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1Y cared outanY tbe French, gelninl,
allen't Pre -Sided fiartlier eVinenee Of the
eapabil.itiee of tie Inedern btlatraeali
Meter Nobleleto traverae nOtrY that
'befere tiXe war WOula have been de.,
dared linpaseable te not ca• rs.
In• the, iastance 'ander revieW the'
• couatry twice traversetl, was the Sa-
liata,Dee,ert. 1 In Plebruary, 1919; start-
innefroin Colomb-Belthate the first) jett"r-
ney into 'the deeert wa))a succesettip
trip, and ,Altabli wee re,ached, tlaS
oaei,s being halfwaY between. Algiers,
On, the IVIediterraeneat Sea, and. ',Mtn,
buktu, on the Niger. The seven lor-
ries 'of this. eonvoy were of the, type
used by t,he allies during the wareand'
we,renitted with open notliee, the. enly
de.1.3,14.oe •froth the standard, practice
laeing the spe.eial fitting of the Wheels
in ntaler to overcoine the tentienmY
the lyeniclee to bed in the sand and
ale() to provide befter cushioning over
the,.,roeirr pooti,one of the rotate.
At tile best, • the roan was only a
camel track, but frequently this .dis-
appeared eutirely, and the first motor
caravan suceessfully to invade the
Sabare had to travel Over tracitless
sande alternating n-ith rocky surfaceS.
Tne moral resunt ot tilde lirs.t suc-
ceeeful undertaking was to overe,erne
the •skeptleient prevailing in official
circles as to the ability o.f meclittucal-
Y Propelled vehicles to accomplish
such a journey. ,
The secend convoy, starting trent
the suburbs of Algiers in July, 1920,
rea,eh.ed Tamanx,asset, in the depth of
the Sahara Desert. It consisted of 23
Y91.10 -06 an( 1i»irpose WaSetne' es-
tabliShMeht of. gaS'011pe ' nanba $44.111(..
.Stat1o9euter'astreXpenirrientn1 air 'route
of nearly ,001) anilea that tile Frenela
gfiverlinielit had aleCided to Open,,,Abao
this, case, the only enange of in
nor taneen Made In tile Meter lOrall9s.
was that their front wheels•lian.heen
ecluipPed with deuble pneumatic .0r:es,
to givo.better traction.' in thF sand and.
better ,auSPOnelon Oyer ,the rooky Por'''
thaw. of the .itinerary. The eatward
journey, ef 1,86,4 milee, during WIlIela
aircraft-st11?PlY 'Stations were ()stab -
•Maned at.' Inifele InSala, and Tamanras-
set, was ca.mpleted without incident,
and the latter point wae reached one
mouth after the start 'The return trip
of this seeond motor caravan was
Made'. Under siinilar conditions, but
,
With, the „vehieles carrying a reduced
load.
• The two perfermances, while prim-
arily ta the credit of the vehicles, un-
dertakingeit, show the important role
Which motor lorries may play in ()nett-
ing up aerial routes across trackless
countries.
Nowhere in the world ean, be, found
transportation difficulties of the kind
encountered in the Sahara Desert, and
so innumerable and varied are the
obetacies met witn, that it has been
tbought entirely impracticable for
wheeled transport.
That this was an epoehenaking
aelaie'vemeet cannot be doubted, and it
it not bey.ond the range of possibility
that it marks the beginning of a new
transportation system ove,r trade
routes that have hitherto ne.en travel-
ed exclusively by e,amel caravans.
:. Bits of Canadian News.
• 4 course, imparting a general know-
ledge of irrigation and drainage, has
been added to the curriculum of the
University of Alberta: 'Bad engineer.
lug aspects of irrigation will. not 'be.
touched upon to, any great extent, but
tne, student's studies will be confined
to the history of irrigation, kinds or
irrigation, source of water; measure-
ment and distribution ofwater, and
enaracter of water used and its effect
upon soil and crops, etc. No other
Ceuadian educational institution has
previously offered cours,es which
covered the field of irrigation.
