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THE .
I POULTRY WORLD
"COMFORT!' POULTIlantIAN'S
MOTTO.
It is just as important to 'UM the
noultry comfertable in eunnuer as it
18 in. welter. "Comfort" should be the
motto of every poultry keeper,. mad it
ehould be strictly enforced. To remain
tioaltaY anti vigorous, both fowle and
chicks must be protected from the
burning rays a the sun.
To deprive the stock oe sunlight
would be fatal. A house situated
wlaere it does not get the et:alight ie
unfit for foule, but if it get the nut
tor onlY a, few hours a day it may be
used. aiaturo bird-) soon degenerate
'without the sun and clacks ere sickly
when grown with little sunlieht. But
no. fowl can thrive when long ex-
posed to the heat of the euu, so there
should- be shade at let in, the beat
of the day. Dense and complete shade
Is to be avoided. Air and sunshine in
moderation are important factors in
the growth and thrift et stock,
Natural alone is desirable and rnit
trees are particularly good, since they
give shelter as well as erops that can
be sold at a profit. They provide shade
dttring hot weather and, dropping
their leaves for winter, allow the sun-
shine to strike past their limbs in
cool weather. Evergreen trees planted
in hedges for winabreaks for winter
al e° furnish a dense- and cooling shade
in summer.
Shade ean be furnished artificially
In different sections of the yard by
using branchee of trees eut in full
foliage, or by driving three foot stakes
in the ground and covering them with
a canopy of burlap, or by erecting
frames made Of wire netting or lath,
covered with hay or straw.
The prime importance of sunlight
In sanitation is universally acknow-
ledged by the medical fraternity. It is
nature's great disinfectant and the
direet rays of the sun will destroy dis-
ease germs.
So the beneficial effects of sunlight
must not be ignorekl.
The question is how can it best be
controlled so as not to do damage to
the stock. •
It is not uncommon to have heat
prostrations during hot weather, es-
pecially in the case of heavy fowls, the
birds suddenly dropping oven insen-
sible. The cause is attributed th the
heat making a pressure on the brain.
Exposure to the hot sun is frequent-
ly the reason.
I might go through the entire list of
poultry ailments and find where sun-
shine acts as a tonic as well as a pre-
ventive of diseases. The lesson is then
that we have our poultry houses so
erected that the sunshine can enter at
infect
certain hours of the day to dis
the interior, drive out dampness and
destroy disease germs. The yards must
at the
be only partially shaded, so th
stock may be able to get a cool
place. Failure to provide for this may
result in serious loss.
Probably at- no time is the hot sun
during
more dangerous to fowls than .
moulting season. Moulting is nature's
condition for exchanging the old,
for a in -
worn -out weather beaten suit
fresh, clean one. Quite frequently
dividual birds will be almost entirelYe hot
nude, and when exposed to th
sun the skin not only quickly reddens
sore.
'but is apt to blister, and become
It is just as important to shelter
It is
ms.
moulting fowls from hot sun as
to protect them from cold stor
NOTES.
Growing ceicks will not thrive if
they are tea given the proper amount
of shade in their runs They must be
protected from the strong rays of the
sun. Niagara Farm, in Ransomville,
Niagara County, New York, has adopt-
ed an excellent method for providing,
shade for young birds. A field of ten
acres is fenced off and planted in corn.
After the stalks are about two feet
high, colonies of young chicas, with
their coops scattered here and there
all over the field, are quartered on
this cornfield. They are not only pro-
tected from the hot sun, but aro en-
abled in this range th gather consider-
able bugs and sprigs of grass that
crop up As the chicks grow older the
corn stalks grow higher. It is the best
provision for shade I have seen yet,
and as the corn is planted in kills,
there is still sufficient space left for
the sun to shine in and keep the
ground for becoming too damp for the
(Ike chicks. It is .the best wrinkle I have
Yet Come acrose as the corn crop more
than pays the cost of planting and
what other expense may be incurred.
The -four chief requirements in rais-
ing chicks are space, ehade grass and
insects. These four requirements
are met by the Niagara Farm plan.
But this will be unnecessary where
there is an orchard or grove. The next
best substitute would bo the planting
of shrubs.
Not only mutt there be partial shade
le the runs or range, but th'e howies
inust be so constructed that the air
an pas sthrough and that the hot -
roofs can be more or less cooled by
proper ventilation. -Michael K. Boyer,
la:entry editor of Farm Journal.
?there is no farm stcck welch re
pays good care as quickly as the`hen,
but it must be good care. '
Do not wash eggs. Use the dirty
and small eggs at home,
Keep eggs in a cool, dry place,
which Is free from odors,
If a man hasn't the time to attend
to his fowls, better sell them' at once.
The best of pure-breds soon become
scrubs in the hands of a slovenly
poultryman.
Don't sell eggs which have been In
an incubator,
Don't put the little chicks in with
the old birds or the younger ehickens
larger than themselves, Grade the
flocks according to Size.
Broilers should be ready for market
by now; they are wanted small eft-
ough for one Doreen.
• Hens that are afraid et the care- •
taker and fly every time he epproachte
will never lay an well as those wh!ch
are on ftiendly terms and havb fouad
they an amid the men and women
who work around them.
