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The Exeter Times, 1923-6-7, Page 3Nal H -ved od's I; ' '111/1t ,r1118.ty, dry, hacking, lu.ug-wrack- ing cough very tyearing on tlie sys-- tern, The 'Consiant coughing' disturbs ' . • , • . the rest, keeps the lungs aud bronellial , , tubes in an ;irritated condition, and the,' longer it is allowed' •to stick - the more serious the menace 1)econie-S-," for if tile cough becomes Settled. on the eonsumetion. may ensue. 11"reiltnow of no remedy that will re- lieve siarbl)orn coughseecoughs 'that , , • won't lot go—like Dr. 'Wood's Norway Piaci Syrup. , Mrs., 'Wm. CI-. Maxwell, 1.t, R. No. 2, • 13cdford, N. S., writes Having used Dr: Wood's Norway Pine Syrup during , 6 ' the 11ilu! epidemic I muSt say I cam- 'prairio it too' highly. ' l'sh-oirg'ht aliti5st instant relief after being awake for nights ,witli a 'nasty, dry, haelring',' coug-il, and SOtO 'threat,' iind I gvas- so , °arse eould hardly speak." The'ce is only one Nio-rway Pine Syrup And, that is and get thenitine Prise 85e•dild: 60c a bottle; Put up only by The T. Mil- , burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.. „,. , • Fertilizers in the Orchard. A bulletin entitled "Modern:Orel-1,2 A.rd Practices," recently issued bytthe °minion Department of Agriculture Is, a -veritable handbook on the culti' Vation and care 'of the orchard. " The author, Mr, PI, B., Davis, Chief Assist- ant to the Dominion Iorticulttirist, speaks 'from Wide experience. ' Ile treats of training the young'tree'year by year, of the maintenance offertility, ei varions systems of cultivation,- of cover crops, of spraying, of dusting. of thinning, of the renovation of the FEEDING FOWL Wirrn GRAIN TREATED FOR SMUT. b.1--periments have been carried out A , by the Animal Pathologist at Ottawa, Mr. A. 13. Wickware, to ascertain if eie is. any dangel of feeding to fowl wheat gate, or other grains that have been b'ear/4 with formaldehyde solu- tion for the -Pretiention „irri.,t, The result proves that thee is little or no danger in so 'feeding fowls when the 0 -rain has been treated ireckirding to the standard method advocated by the D,orninion Department of Agriculture, The usual method of treating seed grain is to immerse it in 1 in 400 solution of formaldehyde far a per- iod �f five minutes, -after ,which the grain is allowed to drain. foe thirty! minutes and then spread out in a thin layer to .dry. No ill-effects with thai. dry -grain were noted in the experhl ' merits either with cockerels' three p s old ch foul een weeks old, a though the latter had the scratch feed soaked for two hours -in- double strength of 1 in 200 solution of for- maldehyde before it was allowed to dram and spread out to dry: In the 'third ,experirnent, cockerels " four months old,' although previously sta.rved for 18 hours, showed little taste for the grain fed to them Moist, but when a change. was made to dried grain they ate ,a fair amount at each feeding with rie had effects. THE WIREWORM. The wireworm is a slender yellow- ish -brown worm about an inch in length when full grown. The insects live entirely below ground, where they feed, thrive and multiply on decaying vegetable matter and on the roots of growing plants their smooth wiry cylindrical bodiee, allowing thein to move 'freely through' the soil. Pota- toes, onions, beets, and other garden vegetables are commonly attacked, s(arnp Fre ille The average iihis A.11 beysaSntdo,gryoiris!Cork' t:ticihkliiane'lest iser'*ildj'i?:1-1;:grd li'fi-P' ll'f'r4',' * te:fst ory In , fid velocitYs the ll-atl•lire-icif the el-• he had'. been u-teachiing for Several' 'years, , Nehemiah, eha„- 1 st- nee, arid the amount of ',fuel he 'lie placed Iiirnse,hi itnder the hands „of may have ,:at tnsoosal, The fire ra teach-er in Europe. On ' '6; 0. 912; :31' to 31.