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TREATMENT QF SOILS.
Aei a general thing no injury comae
to a sandy soil if handled while it la
wet. A clay >soIl, however, would sue-
ter from such treatment. The effect
would be what is kuiown as puddling.
Even if a clay soil ie harrowed when)
wet, there will be more or less pud-
dling. When in this condition it be-
comes cloddy and impervious to air
and water.
When the Land is just moist enough
to break up melloeveis the proper time
to plow it. It must be neither wet en-
ough to leave a slick surface where
rubbed by the moldboard, nor dry
enough to break up in large clods.
Should continued rain follow wet
plowing, not much, If any, harm
would follow. It le the hot, dry winds
that leave a mass of unmanageable
clods, Especially in the spring and
midsummer, it is important that the
harrow immediately follow the plow,
thus preventing formation of clods.
In late fall plowing the clods do not
cause any trouble, as the freezing and
thawing they receive during the win-
ter will break them up.
INCREAiSING STOCK OF HUMUS.
It has been proved that poverty in
soil may be due to poor texture, to
unfavorable structure, to lack of hu-
mus, to deficiencies in the amount,
form or proportion of plant food, and
to the presence of "harmful mineral
and organic compounds. Most soils,
even very poor ones, contain an abun-
dant supply ot plant food, excepting
nitrogen, and sometimes other ele-.
menu are either lacking or are pre-
sent only in those forms that plants
can utilize. It le necessary to improve
the texture, in order to increase fertile
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piles sets free much of the nitrogen, to
escape in the air.
The practice of plowing under green
crops is not very enthueiastically In-
dorsed by Professor Spillman, of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. He Says some crops do not thrive
when sown on land into which a green
crop has recently been plowed. This,
lie says, ie particularlY true of those
crops that like a solid seed bed, or
which are sensitive to acids. When a
heavy green crop is plowed under it
goes through a fermentation not un,
like that which occurs in a, barrel of
krout, resulting in the formation of
a considerable amount of acid. Altai -
fa is particularly sensitive to acids,
and it also needs a compact seed bed.
it is not good policy to green -manure
the land just prior to seeding to al-
falfa, .Cereals, especially wheat anile.
rye, do not do well after a green man-
uring. But potatoes and corn are not
seriously injured by green manures,
Potatoes, in fact, are benefited by
them, as the resulting acid coudition
of the soil prevents the development
of potato scab.
Speaking in .general, when it is in-
tended to plow under a green crop be-
fore fall -sown crops, it should be done
a month or six weeks prior to planting
time, and the soil harrowed often, or
otherwise compacted. A few good',
rains will wash out most of the acids
and aid in compacting the soil. Adding
lime may also counteract the acid.
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS.
The American plum borer, an insect
which attack impartially plum, cherry,
peach and apple trees, has been found
by investigators of the United States
Department of Agriculture to confine
itself entirely to those trees which
have received some previous injury. It
is, it is said, entirely unable to estab-
lish itself upon vigorous, healthy, un-
injured trees, and for this reason, ex-
cept in ocoasional 'cases, is unlikely to
become a pest of mora than ordinary
Importance. It is frequently found,
however, on apple trees which have
suffered from collar blight. In order
to prevent infestation by the American
plum borer, a professional paper of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Bulletin No. 261, recommends the
precaution of cutting away thedead
bark and painting the wounded area
on all injured trees with' any lin-in-
jurious tree paint. After the borer lies
once established itself the cutting -out
method is the only one that can be fol-
"1Qwed. When the proper conditions are
present the plum borer can do consid-
erable damage, and it is therefore ad-
visable to take precautions against it.
Pear trees affected with blight
should have close attention, eleietber
fire -blight or ordinary pear blight, cut-
ting out tho diseased tissues is the best
preventive. When this Is done the
diseased branches should be burned
and the pruning knife disinfected in
alcohol of formaldelryle. If this is
not done the disease is likely to
spread when pruning of well trees is
done with the knife.
ity, and add plant food' and humus.
Texture .can be greatly improved by
tillage, but tillage • alma is not en-
ough: Humus must be added. In doing
so plant food must be added and the
soil made more permeable to water
and air.
In supplying humus to the soil
three general methods are used. Prob-
ably the best plan is the addition of
stable manure. When rightly used
this adds large amounts of both hu-
mus and plant food. •
When stable manure is not avail-
able, crops to be turned under should
0 be planted, and this will give large
Quantities of humus at comparatively
little cost. Plowing under green crops
is what is known as green manuring.
A third -method is to grow clover
and timothy, which crops are
generally left down for two or more
!years; This gives a chance for the
:roots to thoroughly penetrate the soil.
The old roots decay, and new ones
grow. By plowing up the sod more or
less vegetable matter is turned andel•,
which, with the mass of roots in the
soil, will add considerably to the sup-
ply of humus. Clovers and alfalfa are
deep-rooted plants, and when their
roots decay they leave channels deep
into the earth that aids in the absorp-
tion of rains and admits the air to,
sweeten the soil.
'VALUE OP STABLE MANURE,
If stable manure is rightly handled
it is the beet Material that can be put
in a poor soil, But it is a fact that
most farmers do not know how to
handle it, losing at least half ot its
value. It has been scientifically proved
that five-eighths of the plant food•
that le in the liquid part of stable
1 1cs Not
r is usual t. only manure is
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this a fact, but the solids are piled be-
side the barn, often under the eaves
of the root, where the rains wash
away much of the remaining good. At
times ternlentatiou in these manure
Land should not be too rich In nitro-
gen 'Where pears are grown. Ordinary
land of good fertility, but where no
manure nor fertilizer is used, will be
better for pears than very rich land.
Heavy pruning that is likely to stim-
ulate rapid growth is likely to acceler-
ate blight. For this reason care should
be used in pruning pears.
The success of any year's work on
the farm depends, in no small meas-
ure, upon the preparation made the
previous year.
' TELLTALE TONGUES.
Glessomanoy Tells Character by
the unruly Member.
Of yore wo had our fortunes told.
We paid real money for horoscopes.
We lingered over the words of any
seer. As for palmists. we flocked to
them. Just why we are willing to
be parted from good money to learn
things we ourselves know best Is not
easily explained.
But we do.
We love ourselves so much we are
-willing to •pay people to converse on
that ever-intdrestig subject.
But, 'tis done differently.
No longer are we asked to extend
our palms. As for the stars, they are
paid no attention to whatever. Let
them twinkle.
Now it's "Put out your tongue,
please," with glossamancists,
A glossomancist, it may be explain-
ed, is a professor of glossomaney, a
new science which coi)sists itt, read-
ing people's characters by the shape
and size of their tongues.
