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.Keeping .Ants From the Home. lit is not wise to take it for granted
Nearly every one is familiar with.: that all country life in Canada makes
ants and knows something of their; a child happy and healthy. It must
habits, struetllre, mode of living, etc. ` be admitted that too much farm labor • t
They vary in size from the tiny red, interferes shockingly with the child's:
ant that is so frequently found in. schooirng, overtaxes his strength, and'
the kitchen and pantry, about one -j impairs his future usefulness., c
sixteenth of an inch in length, to the! t
large, black carpenter -ant that lives; Again—The Fly.
in decayed stumps or old timbers.: With Germany disposed of, our t
They occur in all parts of the world; thoughts can again turn to the at- r
from the dry and arid deserts to the; home problem of disposing of that'
damp tropical forests, and from the: ever-present menrce—the fly,
torrid zone to the arctic circle The swatter—to be sure, no house
A PRACTICAL JOKE,
13y C. A. STEVENS*
Fraetical jokes` all belong to thei led to the barn lags; There was
same somewhat disreputable family; slight draft here that flared he
they have a way of causing real candle, To shield the blaze she plae
trouble when you expect something ed her hand in front of it, and tha
quite different from. them, The old of eourse, prevented the faint ligh
squire used to say that it was better from shining ahead; but she knew th
to avoid them altogether, and we way well.
agreed with him after a certain. inti- In coetsequence, the dear old la
dent that occurred in March, 1870, ran squarely against that bear be
fore she saw the ltlaek object ther
in the dark!
It frightened her, nearly to death
for she felt the creature's shagg
hair on her hand and arm; in fact,
she stumbled against it! She scream
ed acid •turned to run back, droppi
man named Asa Doane. A younger her candle, which, fortunately wen
brother, named Abner, was working out; but in the dark wagon house sh
for the old squire on the farm. This ran into a pung that stood there
Abner, then about twenty years old, bruised herself severely, and bump
and very bright in his own conceit, her forehead against one of the sup -
had been much given' to playing porting posts of the floor, raising
tricks on Addison. and me, as well as large contusion that showed blas
on his older brother, Asa, and blue for a month afterwards.
While we were up there at the lot Finally, she got back into th
we killed an old bear that had just house and had just strength enoug
emerged from her winter den; and left to wake the eld squire again an
when we left the camp we Hauled
he carcass home an a sled.
A COLORED SOLDIER'S•FEAT,
Wen Renown by stopping. a Gorman
Raid Single-handed,
Standing off a German raiding. party
did not demand the hardest fighting of
a the war, but it called for quick action
✓ and, in the experience of one colored
soldier, a struggle against tremendous
to odds. When Sergt. Johnston of the
869th. 1 .S. "ln!'alitry,"who" •wears the
e French war cross; landed in New York
he told the -following story to a report-
dy er of the Evening World:
"You see, it was,this way," he be-
e gall. "I was on post with Needham
Roberts, Along 'bout two o'clock I
said to myself, 'I hear some snippin'
of them wires out there,' and I called
Roberts, but while he was a-comin' I
reached down and slid the lid offen a
box of hand grenades. He didn't come;
t so I put 'sin in a row. up in front of
me.
e "They kept on snippin' my wires,
Addison and I were getting out
bird's-eye maple lumber from one of
the forest lots of the old farm to de-
fray school expenses. The lot was
five miles from the farmhouse, and
we camped out there in the woods for
ten days, with one helper, a young
ecl and I let go with a grenade. Then I
grabbed my rifle and let go with thir-
ty-one clips of bullets. Some German
kbullets come flyiu' back, and I yells
down to Roberts, 'Better come on up
here! Every Dutchman in the woods
e is out here, and I'm goin' out and take
dat hill.'
d "Roberts rushed up, but he went
right down, shot in the hip and through
his arm. I was suah tossin' out dem
hand grenades, boss, but atoberts, a -
o fumblin' with his arm, got in my way.
