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`u. w.-_:..__ :-- Ther are tany mothers, nervous and rundown In vitality, to whom. Floors Laid \- unnona V: 5.9: |NnIc.'i:'"fibN 20-151k n would be a great boon. It's the` very genius of Scott : Emulsion. to build strength. I\ . Ki~nnI5 (Tahlnfc nr rnnulnu\ Specialist in Embalming ! ` (tablets or Granules) ... IIIIIIIIPQTIQ -ruCKET`7'$ ..-.r'.l I2 r at lhwexr pwfers Ont. SPECIAL PR|cES| Phone your orders to us PHONES 88 and 94. The Value of Eye-Glasses to You Dupomls upon nine m-oI`esIs'ronml knnwlm.l~p.e or your pomniculal` ease. the dia;:nusi.ng. pmscnbnng. accurate-. gr.1ndin1< of the lenses, and the perfect ttning 0|` the glasses. zund Our Fa-eihilies umuble us to r~o.1-rect.-Iy d`lugn~ose Oiur Method quickly. a.ccnu'2I1-ly and wlbtnuul. unnnyunce, 1.1- opnioul defects. '0\ . - mm '1 on muonvemencg m any way Each mmhiexx-L receives In" persumuul autmntion and L{1ZLS'SeS are mm rhbed only when necessary and miter :1 thommzh. sciemiiic mami n~um()[l. Barrie Gas Company, Ltd. Telphone 78. $16.50 $ 1 4.00 unlup SK mam mm mm g;mm% 5 Pea Coal Office and Showrooms Wells Block. Owen Street. REGISTERED OPTORIETRIS; dnate Canadian Ophthalmic College. Toronto 2.. Barrie. A P_h( R. nqsg_t_,__9pt. D. %Wood for Sale No. one body, n1:Lp1c'and birch, mosI.~1_v maple. cut green last winter, delivered straight 1`-rom Lhe bu-sh to `you in load lots, at gt`:-utly Ivetlilutetl prices, or will cut it as you dkxsive-. No sa.w logs were taken from: this bush, H is l.beI'efm-e the best vwemlr llmt. has come to F}urx'ic= for umzmy _\=e-Ms. Phone 88 or SM. A Bright and Prosperous New Year to our ` Friends and Patrons J. W . Mccutcheon, Mgr. Rhone 143 .m....c U... FIJI, , . . - M1`. .1 . ~':. Hu-nsvz. who 115$; henn iezLc}1.in:.t :11` .-vlmmgv Bly, l1usr=s;'.or.e to SI. C`n`h>anrines: .-ha order I-31> prie- pure llimsc-`1'1"Eo1' taluiiliz a I;'1vi.\Vw:~1*L,V ed [11:11 Mr. Hume was al)(m`l-` um`-I gi \re up the .cIxoo'1 tar 621119!` 21' :`?.'11'-' V9-rs~it.y course: pI'esenr.ed`11~i.m .v-'li"\:` u lrzmdsome w:'.'L"IinL:." ` -iiesk uccovnlr--I panied by an wdd=1'ess.. naxirlxidh ;\l-'zv:.1- I > Hume nuule u s-|`:xorI but feelings.` 110-- During,-' .\h':. }Im1m'":~,' term u'fI'aI-` ~ .. . - 4` ` 1 "1eac.lun`_4 at -Inns ichool I12? has w.0m= 2 I00-urse. 'l`Tm` . ha.Vin:.: }`=v.u'x.1'-: I rali-lie the res1)ecr' and zul1 e'ctrion ohY,]` . . . I e-veryo-1'Le, and 111$ le2w1n;.*: as 21 nmi-I inn` 01' rrni\'ersu~l 1'.`+';.'ret. , .1...........,.. 'Ni;:hr. C -av \~'i('J thui "_\\'eS- r'.~;%t'd-a:y lrzozniwg was hhe coldmt nig,1h'r. in 1111:? yea:-"--mt words no t.l12r. eect. Cexmuainl-y` Lhis ofcer-' wlnme beal is .| .'nom nui0`m",'hL to Pours o`c1oc.|: a..m.. ou-ght re {'59. zuble Lo? s'peal.- :xut=l1.ur1'.l;tKiv-el'y on the su=bje'cI} or the Ireauher. Y'es`Iendz-W` me mer- cm-y wars below *I\v`enI_v mm! the wh- sence at` m=osqu`r`.os was gr. nsmuzhle fe-ature 011'.` me waezunim. . -. . . 