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alto New York atm stipulates for
mat. oaa language to be Used while the
war is, On. It eaya that if it 14101111
traLreil the etetee not only with Ger.
melee,
tut with her allive, they wail
have In New York alone nearly tweutY
nem, St Wet S ifinted in toreiga leage•
agCs familiar to present tir former
eltiZeite witlt ahem the Stoles. would
la, at mar. ni". aeitetation would be
a danger to the community.
lite Weekly Sun charges that the
eroposed teacher' pensions are a blow
to the mairlage relation. The queetiou
leo it says. of the influence ot pentiorts
on fc male teachers. These. we asseme,
at:Melon the profeeslon atter short eer-
viee, trot tor the inglur rewards of
miter ealtinge, lett to marry, and the
pcnmen scheme is, in effect, a pre.
Went, insuffielent we hope. on the eel -
Dewy or female teaehers,
FOOD AND ItiORE FOOD
NEEDED,
If the Alike., are to win the war,
the atilt d peoples who May at hume
muet do their share in winning the
victory. The men at the front are
fighting and striving for the victory
but all* their fighting and striving will
be in vain if the rest of us do not back
them up with food and with munitions
of war. None but the young, the
strong and the healthy. need go into
the trenches and when there their
tarength muet be kept up with an
abundance or good food,
In the; isstte O to -day's Times tio
Dominion and Provincial Governmcnte
are malting separate appeale to the
people to do what they poesibly can
to raise an abundance of food for all.
The farmers are shorahanded, add all
who can give them a hand should do
so. It is just as imperative that a
man should do his bit on -the' farm as
on the battlefield.
The OrgenizatiOn of Resources Com-
mittee deelares that:
'The cell of the Empire for more
food is urgent, but Ontario farmers
cannot respond unless labor is avail-
able for seeding, which commences
early in April, Immediate action is im-
perative, if assistance is to be given.
Will your patriotic committee kindly
call an emergency meeting and ascer-
tain whether retired tarmers and
others in your community are willing.
to help? Co-operation with Boards of
Trade and other organizations interest-.
tat is advisable,"
.-
Tb,ese appeals should have theta, el -
feet. We understand that locally the
Farmers' Section of the Board of
Trade will actively. interest itself in
getting recruits for the farm and that
the South Wentworth Agricultural So-
ciety will deal with the matter this
afternoon. This W' important, because
the appeals of the Governments might
fall unheeded to the ground unless
some means were taken here to were
whatever help might offer.
In this issue we publish an appeal
to the clergy of the Province asking
them, to bring the matter before their
congregailoni to-morrew. This (Ries-
etion of food .has, become so acute now.
'that next to Winning battles it is the
most important thing that can engage
the attention of the public. Great
Britain must have food for her soldiers
and for her people if she is to win the
war, and it is,the duty of every Can-
adian man, woman and child to do
whatever they can to see that the
Motherland and her soldiers do not
come to want.
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ODD AND INTERESTING
PACTS.
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• A lady's foot should equal in length
ohe-seventh of her height,
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Illiteracy aniong American Indians
has beea found to be least in Kansas,
where it is 18.7 per cent; it is greatest
in Utah,
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Old engravings of mining work in
the early years of the 17th century
show the pick -axe or hammer and
chisel as the chief tools employed.
With the coining of the railway, how -
grand necessities of construction. and
progress was more rapid.
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--That tvinch was known as "Corinth-
ian" brass is said to liave beau a mix-
ture of gold, silver and braes. There
is a legend to the effect that when
elummius destroyed the City of Cor-
inth by fire the conflagration melted
all metals, which ran dowa the etreete,
and the three mentioned above Ian to-
gether and former the aIloyduamed."
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in order to ascertain the exact
mune of the Santa Pe River in New
Alexico, the stream was reeently fol-
lowed to the top of Lake Peek°, 12,41.10
feet aboVe the sea level, where was
found t beautiful lake, which is the
main supply. The peaks are the rim
of the crater or an extinet volcano.
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Rubber, When first Introduced into
, °Europe it 1735, was used for pencil
erasers, beet in waterproofing cloth,
end finally in solutioft an a cement;
though by now its vuleanized forms,
especially that which goes into motor -
ear tires, take precedence over all
°there in point of quantity eonsumed.
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'the flint pebble industry gives cm-
Pation to many, women and children
along the Preneh eottst, between Havre
and Dieppe-. The pebbles Vollected in
and near Itavre are seleeted for their
imberical shape, and are used for pul-
verating in certain induetries, partien-
tarty in the manufacture of cement mei
in copper mines, being emploYed irt
the interior of large cylinder,.
GLOVE GLIMPSES,
Ll' -'10 good.
IhAliir kids eerirr_o.
A nee, r,e erttY.
Toelnd runt troseitles,
f`heinrile alienent seheduleil.
l'nesuaily heavy embroiderieli.
Arany a, 1111111 knows 4004 ihinge
alien he Men it, and want than negleeta
to _Seize It.
IIER HUMBLE
LOW:A
"Dreadful! NO, Ire wo one of the
handsomest mut I ever ow, and look-
ed like a Prince, though lie was tiros -
ed in a sort of peaeants 'costume -
rough jacket, and thetiee braided etoelt-
ings, you know, with a big, broad
oombrero, end wet through -it wait an
await dayi But, uotwithstanding the
ruatiquerade, one could see the gentle
man and nobleman beneetio Thett his
manner! I think I tio know manner
when I see it, and there never was a,
finer mannered man than Lord Dela-
Mere, They say that the worse a meal
Is morally the nicer he is in manners;
and, upen my word itas true in ltis
eaee, Be took my mocket request as
naturally as if I had only asked hall
to lend me an umbrella, and just ea if
thetaver was on my tilde
"Xtuntdid you see much of him?"
askLady Rookwell, when she vita get
In a word.