-a uriday School .11,1 E 10 es y should be located ht is point far coming to the...piano at the second 1es-1 encaigit and .'in a. direction from the sen he found that his tristyeservant, en - metimas carnp ' to prevent *tiers or smoke the arnp.,r pe if , , cola vaenrdy tgllreealto.ss-105seeca%7Z- v;greet':*taiori'-', pro: fciruoirgn billowthinE„gthiiel ties," -7.)eb(t3e'enotsok:dr over, Ivessed• ' - • dticetl•by the plowing down of sod land however, it should not be so fe.'• -Lwi,17 theOnarnetzliaiennisiennattio°fn,:tre leoatirlihider,n.laulelairgtoei ample fooch for the young \Art • ., time ii, .1 i . • 1,gan,;0.pv,ut,h..pne:I.tahr,li vnThisigi, el slovi, ot hmes. utrestingiuinni,N•TI,o:IP:,, mit;s,..r.:3;71,e07018 ," f,sihi of,n,:;iii ctalh::;je)col.:11,01,20ciisariteziLie.;;;g_i‘coitils'In',tegtr.cihi, t'tItlitoyit, ac'el.i'ioiltd,inyl 1-cfifii:el:teb±,:hinld-eei. teacher,eth° re„kgplil,entltdt,,ei,itl'Lottilsillzieeltar.Peci:,,,,d9,0:1*n.ilorg. up,',1,50sme eeaiit, ,et•l• as,'p*oticipdriuitt, beo'ifel of the pedal and a very poor crutch at; .1 • i the inSect, and tak-es place in a bro. , ground and' coVered with the coarser that: Instead of deVeloPing- a careful earthen cell afew inch -Ps ' below ,tiri.' fuel, the latter „being prevented from legato, crescendo, diminuendo,' etc.,{ surface of, the ground' La:ter" 4P(',11 smothering the: bla-ZZ by the. support with Your hands, ' you 'depend upon to Pupa transforms int°. ' a,n., ad•alit; spotsc Pc ed for the fire. Green legs help 'yfoee'lltivlOtnhg.yo'rol.p. etdhaelcielexlitth'Irlilenttho, usually in the •autumn of the Year,tos ntoneo ,or logs, placed, beside the your iaobv,ccumtg h:lpfri,anng,. ineThbeisne. lheenegtos, t.iinnrceilbt,,,iis.,aPpio.esfietii.,anb,leolfeoyr tril,ontsoiiilsies, asneicl,vsehao,sul ad 1 Want Y611 fO' take these corks' lunge, brown or black in color, They 4re : P leiltdhepra,Islillee:,lofW.ittigh-e-eflaiceh; (ItIllaec%dolii.;, Put them under your pedada andlearn beetle,. svhich emerges tiaing. i .., 1. i are 'usually:sleeken .of as "click" heetlsi 61* ',Means of support' for the fuel, hUt. "snapping" beetles, from; their peculiar they also act as wail 'S for the . confine'. habit of. flipping thernSelve 'int° the! meat. of the live coals- air; with an audible click When p a . . dahv fire; .should never in any in - on their backs: The -y live" 4 °" stance, 10 built against the trunks of ground iand' feed •voraciohslY on Plant large trees or agablet large logs that growth. These facts are si• 1/ ' h,,b-•Wr111 ,not be Completely consumed by the Chief ,of the DiviS1-Ws ion of 4 .='113131 the tinie camp is to be Moved, Neither and Garden Insects. o.f the Dbininion-- should they be "ienilt in• the midst-' f hEphenil:belaltr"'onili7`11V171'cisairire'13wecloe':1•11:tn°13.11'Cl, DoMiui'tbrrl:oillslii..e0c1.Prrallitel--* ihIll...a.t4.Prni:iainelonc:111:*.ist*IenpattefTI:c11.1.1initteil-lewaindi.e'—ajra631' ethSeoriTslIfpre;thpl?exspPeerlenfcre'sgoindeoxn13'etrstepilecaek! ods of control' are fully, discussed. In . , • . the vhcat growing distriCts of the. ' ----er ..•...1M10...11•0•MY11•01..•••••••••••••. Prairie Provinees, 'says the writerette- i' lief fray' wirewom wi e • (1, All the Time'l Ne, , . by 'intensive summer fallowing, cons- mt;eneeningMainss ,O1a51..layrijduniTue.1 'Pl-15°Wi isn!--ag f tbeien: -,, 0 A Mother; Of Five Chil,,drei Ps'clii. ,4.6'.a Great Secret. ---,.-,-..—,.... effective. Insectivorous bird's at this ' season of the year ,aiso play ..a Portant Part in destroying -the pest. . , . "DO You think a.' inothByerwMithARfo3u9ril'niEing''wIMatSel.'