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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-08-23, Page 3CORRECTING THE ACID SOIL. There are thousands of acree. et land, now under cultivation, which an nually are tailing ter snort ot titetr Preductive CalleeitY, on acouutQf their stele conditiou. While much of this Mad will pee the fair geuerel farin crops, it eall be made more productive by tie Rains' Tim of naethods which will reeult In at sleast a partial correction a acid ;mile will mean that the application tit certain forms of commercial fertilizs era matt be :somewhat reduced with. out letteening the ylelda. Thoutiands or acres, of lowlands and swan* lands Contd be made very producttve with a minimum expeneiture for commer- eial fertilizers, if they could be drain- ed and sweetened. WHY ACID SOILS .A.RE UNDESIR- ABLE, An acid soil presents conditions that are untavtreble for the best de- velopraent of the great majority of fruits, vegetables and general farm crops. Acid soils are not, as a rule, *oils well supplied with lime. Where there is an abundance of lhzie, other conditions being favor- able, clover will generally grow, and where clover grows the supply et or- ganic matter is kept up, and conse- intently uitrogen does not so soon be- eome the limiting factor. iron compounds containing sulphur an acid), an normal plants need bas- es, such as lime, magnesia and pots pentoasnoev 'amid pipe. engine true glee, In an acid soil certain. weeds struggle for existence, have a ten- dency to crowd out the cultivated plants, notwithstanding the fact that these same wild paints will otten do aa well, or perhaps better, on soil that is well supplied with carbonate cial fertilizers may result in the grad- ual accumulation of mineral acids in the soil. This is especially true ot ammonia sulphate. It is possible that under certain conditions the conttns ued use of acid phosphate may rents, The decomposition in the soil or bases (a base being tne opposite of An acid 8011 is deficent in certain, acida are manufactured. Again, the use of certain commer ot A highly acid soil -acts as a preservs ative for organic matter. This organic matter. however, cannot become available until it bas, In a sense, been destroyed, .that is, decomposed or changed so that the materials may be- come soluble. in an accumulation of acid salts. CAUSES OF AzOIDITY. Acidity, may be the result of a de- ficiency of bases in the soil. These bases normally compose a part of the soil, having been clerived front thn rocks which formed the soil. In cultivated fields each crop, year after year, removes a certain amount of the ralneral materials, including lime. and every year much more is removed through leaching and eros- ion. Soil acids may be a product of de- compoaing plant remains. the plants having first collected from air and water the elements from which the may account for the presence of acid sulphates or sulphuric acid, Poor drainage, while not directly causing acidity, does undoubtedly contribute to an acid condition. Water charged with either mineral or organ- ic acids is thus held in the soil, and in addition to retaining the soluble acids which are poisonous, it prevents free circualtion of the air, and thus cuts off the epportunity for the oxi- dation of the poisonous compounds. CORRECTING ACID CONDITION. The New Jersey Experiment Sta. Lion. says: To correct an acid condi- tion in the soil is a comparatively simple matter. It means that some- thing must be put into the soil that has the power to counteract or des- troy the acid, but which at the same tirae will not have an injurious effect upon soil or plants. Alkalies have properties opposite to those of acids, and therefore they Alva the power to neutralize or Oen- teract fields. Lime M some of its forms is the alkali that most success- fully fills the requirements as a neu- tralizer of soil acids. Magnesium com- pounds have also been used to some extent for this purpose. The form ot lime to be used is not of so much consequence as the amount and the cost. Any one of several forms will neutralize the acids if used in the proper amount. The carbonate of lime (limestone) is the natural form whieh is of the most importance. Burned lime, made by burning the limestone rook, differs from the ground limestone in that it is raore caustic (less Is required to neutralize a given amount of acid) and is there- fore More concentrated. Hydrated lime is prepared by treats ing the burned lime with just- enough water to cause it to fall to a powder (slake). The product is easy to handle and it is effective. It is, however, too expensive for the farmer to use unless ne prepares it himself, for he must pay for the handling of approxitnately 600 pounds of water for every 1,600 pounds Of acing lime that he gets. Grollud oyster shells are of practi. testily the same composition as growl(' limegtone, and it the grinding Is pro- perly done they are just as effective. They contain a very small amount of phosphoric acid and nitrogen, whieh adds slightly to their value, Burned oyster shell lime has essen- tially the same composition as lime Made by burning limestone rock, and Is equally effective pound for poelad of actual Brae. Unbleached hardwood ashee contain 26 to ad per .cent. of lime, and 4 to 6 per Mt. of Dottioli'both of which are present in. an avalIable form. They cOntale likewise a small percentage of \ 4 DRS. soPeR et WHITE ' BPSCIALISTS ioliekteserea, Aethmet Catarrh. PimpIds, tlyspapilie Epilepsy, Rheumatism, akin, glee no* Blood, hetes and ladder tilitsestos, Cell or teed bittory foe free advice. Median enabled lo foible elm Ikett—le arm to I pen. slid8 to 1 yae. Suadeys-10 cre, tot pee • eatteitatioi Fitt ORS. SOPA'"? tli•oattest...rateitto.w. L. flew mown,Tbis PaPer, In These War Times you want real food that contains the greatest amount of body building material at lowest cost. The whole wheat grain is all food. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the whole wheat in a digestible form. Two or three of these little loaves of baked whole wheat with milk and a little fruit make a nour- ishing, strengthening meal. ; Made in Canada: phosphoric acid. However, ashes ehould be purchased on a lime and potash guarantee, and not simply as "ashes." Basm slag contains a certain element of free lime in addition to the phos- phoric acld, and where it is desirable to apply both lime and phosphoric acld, this material Indy be used to good advantage if the price will Justify its use in competition with other materials carrying these compounds, ,s QUANTITY OFTOLItelsElE. MATEIRLALS Prof. A. W. Blair says: To get defin- itely at the amount of lime required to correct the acidity of a given soil, it becomes neeessary to make a chemi- cal test and thus determine the actual ainount of lime required to neutralize the acidity over an acre of such soil, ITOwever, it is seldom convenient to carry out such a test on the farm, and it is not possible) for all persons whose soil may be acid to have a chemist make the test. Accordingly, it often becomes necessary to get at the lime requirement in. some simpler way. When land has not been listed for a period of five years or more (assuming tiutt it is not naturally of limestone origin) it is generally safe to say that a moderate application of lime will result in increased yields for general farm crops and most fruits and vegetables. The amount required will, of course, depend upon the degree of acidity, and somewhat upon the type of soil. With general farm crops on a loam to clay loam, 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of burned lime may be consid- ered a moderate applicetion. For alfalfa 2,600 to 3,000 pounds could safely be used. For sands and sandY teams, 1,000 to 1,500 pounds would be a safe application. If the soil is known to be very acid or to contain a great. deal of organic matter, a somewhat heavier application could be made. The amount of lime to. be applied should be in proportion to the amount of organic matter present; that is, a soil that is poorly supplied with organic matter will require less lime than one that contains an abund- ant supply of this ma,terial. When green manure crops are used more lime will be required than where they are omit led. For most fruit and vegetable crepe ass much lime may be used as for gen- eral farm crops, In cases where vege- table growing is being carried on In an intensive manner much heavier ale plications may be required to keep the moil sweet. Although corn, wheat, oats, barley and other general farm crops usually ehow increased yields when lime is added to an acid soil, it is for the clover or other leguminous crop In the rotation that the lime Is espe- cially desirable, since, as already pointed out, it Is in this way that nit- rogen is accumulated for the other crops. LIME ON POTATO LAND. A word of Caution may be added with reference to the use of lime on potato land. Carefully conducted ex- periments at the Virginia Truck Ex- perhnent Station have shown that pee tatoee, like most other crops, do not give an large Yields on strongly acid soils as on those that are less acid. On the other hand, the fungus which causes the potato scab finds the con- ditions preeented by a neutral or slightly alkaline soil raore favorable tor its growth and development, and tor this reason practical potato grow - ere have been inclined to keep the soil for this crop in a more or Mee acid, condition. HoweVer, they recognize the value of lime for other crops, and especially for clover, which is of so much help in maintaining the supply of humus mad nitrogen; and therefore they use the lime on the crop which follows the potatoes, so that by the time the potateee come round again the soli will be sufficiently add to diseourage the scab fungus. On low, wet lands and muck lands as much as 5,000 to 10,000 pomade of lime may be required to correct the acidity; but before the lime tan be efs fective the problem of drainage taust have been eolved. Further, plowing must be thorough and deep to Inure abundant aeration and destruetion of toxic compoun.ds. • Pot experimentonducted at the New Jersey Experiment Station have shown that frequently sueh soils; are so aold that vegetable crops such as beets, cabbage, radishes, etc., can - make practically no growth uatil the acid e have been ueutralized by heavy applicationof time or ground lime- stone. With the improved condition, however, the Bartle crops grow splen' dittly, even without the tee of com- mercial fertilizers. If ground Dine- stene ()reground oyister ehelle are used, inetead of burned lime, the quantity should be doubled, On the heavier eons magneeian linteeteee may be used in the same way aft the calcium limestoute l'or sandy ahd sandy loam /Mile the ealciuM linieetone is prefer- able, though the magnesiati 11111E8E0ms Iney be used in moderate amounts With little deem of injury. What 1ton Can Do. You don't know whet you can do, At any rate, you don't know until You're up against it and have to try, Some da' you're going to bump against a whopping hit of work it will look inn possible to you. -You'll want to quit, You'll say to yourself that it simply can't be done. And then if you are really worth wbile you'll tighten your eelt and jurup into it. Yee% say, "I'Va got to do it," Then the first thing you know it will be done. And the beet Part of it is you'll enjoy it, and the eatisfaetien that collies when it is douo Will be worth more than hearing your uncle Las lett yua $11)000,---Atneriean BOY. o Conserve Canada's Food TH111 Canadian Pacific Rail- way Co. has **Yeti an impala taut part in the Ontereste of Cale oda in the world War to a greet tuanY ways, and Um • again been honored by the recent appoint- ment of eilr W. A. Cooper, oue of Ito Premilloellt 0 tt 1. ciale, to the Food Con serve t ion , Committee. Mr. Cooper has had considerable ex- perience in deals lag with foods, Meting been c011ei Jeeeteel With the "dining cars of the Canadian Pacific for twenty years, and his wide knowledge win be of much value to the Committee in the conserve - tion of Oanada's item Inane On this committee adr, Cooper is ate eociated with Judge Rose, Toronto; Mr. W. Wriglit, Toronto; and Mise Watson of the Guelph College, Mr. Cooper was born in 1871. After leaving school he commend work with. the Grand Trunk Railway as a junior clerk under the late William Wainwright, for whom later he acted as Private 4eoretary. Leaving that company in 1891 he joined the Canadian Pacific Railway service as Chief Clerk to the General Supernstendent -of the Ease ern Division. and eubsequently as- eumed the datiee of inspector of W, COOPER. Sleeping and OinIng Cars, irons wince he graduated la 1897 to Assistant General Superintendent, and in 1905 was appointed Superintendent. la 1910 Mr, Cooper was promoted to General Superintendent, and during the past four years has been Manager • Of the Dining, Sleeping. and Parlor Cars, operating also the station res. tauranto, and train news service. For the years 1908, 09, and 10, Mr. Cooper tilted the position of Pres'. dent of the American A.480e1ati011 Dining Car Superinlendentes JOIONWIIMIENO. .1021:111.111•MSMILICIMMIll Nelaggefielataliehttalalinal"Intialialeid=ralleataaalalleadianiEtieeenreereVer i BOWDY'S SONG (by Pairicix MacGill in Chicago Tribune) Somewhere in 1i'rarice,--113owdy Ben- ners was it very quiet men, slow of speech and not easily ruffled. Men who did not know him well treated him in rather a casual fashion. in some way they fancied themselves rather superiene to nim, and when, for instance, he en- tered a wrestling. competition and 'beat the strong man of the battalion, the on- lookers did not give hini clue. credit. "He's a sly dog, old Bowdy," they said, and were in scone way annoyed because Dowdy, up till then, had. never openly avowed his physical prowese, Rumove about }lira were rife. There is a tenet of discipline whieb ordains that a soldier, whether he re- quires It or not, shall go through the action of shaving daily, 'and it was said that the eonselentious BcriedY, who le ordinary life shaved only twice a week, went through the action of shaving it hairless chin five mornings of the week . Now, spudbote Bubb, who belonged to the same elatoon. as Bowdy, was a man ot different metal. He hate no great love for discipline, and vowed that men who obeyed military orders to the letter were humbugs. "Fightln' Is what I like," Spudhole of- ten remarked. "No bloomin' rules about that. You see your man and you go for him, and no bloomin' sergeant be- hind your back shouane Left perrY; Point!' But when you meet the ser- geant on parade next day you'll be damned luck lf he's not runnin' you into clink for a dirty bayonet." That was Spudhole, a man poles apart from Bawdy. Spudhele could swear with Inspired abandon. but Bowdy had only one oath to hie ereuit. This 'WU "Devil blew me blind!" How he men - aged to acquire- thie expressive phrase Was a. mystery. When'ehe gave vent to It he spoke in a hesitating voice, as it apologialeg for his moral depravity. But it eame lo pass that in spite of his alow and easy way and his indifference to the society ol any one the men of the platoon gradually came to like Dowdy. And once they came to like him they loved him for good, for the friend slow to make Is a lasting friend. . But one day, with dramatic suddenness, Bowdy became every one's friend. It almost seemed as it be had bided his time and waited for a fitting occasion to make his worth manifest, It happen- ed in this way: He was billeted levith his platoon In a village. 