Wax-ling of Vandeleur. on Wednesday of last week, and extends to his charming bride a hearty welcome to our midst. lf a fellow would only let national impulse have full there’d be many a cr: cranium. The old adage says: Every dog has his day”â€"aznd every foo! has his. April the first is meat at hand The farmer’s boy said: ‘Feeding a new-born calf would make a preacher swear.” but passing around a superannuation sub scription list in a rural church would make a saint from heaven spit intense expletives. ‘9- 'â€"'â€"‘ 'J As announced in last week’s is- sue oi“ The Chronicle, Mr. William Anderson of the 6th concession passed away very suddenly on Tuesday morning of last week al- ter a brief and not considered wry serious illness. He was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Febru- arv ‘2. 1837, and in earlv years, with his parents and three other members of the family, came tr} Canada In 1854, he purchased lot 18 on the 6th concession, and on ~\Iovember 5. 1861. was happily wedded to Miss Johann Burnett. The union resulted in a family of 12 children, six boys and six fair daughters, the eldest and voung- est of the latter being deceased. Mr. Colin McArthur 11:19 re- rented Joe. McNally’s fu-m on the 10th concession for another. year. Rob. Anderson has rented his cousin Tom’s farm, and has engag- ed Stanley Wellwood of loromo to assist him. The condition of the roads in places at the present time is about as dangerous for team traV- oiling as we’ve ever known them to ve. â€"- u n A 7““-- 5V UV. Mr. Peter Robins of Varney helped R. Bryaus to em up affine pile oi yood last \feek. _-_ ‘ , i - curlgl‘. The surVivinag members are: Mar- tha (Mrs. W. Wellwood) of Tor- onto: Alex., Dave, Will and Vin: .‘M'rs. N. Hoeg), of Montana; John. of Coleman. Alta.; Lizzie (Mrs. W McKechnie); Nellie (Mrs. Frans Haley)‘ Rob., on- the homestead and White, on a farm adjoining. Mr Anderson was a man of strong, rugged constitution. keen of intellect. ready of wit, and though bluff in manner and blunt in speech was wonderfully tender- hearted and kindly. The home has ever been noted for its hospitality and sociability. By industry. good iudgment and shrewdness. Mix; Anderson acquired a fair share of this world’s goods. and was thus enabled to take life easy for some vears. The funeral was a large one and took place on Sunday af- ternoon to Zion cemetery. an im- uressive service being held in the home. being conducted by the Rev. Mr. Phalen of Markdale. who likewise officiated at the gravn side. ..\ beautiful floral wreath was contributed by the family. and two very handsome hand snrays hr 211-:11' kindred. Mrs. 11095; and her husband were .pxesent from Him. Montana. arrivi 111g onlv on Satur- day ev ening‘ 3 train Among 09119191 “are: Mrsf, Wellwood of 'l‘m‘nntr1 Messrs. J 01111 and Will Burnett and Reeve Nichol and wife. from Priceville. Miss Hutchison of Van- rowsmithvof Durham. The sympa- thv of a wide circle of neighhors and friends is extended dolmnr. Messrs. Edward. Robefi and Henry Burnett. and G. E. Ar The hen stood on the garden lot Whence all but she had fled: And d‘dn’t leave a planted Shot In the early onlon bed. W‘th vim she worked both feet and legs. And the gardener says ‘he bets She was try‘ng to finduthe kind of 8883 , 0n wh‘ch the omon sets." â€"M'on¢ette, Ma. Times. Cast Both Doubts and Rheu- matic Palns,by beginning, right now, to use The Macfarlane 8: Co. April 1, 1915. Rheumatic Remedy SEEKING KNOWLEDGE. Because from a knowlpdge hf just What it cuntains we nre nnfirlent that it: is an idwzfl treatmpnt for Rheu- nudism. If it dnvs not. help you tell us sen. and your mouev will he clweriully x-efundvd. In liquid form. two sizes 51k- and $1.00. add only by TRAVERSTON Them Aside full sw av ' crackelf Store The early pages are devoted to brief essays principally on agricultur- al matters. but also on the duty of all Canadians. by the Prime Minister. by the Finance Minister of the coun- try, by the various Ministers and Commissioners of Agriculture of the Dominion and the Provinces, and by the professors of agricultural colleges and directors of experimental farms. OFFICIAL VOLUME CONTAINS A MINE OF INFORMATION. It is doubtful if a more intrinsic- ally valuable work has ever been pub- lished in Canada than the _ Agricul- tural War Book, for which the Minis- ter of Agriculture at Ottawa, ls sponsor. On every one of its hundred and fifty pages there is something to be learned. It is distributed at the Government’s expense and already it:-; circulation has been very large. Following are given industrial and agricultural details in brief of each European country engaged in the war or affected by the war, and of the British possessions. From this it is learned that prior to “the outbreak of