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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-05-18, Page 3Via THE PERTILIZER SITUATION. Owing to the direct Mal Indirect effect* eS the European war upon the sourcee of suPply and the cost of the leore impertant plent food materials Of the trUnits new 11101111da Of earth 8 to 111 inches high. The mound is left througlioat the sttualleer and until -0c- tober 15, whea it is pealed down, aud the senall borers destroyed before they have entered the tree. . Calves should become acquaintee with silage early in life, beginning with u very small quantity in commotion with other roughage and increasing gradually. In this way the young ani- mals develop normally, neking rapid gains alelle the cost is kept at the used in the manufacture or tommer- minimum eial fertiliaers, .conditions have .arisen which are wholly without precedent in the history of the fertilizer indus- try. In view of these profoundly dis- turbing condittons, o, conference was recently held by representatives of the Agricultural 'experiment Stations of the New England States, New Jersey and New York, for the purpose of ob- taining all possible information bear- ing on the eituation, as a basis for furnishing advice to farmers in res- pect to tb.e practical methods they can adopt during the season of 1916 to meet the unprecedented problems. At the aforesaid Conference or the several Agricultural Stations it was advised that farmers use greater care than ever before in the -selection of soils for crops; the management of wits, so as to utilize to the fullest possible extent the plant -foods alreaCY in the soil; tb.e conservation and side ization of all source of plant foods produced on the farm; the selection of such commercial plant food meter - ails as are most eenomical; careful study of the plant-foed needs of dif- ferent crops; precautions to be ob- served in percha.sing fertilizers. Clay soils and elay loams meet the desired plant food ,conditions better than light soils, especially .since heav- ier soils contain nore available pot- ash, Soils which have been systematical. ly suplied whh farm manure or com- mercial fertilizers will meet condi- tions of temporary food shortage bet- ter than those which have not been so well treated. Soils containing abundance of or - goalie matter can do well with a mini. mune added supply of nitrogen, "'he soil should be plowed deeper than usual and harrowed more thor- oughly, which enable the soil to re- tain moisture to the extent most de- sirable, FARM -PRODUCED PLANT FOOD. Every 'form of plant -food .material found on the farm must be saved and utilized, In stables enough litter should be used to absorb completely the urine because, first, it .contains a much higher percentage of nitrogen.. and 'Potash than the solid increment, and, second, these are in much more quick- ly available forme in urine than in bond increment, Dry muck is one of the best absorbents for stable use. Any .mack bed on the farm should be utilize(' both in stables and also for direct application to soil. When man- ure is stored, it should be made into a compact heap with vertical sides and kept under over, if possible, The heap should be kept, moist enough to prevent overheating, but no so wet that liquid drains from it, • elixed farm manure made from well fed animals and kept under proper conditions contains, per ton, 10 to 12 pounds of nitrogen, 5 to 7 poundsof phosporic acid and 10 to 12 pounds of potaah. Materials usually allowed to go to waste should all be utilized. Leaves, stalks, trash etc., can be given to tugs to work' over into manure, Com- posting can be advantageously em- ployed for vegetable and animal mat- erials that cannot be made suitable in any other way for use as manure. Wood ashes should be saved and carefully stored in a dry place until applied to the 'soil. The potash in wood ashes gives them' an unusually high value at the present time. Good hardwood ashes should aontain at least 5 per cent. of potash, Advantage is being taken of the potash situation to push the sale of ground rocks containing ,unavailable potash. Ground feldspar is one of these reterials. Such : material's should not be purchaseeleamder any circumstances. They are extremely costly at any priee, because the pot- ash possesses no appreciable value. as plant food. The chief dependence for 1916 must be the potash normally in the soil, largely in insoluable condition. Professor L. L. Van Slyke, of the New York Station, gives a few speci- fic suggestions as to what fertilizers to inie for some of our most common • crops, which are worth noting. For top -dressing ordinary grasslands 100 to 200 pounds per acre of sulphate of ammonia may be used or