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ailroad Man Attributes Good less for stomach trouble:a the most
Health and Strep th to obstinate kind, TANLAC made me feel
g like an entirely diffeennt elan. For
-'i'anlac. nearly two years I had been gradually
getting worse, and my strength and
Seventy-two years of age, but still in vitality had got so low it was hard for
possession of the priceless boon of me to attend to my duties. Indigee-
I.It ' h ti 1 on the Job tion, constipation, and nervousnese
good heart and ac ve y
with the Central, Vermont Railroad,', made lite miserable before I found
where he has worked for 40 years, is TANLAC, but now my health is nor-
the remarkable record of H. H Moore, , mal and I feel happy as I work. I
, £4 tributes his present health and senger St., Albaus, ; TANLAC is for sale by all good drug-
etrength`to the use of TANLAC. gists. Accept no substitute. Over 40
"I have never in my life seen the 1 million battles sold,
recently, equal of TANLAC," said Mr.. Moore
ni IY. p "After spending a
lot of Take Tanlac Vegetable. PIlls.
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t: who at-' shall always be grateful to TANLAC."
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broad toes, flexible sole and good rub- tend that you weigh about three hun-
ber heel. Use your feet rightly. Do dred find fifty pounds and wonder how
not toe out' If your arches are weak- the bed can support such a weight?
ened, actual toeing in, with the weight To wipe your mind clear of your cares
shifted to the outer edges of your feet, in order that it may be fresh to gt•ap-;
will be helpful. Make your toes come ple with them when you get up?
alive. Get back the power to curl The two greatest handicaps of the
them under as the baby does, to grip Canadian housewife- to -day are poor
the ground, to use the great toes as feet and tense nerves. 'It is in her
levers. If you must stand, use both own power, and hers alone, to ever -
feet to support you. Don't slump` first come them by ,saner methods of work,.
on one heel and then on theother. rest and play"
Equipment and posture. Does your! ________e__.—
equip-merit
yOU POULTRY equipment help or hinder good: pos-
ture? If table or sink are too low for My program of feeding includes the
standing erect (and if you won't sit) buying from my local farmer's ex -
they must be raised. Casters on a change and mixing the feeds myself.
table or a box are small investments I want a clean, tight floor, where the
compared to the cost in health of do- grains can be heaped in a great pile
ing without them. 'and shoveled over. For scratch feed
Saving stops. How do you walk? I know of nothing better than equal
"So many steps to take," you say and parts of good whole oats, clean crack -In that ti me I have covered fully 100 - only by the quickest redirection of the
yet you multiply them needlessly when ed corn, and wheat. I will let the 000 miles, with' no serious accidents,' car that T saved myself from running
you toe out and advance on the bias, other fellow have the other things. I and only one that could be called such. them down. I then and there decided,
If you want to go straight ahead, why feed this grain'in deep litter and keep My driving has been about evenly di to provide a spotlight which I have'
not aim straight ahead? Get the the birds just hmigry enough to eat I
spring back into your step by really up what I give them and work di11i- vided between country and city. since had in commission,
4nI have never been able to get cam- Road intersections aro often diffi-
using the foot and leg muscles, Dont gently for the scattering grains., cult to locate. In this respect travel-
dst yourself along by your arms. Scratch feed is fed twice a day, only. paratice statistics on rural and urban
They are needed for other things. I At times when wheat was high in auto accidents, but -what reaction I ing is much improved, but still there
cora-
Stair climbing. How do you on nn_ price, T have fed n. mixture composed from driyers, together with my are many places where one cannot
• discern the crossroads and an on-
coming auto hid by bushes or a corn
field, or other obstruction may be -un-
observed until too late. •
Folks who want the very best use
RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE
Why I Take Auto Insurance
T -a
I have driven a oar fon .eight -years. swung into the straightaway it was
stairs. With the back bent, the lungs of one hundred pounds each of wheat own experience and observation, leads
w a l;j✓-�—="' �me to the conclusion that' the ma or-
✓"s!%�% cramped and the breath held, making and barley. At present prices, I amJ
'_� " X15 it hard work? Or -easily erect, breath- leaving out the barley, ity of accidents occur on open country
� ing naturally and making the muscles' Dry mash is kept in the hoppers all roads.
