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THE HOT RED.
There le nothing better than a good
hotbed for etarting early vegetahles
The hotbed proteete the Pleats froni
the cold, anti also tint/13110s bottora
heat. The soil is constantlY koptMew"'
era), degreee warmer than the air
above, 'which is :avertible Or Oleic
and etrong growth,
Fresh lioree manure, containing a li-
beral amount of straw bedding, le the
best heating material that can be em.
played.
If thrown into a loose pile, horse
manure will heat violently and ethe
evettlY, and soon become cold. The hat
bed ueeds a steady and moderate heat,
and one also thee le lasting. in order
that title may be obtained, the name-
ure should be forked. over, shaken
aPart, and it dry, watered and allowed
to stand a few deys, and again rotted
over, pilea and permitted to heat a
second tline. The object is to get the
whole mass into a uniform degree of
fermentation, and when this is se-
cured, the nienure is ready for the hot
bed.
Sash can be purchased that is made
especially for hotbeds. They are glaz-
ed with small lights, and the frame
painted. A size convenient for hand-
ling, and especially adapted for home
gardens, is about two and one-half by
four or five feet, with glass about 10x
14, laid with not more than one -quar-
ter -inch lap. They should be made like
eltylight sash.
The frame should be constructed of
Bound one -inch lumber, the back 12x
14 inches high, and the front 10x12. It
must be well fitted to the sash, so as
to allow as small opening as possible
and yet permit the sash to be easily
moved up and down, even when the
frame is quite wet,
The soil ia the hotbed, must be light,
rich and friable. Any considerable
quantity of clay in it is very objectioneble. If possible the soil should be un-.
frozen when put into the bed. Gard-
eners generally prepare the soil in the
fall before, covering the pile with suf-
ficient coarse manure or straw to keep
out the frost.
Careful attention is required in mak-
ing the bed, as future success largely
depends upon the manlier in which this
work is performed. Having removed
the snow and ice, erect a rectangulat
bed one foot larger each way than the
frame to be used, carefully shaking
Out and spreading each forkful, and
repeatedly treading dowli the manure
so as to make the bed as uniform tie
possible in solidity, composition and
moisture. It is of the utmost import-
ance that this shaking apart and even
pressing down of the manure be care-
fully and thoroughly done. Where this
attention is not given, one portion will
heat quicker than the other, and the
soil will settle unevenly, making it
impossible to grow good plants.
The right depth of the bed varies
with the climate, season and kind of
plants to be grown. .A. bed that is shal-
low will quickly give a high tempera-
ture, which will soon eubside; one
that is deeper, if well made, will give
p, more moderate heat, and last con-
siderably longer. A bed about two feet
eeep will be best for general purposes.
The bed completed, the frames and
rash may be put on and fresh man -
lure carefully packed around the out-
side to the very top. Should the wea-
ther be at all severe, this outside
banking must be replenished ae it
settles.
The bed should then be allowed to
'stand with the sash partially open for
a day or two, to permit the steam and
rank heat to pass off. The earth
should then be put ou and carefully
leveled.
The soil must be dry and friable. If
wet or frozen ground must be used, it
ehould be placed in small pilee so that
It naay well dry out before spreading.
At first the heat will be quite vio-
lent, often going up to 120• degrees,
but it soon subeides, and when it gets
down to 90 degrees the seed may be
planted.
Every season thousands of hotbeds
Tail of good results for the reason
that the soil is not allowed to dry
out and he first rank heat not per-
mitted to pass off. The consequence is
that seetismen are blamed for failure
resulting from (wee -heat, or wet, sog-
1137 soil.
It must be borne in mind that the
essentials for success are a steady,
'uniform degree of heat and moisture,
the soil at all times kept a few de -
gees warmer than the air, and the
careful "hardening offP by exposure to
the air and diminishing the supply or
water) of the plants before trans-
planting them into the open air.
The temperature inside of a well-
huilt hot bed will rise very quickly to
,e0 or 100 degrees upon a still, sunny
tiny, even with the temperature out-
side is far below freezing. On the
other hand, the temperature will
quickly fall to that outside if upon a
windy, cloudy day the sash be left
epen ever so little.
A rush of cold air driven Over the
plants is far More injurious than the
same temperature when the air is still.
During cloudy weather a bed will go
eeveral days without watering, but
will dry up in an hour when open on
a sunny day.
' FARM NEWS AND VIEWS.
