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5- the servie oH'ere(l by The Banlcl of Nova Scotia very con- venient. Thei cashing of cheese, millcancl produce cheques, loans for farm purposes, a satisfactory depository for savings, are only a few oflthe many features avail-: able to farmers at all branches of the Bank. The experience of years in dealing? with farmers is at your service at any branch of 5 w. 1:. snswsum. Farmefs A. c. M .cL1:u.AN Manager. Barrio. In-JIURSDAI % THE fLAVO LAST Err} sol and wil V` I I 6} and New refres So ens Aftc nL,1 A` T f Try It tonight belote you no to bed. TNoo that It gives you Instant. relief from the moat bumlmz Itch and min. Then when you rise 10! BK! CIIUBBUEL - Tho n: 31.00 bani: nllum you on your many back. Try D. D. D530, :00.) ' ' A T 7 "\I"I"l'IlN'SlI'I& that It gives Instant tenet iron: the moat burning Itch and palm Then when you in the morning. note the almost unbelievable lmxrovement in the condltlon of {our skin. uid. beautiful in color. eta nlesa. with I. Pleatlng odor- yet a powerful agent or akln diseases.` TL: G--I I'll) `Inll: Iguana: unn not emu: You've no. idea the time saved with a Toronto Engine and a Toronto Grain Grinder on your farm. Think of how much quicker" an engine will do,the work when attached to your pulper. grinder, saw. cutting box. cream separator, fanning mill or; pump; It's a steady worker. requires little attention, operates economically on kerosene`. e . With a Toronto Grain Grinder. too, you'll `save hours on every trip `to the mill. I know it will ll yourneeds,` either for coarse or fine chop. eiciently and economically. All built with extra capacity. 'au:.:m3';a;.;+" 1 L ` '"="~" For Sale `by H. G._ ROBEBTBONT and WILLIAM OBOSSLAND Dollars in YourPoc1{et Through Time Saved % '11.}; 'n'n'6c}i'7' 7 AND I8 T0-`vDAY A GREATER SELLER THAN IIFORE 18 A TESTIMONIAL THAT IPEAKI FOR I A 'l'HA*'|'-l"I' an am: now run uwuv rum :5!!! uuuznoue ounmve oumu. 2 baby's birth, no can no how . highly for what it but done for uw uwulyr In unit cnuurun Illll -nu-oln In bo'by--tho am one I 1 coal 3&8. - I took Lydlo E. - hum : Vogotoblo Coxnpoundbof to ' it holpod mo. cannot pnioo it l not ollkindoolmodlcino,.buttho.V 1 -votoblo Compound I: thoml ono .` 1 of time.` 1 rooommondlttoonvonowithzttoubloo N o liko mlnoondyounio lotto: tor - I:udmonhl."-ln. nrIlocuu'.Inr. T Port Grovlllo, Non sooth. ' Bofon ondoftorchlld-birththo mothot will nd Lydia I. Phkhlllfl Vogotlbll ` Cnlnnnnml A blaming. on r..o.`;'J:s' i`a"'[`:'Er"uz'n' 3 : I, Internai ana Exter_qg_l_ Pains A Q x g L -Q11: IQlQ l'I'BGCO'l`I| I 1'0!" ..I'BIlI emails. Nana-nldln . `NB WU: Now when night came he fastened one end to the window by means of the glmlet and let hlrnselt down. Only half dressed, he walked a long way through a snow storm until at last he reached his own people. . A Nnw fhlnm: rev-nnlnn:l'nI-ntfv nulls-t FUEUIIUU [I15 U_Wll pUU]J|Uo Now things remained` pretty quiet for a while and Riel still ruled at Fort Garry. But the people did not want him there, so one day a party marched in and tried to get rid of him. But as you canisee Riel was not easily got rid of. `On theeeontrary. he got rid of others instead. So now he did just `as he had done before and took all` these people prisoners. " 1-In wm: vm-v arm-rv. inn, and made: puupxu prusuuurs. He was very angry. too. and made up his mind that he would have one of them shot in order to frighten the rest. A nhnnn nno vnni-no man nonnn Ll HIIUI. Ill UFUUI` LU lfllllll LIIU I`B_BL. He chose one young man named Thomas cott. He said that he had behaved badly while he wasgin. prison I Port (.`:l:"evili1l.leNova goat me e or I unib 0 ` u"5`3'.na for woiknou ind headaches` named to blast :11 out; too, and my ` Ytoot and hands woutht want; I am cbomotborotfourchildrontndlnm uauuy ulu lllp LII`. 