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Vf^' \ > T H K F L E S II I R I O N^ A p V AN C E BHBS* Columbia Grafonolas Columbia Records ! - FD15 .s\]J': I!V~ W. A. Armstrong JEWELLER, KLE^SllKUTON Make money in your spare tiqie this Winter by atlliiig Nursery Stock UK* H% New Seed Potatoes This is the time to start an .Spring Sales. We pay liigliest* coiiimi.-sioi)s= auJ ' inrnish our Salesnioii wiili litira- tnre with|a ' puuch" to it. Send for our ]i?t of New OtferingB uiid full parliculars. Stent) & Wellington The Fonthili Nurseries. fKiuUi.ilifJ IKJT.i TORONTO . ONTARIO Bull For Service Ivegisteicd Shi'ilhrni bull 'f.u service on lot 5, con., (J <^sfiiej' Culliiijiivoi cl i{rarel. (Jriide co»v» J1..V), llii)rimc;'h. brcds !?4.(M..^.I. A. KdbciUoii, Apnl 4 1»18. BUSINESSCARDS ; Societies r>-'':CR ARTHUU LonriK, No. XCI.AKA " -|,--metHiu tht Mnuonic l.all. .^riu tronKS l"oc«i.;:„»iiortoii. nveiv Vinlriv oi: helor. tl,« Hi. ..„„u. -r „„,„ w. .M. H. W. HiekliuK, Beti.*.^â„¢, " I IIOSKN KlilKNljK- KlfPlcitcn Ton he- ' CliOMii J-ii<nil»:i|l limit, til Oajiri.B Hn j Drtt Bua tl:iia \\<i)iiiMlB> o' loili )i<i;iliii| >â-  I'.lil. I'By ai-hllllillilS to limll.il » 11 I i'tlcip Uie l^ut uHv of cfirli h,tt11-. IKm* lockcilior, tV. >I. iUiut; lUiiii'cy, Slif, 1 \ I Kisher. I / Dentistry ^â€" 'lYr; B.C MURRAY L. O. 8., dciilol ; uffi...,'.: I »» bcnorRiBtluiite of Toronto L'liiviirBitv an 1 liCyftt L'olluKn of Deutal SurucniiR of Oiitiiriu, Oae a')i(il»ini«terO(l for tuuth oXtinetioii mcu lit lUBiUcnco, Torouiu Htitiot. l''li'i.:'<>iU>'i. Medical J I' 0TTEWi;i,r. Veterliiaiy KiirKeoii Jrulnftte ol Outaiiu Vuteiliiirv CuUcii> refifleiice â€" e^coiMi itoor «onth wimt.'oo kiAty street. TLIg atreet rui^a oiitli Cresbytorlau Cbnroh. V. Chas. E. McLean, M D, C M, Spucially- Kurgery, Midwifery A VVf.ii^ns niM.i.si^ OfTuis â€" l'leii)ierl->n, li w HmiM'. J'ri.'cville fS'iPiufiTiul II. ul, '.l.;iii i.> 1 p.iii. ])rii({ utor*- ill cruinccliou with itlui'. i)n\v<- Hours in FlcKlicrtnii- -Miiliiraday mil Kriday afternoon '2 tn j I'Ui. I'honc meHsuftei) rcutivu |)r')ni\it attention iii both -fficf!' ir.M,.yl.s Legal • LHAB, KANEY & liKMlV-lt»rii»lori.. i *-' 6oUcitor»,eie.-I. ». I.ucan, K. I'.: W, i;, 4»»nBy, K. ('. ; VV. D. llt-nry, H. A. tmici'ii, ! fToitnto, hOOll TiadiiH ii»iil< HlilK., iilioiiu I tuain 141:3; Markilalo Liieaii lllock, Pliuiis 'i A. | fcrtoch ciUce at Duudalk op*u e?t>ry Haturday. i WKIOHT. TKI-IOHD ft MtnONAU) 1 nanlHtnr, Kolioitorn, 4c. Olllcon. (Iri'V ' A Hr'.r,! lUock, Dwon Ktitiinl. Htinirtavl Itnnk Hioflk.Fi- fliuiton.irfatiU'laNB). W.H. Wnijl.t. . W. 1'. I'ulloifl J). ,1. C. JItUonaM, 1.. i-.. h. BUSINE.«S CaKD3 M[UULi.o''f:ii iV V;::r:;(i (JtUil 11' . I il'iMi.: liu- '.; â-  »t reaf,r>rul,'!' .«tti» Cjiil on im. OMrt'IX.\rr. Mcpnsa.I Ancllonfle tor ilio I • Conu'vof tticy. Tnun iooiiK>»t« Kiid i icy nlllicfl. IbO «T7 â-  »ll IwlllS'il. Bt 1 . hl.il V.fi ,< u\li II. WJi. i\.*.i .1 â- â€¢, Iccnp' tie , .!. 'I, rif 111 F«ni! nitk â-  â- ..-•- ' ' ^t'^i I> ; '' • I i^Ei Military Service Act, 1917. Men 19 and 20 Years off Age. B^arvest Leave. Leave of Absence on Ground of Extreme Hardship. Procedure to obtain Leave of Absence. Men Nineteen and Twenty Years of Age. It has conic to iho altontidn of the Government that there Is a widespread iini)rossion that >oun{^ ni^n of njneteon years, and those v-ho becainc twenty ,sineo October i;5, 1017, ii.s a\c11 as those who may become nineteen from time to time and who have been or will lie caHed upon to register under the Military Service Act, are to l>e imnudiately called lothe colours. This impret^sion is ciuito hicorrect. No date has yet been fixed for calling upon such n\en to so report for duty, nor h.'