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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-10-05, Page 3TREATMENT OF CLAY SOILS, The clay or clay leant tyPee of uoils are made up et pertiche width are ex- ereuiclY fine. They ore very retentive of moieture and ale° of plant food. In the management of a clay soil, 1,1111et5o the Preper methods are practiced, a condition will be secured whealt ren- ders the aoil impervious to moleture, air may be exclueed and, the soil ren- dered infertile. Proper management of a clay ceoil would be to Perniit of the water of rainfall being quickly absorbed by the eoll, the surplue water being quickly carried away by means of under -drain- age, the surface soil particles being tleeeulated or combined iato wliat is ealled "e01111)01111d Ea. pa, Plea," which will tend. to Prevent the forme - ton. oi a crust, or the eurface bak- ing. As the Percentage of humus or de- caying organic matter in the eoil is increased the tendency of the clay particle to stick to each other is de- creased, and in the successful manage- ment of a clay soil it is especially important that a liberal amount of organic matter be incorporated with the soil. This tends to change the character from that or the still, im- pervious clay to the typo resembling the clay loam, end in this type eve have our most fertile soils. Probably no soil receive.; more ben- efit from an application of lime than (toes the clay soil. The well-known ce- 'limiting properties of lime in part ac- count for this beneficial action. It pre- vents puddling of the clay and renders the surface soil more porous; it changes the physical propertiee so that the relation of the particles to each other is secured which is so well knowa to the buttermaker, who churns the cream until the globules of fat are brought into a granular condi- tion. This granular condition of the clay soils, especially of the surface particles, Is the ideal condition. FALL PLOWING FOR CLAY SOILS. There is such a thing as adapting the crop to the soil upon which it is to be grown, and, where our system of rotation makes it possible, the clay sae should be devoted to those crops where the seeding is done broadcast, as in the growing of grew and grains. Those crops which are to be given intro -culture can be grown to better advantage on soils which are of a lighter and leceer texture. All, the cul- tivation which can be given to the sowed crops must be given before seeding, and the quality of the clay soil, which enables it to hold mois- ture, enables these sowed crops to thrive, when if they were grown on soils of a lighter, more open texture the effects of drought would be far more serious. There is no type of soil which requirec, more expert judgment in its management than does the clay soil. If we plow when too wet the pare tides are packed together and the open air space or pore space, which should exist between the soil parti- cles, is largely cloced. There is no type of soil more likely to be benefitted by late fall. plowing than, clay. While there may be some slight loss of plant food, due to leach - Ing and and waehing of the soil, yet if the furrows are left rough as they come from the plow, and are turned slightly on edge rather than being turned flat, the effect of the winter's freezing and thawing, and the pal- verzing action of the rain, will do much toward making these sone fri- able and in good condition. By incorporating humus with the clay its cendition may be changed and it may be brought more in.to the condition of the clay loam. This hu- mus can be most readily secured in coarse farm manures, and through plowing under cover crops. While, as a rule, we prefer applying farm man- ures to the surface of the soil and harrowing them in, yet on some clay soils where the physical action of the manure may be fully as valuable as its chemical action, we can plow .under coarse manure to advantage. COVER CROUS ADAPTED TO CLAY Of the various cover crops which can be grown to advantage, rye, bar- ley and peas are most valuable. The rye should be used in all eases where a winter covering is desired, the crop of rye to be plowed under in the spring, late April or early in May if spring crops are to be grown; and plowed under later if some such crop as buckwheat is the one desired. If the clay is to be plowed in the fall, ,then the other crops mentioned are valuable for plowing under. Barley and Canada field peas might lee used, the seed being sown and. klisked in after some special crops, as oats or early potatoes, or even after a forage crop of oats and peas. In planning to increase the organic matter in the soil, it matters not