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A GENTLE LAXATIVE
FOR THE CHILDREN
Mothers—the surest way of keeping
your little ones well and happy, whet-
ther it is the new-born babe or the
growing child is to keep their bowels
regular and their stomach sweet.
Nine -tenths of all childhood ailments
are the result of clogged bowels and
sour stotnach. The most necessary
and the beat medicine for little ones
is a gentle laxative --something that
will relieve constipation; sweeten the
stomach and promote rest and natural
sleep. Such a medicine is Baby's
Own Tablets. They are a gentle but
efficient laxative; are absolutely guar-
anteed free from opiates or other in-
jurious drugs and may be given to
the youngest infant withi perfect safe-
ty. They banish constipation and in-
digestion; break up cold and simple
fe,vers and give the baby that health
and happiness which all children
should have. They are sold by med-
icine dealers or by mail at 25 cents
a box front The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co., Brockville, Ont.
ONLY ONE MAN IN CANADA
ALLOWED TO ENTER THIS
HISTORIC QUEBEC CON-
, VENT.
Daring the recent visit of the Duke
and Duchess of Devonshi-re to Qui -
bey, His Excellency took advantage
of his prerogative as Governor-Gen-
eral and visited the famous cloistered
convent of the Ursulines. No man,
not even a chaplain, is allowed to
enter the cloister, save the governor
of the country and the royal family.
The Duke was greatly interested
in the visit and spent the whole fore-
noon seeing the many historic relics
and asking innumerable questions of
his guide.
The convent was founded by
Madame de la Peltrie, a pious French
lady, in 1(139, and is easily the most
ancient of any in Canada. The
buildings, a pile of massive edifices
of stone, two and three storeys high,
cover an area of seven acres. The
chapel; which is 95 feet long and 42
feet broad is plain outside, but the
interior is pleasing though simple. On
the right of the principal altar is a
large grating which separates the
churdh froin the choir and it is inside
that the nuns attend divine service.
The visit of the Duke of Devon-
shire was hailed by the friends of
the nuns, for it is only on such an
occasion that they are allowed to
speak at length with their relatives
who have taken the vows. On this
occasion many took advantage of the
opportunity and had long conver-
sations with their sisters and
daughters whom they had not seen
since they entered the convent.
The sisterhood number nearly 100
and the educational system of the
convent is greatly renowned. The
daughters of some of the leading
families of Canada and the United
States are among the boarding
pupils.
Frazer's Highlanders were station-
ed in the convent during the winter
of 1759, following the capture of
Quebec and the table on which the
first sentence of death was signed
by the British authorities against a
woman. Madame Dodier, for poison-
., ing her husband, is still to be seen
in the rear part of the convent.
To tourists, however, the most
attractive feature of the institution
is the chapel which contains the re-
mains of Montcalm and what are
claimed to be the following relics:
The body of St. Clements from the
Catacombs of Rome, brought to the
Ursulines; the skull of one of the
companions of St. Ursula; the skull
of St. Justus;' a piece of the Holy
Cross; a portion of the crown of
thorns brought from Paris.
General Montcalm was buried there
on the day following the fatal battle
of September 18th, 1759, on the
Plains of Abraham. His appropriate
tomb was an excavation in the rock
formed by the explosion of a shell.
There are also many valuable paint-
ings in the convent. stated to be the
most valuable on the continent.
grain; clover hay; timothy hay; grain.
This rotation gives a very good pro-
portion of the various crops. It is
very satisfactory.
A three year rotation: Hoed crop;•
grain; clover hay. This rotation has
a very large area of hoed crop and
provides no pasture land. It is, there-
fore, unsuited to most farms. How-
ever, if the fertility of the soil is very
poor, if additional, pasture land is
available, and if 'considerable stock
are kept which will consume the hoed
crops, the rotation is very satisfe5
tory.
There are, of course, many other
. rotations but the above mentioned,
have perhaps, the most general appli-
cation. It is quite probable that por-
tions cf the far,n, on account of being
either too wet or too light and sandy,
may have to be farmed under a sep-
crate cropping systent. Under such
conditions if this area is not too large
it is undoul redly more profitable to
leave it undivided by fences and to
reckon the entire area as one year in
the new rotation. With such a sys-
tem, a field of poor soil may be in-
creased in fertility by a short rota-
tion of crops and by larger app''.ca-
tions of manure. A field of low, wet
land may be left longer in .hay.