\s the c|uestion bf^en brought before llio Cabinet for decision. In view of the iieed of labour on the farm, it is most unlikely.that consideration will bo }z;iven to the matter until after the harvest is over, although of course the Government's action must be determined primarily by tlie mihtary situation. There is no further oblif^ation incumbent upon young rnen of the ages above mentioned who liave registered or who do so hereafter, until they receive iiolice from the Registrars. Harvest Leave. ^onie encjuiries have been received as to the possibility of granting harvest lea\c to such tioop.s a.-»niay be in the country at that time. No definite a.s'jur- ancc can be given on this j^oint as advantage must be taken of ships as they become availaljle. On the other hand, harvest leave will be given if at all possible.'-'" '7^'- Leave of Absence on Grounds of Extreme Hardship. It is (i<\-^in'(l that tlie Regulatiuns j-e.s])ccting leavcof ab.-^enceinca.sesof hard- .-'hip sliould be widely knuwa and fully understood. Such leave will be gninted in two eases: - (a) where extreme hardship ari.ses by reason of tlie fact that the Mian conconied is either the only sttu capable of earning a livelihood, of a father killed or disabled on service or pre.'jeutly in service oversea-s, or in training for such service, or under (reutinent after returning from overseas; or the only remaining of two or more l)roth'rs capable of earning a livelihood (the other brother or brothers having l)ecn killed or disabled on service, or being presently in service overseas, or in training for over.-fcas or under treatment after his or I heir rel \u-n from overseas); brothers married before 4th August, 1914, living in separate establishments aiul having a child or children not to be counted, in determining the fact that the man is the "only'" remaming ,son or brother} (b) where extreme hardship arises by rea.son of exceptional circumstances such as the fact that the UAan confUMiied is the sole support of a widowed mother, an invalid father or oilier helpless dependents. It is to be noted that ia all tliei-o cases the 'govern in jj; factor is not hardship, loss or suffering to the iiidixidual concerned, but to others, that is. members of his family or tlio.-^e (lep(^nding upon him. Procedure to obtain leave of absence. A s)wii)le .Msteni fur dealing with tliese cases has b(>on adopted. Forms of applieatiou have been sup[)iied Id every Depot Jiatlalion and an officer of each iiattalion has,been detailed whoso duty it is to give them immediate attention. The man eoiiceriK'd should on reporting to his unit state that ho de.sirestoappl\ lor have of al)sen(e on on(> or more of the grounds mentioned and hisapplioation fojin will then be filled out and forwarded to A lib tia Headquarters, Ottawa. In the ineaniiin(% if the ease ai)ueais niei iivtrious, the ir.au v> ill bo given provisional leave of abseiiie lor t hilly da\s .so that he may return Jiome and continue hi- civil oceu])alion while his ease is heing finally disposed of. IssiKD nv l)Ki>.\KrMi:\i' ok .Militi.v axd Dkff.xce, l)i:e.\iMMi:N)- ()!•' Jr.siicE. "Taken Captive by Bull Moose.l^ ,.) .1 »«»«•, fir I . _ * tt tj tAdrotiun m» M rsrenlivia, On COMINO down the Canadian Pa- oltlo and Algoma Central last wlntiir ou a return trip froai ,Wlnnip«K to Sault Ste. Mario big 'Jack Bre<kenrldgoâ€" th« busUy ttmbm- rftJkfc'^t' for ttia pi.p«v coi»ijitt»y, i>oiut- e6 out lo iiie an Island In the ct-nua 'of Mongoose l-aU« that staged tho final scttluK to a most thrilling en ConncfT a "tunderfoot " had «liti a bull n,oos.