‘Ineant as Much to the men in lin- , What are known as liaise Wire-Lbabies.can have any time to herself'. as -to anyother members of the house - worms have caused material damage was asked in a meeting one slay by the hold. The table was on casters. The in sections of British Columbia and father of . tlidse -four babies. ' The dumb waiter to the cellar had three ithe Prairie Provinces. . The adult is answer creme ,immediately from a shelves so it could carry a 'good load. a large clumsy black beetle, which is AI -other in the audienee. Of course. And there swaS electricity—both time capable of running actively over the 1 haye five. and 1 have all -the time 1 and energy saving. That electric light surface of the soil, and may he recog- need. . • plant represented all the birthdays nized by the strange habit it possesses ' -'"Hpw de you do it?" she was asked. ,and Christnaases for the familY for an of. standing still,,,on their heads; as it "EVerybody pitches- in and helps entire year, What 'a. fine ideal' To were, when distnrbed,.,,• ,, - everybody'else. ,The middle children tlump all, individual gifts into one gift biitton-and hook 'up the younger ones ifor all! -I could not help thinking and we all get out together. We Can't I what a, wonderful training in -values Progress of Cpw.Testing. , take thne for much fancy cooking; We that was for those' 'children. Every - Year taedi eaiicbyayejaain-ttahgeeonupibtheecow -cooew.e_assoftlienrgs eat' plain food at Our house but I 'see thing in the kitchen had its particular who that it -is SVholeeerne and well cool -ed. use, yet things were not crowded in Dairy and Cold' Storage.; Branch in- s,o-4fft. mWeitahli:the least.ssS:ryEsmtemEviEilezxy:-;c46..ts,.cls. :system conducted by the . D.oneinion .1.pitIlinin.lkecYdia.,11,1iNteeolin'S;arneyb,:otitieter ,creases. In ,..1922 -;there were, eight tilnegW, e.-k2,IOW, -the,Y have-cothe to visit The The same principle held true .in -hundred and twenty-six -more. cows re-, Insthad of 311-st ta eat ani- food. 'SO other rooms.' The entire -house was prodUction, of „milk and .in the previous ,Year, and the .average bread and, iniiii too. If 1 spent time inwas piped' all through. Bric-a-brac, fat was great- doing 4.-iicy-t-,ext'ra things I could net e beg. bread and Milk the company t; wired ' for electricity arid' the. water corded in eight:, inonths, or over than we `set an extra 'plated, if we're baV.. . he'The nsuch :With the children: '' The 'i.j'estilsoreo-hftoelcill;fresuanicliClinotphaeirdodrusstrincdatsciht-- catch- er, the - test . being 3.5 in per centagel cbildren get ciao of fun out el help- ting rooms had all been eliminated compared with 3.69 in 1921. Quebec:- he - stands ahead of all the prOvinces in mg rne,hec,ainse,::tiey knew, we ca.n .get cause they added ifothing to the beauty „numbers beilig, 3.,46,a,berde „s:i.isi .33',267 -Out arid -PlaSt -that "hmeh ine're-- We 'colfeathneilirgoodmayaP'cadrn'toeo..1!-Ietxttraaketslinceohwrhaegne 'number of herds and cows' tested, the cows., 'Cintario. conies seeoid with:788 .never '' Talk: a1klilt`.710t‘' liking' to do to discard e herds .and ' 10,347 cows: ' NTovel ' Scotia things-. ' Things -just have to be donel inheireicted.bsutn;ehb.°Tfnthe ha nehtlilminea.nwlosvuNav would be is -third. With 360. herds and ,2,520 and that's all there is to -it:: Makes a iSnaVeeidthieir we tisdeifcill 1 or an artistic way! what yotege doing."' , , . - many articles that contribute nothiUg not have to dust so Ncoowvsa. SIcon•ttiha:eraanyleLafigie2sttessUither4c.e3n2taagneci big difference whether or not Yell like Quebec second with -3.9. New Bruns- PHILOSOPHY .OF THE HOME. • On the secOnd floor Iesva.s shown -a -wicles test in 1922 was „3.86 and On- How's that for a sane philoeophy of complete outfit for the daily and wee - tario's 3.49: The tot,ale in 1922 -for homemaking? To this mother, time ly cleaning. Saves me nil -ming up , , • • all• the provinces, eiccluding Saska.t- spent with her 'children in- growing and down after -the broom dr mop," chewan, which conducts- its own test- and developing with