Fresh air is otie of the greatest aide
to health that poultry tan have, and
lack of it will always use trouble.
Therefore, provide good ventilation in
11 poultry buildings, but do ton al-
low draughts to blow on UM fowl.
Ialderfeeding the growing flock is
Wee economy. It is apt to be in-
dulged in more tele year than in for-
mer yeare due to the high peke of
feeds. Nevertheless, the growing
Sault mug be properly fed if they ere
to In fit for market In the given lime
and of .Al quitlity. Pullets not pro-
amenfell will remelt Ieying maturity
late and be at a toes instead of a
source of a profit.
Pureattee feeding' steels noW. It
will not be any cheaper later Mt, no,
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For- sixty years the .egz1,5t=f
Refinery has led Canada in
modern equipment, up-to-date methods,
and the pursuit of one ideal -absolutely
pure sugar.
In the Packages introduced by eggRiP
-the 2 and 5 ib. Cartons and the 1.0, 20,
50 and 100 lb. Cloth Bags- you. get
Canada's favorite sugar, in perfect condition.
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an oversupply of good breeders on
the market. Rather the aupply is
the right kind ,early hatched and
ready to lay this fall, will be even
more hard to secure then ereeuesa,
while poultry and. eggs are not as
high as they should be, cost of feed,
etc., considered. Nevertheless, every
indication points to a profitable fig -
an overproduction of freeh, Al pleultry
or eggs, and the "real thing" will soon
come into its awn.
If the poultry keeper la in need of
new blood or better blood in the flock
now is the time. Nearly all poultry-
men will sell one a pen of extra good
breeders at a price lower than could
be obtained in the early spring awing
hatching season, or later on during
the fall. Take advantage of the sum-
mer prices by all means if you cate to
add new blood to the flock.
Separate the cockerels from the put.
lets now, and market every one that is
not to be retained for breeding pur-
poses. The pullets will do much better
for the additional room and feed. The
cockerels will bring more money now
than if , kept until full grown,
It is now in the midst of the heat of
the summer, the • hardest time in the
growing period for both young and old
fowls. Eternal vigilance is the price
of a ,healthy flock of poultry. One
must provide plenty of fresh water,
shade and well -cleaned poultry houses
isa gatiefactory growth of the young
stock is expected o'r the breeders that
are kept are to be in the prime of
health.
Don't be sparing with the feed just
because it is high. "Money saved is
money earned," is an old saying, but
It does not apply to the feeding of
poultry. If one saves money by une
derfeeding now, the growing pullets
will be longer in producing their first
eggs if checked on the way to maturity
by underfeeding. Young stock can
never regain what is lost in 'weight
which . should result in good feeding
the first three months of their lives.
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"Lonely" and "Lonesome."
Here's the distinction between the
words lonely and lonesome, although
often they are used in the same sense.
"Lonely" meaas to be ;deprived of hu-
man society and companionship while
"lonesome" is the dejection and sad-
nessadue from lack of society. The one
is a state of being, the other a state of
mind.
T. be lonely is ,entirely physical,
while lonesome is exclusively mental
and may be the result of actual lone-
iness or may merely be an imaginary
lonesomeness caused by mental de-
pression.
The difference between the words is
better illustrated in the following: A
man is sitting in the library of his
home, both lonely and lonesome. The
telephone rings. Friends invite him to
join a merry party theinin progress a
few nines away. In order to reach this
Darty he must mount his horse and
traverse a lonely and dangeroue road.
In this journey he is lonely, for the
road is lonely, but he is not the least
bit lonesome; for his thoughts are
pleasant in anticipation of the en-
joyable evening he is about to spend
with gay comrades. -St. Louis Poste
Despatch.
_nee-
, The pessimist never hitches his
wagon to a star because of the clouds.
ODD NOTES OF SCIENCE,
!rue war in leueepti has seriously inter -
ter ee 'Asita tee I,. CII in0
wined btutee ieatent office, •
.A. device which comoinee the horse's
biumers and tee epeetacies nas been in-
venteu to neip Lew istnier to eeep me eye
on tne Dan, wince. Is ode et the essen-
tials to LX sm.:whs.
A hat brush which Is carried Inside the
hat is a novelty just orought out in
iear,s for the iastimous man,
To avoid the neeeesity of carrying a
number ter goif clubs a new invention
peoveeed for Intercnangeabio heads per -
snits er ail tbe stroitee Doing matte with
one stick.
China has 5,e00 irides of railways and
abeut 2U,UuU miles ox telegraph wires,
Africa has 270 spoken languages and
dialects.
Russian is spoken by 90,000,000 persons.
American books and publications last
year numbered 12,230, aud those of Eng.
land about the s_terne number. .
The first 13ritish patent taken out by
an Amerman wortian was dated Novem-
ber 15, 1716, to hiyollla Masters for a
process of treating corn.
France leads in the number of regis-
tered aviation pilots.
"
The U. S. Government pays out an-
nually moue in interest on the fund
ot eallors and solcileis eeposited with it.