About this season of the year wo
are likely to read a great deal about
the advantages of certain practices in
plowing. Ono man eas good succesa
with subsoiling, and earneetly .aaviees
every farmer to subsoil. eAnother
farmer has tried subsoiling mat has
found that it actually reduced crop
yields, or at leaet did not help then!.
any, Still another man will find de0p.
tilling machines plowing 12 to la lame
es deep profitable on his farm, OA':
immediately concludes that very deop'
plowing will be profitable tinder all
eircumetances As a matter if fact it
ie not, of 'course. AII this goes to show
that the practice advisable to follow
on any certain type of sell cannot be
termined eery way except by actual
trial. Probably in the great majority
er cases eubsoiling will not pay, nor
extremely deep plowing, too, for that
matter. Undoubtedly there are many
teees known where either cf these
eractines may prove extremely profit -
eine How to plow in order to get
the best remits is something that no
man Can work .out for you. You must
laid out for yourself on your own
tele: of coil.
Most fte•mers with only a few ani-
mals tan hardly afford to keep pure-
Letti melee. Yet they cannot afford to
tee Penile:. One solution of the prob
1 imi Li fur ielverai neighbors to club
leeether and ieetnee the ping -bred
11(1C,(1. 'MR will really make
tee teet of the 1ure-1) 1l iro lea To
teci: fereeer than 'would be the wet
eerub Fire3 if melt caned OM
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weeds, and where sheep can be turned
into a field, or a flock herded along
the roadside, they will effectively
clear up waste vegetation and in addi-
tion the trampling of their feet will
destroy many insects. The sheep at
the same time turn waste material in-
to mutton and all they require is a
little grain for finishing. Frequently
when sold they return a profit, but
the entomologists hold that even if
they merely pay for the, extra grain
they eat their function in destroying
weeds ante keeping down insects
makes their use well worth, while,
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A rich soil is the first essential to
good farming, Too often we forget
this and try to skimp along hoping
to make crcips grow without any plant
food to do it on. If plants are to grow,
they must be fed, just as animals
must feed, Animal manures careful-
ly conserved, commercial fertilizers
rationally and liberally applied and
green manures plowed under in a pro-
per environment, each or all, will turn
the trick. But plant food you must
get.
Winter's Poem
on the War
In the Sunday edition of the New York
Times unusual space and prominence are
given to a poem by William Winter, en-
titled "My England." The fact that he
is an American, of course, makes his ut-
terance upon the war the more remark --
able. This is nis poem:
My England! Not my native land,
But dear to me as if she were, -
How often have I longed to stand
With those brave hearts who fight for
her!
Bereft by Fortune, Worn with Age.
My life is all I have to give,
But freely would that life engage
For those who die that she may live.
Mother of Freedom! Pledged to, Right!
From Honor's path she would not stray,
But, sternly faithful, used her might
To lead mankind the nobler way,
Her task was hard, her burden great,
Bit 'round the world her edict ran
That reared and ruled a Sovereign State,
Securely, on the Rights of Man.
No Vandal foot should tread her land.
No despot hold her reahn In awe;
The humblest peasant should command
The shelter of her righteous law.
In vain her lion port was braved!
Her pennant streamed o'er ev'ry sea,
And wheresoe'er her ensign waved
All fetters fell and Man -was free.
To -day be all her faults forgot,- .
The errors of her nascent prime,
Or wily politician's plot,
Or blunder that was almost crime.
To -day when desperate tyrants strain, -
13y Greed and Fear and Hate combined,
To blast her power and rend her reign.
She fights the fight of all mankind.
She fights for us -for this fair clime,
Our home belov'd, where freemen dwell,
Columbia, grandest born of Time,
That Teuton malice burns to quell.
My England! should the hope be crost
In which she taught the world to strive,
T.hon all. of Virtue would be iost
And naught of Manhood 1ft alive,
But 'tis not in the Book of Doom
That Justice, Honor, Truth should fail,
That earth be made a living tomb.
And only brutal Wrong prevail.
It cannot be the human race.
Long struggling up to Freedom's sun,
Is destined to the abject place
Of vassal to the murd'rous Hun!
In ey'ry land that knows the ills
Of bondage, and has borne ite aches,
•The deathless pulse of Freedom thrills
And Reason's noble rage awakes.
See splendid Italy advance.
And, grimly issuing fom his lair
Te grasp the hand of glorious France,
Stalk forth the' Intrepid Russian bear!
My England! -patience, valiant, true: -
No foes without nod frauds within
Will shake her purpose to subdue
The cohorts of embattled sin.
The swinieh horde, the gilded beasts,
in whom no Ouch of truth suvives,
Who ravish women, murder priests,
. And strew the sea with infant lives:
The Lords of Wee, who kill and maim,
Exultant, while their people groan,
Steeping themselves in crime and shame,
To keep a despot on his throne;
That pigmy, to whose 'wildereel brain
Himself an Attila appeare,
Who takes the name of God le vein.