thein .rrieans more :explained this hoinernaker. Her Ims- . • . ing,- were 5,128 herds' and 50,304 cows thanironingmiles of ruffles, cooking ,band had fitted up an oldwardrobefor -Compared with 5 194herds and 47 - fancy foods that would merely be. this , cleaning closet and it , stood at 895' cows 'in '1921. , In 'Quebee there 'tasted," and-keepng a. speckless i'tone end of the, hall. . , n *, - .. , . were '463 testing: tentres ill 1922 and' house still more specklees. To have "Of couree we realize equipment 92 in Ontario. Alberta has the bestitime to be the conipanien her children makes a vast difference in the amount .ayerage for milk and fat, its 111 herds i needs' is one of her aims -to be a of time, housework takes. A gahnurn with 1,165 cows averaging 7,222 lb, horse -Maker and mother,' not .rnerely a cleaner sweeps ifaeter than a broom of milk and 290.6 of fat, the test being housekeeper. • • and a washing :machine faster than a 3.66. ,Ontario's average .milk produe- She could see -far enough beyond the tub and beard do." - tion per eoW under test in 1922 was rim of her dishpan to realize that the "What are the greatest things you '7089 lbs. and fat.247.6. ' -, half hour after supper when ..the fam- do to -save• time," I asked. • ily can all be togeiher is better spent "I.gliess the greatest is what.I said, out on the porchor reading aloud be- at the meeting. We just live plainly fore the fireplace, than washing dishes. and have a good time out of it, Then, That is the time for family conli- we don't worry so much about the lit- denees. ' . - tle things: For instance, you know She did have a- little trick, or secret, the largeryour family is, the smaller, however, all her owri which came, out in proportion, your irofdrig maybe. when I visited her hoine. • Time ' for Dish -towels, sheete, stockings, under - •it • . . family pleasures, being .the thing most wear and such things, do not take near coveted, this particular, fainily, as a the time they used to when 1 wae first ivliole, studied ways' and means of rnarried and theught everything had making the most of what time tbey to be ironed. Clothes are made' so had, This is how they reasoned: - they are more easily ironed now. I Certain work has to be done.' It is was afraid when I was a young house - easier to work when 'you etre ,not feel-, wife the neighbors would think • me ing tired. You do not get,tired so' soon shiftless if, they found me folding if jou are, doing something volt bike td awaY unironecl things. Life's too short do, or if you are" working in a pleas- to, let your fear of what folks will ant place -and have the right sort of thing bother you too much, A family l'hiTilhges mivoitele6 youf)hci1tow 'studyt°11.ralt. ' the more most to it, and then live up to that. PAINS IN TER- HEART , truth you find. Cooking, dishwashing, sweeping, canning, sewing, are tasks A TIME SCHEDULE: _ "Did- Yen ever try making a time - - - -.; ••• ' ''''•':'-''' Nd8VeeliiS:°e1-ill'e aloilliflY1 setiofnbia:ef0frcItno. 71 ielT:331' ciniF weeklytltyhJe,vleiell. a lol:Yr that au -Vi; ews'ay-v11.7-7e es:lays% aeteoroYdbobditY of time tiERUES WE VERY BAD schedule for the family?" . Mrs., John case, R. li, No. 4- 8t. he Merely work unless: Your •lnake AeoP Catharineftt just willaaut-,;illse'astsuirir bseudt t..,..,) jodot.hins.komiet e, Ont.,,stirires:—' 'I have been, ' SO. ' With all thenvinclows and most was showa a Ihieerti711•0*es'‘.ed ive.1,17',o'il'hiciiilc.1.1iin-il,l,'eltlsiholchZ 11)i-aeciliti,tpi•aairpt151 the' doors wide oPen, bedmaking is one flks worksfine,23 Then 1 . a;lraicl. to uxove or breathe, and.' at night , world and the fifteen minutes daily of the finest physical eiferelses in the . . , , ' l'i the whole day's work for each one was good 'sized Slate in the kitchen where in iny- loartanit tnneer,I would be almost 1 60tila not el , 2,, , have spent doing,t1,1at have .aegomp- plac.isinoendieotdiat,ye we ,get ,all tipet, 01 , rioy.1,sfitiietillin5"pazyil.o\n:toszinc„iii.1),001iii1,1syoy.,..1,1goati.t7aI ';1iitT'ul,3e..cigs10:1:oopt/ , , chi ii8o,:lin: ccylb obtownnso r.batheigitInnefr11°,6•11'4n:Ine dPe,11: Y.,siVricr-ayl beefdlis' course, and then nothing goes as we . . . . : , , , .. .planned it, / Everyone has 6 'pitch I.,",,i13,0E-SAvING DEVICES, in. 