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jrril l Insurance and Real Estate Agent. OFce-\\'ith Me.-sslrs. McCarthv, Boys 8: Murchison |so);ciuors, BARRIE. om._s.1v. The above anount has been placed av tr di pnsal forinves!mer.t_in Mortgages on R 1a! E1-la. Lowent Rana ol Interest No Valuation Fee G neral FIRE _ard LIFE IXSLLRANCE and REAL ESTATE bminess also transacted. ---CALL OR WRITE--, CUT FLO\VE'RS-R`scs. Carnations, v'_iole`s. etc.. fresh ew-.r_v dav. Bnuqnet=,-Butt n- hofe. Handor Corsage. Funeral Tokeusin any designs VEGETABLES- Celerv. (`risp and Tender; '._EItl1CP_ Cahhnrna p2I`Gl`;I\G Rania F-xponto VbLiI'l`ABLES- Celerv. Lettuce, Cabbage, Parsnips. Beds, Carrots. etc. _ SEE`D.S--Flow: r Seeds,Vege1ab!e Secds,Plar: ts V and bulbs. TAYLOR Telephone 15. MONEY!MONEY! SEED s'ros=2E aeur. tree. usuest ency ror aecurlngcgabenw. Patents taken t rough Muna & . receive special notice. without. charge. In the . A -9- ..AQQ! - 011... ...Q - - .- v---v y_--_v--vvv-vv VA handsomely illustrated weekly. Lamest c::- culation of any scientic ournal. Terms, $45 u venr: four months. 81. so (1 byall newadaalen. hnnm n n- ---_ . n_--- u-_:. "Well; yes. Aunt Mlartha abdmitted slowly, there is something to be told about `that. whidh may interest F0133? { V ` V F8111`: I0!!!` IIIOTJID 5.1. 50! ny nu UOWBGGRIQTE mum & cnfevamm. New gm Bran-:2) Otlice. 6?!) F 82.. Wash!`-uxion. 1- . Tam: MARKS Dzsmns Convnlmrrs ac. Anyone sending a sketch and descrigtlon may quickly ascertain our opinion free w etim: an invention is probably atentabio. Communica- tions strictly condent ni. Handbook on Patents sent. free. Oiest c I ec 1 men . Patents taken ``$onu%h O1al1n1`1u.&ngC1. rectgiva VA.\'ILLA. for ice cream, for instance Buuxc Powmzn. for cakes. One is a drug, of course: the other 3 `ch mical` ani ther are still others-SPICES of all kinds. cream of tartar, etc. The best lace to get drugs 5: at a DRUG STOR . ' The druggist knows more about them than other people. VVe krci: avgond drug store. Come and ask us about` kitchen drugs. MBNKMAWS DRUG STORE Drugs and Chemicals - _-_ _ , _---. " 3 hair was fnllin out bad! and Ivan nfni 1 would lose its . Then I tied Ant : Hair Vigor. It quickly ntopred the falling and made m`hu.|r :11 I comd 1! sh It to be." 3300A E. ALLIN. Elizabeth, N. J. 31.00 a bottle. All a c f 122 `1PIc" Y`! I Io W0 . III. _ OI` - Z I A In the Kitchen nouco, W11 . 7i.I!!!fi5f1iTii!`f`?ia!3%J ._--_-_- w-------vv-- uvc -- coo-0'!-no WUIJCJO For a few minutes we sew-ed` in silence, :eavch busy with {her own thoughts. Then I dnopped "my work and reached for my old friend -the patchwork - quilt. gwhidh I! that! brought `out `to the veranda from force of habit. How like a senftient thing it seemed as though its vari- colored blocks were vital pieces of: human lives. 9 VT grow, completely cures dan- druff. And it always restores color to gray hair, all the rich, dark color of early life. `I. \..l_ - _ Falling` hair means weak hair. Then strengthen your hair; feed it with the only hair food, Aycr s Hair Vigor. It checks `falling hair,_makes the `hair Successdrs to the lite R. Cristoe. $190,000.00 to Loan. HENRY BALL FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. ARE BEEIDED EVERY DAY oz DUXLOP-ST, BARRIE. September lhad come bringing with it the last day of my visit tad Aunt Martha. Once more and for the-l~ast ` time we sought the veran'd'a._babhed in the soft Septemvber sunl:'g4h.t. and, esettled ourselves for a film`! storysj Lwnr I) `A117 'I:UIII`J|t1 --.n ...._--A._I' GO TO THE NEW :35 Dunlvp-St. Barri; IN SI ST on your Dealer 2 ydu ,, Ldn ' of the followingjvell k'nown*braii`tl[s:TTof I Jw ag `AIJLOIQ QIIQ \lU4llIl\vh U _IIIIJl I\aI ' I V` , ' l. l V I It wa_shes equally well zm _h_ar.d or soft water wztlzoct boiling or hard rubbing. Follow the_ dxrectzons ox; ti.