Thus according to its votaries, the
possessor of a short and broad tongue
is apt to be uatrutheui as to words,
and unreliable as to deeds. A long
tongue moderately pointed denotes
frankness and 'a• loving, trustful, af-
fectionate disposition, When the
tongue is long and broad, however, it
is a sign that the owner is shallow
and superficial, and also a great talk-
er. The typical woman gossip, say
glossomancists, shows this shape of
tongue.
The small round tongue, plump and
in shape like an oyster, denotes medi-
ocre abilities and a nature that is
commonplace and colorless. A short,
narrow tongue denotes quick temper.
The worst type of tongue is said to
be the longe narrow, sinuous kind,
what glossomancists ball the "snake
tongue." Its possessors are very like-
ly to be cruel, sly, vindictive and de-
ceitful,
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Experiment stations are claiming
that the best way of increasing profits
in fatteching cattle is to reduce the
amount of grain usually fed and in-
crease the amount of roughage.
Do not expect any -winter legume to
succeed to perfection with the first
sowing. It often takes several erops to
fill the soil with tree necessary number
of bacteria, especially on poor soil con-
taining little or no humus.
Spring TailorMades.
?•fang • are rather elaborate,,
Gray tweed in simple tailored styles
are long -waisted and belted.
A soft valour -like cloth which makes
a rose-colored suit is called suede
cloth.
There are blue serges with rows et
tiny black bogie buttons for trim-
ming.
And for extremes you may choose
suits both short and long -waisted. •
Many new suits have deep collars of
cloth and over them large collars of
the new figured crepes.
Hopsacking is another old' weave
revived for use in spring suits.
Corn s Applied in
Seconds
Sore, blistering feet
Cefrom corn -pinched
toes can be cured by
rick
Extractor
u rick in 24 hours.. "Put-
nam'3" soothes away
that drawing pain, eases instantly,
makes the feet feel good at once. Get
a 26e bottle of "Putnam's" to -day.
CUNNING BUILDERS,
Humming Birds' Nests, Never
Hidden, Seldom Found,
The Barrel Efftttit.
It's new.
It's ugly.
It's, Paquiree.
It began with Muffle.
It has ended with cloaks,
Dresses and slcirts Peel thisinflu-
enee. • '.'tax+e• ^'"
In uiederati'on it is really" tt teai'nn•
less fad,
In excess it makes the wearer alto•
gether absurd,
Boiling.
There's touch waste.
And fuel costs money..
leIrst bring water to bailing point.
Then the heat may be very much re -
(Weed.
It takes little fire to keep a pot boil-
ing.
And water boiling violently I. na•
hotter than boiling slowly,
in a trouble boiler e. little salt will
give more heat with no more tire.
In cooking meat thus, put the meat
into wildly -boiling water; then let it
dawn to a simmer.
Even in 'those parts of tropical Am-
erica where, as in Colombia, humming
birds are vastly numerous, it is almost
imrossible for the most experienced
naturalist to find their nests, in this,
although as a rule they are not hidden
at all, the feathered builders relying
for concealment upon the likeness of
their tiny houses to the surroundings
amid which they are placed. A hum-
mer's nests always corresponds exactly
in color with the brant to whin it is
attached. It may imitate a knot •or
other excrescence. Thus the Calliope
humming birds of the western United
States often builds on a dead pine
t' ig, either upon on near a cone of
similar size and hue.
Usually the nests of humming birds
are cup shaped or turban shaped, and
their material is ,always plant down.
Such down, resembling cotton wool,
but of more delicate fibre, is gathered
from the stems of ferns and other
plants, This is woven together with
spiders', webs into a compact mass.
Usually they ornament the outside of
the nest with small feathers and
lichens, which they obtain by detach-
ing them from the rocks where these
humble plants grow. Them they fasten
with cobwebs all over the exterior of
their tiny house.
When these wee architects suspenil
their nests from leaves or tendrils
they aro always weighted for stability
in order that they May not be upset
by every passing breeze. For this pur-
pose the bottom is made very thick.
But the most remarkable- expedient is
that adopted by the hill stars. which
dwelt far up near the snow line of the
Aedes. They weight the tiny sus-
pended house on the lighter side with
a pebble to give the proper balance.
Thero is no meestioh whatever that
this is done, and many of the nests of
suck species preserved hi collections
are found to contain pebbles. ---Rose
L. Honeyman in St. Nicholas.
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"Redpath" stands for sugaryuality' thai is the result of
modern equipment and methods, backed bar. 60 years
experience and a determination to prodfte nothing unworthy,
of the name REDPATH
"Let Redpath Sweeten It." s
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WOMEN WHO SUFFFR
Can Obtain New Health Through the
Use of Dr, Williams' Pink Nile.
Every woman at some time needs a
tonic. At special times unueual de-
mands are made upon her strength.
Where these are added to the worry
andework which falls to her lot, weak-
!Hess and .111 health'ewill follow unless
the blood is fortified to meet the
Strain,. -
Weak woolen find in Dr, Williams'
Pink Pills the tonicexactly suited to
their needs, Most 'of the ills from
which they suffer are due to blood-
leesneeel—a condition which the Pills
readily cure. These pills cavo the
girl who eaters into womanhood in
a bloodless condition from years of
misery, and afford prompt and per-
manent relief to the woman who is
bloodless, and therefore weak, Mrs.
Wm, H. Wagner, Rosenthal, Ont„
writes: "After the birth of my . Se-
cond child I suffered from troubles
which most mothers will understand,
without going info details, The doc-
tor who was attending me said an
operation, would be neceiesary, but as
I dreaded this and aa Dr. Williams'
Pink -Pills had been of great help to
my sister I decided to try this medi-
cine, and I can truly say that after
using the pills for some time they
made a complete euro and made life
more enjoyable than it bad been for
a long time. I think every woman
suffering from the ailments of our
sex should give Dr. Williams Pink
Pipe a fair trial as I know from my
own case the. great benefit that fol-
lows their use."
You can get these pills through any
medicine dealer -or by mail at 60
tenni a box or six boxes for $2.50
from The Dr, Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont,
Bu11et-Proof 'Glass.