'Maybe I have to go out and guide • , I . found a ',07..,:V, CoMfoltaply eq111p- the horses When the bay is going up . ,', t • , pad kitchen, ,-in,,,, .the ,lionie 'of this .. -iii the mow .or; I may have to drop inothei-of-five. ,All labor-saiVing de- everything -and go into t'own for some-. l le ''or".tfaiiiily ofmoderatething, but ewe always come, out .all for the first time how to•make expres- sion solely with the use of your hands and fingers." "That was a bitter month," recalls the gentlemaa in question. "Playing the piano without the pedal is like a banquet without salt. Gradually, how- evereithe wisdom of 'doing without a crutch; until certain indispensable phases of keyboard teelinique had been mastered, becanie apparent." • neglected orchard, 51 scraping, Clean- The Garden. ing and tree surgery and of the don- trol of insects and diseases. 7 Dealing -with fertilizers and the use a cover crops, the writer says "If there. is one part of the farm where commercial fertilizers can be used to advantage it is in the orchard. Here it is possible to make up for the. lack - of lame, ley the use of cover crops, whi,c1riViliny be turned under annually. iults from past work at the DO^ 4Trinion Experimental Farms have clearly demonstrated the fact that • commercial Sertilizers; when' properly used in conjunction with',c,over-crops, will give as good results as the same amount of plant food supplied in the form of manure. In fact if manure alone is used, the oafestion of a suffl- •cient supply:of nitrates at the critical period in spring is not likely to be solved, for the nitrogen in the manure is not in as readily available a :form as it is ' in nitrates. When manure is used,,the time of high nitrate libera- tion is generally somewhat after the period when it ?IS most required, --so that, briefly, it, is recomniendect in 61 -chard practice. to depend upon the different forms of nitrogen, potash? and phosphate as found in commercial fertilizers to supply the mineral ele- ments of plant food." The bulletin also goes fully into the qnestion of the form in which to purchase and apply fertilizesei, It can play be said that the variety and explicitness Of the in- formation, along, with recommenda- tjons to be follewed, contained in the publication will'be found -invaluable by all orchardists. - Pike Lives 267 Years. Thas_nilso, though greedy and fond of , hea,vy meals, is slow growing, and is . believed to liye longer than any other species of fish. A Swiss naturalist lias recorded the history of one that was 267 years old. It had spent. its eutire • existence es prsioner a fish pond. In Sas•katchei,van, the Pariri Boys' Camp, inaugurated in 1915,, has prov- Cd. is very sueeessful method of being of service to farm boys, 2,500 having , already been reached. Had: Constipation For •.Six Months Was Relievdi By LAXN-LIVER riLLS A free motion of 'the bowels daily 'should be the of everyone then there will be 310 C.0.1181,1patiOn. Sidi' or bilious spells, hearth -On, foul blea.th, 130111' 81,07/30,011 ere " • Milburn's Laxa-1.4-er Pills will regu- late the Clow of bile to act properly on - the bowels, -time making theca oetive' and regular, removing the constipation arid all Ifs allied ireublcs, Mts. d. Port George, N. S.. writesi---11-1 have been iron -Med by bo. ing reostipateil for the last six months. -- My tee etre has been terribly <meted 80 fill1(31'`',,6 tlmt it nitid.