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The Wingham Advance, 1916-06-22, Page 31 NOTICE TO HOUSEWIVES OFFICIAL FRUIT BULLETIN hereafter tt weekly bulletin will appear in this paler telling the housewife the proper time olid proper fruit to buy. By following this 'bulletin your grocer will be able to buy slwh fruits lts> you require in good time. FOR YOUR PROTECTION !t label will appear ou every basket of Niagara Peninsula (frown Fruit. LOOK FOR THE MAP, SEE YOUR GROCER. Niagara Peninsula Publicity Association POINTERS ON POTATOES, In raising early potatoes, a different method must be employed from that of the plain or late crop. Potatoes can be planted at early times. The early crop is planted as soon as settled wea- ther comes, The plant is sensitive to frost. It is important that the ground be cultivated several times to warm it, up azul matte it mellow. The rows are three fent wide, tiro furru-sys four inches deep, and the seed pieces are placed about it foot and a Half distant in the furrow. A rich, sandy loam, one that Is well supplied with organic matter and natu- rally well drained, is the best adapted for heavy yields. Good crops, How- ever, can be grown nn almost any hind of soil, but on a heavy, clay soil the tubers are inclined to .sogginess, Stiff soils should be Iightened by drainage,. and by plowing under green crops and barnyard manure. The soil should not only be fertile, but en a good mechanical condition— lcese, friable, deep and mellow. On Heavy clover sod, the , trop (loos very well. It is important that rota- tion with other crops be practised, as acab and other diseases are apt to develop when the crop is grown on the same ground year after year. In a number of the large potato dis- tricts a three year rotation is used, consisting of fall wheat seeded to clover in the spring the first year; clover the second, which is plowed under in fall or winter, and potatoes the third year. Thorough preparation is one of the most important factors in successfully growing potatoes. Soils that are heavy should be deeply plowed in tlio fall and thus exposed to the action of the winter frosts. Cultivation should be frequent, and the soil should be mellow and Iocs a at the time of planting. The roots of the potato feed deep, though the tubers are generally formed within six inches of the sur - Well -rotted barnyard manure is the best fertilizer for potatoes; excepting on rich garden soils or soils abund- antly supplied with humus. When barnyard manure is directly =applied to the potato crop, the tubers are apt to become scabby. Therefore it is best to apply it to the preceding crop, but in such quantity as to leave the land well prepared for potatoes. . Potatoes do well after a heavily matured corn, clover or grass crop. On soils that hove been made rich in humus by the application of barnyard manure, or the plowing under of green crops, comsercial fertilizers will be found of most value. The New York Station recommends for potatoes, root crops and vegeta- tees in general, an application of four tons of good farm manure, worked well in the soil, and supplemented with 500 pounds of a fertilizer con- taining 2.5 to 3 per cent. of nitrogen, and 8 to 10 per cent. of available phosphoric acid. If no manure is used, apply 800 to 1,000 pounds of fer- tilizer containing 4 per cent. of nitro- gen and 8 to 10 per cent. of available phosphoric acid. Fertilizers for potatoes should be applied when the ground is being pre- pared, and thoroughly mixed into the soil. It does not make much differ- ence whether the fertilizers are ap- plied above or below the potatoes, but they should not be applied in im• mediate contact with the seed pieces. As a rule the bust arced potatoes are those grown in the locality where they are to be planted. Vnsprouted tubers are better than cellar -sprouted ones. When stored in a damp cellar or pit, tubers are apt to grow long, while sprouts, which should be rubbed off when planting, as the growth of these sprouts weak- ens the tubers. However, if the tub- ers are spread out in a shallow layer in a bright, sunny room, the sprouts that start are short and sturdy and will start off and grow more rapidly, and thus produce an earlier crop than tubers that have not sprouted at all, or that have grown long, weak sprouts in the dark. It is best not to cut the tubers more than a few days before they are plant- ed. while small potatoes may be used, medium sized potatoes will give best results. All parts of the potato or tuber are equally