'near the firing line. The Germans shelled the place at intervale, and stray bellets were con- tinually rapping on the cobblestones of the street. The platoon was billeted In a high barn over a stable, and the only exit wa.s through a door ein the wall. Prone this door to the ground etretched a ladder which the men had to make use of when going out or coming in. On this day the Germans started shell- ing at 11 in the morning—an unusual hour, for the "strafe". generally started at noon. The first shell hit the laddor and mashed it to emithereene. The men could not get out now. To add to the predicament a draft newly oue was in the barn, eed the "rookies" were not yet lased to the ways of war, To make matters worse, one of thorn was hit on tbe leg with a splinter of wood. "I'll bind up your Wound," maid Spite - hole Bubb. who was an adept in the art. of bandaging. "The rest of you blokes keep quiet. The shells won't come this Way no more. That one Is all the Ger- ma.A-s"ifwitlol Ale to his remark, a second shell burst ott a house near at he.hd and it thousand flying tilos rattled on the roof of the barn. It Was it bad time for the men newly out, and even the older soldiers were discomforted. 1 t was then that Bowdy-Benners came in the resette. Rising from the floor, on which' he was sitting elesating his rifle with an oily' rag, he stepped out Into the middle of the apartment, lit a Cigarette, puffed a 'whiff of smoke into the air arid called out in a. cool voice: "Come, boys, let's have a song:" He began the sting lie a deep baritone voice. None of the men had ever belted him sing before. 'eeliere waa a man and he had two sons, and these two sons NVere brothers, John Aridrew was the name ot one, and Andrew John the other. Sing brethren sing1" He repeated the flrat two lines. Spud. hole and another Mall were the only °nee who joined 10. The "rookies" were listephig to the shell splintere striking on the roof. I3oWdy centineed: 444444.0.444•4004 "Now these two brothers had a coat. They bought it on a Mon- t:lay. John Andrew wore it all the 'week, and Andrew John on Sunday." Sing, brethren, sing!" Half a. dozen other men joined in now, Lut the "rookies" were as yet silent. Theft. eyes were, however, fastened On eTheyel forget the Wiens in a minute," the singer thought, and went on: 'Now both theso brothers bought a. horse, and. it was poor and thin. They took it to the riverside and and shoved the poor thing in. Sing, brethren. Onset' Some of the "rookies" joined in now, and one of them, the man who was wounded, laughertt outright when Spud - hole said "demnee thing" for "poor thing." Bowdy took another puff from his olgaretto and went on with increas- ing energy, moving Just it trifle to one onto as a broken tile fell -on the fleor near him. "New, both these brothers diea one day through eating fish and jelly; John Andrew will a pain in his back, and Andrew John his— stoma ch. Sing, brethren, sing!" None could resist now. All joined In ane got the correct rhyme. Spudhole jumeed to hisefeet and started to dance a jig, only stopping snort when Bomb' burst into song again: "Ana both these brothers now are dead—I'm euro o e wish them well— John Andrew, he has gone to heaven, and Andrew • Tohn-eas. well. Sing, brethreu, sing!" No stanza reaehed the volume and in- tensity of the last. All were unanimous, eeen. the "rookies," in asserting that the !we brothers were separated in the life hereafter. "Amen,' sang Etwdy in it deep solemn voice. "Amen," chanted the barn. "The sheinn's at an end now," Bowdy remarked as he went back to lila rifle and oily rag. "It's just the ordinary 'etrafe.' " Bowdy' s song is very /minder now, and it is often sung by the men marching up and clown tho roads of France. But to the men who sing it the aong is not half as wonderful as the story of the thy on which It was first sung. Paying the Pee. A young factory hand and his girl went to get married. They got as far as the churcli when he found out he had not enough money to pay the wedding fee. The clergyman would not marry them, saying, "No money, no wedding," So the girl asked would he wait till Otto went home for the money, The clergyman said "Yes." In a little while the girl returned with the money and the knot was duly tied. The girl now said to the clergyman: "Can any one oppose our union?" To which he replied: "Nobody, my daughter, Heaven bless you!" The girl said: "Then there's the pawn ticket for your hat and coat, which I took from the vestry and pawned!" Collapse of his reverence.—Ex- change. ,• 4 6 • Chapeaux. Mushrooms, to be sure. And stovepipes—really! Tommy Atkins sauciness. Chin straps for old and. young. Drooping "patasel" brims et Georg- ette. Flower -pot crowns of extreme sinartness. Tut -bens that are more turbany than ever. No doubt about it—the shape's the thing this season. A PIPE DREAM, Gern,n 14ett of Coalition With Russia and Apse, If the Reselart choose a the English- man as his friend, the world power of Germany is relegated to a misty diss teuce; jt is, indeed, doubtful whether in that event, our object can never De achlevecl, Moreover, in addition to this loss, we shall have for it long time to come to reckon with (ionti- nental struggles whieli will cost blood, Money and strength, and the result of which—with Germany standing at the stde of Austria-Hungary against Rus- sia, France and England—cannot be ea)culatee. It is impossible to call at- tention too Insistently to the import- ance of this decisive moment. If there 18 a way to effect .frorn