(1 my- bi- efah 'bad. f wag ?silting to a friend about it, and ShO advised m0 to use Milian:31'S Lase, - Lives •Pilis, sviiielt 1 aid, rind nosy I am fla&-leclAY woll- My tonne 1133 511300111 as it \wig before I got. that way, and. owe it all to your which only- used two Prloo 2I5c,„ v all dealers, or ,.olailea on. receipt of price by The Miiiitara Co., Limited, Torriato, There are voices in the garden When 'the world is fast asleep; You ("ail hear tliern in the twilight When the' dusk-. is purple -deep. "Sway," saYsethe ," "I creep," says the snail. ``Jump,",....says the „fr-og, "And I hide;" says the qua% "Swim," says the little fish; sleep,!!., says the grass, "Waiting for the rose light When the dark shall pass." There are voices in the garden When the candles dim and die; You can hear them in the tree tops When the wind sings Rock -a -bye. "Dance," says the firefly; "I glide," says the,bat; "Shine," says the moonbeam; "I blink," says the cat. Fairy on the tree twig , Beside the baby bird . Laughs a bit and listens, But never says a weed! A Bulletin on Hardy Roses. Many people hesitate to grow roses on account of the many enemies that attack -them. It, is quite true that leaves badly curled, mildewed, spotted; , et' „eaten, take away mucla from the at- 'otrctive appearance of a rose garden. By the use of the proper mixtures, it is not a difficult matter' to keep rose 'plants „free of the,se objectionable eeneniies. Bulletin NO. 17 ..,of the De- partment of Agriculture at Ottawa, entitled "-Hardy Roses," giVes, come plete instructions for controlling the rose slug, the green aphis, inildew, and other enemies. Paris green, or helle- bore, is recommended .for, insecfe„that eat the foliage* The aphis anclthrips, which take. their food by si.icicing the , juices, are easily killed by nicotine preparallons and different kinds . of soaps. - Poswdery ;Mildew is said to be overcome sprinkling the bushes with flowers 9f sulphur. The Proper amounts to Use .and metheds of appli- cation are fully covered in this bulletin, which is .distributed by the-Puislica- tions Branch Of the Department of AkriCulture, at Ottawa. ' Hog Grading -in PractRce. The hog raiser who lives Sufficient- ly close to a packing ,house to market his own'' hogs direct' is inaliing the mest, rapid, advance in the quality of his stock. He is able to watch the grading .and to learn precisely- 'the type of hog that is classed as SaeCt. ,The ten percent. premium the farmer 'receives for selects gives special pOint to his interest • • tO, , The School Fair, and„, Boys' and GirlS'eltibe are efforts intei4st boys and girls in better seed, better stock • , • • and better methods of 'agricultural and housekeeping' practice. :They give boys and girls,a 'now point of view as regards farming operations, and have git; resPonse to popular demand. The fact that they retain, -their hold ' , P yettn, arid old is an ifiditittitirt of their Use. .fulnettie find Corn Borer Quarantine , Extension. TorOnto 'and HaMiltthi'have been , bp in- eludeden bY the Dominion- Department of Agriculture in t tnritory quar- antined on accounteof the European corn borer. Ft is stili perinissible to ship 'corn to those -cities from quar- antined districts, excepting in the case of . Middlesex and k Elgin counties, but quarantined ,i)roChicts cannot be ship- pedmit to any point otitside-7the Cp;iar- antined area. The products affected are corn fodder cern Stalks including brocan corn, green sweet corn, r5asting ears, corn an the cob or corn cobs, When we refuse to ineet an emer- gency, it is apt to overtake us. must decide for itself what MeallS the by .befng ,tired: • 'My .stoirfache,ivaSalso v`ely 'bad: and 1 -boill.d• eat' but '''"Very .little, --and .then' only,,ecia,ealp.' things. or'....tWoult1.