'DUllll.'6. , It was a very good pudding, too, and he ate piece after piece. Then, as he was eating. his teeth struck- something chard; What do you think it was? It was a knife and a gimlet. A gimlet. you know. is like a screw. Now he sawa way to escape. I-TA nut that hnffnln rnl-m that ha` nlnnf AVUW HE 55W u way l.U Ullipo I-Ie cut the butfalo robe that he: slept on. into strips and tied them -together to serve as a. rope. This was not long enough so he took some of his clothes as well. .\Yi\uy nvkn-u nloltb nnnnn Ina 'nnOA'|n4. BUIIUILZ. . One day when he had been waiting a long time, for a. chance to escape, one of his friends sent him a pudding. Now It isn't often that a. pudding helps anyone to get out ofoprlson, but_thls was a wonderful pudding for it cer-. tainly did help Dr. -Schultz. It was :1 um-v xrnn nnddiner fnn Iuuuvu guns. _ - McDougall could do nothing, so he and his party had to turn back to a place called Pemblna. Riel now went to live at Fort Garry himself. Thnn Han nnnrlinnn nnrnn tn nnnil LHU uuu ' UFUUUEI. When the half-breeds saw all the white men measuring the land and di- viding it into, lots. they began to be afraid that the white men were going to take their land away from them. They were still more afraid when they heard` tha.t..a ,man named ,McDouga.ll was coming` up there with his "family to rule that part of the country. \Y--.. ......._.... LL-.. --...... .. ....._. -I--._._ nu nu-our yoowv ruulu wu. up-v uuupnvngn Now among them was a very_ clever half-breed named Lou1s.Rlel. All the other half-breeds thought a great deal .0! him, so when they made up their minds to fight the Canadian govern- ment they [made Riel their leader. ;1;ha.t is why it is called the Riel Rebel- on. Elm` nnnlvunv hnuuv I-Inn`: 0:-`lb Lanna. 6.-. IUD: Riel. seeing how they felt, began to encourage the halt-breeds to try and get rid of. this man. "So when they heard that he was on his way to Fort Garry they built attence `across the roadand waited for him. Dnnn R:fnT'\AnnvnI'I nvul` lulu In-sully: Iivnman ruuu_u.nu Wdliu 101' NH. Poor McDougal1 and his family were very tiredtatter their long journey, so it must have been pretty hard for them to find a. fence across their path and men standing there with loaded guns. Mnnuuaall nnnl An` nnfhlno an `an LU IIVU at l.`Ul'L uu'1'y' HIIIIBUIL When the Canadians came to send him away he caught them and shut them up. ~ A Arnnng Hanna mac a man nnmn `hm Lnem up. Among these was a. man named 151'. i Schultz. = T T f\nn (`our Iuknn `an `anti `(an-n uuvnltl-`nu cw-Twin: t WU Many. many lotion neeivpd [[1- ing the name sort or experience :1 in .`E.`.Z.;'.'.`.."`...E`1`:..`3..;'.E; .332.` ..`!.`:.!..2 I" suppose you have all heard of Winnipeg. Well, nearly titty years ago when it was called Fort Garry `and was a very little place indeed, there was `a big right there between the Canadians; and the halt-ibneeds. These "halt-breeds were Indians whose moth- ers had married Frenchmen. They were called by that name because they were half French and half Indian. `KYA-nu cl... I`In~...Al..... -...n_I.s I...) L`-.. wxux uuuuuu. "QJIE LU!` EPELUIHS C0111` panles were quite wllllng. so the gov- ernment gave each companyxa piece of land round their trading post and they thought everything would be all right. But they had forgotten about the half-breeds. ` nun... nu. 1.m1a_k.......ag ....... nl` n....l FAMOUS CANADlAN' STORIES -v-V ---.- ---..--- -.5. -..~-- -..-u~.-- ' Now the Canadian _people had been ver anxious tounite the North-West wit Canada. -The tur trading com- names were unite willing. Sn the env- Re-told for children by Leslie Homer (Copyright by Mcclellandy & Sewart Limited. Toronto) . _ Tl-IE RIEL REBELLIONS I|'.l`lT flag! to ii$uTin"uTii iI"o't"6'nT'.'ia"c:3 moths: beneted, but than cool:-oaultn nun on in tin 4-Jnllal ` p Ill. Ulll_5Uu " And now once more the fighting be- "gan. `There were onlyha few hundred mountedpollce to protect the settlers and they were dreadfully afraid that Riel would win. 1); cl... ..... .....'