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(marked for the Belgian Children's Dutch' authorities, .who have replaced scarry on this vital work successfully. dh Fang) el the. American : Then the orphans! "Think 'of the thousands whose fathers have fallen in bajtle, are still fighting, or have been taken away into German. bondage. these orphans must. be fed and clothed apd educated? 'too, must depend largely on charity, for the Belgian Orphans' Fund. aay Living in the midst of plenty, will. you deny Yet thie. Mark your contribu- your omn meals, remember Belgium's "Bowl of. 'of Bread" and HELP until you feel the pinch. ¢ to Belgium. will go entire through the Belgian Minister Your eontributi of the Interior (1 Havre, France) to Dutch authorities, who administer the rellef work under'the approval of the, British: and What will you do| for the waifs of Belgium? ~ BELGIAN RELIEF FUND: starie sche ater OA Weeds, Bsa. Mrs, Arthur Pepler, Chait » Chairman ef the Committes, 80 King St. West, Toronto rman of the Advisery Board, Send contributions to Miss Isabella L. George, Hon, Treas., er to.» on Local Committes ~ Make cheques payable to Belgian Relief Puisd_ Don't forget Mrs. Agar Adamson's Canal Boat Fund for work ; among Fcigian refugees behind the allied lines in Flanders, Canada Well Covered By Newspapers Canada. continues 'to~be unasually, well eerved. by the press... This is brought out in the current issue of the Canadian News- paper Directory, compiled' by" A. McKim Limited, Advertising Agency, of. Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and London, Eng: 'There' are' 1;381 publications of all kinds now being issued in Canada, including 188 Guilies, 4 tri-weeklies, 40 semi-weeklies, 92) weeklies, 222 monthlies, 1. bi-monthly, and "16 quarterlies.. Reflecting the general prosperity which has obtaited' in 'Canada since war began, the publishing business is " jn' w healthy condition, " Sinee A. MeKim Limited issued ita first Canadian Newspaper Directory. twenty-six years ago, the. firm bas seen ihe birth of many of the publie- "ations listed in its' Directory ind is in w position to, have accurate, knowledge of the field, "The .present day condition .of the Conndian pres enables the Dominion to 'oust the largest: reading public in the world in proportion to population, As usual, McKim's Newspaper Directory contains: «| wealth of general information regarding every town-and city. in Canada where » newspaper or thir publ iseurd, giving population, transportation, telegraph, telephone, express, banking fac- ilities and other accoiimodations, It iy <.® veritable imine' of pertinent; up-to-dat? inforniation.. for business men. at a, time when 'such facts-as it contains are in great -dendind -by fargightéd industrial, lenders The book " itself "ie well bound, duralde, - peat and fit for a place on any office' des! or in any library, ; Tt may be_of interest'to our 'subscribers 'and douub:fess will be to-our advertisers to Know that the circulation af The Bxamiier in nidt exceeded by over a half dozen: town weeklies in' Ontario, + A copy of the. Causdian Newspaper Dirs ectory may, be-seen ut this office, 7 "The Quebse Bridge The: structural work of Quebec Bridge, the, jgreatest-cantilever bridge in the world, was completed on Thursday last, after 11 years of work, and two. actidents,. which cost the: lives of 78 men, The . bridge, which is 3,2: cers the world over should be permanently interested... It is the greatest cantilever tbridge so far constructed, and it will.-pro- bubly remain long unrivalled on' account, of the difficultie experienced in thé process of its 'construction, volumes for the spirit of Canadian enterprise that, with a strong backing of public opiniot®. those who inaugurated the work were not by these costly failures deterred from' centin- 'uing and completing it, The pre-emjnence of this bridge smong' others of its class is, for the.time, 'fixed by theselengih of the connecting central "epan--eighteen hubdred feet--the next to it being the Forth bridge in Seotland,..which includes: two .xpans -of 'reventcen hupdredl and' ten feet each. It is. worthy. of/ note that the Ningara Gorge cantilever bridge' was one of the' early structures. of this type, having been built jn 1883,-The Quebee bridge ,will 'be ex- tetisively used in transportation, because' it is now, and is likely: to long rémain, the only. one across the lower St. Lawrence,. af- fording to the great northern region await- ing, development. favorable consection with the -network"of railways radiating in all directions from # point near the ancient historic [city of Quebec. 'A Good Year jin Simcoe County (By "Vim" in-the Weekly Sun) You ask "for a~report."of the .results of the harvestin this locality (Centre Sim- coe) atid for future prospects of fall "con 'ditions. Though harvesting is not' quite finished yet, and some fall sowing is yet to do, yet Iam pleased to report that we have never had quite as good returns in all my farming experience. Sorie -thresh- ing tas been done to make room for 'the crop, which reveals remarkably good yields. More threshing will be' done than-ever be- fore. ' it .well saved, Fallow whest is running. upwards of 40 bushels per acre, and goq and stubbles from 25 to 30. "We' have threshed nine acres' of peas .which. gave around 250 bushels, and, twelve acres of wheat which ran about 40 pier sere, most "feet in length, cost in' the} of which 'has been' sold for seed at the barn neighborhood of- $20,000,000 to build, and] at $2.25 'per bushel, The quality is excel- the total weight 380,090,000 pounds. It before trains are running across. thé bridge. 