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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-08-18, Page 3NAT' ADI Iran DAN y ront n. You uaay expeet to read soma that an international conferenee has been called, by the nations to determine what shall bo the police regulations ore the highways of the air. For the progress of flying makes laws news - eery, and an the airship laughs at hoondary lines, they must be inter, nationel. Already committees of lawyere of France, Gerinany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Russia and Austria-Hungery are working together tie fratne laws of the air. Moak() has proposed a treaty with the United States, to pre- vent aerial smuggling. The conseusus of opinion seems to be that All air should be free for the passage of air craft, but that any sate may melte any laws it sees fit to governtheir passage ever it, for the protection of the lives and prop- erty of its people. What opportunities ear crime the airship opens up! How easy to drop a bomb or a, firebrand on to the home of an enemy! How easy to pass an enemy's airship, shoot, and dart away in the darkness! How easy to shoot at the man your sweetheart levee better than you, as he reposes i under his back yard apple tree! It ought to be easy to escape after • committing a crime •on earth, as One need pass through no railroad sta- tion, whore detectives are on guard. Eldnapping, too, will be easy; just pick up the baby as he plays in the field and keep on a -keeping on until you reach, mime wilderness or out -of. the -way farm. country. Love, which has been. tee-heeing at laws and locksmiths, will ha-ha at them. Will Lochinvar be trespassing if he throws a note from his airship through the winds w of the room in which her irate papa is holding her? Will it be much of a risk for him Ito light on the reef arid carry her away? What protection win be laws against the spite fence, if we can circle around the premises of the neighbor we do not love es ourselvee and see all that'a going. on? rlying around the basebell growl in an airship Will have looknie through a. knethole beat. But what will the elying cop have to say about it? It will be difficult, if not impos- sible, to prevent smuggling, Lang- gratioa Ian will be hard to enforce. Passports will not be a necessity It will be easy, even if dangerous, to discover the eecrets of the enenar in war by air -spying. How much darnage$ must we pay for dropping things, or ourselves, on our nerglibor'e flower beds or on our neighbor himself? What ef we fright- en his horses, cattle and chickens? Then there must be aaws of the air read. When does one go to the right, when to the left, when under, and when over a craft one meets? We shall read awful stories of tipsy Joy-riders, effervescing with chant. - Mae, staggering above the air, and Winding with the business -like mail air craft. Flying coinpanies will grab air franchises and . proceed to wreck amaller and plainer people who get in their way by their recklene speed. Like as not, we'll need laws to make flying companies proteot the live$ of their empeeyes and passengers, as we do the railroads. More likely, these new malefactors of kgreat wealth won't do it any better thean the rail - wealth won't do it any better than roads have done, and we'll have to own and run the airlines marselves. Must church steeples bear lights on top, so tbat we won't run into them at night? Will they be the lanaposts we'll fall around on our re- turn from a night out? Under aviation evdll private prop- erty' really be private? Now we know the lawyers are rub- bing their hands in enticipateon of this mess of legal complieations, which we can't get out of without paying them a fee. WHAT SPARROWS EAT. I Feed and Grain—ensectiverous Until! They Leave Nests. Eaperimente recently conducted in the department of biology of the Univereity of Pittsburg demonstrated. to what ex- tent the English sparrow is threatening the agricultural interests of the coun- try. The experiments were conducted by Miss Laura Holland Painter, under, the direction of Professor O. Fetter -i man. They have for a basis the exam- ination of the crop contents of a total! of 165 adult and nestling sparrows eoln lected from various places, the period of f collection extending over a number of months. It was in 1860 that eight pairs of. English sparrows were liberated in the, parks of Brooklyn in the belief thatP they would destroy certain insect pests that were ruining the