-c pac_l;agc?and you';.'will;l1a'vo? a more successful wash with less labor.` " . ~ \'...-.. J_._!-_ 1. ___4L..,.! -.l .-- D c A. 7- -' ' a uausv cubs-aauu W Pu Wlul III?! JED` Your dealer is authorized _to anyone ndmg cause for compiamt. gs guaranteed tq be absglutely pure, contau_*.mg no1`ngred:e_u_ umt`wi11 mjure the damt1est_fabnc. T `T If `nacho: onnonu \I9n1` us 1...... -.. --I; __-__4,,- ".1, . a 70-0 \ ou ve probabiy used Soapitlcfedn have found outafterwards that it had destroxed __ _ 1" . AIQ A--: - FAN _-- The Sunlight Maids admire the adults aor washing fo Gunght way V Love SConquest. `."'%.-"I to-Vyoocg, `. ') sun1i..;>:1faif Soa ``D* My wwv (Ff The young peo- No others so Satisfictory. _m/zit aaotuahs LIMITED, -fondsro For: Sale nade shedj Deals-n v----v,~ v w - - - -vv - 3"!-0 v`-v--v-on; eventual` tic occupation. (but Thomas that he must make [hay while th sun shone. or lmtmcr.` make me while the moon shone. and acted .a.cco-rdingly-to no [appreciable et- fect. _ Rf- 'l`In ytvhe dim.-,wa.`verin'g light of` the lanterns there was none to not'v iee it Arnold`s Fennls hand taund Mattie`: sometimes among the corn husks, and the rustle of the stalks covered many a word. intended for her ear alone. And when once the girl found a red ear`--well. the near ; est ~young m'an . Istands `tube heat V7 oliance _'in such cases. i But when Arnom reluctantly sur- * rendemd lh-is ichiarmer `to Thomas Jerome the had not succeeded in win- ning the answer he daecined. Thomas escorted the muc'J1'courted`mnid- to the house where `supper had been prepared Pay the dteid housekeepers. A bountiful supper it was. baked beans. cold mera.ts_and -pumpkin pie. - T` "The consumption of such hearty eatmbles irnat a par-t~iou.lar.1y reman- bin 'nnAI-n-v\a:.a;-1 nnulv VI"--._.`..... I__"`---- -._v 0415.54 JJJUVVA3 UL J-luv ) in the middle of the broad lbarn floor. and on the other side. the cows stared sbolidly from their stan- ohions at the unlacoustvomed intrudr ers upon their night s repose. Lan- j terns were `hung on nails at inter-3 vals and the Lvoung people. withl many a merry laugh and jest. seat"- tacked the` pile of corn waiting in the middle of the floor to be J1usk.-'- ed. Occasionally a red ear would be husked. and then there was a scizalhr.-` `ble. to kiss the maiden who [had found it; or. `it a 'young man. he 1 1 ed themselves on benbthea and et- mightkiss the maiden of` his choice -if he could`. ~ T You may `be sure Harry "did not let slip his. chance . ito` plead his cause. but no urging" would induce Mattie to give him a decisive an- swer. When they had reached {the scene ot the husking lbee he was; forced to surrender the coy maiden to Arnold Fenn. Arnold. of courses had no chance `to: a private inter- I ,view. but there is more than onei ~way of making l-ove, and a huskingf bee affords many an vopportunityto I a watchful youth. - `'1 was there. too. that night. and i I remember 813- it were yesterday: the quaint scene in theebarn where] the husking took `place. On one side i were the high-heaped mows 6f hay.! in rho v-nA.A.Ie. A: 4.1.... 1_..-_-_I m___.