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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-06-07, Page 7'3/41k kte. ir /1145,i vicso-vit• "Plant corn." The cry goee out in no uncertain tone. More food ean be Secttred from au imere of eorn thee frotu an are of any other fleld era), It he claimed that, in food value, a bushel of corn is about equal to four bushels ot potatoes, Corn will bear more neglect in cultivation than eome other 'crops, and the crop le not lost sbould harvest be delayed. • THE SOIL REQUIRED. The land should be well drained and high in organic matter. Good crops can be grown on a variety of soils, varying from the lighter eandy loame to heavy clays. Heavy sode, one to three years old, are preferred. Old sode may be ueed If given proper preparation. A. loam 8011 le best, although 'sandy and clay soils give good crops provided they contain sufficient organic matter. -On fertile soils, high in organic matter, Corti Onay be grown on grain or corn stubble instead of sod, but not contin- uoualy. Corn le a rank grower, and does bet- ter under favorable soil conditions than•most farm erope. Thie., the Far- mer's Cyclopedia of Agriculture says, la due to the remarkably strong root Berstein of the plant, Within 60 days from planting, corn roofs have been traced eight feet deep and as far. lat- erally. The main bulk of roote, how- ever, has been found to develop with- in eight inches of the surface of the ground. Within thin area a dense net- work of feeding rootlets reaching from row to row and completely per - Meeting the whole soil area below the cultivated portion, le formed. The Utah Experiment Station has discovered that the fourth inch of soil contains a larger amount of ropts than the three inches above or the four Inchee below it, and nearly as mueli as both together. PLOWING AND CULTIVATING. Thin eoll should have shallow plow- ing, Plowing five to eight inches deep is usual, but for a thin eon not more than five incline in depth. Cultivation is done to destroy weede and conserve moiaure. Cultivation should not be deeper than is neces- sary to destroy weeda and form a mulch. in moot caees, Iwo to three inchee la aufficient. The corn ehould be cultivated about once every week or 10 days, and es- pecially after every rain, in order to break up the crust and preserve a dust mulch. Cultivation should begin soon after the seed le sown, and con- tinued until the stalks are nearly as high es a man's head. Cultivation not only conserves eoil moisture, but Makes the ground warraer. Barnyard manure is one of the moat effective fertilizers for corn. It may be used at the rate of 8 to 15 tons to the acre before plowing. No coarse nor etrawy manure should be med... Complete fertilizers containing phosphoric acid, combined with nitro- gen and small amounts of potash, are most likely to give good requite. When not drilled in, fertilizer should be •harrowed into the eon three to four inches deep after broadcasting. Chicken manure may be used at the rate of a ton of the air-dry, unleached manure with 700 pounds of acid phos- phate per acre, broadcasted and har- rowed into the soil. Heavy applica- tions of fertilizer should be used when labor is scarce and corn high in price as at present. From two ta three inches is consid- ered the best depth for planting. There is practically no difference in the reeents whether corn is planted in hilla or drilla. When planted in nil's, four kernels in hills three feet eight inches apart each way is recommend- ed. SUGAR OR SWEET CORN. Mtn out . plant(' to three inches apart. Allow three atalks to stand to the bill. Repeat corn planting every two weeks. It requires about 10 quarts of seed for an acre. "Plant sugar corn when the eherrY tree is in bloom" was the guide Used by our forefathers. From 70 to 80 bushels of sugar corn cliri be produced on an acre Richnevarm. soil is best; any good or. Ainary soil will do if deeply worked be- fore Planting - To have deliciously swept sugar corn It should be Picked in itiet the right condition, that is, when the skin of the grain breaks at the slightest puncture, and plantings should be made free quent enough always to have a, stePPIY at this Wee. Make hile.s three by three feet .apart for corn that does not grow more than Sour feet high. For the tall varieties about four by four feet apart. The time to remove succors from sit - gar corn Is just before the on comes Into blossom, but corn growers gener- ally do not bother with it, as succors do not reduce the crop of number of !ears. FARM NEWS AND VIEWS, To grow beans commercially tliey should be drilled in rows about 213 inches apart, drilling about one bushel per acre. Where they are planted In bills rows; should be 28 Inches both waye, with five to six beans to a hill. Not as much seed is required per acre, and mot as large a yield should be ex- pected. A liberal application of ethos- phorie acid should be applied, prob. ably' best in the acid PhosPhate Perm, tiles they are a relatively short -growing crop, they tan be planted any time up to the first of July with assurance of a crop. Put your surplus eggs In a mixture of one part water glass and ten parts ;Water. Use fertile, clean, but unwash- led eggs, placing in solution as soon as gathered. At least two inches of Solu- tiozi should be above the eggs. A horse that is thirsty should be wa- tered before being ,fed hay or grain, rather than after. The reason for this ee that the stomach of the horse Is comparatiVely email, and if he eats a heavy feed of grain