>. Hera it is a-s told to mc by a wan wtiU hull moose lungx yo\i eaii separate the gold from the drosa at your Id.^iire; -â€" '•«<•« that huntlnfi lodgo on tlif fhore there ' Well, a bumJi of .swells from Chicago hung out ihere last fall for quile A sin'llâ€" cam* up In shoot rartridge and #raloulated to utlik round until th» moo«n aeuHon whh OB â€" w«ll. li.T gosh, the moose neji:joii ppeneU ahead of tlraw wUh ona gent end it* told me afterward that he wan "I«d up'' on moose for the rest of his natural life. Beeins he was out for partridge and had sat down to tcrd fttt /a<.« and tai;o n draw at hia iWipe ttJck when ho j;ol tho uurprlsa cf IiIb Ife for a his hull moose canio oraHli tftC through the undorbniKli and janded :tO feel away pav\ing im thi dirt aa soon as h« apird the gent (he fellow told ine he had nothing but a Hhot gun but determined lo tniikc It Intopeiiilng for Mr. Moose, bo ho baulod oHf and let bisise with both bar fols -this was elmply an Introduction lo whal9|happ('nnd for Mr. Mnosu nine on full titeani ahead and die Kont look to' a tree nearby -hn had fust taftde lli« first llmli wh^n Mr Mptse Bt<>rted t,) rake It tore mid aft ('fill h)» 42 iHfU '.pread- result was ovfn rtime U(« JIuh and his rlha and ID lio fell the r.«at of hla iiaiit» got Miught ou a prmig of (hat moo.io's IVread- Mr,. Mofese with a mlfthty »U«it waa.) '>!f wlih h!n lo Ibe lakf Hurt pro <.>ded Ic. tianniiorl his over lo that IbltBd t^i'howed yovi. The {eat told m« lie tliought he rould uee 19 i;boctrere4 cireer i'uB>lii|[ to » ] tragic end, for ha had a Kunch &Ir. | Mnos* was Koing to make a 'â- hrfrrible' exampla" of hlni before tho females 111 Ilia hareui on Black Fly lalatrfâ€" h« yaid he could ntinost feol that brute ftamplng the life out .if hlna, yet ^aal afraid to fri<- nilmnoll^or a dOwn^ ward dip of ih.nt pron? would depoijH, ihlm tu the l(!y wateru o( Mongoose iLttkfl-^lusI il',er the uioos'S f»ot atrunk terra Hrma only to lird hljaaelll lOtt | ifronted with n rival Ball niooso who' had evidently heon ^'iiUying In hl8| ,KarJ'U" durinR tho iiK-itn' e of the bohM of iha hareq\ tlie t\»o* .started tie p.jw no tha .-arlh and with- a wild roar awl bent head ch.iriri'd jearh olti,^r with galvanic fori-e -tho can-! |i'Us»lou threw *l,-. Man fifty foet Inlej the tazel. bushes and from there he! watched' the fight of V:.o furies. Ha * aaltl "take it from me ihatfc-llow who gnvo me the rido whb some scrappar and Kpemod bent oii denionstrating to tha^'-ffemales in waiting' that there waTonly one fly fti tha iiovey aronn* that HUad. Ue tiaaliy downed th« E*y "Lothario" ftnd after slauijdng tho life out of blm fell dnw^ ex- hauslted before hU fallen .foeâ€" that was Ihy (.hanr^-salil h«- -go I cropt. up bfhlml him vlih my unflheathed huirtlug k.\\(« pi'd cTtt hiB tl^Kat^ i> Say,, that gent holds iho rererd tn thli! neck (•( tU- wco* for fr»'i 'rans*. pori.