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WEED ERADICATION
Results of 1912 Experis
ments Were Good.
Wider Plans Outlined For
This Year.
During the season of 1912 the Ontario
Agricultural Experimental Union cerries1
on co-operative experiments in the
eradication of Perennial Sow Thistle,
Twitch Graes, Bladder Campion and
Wild Mustard. A number of praetical
men took part io thee experiments, and
eome very iuteresting andvaluabie re -
eta& were obtalued. A. properly culti.
cater]. Crop of rape was found to be an
excellent 'ineane of deetroying
nial Sow Thistle and Twiteli Gras. Rape
proved more effeetive in destroying
Twitch Grass than did buckwheat. Thors
ough and deep cultivation, followeu tee
potatoes or corn, gave good results ht
the control of Bladder Campion, Spraying
with iron or copper sulphate proved to
be a cheap and effective means of da.
stroying mueterd in growin.g grain with.
ont injury to the crop. Those who took
part in these experiments profited by
the experience. They cleaned the field
experimented upon, demenstrated to
their own satisfaetiod the effectiveoese
of the method tried, and at the same
time their results furnished practical
information to others.
These co-operative experiments in
weed eradication will be eontinued tide
year (1913h and it is hoped that a large
nmnber of men will take part in them in
order that sufficient data may be gath-
eyed to warrant definite statements be.
Ing made regarding the best methods of
controlling these pernicious weeds, The
experiments are as follows:
THIS YEAR'S EXPERIMENTS.
(1) The use of rape in the destruction
of Perennial Sow Thistle.
(2) A system of intensive cropping
and cultivation, using winter rye follow.
ed by turnips, rape or buckwheat, for
eradicating Perennial Sow Thistle.
(3) The use of rape in the destruction
of Twiteh Grass.
(4) A method of cultivation and crop.
ping for the destruction of Twitth Grass.
(5) A method for the eradication of
Bladder Campion or Cow Bell.
(6) Spraying with iron sulphur to de-
stroy Mustard in ereal crops.
Thoee who are troubled with any of
these bad weeds are invited to write to
the Director of Co -Operative Exper.
iments in Weed Eradication, Ontario
Agriculturel College, Guelph, Ontario,
who will be glad to furnish full infor.
mation concerning these experiments
and to supply application blanks for the
same. All experimenters will be supplied
with fnll ami tieteiled instrections for
carrying on the experiment selected, and
with blank forrns on wldeli to renort the
results of the same.. All interested in
clean farming are asked to co-operate in
Ibis work. Addrees ell eommunicetion6
to J. E. Howitt, Botanical Department,
Onterio Agricultural College, Guelph,
Ontario.
Many Reasons Why
Liquid Cough Mixtures
Can't Cure Bronchttis hand at the time of the arrival of the
Gained in Weight,
Digestion Restored,
Health Renewed
Here is More Proof of Quick Our°
For All Folke That Are Weak,
Ailing or Nervous.
More Praise For Or. Hamilton's Pille.
"For a period laet summer the
thought of food excited feelings of
nausea!' writes Mrs, 0, A, Dodge, of
Bloomsbury. "The heat had made me
listless. and the distaste for food re-
duced me to a condition of semi -starva-
tion and brought me to the verge of
nervous eollaeee. Tonics were -melees
to restore an active desire for food. The
doctors told me my liver and kidneys
were both at fault, but the medicines
they gave me were too severe and re-
dueed my strength so that I had to
abandon them. At the sugg,estion of a
friend who had been eured of blood and
skin trouble. I began the use of Dr.
Hamilton's Pills, The difference 1 first
notieed was, that while they cleansed
the system, instead of feeling, weaker
1 felt better after taking them. In-
deed their activity was so mild it was
easy to forget 1 had taken them at all;
they seemed to go right to the liver,
and in a very brief time not only did
all source of nausea disappear, but I
began to crave food a,nd I digested it
reasonably well. Then I beean to put
on weight until within three months I
was brought to a condition of good
health. I urge Dr, Hamilton's Pills for
all who are n poor health."
Get this best of all medieines to -day
and refuse a substitute for Dr. Hamil-
ton's Pills of Mandrake and Butternut.
Sold by all druggists and storekeepers,
25e per box or five for $1.00. Sent post-
paid by The Catarrhozone Co., Buffalo,
N.Y,, end Kingston, Canada.
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PURE BRED ANIMALS
New Regulations Governing
Their Free Entry.
• ,
On the first of April this year there
came into foree new regulatione
governing the free entry to feanade of
animals for the improvement of stock.
To this end the following amended regu-
lations have been adopted by order -in -
council for the guidance of importero, and
C1.4tOnt house officers:
1. No animal imported for the im-
provement of etoek ehall be admitted
free of duty unless the owner is a British
subject, resident in the Britieh Empire,
or if inoie than one owner, each is a
British subject, resident in the Britieh
Empire, and there is furnished an import
.certificate stating that the animal is
recorded in a Canadian National Record
or in a Foreign Record reeognize.d as
reliable by the National Record Com-
mittee.
