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AIWCULTUIE IN
13RITIS -I COLUMBIA,
A tangible indication of that in,
oroasing ia•torest in beekeeping in
'Western Canada to whieh attention
baja recently been drawn was given
recently when a record shipment of
forty million hoes, valued at $10,000,
wee received at Winnipeg from South
Carolina, destined for distribution
throughout the entire Western tore -
tory. The remarkable development of
intoest in apiculture in the Prairie
Provinces has already been noted with
the Butt owning more generally into
favor every year in that territory from
do Great Lakes to the Rooky Ileum
tains. It will be found that in Britia'b
Columbia also it progress is being
achieved which b keeping the Pacific
coast province In line with the
prairies.
British Columbia is in every respect
an ideal territory for the apiarist, In
its temperate clime nectar -producing
blossoms bloom practically throughout
the year. The fruitgrowing valleys
are planting thousands of additional
fruit trees each year and apiculture is
a pursuit naturally allied to fruit pro-
duction. The Okanagan and Koote-
nay valleys, which have made their
fruit product favorably known in so
many remote parts of the world, have
taken enthusiastically, to the produc-
tion of honey and are yearly increas-
ing the volume of output, whilst with-
in the confines of the city of Vancouver
itself many tona of the first quality
are produced each year.
In five years British Columbia prac-
tically doubled Its honey crop. In
1917 the totalproduction of the pro-
vince was 370,000 pounds with a value
of $74,000. The fallowing year 450,-
000 pounds were raised with a value
of 3126,000. In 1922 all the beekeepers
of the province reporting to the Gov-
ernment
overnment accounted far an output of
711,35G pounds ot honey worth 3177,-
839, which was a very gratifying in-
crease for the period. Owing to con-
ditions being dlstinotly unfavorable
in 1923 the eeasffn was an unfortunate
one for British Columbia beekeepers,
and a decline in production was re-
corded, with 432,518 pounds worth
195,154.
Conditionso' the
f a heof apicul-
ture in British Columbia are naturally
excellent, and it Is .gratifying to view
the increasing interest being mani-
fested in the industry. Haney produc-
tion on the Pacific coast is annfially
Increasing as more devotees are en -
dated to follow it as either a side line
or exclusively. Tho profit to be de-
rived from the industry is being more
strongly realized in the fruit dis-
tricts, where beekeepers' associations
exist for the promotion of apiculture
and the aid of the beekeeper. The
Beekeepers' Association of British
Columbia now has thousands of mem-
bers who are augmenting the produc-
tion of the province and comtributing
to making Western Canada independ-
ent of honey importation.
Sleep.
I am tired --my whirling head
And all my bones are sick for bed;
And so I'll leave them now, and Leap
To cool translucencies of sleep.
And 'there Pll lie like some great trout,
Who scarcely breathing lies suspended
In restful waters safe and deep,
Feeling sunlight through his sleep..
And in the morning it will be
Aa though I felt, but could not see
Warm waters passing aver me,
As I slowly rise until
1 sun awake against my will—
With tiny brain well breakfasted
Ott sable airy figs and cream,
Or bright icing off a dream.
—Dorothy Aldia,
Salted Babies!
Salt plays a curious part in christen-
ing ceremonies in some countries,
The Armenians cover a new --born
infant's skin with finely -powdered salt
After being left on for three hours, the
salt is washed oft with warm water.
A mountain tribe of Asia Minor leaves
the baby covered inthisway for twen-
ty -tour hours.
TheGreeks sprinkle their babies
A good tea:
and the choicest of Red Rose Tees is` the
ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY a'''
JI EALTI-I (EDUCATION
BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON
Provinolel Board of Health, Ontario
Cr. liilddleton will be /lad to answer questions oa Public flealth'aa0
ten through thie column. Address bias sit iridins Bonne, 8pa4
Crgsooat, Toronto
The study of diets in their relation
to disease has been upto the present
a sadly neglected subect. In all pro-
gressive countries, however, there is
at the present time an extraordinary
interest being taken in the question of
dieting, particularly . as regards the
causation of certain diseases, the
origin of which has hitherto been
somewhat obscure. Muchod, the food
eaten to -day is -not of the right kind
to promote and maintain good health.