shade trees of Brooklyn and other cities. Other im- tations were made, the largest in 1869. when 1,000 pairs were liberated at Phil- adelphia. Lovers of trees and b1rds1 soon realized that a serious mistake had been made, for it was seen that the sparrow did not appreciably destroy in- sects, as it was observed to feed prin. cipally upon grain. The ornithologists of the country soon realized that on account of the combativeness of the sparrow and its wonderful ability to adapt itself to different conditions of life beneficial native species were crowd- ed out. In the report reference is made to the fact that the English sparrow is our mord prolific bird. One pair under ideal conditions would in a few years produce a progeny consisting of millions of in- dividuals. That it is found from Siberia to the torrid zone illustrates its won- derful adaptability. The contents of the crops of 114 adult sparrows showed that they fed almost + entirely on seeds and grain, not one insect being found. Fort7 per cent. of the crops contained wheat., Ten per cent. contained buds a fruit( , trees. This fact alone is Sufficient evil dance to condemn the sparrow. The study of the feeding habits of thet nestling sparrows develops an entirely differeat set of fads. The crops of the a„„ 31 nestlings studied reverdedfin the ma- jority of cases the presence of Insects. The nestlings in question were of dif- ferent ages, showing that they are in- sectivorous until they leave the nest, when they immediately begin to feed Upon grain. This fact of the insectivor- ous nature of the nestling sparrow is pointed out as constituting the only re- deenaing feature •of the sparrow, but diem not offset the loss which the adult causes the farmer in the destruction of his crops. The field stud.y of these spe- cies shows that it is rapidly bringing about a great reduction in the number of native birds of this State. Among those affected are some of our most valuable birds, such as the blue -bird, swallow, robin, etc. Some birds are found to be particular- ly obnoxious in certain States, while in others the same species may justly be considered beneficial. This, according to the restart of the investigation, does not apply to the English sparrow, which is decidedly obnoxious wherever found. The suppression or extermination of the- sparrow is, therefore, an interstate problem and should be dealt with at once by the various State Legislatures -- Pittsburg Gazette -Times. New Glass Process. In an American patent taken out by S. Porgo, says the Scientific ,asaerican, a new process and anparetits for making glassware is described. Molten glass is made to flow between directing or mold- ing surfaces, and a film of nool. gas is intarposea between these surfaces and the material, the glass being gradually reduced in thickness as it proaeeds. r.Ehe apparatus consists of a vessef whieh is divided into an inlet compartment, in which a pressure may be maintained, and an outlet compartment; two direct. iug chambers, foraying a gradually con- tracting chambeneextend from the 'lat- ter, and the gaseous film is produced on the inner surfaces of these members by making them, for thstance, of porous ma- terial and constituting the\ inner walls el two chambers coutain14. a vaporiz- able liquid. lVfost of the philosophy on gnarl works ell imly in applieation to otiers. If You Want to beiSure of Quality? 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Ask your p'hysiolan or druggist ill about the NA -}U -CO IfneeeThey are men of standing In your community, worthy of your corefeleriee`aand In petition to tell you, for we will famish toothy member of either pro - On requett, a full list of the Ingredients in an/ NA -MU -CO prepatation. litA.DRU.00 Dyspernia 'tablets Care sour itontech—hairtburn—fhttelenez Act withotd saw —Indlgefiticel—chronle drioneac Increasedakees not elided. NekeletttleCO IleaAtkehe Water* NA.DItti-C 0 Stitt Tattle ta stag* beatlact 30 minutes. Keane nabreants. especially Lantern res mutate rimt. enee valuable dulling teething. KA.