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When Comeau Settee Rules. f e.detition of camplar balls, provided
Nothing can excel monition sense as moths have not already attacked the
a lubricant for the boa:a:hold maahio-, clothes. Each package should be
ay. I marked aid a list of, its 'contents
"1: do MY wed" by rule," boasts a placed on the top of the contents of
woman who falls fax 'short of pee,- the -drawer,
dacing comfort th her home -making.
I ',levee let anyttheg, interfere unless
my strength gives out." No •wonder
site .kails hi making things move
smoothly corn bread, neveranind how -hard itis,
Another ueee this eon -neon settee do »ot throw it to the chickens. By
rule: S'.1 alwaysthenk over my day's using a little imagination and corn -
Work ,earefully,beforehand, and select moo settee, every scrap of any kind
the, most necessary tasks forafirst of breed ,ean be used in ppddings.
attention; the others have to weit if -Iteenernheeing that milk, sweetening,
I have inctierreptione , is not sura eggs andbatter, are eonnnot to nearly
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prieing t at. she is a success as a all good puddinge, just let Ile look
bomearialter. ' I around and see what we can use,
What things are thd most eonduciee'' S,oak the 'cornbread in milk-askim or
to the comfort of our families? Whiell fresh. Add bits of hard cake, a left -
task' will entail an actual loss it neg-, over macaroon or two, crackers; bard-
lecteil too long? The exercise of com- ened muffins or baking powder biscuit
mete eels e would a eallY bring order. and any- plain bread. Do not use
out of chaos' in many "homes. J enottgh milk to make it sloPPY. Use
Another. besy housewife, who' iee emir judgment.
. noted tor; the emoth'rienning of heti Add one, two or theee. eggs aced&
household machthary, said: "I thinIt'' tag to size of padding. .A,ddsv,yeetert-
the 'reason so meny housekeepers hatre.ing, Squeeze in' the juice of- that
a settee of discouraging failure at.the half lemon or grind up the peel of the
entrol the day's' work wheraitreeerne- orange Tolniny ate after bteakfast.
' 'she has • accomplished; yens ithi f- Spices are always 'good: A'dd Odds
what Was ?Tanned" is because 'denies and ends yeti Mayahave of 'jellied' or
' duty or' ace -Citation ' is' Thinned- for jams.a-an -aprloot, 'cut; up,' or "a- few
every miracle, and the eiterraptions' cranberries or a 'peach: These should
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are net taken inteaconsideratien," e be dropped in while you are filling
She spoke truly.' Making eat a eitoel your lealeing dish with the mixture,
gramof just the duties weich should Grease this dish very thoroughly. Mite
occupy the different hours of the day, -a little melted butter in theepudding.
looks' feaffible enougla of performance Bake very slowly, Save. with sugar,
on paper, but it is well-nigh iffiPossible syrup Or hard &puce, plain or whipped
to carry out (such a systematizing ef cream or fruit syrup.
work, because of the interruptions,
and tam consumed by than, has not
been taken into consideratiOn.
Any housekeeper can be perfectly In Louneeelon, a mean town in Corn -
sure that she tvell have many inter- wall, one image and one old custom
repeions during the day -the door bell have remained in spite of the Puri-
-the telephone -the unexpected cal- taus, says a contributor to London
▪ ler, as well as the little emergeneles Country Life,- who _relates a curious
Which arise from time to time. You survival of the old days when Oliver
Cromwell and his image-emashieg sol-
diers ruled' Eegland. %perhaps it was
because the binge was ot granite end
pethaps because the Cornish did not
take kindly to the Puritan- spirit, con-
tinues the writer, but the Megdalen 'of
Launceston remains and the' Feople
of Launceston still believe in her
powee for geed and ell z _ The figure,
which rests in a canopied niche be-
tween the centres Of the three win-
dows,. at :the east end of the 'pettish
church; is a little leas than lift -size,
anti represents the 'Magdalen as lying
face down in an attitude -of grief. By
heaside is what is described as a skull'
or the box of ointment,
What is still more interesting is the
large number of stones, pebbles and
pieces of slate always to be seen if cat -
tared • ana tintidy on the back .of the
figure or upon the sill of -the window
above. They represent the triumpli of
mists= or superstition. ' The people'
believe that if you east a stOne'up at
the figure and it remains upon it you
will get your reward. If you treat the
same with disrespect' you will suffer.
