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Brown Label Quality, 39e Orange Pekoe Wend, 430 !aelb,
Blue Label Quality, 43c :143- !Red Label Quality, 49t ?a -lb.
Gold Label Quality (nest Procurable), 53o 1/2 -lb.
Four grades sold in Bloch, Green and Mixed Blends.
Lowest Frkes In Canada For Fine Teas
LEAP YEAR DATES
BACK TO CAESARS
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On Face of It, Having 29 Day3 -in courtap. The fact that Scotland
February Seems Arbitrary Ar- of the time was under the rubs of the
rangementi Length of Year Fixed maiden Queen Margaret is sugestet-
.About 45 B. C. iv», but misleading., einc' she. the
J inted 'Meal or Norway,' Wr13
London, Feb. 1 7-1/!.'une lame :net, child who had 111O:1.1. sot f111)). 1)11
- Year, with 2e daye in Febrattty, the Setetish
Daily New; says: "Oe the Tam, of it, "No, oms it .eon), has eve' see.
it seems an erbitrary Assam:dem:IL coded trnsing any reesomame
For its oriain and explanttien we even plausibie, commetion twovesn
meat go back to Julius Ceattes ar to the cestend cone:ado and tee os -
his astronomers. who. someweett. ,t- currenve of lean year. but it we -
bout 46 B. C., fixtel the length at' tee • sady Seetlend tha: the supers %ion
year. its moasured by the .;:un s men- won statutory .Atreseenition
sit. at 35 days, a hour.. Tes yeers toter a siteiier Issy was oetsed
hours mmeented a d:ffeelty teldth in Frenee, and in the lath eentary
was overcome by ignoring: them for , the eesteee pion:sing'
three years, and on the fourth year, every uvti year, wile w ealitae; for
adding four Clime six, or 24 haute. I receleiment War; 1 !11!
to the year's length. Februasy a:1 I Fram) mei G0111111. In Engaitel thd
was not originally the added dey. • custom was never leg:illy e
and is not even now regards,' uni- hut then) is no law tigantss
vernally in that light In the Roman ----0
calendar the trick was woresd THE FARMFR'S
aoubling the sixth lay before tha
kalends Mareh. that is Feheuery
ail, the year for this nelson Itein s
tailed "bieextile," a nanie still sta Farm sawyer, hare s'hown tint
twined in the Lation countries of very few fOrnitti.s follow a syst '11141V"
Europe. reatadd of farm acsountinge Tiles
Gave Extra Day.
• may, in the past. have been due to
"In tsith iees, however,
a lack of suitable ,timple forms or ma
more he Bislit
count hooks for the purpose. Taere
has been tmesitatred reason-
o:mks
able, as it ;ertainly less confus- Ore tel,. a menial. of simple b
ing, to givFbruary an extre , „ ,
t4suee. wnem are LI great help te the
rather than :1r..' two onew-ame aday
farmer in this important miteter
c,
i,
days beeline tbm
e sae date. The Et se
Fanning a a business, and f it dee
t wily
1111 term '10ep year' is nopay the farmer should no
almost soli -
explanatory. The eirect of the inter- Some record of re-
osing thextsa ams. is that am eeipts and expenses. together wita 11,1
pe :tr
Feltruery 2:t every tmat 'km ovor' inventory to list with values of dm)
et,
the dry of ths week on which ' famd, implements, c.on
htakg
3I1(1 have faller if February's tale
and) en at the beginnin:Ma
of )13113) had not amei increased, Taus the eed of the farmers' ,year. must
last year March 1 waon Tmesinv.
he kent if ho is to find out way it
s '
This ;tater it will he on Thmaday, mei
deesnt pay. Keep a record of ench
so on with the remaining months. department of your farm busidess.
