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TR HEATING ly hi the citlese of Toronto sari Monks
qq��** //''�� r �* Aithateeli the application of methods
�� CANADA of ceat'rali7.ed heating alone iiTay not
�® be looked upon as a considerable fac^
�„ tor,in`'ti}e solution of the "Fuel Prob-`
leis 1'n, the proviiices..of Ontario and
FUEL BOARD COMPLETES- .Quebec, -:nevertheless the replacement
INVESTIGATION. ' at small t-nthracite btrning units . by
centralized planta bur ring low-grade
fuels will contribute towards the re•
1 ductionin importations from the
a United States r ' high-priced enth{ra-
Icite coal which is so rapidly becoming
a of 11 detenn nate ,avalla-
I bility, ' I.
• •° Dross of Earth.
The fault of most biography is that
it represents the one who sits for the
portraiture as incapable of wrong and
innocent of failure. We are given
:what Henley called • a chocolate Dandy
or barley sugar seraph in place of the
real :man with blood in his arteries and
human frailties and passions. That is
a mistake, against which Owen Wister
!lodged his protest when he wrote "The
Seven Ages of Washington." Recent-
ly a biography appeared which, in des-
cribing the earlier career of a well -
beloved English author, makes it ap-
pear that he was a prodigal son and
an ingrate given to dissolute courses
and impervious to rebuke. But It
doss not fail to show that' the later
man grandly redeemed the old Adam
and left an example of the triumph of
the spirit over bodily weakness that
will inspire mankind more than the
printed book of the writer through all
days to come.
We are, in fact, more likely to be
edified by the stories of failure than
by those ,of°shining and complete suc-
cess. A play recently seen. in this city
statrfzed the average "uplift" story of
the greenhorn who breaks into a busi-
ness and goes by leaps and bounds
to the top. The young .hero is seen
attending a directors' meeting, des-
cribing to his approving elders the
story of his rapid ascent of the ladder
and moving them to sucb enthusiasm
that they jump to their feet and press
upon him checks for hundreds of
thousands of dollars. That is the way
it happens in romance. In real life
men must work for what they get.
They must expect crushing defeat.
They must learn to "meet with
triumph and disaster and treat those
two imposters just the same."
And men are not as gods nor as an-
gels. There is dross in their makeup,
and they must pass through the refin-
er's lire of adversity that shall bring
out the best that is in them They
must expect to endure hardness as
good soldiers Grave peril to the soul
it is to find a place where no storms
come, and there is nothing but the"
lazy pleasaunce•'of a tropic isle as one
drifts anddawdles through the unre-
sisting hours. -
There are human beings:who seem
so• good .one 'can hardly imagine any
need or mode of improvement; but
they know how imperfect they are. We
call them saints, and they are fairly be-
wildered; for they know not that their
faces are radiant of the spirit of good-
ness that is a lamp within. . We know
nothing of. the battle they fought ere
they won to the peace we see, but they
could tell us that they came out of
great tribulation and ate the bread of
weariness and tears before joy carne
with the light of the morning. -
Low-grade Fuels Can be Uti
ized in Central Plants ---A
Service of the Future.
That central and district heating can
be profitably employed to a consider-
able extent in Canada and that the sup-
plying of heat as a public utility in the
denser.' sectious of 'cities and towns
may be looked for as a general ser-
vice of the future are among the sali-
ent points brought out by the investi-
gation into central heating recently
completed by the Dominion Fuel
Board. A widespread interest was
found in the subject and -much infor-
mation, of practical value in .the eon-
-sideration of any particular applica
tion, has been compiled and is con-
tained in the Board's report.