17,, . . _._|.- l_.\.-:4 L._\..l g .\l.\.\'|'I-TUI5.-\ 'l'() S I'()l" u u l'I\ts rr A plan` to stop ;the :1-(I`.l'0ll1()'l)5 ](`.l' nwner against the at1t(m|otbtil`e 111191` is to haw mdopted by the p'1't-mintxial le54islittL11'e of .\1'.111i`tm`._u. unx it wilI take` th:-- t'm'm 01' a 1't=gistra;tion 0|" a:u4.otnnlji]`e.<. wlmre-b_\ (2. lfille` vim-Ll t'o~ the car t'e'g'istet'ed will! he iL~:mted to the 1'0.-_4'is1'1-uanr. much` in tin: szunel way that, :1. title ::'0es I'o the person in whose nu.1.ne u, b10cl\;ot' rmni pl U-' pertry is refxlazrered. An-y tmmizmlion . __ ,. -.... `I -4` ..nmuui1u r--all | n.I'| nu.-1 vu.u.u\.y .-w-\- \.w.....,... 'Dhe scene on Kc-n1-pen,t'e1dL Bay on M'on'd'a-3-' a.ftem0on was 2! ,-:,'a;' one. l`:he ice-bound sun-.f;1.ce was iltivse with persons at l;vof.l1 sexes and wt-I lages. gliding about on s't.eel~.cl~'ad _[`-em. The ice was only an i.nsch- and a half! inxch. but: yet that. nri1'cm~1n~` s.'Lz!.Dce did not`. 5.1:-uI`e. The local r:orui'ner.< wrrm .(wI.Iy alive no the] 's.iLuz1rt.i:on. t --. ,-. ., ..v_..- .-_-,_u........ ~... . al...A "n-1-.41.! 'rHE SARJEANT co. "[Jlfll-_V In nc_5u.au.n\.\... ....; .................., `in -.1. car will, of net-.ess.i1,v, call for lhe_pro(luu11'on and L1'ansl'e1' of the `title deedkmmd in Inhis may fit would he unade quite i-mpossi{')'lo- 1`-`or thei car thief 1:0 dispose of ham foul. .... , ,.- .u_... .`..1 -.. r..... nu,` ll-IIUI I.lJ uunyun-. \lJ The news" at` this scl1m'ne~ has na- mrall-y zu'on's'ed some speculation as In \Vl](!'Il]9!T` it Sh`Olll(I no! he nmde el'i'ect:ive in me l 1'o\nii1ce art" Ont.zu'i'o. which, perlmps more llianru-my ot-her prov-ince. swEl ex's from t.'h'e~ dPpl'(.`(1Zl- rion'.~; of Ll`)-e automobile |El'l'l;`.'l". The maller has zrlrezldy bee1rl5 .1'oug.:ht, lo the atten`ti'o'n of nhe On-Ua-nio Motion` Lealgue's secretam -1.1'ezLsmre+r. a.-nd provbzvbly ir. will come under advise- ment at am irmpen(l.inv;. -,` meeting` oi the executive. \ \7l1eUlel"l`f will l1lP.P[ with favor is a qiwstibn, as there will Dlfubbllbly he smm~- division ol' opinion as to Wllc-ll1(~-r the extra trouble and expense which web 21 _..nlrI nninil -nu. -4\.> u.......,... V... V . .. 3.-.... .. .. M1`. D. P. M'acvW:1;H. l'.J.'el_\` called : to the Bar, has been admied to al -p`-a.1'tnm'shi.p in the mu of -.`lc. j)~1r.:h`_v. Pexpler & McCm`t-11-y, in whose office up to a recent d-`me he has been a student. We con,<;'1'ar.u1a1ee nlur yuung r.o:w'nns1n`an on the 1'm:ognit;i.3u \v!vEch_ his tzzzlen-ts have 6-`umed him. .... .7 , ,,.. 11. nA,_ _.. I.Lll'j -yuan. nuuru.-Lcu ,1 I.'L\l`D nu rV"(x-an.` M1`. Chas. Sxmith is bar*:i: at his old . post in the Sheniff =s oice. C1va.rley is one of the people`; l`avorit.es., zmgl -his resu-mption ml` his official position` -will be learned of w-it.h pt=_-as=n'r.-. "7; r\ n n1,_,_t|V...4 u._:..I.. ...n.1 'I`L1e-sday nig'.ht. Ute te'mpora-1..uI`e' as 1'egiste1`ed at the Bawiie 0bservat.o`ry was 26 degrees below z-.