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Perennial Sow Thistle is Worst
Weed Farmers Have to Combat
Ontario Agricultural College Profes-
sor Reports Weed is Spreading
Rapidly and That it Threatens to
Overrun Fields and Drive Out the
Farmers in Some Localities
-Alarmed over the spreal of the
perennial sow thistle in Ontario, de-
clared to be the worst weed that the
faemer has to combat at the preesnt
time, government repreeentetives are
co-operating in a province -wide drive
to eradicate it, the idea bs'ne• to edu-
cate •farmers to its serious:: esA and
the best methods of control. A etutly
of the situation has been made by
Professor S. E. Hewitt of the hotels-
. Ica) department, Ofitaris Agricultur-
al College, at Guelph, . Professor
Hewitt reports that he has found the
COW thistle in almost every county
and states that it is spreading so rap-
idly and 60 persistently in some parts
of Ontario that it tend$ entirely to
oreertm the fields and dress out the
farmer. An article on the sow thie-
tle has been prepared by Peofesser
Hesvitt,
The Perennial Sow Thissle is rap-
idly and widely spread :ay meane of
its numerous seeds, which are blown
far and wide by the wind and to some
extent by its abundant underground
rootstocks, which, with remarkable
rapidity, spread through a field send-
ing up new shoots which soon entire -
coyer the ground and choks out all
other vegetation," states Professor
Revvitt, "The rootstocks when brok-
en are often carried from field to
field by harrow or cultivator. It has
been estimated that an average plant
spreads two thousand seeds. There
are thousands and thousands of these
plants going, to seed on nepeected
farms and roadsides and in fence
corners. Many more mature plants
are harvested with grain an 1 there
millions of seeds scattered at harvest
time. Is it to bewondered at that
the Perennial Sow Thistle i beam-
ing such a serious peet in :he Prov-
ince of Ontario.
Suggestions Mr its Suppresston
1.—Bear in mind that a few pat-
ches of Perennial Sow Thistle if al-
lowed to mature, may seed down it
whole neighborhood. Therefore take
every precaution to prevent the seed-
ing of patches in meadows, grold
fields, fence corners and on the road-
side.
2.—Watch for the first two or ,
three patches in the field and destroy ;
them before the pest becomea estab-
lished.
3.—Be careful not to hallow or
cultivate through patches an i drag
the underground routstocks all over
the field,
4.—Perennial Sow Thistle thrive.t
n.sost luxuriously on rather low, "damp
land. Underdraining tberefore'would
help to control it.
5. --Sheep are fond of this weed. ;
and if turned on a field after harvest ;
will prevent it seeding, and by their
close cropping weaken the under- ,
ground roots.
itte, .Methods of its Suppression I
'es Crop 'Rotation.—Crop rotatOn itt
of utmost importance in dealing with
the Perennial Sow Thistle. Sense
sharp, short rotation of .crops ehould
-be adopted which allows of the free;
'quent use of the cultivator, the sots;
ling of the flowers before seeding 1.
and the introduction of a ereetheS or
:hoed crop. We cannot recommend
the system of cropping that will be
.suitable for all kinds of farming.
Bads farmer Must eelect the rotation ,
which is most suitable to his condi-
tions, keeping in mind those feature ;
of rotation which will best enable ;
hfin to fight the Perennial Sow This,
the I
Smothering -e -The aim of this meth-
od is to kill the weed by 'delm!song it
a light and air. This is accompli.bed
.by getting, 'some quick-growthir crop !
such as rime or buckwheat eetablish-
el on the lamd while the thiste, jj
it weakened condition. trhe -result is
that sthe, smother mole soon oecuplet,
every s availablo foot of land and 11
belts e (Tense shale in Which the $
thistle in its weaktned. state! cannot
continue to grow.
Hewed crops.—The growing of
such crops as potatoes, corn and
roots which allow of thorough culti-
vation and hand hoeingprovide:. a
moans by which many weds can be
effectively fought. Hoed mops elan,
do not vire entire satisfaction it
fighting the Perennial Sow Thistle.
Tine is largely due to the fact that
in cultivating and hoeing the roote
are mit but not all destroyed, and in
it short time some begin to grow
again. • Hoed crops therefore should
be used in keeping a pest in hesk
; but should not be depended on alone.
. They should be used in coane
; with other methods as outlined fur-
ther on.