"There were gvave angert to be
Find out how much you are making
encounteredie the days
• tl
from each, and if any are not teem the
pay -
right nf spinsters to propose mar-
ring(' i11 lean yearm
was serloay up_ A iample and yet vow useful little
'held. For at one time this hosaceount hook for farmers has been
sy Ma.
y
elation went beyond a joke, although
issued bthe Domirion Experiment-
.
the origin of the custom is lost in the al FarmsThis may be oreeured
mists of antiquity.
from the Publications Branem De
'In 1 2zik—a leae year—a -
pertinwa
ent of .Agriculture, Otta, far
enacted in Scotland declaring, that law W1iS
the nominal charge of ten cents. T1 is
e book, while simple, is a great
ing the reign of Her Most
it is statute and ordained thet dur-
littlstep in advance of keeping 01 ac -
Majesty, each maiden lady Blessed
of both counts whatever. Now is a good
start
high and low estate shall bay, beertime to take an inventory and
-
ty to besphkeeping accounte.
eak the man se likes, al- .
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belt he refuses to tnke her to be his
lawful wife he shall bm
e uletea WORSE
the sum o1 one pound or less a; Ili.; 141 trnnring'
estate may b asetept taat he tstn
Make it appear that he 1).,!!'ottror
r any othewr4Man he shall then he
free.
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ACCOUNT BOOK
THE BRUSSELS POST
FlaKtilat FORM( taNION,
es.. es..
Are Stumm-tett to no tasted with
Mystical Powers.
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fear of 311' 14 itert. woo 1r1
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Tilr•se so-eoltd 13313 33 1,111141 1' are
known as 411,:3i13A, and are supposed to
be gifreil Wil 33 LI 3-41 len] powers be-
cause id lade' aim:trent insensibility
to pain, mee well-known practice is
for a limn to held 111)) right arm
tthove his head until the muscles are
withered and it Cannot be 1ow3'red.
Another 4:01111110n instunee Is for
the beggar to stand on one leg. with
the oilier drawn UP against the body,
and refuse to Ile. With these and
many 01311' contortions, the holy men
attreet attention. A little earthen
pot stands beside them, and woe be-
tide the paseer-by who tails to make
soma kind of contribution.
Business is not as good as 11 usod
to 11 and competition has become
toe keen, so a union has been form-
ed to keep out the many and train
but 11 row apprentices.
'ride system is not all imposture,
for some of the mon have a spiritual
ideal. John Freed, who visited Per-
sia in 13199, tells a story of a man
who resolved to hang by his heels
until 11)' got enough money to build
a 11111110 to Mohammed.
One of their theories deals with
breath 01)111 1.01. In time they can
conteol their hreath to such perfec-
tion that an adopl eau relapse 111to
a coma anti let buried alive for 11)'V"
caal days. One man, eimaid Bey,
remained in a sealed coffin under
water for three hours, Mating the
record of Houdini, who remained an
hour and a half in a coffin supposed
to contain only enough air to Iasi an
ordinary. individual thrcte or four
minutest Hamid Bey deelares that
next, time he will beat the record by
being buried alive for three days:
A. fakir, Rahman Bey, came to
London las3 year and gave an ex-
hibition of his powers, He stuck a
sword through his throat without
drawine blood, Ho fell back on a
board covered with mete nails, and
his inenager :messed him down. He
stuck hatpaie into his cheeks, chest,
and arms, Yet he suffered no aPpar-
em tialn aad drew no blood.
It may be true that by various
exercises, earaful dieting, and con
-
fret of the, breath. the mind maY
aequire eueli influence over the body
that Insensittility to pain may 110 at-
tained, but how many of these feats
aro due to charlatanism is a problem.
An Australian performer, named
Murray, explains the humin pin-
cushion trick in the following mea-
ner. A local anaesthetic is applied to
the cheeke. A weapon is then stuck
through the flesh and, after it is
withdrawn, little pieces of gold wire
are inserted in the wounds so that
the flesh heals round those These
tire afterwards taken away and the
trick can be performed on these pre-
pared plaees with impunity.