And drowns the earth in blood and
tears!
My England, strike! Droop not, nor
pause,
Till triumph on yew banners shine!
Then take a crateful world'e anelause-
Millions of hearta that beat like iniae,
THE SONG OF THE PLOW.
I cut through the furrow%
The brown loam springs high;
Thu sunlight is golden,
_The blue of the sky
13rings promise of summer,
Of fruit and of grain.
r,erut through the furrows,
:-It's epeingthne againi
eut through the fulsome
e. The flash of my steel
Is tWortl-liker bet peaceful;
Row happy I feel!
The winter is over,
The summer Is near;
cid through the furrows,
For springtime is here!
I rut throtteb the furrows
As if hi a dream-
t nee the Corn waving
'rho faint :relent gleam
That bloom in the summer -
hurry and hum:
1 rut through the furrows,
The seringthne has come!
I out throutei the furrowa
With Joy in my soul;
I wieh the whole world
l‘ligld be happy and whole,
wish that the aworder
Of the liatione inig,ht be
.Tuet plows -And the springtime
Might come Wer the SOM.
—MraTtaittl re ',Sweeter, Ire In The
Chrietien 1 -Torah].
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Proof Against Wasp Stings,
A. Scotch naturalist in a paper on
the habits of wasps, torte how a black-
bird will stand at the side of a hang-
ing waseie nest and doliberately tear
It in piecee in order to get la the
larvae, elmarently hv the
swarm of angry insects, vvlmee vicloos
stings intently put to Plight the
tunian curiosity seeltor who vmturee
eat to watch tho demolition,
The
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To white the shin Make a paste o'
buttermilk and oatmeal (not rellet.
Pato); cover tho rime and neek blot
before bedtime, hind up and allow to
remain on, all night, Wash eif le tip)
morning with Meld water. Repeat till
face is sufficiently bleached.
Grapefruit seeds plantee in a small
3ardinierc will grow Rua Mahe a
pretty .centreplece far the breakfaet
table,
To Make a glue for putting labels
on tin, take 011e quart or boiling water,
two ounces of •pulve"ized berax, ana
then ada four ounces or gum shellee
and boil till dissolved.
To restore color and pol;oh to
seratched furniture, rub it brieely with
canwhorated all, not spirit or cam-
phor), It should bo rubbed ou nettle
end quickly with a piece of flannel.
If Y011 wish cauliflower to be extra
nice, boll it in milk instead of water.
•The oniou salt whim coulee bottle('
In the grocery department is a useful
flavoring foe the kitchen dreeser c:
storeroom. Like .celery salt, it saves
talting the time to cut the vegetable
and extract the Nee or grate it.
To clean 2 corset, iiit1( a euds of
hot water, borax and a • tableepoonful
of ammonia. Scrub the corset clean,
rinse in hot water, then ia cold, and
hang on the line in the sun to bleach
and thoroughly dry.
AT GREENS,
They Are a Great Aid to 1-4a1th
at This Season.
With the approach cf spring the
homemaker begins a "preparednese
campaign against 'the diseases the
flesh is usually heir to following a
long winter's 'diet of the heavy heat -
producing foods, varying from
"spring fever" to bad complexions
and actual breaking down of tis-
sues.
just as soon as it is compatible with
the household budget, grecn vege-
tables should have a place on the
mon% These vegetables are the
leaves or lungs of plants and have
very little uutritive value, but bo -
cause of the antiseorbatic nature of
their salts they are a very valuable
article or diet.
Spinach, which is known as "the
broom of the stomach," is one, of the
best spring foods. ef contains e
large amount of water -from 80 to. 90
per cent., and when young can be
cooked in its own juices. Never,
throw away the water in which these
greens are cooked for b,y so doing
most of the minerale are lost.
Asparagus is very easily digeeted
and may be eaten by invalids with
impunity. It flushes the kidneys to
some extent. Cabbage contains sul-
phur, so necessary , for the blood.
Cauliflower, which belongs to the
cabbage family, but is lees likely to
cause flatulence. ("gory is easily
digested, but is better cooked than
raw. Among the salads with which
we may vary our fare are lettuce,
endive, escarole, cricory and rom-
aine, al leooling and easily digested.
Fruits are equally important. The
acid -salts they contain make theii
good "blood purifiers" and give them
certain cathartic qualities. These salts
aro mainly potash, lime, magnesium
and iron, which make them especial-
ly valuable for growing children end
for patients suffering from ---,diseases
due to the lack of these salts. The
cathartic action is stronger in fruits
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I suffered with an. abscess on MY
face," writes Mrs. Herbert Cox, of
Port McNichol, Ont. "I tried every-
thing and received medical treat-
ment for some tire% but in vain.