the same amount of nitrate of soda, or of cyana- mid, or of a mixture of the two can be used, or a mixed fertilizer high in nitro- gen. For clover and alfalfa, an application Is recommended of 500 to 1,000 pdunds per acre of ashes, if obtainable. For corn use 10 to 21 tons of farm manure and on poorer soils supplement with 300 to 600 pounds of a fertilizer containing about 2.5 per cent. of nitro- gen and 10 per cent, of available phos- phoric acid. For potatoes, root -crops and vege- tables in general, apply four tons of good farm manure and work 'It well tato the soil. Supplement with 500 pounde of a fertilizer containing 2,6 to per cent, of nitrogen and 8 to 10 per cent. of available phoephorie acid. If no manure is used, apply 800 to 1,000 pounds of fertilizer containing 4 per cent. of nitrogen and 8 to 10 per cent. of available phosphoric add. For spring seeding with cereals or grass, in metal rotations, use per acre 300 to 500 ponds of a fertilizer con- taining 4 to 5 percent. of nitrogen and 8 to 10 per cent. of available phos- phoric acid. In place of applying fertilizer to or- chards use thorough tillage and grew cover crops. FARM NEWS AND VIDWS. 131ackberrice need plenty of mole- ture, aud it will not pay to plant them o11 the top cif mane dry knoll; for the fruit will not grow to perfection in such dry places, and it will be hard and sour. Choose a place where the ground la of good quality and where there ie plenty of moisture. Prepare the ground thoroughly by plowing and harrowleg before plantleg, and make the groand mellow down quite deep where pm set the plane!, You an - not be too particular in this respect -- remember you are setting them out for profit, end not simply to see Whether they will grow or not. They should be Set about four feet apart one Way end eight feet the other way. Keep the ground loose by constant nide* ;eel, and the Sooner you can get a, to,a largo bush the ilOoner you can get fruit, and keeping the ground loose 11 iI')ii to keep it moist. To control borerg itt pegeh, plane and Chewer tram tend around the btatao THE CASE Or CASEMENT. (Philaclelplaa Record). We trust. that Sir Roger Caeement will net be ehot or belmaaed and hie head stuck on a pike and, least of all, hanged, drawn cued quartered, for which plenty of precedents might be found without going back many cen- turies lu history, Ile cannot ea Great Britain any eerious injury, and he 10 rather entertaining to the world at large. The interesting thing about this .dougaty Irish petrlot is that ai is not a Catholic from Connaught, but an Uleter Proteertant, presumably a "blue - tweed Presbyterian," as the Republe can, floor leader in the Hoese of Re- presentatives described President son, His patriotism is empaasizea bY the fact that for 18 years he eervecl the Saxon tyrant, the ravager and ep- preseor of hia native island, in various consular capacities, rising at length to the distinguished position of Consul General in Rid de Janeiro. One would suppose that an Irish pa- triot would refuse to eat the bread of the conqueror, whose cruelties; drove half the population from Ire- land and loaded the other half with shackles. But Sir Roger entertained no objections to a salary from the iSassenach so long as no way of serv- ing his native Ireland appeared, He retired on a pension a year before this war without having given the least in- dication that he loathed the British tyrant, and that his soul was consum- ed with a burning zeal to avenge the wronge of the Celt. Or does he .prefer to write the word Kelt? The war, however, opened up to him the possibilities of home rule—by' Prussions instead of Englishmen. No sordid 'considerations for the pension he was getting from London restrain- ed him, and through Norway he easily found hie way to Berlin for the pur- pose of getting assurances that when Germany conquered England it would respect the Emerald Isle and not "turn the green one red" by harrying tlfe island with war. He easily obtained the assurance of amity toward Hiber- nia, which he sought, and communi- cated the fact as well as he could to his countrymen. For various reasons the conquest of England has been deferred. It is un- clerstod that in July, 1914, Berlin had enformation that the moment England engaged in the war the Irish would start a fire in the rear. For some rea- son the fire has not occurred, though there has been rioting in Dublin. In- stead of an Irish revolution, a very considerable number of Irish subjects of King George are actually serving In his armies against the Gerraans. It seemed to Sir Roger incumbent upon him to do a little kindling, and pro- clring a steamer and some arms from his German friends, be undertook to effect a landing in Ireland and