A statutory declaration by the owner
or one of the owners, that he is a Britieh
' isubjeet, or that each is a Britis'i subiect
resident in the British Empire, and that
such animal is the identical animal de-
scribed in such certificate mud be pro-
vided. and that such animal is being
imported into Canada for the improve-
ment of stock.
2. In case soeh certificate is not at
. !animals, entry for duty may be accepted
1 subiect to refund of the duty upon the
But thHealing Fumes of Catarrho
. production of the reetileite certifieates
zone, Which Are Breathed to the e
and proofs in due form sa,risfeetore te
-
Furthest Recesses of the Bronchial within one year from the
Tubes, Bring Quick Relief and Sure time of. entry.
1 3. The foem of certificate to be
Cure. I accepted foe the free importation of
nnimals for the improvement of stock,
Every sufferer from coughs, colds, end the eustoms procaine in connection
bronchitis and all throat and chest therewith, shall be subieet to the direc-
ailments needs a soothing, healing, tion of the Minister of Cnetoms.
medicine which goes direct to the 4. The above deelaratione shall be.
breathing organs in the chest and . attached to the free impart cluty, and
lungs, :atlas the trouble �t the, may he made before the eolle-etor, sub-
source, disperses the gerros of .dis' t. collector, surveyor er chief clerk- at the
ease, and cures the ailment thorough- (port where the gargle are entered, OT be-
ly. And this medicine is "Catarrh°. fore any functionary authorized by law
zone.'" . to a.dminister oatbe.
The germ -killing balsamic vapor Under the old. regulations, a Britieli
mixes with the breath, descends ' subject residing in a foreign country, or
through the throat, down the bron- the citizen of another country living in
chial tubes, and finally reaehes the Canada, could secure the free entry of
deepest air cells in the lungs. All properly registered. animals, whereas
parts are soothed with rich, pure, me- under the new order foreign persons or
Moine,' essences, whereas with a firms are exclnded from this privilege.
syrup the afected parts could not be Custome officere are required to ex -
reached and harm would result amine carefully the animals presented
through benumbing the stomach with , for entry, to see that they correspond
drugs, l with the description eontained in the
"I have been a chronic sufferer import certificate, and if they do not,
from catarrh in the nose and throat duty is colleeted.
for over eight years. I think I have The statutory l'. declarations required.
PIG RAISING FUR THE MARKET.
The importanee of the eywine-breed-
ing inatietry is each year becoming more
reeognized, Its relative value in the
Ht of meat produetione ie demonstrat-
ed. Th ie leade, to added reepousibilities
on the part of breedere who are in
the businees of eupplying breeding ani
-
nulls to Willem,
There is alWaye a wide range of merit
and value between the hog that tops the
market and the one which sells at the
loweet priee. It is a farmer' e duty to
himeelf to use every available Means.
leading to the produetion of the market -
topping elaes. While many facture are in-
volved in the making of the market top-
per, the teal base upou which 04 other
work must rest ie the line of breediug Of
the herd boars. In that all advancement
or deterioration begins.
Idere comes the point at eithich the
breeders who supply such boars aseume
responsibilities that eall for a wider
range of knowledge on their part than
the average of them are inclined to con-
cede, The produetion of high-class ani -
male poseeseing inherent qualities for
the distributioo of merit among their
progeny is a scientific profession, It call*
for wide knowledge of animal character-
istics, as well as of methode of eare
and feeding. The majority of breeders
have acquired their knowledge by practi-
cal experience. Necessarily, this le
limited means of education that calla
for constant researeh and inquiry along
a multitude of mice of thought and
aetion.
The weaning period is an important
time in a pig's life, A pig +should be lib-
erally fed from the time he is 2 months
old until he. is 4 mouths old, and after
that a little grain in conjunction with
t o, t t take him
spent four hundred dollars trying to regarding citizenship and identity will,
plenty of pile ug o
through to a weight of 125 pounds at
months in good shape.
Just as the pigs are voming up to the
weaning period, it ought to be taken for
granted that they are more Or lees in-
fested with internal pareeites and hen -
tiled accordingly. A few cente epent oa
a good worm remedy may easily -save
anywhere *from $100 to $500 in the feed
bill on a bunch of 100 pigs. There are se
number of worm remedies ,but santonin
is -considered the meet effective, using it
at the rate of practically one ounce to
100 growing pigs. A good way to feed
it is to Place the santonin and thorough;
ly dissolVe it in the water which is to be
used for making a given batch of slou.