Finally the doctor advised an Opera-
tion, which was performed, but in-
stead of improving,tlie sore became
worse. I had despaired of ever find-
ing a cure, when a friend recom-
mended Zana.11uk. I tried it, with
the result that before long the poi-
son was drawn out and the sore be-
gan to heal. Perseverance effected
a complete cure, and II.QW not eveit
a scar remains."
Zane-UWE is equally good for
eczema, blood -poisoning, ulcers,
boils, piles, burns, cuts, and all
eltin injuries. All dr -e.gists, 50c.
box, 3 for $1,25, or from Zanelluk
Co., Toronto.
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which, contain cellulose, such 413 figs,
prunes, datee and apples. The di-
gestibility is increased by cooking.
For semi -invalids and old .persons it
is advisable to eat ncr raw fraiL
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AFTERNOON GOWN,
A particularly disthicetve afternoon
gown is illustrated _here. It is ar a
satin and metal striped mateilah in
combination with eeru lace and chif-
fon, The colors are silver and hello.
The metal striped material ' is con-
fined to the tunic in back, while the
lace and chiffon forms an aeroa ef-
fect in front.
Where tall. Is concerned, give a-•
woman a handicap of a •mouthful of
hairpins and she will beat a man to
it.
STRENVOIM PAM
le Whip Game as Played by M.
tives et British Guiana.
01 all the games it has been my lot
to witnees, the most, strenuous 'was
the whip genie I saw lu llrltlsIi Gui-
ana. Ilefore the game tile women
handed around bowls of the native
drink, "paiwarie."
Then the players, men and boys,
lilted up in two rows racing each oth-
er, leach carried a eitip ornaMentee
with fibre atesels, those of the two
ead Players lutving• whistles attached.
A gentle stamping began, which
gradually grew louder till; the earth
seemed to threb, ,
Shbuts of "Ydu an!" rang along.the
the players waved their whips
and swayed :gently anickward and 1 or-
wardor they: etampecl. , . .•
Preeently. thh .tet' eed-men.passed
down,.between 'the rows, while those'
lifted up ntevp:d slowly in the opposite
'dirAstiion: fit rotation the other pairs
of ••• Men- del likewise, and theh the
whistle tuba riui ewiftly• to their orig.
heal. pieces. The stamping increasea
in fury, and the whistlers whistled at
. each other in'evIld exciteilient.
They raised their Whips and -feigned
to lash out at eacheother without
, much. here ,
. The women ran - up and down the
rows offering their'calabashes of
warte;" and then the real whipping
hegene ' • •—•
TwO"nieer- challenged .eacly other to a
oonteste and tte rows retired, still
stamping. The whippers, splendidly
built fellows, .strIpped save for loin
crotifs; we're' a thrilling sight as they
cautioiesir judged their distatleee,
let-
tlng their whips just touch eacb oth-
erT'Shieenge'One of them stread firmly and
• ealfeturingl away from -the other. In1-
•inediatei1y:hie whip sang through the
air Ewcl. oame clown on his opponent's
calf 'teeth a, crack, The viceini did not
flinch, but Jeehed his whipper in a
wild.sort of dance.
Again'and again he submitted to the
lash, and then it.was ;the other's turn.
1 cannot say who won -both were
„stoles of tremeridoes endurance. 1
woule have celled the bput a draw.
Then the two whippers retired to an
adjoining hut, where they indulged
freely.in epaiev.arle," and others of the
ehalleeging row look their places in
„the ,gdente.which lasted until the rows
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Uniforms. They Wore,
• In Angus Hamilton's "Afghanistan"
Is .mentiened.the following interesting
episode:
"The staff of the frontier regiment
on guard along the Afghan side of the
border hadeaccepted an invitation to
the mess at the Russian post. They
arrived in due course, appearing in ell
the full' these grandeur of second hand
railway uniforms. The officer com-
manding the detachment e.-hibited on
the collar er his tunic the mystic
words 'Ticket Collector.' His subor-
dinate, a subaltern, was content with
the- lees exalted label of 'Guard.' Out
of courtesy to their guests the Rus-
siane suppressed their rnerriment, re-
ceiving nevertheless the impression
that •a portitin'oV the subsidy granted
by the government of India to the
ameer ef Afghanistan was taken out
in,the castoff uniforms of British pub -
lie companies. The fact was that the
.ameer, through his agent in India, had
aequired a large parcel ef elecarded
cletthing at one of the annual Gales
of condemned stores in ncirthern In-
diae•
The first thing to learn about skat-
ing is to be light on your feet. If you
are tot- you'll light on your head.