call the people to rise against the brutal Bri- ton. Unhappily for him, the brutal Briton sank his ship and took him, and he is now, we presume, rotting in a, British Bastile, or, in more commonplace lan- guage, locked up in the Tower of Lon- don. There he is surrounded by blocks and axes, racks and thumb screws, and left to speculate on the particular in- strument of terture that will be fest applied to him. We hope he will not share the fate .of Miss Edith Cavell or '400 of the population of Louvain, or the Mayor of Alost. He would enjoy being a martyr—for a few minutes, but he will be horribly uncomfortable in a cell in the Tower, Stains. Beware! Shun soap. Remove the stains. X3olling water serves. But it must come first. Washing with soap "sets' stains, So be sure to first remove the stain. Turpentine very often will remove tar spots. An iodine stain often responds to a sponging with alcohol: Absorbent cotton will retrieve milk from Wool goods. Grass stains on linen are soaked in kerosene, then washed in hot soapy water, • Turpentine and ammonia, equal parts, removes paint from most material. Cold strong borax 'water in most cases will remove stains from silk gowns. A soap exception is extended to ma- chine grease; to remove it apply Cold soupy rain water. HARD WORKING WOMEN "Here is the Nerve Food 1 know that will help you," Mt • Failure to get the good ainutri icon of the food you eat. It is not what you eat, but what you eat, digest a,nd absorb, that counts in keeping up the health and vigor of the human body. If you are not get- ting the benefit of the food you eat you should suspect the nervous system, for tb.e nerves control the flow of the gastric juices. of the stomach and. the. other chemical fluids a the digestive syvtem which effect the digestion of starches, fats, etc. Especially at this season of the year digestion lags, appetite fails you do not get the good of the food you eat and vitality is consecniently lowered. You feel the effects in loss of energy and ambition, feelings of fatigue came over you and you laek in courage and geed cheer. Eating more will net help you, for you must have, nourislament in an easily assimi- lated condition so that it may be taken np by the blood stream without effort. In short, you need such assistance as is best afforded by Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. By using this foo(i cure you enrich the blood and. supply nourishment directly to the starved nervous system. The nerves which control the process of digestion axe in- vigorated digestion is improved, appetite sharpened, and gradually you are restored to health and vigor. This is Nature's way. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food supplies the elements and the pro- cesses of Nature convert these elements into new, rich blood and new nerve force. You cannot fail to be benefited by sucb treatment, and the results obtained are lasting. 50 cents a box, 6 for $2.50, all dealers'or Edmanson, Bates Co., Limited, Toronto. Do, not be talked into accepting a substitute. Imitations disappoint. Dr. Chase's Recipe Book, 1,000 selected reCipes, sent free if you mention this paper. BAD WRITERS. Some Horrible Instances of Un- decipherable Manuscript, "Tell the gentleman who copied this despatch to 'write a larger, rounder hand, to join on the letters in the words, and to use blacker ink." Thus wrote Lord Palmerston, who was him - sell the most careful and beautiful writer, and a great stickler for care and legibility in this respect, to the Duke of Argyll, in 1861. But his admonitions were evidently not taken to heart by Parliamentar- ians, for in 1867, when the House of Lords was in committee on the reform bill, the clerk of the House received an amendment, the writing of which was so bad that he could neither read it nor learn who had sent it. It after- wards transpired that Lord Lyttelton was the writer, and that the amend- ment proposed the disfranchising of all persons unable to write. ' Lord Curzon, witatever he may be to -day, was in his college days an ex- tremely illegible writer, and he is per- haps out of an absolutely unreadable lgelaipssthe only man who has made t.,, m One day, when et, young man, he wrote two lettere—one in studied phrases, to a relative, and the other, containing some very sarcastic com- ments en the relative, to an intimate friend. Young Curzon, anfortunately, put the letters into the wrong envel- opes, and too late discovered that he had sent his candid criticisms, meant only for his friend's eyes, to the rela- tive whom they concerned. He was perfectly' horrified, and awaited his relative's reply in fear and trembling. It came: "I have not been able to read a line ofyour scrawl,' ',he read, "but I