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'at least oné instance of 8 recent write has pointed ' Weimar h6 proceeded to of the duke to make it his The fighting and plun- n the town were not yet over' 'townrd evening, he entered the As be did so the duchess, who 'been waiting in her apartment, red at the top of the great stair greet him, the Duchess of Weimar," she 'majesty to contend aguinst that the duke could abandon him." . An answer at once so spirited, noble and tactful softened even Napoleons arrogance, In the conversation that followed the duchess was able to recure your country farm. Help the farmer increase a rifle, youcanserve on the plow :is our hope," declared oud? x oyd George, ' the be a matter of concern to all. It point out the path of duty to men and boys unable to enlist in the army but capable of helping to increase production. . production and Face the Crisis! nd relief for the townspeople. At tho . . ; -- At this sypreme hour when ample food production is a hich af oo one of the indispensable means of victory, the country LE OF ONTARIO are accustomed to ac- . mpect than any woman I have known, faces a serious shortage of men and boys on the farms. The You. have saved your husband. I par- Department of 'Agriculture emphasizes the urgency of every don him, but remember it Is wholly on man and boy taking to heart this splendid opportunity for your account. As for him, be is a bad patriotic service. J 4 Decide now to help Int the war. If you are between the "That was merely Napoleon's opinion, Boys ages of 14 and 18, and have good term record, you can The duke, ut any rate, was properly ap- secure promotion at school by enlisting for farm service preciative of his duchess, for when tha any time between April 20th and May 20th. document that secured the independ. Ly Cy p: Parents are tirged to encourage their boys to ealist for farm pe of Wot Was Song fo nin pervice. The physical and moral welfare of your boy will be a French general he re 0 take advanced by a summer spent close to Nature; an interest will be 'it into his bands, but said simply, awakened in an important industry of the country that will be a "Qive it to my wife, the emperor in- help to him in his whole future, R tended it for ber." -- Youth's Cowpan- ¢ QUAINT INDIAN LIGENDS. g } Bt Mary to n nrestrainedly to spawn' out & worthless brood, =" ory of. Sogente lotions, Mis. Tillayion draws from this 'marriage sins e i produces a propof- pv To avout: r food much the same as they breathe the air ated items about food shortage, but such a Fr he Jefective offspring. Highly defective strains ought to foregoing is an example of what we should endedver fo avoid ; How, are we profiting by lessons of this kind? HEveryode knows foeble-niindéd, vicious, drunken father or mother, perchance baif-silly girl in 8 community, either of 'whom are pro- pagating thelr kind and iayiog the foundation for such a record as that of he Dack family. Thore are many of the class referred to fu this Provines, ng is done, in another year, they will not be X : 7 ast fd ol y in the Deck ~~ , indo: pop n of system of immigration belpd in the same direction just ty : ll hesreingd of pus insave asylums, Institution for tHe sehen . to retired f to mea show a lifge element of foreign population which shonid Men following Bo occupation (retired), to business men who . Bove buen reckived. in Cainda. 4 strict medioal examination re oo as portion of tele time, to en clasaes we have #0 as to prevent marriage and the propagation of can arrange t/ airs 50 as to help some er. species would tend to keep our people mentally strong and save the invited to enlist for farm service. & lot of money. - Think about it! Is it not worth while? . - : No medical of 1 at the port of entry or on sh board, especially if the latter is carried on by the ship: ductor, is of and it is the respousibility of The Observer @ to its readers a realization of the facts, as un- Ra Every man is Btories Are Associated With Our Great Lakes. Confer with your District Representative In old, old times, on the highest of the De; nent of Agee ture, or ite or -Ppéak of a great mountain, there visit 15 Queen's Pak, Toronto. ' dwelt a hunter and his five sparkling daughters. Their lodge was of bright : 1 re Rn oi og Ontario Department of Agriculture could see the distant ocean flashing W. H. Hearst, Minister of Agriculture Parliament Buildings eo ip company, whose sbject {3 to dl magy immigrants ak possible. 'The only satisfactory 'medical exami! x of immigrants is one made by a thoroughly qualified medical examiner &§r. fiiec teal board in thé employ of the Federal Government befor /{ion, and preferably at cefidin centres in the native counts 6f the . immigrant. In this wig only will this country be saved tle defective aud diseaséd people, which hus been the cuféé of States: Let ua profit by their mistakes. like a silver band. "Come out! Come out!" cried the youngest daughter, the little Er. "Come (Su! Come Hu! -Come Mi! . * Come Cla! (The names stand In . order for Erie, Superior, Huron, Mi- Ee CE Toronto rontodn Monday, May 7. ~ _ ghigan, and St. Clalr). Let us gy, ng with. happy robes were of blue #Fgen, and floated on A r moccasing were of, been Water drops, and their wings of painted wind. And they scamper- ed and romped across the plain; or " floated beneath the sky, or rushed past valley and hill and fleld, singing 'snd shouting with gles. At last they came to a precipice ol Jagged vocks and moss, 'Alas!' cried Er, "What a dreadful leap! 