hostilities, Belgium was not only the most thickly populated country in the world. but also one of the most in- dustrious. In the first 82‘days of the war, which has now lasted up- wards of 200 days, damage to the extent of $1,059,836.000 had been done, of which $283,014,000 is attri- buted to agricultural injury. North- ern France has suffered proportion- ately to an equal degree. Russia, while pre-eminently an agricultural country. producing nearly one-fourth of the world‘s wheat, fully a fourth of its oats, a third of its barley and a half of its rye. still possesses immense manufacturing industries. It also abounds in minerals, and its forests. of which there are 900 million acres, are the finest the earth knows. Canada's interest lies in particular with the export trade of Germany, much of whlch this country has the right and expectation to secure. In 1913. the War Book says, Germany imported nearly one-eighth of all the world had to sell, and exported more than one-ninth of all the world want- ed to buy. Her yearly output of manu- factured goods ran up to between twelve and fifteen billion dollars, of which one-sixth at least found its way to foreign markets that are now clos- ed to her and in many cases will never be renewed. “Made in Germany" and “Made in Austria," with which most Canadians had become familiar, will, it is hoped. be largely replaced by "Made in Canada.” Relation of the 'Dominion to the Great Conflict and the Duty of Canadians to the Empire Are Treated Under Many Heads-â€" Facts About Canada Are Full of Interest. BANADA’S WAR 890K It is of special interest that Ger- many in 1913 produced 2,720,000 tons of refined sugar from beets, min- ed 260,000,000 tons of coal and lig- nite, 29,879,000 tons of iron ore and that while using in that year of peace 225,800 tons of copper, she could only unearth 23,000 tons of her own accord. Germany normally imported one-sixth of the cereals she consumes, but exports enormous quantities of potatoes. Without doubt the surplus of the latter now in stock is being used for flour. Germany bought be-- tween seven and eizht million geese from Russia annually, and sold Great Britain between eleven and twelve million bushels of oats. She also, in 1913, imported 160,000 tonsâ€"mark it, tonsâ€"of eggs. These statements ; will sufficiently show the vast disturb. ‘ance that has taken place in German gproductive trade. ' Austria-Hungary exported in bulk as many men and horses as it did of material. from 150,000 to 200,000 emigrants crossing the sea every year. But the dual empire is ex-. ceedingly rich in minerals, and Hun- gary is one of the principal grain- growing regions of Europe, the aver- age produce being 145,000,000 bush- els of wheat. 46,500,000 bushels of rye. 53,500,000 bushels of barley, 65,000,000 bushels of oats. and 118,- 000,000 bushels of corn. Hungary, too. is rich in live stock, having in 1914, 21,300,000 horses, 7,300,000 cattle, 8,500,000 sheep, and 7,500,000 swine. From these figures it would seem that it will be a tougher job to starve out Germany than reports would make it appear. Part IV. consists of articles with exact details of the live stock situa- tion. by H. S. Arkell, assistant live stock commissioner at Ottawa; by C. M. MacRae, also of Ottawa, on horses; on the meat supply, by the Health of Animals Branch, Ottawa; on the Dairying Industry, by J. A. Ruddock, Dominion dairy commis- sioner; on seed, by Geo. J'. Clark, of the Seed Department, Ottawa; on growing potatoes by W. '1‘. Macoun. Dominion horticulturist, and on the World’s Grain Situation, by T. K. Doherty. commissioner, Imperial Agricultural Institute. Statistics are also given in the Agricultural War Book of the produce and trade of Great Britain, France, Italy, Serbia, Denmark, Norway, Swe- den, Roumanla, and other countries, but the foregoing facts are sumcient to show the educational value and what may be called the international scope of the work. Part V. deals with Farm Labor, ‘with Flax Fibreâ€"the Empire's need and our Opportunity. by A. L. Mc- Credie; with .the Sugar Beet Indus- try. by C. H. Hanson: “Too Much t1}. VJ v. A.. ..,...--...---, _-- _,_____ Wheat?” by Dr. C. C. James, com- missioner of agriculture, Ottawa; “Britain's Bread Problem." by Ed- ward Bmwp, and a variety of other master. including in particular an ar- tivle on fertilizers. Prof. (3‘ A. Zavitz catnLriblx‘es a notable article on Canaa- «iiun RUU‘ SPPGS. 