-,' ` pie; -and Mattie V Brooks. her Jo-ur7 ilovers.--and John Sea:-lea were in-j vited. Mattie wore `this very dress? that night. Now you w.ill under-{ stand that Maggie was treading on dangerous `ground just at this time. She did `not wish to give `otence. to any of her, lovers for fear she might inadvertently offend the man of her eventual ehaoioe. . So she promisedgto `drive to the hueking bee with Harry Colby. to husk with Arnold Benn. to go in to \isu;pp:e1v with Thomas Jerome. and to drive rhome with Lester _ Fa-irman. Witlh this division of her Jbompany all four were obliged to'be content. . . l\ll I refund `the p'.:rc}'1:isc bnioney .to was {hm [ohmce anw one had ' ,t_han the it wouhi] ' KINGVEDWARD" `H |?A%. |~lGH_T' ' ,~`;9%:A;;|.'&' ~ ` %%V.IvT9F%!A' * VPARLOR - -- - -v - It-7 - w-w ."Arnold: Fenn. Nvas the f-i1`s`t`to ,break'tihe surprised ailenoe. . A didn't she tell -_uj`t_,l1'pft.in the t`irsvi: ;.p;Ta`e}.l7 i 139, Ldexnanqg V--- u-o-v aw `@1906 V? aJ.a\Qo.oJ I-I-lu\l. "The four gasped and Mattie start ed and ushed. She opened lher_ lips to speak` but ol_osed' `them again in silence. A ash of comprehension il- lunained her he"a1'-t`and made plain .what she had not realized not sus- pected .until- now. She was a littue startled to find; that it would not be hard: to -choose -now among the five men standing `below he; the bgrn . oor. . . ' = -` .___ ..v--`- -"`V".l'hen . Beatles` continued ea_lm.'Ly,~ `it mayhel-p to . reoqneile you _to her : decision Iteofbe ,t_old .-tzatthe reason ` Miss Brooks will not marry .you.is` that she is .gbin g to !_nar.ry me." IHIWI... : . . . _ _ _ _ _ -..l __..`I If_'.L..L-- _LA#_A "searles 1:-bought ra.-pidgly 9. few mn manta. "Well. i? gentlemen." ` he said. finally. "you heai Miss Brook`: decision. Do .-you still refuse to al- Vlow ylier tgo desqend P". _ . _ I "7-'3YaT w? Jo."}TaLe .obstihately- Afrgm _all-q f-our. _ 7 ' " `I'll vteullv `you what's" g-aging -Jon.--i Mr. \Searles."- Mattie cried promptly. Those dour peraons-I won't `call them men-refuse to let, me come` down than this mow. .until.. I `pm- mm t6 marry one of them. and I will .never. never. never marry any on_e_ of_ _t=hen!" _ _- Mattie sank down upon the hay again [in despair and almost in tears. {What should she do? Suppose they should be missed (and the whole` company should come` to look for} them. ._How. they would laugh!` Never n lh-er life , would she hear the last of it! And yet how could she marrylpne-of these finals- tont boomv.-No. she would not do that at a.nyo_rate,. She realized now she had not one atom of love for any of the four. But something must be done and that quickly. or- uo\`lTI....a.!... .._:..'.. -.. 1.--- n -'_-I' .ority. ~ --an v--:7 u-gov u-oat: vanlutv QVAAVJBLJQ I-`IlA"` "`What s going -on here. A cool voice `broke in [on M a.tti soliloquy. and glancing down.she saw John Sea-rles standing in the barn door. Tall. well built. with dzanly straight- torwardness in every feature. there was about him` a_ subtle air -of auth- /. ln\Y_ .,,_ , _ . .u -` - ..- .... .,...,,,..m-.u LU ner anu man an been put. oif 'wiUhaT vaague answer which neither amopted 'norTrejeTote.d hczu. but gave each "reason U05 Izope. The -names of `these young men were Harry Colby. Armold Ferint Thomas Jerome and Lester Fa-irman. Tim`? were all emin-entily eligible and My one of them `would have made Mattie 9. good husband. Indeed. it Wins! FL! _.-_, Ly: v "No answer] came from um`-, `besI.eg,- ers.