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l ^ tP i lt l I 'i nO i »»lii w> llNtfc*-******^**** m iw i m ii w ri ir ,.' Tâ€" .rjinuary !7 I9ls TH£ FLESHEl?rON A U V A N C 1 t<vi '!• H K- ' GROUND MOLES V ALUABLE^ Whan Th«y Invad* thi Lawn. •Q isdependent new8|ia|irr, publiibed every rhiir da; at th' oHicv. CulliugwoiH] Street, Klssheiton. Si>b«cri|itinn price $1 per annum ^bm luudiuadvatico ;$l.rK>whuu nut »» paid Advcrixine rttca <inn|>i>lic'ati<'::. Cii ciiUtiuii 1,100 wrekly W. H Thurston Editor rrom Bti examination of tbe atomacli conteotB of 200 moles takeu in all moutba of the year it was found bj tbe bureau of bloloBlcal survey of the Unit- ed States department of agriculture tbit eartbworms and white gruba con- stitute the bulk of the food. Beetles and their larvae and other insecta that enter tbe ground, spiders, centipedes, cocoons and puparia also form a part of tbe diet. In one stomach were found _^___ tlie remains of 171 small white grubs, ' I in another iiuO ant puparia, in another Men Culled up in Clasi 1 uudur the M. I ten cutworms and in another twelve S. \. will b* allowed to iippi) fur enliBt I earthworms Flying Corps Want Men nietit ill the K>iyal Klyini; Corps. The usual exacting Mtandurdt of this branch «f- the Scrricu will be inHintaiiied. It has been found that only men of certain v)uatificatina.'< can wixely be accijited in the rtyin^ service, riiief iiiinii; these is >oulh. The aviiuir must li^ive the gift at iicting iiistantiiiieoiisly â€" ihere is no time for Deconu thought in air b^hling. Tbe presence of starchy material in some of the stomachs is proof that tbe mole occasionally finds vegetable food, as certain seed grains softened by con- tact with the moist soil, an acceptable addition to its worm and insect diet. Beed coats of com, wheat, oats and peanuts have been identified In a few stomachs. Judgment against the mole may be rendered when it actually invades the fcxperience ihowi it is chiefly in youni; i lawn â€" the overt actâ€" but no general men that this -lUiilicy i.-i olitained. It I Warfare against an iusect eating mam. h*s been found that as a rulo a man of 20 { »«• â- '»«»''l ^ encoura ged. a better aviator th'in the man of uiake: S2, and he ai;ain liettei than the man of twenty- five. Physique is not a prime contiderrtion- lithe, wiry frames .tre in»re iniportint than stocky build. Nerve lalher than etrencth is required in carrying out an aviator R daties. la addition he must havt! ibe aviator's sixtli scn.se â€" a percep- tion of "balance." In the eiily stanes meii were accepted liy llie Royal Flyina C'jrps without any te.'its as to a man's Good, Hearty Laughter. Hygienic experts can say what they like, but they will never compose a diet or discover a better health promoter than good, hearty laugliter. Laughter carries everything before it. It sweeps away the "blues," shakes up the old bones aud stirs new life Into every corner of the brain. It Alls the lungs with good, pure, new air and drives out all the bad, im- pure breath. It is the world's friend and one of tbe few human charaeterls- , , , â- .,.., 1 tics which are universal, sense of balance, with tlie conse.juence • promote real laughter, the genubie that some lives were lust . But today Iggun- of humorous incidents; not gig elaborate tests have l)ecii dcviaed to establish a man's fitness for ttying service Every applicant under the M.S. .A. must submit to these tests, i >f course, it 'fi assumed that an aviator hag plenty of courai^e, ia aniiiial<:d with a Keen spirit to do good worV: ii'iJ ni-ike proyre.ss. Ordinary intelligence aud education is demanded, nuicli dfpending, of course, on a man's aptitude. Those men fortunate enough to be able gles, sickly smiles or sardonic and sar- castic grins, but honest, open, whole hearted laughter ! That's the only royal road to health. A Watch and a IHersepowar, An astute French mathematician has found that in certain watches tbe mo- tions exceed 200,(XX),000 a year in little equal jumps. In the same time the outside ot tbe average balance travels 7,000 miles. let despite this astonisb- tc meaaure up to it.F .C. stau'lards w-ii I ing distance traveled by the ordinary find tlioy will be entering a period of â€" 1-<. ti." --.