The present high cost of fuel and'
the frequent disturbances in domestic
fuel supplies have led to considerable
attention being given to possible
economies and benefits to be derived
from centralized heating. In almost
every civilized country, during some
period of the year, artificial heat is
needed in dwellings, and buildings re:
quired for modern social and commer-
cial Iife. The supply of such heat be-
comes a very large, in fact a vital, fac-
toi• to contend with in northern cli-
mates where temperatures;are low.
during the winter and where the heat
_ing season extends over 'more than
half of the entire year. Tinder these
conditions, efficient and economical
methods of heating and utilization of
fuels are of particular importance, and
demand the meet careful attention
and study, both from the standpoint
of the conservation of fuel and other
natural resources, and of the health,
comfort, and budget of the country and
the individual.
40% Used for Heating.
Particularly is this the case in Cana-
da, where nearly forty per. cent. of the
entire coal consumed is used for heat-
ing and where over sixty per cent. of
the total ooal consumed is imported,
in spite of the fact that the Dominion
possesses immense resources of coal'
within her awn borders Economic
and geographic conditions have neces-
sitated the ;importation of the large
percentage of coal. The moat highly
Industrialized section of the country
Is in the provinces of Ontario and Que-
bec where there is. an abundance of
• water -power for the generation of elec.:'
tricity. These provinces are fairly
close to the large anthracite and bit-
uminous coal -fields of the United
States, but a consirerable distance
from Canadian coal areas. `Hence the
bulk of the imported coal is used in
these provinces.
Various methods of heating have
been adopted and developed indif-
ferent countries dependent upon the
climatic conditions and' the require-
ments and progress of the inhabitants.
The tendency in recent years, es-
pecially on the continent, has been to-.
wards .centralization of heating plants,
the heat being distributed through
pipes by the medium of steam or bot
water to serve groups of buildings, or,
as a public utility, entire sections of
cities. As a general utility service,
eentral heating replaces the wasteful
methods of burning fuel in a multi-
tude of s,niail.heating units, Each pro-
gressive step in other pubile services
bas nvolved. an increased cost to the
neer, but the additional comfort and
convenience therefrom have been suf-
ficient to warrant a general adoption.
So with the supplying of ]seat. The
advantages of district heating are ap-
parent and in general niay be stated as
being; to the user: cleanliness; com-
• !ort; health convenience, safety, and
saving in spate and furnace equip-
ment; " and to the community: econo-
• my in fuel consumption, possible use
of,low-grade fuels, and appreciation in
rental values of property.
Groups of Buildings.
In many cases central or district
e heating can be advantageously ;com-
biped with the generation of 'elec-
tricity from steam stations, the steam
being supplied for heating after it has
passed through the engines or tur-
bines driving the electric generators.
In addition to actual heating service
steam can also bo supplied from large
central stations' for the requirements
of laundries, hotels, manufacturles,
and for rniscellane.ous industrial pur-
poses with the same advantages, and
as a rule ttt a lower cost than steam
generated by small independent boil-
ers.. However the introclttetion of eerie
tial heating in any- partitttlar locality
should be preceded by a detailed and
careful study of local conditions and
df the factors bearing upon the prob
lem in order that there may be res.
sortable assurance of financial sue.
after.
Central heating las been adopted in
Canada to a considerable, extent for
groups of institutional buldings," As.
representative of the large central
heating installations maY be Mention-
ed the University o Toronto (27
buildtges) ; the Parliament Buildings,
Ottawa (7 buildings); Magill tint
eierelty, Montreal (g buildings); ,Al -
belles 1Tniversity,-Iedmiinntoii (1d hti)lit-
inge); and Queen's University had.'
1$ingeepti 1-lospitaleIeingsten (22 builds
Ings). •,l!;xahilP0e 1 eminthufiity heat.
'rig in ('atnnrlaa, aro to be aeon eririoip'ai-
Roiinance of the Bank Book.