Everything points to a record apple
crop in 131'1118h Columbia this year,
anCl, if n a th ing happens to li amp er
growth, the prairie markets are as-
sured of a good supply of high grade
apples, according to J. .A. Grant, Bri-
ti,s-h. CSolumbia Fruit Commissioner for
Alberta. Mr. Geant estimates that
five thousand cars of apples will be
shipped out of British Columbia, this
year, -which is an inerease of nearly
Aaver last year's output,
_Point 'Gray (Vancouver) and Vic-
iiir
orie, wireless stations have been in
communication with the High River,
Alberta, air station. This is the first
time Canadian wireless plants have
been in conamunicetien across the
mountains.
Following the lead set by Saekatche-
wan, Manitoba has appointed a repre-
sentative in London, England, to
selectwomen and girls from Great
Britain suitable for household work.
The first party of women, numbering
35, destined for Manitoba, is sailing
this month.
Sydney harbor ranked first in the
Dominion of Canada for amount of
live stock exported to other countries
by the water route. Thisyear ship-
ments of live stock will even exceed
PALPITATION OF THE NET
SINKING SENSATIONS.
Palpitation of the heart is very often
accompanied by sinking sensations and
weak, faint and dizzy spells, and before
;you can rid yourself of the trouble it
is of considerable importance that the
heart should be strengthened and brought
back to its regular beat.
MILBURN'S
HEART and NERVE PILLS
are just the remedy You require to do this.
Mrs. Chadwick, Delhi, Ont., writes:—.
"I had palpitation of the heart, and the
...tan exercise, such as going up stairs,
or up a hill, any heart would beat like a
trip hammer and at times I was dizzy
headed and had a sinking sensation as
if my time was near. A friend suggested
I try Millourn's Heart and Nerve Pills,
so I procured three boxes, and by. the
time the first was used I began to
improve, In all I took six boxes, and
now, although in my 6fith year I feel
like a young girl; no dizziness or heart
thumpins, and can walk miles without
fatigue. ''At time of sickness I weighed
1.20 lbs., now I weigh 150." •
Pried, 50c. a box at all dealers or
iriailed direet on receipt of price by The
'C. Mijhurn Co., Lumina Toronto Ont.
these of past years if the preeent rate
of export keeps up.
Thirty 'dollars for a bushel of wheat!
That is what W. S. Lowman, of North
Dakota, paid for a bushel of Early
Triumph seeS wheat purehased from
"the Wheat Wizard," Seeger Wheeler,
of Resilient, Saskatcb,,ewan. There
were express. charges .ot .$3.00 in ad-
dition. " Mr. Wheeler has figured
among the top prize *inners in *heat
exhibits, for years at the International
agricultural exhibitions.
Thera are now seventy-five rural
credit societies in Maniteba„ seven-
teen new oneshaving been organized
since the end of the fiscal year last
November, according to C. Gifford,
supervisor. Loans granted total $1,-
640,000, which is about $67,000 less
thau•last season.
Canadiaus have twenty-two. -undyersi-
ties and forty-three colleges. In addi-
tion they have necrly 30,000 elemen-
tary schools, with 22,000 teachers, and
have an enrolment of nearly 1,500,000
pupils. Lord Burnham, Chairman of
the Imperial Press Conference, said:
"Canada's achievement in its institu-
tions of learning is one of the most
striking features of Canadan life."
The branches of the Canadian char-
tered banks may- reach -e total of -five
thc.usa.nd in the present year. The
last figures available are those for
May land these show that the banks
had in all 4,912 separate offices, leav-
ing a balance of 88 to be opened to
make 5,000.
The Horse's Joke.
Have horses a sense of humor?
A South American doctor has one
Ni.hich is said to be fond of a practical
joke.