-DRJcc Talcum Powdes, .14A,.111ttf.CO! Tooth Paste Goma of trofresinterst and refirwitnettt. ' ,--mirites the teeth', beautifully white. Itindee-Vielet—Reee-41esh Color, Chattrases I hreugheet —prevent* &car National Drug an4 Cheniital Coinpatly of Canada, Laptittal Wholiksala Bst nalittot-1042 _a,-Magerast Liftatoa--wriw—ftitiat ALWAYS LOOK FOR THIS TRADE MARK BLAQICIAIRRY JAM Hers i a Famous Karim Receipt AS Given by Mrs. John 4. Ingalls. Blaekberry jam is a steple served ou the tables of 110 per cent. of the people KaaBAS. Just now the KaliSaS blae4. berry tfaSOU is Oh and with it repro the annual demanit front hoinewives for the famous reeipe for making blaekbeiry jam, first published by Mrs. John n; Ingalls, widow of the senator, more thau twenty years ago. "Take two gallons ef blackberries, carefully piek them over and thorough- ly evaeli in cold water," are the direc- tions given by Mrs. Iugells. "Place in a preserving kettle and pour over one quart of water and cook until soft, be. ing eareful that they do not burn. Stir at intervals With a wooden spoon to break up the fruit. , "Remove from the fire and press all through a wire sieve into a large stone or earthnware jar, avoiding tin, Stir the pulp thoroughly. Take no quart and put into the kettle and when, it boils add one quart of granulated su- gar :previously heated in an oven. Bring to a bail and, let it conic rapidly fbr fifteen minutes, shaking the kettle from time to time, so it will not stick to the bottom, When it begins to jelly, it is done. little of the boiling jam and drop it slowly in a saucer; If it hardens it is done. One accustomed to preparing it generally on tell by the peculiar sound of the bubbles as they break. "Pour into small jars and when cold seal tightly and place in a dry place. Never try to make more than a quart of the jern at once; it will take no more time to prepare a little at a time and It will be in every way better. I pre. pare tbe fruit one day and set it away in the cellar and make the jam the fol- lowing morning. ...••••••••••• AN ORGAN FOR 25 CENTS A WEEK We have on hand thirty-five organ, taken in exchange on Ileretztuau ee no. pianos, which we must sell regardless of loss, to make roam in our store. Every „instrument hag Deers thoroughly over. Mauled, and is guaranteed for five years, land full amount will be allowed on ex- change, The prices run from $10 to e35, for such well-known makes as Thomas, amminionelaarn, Uxbridge, Goderich ant Bell. This& your chance to save money, A post card Neill tring full particulare.— Heintzman & Co., 71 King street east, Hamnton. NO ROYAL etUSBAND FOR PRINCESS PAT. PRINCESS PATRICIA. Lonclan.—Princess 'Tat" is going to get her "Charlie" after all. King George has said it. And all England is glad that the youngest and most beautiful daughter of King Edward's • brother, the Duke of Connaught, is to marry the sweetheart of her girlhood days, -Chas. H. A. Paget, the Marquis of Anglesea. Since Princess "Pat" has been old enough to -be wooed she has At some time or other rejected all the eligible kings, princes and dukes of Europe, Alfonso of Spain and Manuel of Por- tugal being among them. During King Edward' a reign every effort was mode to operate Princess "Pat" and her young marquis, and it was with difficulty that she side- stepped several royal wooers. King George has apparently seen the futil- ity of any further attempts to make the willful princess marry a king! cloves, orLAcinUnelaiDtilaISIdAVailiNarGle.i.. . — Other Tips of Interest to the House- wife. Too frequent visite to the laundry Are not good for fragile gowns., arid there are some women who would be surprieed at the difference in their appea ranee and the diminution in their laundry bills if they took as much care to hang tip and put tiesue paper in the felds of their eat muslin dresses as In their most &Agile ball dresses or christening robes. Another point often, forgotten. is that a white dress often looks fit only for the laundry basket, when in reality ail that is needed is the kindly help of a hot iron. Spiced gooseberries are an exollent chuthey for cola meat. To propel e mix together in a stewpen over a hot' fire one tetteupful of eibegar, four of brown sugar, obe tablespoonful of ground *Then add five pounds of green gooseberries and boil for an hour and a h•elf, keening It well ttirred. Fehr into small 'etre and tie down with oiled piper. The tiniest cooker is a boon for pre- serving arid pickling weere the fruit needs long cooking, an old housekeeper says, It doe away with ntautaing OM a 'hot store and with it lose ef time in Watching the cooking. VtA A1318 AllaPINETO," (Boston Transcript.) %%lady—I understand there is Amite talk of removing the name of Pythttgor. es from the front of the Boston public library. Duddy—Why so? leadtly—Serenone late dieeovered thet el he Wet 'e nothing to ao With %One GIRLISH OOIFFURE, Styles in hair