as mucb what crop we grow so long as each year we plow under something. In some sections of the country, one crop will be better adapted to this work than others, and wherever the land is to be left for a few months without any special crop growing upon it, some means should be taken to secure a clover crop to plow un- der, In the preparataiort of a clay soil there is such a thing as harrowing much. It is almost a universal prac- tice with those who advise concerning tillage to advise that we harrow the soil all that we think we can afford to harrow it, and then harrow it as muck more. But in fitting clay soils this advice may lead to trouble. So much fitting should be given as is he- ceseary in breaking down clods and In compacting the sub-surfaee soil, but the fitting should not be carried MAGIC BAKING POWDER' —.reseamee•aaers. •eeeceeeee-----' to the point that will make the clay particles over Inc.fShould that be done the injurious effects would be apparent at the first heavy rain, and seeds which might be placed in the soil would be effectually burled be- neath the crust of the puddled clay particles. In applying fine, well -rotted manure to the clay soil, almost without excep- tion, it should be applied as a surface dressing and harrowed in. While it is inportant that clay soil be not worked when too wet, it is equally important that it be not too dry, If the spring plowing is delay- ed until the land is dry, then -the plow instead of pulverizing and fining the soil as it should, will break the eoil up in lumps and clods Where it is al- most impossible to reduce it to a good condition of filth. This type of soil requires the exercise of more care and more judgment in its successful management than does any other. When properly handled it may be made our most fertile type of soil; but if improperly handled for a single season, it will require years of labor to restore it to good physical condi- tion. FARM NEWS AND VIEWS. The average period of gestation for animals is given as follows: Jennet, 12 months; mare, 11 months; cow, 9 months; sheep, 5 months; pig, 3 1-2 months; bitch, 9 weeks; cat, 8 weeks; rabbit, 30 days. Salt is being used on .many farms this season as a plant food liberator, and practical investigators have shown that it possesses considerable Power in making plant food in the soil available. If a baby had the appetite of a young beetle it would eat from 50 to 100 pounds of food every 24 hours. If a horse ate as much as a caterpillar, In proporton to its size, it would con- sume a ton of hay every 24 hours. A caterpillar eats twice, its weight of leaves every day, but a potato beetle devours every day at least five times its weight of foliage. Keep posted and market products as demand and price suggest the best time to seed. A glutted market is the speculator's harvest field. Allow no weed seeds to ripen. Kill weeds in the tender seeding stage. In- duce fall sprouting by giving a late cultivation. Burn weeds bearing mature seeds. Never plow them un- der. Thorougly compost stable ma- nure if contaminated with seeds of noxious weeds. Sow only pure seed. Watch for weeds new -to your locality. Practice rotation of crops. Turn weeds into pork, beef and mutton by grazing them. Plant smothering crops, winter and summer. Sluggish action of the Ilver, kidneys and bowels leave impuri- ties in the blood which render it poisonous. 'Poisoned blood is the . cause of tired, languid "' feelings, Its well as of headache, backache and bodily nains anti tidies, By awakening the action ot these filtering end everetory organs, Br. Chaseit Uldney-Liver PIIIi Mos. mighty cleanse the eiretem, purify the blood and cure find' ailments as indigestion, billousnes A, kidney dee rftagernents and constipation. 25 ets, 4 .4 Any Woman's Struggle For Good Health Quickly Rewarded ,....•••••••••••••••••,.. MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Whole Creation One Endless Triumph of Rhythm. There is music in the thunder, the weird mystery of the storm, There is music in the falling rain as thirsty flowers look up to drink. There is music in the sunshine, the sweet and perfect harmony of earth and sky. There is music in all the mysteries of the universe—the whole creation of oa vast, eternal, boundless, endless triumph of rhythm. The unvoiced song of swinging worlds is merely the expression of universal rhythm. 'The' music of the spheres" is more than a bit of fancy. It is a symbol ofeemuisite power. it portrays the refi lent of world forces. Where the laws of earth are modified into universal principle.