The -stones on the wirldow sill repre-
sent failure, those on the figure, sue -
The people of isatinc-estoe- are
reluctant to talk aboutstele ballet of
theirs.' Ityou ask, they Will half shYly
tell you that • the eleildree- believe.- it,
and that they aemember that wenn'
they were ,altilthin they threw A stone
up when they wanted a new pair of
boots or a treat of .some kind
..."Aed-dfd you get it?" yea ask.
You will. -generally be told., "Yes." If
Yee watch, you Will see that the °bed-
roll still believe it, and that some ',of
the "children" haye loeg since passed
seine' age. , The stones, Are always
there, always thereasing. Of the many
storle 1 heakti of tee sMegtlateneof
Lavine:sten- One was of how the 'no-
eatote when 'a boy, Malty Years 'ago, ,
eanitaaintales leonee.from eclioel and,.
passingthe statue, jumped at'it to aft
ite face, He teld-nie ithe striae that
eillaht heve *been Glaiteor it' alight
not,. but befoee he was out 'of the
e'hurcllyard he 'slipped, prained his
ankle and was In bed for many e ,ye.
-No oesa seems t� know' how old the
custom is beathe statue Reale is- not
old as ecelesiaitical- figures count awe
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Fijian Loves Leisure. .
' Dry Ceke and Cornbread,
If you clic] not, burn that pan of
A SairallegP CRAM- ,..,
will, be surprised to fuel how much
elute the consume when taken as a
whole.
So, when making out your program
for the day, allow one hour, at least,
for interruptions. You win find your
work will run much mere smoothly.
Try it, tusy housewives, if you are
striving to run your worle'an clock -like
'schedule, f your day is filled 'with
duties which eoznehow fail so dis-
couragingly in the performance.
We laze sure to have interruptions
• ., every dey of our lives, so let us take
a carnelian sense view of it, and accept
them with as good grace "as we earl,
aed allow them to Interfere as little
as poseible with our life week. Let_
common settee rule, and pian- your
, week ftecordthgly-and don't forget to
make allowance' tea:" interrepfibles. -
Homely Wrinkles.
Paint can be removed feom the
hands, by rubbina the hands with
kerosene.
Kitellen walls thould be painted oi
caleimined,seether than papered; a
cheerful buff is a good eolpr. Anothee
plan is to shellac' the watts, giving a
geed wasbable surface.
Inateaa Of iesing starch for eeetains
or• other. :Meer .inaleriale add a, tea-
spoonful- of bone to -each &lion of
rinsing water. The eurtains will be
'easy to iron and will net,' intite the
gaudy. appeararfee giverr b 'starch:-
Ilivetted buttons on overfills will
pule out; they can heeplaced by out.
ting buttons from aneoltaiair, leaving
attached, apiece of the cloth an inch
and a half square. Slip the buttoil
through the hole where the other one
• pulled out; leaviegethe patch onetha
'wrong tide. Stith twice around the
, patch, either ow the maahine or by
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; • Liberal uee of &Oen stuff, such
lettuce, celety, anions, Cabbage; and
of the fresh fritsavailable,is the
best single preventive of. tleje •tireda
out eeelieg etlitataaate.' dll"slaving
fever!' Same .ireelt. befits ' and 'liege:.
tables should have•A Flue in the ineal
plaits of every day. The winter diee
has nfeant curtailed lase of dairy pro-
ducts and eggs, and of 'bulky feuiti
and vegetablea, Adequate use of these
foods keeps thebletal ad it ought to
be and the whole body in good condi-
tion. Take your spring tonic though
your diet. •
The, cellar should be the firet part
of the house to be cleaned in the
spring, as the duet from it s likeTY
• to go up through the flue. BenteVe
all rubbish and vegetabies Which 'save,
been stowed through theatenter, foe byl.
this time the vegetables -are likely to!
make the eta unwholesome. A' good
seat of veleitewash freshene the
-11 the lime for whitewashing is slaked
the cam' its fumes will help to
purify the air. •Is well to set
aaueers of elileridat of lime in damp
caner% After serubbing Shelves and
closets, 'rinse with alatia linte-weter to
daetrey Mold arid tee eweetdia them.