- They started at his voice. flush ed. shifted .un.6aaily org their and hung'- their heads aheepia_hly. 3 -H1 !!! ..+..n -..... ....:|.-u-. _-:._.. I As 11er-mi'r.'L=.h subsided her wrath `began to` rise. (Dhis. then. was their love for that! Well. tlheyo should see"hucaw fmudhi good t-heir`: `trick would `do 'them.- She rose andi looked 4down with flashing eyes. ` u 017`... -.-.JLJ. u._ __\_.__.__J -12 ____ -_ _-.._ ...-.. --........-., ., .. D "'You ought `to be ashamed of lyourselves. -eyery` one of you. she ioalled down Iindignanttly, You. ?'Dhonms Jerome." say'yo'u'd do any- I thing in the world no miake mo imp- py. and you begin; by making me` `ridiculous. A good proof of love.` gfahati And as 'for the rest of you? j-well, if "you want my decision. so! `here it is! Nothing would now in- _duove me .to marry any one of you! `Now put that ladder up! I __`.-_ . ,v _ u I111- __-3'Il _ _-_- - -. 7 - -\ L `We will no`:-"a,cce*pt any such. iecision =ag' that. said Harry Colby"; "until you decide tp marry one of` usbvthe ladderstays where it is." 1 -- .. tuvuu -9..--- .-u For a moment M-attie stood up there on the '.hay msoiw and gazed down -on her determined 'bes2egcrs' in amazement; -`then the humor of the situation eflashed -ever her and she sank down upon the hay_vand laugh: f [ed until she g-a-sped for'brea't;h. ll`- `.;__ ,, Miss Brooks." Lester continued. we .don t mean to `be harsh or rude.. --I guess" you know we're all too much in love with you for that- butXthere s reason in what Tom says. we "all "have a right to know 1 your choice without` `being kept in suspense any longer. and we do not. intend to let you come down until yous have deeidied to marry one of us. Now which shall it be 3 .,--v v wvloov vv agvup .p.:aaI\rl-Lbuu `JJVIII . "Look. here. Tom, said Arnold, stepping forward. "this is uni`air. It there'suto. be any deciding I;-onight. there` are others Ibesides you to be reckoncdbwit-h. I claim_ a right to be considered `by Miss Brooks. also." "I3{v. V iI;;t'ie wsM;bh:r `ieeera had not; been umobseryant of `what was` happening. They had all.` from different pol-nt.s.noticed `.her and Thee.- leave `the mouse. `and, 9. little .p2_qued at what seemed an_un-fair advantage for Thomas` `to take. held` promptly tolhowed and `traced the -pair to the barn. All threegarrived in the barzr just in time to them Iihuomas plea. HI ..I.. 1...... II\._. as A_.___I4 7 And I! And .1!" came simul-" taneously from Harry Colby and Les ter Fairman. hurrying into the barn. "Now. Mattie he called. "when you say -you'll marry me I'll put this ladder up again `and'nai until You've dilly-da.-llied "Long enough and. 1t s time you made up your rnind.i Oh. Mattie.?'. he pleaded. his stern- ness giving way to tenderness; "say; yes! You know I love you: I'd do anything in `the world to make you Ihappy; Won`t you `be my wife 3" u\'.L.... If,..J.J.!..!.. AL\_-_. Lv__-_ u__ ._ 1v`ff`f`?_3 80;&v?1S';53;;.( .?[n'i'ee'_<`!`.?t" (J" , "3 VOW _th`1D8 which made-aA Kjxoc am-ODE! nhemso ditfioult. I-`I; only [been a little better W3 tihe anthers. Imtagtw t'h.ough~ts H 0U d have been easrer to ohuou. There was another man that". "350 this story. althou"m`Id- ho. "*5 not considered a. awitor of ,Mut.- ` His _name was John Searlea. {B M Paid Mattie some slight at. I;::;n.'mut hd ziever asked her to H 3 and ewdently `had no intent- ~:OIl so. "Early in the man. a husking up was Ffivt-n 1'1!) nun .u..&II.... _-.-_.__ ,,-_ zsddnly .%.iren1i3!