or hay, or both, and than drinks a large quantity of water, a portion of the feed will be 'welshed from the stomach into the In - teatimes before it has been eufficientlY acted upon by the digestive Melds of the stanach. and olie is likely to de. :velem. The regular practice should be to water before feeding. The new calf Or colt should have itg snOther's tint milk. It possesses cer- tain properties Which help start the digestive apparatus And moves the bowels. The first milk has been called ."nature's physic." Thorough preparation of the soil be- fore planting is important In Onion growing, Many growers preferring to y.rrepare the and in the fall. Rolling ifs of great value on the muck soil. Potath is the element Mott deficient hi the tiCvn-acid 'Mick Eddie, and ritual - tete Of 'potash, if it could be Obtained M normal price's,. Applied at the rate Of • .41% Or • 1100 to 400 lbs. to the aerie would give a very profitable increaee in yield. Acid phosphete at the rate 0'300 to 400 poundto the acre can usually be applied, profitebly to the Intiek soil ter °Mons. The add muck soils are espec tally deficient in phospborous, and larger anioante ehould be applied to these soils. Manure is the best all-round fertili- zer for onions, but under normal con- ditions chemical fertilizers can be ap- plied most economically to muck sells, The manure ahould be well rotted. It is generally admitted thatbees help the fruit growers. In addition to the honey they produce, they have a value in aiding pollenization, which is not fully appreciated on fruit farms. MIGRATING MARTS. Ob• Weed That Followed the Bug That Devastated It It appears that there cairns be- tween certain plants and certain ani- mals a curious association that aeenie almotet like mutual affection. The cat- nip, which came from the East with the cats, is said never to flourish where there are no members of the fe- line family to feed on it. The "buffalo grass," in our own country has, it es said, practically disappeared with the buffhlo. Then, too, there is the bur- dock, which seeme to clinb tenaciously to human kind, evincing an unwilling- ness to grow where there are no hu- mans in sight. One of the most extraordinary in- stances of the apparent migration of a Plant as if to "keep company" with an insect was 'be removal of the homely solanum rostratum from the vicinity of the Rockiea eastward. Something like fifty years ago the farmerof the Mississippi valley be- came aware of the presence of a new pest in their fields. Its ravages soon asaumed alarmin,g proportions: A atocky, gaudily striped beetle, which multiplied at an amazing rate, had begun to devour the potato vines. The Potatoes, deprived of their vines, rot- ted. in the ground, and an important crop was lost, This beetle naturally Deceived from the farmers the name of "potato bug." It was found to have begun an east- ward march from the then uncultivat- ed strip of eastern Colorado and west- ern Kansas, and it subeequently be- came known as Ole "Colorado potato beetle." it was algo found that in the region of its origin, this beetle had fed upon solanum rostratum, a plant be- longing to the same genus as the pota- to. Doubtless the insect had been quite content with this article of food. But some settlers planted a field of pota- toes and the beetle at once fell in love with them. Migrating eastward in eager search of its new food„ the Colorado beetle multiplied with astonishing rapidity. In a few years it had covered the whole country and had devastated po- tato fields to the Atlantic coast, Then some of the beetles, or their eggs, were carried in vessels acrcas the ocean, and the insect began a new car- eer of conquest in the Old World, for it spread over the British Isles and the continent of Europe, But what about solanum rostratum, abandoned by its old friend? One would supose that, left free from the devouring attentions of the beetle, it would have been content to reinain where it was. But this was not the case, since the weed seems to have set out immediately on a journey in search of the beetle. The prevailing, direction of plant mi- gration in this country appears to be westward. With the settlement of the country, the plants of Europe and of eastern America tended to crowd out the native vegetation. But the sola- num proved an exception to this rule. Apparently it realized that its destiny was to be eaten. Nothing but the po- tato beetle would eat it, so it came East to find that insect.—Exchange. • • • THE LUSCIOUS STRAWBERRY A Bunch of Tested Recipes for their Use, Po rthe Oareful Housewife to Olip Out. Strawberries grow in Alaska and Florida and Maine and Texas. They follow the pull of the sunshine from South to North across the whole coun- try, What to do with them while in season and how to keep up supply when out of season is set forth in tho following array of recipes: STRAWBERRY POPOVERS. These popovers make a very novel and delicious dessert, and,- what is better, one that is not at all difficult to make. Beat three eggs rather light, but not quite as light as for cake, and two cupfuls of milk and beat again and then add two cupfuls of flour that have been sifted twice and mixed with a saltspoonful of salt. Now beat it again until it is smooth and pour into buttered gem pans that have been heatei in the oven until they are warmed thoroughly. Bake in a mod- erate oveu. When done they should he eatere at once after they have been split up one side and filled with Brighten The Corner where you are by eating a food that does