-ition, <;ii>i .Ta,-:< â- ,, ho cMt oiV a fvcsU«lii'w. f Pigs of Wcsscx I Sight to Sec STltAIOHT over the heathy Wea- sex ridjfe ihe road dropped and l>efame % wooded lane, then. turDln£ swerved into a thalchr ed hamlet, whose nam# it is useless to repeat because even those versed In the rich nomonolature of Engll.sb, villages would hardly l)elieve In It. In the tiny street, one'.s bicycle pick- 'ed its way tl\rough ;i scurry of glga, waggonettes, and ."mail motors. Some bidden alliaction drew all footsteps to the roomiest building in the place. -There in the big barn, high-pitched and shapely, at a long table Ibat lost itself in dimness, sat th« farmers,- 40 feeding like one. The great door on the road, was open, and the brilliant noonday sunshijie threw a clear square on the floor within it, just reaching to ihe nearest corner of the table. The .sashes of a window aet above the door were patierned on this glowing space of iTght. Further in, the only illumination was from win- dows in Ihe deep embrasures to right and left, the crossings of transepts of the barn. There jugs were filled. Joints carved, ^d the tables secretly replenished. It vax a fine scene out of the Wessex novels. The dtlBculty with which you grope among modern- ised settings for the old landmarks, old habits, and old sayings evaporated like a mist. The past itself reached out and placed this bit of reality be- fore you. One just whispered, "Far From the Madding Crow^d." and look- ed on. The clatter of knives and clink of the glasses testified to the embodied' Pi'esent; but when you peered into the dim farther end jfou we<-e not so .«ure, for the cask there and the farmers lunching near it had' taken on the augustness of the aid shades. One word, like a magnet, had drawn most of these atoms together and set up the scene. The word waa Pigs. Pigs might seem to have found tbeii paradise already â€" it it is really true that the pig is the cleanest of all animals â€" in the new white pig- peries, freshly concreted, which ran at an angle lo the barn. One largs pinky-white animal from Yorkshire panted in the sun there, in majestic Isolation from the fair, cocking a cynical eye at the golden thatch on the barn roof opposite. We left him to pant, and sought coolne.«s in the long dairy, where rows of Dutch cows, rai^ged in their stall.s leady for milk- ing, showed their rich lu^irkings of black and white, fresh as a clean pack of cards. There out into the sun again, for the barn is eiupty, lunch- eon is over, apd humanity has as- •embled itself round the hurdled ciir- cie dominated hy the auctioneer. Of all the saleable unimals pigs seem the most magnificently free from self-consciousness. It Is less than nothing to them that attentive onlookers encircle them, appraise thfein, and bandy their guineas above the corkscrew tails. On this hot after- noon it is a bore, no doubt,, to be prodded quicker than you want to go up the templiug grt'en alley that leads from the pens and to be kept moving round the fenced arena while your fate -is in the air. Hut the pig's eyes are on the ground. By degrees the same indifference communicates itself to the iiniuitiated beholder. The likeness between the own .sis- ters" who follow each other beneath ' the hammer is so remarkable. There I is a thrill of interest, on the arrival I of the "own brothers to the above," j to see how family likeness and serf I difference will reveal themselves. I The boars show a gre'ater iiuoulence 1 about their 'nii.'ely turned-up jiose.«J' while theii- foamy jaws suggest the ferocity of the male.. In spite of ignoraiHO. and sloth, one begins to look â- out for good hams', ' nice middles, una tails that, arc in I the ri;;ht place. There aiv other rthings to iioUce also. Uostdes the t human interest w-liieh Is nevei* more I intense than at an auction, and dread ; of catchinc. the.au'ciioneer's eye as he ' detects an advanclitg bid io^the silent I lift of an eyelid or tho iwluh of a .shoulder, thete is the potent magic i Qt the sale catalogue â€" the m|igic of .names. It is uoblo