Disease genes takb advantage- of every
weakness of the humamsystem. Their great-,
est enemy is rich, red blood, hut when the bleed gets thin
and Watery they increase rapidly and easily gain the up-
per hand. In this way grip, pneumonia, consumption and other germ
diseases get a foothold on the systIm almost before you know it.
Anaemia or poverty of the blood makes itself known. by Pal-
lor of the gums, lips and inside of ithe eyblide, you feel weak and
languid, the heart's action weaken, 3,01,1 are easily tired out and find
yourself "short of breath. •
The blood is thin and watery, and is lacking in the red corpuscles
which represent the nutritious element of the blood, Because Dr.
Chase's Nerve Flood increases the number of red Corpuscles and there-
by enrielaea the blciod, if is the most effective means- available of curing
anaemia and fortifying the system against the, attack of disease.
On account of the weakened condition of the blood from anaemia,
there ,is always danger of developing Dropsy or Pernicious Anaenala,
from which there is small chance of recovery.
With the use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food to build up the richness
of the blood, the color Is soon restored to the pallid skin, and yon find
yourself gaining in health and strength. The heart's Emden is strength.
oned and graduallY the muscular weakness 18 replaced by neW
vigor and energy..
I)r. Chase's Nerve Pawl is truly doing wondera for niany,
thousands of anaemic men a:tul women and miny boyd
and girls, whose blood has got thin and' Weak. Put It
to the test end you will better underatane why
se Many people are entb.ueiastie in its praise.
50 cente s box, .3 foe S1,00, an dealers. or Edreamon,
Oates & Co.) Limited, Tefolito. DO ItOi bas
talked 'into heceptlfix a ,
substitute. /mitations
disappoint.
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RUNNING NOSE COLDS CURED
SNEEZING STOPPED INSTANTLY
The wort at a cold is how sutidonlY
it comes. No time to burry to the
drug store, croup develops, the lungs
are affeeted with pneumonia or tub-
erculosis and it'e too late. Iecep Ca-
tarrhozone on hand -it hills colds. in-
stantly. Something magical about
the way it cures catarrh and bron-
chitis. Catarrhozone in the best rem.
edy because it cures in nature's waY;
it heals, soothes and restores perma-
nently. Carry a Catarrhozone in-
haler in your pocket, use it occasion-
ally and you'll never catch cold; that
Is worth remembering.
Ileware of dangerous substitutes
meant to deceive you for GENUINH
CATARRHOZOND, which Is sold. ev-
erywhere; large iz°, containing two
months' treatment costa $1.00; email
size, e0e; sample size, 2Cic.
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• AN 'EGG MARVEL,.
In the recent egg -laying contests one
beam considerable about the 300 -egg
hen, When a hen reaches this mark
teo metier,as a rule, places a great
ealue on the bird, The real value of TE"s
this bird would amount to nothing if USE DODD'S KIDNEY 1,14.1.S.
she' could not reproduce her great lay-
ing quality in her progeny, This teey
do not always or often do.
The 300 -egg hen is not an ordinary
one, but an extraordinary- one; a
freak, in a sense. She is not as yet a
tangible commodity, to be bought and
sold with a guarantee that she Al
produce, a certain guarantee that she
will produce a certain number
of eggs per year This be.
Ing the case, it little duck
will ,in time revolutionize the egg pro-
duction of America. This is the pure
bred pencilled and white etunner duck,
which lays a pure white egg and has
a world's record to her credit as the
greatest et all egg producers. •Six of
these ducks in competition at the Ag-
ricultural College oegg-laying contest
in Australia laid 1601 eggs in 32
months. These eggs averaged 34
ounces per dozen, while the ordinary
hen's eggs will average e4 ounces per
dozen.
The 1601 eggs laid by these six
ducks weighed 4553 ounces, while the
best pen of hens laia 1461 eggs weigh-
ing 2928 ounces -a difference in favor
of the ducks of 3.628 dunces, or over
100 pounds. If the hens had laid as
Many eggs to equal thie excess weight
of 100 pounds, they would have had to
average 380 egg + per year, Therefore,
there will never be a hen that wIll be
able to equal the egg production of the
Runner duck.
For the past thirty years Runner
ducks bave been known by those who
breed them to be layers of from. 250
to 300 eggs per year, so that they are
not freak layers, but are bred in line
for years past for great egg Produc-
tion, There are no better flavored
eggs than those of the Runner duck.
They are rich and strenthening for in-
valids, containing 30 per cent. more
Protein than the ordinary hen's eggs.