not clog the liver or develop poisons in the colon. ' Cut out heavy meats and starchy potatoes and eat Shredded Wheat Biscuit with berries or other fruits. Try this diet for a few days and see how much better you feel, The whole wheat grain made digestible by steam -cooking, shredding and baking. - Made in Canada - 2 and 5 lb. Cartons — .10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. Bags, is made in one grade only --the highest. So there is no danger of getting "seconds" when you buy Redpath in the original Cartons or Bags. "‘`Let Redpath Sweeten it." , Canada Sugar Refining Co., Limited, Montreal. slightly crushed strawberries and cov- ered with whipped cream, STRAWBERRY BREAD PUDDING. Though this dish has a homely name, it is really a most delicioue confection and literally worthy "to set before a king." Cut stale bread in rather thin sliceand toast a light brown. Butter this very lavishly and line the bottom and sidea of a pudding dish with them. Pill the dish with strawberries and heap thorn in as thickly as possible, placing a few crumbled pieces of toast among them and sifting sugar all through and over them. Bake in a moderate oven for about half an hour. This Is deltcious served very cold with thick cream. STRAWBERRY CHARLOTTE RUSSE Make a custard of one quart of milk, put over tile fire with a cupful of sugar, bring to the boiling point and stir in the beaten yolks Of four eggs. Stir constantly for a moment and re- move from the fire. Diphalf a dozen ladyfingers in cream and arrange them in a glass dish. Pour over them a layer of strawberries slightly sweet- ened, Arrange another layer of the berries, Pour the custard over - all. Beat the whites or the eggs until stiff and stir info them four tablespoons of powdered sugar; color with a little juice of the berries. Pile the raeringue lightly over the top or ornament with a circle of large, firm, sweet berries, The ingredients of the trifle must be very cold when put together, and it is a good plan to keep the dish on ice until served. STRAWBERRY WHIP, Rub a quart of strawberries through a fine strainer an add powdered sugar to taste. Beat the whites of three eggs to a very stiff froth and mix this im- mediately with the mashed berries and put in a quick oven. Cook for 15 or 20 minutes, according to the degree of heat in the oven, and serve as soon as baked. A souffle of this kind is always more delicious If baked in a low baking dish. STEAMED STRAWBERRY PUDDING Make a soft dough with one cupful of milk and one pint of flour, In which has been sifted two level tea- spoonfuls ot baking powder and a little salt. Put a spoonful of the dough into well -greased cups, then a spoonful of strawberries, then another of dough. Steam for 20 minutes, STRAWBERRY SAUCE. Cream two tablespoonfuls of butter, add gradually one cup of powdered sugar and a little lemon juice. Bean In crushed berries and serve cold, or melt the butter over hot water and serve hot. BERRY BAVARIAN CREAM., Mix one pint of strawberry Pull/ and juics with half a cupfal of pow- dered sugar. Cover half a box of gela- tine with one-fourth cupful of cold water and seek until soft, Add one- fourth cupful of hot water and dissolve and etrain, Stir this late the fruit, stand the bowl containing thq migtere In a pan of cracked ice an as sopa as le begins to thicken, rein in one- half pint of cream, whipped stiff, Turn into a mould and etad it io a cold place, Serve wlth the whole berries. StraYeberry eannwiehes mgy hp of- fered at the eel. table, Mash the ber- ries enghtly, adding a little orange julee an pleofy of pcivedered sugar. Butter thin slices of bread and epread with the berries. Strawberry fool le a summer day dessert, Put two pounds of ripe strawberrlea into a pan with four puttees of castor auger. Cover timely and let simmer for 10 minutee, stirring occa- sionally to prevent burhing. Put the fruit through a sieve, add enough cus- tard to make it thiek, then some cream, Stand it on ice. STRAWMBRY MERINGUE. Shake around in a large bowl two teacupfuls of hulled strawberries, with a half teacupful of sugar. Spread them over a thin, sweet cake baked In a Square jelly tin after fitting around the cake a narrow strip of paper and fastening it with a pin. Make a mer- ingue of the whites of three eggs and a teacupful of powdered sugar, Spread meringue over the berries and brown quickly. STRA.WBERIRY SHORTCAKE. Stir a generous teanpoonful of bak- ing powder into a cupful of flour and sift. Work in all the butter the flair will take up and add enough sweet milk to make a very soft dough. Roll out on the moulding board, handling as little as possible until about inie-inch thick. Bake in a brisk oven and when baked remove and split the cake In halves. Butter the steaming aides gen- erously, fill with Ibruleed berrien sweetened with powdered auger. The email, sweet berries are the best to uee, STRAWBERRY SYRUP. Strawberry syrup ts made by Press. ing ripe berries through a sieve or fruit press and tee greryipound or pint of juice so extracted islOded one and one -hal Pounds of sugar. Lee this stand over aight, stirring okensionallY through the evening so that the eager will diescilve. In the morning _boil slowly for 16 minute. add a, little red Vegetable coloring, bottle and anal. . STRAWBERRY CREAM JELLY. gins to thicken. Then beat in four heaping tablespoonfuls ..Pf 'whipped cream and pour the mixture Into an ornamental mould. Stand on ice un- til firm, turn out of the mould and serve with whipped cream, slightly sweetened and flavored