A new glass,gtranS'parent, tough and-
strong, which has alt the advantages
and none of the defects of brittle, fragile
window glass, has been invented. -
A .22 -calibre bullet carnet penetrate it,
a brick cannot shatter it, a heavy rune
thrown against it under all the terriflo
momentum of a collision would not go
through it, but would be thrown back
hack from it uninjured by flying gr,as
because none would £Jy> a atone thrown
against it will bounce back like a golf
ball,
The secret of its strength is a sheet of
'white, transparent celluloid 21-1,000 of
an inch thick, which is placed between
two pieces of glass, The „lass and
celluloid are simply welded together un-
der high temperature and tremendous
pressure, the resultant being a solid
sheet possessing all the transparency of
the best plate lass, combine with the
strength of a sheet of metal.--"Po'purar
Science Monthly."
in the wpy et pain feeds, Ana In the
dry Missile good bran, middlings,
rround oate Arid Incated alfalfa, with
from 10 to 16 per cent. of high-grade
beef seral'e. There is no great seeret
about these staple Leede, within the
reach of any poultry keeper. But the
quality should bo the best. Added to
this hi sole -feeding hoppers should be
oyster shells, grit and eharcoal. Fresh
water, cool in summer, and with the
chill taken front it on very cold days
in winter, colnprses the bill of fair for
the "little American lien;' Then comes
the caro ---whether the floor of the
poultry house be of dirt, boards or ce•
nient, a deep Utter of good straw
should be provided that the fowls calx
exorcise by scratching for the grain
thrown in it morning and late in the
afternoon. It is wise to make the
morning fend lighter than that of the
afternoon, as the fowls should bo kept
fairly busy during the greater part of
the day, They will never go hungry,
'for the dry mash (which is the real
egg maker) le before them at sill times,
The aftornocn feed, an hour before
sundown, should be liberal that the
fowls may have full crop, to enable
tlioxn to stand the long winter night. A
little judgment with the feed pall will
go far in producing results. They need
never be overfed, but for egg produc-
tion one must feed enough, It is not
waste when fowls eat up clean and go
to the roosts with well-filled crops, for
they will produce a good quantity of
sten fruit, provided they are fully nia•
tared. One cannot expect an egg -Yield
from Iate-hatched pullets, , or those
which have not been properly grown,
nor can the old hens in moult or just
recovering and growing the new coat
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TO GET =prim ]";,CG$.
The question uppermost each year, in
the mind of the purchaser of fresh
eggs in the cities is why tete price 01
eggs should always be so muclt'higher
in winter than during the spring and
summer, Perhaps, if all the hene that
are raised in normal years would be
in full lay, the A NO. 1 egg would be
cheaper, provided the rest Of poultry
feeds would remain normal. But to
have all liens lay in winter le some-
thing that has never come true and
there is no indication that anything
like thaf will ever happen. For the fact
remains and will always liold good,
that all who try to raise poultry do
not succeed, or do those entering any
other line. There will alwayts be a per-
centage who fail, There has never yet
been a glut la the fretih egg market,
and with the population increasing the
day is far distant when the poultry
bt:einrre will be overdone, if ever.
Winter is the unnatural season tor
egg production, acid those who succeed
in obtaining a good egg yield from
their fleck must handle them with
great care. There lis no secret in ob-
taining a good egg yield, but certain
essentials must be faithfully followed.
haphazard methods will never get a
good egg production during the short-
est days in the year, No one can ex-
pect success with lienar if, first, they
are not provided with a proper house..
This is one ot the first eeeentials. It
need not he expensive, but it must be
wind and rain proof, with good venti-
lation that the poultry may be in the
best of health and remitin so. A sick
chicken is never a producer, and w,hiie
ailing fowls may recover, the time con -
sinned during their •Ilinees will do
much to place the balance en the
wrong side of the ledger. Overcrowd-
ing been one of the cat -.;.n of unnrn-
ductivences, even in a good poultry
house, if too many fowls are kept. the
tendency ie decreased egg production.
For the beginner the well•known-
rule of allowing four square feet of
floor space for each fowl in the heave
breeds, and three feet for the light
breeds, such as Loghornts, Ancanae.
etc„ is a good one to follow. Good
feeding or care will not over -balance
tate overcrowding of the flock. The se-
cond emential le feeding the poultry
goofs, clean feed of known merit. Dur•
Ing the present high price of all feeds,
many poultry keepers have sought out
turtle 'brands which were cheapest,
with the result that they: paid just as
much tie if tiro •leading Drauds, which
had merit, were purchased, More of
the cheaper feed midst he fed to pro-
duce a good egg -yield, and then it is
doubtful if the production could be
satisfactory. In feeding poultry the
beet is none too good, and quality
should be sought for and not price—
good grade.;) of oats, wheat and corn
are all that are needed by the flock
Phenominal Strides :j k ade
By Canadian Northern
Railway System In First
Year As Transcontinental
New System 1n the Past Year Carried Approximately 131,000,000 Bushels
of Wheat, an increase of 125 Per Cent, Over Previous Year. Company's
New Mileage on Pacific Coast and Northern Ontario Makes • Astonlsh-
ing Showing 'Right from Commencement of Operation, Company's
Lines Moat Favorably Located. ri
(From Our Own Corespondent)
Toronto, Feb. 12.—The phenomenal
gains that the Canacian Northern Bail.
way reports for its year as a transcon-
tinental line makes the statement one of
the moat' important that has ever been ,
Issued by any railway in Canada. It is
even doubtful. whether the tremendous
increases in business handled have
even been duplicated by any systein In ,
the world, There are many features to
the report that makes it of special Im
port to every Canadian, owing to the in-
terest the country has in the building up
of this important transcontinental line
and the attractive territory that has been
developed through the completion of the
system. The feature of tho report that
is likely to be especially gr'ratifylrig Is
tl'at which shows the prominent part the
Canadian Northern, with its transcontin-
ental system, has been able to play i11
handling such a largo proportion of the
grain requirements of the Mother Court -
try.
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Bight along it has been the contention
e". Bir William Mackenzie and his assod-
ates that it was only a matter of o, very
short period before Canada and the Em-
pire would enjoy the benefits of the big
system that had been built up across
the Dominion, and the showing made in
tho report indicates that these hopes.
hove been realized touch earlier than it
would have been thought possible when
the transcontinental system W48 set In
operation a little over a year ago,
IMPORTANT GAINS Or TEAR.
A, feel of the outstanding features of
the repert aro as follows; An increase
In freight traffle during the year of ee,-
852,412, equivalent to ee much as 45.87
per cent.; increase in passenger traffic,
$717,£40, or a,igain of 13.25 per cent.; an
increase in total eperating revenue of
$9,664,138, or 30:01 per cent. over
the • previous year, That the com-
Dirty's lines handled over 131,000,000 butte.
els of grain is proof positive that the
railway has been located le the best'
grain growing areas of the West.
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d acorn
1 ttafftc handled .
The exact grain g
ed to 181,978,80) bushels as cortipared with
6s,615;620 bushels In 1913, or an htcreaae of
73,4030, equivalent to an increase of ab
melt nit 1x,31 per cent.
COMPANY'S 71AItNING .rowriIIt.
The deeeleipinent that Is sure to be most
taverably reeelved by everybody who iv
following tits growth of the larger Van.
