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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-08-09, Page 3VEGET.a.ELE GROWING, Fer winter use, beets should be Sown in Tune or July, in drills about One foot apart. The best results are Obtained on a deep, rIch, sandy loam. The seed should be mown two or three inches deep, treading in the seed with tae foot. After sowing and treading in the seed, corer up the row and beat down firmly with the back of a emetic, or roll it. After beets have attained a height Q f three or four inches they should be Welled out, leeving them from four to five inclase apart in rows. BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Brussels sprouts should be trona - planted in the garden In Jima. This Vegetable thrives well in soil that is adapted to the growth of cabbage, . The plants should be set in rows, three feet apart, and tlie rows two feet apart, and cultivate same as kale 01 winter cabbage. As soon as the sprOuts are large enough, break off the leaves close to the stalk to give More room to develop. The edible part of Brussels sprouts consists of little ;'sprouts" wields form along the stalk. These may be boiled. like cabbage or cooked like cauli- flower. Frost improves the quality. Sprouts are more hardy than cab- bages. In marketing, cut sproutsfrom the talk and ship in crates. Sell by the Quart. Remove all discolored leaves before shipping. CABBAGE PLANTS. Cabbage plants do best in a rich clay loam, and require frequent cultiva- tion, Good-sized plants should be ueed for transplanting. The crop re- quires a soil that is rich in potash, plaosphate and nitrogen, - After the plants attain a height of about four inches transplant to per- manent locations. Set plants at inter- vals of one and a half to two feet in rows at three or four feet, depending on the size of the variety. When there is an excess of moist- ure pumped up by the roots it dis- tends the tissues of the interior leaves so as to burst the exterior ones. Cab- bages in a healthy growth never burst. Club root is a fungus growth, generally caused .by using the land constantly for the cabbage crops. Rank manure has also a like tead- eney. If cabbage plants are set two feet apart each way, it will allow 10,000 plants per acre. A cross between a hea:dless cabbage and the turnip produces the rape plant. CAULIFLOWER AND EGG PLANTS. Liiita-plants require rich fertilizing and culture. Quick growth is neces- sary toproduce good eauliflowers. The soil must be rich, well tilled .and well watered. The treatment in gen- eral is the same as with cabbage. The land cannot be too rich for egg plants. Set in rows of five feet, and at three feet in the row. The plants can be set out two or three weeks af- ter corn planting. It will need. about 2,000 plants to 'cover an acre.. Pinch off the ends of the branches after the plants begin to bloom, allowing only two or three fruits to set. THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING. Pease beans and potatoes require, potash in the soil. il .,14.-,..L.."..v.,67,„4,z,,,...,4‘....1 ,,,,,,.....-e-,..15 -,, , „....] [ MAGIC READ THE LN. BAKING' ALum POWDER 413111•1111••••••••1111•INOMOMMOY Beets, cabbage and herbs require nitrogen In, the soll. Radish, turnips and corn need a large Amount of phosphoric acid in the soil. The soil of the vegetable garden should be well underdreined, thor- oughly trenched or oubsoiled, and en- riched by a judicious application of fertilizing material. The finer the eon the better the vegetables, both in quantity and qual- ity. Work the surface soil over after ev- edy rain and thus retain all the mois- ture. Vegetables delight in having a warm, deep, rich and mellow soil, and will pay generously for the privilege. Two crops can often be grown on the same ground by planting early and la.to varieties, removing the early as soon as mature. Vegetables contain a large amount of water, and the necessary moisture ehould not be allowed to escape. Avoid planting seed when the ground is wet, whenever possible. Quicker return e will be secured by malting a day or so and giving the seed better conditions. Plant in long rows. Keep the hoe bright. Cultivate after rain. When possible to avoid it, never use fresh coarse manure in the garden. Preparing the soil in a good tilth before planting saves labor in mitt - eating, Cultivation does not add water to the soil, but prevents that already there from getting away. Watering garden vegetables in dry eather Is sometimes beneficial, but fa often harmful. Watering ehould be done at night. The manner of eultivatiOn is im- portant, Some man will use