-ro---zm in- iensily of cold which has not been experienced in nhis neighbmmu-)d far the :past fom*tten ye'z1rs 21`. Was`: .- nv.. ru__., n.,,s.,1, :, n.,,__ . Le- -v_i scheme-of 1' would` just such sysu necess-iuue : fee Which. 1'-avom.bIy r Yesterday Mr. R. K-mg, S12, was elected wluhout opposi-titan a. Sc.h'oo} Trustee for the Centre Wa1`d, and Mr. John D_iclj,_inson for the East VVa-rd. ' Taken rrm The .-hilvnnce of .l;|1I`;'.5't-':_i'I`,-I , 1 non i Forty Yea1'5 Ago" .._..__ _.__...._...._ _ _ ._ .-1:;-,,-A2: A s(:l1oolnmslm' once said to his pupils. to the boy who would make the best conmosltaiun in ve nrimmes on How to overcome I-Iwbil." he would give it pnize. When the ve minutes `ll-1l(l ex-pired a 1nd of ten v,vt-.zu's stood up and szuid : V1.3-.ll. si-1', hzubil is hard to overomue, If you 1-ulze off the first. letter ii. does not l clmn-ge l`l`bit 'll' _vn~u take off an- other letter you still hrave 2 :bi`t" left. If you Lulm off still another the wlmle of it" renmlns. If you Lake on` another It is not totally used up. ull of which goes to show that if you want to get rid of luuhlit you must. throw it off altpg;eL'h'e1`." Result-lme won it. 5:1 . , ~ . . iE5$$%$$%%%$5% $ In Westtmn Canada. outs m-e` wo1't,h 16 cems a. bushel. and iit cost 19' cents per wbushel no trhresh them ----not very encouraging. uuu c.\pc:unv.- vv|||\/In mu... ,--of x'egri:st1'z1l.iol1 would '3Y\i.{|.H. justify itse'I~t". O-bvi.ousl.\-'. ~ system of reg'rsr.rzwion would `lute an increased` 1-egist.ruti.on n'c.h. of course, would not, he My regarded by motorists. `.1 .-.`;u I ,un`o 'nm'I\fI.\'<.'. mu: Nonni Jsvmcn is built up i::`(1- sugars, scmrch, J!2`d.1lllUL .5-f:1. l.:lC a.uJuu.u..u\. (,xuvvv.u u; ` Sea! axidr--sieux that: is uecc-ssa.r1; ne- 'c'essa1-y, `rimzause ii: is in: the 19:13 Khat th`e carbon, dioxinlzes taken from. the `sand other: uumpoumls of; like Imnure, .a.md- that arnything that limits 'the4size Toff we 1ea-just as sureky limitzsthe bfu:m.t s ability to make and` store" I . _ I these - compmmds. Nqtmgen tonnes I 51,`; teaf and! stem ;j.x:owf.lx, Ilene-1 `its gm`-at. value in crop mzudlmction. '!: -hp rlunauinc: vn.He1,'Lh1e" maitgr. s_`.',I74`a'.'f. -V2.lllI(`. `in (2501; u1.uu..\L=\:Lu:u. Tllue (leCH.!SiIl,`.," v.geI.2Lh1e" maitgr, i iiurwr-:-`Ker, dces umre t.ha.n; furuislz. ni- I t1'.ng,-,'en; it inmroves `ch-,=. physical .-.:m.1.- - mam; Gt` their soil, thus making it easlev to wotl. 1t.- in/`nneases the a.hi.=l2- 1` ity. (M? the soil.to hold. water, tlnereby ; ism-Imxtng better 1'etur.-.us- in dry van.- tb.e1:;. and in my decayvtlunnislres 1BUlI', Iw-Rich: help to bring insoluble plant} . fnd. into an. available c0ndi.ti_nn. ! I 'J.`heae- are strong statements to make . about any constituent. 0!. the (-mLL,! but. they show. the unoortance o.':` growing catch crops tn plough du.uv.n as .m:eq.ueutly aw possible in. the nutm- tiun. A legume- ua1.11ra1l.y is `the. but i crcbm. but where this is not possible, .7 sonm- amp that will usuish organic-: luather to the mail. Pjuosplmtg Also 1 Nexmsiwu-y Food ... 