^....i- "<â-  .^"»-on ..^„=,imoH training packed with incidents, full o fascination. Promotion is in many cases etartlin^ly rapid â€" depending entirely on his aptitude and diligence. While train- in^'for comniissiona as Flight Lieutenants Cadets will leceive the usuril rates of pay â€" $1.10 a day. watch tbe amount of power consumed is trifling, states the Popular Science Monthly. One horsepower is sufficient to run 270,000,000 watches. This is probably all flie watches that are in existence. But if there should be more there would be enough power left In the one horsepower to run an addition- al thousand watches or so. Unionist Government For Toronto Next There can be no doubt I hat the ynv- erninent at ()ttawa has been tremen- dously strengthened by the union of the [ two parties, and now uien are wondering whether the union had not licltfr be widened to include provincial as well as Dominion politics, it seems to be agreed that Ontario will have an election in a few months, and it ceitainly will not help to ce:nenL the f'liion Governinunt at Ottawa if the eli^ctioiis in (Mitarii) ore fought out on l'.e old piity lines. It would be a strange and must iiiidesir.ible thine to have the very men whu a few weeks ago were spcakir.g upon tin- sine platfoiiii ill lavor of union ciin lid Ues tor Ottawa a(<ain to t.iko up the old (Xilitical animo<iln;s and help to undo in the province the work they accomplished in the Doininlon. If I'nion Oovnrnment is necessary and possible in the atiiio.s- phere (jf Ottawa, why shuuKl it not be both possible and desirable inJToronlo, Wiiiiiipet', and in most, if not all, of the yruvincial capitals .' The Orange Sentinel espouses the idea and says ; Kvory observant niiin is fully aware that wo are on the edge of fur reaili'iig chiiiges in our social, industrial and political life. To secure llie best results <vo believe ihatcooperatjjn is necesciry, and that it will produce proportionately as good resulta by organi/.ing a Cnlonint pirtyin tho provinces as well as in thw Doniii.iiiii. There arc many good rea^suiis fi.r union at this time, there are few, if any, so far us we can diacover, A);»ii)Nt it. Ry all meant let us have union Both Sides, wife si'o two .sliloH iif "Can .voiir <|Ufsllc)ii'r'' •Vcs; her own and her Lite. nidi tier's' Man's life Is In llie Impulse or ele- vation to soiiifithiug higher. Mr. Uniicaii Turner, with S. H. Uut- ! ledge, ia deservedly a proud roan thukc 1 days. A few days ago he received from â-  the war ollice, London, England, for 1 safe keeping tho DiHtiiiguishod Conduct I Medal won by his son,,Hte Turner, now i Ltnco Corporal 1 Itith Canadian Infinlry. I The medal was bestowed because Lance (.'orporal Turner stuck to hib poi-t aiid took charge after the Corporal in charge was wounded, and he and his patty diaabled a trench mortar, blew up a dug- out of aniinuniiion and had sixteen prisoners to take buck when relieved. The formal preKentulion of the medal was made by (ieneral Currie, Canadiaits. â€" Shelburne I'^onomist. ^e^iSii:^i:^S£kSi!;^:^^ Coniolatlen. A woman doctor of Philadelphia was calling on a young sister, recently mar- ried, who was in distress. In response to the doctor's inquiry tbe iiewlywed said: "I cooked a meal for tbe first time yesterday, aud I made a terrible mess of It." "Never mind, dearie," said the doo- I for cheerfully. "It'r! nothing to worry about I lost my first patient.' The Point of View. A Sunday school teacher had been I tclUns her cla.ss the story of Iho good ! Snmurilun. When she nskcd tliem I what the story nieniit a little buy suid: j "It means that when I am In trouble my neighbors must heli) niu." Hoodooed. ilokusâ€" I"liib<liili coiiipla ins that iiiiiie ot the girls look wllli favor on bi.s suit. I'okiis â€" Ilow can they wlioii be wears u high but with a sack coM â€" An Indignant Officer. •â- Jlay We liMvu Iho ploasnit! of your coni|)niiy this evomii^, colDiicr/" "C'oiiipany, iiuiilatn'/ I (Miiniiiaiid n roalineiit.' all'airs as Well as in Dominion affairs.