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LISTOWEL STANDARD Jan. 28 , NOW FOR At Livingstone's A large stock of Toys of al kinds---Dolls, Photo Albums, Toilet Cases plush and cellu- oid, Toy Booksand Annuals, China Cups aadSaucers, Per- fumes, B:bles and Hymn Books &c all to be soldcheap. EIGHT UPRIGHT LiSTO- WEL PIANOS to be sold for 25c each--See sample in window. J. LIVINGSTONE, JR. BERK OF HAWILTON. OAPITAL - + $1,250,000 RESERVE FUND 725,009 DIRECGCTORS : JOHN STUART, PrResipent: A. G. RAMSAY, Vice Pre=1pent, JOHN PROCTOR. GFORGE ROACH A. T. WOOD, WM. GIBSON, MP, A.B, LEE (Tononto.) -Oo-- SAV anos BANK.--$1 and upwards recelv- don Hlepos : SPECI Al. 'DEPOST' TS also received at® curren gates of interest. DRAFTS on Create elt ain and the United Mates bou ane ml Colleetions made on @vorable ter ee HM. STUART, Agent, Listowel J, W. SCOTT BANKER ESTABLISHED 1872. Does a Géneral Banking business, DRAFTS BOUGHT and SOLD, payable in all parts of, the DOMINION, UNITEDSTATES and GREAT BRITAIN NOTES DISCOUNTED DEPOSIT. S RECEIVED and current rate of interest allowed, Cheque Bank Cheques Issued, payable neall parts of tae world, without notice or ake 'pe. A large amonnt of'private funds to lena ov good farm security at five per cent, with privilege of repaying annus alty. ssuer or Marriaze Licenses Topics Of The Day. Bvery une is surprised at the rapi- nnd efficacy with which Nerviline-- nerve-pain cure -- relieves neuralgia rhetmatism = Nerviline isn specific roi nerva pains and should be kept ou band by every family. WALLACE The directors of the Marion « heese & Butter Co. are letting their milk Lanting mach envher than usual. The new president thinks there is vothing gained by delaying this matter till March, as formerly, and has bills up Annouucing the letting of par milk routes ou Friday, 28th inst., at 2 p.m, A dividend willalso b- paid on the fame day, which onghi good crowd. Miss Nellie Poole is visiting her > mauy friends in Molesworth and vicin- "bring out a ity. Henry Hoegy and Curis 'Kreiger have gone to New York Stute to find employm: at for the summer. We suppose Sir Richard will scarcely note this in his exudus memorandum, asa seat on the treasury benches seems to have cured him of the blue rnin policy. Rey. R H. Barnby, B. D., preached a very eloquent uud = practical sermon ov Sunday on the folly of worrying about the future, taking for his text, 'Consider the 8. This is the third year of the pastorate of the Rev. gentlemaa, aud-rhoukl the Conference decide to remove him at the end of the three year term, bis many friends will exceedingly regret his departure. Conservative Mretinc.--An organ- izing meeting of the Conservatives of Wallace vill be held in. the town hall, Gowanstown, on Wednesday Feb. 2ud, at 7.30 o'¢loci. Magwood, M. P. P., and others will be present and address the meeting. A large attendance - of the Conservative electors from each ward inthe town- ship is requested. Mr. B. C. Edwards of Dereham, is the possessor of a cane, the dnplicars of which, 1t is safs to say, would not be seen in a week's trayel. It is made of cows' horn and contains 116 pieces neatly arranged and highly polishe, It is the result of Mr. Edwards' own handiwork, and was dune in the winter evenings after the work of the day was accomplished: Mr. Edwards also has 8 button hook, the handle of which was wide of the same material, and pres- ented a very neat appearance. CASTORIA. mae ts a aigr stare Mle Fe meuiatesiieans |." WHAT IRRIGATION DID. Su the Greands of the Now Jersey Station With en Crops. Ina bulletin from tho New Jersey atation is recounted the results of a series of experiments on various garden crops. The irrigation was not begun un- ti] demanded by d. tin the fall, and was continued from Sept. 17 until the crops were harvested, varying with dif- ferent crops from Oct. 4to 28. The wa- ter was distributed in channels botween e rows, from the city waterworks, an 'applied by means of inch faucets and hose, In the case of eggplants and to- matoes the season was s0 far advanced that no substantial results were noticed. New growth was stimulated in the egg- plants, Was not irrigated had been mulched in July and treated with bordeaux mix- ture. When compared with other unirri- gated plants, some of which had been sprayed with bordeaux mixture, while others had _ received no troatment, the mulchedplat gave a yield nearly double that from the plat only eprayed with bordeaux mixture, which in turn gave twice as many sound fruits as where no treatment was used. With tomatoes a new growth was produced and the foli- age was freshened, but no gain in fruit resulted. With these and with eggplants irrigation must be given in midsummer instead of in late antumn. The result of irrigating bush beans was very satisfactory, the yield being largely increared and the quality su- perior. The period of fruitage