with vanilla. STRAWBERRY SARABANDE, Whip a cupful of thick cream until very light and fold carefully into it one pine of fresh stra,wberriea cut into small pieces with a silver knife. Soak a tablespoonful of gelatine in a quar- ter of a cupful of cold water, and when it la soft and has absorbed all the water, place the cup it is in in a pan of hot water. When the gelatine Is dieeolved, add It by degrees to the berries and cream in such a way that it will not form in strings, Finally, add three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, When .the sarabande begins to grow thick, turn it into a mould and place it on ice. When stiff and firm turn out on a pretty dessert platter and. serve. + • 4-••••••-.4-41-44-44-4•-•-• A MONTH'S I OFFENSIVE The British atack before /gras opened on Easter Monday, April 9th. -eq eqpenguin Sepaelsen ainuipaooDer ginning of the second month of the British offensive. As the French at- tack along the Aisne began one week later, that is now three weeks old. We have, then, a calendar measurement by which to estimate the progress of the fighting. In the first month of the Battle of Arras the British have taken rather more than 20,000 prisonera. They have advanced an average of four miles on a front of about 16 mule, and at some pointe are five miles ahead of their starting point. They have captured 250 German cannon, including 7 -inch how- itzers, a considerable number of 5.9 German guiaa, and a very great num- ber of field pieces. They have in addi- tion captured a great d'eal ot material, (including machine neuns and bther paraphernalia, In the' same time the French have taken rather more than 29,000 prisoners and more than 150 cannon, including some heavy guns. They have advanced at pointa three or four miles, although they have not captured as large an area as the Brit- ish have, We may say in sum, then, that the British and the French la one month have captured more then 50,000 pHs- onene, nearly 500 cannon and almost 100 square ranee of territory. This is the largest achievement in any month slime trench warfare began. It in- cludes the largest advance aince the Battle of the Marne, and can only be compared. with the German success in the early phase of the Verdun oper- ation in the matter of ground gained, which it eurparsees, tnis time tlie lames of the Ger- mane have not been leee than 300,00(), aad elle Allies together have probably. loe,e not less than 250,000, the diefer- enee belpg represented by the prison. ere, While the leases on the Allied eine have been fairly equally divined between the French and British, the losses on the German aide have beer; borrie by the Germans !hone. Wp hvo therefgie on the side of attrition a loss of 800,000 for the Germans and spmething less than 150,00e apiece for Britain and France. Before the Battle of Arras began the British eommander in chief, Sir Dou- glas Haig, told the military editeir of the Tribune that there Were 133141 German divieions on the westerie frorit. Since the battle began the French official statement has fixed the number of division° at 143, of which 99 were on the front and 44 in reserve. Not leas than half of this reserve has therefore .beeu actually consumed by caeualtiese and since no German unit is kept on the front to the point of extermination, it seems almost sure that nearly all of the stra- tegic reservea of Hindenburg, which he had evidently accumulated for 'the purpose of an offensive of his own, have had to be thrown into the Arrae and the Aisneefurnaces. We may say, then, that an actual strategic vietory has been won by the Attlee up to the preeent moment. The German strategy, so far as we can yet penetrate it, consisted of a retreat on the centre between Arras and Sole - sons, to be followed by an offensive elsewhere along the front. By attack- ing on the Arras -Lens and Soiesons- igheima fronts the Britieh and the French have compelled the Germans to abandon the project of an offensive elsewhere and, to throw their strategic reserve against the British and French forme which threatened the German line. So far as it is now poseible to judge, then, the ,Gerinans have lost the ini- tiative which they sought to regain by their retreat in March. They naVe lost a greater number of prisoners than in any month of the War. They have loot a greater amount of artil- lery than aver before in a single month in the history ot the German To fitl a mediuM-eized bOWI allow one quart of fine, ripe berries! hull I? and wash them with four tablespoon. tale of powdered augar,•preee through a Sleve and stand Field° until needed. 1:1, Put one and a half ounces of -gelatine to soak in tt little Old water and die- 1!., eolve in a cupful of warm water With ;Tea a tupful of sugar, and atir until per- fectly stneoth. Then add the Juice of an orange and a few drOps of lemon juke. Strata through it fine sieve and etir until It becomes' thoroughly Old, Adding the strawberry juke little at a time. If the color is not elear,, add few drops Of a harrnleSS Vegetable pink and then le. 1441 it be. ssmomomermomensommemeneenerimmeas Empire or of the Prusalan monarchy. Their tactical defeat at Arras was greater than at any point in the Marne fight, the loseis comparable only with theft at Verdun. The Geihnan official statement and official writers have all endeavored to present a picture for home and for- eign consumption in which the cam. paign appears as a campaign on the Part of the Allies to pierce the Ger- man line. Having set up this objective and asserted that