dressing are grows lug simpler. Rats are disappearing, and only a small one is used back of the ears to form a foundation for the low coil. Young girls are wearine a Kiehl ribbon to match their frocks in color, or Cala of Week main threaded through a shell buckle, as in this eketch. PLAYTIME STORIES. A BATHING PARTY. "Mother, it's raining," called Toadie from his seat under the lily to his mother who was trying to catch flies on the sweet clover blossoms. Hie mother looking up said, "Be still, Toadio, That isn't rain. It'a a girl with a sprinkling can watering the flowers." "I don't care, she can't soe nie under this umbrella leaf. My, it's nice!" eaclaimed he. Whereupon he puffed and swelled himself all up in • delight as the tiny drops trickled down tickling his back. "Does she water the plants often?" hehxo ask,h,s d.rialoped his mother as she ought a big fly. "Only at sun- down." "I'll have it bathing party to -mor- row," chuckled Toadie to himself. • Early next morning he had invited his guests to come under the big My by the fence at sunclOwn. There was 'Pokey, the toad who was too slow to ever catch any bugs; Fatty, who lived under the barn• where he had feasts and feasts of flies; and the two big black beetles who lived under the pansy bed. . The guests were all waiting when the girl and sprinkling can arrived. Happening to peep under the leaves the girl laughed softly to herself at sight of the bathing party. That night there was a longer show- er of eveler„ The girl filled the sprinkler twice to help the party aneig, so the welled up little toads nod the big beetles wouldn't be dis- appointed His Overtime. "I see you claim one hour's over- time, Bill," said the merger of the mill. "How's that? I thought no one worked overtime last week." Bill passed a horny hand across his mouth. "Quite right, guv'zior," he replied. "One hour's me due." The master regarded him puspic- Reidy. "Come, when was it?" he inquired. "Last Thursday," responded 13111. "I was sent up to your own 'ouee to eelp shake the carpets." "yes; I remember that distinctly," cut in the boo.; "but you got off at 6 sharp." "Ah, that's true, guerinor, as Sae as it goes," assented the man; "but your =issue give me 'alf a meat pie to take 'me, an' that there hour is for bring. in' the dish back!"—P'rom Answers. • • CALLED DOWN. • (New York Sun.) Enicker—My forebears came over in the Mayflower. Bocker—I suppose they 'were perfectly safe, as there was no wireless then. e , ITS MAIN POINT. (Harper's Bazaar.) First Fair Senior—What will your graduation thesis bet Second Fele Senior —Perfectly lovely; I can't walk in it. SUIT OF PONGEE, r ubles C To those who have suffered long and hopelessly with eezemas, tetters and similar torturing, disfiguring eruptions, the immediate relief afforded by the first warm bath with. Cuticura Soap and gentle application of Cuticura Ointment is almost beyond belief, In even the severest cases, when treatment atter treatment has been tried in vain, the itching and burning generally stop at once and sleep becomes possible, No stronger proof of the success and economy of the Cuticura Remedies in the treatment of affections; of the skin and sca,lp, from infancy to age, could be given than such remarkable testimonials as these: 117 oft'iroannli)ligitnt IonsjiteirclignOrnige?ittitiac.rlahlrtrasang ecothed that he could sleep. You don't know how glod I was he Nit better, It took one box of Cialcura Ointment and pretty near one cake of Cutieura, Soap to cure hint I think our Do would have died but for the Cuticura_ Remedies and I she always remain a nem friend Il of them. e was cured more Dian twenty years ago and there hes been no return of the trouble. AIRS. AI. C. AlaITLAND, Jesper, Onterle. CRATEFUL FOR WONDERFUL CURE" I have been treated by doctors for twenty-five years for * had ease of eczema on my leg. They did their best, but failed to core ft. In own doctor had advised me to have my leg cut oiT. but I saict I would try the (.uticura Remedies first. He nide "try them if you like but I do not think they will do any (Mod," At this time my leg was peeled from the knee down, My toot was like a piece et raw neat and I had to walk on crutches. I boueht u cake of Cuticura Soap, it box of euticura Ointment and a bottle of Cuticura. Resolvent. A fter .the first two treatments the swotting went down and in two months' ese of the Cutieura. Remedies my leg was cured and the new skin grown on. The doctor could not believe his own eyes when