An English writer recommends a
bank book as good reading and adds:
"The general reader will find therein
a demonstration of the weakess of
human resolves and the vanity of hu-
man wishes." That, however, is only
one side of the story. There are bet-
ter things to be found in most bank
books. For example, you can find in
thein' evidences of love and self -sacra
flee and heroic thrift—a sum with-
drawn to keep a boy in college, en-
other,to help a friend in distress; fre-
quent deposits. perhaps of a few dol-
lars, hard-earned, hard -saved, made In
an effort to .lay' up something against.
old age. To get the real significance
of a bank book you frust read it with
sympathetic imagination.
The Oldest Animtals.
Efforts are to be made to prevent
extermination of the great tortoises on
the Galapagos Islands, believed to be
the oldest living animals, by finding
a refuge for thein on some desert is-
land near the 'United •States.
Dr. William Beebe, the naturalist,
told the National Geographical Society
at Washington that the tortoises, some
of which were in existence before
Columbus came to America in 1492,
are rapidly being killed off for oil, and
will disappear• unless an isle of refuge
is found.
Accounted for it, Uo Doubt.
Grocer ---"Eggs hit rook bottom,
madam, 1 ,st Week."
7rady 'Tlien.that accounts for -why
nialee of those Fats sent rooted Were
*slaked,"
life o a
The average'goats is about
12 years.
"I TIRE WORSEr T TO (ANT VERANDA AND WINDOW BOXES
V��,y
1NF�RK The t'me is close at hand for the
planting of this season's porch and
window -boxes, Make your window,
box of pne-inch boards, at least
one fpot wide and one foot deep;
The length will depend on the width
of the window,. Fill the eo;t to within
one inoh of the toy with ordinary gar,
den learn. To this •you will need to
• add a little fertilizer from time to time
for the planta will exbaust the nous
ishment of the. soil. Bone -meal, liquid
manure; fertilizer tablets, etc, are ex-
eellent stimillants fort, this purpose;
but you must bear in mind that liquid
manure should never come in contact
• with begonias, ,
t Study the location of your window -
box; and •don't make the mistake of
planting in a shaded place, the flow-
ers which love sunlight—devote such.
positions to ferns and palms. Reserve
your porch and window -boxes for the
choice varieties; choose the flowers.
that are long blooming, and be sure
that their size and color will harnson-
ize when' grouped.
Of the general plants, a great num-
ber are suitable for box culture. The
following are among the most popu-
lar: Ageratum, antirrliinum, begonia,
caladium, candytuft, coleus, crotop,
fuchsia, geralitistx, heliotrope, lantana,
moneywort, pansy, petunia, phlox, nas-
turtium, .mignonette, salvia, sweet ails -
sum, verbena, and ferns and palms.
Young potted plants should not be
transferred to the window -box im-
mediately
mmediately after they are received from
the ovist; give ,their roots a cbonce to
% i1l1l(11Illil111II I1NI1t
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R/\\ GARDEN By
David Churchill
a d
the mu'eh-debated question of when to
develop before you transplant ,help•
.And don't set them out until a` den+
ger from frost iii passed; a slztld e re'
turn of cold weather might amara
them permanently,
Although plants are grouped more
closely in a window -bob, than
would be in a garden -bed, they Meet
not be overcrowded, or the 'effect of
the whole will be lost and the progress
of each plant handicapped. If they
are inclinedeto be spindly, cut them
back to induce atockinese. The pinch-
ing off of the first buds which appear
will strengthen the plant; and the fre-
quent culling of subsequent blooms '
will produce a greater profusion of
flowers.
A very charming effect may be had
by planting vines at the back and
front of the box. Manettia, for in-
stance, along the outer edge wt11 soon
droop gracefully over the box very ef-
fectively. Climbing vines planted at
the back may be trained up each Bede
of the window; and they may even be
made to serve as an awning if.a frame
is placed at the top of the window tor
therm to climb upon. Climbing vines
from porch -boxes should always be
furnished with supports, String sup-
ports are no doubt the easiest and
most available; but it is far more ef-
fective to build a light trellis • of laths.