After it is thoroughly diseolved and ;hiv-
ed, add the mill feed or ground grain,
and this willonake a perfeet diettibution
of the 6antonin. So mueli the better it
the pigs can be made to miss a meal be-
fo
Have plenty of trough rdom and have
the slop well distributed, and 'follow
this op by letting all the pigs in at one
time. it not do to let them eome
through 'a hole one at a time, because
those that arrive first will get more
than their share. In aeweek or ten days
repeat the dose, and, of course, as the (Philadelphia Record)
pigs get larger, if it seems neceeeary to If Harry Thaw is to continue as a
nee the same treatment, a rather larger source of seandal of the remainder of his
proportion of santonin may be used. OnLO life. thanks lo tlide millions of his family,
hundred pigs weighing on an average of till'oeorte2saloiribleeyal 1.111.714;T ntihL;itis
125 pounds would eiteily stand two forts to send him to the electric chair
ounces of santonin at a feed. Three or for the murder of Sanford 'White. The
Tour treatments at intervals of one week - racanity tretn wthicloi men of wealth .can
Or ten days ought to abeolutely remove -
escape
sPrn oInee louts the igisree"ut:
tun;61nr
'909W11161011.-Towpfotoon.,_
'WHY ENDURE
PIMPLES
CUTIC
Soap Ed Ointment
Do so much for pimples,
blackheads, red, rough
hands, and dry, thin and
falling hair, and cost so
little that it is almost
criminal not to use them.
11,
Cuticurafloariand Ointment are oold throughout
tboworld, A liberal eamplo or each, with 32 -pogo
booklet on the care and„ treatment or the skin and
scalp, sent post -tree. Address Potter Drug Chem.
Corp., Dept. 28D, Boston, U. €3..A.
1. -"REL)
KOHLER,
The Housekeeper
406"0".000,Pkwli ornagoommiewoimpasi—
UK WALIA41, e3.10 t,b itivlio„y out.; ech
tbrsad instead of silk. Mend with a
butonhOle stitch and the tear will
hardly be noticed.
Left over fish should always be kept
ill elosed reeeptable in the refrigera-
tor,, so as not to impart the flavor to
other foedstuffs.
When washing windows, tie A cloth
(a piece of old. undershirt is the best)
around the wrist to prevent water from
running down the arm.
To make eyelets for embroidering, hold
the °loth firmly against a bar of white
soap when you pierce the hole. This
prevents making the eyelst larger than
you want and the edges of it are soaped,
enabling you to work a inueli smoother
eyelet. The soap itIeo helpe to remove
the stamping inarke whoa the embroid-
ery is laundered.
When buyiug window shades get au
extra, set a catches. Pat one set at the
uettal place, the other about a foot low-
er. In cold weather hang the shades on
the lower We:hes and leave the )xindow
,down from the top. This give e perfect
ventilation and prevents the shade froin
blowing about,
Every Wonsan Who cuts out from
paper patterns knows of the bother
in pinning it flat to the cloth. Take
a hot iron and smooth the tissue
paper pattern over the cloth, and it
will remain flat without pins.
A little sugar or molasses added to
the stove polish gives a brighter and
• more lasting polish, also prevents so
much dust.
A wall covered with figured paper,
• especially if the pattern is laige and
intricate and in two or more colors,
Is not a good background for pictures,
but a very poor one,
- If eamicd vegete tees, especially pees
and beans, are wasliel few. water be
lore the. are coel.. that etrsng 11.-
vor will tilt4tppea:. and they will taite
more like fresh veget
I I
The "Golden Rule" Chief of Police of
Cleveland, who has been dismissed
from his position on charges of
gross immorality.
AN INTOLERABLE NUISANCE.
all parasites. Atnerica Courts. It Thaw is not the
Then the skin of a hog needs a little daneerous. paranoiac iie is said to be lie
attention, and it is '4urprising. how oft. Ifheeslebadareused i"
as(r1.Il
plroseltitt
itteitjgawahne
en dipping or spraying a buneli Of pigs should be kept from puhlie notice To
will contribute to their thrift. For Me the country at large lie is an intolerable
purpose the coel-tar productione ought oulance, and to the integrity uf New
to be used. Those who do not have a alp. Loirkmeonfralectis lie seems to be a perpet-
ring tank, will (ilia it an crseeedingly
simple matter to rouod up their pigs ire NEW STRENGTH
to a shed and n‘e a spray pump or
sprinkling can. Keep the pigs in the
same quarters where they are sprayed
for an hour or two. so that they will lie
down in the wet bedding and get thor-
oughly saturated with the disinfectant
Sometimes spraying or dipping alone will
take the kinks out of an unthrifty
bench of pigs. beeanse no animal eau be
leetithv unless its Skill is normal, and
this is particulerly true about the hog
t.- eeeeeet of the non -porous nature of
the skin.
It is iewortant to use a little mineral
matter for avowing pige, in the•form of
charcoal, soft coal slack or tiSlica. These
should he mixed with gait.' and pigs
should have access to them at all times.
Some Slyinebreedere record this as old -
fogyism, but when a bomb of 100 pigs
will do away with two or three tons •of
soft coal sleek aml two or three barrele
of salt durinp. the season it is evident
that this mineral matter answers an ini
portant function.
&R.M 'NEWS AND VIEWS.
get relief. I hai- it is IPve spent but six dohoped, effectively prevent abilses
lars on Catarrhozone, and have been that led up to the passing of the new A reader rices "Gen you inform
me of any positive euro for a pig who
eats her young? We have given her
plenty of salt and salt baton, but with.
out success.
completely cured, and, in fact, have regulations.
been well for some time. Catarrh.
ozone is the only medicine I have
been able to find that would not only
give ternporary relief, but will always
cure permanently. Yours sincerely,
(Signed) WILLIAM RAGAN, Brock-
ville, Ont. •
For absolute, permanent cure, use
Catarrhozone. Two monthsoutfit
eostte $1.00; smaller size, 50c; at all
storekeepers and druggists or The
Catarrhozone Compa , Buffalo, N. Y.
and Kingston, Canada,.