the hoe sn that the top layer of soil is cut oft clean and gathered up with the weeds, that may have been the chief object of the hoeing. The surface remaining a ill be hare and smooth -quite the reverse of what it should be. Cultiva- tion should mean a stirring of the soil, makina it fine. If this is done on loamy soil shortly after a rain it will not break into large lumps. Dirt thrown upon leaves injures tbem. The ground should never be allowed to become baked, al in this condition a great deal of moisture is last unne- cessarily. SPRAYING. As soon as potatoes are well -up they should be sprayed. The little flea beetle begins operations se soon as the plante are four or five inches high and so do the potato buo. Whether or not potatoes have been grown in the vicinity before, the bugs are sure to be on hand early in the swoon and crops can only be protected by epray- lag. Then, too, blight must be checked by a spraying every ten days or two weeks. Cover the plants thoroughly with the spray, the upper and lower surfaces 'of the foliage, Vitrio is a good preparation to use for this pur- poae or arsenate ot lead and bordeau may be lured.. If vitrio is used ten Pound eshould be mixed with fifty gat - lona of water. For asparague, beans, other garaen vegetables, small fruits and rose tWAXIGAZCSIGNMENIIMEZMINSEEZ. _ . The Two Mountains 11 IL— "Ours is Royal, But Only Yours is Crowned" .11=111MAS A MONTREALER ON HIS VISIT TO THE MOUNTAIN SANATORIUM. "We are proud of our Moutit Royal,". a Montrealer writes, after a vent to Hamilton, "but yours has one royal distinction that ours has not achieved -A crown, 'We send our own people ,up to the mountain when they are dead, and bury them in the crater of a burnt-out volcano. You send your people up the mottntain to find new life, arid to come back and enjoy it. Climb our toountain, and you find a cemetery. Climb yours, and you find a Sanator- ium. That is your mountain's crown a glory. "What I noticed up there first, after the charmingscenery and magnificent air, was the spirit of cheerfulness and hope among the patients. "Of course, it is well known that tuberculosis often has a deceiving ef- fect on its victims, making them feel better than they really are. And that is a great danger. .'Pake the soldiers, particularly. They naturally want to get back to their families, and to work, as soon as possible. So they are tempted to quit the sanatorium before they ought, and to undertake more strenu- ous work than is safe for them. Even when a man is cured -that is, when the germs of the disease have been conquered and apparently paralyzed - the lungs are not so powerful as be- fore they were attacked, If the body is overtaxed, the germs may awake from their torpor and make another attack, FORTIFYING AGAINST A COUN- TER-A.TTACK. "The Military Hospitals Commis- sion evidently realizes this'and does all it possibly can to see that every one of the tuberculous soldiers under Its care takes the full treatment re- quired by his particular case, and also to fortify him by khowledge against the very grave, though unseen, dan- gers that will eurroUnd him on his return to civil life. "just as the soldiers after enlists went not only beve their bodies train - cd by exercise for the hardships of a eanspaign, but also have their mindo instructed in the arts of modern war --so these inen attacked by the 'white plague' not only have their bodies freed from ite fatal grip, but their minds instructed and fore -armed, with all the knowledge requisite to prevent another ettaek, as well as to Mold the possible infeetion of others by their uneonseious acts, "Abel the cheerfulnetts evident in your Mountain Sanatorium is batied oti gelid grounds of hope, not on any delusiOn. MUST COMBINE REST AND WORK. "Ons of the most hopeful Signs gatto is taiga the me 2 hay. �t some- thing to do. Ret is essential, but it must be rest of Mind as well as body. In fact, except in eases of extreme weakness, lying still in bed for long periods without any occupation cre- ates unrest of inind, and largely de- stroys the good effect of rest of body. "We smile at the idea of embroidery as an occupation for men -as we smiled at the idea of plowing as an occupation for women. But the war has cleared our mental vision and up- set many of our old ideas. I have just seen a moving picture of English wo- men engaged in a plowing competi- tion -with walking plows, too. Women who have exchanged the needle for the plow are all the better for it; and these men in your Mountain Sanator- ium, forced to give up the plow and other weighty implements, are all the better for taking