with pep- pers was prolonged and the yield nearly doubled. In addition, the fruit from the watered plants was firm and plump and of fine color and quality, thus be- ing of greater market value. Tho leaf development of turnips was greatly increased by irrigation; but, al- though thero was an increased growth of roots, they were destroyed by the club root, which raged with unusual virulence in the moistened soil. The soil of the celery plat was not the most favornblo, but the yield of the irrigated plat was more than doubled. The market value of the crop produced from the irrigated plat was eight times that produced without the aid of arti- ficial watering. The loss from outside leaves and roots in preparing the plants for market was 28 per cent in the case ef the irrigated plants against 40 per cent in the nonirrigated plazits. Manuring Hop Vires. Hop vine' roots are very apt to be thrown ont by alternate freezing and thawing. The root is hardy, and scarce- ly any amount of freezing will kill it, unless it is alternated with enough warm weather to loosen the soil around tho roots before the next freeze comes. This fact suggests the natural and most effective way of manuring hops, Here is what American Cultivator says on the subject: Throw a forkfol of manure over the hill--better after it has been frozen than before. If this is done before the gen- eral freeze up, it is likely the soil will remain frozen all winter under it. Hops thus wrapped in frozen soil will be ready to start with the first warm weather, which will be before hops left exposed all winter can begin to grow. It is the protection rather thar fertility which the manure furnishes that gives the hops most bene£t. But the manure doos good Inter on, when it is thrown off the hill and mixed with the soi! in the annual thinning of hop roots, which they must have to grow thriftily. It is often said that commercial nitrates are better than, or at least as good, as sta- ble manure. But they cannot be to tho hop grower or to any who uses manure as protection for plants or fruit trees rather than as a fortilizer, Filing a Saw, Every ond who files a crosscnt aaw ought to know how to prevent the screeching ~oise when the rakers aro filed. I fit »nine in tho manner shown in tho illusteation. It takes time to file openings, B B, in the rakers, but it pays, as it saves lots of time when one wants to put a saw in order in a fow minutes. To make these openings file on an angle slightly upward from ench side of the saw, and the harsh noise is prevented. Now when dressing tho rakers squarely POINTS IN FILING A SAW, across, or horizontally, the "soreech- ing" may be prevented by simply hold- ing a Jight piece of iron on the opposite side of the rvker, om better still, a thin strip of iron (one-eighth of an inch thick and three inches long), with a hole large enough to admit the raker, placed over the raker, snd gently pressed down on while the filing is done. The foregoing is from the pen of a contributor to the Obio Farmer. Mushrooms In the Greenhouse. A bulletin from the New York ata- tion gives this information: After the mushroom beds bogun to bear. they were watered twice a week with nitrato of soda dissolved in water at the rate of an ouncé toa gallon of water. It was applied in a fine spray in sufficient quantities to moisten but not. to soak the surface of the bed. Tho same authority recommends in raising mushrooms in greenhouses to wait about two weeks or until the spawn | begins to rnread through the manure, before coating the beds with loum. New York Agricultural College. The Col}oge of Agriculture in connec- tion with Cornel] university, Ithaca, N. Y., is one of the most thoroughly eauip- | ped institutions in the conn try for im- patting instruction in the science ant practice of Sgr ng Besides the regular courses there are two short courses, one on Phe is agriculture and one on dairying. These special schools epen Jan. <. but no increased fruitfulness. was obtained. A plat of eggplants that_ FARM CONVENIENCES, Carrying Rack For Sheep, Pigs and Poul- try--A Swinging Crib, A rack for conveying sheep, calves, pigs or poultry to any desired place is something which every farmer needs more or less. The annexed cut from the New York Tribune shows what a Penn- sylvania farmer terms "a handy carry- 5 HANDY CONVEYING RACK, ing rack," suitablo fcr carrying one to three sheep or calves, according to size. It is ensily and quickly made of "gd kind of soft wood. 