There are adepts still to be found
in the East who devote their life to
these strange practices without much
hope of material gain. It is an
amusing, modern touch, though, that
the numbers of those wishing to live
such an uncomfortable lite and do
no ordinary work should now be
limited by a union.
Motive Not Clear.
"The tindive for 1111. me -t
etiactiread Is pot steer. It 7O! 31413,
as 10.0 as ems can beide ) or
surpitts w,,me-o. oet, ;o 11
wore on Tuly hookw:w} •,,,•(: ,•,:r •
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Is Smoking Safe?
There is enough nicotine in a Ma-
nilla cigar to kill two men.
This statement was made by Prof.
W. E. Dixon the other day, says An -
:ewers, but it 1211001 caused so much
concern among smokers ae nilgbt
have been expected. Perhaps because
not nearly so re:my people smoke
cigars to -day; perhaps because the
professor's general remarks were not
unfriendly to tobacco. He seems to
think it beneficial to the nervous
system, espertially in removing the
after-effects of nervous strain,
uusle ]1'1 jest aledieal men, indeed, are much
oat lenee 11111013111 of My Lady Nicotine
netrrried 11. widow Wihh
tire,4
arenanowadays. They don't like people to
siert too tearly, but otherwise they
0 se 0 + harm few prejudiees on the subject.
YES INDEED
"11111 you know Vella 111111,o,-, 3)
1;(• 11.1.111• boy 111110 4111113:1 11:e
11,4111 skirl, lima; days?"
He hemmed a trapeze .";
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AT LA RGE
anted POSITION with several
families. Permanent connec-
tion desired. 'Best of references Ven. Wages
no object. Guaranteed MA to leave or disap-
point. Helpful when Spring work starts,
Big ES niiiar OVick
Price $3.75 Others from $1.50 up
For Sale by
J. R. WENDT
JEWELWROXETER
As one famous doctor put it recently,
they want 133) 1101 to einolte between of bay or grain, much labour could
fonrteen and eighteen, 140 til at we can he etettiomized through the net of
1,1y
3cibac130 between eighteen mad
larger irnphrn13'11t5 ao then 1,113114•
clitlItY.
'113010.8 are ordinarily used 11 .1r1lig
:9:11,000 orathopbone 11000331. ssveral days mien yeer. •
GREAT LEADER IC DEAD
Earl of Oxford and Asquith, formerly Hon. Herbert As:quith, who
passed away at his home at Sutton Courtenay, England.
USE ONLY THOROUGHLY
CLEANED AND GRADED SEED
There could be no better proof
that thoroughness in cleaning anti
grading seed grain is worth while
than that which lies in the feet that
the use of high quality seed is be-
coming more and more it generei pra-
ctise among growers.
The principle of cleaning and
grading seed has many times beee
shown to the sound. The practice
of cleaning and grading entaile143113
labour and relatively little expense
in equipment. The use of goo:I seee
then is a matter which the gooe far-
mer cannot overlook as a means of
producing larger and better crops.
The fanning mill, which 311414 done
referred to by some one as the far-
mers"plant breeder' helps to main-
tain the high quality of a er et as
well as to offer a means of keeping
down weeds.
The work ordinarily done by a fun-
ning mill consists first of removing
the light kernels and some trash with
a blast of air from the fan, sesond
with a complete set of send:a the
smaller seeds can be separated out,
as well as miscellaneous material
consisting of grain of other cereal
crops, if such be present.
With the coming of central clean-
ing plants, many farmers are able
to take their grain to be cleaned and
graded at comparatively small cost.
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Brussels Horticultural Society
Premhilll List
MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED To THREE ()) 011010M
01101011
1 ---One Norway Spruce,
2—One Rose—Hybrid Perpetual—Frau Karl Drtkehlti (\V)
Geo, Aremde (P); Ulrich Brunner (0); Ilugh Dickson 11311
Ophelia (1') ; Hugh Dickson (R) ; Sunburst (Y) ; Old Geld; •
Climbing Excelsa; Paul's Scarlet (R); Van Fleet (1').