U. S. Civil war figures: Killsel in bat-
tle, 61,05e; Med of wounds, Am; died of
(demise, 199,720; other causes, e0,164. Te-
tra, 349,944.
The sum of *540,000 is required arum.
ally to pay midshipmen 'under instruc-
tion. at the 1/. S. Naval Academy.
Labrador had a population of 3,e17 In
J.901 and two more 10 yeare later.
Oklahoma leads the othor States in its
Innexditan population,. 1170f. Arizena 15
-
Building Inspector C. C. Knox, of
Youngstown, U., cialins that great. lite -
cautions should be taken in the construc-
tion of chimneys, as ho maintains that
25 per cent, of all Mee in the city are
caused by defective clunneys.
Replacement of all horse-drawn vehl..
cies by motor truck service wagons and
auto trucks has been recommended by
Herbert R. Fay, superintendent of the
San Diego Waterworks, Department.
For shingles alone, 750,000,000 feet of
thriber Is cut in that. part of the State
of Washington which lies west of the
Cascades.
Reliable statistics show that of all the
timber trees cut in our forests less than
half of the available. Wood material is
actually used.
Philippine cigars are now regularly ex -
Ported to forty countries. The total ex-
ports last year 'were 165,000,000 Cigars,
More than 800,000 hushele .of Tasmanian
apples have been shipped to Great Brit-
ain in one year.
Sorry for tbe Germans:
Her Son. had enlisted and she was
a•proud old woman as she harangued
a knot of friends on the village
street. "Garge always done 'is duty by
me, 'e 'as, an' now 'e's doin"is duty
by king an' country," she said. "I feel
right down sorry for them Germans,
to think of 'im coin' into battle with
as rifle in 'is 'and and 'It's a Long
Way to Tipperary' on sas lips." "Poor
Germans, indeed!" exclaimed one of
the audienee. "Pity's wasted on 'em!
Preps you 'aven't 'eard of their cruel-
ties?" "Preps I 'aven't," agreed the
old lady, "An' p'raps you 'raven% 'eard
Garge sing."
Paris No Longer Horne of the Manikh/,
U. S. A. Ciaims Her, Too,
Not all the lovely fashion manikint live in Petit. Mita Sophie Schaub*,
an Art1011411/1 grPl, t beconiing 1 *moue not only se a model for noted
designers, bet alto, its a deeigner of unique itylea. A chiffon colored
-hat In the autumn color*, yellow, purple, red and breown, Is One of her
recent feehlOti -
SIMMER °ARE Or
The first soltraer Is the time when
growth can be pet on the colt cheap-
est and most 'profitably, Plenty et
'food Is necessary for,the beet gro-dib
and development. 01 all feeds, the
motlw's milk la or greatest import,
ance. It Is essential that the dant be
'cared for in each a way as will cause
her to yield the biggest etlaely of
intik possible, Mame etionling reale
ehould be fed liberally of clean health-
ful appetizing food, It Is perraiii-
liible and usually advisable that the
mare be worked, She should, how-
ever, be In the hands of tee Most
thoughtful, careful driver, and should
be handiedewitie good Judgment,
After tho age of about one month
the foal needs food in addition tit
what It can seoure from ite =then
Clean, brielet oats makes probably the
best food teat is available or the farm.
A mixture of oats, bran and oil Meal
In proportion of 6 1-8 is splendiei
one will go to the trouble of prepa,i-
ing or mixing the teen Ordinarily a
(*it will learn to eat the firqf mouth.
nul from the mother's feed box but
he cannot get enough there. He matt
have a mall box out of reach of the
'mare, or dome place where the larger
and older Istock can not tough it.
Good pastuee is highly Important
In securing gain and growth. In, feet
there is n,o ono thing so .necessary
'aside from inothera nank. If the mare
is worked in the field, an the colt
should have the beet grass pasture as
possible night. Care must be given
that paettiree are not over -stocked
and that variety of grasses or emcees -
Ideal of pastures is provided to a,vold
the dry grass in summer. The mare
• relishes grass and her milk flow is
stimulated and increased by good pas-
aure. The colt relishes grass, gets
ueeded exercise, and will thrive sbet
where pasture is abundant.
' If the mare and colt are running
on pasture, supplemental feen_will be
needed just the same, eepeolally when
the gauss begin to dry up. A feed -
Mg place should be construeted in such
a way that young colts can enter and
older Ste* cannot. Grain should be
fed liberally in this separate pen.
Colts should not follow mares. at
work in fields during summer and
fall. They should be left in clean
stalls, paddocks or pastures where
they can not hurt themselves. Colts
love company and where there are a
number of them on the Perm, they
should be in the same stall, paedook,
or pasture while the mares are in the
fibld. Good sense and judgment must
be used in allowing the youngster to
suckle at noon and evening. .
• It is very necessary to keep the colt
free from accident. Wire cuts, nail
pricks and bruises produce severe
losses on many farma where tette are
grown. .To just the extent that a man
keeps his colts free from accident, he
intreases his pronto. Old sagging
fences must be straightened up; cor-
ner posts mut be eets broken boards
with nails in them met be gathered
up, Every precaution possible must
be taken to pearl •agaInst injure be-
cause it means the -eying of in ne
Files, too, must be guarded against
by having the barn dean rind by hav-
ing manure piles) and all breeding
'ground for flies cleaned up. Shelter
/from the hot sun in summer is another
-factor that increases „the growth and
thrift of the •colt and increases -the
Drefit of the owner.