- <iuardiaii. For selling live bugs of potatoes on the London market th'it were from nine to eleven pounds slioit weight, sovern farmeis were fini'l »."p .md (-.st.. Give Her Time. Teacherâ€" 1)0 you know the population of Now YorUV Mninio Uuckrowâ€" Not ill of them, mirum. ltu^, then, we've "Ivcd hero only two years.- Osprey Election Results rolling Sub-l>iv, N,,. 1 F.r Ucevc Morrison r!:i Norinnn 1 :.' For l»i'puty-Heeve .Vinotl I" V.uy 7 !•â- â-  1 I '. .Illicit iJiiwiin II llendi'i>on 1 KaittliiK. Ill , L'.ckhrtrt IMonnKliaii I Uoss a? .S'fpheiis T.i'al 8o Be Cheerful. "It pays to be ehoerful." "You bet. As long as you look ns If you hud money your creditors will in |,roviiic'al'' ''"^'C <-''^""J'-'U'^*-' '" >""•"* r.7 '.tl 7i; L'o 1 '•'7 IS 117-' 45 47 24 IS 1 > ii:> 1 L'll ti:i 7s .'..I l:; :. 1 : :> ;i-' 287 r.o :ii :ii . . â-  ' 1 ' IL' t'Mi 1.-. •Jl ;.| t \'.< 11 lii7 .'ti 4!! i:! :â-  1 44 ti ISl «5 82 ;'•:.' 1 . :;.S 2li :1C8 :tO 40 :ii 1 liH i;t a.'u 12 2i> IM I ft 11) 125 Kli 4.S 1 1 ->7 i;«4 15 21 ;i -â-  m 1 â- ' 6 01 Make money in your spare time tliis Winter by selling Nursery Stock and New Seed Potatoes This is the time to start on Spring Sale.'f. Wc pay highest commissions aud fiunisl; our Salesmen with litera ture witu a "punch" to it. . Send fjr our h.^t of New Ofl'erings and full particulars. Stone & Wellington The Fonthill Nurseries. n<;stabli.shed 18;!7.) TORONTO - ONTARIO ,^/;^^iS^^iki^ri.'^^m^m^hiSi^^ Some New Year Bargains LADIES* CLOTH COATSâ€" We have a number of ladies' cloth coats in tUtt'erent styles which we carried over from last season â€" the cloths are all wool and very much bettei quality than can be obtained now for love or money. The .sizes are fairly well assorted and every garment is in first class condition, Prices originally ranged from $10.50 to $18.50. All Selling at Half Price. We offer the balance of our ladies coats purchased this season at a discount of 20 per cent from regular prices. Footwear Bargains Women's Overshoes â€" First quality goods. Some buttoned, others with bnckles. Correct style lasts â€"All Sizes. Regular 82.50 for $2 Men's Snag-proof Rubbersâ€" F"'s' quality goods. Red sole and heel, three Eyeletsâ€" All Sizes. Regular »3.'25 for 8-2.50. A\ei\'s Felt Boots â€" First quality goods. Eubber sole and vamp, eight eyelets. Sizes 7 to 10. Regular 83.2.'» for •2.95. Underw^ear Special Two lines of Mens wool, clastic knit, ribbed, unshrinkable shirts and drawers â€" nearly all sizes are hereâ€" especially those ior small and large men. Tbere are two <inalit>es, one worth $1.25 aud the other 91.50 per garment. belling for 7oc. and 9oc. li ^ Two Only â€" Men's Eat lined coats. Otter collars, good heavy black wool beaver shells. One size, 40, for $40.00 . One size, 42, for 845.00. liotU these garments offer a Raving of at least $15.00 each on regular prices. F. H. W. HICKLING FLESHERTON, - ONTARIO. For Service < »iie pure Died Shorthorn Bull on lot lit;, roil, !(, Artemesia. Term.s 81.00 for uniduH. Must be puid within it months from (late of service. 1 .1,111. 17. -R. O.TURNER. BULL FOR SERVICE Registered Shorthorn bull for service Terms: S1.50 for Krade cow.s, $,",.00 for registered cows. Con. 4, lots 10 â€" 11. Arteinosia. 1 July 18 â€"J. D. McLEOU. Ceylon, IHl ttiRins. Carefully Corrected Esch Week Buttt-r 32 to ac Efigs, fresh. 42 o .nO Wheat »225 to 2 25 Oats 70 to 7."i Peas 1 W to 2 10 Barley 95 to 95 Potatoes $1.35 Buckwheat . 95 to !)"> Ducks 23 to 23 Geese 21 co 21 Chickens 22 to 22 Fowl 16tol« Boar for Service Tlie undersigned has a thoroughbred Yorkshire Boar for service on lot 11, con. 8, Osprey. Terms 81.50. FRED SPOFFARD. WINTER TERM FROM .JAN. 2ni. ^ELLIOTT Canadian Railway Situation The following interesting statement by Lord Shaughnessy on the Canadian Railway Situation appears in the Annual Financial Survey of the Toronto Globe. AI'TKIt forty iiioiitlis of this g'^at world war, the railway situ- ation In Canada presents a rcry (iiffiToiit far-o from that of ln-aie tiiiips. when tlie chief prolilenia to solve were the problems of ilevel- opiuent and i onstnictlon necessary to keep pare with a huge luinilgra- tion, .