All Thu° shelves atid %oda. should be
takee out-of-doere, setuabed, end
'deka in the -see- • Attet the teller i's
cleaned, go, to the attic; *here cheteth
eald drawers will need' clafitniag &fete
the *IMO vairmettg',*titi) stored itt
If elebliere Ater -Well Blushed, 'ell
•aolled Spate elesthete and they eire
veltaPped itt ereeh neW:epeperte, theta
Will be elite atone Motile elathed the
• ,In the Fiji islands physical aetivity
synonymous with, beartlesenees, all
thinge being done slowly. Everything
titian is emaltut,a (hat is, no matter
'what is wanted, er wham it is wanted
atom, "wait a bit" is the process. There
Is' no use of faithieg' anybody, is the
islanders' idea, • '
'Whee the Fijian worke, however, he
18 .as • bulfaerent to big as to little
teaks. The Indian, small end wiry,
Who seems toodelicate for any Lamle
and is stopped by" none, acts as a le -
enforcement in the Elouth Sea labor
merket, Ineluding the Fiji relande, La.
bblele WleyuIy, the white men
looking on andoommandhig, while the
thalan siluki, &bent and alaves,
All the business ancl labor of .the
Wands leas passed into the bands oe
the Inalen, etho Is taller, Jeweller,
grocer and getcletter. The indiaa
woricti the plalltations Old, the fase,
'melee, and is geaduelly buying
land '
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,BaysTII ift Stairaa(1,
Swanson's Home Sweet Rowe
melAD MOM% ,
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aeffeePTER
Sae was a slender, /*lea/Yeti OK
Witli her (awoke Wet Oa wandered
into the dim light beyona the splinter-
ed platform- of the Bedding statiole
and dropped her bag. Then eh° lean-
aeidtdclecireitiedY• against th.e semaPhere pole
Swanson was oiliug bie 900
freight engine on the oecond treak,
hardly ten feet away, At the sight of
a woman in tears he wrinkled iiis eye-
brows perplexedly, The girl cried
quietly on, Swanson stopped poking
the crosslmad oil cups .with the nose
of his spring den and creased the ties
to 'the semaphore pole, the leng neck
of the ean nodding gravely to his lege
88"1;0211elleie
tihiirig wrong, lady?" he asked
uncomfortably, stopping beside her.
Perhaps it was the etard "lady." It
might Mate been something in Swan -
son's gray -blue eyee. At any rate
the girl tried hard to conceal that she
•had been crying. •
isn't eauclaa she protested
hastily, Her brace -up was so sudden
that Swansonmisunderstood and
thougbt he wai being told to mind
his own business. •se
"Excuse me," he offered awkwardly.
"I thought maybe I aimed help you or
something." He started away, but
turned et the sound of a muffled sob.
• "If you wanted to help me whY
didn't you ask me?" choked the girl,
winking hard to keep back the tears.
• "Because Ian' a boob,", answered
• Swanson. Penitently he said* the
platform. When he looked up, instead
of a tear -drawn facehe found clear,
pale skin, the softest of Mack hair and
eyeseeith the purest look in them that
he kad ever seen, He waited ten sec-
onds" m'ore, "Oen' I help you now?" be
asked humbly. "If I can, remember
I can't unless you tell me what's the
matter."
• "I lost the last seebion of my ticket,"
confeeiedethe gees "And I haven't
any Money. I spent all I lied left for
something to eat at Fort Wayne."
"Fort Waatiel" echoed Swanson,
!Nothing , to eat since Fort Wayne!
No wonde'r 'you look so White, "I
thought- et 'first you powdered your
complexian. Where are 'you going?
Wait here, I'll be back in a jiffy."
Swanson swung aggreseively en to the
coaches of Ninety-twal, which he was
waiting to follow up to Penn City.
lie found Ninety-two's rinmortant
'little conductor in the vestibule of his
sleeker,
"We'll be eat of your way in a min-
ute," snapped the uniformed individual
before, Swanson could speak, "Can't
go too soon for me. Hang these Wo-
men that expect you.to carry them for
nothing. The way they dog er- cart -
doctor is a crime."
"Flinty," began Swanson deter-
minedly, "I—"
"A girl, mind your,' went on the
conductor, 'unheeding "She said she
lost her ticket on the Pennsy-a fishy
stye,. One of her kind caug,ht me
once,- A respectable - looking old wo-
man, she was. With her promising to
mail the.money in lie morning and to
remember, ole in her hill, I took her
up. Never 'heard a word from her."
The little conductor looked at his
watch, then reached for las evhistle
cord. ;Meyer let a woman promise
you anything, Horne. • She'll, never
keep it." a
"Er -it's • getting 'damper," . said
Swanson. "Feel's Like rain." He
waited thoughtfully • while Ninety-
tWo's eiebted coaches sewung by him.
Then he followed mid cut across be-
hind her red tail lights -to his engine.
' "Bill," be mentione,d to'his fireman,
who Was "cocked up" On the left side.
"I might carry somebody to -night far
es Queenston, She's stuck here with-
out any Money. I sort -of know her.
How about putting Int on your side?"