this was the pur- pose of Allied strategy, they have thereafter pointed to the failure of French e,nd British attackto pierce their lines as a great 'German triumph. But the German triumph ean only be accepted if It is assumed that the main purpose of the Allies waa to pierce the German lines, and this is by no meanie true. Confronted with a situa- tion created by the -German retreat on the centre, and recognizing a German purpose of attack elsewhere, the Al- lies have forestalled the German at - 'tack by attacks of their own, which have been so far successful cis to cora- pel the Germane to spend in checking them tae larger part of that strategic reserve which they had collected for an offensive of their own. Turning now to the actual situatioit at Arras, this may be said: After an advance in the first week of more than five miles along the Scarpe and upward of four ranee on an average along the whole front from the Sou - chez to the Sensee River, the British were compelled to pause to permit the bringing up of artillery, the relief of war -worn divisions and to prepare for new attacks, For the last two weeks the British have had to withstand ter- rific attacks by German divisions drawn from the strategic reserves, and there has been small change on the front. A certain number of villages have been taken by the British, and two of them—Fresnoy and Bullecourt —have been retaken by the Germans, The most desperate and the most c.a. pensive fighting a. the war in human life has been g'.; on. But it must be remembered that the Germans are outnumbered at least two to one on the western front, and that the reserve of British and French man power is now far greater than theirs. The problem of the Germane mathematically leads to ruin. It is only for a limited period of time that the Germans can match masses against masses without the total ex- haustion of their reservea They rnay be able to do It for the rest of the campaign of 1917, although this is ex- ceedingly doubtful. They would not be able to do it now were It not for the total paralysis of Russian opera- tions. .But it is perfectly obvious that German strategy is not based upon the conclusion that the element of time is with the Germans, and that it Germany can delay the inevitable .A1 - lied success on land sufficiently long German submarine warfare will win the war, or at least win a peace sans, factory to Germany. Everything that has happened since the British stepped out of their trenches on. Easter Monday confirms the fact that the initiative has been permanently lost to the Germans on the West, that they are manifestly out -gunned and that they ere pone: pelted to fight a steady losing battle. It is necessary, on the other hand, to recognize that in the last two weeks there has been a total refutation of any charge that German morale as a whole has been broken down. German troops have never fought better io the war than they have fought in the last ewe weeks before Arra. But this is mainly due to the fact that the Ger- mane have been obliged to use thenr Picked troops, selected to make an of- fensive elsewhere, in endeavoring to bolster up a threatened line. It is easy to draw too widely opti- mistic conclusions from the first mouth of the Allied offensive. The French attack along the Aisne still remains a threat rather than an im- mediate peril to the Germans. Still the Brinell operation east of Arras has become a deadly peril, and ig steadily forcing the Germans to sac- rifice in a losing game the best of what is left to them of their reserves. If it were possible for Russia to re- peat the Brusiloff attack of last June now, the end of the war this year would be aesured and a military de. cision might be expected in Europe before snow flies. On the other hand, if the Russian situation continues to get worse, and the Germans are able to bring more and more of their troops from the East to the West, it is entirely pOssible that they may be able to avoid a decision this year, al- though it is exenalingly unlikely that they will be able to postpone their re - !treat from the Somme to the present lino last year. On the military side, the last month has been the most promising for the Allies since the war began. It shows a superiority in guns and in material which has hitherto either lain with the Germans or been possessed by ,Allies who still lacked the necessary train- ing to use it. No one should be delud. 41111111■1111111111111111111111101111111111111111M111.111111111111110111111 is an Every -day Luxury 'STEADFASTLY SUBSTITUTES Black, Mixed or Natural Green. DEFUSE 13208 ed by the Germaii claim to have pre- vented the piercing of their lines. Tile piereing of the line In the West has been for over two years and a bait something that could happen only by accident, accompanied by the total de- moralization of human mama of men. The Alike have never expected, to pierce the German lines since they be- gan their attack at the Somme last year. They are grinding the German man power, kilflng, Wounding and capturing British and French OM - blued, and the German game is up, just as the game of the Confederaey was up in 1864, unless the assumed victory of the Allies on land can be rendered useless by a compensating submarine victory on the sea or by the absolute withdrawal of B.usaia front the war. The Good Time. Frequently you hear a rich man abueed because he stays on the job that made him rich instead of spend- ing his time gadding about the earth In search of a good time. But it le hardly fair to assume