`l'1b"}1`d" ~ mat sis; magi; `1o.'tt'."}ie1" 'sha'wl1nin'tJhe?_b!arn anid.noth- .` in`: would -dobut she`. must go a.- . `Ate: it. <'1`homas- `o'_onrs'e.>'_`accoui~ ` panied' her. ~'l`_he . show!-~wss not_ .| found, at` once so `the nimble tari- merfs `idaiaghtet climbed, a ladder` leaning iagai st, the mow, to see if some mi.aohi'ou`s :"~eve :le'r-. had tcss-V ed `-it up on" the hay. 1f`or once. Thomas. who was none `too quick- zvitted had -an inspiration. No soon er was Mattie on the high m-ow than be seized the ladder and drew `it, down. leaving her without means of descent. r NORI:HER1.ADV:A1\ C%E `I There have beeiizo of these iii- _struments sold" to. gcitizens of .1`) A`l'\*.I\'lws 101 . lJ\Il\L -CANADA'S STANDAR6. u""uLAvnV Iuulusa I.l.l..|'U.y 1CBI.l'U.U(l.` 13".- `us say. as `an upright and benevolent manufacturer -regards the miseries of sweatshorps and the sufferings of unemployed labor. Such things were bad, very ba-d, but they were the accidents and not the essentials of the industrial system. They re: sented the strictures of the critics: they were -a.pprehens~ive of the g m~'- ing'.hos't-ility in the north to When` in_stitu-tions; it the` nativonalpartnen ship was to last they. must, have their rights under. it`;.`and one pt those rights was '-an equal share in u the national dnomain. -..'. .nq\I\ To` a man. livint like Davis -on his: own plant.atxon,_ t~ e.re`lauon of mas.- ter and slave seemed a fundamental con'di'tion"of thesoeial order. ` Not only--`his livelihood rested on it. but through -this relation his practical faculties 'found their field; his .eton- seience was exercised in the right management and care of his slaves: there was a true sentiment-of pro- tection on his side and lo alty on bheirs.-t His neighbors "an "friends weresituazted like `himself. The incidental "misc'hi-e1's of the. s stem; the abuses by bad masters. it e ig- noranee and l_aw_rmomlity of theslav es--t. hese rthings tfhey regarded.- let "us nav- an `an nnv-in-I\+ and h....m...I......a PIANO ` allegiance` it George S. Merr:am.. in the.Spring- field ltepuiblican: Jefierson Davis was in many ways a typical south-A erner. he was a,s.ncere. able and high-minded. man. The guiding, aim of` his `public life was to serve the: community as he understood its -in-` tericsts. Personal amibitlon seeming; ly influenced him no more than is` to be expected `in any strong man; and _.whatever his `faults `or Judg- ment or temper, it dioiesnot appear that he ever knowingly` sacriiicedl the public good to his own profit or aggrand:zemen:. But he was de- voted to a social system and z: polit- ical theory -which bound his Limit, to his State and his sec.-l tion. After a cadetship at West: Point and a brief term of military service. he lived -for eight years,` 1837-45. on a -Mississippi plan`.at.oin in ; joint iccwnership and control with his ' older ibr-other. In these early years, and in `the seclusion of a plantation h.s tlieor.es crystallized and his men- tal habits. grew. it was doubtless the circumstances of such` life that fostered in southern politicians, the tendency to logical and symmeuxcal theories, to whicihthey held tena-. `ciously. unmodified !by. the regard` for. expenence which is bred 1r-o-m free and various `contact with the. large world of. affairs. Davis- fuzllyf accepted the theory 01` State sov-er- eignty which won general favor i-ni the South. In this view the States! were independ in powers. which Lheid formed with each other, 'by the con- stitution. a compact, a ibusiness ar- nang.em-ent.