Milan reilwLys will come from the fact
thins* the *Madam Northern Railway has
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no ever made poultry pay with culls,
The euceessful poultry keeper is get-
ting egge andplacing the balance an
the proper side of the ledger, There
is and always has been a fair living
in poultry for those who know bow,
Locating Icebergs.
The captain of an ocean steamer in
most cases finds out when liis vessel
is approaching an iceberg' front the
men down in tho engine room. That
sounds queer, but it is a fact, net'er-
Meless. It appears that when a
steamship enters water considerably
colder than that throu;lt which it has
been going its propeller runs faster.
Such watee usually surrounds the Vici-
nage of icebergs for many miles.
When the pr'opeller's action therefore
Is accelerated without the' steam 'eow-
•er being Increased word is passed up.,
to the officer ea the bridge that ice
bergs may be expected, and a close
lookout for them is established. Titere
are natural reasons for the propeller
acting in this way, and sea captains
will assert the same thing.
It is foolish to dispute when there is
no probability of convincing,
come within hailing distance of earn-
ing its total fixed charges, the deficit
for the year being brought down to less
than a quarter of a million dollars, a
reductio) from the previous year of al-
.most $1,400,000. As was to be expected,
a great proportion of the increased rev-
enues come from the large crop .gath-
ered in the Canadian 'Brest in the fall of
1915, but since that time there has been
a marked increase in the general freight
'traffic handled over the Iines, and dux,.
Ing the first four months of the cur-
rent fiscal year gross earnings have
continued to show large increases over
the corresponding periods of the year
now under review. Perhaps the most
striking development in this connection is,
that it is to the month of October that
the heaviest grain movement occurs,'
and yet in October, 1916, the gross earn•
togs showed a gain over those of the
came month in the pRvious,year.
re of the
Some the interesting testa s
Sono at r1t;
Board of Directors' report us indicating
Of the line and the progress
the position f to n gn` g
it has made include the following:
An agreement of great importance in
the development of the System's freight
and passenger traffic woe made with the
Cunard Steamship Co, In 'future the
Cunard Line and the Canadian Northern
Hallway will be in fact, a single trans•
bortatton unit between Europe and Can-
ada,
The possession of such favorable grades
as those on the System's lines has given'
the Canadian Northern an already Im-
portant advantage in the economy of
operation, particularly in carrying the
two commodities offering itt largest
volume, Viz.: lumber and grain.
The main line of the denadian North-
ern Beltway from Quebec to Vancouver
is auperior to any line crossing the
continent of America In points of grade
and curvatures favotntg traffic.
The lines of the Company's system are
now serving 75 per eent. of the aggro -
gate population of the cities and towns
of all Canada, having 0,000 inllabitanto
and over.
The present situation emphasizes the
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fact that the Iia itvay s not as de-
pet'dent upon grain crop movement as
In the past, and In becoming transcon-
tinental bee acquired •a highly diversified
traffic. The developments of the year
confirm the l)ireetore in the belief that
troy strongly )told, that the ultimate
prosperity of the Canadian Northern
llailway System is treasurable only by
the proeperlty of the Dominlott of Can-
ada, . ' . l .1
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The Royal. NTaval. Canadian Volunteer
Reserve, wants men for imme-
diate service Overseas, in
the Imperial Naw ``
Candidates must be from
18 to 38 years of age and sons
of natural born British
subjects.
pAir $1.10 per day and upwards. Free Kit.
Separation allowance, $20.00 monthly. .
Experienced men from 38 to 45, and boys from 15 to 18
are wanted for the CANADIAN NAVAL PATROLS.
Apply to
COMMODORE AEiIIILIUS JARVIS, Naval Recruiting Officer, Ontario Area,
103 BAY STREET, TORONTO, or to the
Department of Naval Service, OTTAWA.
111•1117i MINIM ON,
of feathers be expected to fill the
egg basket. No amount of feed or
care can induce these fowls to produce.
For breeders, these hens prove valu-
able, they starting to lay when hatch-
ing egg, are wanted, and will produce
the kind of a chick that will live and
thrive with proper care.
It Is the fully developed, properly
grown pullets, hatched in February,
March and April that are now shelling
out the hulk of the fresh. eggs—with
experienced breeder one may find
success in May -hatched chicks, espe-
dally if a good growing season is ex-
perienced. But the beginner should
aim to hatch in March and April and
give his flock constant &are, for it is
only by attention to the small essen-
tials that the poultry raiser can hope
to succeed. Yet in following them
there is nothing hard, nor no wonder-
ful secret to solve;- just common sense
and acquiring each year more poultry
knowledge.
. NOTES.
Indications point to a good year for
the poultry breeders. With egge for
hatching, or stock for sale, the trou-
ble will be that most breeders have
cut down the flock to such an extent
that not enough of the right kind will
be left to offer for sale.
Beginners should realize that there
le much in the right start, good stock.
Eggs from such, or chicles, trill give
results. The other kind will not. No
THE LOST DISCORD.
lelarence Lucas in the Musical Cour-
ler,)
Boated one day at the organ,
1 was waiting for Dr. Car
To straighten a pedal passage
That tied my feet in a snarl.
I know1
not o what was playing,
But that did not worry me,
Though I struck one snag of music
Which was not in any key.
It flooded the crimson twilight
With fears of a lingering death,
And floated away into silence.,
Before I recovered my 'breath.
it seemed the harmonious echo
Of filing a dozen. saws;
It ruptured the golden silence
Without an apparent cause.
1 seek, but I seek it vainly,
That one lost chord of pain
Which came from inside the organ
And drove me quite insane.
. a r. e
It maw be that' Death's fright -angel
Will speak in those tones again--
Thoee tones so supremely fitted
To frighten the souls of mon.
Those tones burst the pipes and the
bellows, -
And left not a rivet or nails
It may be that elsewhere than heaven
I shall hear that grand mixed wail.
Stamps
The Kirstin
method clears
Y the aro d for
TURN your sullen, gloomy,
profit -eating stump lands into
happy, smiling fields that bear
rich crops, and put money into the
bank for , you.
Our Free Book, "The Gold in Your Stump Land," shows you
how you can transform your barren stump fields into rich virgin
farm land. It shows yen photographs of immense stumps it has
pulled; it contains letters from tho even who pulled them; and it will
convince you that the easiest, quickest and cheapest way is with a
tura
Puller
i for the
big jobs, fo
v machine
The horse
o ger mse
i7i r 1 the fields of many
stumps; it will pull anything it tack-
les, and, because of its triple power,
prevents strain terrain,
horse and lnachine.Will
clear two acres from a
single setting.
Tho One Man Pullet+
gots the biggeststumps.
Double leverage gives
you a giant's power; a
push on the handle
means a pull of tons to.
' the stereo. Cleats an
acro front ono anchor.
Every /train guaranteed for 15
years, flaw or no flaw, your money
back if the Kirstin bond does not live
A, J. KIRSSTIN
CANADIAN 00.