4-4.4
OLD AGE DENIED.
(Chicago Tribune)
Some time ago statistics were made pub -
tie in ties cuunay showing that indus-
try is wading men old at forty. Now,
rrance goes the 'United Statee one better.
In that country statistics shows old age
Is totally denied to a great portion of the
nOisula.tion.
Dr. Jacques Bertillon of the Paris
municipal stactical departmeot has just
made PlIbIle figures which shows the ter-
rific eftects that industry, With its di-
seases and mendent8,, exercises over a
tares Part of working people Of
Franee. The number of workingmen who
live to "a good age" in that tountry is
erowine' fewer year by year. Industr-
ial diseases break most toilers in their
mime.
These wholesale sacrifices can no long-
er be excused on the ground that they
are the inevitable risk e of industry. A
meneratiora or two ago (teeth end di-
eease might still have been defined as
intriesie aecessories to industrial progress
But no to -day. Science has shown the
wav to combat many industrial diseases
Red insure reasonable gatety esveo in dan-
Remus occupations. A. host Of teclirti,
cal safeguards have been put out to pre-
vent kIllliut Red mainline by machinery,
What is needed to deprive the thop, the
faetory, and rhino Of ite death dealing
attributes Is a closer melon between
zelente and government, betWeett labora-
tory and legislative hall.
SHOULD DEAR THE coNsE....
QUENCES,
(tturtaio Courier)
If the tuttragettes who comrelt erlmee
are insane they should be restrained as
ltmatlet. If found tlesegving et peeiel
ser de they shottld be required to
site `heir sentences. With food suffic-
len uallay and quantity suplpled,
ahou, hey refuse to at let them bear
the m1031110, told suffer the Ott.,
A WARNING TO CANADIANS.
(Rochester Times)
It is claimed that sows ilre more apt.
There can be no doebt as to the lib- to eat their young in cold weather
asoons, They are bent on malting the when they ean not get out to vesture
erne spirit and determination of the Can -
IN THE SPRING
Nature Needs Aid in Making New
Health -Giving
In the spring the system. needs a tonic.
To be healthy you muet have new
blood jest as the tree must have new
step to renew their vitality. Nature de-
n -lands it, and without this new blood
you will feel weak and languid. You may
have twinges of rheumatiem or the
stlarrpe, asit.eabbdiiiseriegpuaiiinsng of ineuiralgia. Of teu
tons on the skin. in lo)t-mhTr-ecsasels. there
is merely a feeling of tiredness and a
variable appetite. Any of these are
signs that the blood is mit of order—
that the indoor life of winter has lee-
sened your vitality. What you need in
spring, is a tonic medicine to put you
right, and in all the world of medicine
there is • no tonic can equal Dr: Wil-
liam& Pink Pills. These pills actually
riehs,p red bl ocxl—your neat -
ring. This new great-
est niesatklie•Celidewi'n
' drives out the see& of olisease and
makes easily tired men, women and chil-
dren bright, active an atitrOlig.
Mr. John %Wield, La Have :Wands,
N. 5,, writes: "r take great pleasure in
best of their opportunities. At such tones they are said to be fever- telling what De. 'Williams' Pink Pills
Th d thing uncertain is whether or not ish and have unnatural cra.vines of armee have done for me. I am a fisherman and
matters Are being overdone
can be unduly inflated, with' unpleasant tite. A breeder save Oust this can. to a fifteen yeers ago through hard work
A boom ; •
consequences when.; the explosion comes certein extent, be avoided by feedtner a my system became run down and
There are minors of "speculative values" good VarietV of for for several Weeks could scarcely work at all. I lost in
llu es In the Canadian Northwest and of before the time of farowingGive . a weight; my blood become poor, and 1
same of the rapideg.rowines communit-
outlays that may prove unprofitable so tle meet of some sort once or twice a wae very weak. 1 consulted fieVOTal doc-
tor as direct return is concerned. But week and be sure. to selt the swill ever lo - tors but their treatment did not help
ident anticipation and the resources of inc so deeided to try Dr, 'Williams'
f
the attitude or Canadians is one of con- day.
the country are such as to abundantly Pink Pills and in a short time T was en-
histify the feeling. tirely well again. My wife and daughter
also used them with benefit. We think
80 much of the Pills as a medicine
that we always keep them in the house.
Pille are eold by all medi-
cine dealers or ran be had by mail
at 5 cents a box or six boxes for $2..10
from The. Dr. William; Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
ANOTtifil PROOF
fROM THE WEST
That Dodd's Kidney Pills Are a
Natural Remedy.
•
For Case a of Exhaustien and Nerve
Weakness—How S. Jeremy Found
Relief Wilde He Cured His Kidneys,
Suiatin, Alta.