'But 'we have come so far that we must go on, or our father will laugh ft us So come on Su! Come Hu! Come Mi! Come Cla! and follow me!" , So over the steep they sprang, and floated down on their painted wings. They leaped and they sang like happy-hearted birds. Then little Er eried, "Let us up and down the steep again!" 'And up and down the five maids ekipped and laughed at the sport and foam and called it Niagara And to-day, through the ratibow mist, you may see their robes of blue and chrysolite green, and their paint- ed wings and their.twinkling feet, as the five play in the waterfall. Once on the shore of Lake Super- for there dwelt a lovely Indian girl. She was tiny and slender, with soft dark eyes and little feet. And when- @ver the moon rose faint and white | while the sun was setting, she danced . {in a pine grove by the shore. When 'gh danced thus her mother called, {Come back to the lodge, Leclinau, for the silver moon is rising. Soon 1e- Little. People, the fairies, will out to play among the trees, ey carry away dancing maid- Leelinau returned sorrow- to the lodge, for she longed to . Fairies. Summer after summer, on moonlit the Little People joined hands ced among tbe pines, and Bweet volces were heard by u sitting in the. lodge. And the Indians were sleeping, the "Fairies - came creeping | Leelinau waking, heard their 'dark. They "%o the sea, where the fopggny Break. search for nef, ' erg roar!" So thoy lft their lodge, | They wandered through the grove, and they sought up and down the shore, but in vain! | Leelinau was gone, and had left for- ever the uppor world. ".And no one had seen hor go, extépt one poor fisher lad who was paddling his cahoe near tie land. He bad watchod be wander through the grove, and dancing with a bright Falry Chief' whose green plumes nodded high above his head. And then together they had vanished from his sight. And Leclinau the Fairy Girl was never seen again on the shore of Lake Sdporior. School Boys on Farms, sen invalidea nome Yrom Kngiana get a button with the Union Jack square in the centre, and the letter- ing, "For Bervice Overseas." The various colored and shaped patches worn on the sleeve by res turnéd sbidiers were first to the Canadian troops at the Somme; to enable the officers and men - of various divisions, brigades, and bat- talions to be recognized readily. The First Division men wear one large red patchi on the upper part of the arm, and the Second Division & blue patch. The brigades and bat< talions are also indicated. by smalle? colored patehes below the large ones, green being the mark of the First More than fifty of the students from Clinton Collegiate Institute have already gone to do work on the farms, and to-assiet in the campaign of Greater Production. Several of the older beys from the Clinton Public school are also assisting the farmers, and a number of the girls from the Collegiate Institute, it is stated, intend to offer themselves for any work that they can do, after the close of the school, while some have already gone. MEDALS AND RIBBONS. Some of the Decorations Worn by Retarned Men. By the medal ribbons they wear ' ono may kmow what campaigns our soldiers and sailors have seem, and what special distinctions they have won. Such medal ribbons are always. worn on the left breast. Any rid- bons worn on the right are represen- tative of meddls awarded outside the army or navy, and are usually those given with Mfo-saving awards. The meds! ribbon of the Victoria Cross first place of all decora- tions 'on the tunic of a soldier or the jacket of a sallor. The army V.C. titled to wear the rich ] I , the sailor a blue ribbon. "oA fod k Other medal ribbons worn by sol- diers akin iu color to that of the V. t go with the Order + Lagion of Drigade, red for the Second, and | blue for the Third, and the shape of { the patch indicates the battalions | bearing them, circular for the First, | half circle for the Second, triangular for the Third, and a small square : for the Fourth, REVEALED A STATE SECRET. An Indisoreet Envoy Who Pald Dearly For His Locse Tonguo. In a history of the Turks, Chalconey- las, a Greek, relates how a fleet of Crusaders sailing toward Constantino- ple in the beginning of the thirteenth | century was becalmed at-the entrance of the Hellespont. - At that time there was-at the court of Athens an ambassador of the king of France, who set out in a galley to visit the chiefs of the fleet. The admi- ral confided to him that he had been dered to take Cx tinople by sur- ~ in two years that the head of a depd way to a salary larger bis friend will 'ever Companion. k! Why Children | like candy 1Ugy toe question burns 1h the eye of every pitylng employee. You find your wife measuring the distance from the range to the kitchen cabinet ding your son computing the power h y te "PASSING OF THE BUFFALO. This Tragedy of the Fur Trade an Ace propel a football in the lowest arc The his father's son. Watch and pad pencil are all that are needed to sic quaint yourself with your virtues and faults. In thirty sbconds answer of many of these questions as you can? Give the name of § vegetable, a met. ad, au insect, 8 Feptiln, & fab, & mam, 4, i 3 8 1-9 4 sRiiz AE if ht <5 05 «05 05 005 0S AS00505 0 rd TEL BELL 38 ko \. (ESTABLISHED 1867] © Everybody knows it--if it is in The Observer' IAL HOME PRINT] ' tontains 'afl 'the news all the time, and reaches a fick farming community = whose tesidents are ible. to buy what they teed adr pay for. whit they got. Permanent and solid is its circulition, hence its value 'as an advér- tisifig hedism, - THE OBSERVER OFFICE IS NOTED FOR coRREoT AND - BUPERION PRINTING AY MODERATE cpandxs H. PARSONS ". EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. Siesta; #32537 i 1 El Z pi Hi \