without, in favor of the rising world Powers, the comparatively rapid die -- solution et the British 'Empire, it is only by means of a German -1111804n - Japanese world coalition. Of course, such, n coalition to et bottom, another "syndicate for the division of the world." But the object of the politi- cal map of the earth, is not to remain unaltered; the utmost German devp- tion to peace would. not (Mimeo of the aggressive imperialism of the others, but would merely permit Germany'e development to decay. We have the choice between being full partners in the future syndicate for the division of the world or being despised outsid- ers. It we succeed, by means of Rassian and Japan,ese advances with German man Gorman -Turkish protection of their flaalts, in destroying the Engliah positions in the Middle and Far East, the ultimata reconciliation of Russian and North American imperialism will be facilitated, because North America will then be unable to co-operate with Great Britain in the Pacific Ocean. Perhapsin the later futere—to men- tion. only one ot'the numerous posel- bilities—the North Amertean-Far Eastern line of separation will run straight across the Australian conti- nent, whicla, as is Widely known, is eagerly coveted by the Japanese. , If we are able to overthrow the British, and thus to render Russia and Japan decisive service in Asia against England, we aught to be able to ob- tain permanent recognition of our Turkish and Near -Eastern -policy, and to make the western edge of the Per Fiat' Mountains thestrontier• between the Qua.druple' Alliance's spbere of in- terest and Russia's sphere of interest. —Relnische Zeitung (Cologne, Ger- many), 4 • ANOTHER GERMAN " OOVERY. " (New York Tribune.) Before being impressed by this new German "discovery" of French Derek tines, It is worth while to recall tbe earlier "discovery" of the Germans in Brussels. No one can fail to recall that here failthful, credible German officers—as credinie as any Germaxi— found proof which convinced all Ger- many that Belgium bad long been plotting to attackthe German empire, and that the German invasion, in fact, only forestalled the Belgian conspiracy. It is worth While recalling also that. certain GerIllall papers have "discov- ered" that the reason that the United States is at war -with Gerznany is to me found in the fact that the President's son-in-law, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, in under the control of the wielted, Anglophile Morgans. To recall these two interesting German "discov- eries" is to get a sense ot values in dealing with the newest German find. Turning now to this German allege - Von, whioh, curiously enough, sees the light ot day alongside declaratione itt many German papers, that only the feeble-minded imagines that the Ger- mans will ever give upsBelginin, vthat Is the probable substance ot it? The German statement confidently mentions the name of Saarbruecken and vaguely adds other vast territorial moditleations on the left bank of the Rhine. What it seems to refer to is the coal region which Is northeaet of the old frontier of Alsace-Lorraine as It existed before the war of Me. Ap- parently the Germans think that they have unearthed a French plot to annex some of their territory north of the Saar River. Try of this territory is sim- ple. In the 18th century Lorraine passed to the French crown, not by war or by conquest, but by the death of the King of Leland and in accord- ance with previous agreements. Lor- raine, as it then existed, included a very coesiderable portion of the terri- tory northeast of the Saar River, which is now German territory, In this region and within the frontiers of Lorraine were very considerable coal deposits. At the close of the Napo- leonic Wars, after Franee had been conquered, Prussia marked out and took, as part of her own prize, these coal districts. In the first congress of Vienna, which preceded the return of Napoleon from Elba, Prussia was satisfied with the, boundary of the Saar River, but at the second congress Prus- sian. appetite increased and a number of towns south of the river, including 2 and S lb. Cartons-.. 10, 20, 50 and 100112*Salph When you pay the price of first quality sugar, why not be sure that you get it ? There is one brand in Canada which has no se&)nd quality—that's the old reliable Redpath. • • "Lptlka,path Sweeten it.) Made in one grade only—the highest Sae.rlota, were taken. Thus; in 1816. Profile took from Franca her -moot conaidereble and valuable Mei fields. in 1871, illthe treaty ot Frankfort, Oermany extended her conquest to include all the iron regious of Lor- raine titan diecovercd. After the cola - greets of Vieuna and the treaty of Vra,uhfort, therefore, the tlermans nulte believed that they had deprived France of her greatest coal-produeing districto and her richest iron regions. The fact that valuable deposits of iron Were subsequently found within rrench territory has alwaYa rankled in the Gentian mind, and the determtnation of Germany to annex the Briey district luta been frequently set forth itt all Sort s of German publicatious and bY all sorts of Germans. We may very well leave it to the French to explain that the facts of the situation lire lte to their purpoaea 'and war aims, but it is web, recalling