valuable for planting. When seed potatoes are high, some farmers cut the tubers in quarters; when it is cheap ,they eut then in halves. Nothing less than halvat should be used when the pota- toes are small. After the crop is planted, but be- fore the plants have broken through the soil, it is best to run over the field with a light harrow. This will break up the Crust and destroy the weeds that are just starting. The field should be harrowed again in about a week or ten days later, and again when the plants are three or four inches high. After that cultivation between the rows should be shallow and frequent throughout the growing period, keeping the ground level. A little soil should be thrown toward the plants about the time they begin to blossom, or just before, but hiding ie not advisable if the seed•has been planted four melees deep.. ..... FARM NEWS AND 1/111WS;• • • The young apple plant `llee visually ..hatch from egge found chiefly ,on 'the KM:tiler twigs before the buds' show 'mem in the spring and are 'theii'tx- '.treniely tender, By delaylne"th•e'tviii- ter etrength lime -sulphur spraying until this time ane taking special care to see that the twigs and small branch- es are completely covet;ed ,.both the 'Cale and tbr, lire inay leS effletveIY lilt. In destroying the rosy npl1Ye •Dose, t;r. ter remits will probably' folincv 'ilio udditiot. of three -fourth a et 1Lliiitt of 0 per went, nie-otine ("Black •leaf" !db'. !0" 1'e t;.r substance with wlifeli tbre fart line been determined) - ter each.100 gallons of the winter -strength llflra�- alulphur, Though the best time to de- stroy the lice is when the buds show green much can be doue by spraYlug thoroughly when the flower buds show pink with a mixture of one part of 40 Per cent, nicotine to 500 ports of water (about 1.1he pints to 100 gallons), to which seep is added, 4 pounds to each 100 gallons, or the lime -sulphur - lead -arsenate spray, usually used at that time and 40 per cent, nicotine at the rate of one to 600, without soap. Especial tare must be taken to wet the cluster buds thoroughly. Later sprayings for lice are of little avail because the heavy foliage affords pro- tection. Whether or not a cover crop has been or is to be planted, the trees will need all the benefit that may bo given to keep clown weeds and con- serve moisture. If there is not cover crop, by all means cultivate. This should be done, too, before the weeds make their start or before the soil gets hard or dry, leo not defer or- chard cultivation until every other Work is done, unless you get to the or- chard in plenty of time to utilize the moisture and other favorable condi- tions for cultivation. Care should always .be taken to keep from injuring the trees, The single, trees and double -trees often strike the trunks and branches of the trees, breaking the bark or bruising the trees, thus malting a place for in- sects and fungi. It is much easier to prevent insects and diseases than to stop them when they begin, Hence precaution should be used for the right kind of implements, and notice carefully to see that the homes, traces, single -trees, double -trees and imple- ments do not rub the trees. •.o HOW PNEUMONIA STARTS AND HOW IT IS OFTEN PREVENTED You catch a little cold to -day and by to -morrow it has reached the throat, next day the lungs are affected and you wish you bad used "Catarrh - ozone," which kills colds in five inin- utes. In the first place Catarrhozone seethes the irritated membranes and relieves congestion—then it outs out the phlegm and destroys the germ. It enablers the blood to retain a natural supply of oxygen, lung food and vital- ity. In any cough, bronchitis er catarrh it's guaranteed to positively cure. Beware of dangerous substi- tutes offered under misleading names for genuine CATARRH.OZONE, which is sold everywhere. Large sire, con- taining two months' treatment, costs $1; small size, 50e; trial size, 25c. WASHING THE EVES. Also How to Shut Them to Keep Out Soapy Water. It is a common thing to screw one's eyes up as tightly as possible when washing, in order that the •soap shall not get into one's eyes. Many of us remember, especially when children are concerned, how much a strong soap smarts when the suds steal under the eyelids. We should never get soap in our eyes if we closed them naturally, as in sleep. The eyelid is an absolute pro- tection. Certainly no soapsuds can penetrate the membrane, and equally certain the way in which the eyelashes cover the actual joint make it imper- vious. The