'The sucessful completion of the bridgé is '& memorablé event, in-which 'not merely all Cansdlians but sll gcientists and, engin: _. For Bilious ' Troubles: That heavy headache, torpid Bye elie ai yee ate nady aan all come from. a poor suppl These heathy cnitions are promptly corrected - _ (which. stimulate' the. liver, \regulate the flow of bile, Bweeten -the stoniach, and 'renew healthy bowel action. A sehol sredby abet youre cha of the stéel structure is| be some months | of bile. *; Pa | APTLY SECU Sins heen eee lent, testing 62 pounds "per bushel. - We also-ran through three small loads of, oats (not 'an acre), which yielded 80° bushels: These yields are not muth aboye common her€. ~The. larger acreage harvested, and prospective prices, ought to, satisfy' every- "one, and should put struggling farmers on their' Yeet' again, We aim here. to. sow about one-fifth our land.to fall wheat, but this year- not so much has been put in, on secount 'of the lute harvest and the difficulty of making '9 seed *béd, and prob- ably pot more than. three:quarters of 'the tuqpal 'acrenge will be sown" Tam sorry to ady that the 'prospects are not good for fall growth, Indications are for 'dry wes- ther and a hard winter. © Should this oc- cur, fall wheat will cut a poor figure next' year. All good samples of spring wheat should be held till next spring (especially goose wheat), when they will comma. » | vertible. Bell which once, graced the chapel jit_may have been rathlessly shattered by Hay was 'a good trop; and the most of|* ate if Fort-Ste. Marie 1! 1651 (Penetang Herald) A very interesting contribution has re- cently been made to the Historical Muse- um of the Women's Institute 'at the Lib- rary, in the shape of three fragments of the of_old Fort Ste Marie on Christian Island and which' has been kindly loaried by Frank Moberly of the Government 'Engineers' De- partment at Midland. 'The' relics were found by Mr, Copecog whose garden em- braces -portions of the remains of the Old Fort in the vicinity: of which they were dug up during the present season and later presented to Mr: The Jesuit Fathers on their retreat from Ste Marie in 1651 to prevent its use by the enemy or sdine'savage Iroquois, who later ¢ame upon the deserted scene. 'The composition of 'the bell ig an alloy' of silver and copper of very fine material and texture, the upper por- Cross new 'ross '""S$16;000,000:00 a year. 'Every minute of the day and night it and dyi This yeat in view of ; -contributi Our trust is, that the complete halfciels, = *halt-cirele, must have been about diameter at that point, while 'the third piece is 8 portion larger portions have the ietters.O and tte hone frag. iments -adjacent .may yet' be discovered sufficient to decipher ~the entire. lettering. As it, is known that other portions of the bell sre extant, having' been foond at var- ious times by-other parties, Mr: Moberly is making efforts to get' in touch with such parties and with some of the Jesuit -auth- orities who may have authenticdata se to the o1 al lettering and inscriptions on the bell. In the interests of historic. re: search it in earnestly hoped he may be:suc- cessful in his quest) The find is most in- teresting 'and important in: several partic- ulars, After its desert repose 'hundred and. sixty years its manship and material are «till is ker and heavier traversed by! (four-plain rings and is evidently = p fof the flaring and lower portion of the Bell. terrible winter. Mr. Moberly has kindly presented a Hint 'pipe, a sosp-stone also | exhibition of nati genuity, worth ex- amining. * Pipe, and a pipe-stone of nondescript oF i0-| qT describable pattern found in the same of over twojion by the same 'party. 'The grey. som rior work- | ible, while | app: stone pipe is of peculiar design, the howl ntly consisting of two leaves with Serving: to recall 'the poignant: sufferings of | markings. 'enclosin, ic i oer 1B some sort .of insect those refugees of 165% when history 'tells| with the stern hole at the back. The flint us the. Hurons gathered six hundred bush- Is of acorns to stay the' hunger of that. "Let Me Help 3 Burden, Mother" -- "I Canada fails us in O e . ng, for nearly six weeks. the ions W: pipe appears to have -been the subject of amateur experiments and is'a remarkable "FURS! Cleaned, Altered and . Mepaired. MISS M. MOKERNAN 58 Small &., Barrie. You fancy Fo ees ori tenately ie aes eting of last year. Citizens of Outaiio will give geaerously to this noble cause on-- ---- * / IN GREAT BRITAIN. * A Few Facts about British Red Work. -- 'The British Red Cross Society is the Paria es Sass 57,000 Hodpital Beds found im the United Kingdom. Nari Sta nas : 2,000 Trained Nurses working at | ~ home and abroad, : 7,500 V. A. Ds helping in Army ospitals. sete tober, we must curtail many ef our activities." Sir ARTHUR STANLEY, Chairman, 'Bxecutive Committee, British Red Cross,. Tt now cots' $300,000.00 a:week to. carry on the 'work. of the Beitish Red Cross, or cost} $30 to minister to the sick and wounded " Last year Oniario's magnificent contribution paid for the enite work of the British Red * that Ontario's'