7l`.L.. ..1......;.. nnv+ in ni!l'n int n `or too. expensive, grow. rye. rape, or. i--....-4 -..~. . -..-... I-In -.1-u. only three or tour that it has dim- culiy in getting, and, of these again there an two that are more frsw quently decient than others. are nitrogen and phnsplmric acid`. Then: is a. ,g':=`e>.at store of the for- l arou-mi us. as much airappruxilzxately 70,000.(>00 pounds over every acre of 1a'n:rl. Yet, because the plant takes its nitrogen in a aolubie ltfrm through the roots 012' the plant, this inert, zaxeous nitrogen is-or no use (until it is taken intu the sols! and gjeudaredf available: Among other 3, methods nti gaining this nitrogera into 1 the soil, nature has pltuvided tb_at if ``!! e grow Fragmm-.-.5. su(`.h-- as clover, E 4 1 eas, ete., we will get some of this nfliirogen |)1|i5Jit intu the'Mant. Then min the aecmy of the- as:-cumuialzedi \'es},;e:tabie' 1n'.ui.t.er from'- these and other.'- plants, the nitrogen is left the` Efsrnt than is of use 130 planiis. l`his'~ means that decayixlg-vegetable x11a'tt'e'vi`iI1~ll1e 1-mil is the `1uaa".u. source of 11ir`Jmv,ge11-as 3% tom]: for-'fa;mu crops- 0tl1e1`v' than-1eg.a1.mesL. We may [)3- decayimg: vegtairia nca:ttm'- tlmre wii be a sum.L`I amoturt. of nitrogen. With- cannot gm. the a!)uu.da.nt growth of . Boa: -2n.l;~,,.mmu I;i.'-lf- in non;-c-saszamr: ne- }.I`o1'tmm'te1y,w11iIe` there are ignite` a number of essentimi parts to the balanced diet of a plant; there are` These` um: in the gaseous form in the air` out pIe~n'-ny of available 1\iU.`U2;,?l1 we. quite tmare that if the soil iwiow im 1 .1.uvnv--an--3. inn." ... -._.~......-.. _, - .. _ _... 'Bh.e elelnent next to i1it1'o;.;,eu..in..!l` lnlwamanee is phosphorus. Nitrogen ;t can. he go; from the air by lee;uui- inona. plants, but the p_llouph;1'ux..!` supply in the soil can. be supp_lexu.ent- , C edlonlg by adding some form .oL.ma- `-_a num- or fertilizer. Tim supplyin. the 2 soil. is er-mpa.rati.v.ely, small, and is., nal..uyall_v held in..au insoluble-torxn. `L so that losses by` leaching m.ny_ be-` reduced to a. m'u1Lmu.m. So mnly Ls ( the nhospl1m'ns~ held. that Lu. 0lLll`.'l utluhy or the soils 0.! the P,li0VlTlC8, we- and that after nitrogen, mo plant ` fond. c may he added I will give so decirledly gootlyresults as p_lwsphorus. 'J1his is espec.ia.lly true I when applied [or the ceren.l grains. - and turnips. On fall W-`neat. 100 ` munds of acid phosphate- per acre` ` has doubled the yield, and.~.busic slag`: on heavy soils. has given. even bet- `- I Ger results. on soils faintly rich lui `vegetable matter. and thus well sup- * plied with nitrogen, theme is usually no need or -supplexuenulng the gen- ' eral manuriuz with anxthiug but the I phosphate, the exception being whem] 9 tall whcat hash uintened poorly snail} is having a. hard time to make gr,owt_la_ r_ in o 1-nlal hut-kwnrrl sxnring 'I`hon 1 Plants, like" amimals. 