—there music be- gins, where, knowledge grows dim where learning 1ms lost its way — there music begins. When space and distance are defied, when science has passed its con- fining boundaries, on the borderland of art—there music begins. "The music of the spheres," as end- less as eternity, as unfathomable as space, as mysterious as life. The songs of the earth are the same songs that "the morning stars sang together" in perfect harmony and rhythm "when the world was young." For earth is heaven and heaven is earth. The stars are ours and not circling globes of mystery, and we a star end not an earthly word to those who dwell beyond the sky. For God is here and everywhere and His interpreter is the music of the soul.—Robert Foreman in Pictorial Review for October. CURE YOUR BAD COUGH BY BREWING CATARRHOZONE You may dislike taking medicine, but coughs are best cured without medicine. The modern treatment is "Catarrhozone"—it isn't a arug—it's healing vapor full of pine esseaces and healing balsams. It spreads over the surfaces that are weak and sore from coughing. Every spot that is congested is healed, irritation is soothed away, phlegm and seemetions are cleaned out, and all symptoms of celcl and Catarrh are cured. Nothing so quick, so sure, so pleasant as Catarrhozone. Beware of dangerous substitutes meant to deceive you for genuine Catarrhozone. All dealers sell Catarrhozone. Large size, which lasts two months, price $1.00; small size, 50c.; sample size, 25c. - A SIMPLE HOME TREATMENT NOW ADVOCATED THAT GIVES PINE RESULTS. When a woman's fate grows hag- gard and pale, when she is tired all day and ready to cry when night comes, she ought to know eomething • is wrong. Putting off Only make matters 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 choco- late -coated Ferrozone Tablets. This seems to be the best thing going for folks that are tired out, run-down and in need of a strengthening, building - up medicine. Ferrozone's action aids the three principal functione of the body —di- gestion, assimilation, elimination. By strengthening digestion it forms an abundance of rich, red blood—this gives good color. By perfecting assimilation, Ferro - zone supplies nutrition—this gives etrength, vim, stability. Elimination is assured because Fer- rozone quickens the action of the liver, kidney and bowls— this guar- antees the maintenance of vigorous health. Ferrozone puts you on the right road—the one that leads to health.. Not a man, woman or ehild need- ing blood, vigor, endurance 1—not a person who is weak, nerveus or eick- ly, not a person in ill -health who won't receive immediate hely from Ferrozone. As a topic and restorative, as a health-brihger and body-builder, Fer- rezone is unrivalled. It cures because it feeds and notirisheg, because it contains the elemente that build up' and strengthen. Try it yourself—sold everywhere in 50 cent boxes, 6 boxes for $2.50, or by mail from The Ca- tarrhozone Co., Kingston, Ont. Going the Limit. one was one of those men who grumble at everything and everybody. He was once attacked by inflamma- tory rheuniatism and was carefully mirsed by his Wife, who was very de- voted to him, in spite of his fatilt- finding disposition. His suffering caused her to burst into tettrs some- times as She sat by his bedside. One day a friend came in and ask- ed him how he was getting on. "Badly, badly!" he exclaimed; "and it's all my wife's fault," "Is It poesibie?" asked the friend, in feirprise. "Yee. The doctor told me that hu- midity was bad for me, and there that woman sits ahd tries, just to Make it Moist in the MM." "Aire fair In love and war," qtioted the Wise Guy. "Still, it %Otte eilly to kiss a girl beliind her bilt," suggest- ed the SiMple Mng, I +44-4-4-44-44-• er6 0, HORSES ON THE BATTLEFIELD But the veterinary department did not amount to nmeh until after the iPranco-Prussian War, Iu that COhniet the Germane orgeieleed. a *very eta. clout department, whereas the French did comparatively nothing, The legeele of the home Wes learned in thie War. From thea cm all important armies have had Well equipped veterinary de- partments. The Oeneva convention, while, mak- ing every provision for tile car a wounded men, leaves Wounded norseel Unmentioned. An army veterinary sur- geon is therefore not allowed on the firing line. He must follow clotie In the wake of the line, attached to the field hoepita1! for horses. His poseibil- Ries ere limited. The field hospitals, however, have operating tables, chlor - form and full sets Of implen,ients for animal surgery. Not until a battle is ended do the veterinary sUrgeons go over the scene og confliet. They examine every ani- mal hot down and if the horse is badly wounded Itis killed at oneIf, on the other