The ducks are not noisy and can bo
kept on a small lot. They only need
water for drinking, not swimming wa-
ter. They are very small eaters and
do not consume much more feed than
the ordinary hen. The meat is the
finest flavored of all fowl, and the
young ducks grow very fast. At ten
welts they are ready for the market.
Hotels prefer these young ducks to
the squab pekine as they are a more
desirable size for serving, and not so
greasy.
, The original Runners came from Um
Sunda Islands, of which'the Island or
'Java is the largest, and they are dark
fawn and brown, some black. All of
these birds show the pencil markings
in the fawn and dark feathers of the
duck, and are very upright in carte
-
age. This proves that the light fawns
as bred in America are it mongrel
duck, as they have been bred without
any pencil markings in the fawn feath-
ers Many breeders claim that the
Runners originally came from India.
This is not so, the home of these birds
ie to be found in the interior of the
Sunda Islands; in the hands of the na-
tive chiefs.
,Itt the poultry world, they realising
the Value of good foWle.
10,4y hatched, ehieke Rey beet, They
Mature into winter layerg, make good
broilers at the eetteon'il best prices.
Those retained to further develop
get tee beet roaster prices, olio early
hatched chick from a tommercial
standpoint is worth two June or aulY,
hatehed, Weise wished for exhibition
at mid -winter poultry shows, when
the later-hetchea fowlmature into
first-class ehow birde, while the early
hatched have passed their first bloom,
Utility should be one of the Ora
considerations in the fleck, and with
the progressive breeders; it is, al-
though strange ae it May seem, utili-
ty seenui to cheapen the steek in the
eyes of the would-be-purchasere from
the price they seem to demand. A
good utility fowl, male or female, is
worth more than just the Market
price for either live Or dressed pout
-
try.
Daely ,ehicks are profitable to raise
either for broilers or future whiter
Wes, but only whenthee an be
reared with the proper accommoda-
tions. March is a changeable month,
with a good deal of cold, high -winch%
and often pells of rain. To do well,
the young chicke must have proper
brooding quarters to do tb,eir best,
Manitoba Woman
• Sends Message
SUFFERING WOMEN vo
FOR, COLDS, ROVP, ETC.
The well-bred. healthy fowl, kept
under proper and favorable conditions,
10 not naturally inclined to disease.
13ut to secure such a desired condi-
tion we must look back -in other
• words, we must date back to the
grandparent stock in building up a
healthy, sound strain of fowls, which
• do not snow a semblance of hereditary
disease, and continue to diScard deli-
cate specimens.
Seel a condition is not always poa.
sibleeefint the idea may be carried out
as to the future.
• Treating fowls separately is not the
• most pleasant task, neither is it ne-
cessary in most cases, if care is taken
to give prompt attention to colds, by
simply treating the whole flock by the
following method, which cannot harm
the fowls which may not need treat-
ment, but may prevent colds or dis-
ease wile% might otherwise shortly
develop in the flock,
roup, diphtheria or any
throat or head trouble, 'causedfroin
celds or from tontamination with.
other /Owls affected with above dies -
:eases, the entire flock may be treat -
ate• at night When the foWls b.re on
the roost, WithOut handling a single
fowl, by tho use of tt vapor made from
eqUal parts of gum camphor and car.
bonate of aramonia.-lese an Ordinary
vaporizer, or one tan be made by us.
Ing lin ordinary lamp, a metal chim-
ney being preferable, Buell go are Used
in incubators and brooders, and ele-
vating a seamless pan or box above
ths tee of temp chimney. 11 this meth-
od is not possible. 0 Mall oil stove
or aldohol lamp may be used. Place
the equal parts of gum camphor and
carboxiate of ammonia in the pan,
light the lamp and place in the roost -
Ing homes when the fowls areoat roost,
Close doors and windOws and allow it
to burn until the fowls show an in-
dleation to got down from the moat.
For oblds, repeat three nights hi stm-
cession. Por developed throat and
head diseases, continue the treatment
ten nights,
When fowls have developed roup
or diphtheria., they should be separat-
ed from the flock and treated hi a
separate house from those not an.
apparently affected. Diseased fowls
eenteMinate the drinking water. ---Wo-
man's World,
NOTIN,
If the parent -bird is off in size,
• shape and ceior, so Will be the ohielt.
,This 10 ow reason why the best
-breeders in a measure hold ther own
AfJ...7, •
....esesseeesessiseaditaillefteeee,
Mrs. F, J. Garlis, Who Suffered With
Backache, Says That the Results
She Got From Dodd's Kidney Pills
Were Wonderful,
Stewart Valley, Sask., April 3. -
(Special) -Mrs. F. J. Garlis, wife of an
estimable resident of this place, is en-
thusiastic in her praises of Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills have helped
me wonderfully," Mrs. Garlis says in
an interview. "A year ago I was so
bad with my back I could hardly
move. I took four boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and they helped nte.
more than I can tell you."