1-eqttiire fowl. Their fa:--3:! confsists at simpler` sufbo - stances, but it '-is none the has n?e-- cessary. V In gener's.il= farm practimywe do not feed plants`; but we g1-ow them in a soil. [mm which and` Ella `s`u'1'rounding air, we expect them to` gather their food. In nearly evevsr instance there is an abundance of-"u food around the piant, but it is no*5| always in a form that 1-1:` cm: be"abu Haorbed. Sometimes thex=e' may be'_ lain abundance" of some 05 the food? ` constituents and very little: at others. We recognize the importan:t'e ot a. ha.la1mbd- diet for man, but 8.11 to realize that it is- inst as important - for the plant. The Solf Must Have Nitrogen. 1.w...........A.--I... ...1-.:I..- I...-A luiia .l:uS6fA` is navung a. uauu uune nu uli.l!1' 5I:I)wua_ 1 `m.a cold backward. spring. Then. an appllcmnon of. nitrate of. soda at the rate of 100 to 150 pounds yer acre on the poorer parts 0! the eld. will usuu.lly pay well. l`nI'nink have dilnultv in nhgnrh. - c efinsrrzg i V1012. 15? A !"k>\*' Plant" Growth Without Nitrogen I =-Phosphate Also Requh-_ed for Sex! llosultq-1'lw Dieting of Pfainis Explained. (Covntx-1bute'd by Ontarlo Dapm-tm-em: at Ayffculturo, '1`oran'-lo.) r Will uSIIu.uy [guy w-nu. Turnips have djmcult; in absorb-I iug phosplmtes, hence Mthouzh the ground is usu-aILy well manured. tor- this crop, it will pay to add three or l`.o.ur hundred puuuds or acid ' phosphate per acre. On ground. that was rich enough to grow twenty-nve , tons or turnips per acre we have` raised the yield ve tone by the use i of three hundred pounds of acid ` phosphate per acre. I The uoiuts to be kept in mind are 9 [me soon: or mmsl !1.ike Human s.:;.g;, They Need} _ I)_l_._-_.I lI_A'_ , ` 1) Hosp haw per acre. The points kept ' that while uitmgen is so va.luablo* there `.2 a. Very large supply in the air which can be got through the growing of legumlnous crops, and that the phosphate, for various rea. sons. have 9. peculiar value when used to supplement good general ma- uurlng' and good cultlvu.tion.--P1-of, Robert Harcourt, O. A. College, -Guelph.` "Water in the farm house" would ! come e.|ther before or just attexf the l lutomouile. _ 1 i ."sZi'..IcE:7Iit}.$}{.' "My d.-`-eurrr Co=1n;rrad:=.s: 'l`11ex~.*v is no I"El|e`1`l1 i_\( suxm1'iu';1~ re? ` the ~conm:.udn\s-hip of umruvs, W'hen; vat?` 1.! have "sued our: blxnud on the sawnne ~ Elxbattleifniitls, mpe1'ie.1rmed the `sa-.u:-re.-1 angtrisnie-5.. -,'.".Dn(9 Hm-.:u_-.-;h the s:uu:et _ . -`du :;'-.n.t:. run. the sauna:-e unmioluies, We -a-,u1'e A ifs:-s un-m dealrs. V\"e sluull re-II , "`1nai11a as 5n\J;lIu.'1.81-,\j' u.s's~a(:ialetE to-i . getln--r- in`t.'1-ac rutuw us in l.he~ gust. -M5) v'L-sit. here: .|;-.rin_L.-'s bwclc me'1n- on-ies. of 'nm-- deeds of v-alur .-of the men of t:'\u-. (fun-u.d.5an (fcnrps. um!` the (1un;:r~:-rs and tuials they wen~l.l lh1'u~ug`l1. it h'u\v'e in xtmld .\-pm! 2.72, 19;;sS'. w`hm- at like :~:ec-mu!