to call jWurself I the Uoadicea or KatUaiiue of Aiagon, of your dairy. There is vyivstery, ' faiutiy tinged wlth^ .'tacrileijOr*. in I 'IJishop of Bookliam," and a richly alliterative assonance about, 'H^lo o£ Hammonds." Wesse.v i.s, indeed, transmuted. Be- ; hini^ me. as I came back to the auc-. tion, were the Oermans: and in the dairy, about the lleUls. among the I pigs were- women landworkers and farming probatianers, who are much ' to the fore here. The s«ile was neurly , over. The 'middle whites" fiad heea followed by tlie "large blacks " and j these by heifers and iwo black and ' while Dutch bulls>â€" but not, 1 was ! relieved to find, by the black giant j who had freely yielded his tremen- I dous forehead and liroad muzzle to ' my stroking. The jifgs were cttier- : inp vehicles to bo conveyed to their : destinations. It '«'as lime foi- tea â€" the leisurely fartuhouse tea thai, washes : out afternoon heats and is perfected with a lounge over pools of the tiny river, while the sun slopes down- wards and warns you at last lo get Into the saddle. An I passwd the ol>^- ' in.a of a lane, a group of lU'jsoncrs f'QIinie liuirying lo catch tijp lorry, and 'one or two had thrown overcoats j aljout thrir shoulders, for the Sep- ' tember chill, promising a morrow as ( fhip or finer, was In the air. â€" Lon- ; don Timea. THRESHINGjN ONTARIO ; fian)(s Available This Vear to â-  Relieve Situation. I A Tree nufTot. ; No, fewer than 1,400.000 soldiers and sailors pas'sing through London : on their way to- op f rov\ the front i have reecived a meal at Lady Lim- I orict'a free buffet at London bridge' j station^ Since Ma!^, 191.5, nghllng j mrti, nMudfiig maby woiiudea tind â-  ronv.vlescoat, liave "oSyel" aakecf^ln ; vain for-refresbtucn^ ^mfls are now gftunning lo\v,,fsd Ihe. peer' :=â- '«-- Ird to heltf in ^upplyinjr Ih' i forts that -»are olfe'-,..) ,. ^,, tu;.it I brld/fe. A Proposed Plan of Organlzalior How to Overcome the ')ifHt'ulties â€" .^ppHcationt to Be MIed a< Once. (Contitbuted by Ontario DepRrtn.eitt oX Agriculture, Toronto.) THE Ibreshing gang is not an untried experiment ia Ontario. In certain coun- ties, Lambton for instanee, these gangs have been employed and have proven very successful. .Neither the thresliermen nor t«he farmer la these cases care to return to the old methods of changing help with neigh- bors where men for the threshing gangs can be secured. The Ontario Department of Agriculture and the Ontario Trades an 1 Labor Branch are now co-operatiag to make ar- rangements to ensure an ample sup- ply of labor tor as many threshing gangs as are likely to be organ tied this fall, and suggest herein method* of organising a gang and a plan of organization. The Difficulties â€" Overcome Xhetu. (1.) In the early pa.rt of harvest when many moves must be made aad "when comparatively small amounts of grain are threshed, the thresher- man finds it difficult, often, to make a profit even under present methods. If he employs jl gang his expenses will be much heavier. His charge» therefore must be high enough so that later in the season he may re- gain what is lost at this time. (2.) But at any time iuring the threshing season there may be con- siderable idleness during the fre- quent changes from farm to farm caused by the camparatively smalt amount of grain lo be threshed on the average farm. By good organii- aUon this lost time may be limited to the minimum, however, by havvag the majority of the chenges mada at night. Ttipesher ' Board Men. Ci.) If the iarraer were obliged to board the gang a certain