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I 1-me enact e»»ol¢eg¢~nL‘ e’m»‘-ot emu et
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annng to aspu1ug  ll_9t _ _
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The age 'of-‘the _op¢ro;-iS_>vWliit% g`iv_es_ it its chief-
nterest. The novel reading. ‘haunting Chinese
, _ _ - _ , J  ‘ _
_ _ tdy of 2 5oo`years ago, eviderltly-stlughtthe same _land  ‘ ‘ ° - t 1 ‘ -
m~»g¢-_lumep uw no ‘  ‘ ‘  _ sf m¢n$i` exercise that ner- sister of the western _ ~.  ‘°'° °‘“*“'f‘ -°i°”*'"“°'_"’
 not fray 85i;l_l‘allowsf_freéf "C_irculatiol1`.  s 
_ mm new  pl- yur use  _ _ _ . _ hm __ .-m_l'“.__v`mb__‘__ “_ - _ _ __ _
M,” __ -~ . |“ | gy civilization seeks to-day. W-Vhere did the Chinese lody- l1ll°°“| 09  il” “°““d “Pd "3 P-“ °¥ ._ , _ ~ \_'9_ ° _ » ~  _ __ _ __ ~  __ _ ._ ,_ _ .
  _   #_ :_ 41"" acqllire me taste? Whene  we acquire it whoa' our use uponpurselyee and contemplate ourselves.--__vo_rg often _a pretty   F03-$2 75 - 
' out‘LSenil Riding 'Bré_oCll€8'aro re lation
mtlua ».-me ¢¢m.».e..a\.; _ -_0 S \ src Pam? _ '_ _ °‘-'°? A? mmnryvm p§'{3~_.'¢ur nuunrles-_ oc1ry_ln¢:1_`as‘_§fr_;<av»_sfg¢rgit»_19§p¢ut¢eiwillrnatch_yout‘_f'l`tinicfi¢I75f'?Pairs all sizes 5ill`0a
"__ ____ ct-::yu:y::|t__l_y   who per annum by Britain when our Chinem e§‘were lollxng_m by_¢°_9”mum__________m nm mme, of ,gum ,p,,__|_,,,._,,,“g,,,,,,__;,,,,_g,¢_,,|,.,,|,; ,,,
m______“_ 6' dw *um .uhm _ “ amhuom ~ Chinese theatres listening to -and enyoymg plots which rn w°,:¢_ moaeuzeensf:-butt: _::'n:u:__g_s“t::; e;ot=;r_:t.l_T:__l;_i M one _ __ _ _ _ ._
‘ e ' ve slmilpgan, ng~o eggs i ‘  - ‘ Bag '
WMI Illillill  eo-operate, 'but lolllotiitnohl _$f_t§_,bpDdllli.’l0ll is l‘_0l.B0!ll.ble, *_ _ iguble and  _  _  
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Tulssnav, l\l/lacn al, l9l6. ‘
als” ur (hge nu. (mmm or by anew r V _ d the f ‘ ts f mnuebleutoeelltsmpnts we annum were matter, eat-wetness :nous ._
_ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ - ___ __-_-_-V-_-_»_-_-_-_ - - - -_-.-_-, l
THE LITTLE THINGS
The truth of the eu scottish saying, “i\~t=my'
mieldes mak' a mueklc," has been \vell exemplified in General T. S. Benson, *officer commanding the 6th
the various patriotic funds raised in the province and Division, contain the following :- '
also in thc recruiting of the 105th Regimpnt whic_h‘
is now practically at full strength. The five and ten men of good character, belonging to_ the Canadian
cent pieces, the single dollars, collected here and there Expeditionary Force,_may be granted furlough fora
totalled up the quite generous contributions that are period not exceeding one month for the purpose of
no\v to the credit of the province. The ones and twos enabling them to take part in seeding, ploughing, etc. _
and half-dozens recruited from the different sections
made up the Siege Battery, the 105th Regiment and of the furlough will be paid on the return of the non-
the different other units that have gone or are going commissioned officer or man concerned, to the head-
into active service. quarters of his unit and upon the production of satis-
lt is worth looking carefully into the values of factory evidence, that, while on furlough, he was bona
these little contributions, worth figuring out the great fide ~ ”
good that lies within reach of all if they make right
use of the little amounts that are now being carelessly shortly be made, general throughout Canada. It will