Visiting a farmhouse, he tied the
animal to a past near which hung a
rope attached to, a large bell used as a
dinner signal for the workmen. Then
he went in to see his patient:
A few minutes later the bell rang
violently. The doctor looked out, but
could see nothing. Again the bell
rang. At the third ring the doctor
concealed himself behind a tree in the
yard and kept a watch On the bell -
rope.
Then, to his astonishment, he saw
his horse lift up its head, seize the
rope between its teeth, and give it a
violent pull. After that, the doctor
sprang out and faced the animal,
which put on a look of complete in-
nocence.
Pelting his nose into a basket in
which a cat lay curled up, the same
horse got a nasty scratch from puSsy
for his pains. The animal, taking care-
ful aim, kicked cat and basket sky
high and then trotted off with a low
chuckle of glee.
Old Leind,on mansions, as they pass
erom private use, are frequently
bought by clubs.
A ,good piece to judge a woman's
beauty .and a man's disposition is at
the breakfast table,
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Time never drag e gloag svith.• me; my daYS are lar'ight as
days can be. Wnen I nave done my daily task I get a book and
• lull and ,bask , conifort- in nay easy cask, and ba.E1 good,b7 to
eYerY care. The rain MaY fall; the wind may ,blow; there may be
Itineteela kinda of anow, the storm aend may be an a toot, but
I don't care a atnvie hoot- TO-mettoW may- laaVe griefs' to burn,
Some now distress at every tlan; fntire oan't make
me quell,' for I've a fine Jim -corking tale, of camps and courts
and bygone kluge, and swordsaza as and kindred, things,
4s.Ad 1 am living in a day that's dim Wirt'ur dust itn,d' far away, and
I forget while reading thus the work -day world with`all its fuss,
and all it preblelme and its ills, its taxes and ite doctor Mlle.
I know so many friends \-C110 yawnwhen. e-vening hours are
drawing on, they know not. how they'll, Idll the time, wnose drag-
ging gait appears at crime. They're tired of everything in sight;
there's not a thing to do at night; they're tired of, going to the
shows, and clubnom has its drouthy woes, they're tired of cards
and croltinole, and there is sorrow in each soul. .And so they
gasp and grctui and yawn, while I read on, and on, and on.
IN MIXED FARMING
CITY BOY MADE GOOD
AS A FARMER.
Pedigreed Stock and Selected
Grain Are Cheap, Consider-
ing Results.
In certain sections of the Canadian
West, there still -exist large ranches
with ' wide sweeping vistas .'of prairie
range thickly dotted with browsing
cattle. In ether areas, waving grain
fields stretcher from the observer to
the horizon, with scarcely an animal
to besseeu as far as the eye can reach.
But there is an infinitely greater num-
ber of localities where these two agri-
cultural systems coinbthe on a lesser
scale to make for greater farming
security, where the farmer, besides. his
land under cultivation, has his herd
of dairy or beef cattle and other side
lines of agriculture which combine to
make a sure and healthy annual farm
revenue.
John W. Limas, of Cayley, Alberta,
, the grand champion winner for oats
and other prizes at the Chicago Inter-
uational Expoeition this year, and a
regular winner at international ex-
hibitions for several years, stands out
not only as an example of the city boy
who made good as a farmer, but also
as exemplifying that class of western
agriculturalists who, believing in the
precaution and safeguarcl of distribut-
ing their eggs, have sought and found.
prosperity along the line of 'mixed
farming.
• Mr. Lucas is not a large farmer as
farmers' go in Western Canada. He
has never been a large farmer. His
success does not lie in the faetthat he
did things on a big scale but that he
worked carefully and intensively, be-
lieving in doing a little well rather than'
a great deal in a shipshod manner.
It is his conviction, backed up by
years of Successes, that pedigreed
stock and selected grain are cheap in
the light of the value of progeny and
production.
Preseyerance and Application.