sup- pose it's money you're after, so I en- close a cheque." The illegibility of Horace Greeley's ha,ndwritieg was notorious, but he had a formidable rival in Mr. Joseph Choate, a former ambassador to the Court of St. James. Choate wished to obtain deeigns for a chimney -piece for a new house he Was having built from a certain artist, but, being unable to get 'what he wanted, wrote to the builder, telling him to cancel the or- der. Instead of the workman imme- diately began the chimney -piece, The builder had taken Choate's letter to be a rough sketch of it! Araong living authors, the paini for bad handwriting ha,s been awarded to Mr, Cunningham° Graham, who some years ago wrote a letter for publica- tion itt one of the newspapers. The letter duly appeared, but in so mutil- ated a condition that the author wrote again remonstrating indignantly with the editor. The editor retaliated by publishing the letter of renionstratece with the comment: "If in future Mr. Graham will sit in a chair when writ- ing and not on horseback, and use a pen instead of the candle -snuffers, we think we may be able to do him.jug- tieel.i" Te late Joaquin Miller, "the poet of the Sierras," can claim to be one of the worst writers among authors that ever lived. The Secretary of a literary society received a letter front him in answer to att invitation to tit - tend a banana, but could not decipher a Word. He wrote to the poet explain- ing his difficulty, and meting if the poet, in replying, Would merely educe a cross at the bottom of hie note if he Vas coming, or a circle if he was not, Miller graciously complied with the re. quest, but his intentions had to re- itta14 a 'Mystery until the night of the Will Find. New Strength Through the Use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. It is useless to tell a hard working woman to take life easily and not to worry, Every woman at the head of a. home; every girl in offices, shops and factories is subjected to raore or leSs worre. These cannot be avoided. But it is the duty of every wordan and every girl to save her strength as mueh as possible and to build up her system to meet unusual demands. Her future health depende upon it. To guard against a breakdown Ira health theblood must be kept rich, red and putt. To keep the blood in thie con- dition Othing Can equal Dr. Wil - llama' Pink Pills. They strengthen the nerves, restore the appetite, bring the glow of health to pallid cheeks, and renewed energy to listlese people. Women cannot always rest when they should, but they can keep up their strength and keep away disease by the oeoasional use ot Dr, Williams' Pink Pills, Mrs, A, Rhodes, ton, Ont., says: "A. few years ago on coming to Waal working long hours and close confinement began to tell upon. inc. I Was completely run down, and finally could. do no work. 1 was pale, suffered from headaches, did not rest well, and felt altogether very miserable. The doe - tor said the trouble was anaemia, and after doctoring for soma weeks with- out getting any relief, I decided to drop the doctor and take Dr. Wil - Mats' rink Pills. Very soon 1 be- gan to notice mt change for the better, and by the lime 1 had used a half dozen bees Of the Pills I was again. enjoying the beet of health, I have never had any return of the sieknese Med lieecr felt better in my life than to now. T give my experience, therefore, that it may be used for tho benefit of others." 'Volt can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pilh3 front any medicine dealer or by moil at 50 mite a box or six boxes for $2,0 from The Dr. Williams' Med- ieftt4 Co., Drockville, Ont. banquet, for it was impossible to tell whether the mark at the bottom of his note was a cross or a circle. From Germany comes the crowning instance of illegibility in handwriting. Johann Becher ,a musician of the last century, spent fifteen years in com- piling a hiatory of the Viennese opera. When the work was finished he sub- mitted it to the Imperial academy. In three months it was returned With the intimation that no members of the academy could read it. Becher tried to have it copied, but no copyist would undertake the task after seeing the manuscript. In despair Bacaer decided to dictate the work, only to find that even to himself the handwriting was indeci- pherable. The thought of the wasted years of unceasing research work un- hinged. his brain, and in a fit of de- pression he committed suicide.—Tit- Bits, • ..