eye, when closed . in sleep, is light proof, a much greater teat of being abut than the ability to shed soapy water. On the other hand, when we screw . up our eyes tightly,•which is done by contracting the muscles of the eye- brow and the upper cheek, a number of creases are formed down which the soapsuds trickle, and the eye, whidh seems so tightly shut, is really more open to annoyance. The more tightly the eye is held, however, the more does the lower lid force up the protect- ing eyelashes of the upper lid and thus prevent the watershed that the natur- ally closed eye makes. In modern city life, where there is so much dust, the eye should be wash- ed every day. The trick of opening one's eyes under water, which every good swimmer knows, can be easily done in an eyeglass, or, for that mat- ter, in an ordinary basin. To put the face down in clear cold water and open and shut the eyes once or twice not only will give a feeling of freeh- ness, but for those who use their •eires a great deal it will be found a gnat preventet of eye strain. In washing out the eye, however, it is necessary to be careful, Soapy wa- ter should never be used, as in most soaps there are chemicals of a drying an alkaline character, which are ex- cessively injurious to the .eye. ++d Labor. No greater misfortune could befall a people than a general belief that labor —I mean manual quite as much as intellectual toll -3s to be shunned, to be evaded or to be looked down upon as a disgrace, ---Dr, James W. Robertson, STR Wi A EI3RY TIME IS HERE HOUSEWlyES 'AMIE, .ADWEED• 16 uSet DUSYJ'r. , "PreParedheite le Advisable in Food i$reparattbri; 'and Strawberries Are e. One of 'the Staple irulte for Can- ning -Now Is the Time. Strawberries are ripe; and'if° we don't utilize thein in every poteible way while fresh and fragrant from the gy up putmany arden and then as as we tan for future use, the shaII be losing a golden opportunity. The strawberry is a lvitolesoine fruit for Meet people. 13ut there are persons who cannot eat the fresh berriee with. Out bring on some diseolnfott of the stomac+ll, tltouigli'they May eat the cooked fruit With irapttiiity, When it tome to ways• of cooking and serving etrawbet'ries, we Will try I firm, old-faahioncd. Ithortaake, An Unfortunate Blunder (By F. A.Mitchell.) Men the world war broke out there were the usual quantum of American summer tourists in Europe. Frederick Jackson was one of the Americans near the scat of war, being at Thun, Switzerland, Ile made a bolt to get through France to the sea, so that ho might embark for home. lie was unable to register lits trunk any farther than Berne, and on arriving at that city began a hunt for it. Ap- 1lroaching a pilo of baggage, he saw his trunk—at any rate' it h.id bis i1;itials writ—and was about to claim it, when a lady exclaimed: 'There it 1st Bring it along quickly. I shall be left," Ste pointed to Jacitsonts. trunk, a porter shouldered it and was about -To carry it away when Jackson interfered. "Beg pardon, madam. Are you sura that is your trunk?" "Certainly. Don't you see my initials on it—P. 141. J,?" "Those are my initials, and I am quite sure that is my trunk," "Go on, porter," said the lady, and off they went, leaving Mr. Jackson gaping after them. lie was about to fellow them to regain his trunk wliea an official pointed to another trunk with the same initials on it, and asked if it were not his. Jackson was pul- zied. No matter how familiar one is With his trunk he cannot be certain unless there is some familiar mark on it. However; it was evideut that there were two trunks with the same initials on them, and Jackson argued that this ono was either his or hers. So he claimed it and directed a porter to shoulder it and go for the train. The episode occurred on Aug. 2, 1014. A week later Jackson crossed the Eng- lish Channel, the vessel having dark- ened lights to escape German war craft, and landed safely in England. There he waited two weeks for a pas- sage to New York, When the ship was well out to sea Jackson ono 'morning left his state- room somewhat peculiarly attired. He had on a ruffled collar, and his necktie was a broad blue ribbon. In the cabin he met a lady in a pair of masculine spats much too large for her—a man's choker and a blue speckled cravat ornamented with a mosaic pin resum- bling one Jackson had bought in Rome. The man and the woman stopped and looked at each other with marked in- terest. Jackson raised bis'cap politely, "I believe, sir," said the..lady, "that you are the man who claimed a trstuk at Berne which I believed to he mine." "I ani," "Well, the trunk turned out not to he mine." "I captured a trunk with my initials on it and Held on to it." "Heavens be praised; it must be minai" - "That scarf you are wearing matches one I own, and the pin is exactly like one I brought from Italy." "Quite likely. I have been obliged -lo use some of the articles I found in your trunk. I fancy that ruffled collar you wear is mine, and the ribbon" (she tried to repress a smile) "is the exact color of one I got in Lucerne. 