Summer Fallowing.—This method
is extremely efficacioue with all sorts
of weeds including the Persnnisl
SOW Thistle. By fallowing f or this
weed a bare fallow is understood or
at least one which is given sufficient
cultivation to prevent the pest from
making any growth above g.round
during the growing season, .A ne-
glected fallow is nothing more or less
than a seed bed and a source ef con-
tamination for every field on the
farm. The chief objection to fallow-
ing is the lying idle of the field for
a season but this is probably offset
by the effectiveness of the method as
compared with other methods which
require a great deal more labor, time
and attention. A great many farmers
in Ontario claim that on the whole
this method is the most economic:II
and most effective.
Digging by Hand.—Small patches
can be destroyed by digging out the
plants with a fork, roots And all and
burning them. This patch :should be
watched and if new shoots appear
they should be taken out at once.
In an ordinary season several dig-
gings are required to completely ex-
terminate a patch.
Detailed Methods
Several meflods Of exterminating
the Perennial Sow Thistle ase here-
in outlined in detail. They should
all be used in connection with it rot-
ation of crops. If a farm is overrun
by 'this weed it should be cleaned up
field by field, More land should not
be under crop than can be properly
looked after. Seeding' down of alf-
alfa or sweet clover following, gaol
ciliate:tier: will do mucn to hold this
(I in check in those fields on th,y
term which cannot be properly look-
ed after if put in with a cropreouir-
ing cultivation. .
Method No. 1—This- method is SlIO:
gested by Professor Zav its, who
found it effective in the eradication
of Quack Grass. Cultivate the field
until about the middle of June, run-
ning over it frequently with Inc cul-
tivator to keep the tops dowe and
thus weaken the "rootS," Then ap-
ply manure at the rate of about 20
tons per acre (12 good loada). Cul-
tivate the manure in thoroughly and
with a double mould board plow
slightly ridge up the land, making
the ridges a bout 2 inches apart, On-
ihe ridges sow casture tape at the
rate of 1 1 the, pee acre. Itis im-
portant that the right amount of rape
should be sown, for if too little is
sown the stand will not be thick en
'nig'h to smother the weeds, an:1
if on the other hand, too mueli is
sown the plants will be :too nowded
end not grow vigorously enomeh to•
keep ahead of the thistle. ,iow Ihe
rape when the land is suffieiently
moist to insure quick germination of
the seed. If the rapt, is slow Im
eterting the Sow Thistle 'ragy get a
:daet in the rewe end thus necessitate
land cultivation there. Cultivate the
rape ONTrY week or ten days it it
ocoupies an the ground end maks
further cultivation impossible. If,
when the rape is cu I, or pastured, any
Sow Thistle remain, the hill :Mould
te ridged up the last thing in the fall
and put in with it hoed crop the
ollowing year. This :should not be
ecessary if a good stand of rape is
cettred.
THE BRUSSELS POST
) Method No. 2.—This is a system of
; intensive cropping suggested by Pre-
fesstoe Zavitz. Al soon as a cereal
; crop.is harvestel, plow the land and
Igive frequent cultivation to the first
or midclle of September. Th,li sow
1 whiter rye at the rate of about two
; bushels per acre. This can be pastur-
(,1 the following spring, or cut for
. hay or grain, As soon as: the crop is
, off the land, put it ha rape, turnip.
! or buckwheat. The advantage of this
I system is that three ['reps are harvests
! (el in two years and the Sow.Thistis
fought at the same time.
-
Method No. 13.—Clover ie followed
by it crop of grain, then elover again.
The clover is cut in Tune and the
land plowed about four inches, deep
and given frequent and thorough
cultivation during the rest cf the
summer. The f ()Bowing eyeing a
grain cede is sown, seeding down with
'clover. For hest results the grain
crop should be one which can be cut
early enough to prevent the thistle
from seeding.
Method No. S.—Directly after har-
vest ploy the land lightly, and then
eive fr.:dm:est cultivation as long as
the seasen permite. The following
,Arnin,_!: gong -plow, and leave in sum-
mer fallow until it is tiine co sow fall
wheat. The summer fallow to be at
feetive meet be a late fallow. The
field must be cultivated theroughly
and frequently, with the obj'ect. of
keeping the tops down and breaking
up tied bringing to the surf:ace of
the ground as many of the roots as
possigle. The gang -plow should oc-
casionally be run over the bell in
order to insure- the cutting of the
'vote. Bare summer fallow has giv-
enexcellent results on the 'College
farm in seasons when other methotls
were at best only partially effective.