Mrs. Garlis is now able to attend to
her household duties as well as nurse
her fine big baby boy and she feels
that she cannot recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills too highly.
Backache is the bane of the average
woman's life. It is accompanied by a
weakness and lassitude that makes
life a burden. But thousand e of wo-
men all over Canada are telling their
suffering sisters that relief and cure is
to be found in Dodd's' Kidney Pillse
They cure the kidneys and nine-tentles
of women's ills come from diseased or
disordered kidneys.
THREE NEW V. C.'S
And the Heroism for Which
They Were Honored.
One of the finest self -sacrifices of the
war -how e.n officer to aave the lives of
his Men flung himself down on a live
bomb -is told in an announcement of
three new V. C,s in the London Ga-
zette. The awards are:
Second Lieutenant Alfred Victor Smith,
1 -5th East Lancashire Regiment (T,F,),
For most conspicuous bravery. He was
throwing e. grenade, when it slipped from
Ms hand and fell,to the bottom of the
trench, close to several officers and men.
He immediately shouted out a warning,
and himself jumped clear and into safety;
but seeing that the officers and men were
unable to get into cover, and knowing
that the grenade was due to explode, he
returned without any hesitation and flung
himself down on it. He -was Instantly
killed by the explosion. His magnificent
act of self-sacrifice undoubtedly saved
many lives.
Private (Shoeing -Smith) Charles Hull,
21s1 Lancers.
For most conspleudue bravery. When.
under close fire of the enemy, who were
within it few yards. ho rescued Captain
G. E, D, Learoyd, whose horse had beer.
shot, by taking him up behind him and
galloping into safety. Shoeing -Smith
Hull acted entirely on his own initiative,
and saved his officer's life at the Inv
ininent risk of his own.
Private Harry Christen, 2nd Battalon,
Royal Lancaster Bement.
For conspierieue bravery. He) was
holding a crater 'with, five or six men in
front of our trenches. The enemy began
a heavy bombardment -with "minen,wer-
ter" bombs, forcing a temporary with-
drawal.
• When he found that three men, were
missing, Private Christian returned alone
to the crater, and, although bombs 'were
continually bursting actually on the edge
Of the crater, he found, dug out, and
carried one by ono into safety all three
men.
Lieutenant Alfred Victor Smith -the
bomb hero -was the only son of the Chief .
Constable of Burnley, Lancs. Xbe eas
24 years old.
REPLENISH
YOUR BLOOD
• IN THE SPRING
Just now you are feeling "out of
sorts" -not your usual self. Quite
exhausted at times and cannot devote
real energy to your work. Sleep doeS
not rest you and you wake up feel-
ing "all tired. out." Perhaps rheuma-
tism is flying through your muscles
end joints, or may be your skin is
diefigured by rashes, boils or pimp-
les. Headaches, twinges of neural-
gia, MS of nervousnesS,irritability
of temper and a disordered stomach
often Melrose your discomfort in the
spring,
The cause -winter hes left its mark
on you. Theo troubIee aro signs that
your blood is poor and watery, that
your nerves are exhaueted. You met
renew and enrich yotir blood at once
and restore tone to your tired nerves,
or there May be a complete break-
down. The most Perwerful remedy
for these sprit* aihnents itt men,
women and children is Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale PeOple, beeauso
these Ping Cleanse bad blood and
strength& weak nerves.
NOW, rich, red bIood-your greatest
need in spring -is plettifully created
by Dr, 'Williams' Pink Pills, and with
this new, pure blood in your veins
you quickly regain health and in-
crease your strength. Then your
skin beeonies clear, your eyes bright,
your nerves ;strong, and you feel bet-
ter, eat better, :Aeon better, and are
able to do your wale
Begin your spring tonic treatment
to -day for the blood and nerves with
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills - the Pine
tlutt strengthen.
'These Pills are told by most deal -
ors, but do not be persuaded to take
"something Ju2t the same." If Yoh
eat* get the genuine Pills from your
dealers they will be tent you by mai,
post mid, at 50 eents it box, et eix
boxes for tz.t;0 by 'writing The Dr.
Medieitte ea , troekvilie,
Ont.
The Xaiser is said to be sefllng his
pasties. His castles is tlw air tuin-
bled down long ago.
For elandering Asquith the
London Globe has had to pay $5,000. It
will be more careful in future.
The French now •• propoee to use
liquid fire against the Gerinans, They
Wiley° in fighting the delta with fire.