.........4 .......'.. 4.... `L- 11.151 WUUIU Will. _ But the government came to the rescue. They sent a large number of soldiers up to help the poor ettlers But it took the soldiers a. long time to reach them, and many days before they came, these settlers? had other troubles. ml... 1'...u....- ...1....,......... ...}.... a..:......u..` uuscu uwuy LFUIH LIIBIII. So once more they started a rebel- lion. This time it was in the part of Canada then called the Northwest Ter- ritory. But first they sent as fast as they could for Riel. Now Riel was teaching school at a place in the United States when he got the mes- sage, but he left` school and came away at once. . Ann y..-nu Anna van...` 51.... lc...I.1...... 1.... cu unu Lrlgnteneu away we rest. Theyalso began dividing the half- breeds' land into squares instead of the long strips which they had always had.` They only did this to measure out the country, but the halfgbreeds were sure their land was going to be taken away from them. - En nnnn rnnr-n I-how uforfnil o not-us]- unyunu. _ Now when the Canadians heard about this they were very angry and got together a large army to go and fight him. But when he heard the troops were coming, he ran away to the States. You see he wasn't even a brave man. Nowatifteen years passed away.- During this time many more people had come to live in the country where the half`-breeds were. "And the more they came, the more angry grew the half-breeds and Indians. And there was some reason why they should be angry. ~ . These white men did not know how to hunt properly. They killed agreat manymore buffaloes than they want- ed and frightened away the rest. 'I"hnv'nInn hdann ixyllna Glyn Rolf- ruuwru. N1. ucn ure anu J, 15. namy. Reports from the farming section adjacent to Beeton would seem to in- dicate that pheasants have become quite plentiful in certain sections and that the farmers are taking a. consider- able. interest in them. In some parts they come into the barn yards and are -being fed with other fowl. They return to the woods periodically. thus show- ing that they still cling to the wild nat- ure. Many of the birds are said `to po- sess very handsome plumage. IJIUFU. . - Everyone begged him not to kill this poor boy, but he would not listen, and poor Scott was shot the same day. That shows you what a cruel man Riel was and how unfit he was to rule anyone. Nnur IIIHAB fkn f`on~an`Innn Lanna! pu.l'l. us ulu nuuue. Following are the officers of the .Midland Board of Trade elected at a. recent meeting: Hon. Presidents-T. A. Sharp and A. Bell; Presldent-N. K. Wags: Vice-President-H. J. Thomp- son: Secretm-y--T. Nottingham: Treas- urer--D. A. Fowlie; Council--J. L Craighead. A. C. McNabb. T. A. Sharp, G. Dobson, V. G. Edwards. A. C. Car- ruthers. M. DeNure and'J. B. Hanly. Renorta from then fmvi-rung nnnflnn and that he had been rude to the sol- diers. 1 ' Ivynnuvonqn Ivuv.-.-A41 Ll... .....A 4.- 1-19: 4n-n_ III '3 Eliza` pu\"n?'I!|nIInfI1.I l|IIIl.Il nuuu. V . ' 1 While the f mily of John Osborne, Alliston, were way on a visit a water pipe burst in the1r_cellar and water streamed from the half inch pipe for several days. It is estimated that 30,- 000 gallons went to waste but the san- dy aoil in that localitw absorbed the water and it did not get into the upper part or the house. Wnllnwlnn nun tho nf`l {nnuu A? flat: pvcvxuuu. U'i"lhe late Joh'n"Sm1th. of Stayner in his early days zworked on` the Royal Farm at Windsor, and .was presented with a. large family Bible by the Queen. The family have it among their most treasured possessions. _ I "l`hn nnflnn nf Ian D `Ruthnn nf Q1-nu I-l'UuUl'UU PUSBCBBIUIIB. The action of Jas. P._R.yther of Stay- ner `against Jas. Russell of Fergus for damages caused by an automobile collision on Wasaga. Beach last July was dismissed by Judge Vance in the division - court with costs. A nnnfnonf (Am >`kn an-u-uv l`1nIIlm.