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March :11.--(SpeciAi.)—
Vita the nature] remedy for exhanstion
aria nerve weaknese hi(1Ile that Wiii give
goo(i eireulation and pure blood earrying
nutrition to all ports of the body, is
again proved in the ease of S. .Teremy,
Halter pulling. is very common among
horses imoroperly handled. Fortenatelv
the remedy is simple and effective.
breaking tip the Inthit in a very etort
time. Feeten a loros, rope to the better,
slipping the llOOPP end throw:T.1i the tie
PrlAttl the imenggaed mid of the rope
betsveen the forelegs and then the back,
bringing it over on the other side •ind
fastening it to the rope between the
forelegs iri a. slip -knot. Wli,n the horse
pulls on the halter the large noose tieht.
ens up on its body and it enon gives up
the pulling. Arother pod wrty to
fasten the reoe is to tie it to one of the
hind leaT.q. If the horse pulls it simply
pats itself off its feet.
Menv do not like to teke grain 11.Way
from their horeee. or even mince the
amount when they aro idle for a feWY
bye or weeks. They do not know how
soon they may need theni again', end
well-known rconlent of this place. they do not want them Om in fleth
"For over two years 1 snilered from weakeued by light feeding, or evert
attaeks of exhaustion and )1131Ttl wea,k. I roligh.eottied. 1Towever, if about three
mess" Mr. Jeremy grass. "I trim marry tierges tt week they will anhAtitute nIneae
nerve foods and tonics, but mast admit, 1 of bran, scalded well led fed warmbut
that Dodd's Kidney Pille have benefited ' not so wet aq to he sloppy, for the OS -
Me more than anything elee 1 ever 'teed, nal grain food the horse will relish it,
"1 am more then ertteful for what keerr quite lie fat foul niottli, end evert
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for inc." if this practiee WPIsP kept •,:p all winter
Nerve weakneee and eellaneilott are Ole would not )(14C .gfren,tv.t11, brine' lesq
eaneed by impure blood. Impure blooLl likely to 110 so than if overfed on other
is oansed by di6eased kitlwys failing to t,,rain, t'so -Omit the game netoent of
tstrain the waste inatOr of the body out 'wen ae wnuld he usetl of other gralfl
of the blood. The rettnrel, remedy 14 tt) T1 irley not,the AA -nutritious, but ftd. in
cure the kidneys. nodd's Kidttey Dille , thiq wttv it aid4 digmtion to an extent
have yet to find a tete of Kidney &mole that fully rompen4itteg for the lack of
thei eiainot ears, nutrition.
The World's Best Liniment
Needed in Every Family
• From Infancy to Old Age
If Your Home Is Without "Nerviline,"
Read the Following Closely.
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POPLEI
The high eost of living to -day demands
economy on every side. Sieknees is ex-
pensive. Fee better to treat little ills
before they grow serious. For thi6 rCa-
son every home should have handy on
the shelf a good remedy like. Nerviline,
which curers the minor ailments that oc-
cur in every family.
For example, when the boy conies in.
with wet feet and it slight cough, Nervi -
line will cure him. If it cold hae settled
on his e•hest, rub on Nerviline and the
cold will go.
If eomethiag hae been eaten that
causes eramps. nausea, OT diarrhoea,
just twenty drops. of Nervilineadthat's
all and a euro is effected.
As it liniment for outward. application
in Case of Neuralgia, Lame 13ack, Sciati-
ca, Lumbago or Rheumatism, it's really
hard to inmeine how Nerviline relieves,
and how Scan it ettres.
Nerviline is nothing new. No, it's one
of the ,oldeet and bc,e•t known remediee,
Used in thousands of homes by the peo-
ple of many natione, simply beeanee it
stops pain. Mires SkkneSr3, and ride the
family of illi before tliev beemne trou-
blesome. (let the family size bottle,
Drier, 50e; trial size 25e„ at all store-
keepeis and druggists or The Catarrlge
zone Cu., 'Buffalo. N. Y,
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FACTS ABOUT TWINS.
PREPARING THE GARDEN. -
The planning of beds and borders ie
always a problem to those who are not
fully familiar with the relative sizes
and ground -covering ability of the
stock usually used for filling them If
not familiar, consult a good eatalogue,
which will give you the maximum
height of all the plants usually grown
from seed or cuttings,
and offered by
our best seed and plantemen, and use
them when planting.
Some persona are not able to restrain
themselyee when planting, and plant
too thickly. The young plants,
when set,
Beene to leave the beds and borders too
attenuated, and they set them closer
together, with the result that when
fully matured they are over-erowded,
and the blooms are not first-elass, an
the beds look over done. Bedding
plants, when fully matured, should just
touch each other, If the cataloguers say
they will grow to two feet in diameter,
set the first one a foot from the edge,
and the others two feet apart; the
last one foot from the other edge.
When such a bed is in full bloom it will
look like a mass of perfectly grown fol-
iage and flowers.
This is the time to give the final
touches to the herdy perennial and
shrubbery borders. The mulching from
the winter has been left on, but may
now he dug into the soil, doing it shal-
low so as not to injure the roots ;of the
plants.