It pays to handle the colt the first
summer. They should be broken to
halter, Their feet should be picked
up and whenever they need dt, trim-
med'. If they are handled the drat
summer, much of the work of break-
ing later will not be necessary, Good
care and mans,gentent the first sum-
mer will cause the col -t to become a
bigger and better horse and a more
profitable farm ,product -II. E. Mc-
Cartney, Assistant in Animal Hus-
bandry Extension, Perdue University
axperirnent Station.
ADVANTAGES OF SHEEP RAISING.
1 The sheep is a dual purpose ani-
mal, producing both wool and -mutton.
2. The initial expenditure Is small.
Every farmer oan well afford the In-
vestment of the necessary cepital In
a few steep.
3. Rapid monetary returns are re-
ceived, the wool- clip and the lamb
crop being saleable annually.
4. Expensive buildings are by no
means necessary. A warm lambing
pen is required, bettor the aged sheep,
a thelteeed shed to protect them from
the winter winds is alone sufficient.
5. Weed aestruction eepreeents an-
other asset. Sheep will eat and relish
almost. every "lase of weed.
6. Sheets- admittedly improve soil
ferhility. Their manure is rich and
uniformly distributed.
7. Etecept at certain seasons of the
year, less time and atteation need be
bestowed upon the care of sheep than.
in the case of almost any other ani-
mal without thereby endangering -suc-
cessful results.
NOTES.
•
The great majority of diseases are
due to bad mane -gement and housing,
including cold, daacip and in -ventilated
hematite „rich feeding, impure water -and
.ack of exercise.
Nitrate °Leeds, may be used te good
advantage in hastening vegetables to
maturety. This fertilized Is easily
diesolved in the sell and retullly avata
thle for the use of plants. It may be
spread between the rows of garden
'plants, and you will be satianesed at
the repiditec of the growth. A,pplyawo
or three times at Intervale of 10 days
or two Weeks at the rate of from 100
to 200 poueids per acre in all aapla
cations.
It is claimed that uncooked fresh
mutton fat is better than all as a pre.
seave.tive against rust in tools.
In order that a brood mare may de-
liver a strong, healthy foal she Must
have plenty of exercise- Ordinary
farm work is the very best kind of
exercise for her. There to no rease11
why she should not pay her board bill
In the hatneral. Exercise does not
mean heavy 111rgihe on rough Or slip,
pery ground; it does not 111011.11 east
driving and over -heating, but Tegulate
avery-day 'aerie in the geld, even right
up to the day -of foaaifig. Aceompanied
with this ebeilla eeareful teedtng 'and
watering. Like all other questions of
live stock management, It Calle for the
usaot "eonorson eiSnele."
Freetient gatelen cultivation is Very
emplaned in seaeone of , frequent
shoteete or heavy reline. Seeeial Pains
ahOuld be taken to keep ta toll mulch
on the surface of the garden 8011 and
thus arevent the weeds from itiakifig
Stare •Thie wIU ratta1l-0 diligehee
in seaming like The present, Wheh
sheWere are frequent and the greened
in serious danger of baking eheeld it
web be eifitivated after the ram. Cal.
tinatiOn aleo kelp tender garden
Matti to Make beater growth, aa air*
•
suneeine and wain foeti aro euppliea
better by frequent cultivation.
If a saw, hammer, plane or other
steel tool to damp, do not put it away
In that condition. Lay it en tbe warra
stove a, few minutes unell the metal
warmo up enough to dry off.
Watch the euerant and gooseberry
busing) for the currant wornal. They
otrip the leaves beflore you •lenow
it, IJse a poison, to kill them. Dotter
spray them to -day, A teaspoonful of
parts green or a few ounces of araen-
ate of lead In a epelnkling !pot ref
water 'will do the trice.
A good dairymen Phereld praotiee
that nioetY et care that is so eseen.
nal for the produetton ef that kind
of tailk labeled "oertified." Such milk
absolutely seeceseary for those teat
are weak, and partioularly for child-
ren, adoe they bare not the stretneth
of Older people for resisting diseaso
germs.
No horse shodd;be allowed to stand
for oVen a day without exercise if the
health of the animals valued by the
owner, and it is just became those
two most Inepertant adiunets to health,
"careful feeding and regular exercise"
aro not properly attended thathat we
hoes* especially in the winter =tithe
haVe so mimh sickness among farm
ENCOURAGE THE BOY$
The keen competitlon brought out in
the boys' hog -feeding competition
last year has prompted the manege
ment of the Toronto Fat Stock Show
to again include this class in their
sixth annual show to be held at the
Union Stock Yards, December 10th
and llth.
This olass is open to boys under 21
years and carries with it added prizes
aggreltnting $125.
The Provincial Department of Agri-
culture are offering a free term at the
0. A. C. at Guelph along the same
lines,
This is the encouragement a bbY
needs th make him a good farmer and
to keep him at home on the farm.