DennisStreet.
4 5 Dennis 82
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
up to its promise. We guarantee
the,Kirstin method to clear land
ready for the plow from 10%
of
anyother
1 than
I to0 cheaper
5 ro
method.
Money 13
15 Year
Warrante
of to%to
all other
Profit Sh
ack Bond
t`suaranitaa
d 9ittt'bsg
50% over
methods.
acing. Plan
Big Money to
those who Order
Now. To dart,'
buyers in each
locality we of-
fer a special op-
portunity to join
in our profit shar- less
ing plan. No can- eo`�
'creasing; just a ,99• Leers ire
willingness to show your e Canadian
Kirstin to your neighbors,
Don't wait send thetiault St 1118 Se
coupon today.
Ontario,
Send mo tree copy
Stuor
PhLand •" th lf
roa
Lei
„lis,WMEN'S INTUITION.
”fpeaknK(3otftff,tawloontan'sututtion
---."
"A, man can work six evenings in the
weak, go home very late and hie Wite
will never ask him where he hu$ 'boon,
but on the seventh night, whoa rte WUMTt't
,,'urlthlt;, she's sure to seek an espisru•
tion, "
HER. AGE.
(iiirniingham Age -herald)
"Flow old is Mies Fiibborts?"
"She has reached the point where she
into quit sighing: for a soul mato and is
lauldng around for a good provider."
"But you haven't told me. yet haw old.
she is."
"I Judge 'stir's over twentyfive."
STARTS IEARLY.
(Washington Star)
"Dora your wife start her Chrstuias
sir "1Tsinr;," re;dlrd earYesly?„
Mr. (7rowchor. "Bute
begins Noveme' arud' thtt
sturs.n, looinltina tit bOveryth1ngrgoing , andonasking
the prices. 'Then a day or two before
Christmas she gets into the crowd and
Stays s something."
GOOD REASON.
(Buffalo Expreas)
"I can't See the point of all these jokes
about the Christmas cigars a man's wife
buys him,"
sae you smoke?"
"Have you a wife?"
e,No."
AT LENGTH.
(Boston Transcript)
"When I got home at two this morn -
1111.1 my wife met me itt the hall and for
a full minute oho regarded ,nte in ail.
owe."
"At length she spoke,"
"Yes, also alto spoke aT length,"
•-..
DRIVEN FROM THE DOOR.
(Baltimore American)
"I have a friend. who goes often to
see a man be knows, and yet that mutt
"has repeatedly driven him from his
door.'
What! In answer?"
"No; in an automobile,"
HER RECOMMEND.
(Birmingham Age -Herald)
"Have you rt recommendation from
your last place?"
"'Yes, mum. Here it is,"
"Why, that's a wrist watch."
"Yes, mum. The master of the house
•.a, 'poor gentleman who's dead now --
gave me that for cooking his eggs the
ray he wanted 'em .
MORE PROFITABLE STILL.
.(Buffalo Exproas)
"There's nothing more profitable than
making munitions of war."
"Ha! How about a drug store in pro-
hibition territory?"
4 •
COULDN'T HELP IT.
(Yorkers Statesman)
Mr. Flatbush—Did you near my Baugh. --
ter sing lOat night?-
rite. 13ensoniturst fres; T couldn't get
my window' shut,
4.• '
SHORT DAYS.
(Boston Transcript)
"We are having- the shortest days of
the year now," remarked Binley.
You bet we are!" said Briggs, as his
hands came out of his empty pockets.
ALL CAHELP.
(Washington Star)
"Evert of you ain' rich enough to help
si pport a• hospital," said Uncle Even.
•'rnebbe you kin save some fellow citi-
zen f'um de ambulance by gettin' out
early wif do snow shovel."
A HERO,
(Boston Transcript)
Iter Dad—Of course yott have heard my
daughter sinks
have her la spite of that= should lute to
A SURE CURE,
(Buffalo Express)
I'a—At last I've found a way to mala
that young scamp of ours stop winiting
his eyes.
Ma—Realty?
Pa --Yes, I'll show him the article in
this science magazine where it 'says that
every time we wink wo give the eye a
beth.
A VAIN EFFORT.
(Louisville Courier -Journal)
"What is daughter up to?"
"Writing a letter to Santa Claus."
"Um. I fear she is in for a disappoint-
ment."
'"Why so?"
"She asked me hw`o spell limousine."
PRO -ALLY.
(Baltimore American)
"I hear Miss Gladys is decidedly pro -
Ally.' •
1 should say she in. She went so far
to take Franco leave at the ball when
they started to dance the german."
AN INFLUENTIAL MAN. •
(Puck)
Mrs. Youngwife—My husband 19 a very
influential man In politics.
hr:end—You don't say!
Mrs. Youngwife—Yes. George voted in
two presidential elections, and both times
It has gone the way George voted.
WHERE THEY FAILED.
(Washington Star)
"Those forefathers of ours were won-
derfully, far-sighted men."
"Yes," replied the government clerk;
they were all right in composing UP
documents of a general character, but
they couldn't see this far into the fu-
ture in framing up a pay -roil."
USELESS,
(Washington Star).
"So Crimson Gulch has gone for pro-
hibition."
That's What it has," replied Broncho
Bob.
Isn't it going to drlvo some of the old
topers to desperation,'
Not a chance. 'What's the good of
desperation if there ain't no drink for
it to drive you to?"
* . •
M. D.'S ERROR.
(Louisville Courier -Journal)
"My old doctor wouldn't take my mal-
ady seriously. Ho says it's only head-
.) the."
He said that to a woman with your
�
mensY"
.
"He did."
"1 ant astounded. You suffer !rem
migraine."
QUITE TRUE.
(Judge)
"Dearest," he murmured, "I'll try and
be worthy of you, although I know 1 am
not fit to tle your shoe."
This was perfectly true. His waist
measure was sixty-nine inches.
A HOT COMEBACK,
(Boston Transcript)
si,Wealthy ree° cigars are a. lot betteta thaan
I smoked itt your ago.
Nephew (coolly)—They're a lot better
than you smoke now.
.At rho theatre a woman rimy be in
breathless suspense betwe':u the acts,
but'a mail can always go out and
acquire Otte.
c..4 41.
VERY EASY.
(tloston Tran8crii to
"et le easy to give advicr,"
"Tee; also to refrain from taking It"
INCONSISTENT. •
(Life)
Johnson -=-Who's that vestryman 'wise
eh:liveretl the Chrietma4 address to the
iunday school childrenon peace +nit
earth, trod -viii to then?
9'hompsntl---"lie's a tttlllioneire who got
rie11 tnulttttg munitions for the brlUger-
cuts."