to the needle. GIVE CIVILIANS THE SAME] CHANCE. "More thara 800 men of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, in a total of 7,000 invalids now being eared for by the 'Military Hospitals Commission, are being treated for tuberculosis. This doubtless got a first lodgment in them during childhood. It has been stimu- lated to activity by the unaccustomed conditions of military life; but it would very likely have become active in any case, sooner or later, in civil- ian life. In such a case, it would have had less chance of prompt diseovere, and certainly much less chance of thorough and successful treatraent, "With this effective organization of treatenent for military consumptives before our eyes, it will be absolutely in- excusable it the country fails to or- ganize an equally efficient campaign against the 'white plague' among our people as a whole. ""rhe gain in health and wealth to the cOuntry would be simply enor- mous,' as Lord Shaughnessy was quot- ed as saying a few weeks ago. 'As many Canadians have been killed at home by tuberculosis sinee the war be- gan as have been killed by the wag !t- ent, Yet it is an entirely preventable Moose, If we stop its ravages, we ellen more than make ep fgp the rav- ages of the war.' "We Must never forget that these toldier patients at the Mometsen San- atorium, and in the eightega other Sanateria used by the •Military Hoe- pitals Comniission. will themselves be eivillans again in a fewweeks or months, Instead of beteg a eouree of infection and danger, as they would have been without the treatMent they are now receiving, their return to eivil life will be an ftetuil gain to the community; for, by preaching svaat they have practised, they Can do much to rouge us from our lethargy and start a vigorous OffeeigiVe ataillat thie tataging foe," Huntin Ground of Hurons eetee 47' 441.4 efe ''esereeeleaseenes, The regions pietured here are in the Highlands of Ontario, and were the hunting grounds of the Horone before the ships of Spain turned to the westward front Palos. The Hurons selected in teese Highlands of Ontario some of the lovelleit districts in Canada. The scenic beauties, the health giving atmosphere and the excellent fishing are now attracting a steadily growing army of visitors. One day's journey from most of the large centres places the traveller in Muskoka, Lake of Bays or Algonquin Park, and the Grand Trunk lines thread the territory in such a manner that every point is made easy of access. ,From the train you may visit the outfitting stores and then launch out into the deep woods by canoe. Whole families now spend thcir vacations camping in Algonuiri Park. Fleets of steamers give service over the Muskoka Lakes and the Lake of Bays. While these districts have lost none of their primitive loveliness every form of recreation has been. provided, including golf links for tau devotees of the royal and ancient game. There are modern hotels for the lover of social life an] quiet spots for those who wish to be near the heart of nature, while in Algonluin Park log cibin camp hotels heve bean constructed back from the beaten paths of travel, which combine primitive surroundings with the comforts found in hotels in lame cities. 1 ..r,nereeses,es.tes wevn, ,s 0 aireseekaas fiTililil yeamommommosmamit bushes one pound of vitrio diseolved In five gallons of water will produce the desired reaults. Place the required amount of paete M a pail and add cold water gradually, slowly stirring until Buffielent sater hae been added to produce a eumoth milklike liquid. Pour this mixture though a fine wire etrainer into the spray. tank, which has previously been filled three-fourths full of clean water. Cucumbere and mellone should be eprayed every ten dat-e. Tomato plants should be sprayed as soon as set ' out and occasionally as required, Young celery plants should be sprayed in the seed bed and at intervals of ten dans With a mixture of ten pounds of vitrio to fifty gallons of water, Arsenate ofteead spray ehould be ueed for codling moth, caterpillars, flea beetlea, browntail raoth, gypsy moth, cucutaber beetle and currant worm and cumuli°. If paste is used three pounds to fifty gallone of water should be used for eodling moth and curculio. For canker worms, cater- pillars, cranberry leisecte and leaf eat- ing insecte in general uae fpur pounde to fifty gallons of water as 'soon as the Illeeats Wear. Repeat on later broode if needed. Arsenate of lead le deadly to human being,s and nnust be used with care. Fruit -and vegetables that have been sprayed must be thorough- ly waelted before they are teed, Bordeau mixture le a fungicide and a plant stimulant also, preventing sbelasighotns and ruste during the growlug During the growing season toma- toes, celery, asparagus, small fruits, beans, ete.