•\ii Inclicatioii of the difference In cnndi'iona is shown in Canada's n:.'i! Ijalaiic, which has been con- ver'.ed fioiii a heavy "minus" to a f^ull^taIlliill 'pins." the exports for fit'veii luotillis of I'.ll" exceeding tliose of a similar period In 1913 by over a Iiillioii dollars. .\s the total import ami cxiiort trade for that period ill ism:', was itself less than a liilliun dollars (to be e.xact I!!^ii•l,^^i7,- 1100) th(> Increase in tratlic-moviiiK "•ffort may he realized. That Iran- eporlixtloii eiiersy unl Inirease of tra'tlc have licen coincident with a j'.riiwIiiK sliorlasc of labor, a liiglir <'ont of llvhi.e. necessitatlns higher wall's, and iinniensp Increase In til-! co.t of material necessary for miiliiteiiance and repair of roadbed and eipiipmont. sj that the added trallic has meant not increased iirolit but increased anxiety for tho carriers. The labor HliorlaKP may be ilhistruted from the ipcords of our own llouonr IJoll, which sliow ilmt up to Decemlit'r tlth, â- J.iJ'.M employees of tlie Canadiiin I'a- clllc liad enlisted for active service. The satlKlaclory features are the i-MHlency willi which tlie Canadian railways have done tlieir part under such trying circiiiustnnces. and the remarkalil. iiliseme of congestion as compared with the congestion that I'.as been so noticeable on the rail- Iliads of the I'nited States Bince our i;ieat neiglibnr to the soiitli entered the war and faced identical problems elaboiale i.etuorks of railways ','an- ^\â- Uh fi-wer ports and a much less ada has .solved lis war-export pro- blems with liilinitely less confusion I-'rnni the boginning of .Xusiist, 1014 lo November :Uilh, 1!llV. the Canadian railways have liaiidlfld for trt« Im- perial (iovfinmeiU over fi"j iiiilli.in Ions t,f su|])lles. excliisivo of hor .e< nid mules, most of v.lilcli may be ronahlevpd pa supplementary to nor- mal traflic, hut HO ad:.ilrably has the I lovenient been llnicd with tli"! an ivil ii:ul departure cf steamers thtit not a < â-ºnt ha.i been earned by the shlp.s »â- â- * (!emurra?,e The burden of tinandng sur'i move- ! itil <iJ trallic nnder such i â- â€¢.liitioiis 1 .IS, hnV'evi"-, piovr I toe EorloHS for ! onio Cajia.llnn raihvnya. and were It I •)! that tlio Canndlnn Pacific Isincro t'.ian R mere transportation s.Vbtem r;id holdi extr:ineous assets rf creal v.ili;!' that have (proved an tinexpcct r '!v lara;e a,ii:rce of inronie. we pi.vht have h.irt dlltlcuUy in flndinK t .c very itnaiderable sum that wp i ivo Invested in <v^r loans to the I'lthh ni'ii rana;;i:\n Or-vernments lot to nientini. tho ..iildsfdi (h.Tt 1 â-  ';''.,'» reliolders an.l the fliianoi *i \ lint larso h.ivf bmoniP 'uciis- â-  •â-  1 l-< export. I â- ; ' - o'llrtcnr.'- on-' ""''nof.ep of ror<- I ;m <vllh i«-hlch Tiir fnormonji vnr Iran. h.t» be-n handled niigUt well ht taken tr h.«(*rt bj- our Ainerl- ^;! fileuiJ* wbp, It I may venture the suggestion, are looking too hope- fully to the centralized effort ot an overworked (lovernnient when they should depend more on the traiuei enter[)rl»e of the individual indus- trial units that have been so efficient- ly developed during times of peace, because any form of control tliat will have the effect of lessening tho sense of keenness and responsibility on the part of these units, is sure to be disastrous in Ita reiults. If they are not too proud to profit by our ex- perience lu Cftoada, they should solve their iraWc problem by placing under (Jovernment control not the railroads but tho ahlpperg, leaving the railroads with tlieir trained operating staffs, itmraiiimelled by political coi'sideratlons. to And out how to cany the nitiximiim traftlc to given i>orts at a given time, over a given route, ami belpluK thete rail- roads to secure on fair ternis the fuiuls for necessary niuintenatico and eijulpment. .