"Sure. 'Go ahecal," assented Bill,
getting.to his feet. Swanson hurried
out. He found the girl quietly wait-
ing for him bytheesemaphore pole. '
• "Couldn't de- much with :that con-
ductor," he explained apologetically
"He's an old -crab.' Abut the only
thing I can do .now is to .take you
along in the cab. Maybe, y'ou Won't
Mind. Its 'dirty, but it won't bease
dirty Since you don't have anything
white .on."
"I'd be glad to get in a coal car -
just so. it went to Queenston," declared'
the girl. She followed Swanson across
the Yule to his steam -bathed engine
end' was juat putting her, foot on ths
steps of the tender when a young
Vbiee called imperiouely -from the plat-
form: „ • •
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"Just a Minute, enginemani Who'S
O.K.'d youk taking a women on yotir
cab?"' •
' The girl 'staid atone still as if
rooted to the Cindees. Swanson twin-
ed and saw the' road fereMen 'oe en:
iginese yOUngilaCiene; who ia the last
two rnonthsehad been jumping about
• ham aesietent trainnneetee to aesise
tail chief q deafest -earl -of the leco-'
Maitre shops, to treeveling car -tracer,
to his present intdiebant positiont It
wag' not vitally a coinddence that his
hither. was: vicespresident of the read,
' "Giving a' little explained
Swaneons "lieiesed Ninety-two, Got
to get to Queenston to -night. Friencle
expectyou g
hoeurei
t to know' it's against the it
rules,"
"I got' a book a lake," said Swam -
ion patiently. "I've had -theta tor
neerly hale as weeny years as you are
old, Thi e clotterat come antler eules at
all. She doesn't know /Anybody here
in Redding Old alio has no money to
go anewhere." •
give 700 00 author:ty to take len
Swansen boned reesseteingly 'to the 1'
feightenen girl. "Don't mind Ilan," • he
said, kindly.• "Nobody on the road r
doSe." • I 3-1-1
• "He'll make trouble fer vie," mecta 151testea the girl-•"Please.go on. withoet;
be 'Velly grateful jest the' in
saino."
SWansores •only reply nets to peck
her up, bag and all, as if she were it
kitten and stand her on the tender
eleven. He swung tip aftee het anti
showed leer the Ilreman's teat, where,
'a nionientaatet, hdpeesented. her with
en (mermen .teetaligular bucket' With
a brass aandle. •,
"Pitch in," he, invited, boyishly,
jerking of the lid waherels jelly
bread and bologea and -ti aie. The
things that aro whole I didn't touch,
We time 'now eta us 'to be moving.
Don't be seated, If you never tode.
in a cab before you'll, tioeice we rock
pretty bad sometinles, but to -night,
as far as ,Queelistem, I'll take dotible
good caree'
Winn SWeesoe Went to hie place
he feud Keens still on the Platform• .
"Can't blame me if a bull-headed
engiumen make* it fool out of him-
self ;Ind bee to in, ahem of a certain
special privilege he hes," obeerved the,
road'foreman ineaningly,
Swanson'e only answee was the call
to his flagman, four shrieking blasts
that nest have eroebled young Keenie
ears * A few minelater the Re4-
die platform was leet behind, and
wi an ever faster shup-shup-shup-
situp they were bowling up through
the Redding yards. ,
To Swaneon's eye there were ieve
things prettier than' a railroad at
night. He never tired of it. Dark-
ness now hid the uneightly hack yards
of Nicholas alley, Aaead, on the
()ley street bridge, hug, in pairse a
constellatioe of red, green and white
lights, moot 'of them red, Far beyond
the dimanitline of the bridge were the
two red tail lights of a oaboose, Pro-
bably changing crews, on an extra
run to Penn Chew, On the east -bound
traek came a facing beadlight, with
the two white side lights that mark
an extra. IIere and thee, low on t
ground, gleamed a doeen red Beetle
lights and blended red and'blue dwa
lights.' Dead ahead, fresh 'as minte
saver, curving, one exactly with th
other for all the world like the to
tracks under the Chrestmas tree,
amazingly frail to bear upt hurtling
thus of trainelay the west -bound twin
ribbons of rail.
(To be continued.)
How To Make a Good, Lawn
It requiem,' itome caretel Planeing to
Males a good limn, Misielcee are au'
fieuit' to correct," eine/Melly ' end
fieWerft can be repented' and epee -
ranged Year by year with. eampaeative,
ly little tremble, but rualtleg a ;Tow
lawo ip fab greater undeetaging:. ft
inetreeeanstikamtaAtmocitar/or toheansthcklielya to
oarbgee
deferred from Year to yule with •the
ri 211c1 I atth aiteellgtes d'11 nal d filleirltal eutnioa 11441.