.A driver of an auto bus recently We. have men lone ditches. These
of feet and legs do their full share. the time and the birds have the piny, (furnish a source of danger tothe
Those steep back stairs that havo ilege of eating as much as they will. recited that the majority of the aeon-; furnishtry ar realairen oef danger
the tcuhe
O.A.C. METHOD OF FEEDING results by not giving the milk for the seemed such a trial may really prove A very fine laying mash is made by dents of his line occurred on the open .
1C1 first three or four days. ,a means of physical grace. The exer-' mixing one hundred pounds each of country roads. He and others point tends to hold. one to the street. But
CHICKS.
1 When the chicks pass the second vise you get in climbing those stairs gluten feed, wheat bran ground oats out the same reasons for this that I during wet weather in summex., or
No feed is given until the chicks \voek s routed grains may be fed, in the right wayis the sante exercise and beef sera and twopounds of fine had observed from' traveling over our, icy weather in winter,'the ditch'is the
ave nearly three days old. Water may also }a little cracked grains. The which woula moneyto learn salt. I used that ration or a number rural roads. - bogiernan who keeps the driver won -
be given to drink if the chill is taken change should be made gradually from youp Ydermg what is going to happen• i
g in a gymnasium. I of years. Later I cut out half of the In thefirstplace, less prove ion is dei
would mention the i eatest mon-
ofk• The chicks are given the feed tomatoes eggs and liver over tog •
' gg, Sitting. As in standing, tnere are beef scrap and fed the birds all the made in the country to give warning ace to country driving, and that is
upon clean boards about 8 inches wide.sprouted grains, tender green grass, two "wrongs" and only one "right"; skim -milk they would consume. Thiel to the driver. Chief among these is
There must be plenty of boards so and a little rain. If •the speedster. A few experienced pea,,
if available, g But the difficulties are increased be -is a very intensive egg malting ration the -lank of lights. In cities lights are ple can drive hard and fairly safe.y,
that there is room on the board for leg weakness is noted, the tomatoes cause we have all kinds of chairs to and birds must bo kept in good health! always burning at street intersections the drive t of those who exceed
every chick. A board 3 feet long and and sprouted grains should be inereas reckon with. Chairs are rarely select -I to consume it, hence I feed a wet mash; and frequently between. These lights but th majority
knowhow to handle
8 inches wide will give room enough the limit do_not
for fifty 'chicks on the start, so says ed or the chicks put out of doors on `ed with reference to the support they once a week, composed of equal parts aid in the identification of unlighted care, and, when the machine is travel -
lean tender rasa I 'v the bod • Your chairsmay be f bean, middlings d 1 the t eitherr tandin machine
ly, get a lit-.
Professor W. R. Graham, j t 1 h h th t d i
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Address communications to Agronomist, ea Adelaide St. West, Torontq_
c g give y. y o wan, mi mgs an corn meal, objects, moving o standing. ing fast, they, too fn
It is best to rear the chicks on new o0 ow or too high, or a sea may liquid usedto mix the mashcontain-� Not a few accidents happen n the tie excited and loser their head. Then
The chicks for the first few weeks • ground each year, and never to brood be too shallow or too deep. But what- ing epsom salts at the rate of one, country from lack of'these lights
s'leeuld be fed about six times daily at two lots of chicks on the sante ground ever the type of than, we see women pound for each one hundred birds. I I which, of course, could not be .coli things happen, and they are just as
omicallyprovided. The end of a cul- apt to happen to the other fellow as
pr to theone who is at fault. Odr laws
vert that restricts the average width cannot be too strictly enforced in this
of the road, trees by the roadside, matter .of speed. In spits of the good
turns, unlighted vehicles, etc., all con- work our provincial and county auth- -
spire to make driving dangerous and elides are doing, the fool speedster.