1 as ore you I am very tired trying to make out with a nun's neckwear. Look at these enormous spatsl" "I assure you 1 have found a wo- rnait's robe de neat altogether too cramped. Besides, the woritmansilip m it scratches me," "You are very bold!" "I will apologize if you will assure lno that you have not used my own for a similar purpose." The lady colored, but made no reply. "I will have a porter carry the trunk to Your stateroom and get mine. I will reserve such articles of elothin g as I have been obliged to use to be laundered." The lady looked uncomfortable. 'Wil that suit You, madam?" he added. - "Fut what shall. I do in the mean- time for—for--" "Can't we get the pieces laundered Immediately," A stewardess was passing. The lady called her and put the laundry ques- tion, She was told that to get clothes laundered aboard would be next to im- possible, and if possible would cost a largo sum, A few pieces only would Cost a guinea, "Rather than pay that," said Jack- son, with a twinkle iu his eye, "I will sleep in embroidery and lace all the voyage." "But Twill not sleep ---I mean you shall not sleep in--" She was Rtailed. "Then We mut change trunks with the articles as they are," said Jackson. "That's very mean of you." "I don't see how you can call me mean. At Berne I wa.s about to have. my trunk carried to the train when you interposed and had it carried off as yours, Since then I have had to depend upon garments to which I have., been entirely unused." This ended the interview. Tne lady turned and beat a retreat. Jackson Paid an enormous sum to have the ar- ticles be had used laundered and sent the trunk with everything in it to the lady's stateroom. He did not receive his own until the end of the Jourury. A year after that date when these two were about to ata( t on a Wedding tour the groom -to -be sent/ some of ;tis clothes to his fiancee to pack in her trunk on the ground that he :hadn't room for them. She sent then hack in a huff. Ho laughed, Burns and l ame, It is amuning to Iearn that Burns when just emerging from obscurity jocularity anticipated that his birthday would come to be noted among other remarkable events. In a letter to his early patron, Gavin Hamilton, in 17e6 he says, "For my own affair I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent as Thomas a 1' elapi, or John Bunyan, and you may henceforth expect to see my birthday inscribed among the won- derful events in the Poor Robin and Aberdeen almanacs along with the Black Monday and the battle of Both- well Bridge." FISHiNO IN ALGR IQUIN PARK In the extensive reservation of 1,- 750,000 acres, set aside by the Ontario Government as a playground for the people and known as Algonquin Park, the fishing in the wawa of its 1,500 lakes and rivers is good. Such gamey species as small mouthed 'black bass, speckled trout, salmon trout and lake trout predominate. With the annual increase of anglers and tourists visit- ing this section the lakes in close contiguity to the hotels and log cabin camps are apt to beeomt( depleted, and to avoid any Possibility of thie the Ontario Government, with the co- operation of the Grand Trunk Rail- way, are continually re -stocking these waters. They have just forwarded . from the Government Hatchery ins Wiarton, 200,000 lake trout fry which reached the Park in good condition and 00,000 of then were placed in Smoke Lake, on which is situated the log cabin camp known as ' Nomini. gan Camp," and 140,000 placed in Cacho Lake; directly opposite the Highland• Inn, Tho fis:w' in the lakes some miles from the hotel, and reached by innumerable canoe' routes, teem with the gamiest of the finny tribe and the neural propaga- tion of these fish will keep these lakes well stocked indefinitely, Al- gonquin Park is probably the most delightful region in Canada for a summer outing. It is the highest point in Ontario, 2,000 miles above sea level, THE CAPTAIN OF THE PIT. De.n in the deep, the utter deep, where white Sea -serpents hide, There