he sow that CUtieUra had cured Inc and said that be would use cuticura for his own patients. Rut for the Oakum. Remedies I might haVe lostemy me. I am truly grateful for the wonderful cure that Cullom wrought. I hove marry grandchildren and they are frequent users of Cuticura and I always recommend it niost highly an it sure and economical cure for skin troubles. )JssE. J. 23. ItRNAUD; 277, t.fentarta et., Montreal. ULCER HEALED BY CUTICURA REMEDIES Some time ago I suffered from an ulcer which was caused by varkose veins. I was sitting, off my foot, for three months and had a Physician attepdinm g e, but the ulcer seemed to be get- ting worse and was breaking out in another place. I was, llOW- ever, advised to use Outieura Seal) and Cutieura Ointment by the physician. The ulcer gradually healed by using Cuticura Soap and Outicura Ointment and a perfect cure was the result. I do believe that only for the Cutioura. Remedies the ulcer would never have been ptoperly cured. CHARLES SPARROW., Virginia Bt., Belfast, ereland. "WOULD HAVE DIED BUT FOR CUTICURA" When my boy was about three months old his head broke out with a rash which was very itehy and ran a watery fluid. We tried everything we ,could but he got worse all the time, till It spread to Itie arms, legs, and then to Ids entire body. He got so bad that he came near dying. The rash would itch so that he would scratch till the blood ran and a thin Yellondsh stuff would be all over his pillow in the morning. I had to put mittens on his hands to prevent him tearing his skin. He was almost a skeleton and his little hands were thin like claws. Be was bad about eight months when we tried Outleura Remedies. I had not laid biro down in his cradle in the day - Liberal • ,Sbmple BEDRIDDEN WITH ECZEMA SIX WEEKS I suffered severely with a terrible eczema, being a mass of sores froro head to feet and for six weeks confined to my bed. During that time I suffered continual torture from itching and burning. After being given up by my doctor I was advised to try the Outicura Remedies, after the lirbt bath with Cuticura Reap and appiicetion of Cuticura Ointment I enjoycrt the first good sleep during my entire illness. I also used taulcura Re- solvent and the treatment was continued for about three weeks. At the end of that time 1 was able to be about the house, en- tirely cured, and have felt no ill effects since. I would advise any person suffering from any form of skin trouble to try the Outicura itemeclies as 4 knotivitLvitaant5intlgieymckl,i,dvvfoar:teto. Iva, N.Y. MRN S, EDWARD ENNING, The camera Fternedles are sold ay druggists throushout the world. Send to the Potter Drug ts Chem. Corp.. sok props, 128 Columbus Ave., Poston, 13.8.A . for a liberal saropie of Cope= Ointment, with the latest 32.page cuticula Book, an invatuable Guide to the Treatment of Skin and Scalp Troubles, from infancy to Age. EX -AIRY FAIRY' LILLIAN. MISS RUSSELL—A, REVISED PORTRAIT. Here is Lillian Russell's very latest counterfeit presentment. Years and years ago she was nicknamed "Airy Fairy Lillian," a title which no longer deserthes her style of architecture. For many year. Miss Russell's prose agents handed .out the usual stock portraits of Lillian, which znade her look like a girl just graduated from. high school. This photograph is the first real departure froni the stereotyped Lil- lian. It still shows her wondrous beauty, her lustrous blue ye,s, her Cupid's bow upper lip, but it is more matronly, more womanly, more moth- erly thane the pictures we've all been used to. Next, season Miss Russell will be seen' in it new play, under the direc- tion of JOB. Brooks. WREN BABY'S LIFE . IS MOST IN DANGER. Summer is the season when the mother finds It most difficult to keep her little ones well. The omplaints that afflict the babies during tha hot summer menthe come on so Quickly and so unex- pettedly that often it is too late before the mother realizes that her bony is anything but 'well. In summer the moth- er should make a special effort to keep baby's bowels regular and his little stomach sweet and pure, for this is the secret of suceessfully warding off those dangerous ifinnmer complaints. The mother will find a great friend in Baby's Own Tablete during the hot weather. These Tablets 'regulate the bowel, sweeten the stomach and thus ward off or cute eholera infantuni, diatrhoea, eolie, vomiting, ete, Mrs. Wm. Sinclair, Donaventure, River, Que., writes: ut • earl highly recommend Baby's Own Tab. lets, as they have done inn baby moll good.