accidents easy. , I is the biggest menace to the open'
Pedestrians walking on the highway country driving that we now have. '
the first five or six days in the brooderis another source of danger to the • Finally, the rate of speed allowed
7 chicks are fed indoors, to keep the feed Less common is -the over -erect sitting farm. Cabbages are used during the night driver. This is particularly on country roads adds to the possibil-
of weighing the feed. An experienced boards clean. posture which tilts the body forward fall and early winter and mangels are true where one happens to meet the ity of accident. When a car is going
feeds may not need to weigh the feed, Grit is always in easy access of the on the thighs, tenses the shoulders, stored to round out the latter part of pedestrian approaching from the op- twenty or twenty-five miles it is easy
but the beginner generally does better] chickens. . It is advisable and neces- arms and neck, and is as fatiguing as the cold season. I simply hang up a posite direction. Iii turning off the to avoid smashups, but increase that
by weighing it We allow one ounce sary to add a little oyster shell dust the first. It is this tense,eposture, head of cabbage, leaves and all, or a strong light one often cannot observe speed to thirty and thirty-five miles,
of the dry mixture for every. fifty' or fine particles to the ration daily. combined with hurry, that makes the large mangel wurzel and the hens do a person walking as well as he should. and the chances are increased by geo-
chicks at each feed; that is, no chicks, A certain amount of line is necessary. nervous woman declare that she can't the rest.I Every year I grow sun- This situation moved the writer to metrical progression.
for their first five days in the brooder, Mouldy feeds, dirty feed boards, and iron or wash dishes or pare potatoes flowers and the heads are cut and provide a spotlight which keeps the, Recently I was obliged to travel by
I
get more than six ounces of dry feed 1 musty litter are to be avoided. Moulds sitting down. thrown to the hens during the moult- right hand side of the road well light-' auto some eighty miles at night,
to fifty chicks in one day. The plant kill large numbers of chicks. Be sure Restful sitting depends on picking ing season. There is always a box of ed, even when meeting other cars, and when a sleet was falling and freozine
followed is to moisten the first feed; your house ie clean and the litter not out a good chair and using it. The wood ashes for the hens to flutter in
and pick out the -bits of charcoal. Hop-
pers of grit and'ground oyster shells
are also always at hand. Clean water
rounds out thehill of fare. There must
be plenty of it, and I warm it during
the cold weather.
.r: zanier intervals. Give the first feed in any one year. Many chicks are sliding forward until their weight measure out the amount of grain to
in the morning as early as the chicks sent in for examination each year that rests on the end of the spine; the legs be prepared, dissolve the salts with
can see to eat and the last at night have troubles due to land infection. fare crossed, the supporting foot toe- water and mix the mash. I like this
ns ":ate as possible. I4 growing chicks! It also will be found advantageous ing out (which throws the burden on way to administer the salts rather
in February one feed may be given. if feeding chicks from trough or its inner edge) ; head and shoulders than in the drinking water.
Every day, unless the weather is
very cold, I feed something in the line
of green stuff. This is grown on the
at i ight using artificial light. 1 boards out of doors to move the boards: are bent over a heavy piece of sewing
:Fury chicks are overfed on the or troughs a little every feed. Like pinned to the knee. Yes, "sewing is
start. We have adopted the plan for wise it must be remenmbered, when the hard work" under those conditions.
with canned tomatoes, the second with; musty. • Do not use cut barley or rye seat of the chair should be deep
eggs, and the third with minced liver,' straw as litter for baby chicks, be- enough to support the whole of the
thighs, and the height of the chair
should make it easy to rest both feet
on the floor. A good position is to
cross the feet so that both rest on
their outer edges. If it seems neces-
sary to cross the lames, at least make
it as little harmful as possible by
toeing in with the under foot and
resting it on its outer edge.
Lifting weights. How do you lift
weights? When the vacuum cleaner
must be moved where it cannot be
pushed, do yon crumple up at the
waist line, start lifting with one side
of your body and, when the job i5
half done, bring the other side into
play? Try bending both knees, hold-
ing the body easily erect, and use both
arms from the first moment you begin
to lift. This is the most revolutionary
of household exercises and will not
some at the first trial but it is worth
acquiring. It distributes the effort
of lifting. Furthermore, practice in
bending the knees while keeping the
body erect, with back and abdomen
and then begin the series ever again.! cause the beards may get into the
The above amount will not satisfy the 1 chicks' eyes. Good clean alfalfa
chick's appetite. They will create a' makes the best chick litter we have.
great noise at every feeding time, but; used. When it gets soiled or dirty re-
t gives a chance for the chick to ab -i move and replace it with clean litter.