Pleasing results may be obtained by
arranging the strips to extend from
the back pf the box^to the top of the
porch, like the ribs 'of an open fan.
Lobedia, usanettia, inaurandya, morn-
ing-glory, saxifrage, and wild cucuin
ber are popular vines for box culture.
Too much stress can not be laid up-
on the importance of proper watering
when flower --boxes are concerned. For
The winds of January howled round
the house and slapped together the
limbs of the bi;g maple. Sleet -beat
tattoo on the window panes Mary had
gone to ber, so .I drew my"chair to the
fire and sat down with my garden
notebook.
It was too early in the year for new
catalogues with their gay covers and
their inflammatory Iiterature. It was
too early in all conscience to plan a
garden, but I couldn't wait a 'day long-
er, 1 simply could not keep out ofmy
garden.
Before I opened my notebook I
heard boots on the scrapper outside
the door and Neighbor drifted in with.
a gust wind and..sieet. He blew on.
his hands and asked if I were busy.: 1
drew him a chair.
"Making straw garden," I answered
hire; "you're just in time,"
"Straw garden.? How do you get
that—straw garden?" he asked.
"Straw vote—straw .garden: Great
est of indoor sports."
Neiglibor'sat down and suet had hi
feet to the• blaze,
"Go on with your plantin','.' he said,
"your ground ain't -frozen more'n a
foot deep:'
The wilder the night end the colder
it is, the better for streak gardening,'
Neighbor took up my notebook,
open on• the table. He read aloud:
"Go back to first garden plan, 70- by.
70 feet, fenced., A little more work
but considering time spent chasing out
neighbor hens and dogs, no loss"
"My hens?" he gnerried.
"No;" I told him. "Pacific Coast
hens."
He studied my diagram,. A lot of
work, he agreed.
"But," I explained, "it means a vege-
table garden pretty as a posy. bed--
laid out like one, with paths where I
can take my friends when I want to
show off."
"Remember you've got an asparagus
bed title year as well ,as young trees
to take care of," he suggested after I,
had finished,
"1 am remembering -1 never forget.
It makes me warns on cold nights and
happy on dull days; It makes ingay
and young, just to think of those trees
out there, clipped and collared with
tar paper, their buds all set for the.
first spring clay."
"Mary feel like that?"
"Only more so."
1 ed; me; "it will cut off most of the run-
ner,s for you. And if you keep the
a, hills fourteen inches apart you can
use them for markers top and bottom
i of the bed. It makes a good distance
for carrot rows and most of the' little
! stuff. An a multiple of fourteen would
be good for anything else—corn, tali
ipeas, tomatoes."
"About resetting strawberries the
'third year--"
"'Let them set a runner between and
grub out the old plant in the fall. You
" say you don't mind the work."
a "`I don't mind. There is more satis-
faction ina garden that is beautiful,
complete, inclosed and laid out with
paths bordered with bloom and fruit.
Even in the fall when most things
I were brown, that border was bright as
a sugar tree. We really had more
out of that square garden 70 by 70
than we everhad before or since."
Becauseyou had to plan close and
r. -�
keep sueceaslon going; and""be
cause you pile i .ouS taae.- iaiu
„aPlix.�f'=e"ept turning it over and
ever," Neighbor said. Then he picked
-
\up my plan.
"Now this -diagram—with the space
off" for bushes and rhubarb and for the 1
path all round leaves 62 by 62. ` Is 1
that a path across the middle?" .
"Yes, two feet wide.
"Sixty-two by sixty-two divided by 1
a two -foot path that crosses in the •'
middle, leaves four beds thirty feet 1
square;"
"Go to it," said my neighbor;. • "Go.
right to it. Anything to make the
girls happy."
"That garden 70 by 70 was the near
est available ground to the house.