"No replies the beauty, with a little
Pout. "I ma ashamed to say that he
proved lather indiffereut to 111Y
charnae, and disappeared as eudaenlY
as he had appeared, nut there was a.
fitfal_thstt he had au adventere in
"We don't want to hear anything
about that, thankts, Laura."
The beauty 'tames.
"I don't know anything, so I can't
eitock you, deer, though I would like
Lo. There was a story about a
duet -an
"Which we have heard," says Lady
Itookwell, "And now, don't you think
you'd better go upetairs and change
your thtngs? Some, sort of meal will
be ready directly; I won't be answer-
able for a proper dinner or a proper
anything else to -day; my poor old
head ig nearly turned with all this
"And I'm too excited to care what
eat, dear!" respouas 'Laura. -"Give
me plenty of tea and I shall be satis-
fied. Oh, I do hope it will go off all
right; I should ramply aie if it should
not!" But the laugh which accom-
panies the assertion doesu't savor
much of death. ' •
"And so, my•dear," she says, almost
Lore sae gets into the room again
after "changing her things," "and so
You are very, very happy. Yon see,
mint has been telling me everything,
and really I can congratulate you
watmly, Such a ,good-uatured man as
Mr. Warren must be a charming toyer!
And aunt :tells me that he is every-
thing that is handsome and clever.
do so long to meet him. Aunt says I
ought to throw myself on my -knees
before him with gratitude. Shall I?
1)o you mind?"
"Not in the least," . replies - Signe,
laughing softly, " Iatu eorry and so
Is he, that he cannot he here to wel-
come you. I hope you will be sails -
fled—"
'For Heaven's sake, don't mit it in
that way," exclaims Laura Dement,
with pretty horror. "just as if he
were a tradesman executing an order!
Satisfied! I am simply ovelavaelmed
withall he has done; and, indeed, I
didn't mean him to take so much
trouble. And as to Lord Delamere,
taut I shall never meet him again in
this world, if all the mouey has been
spent that aunt declares has been."
Signe smiles.
"There has been a great deal of
money spent," she says; "but Hector
-Mr. Warren--"
, "I know. What an awfully nice
name!, Well, what does he say?"
"Tdat, the' amount does not matter,
as Lord Delamere is so rich, and that
he would Only be mmoyed if the thing
were done shabbily!"
"Shabbily! Yes, but 1 only meant
to have tho place eleaued."
Signe caramt refraih from a laugh
of amusement.
"It has bon all but rebuilt," elle
says, concisely.
Laura Derwent groans,
"I am ablest inclined to run away. I
do hope he won't keep his word and
turn up to -night. And yet -yet it
would make the thing so complete,
wouldn't it; quite a dramatic climax,
eth, dear? What lovely hair you have!
Oh, dear! I visa mine were like
tLat, instead of being washed out
yellow."
"It is golden," says alma, smiling,
and just lifting her enes from. lier
dress, round thestones -and neck of
wench she is stitching on • s,oine old
lace.
"How kind of you :to say that t all
my dearest -Women -friends declare
It yellow, and so it is really. Do you
know,. I think I shall like you awfialy
if you will let me!" ,
"I give you permission on the sot,"
says Signe.
"Thanks, dear!" responds the
beauty, and she teazle forward and
'kieees her. "And now, you seo how
calculating r ant! I Want yon te come
upstairs and choose, the dress I am
to wear to -night. Aunt Pays-ana I
Can see it 1113, -00f -that you have the
most exqttiSite taste."
Signa stares, then leaglie. She
choose the dregs which the greet
beauty is fo wear ea Ode ceveetful
night!
"Are you laughing at me?" eint Otis,
smiling.
'-Laugh'--eh, I see! No, not it bit! Do
You know, I haven't the least taste
in the world, not really, 1 ;Always
rely on niy Mende, only 1 do it in
this way: if thoy saY, Wear such and
ench a thitig, I just put on the oppo-
tate, and it always veceeede; but I
sban't do it in yoer case., dear,"
"I think you'd better," says Sinai
ao they go Upstairs.
Jeannette bas ittid out. not two, but•
halt -a dozen beautirut drosee from
the huge imperial, nud- ;algaetamale
ruminating before them thinking of
the vast sum they Must icipkosent. TIM
band of worth is plainly to Ito de-
tectati itt eaeh, and they are all ex-
Outslte.
"Mademoiselle Iikee----" says the
maid, but her nilsteeee in'errupte her
(Moldy.
"Hold Your toilette, Jertnnette. 1
Wisb for M Gretivilhae unblaesed
OpiniOn." e
"Really --well!" awl -Siena glOnfle.8
et the beautiful faete with Its perfect
Mouth, and auburn eyegroWS -and
lashes, and the er.rwa of golden halt
"1 should wear thig," ana She pute
bet hand eereitsinglY an n dark, Crane-
-MI.00d coettuate with laea of the
Mite° ehazle, anti a totteat otMane
*been Introdueed In a gauty bath*
Ming A quaint dress in tha deserip.
tion, but made up by 'an arttet, end a
marvel in ite way. Laura glidoe to
Ler ana Wales Iter.