wasted on useless things. We have been talking, and be of immense benefit to this province especially as no`
are talking, a great deal about sacrifice,_we are urging doubt all the farmers and farmers’ sons now attached'
upon all the need of sacrifice and everybody believes to
in sacritice-Lltheoretically. But how about the practice complaint that farm_ labour is scarce in the province
of il? Suppose we each-that nu-ans everybody- is
instead of spending that ten cents, or even that five beg n, it will be much more so now that probably a
cents, ou some pleasure of our own, were to lay it thousand men have been withdrawn from the farms
aside for some one of the war or patriotic funds and fo
world is still young and its habits persist through tts
short ages. » '_ __
been little if any, improved since? Verily the
_ Fiiin"it`i)`i‘iotntzns'   I
Divisional orders -_recently issued by' Brigadier-
“ It is ordred that non-commissioned officers and
“Pay and allowances withheld during the period
engaged on farm work.
the 105th Regiment will take advantage of it. The
an old one, it was acute even before recruiting
__ __ _
r military service. Farmers will, therefore, on|
hocllloo WS  '-co-operate as a whole if we wish. to C0-ODBTBN
‘at un. 'lt ‘ uh; no use for ._ certain sections we f~°fr_°n_mt@:_ we
l_n\l8t Co-opotlioflth our merehantg`_ too. What s.re"the people to_dn_y. It
is'l`dl-Into tb`\t$here_sl1ould he nothll18 done to helpthat e\}d'. We should be
i co-operltling Irltlftho men who have made sacrldcos and placed allthelr '
money, earned in A lifetime, ln business. If we could do something to show
I 'tml' npphoeiltioq ofthoso men lt would hoof considerable advantage to us ull. »-
The mlllll Oldor houses are taklng hundredsof thousands of dollar; from the
country. Wo hr our agents that some around selling a. few dollars' worth of
stuff. How Oro we going to get at the mall order houses? I don't like the
idea of dghtlflg against the merchants, Let us eo-operate and try to make
the morio||g,|;tg_u||¢!¢|»gtand it ls for their own and our own good to have tho _
people dolltlt home. These are only n few hints thrown out. _I don't know
it we an 'bee tmmnke suggestions. I know 'we passed resolutions ati our .
several eonvenudns-mee or me central rumors' institute to be sean wuu 3
bytthe present Government or whatever _Government may come after; ~But
returning to-the Important ‘matter of drainage. I think, for the present, both _ _
pgrtleg, workfngtogether. should devise a scheme whereby we could ` apply »
the system`in_usb'ln Ontario and Nora Scotia. I don’t think there ls any one: _
here who will dispute the fact that drainage lstgolng to double the _produc-|_
tion of our farms one year after another. Take one community in the State ‘ _
of Illinois, wihoro they grew 26,000 bushel; of grain and ln tive years after the_
This order, wc understand, hasbeen made, nr will _ adoption of drainage they were growing 260.000 bushels, about ten times as; _ '
muah, we qidvg the richest land ln the world in Prince County and ln
other places on the Island, rich land that does not produce a. dollar : and land
of that kind has been redeemed iniother countries. 'Ilhttt black lau_d is t_l_\e_ _
' ` emed. Take last ear; lt was ltlful. Those w o ' _
\  tiblriiievialriiilg oielqslnce County, lot. 16yand lot 2 in iiartleular must have 10C. a package.  all GYOCCTS.
