FOR BETTER FAIRS. ` To what exent do you think the Government should help a fall fair? `was the. question asked of Mr. Hec- tor Gilchrist, president of the Pus- linch Association. If I had my way of it, said he, the municipality would be taxed - =- -4 1-hon we should have a. UIICH 1 \SSOClauuu. for it, and then we should fall fair developed along the most approved lines. The public woulo show a greater interest than at I present. ,..e _-..1.: A... m'm-9 work with one` POW H V I A '- I?cou1d do more wo hand than some of the 'from `the. Old =C Pus1i1_1ch.V The. g're'at .diF. saw at, wasfthat many comers had the idea on Qanada_that tl}ey_ wgre -~L nqqonb . Canada that mcy wc... .5. rich quick. Disappointed ing, they ock to the ci good m'anyof.them the: `unis-`Inc: yguuu he1p1e's .' in *mg_ agn 1907 and `Societies in ('1 PI` ---I-7-- -` , Wilson, supermten ties, stated r. J. Lockie secretary a cultural socie there were that V the tota the dent o_f that in 1 active societies, diture of all receiving 36 V 1 expen Province correspond- T V-w- V g:'3t$- owas $7X,IO7.25, _OI wuu.u V amount $250, L In his annual address -Mr. `Leid- suggested that the grgnts be ap- ` law portioned so that_ -one-thud of the amount patd in prizes should be con- 1 `tributed by_ ,the Government and} _two-thjrds by` each sociefy. `He .was that the -Government 1 " of opmxon . -grant should be increased from $70,- to. $100,000, - ' ;H_o_n. Nelson Mon teith, '-M~`i'nister_ of 5 ..add;essingg__th_e} meetmg *33? *3-";eZ&+1*?,i*1<.i'=dad(; A Regarding Farm Labor. THE NORTHERN ADVANCE - Big viixpenditiire. more work with one ne help we get` Country can do with r. `D. J. McLean, of : great difficulty, as he hat of the. new- ae -arnving in :hey_ were going to get )isappoipted_ _in fam- appomteu. nu .... cmes, and at them there become Acamdiui poam. Depa.rtm_ tut cedes From the Regulations Introduced Last Year. ` follows: IUuU_\Nb ; . when in -May last: the" Canadian ' ~'Posi;a1 Department terminated the existing arrangements between _Can-. 1 ada and_the United States whereby the two countries were joined as one in so `far as postal matters were con- - .. . T . ______ W, A` III 50 rd; G3 PUDLBA slnuasuv... .. --- -- cerned,~ this journal approve of what had beendone -on the ground Vthatit was astroke of national pol- icy bound to be of gr_eat future im- portance. This_ country was ooded with inferior _ literature, much of it of the free gift class which in Can- ada is denied the use of the mails; most of it published wholly because. of its advertising matter and not at all because of any editorial or, news. value. a-For each bag of newspapers carried free for us in the United States mails, one. hundred bags were being carried free for them in our mails. Periodical literature. publish- ed in New York was distributed to ' any point in Canada at a charge of - one cent per pound; periodical lit- erature published in London was distributed to any point in Canada at a charge of eight cents per pound. In May last all this was changed. {There was a new deal. .United ' States periodicals addressed to Can-I - ada were required to carry postage of four cents per pound. English periodicals dropped to two cents per pound, and Postmaster-General ` Lemieux wrote an interesting article in the University Magazine on The Intellectual Preference. It was a ne article, and I would recommend the author of it to read it. Mack i'n Saturday _Night wrAites HAS. imnonn rrs wonx. But of course, postal free trade,` after being in force for a generation, between Canada and the United, States, could not be discontinued; abruptly without causing much mut-< ual inconvenience and giving rise to` complaints. There is no rural