„ will be benefited by epray- ing with bordeau mixture. NOTES. Provision should be made So that early farrowed pigs on take exercise after they are six or seven days ole, and they should begin to receive feed when about five weeks old, A thin mixture of shorte and. skimmilk is good. Care must be taken that it doe's not remain around long Enough to become sour. If skim -Intik ,eannot be had, water will hate to suffiee, Tn this cue it will pay to feed the pigs eome tea atnkage at loot three months old. A little whole wheat or rye is also gocel for starting the` young pige to It to wiee to feed the sew abandaat- ly during the suckling period so that she niay lose little weight. It casts money to put this weight on, end in- cidentally the good feeding of the eoW resUlta in more milk; this ultimately meano more vigorous, and more grow - thy pige for later profitable feeding and fattening. The beet supplements to feed hop are skim-natilk or buttermilk, tankage, middlings, oil meal, a little bran and same ground oats. A very good plan is to -allow all the corn the aoW and pipe will clean up nicely, feeding in additieri a slop mixture of three parts wheat middlinge and one part 60 per cent, protein tankage. About half as much of thin slop mixture is required on grace 26 10 dry jot; the hog grower should by all means provide grace, preferably alfalfa, rape or clover. Blue grass, of course, Is good, but needs conelderable high-priced supplement along with corn moat profitable feed- ing, It no longer pays to attempt to breed horeee without a distinet pur- pose in view, but there is a. good de- mand for horses bred intelligently with a purpcee in view and that are qualifiedto all that purpose. Which purpose a breeder should attempt to fill is a matter of individual taste, to be governed somewhat by the condi- tions which may surround the breeder. To the Kaiser 1 n-4-#nsenene-e-a-aess_s_neeseneseepeane...aa The following 'Open Letter to Kals ser Wilhelm II." appeared (on June 3) In the Neue Zurieher Zeitung, a Ger- man newspaper published iu Zurich, Switzerland. It is froin the pen of "Klabund," which is the psendonym of Alfred Henschke, one of the best known German novelists. The letter is characteristic of the new priirit of radicalism, which has made tremen- dous headway in the German Empore of late. It is noteworthy that Hens- chke, like Maxmillan Harden and oth- er leading "insurgents" in Germany, appears deeply impressed by President Wilson's utterances regarding the dif- ference between the Germaa people Eine its government, Your Majesty! Upon you are fixed to -day the pleading, appealing, imploring oyes of -the whole world -more so than yoe ie your political and individual isolation und loneliness can imagine. True, the press hostile to you is still picturing you as a vandal and barbarian; in- competent or anaemic diplomats who are more correctly characterized as cripples of the state may still be fos- tering the foolish plan to drive out the devil Militarism with the Beelze- bub Imperiallsrn, to destroy the un- der -devil Mechanism through the su- per -devil Nationalism. Nevertheless, in all countries the eyes of the people -those that have remaineclehuman-the eyes of the mu- jiks, poilus and Toramies, of the field gray and the olive green -all rook to you. For you, your majesty, hold in your hand the restoration of an early peace to the world. You point out that once before, in November of last year, you were ready "for peace." Indeed, you did offer your hand to the enemy to shake and make peace -but the fiend was a fist; it was not a human hand through which pulsed the red blood of mankind. It was the iron fist of Goetz von BerlichIngen, Your majesty, read rightly the signs of the time; In thenn the- blossom of eternity! Realize that in this war that all Idea of power -all, without excep- tion, no matter in what camp they were entertained -have been ship- wrecked. Might, where is ie not alive with benevolence, justice, and, human- ity, Is a bronzen fetish. Forever gone must be the principle of Might in its satellites, tyranny, arrogance, police - spirit, fetish worship, byzanthism, mammonism -(all of which invariably grows together parasitically). „ * Sire! Your Easter message bright- ened the hearts of the German people, made furrowed foreheads glisten with a weak ray of dawning light. But you must realize, your majesty, that to a people that would be free and that is honored and respected -one should speak as a freeman to freeman. Yau, however, speak as a freemaster (Frei- herrlich.) In the open arid secret cab- inets of Berlin the principle of "sub- jects" still holds forth. And you were ill-advised when you keyed your East- er message to the tune of mercy, --eseeze r'4,*.Wit &Milk 2 and IS Ib. Cations - 10,20, 50 and 100 lb. Sao, - Canada Sugar Refining Co.