hand, the weund le slight the horse is raised into one of the horse .carts and taken to the horse hospital and nursed back to conVales- cence. A well trained army horse behaves evith as great gallantry in battle as its rider. But the cavalry horse le Juet as nervous during its first engagement as the recruit, The new horse ie restive under the roar of exploding shell. Cavalry in reserve, therefore, is kept well out of the range of hell, for there is nothing a horse dislikes more than standing still with the noise of conflict near at hand. But with the order to charge things are different. Racing at full speed in eompany with the rest of the regiment the horse is often cooler than the rider. If the rid- er is struck down the horse will usual- ly go on without breaking away from the line. When the infantry meets a cavalry charge the men usually try to bring down the first line in the hope that the Second line will be thrown over it on the ground. If a man falls it is quite likely that the horsemen behind will dash over him without leaving a hoof mark on 1118 body. The horse leap e involuntarily over any obstacle in its path. The infantryman seeing a line of horsemen approaching naturally fires at the horse, for the proportion of tar- get is three or more of horse to one of cavalryman. A horse struck fair in the chest by a bullet usually rears high on its hin'd legs, thea falls heav- ily on its head. This is a menace to the cavalryman. It is no unusual thing when a regi- ment is charging to see riderless coming on with the regiment. They even leap into the enemy's trenches by the eide of the others. But when the charge ends, the riderless horse rushes here and there wildly and pro- bably will end by returning to the last camp.. It is related that in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava the front rank was composed entirely of riderless horses. It was these which charged upon the enemy's guns. Every nation at war now has agents In neutral countries buying horses. Until a few years ago Hungary sup- plied half of Europe with mounts. The majority of British cavalry horses canto from there until the Boer war, when Germany entered into an ar- rangement by which she absorbed such of the supply as Austria did not take for her army. Some Powers are becoming indepen- dent of outside supplies by develop- ing stud farms. Russia breeds all her own horses in south Russia. Germany has two enormous farms of this kind and France three. Despite the use or motor traction there are, it has been estimated more than half a million horses in the vari- ous fields of war. Perhaps the number has been leesened by fatalities, for cable despatches tell of regiments - of uhlans fighting p.s foot soldiers on ac- count of lack of remonnts. Experience shows that three hundred horses are killed on the average to one cavalry- man. The horse is always a worse sufferer than the man. It is not so hardy and, it suffers more acutely from etarva- tion and thirst, for instance. Geoerally speaking it is easily vulnerable. Some horsos will go on after receiv- ing a score of wounds, but a horse struck by a bullet usually falls and is of no further use. either because of its loss of speed or because Itis so strick- en with fear as to become difficult to manage. In the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 about 50,000 horses perish- ed. Under the name of the Purple Cross a movement was started in England by a humane society to send a corps to battlefields with the object of put- ting wounded horses out of their mis- ery. This movement was promptly , stopped by the British Government. It was explained that the army veter- inary department is sufficient to cope With the situation, and that indepen- dent civilian bodiee would not be tol- erated in the vicinity of the fighting. The British army Veterinary depart- ment came into being at the time of the Peninsular war a century ago. It was customary then to abandon any horses stricken down in battle and kill them eventually if opportunity of- fered. If no opportunity came the poor brutes died a lingering death froni their wounds or starvation—which is still the fate of large numbers. Some one suggested to the Duke of Wellington that many horses Were abandoned which might be saved, as thousands were but slightly wounded. These could easily be nursed back to convalegcence. Wellington was convinced. He took the first veterinaries into the field. Im11.0.1....