You never an tell. Many *rami,
gets tin the top who desti't Bleep like
one.
Poultry
World
ry'
in the wpy et pain feeds, Ana In the
dry Missile good bran, middlings,
rround oate Arid Incated alfalfa, with
from 10 to 16 per cent. of high-grade
beef seral'e. There is no great seeret
about these staple Leede, within the
reach of any poultry keeper. But the
quality should bo the best. Added to
this hi sole -feeding hoppers should be
oyster shells, grit and eharcoal. Fresh
water, cool in summer, and with the
chill taken front it on very cold days
in winter, colnprses the bill of fair for
the "little American lien;' Then comes
the caro ---whether the floor of the
poultry house be of dirt, boards or ce•
nient, a deep Utter of good straw
should be provided that the fowls calx
exorcise by scratching for the grain
thrown in it morning and late in the
afternoon. It is wise to make the
morning fend lighter than that of the
afternoon, as the fowls should bo kept
fairly busy during the greater part of
the day, They will never go hungry,
'for the dry mash (which is the real
egg maker) le before them at sill times,
The aftornocn feed, an hour before
sundown, should be liberal that the
fowls may have full crop, to enable
tlioxn to stand the long winter night. A
little judgment with the feed pall will
go far in producing results. They need
never be overfed, but for egg produc-
tion one must feed enough, It is not
waste when fowls eat up clean and go
to the roosts with well-filled crops, for
they will produce a good quantity of
sten fruit, provided they are fully nia•
tared. One cannot expect an egg -Yield
from Iate-hatched pullets, , or those
which have not been properly grown,
nor can the old hens in moult or just
recovering and growing the new coat
`'VI
TO GET =prim ]";,CG$.
The question uppermost each year, in
the mind of the purchaser of fresh
eggs in the cities is why tete price 01
eggs should always be so muclt'higher
in winter than during the spring and
summer, Perhaps, if all the hene that
are raised in normal years would be
in full lay, the A NO. 1 egg would be
cheaper, provided the rest Of poultry
feeds would remain normal. But to
have all liens lay in winter le some-
thing that has never come true and
there is no indication that anything
like thaf will ever happen. For the fact
remains and will always liold good,
that all who try to raise poultry do
not succeed, or do those entering any
other line. There will alwayts be a per-
centage who fail, There has never yet
been a glut la the fretih egg market,
and with the population increasing the
day is far distant when the poultry
bt:einrre will be overdone, if ever.
Winter is the unnatural season tor
egg production, acid those who succeed
in obtaining a good egg yield from
their fleck must handle them with
great care. There lis no secret in ob-
taining a good egg yield, but certain
essentials must be faithfully followed.
haphazard methods will never get a
good egg production during the short-
est days in the year, No one can ex-
pect success with lienar if, first, they
are not provided with a proper house..
This is one ot the first eeeentials. It
need not he expensive, but it must be
wind and rain proof, with good venti-
lation that the poultry may be in the
best of health and remitin so. A sick
chicken is never a producer, and w,hiie
ailing fowls may recover, the time con -
sinned during their •Ilinees will do
much to place the balance en the
wrong side of the ledger. Overcrowd-
ing been one of the cat -.;.n of unnrn-
ductivences, even in a good poultry
house, if too many fowls are kept. the
tendency ie decreased egg production.
For the beginner the well•known-
rule of allowing four square feet of
floor space for each fowl in the heave
breeds, and three feet for the light
breeds, such as Loghornts, Ancanae.
etc„ is a good one to follow. Good
feeding or care will not over -balance
tate overcrowding of the flock. The se-
cond emential le feeding the poultry
goofs, clean feed of known merit. Dur•
Ing the present high price of all feeds,
many poultry keepers have sought out
turtle 'brands which were cheapest,
with the result that they: paid just as
much tie if tiro •leading Drauds, which
had merit, were purchased, More of
the cheaper feed midst he fed to pro-
duce a good egg -yield, and then it is
doubtful if the production could be
satisfactory. In feeding poultry the
beet is none too good, and quality
should be sought for and not price—
good grade.;) of oats, wheat and corn
are all that are needed by the flock
Phenominal Strides :j k ade
By Canadian Northern
Railway System In First
Year As Transcontinental
New System 1n the Past Year Carried Approximately 131,000,000 Bushels
of Wheat, an increase of 125 Per Cent, Over Previous Year. Company's
New Mileage on Pacific Coast and Northern Ontario Makes • Astonlsh-
ing Showing 'Right from Commencement of Operation, Company's
Lines Moat Favorably Located. ri
(From Our Own Corespondent)
Toronto, Feb. 12.—The phenomenal
gains that the Canacian Northern Bail.
way reports for its year as a transcon-
tinental line makes the statement one of
the moat' important that has ever been ,
Issued by any railway in Canada. It is
even doubtful. whether the tremendous
increases in business handled have
even been duplicated by any systein In ,
the world, There are many features to
the report that makes it of special Im
port to every Canadian, owing to the in-
terest the country has in the building up
of this important transcontinental line
and the attractive territory that has been
developed through the completion of the
system. The feature of tho report that
is likely to be especially gr'ratifylrig Is
tl'at which shows the prominent part the
Canadian Northern, with its transcontin-
ental system, has been able to play i11
handling such a largo proportion of the
grain requirements of the Mother Court -
try.
rye
Bight along it has been the contention
e". Bir William Mackenzie and his assod-
ates that it was only a matter of o, very
short period before Canada and the Em-
pire would enjoy the benefits of the big
system that had been built up across
the Dominion, and the showing made in
tho report indicates that these hopes.
hove been realized touch earlier than it
would have been thought possible when
the transcontinental system W48 set In
operation a little over a year ago,
IMPORTANT GAINS Or TEAR.
A, feel of the outstanding features of
the repert aro as follows; An increase
In freight traffle during the year of ee,-
852,412, equivalent to ee much as 45.87
per cent.; increase in passenger traffic,
$717,£40, or a,igain of 13.25 per cent.; an
increase in total eperating revenue of
$9,664,138, or 30:01 per cent. over
the • previous year, That the com-
Dirty's lines handled over 131,000,000 butte.
els of grain is proof positive that the
railway has been located le the best'
grain growing areas of the West.
e h
t-
d acorn
1 ttafftc handled .
The exact grain g
ed to 181,978,80) bushels as cortipared with
6s,615;620 bushels In 1913, or an htcreaae of
73,4030, equivalent to an increase of ab
melt nit 1x,31 per cent.
COMPANY'S 71AItNING .rowriIIt.
The deeeleipinent that Is sure to be most
taverably reeelved by everybody who iv
following tits growth of the larger Van.