° Sold by medicine dealers or by' veil at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., &eel:vine, Ont. TEETH OLEAVING. Do it. Do it often. Do it theroughly. Do it regularly. Tooth powder costs but little. The tooth brush should be firm, loit not too Miff. With floss the pertietes ere renuarea from between the teeth. Any &colorations Will disappear be. fore powdered mimiee appliea, on a bit of wood. It Is dotibtftil if sowing *la mite ever laid the foundetion of a fortune in breakfast food. MASSAPIWITS'.4., • KEOISIEltiatterac'eritrean eatneeneeeeneter, • - •ntleteee,;••e The next census of ag,rieulture will be taken under date of 1st June, 1011. The area, product and value of field crops harvested in 1910 will be enumen ated for fall wheat, spring wheat, bar- ley, oats, rye, corn for husking, heck - wheat, beans, peas, flax, mixed grains,. hay and Glover, alfalfa or lucerne, ma for forage, other forage crops, turnips, mangolds, sugar beets, other field roots, tobacco and hops; and gran seed, red clover seed and alike clover seed will be enumerated for product and value. Grain and other field crops for the larvest 02 1011 will be taken by areas only, as one of these crops will be ripe at the taking of the censue. The pro, duets of these crops will be gathered later•in the year front the reports of correspondents. Alnmals and animal products, also under the head of agriculture, will in. elude the number of horses three years old and over, horses under thred.years, mulch cows, other horned or neat °Attie, sheep, swine, turkeys, geese, titmice, hens and chickens and hives of bees held or owned by- each person at the date of the census on 1st June of 1011. The number of horses, mulch cows, other horned or neat cattle, sheep, swine and poultry sold in 1010, will be recorded, as well as the wool, milk, home-made butter, lotue-made cheese, eggs and honey products of the year, and the quantities of milk and cream sent to factory or sold. Pure-bred animals registered, or eli- gible for registration, which are owned at the time of taking the census will be enumerated for horses, cattle, sheep end swine, but their number will also be counted with all other attimala. LIVE STOCK, (Farmers' Advocate.) Sheep for show should be frequently handled, taught to poise, and so accus- tomed to the shepherd as to understana and not fear him. Cabbage and turnips are two splendid orops to plan to have on hand for the show season. They are much -relished and very convenieutly shipped. The feet of show sheep must be most earefully watched to prevent them from getting, long, then breaking too short, causing the sheep to go lame. .Arrange to feed the show sheep and Iambs in troughs that do not cause a rubbing of the wool from the face or cheeks._ Neither suould dirt be allowed to get into the fleeee on the neck or back. Li Alberta, sheep:ten are much elated with their prospects. They have had it large lamb orb% and have been for- tunate in losing but few of them. The lamb e have grown well, and are now practically beyond the most danger- ous period of their short career. The more one' travels, the more Ira - pressed is he with value of sheep On, the farm. The writer has been driv- ing for a week, giving aid in the combat with 'weeds. Two thing made them- selves evideht in this warfare. These are, a short rotation, accompanied by thorough cultivatiom and flocke of sheep These two features invariably =erica the thriftiest, most up-to-date care - fel farmers. The Apra and harrows keep the weeds down in the eultivated fields, the shop destroy them itt the pasttres and by the fences lit atubble fletas. And the men find both lea- turee profitable. How Farmers Can Peactlee Conseil. vation. Canada, beteg a natiott of farmers, hes to pay it very lerge seed bill each year, Lost year our crops eallea for 83,000,000 buebeis of neea grain --wheat, oats and barley—and we are eoustently increasing otir agricultural ecreage. Th14 being so, .the ewnomy of owing geed, clean seed is at once apparent. ahe ade vantages to be derivea from it are like the proceeds of a sum of money laid out at compound interest—they are cumu- lative in their effeet and groW in ever. increasing ratio. 