\ (.lovermiieut Controller of Shiiiments. coi respoiullns to our Direclor of Overseas Transport, is needed, not a Gnvermneiit Controller of Itaili'oads. It is folly to send out an S. O. H. (all for (iovornment con- trol or ownorsliip of tho railroads theniselvea, a control which experi- ence has shown to l)e fatally opposed to economy and efflcli'iicy. Healiiing that tho interests cf lo- calities stand second to the interests ot the nation as a whole, the Cana- dian railways have agreed to reduce competitive aervlpea wherever pos- sible, so that train crews and equip- ment should be released for the one vital effort, namely, tlio efticient tran- sportation of war supplies, and for this puriiose the t'aiiadiaii Railway .As.soi lalion nf National Defence has been forme, I. coiiiprlsing the execu- tive hendfi of the leadinR railways. They nr,> doing this with the un- qualilled support of tlie Board of Railway Conimlssioiicrs vsithoiit dis- turliing-indeHil, they arp furthering thi' iidtnlrable work of that body which, niidni- Us Btaliilory position has seml-.liidicial rather than admini- strative po«ers. In thi.s way the rallwavg theins?lven are doing effi- ciently, ecnnomli ally, at^d without political Interference what tiilRht have been d uie InefHciently and ex- jionsively undei' llovernment contrtl. They are working together harnioni- oiislv be^'i'use tliey are inspired ly the same patriotic spirit, and tii^ abtence of fri<tl(m with which their econnniles are belnc received by t!^ . public sho»s thai the public has con- fidence in their judgment. I'nde stub gnldance the Canadian rallwa.' i are In s pi.Bltlon to maintain their Ii'esent "*(TlcU-iii operation of a ve:v liTKe volume of tniflic^nd. indeel. relieve the («n;;o3teil Anipr'lran rai'- roails nf traOic which appears to 1 ,^ l)p(nniln«! tno nun h for tliem. On-- ^nly real hni>iiirai> i.s tt'e <}â-  rnltv o( iinanclni; the operation (u;- 'lilways at the old rates, W coFi if I.Thnr and coat of mater' . koei) Miniir.tlnR up. With a rc.xr'- '• ah'" ^nrrense of rato.=i oorre'.ponc- ' It thi.i) tiu-reafted cost of proJuot' Iho Canadian r.nllway-i arft well p.'-\- to face evn severer trofHc problo's thar fhotf nhioh they have already â- 0 Bdmlrab'r solveci. Yonge and Charles Streets, Torouto Points with pride to its long list ot successful graduates. A high standard is always maintained here. Write for our Catalogue. Keen deniatid for our students. W, J. ELLIOTT, Prixcip.^l STOCK AND EGGS FOR SALE Tamwortli Swine, B. R, Egg?, aud Rouuii Duck Eggs. I have for quick .sale some yoiin£;Tam«(irths (ur liiwdiii^' purposes ; also some Barred Kock eftffs, and Rmit-u Duck cffga for hatching pur- poses. Trices riglit. Phone oi' write â€" (JEO. \V. ROSS, (Vt 111 ir, Osprey Tl. System Maxwell. V O FlesKei^ton ^^ Tonsorial '^ Parlors We Aim to Give Entire Satisfactio LAUNDRYâ€" Basket closes Monday night, delivery Friday evenin CLEANING aud DYEINGâ€" We at agents for Parker's Dye Worksâ€" Clothes cleaned and dyed, feathers rejurena'el T FISHER- -PROPRIETOB New Blacksmith Shop At Maxwell I am opetiint! up atooce, a blacksmith- inn i^'id woodworking business in Max- well, and am 'nsfallini; up-to-date wood- working machinery. It will be my en deavor to serve the public in a satisfac- tory manner and I would solicit patron- age. I wint yourwork and ' will do it light, 7 April 1 CHESTER LONG iSS > I m I i i^^i II 1^1 > I m < ! 11 ^^ II II II [^ 11 II 111 III Flesherton Tin ^hop I have just placed on the shelves a full line ot Tinware, Nickelware and Agateware for domestic u-se. Call on me and get your supplies. Eavetroiiyhing, Stovepipes and Stove Furnish- ings. Repaiiing of all kinds promptly attended to. Pipelitting, including pump work. Furnaces installed. Agent for Clare Bros. Furnaces, D. McKILLOP CHRISTOE BLOCK FLESHERTON .jm ONTARIO. '^^^'â- ^^'^^^^'K^'^^'^^^^^^'^^^^i^^^^i WE SELL FARM I MPLEME NTS ii[ INil 10. Wagons Plows Uav Rakes Cultivators Harrows Mowers JOHN HEARD, IMPLEMENT AGENT FLESHERTON. t^ii4^^ fSl'<&i.