3—011e Peony (Red, White or Pink)
4—One Forsythki (Fortune's Golden Bell).
5—One Buddlcia (Butterfly Bush)
6—One Doutzia (Double Pink )
7—One Spina (Van Houttei)
8—One Japan Barberry
9—One Hydrangea (Paniculata)
10—One Asparagus Fern
11—One Phlox (orange, Salmon Rose, Mauve, White)
12—One Lillum Auratum.
Those who ,ure fortunate onugl, to
live within hauling distaece and do
not care to purvbase equipmenl of
their Own, can make use of the cen-
plant. These plants of course, ate
necessarily -somewhat better equipp-
ed to handle large quantities ef semi
in a short space of time and also to
make a more thorough job, paiticul-
arty of removing mixtures of 314rer-
e11t kinds of grain.
None of the cereal crops reentres
cleaning and grading so much as do
oats. The nature of the crop con-
taining as it does large numbers of
small kennels and in uefavottrable
seasons many light, poorly filled ken.
rads, makes it all the more important
to use the fanning 111111 very genes,
• ously with this grain,
Dirty grain which may give the
appearance of being very unsuitable
:for seed may often be cleaned and
graded into an excellent seed sample.
at is quite often better econemy 91)
clean up a dirty lot of home grown
grain than to purchase seed else-
where. There is always the danger
of introducing other varieties as well
as 'weed strangers' when avert is
brought in from another source un-
less it is bought under certifration.
Too mica care canno3 be taken
nor too much attention given when it
comes to preparing the seed for
spring solving.
The Influnece of Larger Equipment
In Re ducing Farm Labour
The economical use of farm labour
is essential to profitable farming.
labour is often heedlessly wasted
because fanners have not calculated
the hours of manual labour that they
could save by using, on farm; hav-
ing a sufficient acreage, implements
(hewn by three or four hayses in-
etend of two.
In many cases the time of 1. man
could ht. saved by using, for exempla,
a two or three -furrow ploneh mul-
tiple section harrows, or a double
'cultivator. For the cutting anti hard -
A mm00.10111., 110(104 111(11)1 1/Y
CIllailapin for eille Masterat Voice,"
18 said to be the 11)111 COStly toter
31r31 10)11. The record Contahul the
"Farewell of Boris" and the "Death
of Boris," nom the opera "Boris
Gedounov." More than $25,000 was
spent on the recording of our side
alone, Th.gois of test records were
murk before the record was finally
approved.
London Expanding.
A new town, to be known se $t.
Belier'e, is to bo built on the out-
skirts of London at a cost of $6,000, -
The average time per acre requir-
ed foe different operations pe tform-
ed with implements drawn by three
or four horses as compared With
01000 drawn by two horses, is as fol-
lows:
13 or 4 horse 2 -horse
team team
hours hours
Ploughieg 4 0 0
Diskieg 211 13.13
lImmowing 0.5 1.0
0 OU. Work will start early in the seeang , . „ .. —0.7 iez
now yoar. Fifty thousand hew houses Cultivating (4 times)4,0 8,0
are wanted, and this scheme by the
London County Council will provide Raking 0,1 i 03
9,000 houses, with aceommodation Hauling grain or hay.4.0 6.0
for about 60,000 people. Hauling corn 18,0 25
in the Peace River Block.
Sohn Thorsley of Rolla claims the
world's record Lor wheat yields with
90 bushels to the acre in 1927. Ca B.
Anderson, also of Rolla, Mai= the
highest mark for Rod Bobs wheat,
98 bushels to the acre. These pointe
aro in the Peace River Block on the
British Columbia side.
Football Fatalities In 9.3. S.
Seventeen football players died of
injuries in the United States during
the season of 1027; 100 others ro-
quirod hospitalization through ins
juries.