It is deficient in fat-soluble vitamins,
because through habit or custom, large
numbers of people are not particular-
ly fond of green vegetables, 'Milk,
cheese or eggs. When the questionof
green vegetables is mentioned, many
people shrug their shoulders and say
they could not get accustomed to hay.
Little do they know how essential
green vegetables are in keeping the
diet properly balanced so that good
health may be maintained.
The ordinary diet consists largely
of bread, butcher's meat, potatoes,
jam, tea and coffee. Milk is often
neglected, and yet milk should form a
larger pant of oar diet than is at
present the case.
The problem of such a commonplace
thing as defective teeth would be
solved by greater attention being paid
to the diet of children, and the decline -
in infant mortality is largely due to
the instruction in infant feeding which
now forms such a large part of infant
welfare work. The experience of
many observers has proved that the
number of rickety children had con-
siderably decreased since dried milk
was used in preference to patent
foods.
Cod liver oil is known io be espe-
cially rich in some of the essential
vitamines . and some authorities urge
that cod liver oil and milk should be
provided at all welfare centres,
EASY TRICKS
Gone Again
This clever stunt is performed
with twe very small dice, the kind
sold with cheap editions of some
counting games being very satis-
factory. The smaller the dice the
easter the trick Is to do, but with
practice it may be done with dice
of almost any size.
The attention of the spectators
is called to the fact that opposite
Hides of each die always totals
seven. This is a tact with every
properly made die. The two dice
ora placed on the tip of the fore-
finger and the spectators are
asked to observe which numbers
are on top. The numbers being
noted. the thumb of the same
hand is placed on them. The
spectators are asked to tell which
numbers will be undermost. As
they have learned that the spots
on opposite sides of 011ie always
total seven .they are nine to an-
swer the question. When the
band is turned over and the fore-
finger lifted it Is seen that two
other dicta are presented to view.
The forefinger again covers the
ileo and the hand is turned over.
The thumb Is lifted and the spots
originally seen are exposed.
The secret' is very simple but
the trick is perplexing. When
the hand is turned over, the
thumb Is drawn back a trifle,
causing each die to make a quar-
ter of a revolution, With a little
practice this can be done without
fear of detection. The sane
movement, reversed, restores the
dice to their original positions.
(0Np this out and paste it, with
other o1 the series, in a scrapbook.)
A curious fish which does not be-
long to any known species, was re-
cently caught off Iceland. Three feet
long, it is jet black in color, the whole
with salt at the christening, a custom slain being covered with white spines.
theil also marks the naming of child-
ren in some parts of Germany.
In countries where this custom per-
sists it is believed that the practice
endows a child with health and
strength, and that it also wards off
evil influences.
A Forest's Fireproof Carpet.
Agricultural experts in Algeria have
found a new method of preventing for-
est fires. It consists in carpeting the
grmmd under the trees with a hardy
creeping plant that will not burn.
Ailey plants that do not dry up and
that spread rabidly even in the shade
are being planted,
Not only aro the plants Incombast-
ible, but they have an additional value
In conserving the moisture of the soil.
Wends aro also choked by the thick
obscuring foliage, The plants used
are a species of ground ivy"
The Lion Laundry.
A bu^ly man conies forward. The
alerts kooks througi- iia papers', "A
rtrong man is wanted at the Lion
Laundry, Will that suit you?"
"1 dunes. I'm ready to do any kind
of work, tut I don't know whether I
can wash lions."
Say "Bayer Aspirin"
INSISTI Unless you see the
"Bayer Cross" on tablets you
are not getting the genuine
Bayer Aspirin proved safe by
millions and prescribed by phy-
sicians' for
hy-sicians'for 24 years.
y Accept only a
e� Bayer packa e
g
which contains proven directions
Tian "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets
Also bottles of 24 and 100 --Druggists
aspirin le ata trade mirk (registered in
Oatmeal itheldrne s3allclUeec dura of Meta.
The Human Complex.
One who has anything to do with
other human beings cannot fail to be
impressed with the complications tbat
arise whenever there are others to be
consulted.