- I-IIVIEIUII UUUIFL WILH QJUHLH. The contract for the new Coiling- wood Collegiate Institute has been awarded to G. H. Thomas & Son at Galt at 9. price of $125,011 for the job complete. There were 21 tenders rang- ing vfrom $125,000 to $190,000. " Whiln fnllnwla fhn nnrnn In Many- JH5 'Ll`lUll Q160,UU_U LU Q13U,UUU. ' While following the parade in New- market last Friday Amorning a. lad named Jackie McG1bbon fell off a sleigh and broke an arm. He will have something to remember the.hockey `victory by in years to come. Marga rat 7 Tat`:-nlv fnmm nv-I17 nf VLUI.Ul.'y uy 11: years LU uulue. Margaret La.Cro1x, formerly of Penetang, is charged in Toronto with blgamy. having recently married a Chinaman wliile Antonin La Pagae-. who claims he ,married her In Midland in 1916, is still 9. resident in Toronto. hnn Qurnnunn nf 1\/fllnn ;{nn+nnAA ul 131.0, us auu it reauuunt. 111 :.|.'0I'0l][O. Don Swanson of Midland sustained a. fractured skull. a broken collar bone and other injuries on.` Feb. 16, when, While at work in an elevator, a. cable broke striking him with such force that he was thrown `fifteen or twenty feeAt. - ll 'lX7{Inn AF lfllnu ......L --.!A.I. .. LUCK. A. M. Wiles of Midland met with a. very painful accident on Feb. 16, while inspecting lumber in the yards of the Letherby-Chew Lumber Co. [When crossing 9. pile he was tripped by an upturned b,oar_d. and sustained two broken ribs and `slightly hurt his right hand. - UFUISUI hand. 117k! UUIILULIUII Lruul u. uuxuwwy suulupulnt. -Last year there wereetaken from the Alliston library no less than 11,719 books, of which 9385 were `taken out by adults and by juveniles. This etotal was an increase of 854 over the year previous. Th!) Info Inhh "Qrrfh nf Qfnvnnn h-I pull on W are ulna. No- harmful drug: are need in the pre station of this medicine-Just rootr en he:-be-end it can be taken in safety by the nursing mother. ~98 out of every: 100 women reported benet from {tr ule In 3 recent canveu among women `user! of thle medicine. 0 WLQSLIIUUIHL zsunuay BCUOOI IIDFEPM. _ Dr. J. D. McDonald, M. .0. H. of Huntsville, reports that the Court I House and premises are in a deplorable condition from a sanitary standpoint. -Lani vnnr 1-hm-A ulnrnlnlznn frnm Hm '.l'lUll|.BVlllU. '- The ministers of Meatomi are [plan- ning to conduct a religious census and church attendance V campaign in the town in the near future. Wvn" Dnilnr nf LTnII4~.nA `I nnl-.~ `Irma- LUWII Ill Ll!!! IIUEIJC l|.ll.Ul't2. Fred` Bailey of Holland Landing was sentenced to three months in jail for theft of books from the Newmarket Methodist Sunday School library. Dr. J, D, `M'r-Tinnul `M (1 `LT n-P uuuu aulu Lu u, zvuulunu wreclung urm. Oriljia. Board of Trade have appoint- ed a. committee to look into the pract- Ticabity of`. a broadcasting station in that town. A 7 I-Ilunfntyllln TT~\CnnIn6n Inn:-A A...n.n._l_;.A.~ Llldl. I.UWllo ' Huntsville Unionists have organized" themselves into. a. distinct group to be known as the Union Presbyterians of - Hun tsviile. mun +v.x..a..o...... Ac 14/r.\..o.-....: ...... '...1.... `the Methodist church until June 10. r....--..... w.. --.v a. nun... -vu \/0 aavuqnuo The Union Jxiinority of Orillia. Presbyterian church has gone over to nu.-.. Ll... n.._n...u.;.-_. ru-_.;_-;____, ___. . ga&$$m%&&$g$wa| l-now ovnvvnnvuawu wnnunvol unlwll vunc LV- The big freighter Glentrlven; which was` stranded some months ago, has been sold to a Midland wrecking firm. Orillia Board of 'l`radn hnvn m-mnln+_ I` I-Ierrlngton, secrAeta t-y of the Colllngwood Board of Education, died on Feb. 12. To (1: ..........-...n.: =u....o IV in ~::1....u....-..'*.. Ull ECU; 14- . ,It is rumoredthat G. W. Eccleston, M,P.P.. of Bracebrldge is "to take a position on'the '1`. and N. 0. Board. mu- 1-v...c-._ ..L:__ _.-4.