1'1th \'1. is entitled "Feeding the I’igimrs. " and gi-v es statistics of exâ€" por's. imports and produce of the 111031 enlightening character, the whole constituting a handbook of in: valuable worth. Canada’s Newest Industry Is One 01 the Most Exacting In the “’orld. Canada has at least one new indus- try as a result of the: war. Thous- ands of shrapnel shells are being turned out daily by the big factories throughout the Dominion, but few Canadians know how the deadly munitions of war are made. When the ingots are heated sum- ciently they are lifted out with long tongs and dropped into a mold under one of the huge hydraulic presses. A die shaped to the form of the’ shell's interior is swung over them. The operator turns a handle and down comes the pressâ€"mighty, irresistible. There is no noise. no apparent effort. It just descends and rises again, and what was a solid block of steel is a bottomed cylinder Spurting. flame as it is carried across to a horizontal press, where it is pushed through an- other mold and drawn out to the re- quired length. shape and thickness. Shells have their beginnings in ob- long ingots of steel, which are deliv- ered in that form ready for molding. First of all they are taken to the hydraulic shops and heated in fur- naces, which are just square brick boxes about the height of a man, and capable of a temperature of 2,000 Fahrenheit. You cannot linger long in their vicinity, even on a cold day. Copper bands are affixed to the base of the shells by hydraulic pres- sure to engage the riding o? the guns. so as to obtain the ‘necessary spin when fired. Then the F's-metal coni- cal head. pierced to re‘eive the ex- ploding fuse, is affixed, and the shell is ready for deli-very to the Govern- ment. Shell-making is a matter of rigid accuracy and scrupulous care. Gauges are used of the most exact- ing nature. and no latitude is allowed in the matter of weight or dimen- sions. Admiralty and War Office of- flcials are permanently or. the pre- mises who apply their own tests, and a shell is only accepted and paid for when the official approval is permanv ently stamped upon it by means of a. die. Shells, of course, differ according to the service they have to perform. Some, for instance, have hardened steel heads for armor-piercing pur- poses, others are intended to burst and spread death by bullets, as well as jagged fragments. It is essential that there should be no roughness within the shell, and they are as smooth and polished in- side as out; and to keep them from rust and corrosion the inside is varn- ished before they are sent away to Woolwich to be filled with lydditeâ€" which. by the way. is poured in in' a liquid state and allowed to hardenâ€" and then to the front, or “somewhere in the North Sea," a little present from Canada by way of a gentle re- minder to the German bully that the way of the transgressor is as hard and painful to-day as our enemies have always found it in the past. The Ontario Government is pre- paring to play the part of seed mer- chant to Northern Ontario settlers. The bill introduced by Hon. W. H. Hearst in the Legislature obtains the sanction of the House for the appro~ priation of a plan that will provide, at nominal rates, first-class CI‘Op seed for newcomers. Experts in the Agriculture Department will soon begin acquiring a supply to be used in the 1915 creps. ' The idea is to give the settler a head start on his work by supplying him hay, clover, grain and potato seed without charging him at the time. He will be expected, however, to pay six per cent. interest on this advance, and a lien will be taken on his land as security. To make sure that the plan will work properly and that only worthy characters will be helped, every ap- plicant for the privilege must show the land he has cleared for cultiva- tion. No chances will be taken on a misuse of the seed or a lack of 're- turn on the investment. By the promotion of Lieut. R. G. Stewart, of Ottawa, commander of the Thirty-Eighth Infantry Brigade of the third contingent, to brigade major of the Ontario Brigade of the second contingent, composed of the Twenty-First Infantry Regiment in training in Kingston, the Nineteenth and Twentieth in training in Toronto, and the Eighteenth in training in London, Maj. C. M. Edwards becomes commander of the Thirty-Eighth Ot- tawa Regiment, in succession to Lt.- 001. Stewart. This plan is a development of that now being applied to the puXp indus- try by the T. and N. 0. Commission, but will ensure, in addition, the growth of first-class creps. Maj. Edwards will shortly be made aJieutenant-colonel. Maj. Edwards will make a splendid commanding of- ficer as he has had considerable ex- perience as an officer in the Forty- Third Regiment of Ottawa, one of the crack corps of the Dominion, and is a young omcer full of seal and en- thusiasm. He is particularly popular with all ranks of the militia of the capital. There is a splendid class of young men now offering as recruits for the Thirty-Eighth and there is lit- tle doubt but that the regiment will be a credit to the Dominion. Bureau