Inexpensive Check Frock ;
: , „..:ensetteeaassonle.ess.)
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Things You Ought
To Know
hillwatifofanloinwsileipteruhavbeera.n Inlustrlal ex -
St, Louis holdyearly "Day in St.
LOUIS' celebration in October.
Premier Ogutna, of Japan, pre.
dicta Oerraan defeat
Lieutenant Wirieo, (A the Austrian
Amy. having lost half hie face In
ibiw
aettleag
,sreefnuszedto
toagmaianrreyr the girl
Africa has 276 languagee and dia-
lects,
Russian is spoken by 00,000,000 per-
sons,
' United States =table 67,272 blind
Parsons,
One district, in California, con-
tains 1,000,000 acres of govern-
ment land open to homesteaders.
Land office is in Sacramento.
Labrador has a population of 3,049,
Liverpool's Ark suply is electrically
BteTritileigPecio.St Office Directory of Lou-
don for the present year weighs ale
most
ml5odpeornundW7a.r it now costs on the
average about $15,000 to kill a man, In
n.4athweeeraasf.iyte:esioW:a0,130rie. 0th:ear exboyensadomrainnisutpe
An alarra clock for the deaf that
rintgo
light blows with a paddle has been en-
vehted in England.
When the ground is covered with
snow In at least one city in Norway
a trackless trolley ear hauls as a, trai-
ler a passenger car mounted on run.
LIFEBOAT FAILURE.
Lusitania Disaster Demonstrated
Ineffioiency of Small Craft.
The ;sinking of the L11810.2114 has demon-
strated two things important alike to
Shipewnere and passengers; One is 'the
inefficiency of the present lifeboat set -
vice and the other 18 the sinkablity og
hupposectty unsinkabte ship.
As to the ilfeboats„ of wnich less than
one half the equibment actuairy par-
te:num their miseren, it inuet on muted
that they were even in nett mac:Wiese tor
launching, having been swung in the
worts alai reuses 0.11 reaey eor Joao:aria
earl lowering. Tne event occurred In eerie
afternoon, Wren passengers were dressed
and for tne most part Vut ot tneir ruerapi,
arid as to tee ofricers and., crew was at
least anticipatee as welt within tho Loom!,
41. POnlibilltleg. With, some fitteen
imautes in winch to load, lower and got
away, fixity ono half of tne Poets 0s -
came unworkable and of those lowered
weveral overturned or wore smashed
against the ship's side. To the inlandei
wee never saw a Lusitania, this failure
rsini loss of boats seems inmealnable:
'.eo the passenger who has crossed on
such a snip the difficulties and ciarigers
ei a launching. are very real.' In the
first place, the boat deck corresponds 10
height to the eighth or ninth story of
an office building, The beats ere sus-
pended from an Iron ring at each. end
and a slight overload on one side causer)
thern to list- or tip. Nervous passengers
are uneonsciously apt to spring toward
the other sitle„which then tips etill more
or spills out its contents. A well -fitted
canoe In the water is a vary fair illus -
01 the instability of a lifeboat.
when being lowered. A slight roll oi
the ship also swings the beat suspended
over its side like a pondultun The but -
ward swing is harmless, but the force
of the inward swing is destructive. An
ordinary ship's lifeboat, filled to capac-
ity,, •weighs about four tons and strikes
the steel side of the vessel with greatP
force. The wash of the waves against
the ship where the boat must take tho
water is the same as where a heavy sea
meets a high seawall, producing a boiling
effect on a largo scale and specially favor.
able to a turnover. 'Unless loaded far
in excess of capacity, a. xnodern life-
boat should yield a high average of safe-
ty after it has gone 100 yards from its
ship.
In the old days of sailing vessels, the
iniin clock where the boats were kept
' was only ten or fifteen feetabove the
water. As hulls grew in size*with sterna
power. the boat deek and its boats were
steadily lifter higher and higher, until
no wthey occupy a dizzy height, until
now they occupy a dizzy height. Ship-
owners will dislike to give up the large
amount of valuable space on lower decks
nocessa.ry to accommodate the lifeboats.
but apparently something of the kind 'will
eventually be required.
It is evident. therefore, that our pres-
ent system of lifehoating is absolutely
inadequate, especially in the case of the
large ships, and that some radical
nhanges are imnerattve, th sorro extent
in the beat itself. but particularly as to
getting it into the water successfully -
Popular Mechanics.
• it re
The Bummer frock of crepe or in-
destructible voile is a desirable fac-
tor of the summer wardrobe, These
frocks aro inexpensive and come in I
many attractive styles, with all imag- 1
n.er of fascinating detail trimming.
A. very attractive model is inuetrated,
blue and white As/leaked indestructible
(voile, with, pleated frill edging the i
double -flounced skirt; The bodice, a
simple surplice effect with pleated
frill trimmed, three-quarter length !
sleceves, is daintily finished with an !
organdy vest with roll collar.
4
"Valley of Dried Bones." 1
Tho Island of Jamaica possesses a
"valley of dried bones." It is near the 1
Cunacuna gap, in the Maroon county.