* Limited. Montreal. If better sttgar is eve', produced than the present REDPATH Extra Granulated, you may be sure it will be made in the same ReAnery that has led for over half a century—and sold under the sada name—MPATlit "Let Redpath Sweeten its" • is Suffered Three Weeks With Chapped Hands. Sore and Unsightly. Cuticura Soap and • Ointment Healed. Above are extracts from a signed statement recently re- ceived from Miss Gladys Hambleton, Roxton Falls, Que., Nov. 29, 1916. How much better to prevent such suffering by using Cuticura for every -day toilet purposes, the Soap to cleanse and purify the pores, with tOUChes a Ointment now and then as needed to soothe and heal the first signs of eczernas, rashes, dandruffand pimples. You will use no other once you try these super -creamy emollients. For Free Sample Each by Mail au. dress post -card: "Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, IJ. S. A." Sold everywhere. Rights, your majesty, are not grant- eexdist.They were there originally, they Give up the belief in divine right and go as man among enen. Throw off the purple of solitude and don the mantle of the multitude, of brotherly love, Erect the true people's king- dom of the Hohenzollerns. Tear yourself free from your ancestors; free from the hallucination that you can lean upon a small capitalistic- junkerish clique "recruited" from offi- cialdom and the higher officers' corps, a clique which with its drums and fanfares would drown the nation's cry of pain. • It is this clique which in truth will shatter the throne and tra ment the blinded Samson until one day he fells the pillars of the state. To -day, , sire, your are a shadow king! For you stand in the shadow of the autocratic barons and the plu- ecratic a,mmunition manufacturers. - As a Christian, out, of a herlit over- flowing with love; thus you must give to your people, -whose servant you sbould be, the freedom of its will and soul, Voluntarily. Not as an act of mercy, but as a proof of mutual trust and brotherhood. . . What an indescribable joy, would sweep the lands if it were said: renounces the anti- quated, fateful human right to be the sole arbiter of war and peace. He requires the co-operation, the. consent of the people in such grave decisions the people's welfare, He wishes no longar' alltaalientel-a-et. the German soul, btu wants to be its servant. The army will hereafter be sworn in the name of the Fatherland. For a people's army. The Diet and Reichstag will meet immediately to prepare for the reconstruction of the constitution in Such manner that un- der the equal, direct and universal suffrage (under which the minority no longer suppressed) an empire will blossom forth governed by a parlia- ment and democracy in which the minleters will be appointed and main- tained by the people's choice and will be responsible to the people, no long- er to an indivlidua" * h *. * * For the German people has matured in these years of infinite suffering; it has grown out of swaddling clothes; it no longer needs guardianship. It is tired of it, Sire! Does not the feeling of the terrific responsibility sometimes weigh heavily upon you in sleepless nights? How light you would conceive the burden if the na- tion itself helped you carry it, sharing in the responsibility because sharirfg in the 'government. Sire! The peace after such a war as this cannot be concluded between the leaders of democratically govern- ed lands, leaders elected by and re- sponsible to their countries, on one hand, and one lone, authoritative man, on the other, who under the constitu- tion is the only one authorized to niake peace, and owes his power not directly to the people, but received it from the supernatural, super -human idea of divine right. The new Russian Government and Wilsot in America -the most peace - loving among your enemies -are only waiting for you to step upon the road to the liberty of your people. Russia and Wilson are waiting for you to do so because that would make it pos- sible for them to hear the voice of your nation and negotiate with its its chosen representatives. For this is the crux; to find a basis upon -which man can speak to man. Not nionarch to subject. Not master to seevant. Not master to the ene- my, "Republic" is the only word. Wilson and Kerensky have no idea of propagating that form of government for Germany, 'alley propose to make peace only with a government despon- sible to the people; a peace which the whole notion represents, The domestio-political question - realize that, your majesty!