elemenc of unfairness could not be avoided. U would seem, therefore, that the thresher should be responsible for this. The most convenient way in Ontario, perhaps, would be for the thresher to make arrangements -with sach farmer to provide meals for tie men, the thresher to pay for tha 3ame. (4.) It would seem necessary tor 6»ch Ihresher to provide a sleeping van tor his gang and the men to pro- iride blankets, as is done in the North- west. Tbese vans are home-made and one can be constructed for the average Ontario gang for about JIOO. it the thresher does his ow n building. Nothing ornate is required. A struc- ture 10 feet wide by 12 feet long, built on trucks, wind-proof and rain- proof and with two tiers ot bunks on each side would afford ample sleeping accommodation tor an On- tario gane. (5.) As several men constitute a ': gang the weekly wage sheet would run fairly high. This would involve i considerable regular expenditure on the part of the thresher, which in turn would necessitate prompt pay- ment by farmers. Where gangs are employed it is necessary lor larmers to give cash or SO-day notes imme- diately the job is done. (6.) Probably the moat important factor of ail is the rates which the Ibresher wiU charge. These must, ot [•ourse, li^e «HUch higher than those charged formerly. This would make the UresUlug bill a tairl.v large ?um. Yd the farmer could still make a protit by the transuciion. If, by em- ploying a gang, he were enabled in t&e two weeks iluis saved lo preparo au additional lu acres, .say lor wheat, he w^uld tiave from 200 to 350 extra bujhelB of this crop to sell in 1919. â-  , Size ot the tiaiigs. (7,) The last problem is that of securing men. rhe average gang would probably consist of eight laea- as iollows: Engineer, blower man, feeder, grainman and tour mow or stackmeu. This would leave' ' tU^ I farmer to take care of his straw and to supply another man lo carry grain j U one were not sutlicient. A team j of his horses would also be required I to draw water. He would supply 1 fuel, ot course, as is now done. In organizing a gang of this ua- 1 tuie possibly not more than two or I three could be secured in the local. ity where it was desired to operate. The Ontario Trades and Labor Branch will undertake to supply as [ many men as can be secured tor this I purpose. It is thoug'it there will ho no insuperable ditBculty in securing I sufficient luen for this purpose at rea- j souable wages during the ibresiiing I months. j tthert' the silos are to be filled tht I same gangs, or as man)- men as are j required, may he utilized for thia purpose. OrgHiiixe a (<ang lu Your District. [- U is suggested mat farmers' clubs, otlitr farmers' organizations. [ or groups of farmers without definite i organization, consider at once tha 1 advisability of employing a ihreshicg I gang this fall. Call the local thresher to the tueellng abd confer with him j ngarOins ways and means. Then.; I having reached a deftnite agreement. '. wrlU- Dr. \V. A. RiddoU, SupcriLlen-' deui Ontario Trades au.i l,ab ' Branch, 15 Qmons Park, Toront Inversely any thresher who wis to oiiianiac a gang should write KUldell also. Iii every case it will I necessary for a thorough uud?rsta 1 Uij; to exist between th^ thresher i his vatrdlls. Wheii such is the levcnpllinj; pc^sslble will bo donV" u I siipiir.^'Ktiincient Bieri for all thrc-sX tug gant's required tbia year 1q ' 'â-  '"'^'y to Iii. VV. A. Rld.reU 1 July iC-th. â€" ^i us laut C •^.'^''''itouer A i AkMu: i .. re. I a- og ; h. / re I ig .r/ t • r. If I 4 '-^i^ 1 X J^