There was just a lane between it and
the kitchen, a green lane down to th•e,
lake. Mary's sweet peas had the fence
outside. She says she got out into the
gardori a hundred times as often be-
cause it was so toar---that have no
idea how 11 r; sic her to run out a min-
ute and pick a dish of berries, choose.''
her -yegelablee, a sprig of parsley, She
says it helps -her feed us better•."
Neighbor nodded, • "That ground
near the house ain't much but'. clay;
Have to fatten it up," he suggested.
'Better make your gate big enough to
let the wagon go through with au
iuure
if you are going to plant berry bushes"
all round next the fence as you show
here, You can have a small gate, too,,,
a light one for the womenfolks. Neigh-
bor lost his wifo. Now there isn't
much flavor to bis success.
"I've got•dead chestnut you could
use for that seat 1 see," he said, "and
for a couple of uprighl,s to held a cross•
piece for the .grapevine."
I was wondering if the path round
the garden, inside the, berry bashes,;
ought to be four and a half feet in-
-Stead of roar feet, as I had it. Also
'libout; the hill system I treed with the
strawberry borders along the sides of
my lnl.ths—it was .a nu eedeo .because.
Of the bother of keening r•unuers down,
"You've got ogre' of those trew-fang-
led cultivators now," Neighbor remind.,
"What's to go in those thirty-foot I
beds to satisfy hill appetites?"
, L read: "First plot, ten rows of seed
onions, fourteen inches apart They.1
could be a foot, but I will keep them •
to the strawberry markers this year. 1
Next cone five rows of early carrots, '
five ,of early beets, two rows of early
cabbage plants set alternating with
head lettuce plants between the rows
and between the plants in th row, i
'•'The• onions will be ripened in time I
to plant winter spinach in September; F
the 'early carrots will give place to 1
top -set onions for winter and the early
beets to the last planting of lettuce in'
August, •
"The whole Plot will be'under culti-
vation at the same time and be leaf
mulched to last for our tabe as late as
possible."
"Across the centre path; the next
plot reads: Early radish followed by
cauliflower ---the same spacing as the
cabbage and lettuce in the first plot;
then five rows of late beets; five rows
of late carrots; six rows of early and
three of medium peas, planted at the 1
same time and followed by bush beans
and, at the far side, by tomatoes. All
these harvest together after the frost,
so the bed can be spadded and en-'
ricked for the next Year.The lower plot reads, beginning
water, noother guide than one's own
again nearest the house; Two double judgment can be given. The earth in
rows of tall peas, planted with the a box is exposed, so to speak, on all
i earlies; one more double row as soon sides, and evaporation is much more
as the first ones appear, and then one rapid than it would be in the garden -
!more a little later, and so on in sue- bed. In most instances we find only a
cession. The last two rows in this quart of water given when a gallon is
plot are for early beans. The space in 1 required. The eon should be thorough-
this plot, as soon as vacated, is to re ly saturated once a day, and in ex-
ceive late culiflower, cabbage, possibly trenrely hot weather, twice each day,
sprouts, kohl-rabi and kale, with and the surface should at all times be
celery near the centre path. kept broken up to conserve the mole -
"Across that path there are three tore. It frequently happens that in
rows of early turnips, which are to drying out the earth recedes from the
be -followed by late beans; then three sides of the box, Ieaving an aperture
rows of bush Limas, to be followed by into which the water runs without pass,
ing through the earth. If the earth is
graded a little higher at the sides than
in the centre the water will be eon-
centrated and forced to soak -through
it,
If you find it difficult to grow plants
in certain unfavorable locations, sub-
stitute a . shallow window -box for the
tomato cans, waiting for those early deep one and place potted plants` with -
peas to get out, •' Sixty plant; for a in it"' They can then be removed to
u i 1
= u"•:g „....ate
them eighteen inches between rows—" 1t, they show signs of weakening.
"What, you mean sixty plants—
spinach: Also there are three rows of
early potatoes, to be followed by
spinach. The. rest of the space was
left vacant for sprouted sweet corn.
"Where are your •cucumbers? And
tomatoes?. , he demanded.