- a kind of limited_part- ners-hip. I1`~'che compact was-brio-' lien in any .or`` its articles,-or its` working ipnoved {hi any time to `be; unsatisfactory or injurious, the E I. partners could iwithdraw at willl. This theory hound more or less sup- port among the var-iousv utterances " and practices of the framers of the constitution and ifoun-ders of the} Government. In `truth-they had as; a body n-o consistent and exact .the- i or) 01" the. federal ibond. Later c;r- : i I ! cumstances led their descendants to" incl:-ne `to a stnonger or a looser tie, according to t-he.ro`iIferenjt intere-.-its and sen'ciments._ The institution of slavery-so stnongly ~dii t'erentiated the southern- communities. from their northern neig-h`bors,- that the naturally` magnified their `loca rights and favored the v.ew which jus"ci1`iedr them in the last resort in renounoing the authority of the Union if it sihiouldcome to be ex- ercised against their_ industrial sys- tem. ..iState sovereignty` A was. the creed. and the slavery interest. ~.p_:zis `the; motive. 1 ' ' ' 4- i 7"` V` uullg 15 given by one` L `4 . BUY THE 1 EREDpBROOKS; , AGENT `u wanna. . "f;u fvorget that your uncle and [I both have middle n-am-es." she'sa.d. `And then she actually ed. 9 Isaac vv II` I Auntie`s ,eyes came back to me with an amused 'b,ash'fulneas at which I wondered. ` 1 ' ` "I [think you will have to ask f said demurely : I Y ...L....-.: - 3 7- your Uncle -`John about that." she` _ . _ . --, a.....`_.,..-.. nun wuvu uuu_c.|' "But the names!" I cr2ed>b'e\'v'IJ.-1 i`dered.( - --_.-_~- urwnirooaln-IO ""`-Ma`.tie`. came a low. thrilling .v`oioe.`dEd I teli a_]ie? I've never- .old you I love you. but you didn't need to `be told. did you? I ve_long- ed fo`r you. hbped for y_o_u,"worked for you ever slnda I first saw you. and now--wa.s it a lhie, Mattie.?'_I ' -'n.:"j _ I__._ J. name :1. u-- aAvp AILG-lalulc I `I `"1 vs-'.a-i"t'ed"a long tame; but dAi1,n"t. Martha `did not continue. W. .hen I glanced up Ehe had dropped `her j work `and was gazEng out across I the fields` with a tender. dreamy` look in `her eyes. -. I hesitated tql break in on her reverie; but I did want to know what "Matt-Ze said. 01117.! I M 1 "7-iIe1'1"." 1"gag.Ea 'timidly. "arid ,_ what was "Mattie s ans{Ner 7" P A._-4L,'_I_ 7 \ 1 uyju juijiw ; 4E8?Wm~4%` . .151 E1?z??9*h`Sm`B9i%:A %tf 1" `tie `came .down the ladder. while .. - ___- . ...v ..n-._`. vnaynJo With_out_ a w'or3\.T but with `fl-arm 4 ing cheeks and ' downoadt eyes.-` Mat- Johq Searles `held it steadly. in place. 1 But as her foot left `the last rung] she found herself clasped in strong arms which held her close. Oddly ianough she felt no wish to resist their. tender strength. V ll C`II'..L!-~I _- V There was an amused twinkle in Auntic`s eyes. as she collected her thoughts; `then while I resumed my work the story began. -j ' "The `girl of whose` dress tibia is: 2: piece was named Mattie ,Br0_0ks. 1' was `well acquainted './with her when I was young. and indeed am- still ongfamiliar terms with her. She was a farmer's daughter and to my mind there was `nothing retnarky able aLcut her; but the young men of her acquaintance seemed to think` her company very pleasant. at least (here was Lgeneraily one -or more in "her "vicinity. I am afraid Mattie. v.':;z~ called something Of.