••••••••• RELIEF FROM INDIGESTION The Most Common Cause of Thls Trouble is Poor Blood. All conditions of aepressed vitality tend to disturb the process of diges- tion. There is not a disturbed condi- tion of life that cannot aflect diges- tion. But few causes of the trouble are so common as thin, weak blood. It affects directly and at once the pro- cess of nutrition. Not only is the action of the gastric and intestinal glands diminished but the muscular action of the stomach is weakened. Nothing will more promptly restore digestive effieiency than good, red blood. Without it the normal activ- ity of the stomach is impossible. Thin, pale people who complain of indigestion must improve the condi- tion of their blood to find reit-ea The most active blood builder in such cases is Dr. Williams Pink Pille. They make the rich, red blood evhich quick- ly restores the digestive organs to their proper activity, and the dyspep- tic who has hated the sight and smell of food now looks forward to meal time with pleasure. As proving the value of Dr. Williams Pink Pills itt curing indigestion Miss Edith M. Smith, R. R. No. 4, Perth, Ont., says: "I can. honestly say I owe my present good health to Dr. 'Williams Pink Pills. My stomach was terribly weak and I suffered from indigestion and siok headache, and was always very nervous. I was troubled this way for three years, and in that time took a great deal of doctors' medicine, which, however, did not help me, I could not eat anything without experiencing the inoet agonizing pain. My sick headaches -were most violent and I could not rest night or day. I was asked one day by a friend to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills, and consented to do so. After taking them some time I found they were helping me, and I continued to take them steadily for several months, until I found that I was completely cured. While taking the pills I gained both in strehgth and weight, aad I feel it impossible to praise Dr. 'Williams Pink Ping too highly." You can procure these pills through any dealer in medicine or by mail, post paid, at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, from The Dr. 'Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. -4- voti PRESERVING USE:: ONLY ST.LAWRENCE 'liar feeds and sweetens in proportion to its purity. ST. LAWRENCE RED DIAMOND GRANULATED is refined exclusively from choice sugar -cane sugars and is absolutely pure. Government tests prove it. It is sold in fine, medium and coarse grain in many handy sizes of refinery seded packages to suit your taste and convenience. The 100 lb. bag is the size which recommends itself specially to the careful housewife. Your dealer can supply it in the size grain you prefer. The RED DIAMOND is on every Package. ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINERIES, Limited, MONTREAL and receive highest cash prices. Wo send money the same day the furs are received. Charge no cortiroiselons—and pay all charges. We have paid out millions of dollars to thou. sands of trappers In Canada who send their tura tons beeause they know they gat &square deal, and metre more money for their lure. You will also. We buy more tura from trappers or cash than g, oge, ramfirvee, :A6Cpa.ngeed,s. FREE ikitz:711Ntel Hallam Sent free on request • Addrees follows: 's Fur Style SusodttlianpgsauSOs) JOHN HALLAM Limited 201 Hallam Building, Toronto. irrirnws 0 Cromwell and Quinine. We owo to Sir Clements leathern the introduction of quinine yielding trees to British India and the conse- quent cheapening of the drug frail a guinea to a halfpenny an ounce in Cal- eutta, but the medicinal properties Of cinchona bark had long been mOwn. They were discovered by the lesuits, after whom it was called Jesuit& bark. Coneerning that Sir Clements used to relate an odd, coincidence: Oliver Cromwell died of tertian ague, and edlnine might have saVed him. In the very howepaper In Whith his death was announced, the Mercurius Polle- ns, there Was all advertisement of Jesuits' bark for sale. Ent the name of Jesuit was abhorrent to the Puritatte, and lietie,e Cromwell'e med!cal ttdvIs era would have nothing to do with IL ' —London. Chronicle. • •• RAISING WATER. Ancient and Modern Methods of Doing ,the Work. In the beginning, when primitive man wanted to lift water from a lower to aa higher level or to trans - Port it any little distance, he carried it in an earthen jar or in a crude pail made of bark or skins. It wasn't very long, however, before the first spark of inventive genius began to burn and probably one of the first mechanical devices over produced by man was a pump. Man needs but 'little water for him- self, and he needed even lees in those distant days, so what he required for drinking or cooking was easily carried in a jar. It was only when water had to be lifted and carried for agricul- tural purposes