Sorb completely the yolk in the body.I As the chicks get older the number
After the first period one. should' of feeds per day may be reduced, so
feed two or three times each day all' that at an age of seven weeks three or
that the chicks will eat. Ifour feeds per day are sufficient; in
We begin giving a drinking vessel; fact, after the second week hoppers of
each of water and sour milk, when; crushed oats or dry mash may be
the chicks are about a week old. Many, placed in the pen. The feeds of moist
give sour milk to drink at the start,; mash are contained at whatever am -
but we have obtained slightly better' ount the chicks will clean up.
Using the Unman Machine
Is It Kept Oiled and Clean and Used, Not Abused?
BY IDA S. HARRINGTON.
When "the forties" or even the thir-1 ture are, "I feel so tired all the time,"
ties, find a woman with the spring and' and "my feet trouble me so." The wo-
elasticity gone from her body, it nal man who maintains this posture is
turally suggests the question, "Howl hard to live with because she is so flat, will help you to acquire body bal-
did ithappen?" The home -maker her-, sorry for herself. She has, indeed ante. Do you ever, in carrying a
heavy chair, support it with the mus-
cles of your abdomen, allowing your
arms to remain slackers? The pos-
ture that results is not only unlovely
but harmful. Make both arms help,
keep off your heels, don't screw up
your face and the task will be bene-
ficial rather than harmful.
Reaching. How do you reach? Do
you make it hard "by standing a foot
or two away from .that high shelf, set-
tling back on your heels, protruding
your abdomen and dragging your ribs
up with your arms as you raise them?
Or have you learned to make it easy
by standing squarely in front of the
shelf, keeping the body balanced and
raising only your arms?
Stooping. How do you stoop? Is that
low oven a grievance or have you
self will say, "Housework did it." The; "let down," mentally and physically.
physical culturist will say, "Lack of The other "wrong" is the "Phar-
proper
Phar-
rc r exertdid iand will re- isee" iso t
p p,,pre-, posture. The form is held rigid -
scribe "daily dozens" and deep breath-;ly erect, chest high, shoulders tense,
ling'• back scooping in at the waistline, toes
One flaw in the prescription lies in turning out, weight on inner edge of
the fact that any system of exercises feet. The mental attitude back of this
must be practiced regularly, as an, posture is, "Of course I'm tired, and
extra to the day's work, either in the, of course my feet ache but nobody
morning when one is hurried or in J' shall catch me slouching!" The woman
the evening when one is tired. An -1 who maintains this posture is hard to
other' flaw lies in the fact that the; live with because her nerves are tense.
most conscientious followers of set -I Her over -erect posture is the result
ting -up exercises .continua to do their of willpower rather than vitality.
household tasks in the same hard old,' Both "wrongs" assign to the mus
ways. They see no relation- between: cles the work of holding the body up -
physical culture and household routine,' right. Right posture is a matter of
Does it not suggest itself as corn- body balance, not of muscular effort.
`non sense that the remedy for ills Muscles are needed for other things
that come from wrong posture lies in than maintaining the perpendicular..
pinking the physical tasks of house- Standing. With the best manage- made it a means of physical grace?
keeping, a means of physical grace? Ment in the world a certain amount of Does a look into the oven suggest a
Posture. Perfect health is impos- standing is unavoidable in the daily crumpling up- of your body and a rush
Bible with poor posture. Unfortunately routine, How do you stand? First, of blood to your head? Or do .you thrifty patch of quack grass between
those are two "wrongs" to choose from measure yourself against the wall drop. easily to one knee, do you keep the posts where it•is hard •to eradicate using five horizontal wires with the
and only one'"right" The first (head, shoulders, and heels touching) erect, do you go on breathing? will pollute a lot of ground the fol- top wire' one-half inch below the top
"wrong"" is the slouching "self-pity" and see if you are as tall es you ought Scrubbing. How do you scrub a lowing year, bar, the second,: one inch below the
pposture. The shoulders are bent, to be. Next see whether you can be table? With set jaw and tense fore- p first and the other three at equal dis-
lungs cramped, head and abdomen tall without being tense. To make arms, using a back -and -forth. motion? h tances apart, the lower one being
nagging. There is a general settling this test, have the small of the back Or do you know that the scrub -brush about two inches above the bottom
ejf the body, suggesting the small as well as head and shoulders touch won't get away even if you hold'it bar. The other method is four hori:-
teey's query, "Mother, have you begun the wall. If you have a bad case of lightly, that scrubbing in circles will fully for several years,by one farmer zontal and two diag nal wires, The
ea shrink yet? Grandma has!" "swayback" you may have to move bring into play the ball-and-socket in is ±0,use an ordinary gasoline blow -first horizontal wire is about one inch
The excuses offered for this pos- your feet some distance from the wall your shoulder which is there for a torch. Due to the intense heat pro- below the top bar, and the rest at
Caring for Hardwood Floors.