The scheme of the universe was not
so devised that any of us can go it
alone andhave everything his own
way. Napoleon and the Kaiser tried
it, and lost. Again and again in busi-
ness man have risen to a lofty peak
and fallen far, because they were self-
sufficient and would not call others in-
to counsel.
When an only child goes from a
family that has spoiled him to a school
that pays little heed to him, the larger
part of his educational experience is
to find where he belongs. He learn,
his real size on a scale that is not of
his own making.
So it is with the indivilualist in this
great round world we inhabit together.
He must concede. He mast learn the
virtue and the beauty of teamwork,
He cannot have at once all that he be-
lieves he wants; he must renounce
some things and modify, if not aban-
don, his claim to the rest.
The strongest, apparently riding to
power over delicate scruples and
quashing the will hof others, are at
times strangely conciliatory and
gentle, if they mean to hold the place
they win. For mankind, while it for-
ever seeks a leader and In that leader
demands' a lighting spirit, will give
neither its love nor its abiding confi-
dence to the selfish.
If we are sure we are right, the at-
titude to take toward those who can-
not see things as we see them is not a
brusque dismissal of their views and
feelings, but an effort to understand
and to clarify misunderstanding.
T- .
And Likely Any Day to be Crowned.
"Why do you speak of him as hav-
ing a, checkered career?"
"Isn't he always on the move?"
Flotsam.
The men and officers of the navy are
known all over the world for their
smart appearance, and it was for this
reason that one of the officers on board
a battleship wag rather disgusted at
the untidy appearance of a certain
midshipman.
One 'morning be strolled into the
ward -room wearing a collar that was,
to say the least of it, extremely grub-
by. This was too much for the officer,
and he decided to tackle the young
man on the matter.
"Look here," he said, "you ought not
to come in here wearing a filthy collar
like that round your neck.
"Filthy, sir," replied the middle; "I
assure you this collar was washed
ashore only yesterday."
"I don't doubt that," was the quick
reply; "but from which wreck?"
Area of Hongkong.
The British colony of Hong Bong
consists of a number of Islands ad-
joining the mainland of China and a
strip of the mainland itself. Tho
whole colony comp :Mee an area of 301
Wiens nines.
Anyone who can catch up .Can keep"
tip; anyone who can keep up can forge
ahead.
Remarkable Document.
Charles i.ounsbury, poor and insane,
leases s beautiful Will.
Justice Walter Lloyd ' Smith, who
presides over the third Department of
Alienate Division of the 27,8. Supreme
Oou,tt, brought with him to dinner of
the New Yorls Uulversity l,aw Soboo]
Alumni Association recently what
be said was the most remarkable
document that ever came into his pos-
sesslon, Others who read Ilio doou-
meet, the Met will and 'testament of
Charles I.ounsbury, who died in the
Cook County Asylum, at Dunning, 11-
llnols, wero dleposed Gil agree with
IsBn. Here itis:
"I, Charles Lounsbury, being of
sound mind and disposing memory, do
hereby make and publish this, my last
will and testament, in order, aa justly
as may be, to distribute my interest In
the world among succeeding' men.
That . part of my interest which is
known in law and reeogized in the
cheep -bound volumes as my property,
being inconsiderate and of no a.ocount,
I make no disposal of, in this, my will.
MY right to live being but a life estate
is not at say disposal, but these things
excepted, all else In the world I now
proceed to devise and bequeath:
"Item; I give to good fathers and
mothers, in trust for their children, all
good little words of praise and en-
eouragement, and all quaint pet names
and endearments, as the needs of their
children may require.
"Item: I leave to children lnclusi -e-
ly, but only for the term of their child-
hood, all end ever, the flowers of the
field, and the blosspms of the woods,
with the right to play among them
freely, according to the customs of
children, warning them at the same
time against thistles and thorns. And
I devise to children the banks of the
brooks and the golden sands beneath
the waters thereof, and the odors of
the willows that dip therein, and the
white clouds, that float thigh over the
giant trees. And I leave to children
the long, long days to be merry in, in
a thousand 'ways, and the night and
the moon and the train of the Milky
Way to wonder at, but subjet, never-
theless, to the rights hereinafter given
to lovers.