"'Get on down in youah hole!' I
yells to hint. 'Pass me them grenades
and git away from• mah feet. And
pass 'em quick!' Then I grabbed mah
gun and was a-pumpin' it to 'em when
the thing stuck. So Ah jes' jumped
up and started after 'em with mah gun,
a-swingin' it hard and heavy. Soon as
Ah cracked a few it busted up, too.
"Ah didn't stop to ask no introduc-
tions er excuse myself, but jes' sailers
in, a-grabbin' out mah French bolo,
when mah gun went bad. One yelled
in English, '011, that black brute has m
got e. Rush him- Rush him!
"'Yes, you -all rush me and Ah'll
sure try and git you!' I sez to myself.
I saw one guy that looked like a loot-
n'at and I made for him, Boss. Ass
was a-gaoin' strong and suah made
'em step some. But then some Ger-
man got me down on mah knees, when
he done whanged me with the butt of
his gun. Whew! it such hurt, but Ah
jes' kept on a-grabbin' one and tossin'
him right over my shoulder.
"Ah guess that row musta lasted
a half a hour before they got relief
out to me. Ah was pretty well mussed
up, and so was Roberts. But the kun-
nel took good care of us and kept me
with the regiment, and All knowed Ah
had tried hard to be a good soldier, so
Ah was happy."
say, "Joseph, there's a bear in your
barn!" when dcwn she fell in some-
thing quite like a faint, from which
It was after dark that evening the old gentleman had no little ad
when we reached the farm; the barn to revive her with the camphor bot
bores for the night were done, and ti
he folks all in the house; through
the lighted windows we could see
hem in the sitting room—Theodora
ending a story and the rest listening,
Abner Doane among them
The housewife goes to the pantry, b; homand e ithere there's a baby there
ter and a
some summer's day. to get some cake' '3T
and finds that the frosting is covered ought to be two swatters, one for
with they red ants. Farther investiga-; father and the other for mother to
tion reveals them in the butter. sugar! use`
Poison— v
• .a
Poison—any and all 1. butit
i a all kinds,
andt
ru
n
r..n
a.. otic
cr everything ap-
parently.
+should be kept high enough to be
patently, Somet;mes it is the larger! i well out of the reach of children and
black species which carried its love;
for sweet things to the sugar bowl. domestic animals. If insect powder
How am I to get rid of them? It is,! is used be careful not to scatter it
,, „ ; about the room and then close the
of course, useless., s to try and kit, them i ,rC forgetting Dickie the unary.
one at a time, like "swatting the flti.':Birds forgetting n
Birds are very susceptible to any -
The first step is to take everything tiling thdt shuts off their supply of
eat of the infested place, clear_ every-
thing burning papers, and throw! pare Tanglefoet—plenty of it. Hang
away or clear, out any infested feeds.' the kind that comes in rolls from the
Any food: that are likely to attract gas jet and if sister run' against it
this ins eet like cake. l-rea3 sugar. • ale! carries the hall off attached to
meat and similar suhstan:as, should
z �. her h. ackhair, ne .er mind. Yeti are
be p,a,ed in mit-proof metal contain -a" waging a great war, and who can
ers or set over a dish of water in' stop to think of trifles. The kitten
whish the ants will drown in trying', may wrap herself in it, to her terror,
to get at the food. The s.urce of the .and father may sit on the sheet you
colony ehouid be loeated. Iff it be' have laid. for just a moment, in his
under the floor or in the wall the favorite chair. but it catches fees as
liberal use of carbon nisulph'de will well, and that is the real issue.
soon kill the queen and attendant ; Fcrmaldebyde—that is perhaps
arts. An ,old :;cod :ox may be the best of all. In an old saucer put a
seat of the trouble or its nest may be- mixture composed of ten parts of
inthe
ground near thee b
3.k iMreh'
formaldehyde, ehyde. eigh+y-eitrhz parts of
In using the carbon bisulphide care' water and two parts of sugar in the
must be taken that no light or fire' centre of the dish put a small sponge
is near, as it is very inflammable. ` and set where it will not be disturb -
If ants like the sweet things in the: ed. The flies drink the mixture and
cupboards one of the best remedies die almost immediately. "Stith this
is to mix one part of tartar emetic' as with all other poisons be very
with twenty parts of extracted , careful to keep well out of the reach
honey. Syrup may be used in the of domestic animals, children and
absenee of the honey. Put this ir. careless people. It's the fly you are
small saucers and place where the ! after.
ants will have access to it. but where
e.