that the district which the Germans now allege that the Irrench wickedly, corruptly and imperialistically seek to annex is the coal district stolen front France after Napoleon had ben de- feated in 1816. This German manoeuvre should nes ceive nobody, It is certain that there will be any number of similar efforts to impress upon the Russian and the American peoptes the idea that this is only a war of eOnfilleet on the part of all nations that are fighting, and that the sole obatacle to peace is the tippe- tite of the nations that are 'fighting Germany. No American can be de- ceived and no Russian should be, The test of German desire for peace re- mains German purpose as to Belgium. The reiteration on the part of Gerraan newspapers of a determination to hold Belgium Is an all -sufficient reason why the war should go on and why it Will go on. The Gertnens attacked France, as they did Belgium, without any warrant and without having received any in- jury. Their effort to convict, Belgium of having plotted German ruin is now logically followed by a similar charge against the French, The allegation against our French Wends will carry Jest about as meet) weight as did the German allegation against Belgium. It may or It may not be true that the French, now that: their own -boa: re- gions have been wantonly wrdnEed by Germany in the Lens district, have de- termined to take back a portion of the coal district -wrongfully torn trete them by the treaty of 1815. But this is a question which does not arise so long as Germany maintaina her right to annex Belgium, to make Russian Poland into a subject kingdom and to deny liberty to the Serbians. When Germany has announced her policy with respect to those queations, and when this policy conforms umnistak- ubly and inescapably with the demands of elvtlization, right and justice, then it will be time to discuss the crimes and purposes of Gernia.ny'e foes. Just now there is something Incredibly ludicrous in the German wolf disclosed in the attitude of accusing the lambs he has plundered and wounded ot wtelted conspiracies against him. 1•1•1•6.141.......•11:r.arAii.V.•4111.1111, Chats With the Doctor IMIN•444•1144411.411.44411104. 1 (By A PHYSICIA.N) DRUG HABITS. There Is a sort of general idea that by 'thug habit" one means the habit of taking morphia, or, in these days, cocaine, but there are many other lesser known drugs which become habitual in much the same way as the two mentioned. In fact, one is safe in saying that almost any drug which has a definite eftect upon tho functions of the body eau be over -indulged to such an extent that the patient 'grows unable to live a. nornael lite without it. It is always most 'unsafe to take or to continue to take drugs of any kind except the simplest aperients without definite orders from or supervision. by a doctor. It Is even unwise to recora- smence the taking of a drug which may have 'proved helpful in previous ill- ness, unless its renewal has been ad- vised by a competent person, Such drugs as, for example, thyroid ex- tract may be ordered by it doctor under certain condition, but it by no means fellows that good results wil: alweys follow its use. Casee. often occur where Gas drug has been re- commended from one persoxi to an- other, with the result that the second runs, a considerable risk of serious trouble, 'Thyroid extract has a mark- ed effect on the action of the heart— it is, la fact, what Is known as a "vaso -motor poison"—ani palpitations of an alarming kind are the least of the symptoms which may follow its undue use. I have lately -heard of a case of it lady Who, not content with taking doses of thyroid extract heroelf whenever feeling a little "done up," also doses her daughter of sevehteen when she thinhs the latter seems a trifle out of sorts. It is unnecessary to point out the grave danger of such interference with the -normal. Narcotics are, of efairee, the most usual drugs to be abused. Their use moat often lead a to reactions which increase the difficulty of sleep, and call for another and larger dose of the narcotic to neutralize theta, So a vicious circle is Created which the vics tine whose self-control is generally weakened by the action of the drug, is uhable to break, Morphia, cocaine, chloral, and, lately, vetonal, are all drugs of this kind, and should never be touched except tluder the direct supervision of a doctor. They &Muhl .never be continued after he bas Order,. ed their diseontinuance, or renewed without Ws advice, even On the recur. Maprtoeleal, 10111i:flee:ditch:I preallticeetitotiaStrulitiretroust advice Or help, It is far, far easier to upset the balanee of machinery of the body than it le to restore it to normal again when once dieturbed. THE POWER 064 CONCENTRATION. In many neurasthenic persons One ot the thief and most distressing symp- tom e is the loss of the power of con- centrating the interest or the attention on any thing or subjeet tor more than a few MOments, This inability to concentrate stands Very greatly in the way of curative treattnent, as the provision of sustained work or ()mos. tion is really one of the most useful agents employed in Mies of neuras- thenia. Dr. Mary Ball, speaking at a meeting of doetors a ahort time age, gave an interesting Recount of the