One consideration should not be
overlooked. The fields should be made
large in order to reduce the cost of
producing crops and to decrease the
neprc•ciation and repair of fences. The
rotation should be planned so that the
horses would be kept busy as much as
possible throughout the year, because
it costs money to have horses stand-
ing idle. While almost all farmers
follow some practice of changing the
traps on their fields front year to
year, very few have adopted a definite
rotation of crops. The adoption of a
suitable rotation will reduce the cost
of production and, will make more
profit.
HOW TO INTRODUCE A ROTA-
TION OF CROPS
First consider the approximate acre-
age of grain, hay, pasture and hoed
crops which will be required; next
consider the quality of soil which is i
on the farm. Then decide what rota,
tion would be most suitable.
The following rotations have given
good results: A four year rotation: t
Hoed crop; grain; clover hay, tim-
othy hay. This rotation has proved
to be very satisfactory, although its
acreage of grain is rather too limited
for most farms.
A five year rotation: Hoed crop;
:. n, os uu^z%F1adar ue:,, ;,�wb'✓ .'4ktd
A young matron, says Harper's
Magazine, was the defendant in a
case tried in a Pennsylvania court.
"It is understood," said the district
attorney, "that during the absence of
your husband you shot a burglar."
"I did." -the young woman admitted.
"What became of him?"
"The other burglar took him away."
"The other burglar?"
"Yes, sir; the one I shot at."
Another automobile that may he
run over land or upon water has been
patented by a Minneapolis roan.
Belgrade and Budapest have been
linked by an airplane mail service for
letters and postcards only.
In some parts of India silk is made
front the cocoons of a species of moth.
which cannot be reeled like :he usual
s'ikworm product, but is spun like
silk waste.
A Georgia woman has invented an
operating costume for surgeons that
is held in place by two strips of tape
tied at the back without the use of
buttons or Stooks.
WHAT TO DO FOR
STOMACH TROUBLE
Good Advice From One Who Had
Suffered Much.
Nine -tenths of all forms of indiges-
tion or so-called stomach trouble are
not due to the condition of the stom-
ach at all, but are caused by other
influences. The great contributing
cause of indigestion is thin blood.
Good blood and plenty of it is requir-
ed by the stomach to take care of the
food. If the blood is thin the stom-
ach functions sluggish, food lies undi-
gested, gas forms and causes pains
in Various parts of the body. Instead
of getting nourishment from the
blood the system gets poison.
Relief from this condition can be
obtained by the sic treatment
which Mr. D. Shast Mt. Stewart,
P. E. I., tried and now warmly recom-
mends to others. Mr. Shaw says: "I
suffered from indigestion for over
four years, and have tried many of
the well-known remedies for such
troubles. but never obtained more
than temporary relief. The trouble
was aggravated by constipation set-
ting in owing to the stomach failing
to do its work and'laxatives only
gave relief to the bowels and left the
stomach in worse conditions. The re-
sult was my blood was growing more
and more anaemic, I did not sleep
well at night and was growing des-
pondent. I was in this wretched con-
dition when a friend advised me to
try Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. I got
three boxes and by the time they
were finished there was some change
for the better. This greatly encour-
aged me and I continued taking the
pills for some three months, by
which time my stomach was all
right again, my blood good, nerves,
strong and life was again worth liv-
ing. ,My advice to all who suffer
from stomach trouble is to give Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial,"
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can be ob-
tained through any medicine dealer
or by mail at 50 cents a box or six
t boxes for .$2.50 from The Dr. Wil-
t liama' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
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G r. 1, Il W.
Poetry Was ()ne of Its Marked
- Characteristics. .
l ven u subject so essentially ptw-
shi„ as the law was Interwoven with
poelr)4in uncient.lreland, where Jus-
tice .tus administered by the Z1'I1e
(Fl ire ah) UV poet, the most import-
ant person in the country after the
kt it. Bei then poetry was a much'
,." prarucal art with primitive
rr ;lit it usually is In the present
cl.,a. in olden timet' verse was stn-
l,lo; tt when'the matter to bg record -
.d .ls of particular importance, or
of a nature that called not only for
grace and beauty of expression, but
for dignity of language as well. When
the ancient laws of Ireland were're-
vised under St. Patrick, a File was
.uummoned "to pat'a thread of poetry
round them.". Dr. Graves regards It
: u a convincing proof of the antiquity
of he Seanchus-Mor, or Great Body
.f the 'Law, that so much of the text
is in metrical form.
"Brehon Laws" le the term gener-
ally given to the ancient Irish code. tt
But it is a misnomer, for "Brehon"
:s simply tho Irtah name for a Judge.