8,nns years ago t competition was carried on in solne ee places in Canada to see past what the actual ieulfs of using elean, pure seed would be, lf we redsoh from the results obtained from it, we find that our grain yield last year weeld heve been inereae. ed by 100,00%000 bushels had elean, orous seed been sowed on every acre under cultivation. Now, - 190,000,0th) hushela of grain would fill 1,5000 mile of railway. grain ears. It is suer a large amount that it is hard for the mind to comprehend, but, at any rate, it goes to show that it would pay our fanners to be particular about the kind of seeu they sow. Wonders of Alfalfa. Alfalfa has found a Ivey into the doc- tor's office as a curative agent, D. Mar- ian N. Clark, of Los Angeles, claims that there are remarkable curative qualities in the grass and its blossom. She teen of success in prescribing alfalfa juice for the nerves, and elaima that it is one of the wonders for waking people' up out of lethargy and making them feel like working, barder. Also that ti few tablets of alfalfa will eure men of the smoking habit and take them out of the_ jimjams, and into sound reason and good bodily health in a re- markably short time. ehe uses tho grass reduced to small bulk, though in some cases she adroit& that men are so foolish about their habits that she might make a mistake and prescribe the al- falfa, in the hay form, as though it were for other donkeys.—Worceeter Tole. Telegram. If allowed to roam over your holm those innocent looking flies may cause a real tragedy any day, as they are known to be the prin. cipal agents for the spread of dysentery, typhoid fever, diph- theria, tuberculosis and other in - factious diseases. The remedy lies in the free and. persistent use of Wilson's Ply Pads. • • • Sentence Sermons. Some saints never believe in snow shovels until summer. You cannot fail to augment your hap - /guess hi giving it out. If men woula hate sin as they bate the jail we would -need few lawyers. The pleasures of youth are often sin- ful to those who Imo lost them. The brotherhood' of man will not come by turning all into a sisterhood. Often the man who prays for pore is only protesting against punishment. You will never get people in the ehurch as long AS nou are speculating on what you can get out of them. There's a lot of differenee between faith as to what you on make of a man ani hope as to what you ean make out of him. One's chance of being heard may be ftt inverse proportion to his fondness for being heard, Hehry V. Cope. SPORT AND COIN. (Washington Star.) "Why didn't you get up before the referee *minted. 'ten?" itekea the disap- pointed backer. "I Was it little confused," confessed the vanquished pugilist. "I though he was counting up the gate receipts, and I Was listening for bigger figured." • It es LTALITATIONS. (lIarperie Bazaar.) Webster was compiling the dictionary'. "But eat you explain baseball so Se girl ean mitieratend it?" we asked. Sadie, he admitted Ms tome a failure. - AXLE GREASE IS the surning.toint to economy In wear and tear of wagons. Try a box. Every dealer everywhere'flio. Imperial 011 CO., Ltd Wm. aeon: The Wet Med Ca% PRAYER, Wo thank Thee, 0 Lord, that We de brow that Thou are good, 41:4 plenteoue in mercy, and ready te hear all that ettlf upon Thee. Give ear unto our prayer, te Lord; grant thee it may be such ite Thou varlet give ear to and answer. e • Breathe into our hearts desires after the highest good, and weaken in us all in- clinatione or longings for leant* and low- er things. We bless Thee for fellowship with Thyself, and that We can draw near to Thee, not only to petition, but to be- hold and to receive. And we pray Thee to help us now, not only to bring to Thee our need, but that our minds and hearts may be filled erre blessed by the thoughts which are only tem unfainifiar to us of Thyself ire all Thy gracious greatness, in alt Thy strain; sweetness and sufficiency, Attlett. FIRST HYMN IN THE 131BLE. " It seems incredible that there were no hymns int tile Patriaelial age. Con- tact with nature was close and ether conditions made favorable the contem- plative life from wiecit poesy springs. Pictures are not wanting of these old chiefs walking afield lone 'et evening time. troy could, they help but sing? e'Agaia that other condition which rarely fails to strike the ..harn of prelim was not infrequent, namely transition from impending evil to :complete deliver. once, Yet strange as it may seem, there is not a trace of a hymn to the Bible, nutil we come to that Mareeillee of le. rael, the Song of Moses on the deliver- ance from Pharotth at the Red Sea. It is in all respeets it worthy prelude to the great volume of sacred hymns to which every age and land