week- ly in Canada that does not send copies to former residents now set- tled in the Western States. The same is true of all our daily papers. Saturday Night has as many sub- scribers in the United States, per- haps,` as almost any other journal. _ The increase in the postal rates on papers sent into the Republic by i Canadian publishers amounted to all ',pretty penny. It hit publishers o. . dailies and weeklies along the bor- : der pretty hard. All this, it might [ have been supposed, had been fore- 5 seen, and the cost counted. Now, however, the Government` has undone its work in so far at least as daily journals are concerned.l lThe Canadian daily is going into the United States and the dailies from that country are again crossing the boundary at the old rate of. one cent per pound, which is about one-quar- ter of the cost of the service per- formed. Mr. Lemieux, in Parlia- ment, was evasive when questioned as to whether there would be a re- duction on the rates charged on weekly papers and other periodicals. No doubt the whole thing will col-1 lapse. The arrangement of last May was defensible as a stroke of nation- al policy--costing something, but worth what it cost, if we are toi build up a country here. But it is not easy to defend an arrangement `--- ---L--L 4-Inn t-Ifv (`!I1lIPQ are to Eel: not easy IU ucicuu an a.......b....----- by which the city dailies are to get mailing privileges to any part of the `United States at one quarter the rate which our country weeklies are forc- ed to pay. The opinion is general that the Government reduced they rate on dailies to one cent to please La Presse, which has a large circul-. ation of its dollar daily among the French-Canadians who have gone into the New England States and it` seems clear that the weekly. press will_ raise a loud outcry against re-3 ,-1.I .1....1 can u: hninc :\:iVll-A`;-aivs-ea ; ibd ceiving such a cold deal 1 handed them. `THE FARMER As}. MECHANIC \ Farmers should encourage their boys in this line, for we well know that a boy naturally takes to the . mechanical art. A boy when ten or . twelve years of age should be pro-~ vided witha few tools, such as hand- saw, chisel, plane, hatchet, and aug- . er, and encouraged to make such ` , articles as will be useful around the a house,` barn_and poultry yard. You _ will be surprised at the pride he tak- es in so doing.-Exchange. Cahtarrh *Cannot,. Be Cured` ,.__._._.-nu`11\'_ `A. 0. an- at DUUAIJ lIfIl.ALv4Aanv- not reach the seat of disease blood or constitutional disease. ........ 42. mm must take interns! _1 wrm LOCAL APPLICATION s. `as tne can- -... nan:-.h the seat disease. ('_`-a.tgn_r_hhis .9. ` APPLICATIONS. as tuey Unu- reach disease. (`atarrh is a and in order to cure it your mnst interns! remedies Hell's C-starrh Cure istaken internally and acts dir- ectly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hell's 4 Cats!-rh Cure is not a quack.-medicine. It wags prescribed by meet the best physicians in this country for years. and is aregulsr prescription. l t- , eotly on the mucous sur goes. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what `- gr-`oducest such. wonderful results in curing ~ _tsrrhu-3nd,tnr,taltinI!n!tIt'!re9- . . `ml J -` ` i`""l" b encourage their `." `- `IVA QIYA1 `(n\ Gsunlnuu nu ` as is being! (X it ` 9 To;e 33T 6h1o. as FOR ONE YEAR FROM DATE, for ----FOR---- HOAR S HARDWARE Asronr. We will give one Ton of Coal with any Good Cheer Heater sold during the month of February. Our prices are $35.00. $42.00 for I; Double Heaters. $40.00. $46.00 for Parlor Cooks. AND ~:~:~~:-M-:--;~~:--z-z-s-4-:~-t--s-t--2-s--1-++ta:-1-+4-+-1-z--1-:4:-:~+~:-t-+-I-1--s-:-+-3-+++-3 v.---'""*"' .1. .3. __ - 4- .4 cur. . .