that avarice and greed prompt each action or even that It is lack of faith in humanity. Very likely the work done represents the good time for the man who Mays at it after all need of work has paesed, for it is certain that there are many ideas of what constitutee happiness, and the man who selects loafing is apt to change his mind in time if he tries it. Dohig nothing is harder than work, and if a man has epent many years at work, learning little of play, work brings him more enjoyment than the butterfly existencei—Atchison Globe. • e*. AFTER DOCTORS FAILED A WELL-KNOWN RESIDENT OF PORT HAWK ESBURY IS RE- STORED TO HEALTH AND STRENGTH. One of the beet known men in the town of Port. Hawkesbury, NB., is Mr, William Duff. He has been a member of the municipal council for 16 years, Chairman of the school board, and held other responalble positions. Mr. Duff' words, therefore, care be taken OS coming from a man who bas the es- teem and respect of his fellow towns- men, He makes no eecret of the tact that he believes Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla saved his life, and that they re- stored him to good health, after sev- eral medical men had failed to cure him. Mg Duff tells of his illuess and cure aa follows: "About four years ago I was attacked with la grippe which left me in a condition difficult to describe, I was attaelced with gen- eral weakness, and a constant dull pain in the stomach, I became so weak that I could not week a liundred yards without setting down to rest. The food I ate continually soured on my stom- ach. My nerves were all gone, and pal- pitation of the, heart, and a fluttering eeneation all through my chest, espec- ially at night was almost unbearable. I was finally compelled to go to bed, and called in a (lector, who said pay heart was affected, and treated me for that trouble. After three months at- tendance, and feeling no better I call- ed in another doctor. His treatment also failed to help me, and I tried a third doctor. This one eald there ware nothing wrong with my hart, that the trouble was due to my stomach. After treating me for a time he ad- vieed that I go to the hospital at Hal- ifax. On a previa:a occasion when I had an attaek of rheumatism I had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I decided that rather than go to a hospital I would again try this medicine. T got a supply ot the pills and began using them. In a few weeka I could feel my strength returning, my stomach was giving me less trouble, the palpitation of the•heart dieappear- ed, and after a further Toe of the pills 1 felt as well as ever I did in My life. I can truly say that I feel more thankful than words can express for what DI. Williams' Pink Pills have done for me." You can get these pine from any dealer in medicine, 'or by mail at 60 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr, Williams' •Medicine Co„ ,Brockville ,Ont. • t The Hindenburg Line. The German Cleniral Wail reviewed the fighting on the Sonurie, A.pd summarizing the result with faces fixed 'glum, They 'nit it up to Hindenburg with ;at encomium. The stout Field Marshal stood and scratched the corners of his head, Where in the intermeshing cogs continu- ously aped. "This thing must stop. ly-flve got to draw the line somewhere, esaid; And, wherennon they started in at once -to 'draw. tne 1100, According te -rite regulations perfect in design; In fact the Kaiser said IL was without a. doubt divine. 'Tis done! 'Tie done at last in strict accordance with the law, And tooting loudly all the Teutons backt of it withdraw, The while a wondering universe looks on suffused with awe. • But now the British, nice epough, but rather stupid chaps, Have cut it up and broken it—completely spoiled the maps. You'd almost think they didn't know the thing was there, perhaps! —Maurice Morris, in Now York Sun. - A BROAD POLICY In order to encourage the settle. raent and cultivation of vacant lands in the Western Provinces, the Cana- dian Pacific Railway Company, through its Colonization and Develop- ment Department, of which Mr. J. 8. Dennis is the head, has Undertaken an active campaign to try and Induce absentee owners to cultivate their holdings. A cireular has been isaued to some 8,000 absentee owners, pointing out the profits which can be made by cultivating their lands, and showing how numy farmers sold their last year's crop for More than the original rs the adviee and fe ot nh ar nfya romf fse. assistance of its Colonization and cors.rthe0 Development Department, tree of charge, In supplying reliable Informa- tion as to how to go about getting the land under cultivatioit and will send, on request, the fullest details as to routes of 'travel, customs regula- tions, passenger and freight rates and similar data. In undertaking this campaign the company is following his Meal broad Policy of Dominion -wide development, realizing that every new settler means greater production to meet the food shortage which at present threatens the world, and which Canada, with its extensive and' fertile unplowed areas, can provide. "There is no loneliness to eotepare with that of being Wane in great city," said the WiSe Guy. "How do you know?" denlanded the alinple Mug. "I guess you've never been a atrawberry hi a etrawberry rake?" It does somehow get us down to the quinteseential difference between the British idea of Empire and all °Mena that have figured in Watery that Gen• eral Smuts ehould be wine us heart anti sail in our present struggle and be hailed everywhere ae one of the