` 51 wf1Irl.t. but the accusation wasuunjust. for she` uuver encouraged any man's 1a.tt-en? ti_cn:s with the deliberate purpose of rcjccziug him -at -last. The .'trou.hle with her as with many another girl before and -tsince.wa's that she (IOUi.lt_1 not decide which of {her suitors she liked :best. i T i ` `Brooks? he said :'1_ h3' 'f9.? Wen hur&I?%&w : Tw `at 164 . 1 % if;'?h3';-zhsi;at9d;. 's.l:`m,`- A. ced sidewibe at one_ ginnhr and at` [last slunk st-len_tlVy_' out the -barn. "When Searles fwas sufe they were out of sighjfand hearing be placed`! the ladder aga.inst the mow and for 116 first time looked 1rp_at `Mattie. `Will you come down now. Miss gently. -' ' AI u\IT:LL ---L - The Head of the Southern Confederacy. , _--_-- -v-Jr stared, gasped and then under- ....l. I The annual meeting of the Essa to_`w_n_lineT Presbyterian 0-hutch was held-Lqn the` 14th inst. when it-was "show1:'i by._'t\l.)e Auditors and Treas-` -,:I1,_1"'e_:..1;- ,s`:. _\;epor_tIs,-_"that it. is in good; \ }`.8t.?.th<.li:h$;~ .1 `It fits unani- 1 EM :3 -'* T a?%A?P -9f% " I _ Thtvxmas W:-Vigub; and her son George, are vspe.n.d'ing a well-earneld fholitja-y visiting _ friends in Markham. II\L._ --)_! ._ ', The next important -principle is ' continuity. Here again we learn at - lesson from British methods. The T British farmer having learned what .;_his environments require. has con- l l -`tinned year after year. generahon I 2-afzer -generation. produdng the same fgfainily o the same breed. being ex- :gtremely careful about in-fusing new blood. t isnot an infrequent thing _ to Ilnd a farm on whioh Leicester . sheep have been bred for perhaps titty or ahundred years. nor is this :3 true oi Leicesters alone. but applies _;to all fbreedsvoi British stock. 1 Utility is another gpeoint ythiat vi should always be foremost in the Lfmind oi`_ the breeder. W.hy do we Hbreed sheep? That they may pro- duce the greatest quantity of the i _ hes: quality '01 wool and mutton for gfeed consumed and care given. We `may phoose a suitable breed, and oconftinue -our eiforvcs along the same 3line for a` considerable period. yet `if we do not keep in mind the util- 'ity oi our animals, our efforts are illkely to oome to n'aught.V Too `I much attention has been paid`i'o fa.-dz 'and fancies, and notenough to the `utility of the animal. Miss Mary Ross of BarrETe was the gnegt -of Mrs. George Sharpe. for a- iew` days last week. up ' -n. "05- u . l Crossing is another feature of breeding very much misunderstood `in Canada. In Britain it means the gselection 10f ewes of a certain breed `which are crossed witih. a male 05 `another `breed, in order to secure market lambs, but theproduce of `this, cross is never used for breed.- ging purposes, For instance. Cheviot iexves are. sometimes crossed with Down rams and sometimes with Wen sleydales or others of the Leicester family. in order to produce lambs with better feeding qualities and bet ter sellingnquadities than the pure bred Oheviots. But in order to keep B up a constnnt supply a deraxin num- ber of the best ewes are mated with the" `best Cheviot rams. These are kept for breeding purposes. while the -half-breds are sold t-o the Low- land farmers for feeding purposes. No ' British A breeder ' thinks. 01". using these crgoss-bred animals for breeding .purp:oses. Why not? Because hundreds of. .years of -experimenting have shown that good results cannot be obtain- ed. ,i. ~ .v. V To sum up. therefore, in order to` obtain theibest results environ- ment must be studied. effort must be continued. along one line.