that the pump was born. Irrigation required enorrnous quantities of water, and pumps are absolutely necessary viten it has to be raised from one level to another to ater the growing crops. In'the most ancient picture writings of Egypt and Bablylon are to be found orude pictures ot early water -lifting devices. Perhaps the earliest of all is the shadoof, which is still used in the Far East, and looks not nnlike the old- fashioned New England well -sweep. It is merely a long pole or sweep, bal- anced on an upright post and provided with a bucket and rope on one end and a counterweight on the other. Along the Nile River irrigation water is still raised above the high mud banks in this primitive way. As the slindoot can raise water only about seven feet, these laborious contrivancee must be worked in, series to get the water up 30 -foot embankments. And yet millions of acres in the Nile region are irrigated in this way. This type of water -lifting machine is also extensively used in China and was exiaploYed by the an- cient Romans and other civilizations. It was somewhat improved by the Hindustans, who placed a plank on the pole and operated it by running Lack and forth. The new development wets the Arch!. medean screw, by means of which water was lifted a short distance. This was improved by the Persian wheel, operated by oxen or camels. To the rim of a large wheel are fastened a number of earthen jars. This wheel is driven by a series of credo wcoden gears operated by a sweep to which are harnessed draft animals. With the revelation of the wheel the jars are dipped and filled in the well or river, hoisted to the top of the bank and automatically emptied into a wooden trough, from which the water flows into the irrigation canals. The wheel 01111•11•01111111. 'MADE IN CANADA" DOMINION RAINCOATS 1191111111=11=2.1111111111111111111111 Best for Quality* Style and Value. Guaranteed For All Climates. ASK YOUR.. • WIER will lift about 2,000 cubic feet of water a day. The latter typo of water -raising machine appears in a wide variety of ferms. In the form of a chain or cups or buckets it is used to this day for elevating grain, flour, etc. From it was evolved the common chain Tamps of to -day. The chain pump le, there- fore, one of the oldest 'types In exist- ence. The suction pump, with cylinder and piston, is a later invention and it still used to raise water for short distances, It appears in a great mauy types. But the real business of lifting water in large quantities did not begin until the centrifugal pump was invented. This type of pump differs materially from all previous kinds. It lifts water by whirling it around and outward by vanes rotating on a shaft in a closed case. Nowadays, when there is a large amount of water to be lifted for any perpose whatever, there is a centrifu- gal pump designed purposely for the work. It is the general practice to drive these pumps by electric power. On account of their high speed the pump can be direct connected to - the armature shaft of the eleetric motor. An electrically driven oentrifugal pump offers many advantages over all ether kinds, foremost among which is its adaptability to autornatic or remote control. The mere throwing of a hand switch will start or otop the largest pump. Pressing a button controls the mailer sizes. For pumping water from mines and in similar installa- tions these pumps are provided with automatic control. When the water reaches a certain level the motor starts and pumps it out. Instances are on record where mine pumps and their driving motors have been totally sub- merged for days, but have pumped themselves clear in a few hours. 011•110•••.? DRS. SOPER &-WHITE SPECIALISTS Plies,Eczema, Asthma. Catarrh. Pimples) Dyspepsia, Epilepsy, Rheumatism, Skin, Kids, ney, Blood, Nerve and Bladder Diseases. Call or send history for free advice. Medicine furnished in tablet form. Hours -10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. Sundays -10 a.m. to 1p.m. c Consultation Free DRS. SOPER & Wire§r17. 