l ud pity on us. We had nothing; no crop at all, neither potatoes nor oats. _ U
' ou can understand what tlqulnage 'would mean to us. As Mr. lleok has told » “MAQF 'N cA"‘DA
ion, some of the farmers in Ontario sow n month earlier than usual. It Tn mum can 1-o,,,.m,` com FL,” C0“,.A,,Y_ hum,
means a lot to put ln your crop earlier -and start earlier, and not have it all_ |_0N9gN__ ou-|-A310, ¢;/tulip/t
to do ln a few daysat the end of May or the first part of June. I am glad to - - '37
seo men of both parties hors men that are representatives of this country,
T'   tary »Bf'¢¢¢hes are the,hee 
gitiihcwaczmmuammymn. ~='l‘°' °
 cols T _New  Hats _
 PAroNs 
The standard Canadian food f
» 9
TOASTED ` .
CORN F LAKES .
For the business man or workmen UFIUTIUN:-'-No other
g__nalF_f¢:kod is manufactured by us. Only our celebrated
m es. ‘ ' ' -
when it amounts to a dollar hand it over to any one account of the above order, be in a position to cngagcl “lecmd bythe °°““"y‘ “'°’m“g wgmher’ It °h°w° they "° in wwe" and I' “ 'l~ 1' "__3
of tht- treasurers or any one of the patriotic organiza- wl
tions to he found in every community in the province, at
how much would it mean to the boys at the front who gladly avail themselves of the opportunity-of return-
have so few comforts, how much to the wives and ing to their fafms during the busy month .of seeding,
children of the husbands and fathers who may never wh' `
return, how much to the sick and the wounded in the a v
c
liospitals! .\nd how much would it mean to our- po
selves! Self-denial is one of the greatest virtues, one
of the most effective antidotes against selfishness and, fa
practised in connection with the stupendous drama in
now moving on to what end God only knows, it would ma
at least give us a part in the performance, a part which
it would be a pleasure to look back upon after the
We are btmg told, and we believe, that the war is
going to have thc effect of cleamng up the foul accum _,
ulations that have been vitiating our Christian, moral 0
mt help ,hey require by making their wants kn0wn| that the farmers pro asserting themselves and coming into their own. The _
headquarters.. No doubt all farmers’ sons will
_ s 
How thoroughly Germany is being written out ,_ '
and social atmosphere. Of all the vices in this atnlos- cated by the fact that a M“Si° Committee has been V I ` '
opportunity has ever come to us, or perhaps ever will tha
come, for curing ourselves of it than that presented by mu
the war. Self~denial to the extent of depriving our*
selves even of ten cents worth of pleasure or self~ of
a egmmng or those who have
thus far allowed others to do the sacrificing. '-wh
There are 97,000 of us all, men, women and an
_ _ Y. pclayaatime
e T to. _ . _ _ __ _ .menttotnkethematterup.
cent. or say 25.000 Spend every week on an average mg up with R“55i” Wi" hd? fo f°5fCf il b°¢fCf UUdCf° “"ythmg'~ or what 'mes it dw
ten cents each. _Laid aside for some useful purpose, Sta
a patriotic one for instance, this would mean $2,500 congnlcrcial relatmns i"__°°“"S° °_f_ f°"matl°n Wi" 3150 will be very glad indeed to place the volume in the hands of Mr.Bell. butts com- ~
e ped. The Committee has issued an announcc~ prlses a. great many pages and would take a long time to discuss. It ts a
0,,¢.f]f1h 0( l|,iS_ or even 0ne_te,,th_ what would it ment fl'0m which we clip the f0ll0wi`ng;.... complicated system. and I would suggest to my good friend that Instead of_ .
The war has caused a reconsideration of an making the proposal now to deal with the special provisions of the law, it ‘__
_ _ _ _ _ ,me at- | _ - . . _ would be better for him to take the law book home and read lt. qarefully, and
lt would mean \cry much, but it would mean infinitely  0';";ce:Sal::; a‘;gf;”c°b'T “Tr 'S "°t Emil' 7"; let us In the meantime proceed with the discussion of points not-of law.