••••••ne,......dinglyeppL........... GETTING AN EDUCATION, After the Age of Thirty is the Time to Start in Earnest, According to the Saturday Evening Post, the beat time to get an education —perhaps the only time—is any time after one has passed thirty. The stuff that one learns before twenty Is not meant to be remembered. It is only a placing of the chutes and an arrange- ment of the bins for the permanent contents. From twenty to thirty one is all torn up with courting, marrying and getting a foothold in life. After that is the time for educatione-from then on until death or senile debility. A man or woman past thirty is ex- actly at the most favorable period for mastering knowledge, training the mind, forming the taste. Some syste- matic effort is all that is necessary. Notice the silly and tiresorae ways in which enormoue numbers of people spend .some of their holidays. They' know what to do with their working hours, but not with their leisure. Most of them by a little direction and a little systematic effort might develop some special interest. Boye quickly tire of mere aimless and paine less play. Naturally they want a method and a goal in it. Having a goal is exactly what gives zest to the game. And having a goal is both easy ciad delightful. To study anything with interest, from logarithms to caterpil- lars, gives one fun and profit at the same time. Try it. NUNOBIKI WATERFALLS, Bewitching Night Scene at a Pop- ular Japanese Resort. A sight in the summer life oe Japan not easily forgotten is procured in a night visit to the Nunobiki waterfall, just outside Kobe, on the northeast. There are two falls, the lower or. fe- male fall of forty-three feet and the upper or male fall of eighty feet, the water gushing in each easeout of the hill above and falling aoven the gorge to a whirling pool below. It is reached. by an easy, winding climb..up the cliffs of the "Million Fireflies" --tiny electric bulbs in thousands among the trees— and the thousands and thousands of gayly -clad women and. children visitors shepherded by the more sombre clad men give the traveller two distinctly delightful sensations before reaching the illuminated falls themselves. The tiny lights come and go among the trees i11 a bewitching way. The single light, says the Kobe Chronicle, 'which illuminates the higher fall will perhaps appeal to many rather than the colored lights thrown on the lower fall, and the lamp rays giving the fountain the hues af the rainbow may be regarded as artificial. Nevertheless the general effect is attractive. To anyone who knows China it is impossible not to draw a comparison favorable to the Japanese in viewing the crowd. Entrance to the gorge is perfectly free, yet thousands flocking there every evening are neatly dressed in summer garments, every one clean and respectable while` the conduct of the great crowd is orderly and marked by a sense of qtliet enjoyment. Suck a scene 'would be almost impossible in China, and until the idea of personal cleanliness can be introduced among the swarming millions of that country we are afraid the Japanese will con- tinue to look down upon their neigh- bors as inferior. A FARCICAL TRAGEDY, (Buffalo News) Few rightitilitded people will have much' sympathy with the Irish rebel prisoners and the general consensus of opinion wit be that they are only reaping the whirlwind they sowed. The whole uprising was a foolish and foolhardy affair. It was badly eona ceived, badly timed and failure was ita Late. The uprising will go down in history as a farcical tragedy, and tho leaders given the cap and bells. Conte:in no acid and thus keep the leather soft, protecting it against cracIdng. They combine liquia and Pastain R paste form and require olnly half the effort for a brilliant lasting thin& Easy to uso for All the family -children and adults. Shin* you*, Aloes okt home and keep theft neat, r. ()ALLEY CO, OP CANADA, LTD. • HAMILTON . CANADA BLACIMVHITEi1'A14 1 KEEPYOURSHOES NEAT IDAME XX SIMMER. TM7.11* Hawks, Horned Owl and Or w Tax Skill 0 Router. Upland birds that Call be shot dar- ing the suentner months are good game for the hunter, There are 'ilte various hawks, like the Cooper or hen-aestroying variety, that teetht on the young grouse, as well no the farm- or's unguarded flock of early broilers, which he picks off oue by one, eesplte the outcries of the mother and the tol vali.ena screams. of the chantieleer fa- ilTho dacle hawk willestart after a 0-0 lected partridge and actually fly it down, as a dog Will run, down a hare, never leaving it from start until cap - tura The great horned owl also lev- ies a heavy tribute upon roosting birds, often coming to the open poul- • try helms, whore it will ruthlessly (le- etroy several towls by eating their beads and leaving the bodies piled up under the roost. Vele in also the way that tho raccoon serves the half-grown turkeys roosting on the hay rack he the big barn about !wryest time. It will tax the rifle elcill of any man to shoot a hawk, for he is very shy and