"You are perfectly lowly!" the ex-
claims. "That la the arese I Was
leaning for you to choose! Alti mint
Is (mite right; you are rut artist at
Leurt! Now, ninety-nine, women ottt
Of a itundree would have cliOseu one
of those stupid blue things, yust be-
cause I ant fair. And the stones -what
Quill 1 wear \vita it?"
"Diamonds," says Simla, unhesitat-
ingly, pit:tura:le; the glitteriug gems
00111 thila,
eirparple bluetit and oa the glad -
"Mademoiselle's Mete itt perfeet,"
remarks the maid, seittentiouslY.
"Of course it is," echoes Lady Dur -
went ,enraraptured, "And now, you
must let me choose your dress."
"It won't 'take you a remnant," says
Sigma laughing, "for I have only
one."
Laura Dement colors, bat she says,
quickly.
`Then I am sure that will be de-
lightful, and nicer then all mine put
tOgether."
There is a very nice dinner, not-
withstanding Lady Roolcwell's warn-
ing, and soon after the meal -during
which La.ura, talks as unflaggingly as
if she had • not travelled several bun-
dred miles -they go up to dress.
The carriage heel been ordered for
nine o'ctheic, and at that hour Signe,
goes down into the drawing -room
ner simple Egyptian gauze, to find
Lady Rookwell waiting Impatiently,
But she mulles as Signe enters, and
putting a hand on her arrn, turns her
to the light. Then ehe uotia aPPlaatt
"At any rate, dear, you won't be
the plainest' girl in the room. And
how long are we to wait for that
madcap creature? Here are trou quite
ready, though you have only shared
my maid, and she has had Jeanette,
and went up an hour before eitaer of
us-"
"Here I ant!" exclaims Laura Der.
mot, and as she gltdes into the
room Signa admits that her taste was
correct. The beauty deserves her
title to -night if ever she did, and Sig-
ne, ever ready to admire another wo-
man's charms, utters te. faint exclama-
tion of pleasure.
"Do you like it? Really!" ex-
claims Laura, "It is nice, isn't it?
A.unt, she chose it, so you cam admire
it safely. I think at is nice myself.
Do ,you know I've half a a mind to
cut you out with your admirable. Mr.
Warren. But I suppose it w,ould, be -
of ho use."
"Not the .least in the world," says:
Lady Rookwell, quietly. "Heater'
Warren worships the ground she
treads on!" . -
"So be ought!" retorts Lauka Der-
went, "and so should I if I were A
man!" and she eyes Signe with so
frank and candid an admiratioft that
Signe, finds, herself blushing and
laughing.
"I may thank my stars that you
were not in town last season, my
dear," says the beautida curtly, "or nay
reign would have been short, If you
come to London next year, I shall
remain on the Continent,"
"Poor Continent" says Lady Rook -
well, curtly.
Then the carriage is announced, and
with an attendaut throng of maids to
arrange their dresses, so that they
may not be crushed, the three ladies
enter the old and stately chariot.
"My heart beats se loudly that you
could hear it," says Laura -Derwent.
"If you were to remain eitent for a
moment, perhaps," retorts Lady
Rooltwell.
Signaas heart is beating, too, and it
gives a leap when a few minliten af-
terward Laura Derwent, who had
been looking through the window-, ut-
ters a Iow scream.
"What is that?" she damaads,
Signa looks out of the window and
•
starts,
That is the Grange, not dark and.
silent and deserted,- but streaming
with lights from every window, and
with lights that extend down through
the long avenued drive lined on both,
sides, with yari-colored ramps.
"Is -this it? This! Really and
truly" demands the beauty. "Wily,
it is Aladdin's Palace! Heavens, what
a, magnificent place! Aunt, stop,
them and let me get out and fly away
sOmewhere where I can hide my
head! Why, this must have cost-"
"Wait until you get inside," says
Lady Rookwell, grimly, • "You'll be
better able to appreciate the eostlin-
ness of your freak!"
Laura Derwent utters a faint moan
of alarm, and leans back, but she
leans forward again the next minute,
ahd etares speechlos at the vast out-
line of the place, made doubly vast
by the brilliant light that streams
through the mane'. windows, and the
huge tamps that stretch along the
whole twig& of the, broad.terrace.
"r didn't Mean -MI this!" the
in a tont Of genuine awe and Oaten.
"Azad air. Warren did this! I'm half
inclined to be afraid of your lover,
my dear; he meet be a ma-gide/a!"
- "Walt until you get inside!" says
Lady Rookwell again, gloating (veer
herdiscomfiture,
al' am simply terrified!"„ respoads
the willful beauty,
The carriage draws up at the en-
trance steps, and a couple of foot-
men in the Delamere livery come,.
with stately gait, to open the ddor,
and Signe, alighting first, sees that
fince she was last here a. bread piece
of scarlet cloth Mad. an awning have
been plaeed froth the bottOM step to
tile hall -door, and thateerestly ehrubs
ttnd flOwers line the path, and she
'Understands now why Hector Warren
WAS ISO late.
In, silence Laura Derwent fol-.
lows her into the non; her amaze-
ment is too great even for words. The
hall. seetta to be tined with fitiotmen
and Inetide, the fOriner irt the plain
but, linteesihg Delatuere livery, the
letter in Week dresses and whits taps.
The hall itself sectutd subdued in
6.fter the blitze aria glare of the
heap; and looks very grand and awe-
:Mt:wing, each, as Matte. tlittllts, it
May Lave looked When the king cross-
ed ite marble floor On his way to dine
with the. Delantere el CharleTS'ethe
SeColtdat reign,
Tvv0 of the Molds came forward to
tenduct then to the rOonlk and still
tratirn, Derwent, the coulee AA till this
petatallt, is 9iloitt, It is uot until they
a .
have traversed the long corridor, ani
aro safe in their rooms, that Iie ex.
t Joints hi hushed accents.