25 Toronto St., Toronto, Cat, Please Mention This Paper, A REAL SERVICE. (Exchange) Ac lualLlt J'Atrnal is tellingPeelde "hOW to lie when asleep." if it could pets. loatus Ulm tu tell the truth When aWake, o uld be doing real r,erVice. AN EASY GUESS. (Scribner's Magazine) The only man She knew who lisped ,alled her on the linen° and said: "Ith ;Illth yeti, Itteh? Well, isueth who thlitt .th?" A • ee AIDING CONSERVATION. (Exchange) "Preservin' de trees would be easy." said Uncle Eton, "If ey'rybotly had de same liesItatin' feelin' toward a Wood- dat I always 'sperience." , 41. WOULDN'T DO. (Boston Transcript.) ''A baseball umpire would make a poor walking delegate." "1,Vity so?" "lie is always calling off strikes, isn't he?" HARD LUCK. (13rooklyn Citizen.) "Hello, Newwedd, why so somber?" "Say, old man, I've made a very pain- ful discovery. My wife can't sing." "Painful? Why, man, you are to be ;ongratulated," "Alas, no: You see she thinks she can." A GREAT CORPORATION If all the trackage over which the Canadian Pacific has control—that is, all the leased lines, or lines taken bodily over, or with running rights —be included in a grand total, the company operates to -day 20,000 miles of tracks. This fact alone would tell of the bigness of the corporation which, thirty years ago, issned its first annual statement on a sheet oe note paper. The company owns 100,000 miles of telegraph; 10,000,000 acres of unsold lands, worth $200,- 000,000, and controls shipping to the extent of 400,000 tons. One of the notable features of the great corpora- tion is that it takes. account of so many things, which, at the first blush, might not seem to be related to railways transporttion. The com- fort of the inner man on the trains if, of course, 02 prime moment; but note how the Canadiau Pacific Rail- way went out of its way to previde dietetic gastronomy. The railway .company milks its own cows and makes its, own soap. It bakes its own bread, and it bores a tunnel through the mountains above the clouds. It grows its own potatoes, and its policies are of world-wide import and significance. ..21, 6.4: - Why He Enlisted. Some time ago, before conscription wee seriously mooted, a certain patri- otic grocer called together his staff, which consisted of a solitary aesis- tent, and proposed that one of them should enlist. Further, to the some- what relief of the other, he said he would go himself, being a single man. "Ye Mackay will stay behind and his eyes, keepieethkaey b u Nsvi int ehs s tgeoairnsg ?' i n warmly seconded, so in a short time the deed was done. Many months paesed by, as the storybook says, and the former grocer when going off trench duty received the shock of his life, for did he not see his assistant dressed in khaki standing before him? "Mackay! Great Firkins, can that be ye?" he exclaimed, aghast. "Did I I no leave ye in chairge o' the shop?" "So I thocht at the -time, maieter," • replied Mackay, sadly, "but the fac' is, It wis no a shop ye left me in chairge o', but a' your wumman folk. So, sez tae masel, 'Mackay, if ye got tao fecht ye May as well fecht something Ye can hit;' so 1 jined."1—Tit-Bits. t - 0 "The plowman homeward plods his 'weary way." The reader put aside his volume of poems. "Times change," he commented. "I see in Kansas they are taking hired hands • to the harvest fields in taxicabs."—Loulsville Cour- ier -Journal. Saloniki a Sty of Squalor: Saleniki resembles most ports of the eastern Mediterranean in being a pic- ture of beauty frone a distance and a sty of squalor near at hand. It is, in fact, a slatternly Levantine town in a beautiful medieval Setting, comely in the mass, unpleasant in detail, As you survey Saloniki from the water it has a dignified air that ac- cords well with its historked renown, being set in stately isolation upon the steep slopes of its bare hills and gir- dled by ruined but still massive walls that rise to a, great Venetian citadel on the landward side. Graceful white minarets that the Turks built are sprinkled about among the houses, and the quay, that is the chief street of tho town, lined with picturesque Greek sailing craft, stretches for a, fell mile along the water's edge. But ashore, shut in by the narrow street of the "Prank quarter," your vivid im- pression of squalor and slovenlinees soon makes yOu forget the graceful picture from the sea. ---G. Ward Price in London Times. TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW AS evidenced by advertisenient oii another page of this issue, the Toronto Fat Stock Show aro givinebspecial attention to the fanner andbreeder, end are offering many handsome prizes for classes where stock must be bred, fed and owned by. exhibitor. This is work' along the right lines, and should bring out a good entry. A farmer in Western ieltimas shaved off a month's beard. toolra bath and dressed up in his best clothes before killing himself. Ito didn't know just lva.s. going, but he deter- mined to make as good an impression tie noesibln oft his new acquaintances. ,-;-,Xtunttas (Ifty 3ctirnal. 