- `I . '_';,,M..;.~:-:---~-+-i~+~-+--+-M---++-i-h`P+*!'-i~-!-+~i--l~-!~-!-~!--+-!~-l~!-++-P`'!'++o!-f!-~'4~45-!:'l: THURSDAY, FEB. 2oth- who have the right._to- hunt and trap _ . at all seasons." (1 I)L1l~. rlgegge of Schrexber was f0.u.I1d1.- L `FRIDAY- . FEB.` amt`. - R , . _ _ _ egmdy Butler was run over and General Stoessel was condemned kmd by a train near Latchford. X), lclleath for the surrender of Port` ~ ' " . t . Thomas :B0)'19_h"t m ah.C0l.hS.`0n|e TL m: P 1. . ,r Chathaxn, dned from 1s mJur- outs on m, a prornment grocer .3? e | of Quebec, was found m a shed, ms" '; rumored in London that The frozen stuff. TiI{:;1c15` may be offered for sale at Russia's programme of naval re"- ..n.....A.-....A.1.-... .......Ia..... .. ..-........!2A..>..... It lb lUl|IL)A\.\. Times may publxc uucuon. The question ` `C l\I\\l.' I" LIN. -1", women is now b State Assembly. -A` z-I-u;n .`\Ssemm_y. Montreal shipping men think the` immigration business this year will be greater than ever. Diamond rings valued_ at $I5,_ooo were stolen m_br0ad daylight from a 'l\ ew Orleans Jewellery store. Celia Peterson, 3. girl of eighteen, arrested 1n Ch1cago,_told the police :'she had taken part m fty burglar- ics. \V` VV_._...._........._..._....._......._..A LL PAPER} IZ507, 15 ucnu an. ,.~-.. _-_-_, John .\I. Hopkirk, cashier in 3.` cheap `.m1ging-house in New York, died of malignant scarlatina, which he contracted from the money he hcmdled. n-._...1 l\; T;t~nnQP C011}- W A .14. lhlllulxu The ncuf Board of L Inissiuncrs for Tqtjonto ex-.\1uy>r limmerson cx~.'\ld, john Dunn am r- 1 /`__ L] l.:u\'. An Irish immigrant who was be- ing deported from Toronto got 03 thc train at Sharbot Lake and lay dawn on the rznls. H13 mjurxes proved fatal. , Beaver skins valued at $1,800, be- }0n;:ing to 8. Montreal rm, have been cmscate(l at Hull. The rm has appealed, on the ground that `the bczlvcr were trapped by Indians, Dimgall- . Exes 1--u-non. "'"""-""'--"-" . 1 _ Thoustmds of Amencan V{.1n` In our homes are daily sacncmg `Lheir lives to duty. ' L. !~`\1`?CI `-l\ 1"... Han hnmn T1881 : `11011 Lives to duty. | In m`dc1` to keep the home I188`? and pretty, the children Well dressed and Lid y, women overdo. female weakness or displacement; 13 often b1'oL1_g`l1t0n and they suffer m silence, drit.ing along from bad to worse knowin well that they 011,81 `'0 have be p to overcome the pains and aches which dail make hfeaburdelh In is to these aithful women that 1 every remedy VEWEIPIUK1 IIII V ""A comes as a boon and a blessing.` as it did to Mrs. W. Barrett. 502 Moreau St. Montreal, who writesj to Mrs. Pinitham: . . ! For years I was 8 3:533 2'0. 1 1 ea. nens. 3-9 . m ems e vivven me by doctor! fV 111'. 110v ' . ::*,,:::E .`:=; fs.*;,."..'.*'.`:.a.1 ... to m H tion,dizziness,ornerv`o1_I; nets ran SICK WOMEN- Pink- `ha:Br;10 ;.%1tiaf:tc?ta mooliidh mtg; 3. igmdarlgaats angd 11813359 mum? 3 n or. fol? , and has pos1.1$el)'ycnx'ed th0115d women who have been to T %?P`1;:m3`~u.` on, roi mars, . ~ g-dov(;np`ilehc?18i n5, A this trouble, I grew worse. "One day a friend I3Vi3d 3 try ` I-ydi E. P'mkha.m s -Ve et9b1V`` Pmlntl. I did so. and am thulkf` W '.':I:*1*:%.i*:*:`1:'==:.*E::":..`i`.`;'..`.`."L J1 \\'. 7 ;- - All new designs. Bordgr and Ceilings, ali sold by the Roll and at the same price. at Funmtn AND CARPET sromz Grace. Dominion <- --.-ocfnr` gf Grace. Uormmon ;_-.1-.pu;aa| r, was arrested at Van}:- on a charge of theft from 6, FEB. 27th, 1908;`- Events of the Week 1 of giving vote'sA to before the New York afd OI LICCIIDC. bunt` To_1jonto consxsts of unerson Coatsworth, ' ~~----our`.-.-A License. Com- -.\...-ucd-e nf I.