extreities 'which were 'found helpful lit the treatmerit Of such eases. The level of 00111101011elleee and of attention Welled In different people and in dif. llowlSuffered WithPimles No One Knows, Says iSs $tod, aika. Many Nights Couki Not Cntkura Healed. "My face broke out all over with red pimples which would fester aed then a large scale would form. Many nights I could not sleep because of the burn. ing and itching. How 1 suffered no one knows. "My mother requested me to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment and 1 did y so. In less than a month I was completely healed." (Signed) Miss Rosebelle Slodal ka, Rich. mond, Sask. Why not make these fragrant emollients your every -day toilet preparations? For Free Sample Each by Mail ad- dress post -card: “Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, IT. S. .A." Sold everywhere, atommamm••••••••••••••44.441•40441•4•444•4444.4.4.0•••••444 terent states of health, being lowest when tired or depressed. Many mom were unable to conceutrate on a elms ple exerelee for xnere than three-quar- ters of a minute. A large variety of exercises were used in the treatment. and any simple thing would do, pro- vided it could not be carried out mechanically. Thus a normal rigSK• handed person might be made to write with his left hand, or upside down, or "looking -gime writing:v. Ordinary reading was no use, but reading upside down was useful. Many exercises were framed on these lines, their compaon quality, being that they shoulAe eau in themselves, but Mould call tor attention in carrying them Out. Patients tended to be bored at first, but soon became interested in their progress and even enthusiastic with tho very beat result. ALTERATIVES. There is a group of drugs used in medicine known to doctors under the general title of "'alteratives." Their mode of action has long been a sort of mystery, even to scientists, though the genuineness of the effects produced has long been beyond question, They seem to at on the individual cells which make up the whole substance of the body, causing them to perforra their functions in a healthier and more normal way. The most striking and valuable of these drugs is iodine, which is generally given in the form of iodide of potash, In suitable cases the remote effects produced by a course of this drug are truly repaark- able. In such apparently differing conditions as eczema, goitre, enlarged glands, rheumatism and various hered- itary constitutional diseases the re- sults of a course of iodine are some. times little short of incredible. Need- less to say, so potent a drug should never be taken except on the advice and prescription of a doctor familiar with the individual ease, ••••••4••• 4C-4444. Delightful. A certain tem% person had attained her twenty-fifth year so Many times that her ingenuity was about to crack under the strain of getting away with it. In other words, she would soon be an old meld it scantlting wasn't done. But what? In her perplexity she consulted the eoventh daughter of a seventh dangle ter. "I feel," declared the young pees son tragically, "as if I were drowns 1147r.11e seventh daughter of a seventh daughter was not lacking to herself "Precisely," she replied. "Drowning is described by all who have given it ser- ious trial as a delightful sensation, r povided you don't struggle against Whereupon the young Thereon saw a great light and went home and lived happily ever after.—New York Post, Farm Boys Pill the Pulpits. It you are a salesman there is little chance your son will beeome a minis-• ter, while it you are a farmer the cbances are the hest, and if you are a minister the chances are the next best. That conclusion results from the statistical table prepared after inveati- gallon by the Association ot American Colleges. Thirty-three per cent. of all minis- ters—at least in the •northere states, where the statistica apply—came from the home of farmers and 18 per cent. from the homOs of minister:e. . Other vocationa furnish, the follow- ing per cent. of candidates for the ministry: Physicians, 2 per cent.; eters lecal workers, 4 per cent.; carpentirs, 5 per cent; merchants and laborers, a eh 8 per cent.; all ortrheurnvocations, 20 per cent.—Chieage ,ib THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE Pere blood is the body's first line of defence against dietitian Strong, healthy blood neutralizes the poisons of in- vading germs, or destroys the germs themselves. That is why many people exposed to disease do not contract it. Those Whose blood is weak and watery and therefOre lacking in defensive power are most liahle to infection. Everybody may observe that healthy, red-blooded people are less 'liable to olds and the grippe than pale, blood- less people. It is the bloodless people who tire easily, who are short of breath at slight exertion, vim have poor Appe- tites, and who wake up- in the Morn - Ing as tired as when they went to bed. While women and girls chiefly mutter from bloodlessness, the trouble also affects both boys and men. It ;simply affects girls and wOrnen to a greater extent because there is it greater demand upon their blood supply. To renew and build up the blood there is lid remedy can equal Dr, Wil. Hants' Pink Pills, They tone up the entire system, make the blood