- is the Most Important in reaching an early peace, It is far more important than a Probable or iraprobable victory in the west which the German•high com- mand perhapsstill eonsiders possible. For in a future world -empire -the on- ly imperialism, of the future will be that of humanity -Military successes will no longer be of coneequence. The rallitarY Age in whiele it was still possible to decide wars by the force a arms i approaehing its end, Already to -day it is no longer the armies but it le the peoples that are combating °salt other, More import- ant than the poldiers Plight is 00110111. 410orapoicawerriiht:Mtehree piomwpeorrtoaptelvthuatztaeicom; (Kulturtnechta De the first monarch to renounce voluutitrily his fictive rights and how to, the aeropage of human rights! Your name will then be mentioned as truly great in all the new books of history in Which not the chronology of coalitions but the spiettual history of minkind will be written down. Then you will found the people's kingdom of the Hohenzollerns upon rocks, while to -day it is More a -cloud- castle Which, unless you recogtlize the time, Will alviftly vanish In the raging, mounting storm. I am YOur Majesty's devodKtiee,vtuo., Basked 1.)cattat.M. Wash theme AO ell thena i'irny butte t8 o1:0141vve4,on, Simply tab the fat over the Petate, In thiet Way the skin Will be as thin "P4itrheOr; Wtt this oiliftg ratt.ch o tipa p0. tato le Vested in the thiek akin, If there's not a baking fire in the kitehen the potatood may he put in the MO et the feratet, 010414141VA WAVE% raa tWal 21.140P4 thoso the Greatest Agony orga. What part of the Unman 1104 is MOSt gemittive to paitil A Sharp'fiefinitioa must he drevia here betv,•eee. haltatien aria pane Irra tatien Is net pain, but only trequent cause of It, Thee a or4u0 hedged la the larynx near the Yocai Ashords pro duces violent irritation and prolonged coughing, which often reseit io Actual Pain, $o, too, an intieet of' apeck of dust in the eye setup violent irrita- tion and inflammetioll, f011owed by acute paiu, Of the surface of the body tile fin ger tipand the end of the tongue are most sensitive, For inetance, a burn on the fingers is muph more painfti) than one on the back would be, while one on the tongue would be more painful still, Deep wounds are not painful, as a rule, save as regards the surface in- jury. Of pains not caused by external in. juries neuralgia of the fifth nerve, the one which supplies the skin of the head and face, is the most intense. It has frequently driven people mad for the time being, and sufferers have been known to cut and even burn the flesh in desperate attempts to relieve It. The rupture of the branches of the dental nerve in tooth drawing also causes agony so intense that it has been stated that no human being could endure it for more than two seconds at a time.-Pearson's Week- ly. MAKE YOURSELF STRONG People with strong constitutions es- cape most of the minor ills that make life miserable for others, Don't you envy the friend who does not know what a headache is, whose digestion is perfect, and who sleeps soundly at night? Hw far do you come from this description? Have you ever made an earnest effort to strengthen your constitution, to builld up your system to ward off discomfort and disease? 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Thomas Dixon started his career as a lawyer and politician in North Caro- lina, entering the Baptist ministry in 1886. Hall Caine Was educated as an arch- itect, but deserted that profession to enter jearnalista as leading writer on the Liverpool Mercury. Thomas Nelson Page was a lawyer in Riehmond for many yeara before he thought of writing novels. Anatole France, the son of a book- seller, was a librarian in the French Senate, sad a Parte journalist, William Allen White got his liter. ary start as a writer tin the Emporia Gazette, of which he is still editor, " PAPER WAS ReatliT. CantrietiijoCourtersJournal) paper states that YOU Phstwed a b:g audience at tne bangtiet last night." paper is wrong, I Old not ap- e( ar. -tee, t miens the raper Is tight," A SURE PROOF. ' (Lite) ,Pers -And is she a good honeevate?" Jane -A nippin: Why the poor chap has 00 cenifott WhateYerP A CANNY PHOTOGROKER, (13uffalo LxPl'ess) "Does Jones, the nhotograPher, do yone jpstico?" "He does more1,1)an that: he tempers Jastice 1,"Ith mercy.'