` l:aavtt'l`e- oxfn Y-pm-s. ihe (}em11u\ns marde the:-:ir rsl _ zmtmclc w.r`l.h a.s`uoh-,\'x1':1r.im.1 ;.-ms. W \\u11tv Sllzrpfisdt. for lhel .1 limle being by fxhies ne-wv111odeu:iwwur"E `stare. l! he l"l"en.(?h were hard p1'esS-l gal, and. the (jmmrdisazns wlm werre on? y our vigil! at St. Jwrlien, .~.-.ave us - ` splendid` stumon-1.. From "what date, :1 my g-ra't~i1.ur5n for the Czmammrs hasl ibeen very prorunvml. Dru .L'I'ul.-ihxdeg_ 11 is M.-o= detopwoted for wlmt L`-he C-.u1- 1 II. ndximns uceonnnplisherl in Ii`l`z1n(lm~s. at 2 Viianw and` in other .~:ecmr.~:. The C`unudi.:=ms Vern-3 ahvuys ixupeluous `and ready to l`om.:e ahead. 'l`.hes_v >` `achieved ii1nn`orLal gwlmzv. We do :5 not Pose Si-gm. of what the Cunlmdiurn` .0 Corns did. We shall ever be bn0Ll1-` I _a ~e1`s, c1`o.~zo.I_v united for the grmvtness It '9 of our countries in peace as in ,, u . ` xvi:-i _ . 48 El.-":'3'abetlz `o`r.- Pizm;ne:923 1 % 1 t fliihiavdf. In-nu : -1.- ___...- - gslaltswmt; I-'n(*.u'.~: .\1Irss.Ju.`m * nu -Tm}: <:.\\-'.-u;.-v_; 1- I i In the 1'e.|m1'l of the Ksim: (`.em';.';e| School closin--,2` puiblished in last` week's Advance. tihe, mune or! hhe artist. who d0rral.ed the new R091] 0!` Honor was oluitted. 'l`hii`s bezuutiful piece of work was executed by resident. of the East Bend, Mr. `H. Woo-l=an;d, to whose kindness and generosity we are indebted for this lastlnvg myemtonial to the Old Boys" of the! King George School. 'l`ELEPHONE 901122. To save: money,` ti?me=,; tr.oI;l31'ea:nd eicpegnse order 'earl7 so astb .1:eceive=: fiexlet of. Ixanldlingcosts. WOOD YARD LI-rm` US` marxv1li=)r.`R;Au.>m vrcm in your o|u=td' u.pa.p:-`$21 for av clmnge. Our won`-1: -in l"'wct.rusirnlie" is un1=sua'1 am-G. d'is'b.ixmr.'ve.- 1?`:-ova its mt-mil. :1\`f:nk'ie- a'nx:a1p1>0'in1t`~ meat 'Fiere-\t:11w24 week. ' H ' ' "Ill'(3(`. $Sf-1!` to ` J. I~`rzu1l'zi J'ack.szm The undersigned will dpsaratv at Wood Yard on Dunlop Si3r_eet amdvil 11a11ei1`e"_W7oocf. at best rates. W'I3._'\"l.`[-$61 S`.l Y/l}lCL`.~' - am: cl1a1~mraia';:. We know` you thmre .f-Gun-ti 5~' mmvesti .1'xa~.it am!` 1:`1m:-' q11o1'e miun usu2n_v b em`uu:ing. ' ' is mek% . QUALITY-`Better than ever _ -ruCKET`7's pvezm exzami. S M O K E S--We have them in all the popular brands. Drop in and look over our stock. l7?lR ALEKJTNDSVOF F1resr' Smoked` 5 SavtMe*at J.. MOSSIN GTO1V AN` ().\IlSSl( )N ext tie Hh'nd s* Gmcrrury. Jmrce R. H. `ROBINSON l0(:|| E? ALF. HAMLIN WM; BARTON Oak & Hardwood] km of (.?:n-penter I01-k Dome in Town or Country Hzmiixvuii. l"lnur.u Cleaned lldr Polished by .l:)xperienced (fax-pent er _vu-\ Dail Owen St. - Barrie, PHONI-I 268 :_:!-WBYRNE FUNERAL DIRECTOR READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS. MA 1-ucKE"l' aqua ' CIGAR '1' F|Tg J-'=ss- Smith 55 C'h\ppe1-ml`. St... Barrie M; 810. Phone 9% 1 SIi t`s.'%EiiiiuI.sion Scott & Bowne. Toronto. Ont. M ~ ';u..so MAKER; _Ol-` I \ j A GREAT B00 There many nen{_ous Nut, Egg and Stove Coal