Mr. Lucas .was a town -bred boy of
Stratford, Ontario, and at the age of
eighteen all he knew about the farm
had been gleaned from a few occasion-
al visits to the country as helidays..
But when he had reached these years
it became his. desire and ambition to
'0W.n land of his own, and he had the
conviction that the utmost content-
ment and ultimate prosperity to be de-
rived from honest human efforts lay
in that direction. His material as-
sets were nil, and for a man in this
position, the farm lands of Eastern
Canada were Gut of reach and hope
for some years. He did the logical
thing. He went to Western Canada
and took a government homestead of
one hundred and sixty acres. That
was in 1903, and he is still living on
that homestead. True, he has added
to his holdings by'acctuiring adjacent
farms, but he has never ,ur'ideataken
more than he can conveniently handle
in a thorough, and efficient manner,
and the 1,000 acres he now farms is
excellent from every agricultural view-
point. He has followed exec -tit*, in-
telligent farming from the first, tilling
good clean land in methods to pre-
serve' its fertile state, and exercising
the same judgment in building up his
cattle herd„ His agricultural library
is an extensive ext.e, and any reading
matter government pamphlet or other-
wise, likely to ant iu tno PrOdUCti011 of
-better grain or livestock has its place
From the first, whenle commenced
to exhibit the predawn: of his farm,
his success was gratifying, and for
five consecutive years he carried off
the first prize for white cats at the
Alberta annual eded fair. Going far-
ther afield, be exhibitied at the Inter-
national Soil Products Exhibition at
El Paso, Texas, in 1916, and was
awarded the, sweepstakes for oats, and
the second prize for barley in the open
classes as well as the dry farming sec-
tions. .Again, at Peoria, Illinois, in
1917, he won third prize for white oats,
barley, and field peas in the open
classes, and second for eats, erst for
rye, and first for brome grass in the
dry farming section. This year the
pinnacle of success was achieved with
the grand championship for oats at
Chicago.
This, in brief, is the record of a
mixed farming success. The fact that
commeudement was made in ignor-
ance of farming and lacking capital,
did not count against the assiduity,
faith, and systematic efforts put forth.
It exemplifies the work of that large
section of westerners moving in the
same direction, who believe mixed
farming is the surest road to agricul-
tural prosperity -and the basis of suc-
cess on the land.
The Leopard's Adopted Son.
Captured by a leOpard, reared in a
jungle and at the age of five years res-
cued and returned to civilized life—
such is the etory of a native boy that
comes. from Bombaas-India. kir. Stew-
art Baker, fellow of the British Zoo-
logical Society, who •sow.the boy after
he had been rescued from his wild fos-
ter' mother, vouches fur the truth of
the tale.
When the boy was' caught he could
run on all fours almost as fast as an
adult man can run on two legs, and in
dodging in and out of bushes he was a
miracle of swiftness. When Mr. Baker
Saw him his knees had hard' callouses
on them, and his toes were upright
and almost at right angles to his in-
step. The palms of his hands and the
pads of Ms toes and of his fingers
were covered with 'very tough, horny
skin. He bit and fought with every-
one who came within reach; and any
village fowl that came near him he
seized, tore to pieces ,and ate withex-
traordinary rapidity.
When he was brought before Mr.
Baker he had become .more- or less
tented. Although generally assuming
a crouching attitude, he walked al-
most upright, but .When suddenly
startled he would run off rapidly on all
fours.
For a long time the boy would not
sleep in his father's hut; they tied him
with a rope and left him to make his
bed in the grass. Now,' however, he
has been trained to sleep indoors. At
first he did net knee's hew ta. speak,
but growled and grunted like an ani -
nal; now he is gradually learning- his
native tongue. He has, an exceptional
development of muscle for Er child of
his years; his strength was such that
.11 took two men to handle him.