"Item: I devise to boys jointly all
the useful fields and commons where
ball may be played; all the pleasant
waters where one may swim, all the
snow -clad hills where one may coast,
and all streams and ponds where one
may skate, to have and to hold the
same for the period of their boyhood,
and all meadows with the clover blos-
soms and the butterflies thereof, the
woods and their appurtenances, the
squirrels and birds, and echoes of the
strange noises, and all distant places
which may be visited, together with
the adventures there found. And I
give to said boys eah his own place at
the fireside at night, with all pictures
that may be seen in the burning wood,
to enjoy without let or hindrance and
without encumbrance or care.
"Item: To lovers I devise their
imaginary world, with whatever they
may need, as the stars of the sky, the.
red roses by the wall, the blossom ot
the hawthorn, the sweet strains of
music and aught else by which they
fmay desire to figure each other the
lastingness and beauty of their love.
"To young men jointly 1 devise and
bequeath all boisterous and inspiring
sports of rivalry, and I give to them
the disdain of weakness and undaunt-
ed confidence in their own strength,
though they are rude; and I give them
the power to make lasting friendships,
and of possessing contpeelons and to
them exclusively I give all merry
songs and brave choruses to sing with
lusty voicesn.'
Item: A
d to hose who are no
longer children, or youths, or lovers,
I leave memory, and I bequeath to
them the volumes of the poems of
Burns and Shakespeare and other
poets, if there be others, to• the end
that they may live over again the old
days, freely and fully without tithe
and
diminutio,
"Ilam: To
nour loved ones with
snowy crowns I bequeath the happi-
ness of old age, the love and grati-
tude of their children until they fall
asleep."—The West Coast Magazine.
SUMMER HEAT
HARD ON BABY
No season of the year Is so danger-
ous to the life of little ones as Is the
summer. The excessive beat throws
the little stench out of order so
quickly that unless prompt aid is at
hand the baby may be beyond all hu-
man help before the mother realizes
he is ill, Summer is the season when
diarrhoea, cholera infantum, dysentery
and colic aro nhostprevalent, Any one
of these troubles may prove deadly if
not promptly treated. During the
summer the mother's bestfriend is
Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate
the bowels, sweeten the stomach and
keep baby healthy. Tho Tablets are
sold by medicine dealers or by mall at
26 Cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont"
•
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Clean Minds,
He --"Of course women should vote.
They deserve suffrage as much as
men—morn, because their minds are
purer and cleaner,"
She—"Of course their minds are
cleaner, but how do yon know that?"
Ile"Because they change then so
mucic oftener,"
Man is Immortal till his work is
done. --,carnes Williarna.
Mtnard's Liniment for Rheumatism.
Seadoge all! The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught and another
high naval officer are watching the grand fleet pass in review.
THE DELICATE GIRL
What Mothers Should Do as
Their Ditughters .Approach
Womanhood.
If growing girls are to become well-
developed, healthy women, their
health must be carefully guarded,
Motbers should net ignore their un-
settled moods or the various troubles
that tell of approaching womanhood.
It is an important time of life. Where
pallor, headache, backache or other
signs of anaemia are evident you must
provide the sufferer -with the surest
means of making new blood.
Remember, pale, bloodless girls
need plenty of nourishment, plenty of
sleep, and regular open-air exercise.
But to save' the bloodless sufferer she
must have new blood—and nothing
meets the case so well as Dr. Wil -
Mame' Pink Pills. These pills increase
the supply of new, red blood; they
stimulate the appetite and relieve the
weary back and limbs; thus they re-
store health and charm, and bring to
anaemic girls the rosy cheeks and
bright eyes of strong, happy girlhood.
You can get these pills through any
dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Gypsy Folk.
Across the bog and up the lane
The Gypsy folk are coming,
SInging through the charcoal mist
That rests upon the hill.
A dog is yelping in the brush
And gypsp folk are humming
Tunes their fathers wove in thought
That keep them restless still.
Ah. I was born a' gypsy,
But life has held me here,
Tempting me with lovely things
Of ivory and gold;
Painted wagons creak to -night
And gypsy folk are near,
Singing songs I longed to know
While I was growing old.