-- -- A . . Lydia E. Pilvnkliem Vegete- * He Compound e Dependable Help for Mother: I The stories in the March issue of Rod and Gun-in Canada are sure to excite the interest of every sports- man. "Staking All On Horse Sense." by E. Dalton Tipping, Western Experien- ces," by Donald Graham, The Tender- foot." by Roderick O'Neill, are a few of the entertaining stories contained in this number. Canada's Wild Buffalo by Maxwell Graham is an article brim- ful of interesting and valuable infor- mation on this subject. In addition there are the regular stories--_`-That Tent and Thirty-Five Below by F. V. Williams, Slightly Mistaken by Martin Hunter, Some Adventures With the Great Horned Owl" by Bonnycastle Dale and Emperor Geese and Queenly Swans by J. W. Winson.:\which cover a variety of subjects and the depar'tmental'edi- tors, W. C. Motley, R. P. Lincoln, C. S. Landis and M. U. Bates have brought their departments up to their usual high standard, `helping to make .the March number one of the best yet. Published mnnfhlv hv `K7 .1" Tnxrlnr 1.u.u.1'uu uuluucr Une U1 Ule nest yet. Published monthly by W. J. Taylor, Limited. Woodstock, Ont. ` (The News. Deer River, Minn.) The announcement of the death of Mrs. Dan Mclsaac of Mack. which oc- curred at the P. E. Brooks residence about six o'clock. Tuesday. evening, Feb.y10, came as a great. shock to her friends here.` Mrs. Mclsaac was taken ill at her" home late Monday evening. A physician was called immediately and she was brought here for treat- ment early `Tuesday. Everything that could be done _by human hands was gone, but with no avail and the end came peacefully that evening. Marv Alice McI{av nan hm-n an urns; L:1.uu= puuueiutiy trial . evening. Mary Alice McKay was born in West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 26, 1854, a little over seventy. years ago. For a number of years she lived at Tollendal, near Barrie, Ont. She came to this vicinity in 1901, living for some years near Island Lake. .Feb. 16,1912. she was married to Dan Mc- -Isaac, who, with an adopted son, Ed- win, survives. She is also survived by a. sister, Mrs. Christina McNevin, of Duluth, and a, niece,. Miss Ethel S. McNevin. head of the community char- ities at Duluth. IE1-vn 'IA n`l'annn Ln ! ........I_.'_r LL- n. Lucas at Jgulutn. Mrs. Mclsaac had reached the Scrip- tural allotment ot three score yearsl and ten." Her life was characteristic of the pioneer woman. She knew the life of the early settler and opened her heart and hands to those whom she could aid. Born of Scotch Presbyter- ian ancestry, her life was character- ized by the virtues of honesty, thrift, charity and friendliness. A sturdy oak li1as fallen from the forests of human-I ty. * OBITUARY 31 *I0X0X0X0I0I<>X0I4 >X0I0X0X0I0X0I4 FORMER TOLLEN DAL RESIDENT DAGQEQ A\AIA\l Inn nn : ; n . a - . --. -1 yr. nsollllzli I 3X"s.';\WK. IN MINNESOTAI MARCH ROD AND GUN" MISEBABLE ANIJ ALWAYS IN PAIN .>.-Ill `To Meeehenee and Salesman EACH NEW SUBSCRIBER ADDS TO THE OF YOUR TELEPHONE `Ihis testimony is remarkable A leading Department Store states:-- One of the most ex- traordinary increases that ever took place in any section of our business was in the section de- voted to telephone orders g By continuous advertising, by re-arranging and increasing the number of telephones and by holding educational meet- ings with the selling staif, in an almost incredibly short space of time our telephone orderswere at least quadrupled. * We are proud toibehelping this and_ other stores to obtain such prompt and protable in- creases. iWould `you care to discuss the possibility. of increasing your sales in this way? --w-3 Q nindli IVllIy\a l\II II; L\J'l/`I5 I ' RATT FOOD CO. OF CANADA.`L'PD.. 'I'ORON'l`O~ uid-up Capital : 1o.ooo.ooo Reserve - - 19,500,000 Total Assets - 2l0.000.000 ESTABLISH ED 1 832 ink of Iflova Scotia -5 ` L HEAD and 2 V BRONCHIAL ` COLDS " II turm-liI8ni' , Just Swallow. a rcamufly ` lactate: normal to: . ` all clzigkgg. cumin: and "~1.:*:.1:-..*-.*:r..:..."*-~..'.'.'==. ..-in-..,, .`f.Nporboxu:'lruIto:voI.Bond6c. 2: amorous trial. Templeton. Toronto.