This -valley, though in the heart of the I
"wet country," ibare of leaf and life.
The limestone rock is hot, Giant trees, I
e
wbich seem to bave been blighted sud-
dotty, stand up gaunt and dead. Al-
though vegetation seems to have been
dense hfire in. former years, nothing
will grow now. During the hot season
the temperature is almost unbearable.
at is visited by seismie disturbances,
which muse the dead trees „and hot
stones tdrattle like dry bones.
Insinuating.
"Yes," 'boasted Slowpa.y, "I have
bought an•automobile now, but 1 will
tety you that $5 I borrowed 81X years
ago.'
"Better be careful," responded
Sinks, 'with -fine sarcasm. "You Might
be apprehended for speeding." -Chi-
cago Newe.
4)**
More to Be Feared.
"Don't you get tired of finding
atilt?"
"No," replied the paticht man of re
sponsibilities, "I :suppose peOpIe have
a right to diseaVer faults. What-/ ob.
Jed be is the Man Who assutnes that
faults ()east and never troubles hiinself
to investigate." -Washington Star.
WHY THE COYOTE HOWLS.
(A Legend of the Pueblo Indian's.)
The coyote wanders hp and down
the earth, howling so iouu that he Can
oe heard a long distance away e and
all bemuse he has the toothache, and
It is a vary sharp toothache that ne
cries so loud, as if that woalif ease his
pain! . . s
But though everyone knows that the
e.oyote howls, yet everyone does not
know that he does so because his.
teeth aches, and even if they do know
:hat he has -an aching tooth, very few
know how he came to get such a pain.
Tbe Pueblo Indians know, howeve,r
and even the little children are told
all about the coyote, and when they
hear his sharp cry they know the
toethadie is very bad.
The coyote did not always howl so
dIsmally, for in the very beginning of
the world his voice was agreeable.
When the world was first made and
all the animals mile ntio existence,
the gods of the Indians gave the
coyote a bag made Of skin and told
hire to carry it to a great white moult -
tale which stood far to the south, but
warned him that on no account must
he open it. The coyote took .the peg
and started off, running as hard as he
could. He ran and he ran and he
ran, for many days and many nights,
and- hebecame very hungry, but he
could find hothing to eat. "Perhaps,"
ho said to himself, "there is food in
this heavy bag I am carrYing. And
at tiny rate it Wilt do he harm t� look
and (Iasi'
So he opened the bag, but loi in-
stead of meat et cern or fish, the bag
Was full of beautiful, shining eters,
Which, as soon as the °peeing into,
their prison house was made, flew
straight up into the skys. and there
they have remained ever 81000.
The gods, however, were very Much
ditipleased with the coyotes for dis-
()betting theist, and lettleg all the
(stars escape, so to panish him they
ordered him to roam UP and down; up
and down, through forest and field,
ming an howling wlth the teethache
that shettld 'afflict him`foreverniore.
* itirtrana'S 'Water supply.
For tnore than 300 years the water
affray of the city of MINIM Wile
tarried through. aft open -ditch, built
he 1502. The supply orighlated at the
spritigs of the Alutendares ItivOr, Mee
Miles abat1t of the city, teed Ole
sourea still provides an adelunte flow
for theeptings, Windt lit"re Melee boort
fully -develegealf humbet 4a0 and ere
tricked! by le liesey Wall of imenntry
alikh l etetstently under Minter/
InIttrd, An aqueduct has long since
Supplanted the ditch.
•
eesresle--7.'
OBSTINATEINDICESTION
CAN BE CURED
Dr, Williams Pink Pills Go
Right to the Root of
the Trouble.
No trouble mom more widespread
suffering and discomfort than indl-
geation, The ailment takes various
forms.. Some victims are ravenous for
food; others turn sick at the eight of
*nettle; but as a rule every meal Is
folloWedby intense pains in the chest,
heartburn, sick headache and often
nausea, Indigestion assumes an ob-
stinate form becattee ordinary medi-
cines only subdue its symptoms -but
do not cure. So-called pre-digested
foods only make the digestion more
sluggish, and ultimately make the
trouble take a chronic form.
Dr, Williams' Pink Pills cure indi-
gestion because they go right to -the
root of the trouble. They make new
rich blood, which so strengthens the
system that the istoniach does its own
work and digests the food in a natural
ways Many a terrible sufferer front
indigestion has found tI permanent
cure through a fair use of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills. ,A.morig them is
Mrs, H. Carmern, Loelse street north,
Hamilton, Ont., who says: "Dr, Win
liams' Pink Pille not only gave nee
new healtheand new life, For five
•Yeare I was a great sufferer, was al-
most constantly doctoring, and spent
a great deal of niOney with absolutely
no result. My stomach was in such
a dreadful coaditIon that frequently
it would not retain nourishment of
any kind, Ween I ate I suffered ter-
rible Pains, a fluttering of the heart
and often a feeling of name, M.
addition to this I wes in a very anae-
mic condition, and felt as if I was lin-
gering between life and death. One
day while sitting in a park a lady got
into conversation with me, and / told
her my trouble She asked me if I
had tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
saying that they had been a great I an. -
5211 to her daughter, When I went
home I decided to try this medicine. I
soon found the Pills were helping me
and continued taking them for several
months, when I was r,ostored to bet-
ter health than I had -enjoyed fir
years, and I have since been the Pit-
ture of health. I hope my experience
may be the means of pointing to sint-
ers the way to health."