` utility must always be kept? in view, and crossing must never be done. except for a special purpose, and then the offspring must always -be fatte.n:e`d and sold, If conducted in this way the flocks of `Canada will be firmly `established upon a proper basis. and ,we shall receive the greatest pro- fit for feed consumed in the oase `of -both wool and mu-tton. and Can- adian mutton will become as famous ind as much in demand on the Eng- lish market as Canadian .pork is to- day. jNo~-country in -the world is .capable,of pnoducing better mutton s_hes.p'.;than Canada. ":6 Ln .-There were four young map whoe chances with Mattie werze f9`/"I""~"f1T*3 t>.V most people. including` ;'o:l.te .herself. about equal. They. " all VDF0nosed to her `and fund all`! ..l f.` ,___!uL ,7 - A Inan. eommenoing Business as a stool; `grower should oa.re`tully>scon- sider his environments. Is his farm nbest. suited` to the (production. of horses-..oattle:. `sheep or swine. and if so. what breeds are likely :9 give . .t.he'.besti `results? He can only know` :t`h-is by making a da-reful study of, oonditions. In Britain we Lnad _ca`refu-l`ly studied land breeds de- . ourrelullyi studied. and breeds de- velopedtihat are'be-st suited` to the districts. Cllhe British farmer is -ta.rm_2,n'g to make moneyand not to satisfy a whim. _He has chosen te- niales shred in- the district that are best -suited to the requirements o`_Z his *so'.l and 'marke".s. and haircare- tully irnproved these by selectlon and {the of the .pz1oper sort of males. VFor -this reason we f.n~d in `Shropshire only Shropshire sheep. lln `the north -of England and south of -Bczotland the ' Leicester families prevail. .Fur'L`her up in the hill country we tindthe Ohevhots, and ren hi|`l'counir`y we 1`;nd`t-he High- tagasn. ID the Ligher and more bar land or `black faced sheep. In o'.-h- _er parts. particularly towards the `southwest of England we find the ifvarious classesot Downs. and so on. each breed having tihrough succes~ Zgsive ages proved `best; suzted to its district. What has been the prac- "tice or the Canadlan farmer. gener- . ally ` speaklng ? , Wiuhout regard to this envzronment he has chosen some- thing. that caught this lancy and launched out as a breeder. z :uvi(V!r.ess` oi; 'V"l`-he ` titan." 'B"reeds`*of'8heep" at the re- aont winter fairs, Mr. F. W. Hodson, Live .8-took = Commissioner. outlined -*:,'he p-rizsciples essential to success in breeding live. stpck; There urc,3 said \he. toxir feaiurcs of the livo stock..bu,siness to which our peo- ple pay =too.litt1e attention. vi2.. en- vironment. continuity. utility and crossing. ` T - %3i-cdihg` `S E iep. `=u.l.1e. Fuux W1. '`eniia1;aVt,_91p__V._f`l_'11Io;'x;t`o;: ig stip 4, KILLYLEAGH. engaged on- this line cutting feed` and crushing grain. ' `Il'....-..._ -.!x__!.I A||_,,, `J g .- .._ -. --.v.... ea uunnlo Messrs. `David Allen and Levi Mayes intend `beautifying their pla-- oes t`his summer by building brick- vene91'o7d,hous'es. They are engaged `ing__,.h;'ibkV ..TJl6l:!1\t~0l.l:` ivhiph' \ * f;7 `~:~mm Blank books of every des- cription ruled and made to order. ` Magazines neatly bound. Ruling and a general book- binding business carried on. Barber&B|ock|ing Successors to the late R- Cristnp. V . "Auntie." I said, "I h-ave` awed-the prettiest block for the last. .888. it is this white one with t'%h`ei-little lam-' ender hearts scattered over it. -Haw: dainty it `is! Surely it has a story 9