11•••••••••••• HIS PREFERENCE. (Exchange) "You say this man stole your coat." 3aid a magistrate to a prosecutor. "Do I understand that you prefer this charge igainst Win?" "Well, no, your worship," was the re - "I prefer the coat, if it's all the 'ante to you." rimummaniumummummama 0 .9,7tep ^ Grapes green or ripe, in jelly, spiced con- serves, or simply preserved in light syrup, make a delicious and inexpensive addition to your winter supplies. Lantic Sugar because of its purity and. FINE granulation, is best for all preserving. 2 and 5 -lb Cartons 10 and 20 -lb Bags "The All -Purpose Sugar" PitESEBVING LABELS Eitta 54 Irtuntned and printed labels for re a ban trial•mark. Send to Atlantic Sugar Refineries, Ltd. rower Mag., ntotittont 60 11111101MMIMIIIIIIMM11111.111111111111111111111 6*4 NO RELIEF. (Rochester Times) The cynical person was standing In front of a part of an exhibition of local arJ talent labeled "Art Objects." "Well, I suppose Art does object, and can't blame her, but there doesn't seem to be any help for it," he finally said. NO ERRORS. (Exchange) "Well, Peleg, how do you find the en- cyclopedia tho feller left on approval?" , "Seenis to be all right. Ain't no errors ln it so fur as I kin sea." • TOMMY'S MISTAKE. (Life) Stmlay School Teacher—And the fath- er of tho prodigal son fell on his neck and wept. Now, why did he weep? Tommy Tuffnut—Huh! I guess you'd weep, too, if you fell on your neck. NOT HER WAY. (Boston Transcript.) "Do you ever ask your wife's advice about things?" "No, sir; she doesn't wait to be asked." FOOLING THE OOOK. (Houston Post) "How do yon manage to keep your cook so long?" "My husband has promised her that If she is working for us when WO Strike 00 he will but her an auto." 'But I did not know you had any oll prospects?' ''We haven't." 4 PERHAPS. (Louisville Courier -Journal.) "Does money ever talk?" "So they claim." "I wonder when?" "Well, you sometimes see It stated that money is tight. I suppose that's when it gets loquacious." THE BOMBARDMENT. (Tit- Bits.) "Bang!" went the rifles at the man- oeuvres. "Oo7oo!" screamed the pretty gIrl—a nice, decorous, surprised little scream. She stopped backward into the arms of a young man: "Oh!" said she, blushing. "I was frightened by the rifles. I beg your par- don," "Not at all," said the young man. "Let's go over and watch the artillery." S E. uns—TAK (P "Maria, you'll never i- be able to drive that nail with a flat -iron. For heaven's sake use your head," admon- ished Mr. Stabkins. And then he wondered why she would not speak to him the rest of the day.—Puck. TOO RISKY. ' (Washington Star.) "Don't you play bridge at Crimson Gulch?" "Not any more," replied Broncho Bob. "It upsets all the rules. When you lose at poker, you can keep your troubles to yourself and net talk about the hand. But when one of us loses at bridge he doesn't know what minute his partner is goin' to draw a gun an' rely on a verdict of justifiable homicide." A DISAPPOINTMENT. (Exchange) Mr. S.—had a peculiarly irritating sneeze. It began with a complex and terrifying series of facial convulsions. tut instead of concluding with the roar or a shot lion, It ended with a most lame paroxysm that always disappointed the expectant observer. "Your sneeze," said a friend, after watching him through one of his sternu- tations, "is a. regular circus." "A circus?" said Mr. 5—. "Yes, sir," was the rejoiner. "The performance never comes up to the ad - Nance notices." •• EAGER TO PRACTICE. (Exchange) "My boy, you want to practice thrift." "I know, dad, but I haven't the tools." "What do you mean by that?" ."If you'll let me have the five dollara I need I'll see how long I can make it last." VERY MUCH THERE. ((Rochester Times) "Which is tho most delicate of the sen- ses?" asked the teacher. "The touch," answered Johnnie. "How's that?" asked the teacher. "Well," saki Johnnie, "when you sit On a pin, you can't taste it, but you know It'a there ' As.* SOLVED AT LAST. (Rochester Thnes) "This Is about the worst dinner 1 ever sat down to," he said, as he surveyed the tablet "but 1 s's•ote I ought to make certain allowances." "Yes, John," replied his wife, "If you would make certain it -would have h occasion tollfoinwdanfacueslt WYlot 11 your food." A FACT. (Widow) New Teacher—Who Can tell me a thing of importance that did net eXtst a hun. dred years ago? Little Boy—Me. • - • DIDN'T DISLIKE HER, BUT—, (Exchange) 'Why do you dislike your teacher so, ' asked his mother, "I don't exattly dislike her, Mother," replied Willie, "bid It's perfectly plain to tile why she never get Married." ttril 1511114AL Alin -401111'Y. (Rochester Times) "Look here, doctor," roared the irate men who had just received a hill from the physician, ''00 what de you base these enormous chargeS?, "On the best main:4111 le the world." Melly respOnded (Meter, "Deean't the siva: "All that a men hath eviii lie give for his elfe'?"