I u ' a so on I ' - - _ ° _
h, ' _ 0 0 mom MR. A. A. LEFURGEY. I don t think this meeting can pass any resolu Military outittets _ _ __
pat ies and mutual understanding. Among the tlon. They might go dug tar, to suggest that they hope the Government will _ _ _, 3 
requires a “.0r|d_shnking catastrophe Such as that in elements which make up the latter, gnc gf the must _ takelt up and follow it ton conclusion ln the future. I think that is as far as _ 'e ‘i
a week. Suppose the amount saved amounted to only be
mean in a year to “ the cause that needs assistance "? _
more to tis in reducing the combustible matter within aff
us that needs to be burned out and that it sometimes S
curtain falls.
Ym
ar
and l think that au urs well for tho future.
the future activities of the Entente Allies is indi- M°Tl°N BV FR- M°D°NAL°' i
phere selfishness is perhaps the worst and no greater formed in England t°. °"°°“rag° Russia" mmic i" imattrciigiif 'diaflnalizqs lit? Igstddndudigivgholilihgif cia!it`;tt(l=<i,x"it€3tiE1li.heniftt(ih<ta'ai{}i>vet1°!iEi
t_ °°““"Y- °°"°5P°ndmglY d‘5°°“"_ag"“§ Gefmall ment are not asked by this Convention to do something they can not do it.
Sm' _ and we ask them .to ‘ glve lt their best consideration at least. We hs.vo_
Among other things it is glaimed that the inguence the concentrated ability and good sense of the whole province ln the Legls-'
G¢|-man mugk has been felt in Ehgland with parm lature, and they should be able to deal with this matter in an intelligent man-_
- , . . , i. il Bd l) thi C il lil Lil G0 "
gmti6(_mio__ would be b . . f -lySlUg effect upon nauvc St le _tes e H t ner and a. resolu lon s ould be pass y s ouvoq on as ng e vern
n eu mc mum: “Self h3$ been Sufcflng fl'0m -MR. J. H. DELL: I would ask Professor Reok, what does the Government
almost- total loss of inspiration since the happier ot ontario do towards assisting the ferment in the matter or under-drainage?
C|md,L,n_ of ‘his number probably twemy_Gve per days of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert." The |;,,k_ Does lt do anything towards the purchase or mes? Does it contribute or do _
d- _ . THE PREMIER: I would like to cull tho attention of my goodifrlentl
n mg between these gran People' Whlk-3 me new Mr. Bell to the fact that tho Ontario law' is to be found in a. special volume. I
men who are tho leaders ol’ the community are beginning to realize that, utter . _ ; _
all, without the farmers wo have nothing. So ! think we have the sympathy L ”
_ l . - th t i O t l (6
2£.“’i..I”.§§"sZZi.Z."1.'3é‘.1if’.$‘.?..‘§Z§.1"l..§§.§’_’“’l‘.Zi§ ...§.."?}.’..;T‘.‘.I.. ‘I......'i.._” TIS The Habefdashefy
119 many othm-5_ also' wil] px-obamy want to enjoy farmer has n. freehold farm they advance so much money on his farm _sind _ _
amtion on the farms and so earn a mme additional _ charge him 4% or 5 per cent and he pays that each year as n. thx, ln add t on _
_ _ to his ordinary school tax and other taxes. That is a. suggestion. We have  U   
ket monfay for themselves' _ _ _ not come here to dictate to the Government, but they have invited ug here.