most powerful leadere and spokesmen of the British Commonwealth. To the enemy hie appearance and that of h1,3 ,"old friend and eoutradein-arms General Botha.," bah as leaders of in, comparable skill in the field and as statesmen, powerfully helping to unite the nations under the British flag, is the most perplexing manifestation of these tirnee. They have not the clue to it nor the meatal habit which can interpret it. They shrugged their shoulders and thought it another whini of the mad English, which by- and-by wguld inure to the advantage of Germany, when, at the end of the South African war, we withdrew our army and trusted the nien who had been in arms againet US to Join with their former enemies in working out the free constitution which was to make a nation of South Africa, We have our reward, and when General Smuts appears to receive the freedom of the City of London he is able to claim that now, as always, he is a consistent fighter in the cause of free- dom. "When I look at the effort of this nation," says General Smuts, "I declare without flattery that liberty, like wisdom Is once more justified of her 'children." The samb reflection may occur to us as we read the speech en the same occasion of the Maharajah 'of Bikanir. We have read a German book on the Indian Empire which, after reckoning up the number of troops that we kept in India, declared it to be an absurd- ity that we should claim to have any Empire at all when we were unable to maketain more than one 13ritish soldier to every 4,000 of the population of India. The writer was thinking of those Colonial posseseions of hie own country in which the military eatab- lishmeats were a large majority of the European population and maintained on a footing of war against the native populations; and Ile could think of no other test by which an Empire could be judged. We with a contempeible number of troops light-heartedly rely- ing on a civil administration to win respect and support from the over- whelming majority of Indians who surrouuded us were "an image with feet of clay" offering an open invita- tion to a really virile nation like the German to corne and demeliSh us or stir lip our Indian fellow-eubjecte to drive us into the sea. We may find the answer to this In the meesage from the Indian 'Princes which the Maharajah of Mann* ie charged to "lay at the feet of his niajcaty the King -Emperor," and which he recited at the Guildhall yesterday. The Mahe 81'0in' hag remieden us more than once that our rule in India does not rest on the eword, and let us never forget it. The consent of the 350 mil- lions of India to our government was never aesured by the 70,000 troope that we kept there, It rested on the belief that we, governeet just.'" and wisely, and could be relied upon to advance with the times and bring tbe people of India into esseciatIou with the Goveraineat pt their trivn country. The leYalty of the Prince's and people of India in the present war is encour- aging proof that what we have' dein, 60 far we have done well, but. bath look. to us to continue the worn Mid Nof vone dhuievveelop the Government f India littoiess eoef, t ot the tf ttnotyp ieare, auticil dieappoluted, General Smuts puts into the fore- front of Ills speech the ideal aapects of the war. He, it meet man, leagwe the value of ones and pupeltioas and multitudes et fightleg men, but he ifi atill of Napoleon's opinleo that the moral forces are the dominant forces. "Silent invisible forces have," as lie says, "been set in motion in this great tragedy, and when the end comes, it will be recognized that it was not so much the valor or strength of our arm - lee that carried US to victory as the inapirattaa ot 4 great cause," Tlis au - Peal to us te hale faith in this cause, to be patient and caistant, neither too much eiaten'liy eu,ecess nor too much depressed by Ill -fortune, eontes to 110 at a :timely moment, and may be com- mended, especially to the civil popula- tion. There may be times ahead Of tie In whieh we ahall tb.e canon upon to submit to real prevation and to, make eaerificei 'heY904 any that we have ccutemplated, nut' lee it be irnimated to the Government that we do nt need a panicottricken agitation tie make us submit eo theee aeceseittes, but will accept them cheerfully for the cause, if and when they are do, creed. Let the appeal to the putlic be for the cause, let them be brought to uaderstend what the eucceen et Germany hy her present methode would mean pot only te us bee in the whole world, and, as Gelleral &mita hopes that "freedom will he the rul- ingtsoaryys,,,,toeees will be set in melon which e t Of this foree will go to vitiate. light which will guide us to, vie - will be even more powerful than arm; les. Let the appeal be pmeely to, fe1e41'and self-interest, and the greatepar eloquently to hie own experience, So when General Smuts, apyealing he is doing more than make phrase in a peroration. If all the Allies and the neutrals can be brought to believe in eery truth that their freedom depend s on defeating the German attack by sea, we may be certain it will not prevail; and we may rely on every effort and sacri- fice to prevent its prevailing, And if all the World can be persuaded that, when they come to the terms of peace, the Allies will really make freedem "their ruling light," the invisible fore - es of which General Sraute speaka wll everywhere rally to their aide, -- Westminster Gaz.et.tee. You hover can tell, Many a man who considers himself a live wire is handled without gloves. DRS, SOPER i& WIIITE SPECIALISTS Pliek Ettiteme, Asthma, Catarrh. Pimple% nOsyvor semi% ENeeirievposin1,1, 0hatudmdactrionmi,stsine,LKIde Cell ot send history for free advice. Medicine furnished in billet form, liont.