Fully Equipped. Lady Drummond, on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross in London, is making preparations for ensuring that the work of the information bu- reau shall be carried out with com- plete efficiency. A corps of visitors to call upon Canadian sick and wounded wherever they may be 'lying in also being formed. ‘â€" All hospitals receiving sick and wounded will at once notify the bureau of any Canadians among the recent arrivals and in case of missing Canadians enquiries will be instiiuied through Red Cross branches in Paris, Rouen. and Boulogne. Seed For Ontario Settlers. MAKING SHELLS. Commands the 38th. m DURHAH CHRONICLE. A BRU'IAL MURDER AT OWEN SOUND A very _ strange murder was committed at Owen Sound on Tuesday of last week; strange in the first place because of the con- fession of the murderer, who also fired his brother’s .pi-g pen, which was destroyed, together with 56 Digs. and in :the second place be- cause no reason nor motive was given for the dastardly and brut- al deed. The murdered boy is a son. of Mr. E. Nicholson, a team- ster in theAmerican Bent Chalr works, and the murderer is Hern- ert King, a worthless Englishman, 4:}.years of age, who has «seen 111 this country only a couple of months. The murderer, according to nis own story, has been in prisons and asymms at ainerent periods or his life since he was nige years old. _ He was «up in the police court in Owen Sound a short time ago on a charge 01' magnum-y, out was a;- lowed [0 go, on condition of jaw-- mg the tuird contingent. He aid 50. but after a few days’ drilling was aiscnarged as an undesn'aolo. Alter murdering the boy, he returned to town with the livery horse, and bethought himseh‘ that his brother, against whom he had a grudge, was the cause of 1113 strange action. He then rctraced his steps, passing the dead body, and set fire .to the pig pen, des- troying the building and contents as before stated. He. used a hunt- in}! knife to commit the deedt..and examination of the remains re- vealed three (deep wounds, which resulted in death: There seems little doubt alxiut the mental condition of the mur- derer, and it was evidently known in Owen Soundthat he wasn't a fit subject to run, at large. it seems too 'bad to think that such charm-tors are allowed to run loose and commit :rime before the law steps in and takes care of them. Every man who is known to be mentally deranged should be out in a place of safe-flteepin-gc even if he shouldn’t show signs of viciousmess. One can never tell when such fellows may break out and do harm. The March to the Battlefields or Canada’s Men on The Way The above is the title given a; picture that will for many years' to come be a highly prized treasâ€" ure. It is a photographic repro~' duction showing the 32 000 men of Canadas first contingent creaking camp and on the march to 10in the Continental forces. It shows miles and miles of the white tents and the marching men. It is a most inspiring sight. The size 18 20x 16 inches, all ready for framing. T11;:1 picture is sure to be a populzu souvenir oi the war as far as Canada is concerned. and will be in great demand. it is 011n nod 111' The Family Herald and “3311211. Star of Montreal. and a c011 is being presented to all 811315111111 15 to that great national 11' (ekly neWSpaper, The Famlh Pie-1:111} Montleal, Whose subscription of one dollar a year is 1ecei1 ed £10m this date for a limited period, :- 994*W§§§§§§§§§O§OOOOOOOOOOM§N§§O§“§”§WM : Call at : O 9906999¢§§§§O§§§§9§§§4§9¢0 .+¢6 +¢¢§¢+¢6 OOQOQOQOQOOQI E. A. ROWE EOOEQOOQOOQQOO 99¢ 9.090990909990090 00 0.90.0... o0§¢+bOt?$$§¢9069$5%36fi98$£04088QQ¢QQ¢¢Q§OQ£¢¢<¢6¢0O POSITWELY THE lARGEST SALE IN CANADK OYSTERS AND FRUIT IN SEASON The People’s Mills on hand. Farmers and Sim-k Owners sh-mld in‘ in a (luau- tity of this Excellent, Conditioner for Spring and Summer Feeding. Nothing Pqtuls it for Yuung' Pig». (A‘alvM~ Eu‘. Makes Milan (Jaws Milk :md puts Horses in prinw (-umliu’nn for seeding; in 12-10:. it. makes everything 1;":th it‘s fwd In. Although it, advanced $21“ per ton w .kt‘lt'S 21v wv au- sv‘dzng it at. lht‘ mm)? old pdve. $2.00 per Singu- Sliz‘k. $1.9"! per Mum Bran, Shorts. Low Grade Flour, Chop of AH Kinds. No.1 Hay. etc. kept con- stantly on hand. For all kinds of Bakery Goods Cooked and Cured Meats. Eclipse, Soverign and Pastry Flour and ‘Rolled Oats Breakfast Cereal Although it, advanced $21“ per ton \ it at. thr- smne old pzive. $2.00 per sir in half but; lots and $1 8.3 m Lou 1025. JOHN MCGOWAN TELEi-’H{}NE N0. 8 {Night or Day} Evvm thing in our line at. lmth primas fen- (.‘ash E. R. ROWE’S “’9 have :1 quantity of the celebrated Melamine Meal The Easy Way of [)0- ing a Hard Day’sVVash with Comfort Soap. Confectioner and Grocer 88V“.