The moment she had regained her
wits she exclaimed again that there
was a bear among the cattle.
"You must be mistaken, Ruth!"
the ld h
Shall we call them out to see the had osquire said to er. "You've
hear?" Addison asked. a nightmare, I guess. You have
been walking in your sweep."
° "No," said Asa, with a glance in- "No, I haven't, Joseph!" she cried.
side. I know something better to do. "You must go out—but take the gun
Ci e'li play a joke on Ab with it. He and you will have to fill the lantern."
has to go out early mornings to feed, Wholly incredulous, the old squire
the cattle, you know. Let's put this filled the lantern and went out, but
bear in the barn where Ab will run when he rea'hed the passage in the
on to him in the dark!" barn floor he stopped short and
! Addison and I had no objection; beat a retreat. For he had caught
and so, going quietly through the sight of that old bear, standing up
yard, we opened the barn door easily, there large as life! Rubbing back
and after soma thought selected as into the house, he came upstairs for
the most favorable place the naerow our old army musket. It was the
passage: that led from the wagon noise he ni•ade on the stairs that
house to the barn floor. There we waked Addison and me.
propped up the old hear so that she "Something is wrong below," Addi-
appeared to be standing on her hindson said, for we plainly heard the
legs. It was not very light in the sound of a ramrod driving down a
passage at any time of day. ball cartridge. With that we rose in
That done, we went in to greet the haste and, -oing down, came upon
folks as usual, had aur supper, and the old gentleman in the act of cap -
after chatting for an hour retired to ping the gun.
bed—leaving things nicely fixed, as "Gramp, what is the matter?" we
we supposed, for Abner! asked at once.
But as we might have mistrusted, "Boys, there's a bear in the barn!"
the cattle in the barn soon smelled he exclaimed in cousiderable excite -
the bear, and about twelve or one spent,
. o'clock two or three of the Jersey Addison gave a shame -faced look'
cows that had calves in a pen from at me—and then of course we made/
which they were separated began a a clean breast of it.
sew. distressed lowing. Asa rule, the old squire was very
The plaintive sounds roused g; -and- •patient with all our youthful follies;,
mother, and after listening for a but this time he tunic angry. His faded
time she waked the old squire and blue eyes snapped. For a moment he
told him she feared something was ` said nothing, then set the musket
wrong at the barn. The old gentle carefully away and remarked:
man was now getting a little deaf h "If studying Latin and going to
and. being tired from the day's toil, : school are teaching you nothing bet-
' persisted in falling asleep again. ter than to e'ay pranks on your
Grandmother, however, grew anal-' grandmother at dead of night, you
oils for her Jerseys, and at last, ris- had better hire out on a farm! And
in quietly, lighted' her bedroom now one of you hitch up and go get
candle and went to the kitchen to Dr. Danforth. I am afraid your
it is inaccessible to the children or Love's Labor, get the barn lantern. But as it.1 grandmother is seriously hurt."
household pets. If the ants are What have I done to -day, now let chanced, the oil in the lantern had i Fortunately for our peace of mind,
grease eaters use grease instead of me think. burned ont: and so she went on in; the old lady's injuries did not prove
the honey in the sante proportions as' I haven't read the book I should her slippers with her candle, picking serious. And that Abner Doane slept
above. ! have read; her way out through the wood house; through the whole of it and came
If ants are tronblesome in lawns- - _ rin_ ATIT R-!, bA., houseto+5.. passage ., 1 .-. _ morning!
or in the garden, where thee, are'
building their nests, they can be in bed,
killed even more rapidly than in the Nor massage out the wrinkle in my:
house. Drench the nests with boiling: cheek,
water or pour into them a small I didn. t bake the fruit -cake, but
quantity of kerosene or coal oil. An-' may -be i
other method is to inject bisulphide I wrought as well—I sang my son
of carbon into the nests, the quantity; to sleep,
of the chemical depending upon the; Close cuddled and content upon my
size of the nests. After this fluid; knee.
has been poured in the entrance to
Nor spend the youth -restoring hour' '—"
the nest should be closed by a blank-
et or inverted pan placed over it in
order to retain the chemical. The'
fumes of the bisulphide will pentrate
slowly through the underground,
channels and kill the ants.