A bright coin to cross my palm,
A whisper soft and low,
And gypsy folk who've waited long
Calling me to go.
A love to find at sunrise,
A song to sing at noon,
And gypsy folk who wait for me—
I am coming soon:
—Don W. Ferran.
Immortal. Mrs. McMahon Tells How She
The last thin acre of stalks that stood Found Relief by Taking Lydia E.
Was never the end of the wheat.
Always something fled to the wood,
As if the field had feet.
Waterin' th' Horses.
I took th' horses to tit' brook ---to water
'em you know,
Th' air was cold with just a touch o'
frost;
And as we went a-joggin' down 2
couldn't help but think,
0' city folk an' all the things they
lost.
0' course they have their lighted
streets -their Great White Way
an' euch,
0' course they have their builsln's'
large an' tall;
But, myi they never know tfi' joy o'
rldin' ter th' brook,
An' somehow I don't envy 'em at all/
Perhaps I'd like it—for a while -to
hearth' songs an' laughter,
But somehow, I don't know exactly
why;
I'd feel th' country callin' me: I'd Long
again far silence,
An' ler God's mountains, blue
against the sky.
I took th' horses to th' brook --to water
'em you know,
The day was pretty as a day can be;
An' as we went a-joggin' down I
couldn't help but think,
0' city folk an' all they never see!
—Margaret E. Sangster.
Inflamed Eyes.
Inflanunation of the eyes as a re-
sult of exposure to heat, an ailment
from which worker's in many indite -
tries often suffer, 1s caused by sweat.
Investigators for the Bureau of Mines
who have been studying the effects of
high temperatures on men have found
that sweat dropped into a normal eye
almost immediately causes conjunc-
tivitis. Workers who wear sweat
bands on their foreheads have little
trouble.
Old -Modern Fireplaces.
Fireplaces almost identical in struc-
tura with those of modern date have
been found in Pompeii.
BACK ACHED
TERRIBLY
In front of the sickle something rose—
Mouse, or weasel, or hare;
We struck and struck, but our worst
blows
Dangled in the air.
Nothing could touch the litre soul
Of the grain. It ran to cover,
And nobody knew in what warn hole
It slept till the winter was over.
And early seeds lay cold in the ground,
Then—but nobody sane—
It burrowed back with never a sound,
And awoke the thaw,
—Mark Van Doren.
Another Patent Medicine.
Young Mr. Monocle was having tea
with Mrs. Jones,
"Yes, poor little Tommy seems vary
queer," remarked the hostess to her
visitor as she hands& Itis a plate of
cakes, "I really doe't knowwhat to
do far the best,"
"By love!" drawled lher self-import-
ant visitor.
"I've „got some medicine for him,"
she continued, "but he's been taking
that for three weeks, and it doesn't
sternto be helping him much."
"By, Jove! drawled the visitor
again..
"I'm thinking a.f going to another
doctor," added Mrs. Janos.
"By Jovel"
"Mother, don't do that," interrupted
little Tommy, who happened to be 1n
the room. "Why not take the gentle-
man's advice and buy some Jove?"
When sending mouey by nail use
Dominion Exprees Money Orders.
Safer than sending bills•,
Bees' wings beat the air at the rate
of 190 strokes n second.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Chatham, Ont.—"I took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a
run-down condition after the birth of
my baby boy. I had terrible pains and
backache, and was tired and weak, not
fit to do my work and care for my three
little children. One dayl received your
litre book and read it, and gave up tak-
ing the medicine I had and began taking
the Vegetable Compound. .I feel much
better now and am not ashamed to tell
what it has done for me. I recommend
it to any woman I think feels as I do."
—Mrs. J. R. McMxnioN, 153 Harvey
8t., Chatham, Ont"
Lydia E. Pinitham's Vegetable Com-
pound, made from roots and herbs, has
fornearlyfiftyyearsbeen restoring sick
ailingwomen to health and strength. It
relieves the troubles which cause such
symptoms as backache, painful periods,
irregularities, tired, worn-out feelings
fand nervousness. This is shown againand
again by such letters as Mrs. McMahon
11n
writes as as byone woman telling
' another. These women know, and ar
I willing to tell others, what it did for
them; therefore, it is surely worth
your trial,
Women who suffer should write to the
1 Lydia E.PinkhatnMedicineCo„Cobourg,
Ontario, for a free copy of Lydia E.