'His is of basswood, 2 feet wide, 4 feet long, 3 feet high; cor- ner posts of hard wood, 2 by 2; bottom and top frame boards 6 inches wide, three-quarters of an inch thick, nailed to posts. There are two floors or decks, and the roof is composed of muterial half aninch thick. Slata 21% inches wide. A strip, 1 by 6 inches, 4 feet long, is nailed lengthwise in the centcr flush with the inside of the bottom boards to strengthen the bottom floor, Both floors are set in loose, 60 they can be removed if necessary. The two floors are convenient for di- viding poultry to prevent their crowd- ing or to divide turkeys from chickens. Notice that the gate is divided in two, and two sets of binges are used, So in- stead of having to open the whole gate to tuke out poultry from the bottom floor, only half need be opened. Two of the side slats run out to five inches on each cnd for handles Two men can take the rack full of poultry and set it on the scales to weigh it. The rack can be used to advantage in various ways to suit the owner. The authority already quoted gives also an illustrated description of swinging cattle crib as follows: It is triangular in shapeand is hinged at the point at the bottom just on the edge of the feeding floor. When swung forward into tho fecding floor, as shown, it is in a most convenient position to fill with hay orto place in ita grain ration. It is then tipped back into the epaco before the vsimal and is entirely out of the feedii:g floor, and in a most ute e Loch ------ CONVENIENT SWINGING CRIs, convenient position for the animal to ent from. The boitom of this crib isa three cornered piece of timber. This gives rigidity and prevents there being & narrow space at the bottom, into which an animal could not get his nose. A Cheap Icchouse. A contributor to The Prairie Farmer gives this plan of an icehouss which be has used for six yesrs with the best re- sults: Take logs as long as you wish your icehouse to be in width, flattening them so that they will be one foot thick; lay them on smooth dry ground four feet apart. On this foundation place a floor of two inch plank. Then takecom- mon 2 by 4 for studding, placing them three feet apart. .Toe nail them to the plank below and spike on-to the.pla.a (2 by 4) above. Now line up on the in- side of studding with common rongh lumber; put on a roof and leave the ga- ble ends open for ventilation, Your icehonuse is now ready to fill. Place a foot of dry sawdust on top of the floor, leav'ug a foot of space for thésawdust on all sides, and out the ice to fill the rest of the space. Keep the sawdust space filled level with the ice, as you go up tramping it down solid. Place a foot of sawdust on top an you have finished your job. When the weather gets warm, the sawdust should be occasionally tramped down. In short, there are five principles in regard to keeping ice successfully: First, good drainage, eecoud, good ventilation; third, good roof; fourth, n foot space of sawdust (dry), thoroughly packed, and, fifth, good ice to start with, The Hotbed. There was a time when tho majority of gardeners thought that they could not heat a hotbed without manure. The heat arising from the fermenting of horse manure seemed to them about the only availabie supply for this purpose. Now, a8 Rural New Yorker tells, steam pipes are used with excellent success and it is gencrally understeod that manure is not an absolute necessity. Years ago it was believed that stable manure was the only soning mg for plants, Even at the pres there are many who still believe that fertilizers will "poison the soi]." Good farmers live and learn. Two things they learn about stable ma- nure are that there are some cases where it does not pay to give money for it, and that it always pays to add potash and phosphoric acid to the manure pile. The plan of "feeding the manure pile" by using kainit and bone with the ma- pure ia} just as persia as is feeding the animal on 'coda because they have a high manurial value. _ At one of the Mackinao hotels, loved | "| by its frequenters for 'ite associa- tions, in spite of lax management, a' new guest demanded a bath. : "My dear sir," said the proprietor," "next year we shall have two of the finest and best equipped bath rocms on the island." "But," obj the guest, "T want a bath this year.": Stock, states that those papers are in error whichsay that Phoebe Campbell was the first woman banged in Canada. The first woman who suffered the ex- treme penalty in this country, accord- ing to Mr. McCleneghan, was Julia Murdock, who was hanged in Toronto in 1830,. Phoebe Campbell was the first woman hanged since Confederation. Previous to that time there does* not seem to have been any official record kept.' LISTOWEL MARKETS, Jan. 27 1898 Wheat, per bushel .. ve BO Se Jarley, do vs date, do Ps pa 4 3 "Cn, do tS as Jay porton ------. seesscvcssocee -- 500 5 sran, a eabtilen me bn il Shorts, = 4 'lour, jet 1001s, ve 220 240 ie 2:26, 2 95 os 200 2 40 o MH ? seeecbacaseese ll 5 75 0 - To 8 She 75 1 \¥ bit We 2h 3 \ 12 1 1 575 6 L iv 360 4 Li 240 3 Bee Seager s oe 400 5 TORONTO. Jan, ne 1898 ieaiol sper ssa sod ao at do tutte r, PoWvE rolls cg gs, fre i, perdoz, ata a per ba our per barrel, Jressed Hogs STRA r TFORD.. Jan, 27 1898 Bar ness 2 Pe ¥ pastel oa 0 kB 25 of Oi is 23 3 : 48 45 fatows " per ag Ne weer eccsevcccenebens KS " 5.00 6 00 16 18 E aie) ae r dozen Ws 7 Hay per ton 600 700 Wood per cord, long. soft 200 250 Wood per cord, long, hard . - $00 450 -- ee 560 5 75 Hides eeveeee 70 70 PALMERSTON. Fall Wheat ring \ Wheat Aly eves poridoz... hece per c wt. iii le oe por b i Pallow per th. Sheepskina enc at CITY RESTRAUNT, | and see KENNEDY'S CELEBRATED BISCUITS atcut prices. Also watch for PINE APPLES next week. And a full line of FRESH FRUIT, ETC. Butter & Eggs wanted. A.B. GEORGE, . PROP. Telephone 45. R. A. Climie. 