Milan reilwLys will come from the fact
thins* the *Madam Northern Railway has
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no ever made poultry pay with culls,
The euceessful poultry keeper is get-
ting egge andplacing the balance an
the proper side of the ledger, There
is and always has been a fair living
in poultry for those who know bow,
Locating Icebergs.
The captain of an ocean steamer in
most cases finds out when liis vessel
is approaching an iceberg' front the
men down in tho engine room. That
sounds queer, but it is a fact, net'er-
Meless. It appears that when a
steamship enters water considerably
colder than that throu;lt which it has
been going its propeller runs faster.
Such watee usually surrounds the Vici-
nage of icebergs for many miles.
When the pr'opeller's action therefore
Is accelerated without the' steam 'eow-
•er being Increased word is passed up.,
to the officer ea the bridge that ice
bergs may be expected, and a close
lookout for them is established. Titere
are natural reasons for the propeller
acting in this way, and sea captains
will assert the same thing.
It is foolish to dispute when there is
no probability of convincing,
come within hailing distance of earn-
ing its total fixed charges, the deficit
for the year being brought down to less
than a quarter of a million dollars, a
reductio) from the previous year of al-
.most $1,400,000. As was to be expected,
a great proportion of the increased rev-
enues come from the large crop .gath-
ered in the Canadian 'Brest in the fall of
1915, but since that time there has been
a marked increase in the general freight
'traffic handled over the Iines, and dux,.
Ing the first four months of the cur-
rent fiscal year gross earnings have
continued to show large increases over
the corresponding periods of the year
now under review. Perhaps the most
striking development in this connection is,
that it is to the month of October that
the heaviest grain movement occurs,'
and yet in October, 1916, the gross earn•
togs showed a gain over those of the
came month in the pRvious,year.
re of the
Some the interesting testa s
Sono at r1t;
Board of Directors' report us indicating
Of the line and the progress
the position f to n gn` g
it has made include the following:
An agreement of great importance in
the development of the System's freight
and passenger traffic woe made with the
Cunard Steamship Co, In 'future the
Cunard Line and the Canadian Northern
Hallway will be in fact, a single trans•
bortatton unit between Europe and Can-
ada,
The possession of such favorable grades
as those on the System's lines has given'
the Canadian Northern an already Im-
portant advantage in the economy of
operation, particularly in carrying the
two commodities offering itt largest
volume, Viz.: lumber and grain.
The main line of the denadian North-
ern Beltway from Quebec to Vancouver
is auperior to any line crossing the
continent of America In points of grade
and curvatures favotntg traffic.
The lines of the Company's system are
now serving 75 per eent. of the aggro -
gate population of the cities and towns
of all Canada, having 0,000 inllabitanto
and over.
The present situation emphasizes the
i i
fact that the Iia itvay s not as de-
pet'dent upon grain crop movement as
In the past, and In becoming transcon-
tinental bee acquired •a highly diversified
traffic. The developments of the year
confirm the l)ireetore in the belief that
troy strongly )told, that the ultimate
prosperity of the Canadian Northern
llailway System is treasurable only by
the proeperlty of the Dominlott of Can-
ada, . ' . l .1
411-0
•
•
•
essaveoseoreetaxe
Mlat
t
en anted dor the Navy
The Royal. NTaval. Canadian Volunteer
Reserve, wants men for imme-
diate service Overseas, in
the Imperial Naw ``
Candidates must be from
18 to 38 years of age and sons
of natural born British
subjects.
pAir $1.10 per day and upwards. Free Kit.
Separation allowance, $20.00 monthly. .
Experienced men from 38 to 45, and boys from 15 to 18
are wanted for the CANADIAN NAVAL PATROLS.
Apply to
COMMODORE AEiIIILIUS JARVIS, Naval Recruiting Officer, Ontario Area,
103 BAY STREET, TORONTO, or to the
Department of Naval Service, OTTAWA.
111•1117i MINIM ON,
of feathers be expected to fill the
egg basket. No amount of feed or
care can induce these fowls to produce.
For breeders, these hens prove valu-
able, they starting to lay when hatch-
ing egg, are wanted, and will produce
the kind of a chick that will live and
thrive with proper care.
It Is the fully developed, properly
grown pullets, hatched in February,
March and April that are now shelling
out the hulk of the fresh. eggs—with
experienced breeder one may find
success in May -hatched chicks, espe-
dally if a good growing season is ex-
perienced. But the beginner should
aim to hatch in March and April and
give his flock constant &are, for it is
only by attention to the small essen-
tials that the poultry raiser can hope
to succeed. Yet in following them
there is nothing hard, nor no wonder-
ful secret to solve;- just common sense
and acquiring each year more poultry
knowledge.
. NOTES.
Indications point to a good year for
the poultry breeders. With egge for
hatching, or stock for sale, the trou-
ble will be that most breeders have
cut down the flock to such an extent
that not enough of the right kind will
be left to offer for sale.
Beginners should realize that there
le much in the right start, good stock.
Eggs from such, or chicles, trill give
results. The other kind will not. No
THE LOST DISCORD.
lelarence Lucas in the Musical Cour-
ler,)
Boated one day at the organ,
1 was waiting for Dr. Car
To straighten a pedal passage
That tied my feet in a snarl.
I know1
not o what was playing,
But that did not worry me,
Though I struck one snag of music
Which was not in any key.
It flooded the crimson twilight
With fears of a lingering death,
And floated away into silence.,
Before I recovered my 'breath.
it seemed the harmonious echo
Of filing a dozen. saws;
It ruptured the golden silence
Without an apparent cause.
1 seek, but I seek it vainly,
That one lost chord of pain
Which came from inside the organ
And drove me quite insane.
. a r. e
It maw be that' Death's fright -angel
Will speak in those tones again--
Thoee tones so supremely fitted
To frighten the souls of mon.
Those tones burst the pipes and the
bellows, -
And left not a rivet or nails
It may be that elsewhere than heaven
I shall hear that grand mixed wail.
Stamps
The Kirstin
method clears
Y the aro d for
TURN your sullen, gloomy,
profit -eating stump lands into
happy, smiling fields that bear
rich crops, and put money into the
bank for , you.
Our Free Book, "The Gold in Your Stump Land," shows you
how you can transform your barren stump fields into rich virgin
farm land. It shows yen photographs of immense stumps it has
pulled; it contains letters from tho even who pulled them; and it will
convince you that the easiest, quickest and cheapest way is with a
tura
Puller
i for the
big jobs, fo
v machine
The horse
o ger mse
i7i r 1 the fields of many
stumps; it will pull anything it tack-
les, and, because of its triple power,
prevents strain terrain,
horse and lnachine.Will
clear two acres from a
single setting.
Tho One Man Pullet+
gots the biggeststumps.
Double leverage gives
you a giant's power; a
push on the handle
means a pull of tons to.
' the stereo. Cleats an
acro front ono anchor.