When the English Introduced the ex-
Inesalon "Bretton Laws" Into the
• wintry they meant the old Irish law
.ta administered by Irish Judges In
ontradiatluction to England statue
ev. The Seanchus-Mor contains the
rude of laws under which Ireland
was governed from 441. A.D. down
to the commencement of the seven-
teenth century. It Is a compilation of
the natio las, expurgated of pagan- 1
ism by 6.wCouncil of Brehone and •
�>lvinea held by St. Patrick at Nobber '
in Meath, and at Cara, between 488
end 441. Because of hie services on
these occaafons the title of "law -
toyer" wag conferred upon St. Pat-
rick by the people of Ireland.
From twelve to twenty years of
special study was needed to qualify
.t File for the legal profeselon. What
the precise difference was between
the duties of the 011av (011amh) or,
chief File, and those of the Brehon,
ur Judge, in not very clear; but It Is
supposed that the Brehon was chief-
ly occupied with private cases and
the File with public. Faulty as it no
doubt was in many respects. the Bre-
,ode ronu•acte favorably with con-
temporary systems and, at has
been often said, no other country,
situated at Ireland was, can show
anything to equal it, ur even come
near it in perfection --tar its date.
The Cunucil of Tara assembled in
:1. Patrick's time for the purpose of
revising the ancient Brehon laws;
this was the last really legislative as-
sembly ever held un that historic hill,
with the exception of that summoned
by 51. Adantun in 197, and which ex-
empted women from military' ser -
In the course of an address to the
Royal Irish Academy in connection
with the Iirchon laws, Dr. Graves
'aid that the fidelity with which the
Irish people clung to their ancient
,vete \vas most remarkable, no invad-
er, whether Dane or Saxon, being
able to milker any important change
le the legislative system of the coun-
try, and that it was not till about two
hundred fears ago -that the• English
i tw•s su'r'e tied in displacing the Bre-
',on code in Ireland.
Saving the Flamingo. •
Assurance that the flamingo, bird
.,t bt-aut.y and mystery, will escape
ext tnut ion is contained la a letter
flaw 11. E. W. Grant, Colonial Gov-
i•rnor of the Bahamas, which says:
"Yui will be glad to hear that an
artier in council has been passed giv-
ing 1 1111 tt' t' protection to the flam-
ingo. This glory of our marshes
owes your expedition a debt of
a catitude."
The action of the Bahamas Coun-
t tt was taken following an expedi-
iion, which trailed the Santiago, the
most beautiful of the world's larger
birds, to its last stand, took (notion
pictures •of the timorous birds,
brought about. a realization of how
near they were to becoming extinct
in the new world through annihila-
tion by native sponge fishermen, who
hunted them down for food purposes
at the nesting and molting season.
The first ttaturalist to locate and
::tidy the gorgeous flamingo was Dr.
Frank M. Chapman in 1901, when
he estimated that some 20,000 flam-
ingoes were to he found on one of
the little known islands of the Ba-
hamas group. Since then it is be-
lieved that. fully two-thirds of the
colonies have perished.
Another recent expedition gather-
ed
athered much valuable scientific material,
not only concerning the life habits of
the flattningo, but of other rare birds
and fish of the Bahamas. The isola-
tion of the flamingo may be sensed
from the fact that the members of
the party were the first white men
to land at. Mangrove Key in seven
years. Mangrove Key is a small ham-
let presided over by a crown com-
missioner, who is the only vlelble sign
of British authority to be found on,
an Island ninety miles long and forty
wide, Because of this Isolation many
of the little known "out islands" of
the Bahamas, only now and then vis-
ited by the sponge fishers, have pre-
served primitive conditions that hold
secrets of high value of the na-
turalist.
A Notion Store. ..
At Boars Hill, near Orford, Eng-
land, there is a little notion store,
which looks a little different itrom
the usual country store, but thereal-
dente of the vicinity patronise It lib-
erally. Most of the residents are lit-
erary personages and one is likely to
encounter in the store any one of a
number of prominent F.ngllsh writ-
ers. It. is said on /natty occasions the
pQ� t laureate of England has been
;ft
behind the counter wailing on
c etomers and °there visiting the
place frequently are Mr. Masefield,
Mr. Galsworthy- and Sir Gilbert
Murray,
('heap.
Mullett- -Is that a che., p restau-
rant?"
Hallett `'A'hy, cal her' Yon got
your hal back I're, ,it h every
pound's wo th of dinner you have."
Scotland has a machinery mandfae-
turing plant operated exclusively by
women.
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