. ADVICE FOR,THE HENS. (puok„) The Lady Of the lionse-If you Want egg h to lonp. you must lay them In a cool place. The P'eltic Attendant -I'll filiation, it to the hIns at walla, mutt*. SAD, BUT TRUE. , (Washington Star) "Half a. loaf is better than no bread." • said the philosopher. - "There's no doubt about the respect to •uhleli half a loaf is entitled.", "re- plied; the plain person. "It Fosts 03 touch as a whole loaf used to.' NEEDED THE moNgv. (Puck) "Bob," said, Lily's small sister, wilt/ was e.atertaining him whilehe awaited the appearance or Lily, "d� you love Lily?" stannmered Bob, "I -but why do you tisk?" "She said she'd give a dollar to know," reirilerl the little one snuggling Up, "and -I want the money!" "ALL BUT." (Life) "Is her family of Mayflower stook?" "All but her father and mother -they are Irlehl" MISSED MOST. (Puck) "So ynu don't ilke the country? What do you miss most sines moving to the suburbs?" "Trains," .11 THE BRUTE! (Judge) Ilc--Here's a woman suing for divorce on the ground, that she was in a trance when she got marled His I31/kter Half-Weit,ill marriage won't bring M.r out of it, divorce won't. Di laN'T PAY. (Washington Star) "Why dhn't you put your husband to work planting a garden?" "What for?" inquired Mrs. Crosslots, 'Ali he ever got from his gardening was an appetite.'. I • ROLLS. (Courier-JoUrnal) "And d 't forget to bring home a few • ro "For the pianola, ;teazle, or for the Mil - !nary department?" NOT WHAT WAS INTENDED. (Life) Mrs. Tones -Does my daughter's piano practice annoy your husband? .Neighbor -Oh, not at all -Jack can't tell one note from another! NOT CONCEITED. (Boston Transcript) He-? met Jack last night. He told me he was on his way to propose to the prettiest girl in town. She -The fibber! He didn't come near me. ••• • • WISE GIRL. (Judge) . Mistress -Do you know how to servo company. New Girl-Yessum; either way. Mistress -Either way! New Goil-Yessum; so's they'll coma again .cir so's they won't. M,I-SUN DE RSTOOD. (Pude) Maloney, jr.-The teacher told us about 5breathing oxkgen into our lungs and breathing carbonic acid gas out. Mrs.. Malonek-Shur, all roight tor ye young- people to learn thin things, but ()I've been breathing air boat ways tOo long to change. ALTER EGO. (Boston Transcript) "V.rhat is the meaning of 'alter ego?" asked -the teacher of the beginners' class in Latin. "It means the 'other I,' " responded a Pupil. . "Give me a sentence containing the phrase." "He winked his alttr ego." WISE PARSON. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "I used to worty about what I put into a sermon," said the minister. "But when I found that what people diaeussed was mainly the length of it, I put about fifteen roil -lutes into It and let it go at that." • • • • AMBIGUOUS. -(Puck) "I•Iow was your 'speech received at the elub?" -.keine, Why they congratulate rue lieartily. In fact, one of the members came to me and told me that when•I Sat down he had said to himaelf that it 'A as the best thing I had ever done." His First Lesson. The recruit was having his first turu on sentry duty, "Now, remember your salutes," the corporal warned. him. "If you see 1.4 lieutenant wearing one star, slope arms. For a captain with three stars slope arms ale°. The major has a crown on his straps, and you present arms. For the colonel, who has stars. and a crown, you present arms and then turn Out the guard." When he was left alone the recruit went over these orders again and again. Suddenly Ms musing Was interrupted by the approach of an officer, This was a general and the recruit did not know what to do for him. "An' what Might you be?" he askech bInntly, unable to recognize the badge of the officer's rank, "I'm the geeeral," replied the officer, affably. "Sure now, and are ye?" excialmini the recruit in consternation. "Then Ye'll want something big, How'd it do lf I give ye a bayonet exercise?" Life of a Battleship. We are contittually reading in the newspapers that various battleships have been coMpleted, launched and fOr how long they have been coniMissiOn- ed. There are probably few people, however, who know how long a bat- tleship taste. The average life ot a modern battleship is about fifteen years. In the old days a battleship was on active service nearly the whole time of its eomtnienien, Which was about a hundred years. The Victory Was forty years old when she fought at Trafalgar, and On' Roeal Withal% which Was Wilt In 1670, was not "strapped" until 1813. London Mall, Near-Sialitedltoetess-sran I getvon :pertneel.„ "Thank yeti, Mantle, but afraqtyle other waiters would be