GOOD BOX LUNCHES
There are thousands of Men who
enter factories and offices every
working day with a title paper pack-
age in their hands. Tce the home-
maker with imagination, those paper
wrapped bits of food speak infest. elo-
quently. Almost without exception
they proclaim an army of perplexed
women who cudgel their brains daily
to keep lunches from pallieg on fick-
le appetites.
"Can't you think of something
you'd like to -morrow?" is their oft -
repeated appeal to their men folk.
And almost always the men reply
to the same effect: "Oh, just some-
thing to eat!"
The intelligent woman of to -day,
however, knows very well that her
problem is not as easily solved as all
that. Most that she and her family
get out of life depends entirely upon
this man for whom she puts up thet
daily lunch. Nevertheless, in all
that vast army of women there are
comparatively few who have accepted
the lunches as inevitable and sea:els-0d
to make the best they can out of the
situation. Of these few is one with
this viewpoint:
Joy in the Box Lunch
"I thoroughly enjoy planning my
husband's lunches," she says. "Each
day I try to think of something a
little different, and many times I tuck
in a little surprise, like a chocolate
bar or some salted peanuts. And I
do not think that just becauss the
lunch is for a hard-working man it
should not have a few touches of
daintiness. I bake individual pies
for him in small pie tins, and in
packing I put another pan, inverted,
on top to prevent crushing; these
small tins cost as little as cwo fax
five cents. I make his cakes in gem
pans, often cutting one in the middle
and platting in a filling like a layer
cake before icing the top, just, for
the variety.
"I bought mayonnaise dressing
one time because it Was in a half-pint
screw-top jar that would hold a bit
of sauce for my husband's lunsh. I
slip it into his pocket often, filled
with cut-up fruit with orange juice
over it, relish, salad and the like.
On Sunday 1 generally bake a cup
custard in it, or some pudding that
looks more appetizing that way than
when it im broken. If I have to break
a pudding, like blanc mange, I fill
the jar with whipped eream.
Color Contrasts
"f try to make everything in hie
lunch look as well to the eyt: 1544 it
tastee, to piqup. hie curioeity and his
appetite, T try to give him well-
balanred men, but what geed ie
that if ho doesn't care for 'she food?
So 1 dress up salads with 5 bit of
color cc:Mr:oats and even use them
in sandwiches and cakes. Anti I feel
well -repaid for all theilefffort I put
on this part of my homemaking be -
ranee my Mishima really enjoes his
lutiches and says that he looke for-
ward to seeing what's in pack-
ages I've given him.'
One TNI.:1011 this part of a hem-
maker`e work is difficult ls the; there
is no particular place in the kituben
tor doing it where at will no; inter-
fere with the prepahation of breaks
feet, and often the two .meals venset
be looked , after at .tho. snare time.
LOST AND FOUND
Sympathetic Lady: "Aro you
lost?"
Tommy .(in tears): "No, but
I've found a street I don't
know!"
TWO OF A N.I.ND
Teacher: "A biped is some-
thing that goes on two lest. Is
there anybody that can give me
an example?"
PupR: "A pair of shoes!"
•O es se
FREE
Lady Passenger: "Do you
charge for children?"
Bus • Conductor: "Under five
W e do not."
"Well, I have only three."
EXPLAINED
"Isn't that a new piece?"
"Oh, no! The piano has just
been tuned."
EXPERIENCED
"Were you ever in a position
where You had to talk about
something of which you were
ignorant?"
"Sure. I've been through
college!"
,ts ss
LASS AND 'LASSES
"You shouldn't say "lessee',"
reprimanded the mother. "You
must say Ono -lasses'."
Betty (aged five) "But, mum-
my, why should I say 'mo-lesses'
when I haven't had any yet?"
He (during lull in game):
"Isn't the grass coming along
splendidly?"
She (displeased by his lack of
activity): "Yes, especially on
OUR side of the net"
VEILED
"This spinach seems to be
rather stringy, don't you think
so?"
"Well, you might try eating
it with your veil up, dear,"
TOCi SM.ALL
"Why did you move out. of
that fiat you just rented?"