You can get these pills througe an
medicine dealers gr by mail at 50 cents
a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„ Brockville,
Ont.
•
MUSK,
Something About the Basis of
Most Good Perfumes.
Tachienlu, which. derives it import.
fume from befog what is called anises
gateway to Tibet, is one of the ;plea-
cipal inuisk markets of the world.
During the past 'few years a large firm
with headquarters in Paris stationed
a representative at Ta,chienlu for the
sole purpose of buying musk. It is
very difftcult to obtain pure musk, and
every pod has to be carefully exam-
ined. While musk is exported at sev-
eral points along the Tibetan border,
the best quality is obtatned at•TaChien-
lu. Three thousand pounds of musk
on an average are shipped every year
from Chungking, and It is estimated
that fully half of this amount passes
through Taahlienlu.
Most of the musk is sent to France
where it is employed In the manual°.
ture of perfumery. The must Is not
only used for the perfume that wears
this name, but is a most essential in-
gredient M all of tee better classes of
perfumery. Musk has certain radio-
active properties that cause the odor
of the perfume to be carried through •
the air In a way that would otherwise
be impassible. The radioactive pro- •
perty of the musk atfects most genii -
lady the natives who oarry it. If it
es held close to the body for any leugth
of time it produces sores that are pro-
bably similar in charatter to those
caused 'by pure radium.
The musk pod above referred to 'Is
a sort of gland or pouch a the male
deer, and the musk itself is secreted
only during cartel), seasons of the
year. It is said that this highly odor-
ferous secretion Is provided by nature
(to enable the musk deer to be followed
by its mate. This spebies of animal is
muclr smaller that, is generally sup.
posed. It is seldom snore than three
feet long and twenty or twenty-two
inches tall. It is becoming- mere and
more scarce each year and at the pres-
ent rate of destruetlon will eventually
become extinct.
Abe 14
Quite True,
John Smart, ;seq., satan the club din-
ing -room at. lunch when a bill -collector,
having somehow eluded the attention in
the hall, watered tip to him and laid oji
the table his overeue account.
The diner glared at the account, his
fork stispefidee in the air. Then, solemn-
ly and indignantly, he handed the palser
to the collector.
"How dare yeti," he said, "Ihfringe up-,
on the rules- of my club in this manner?
Don'tyou know that a man's club •is
like his home? Don't you know 1 ean
have yoU forcibly ejected for coming
in here Witheut a card of membership
or an introduction Tho rules- of this
dub require that if yeti have business.
With a member you wait in tho hall
when an attendant brings in your name
NOW I demand that you go out trite the
hall aisonee, taking that bill with yoU,
and that .yott send in your card in the
proper way."
The collector, red In the far, but hope-
ful on the wtible, complied.
John Smart, Esq., eating steadily, re-
ceived the card on a silver salver. He
studied it gravely.
• "Ah." he said, "sWeetly, "toll the gentle-
man I'm not at home."-:-/-ondon Opin-
100.
e .s
Rough on Tommy.
,rho Mails from honle had just been
received by a certain regimutit. Not on-,
iy were these lettere, but many parcels'
ftom relatives and friends at home tor
lucky aoldlem. Onet of the Tommlee re -
received a largo box adureesed to him-
self, and With a triumphant yell he
rushed off to his company's lines arid
gathered thorn around him to _there In
the eagerly anticipated contents of his
bax.
"Snlokes, hider he cried as he Undid
the 'Wrapping. "From the old malt; I
knows it. Alt' there sere to be a bets
tle or two Of ScOteh."
Ile opened the box,sgave ono loeic at
tlie caitente end collapsed in a hem
"What It it?" cried hie' comrades, prese-
ing round.
"It'S froln ole Atintle Mary," groaned
tho digappointed warrior. "Bandages
an' ointment an' einbrorettioft an' splints,
an' a be& en '00w to be yer own Surs
gina"-Lontion Tit -Bits.
The Nitteng•Phime.
Lawyer -My client did not under-
etand your honor, as he Is very deaf.
Magistrateneanil lie has coMe to tide
court for a hearing, laayor--enee,
yoar homy. Magistrate -alien telt hien
he had better go to a Specialist,- nal-
tineore Aniericala
Pixtreme justice to extronte th
justice.-Okero.
lieldian
War Romance
(By Louise A Comtism!)
One quiet evening in the .aummer of
1913 a pair ot young lovere etood on
a bridge that :crossed the River Lys,
Belgium. They were there for a
parting. The young man was to
1111:aorvialingrar atin4' detalaiesntrePairelic Atieteleerailel!
Nothing coulj be more pp:Ireful than
the mews about teem. A young moon
stood in the West, If an oreaeional
-mew stirred the leaves .on the trees
they Were stirred ligliny As for
ea tthlai erian %Yea: 'at el Y caursrlii.t1 t gertijelit;
tee abutment of the bridge.
raid the young mall.