?inkhorn's Private Text-Bookupon
Ailments Peculiar to Women.”
o
Insect Bites!
Mlnard's takes the sting out
of them. Take it to the woods
with you.
(11l B A P n -N EASY T RMR,
only ;¢¢It?0 down or secured, bs
ante at 7%, Improved faun, 130 neral
in Township of lOkfrid, County of. Mid'
dlesex; mixed soil, sand and clay loemt
brick liousa with frame out -buildings.
About a mile west of Nliddlenliss, r1,d-
dress; M, d, ICont, Box 419, London,
Ontario,
Song of the Sewing Machine.
Oh, the happiest worker of all am I,
When my wheel and .my needle so
merrily Ayr
With a spool full of thread end a heart
full of song',
I am ready and willing to work the
day long.
Oh, faster and faster my glad wheel
flies
When it catches• the light in, a young ...
maids eyes!
The dearest and tenderest girlhood
dreams
I stitch into gossamer hems and
seama.
But slower my wheel and softer my
song
When fairy-like fragments are guided
along:
I am stitching the dreams most sacred
of all
Into dear little gowns and a wee silken"
shawl,
Constance I. Davies,
Mlnard's Liniment Relieves Pain,
Grim Picture.
It was a thrilling story that McGre-
gor had to tell.
"1 bad abandoned all hope," he aid.
"As I sunk for the third time my
past life seemed to rise before me in
a series of grim, realistic pictures."'
A murmur of sympathy rolled from
the lips of listening friends; but just
as McGregor was preparing to resume,
McTavish interrupted him sharply and
hop"efullyi
And dd you happen to notice," he
asked, "a picture of me lending you a
Over in the autumn of 1919?"
Types Music.
A typewriter which types musical
notes instead of words and figures has
been invented. There are 40 keys,
each with six symbols.
FORfoUR
EYES
Whoiesome C!lsnsing Refreshing
Nervous People
That haggard, care -worn, depressed
Look will disappear and nervous, thin
people will gain in weight and,
strength when Bitro-Phosphate is
taken for a short time. Price $1 per
pkge at your druggist. Arrow Chemi-
cal Co., 25 Front St. East, Toronto,
Ont.
Comfort Baby's Skin
With Cuticula Baths
Don't let your baby suffer or fret
because of rashes, eczemas, irrita-
tions or itching. Give him a warm
bath, using Cuticura Soap freely.
Then anoint affected parts with Cu-
ticura Ointment, The daily use of
Cuticura docs much to prevent
these distressing troubles.
Octopi. Each Pre, by 14,11. Addre,e Canadian
Depot: entIcara, P. O. Hon here, ltcatrcal..
t� e_a Soap 06e. °Intme,tt5 and GOe. Talon/1223c.
Try our now Mamas Sack.
Asthma and Hay Fever—
A Guaranteed Relief.
"I have arranged with all druggists
here, as well as in all other towns od
Canada, that every sufferer from Ase
thma, Hay Fever, Bronchial Asthma or
difficult breathing in this city can
try my treatment entirely at my risk,"
Dr. R. Schiifinann announces. He
says: "Buy a package of MY Asthma, -
dor, try it, and 1f it does net afford you
immediate relief, or !f You do not find
it the best remedy you have ever useds
take it back to your druggist and he
will return your money, cheerfully and
without any question whatever. Altar
seeing the grateful relief it has af-
forded in hundreds of cases which had
been considered incurable, and whieh
had been given up in despair, I know
what it will do. I am se sure that it
will do the sante for others. that I tun
not afraid to guarantee it will relieve
instantaneously. Druggists, anywhere
handling Asthmador will return your
.mcny it you say so. Yell are le be
the sole judge and under this. poelttve
guarantee absolutely no risk is run in
buying," . Perseus preferring to try it;
before buying will be sent a free
sample.
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