must be killed at long range, if at ell, as he rats on sonm dead Ihnb watching for his prey in the thick grass below. Besides the hawk and owl, the hunter will find that the crow will affords lots of sport, if he can surprise one on some clearing and get a snap shot at doe?, range, or else do some long range rifle work on a dozen or so of then birds sunning themselves on the top of some old dead tree 100 yaras or so distant. ., A good way for the visitor and his farmer guide to aproach a bunch of these black imps, at work pulling up and devouring the young kernels of the latter's recently planted corn (maize), is to crawl on hands and knees througli a thick copse of under- growth and open up tho battery from the leafy mask. Of course, if the hunters have only shotguns, they must worm their way farther in, until the proper range Is reeched. The Indians used to capture a yeung erow, tie a long fishing line to one leg and cast the youngster into the epee place where the parent and other crows could see it. Then they would pull the leg of the crowlet and make it cry. This would at once bring the whole flock of its elders to its assist- ance, for crows ere very sympathetic and are banded together for self-de- fense, like most robbers and thieves. Any one of the foregoing kinds of huuting may be practiced freely by any visitor to an upland farmhouse. and the more of these flexions animals and birds he kills, •the better his host wil be pleased. -4 4. • Why the Sea Has Pearls. A. few weeks ago I was talking with a svoman of deep religious senti- ment who was la great distress be- cause her very young baby had die., before it was baptized; I was led to ask natives of Norway, Finland, and other places their views on this very delicate question, adn So I came across a bit of very pretty Sicilian folklore. To the babies in Sicily life is very kind, and death is gentle. Those who die unbaptized are doomed to wan- der, but do not wander grieving, Ma- donna Mary sends to them every week end an angel, who lays aside his lily crown and romps with the dead babies. Wh,en he leaves them he gath- ers .up in a golden chalice all the tears they have shed during the week. These he casts in handfuls into the sea, "and that is why the sea has pearls." like that story.—Vancouver World. 11 • Jt 30 I.0 ' Cy' ARTS EDUCATION' APPLIED SCIENCE Including Mining, Chemical, CivilMech. auical and Electrical Engineering. MEDICINE During the War there will be continuous sessions in Medicine. HOME STUDY The Arts Course may be taken by corre- spondence. but students desiring to gradu- ate must attead one sesslou. SUMMER SCHOOL. GEO. Y. CHOWN JULY AND AUGUST • REGISTRAR QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY KINGSTON ONTARIO FROM THE HOSPITAL GO:r. (By -Carl Hawes Butman.) At first they said I was-dyine But I prayed to my God not to go, There's the folks back 'owe and Jimmie; I've been raissin' 'em lately, you know, I fought best' I toted in the trenches,. Do yoU think that I wants tO be 'ere? But Wet could I do? I was shot through and through, An' they ordered me back to the rear, We'd 'ad an 'ard fight with the Deuts- chars; I must 'ave plugged forty or more, Orders came to advance on the begs gars - 1 must 'ave got 'It in the fore. But I never knowed that until later, When I woke in a 'ospital cot, With a nitrate tussle' round, 'andy sOntelow; was clean, but the fever burned 'ot, To -day I'm more fit an' quite "opeful, That last charge—it ain't Jarf •been told; We'd been waltire and wahine, most tiresome, With weather first en, arid then told. When it rained you were wet to your middle, You couldn't keep dry an' stay whole; Eerery0ie Was clear Mit of tobacco, And the sten& from the field 'urt your sOUI, Well, the charge mine at -last, on a Sunday, • We was up at' away at the sign, 'Twas me and Jimmia Me Bunkie, Were eeleadin' that khalei-elad line, There was bUllets and shrapnel a -plenty - Small wonder we didn't all die, But 'we fired from prone en our bellies At nothin' meetly, alt' 'Igh. Prom The Canadian Magazine tor May. -The 178rd Highland Dattalion has been given a tomplete sporting out- fit by E. I. Sifton, engineer and man- ager Of the Hydro Departnaent BAKICT DOWD CONTAINS NO ALUM NITAI 043 HO MAW No po Clever Elephant. "Elephants are clever animals," said a trainer, "and I once bad one that could read. He was a quarrelsome beast, and pm day he got into a scrape with the Bengal tiger, and before eve could get them separated he had his trunk badly damaged. After the scrim- , mage was over the' elephant broke ' loose anti started down the street fast. 'He's going wile!' cromebody -sbouted. 