"Aunt, I am really frightened! On
InY honor, I did not Mean anything of
this kind. Why, the whole placo
teelliS to have, been redecorated for
tbis one night, What -what on earth
will Lord' Delamoro think of me?"
"There is titrie for vain repreaehes,"
says Lady Rookwell, Impatiently,
"The people wilt be liero directly,"
"You haven't Seen the ballroom
says Signe, feeling a vague satisfact
tion In the beauty's amazement and
entharrassment.
"I ant afraid to see it!" exclaims
Laura Derwent, "I am, Ineeed. What'
that?"
"The first carriage! COInel" replies
Lady Rookwell, dropping bet' cloak
end gathering her fan and minelling-
battle in her band, `Tonle along; it
la 110 time for Idle repentance over
YoUr foolhardy whine."
"No," seye the beauty, with timid° k
vigor; `.'we must go through it. Signe.,
dear, YOu must keep near me aud help
rue.' 1 feet et) strange, so bewildered!"
TheY 00 dowo into the ballroom,
and Slgta, with a pleased eatisfaction,
see Lam Dement Start as sine looks
Areuml the unignifice»t salon, watch,
notwithstanding the etyma notice, pre,
outs- thanks to Hector Warren -an
taltDearance of tasteful znagnificeace
1%11101 might bave taken menthe to
produce, rather than three Wort
Weeks.
The riot guests have arrived, and
no carriage lifter carriage eel's down
treat] arrivals, the beauty of three
tie.asons regains her .coreposure and
oelf-possession, With Lady Rookwell
at her elbow, she receives her guesta
With the stately yet perfectly calm
Manner which, hae so (alarmed Signa,
At a few minetes Were ten the Duck-
eee of Deerford arrives-- a etatelea
tuladle-aged woman ill black velvet
and diamonds, who is enough td awe
()tea -Laura Dement, Signa thinks,
but the beauty rea.dvea her with a
Oen-possessed ease, and banes her over
to Lady Ilookwell as easily as she has
handed over the smaller fey.
As the duchess passes to her seat,
the band, with a popular conductor at
its head, strikeinto it sort of 'over-
ture. The magnificeet reatn-which
Signe had looked down anon only a
few 'weeks ago with Hector Warren at
he.,' elbow -is one blaze of light and
color. There is hall the county pres-
ent -that is, as represented by its
notabilities, and the =reamv of eon-
versation of the nearly twa betudred
People almorit overbear' the soft
strains of the music.
Moving amony the 1i1aS:3 Walt perfect
ease, Laura Dement imsses to and
fro, with a woecl or a sintlo for each of
her guests, and with en eye to all,
Lady Rookwell, seatea near the duch-
ess, is sarrounded•bi a mall group
of the. elite, who are curiCluS to keow
the real truth of this strange gather-
ing, And Signe., who standnear her,
smiles as she listens to the diejoloTed
and almost irritable explanations
which the old lady vole:hares.
"Will Lord Delamere really come?"
Is the question which Signit hears in a
-hundred different totiase out .eril of
natenee curiosity. a" •
The band still plays the overture,
Ithough the time hale arrived for the
first waltz, and the rector, who stands
beside Signe, and who haa dene noth-
ing since he arrived 'out murmur,
amidst much coughing and chin -rub-
bing, his amazement at the splendor,
asks: "What are they waiting for and
witere is Mr, Warren?"
"1 don't know," says Signe, a7nswer-
Ing both questions, but ,tt that mo-
ment a footman approaches them, and
With that deep respect which a well-
trained servant catt throw into his
yoke, says:
"Mr; Warren is in the library, miss,
and would be obliged if-----"
Without' waiting for the finish,
Signa follows- him to the library, the
door of which the footman opens with
obsequious humility, and Hector War-
ren comes forward.
"My darling!" he says, inking her
inte his arms and kissing her, then
holding her at arms' length that he
may feast his eyes an her loveliness.
"How beautiful you look!"
With a pleased smile she nestles
• close to hint, then she raises her bead.
"Hector, I am glad you have come.
There seems some hitcneteThey,are all
waiting to begin the: -first:',attnee, and
the band is still playinae the Afirerture,"'
. "NeVer mind," lie Saxe, Ctoopy; "let
them wait a few mithatee, triow beau -
Wel you rook, my tiarliergea ..ittal Miss
Laura Derwent-ts she lierer
Signe. nods.
"Yes, And do you know, Hector,
jike her very mucb. She is awfully
oval -Come at alf you have done."
"Really?" and he snake. "I thought
nothing would daunt that young"latly."
"But she is daunted at this." saes
Signe, laughing, "And. Heetor" --re-
lin:tautly freeing herself from, his em -
'brace -"You must go nOW; they seem
to be Waiting for something,"
"Let them wait," he says, with a
strange ring iza his voice. "Sig,int"--he
pause, and a shadow erosses his brow
-"Signe, my 'darling, 1 am sure of
your lover -
She looks up at him, and to the'im-
roinent danger of bis dress shirt -front.
she ncestlea to his heart.
Why do 4eou ask me that now?" •
13
"Why? etause I ain going to put it
to the test,/' he answers, gravely.
"No test, can be too strong," she
sass says; "yott know I love you!"