By making proper use of this opportunity, spring They have called together a lot of good men tn order to hear their views on|
rm labour tn this province need not be handicapped this important subject. lt was very good ot' them and they deserve every. , , o
the slightest, and by the time harvest is ready there credit for lt; but they have dono nothing more than they should do. Wei
y be just as much help a_vaiIable_ should have co-operation among the eastern provinces. and we have set that_
_ on foot here. The farmers are beginning to cooperate in the three provinces
)x _ to have a. large agricultural university at Truro, and the three Governments -
  ‘ are cooperating. There was a convention of the Ministers of Agriculture of
the three provinces to discuss their mutual interests along agricultural llnos,
Mllllary Supplies
I.N_F. Badges 25c set
Canada Maple Leaf “l
Cap,Collar and Should-
er Badges 65c set
Khaki Hdkfs. 25c Dr.
Khaki SilkHdkf`s 60c
8 Khaki Wool Gloves
5c
Tan Dogskin Milit-
ary Gloves 1.25
Button Sticks 25c
Button Polish 20c
Puttees $2.00 and
2.75 Dr.
' ._ Pure Wool Semi Rid-
ing Breeehes “.00 pr.
Swaggers 25c to 40c
Khaki Flannel Shirts
2.25 and 2.50
'Whistles 50c
Green, ~White and
Khaki Lanyards 40c _
Khaki wool Hose 60c
Heavy all wool hose
'45 an_d 50c. _ _
%§;‘szts:.‘.s.1§§;  Bree 5° r
Leather money belts Tunic and Great
75c and 1.00 Coat Buttons 5c 1
Pure Wool Semi Riding Breeches $5  '
Henderson &. Cudmore..
\\'hich we are now involved, to burn out. 'potent is music' V A this meeting can g°‘ A 4 ` I T ` ` 5” "
“ N0 words are 109 5;;-on lo ex I- tl by ;-_ 'REV' J' A' M°D0NAl‘D: Th" is in "ne with my request' I www ' "'“v *vw* "  ` ' ""`""""A `
)X( '
‘ tio
   war; yet the distanée between . _ look into this matter of under-drainage and glve us tho very best results of
-rr - _ _ sp
lt would be perhaps very difficult to trace to its w
origin the plot of the modern novel-- that is, of the
f g P C* Ic 0 'gn move that such n resolution be passed, that the Govemment be requested to
ns o this country-to Russia in the matter of the
_ _ ___ the two countries makes their mveutlgunon. V `    
ccta e_ orts necessary in order to get into touch CAPT- READ: I bog leave to second that motion; and whlle on my fest " - _'_ .
ith Russia. ' L ' ' I would say that, although I nm an old sailor. I know a. good deal about tiles. ,_-»>'-: et' ‘ _
,_ 'th' 'ts
it H encpuragement _S gwen to our any by helping having carried many cargoes in my time some from sunny France to South ‘ s
modern novel that carries its hero_and heroine through the introduction into the United Kingdom of the great' Ammcalbapd in my Judnitxem misenlmis gt itil” iiriiamlinlil tie tiiianwtiigilt  °  a 1'  L 
a maze of dtfiiculties and hair-raising escapades, Russ; ~ - . _ that cm °p"°d“°°d “nw °"°'°° ° V n ““ “' “ P"° “ ii “ - " '_  -
ml 'ml-“C31 UN. this C0Ul`lfl'}' WI" U0 ICSS "Self I have carried cargo after cargo of this product wherever farming is Clrrlod
l|"`°“H|‘ P10* ‘md C°“"*‘f“'l>l0f “mil HS 2 Climax Ol' benefit by such a process 'England has far too 1 on ln its very best forms and ln every ohne under-drainage is looked upon us ii\‘f==-i' " 'i *  An  
. _ ~ - ‘ ' on . _ _ " i  
grand finale theyarc married and h,-c },app,|y t0g(.¢_|,¢,- |e"t itself to the Obsession of the music of a sings essential. So much fol"thst_.  ~ . .__._,», . _  . _ _ _ _