Every /train guaranteed for 15
years, flaw or no flaw, your money
back if the Kirstin bond does not live
A, J. KIRSSTIN
CANADIAN 00.
DennisStreet.
4 5 Dennis 82
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
up to its promise. We guarantee
the,Kirstin method to clear land
ready for the plow from 10%
of
anyother
1 than
I to0 cheaper
5 ro
method.
Money 13
15 Year
Warrante
of to%to
all other
Profit Sh
ack Bond
t`suaranitaa
d 9ittt'bsg
50% over
methods.
acing. Plan
Big Money to
those who Order
Now. To dart,'
buyers in each
locality we of-
fer a special op-
portunity to join
in our profit shar- less
ing plan. No can- eo`�
'creasing; just a ,99• Leers ire
willingness to show your e Canadian
Kirstin to your neighbors,
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„lis,WMEN'S INTUITION.
”fpeaknK(3otftff,tawloontan'sututtion
---."
"A, man can work six evenings in the
weak, go home very late and hie Wite
will never ask him where he hu$ 'boon,
but on the seventh night, whoa rte WUMTt't
,,'urlthlt;, she's sure to seek an espisru•
tion, "
HER. AGE.
(iiirniingham Age -herald)
"Flow old is Mies Fiibborts?"
"She has reached the point where she
into quit sighing: for a soul mato and is
lauldng around for a good provider."
"But you haven't told me. yet haw old.
she is."
"I Judge 'stir's over twentyfive."
STARTS IEARLY.
(Washington Star)
"Dora your wife start her Chrstuias
sir "1Tsinr;," re;dlrd earYesly?„
Mr. (7rowchor. "Bute
begins Noveme' arud' thtt
sturs.n, looinltina tit bOveryth1ngrgoing , andonasking
the prices. 'Then a day or two before
Christmas she gets into the crowd and
Stays s something."
GOOD REASON.
(Buffalo Expreas)
"I can't See the point of all these jokes
about the Christmas cigars a man's wife
buys him,"
sae you smoke?"
"Have you a wife?"
e,No."
AT LENGTH.
(Boston Transcript)
"When I got home at two this morn -
1111.1 my wife met me itt the hall and for
a full minute oho regarded ,nte in ail.
owe."
"At length she spoke,"
"Yes, also alto spoke aT length,"
•-..
DRIVEN FROM THE DOOR.
(Baltimore American)
"I have a friend. who goes often to
see a man be knows, and yet that mutt
"has repeatedly driven him from his
door.'
What! In answer?"
"No; in an automobile,"
HER RECOMMEND.
(Birmingham Age -Herald)
"Have you rt recommendation from
your last place?"
"'Yes, mum. Here it is,"
"Why, that's a wrist watch."
"Yes, mum. The master of the house
•.a, 'poor gentleman who's dead now --
gave me that for cooking his eggs the
ray he wanted 'em .
MORE PROFITABLE STILL.
.(Buffalo Exproas)
"There's nothing more profitable than
making munitions of war."
"Ha! How about a drug store in pro-
hibition territory?"
4 •
COULDN'T HELP IT.
(Yorkers Statesman)
Mr. Flatbush—Did you near my Baugh. --
ter sing lOat night?-
rite. 13ensoniturst fres; T couldn't get
my window' shut,
4.• '
SHORT DAYS.
(Boston Transcript)
"We are having- the shortest days of
the year now," remarked Binley.
You bet we are!" said Briggs, as his
hands came out of his empty pockets.
ALL CAHELP.
(Washington Star)
"Evert of you ain' rich enough to help
si pport a• hospital," said Uncle Even.
•'rnebbe you kin save some fellow citi-
zen f'um de ambulance by gettin' out
early wif do snow shovel."
A HERO,
(Boston Transcript)
Iter Dad—Of course yott have heard my
daughter sinks
have her la spite of that= should lute to
A SURE CURE,
(Buffalo Express)
I'a—At last I've found a way to mala
that young scamp of ours stop winiting
his eyes.
Ma—Realty?
Pa --Yes, I'll show him the article in
this science magazine where it 'says that
every time we wink wo give the eye a
beth.
A VAIN EFFORT.
(Louisville Courier -Journal)
"What is daughter up to?"
"Writing a letter to Santa Claus."
"Um. I fear she is in for a disappoint-
ment."
'"Why so?"
"She asked me hw`o spell limousine."
PRO -ALLY.
(Baltimore American)
"I hear Miss Gladys is decidedly pro -
Ally.' •
1 should say she in. She went so far
to take Franco leave at the ball when
they started to dance the german."
AN INFLUENTIAL MAN. •
(Puck)
Mrs. Youngwife—My husband 19 a very
influential man In politics.
hr:end—You don't say!
Mrs. Youngwife—Yes. George voted in
two presidential elections, and both times
It has gone the way George voted.
WHERE THEY FAILED.
(Washington Star)
"Those forefathers of ours were won-
derfully, far-sighted men."
"Yes," replied the government clerk;
they were all right in composing UP
documents of a general character, but
they couldn't see this far into the fu-
ture in framing up a pay -roil."
USELESS,
(Washington Star).
"So Crimson Gulch has gone for pro-
hibition."
That's What it has," replied Broncho
Bob.
Isn't it going to drlvo some of the old
topers to desperation,'
Not a chance. 'What's the good of
desperation if there ain't no drink for
it to drive you to?"
* . •
M. D.'S ERROR.
(Louisville Courier -Journal)
"My old doctor wouldn't take my mal-
ady seriously. Ho says it's only head-
.) the."
He said that to a woman with your
�
mensY"
.
"He did."
"1 ant astounded. You suffer !rem
migraine."
QUITE TRUE.
(Judge)
"Dearest," he murmured, "I'll try and
be worthy of you, although I know 1 am
not fit to tle your shoe."
This was perfectly true. His waist
measure was sixty-nine inches.
A HOT COMEBACK,
(Boston Transcript)
si,Wealthy ree° cigars are a. lot betteta thaan
I smoked itt your ago.
Nephew (coolly)—They're a lot better
than you smoke now.
.At rho theatre a woman rimy be in
breathless suspense betwe':u the acts,
but'a mail can always go out and
acquire Otte.
c..4 41.
VERY EASY.
(tloston Tran8crii to
"et le easy to give advicr,"
"Tee; also to refrain from taking It"
INCONSISTENT. •
(Life)
Johnson -=-Who's that vestryman 'wise
eh:liveretl the Chrietma4 address to the
iunday school childrenon peace +nit
earth, trod -viii to then?
9'hompsntl---"lie's a tttlllioneire who got
rie11 tnulttttg munitions for the brlUger-
cuts."
You never an tell. Many *rami,
gets tin the top who desti't Bleep like
one.