'Don't you believe it,' says I . Now, where do you suppose that elephant went to?" "Went to the shrgeon's, I suppose. Can't you get up a better yarn?" "No, he didn't go to the surgeon's. He went straight to a little shop where a sign read, 'Trunks repaired whit, you wait.' Of course he had made ci mistake. But what do you expect of a poor dumb brute?"—London Globe How Ledgers Got the Name. On the authc,rity ot the best lexi cographers "ledger" is an adaptatior of a once common word, "ligger,' sig. nifying any large book suited better for lying on a desk than for carryine about. Sometimes his was applied a a large account book, cartulsey or Ur like, frequently a great breeiary for use in church, as distinct from a "por- tas," or email one, carried by a "boo!c bosom priest." "Caliche'," is another old synonym for "Jigger,' the foregoer of the new general "ledger." • A WOMAN'S MESSAGE TO WOMEN 11 sivou are troubled with weak, tired feelings, headache, backache, bearing down sensations, bladder weakness, cons- tipation, catarrhal conditions, pain in the sides regularly or irregularly, bloating or unnatural enlargements, sense of fall- ing or misplacement of internal organs nervousness, desire to cry. palpitation. hot flashes, dark rings under the eyes or a loss of interest in life, I Invite you to write and ask for my simple method 01 home treatment with ten days' trial en- tirely free and postpaid, also references to 'Canadian ladies who gladly •tell hoa they have regained health, strength, anti haPidness by this method. Write to -day Address; Mrs. M. Summers, Box 8, Wind- sor Ont. • •• The Children's Hour. Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupa- tions, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From. my study I see iti the lamplight, Descending the broad tall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A. whisper, and then a silence; Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning to- gether To take me by surprise, A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall; By three doors left unguarded, They enter my castle wall. They elimb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere. They almost devour me with kisses, Their arms about me entwine . Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse -Tower on the Rhine. Do you think, 0 blue-eyed bandit, Because you have scaled the wall, Such an old moustache as I am Is not a match for you all, I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round -tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away. —Longfellow. •*•••=.^111•40.0•*••••••••• The Majesty of Calmness. Be calm. Be dignified. So many try it, So few realise it. • Calmness gives poise. There's real majesty in it. Compare those who have it with others. And then plan to aelileve calmness Lor yourself, Hurry and worry are not only bad style—they're a disease. Go at things sanely and calmly and keep at them in the same way, Some of us wouldn't know our Selves. 1.•000•••••••••••ii•••••••km.uso REMEMBER! The ointment you put on your child's skin gets into the system just as surely as ood the child eats. Don't let impure fats and mineral coloring matter (sach as many of the cheap ointments contain) get into your child's blood l Zam. Buk is purely herbal. No pois- tmout coloring. Use it ahvar. .10e. Pox el 411 Avskis end storm OTHER PAPERS VIEWS 4.11,111PON A SAFE PROPHECY. (Rochester Herald) The next thing on the docket is the ett- ginvering of a plot by' the Ilypliette to cause a tevolution in V. S SOUND ADVICE. • (Guelph lIerald) flanadian papers are issuing “Wernings to camel/its." The OlaY ;mopes, Advice to give a eaneelat Is to keep his howl ;Iowa when he reaches the trenches. GREAT FOR ONTARIO. (London Advertiser) Horse buyers from the States are buy. ing geed horses around Wyoming for nee, and will sell them to European buy - 'Z's Inc 1200. Great for Ontario. ' e 4 • • A SMALL AFFAIR. : , (Pittsburg Gazette:Tintes) It is now stated on reliable' authority that eche Turks have not engaged in a owr bet- stta usieerr tetnrniaoureriernctenetateerra otttsupore,p00o0r. t - for when t Prohibitiert threeilieno4sttn of of fishing:. g :" olu.Gtslitp. autumn iTa0m; linnOn:gtf— c4omaatetneoeso;1 ouid Make WARN ANGLERS. •• Wili be in chap fish without his customary halt? FIERCE. (Ottawa Citizen) We 'realize that this is Pretty fierce but It hes been troublieg us for mune gays and it is better exploded; 001Y the' retailer will contend that Shake- speare's works were written by Bacon, - • • • WORLD VIEW OF THE GERMANS. (Toronto Star) ; The world dutside of Germany does not hate (iermans. It regarde them with wonder, as a smile man looks at a .neigh- bor 'who is drifting away from Sanity. me • • •AN EXPLANATION DUE - (Guelph. Mercury) It begins to look, from the dealings of the shell