for ever .'tftcr\varfls. This, with slight variations, is Q0
unify Germany’ thneb Stcrmzin its own S Regarding the question that Mr Rona rnlsqd there ls no reason why improve- -It _c _ _
tl- - - 1 '  ' - - ` Y.. g - °"Si' ' " ' 't tl “ti  `nua'fuhtn'a t". nt  V I L th  A  ii
it novel of tht present diy, the novel for which our lnhttcs and tts own producuvity. Nor in the art itself ment In dimy f°rm‘“g=»_°}»"_’9.d-‘l° so _“Ed  a -W ° ‘rg mv' B ___ _ W I ` n  `    _
bookstores. There arc others of cotfrse, but they are fo
not so widely read. The kind we have indicated is
the seller. -- h
The strange thing about this condition is that the pl
same mental _food__aud the same mental hunger have ii
was produced in Portland, England. a, _Chinese opera,
entitled “The Midnight Court in' the Underworld
The opera was written 2,500 years ago, but the name i '
of its, illustrious author has been lost in the mists of
the ',jtervet\i‘|3g__';ag5s'.""_Its plot bears a__,clbse ,regcmbf
lancdito thatmf many of our modern English novels. _
Briefly it is this: The hero, a poet, indiscreetly com»i"°“ °f- th* lmwmfidn Uffilcdhol int¢'J"'. Prohibition ‘
poses.a poem of love to a banana tree while walking Provinces that should have immediate attention, if a
libraries are haunted and which fills the shelves of our is
in his garden. The banana tree is inhabited by a d¢,,1| grave injustice is not to be_perp¢/ttgxetit In order to
ma ~» .:'.~~~ "  -_1____\ _ _
who _foolishly takes the poorn 'se;»i0u';1y, spimn-5 in the
fornt of a beautiful woman and i_s taken by the pon mtrst be a strong preventiv¢__f¢-u-eg
_ 8l.l"8'» or attempts _at smuggling,
Whm Wife number one Ends out about it. vVif¢ tlomand each
with it-` This
as his second wife. The result is~a row inthe home
number. two leads the believe
is unfaithful and 'he divorcerher.
man_t_ter_ of her
Folldwinftltin
on
world
aced personages, “with a view to encour 'n ghél ` ` 'L _(_‘_"’._'_‘W‘“¥"1 °“
‘ -' _ _ 38" 8
. _ .75 ~_ _ __ _
existed for many ‘thousands of years. Recently therefgdgttxdilction of Rumammuslc into the Umted King'
just as well for the Govhrnmént-s.nd_I  rstnnd this meeting is rather of _ _
(’°""‘mY the _ bnghf Cxemplnr which it used an edncative nature, to-`g`et°tl_te<concent_uis.of the-oplnlon of those -present.
fmefb’ 10 be- _ 'rumors uve questions tnufthls is ftnel,pr§pei-_time to emu" them.. -wim-
“-Animated by these considerations a Committee "5-" °°“°°l"°d the ide* '°fi|‘“_““l "li"-»f ‘°‘“'°“"°“ at *M* 95""°“““` “”'°~
“Sl been f0fmlldi Under the patronage of highly 7  ’* "“ S Fd' V i¥ Vi
V Johnson's Wood Dye ls an inexpensive preparation that _will L I
make any softwood surface as beautiful-and artistic as the rnodfex- _
pensive hard wood.. - _
_ No lost time or delay-‘the dye instantly penetrated the wood uid
“X08 B deep. rich. permanent color. ‘ ' -
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  f rouse
There is one question ‘connected with the prohibi-`
ke the proh|b|t|bt\_~of.impbrta,¢| _ "@§¢¢¢|v¢ _“mpg
with I
S°l@°t- your favorite from fourteen different colors.-Apply with n
T nsldar anythtng"l?posslble L brusgailuiogiiiishnillim avsslllwiill '  
060 _ __ .__ ~ a we e -_` _ "
cannot ourselves per orm. dyes. yu" more about the" ma.” 
believe only what our flnlte ‘ .
K D. 'iw ~
Not tghire dllowance for the
of others.
estimate by some outside, _ _
‘lt in that withtin which ~
Oil! '