[P| our: NEW. LINE` IS 011 uuanavv V. ...,' and Commander` programme naval_ constructxon involves an expendzture of $1,o78,ooo,ooo. I u. o p .0 ./\:tVt'11z<':W;'st {night session of the ~Legislature Mr, Studholme spoke for {over three hours. 1 V 'A-11'svtr;23. gamed Fegavis broke through the ice at Sault Ste. Marie and was drowned. The railways will increase charges for cartage on March I to two cents per hundred pounds. ' Mr. W. J. Armstrong was re-elect~' led Grand Councillor of the Royal |Templars of Temperance. The Sultanof Turkey has assured the Czar s Government. that he has E110 desire to quarre1`w1th Russxa. Four white men and over twenty- ve Chinamen were killed in an ex- plosion in a powder mill at Berke- lley, Cal. `v St. Petersburg police arrested 21` large number of desperate terrorists_ who were planning an attack: on the life of Grand Duke Nicholas and other exalted personages. Pigeon, theSt. Vincent de Paul `convict, tells the story of the Mon- treal Court House robbery; and says his confession is made for the pur- pose of freeing lHobeika, who is in- nocent. Mr. Daniel Jacksbn of `Guelph re- ~ceived _word from New York of his son's death, with a request from a rm of undertakers to send $155 for funeral expenses. After the money was sent a message was received from the son, saying he was all ` _ Reciprocal demurrage is promised m an amendment to the raxlway act shortly to be introduced. sHospitals_ in Ontario cost $1,415,- 140 to maintain during I907. "' "v Premier Deakin has invited the iUnitcd States eet now in the Paci- c to visit Australia. - . n Most_of the tefrorists nconnectxon wnth the plot ersburg are between the and 21. The Railway Commission will meet in Toronto next month, with the object of settling the Union Sta- tion and viaduct questions. Hon. Nelson Monteith, Minister of Agriculture, proposes legislation re- gulating the employment of boys in factories. V ` -' 7 -A. IBI\IUVI -ww- It is estimated that there are at a. present 30,000 homeless men in New `f, York, 60 per cent. of whom are non- ii residents, and for the most part va- 5 grants. n On account of the continued ill- 11 ness of `the Emperor of Austria all arrangements for the celebration of his diamond jubliee next year have been stopped. \ King Edward has awarded the Ed- t ward medal for bravery among min- 1 ers to Miss Lamb, whose brother was killed while endeavoring to save . the lives in a mineat Strathcona. ' :Mr. Graham has given notice of a . bill to add an Assistant Chief Com- ; missioner and two more members to ' the Railway Commission, and give \it control oftelegraphs and tele4 phones. ` Mr. Zimmerman of Hamilton stat-i ed, in connection with the- new French treaty, that the International .Harvest_e_r `Company would manu- S facture its goods for export to France, amounting to over_ two `mil- lion dollars, at Hamilton in _future._ --- - - sus. .u..m..- of British "Enter Justice t H Columbia has gran habeas `corpus ask of the two Japane: er the Natal ac t,. clares the 'actto settles the uestit tion `of the omit /(`I-n1f;I1I1E(l O (Too late for last week.) Mr. Gordon Simth is visit friends in Toronto. ` * Mr. Alex. McKay returned Afr the West last week. ` Miss `Lizzie, Patterson a month at Kleinburg. Mrs, _ Rob. . Thompson, who sT_slvightly on sis spend been jaeriously ' ill, 1 mexidgot ; t MILE.` Jip.;s.' J `hCockburn,L?..:J fand t`Y?.n:Y,`iT Bruei s_9nt` 7the past? at Jug- ,, ' SATURDAY, FEB. 22nd. treaty, Ulal. Luc ....-...___,__,r er its goods to ` amounting over `mil- llars, at in future. . J ' Hunter of ia granted the order for asked for_ in the case` two Japanese imprisoned und- act, This virtually de- the be ultra vires, and the uestion to the satsfac: ominion Government. Continued on Page Five.) % _ '1 l.