Eueljualndeecolllit4elintent1411)fiere3lInagt: !At green -
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10 the one permanent feature
which should leek attiacties aam all
Paints 01 view •84 all time/ of the
Year, ,
Of mut Importance ' is 'a graclual
eloping grade that will glee primer
•drainage. . • ft; the ground • about the
buildings, is low and , dame, or late a
'liberal of Mae, It would be, best, at
the start, to lay' tile drains, from two
to thrae feet below' the surface, run-
ning, toward the lowest point, -there,
to empty into a main line of tile.
These draius •eitould be laid about
twenty feet apart in a clay soil. The
best tile tt) use is the ordinary drain
tile, laid 'end to and, with a fall of at
least three anclees as the rod, taking
care that there is a constant grade,
he .so that the draM 'will -not be clogged.
Over these tiles the fill should be of
finestone dr gravel, to convey the
• water meddle to ' the intersections
where It enters the tiles, and to pre-
• Crocodiles Guard Treasures.
A Frenchman returned with an ac-
count of a singular national treasury
In Annam. If the story is true -and
It presents no essential improbability
-the treasure is in no danger 05 rob-
bery, and is' destined to become fa -
Now in Annum iron sales or good
resisting power are for the most part
unknown, and, unfortunately, adroit
(hieves are hot. To defend his most
he
' ' t
tcooustdityry,treasures the native rules.: ad
m ,
to resort to some means in harny
With the natural circumstances of
'Armed guards he could not fully
trust. Animals do not steal moues',
and nature had -supplied the 'rubel,
with a creature that could not be
'wheedled nor killed except with a
great deaf of trouble. The crocodile
Is sucli cal animal. The ruler would
have the crocodile geard, his specie
reserve. • • ,
Yet to avail hlmself of the services
of the crocoeile he must keep his
money in is place Where crocodilea are
at dome. Nothing wes more -simple.
In the interior of his palace the ruler
caused to be.construeted a large tank
or basin, whielt lap- kept filled with
water. Then he took several teak
logs,. which he had bored with Min,
and into these holes he putehis specie
reserve of gold and silver. The halms
were closed up and Ake, logs put into
the tank.
Then some crocodiles of the largest
Eted fiercest descripticin were installed
in the tank and meintained there -
"not lieing fed, however, with such a
sup,erfluity as. to interfere /with their
natural fereeitY. Any person tithe
should undertake re reach the tree.
sure -laden. logs would surely be eaten
by the) croccidiles.. • And 'allY011e who
ehould undertake to put the offurians
dut of theeevay-would" have to make
noise enough to:attract the attention
of the 'human guards and of the ruler
himself, for heeby Amain °Astern, is
required, to remain very closely in his
palace.
• At any rate, the royal crocadile trea-
sury has never been robbed -and it
eannot burn. "
Surveyors' Use in War.
•
:Captain. Wm. H. Tapp, KC., In a
paper read at a. meeting of the Survey-
ors' Institution, London, dealt with
survobag on the westere front. Pre-
vfous to the war, he said, the ofienfis
h.ad earned for ,hinisele a high title to
respect 'le a11 eriatteee connected with
eatugal science, aed aniong theta sur-
vey had. beeb included, but hismeth-
ode did Int tend to -give easy working
or accurate results. In the •later
steges of the war opportanitles 'had
arisensforcempaleug, the Beebe wan
the Britisa map, and Invariably the
iqther h.e.d been found the More .cor-
renthe Geenulas.
.Thed -numb the fiSnie.
system of elatth spotting as 'the Bri-
tish, but their stela 'ranging was vast-
ly Inferior, The Oormaes showed eo.
extraortithavy disdain, 'as a rale, for
Mformation supreled • ota maps • cap-
tured from the ,British, In their ad--
vante in Amieris, in 1916,- thee had
opera...amities d'f obtaining mine that
weuld.have been most ueeful in thena
Ilene dui -ilea -is left behitia tamest by
the ton, anneyet, as far as was Isnoien,
they had not :taken it. He believed
they hesitated to take - enything thel;
Mieht hue been lettwithethe object
of their' beleg ihduced to aceept it;
eat illey, at all °emits on thatdecia-
foeehad missed an oPportunity which
would have well eephill the takifig.