Child Laborers.
Does the compulsory school at-
tendance law protect children from
heavy work and long hours in the
fields? There are interested and
vigorous school officers who da their
best to enforce the law;• but even at
best the period of attendance requir-
ed is meagre. There is always a
loophole through which children may
be piped to work.
If Canada is to be a country of
healthy and intelligent people, both
parents and children must realize
that school is better than work for
children until they are sixteen. It is
quite true that "the more you learn
the more you'll earn."
• Ilea
of us think of the farm as
an ideal place, and no one can ques-
tion the wholesomeness of much in
farm life. But we have learned that
What have I done today ?—I missed
the Guild
And quite forgot my shopping trip'
to town;
My music rack with treasure amply
filled,
I left the cover of my organ down.
I didn't sew the new flower on my
hat,.
But son and I played marbles on
the floor,
And there was virtue quite as much
in that
Perchance than though I had ac-
complished more.
What have I done to-day?—now let
nee see.
I've put the paltry things from out
my smith,
I`ve mothered Laddie and he's played
with me
And we've been happy; making
that my goal.
I've learned why God, creating hu-
man kind
Made Mothers to be guarded safe
from harms,
To train a baby's active, eager mind,
To hold a little lad in loving arms.
CENTURY -OLD JEWS,
"Chosen People" Enjoy an Average
Longer Life Than Any Other Race.
A marked distinction between the
Jew and his neighbor Is his longevity,
This is attributed to the strict dietary
laws of the "chosen race," and to the
frequent ablutions which their re-
ligious ceremonial demands,
It is a. truly significant fact that
thoae Jews whcr abstain from eating
pork are practically free from cancer.
Apparently, if th, Jews know how to
accumulate money, they also know
how to preserve good health, for they
enjoy remarkable immunity from con-
sumption, cholera, and typhus. In
1348, when the B1aek Deathwas rag-
ing throughout England. the Jews
were exempt from the plague.
Jews are, of course. subject to the
ordinary ailments of life, but they can
boast of an average longer life than
any other race.
Among the Jewish community it is
not uncommon to hear of a co -re.
ligionist who has "topped the cen-
tury."
AIM for hfivard'q arta take no other.
Don't Lock For Flaws.
Don't look for flaws as you go through
life.
And even wben you find then
It is wise and kind to be somewhat
blind
And look for the virtue behind them.
For the cloudiest night has a hint of
light
Somewhere in its shadow hiding,
It is better far to hunt for a star
Than the spots on the sun abiding.
The current of life runs every way
To the bosom of God's great ocean,
Don't set- your face 'gainst the river's
course.
And think to altar its motion;
Don't waste a curse on the universe,
Remember it lived before you,
Don't butt at the storm with your puny
form,
But bend and let it fly o'er you.
The world will never adjust itself
To suit your whim to the Ietter,
Some things must go wrong your
whole life long,
And the sooner you know it the
better;
It is folly to fight with the infinite,
And go under at last in•the wrestle,
The wiser man shapes into God's plan,
As the water shapes into the vessel.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Up To Youl
It's a gloomy day, a tomby day,
A bine and dismal rainy day,
A sad, forlorn and tearful day,
If you would make it so.
A lonesome day. a sighing day,
A cheerless and a crying day,
A "what's the use in trying" day—
It's up to you, you know.
It's a glc ious day, a happy day,
A joyous and a buoyant day,
A merry, laughing, snappy day,
If you would make It so.