drooped a wreck's ,great tangled heap thor never more could ride Tee ocean 'waves; for it was 1ang'd both fore and aft inside, Tho Shark and Stroke, a conference call- ed to view ..this fearsome sight;, They took the Pilot -fish to ring the bells with all his might; fie summon vipers from the Pit—the Pit, below the light, So o'er the sands of oceans' floor, there crawled great slimy things, That never human eyes hath seen with all its fathomings; And when the muster roll was called, the Pilot -fish, he sings: "Hear ye: Bear Ye: Alt fish that swim and ye that dwelt within Tho Pit, our brother Shark has asked who did this grlevlous sin; Who canto from out the slime below to hurl their fangs at men?" • The blind, white Serpents snaked around to feel within the rip. And !;hook their heads So a.tded wise, the . Shark coiled back his lip; Fat none or all the Serpents knew whose fang had struck the ship,. The Squid dapped in his pot of ink to write a curt denial; He wrote about the spawn of men who'd died without a smile; Tlio tiny human babes who laid within the chambered pile. The Shark had Just begun to weep, when shadows crept o'ornead, And down there came a Submarine to. nestle midst the dead A.snaky thing so fearsome built; its fangs was dripping red. The Cattle -fish, the Adder -snake, the blind Sea -serpents white, The :squirting-snuid.- the Killer -whole, they all recoiled in fright, For creep within the Submarine they heard rr a voice recite: I am the thing. Yu-Ya--Ya-Tal the eantain of the Pit; The slinking, sneaking' Submarine, whose ;Aeric fang has slit At two mile range, this fast mail boat; so drink to rne: Prositi" • The tiny little Pilot -fish, he made a crown of green, To plat It on the periscope to cap his snnkeahlp leen; And king of all the viper tribe they crowned the Submarine. --Sine Sing No. GS 365 in "Star of Hope", th.' official paper of Sing Sing Prison. There ars more ways • than one of making a man happy, but one will do; J The human body is composed of millions of h=. tiny cells of various kinds. With the single ex- ception x- cetion of the brain and nerve cells,there is a system of dividing up of cells to form new ones. In this way the blood cells, the tissue cells, the cells of the stomach, liver, kidneys and other vital'organs may be increased so as to make up for loss or injury. But not so with the cells of the nervous system. You have a certain number at birth, but never any more. A feeble, poisoned nerve cell Way be re- stored, but a %dead cell van, never be replaced. Fol!. this reason complete paralysis can never be cured, but the person who is partially paralyzed may be greatly benefited by restorative treat- ment such as Dr. Chasers Nerve Food, which nourishes the feeble, wasted nerve cells•back to health and vigor. This, undoubtedly, is the strongest reason why everybody should be familiar 'with the symptoms which tell -of exhaustion of the nerve cells and know the best means of restoring the vitality of the nerves before they be - cane dead to all treatment. Slcepleasness, • restlessness, irritability, nsrvous headaches, nervous indigestion, loss of energy and ambition, feelings of discouragement and inability to concentrate the mind are among the most common warnings. Later developments are known as nervous prostration, locomotor ataxia and paralysis, It is easy to neglect treatment in the early stages, but that is the time when a few boxes of Dr. Chase's. Nerve li"ood will do wonders for you. Preventive treatment, which is so good in all ailments, is praetically the only method to be applied to diseases of the nerves, because of the fact that a dead nerve cell can never be replaced, whereas a feeble, wasted nerve+ eell can be restored by such nourishing medication as is afforded by Dr. C ase'e Nerve 1:'ood. Should you desire further particulars about this great food cure, kindly write for booklet. 50 cents a box, 0 for .