Champion egg -layer of the world, a
hen known as Lady Walnut Hill, re-
cently died in Kentneity, U.S.A., after
laying her 876th egg; She was five
years old.
,And tholse who have with, other heexts'.a- bit of fret to bear ,
Blest are the V41.57$ of these w :,o just their *lie;
Fier ,thoy shell be AS humans ere and.=*it a,s gods 'ma'y he,
Reioleing in life's simple gifts Qf hirdoand flower 41T14•tre
Blest sre- the -ways of 'thOse 'who welk,Content. of heart mid nlind
To see as much es they should. see, be'hlind where love is blind;
Just happy .171,edinmS in the' strife that peeks, at ail in, time,
And s:tveet with love for Plivreeta' Of lif* that blooininiatighter'S
,Brb.lestq, ba,tea7uttyheowf ath.yea'94fretahm9aienr woo. rdree,ump,o.,ann,tdhtehiros:sep,w1rhItc;,iivst%kailup feel
. .
Who cannot hate' nor be unjust, so balanced and , Strong
They find ,behind the hardest heart a bit ,at tenderest song, ,
RK ND
BRITISH COLUMB
sitarle carcassee there is only two per
cent, of oil, vvhlIe in the clog -fish, oil
is so plentiful that it takes e,n exPen-
,sive reltemical process to SePaiate It
from tlie body.
; The fine are much prized by the
Chinese as a food delicacy, and OnionWIJ 3, PAY WHOLE DEBT tals in Vancouver pay as much as
$3,00 a pound for it.
OF THE PROVINCE. The liver contents rim from 60 to 70
per cent, of finest oil, of which about
ten per cent. ,is glycerine.
Many Substances and Articles The teeth are in great demand and
erived From Huge Fish—
Absolutely No Waste.
Catching sharks in the mud between,
fetch a high price for the makiug of
ornaments. .
The few hone e go, into the fertillzieg
Part of the industry, '
The hides are of the greatest in,
two islands in the Gulf of Georgia
tere,st to the manufacturer. Several
about twenty miles distant from -the
companies have been , formed, and
City of Vancouver, British Columbia,
much research work has been done' in
is the employment of the A.B.C. Com -
connection with their poesibilities.
pany, ad a week's catch recently
At the meeting a Seattle company
totalled 80 sharks, with an average
showed a large uumber of shark hides
weight of one and one quarter tens i
f
J. Kerr, of Victoria, the caPi-
men and the fin erect the
d t
carefully, and satisfied themselves
that the leather business was entering
the initial stage of making up goads
of which, heretofore, they had had no
conception.
The shark hides run from an Inch in
thickness in the older fish to the con-
sistency of paper in the baby shark.
Soles, of boots, leather for the finest
suede shoes, a black pigmented pro-
duct that would make club bags of
most lasting quality, unerackable
lengths of leather that outstripped any
patent leather ever made, and which
the leather shoemen said was the nn -
a shortage of them. The further est they had ever seen, were among
north you may go tlae more sharks yciu the goods exhibited, and the thought
will find, and from Vancouver to Alas- of all this material right at hand was
ka are their feeding grounds. Taking a revelation to men who had known
them from the bottom of the sea is there were sharks, but thought of
automatic. Norway has a hundred, of them only as a pest to swimmers and
such industries: in fact, the only real destroyers of marketable fish.
hook for catching them works on a
swivel and comes from Norway, as
does also the so-called 'Cod Liver Oil'
which invades the markets of the
world; it is really shark liver oil,
manufactured in Norway."
In the shark plant, when the huge
fish is being turned into so many sun -
stances and articles, there is absolute-
ly no waste.
Various Processes and Si -Products.
Business men from Vancouver, Vic-
toria, Seattle and other North Pacific
seaport cities., sat around a table in
Victoria, Vancouver Island, recently,
where a firm from Seattle showed the
various processes through. which
sharks passed and the results. attained
in glue, leather, fertilizer 'and other
marketable and needful products..