"My tomatoes? Ah, there they are,
sitting about among the bushes in
eighteen inches?" Neighbor. •demand- Fish Catch of the World.
ed, military style," T said. "I once saw According to the most authoritative
an officer's garden—a war garden, two .estimate the total fish catch of the
by twice. They were supported on a 1 world is valued at over $1,000,000,000
frame. Two slender poles were stuck (a year,
in the ground a few feet apart and 1 That represents the price the eon—
connected at the top with a slender 1 sumer pays, and includes charges for
crosspiece. Below this crosspiece at cold storage, dealers' profits, and so
regular intervals were attached three on.
rectangular frames. The tomatoes, Japan leads the world as a fish -
naked of a single leaf, starting direct-
1 eating nation, her catch totalling for
ly below the lowest rail—or frame-- the year about $90,000,000. The United
were trained out and round the second,States comes next, with just over $85,-
inward again over the third and cross- 000,000; France third, with rather less
ed from both sides at the top where I than $8a";000,000; and Spain fourth,
they were cut off. Each tomato plant with $70,000,000., Britain comes next,
set three to four bunches—all they with about the same value,
can ripen • before frost—and when I) The value of fish per hundredweight
first saw them the whple frame was a l has Fallen greatly in recent years. A
mass of fruit, green and ripening," year or two ago Britain's catch was
My neighbor stood up and stretched valued at $90,000,000.
himself, ! During recent years there has been
"Do you. grow your cucumbers on I a big increase in the amount of cepa
poles," he asked, "or on the fence?" it invested in the industry, the United
"Neither. T need the fence for pole i States alone having added nearly $25,-
beans and Italian squash. I grow_the 000,000 to the value of her fishing -
cucumbers on a slat frame, raised to boats, nets, and so on.
let them hang through," Most of the world's fish stipple
He shook hishead,�•optned the door. I C,OInes from the shallow banks neat
I closed him out and the warmth in, t the shores of the continents. It is
Half an hour yet before Mary would 'here that the fish live; and it is well
call me to bed. Trine to take every- that they do so, for fishing on a large
thing out of my garden as I would a I scale is much easier in such places
trunk that must be repacked. Time to
plow, lsarrow, drag and plant it all
over again . and yet again for two
months to come,
No Baby Carriages,
Pusdiing baby carriages on the side-
walk is an offense against the law in
London, although prosecution seldom
occurs.
1)1,' 1). :11 fsoi can, de'ruly medic it officer of a Municipality in Tngland,
1 t
eal es sure that the r„hi dret ie h.is clistriirt have no teeth troublos. 'Ile •
ra.Vela with a motet van giving illustrated lectures,
than it would be in the deep seas.
Notes About Noses.
One of the purposes of the nose is
to raise the temperature and humidity
of inhaled air before it enters the lungs.
The colder and drier the air, the great-
er
reater the need for this function, so that
in a race which has lived long in a
cold, dry environment the nasal pass-
ages become long, and the nose high
and narrow.
After migration from one type of en-
vironment to the other the adjustment
is not immediate, but takes many
geeranttons. Thus, the high, narrow
noses of the dominant Castes in India
indicate that the latter are compara-
tively reset immigrants from the
north.
Fossil skulis found in Europe indi-
cate very high, narrow noses during
the Ice Age, gradually becoming short -
or 'and broader as the climate im-
p.roved,
Hatters Had Union,
Journeyman hatters in lsngktnd furl
a trade union as early as 1667.
What Orange Pecoe Means.
Tile label "Orange Pecos" means the
sire of the cored' leaf and not the pate
ticelar kind or quality of tea.
On only twwe estates in a3uglitrii•
Daierisain,. in:Cumberland, lard Dun -
combo,
un -combo' P ti'k, in Yorkshire -tan deer.
stalking, Mealier to the sport of the
Scottish Highlands, be enjoyed.
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