Ail sarveyere had leetherthat they
,ou1d-in. theme be oeeessitY In time
t teat 'to the gentler. Alt • armies
emit] de facto ea etatiehed With 0,
eld survey; welch would leave e large
epreducille ear With ite as feriest
epe-, of operatione oegenizations
list' be r.lattil spot wIthout
elay. The Airatricane had aciptogue-
g mosses fitted on threles aea 'were
euppoeed; miner conditiees of nieve-
ineet'oe the WorSt kijjd.t ti) he ablisr to
produce • abont 5,000 Maps on hour.
Therefore, -thee° -wad lean that in the
future it might. be poesible to forma
very Mobile field suev,ee eqiiipped
with eyries and printing -etaft.
vent. loose materials frorn entering
qnd clogging the tile; then the top-
eoil may he placed, thus eempletieg
the grade.
A study of tile eonditions of the
4011 ehouki be made to determine its
texture and richnees; whether eons or
west, and Its physical condition. Soil
that is rich is very 'often acid, which
must be corrected by applying
before it will produce ' luxuriant
growths of grass and clover.
Ott coarse sandy or gravelly eons,
the question of fer'lley is of first Mr
Dortance. The cheapest meant, of SR -
'curing: vegetable Matter and." tertilitY
Is to grow a,nd plow under legrme ens
crops whose roots will gather nitro.
gen • from the atmasphere. These
erolts not only add to the More of
plant -food in the soil, but they lin-
-prove its physical condition as Well
, -
Whore the Iawri must be seeded with-
out the growing of these crops, • the
.entire area should be covered with an
application of well -rotted farm ma.
nure, which contains no weed seeds,
and then plowed ader.
Where this is net possiblitechemical
•plant -foods should be used in liberal
euntities. A colleaete faetillaar at
the vete of Meet Minaret). etallnle to
tlie acres releforeffil by (me hundred
pounds Or ratalte 01 (39t1O, to the acre,
and tboraughly plowed In w111 00001-
11' give pea result% Tlits 81101/65 to
sea that is unusually poor, telie
iuteetity of fertilizer should be regas
latea .by the erutairedge or' the eoll
eoreattioee. After Ilea fertilizing,
Wine, the eat' is mellow, end a smooth
eurfue 18 neured by •constant allege
with line gereen tools., we are ready
to -sow the grass seed. '
Opinions differ widely wale values
of the speoial "lawn gran seedmix-
three," weigh the eeeilyeren offer. As
a rale, they give much quielter results,
which tadt aidne at worth a greet deal
In the guaranty of easee.
• New lawns may be seeded enecess.
fully in April and. May, or early in
September. Iftee situattoa %wept an
abnormally dry one, the seeding may
be doe at any time during the sum -
eine, but the danger ot, lose is alWaYq
present. If the seeding is done dur-
ing the iluarener 11 15 safer to sow a
seattering of oats before applying tee
araeS seed. The at planes will ihee
ter tee grasses, and win not seek:meat
damage theni, as they are destroyed
by the mower. Seine" sow the grass
seed on the snow 'early In the Spring.
This glies an advantage, as -the noes
begin to grow Weep It woulti be pos-
sible to get on the ground, but. it is
not likely to be as successful as the
Rowing of the seed late'', •when it is
Possible to give 'the ground more
thorough preparaleon.
It the grass is sown in, autember it
•will not need °lifting the 81000 season.
Ia the seedleg is done in the spring
or summer, the grass should be Out
as soon as it is three or four inches
high.
A good lawn, once established, will
improve for tlie-Tirst four or live years
if kept well clipped and rolled. Finely
composted farm manure' makes an ex-
cellent tall mulch, and keeps tee roots
of ths grims in proper condition daring
the winter,' Clean straw also serve
as a mulch. Never use hay with un-
desirable weed oy grass. seed in it,
as it will seed the lawe With weeds
and rank -growing grasses that are
sure tO crowd out the mord desirable
grasses: Should any bare spots -ap.
pear, they mest be made nieliow" and
again seeded down. As‘the fall ap-
proaches cat the grass- close two or
three times, but cutting should cease
about the middle of Septambee, so
thy the late fall vial's, th may form a
match to protect the roots of the
grass plants in tee winter.
Merit and Favor.
No reed is weaker to lean upon tban
that 'of personal favor in matters of
appointment and peornotion. A =tips
best helper along the road of life is
his own earnest, constant effort. He
will not lack for friends and he will
never want for employment if he puts
in his best effort unremittingly in the
Fleece he Dietance may lend en-
chantment to some °thetas ,kind of
business on the far side' of the world.
The other Man's oecupation. frequent-
ly looks more attractive than our oven,
because we know our own too, well.