The head of the shark is full of glue
of a highly valuable qtaality.
The bodies make a finer fish meal
than any other made. As a fertilizer
it is superior to dog -fish because in the
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su meo CQIVIPPLIONT
toirANTS.
• The trouble occur ostlY during the
hot geoison$, and la eonpned to infaatp
betweObt tihq 4g66 frOnk An= to 'Went'
Months" mid goneratly, happens, about
Van time ofithe'eu4Ing of the first teeth,
MotheKs shoala "look well 'aftez' their
children at,this Stage and net, experiment
with any new.and =tried remedies, but
procure one having stood -the test of many
years usage in thousands of
• Dr. 1A)wler's Extract of Wild StTaw-,
berg has, been on the market for 76
• ,Years and is acknowledged by all who
baYe used it te be the very best remedy
for Cholera Infantuna, Diarrhoea, Oahe,
Dysentery and all 'Bowel Complaints
whether in children or adults. ,
Mrs. S. R, Alcorn, 2 Black St., Halifax,
N.S., writes: --"My little girl was very
bad. with summer
complaint ca.used,
from claange of milk,
and AVIL9 also taething
et the same time. I
tried several remed-
ie,s, but with no re -
salts until was ad-
vised. to try 'Dr.
Fowler's.' 1 did. 80,
and by the time one
bottle was taken she
was as well as ever. I cannot too highly
recommend it for both children. and
adults."
Price 50c. a bottle; put up only by
The T.'11/4111burn Co., Iaraited, Toronto,
n very stage a tanning. Many oan
each..
the men assembled were "leather
tal of British Columbia, talks inter-
estingly about the industry, pointing
out that the possibilities in the shark
products industries aro tremendous on
the North Pacific coast. Mr. Nelson.
Macdonald, of Vancouver Island, is of
the opinion that if the shark industry
were well organized and financed
there would be enough money in it,
within a short time, to pay the whale
debt of the Province of British Colum-
bia.
"There are millions of sharks in
these North Pacific waters," says Mr.
Macdonald, "and there will never be
y g e pro tic s
Mr: F. W. Gray, Edmonton, Alta.,
writes:—"Last winter 1 was in bed for a
month with fever. My kidneys con-
stantly gave me trotible, and 1 was
warned to be very careful. On anen-
suing attack of kidney trouble, followed
by constant pains in my .back, 1 took
two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills.
Relief was quickly apparent, and now
I have no trouble.
'5`Dottri's" have saved me much pain,
and:I ant deeply thankful to them."
Price, 50e. a box at all dealers or mailed
direct on receipt of. price by The. T.
Milburn Co., Limiteo, Toronto, Ont,
it's A Great Life If You Don't Weaken
Methods of Operation.
In Seattle, hip -boots frem snark
hides are being made, and one Van-
couver beet maker has been using
shark leather for boots. Finer grades
of the tanned leather are used for up-
holstering, colored and stamped; it is
ever -wearing and rich to look upon.
The -outer skin, or "shagrin," must
come off in the first place, and a pro -
Cess has been successfully developed
which 'takes this away. It has the
exact properties of sand -paper of the
rough variety. For very fine work on
wood polishing, the "shagrin" of the
baby shark cannot be excelled. Un-
derneath, a section torn off reveals
one of the greatest properties of the
shark hide. This texture is woven
and interlaced as if by a machine, and
its extraordinary durability has never
before been known in any leather.
It takes nfteen nays of specialized
process to turn out shark leathers, and
six months, or more, treatment to pre-
pare sole leather.
Some of the thinnest hides puzzled'
the gentlemen at the table, they were
so transparent looking, and yet so
-strong that nothing like them had
been inspected in the experience of
experts. These were made from the
stomachs of sharks, and can be work-
ed up into beautiful cloths, being soft
and pliable.