Tee new 'president of the Pitilielta-
phia & Reading Railroad beean 1111
career es a. flagman. There is ala'aYil
l'S OM at the top for the right man,
A Windsor man married a 12 -year-
old girl and now he is being charged
With bigamy. We 'would like to hear
the excuse of the clergyman who
made the child a wife,
4
13ergium has been assured onee more
that she will be consulted ea to the
terins'''ne liCnee add' that she will be
rcimbureed for all her losses and trate
ble. Why these repeated promises?
•• • -
A conductor on the Intercolonial
Railway hae been left $16,000 by an
ela tally to whom he paid attention
while she was travelling; the road,
Moral -It pays to be kind to old ladies
travelling.
Eight hundred. thalami French
Children have Wee inatle fateterlesi
ey the war, accercling to a Statement
el the Senate by Senator eenovrier,
edd to these the German and other
Jrphans made by the war ana we
an see the awful resfionsibillty 01
dio.re'aiser.
There is another conectentioes ob-
jection in favor of thenewly married
man, "When a man hath taken a new
wife, !he shall not go out to war,
aeither shall he be eharged with any
,ateinees :but he shalt be free at ..iome
elle year, and shall cheer up his wife
wbich he hath taken."--Deuterenomy
xxiv. 5.
Canada is paying monthly between
11,1100,000 and $12,000,000; about
$E50,000 a day, for her share in the
war. This is apart from the Doiniit-
:cn's share of the Imperial exeenditure
ea rations and equipment of the Cana -
alar, troops overseas. These figures-
ebould show us the 'teed for ecell.)111
Save and serve.
Montreal fashion experts -we did
not know such existed -declare that
trousers are to be worn longer and
narrower than usual this season, and
that the best -dressed men will have
the legs break,a little over the boot -
whatever that may mean. Perhaps the
Montreal fashion experts are respon-
sible for the high-water drams the
ladies are now wearing.
Commenting on Canada's favorable
financial showing, the Buffalo Courier
;aye: "It is a striking fact that dur-
ing- the first seven months of the cur-
ent fiscal year our trap with Canada
exceeded by $54,326,708 our trade with
el the countries of South. America
!ombined!" Yes; if it were not for
3ritain and Canada, the -United States
;rade and commerce would be much
curtailed.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inveator
if the telephone, Is credited with the
eatement that he is looking for the
:elephone transmission of sight before
ong. The achievement is not im-
erobable. We can hear and speak
}trough the phone and we can look on
.he movie pictures, There is nothing
mprobable as to sight by wire. But
„vill this be an unalloyed blessing. No
eoman will then go to the phone with,
iut first primping up, and look et the
.ong wait we may have.
*
'New York State, we learn, has it
arger population than Canada. Tho
eceard shows that there are in this
'ommonwealth 463 incorporated vil-
:ages, of which 22 have a population
ef between 4,000 and 5,000 each, 29
:lave between 3,000 and 4,000, 55 be -
•ween 2,000 and 3,000, 121 between 1,-
00 and 2,000 and the remaining 207
Intve loss than 1,000. The largest is
eeekskill, which has 15,602 inhabit -
nets, a larger population than Um!: or
Any ono of a number of cities Tae
eity of New York has hopes of out-
stripping London in population bo
fore long.
The Philadelphia Record says that
during the past fifteen year hundrede
.•.:f thousands of Americans who have
.7.migrated to Canada have foresworn
their allegiance to the Milted States
quid have become subjects of King
George, A particularly striking case
of this kind is that of John W. Leedy,
now a candidate for the Legislature
Of Alberta. After servilig through the
civil war and taking an active part in
that 1896 to 1899. Soon
Kansas Poltiets he betame Governor Of
hat State f
after he moved to Alaska and then
Into Canada. Who can blame him?
Millions of people have sworn their
allegiance to the einited State.
DEATH Kruft-taLio0N.Fe '\‘.12sel) E HUN',
0.111 Nuroeatien breed( throw:be Tr
he does it will he the death knell of the
Central Pewees. To prevent that Mu.
uening will be it foemidable task, The
nouneement of the French authoritlee
liermans 'ecaken their evesterit
le what they have been waiting for, and
si
thet they :,..;(4) the end ef the eau.
mei on the eaetern front. Seel. a Move
by the allies. in all probability thne
thr..ws 801110 light on the recent Iwo -
it they mann -their fOrytittlil tttakS of
rushing trom,a to the places most threat -
(mid be the signal for a forward deiVe
There are shellA The seashore of
Ilarbadoes 60 Milan that 100 of them
tan be lettl 'on it melee covering only
An eighth of a equare