But those who stuck to their work
when others quit, in the heat and
burden of the clay, have won their
reward, and in due titne they will re-
ceive it. The world is fat learning the
difference between the idle, showy.
orators-mongerrtand Mountebanks of
disconteht--and • those who toil %Ana
"'produce and are steadaY dependable.
They that try to get ahead by favor
bate to be told that they must demon-
strate their -fitness. The notion of
s4nuous tell is to them repugnant.
'Pliey are in love with luxury and their
sleep le good and -comfortable, and
they do nct care to practice a routine
of frugalie, long hOurS of • labor,
Spartan abstinencee and self -denials.
They do
no wish to be pointed to the
hideous eaamples of the men of old
wheemade their great names that way.
They do not care to learn that the
- world gives its prizes' to•those who are
faithful in its service and unsparing
of themselves. •
You and I meet -great men, and we
suffer a shack of cliaillusion when we
find them human beings and not gods.
We say:. "I see nothing .extracirditiara
abut thatefellow. He talks and aets
liken , teot us. , What is there so re-
markable about him? What has he
done that we oannot do?" We are
envious and we, think he has been
rarely 'lucky. We do not see why he
should have the success and the fol-
lowing we Want.
But we do -'not know his. history.
We, see the outward aspect; eve cannot
divine 'the real inner man and the
life behind the 'face. We' de not know
how hard he worked. We do net know
heW ' he tilled' and failed and' tried
again; hew he smiled after defeat and
again 011)080 with 'fate, 'till at last
Fate had to, yield. a
How mane tee are to utter "snare
judgmeete! We aestnne that -we know.
all there .s„to a man at' a glance, when I
WO have dealt enly with the surface ,
nhcj hive not (Neocene& the souk Merit
is •of the substanee; Tweet' is merely
cuperflejal. 'The 'eueetien 13 always'
'whether a man 'lute the stuff, in hire".
--not whether- by some lucky evident
he hes boon lifted to ft, place lie (5 not 1
Hit to hoid. •
Wi1ngWinkw .Foie
Mqrincra.,
in increasing 5100,011 boon linere,
freightere, and Pleasure Yea is • 0
newly 108501021appiriAtes tint, assures
elear 'alsion. the' the .morther in the
thw
ickeete eather, • , window is pro-
vieed, that -is, which.' is oever dimmod
or obscured by flying epray,, raim or
•maw,' The window coesiste of a
glass' difik , which 15 Matted in its
watertight tram by a little elettrie
motor; a.nd at 'Stich a speed that wit'ter
is thrown Oa centennially, anti trans-
paretcy' nutlet:Mind The epparattie
may be fitted in place of en existing
Windthe the Wheelboutte.
itt Ceylari. time:tarty deecends ham
feather ,to datightet •thatead 'of' hem
father to doe, atith 'the tesult tint vita
Welly etetweWennan in the Couittry 15
O landeWnet,
• 'Teciebee: "Now, children, Mane some
of the lowet starthie with
Willie 'elonee '
Het -Weal 800 and 00Q Baclish..towns
end eileagee heve nemeselted at the
'United Statae. •
• "Any Inan will get along lefettY
well: 11 he keeps his Witt walln• end
hie heed ceeta
'Celestial Footballs • of
Lightning
One or the strangest Of natural elle.
nomeua is "bail lightning." During
a storm (though happily each occur,
renc,es are rare), a flaming ball may
enter the window of a house, roll
along the floor and explode with great
violence. What is it? Nobody knows,
except thee it is an electrical tuna
festanutitone,
On
Sth day of met October, In
the early evening, citizens of a Kan-
' saffetown beheld, at one of the most
frequented street intersections al the
town, a ball of fire as large as. a
washtub" floating low en the air. It
struck a building at the corneaof two.
avenues,' about midway to the top,
tore out some brick, demolished a
'window and then burst with' a loud
noise, filling the air with fireballs asbig
as baseballs, whieh floated away in
balls followed trolley
allsoduilreectoitontsh..
e
and electric light wires in a snaky sort
of manner. An electric switchbox
aceoss the street was rippeci.open and
a transformer destroyed, leaving the
east side et the town in darkness.
There -are many ways of leffingkine's
life. Dispatches from Geneva state
that nearly 300 mountain climbers
have lost their lives in the Alps since
the signing of the armistice.. Aid this
has been called the "noblest • of
sports."
NU 8 WA NaaelJ'
• 'Vhe Termite -Roswell Pee' leer!.