And she raises her head to meet the
kiss which. ne bends iu give her. Then
she starts, and touches with the points
of her fingers a baud of blue, ribbon
which "crosees his breast. "What is
this, Hector?"
"This?" he Bays, With a smile, and
iooking down at the ribbon, "This is -
never mind, Signe. I baking to an or -
dor which permits me to wear this Mt -
en of its power and might."
She laughs, having no idea,that it W
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Plaster tb the foliage of Many plants
in a dry, hot season, it is (teetered,
will drew the necessary moisture from
the atmosphere and often eave a crOD
froxii being damaged by drought. It
Is commonly aindied to peanut vines to
insure it crop.
The production of gypsum, according
to the Potted States Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior, has in -
(Teased from 594,462 short tons in 1900
to 2,447,671 Bitola tons la 1915.-U. S.
Exchange.
Ask for Minard's and take no otifer
16.
INSECT STRENGTH,
Tiny Orea,tUres Far Outdo Man in
Muscular rower.
Recent experiments with, insects have
detnamtrated their remarkable muscu-
lar power, A -stood beetle weighing 1,S0
grammes and less than two Inches lona
can pull a. littie wagon loaded with
fifty-six 4;rammes, or thirty times its
OW11 weight. When a load of eighty-
four grammes 'was piled ou the wagon
the beetle imiled It an 11101:, this was
forty-fivo times Its, own weight. 'When
itz leg were attached to a small dyna-
mometer the insect exerted a forne of
fifteen grammes, which Is as If a man
weighing 200 pounds. were able to rause
a ton.
A Hereules beetle proved itis right
to the appellation, for though he
weighed null. C.5 grammes and WaS 0111Y
three luelies long, he Lulled 111 grammes
and walk.nl off with a -geight of five
pounds nu Melt. If -a proportion-
ate weight were put on IV man he With:
be crushed to death.
A housefly, held by the wings and
brought close to a mittcoh,pliinfitItt;irltki!.mo
by Its Nut. re perform
vat .11 man 1'.rnth0 have to lift a bc:•in
tmcnty-i-ax feet long and thirteen incir-s
an old story that a fica can
jump 200 tittles its own heights in the air.
A man would have to juinp over the 1,900
foot high. 'Eiffel Tower to equal the
The muscles In Insects are actually
much large proportionately than In 211U0,
Pref. A. Schinia estimates that if a,
ant con pull an object of ten times its
• n weight a man wou1,3 equal the
task if he liftAd a weight one -twentieth
that of Ids body. This la ex.pileable no
the basis of the far greater muscular
equipment of the ant, as compared with
SPRING IMPRITIES
IN Bit BLOOD
A TONIC MEDICINE IS A NECES,-
. SITY AT THIS SEASON.
Dr. 'Willianan Pink Pine for Pale
People are an all .yeat, round tonic,
blood -builder and nerve -restorer.
But they are espsealfy vaItable 111
the epring when tine eastern le loaded
with impuritiesad a result of the in-
door life at the Muter menthe. There
is no other seueon when the blood le
so much in need ot puril!ying and
rich:Jig, and every thee of thase mut
heepa to make new ,rich, red blood.
In the caring one feet weak and
tireda-ter. Williams' Pink Fills give
zetrengtife In the epring the appetite
is once, Peou-Dr, -Williams' Pink
Pine _develop the appetite, tone the
etonateh and aid Wrak digotion, It
is in the tering that poteone la the
blood 'find an outlet itt. diefiguring
trinapies, eruptiend and butte - Dr.
-Williamo' Pink Pith; opeedily clear -
the skin becaltee they go to the root
of *the troable le the blood, In the
spring anaemia, ritotematiam, in/ ece-
tion, neuralgia, creelpelas and mann
other trottelee are most pereiettat be -
of prior, week blood, and It is
at tine time when all nature teekete
on new tile that the blood motet ser -
lowly neetle attention. Some people
date thenetelves with Purgatives at
thie season, but them,. only further
w aken thenieelvee. A purgative
merely gallops through ;the system,
emptying the towele, but it does not
cure auething, On the ether hand
Dr. Williams' Pink Pine actually
make new blood which reaches every
nerve and .organ in the body, bring-
ing now otrength, neer health and
vigor to weak, eaelly tired men, wo-
men and children. Try Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills this spring -they Will not
dleappoint you,
Solde by all reed:eine &eters or
errit.ba mail at 50 eents a box or AIX
boxes for a2,a0 by The Dr. Willi -mast
Medicine Co.,- Broekvine, Ont.
--rattle
BISQUE OF OYSTERS,
A Very Good Recipe Which
- Leaves Nothing Unsaid.
• To mako bisque of oysters take one
pint of oysters, one tablespoobful or
butter, yolk of one egg, one pint of milk,
one tablespoonful of flour, malt 4.11Ill Pee-
per to taste.
Drain the oysters fre.e from their- lie
uor, adding auffielent cold water to muke
ono cup of liquid, Chop helf tho 0Y-
A0ters fine, Brink the oyaters liquor to tt
boil, skim, add the chopped oysteils and
!Simmer 100 minutes.
scald the milk; rub the butter P.M
flour together until smooth, add to the
mint and stir man it thickens. Add the
whole oyeters to the oyeter liquor, and
as soon tie their edger; eurl remove all
from the tier. laid the beaten yolk of
' the Ogg to the milk, take at once from
the fire and mix with the Oysters and
thole liquor, Season and servo at ittee.
Perhaps the mail who Makes ft t0f--
4une In the glue buttlitess lute Senile
Cause to feel stuck up about it.