Hardwood floors add greatly to the
attractiveness 02 a home, but they
his own bright lights are off. I to road and windshield. Tho cleaner
This decision was quickly arrived would not remove the ice from the
at after an experience on a country glass, and, after many stops we wore
road. There was a slight turn in the obliged to open the windshield and
road to the right. Just around the face the driving storm. The sensation
bend three men were standing. The and narrow escapes of that night
head lights were angled to the left made it real easy to extend my auto
of these men naturally, and. when I insurance for another year,—B. W.
Wiring Frames.
the best results. Where the diagonal
The value of good combs containingwiring is used the sheet of foundation'
should be kept in good condition. It' is better placed between the horizon -1
is far easier to keep them in perfect the maximum number of cells of, tai and diagonal wires. I
condition by a small amount of con- worker size and well anchored in thele Few beekeepers use supports in the
stent care than it is to neglect them frames is well known to the pro I shallow extracting combs but it is
for a while and then try to obliterate gressive beekeeper. There are, how safer to stretch two horizontal wires
ever, many beekeepers who either do across the frame, tis it makes the comb
not use any system of support within, that much stronger.
the frame or are applying a system] Although vertical wiring of frames
that fails to give the support neves- has not proved very satisfactory, a
scars and scratches.
Floors that have been finished and
waxed should be rewaxed every
month, or more often if wear requires
it. If floors are reasonably clean, sary 01 order to stand thorough usage foundation in which a number of ver -
they can be wiped off with a damp of the honey extractor, the combs tical wires are imbedded permanently,
cloth and then waxed. If they are must be well reinforced; otherwise and which is giving good results, can
dirty, the dirt apparently being mixed they will break and in some cases be now be purchased from some of the.
thrown completely out of the frames. dealers in bee supplies,
When foundation is given to the bees ..-____
it muni be held in place' or the re -
with the wax, wipe the doors care-
fully with a rag wet with gasoline
and allow to dry before applying wax
again.
Floors that have never been finished
may be made to look well by applying
a coat of paste wood filler. Wipe off
the surplus and allow to dry for
twenty-four hours before applying
wax.
The best wax for floors is the paste
form. Apply with a cloth in a thin,
even coat and then polish with a dry
cloth or weighted brush. If a second
coat is necessary, allow the first to
dry two hours and then apply a sec-
ond coat in the same manner. For a
final polish, place a piece of carpet
under the weighted brush,
sultant1 combs will be made crooked. The Sheep's Feet.
The fontpdation alsso'•ii'r ,te-to be sup- During the winter, when the flock
ported or the weight of the bei eyed is confined M the pens, their feet will
cause many of the cells immediately 'i' oq-gire trimming to keep them in
below the top bar to become stretched good BQndition, so says the Animal
and in some cases cause it to break' Husbandry epartment, 0.A.C. Weak
entirely from the frames, especially if pasterns and e e of the commoner
• e
.be prevented
the summer is veryhotandthediseases'of the Yef tern .
t esu e
tri -
flow heavy. These stretched cells will. by a little .attention in reg
to trim
-
either be used for drone production' ming. A strong, sharp pool; t -knife
or for the storage of honey. This, of , may be used for this, or clippers de
course, will reduce the area necessary .• for the purpose may be purchas . ,
for the production of worker brood,` Not only do the toes grow out very
1
To secure the support and rigidity long but the sole of the hoof will urn
needed for the combs it is necessary' under. Both should be pared, giving
to adopt some system of wiring the the hoof the proper shape. The par -
The weighted brush is almost neces- frames, either horizontally or vertical- j ing may be done more easily after the
sary for waxing floors, and one will ly across the frames and these wires sheep have been running out in the
firmly imbedded into the foundation, i - wet grass or snow for some time, as
There are several methods of wiring; this lends to soften the brittle hoof.