A brilliant day, a sunny day,
A rare, a fair, a funny day,
A "good for making money" day—
It's -up to you, you know.
The ex -Emperor William II. was
the first king of Prussia who ever lost
his throne.
PRAYING BY PROXY
Government of India Safeguards
Native Religious Customs.
Praying by electricity is practiced
by the Buddhists in India. The pray-
ers, written on long paper 'bands, are
wrapped round a wheel, and each
! turn of the wheel is equivalent -to•
one repetition of the prayer. The
pious native believes that the greateri
number of revolutions of his prayer -
wheel the better will his prayers be
answered, and he either turns it by
hand, er lets the wind or water turn
it.
The watercourses of India are now
being harnessed for the purpose of
producing electricity, and but for the
thoughtful care of the Government
the native would be deprived of one
means of turning his prayer -wheel,
especially in the hot weather.
The Government, to overcome this
difficulty, and safeguard the religious
customs and traditions of the natives,
compels the electric companies to
equip the wheels with motors, and
supply the necessary current to turn
them during the dry season. This is
to be done free of all charge to the
natives.
•
Beware of the Plane.
To the curriculum of ' elementary
schools, particularly those in rural
parts, might usefully be added instruc-
tion on the habits of aeroplanes, says
a writer in the London Daily Chronicle.
It sometimes happens that a pilot, ow-
ing to engine trouble or mist, is oblig-
ed to make a forced landing. Any
children in the neighborhood take it
for granted that he is doing this out
of the kindness of his heart for their
entertainment, and flock to the spot,
prepared to give him a warmivelcome.
Ie that case his choice is between a
slaughter of the innocents and a crash.
The young idea should be impressed
with the knowledge that an aeroplane
is a thing to flee from unless It is at
rest on the ground,
*deo ]1Afy+x.rd's x,inl:me it in the Bones.
ETEENS-1
UNIVERSITY
SIrrG3T0N,
O:rrexuo
ARTS
Part of the Arts course may be covered by
correspondence.
MEDICINE EDLICA1SON
APPLIED SCIENCE
Mining, Chemical, Civil,
Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering
SUPNEO SCHOOL HetailATION SCHOOL
July and Aug nst. December to April
86 GEO. Y. CROWN, Registrar.
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All grades. Write for prises.
TORONTO SALT WORKS
G. J. CLIFF - • TORONTO
-EGGS
Can bo preserved at a cost of
2o per Dozen
with Fleming i5 g Preserver
ap-
ply its Just use;
It an. Guaran
Guaran-
teed to beep eggs fresh for
nine months and longer.
Geta it from w1.11 do
or send
60c to
Fleming Egg Preserver Co.
Yee Craig St, W. aunt -real
A Ready Explainer.
"Tommy, your head is wet. You've
been 1n swimming against my orders."
"No, pa. I was just standin' on the
bank watchia'• the other boys when
that little Tompkins kid did a 'belly -
buster' an' splashed me."
"Then, why wasn't your hat wet?"
"I had it in my hand, pa, Fannin'
myself."
. "Umph! I guess I'll have to make a
lawyer out of you, son."
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Shoes enable women and girls on the farms
to wear the same smart summer. footwear as their
sisters are wearing in the cities.
F�' Shoes are restful, comfortable, and carefully
made for sturdy wear—and their low price enables
you to have several pairs for the price of one pair of
leather shoes.
There are also Shoes for men and boys, 'for
work and play, for every member of the family.
Ask your dealer far Shoes,
The name is stamped on each pair,
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"Au RF 9' DEKA
TO FMR FRANCE,
WHEN TOMMY SETS OUT ON THE:
FINAL 1-IOME TRP,
A Happy Little Sketch of a Daily In-
cident "Over There During
Demobilization,
"En route "
Manl'selle, the tram - conductress,.
gave her shrill, familiar call, blew her
whistle, waved off small boys who,
hung on to the open-air trailer, an ,
swung along the footboard for fares.
"Partez?" she inquired, noticing the
kit of a couple of khaki men, as she
flicked off a thin paper ticket from het
file for then.