"Can you tame the dry Steeal"
asked Mrs, StiodgraFs. "Colleetively, I
ran,' signed Major Tompkins. "They'-
re the Oreat American Dettert,"-
Judge,
TRAQINC. LOST OARS,
Doteotiver o Itailro4cis Haw
Work Following Itunawaya.
At timeswhen the scarcity ot freight
eat% 912$0$ the railroads to place an
embargo upon certain classes of goods,
tbe problem of keeping track of its
cars to see that they do not run any
and beeolne wanderers upon the face
et the earth is a stupendous One for
each corepani,
when no freight car le built, it is
given a number before it leaves the
*Mop, and therefore it is always known
by that number until it le WM% out
and scrapped, When a new ear receives
its number, and starts out upon its
business career, it is enterea in the
reeord book, and a eareful account of
Its wenderinga and earning power are
kept there. This record book is a
history of the car, and by consulting It
one can lout how nuuty trips it has
made, what cities it has visited, how
malty times it lias been to the repair
shop, and Also svhere It IS supposed
to be at any given tirae,
But in spite of all thie care in keep-.
ing-a reeord of each car now and theft,
for some unexplained reason, one dis•
appears from sight -literally runniug
(FA
MICA
AXLE
GREASE
makes miles shorter,
pulling easier, friction
less.
It's the Mi&t.
Mica puts the e-a-ste
in grease.
THE
IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY
Limited
BUANCITES TlikOLTODOUT
CANADA
away, Some of the Lig companies em-
ploy car tracers, but tis a rule a printed
tracer is firet sent after the car to
bring it bacic home. This printed
tracer in a blue envelope is sent to
the persou in whose jurictliction the
ear was last supposed to be, and if le
had passed out ot his district the tracer
is sent on to the next one to whom
the ear was consigned. This little
printed tracer Mots to bring the car
home en a reasonable length of time,
a man known as a tracer le sent after
it. The tracer is really a railroad car
(1.e.end
iee tivs%'me
And tim' it is more difficult
to trace a runaway freight car than a
criminal. There are tens of thousands
of miles of railways, and hundreds ot
thousands of freight care, and to find
the one carrying a certain number is
often like hunting tor .a needle in a
haystack. The tracer 'may arrive in a
city where the =away car is sup-
posed to beata,he very moment when
the car is leaving it itt the opposite
direction, It may cross this track on
a parallel line, or dodge around him
oa a short line. 'It may be headed
.north, or rolling merrily toward • tbe
APaticalif3Iteicv.,thile 110 is going toward the
A runaway car apparently is as de-
praved as any criminal. It hides on it
lonely siding or gets lost in it short
swamp line. Ono such rueneway restel
nearly a year on a siding in Southern
Texas simply becauee it got lost, awl
no one seemed to know' just what to
do with it. The nearest freight agent
had no reoord of it and no tracer had
requested its return. Going 011 the
Principle that what is "everybody's
business is nobody's business," this
local agent made no effort to ltunt uP
the ownere. If the order•had been re-
-
caved by Jiim to return It. he 'would
!Jaye obeyed, but lacking such orders
he left it in the siding.- In the course
.of time, it was occupied by a fatilllY
01 squatters.' who lived quite comfort-
ably in it for six months, and were
routed out only when quite by Deal-
t -Wet the Ca» tracer dierovered 11. --
Popular Mt chanics.
t •
Keep Mlnard's Liniment In the house
Mere Mention,
New York eity has twri chiltiren'S
.elinice of ;revel:dye ilentietry and a
training schooi. of women dental hygen-
,--
A„ 72 -Inch refleetfrig teleseope, the larg-
est of fur, tyPe%has been constructed for
the Dominion Astronomical obaervatory
at Victoria, B. C'.
.A. State -ow ned 11y/he-electric. plant
has brim Jiroposed for crectleur at xi-
itgai Palls.
'rho latest refinement of moving -Pie -
hire 81.111101 108 is 0 double screen, on one
of which this picture is shown, with ex-
planatory • leseezde 0fl thif other.
Magnet iron markets for the location of
trunerty linee are, recommended for the.
(else with which they May be 'located
with it eattlnass.
The ortlY dangerous surtitem in the
rnited States, uceoraing to the scientino
ateathiy, are: First, those bearing a
rattle; secnntl, thoee having a. series of
dark hrown hour -glees -shared marklogs
on a lighter brown backgraend.
Why patch up an old quarrel when
it is so easy to Make it new one?
Would you like to end that ter,
eible itching, that burning pain; to
heal WOO horrid sores?
You have tried all setts of tatty
ointments, lotions and powders. Put
them aside notv and give Nature a,
ehenee as represented by Zatualuk.
Zton-Suk is made from herbal es.
notes; is a natural heater. Is not
something you have to send to the
end of the WOrld for, and pay it
heavy price! Every druggist Will
sell you Zam-13ult and for 50c. only.
Just give it a fair trial and incl.
dently giVe 'yourself ease by the
quicken route, goo name ori box:-•
ANTIQUES
Have you any old *Moles of
merit which you are deSirotte sof
disposing of -such AS Antique Fur.
nl tura,. old Plate, •Erattswere,
Prints, Engravings, Old Arms, Ar-
mour, curios, tato,? if so, you will
find it of interest to you to consult
us,
ROBERT NOR
62 KING ST. E., HAMILTON, ONT.
THE 801.18E FOR GIFTS.
Importers and Dealers In China,
Glass, Fancy Goods and Antiques.