"cheer ups It will uot be long before.
in America, I shall have saved enough
eience to send fer yen. That We MAY
!lave &finite time to be reunited 1
eromise you thee one year from to -
11.' not before, you Beall receive
the, passage money to bring you to
la?''And I, Haus, will wore and Pave
eo that if you do not succeed in gain -
ng enough to send for me I may have
enough for the journey."
Mem Use year had paesed tho great
them Lad come over Belgium. The
ilermane were pouring into the coun-
try from the east, the Freud), from
the south. Withelmina haft received,
lettere from her lover in New York
that motley would be sent bei' for bier
Pessage, but before it was dispatched •
the war bad stopped the melts.
On the anniversary or their part-
ings at evening, Wilhelmina went no
the bridge on which they had stood a
year before, It was now a ruin, Mill
than half of it having been destrOyrid,
Here and there across the feeds were
flashes:, followed by a distant roar of
guns, while searchlights sent their eel -
:nuns of light across the slcy like the
tails of nearby comets.
What should she do? Fier lame
-
had been that day in the line of fire
and was a ruin. Before leaving it elm
had 'matched up her savings, (ma
these she had with her. StanaIng
there in the identical spot where she
had stood in quiet with her lover, elm
resolved to go to him irpossible.
There was no way of announcing
her coming beforehand. She -had
neither writing materials nor a waif'
to send a letter. Indeed, it was
eicubtful if even she could break
through the line of war to reach the
coast, ' And if she arrivea at a port
would she find a vessel? Nevertheless
1110 turned her face toward Holland
and set off in the darkness.
Her adventures are a long story by
itself. Fortune favoring, she reached
Rotterdam in safety, and there found
that she had the means to buy a steer-
age ticket on an outgoing steamer to
New York,
On the =Iva] of the vessel the
emigrants were landed at Ellis 'dead,
And Wilhelmina, among others, was
brought before the immigration Com-
missioners. There she was aeked how
she would be provided for in America,
and when she said that she had no
money she was told that she would be
seitbaelmc-otoIsitoyl,
the lferdeconsciousness
that she was coming to marry a man
without a special bidding, had caused
her to conceal what she expected.
Beside; suppoie Hans had changed!
But the prospect of being sent back
to a land running in blood, where
even the little home in which she had
been born and always lived had been
leveled, overcame her reticence, aad
she told a love story that no pen, how-
ever inspired, could put on paper.
"flans must be found."
Such were the instructions given to
O messenger, who departed on his er-
rand. -
There b .a committee of Belgians in
New York whose purpose it is to look
efter their incoming fellow country-
men. The head of the committee was
for
Henda,nasnd he in turn started a hunt
Even since the war had broken out
isms had been anxious about his Win
helmina. He had not dared to send
her his savings for fear they would
be lost. Indeed, one of the troubles
brought on by the war was the inabil-
ity to eend funds to Europe. He had
written. her, but without expectation
that she would receive his letters. As
to receiving letters from her, he had
no fiaiiathnsinwfahsatateit‘lvioei.
r'i
one afternoon
when a fellow -workman came to him
and told him that the boss wished to
see him in the office. Hans laid down
his tools and reported as directed. He
found beside the boss a man, who
asked him:
.Ala ,
aniyo,H
u ans Wichtel?"
r
"There is a girl on Ellis Island who
You will marry her."
catizin; from Belgium. She says
. "She says her name is Wilhel-
mina."
"Marry her! Of course t will marry
her. Where can 1 fitid her?"
Hans wished to go at once to Fells
Island, but suddenly remembering that
a man in overalls was not in wedding
costume tidied himself up then set off
to Join his sweetheart.
If the authorities had any doubt
about Wilhelmina's story it was dis-
pelled by the fervent embrace) of the
lovers. But Uncle Sam's immigrant
Officials take no mains promise of
marriage, and there ere no breaches
of promise in his largo family. A man
went with the cotple to the •City Hail
in New York, where. a license was
procured. Then the pair went to the
office of the Belgian Committee, where
the marriage ceremony was per-
formed.
• 4.
The Clock's Hands.
"Come, harry up!" tad the second
hand of a clock to the minute hand.
"You'll never get around in time if
you don't. See how fast 1 am go-
ing," eontinucel the funny little moni-
tor a$ it frettea rouna on Rs pivot,.
"Come, burry up," said the minute
handtothe hour hand, utterly obliv-
ious of being ttddressed by the second
hand. "If you don't be quick you'll
never be in the stroke of 1."
"Wen, that's just what our young
friend there hue been saying to you."
At this poiht the clock 'pealed forth
the hour as the hoer hand continued:
"You see, we're in time, isot one of
ua behind. Yost take my advice do
your own work in your own wee' and
leave the others alone."
Moral. --Mind your own business. -
Philadelpbia, Press,
•
Father -4 hear that Professor Wise.
Man, the Prophet, Steel:tree that the
world wlfl come to an end wet Citrate
Mlle day. Tommy -Ilefore or after
dinner, Pa?-tife.