$2,50, all: &Weirsa, or Edmanson, dates & Co.' .in ted, Toronto. Do not be talked into accepting a substitute. ` �1 •C imitations disappoint, Ar. Chase's Rohit ltio4k, 1,000 Wetted rocipeS, lent free if ;jou nielttioin thin pa)be ,TUDazNG A PLAT, .M Frohman Didn't Agree With Trc;I That Barrie Had Gone Mud. Frohman weighed a play by the idea in it, and he never produced a play, however arbitrary in ;tory or cliarac- ters---as, for example, "Peter Pan" --- without being able to name specifical- ly the elements of success lie thought it possessed. "Barrio has gone out of his mind, Frollmun, I and sorry to say it, but you ought to know it, we are both so fond of him," said Sir Ilerbert Tree to Prole man one night. "Ice's lust read iue a Play. He is going to read it to You, en I ani warning you. I know I've not gene woozy in my mind, because f have tested myself since hearing the play, but Barrie must he mad. He has written four acts, all about fairies, children and Indians, running through the most incoherent story you ever listened to, and what do you suppose —the last act is to be set on top of trees!" But the following day Frohman heard "Peter Pan" and accepted it at once. Long afterward he gave these as his reasons, "First, it was written by Barrie; next, it was unmistakably a fine novelty, The most emphatic play in any theatrical season, the one that is most likely to focus general Public attention, is • the most novel. You can estimate its novelty by the amount of fineness a play contains, for the common in life, like the poor, is always with us and can never seem novel. Only the fine registers with the emphasis of novelty. People go to the theatre not to see life as it is, but as they wish it were. The thea- tre's business is to present not life, but the illusion of life. Youth is the illgsion of life, old age the dela. siou, and "Peter Pan' is packed with youth; so T was for it."—John D. Wil* limns in Century. Magic "Nerviline" Cures • Toothache, Earache IT REL:=VES EVERY EXTERNAL PAIN. Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Tight Chest and Hoarseness. It's when sickness Comes at night, when you aro far from the druggist or the doctor, that's when you need Nerviline most, Experienced mothers are never without it. One of the chil- dren may have toothache. Without Nerviline—a sleepless 'night for the entire household. It may be earache, perhaps•a stiff neck, or one of the kid• - dies coughing with a bad chest cold. Nothing can give quicker results than vigorous rubbing with this old-time family remedy. Nerviline is too useful, too valuable to be without. For lumbago, lame back, sciatica or neuralgia there is no liniment with half of Nerviline's pow- er to penetrate and ease the pain. As a family safeguard, as some- thing to ward off sickness and to cure the minor ills that will occur in every family, to cure pain anywhere, you can find nothing to compare with old- time Nerviline, which for forty years has been the most widely used family- remedy amilyremedy in the Dominion. The most economical size is the large 50c family size bottle, small trial size 25e. All dealers sell Nerviline. FINISHING BIG GUNS. A Wonderful Process—The Wire. Wound is Best. • • When quite cool after the boring and the tempering of the metal the embryo gun is subjected to a •secpnd boring. Its outer tube—for there are two tubes—is fixed permanently to the inner tube is a most interesting position. This latter tube is placed upright into a pit made for the pur- pose, and over it is propped the outer tube, taken from the furnace at a blue heat, the two uniting by the shrinkage set up by cooling. To en- sure, as far as possible, that this im- portant operation will ;urn out an unqualified success, the bore is mea- sured, to the infinitesimal part of an inch, A little grit in the outer tube may ruin all, but, even when ail condi- tions have been faultlessly complied with, something may still go wrong to spoil the gun. Perhaps, through tome unequality in the cooling pro- cess, the ends of the two tubes play take grip before the middle part has definitely left the expansion stag with results which may well be guess- ed , It is here the value of gas jets as a heating ageney enters. Unless regular contraction is assurecl, the gun may have to be written off as a spoil- ed one, or, worse still, be passed and certified only to set up a fatal defect when put' to actual use, By this time a multiplicity of operations shah e been passed. through, yet the new gun is still far• from be- ing finished, Broaching, or very fine boring, has to be performed, and the e;urface• Iapped with lead and emery, the latter to produce a faultless sur- face. Of course, the rifling grooves which • give the parting steadying twist to the projectile, besides econo- mizing the propulsive force, have to be attended to, for smooth bore guns• are entirely out of date. it is this rifling which brought about a rove- lution in the accuracy of gun fire. The grooves are cut Out by special machinery after the breach cf the gun has beenpa re re p d to receive it, Then there follows a number of les- ser operations, mainly