A Great Chess Player,
Sir Walter l'atratt lied an oxtreordin.
ary memory. Some eight or ten men
were assembled oue everting in one of
the lodges attached to fit. Michael's
lege, Tenbury. 131r 'Walter Perratt and
Herr von Hoist played In turn upon the
Plano such music az VAS asked for. This
Went on for sumo time until at last the
cheesboard was biought out, Sir Wel-
ttr tbeu proposed to play two men at
ellen In consultation, stilt remaining at
the piano and playing from memory
'what was demanded either from Bach,
Beethoven, Mozart, C'hoeln or Mendels-
slam Without even a glance at the
chessboard he won the game In an hour.
London ClInbe.
fnard'a Liniment lumberman's friend
•
• Marriage Ottlene,
Married when the year is new,
Heal Lie loving, kind and true.
When February birds do mate,
You may wed, nor dread your fate.
If you wed when March :winds blow,
Joy and earrow both you'll .ehow,
Marry in April when you caot.
Joy for maid and for man.
Mary in the mouth 01 May,
surely rue the 'day.
'Marry when June roes blow,
Over land and sea yooll go.
They who in July do wea
Must always labor for th.eir bread.
Whoever wed in August be
-Many a change in mire to see.
Larry in September's shine,
Your living will be rich aced lino.
If la October you do marry,
Love will oome, but riches tarry.
11 you wed in. bleak November
Only 3oy wilt eame, remember. •
When December's snows fall fast,
Marry,„ and true love wittiest..
it much for the proper months, but
if the bride -elect, seeke to know what
color elle should Choode, theee linea
may help her: -- •
Married in grey, you will go 1111' away; ,
Married in black, you will wieh your.
self baek;
Married in brown, you will live out of
Marrietd"iini;eed, you will wish yourself
alarrie\d‘delr1;; pearl, you will live in a
Married la green, -ashamed to be seen;
Marriea in yellow, ashamed of your
fellow;
Married in blue, be will -always be
irrillien;
elerriepink your opirits will sink;
Married, la white, you hese cameo
aright.
-
Says She Suffered
For Many Years
THEN DODO'S KIDNEY PILLS
CURED HER KIDNEY TROUBLES.
Mrs. Felix Ascah Found No Relief In
Doctors or Hospital Treatment, but
Dodd's K idn ey Pills Brought a.
Spedy Cure.
HaIdimand,. Gaspe, Co., Quebec, April
2her complete recovery from kidney dis-
ease, from which she suffered for years
is due to tbe splendid week of Dodd's
x
12.-inteSyperc,illa)----Mrs, Felix Ascah is
telling her numerous friends here that
ili-
"My trouble started filar% a strain,"
Mrs. Atneah say. "I suffered for yews.
1 11.19 attendetl. by a doetor and was
also treated at a hOspitel. r suffered
froinastiffness of the joints. I had a
bitter taste, especially in the morning,
and at times was subject to severe
headaches. I had it pressure and cd -
ten a sharp pain at the tOn of iny
bead igeanclehd iny elfin itehed and burned
"Neither from the doctor nor at the
hospital •did I get any permanent re-
lief. Then I started to use Doddee
Kidney Pills, end two boxes did me so
much good 1 teel like recommending
theto everyone who has kidney
tro
Decline Kidney Pills ettre sick kid-
neys. Cured kidneys strain ail the im-
purities, all the seed e of disease out of
the blood. That nutkee good health all
over the body. That's why those
eured are so enthusiastic in regard to
Dodd's° Kidney • Pills.
PAM'S r or, THE OURIOUS.
The Prince of Wake; has been init-
iated into the craft of Mooney,
A eurieue custom prevails On the
Gold Coast, Every Tuteday is devoted
to the seagod. No netting takes place,
but the fishermen utilize the time In
mending their nete.
The new "Jaeobeate oaken" of the
Richmond Bar, .litience Ayree, Argen-
tine, announees on Its .staff "two
cocktail epeeialiete, brought expreeely
from North America," and 120 cock-
Striegatt, a, town in Prussian MI.
oSia, hoe 'glanced upon tate as a 61111 -
able object for increasing the com-
munity's wartime revenue. laverY
owher of a eat nmet pay an annual
tax equivalent to about $2.50. The tax
le to continue for ft period of two
years, '
If we count the wealth Of North
Amato. and South America, as it
eeems to -day, welind that the diseov-
ery of America by Chrietopher Colum-
bus lute been worth to the world $3,-
'000,000 a day from the time he aailed
from Palos lit August, 1402, down to
the preeent time, say% the Popular
Selene° Monthly, Likewise, the man
Who diecovered the way of drettalig
tungsten wire gave $300,000,00 worth
01 Ilght yearly.
An Englielt tetronenter of prOM1-
hence ate advanced the theory- that
there are alrquakea, entirely Indepen-
dent ot earthquakes, that ltre mused
40104 ...A. 4. •
ISSUE NO, 15, 1917
- • —
" HELP WANTS%
WANTED-sIxoND ,FIAND 'NE WET
1 • tinlbitur tiepartinent, work _chictly
heave woollens, awl blankets; good peat -
1 tion for right man. State (WO, anu ar-
perIcnce. iilingeby Mfg. Connany, nee
.nrantford, not. •
WANTED PRonA.TioNtInO.
s Ttrain for nurses. Apply, wellandrs
Hospital, Et. Catharines,
MONEY ORDERS.
ati ND A DOMINION eiXteRleali
„ money twelev. Vire dollam cost*
111tee cents.