vieh and red, feed and strengthen starving nerves, increase the :appetite, nut color in the Meeks, give isirealting sleep and drive away that unnatural tired feeling. Plenty of sunlight end whole- some food will do the rest. You ean get Dr, Williams' Pink Pills through mitt dealer in Mediehte, Or by mail at 60 cents a box or six boxes for d2-60 frorn The Dr, 'William' Medicine Co., Droekville, Oat, Toronto industrial school in North America, The school bas cost nearly 22,000,000. Its nu& 'Whim Will seat 1,800 people end ita gvtuttatitum is unusually well equ1pp4 IIIS IAJt (Lite.) Flubdub--WhY do YOU Watelt youag flotrox so cloeely? Are you afraid he is going to elope with your daughter? liartluppe-1'o; I'm afraid he isn't, DIFFZREINT. (Buffalo Bxpress.) Wile--liow many times have told YoU .00t to play polter? • Hub—But, My dear, I won last night, Wife—Well, why didn't you say uu in. !ore? NO L.err-oveas. (Baltimore American) "A shoemaker is in no danger et hay, anY of bis stook left on his hands." 'Why isn't be?" "Because the awe he makes are /eel soled hy the time lie tinishes theme PUZZLED., (udge) "Say, mother, wnat keeps us from raining off the earth when we're upside dowo?" "Why, the law of gravity," "But how diet we stay an before the law was passed?" •46•4*44,4-4-4.—. ' OF COURSE, (Baltimore Amerlean) "Here's a sailor Pays he raised chick- ens on the voyage. Where do you sup- pose he did it?" ''in the hatchwaY. of eouroo." ptcAroritAL. (Louisville Courier -journal) "What are you reading, Ciariee?" "About summer goods. This store ade vertises hvnaing nete. What do they mean by a landing net?" "A hammock." THE IMPORTANT PART. (Boston Transcript) He—I only lc,now that I love you. She—Oh, dear! I thought Yon lelleNe how to make money, too.' APPROPRIATE. (Baltimore American) "What kind of a dress would be mien appropriate far a, garden pa.;ty?" "i think a lawn dress \voted. OFTEN, (Buffalo Expeces) "I used to try my hand at writing when I WaM in college." "Ever write for money?" "As often as I thought the eke men would send me any." GOOD ADVICE. (Life) "There is one thing that troubles me, old fellow, She's a head taller than I am. .Do you think I ought to love her?" "Suret lel love her all I wanted to, but I wouldn't say anything about it." MODERN LIFE. (Life) Modern Suitor—I love your daughter. Modern Father—But, can you make her erihreppy? NO ENCOURAGEMENT. (Washington Star) "Dar sin' much encouragement," said Uncle Eben, "in forgivin' an enemy wive starts sumptin' else every time you for- give 'Im." METHOD IN 11'. (Boston Transcript) $ci Mrs. Closeleigh got up a bazaar to help it poor widow pay her rent? I didn't know she was philanthropical." • "She isn't. She owns the house the roor widow lives in." COULD, BUT -- (Louisville Courier -Journal) "My salary is $4,000 a year. Couldn't you live on tiudV • "I suppose I stolid manage to live on it," replied the glrl, "but I expected to do a lot of entertaining after I was mar. teed," THE - THE PART THAT HURT. . "Didn't her cons(tPanutcks)inging in the flut annoy you? "Not so much as the constant fiat in her singing." AWFULLY SLOW. Doctor—You absolutely must give up toffee, It's it Mow poison. Patient—Hal Ha! I bet my heir:* think IL's infernally slow. PLENTY OF BITES. (relitimpre American) "Did you get many bites on your fish- ing trip?" "I should say so. About every farm plane we passed had a dog loose, A FEW LEFT. (Life) "The worst part of being a Imehelor IS that when I die my name dies with me." "What is your name?" eemith." CONSISTENT. (13uffalo Express) "I knew a consistent woman." "Wenn!" "Yes; she's a divorcee and—" "She 'a going to buy Liberty bonds willi her alimony." HARD LUCK. (Leulsville Courier -Journal) "I haven't had a. bite for two days." whined the tramp, "Neither have I," responded the sum- mer boarder. "Rotten fishing around I ere." AN EXCEPTION. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "It's a guod thing for man and wife to have tastes in common." "Ttue to some extent. But you tan divide the neWspaper more umitably when ehe's satisfied with the society news and doesn't want te take the sport - leg section away Prone you." .A. Modern Solomon. In the early days of Calitornia a thief with his knife slit a hole in a neighboring tent at the head ot a bunk, thrust in his arm and extracted a bag of gold dust. He was caught with tho goods, indicted for burglary, and con- victed. His toensel molted for an, ar- rest of judgment and It new trio.' on the ground that he was not guilty of burglary, for he had not "broken into and entered" the premises, as charged in the Match:I-tett. The court refused to grant a new trial, but said that in patteing sentetace he Would take the pe- enilar into considera- tion. Ile did so. He sentenced the arm that entered the tent to ten. yearn' imprisonment, but accorded to the de- fendant the option of accompanying It there or cutting it off,, Just as he should ebeeate 4444444.4.4.4.44.4.444 rrench Pads. flinghams. Cape coats. Soft collars, Duster cheek lawns. The everlasting serge. Cerise linen sports skirts. Richly' enibroidered erepe de °hint*. 'Mack and. blaek and white tor ettene Ing.' All manner of crepes in silk and In cotton. Some people are slow but tatty, twin irt the pursuit of banninegs.