eonnetod with the fittings of the breech, and, when en is ship-shape, gutta percho itnpres• cions aro taken of the bore, which had previously been measured to a thou sandth part of an inch, The gun is now a gleaning tiling of burnished metal ready to slay its hundreds, buts before being reseed into the service, it Is submitted to a very searehing test, much more severe than it is ever likely to be put to in the most fiercely eonteetett battle. Pieces of artillery are aometimes referred to as wire guns. The coun- try which was quickest to realize the merits of wired ordnance was ilii dottbtedly Britain, and the outcome(' today is that the finest guns extant tre British made and British owned. The wire gun is the soundest in the world. It could hardly fall to be. The wire -it is altnost bread and thick enough to be termed a ribbed is coiled at the tremendous initial i pressure of SO tons to the tiquare inch. The best sugar for the sugar bowl is antic Sugar Its purity and "fine" granulation, give it the highly sweeten- ing power. It dis• solves instantly hi your teacup or on yourbreakfast cereal. 2 and a -1b Cartons • 10 and 20.11 Bags eAll-Purpose Su ar" "Theg and if any defect is to show at al , it must do so in the covering process. Tho advantage, however, sloes not end here, as will be realized when it is explained that a 12 -inch wire gun, though weighing only a trifle more than the ordinary twelve inches, can throw a shell 130 pounds heavier and pierce 10 more inches of wrought iron than the other. This simply means that the plain or banded gun is no match whatever for the wire gun of similar calibre. •.• EVOLUTION OF A WORD. , "Hypocrite" Was Once the Title of a Pantomime Actor, Do you know what a hypocrite is? Why, he is a person 'who uses the church as a cloak to cover graft and greed and all manner of evildoing. At least that is what he was in the days of slur fathers, More recently he has taken on another color, a different kind of cloak. He need not be a dissembler merely in the matter of religion, Hypocrisy may be prac- ticed in friendship, in culture, in philanthropy. It goes a degree fur- ther even than that, for the hypocrte may deceive himself as well as his fellow man. But how did the word, which 'is ob- viously a compound of "hypo,"'mean- ing "under," and the very familiar "critic" come to mean a person who deceives either himself or other people? This question suggests a second one: What is a. critic? The Greek verb from which the noun was derived meant originally to analyze, separate or judge. So the critic came to be one who had been set apart or judged worthy to plead a cause or present an argument. At one stage of his evolution the critic was a person who recited the works of the great dramatists, He was an actor—who did not ,act, • The ges- tures were supplied by a man trained for that' purpose, who went through a sort of pantomime, while the real interpreter of the part gave the mel- odiously intoned words. • The pantomime artist was a "hypo- crite" because he played an under part to the "critic." Later, when the speaking and acting were done by the same person, he was called the "hyp- ocrite," Now any one who plays a part not his own is practicing hypo- risy. Drive a nail through an empty spool. It will make a.handy peg to hang damp towels on The spool will not tear or rust the article hung upon it. ANY WOMAN'S STRUGGLE FOR GOOD HEALTH QUICKLY REWARDED A Simple Home Treatment Now Ad- vocated That Gives Fine Results. When a woman's face grows; hag- gard and pale, when she is tired all day and ready to cry When night comes, she ought to know something is wrong. Putting off only makes natters worse. The best advice we can give any sickly woman is to test out the following treatment; At the close of every meal, with a sip or two of water, take two ehoco• late -coated Ferrozone Tablets. 'Phis seems to be the best thing going for folks who are tired out, run down and • in need of a strengthening, building- ufi medicine. . rerrozone's action aids the three Principal functions of the body—di- gestiotl, assiniilation, elimination. Ily strengthening digestion it forms an abundant e of rich, red 'blood-••-. this gives good color. 13y perfecting assimilation, Ferro - zone supplles nutrition --- this gives strength, vim, stability. Elimination is assured because bier - rezone quiekens the actions of the liver, kidneys and bowels ---this guar. antees the maintenance of vigorous hel. iaeerrozone puts you on the right road --the one that leads to health. Not a man, woman or ehild need- ing bland, vigor, endurance—not a person wlio is weak, nervous or sick- ly, not 0 a ,person in in - health 1 a th who won't receive immediate help front Iwerrozone, As a tonic and restorative, as It ltealth-bringer and body-builder, Fete rozono is unrivalled. 