"Oh, it jsyas too small to read
the Sunday papers in!"
es. ee oti
AND THE APPLES ARE GOOD
About this time of year the
newspaper editors, who print
three lines of news of the day
en the front page and continue
the rest in the back of the pap-
er, want to know why the far-
mers put the large apples on
the top of the barrel.
es es 4.
STATUS DECLARED
Oswald: "I've been declared a
semi -pro I"
"How come?"
"Pa gave me a nickel for beat-
ing Willie Garfinkle in tennis."
One woman solved this difficulty by
painting an old commode to match
the woodwork in her kitchen and
using it exclusively for the prepara-
tion of lunches, Here are kept par-
ing and bread knives, and woe be-
tide anyone who used them for any
other purpose! Paper napkins:, oiled
paper, paper plates and cups, string,
jelly glasses with close -fitting covers
were all to be found in one of the
drawers. In the other drawer were
kept articles she had picked up that
had good suggestions for lunches,
and a notebook in which she record-
ed anything that would help her in
this work, She never trusted her
ancillary for anything along this line,
but would make a note on even the
margin of a newspaper and copy it
under the proper heading in the :note-
book as soon as ehe could.
Menus ,
Among some of the menus for well
balanced lunches that she had accum-
tilted, were, the •following:
Cheese sandwiches, orange, dates
stuffed with nuts, gingerbread or
molasses cookies.
Hard-boiled eggs; Imead end butter
sandwiches, celery, prunes stuffed
with peanut butter or raisins,
Baked beans; lettuce sandwiches;
apple sauce; small cakes. -
Peanut -butter sandwiches, apple
jelly roll, cup custard,
Tsvo sandwiches; one of brown
bread and butter, one of white breed
with butter; at hard-boiled egg, dev-
Bed; two cookies; an orange.
A ;sandwich made of chopped meat
and mayonnaise, three olives or
three 01811 pickles, a frosted choco-
late, clap cake, an apple, a pin l; et
A chopped egg and bacon saedwich
jelly tumbler of cote 41OW, three
cookies,- an orange.
Two peanut -batter sandwiches, one '
having chopped plekle, and one jelly,
mixed with the peanut butter; au ap-
ple tart; three pieces of chocolate
fudge; a pint of milk.
Two buttered rolls; jelly tumbler
of fruit salad; a cup custard; two
cookies,
Variety may often be introduced
into the lunch by varying tile breads
as well as the spreads, It is not ut
all difficult to make delimous nut
bread, raisin bread, whole-wheat
bread, finger rolls and steamed braWe
bread. Steamed brown bread, gen-
erously spread with butter, theu With
cottage cheese, snakes it sandwich
that is alicious. Add to this a small
pot of baked beans, sense fruit and a
bit of sweet and . one has in small
compass 'a very satisfying meal even
for an adult.
Well -made corn bread is too seldom
found in the lunch. This .with dev-
iled eggs, plenty of fruit and some
molasses drop cakes or a cherry test
will find favor with almost env man.
Novelties
A few novelties that some home
makers introduce into the lunches
they put Up are as follows;
- A crim stalk of celery, With cheese
worked to a paste and put in the
concave opening.Nuts added to the
cheese give added variety. •
A pie crust rolled out thin and
cut in six-inch squares and filled with
;1, pound of hamburg steak mixed
wlth an equal amount of :raw pota-
toes, °areas, celery and onions. All
this must be put through the food
chopper, seasoned well with ealt and
pepper, then rolled in small amounts
in each pip crust. The ends should
be pressed together and the ,tie baked
slowly until tbe meat and vegetables
are tender. Vrap each roll in wax-
ed papet before packing for the
lunch.
Meat rolls are also among the sub-
stantials men like in a lunch. Chop
1 pound of fresh lean pork as fine
as for sausage and season it well
with salt and pepper and a little sego
or onion. Sprinkle a level tablespoon-
ful of flour over the meat, add half
a cupful of. cold water and stir well.
Make a baking -powder biscuit dough,
roll it out about ,A of an inch thick
and cut large circles from it—a sau-
cer may be used as a guide. Into
each circle put two spoonfuls of the
meat and fold the dough over com-
pletely to cover the filling. Bake it
delicate brown.