It is a good time now to go over the
roees, not to prune them regularly, as
that was done before the epriug advanc-
ed to warm weather, but to clean them
up. Thoee branchee and tips which were
injured by free:eing will now show it
by turning brown frordthe effect of the
Curious Sympathy Shown in Many In
stances.'
i.nzie.-hee the local Board of Guardians
were recently diseusaing the case of a
deaf and dumb Chertsey girl for whom
admission was. being sought to a home
the curious fact came out, says Pearsott's
Weekly, that the girl had only been deaf
and dumb since since the death of her twin
sister. The very day the other twin lied
the survirur lust her speech and near -
The amazingly close physical resem-
blance that twins often bear to each
other if often acomPamed by a curious
sympathy Viet smacks almost of the so-
Dernatural . The late sir Francis Galton,
the great scientist, made a special study
of the subject and announced that, with
some pant. of rtwins that has come under
his notice the two seemed not so much
two separate beings as one cut in two,
each half feeling whatever affect the
other, whether physically or .menta113
There is, for instance, a ease on rect rd
in which two twins had at the age of 23
their first experience of toothache. The
pain came to bothon the same day and
the same tooth had to be extracted in
each case. These twins were remarkably
alike and very fond uf e agh other. They
both obtained Government clerkships and
kept house together. When one sickened
and died of Brieht's disease the other fell
a victitn of tbe same disease (which is
not contagious) shortly after.
That the physieal likness of twins ex-
tends much deeper than the skin Is also
shown by a, curious case that the med-
ical papers were discussing eometinic ago.
A Paris hospital doctor had under his
charge a patient suffering from an attack
of rheumatic ophthalmia. One day the
patient remarked:
"Mv twin brother must be having oph-
lhaltnia just now."
The doctor smiled at the idea, but next
morning the patient handed him a letter
from tho other twin. then at Vienna. It
began with the words, "f am down Witb
opUtbahnin. I supposp you have it too."
Twins. reeearches show, are nearly al-
ways either so alike that it is almost im-
possible to tell tbe dirferenee between
them or else very unlike one anether in-
deed. Cases in which they are only mod-
erately alate are comparatively rare,
When they are very unlike each other
(and when one is it boy and .the other a,
zirl this praetieally always the case)
the physipal unlikeness is accompanied
by a similar mental one.
When the • chnraeters of twins are not
exaotlY the same they are exactly the
01m08lie to one another. One will be
. .
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Alpine Climbing Less Dangerous.
Climbing in the Alps is now a care-
ful and exact science; it has reached
its limit of perfeetion. Given expert-
eneed guides and a "known" route,
little harm can befall one, says the
Wide .World Magazine. Guides now*
adays are more highly skilled and pro-
portionatly less willing to take risks
than ever they were. They know in.
stinctively when an avalanche will the
sceed; they are able to gauge weather
conditions; they know every inch of 1
their mountains.
The toll of the Alps to -day is repre-
sented by victims with prinelpally
their Own fool-hardineee to Wattle.
They are the "superior" elimbere who
undertake expeditions without guides,
who climb the most diffieult ascents
by the most perilous routes, who en-
deavor to cOnquer virgin peaks, and
undertake similar risk.
Ordinary elimbers can enjoy the
Alps to -day with practically as little
hazard or danger as is experienced by
the motorist or yachtsman. But, like
theta, they must "know their job," or
else plate themselves unreservedly in
the *d f thoee whO do.
•
Quick seif-contident and quick tempered
but quick to forgive; the other is slow
shy and a good tempered, but slow to for-
give when aroused.
Many nsir of twins, as every one
knows. are difficulty or almost impossible
to tell apart. en the ease of these strik-
ing resemblances the similiarity of char-
acter which accompanies it breaks out in
curious ways. A. London newspaper re-
cently drew attention to 'couple of
Peckham twins named Evans who be-
wilder the stranger by makincr the same
remarks simultaneously and being hum-
ming the same song at the same moment,
There are lot of similar cases on re-
cord:
The theory that a curious telepathy ex-
ists between twins, or, as scientists put
It. that their minds are in duplicate, is
borne out by the number ot twins who
are in the habit of finishing one another's
sentences.
One of the most curious instances of
this similarity of ideas among twins—one
inquire into and authentieated by Sir
Francis Galton himself—is that of a. matt
who, travelling in Scotland, brought a set
of champagne glasses which caught his
attention as a surprise for his twin broth-
er. while at the same time his brother
was buying an exactly similar set as a
surprise for the first twin.
However, startling alike they may be
-in face, ways and mind, the man who
jtriows a nair of twins can readily verity -
the curious fact that in one point of like-
ness never holds. No twin for some
inexplicable reason ever write alike.
The family remedy for Coughs and Colds
"Shiloh costs so little and does so much!'
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HARRIET TUBMAN.
Negress Who Originated Undeeground
Railway Dead.
Harriet Tubman, once a slave, de-
scribed by her biographer as the
,Moses of her peopleadied on Monday
night at the Harriet Tubman Home for
aged negroes at Auburn, N. Y. She
, was regarded by many as one of the
most remarkable women of this con-
tinent. As nearly as the herself could
tell she was between 95 and 100 years
old, Pneumonia was the cause of her
death.