>e hel_d at the" `SK A , `xppgon, on EDGAR. J,-"{;st week.) 0 .a QHG arrested in at St. Pet- ages of 17` from Jrf, `almg _ gon ,wek __ vxsntmg '7 Vvuuv, visiting ..is spending i'Eauca:ic'ma1 `Side Ciiuld be_ Develop- - v ed to Greater Advantage-'-The Farm Labor Problem. I - . ' `A It is -the. opinion of'Mr..Wi1liami a Laidlaw, of Guelph, president of the`; Fairs and Exhibitions Associations "of Ontario, that the standard of the fall fair has not yet reached the `point desired in an agricultural com- munity. A 7 . There are Vfairs s and fairs, i said he to to a press `representative, at the close of theiirst session of the- aniiuallmeeting of the association. In the 250 delegates present were some of Ontario's most. Prominent agriculturists. ,,. .!___ 9! -1-.n4-:9-nqari a.g1'u.;uu.uuasa. '``At the present time, continued i Mr.` Laidlaw, there are a good many fall fairs which lose sight entirely of t_he_educational side. They go in for horse racing? and other attrac- ,1-_-2.,.A , no `LUI. uulau. xayuab 3-5:`. ..----- tions which eaanot. .be..c1asied*as beiong-igA to agriculture. - These fairs live to a considerable extent4 L -4- _A-ncrn ll be thick tilll-P anvv av - 'v__._, _ upon the assistance [they receive .from towns and villages in which they are he1d--donations of money I or goods -wihch `can be used as priz- U1 U!-C tau tau; an. n... .._- ; That is a hard Question, he re- plied, but I shpuld like to think of a fall fair as fullling all the func- tions of an educator, as reflecting the best that is in `agriculture, and as being able to stand alone. It is such an object as that which we have in view. 33 . What do you think is the future of't_he fall fair? 116 was asked. 4.A--_A.:A.. ,3 L`. ..A_ Turning to another phase of ag- `griculture, Mr. Laidlaw was asked how the farmer found himself with regard to help at the present time. Well, it is` scarce enough, was his reply. In a few more weeks there will be the usual spring de- mand for labor. The greater part of .1 ,L ,_LZ-L Lao nnrnn `Ffni fhe mand for labor. Lne greater pali. u. t, that which has come from the Old 5` [Country is; inefficient, while quite a c .few of the old hands have gone to " the towns. One of the great dii- E culties is that those who have come .1 out fronf the Old Country have nearly all lived in towns and cities (1 and to such farm work is distasteful. They don t like it, and they seem to I % lack the ability to adapt themselves ` ,to it. There are some ne men ; among them, however. Generally, I I think, the farmers will nd things ' - easier this year. ' The Farm is the Place. 1 i What is the thing the. farmer is r mostly in need of at the present 1 time?" was asked of Mr. Channon, 1 who comes from Victoria county. , l_VIoney, said he after a moment's hesitation. - _Has the depression bothered the Victoria county farmer? '9 I, _ V l\.I-Vast. wvv--_-./ No, `I can't say that it has, he Lreplied. They all seem to be pretty L comfortable. ' ` ___ has the . bu A c n . v . . - - . -. I Do you think the farmer's son V has his face set as rmly toward the ; lcity as ever?" No, sir. I dont think he has, said Mr. *Channon, quite decidedly- The fax-mer s son is awakening to the fact that the farm is the place. The nancial depression has helped to bring this about. Where is it p possible for a smart young fellow to make good to the extent that he can .in agriculture? The tide is turning, I and you ll see that the farm will be- ' come a more attractive place than ' ever before. J--__A.Z._n VVVI v - . V . -V Better facilities, better education and improvements in the home life ,form a combination which is attract- ing the young men to the farmsf said Mr. J, J. `Murdock, of Haldr tion which * Aid for Fall Fairs. Btord