Ablese in aleillatlen with 13elleveif goat
ealee aloefficelei,• ale IV,
;MOT ,tar.re eaare' eoutee 'Iota-
AIIN to yow'QK woploQ ImvIng 1111,10.ene
year'ti nigh iloboal eOlicaL1o15.0150 tes-
!mug, to peetone oureee; The telyikt
)434)000 811 allowAnee 01: v101 4111Wr.
per montn ror the host 000,t/er
month fur tIttrIttet Two sem.% tett,
uniforms and tsomingruulan 10 ma
XYOM neW 7012, 0vO4' more lnl'or.m.
wrIte to the titrpqrlelettevol,
Dana Avem1a, TOrcoad,
— 'Shifting Nuts,
a The efficient shitthig
Pends upon the striet (Mumma ta
few general but exectieg valesateet,
the roetft ntust be tally. pretested" „
against drying weileaut oe the Velma .
watch necesteleetes teat exerefee Or
oven/lett during this period, Piateas
fion from '008 USA tar CO the andre
Dant, When of a eueculent, nature,
to the rootof bleat frulte and dater .
;mosey:, Yule ee required. Then, face'
under eertain -coin/Mons of alr tekeze
evaporation le, exeeptionelly greet, ;A
Is advisable to dip or sprinkle Me
plants. with water as they are Wear
from the ground, to assest 155 11,5111iSI23-
ing the (1001500 dome of eueerdem
in plant tissue,
Thesecond point to mansider Is Vial
of pruning, the purpose of whieh ;este
coneerveplant vitality be vedettes:
the proportion of surfacetissue, meek
to .promote plant vigor by securing
equality between met and braclie- •
Witis planteied seedlings this puyerse
is best attainee by cutting ewer aae.
top witle shears or sharp knife; Intl
the seme is true of bush fruits meg
nureery stock in generel, With strmw-
berry plants the end is best- attelfredl
by stripping a portion of the" leaves -4
In all cases a certain amount 05 004511
pruning is also desirable. •
Because of the respleatmy prouseaa.
going forward during active Oat
growth, assistea by the agencleefL,t
Sun and air, evaperation from tlfe sux.-
face of' this succulent growtjs is lreetar
rapid; and even though it be true leaf
respiratory action may largelY cemee.
'when plant or tree is renniveci ,freria)
the soil, the influence of sun and -air' -
still obtains, hence the urgent:- need'
of providing- immediate _proteellen -
from these agencies, thatisucculereee •
in plant' tissue- may be conservedate
far as possible, till the roots are se-
establishecPin new feeding grown:lee
•
THAT FADED FROCK --
WILL DYE LIKE NEW
‘.‘,Diarnond Dyes" Freillen Up
Old, Discarded Garments<
_se
Don't emery about perteetteresuitte.
Use 'element/ Dyes," guyanteed 10
give amew, rich, fadeless color to as;
fabric, whether it be wool, silk, %nee,: '
cotton or mixed goods, - dressee,
blouses, stockings, slarte, ohildretare
cute, feathereadraPeries. coverings -
everything!
The Direction Book with each pact,
age tells how to diamond dye over au
color.
To match any material, have dealerbow you "Diamond Dye" Color Car& •
Nota Straight Answer.
"The average individual," said a
Scotland Yard official, "can't give a -
detective /simple, plain, straightfor
award information. Questioned be a de-
tective, he becomes as involved am)
difficult as the office boy.
"A detective asked an office boy it
lt was Mr. Jones or his partner who
reached the office first, as a rule,
" 'Welt' said the boy, turning very
red, 'Ma Janes at first was always:
last, but later•he began to get earlier',
1411 at last he was first, thbligh before
he had.always been behind. He soon
got later again, although •of Imo 'he
has been sooner, and at last he got
behind as before. But I expect he'll be
getting earlier sooner or tater.' "
1VIrs. Bumble (to solicitor): "Please.
I have Called to insult you about na) •
father's will. He died detested ana
Want his Will, ad I want ta anew
if I Cannot be one of lad 'aitecution.
ere." ' •
.s-
INTA.ND VARNISH
Mean feu frequent painting. Seventy-eight •
:roars of increasing demand has preyed the
value of .
"The right Painf and Varnish -to Point and Varnish right."
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Tho WOIrlan
Wherever You Live. •
In town, or cenetry, hes
• the. city in expert advice from the
"best-known fiens of Cleanere said
reek.-
Dyers In Canada. -
Pa -cabs from the country sent by mill
attention as work delivered personally.
oe exprese .veceeve .the sante eareful
Cleaning.and nyeinstr
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.For years, the name of "Parker's" hos
algnlnod perfecalcin 111 title work of
•-; making old things look like new,
whether personal garments of. even
the meet fragile material, or .houne
held eurtehm, deeperles, rugs, eta
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