Mr. Nelson Macdonald looks forward
to a time, in the not distant future,
when British Columbia will have as
many, if not more, shark catching and
manufacturing plants as Norway.
"Here they are right at our Western
Door, waiting to he made use of, and
the industry is going to develop into
one of great magnitude and many dol-
lars."
About ' one hundred thouta,nal h ed of
stock, cattle, horses, and sheep, ere
.grazed 00 Doininien ferest reserves in
Western -Canada, isnd the number is
eteading increasing. This ;grazing 're-
duces ths danger front .grase, fires ani
is of great aseistance to thee faatiners'
and atock inen in the sturrounding dis-
tricts.
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Filming a Looping Aeroplane.
The ingenuity of the inedern ram
camera -man is seldom put to greater
test than when he has to climb into
the .clouda in an aeroplane wad secure
thrilling; pictures of adventures in
mid-air.
Aircraft diving, looping ,axicl spin-
ning at over a hundred miles an hour
have to be kept in ihe focus cl a nap-.
row lens, a feat which requires an al-
most instinctive sense to make it pos-
sible to anticipate the movements of
the machines,
Pathe, a noted film company, em-
ploy an ex-ilying officer for the pur-
pose of obtaining mid-air thrills for
the screen. Recently, this eamera-man
obtained what is the first complete
loop by an aeroplane in mid-air se-
cured by the final camera. Many hun-
dreds of feet of film were wasted be-
fore the perfect rez.ult was registered.
On one occasion the camera -man
dived in his aeroplane en another ma-
chine spinning earthwards at one hun-
dred and fifty miles an hour, ancl dar-
ing this dizzy descent had to gauge ee-,
curately, the whole time, the exA..et
speed at which to turn the handle of
his namera.
•
Swatting Flies for a Living.
In the swampy districts of Mexico
the chief industry of the greater part
of the native population Ls hunting
flies.
The swamps are the favorite breed-
ing -place of a species of large black
ner resembling the English bluebottle.
The black mud harbors hordes of
these insects.
The weapone of the hunter are a
large, fine-m-eeher net and a bag to
carry the "catch."
As soon as they are disturbed, the
ilies rise in denee masses. The hunter
strikes right and left, and as quickly
as he swings the net the, flies are
caught and transferred to the bag.
• Hundreds of small boxes are ar-
ranged In a convenient spot, and se
fast as the fly bags are brought In they
are emptied into the bootea and the
hunt resumed. Each bc.s is fitted wide'
a. wooden plunger. As the boxes are:
filled, the plunger Is squeezed down:
and then subjected to heavy pres,sure, '
Next clay a solid, congealed cake at ;
pressed flies is removed from the box,
exposed for a time to the fierce sun-
shine, and the fly-eakee Etre then ready •
for packing ancl exportation to every ,
port in the world as bird -food,
is neelese to grasp au epperitin-
Ity if you don't ince-al to do anythmg
but stand around and hold on to
The sun, lf it were a hollow sphere,
wetold held a minim) glebes as large
its the earth,
_
Stilwalafe (he sluggish liver, clean the
foul. coated. tongue, do away witlr'-tbe
accuirtulitlion of the stotnaelt gazed,
banish the ldiict headaches, cause the
floAiing specks before the eyes to disap-
pear, and prevent constipaiion, jaundice,,
watei• brash and all siCkness
arignt!„. f,oin a disordered co tydiiion of the
livi ,antl bowels.
Mr. Jolla S, Gtuon, :POTItt7Mb, SaRIC.4
Wri108:— "I„ was troubled with ray livor
and bld. severe bilious attacks, friend
ad vis, -r1 me to try Id ilburrWel taxa -Liver
Pills, so 1 took Iwo V'ials and 1 have had
00 MAro bHolt';ki1ft01(14,"
PritT, 25r, e rill et :01 dealeasi
tna;led en rveelpt oF prive by Thti
l‘tilburn l'..InAcd Toronto iDtat.