mere than can be' given in this short
article. The two following methods Fruit and vegetable growers who
have given very good results: In the look ahead will, even now, be taking
No matter how zealously one har= frame of Langstroth dimensions four stock of their supply of fertilizers and
rows and cultivates the fields, weeds wires are generally used but these do spray materials and will make up
usually go to seed along the fences. A not prevent sagging below the top their orders for the amount required
bar. Better results are obtained by, to see them through the season.
last almost a lifetime. They can be
purchased for about $4 or $5.
Blowtorching the Weeds.
Blowtorching
Therefore it is a good plan to burn
these protected strips in the fall as
soon as the vegetation is dry enough
to burn. One method used success -
before the small of, your back will purpose, that your ;jaw has nothing to duced, grass and weeds that are not equal distance apart. The two diag-
touch but little by little yeti Can learn do with the case? even dead .can be burned clear to the onal wires are :run from the ends of
and plenty of them every month in
the year if you will rear chicks,
teed and care for them as instruct -
ad in our inexpensive, effective
Coldbolt Poultry Course, given by
mail under the direction of the ex-
pert 'poultrymen, Geo. N. Miller
and Prof. C.' R. Graham. Particu-
lare gladly :mailed. Write Shaw
Poultry School, 46 Bloor. W., Toronto
ISSUE No. I0--'24.'
to bring, your heels nearer the wall; Resting as an investment. have you ground, thus destroying any seed the lowest horizontal wire in the
without hollowing the back, until they discovered that to postpone a five- which may have previously fallen. frame to, the centre of the top bar,
actually meet. At first this will give minute rest period when the body is With the torch in one hand and a where it can be fastened either by a
you a feeling of tilting forward but poisoned, with fatigue is penny-wise wet gunny sack in the other, - this small staple or nail. Number 28 tin-
it will help to balance you with your and dollar -foolish? Do you knew that 'farmer goes up one side of the fence .nod wire isused and in all cases is
weight on the balls of your feet. 1 real rest '• depends on three things; with the flame close to the ground. Ile made as tight as possible. In Jumbo
Feet. How areyour feet? Areyou change,fresh air and relaxation? Are leaves a continuous trail of fire that frames five horizontal wires areused��� �1i ��
entirely unconscious of them?. If not, you disappointed inthe 'results when quickly'burns itself out. But, when in addition to the diagonals. Vertical ,rens oam,ty le 80101 for its '''0•0unllty .Cade.
Peel Sod mouse, neampton. Ont., ie located le the
is it because you have abused them?. you' "rest" by lying with set jaw, the fence corner is reached,Le crosses wiring has not proved very satlsfac- ,ay centre or Ws district. 'ft has logo attdatl000
No home -maker is any stronger than frown on your forehead, thinking of over and goes hack on tie other side, tory. ,Imbedding the wires into th'e ' Grimm, varleaoeed nod Snook, ntret(a,, sea
(10,arl, til,16o, ewuet (lloe,re, 0,0 115 oto,. x`hiah
her feet. To secure painless feet, the jobs ahead and "supporting" the Dither to finish any spot which may foundation can be done with the spur no ,oto ,U,at to turm,rs, any rot, w any elro- iot&
choose your working shoes with care, bed instead of letting it support you? have failed to burn onto extinguish wire imbeddor, or by electricity, the Write °` coo 14.8orsgedt'nouss,
A good shoe has a straight inner line, Or have you learned' to let go, to pre- the fire in any smoldering post. latter being the quicker and giving srematon, cataria
Tho "Rampager.'
,.. Hama Strap is onset
te
the famous Griffith
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Ramo Specialties.
Mora than twine
wirong as ordinary hero, yy 'char; , is
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THE CfrilLDREN':i
HOUR
•
KEY HOLES.
All hearts have two small keyholes,
And you have keys that fit.
And if you find the door is closed,
'Use one to open it
Sweet words of praise and kindness
Are just a bunch of keys,
And "Thank you," and "I love you
dear,"
"Now let me do it, please."