has since con- tributed. This battle hymn of a new- born nation isin measured phrase, and must have been effective in the highest degree when chanted—with rt refrain front woman's voices and all to a primi- tive orchestral accompaniment. ' I will sing unto the Lind for Ile bath triumphed gloriously; The horse and the rider hath 1e thrown , into the sea, The Lora, is my strength a,nd song And He is become my salvation. • —D. W. Clark, D. 1). OUT OF THE DEPTI-10, My soul is deep; unsouuded yet By human fathoming line; Deep calleth unto deep, but yet No precious morsel has been cast By finite hand from finite source, lift my bony, trembling hands unsated. Olt, thirst sublime; ken hunger unap- peased! Yet here 11 18 I find my truest man- hood; • This dark and lonely grandeur Is a watch -tower. Here 1 descry the first glad gleam, Fai•-reaching light! "shadows of omnipo- tence"; My eager, earnest, ardent gaze is filled, Light of Life. Life of Light! Come tee my soul, to cheer, To satisfy, and save! IL T. Milelr. Bealinville, Ontario. KNOWING AND NOT DOING. "Everyone that doeth evil hateth the light." One of the most difficult things to acknowledge is that if we outwardly do what is wrong, inwardly we hate what is right. Even those who know- ingly live evil lives will not acknow- ledge that they hate the truth. It does not seem to anyone that be hates what what is right, but upou this vital point the Lord declares this momentous truth: "Every one that doeth evil hateth the light." And this is the pur- port of the Lord's words to Nicodemus. Nicodemus saw the truth, intellecutal- ly he confessed to the Lord, but he did not do so openly; he shunned the light. He came under the cover of darkness; he chose to act in the darkness, rather than in the light. The acts govern; they rule over the intellect, and so against all seaming facts the Lord an- nounced this great and interior truth • of revelation; not one here and. there, but "everyone that doth evil hateth the light." Nicodemus is mentioned three times in the Word. First, when he comes to the Lord in the dark; second, he is with the chief priests when the Lord was judged to be worthy of death. He is then still holding intellectually to his perception of the truth; a sense of jus- tice rises in him and feebly he raise* his voice in the Lord's defence, pleading a legal technicality: "Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what he doth?" His brethren turn upon him with the sarcastic re- mark: "Art thou, also, of Galilee?" -The same old fear betakes him. The sense of worldly loss, overwhelms him. He ventures not again to speak. In silenee he aequiesces in the unjust judgment against the Lord, beeauee be loved the darkness rather than the light, Once again Niodemus appears, It is after the crucifixion. He eomes with the myrrh and aloes to embalm the body of the Lord.. Some might Mier from thia noble act that the incisive words of the Lord on that first and memorable night of their meeting, had at last sunken top, or that the silent consent to the • Lord' death had produced abiding re- pentance. Doubtless he did feel sad over not living up to his mental eonvictions. Probably lie saw how weak and vercmg he had been, when, as a ruler of the awe, he had been so easily silenced, and how falsely he had aequiesel in the cruelfixion. Ile had held to the ola of - flee and the friendship of the Pharitees, and now, perhaps, lie thought that the hundred weight of spiees weuld enable hien to Bemire a place in the Lord's kingdom, whieh lie perehived to be a 13u51 acts of Unit eliaracter avail nothing, fov one when enters., the spirit- ual world, bo- takes his life with him. Notwithstanding, Nicedennis perceived that the Lord Jesus was of God, be would not publicly acknowledge teed w•orship Him there. He vend riot in the hereafter. Those who perceive the truth here, but do uot cia it, upon eoming into the spiritual world, ean pereeive the truth there also; but though Welled:- n:111y the truth is grasped, they cannot live to it, for they immediately revert to their state of life formed in the world. And this is the condemnation, this is what condoms, this is whet makes wreekage of heaven itt the tout, that tight is oine into the world, light tomes to the mulerstending, but men love elarkuess tether than the light, he. rause their deeds ore evil, Helper, A boavding house keeper can't hope • to be eureeesful union she tart Scree bread putlaing in at least it dozen tiff. lerent etyles.