Delicious Filling
A delicious filling for pointed din-
ner rolls consists of soup meat, after
it has been boiled for soup, onion,
hard-boiled eggs and celery, bentati
together with mayonnaise. Use one
small onion, two stalks of eelery and
$ eggs to each three-quarters of a
pound of the meat put through the
food chopper. Chop the eggs also
and the celery.
Probably the greatest help one can
have in putting up lunches with var-
iety to them is a well -supplied lunch
shelf. If every, time the homemaker
buys groceries she gets something for
this, the task will soon become a plea-
sure. One gets inspiration for all
sorts of good things if one has. on
hand pickles, jams, nuts, peanut but- ,
ter, potted veal, potted chicken, mar-
achino cherries, marshmallows, rais-
ins, baked beans, canned pimentos,
salad ()dressing, cheese, cookies, dates
figs, olives, sweet chocolate, preserv-
ed ginger, graham crackers, acacia
crackers canned peas and beets, and
relishes.
PENSION FOR THE SIGHTLESS
With every conceivable effort be
ing made to mitigate the hendicape
Of the blind and to render life' com-
fortable and happy for them, it is not
surprisint that the Canadian National
Institute for the BMA, Toronto, has
included in its rernelial program gov-
ernment pensions for sightless per-
sons,
For two years this matter has been
under consideration, arid Capt. P. A -
Baker, general secretary of the. C. N.
I, 13., dealt with it at some length in
his last annual report; when he re-
commended that "the Institute sec-
:ure provincial legislation leading to
the establishment of old -age pensions
foe relief by the provinces for nec-
essitous blind pen:ties 50 • years of
age aed over."
"This," said Capt. Baker, "is an
-obviously necesary measure, since,
'first, very few in this class are em-
ployable, • eren when measured
against low working or earning sten-
dente; and, second, oar indus'mie3 are
already becoming crowded with in-
dividuals past this ige limit, and tor
whom other provision must he Made,
Unless such proviaion is secured the
Instittite ts :faced with the necessity,
in the not fae distant future, of em. -
playing a large majority of ite funds
in supporting uneMployeble people,
to the exclusion and detriment of
young, induetrially capable, and am-
bitious blind individuals desiring, spec -
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TERMS TO SUIT ALL
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Phone 171 Stratford.
1 The Car Owner's Scrap -Book I
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; (By the Left Hand Monkey Wrench)
CAUSE OF VALVE TROUBLE
Valve trouble is often traced to
back pressure from the muffler. In
case of back pressure remove the.
muffler and clean the soot and car-
bon from the plates Or tubes .or re-
move one of them..
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UNDERINFLATION RUINS TIRES
Underinflatini a high pressure
tire to make car, riding easier causes
the side walls to bend to such an ex-
tent that they give out long before
they should and the life of the tiro is
greatly reduced. There is ills) con-
siderable waste of fuel in running on
soft high-preszure tires.
CARBURETOR MIXTURES
Carburetors can be made to supply
safe mixtures or dangerous ones.
The carburetor should be adjusted
so that stepping on the accelerator
will make the car jump out of dans
ger. If stepping on the gas chokes
the engine and causes it slow
down, it is as dangerous as brakes
that fail.
STARTING ON MINIMUM OF GAS
After the car has rust out of gas-
oline it is necessary to primt the
carburetor by turning the engine
over with the starter until the vac-
uum sucks enough gasoline through
the feed line to start the engine. It
is sometimes a good plan to remove
the plug from the top of the vacuum
tank and pour in a half pint of gaso-
line. Or, if the vacuum tank is hard"
to get at, remove the cover frm the
float chamber of the karburetor and
pour in enough gasolme to keep the
engine running for one minute.
OILING HIDDEN PARTS
The best way to lubricate conceal-
ed parts of the car without getting
under the chaassis is to drill small
holes through the running board
aprons, dash, car flooring and under
the rear 'seat compartment directly
afove the part to be oiled. The size
of the hole required de-Amds an the
accessibility of the part under it. If
only the oil -can spout is to bs, flaco-
n -iodated, a half-inch hole is sufficient
but if a grease cup is to be reached,
a four -inch or five -inch hole with tin
cover should be cut. Many leads can
be reached with a piece of copper
gasoline pipe, drilled in th.. floor
board, and the oil fed to a bearing
by dropping into a tube.