committee, that the manufac- turers of Canada, 'after putting the Bor- den (imminent in power on the plea of no truck or trade with the Yankees, had a, long explanation coming to them. OUR BRAVE TROOPS, tRoeheater Post -Express) „ Splendid intrepidity marks the con- duct of the Canadian contingents in the British armies. No home scandala of muoltions or equipment purchase can dim the lustre of their achievements, rob them of hard-won glory. - _ UASEMENT'S CRIME. (Buffalo Express.) Sir Roger Casement's real crime is not the legal one against the United _Kingdom, but the moral ono against tiie Irish people. • • • WILL. ADAPT HERSELF. • (Buffalo News) England will have to eome to conserlp- tion as sure as night follows day. And British tradition for adaptability will en- able her to absorb the system, and use It toward ultimate success. DOUBTFUL ABOUT EQUINES. (Ottawa Citizen) •We might have got those Colts as eheap as claimed but our experience with paint- ed equines of a more ancient vintage leads1 s to view all such transactions ,with a suspicious eye. ONE DO•OD RESULT. (St. Thomas Journal) The display of neat shoes and stock-; ings permitted by fashions short skirt; is one thing. The sanity of it compar-% ed with the trailing one of a few years ago that swept up the dirth and ,filth of the streets, is more important. CANADA A RICH PRIZE. • • (Philadelphia Bulletin) It may safely be said that only the dominant power of the great battle fleet of England has kept the war thus far from our very doors. Canada would have been it rich prize, and it is not at all cer- tain that the neutrality of the 'United States would have counted more than that of Belgium—in fact, there are evi- dences that it has been as lightly regard- ed, THE REVOLTERS' FOLLY, (Chicago Tribune) The good judgment of the Irish revol- ters tan be questioned. Theyare not. helping the cause of Ireland. They aro not advancing ,their land toward; free- dom. They__e...are confirming what remains of stubborn English tory opinion in the conviction that Ireland never can bo treated safely except as a subordinate. THE WASTEFUL STRIKE. (Buffalo Express) I boy troubles mighty costly for. all cone Is elen:t the strike method of setting la- d? Would ono not be avarranted , in expecting that both employees and em- ployers would see the error in these, irtiguhctssuon? an:1rem solve on adopting soe setae,* title system of dealing with, all labor GOOD OUT OF EVIL, (Montreal Mail) •aond emergeso. stronger man before Ire - !and and the Empire, and Great Britain hoese-cleaning and aome or the worst ocighbors of the Irish peasants litlye the piesent task. Ireland has 'had 'A 'merges better unified and prepared for nOovuetd,of this incident, Mr, John Red- e • a WHY CITY SOLDIERS EXCEL. (St. Thomas Journal) One British expert says city men Make ihe better soldiers, •"being used to stay - ng up nights, While the country eluip ;5 in the habit. of going to bed with the chickers." The diagnosis la wrong, Dodging automobiles and bill coIleetcire :s a nere probable explanation, THEIF-c- (London Advertisier) PR ABILITY. John Redmohd fears tho trouble may d ultahyoor 1020 forever hofne rale. Why? Are not the Irish people evert now striv- cinoguntbryymfoignh ttiongshotiViiheornwsnetvetsrticiatopioiobtrei of governing the country and maintain- ing law and order, if given the power and • • 0. • LOST OPPORTUNITIES. (Buffalo Express) A French correspoudent says that the • British have kept 500,000 troops in Egypt all winter. They eould have protected the canal better, save Townshend, taken Bagdad, and otherwise influenced • the Progress of tho war by 'using three • fot.rths of those troops for la descent oti the coast of Syria or Palestine, using Cyprus as a base, • 44, • so! E N nFarooORD Meri,t111,1set.ss1:41-0‘71hat le a consulting slw Mr, Optimist—Oh, he's the big doctor that says You are 0:ling to die and tells you how to do It properly, THE SILVER LINING, ,!Stetel) ere1der-IlearterCocic-No d • :!s,;01v,ntalytt Te :istress-The Master's been 0l0d Tho Cook—There 110W, Intt'ani; don't lie;:rotrii:,t worry you. They tells me theY ean patch 'en1 up Wei they're better than .VERDUN. (Pntnadelphla Record) The German Crown Prinee's army, white bersan its attacks on 'Verdun on loebruary 21, yesterday concluded its 10th lee or that disentrous operation. This is a remarkable eXtutple or persistency In the rape of ;treat diacourngemera, but possibly the o.KIser's General Staff lea 'levee that in a milittlyy Assault es es the -Biblical fore•ivenees or sins, R. reuist be repeated, If neeessares 70 times seven. en that eaRe one emit has been disposed of. 'rho prenen seem to regard the throatened repetition of tbe pfirrOrMitteg with entire COMplaCMICY.