"Oui, Angleterre; and no return
this time!" repined one, passing over'
his coppers.
"Compree?" asked 'his companion,
"Oui, oui," said Mam'selle, putting'
the money in her satchel. "C'est good-.
b'
ye, nste e c pas?
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They nodded, and Mani'selle, who, --"
has learnt to adapt herself to all
things and all peoples, smiled at them
understandingly, as she went on to
other fares.
Down the straight familiar Route
de Caen they rode, quietly taking their -
last look at the drab little suburb, pon-
dering on the times they had walked
that hong road to camp after missing
the last
Bareheadedtram. girls and women were.
busy at their morning purchases, buy-
ing from the stalls and shops, walking
along with their laden string bags,
through which peeped the long, flat
French loaves, the inevitable lettuce•
and bottle of wine.
Along the 0:d Road.
Here and there e e b en -a
e th the budding
branches, a returned poilu walked
arm -in -arm with a girl, while a few
cyclists wandered in erratic fashion
anywhere they listed on the broad
pavement.
Familiar little cafe:: were passed,
partially screened from passing gaze
and dust 'by trine, little privet hedges
growing in long, shallow boxes on the
pavement.
"La Barriere! L,a Derriere!" cried
Maln'selle, on reaching the iron gal
that span the road where sits the gen
-
dame who scrutinizes passing vehic-
les, occasionally demanding to view
the owner's papers.
"You off?" cried a voice from a pass-
ing lorry to the two soldiers in the
momentarily stationary trans.
"Yes. Thought you went last week!"
"So I ought. But you know what Mel...,
is—"
The starting of the tram drowned
,,
the` " long!"
'bo o that was w s shoute
rl but
failed to drown an argument in which
everyone shrilly declared their views
on the Russian situation.
One stout lady passenger pointed
the morning headlines of "Le Journal"
to the Tommy sitting next her, shrug-
ged her shoulders, dropped her hands
hopelessly, rattled off her opinion, and
then raised her brows at flim inter-
rogatively.
A Parting Gift.
"Oui, oui, madame!" he agreed
quickly, seizing his kit as the tram
crossed the bridge of the Seine, with
its waters dancing in the sunlight, its
Multitude of ships and barges.
Mam'selle had her eye upon the two
home -going ones as they prepared to
alight.
"You no come back, good -luck!" she
said, all in one breath, smiliugly
proud of her English.
"Good-bye!" they said together.
"Souveneer!" added one of them,
quietly slipping some chocolate into
her hand.
"Merci, merci!" said Mam'selle.
"Good-bye!"
She stood on the footboard. one of
the most typical figures in France.
clasping her scarlet packet of choco-
late. with something wistful in her
sharp -featured little race as she
watched the departing couple.
The driver called impatiently.
"En route! En route!" shrilled la
petite Recev.euse•., promptly blowing
her whistle.
WOMEN "BARGEES."
One of the Many Wartime Tasks of
Englishwomen.
Among the jobs women are relin.-
quishing with sighs of regret is that
of bargee, says an English newspaper.
Last summer many a girl :bargee was
to be seen on our quiet eatials, skip- •
pering black barges over the 300 -mile
course between Hayes and Liverpool.
Only the very lucky ones will be do-
ing the same this year.
An average day's run is about 30
miles. The full 300 -mile trip is thus
accomplished in ten days, during the ope
whole of which time the girls live on
board, steering and managing the
boat's cooking, seeing to the cabins,
and looking after themselves general-
ly.
As a rule the barges work in pairs,
one towing the other, died four girls to
a team. Men are strictly taboo.
Sometimes the front boat is fitted with
a motor -engine. Sometimes all the
hard work is done by a horse.
The birthday ower for June is the
honeysuckle.
The Greeks are Teaching out more,
and more into the merchant trade of
the rich Levant, and their oven trade
development in Greece will be , huge.
Canada has a glorious opportunity
:.c+•e foe exporting, the Cauadiau
Tia., L„.Columission believe%