The wise motorist donsults an ex-
pert before having any adjustments
made on his car or before making
them himeelf.
The lack of oil in the engine is in-
dicated by knocking, overheating, re-
duced power and squeaking oe pis-
tons in the cylinders.
BEARINGS AND THEIR CARE
Bearings should last as long as the .
car. When they show excer,ivo wear
ing, it is principally due to the lack
of lubrication. The elements of a
! car, roughly speaking, may be divid-
ed into two 'parts—those which aro
of themselves practically stationary
' when the car is in motion, such as
' the body, frame and top, and those
parts which are 'in action -when the
car is in motion, such as the reeip-
rocating parts of the engine, the re-
volving gears in the transmission and
the parts which ireemdiately - aid in
the propulsion of the car or that
make propul-sion possible. Practical-
ly every case of failure of these mov-
ing parts is due to 'insufficient lubri-
cation, and it Is a' simple matter to
grease bearings and the lubrication
chart and instruction book will solve
this matter in just a few moments.
GRINDING VALVES'
Tho correct system to lise when
grinding valves is as follows': Get
a set of new valve cap gaskets, some
valve grinding compound, and a valve
spring lifter. Remdve the valve caps
and valve spring covers. Scrape the
carbon off the top of if valve aria see
if it is numbered. If not, number
the valves with a centre punch. Next
slide the valve spring tool under the
valve spring cup and raise the spring.
The valve will probably lift wlth the
spring.. If not, lift it with a screw
driver, and then insert a wire under
the valve head. Then press dorm the
valve, remove the key and let down
the spring. The valve can then be
pulled out with the wire. Remove
the spring. Next scrape Uscarbon
off the valve and then smea ra thin
coating of the valve grinding com-
pound on the valve, put the valve in
pike, and with a screw driver or oth-
er tool revolve it back and forth on
its valve seat, lifting it and giving it
a half turn periodically. A thin grey
line will form on the valve, and then
when this is free from black marks.
or "pits" the valve has been ground
and it can be replaced ( efter a thor-
ough cleaning) and reassembled with
its spring.
Never park in a puddle of oil; oil
eats rubber.
Measuring the bores with micro-
meter callipers Is the only way to
properly determilfe the condition of
cylinders.
When -passing a car at night, watch
!the curb or roadside .ane run as clime
to the left .side as safety penults. Do
not cast eyes to the glare of opposing
headlights, es there isit possibility
of a head-on collision or running off
the road,
ial training or larger opportunity."
In choosing 50 as the age at which
it blind person may receive it pension,
the Canadian National Institnte for
the blind has followed the precedent
1set by Britain. An old -age pensions
bill affecting the whole. of Canada
I and benefiting persons 70 years of
age and over,, would also apply—if
passed—to blind people 50 and over.
It is eStimatol that thcgo 'ole 7000
sightless persons in Canada, 50 per
cent of whom are over 50 years of
age. Of this percentage, $000
would be eligible for pension, but
the cost of assieting them by ttlatns
of monthly payments would be, when ,
brought to a per capita basis, very ,
'small indeed.
I It usually takes a head to get
ahead.
l A "pro" and his "Profit" make a
"fit" pair.
Boys usad to go to college to get
a sheepskin, Now they want it rac-
coon coat.
The cent -a -mile air rate recently
predicted will possibly eau -se many
a transportation company to go up
in the air,
Reading about the hog -calling con-
test, the winner of which was able
to make hiensolf undertsood it mile
away, makes one wish that somebody
would start a little competition
among train announcers at raiload
stations,
Politician's should remember that
it's hard to keep one's balanca on a
"wet" plank.
A woman was overheard saying
that she thought the new movie, "The
Scarlet Letter," would make a splen-
did story if• it were "novelized!"
Shades of Hawthorne!
It has been said that courtesy costs
nothing, but the toll on the word
"please" in telegrams sent in tho
United States'amounts, according to
the Dearborn Independent, to $10,-
- 000,000 annually.
Thl'se who have stood amid the
book stacks of a great Tibrary and
felt overwhelmed by the thousands
of volumes, may draw what comfort
they can from the statement of Carl
H. Milam, secretary of the American
Library Association, that .although
288,000,000 volumes are printed an-
nually, the libraries of North Amer-
ica have been able to aceumulate
only 10,000,000,