There isn't anybody
So full of grief or tears,
But you can open widehis heart
Through the keyholes of his ears.
TRUTHFUL BOBBY RABBIT.
"Do tell us a story,` Uncle Roily;"
begged little' Jennie and Jackie Rabbit,
as they climbed upon Roily Rabbit's
knee. -
Little Jackie and Jennie always had
to have a story every time they came
ver to visit Uncle Roily.
"All right, children, but after the
story, you must be off for holes or
your mother will be scolding me for
keeping you so late," said Uncle Roily.
Let's see! I guess I'll have to tell
the story of little Bobby Rabbit. Once
upon a time," for that was the way he
started all his stories,"Grandpa Rata
bit planted a garden. Above all the
good things this garden contained, he
prized the row of young cabbage
plants the most. Very carefully he
hoed them every day.
"At Grandpa Rabbit's house there
lived four little rabbits, Frankie, Sam-
mie, Sally, and little Bobbie."
"Was Bobbie littler than I am?"
asked Jackie Rabbit.
"No, he was 'Just about your size,
Jackie," answered Uncle Roily. "And
one bright sunny day, he went out to
roll his hoop all alone. He rolled it
and rolled it without letting it fall
until it rolled right into Grandpa Rab-
bit's garden beside his now of prize
cabbages.
"'How nice and crisp they look,' ho
thought. He sniffed, 'My! How good
they smell,' And he was hungry. He
nibbled first one, then another. Soon
he was clear to the end of the row and
all that was left of Grandpa "Rabbit's
prize cabbages were little stubs.
".'Bobbie -ie, Bobbie, where are you?
Lunch i ready,' called Grandma Rab-
bit: But Bobbie couldn't eat any lunch.
He had eaten so many young cabbage
plants that his little stomach was
chuck full.
"'You must be sick, Bobbie,' said
Grandma, looking at Bobbie's untouch-
ed plate.
f°`No, Grandma, I just am not hun-
gry,' answered Bobbie. But Bobbie
had to take the usual medicine that
Grandma Rabbit gave all sick bunnies.
"When Grandpa' Rabbit came home
that night and found nothing left of
his young cabbage plants but little
stubs, he was very angry. By the little
tracks down the row, he knew the
guilty party.
"After supper was over, he called
the four little bunnies before him.
With a very stern look that made each
one wish he had ahvays been good, ho
said, !Someone has eaten all my young
cabbage plants. Did you do it,
Frankie?"
"'No, Grandpa; be answered.
"'Did you do it, Sammie?' he asked.
"'No, Grandpa,' answered Sammie,
"'Did you do it?' he asked of little
Sally.
"'No, Grandpa,' she answered very
meekly.
"'Did you do it, Bobbie?' he asked.
of the littlest one, who stood at the
end of the row, trembling.
"'Yes, Grandpa, I did, and I ani
very sorry,' answered little Bobbie
with tears in his eyes.
My little fellow, :I am proud that
you have told me the truth,' . said
Grandpa Rabbit. I will not punish
you for this, but see to it that it does
not happen again. I hope you will
always be as honest as you have been
to -day?'"
"Thank you for the story," said lit.
tles't�,Jackie. "I'm going to always tell
thettruth just as Bobbie Rabbit did,"
Viand he skipped off towards home.
"Anda;, am I," said Jennie, as she
followed him '
Random Thb. lets on Fait.
,gig n
Patent medicine Ike tobacco adver-
tisements were never.'4tended for
substitutes for good paint dn. the barn.
One coat of paint - on the garage is
worth two in the can. '
Tho careful man paints his build-
ings often,, the. careless man seldom,
the shiftless. man never. '
The morale of your buildings will
be wonderfully improved when you
camouflage them with a fresh coat of
paint.
A painted barn gathers no moss,
As charity covers a multitude' of
sins, so will a.single can of paint cover
a multitude of imperfections.
Why is a can of paint. like a shirt.'?
Because it is of no earthly use itnill
yon put it on.
The abundance of testimony ROW
available in favor of the liberal use
of clean dairy products is overwhelm
ing. It is so convincing that the par-
ents of pale children olid the guard-
ians of those who have lost the bloom
of life,should not feel that they are
done their full duty toward', these
charges until this elixir of life' has
been given a faithful trjal