She was -written about and held in
high esteem by such persons as Ralph
Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd Garri-
son, Horace Mann, Frederick Douglas,
Gerrit Smith and Abraham Lincoln.
Of pure gshantee blood, she was
born in Dorchester county and at an
early age gave indication of her hatred
for slavery by attacking a plantation
'overseer who was on the point or
thrashing one of his men and knock-
ing him down. For this she received
a blow from an iron weight which
erushed her skull and left her a victim
of somnolency for many years after.
Harriet Tubman was one of the orig-
inators of the underground railroad.
warming air. They should be cut off up
to the first un -injured bud, taking more
if needed to retain the eymanetry of the
bueb. Roses are very liable to heaving,
and all should be examined for this., and
it is well to tread. solid the soil about
them to the distance of several feet as
a precautionary measure.
Do not prune at this time any of the
spring -blooming shrubs, as they require
pruning only just after they have ceas-
ed blooming .They bloom on the wood
grown during that portion of lest sea.
son posterior to their blooming perioxo
and if you prune them now you will cut
off the buds from which the flowers
come. Remember to do it just when
blooming is over.
The climbing vines evideh are hardy
perennials, will by thie time be send-
ing. out their shoots .They should be
assisted upward, so that they will grow
-straight up. This can be done by tying
them with soft cord or raffia (et vege.
table twine) from time to time. Make
it a rule -to cut off the ends of such
climbers as soon as they reach the
height desired, in. order to make them
branching, as thus you will get many
more flowers and a greater epace will
be eovered with their foliage. All such
climbers, when grown to porches should
be cut back to the floor each winter,
and cut off when they rea,ch the roof.
This, with good soil and cultivation
will insure flowers from the floor to the
roof on old vines.
Do not be in a hurry to cut the
graes. Roll it twice, and let the soil get
well packed before cutting, and cut
high for the first several times. Good
care and close evatchfulnees will insure
a fine garden and grounds. --Samuel
Armeteong Hamilton in Woman's World
for June.
$ylvia Pankhurst has been released
frbm prison by the usual route—a
hunger strike, How long will this miser-
oble farce be carried on?
e *ea
When Cleneral Booth started his self-
tienial fund in 1886, a little over 44,000
was secured. In ea,eli of Orel recent
years over 40,000 has been faubseribed,
and it is anticipated that this year's
collections will be larger than ever they
have been.
Xansas is now talking of abolishing
its Legislature and most of its state of-
/kers and petting its affairs into the
bands of a commission,. Well, if the
commission form of government is good
for a city it should. not be bad for ta
8tate or Province,
During eight years before the war and
after she had escaped from the South
she piloted more than 300 slaves to
freedom and liberty. She made more
than twenty trips hato the heart of
Maryland and 'Virginia, where there
rewards amoun.. to more than ;40,-
000 for her capture, alive or dead.
When the tear came she gave her
services as a spy for the Union Army
at the request of Governor Andrews, Of
Massachusetts, and during the fony
years of struggle was under fire many
times and nursed the wounded in army
hospitals..
She has been described by John
Brown. as one of the bravest and best
persons on the continent, and by Wen-
dell Phillips as having done more for
the loyal cause than. many captains
and colonels.
Mrs. Sarah H. Bradford has written
a book about .her called Harriet, the
Moses of Her People, and in it has
said that she led our forces through
swamp and jungle, guided by. an un-
seen hand. It was from the sale of
this book that Harriet, knowri during
the war as General Tubman, was able
to purchase a home at Auburn, which
she later gave to the Zion A, M. E.
Church as a home for aged and In-
firm negroes.—New York Sun.
SLIGHTLY SHARP.
Consistency may be a jewei, Jetzt it has
no value at the pawnbroker's.
No matter how 'fanciful a man may
be, he ean't draw on his imagination fer
money.
There is nothing new under the "mut
All the goisd excuses have already been
invented.
Wasted opportunities are generally
those that go to other people.
Some people want to do all their
kicking with otheOpeople'e feet.
Don't c.ount your chickens until they
have laid some eggs of their own.
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CURES
COUGHS
&COLDS
CHILD PRODIGIES.
(Rochester Post Express)
Whether such an eXcecdi orly rapid de-
velowriont 18 desinthlt. .s at least an
open maestion. and It i3 );) -is very rare-
ly, if it even happen..., ‘.,. t promise
of early years is funeed reyond a oen
tain point progrel;.s sit.v:. 11 or ceases
with result that 11 1' tortoiSO
is well up with ti rthpad ef him
at the close or the reef • (11;Itiren who
are brighter. Mort,1 i t more gift-
' ed and more gtat'i i tile normal
average are to ILs eaten ;.(1 and desired,
but a balaneed and et. et,. ...sive devel-
opment Is better ti,a11 ,,ot. onse growth
with eXimusts Its ;,. early lift.
Reliable Merchants everywhere sell
STEELE, BRIOGSP SEEDS
Look for them—accept no other.