On a 200 acre farm where 5 -year
rotation is followed and of which 15
acres are seeded to corn or atm
hoed crops 65 acres to grain and 80
acres to hay, an average of 800 to
860 hours of man labour equal to
80 to 85 ten-hour days can be saved
NO CUSTOMERS
The Tragedian: 8 atn becoming
quite famous. I have a cigar namcd
tater me.
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13—One Iris
14—Three Begonias (Assorted Colors)
15—Ten Gladioli (Good Varieties)
16—Two named Gindioli — Any two of the following:—Herada;
Red Emperor; Golden Measure; Bryon L. Smith.; White
Perfection.
g'- LIST MUST 13E RETURNED BY MARCH ist 87
Any choice from 3 to 17 may be duplicated.
Any choice from 4 to 17 may be duplicnted.
Extra Roses, Bulbs, Shrubs will be supplied at cost; also Geraniums
Rhododendrons, Dutchman's Pipe, Chrysanthemum Roots, Delphiniums, ete.
yearly solely through the use of more
powerful implements.
The labour -which is saved cola be
used for other lines of work which
are often neglected because of the
hick of time, or the tilled even- might
he extended and thus increase the
farmer's income. In most mises it
would not be necessary to insrease
the number of horses on the farm
for such a change.
It ie. readily undersloou that the
farmer who already owns a complete
set of agricultural equipment is not
ready to sell it at; a whole in order
to buy larger implements, but as no
gradtially replaces his equipment, he
would be Witie to consider the arlvi,sa-
bility of buying, even at an in •reesed
cost, three or four -horse rathm, thou
two -horse machines.
Women of the Netherlands East
Indies are taking to ice mainlines,
washing machiatee and Mho! -electric
labor -savers.
Cartridges loaded. with, fine sand
are used by naturalists to shoot. the
swiet-flying be -My, which can travel
800 miles an hOU1'.
Labor disputes in Sweden ase be-
lieved to be settled, wage agreements
having been signed in :Marla an im-
portant industries.
The crater of Mount VE191.11,11.1S
once was the hiding place ol escaped
slaves, brigands and outlaws, but
that was before the eruption that
destroyed Pompeii.
An omelet made from the egg of
an ostrich. will feed eightOpersens.
The tall cocoanut palm tree helps
supply mankind with buttons, seam
candles, candy, butter, sugar, paper
rope baskets, brushes, muellage.
NOT ALWAYS
"What is puppy love?"
"It's the beginning of a dog's
life,"
THE: SWIFT KICK
Sympathizer—And did her fattier
come between you?
Jilted Suiter—No—behind mei
LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT
Suitor — Tommy, does a y ming
man call here in the awning to see
your sister?
Tommy—Not exactly to see hor,
bemuse there's no light in the room
when he's here.
as se se es
STRANGERS NOW
Pop (to his bright offspring) —
What's wrong?
Son (twelve years old) — i just
had a terrible scene with your ware!
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MIND-READING
Small boy at the zoo looking at
the stork:
"Mother, I believe he is trying to
see if he can remember me."
BRAIN -WORK STUFF
Farmer—"Thought you said you
had plowed the ten -acre field'?"
Plowman—"No, I only said I was
I thinking about plowing it."
I "Oh, I see, you've merely turned
• it; over in your 111111d."
4:*
SHE EXPECTED—?
Egbert—I'm afraid. our honey-
moon will take every penny Ps11
savAeddeluhpi
bf. it? A
moon is something. that only happens
once in every two or three years.
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OFFICE ROUTINE
First Stenog—The boss bawled me
out this morning about my lipstick
Second Stenog—Gonna quit using
it?
First Stenog—I guess I'll have to
quit using the 1411111 that (0111)114 off.
EXPLAINED
The nervous old lady stopped the
conductor. "Are you quite sure the
train 13331 always stop when yott pull
that little rope?"
"Of course it will," replied the
; conductor. "The other end is tied
anent] the engineer's neck.
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HAD A BIG TIME
Ike—"1 sure had, a good time at
a fiat house party 1"
Tike—"Tell me about it."
Ike—"I don't remember any-
thing."
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