AGENT WANTED.
MJW MONLY,,,111A4QN0 SARVIelz,
4,1 strange ocientlfic liscovery,
Mite, l'f*Y1.111.4t10111Z0.3 Clothes washing 1140.asl
110SItlYelY abolisben rubbing, wasInboar.is
and washine• machinea; Snag) gilamoteet
itboolutely lutr.niceas women. astonished;
territory protection. Tlie Anna come
mope 11 Provinciel Lane, Montreal, Que.
FOR SALE,
Olt SAL4--0V U
.11ISAND1111 MOItT-
• gage, 290 acre improved farin with
huildinge, in Townehip or Arternesda,
near ill."sherton; only $215 ctywn, no) 1.1 to,
montes, and butuuce :rat) ni year ut t per
cent. eau piy any sum et any time.
1-011d1.n Lean sk Savines^co,„ bondoil, Oill.
by the exPloelon of letoors in the at-
mosphere.
"Weer yellow 'and Snuff the Moe
Mato," is the Mogan of ecitntiete vvho
are righting tins little pest and who
have tiiLi0overe.1 the carnivorous
seet's antipathy to the primary .celor.
Their dlecoveries are eupportect by the
testIniony ot United State a .mar.tnea,
lust returned here from the Philip -
place, who attribute their immunity
from nicsquito-bite end material in-
fection to the fact that their khaki
uniform le of a yellow hue.
In eonseqUence of the alinest com-
plete tamale in ruaber for tires and
other military requirements the Ger-
man government Imo forbidden Pleas -
tire cycling; ead hs, limited the tete of
lacyclee to urgently ueceersary com-
mercial work, and Zeta only ewer.
strict police eupervision. Meantime, all
tires and inner tithes on wheels not
twed for indtestrial or imeineea pur-
poses aro. declared confiscated and
must be handed over to opecial depots,
where they are purcharsed by •the War
Office at actsesseil values, Peaeons dc -
cycles for purposes of bueineat
At the Yarmouth Y. M. C. A, Boys'
Camp. heal at Tusket Falls in August,
found el -WARD'S LINIMENT most
beneficial for ettaburn, an Immenlette
relief for cone and toothache.
ALFRED STOKES,
.General Se0Ya
• must furnish -Convincing evidence of
their neede and 'obtain special eerti-
ficates, They will be punished it ma-
chioesare used for "joy riding," or
any purpose not specifically permit-
ted.
No human being has ever been
known *positively to be killed by the
fall of a meteorite. Probably the nal..
rowet wept was that of three chil-
th Braunau, at the time of the
fall .of an iron meteorite in 1847. That
object, weighing' 40 pound's, fell in a
room where the children were sleep -
Ina, and covered them with debris,
but they were not injured. In each of
taro celebrated meteoric showers -
those of Pultusk and Moes- more
than 100,000 atones fell. All obiserved
'Mowers were el stones, but the find -
lug of numerous individuals of iron
in eagle localition 'melt ea_ Toluca
and Canon Diablo, indleates that
ohowers of iron meteorites some -
thrice aeon The largest known me-
teorite is one brought from Cape
York, Greenland, by Peary, -weighing
36% tone. It is in the A.merican Mute
eum -of Natural Histori, New YOrk.
Twenteenine chemical elm:Bute have
been found in meteorites in quantities
sufficient' for accurate tstudy,--tacien-
tific American.
minardis Liniment Used by Physicians
WORTH KNOWING.
To rid tbe 'house of insects pests Ws-
s'olve common alum, .0118 nottud in tws
quarts (If boiling water. When thorough.
ly dis.s 'rived, aud while gin hot, apply
with 11 11111511 10 1)8(107 shelves, cue -
hoard i•ledvcs, closets, or other infest -
d places. in bedroom or kitchen. 10111 A
buge and roaches hide, apply to CI
cracks and loose joints; splintered places
and holes With an oil can. It '1'-
1. 1I1 roust be used with care, 115 It
will ruin paint,. yarnisn et oiled sitr-
faces.
One of the best beautifiers for the
Skin 14 oatmeal cream. Put a handful
of eine oatmeal in a half-pint of hot WO.
t;:1" let stand a few hours, then apply
to 'the face with the hand, or a soft
sloth, and allow it to dry. This will
inni,e the roughest Skin smooth, and will
help to witItcn it. • Oatmeal, ,,'(1'0 IR 11
just as effective foe rough, ehapped
fiatds rie. the t ream you buy at tho
druggist and costs you only a few cents.
One ounce of gum shellac, ono ounce
of beeswax tusl 11 ounces of resin. mako
an excellent wedding wax, Melt over
hot water and when woll mixed it Is
ready for Use, .As it Weis instantly it
must be applied- to the jar or .ato lids
boiling hot. if bubbles arise on tressing
tins cover, di -op a ilttio mOre of the WU%
where the bubbles are, and it will be 52-
fectrially Sealed..
- '
'Do you know what time your AiS-
ter'a young man left last night?'" "I
think it was about 1, dad; beca,ueo
when he was going 1 'lord him say:
lust one:* ' Only one!' "--Peareanat
Weekly.
Getting Johnnie off to
School and husband off to
business are problems that
tax the n.erves and strength
of the housewife who runs
her own home. So. easy and
delightful if you know
Shredded Wheat Biscuit,
the ready -cooked, ready -to -
eat whole wheat food; Child-
ren like its delicious, crisp
aroma when served with hot
milk. It is ready -cooked
and ready -to- eat.
Made'in, Canada,
#1,