-10 a,sq.tq 1 p.m end 2 to 0 p.m, gundoy.-10 a.m. to 1 p,M. •eosasillatioi Free e bite, SOP ERAW MITA' 26 Toreste St,, Toro5to,04t. , Pimps Mention This Paper, y oesiiiwca , HIS WIFE'S BEILEF. (Detroit Free Dres::) -Dees your wife belicVe everything you tell her?" "Yes. She believes everything 1 tell Ger is wrong." TACTFUL, CLERK, (Puck) Mad—"Miss Oldun thinks that hetet clerk just lovely, Ethel—Why so? Metui—lle wrote opposite her name on the betel register; Suite 16." TWO CLASSES. (Boston Transcript) "I have never yet had a contribution rejected." "Writer or church -goer?" DISSATISPIED STILL. (Life) 'Walter—Everything all right, sir? - Chronic Wolter—No! There's nothing to find fault with. -4fr • IP STOP WAS COSTLY. (Judge) Commuter—Did you ever stop to think why lnen hurried so? Subbubs—Yes, once—and missed my train. ' NEEDLESS WORRY. (Baltimore American) ‘a‘ thTnhoetyhesrasY." men of brains live longer "Don't worry; you may be one of the exceptions to the others." • - FOR FRESH BUTTER. (Boston Transcript) "Grocery butter is so unsatisfactory, dear." said Mrs. Youngthide, "I de- cided that we would make our own," "Oh, did you?" said her husband. "Yes; I bought a churn and ordered buttermilk to be left here regularly - Won't is he nice to have really fresh butter?" SURELY HONEST. (Buffalo Express) "Is he an honest lawyer?" "Well—he's not very successful," U P -TO -DATE. (Detroit Free Press) "He has a new car." "Yes. He mortgaged his last bushel or Petatoes to get it, too." LACKED SPIRIT. (Baltimore American) "What a dull speech that prohibition orator made." "Did you expect him to make one full of spirit?" GOOD REASONING. (Washington Star) "I don't believe in war." remarked Broneho I3ob. "Neither do I," replied Three -Finger Sam. "And I also don't believe in hoss- stealin'; therefore bein' willin' to get ont 'with a fire -arm an' discourage any body v ho tries to introduce the custom." NEARLY. (Buffalo Express) "So you didn't get that political plum from your congressman?" "No—but he sent me some seeds." A NEW CURE. (Puck) "What are you carrying a cane for?" "I'm having a deuce of a time with wat- er on the knee." "Why don't you try wearing pumps?" • • • TAKING SNAPS, (Baltimore American) "Is your dog a carnera fiend?" "What makes you ask such a foolish question?" "I noticed ho tries to get a snap at everybody he meets." A SHARP RETORT. (13altimore Amerioan) "Why don't you over laugh at my jokes?' "Because I was brought up to respect old age and feebleness. DIFFERENT. tO (Boston Transcript) Diner—I'd like a juicy, tender steak, medium done, with a lutnp of ,fine butter on top. Waiter—That would bo very nlco, sir. And now what will you have? DENNY'S FRIENDSHIP. (Life) Curate—Phatne on you for beating up 'mike that way. Don't you know you shpuld pray for your enemies? Denny—But he .ain't me inemy father; he's a friend of mine. FOXY JOSH. (Washington Star) "The trouble with my boy Josh is that he's always ahead of the times," remark- ed Farmer Corntossel, "What has ho done?" "Went to town to see about a. position. He found a strike in progress and reined the strike before he got the job." *••••••••••• SKIRT FASHIONS. ThAt the skirt is never content un- less it's causing a seven -days' sensa- tion in uuderstood, judging by its vio- lent efforts to keep itself in the lime- light at least every other season,. The returti of the barrel skirt last season was looked nava as a passing fancy ofeDame Fashican hut that that same neoe-top-graeeful skirt is here this season to stay and that it is con- stantly gaining tavor among th.e very faelhopable Women is now an establish- ed fat, All, hail to the barren But 0s,ciesimhskit athought, opatellrown. oteneverrgavetohuegre- tuht, and behold it has crept upon us un- awareet Thia thine it ts an extreme form ef th,e narrow skirt, and, if you [new, it is alasned, up the sides so as to trauleln eeVeal madame's lower ex- tremities ),al f way, at least, to the knee. Ocoasionally modesty IS appeas- ed by the addition of an underskirt, but, on mockery, the underskirt hap- pens to he ot a tantalizingly sheer matertatt See ligtr,. praises be,, the strhoeopictitc has lleen, confine& to evening Soon we of feminine gender eball mirtee, shall trip, shall navigate in any but a perfeetly nOrmal, perfectly free, peefeetly eanfortable way, nay, has actuelly appeared in an extreme shop or go. Cute snot Stirt is so narrow that the designer has kindly conde- scended to have it button all the way down the tront go that the fast three buttons MAY be Unfastened, and so give the creature ituprisoned within an op- portunity. to atop tnstead of hop. Rubbing It In. The playwright's own latest play was being prOdueed, Sitting in the last row in the orchestra stalls, he listened to its leading phraSes. .The piece was a complete fallare. As the playwright sat, pale and sad, chilled to the heart by the fatal silefice, a woman sitting behind hire leaned for- ward and said: "Excuse me, sir, 1 have something ,belonging to you. Itnowing you to bo -the author of the play, 1 took the Ho- erty at the beginning of the perform - mice of snipping Off a heck of your hair. Allow me to return it." --New York Timee. ToM—So you really think you hero some thanee with MiSs Coldeash, do you? Jack—That's what, She is be- ginning to find fault with my velitie, Star.