'It cures beeauee it ,feeds and - nourishes;' because it contains the ' elommits" that build up and strengthen. ''pry it yourself ---sold everywhere lit 50 Cent bole%, 6 1;aoxed for ;2.50, or by nisil trona the Ca. tarrhozone +Co., Kingoton, Ont. The German fleet was among the "also rano." Clianeello▪ r Beth l ollweg has troubles of his own apparently. If enough of men volunteer there will be no conscription. 4,♦. Take the "a" obt of Hungary and. you. have the condition of the ,people. Tito deni▪ abilizatlon of the Greek army inay mean the abdication of King Constantine, Austzla will have a time making good the wastage of over 100,000 pri- soners captured by the Russians. The German who faked the inter- view with Ambassador Gerard must have done it for "military reasons." So Germany Iles for military rea- eons. • ' a v • In the meantime we would like to hear . rom Gana Duke Nicholas. For strategfe reasons, Germany is still Covering up her losses. Germany's "victorious" fleet is still in hiding, "Der Tag" was a fizzle. The Germans first lie about their losses and exouse themselves after- wards by saying that they did do for military reasons. •.• Four million women will vote for the .next President of the United States. Some day there will be a fe- male Vice -President. If the Kaiser has now control of the seas, Herr Bailin will order his great liners to resume their sailings from New York. The Buffalo News says that "it is informed that each o3 the 9,000 Am- erican recruits will carry with hint a small American flag and that our en- sign will float along the European battle front." Don't worry, there are no flags at the front Roosevelt's notable tribute to the lite and work of Lord Kitchener evi- dently came from the heart. Nc visitors aro now allowed at Wil- hehnshaven, Germany's naval base. The fleet is in no condition to be seen. The Northcliffe press will now have the opportunity they wanted of put- ting another man in Kitchener's place, Some of the United States news- papers are loath to admit that the Jutland battle was a British victory. They were misled in the first place, and hate to admit it. The pro -German press which chort- led so loudly over the alleged British naval defeat have now a dish of crow set before them, but they will refuse to eat. They will let the lie go uncon- tradicted. • •---*.~------ There may be a time limit to Car- r. nza's next note to President Wilson. Still it will be noticed that Sir Daeld Beatty is sailing the North Sea while the German fleet is in Biding. If the Ge▪ rmans lost 0,800 men in the Jutland naval battle their losses must have been greater than were the British. The great. Russian drive on the Roumanian border will teach the Rou- manians that it would not be safe to join hands with the Kaiser. ••• In Bayonne, N. J., boys who play hockey will be fined ten cents for each day of unexplained absence from school. The parents will then sit up and tape notice. Denver has tired of the eonunission term of government and gone Lack to the mayoral form. New Orleans and Jersey City changed back some time ago. Whatt's the answer to this? It is to the eternal shame of Canada that there were no Canadian (treed - noughts in the North Sea.—Toronto NE'vrt. And to the eternal shame of Borden there was no Canadian fleet there. i'ntil yesterday nearly all the world was confident that a great sea fight between England and German fleets would result in a sweeping victory for., the British.---Itocltester Poet -Ex - Wits. SG it would, only the Germane ran away when they got more than they wanted, and were afraid that they would. get some more. There was au increase of mere than $67,000,000 in the value of British ex. ports during 11.tey, as compared with :clay, 1015. The gain was principally in iron, steel, cotton and woolen pro- ducts, This is pretty good (evidence that Britannia rules the waves. Twelve survivors of the Ilampshirre liar been found. may We now hear e whether a mine or n torpedo sent the vessel to the bottom 'with Kitchener and his staff, Lloyd George writes that the value Of big guns and hl,,it explosives is the Ieteeon from the fight at Verdun, He adds that the Allies are now or septi will be superior In these to the s11emm.