EtritigelP are the best grown. No matter what you heed 1tt
Seeds, this name stands for highest quality,
Behind every packet is the strongest seed reputation in Canada.
Thousands of successful growers everywhere use stook), grins'
seeds year after year because they are sure d what they are buying.
We retain control of our packets and supply them fresh tath season.
Look tor this box at your lood storelf your local dealer cannot
supply you, !tend itt youe order direct.
STVEILE. BRIGGS SEMI) CO. Limited
orcritosto.ozIT. twourort. ONT0 WINNIPEG, MAtt.
Instructions have been lamed to eon
ductors and trainmen of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad that when a train 15 (10
layed trainineu shall pass immediately
through the cars announcing the causi.
of the delay, its probable duration, and,
if neceseary, the best way of reaching a
destination. Station agents are to poet
on beilletin boards information about
obstructions to, traffic or about delays.
The travelling publie, is to be told as
much as possible about the railroad'
eervice. This example of the Pennsyl•
vania road is well worth following. Pas
sengers may in this way be relieved of
much anxiety as to when they may
reach their destination, and when a pet -
son knows the cause of a delay, he id
less liable to grumble.
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According to a bulletin of the United
States Bureau of Railway Economic,
for every 100 miles of railway main
track in 1000 there were 129 miles in
1910. For every 100 acres of improved
farm land in 1000 there were 115 acres
in 1910; for every 100 acres devoted to
crops in the former year there were 110
in the latter. That is, during the censua
decade, the latest period for which offi-
lcial statisties are available, the railway
plant increased, at over double the rate
of the agricultural pleat. For every 100
ton miles in 1000 there were 180 in 1910;
for every l00 passenger miles there were
202, For every 100'' bushels, bales, or
pounds of the ten prine:pal crops in the
former year there were 109 in the lat.
ter. That is, the output of the railway
increased at a rate over ten times as
great as that of the farms.
try.... •-
How much can it girl live on M
Chi-
cago? The State Vice Commission think
that she will need $12 a week. But
William C. Thorne, vice-president of
Montgomery, Ward ‘36 Co., a inail order
house, told the commission that a girl
"adrift" can live on $8 a week, thus:
Room rent, $3; breakfast (coffee anti
rolls), 40c; luncheons, 90e; dinners.
$1.40; car fare, 60c; clothing and in-
cidentals, $1.70.
The witness gave the foregoing state-
ment to show that the commission's idea
that there should be a minimum wage
scale for women of $12 a week is too
high. The figures given, he said, were
the actual expenditures of one of his
1,973 female employees. Another girl
employed disbursed her wages as fol-
lows:
Room and. board, $3.50; laundry, 20c;
ear fare, 200; clothing and incidentals,
$3.80; savings, 25c.
This statement fails to account for a
surplus of 5 cents, but this was not ei.
plained, and Senator Beall remarked
that the girl probably spent it frivol-
ously. Many heads of Chieago depart-
ment stores were examined, and the
commission adjourned. One of the
Commissioners stated that girl after girl
had come before them. and sworn that
low wages had driven them to a life ol
vice.
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1 1
BITS OF WIT.
"I haven't seen Bangs for 'a long
time. He used to be a Dickens of a
fellow among the girls." "He's been cur.
ed of all that." "What °tired him?"
"Marriage."—Boston Record- .
Oklfellow—I just had a letter front
my boy Charlie. He tells me he'selurn-
ing lots of midnight oil. Knowing Char-
ley as I do I can scarcely believe it.
Youngfellow—You will, though, when
you get the gasoline bill.—Judge.
Toxnzay—Pep, what is a favor? Tom-
my's ]?op—A favor, my on, is a thing
we are supposed to get for nothing.
Now ask me what "suppose& Inear18.
Elsie (aged 8)—I wish I had a new
doll, mancena. Mother—Your doll is as
good. es ever. Elsie—Well, 1 an:t just se
good as ever, too; but the angels gave
you a new baby.—Iloston Tran.seript.
"Money talks," quoted the Wise Gay.
"So I've heard,," replied the Simple Mug,
"but the best I've ever been able to get
next to is the echoe."
Blobbe--Harduppe is always talkine
about his family tree. Slobbs—Pll bet
he would trade it for a load of fire-
wood.
"Does yOur Wife ever change her
mind?" "Otly on some minor ma,ttere,"
replied 'Arr. Meekton, after earefttl
thought, "1 believe 1 recall that she
once expressed an intention to love, bett-
or and obey, or something like that."...
Washington Star.
"YOur uncle, Goodfellow., moves in the
best eircles, 'doesn't het" "Not always In
the beet cireles; but the ziz-zags be
moves in are equaled by few."—nouston
Post.
Nell—Are you particular about how
your chaperon looks? Bel1e-41m----yes
f want her to look the other way, ---Bs
ton Transcript.
When a girl, begine Worrying het%
self sick because she's too tall len
because of some man who's too short.
N'oNe 'York Press.
"You have never suffered front lien -
vial reverses?" "No," replie‘i. Mr. DaetAn
Sta. 'Finan ee is like dancing. I,Vbes
the market turns around and goes the
other way you roust reverse with it."..*
Washington Star.