10 Ibs Green Coffee for $1 3 Ibs California Prunes for 25¢. EXTRA FINE PAISLEY CURED BACON, HAMS AND SHOULDERS R.A. GLIMIE |i GROCER. Postmaster McCleneghan, of Wood- | may be millions in the safe, hut if their credit depended at it in - hurry ankrupt, sioply because ae Sombisenoe won'twork. A sick man is in very m ¢ same fix hone getting at the nourishment he needa Z00 He is j Deine locke it. He gets no strength or health out of it. att ontre mal-nutritive conditions have a t and scientific remedy in DrPierce's. Golden Medical Discovery. It puts the nu- "combin ation" of the system into order, It gives the diges- ood - making or make pure, red, healthy blood, and pour it into the circulation abunda ntly and rapidly. drives out all bilious poms and scrof-. nlous germs, cures indig liver laint, nervousness ana Taenalgts, and wilds up solid flesh, active power and nerve force. Mrs. Re becca F. Gardner, of Grafton. York ly 0} . Ith DURHLT wa welneto die. I weighed ° M . fF tried almost eversthing, anc pething did me aoe 'ood, u of the *Golden Me waswe as neil I took A ical Discov very.' ever was, and weigh 125 pounda: mao Was wruel, Mrs, Nubbons--My husband is a per- fect brute. Friend-- You amaze me. Mrs. Nubbons--Since the baby begar teething nothing would quiet the little angel but pulling his papa's beard, and yesterday he went and had beard shaved off.--London Tit-Bits. Chinese cannot be telegraphed. Fig- ures have to be used corresponding to certain words. Only one-eighth of the words in the language are in this code, but fhis has befn found sufficient for practical purposes. For the burdens which God lays on us there will always be grace enough. The burdens which we make for our- selves' we must carry alone.--A. W. Thorold, D. D. FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, have tried = years to discover a remedy suitable to their own case for the Constipation, Biioemess Indigestion, eadache, Kidney and Liver Complaints arising from Poor pation Weak Stomach, and Disordered Liver. 'o these we say: "Try the new medicine-- # LG MIG LL ZAG PILLS Read what people say. Here it is. Miss 8. Lawsox, Moncton. N. B., says: "They cured me of constipation and sick headache. Mr. H. 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"ce "e 75 6 Bh a a eaee | t sae) "e " 40 « 30, All new and iatest designs: in Swiss Lace, Lace effects, Fringes and Dadoes, Also a complete line of Cartain Pole Trimmings. Come and see our 'Little Beauty' at 22c complete. Our stock of American and Canadian goods is one of the finest ever brongh' to town and will staud the criticism of any Artist. J. SEBURGER. TAKE NOTICE ever ready to serve cus- _ come and leave your J am tomers, order for NEW SU IT or OVERCOAT and you will be sure to have the latest style. Butif you can't afforda new one, get your old ones a Dyed or repaired to look like ne am prepared to do all kinds of DYEING and CLEANING to satisfaction. Old and Faded Gar- ments made to look oe new. Call and get prices. Shop at my residence on William street, one Block Sonth of Baptist church. Wm -- Stephan, Tailor and Dyer. STILL 10 THE FORE 0--0 For the Newest Choicest and besé value ip GROCERIES, yu will tind the old reliable Store of Jas. Armstrong, the right place to deal, CHOICE TEAS AND COFFEE, NEW RAISINS AND CURRANTS, FRESH CANNED GOoDs, PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS, Bargainsin CROCKERY fnd GLASSWARE. Orders filled and delivered promptly. Our long continnance in business is the beat guarantee that wedealsgquarely and give good value for the. mon ey. Butter and Eggs and N te: gs and Cured Meats taken JAS. ARMSTRONG Listowel Post Office. MailsOpens. i. 8.20 a. in. KincaMCand P west 8.20 a. m, Stratford ped points 8.30.a. m. oon 30 Mail 11.4 propel 12. noo Sout 2.20 p. m. Wiarton-s Soushampten ll, a, om andpoinso pm 9.20 a. m. eae Guelph, Ham. a 25a.im. 12 noon ilton all po:nts eas a. m.. 12.45 p,m. 1 20 par 1 a.m, patient ae Trow- 12.45 pm Beginning Mosday, Nov. 30th, 1996. FOR SALE. 100' acres vf land in good state of cultivation, 65 acres cleared, 10 acres of good hard wood bush andthe remainder in alaxhen, There is eon 56, hare 40xi MONEY LOANED ON FAVORABLE TERMS. nd 1 with ns strictly prvate. ll W. & 8. TATHAM. 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