-itavP;sq' jf,ts °,.me, gde t.4the a•Ttoub again . 11Avirte111'. h°11.7;..' a/s. for instanae',,,the..pressure cooker have toilet SoinethinfI go that we have Pills'.6",•fair ',trial.- . that tim whole 1 inooly',eliibbed to set our hearts an but it Intent hurt nesse:taken- Pre iccinor gethet iO bu fot f,fotlier, one .Christ- us yet1 believe it is the only Wily much, 1)1101 1 ain ."ablelo Ito nry own Inas . „Mvhusband saYs, he' Wm -14:11,1,T WOMen can' ever solve' the ntiohlem 0101101; praise, miittren,s Is.cawriI etter if he isa. • bktiowb,111-1 yo,313st as good, of having tune for. the things we need wor 811C , ea 1. ea • a1.1113. mg . (lea joy,sanodr:,:, t- withwith as he does, my it for. I used to tryWoI;k with pirrotorooltAboy Tcliriae,i-rieleiN'vtaosht-eev hliseneihokwipahlehooft; stollP11,31ele fv,orars. • and' cold for. water, .afid the. run, gotten. cd. And so there was a plan, "but- I never Will,,again.7 4 to afraid (+t tnerri: rernerilber the Leici ---LINetkerrxitt LESSON IvOltEWORD--Nehenn_an se- cured from A,rtaiseree tlie Persian king, the fthtehea,PdPisotirnitement as ejyil govert arrival in Jerusalerift hod tie stif-f-ated the walls and ,foni- kJ/flax, bnithere. had been no a.ttennittiti gliViiild'thent since their destruction loihe-'13abylptilansi- He then convoked -an '„aSsenlisV'of -the leading people, cif ' theeteity,:' and by a convincing address persuaded them to nabuild the Valls hind thUs ensiirS' the mty against ho.641.11.e attacks'. Thenetvs of the projeet 'Spread 'through the country, With the result, that an alli- ance Of airiiieitanS,''Moabites, Am- monites and arabians was forined "to foil any effort made to reinstate Jeru- salem in her position of being the meet powerful town in Palestine, It was in the teeth of this epposition that Nehemiah undertoek• the rebuilding of the defences' 61 Jerusalem. I.. Tau DANGER), 6-18. V. 7. The leading adversaries of the Jews are introduced. They have al- ready been mentioned in 2:10, 19, 20 and 4:1-3. Sanballat. In ch. 2:19 he is called the Hor5iiite, that is a native of Beth-I-Ioron, a town situated about eighteen miles north of Jerusalem, and belonging to the Samaritans. In one. of the papyri discovered in. Elephan- tine, Egypt,mention is made of "San - ballet, governor 'of Samaria." This was in all likelihood the Sanballat mentioned here. The Saina.rita:ns were halo": dixtanur woefre Hdeebspi'elsvecl trlydtheheeaxtchleun- sile "Jews of Jerusalem. .To/Aah; is called in ch. 2:10,, "the" servant,- the ,Ammonite." Some commenthtorS have conjectured that Tobiali was the pri- vate secretary of Sanballa.t.... If this were the case, he had a double animus against the Jews,—the race hatred be- tween the jesvs and the Ammonites, and the feud between the- Jews and the Samaritans. Arabians; the lawless 13edouin tribes who roamed over the Arabian steppes. Ashdodites; citizens of one of ' the principal Phillistine cities. They were . . wroth. Their indignation was kindled because in proportion as Jerusalem was strength, ened, their dwn independence would be weakened or threatened. "I3a.lance of power"'was' as real a problem for them as for us. V. 8. At first their opposition was shown, chiefly in taunt and ridicule, ch. 2:19 and 4:1-3. When they saw that their tauntshavalled nothing, they held a council in which it was decided to muster, an army and hinder; by force; the rebliilding of the Nvalls. V. 9. We oncide...our prayer. The task iy , prominence in the books of Ezra and fatigued: They complained that the Were postai to observe . the approach a surprise attack either by day Or by night. V. 10. Judah, said. Not only was mtheyeini.:1-10 erhuman. Iloetile forces might arrive Hence. Neheiniah had recourse to prayer. rayer receives a no ewor rebuilding the walls was, toe much for Jerusalem were poor and dispirited. ofthe advancing army and to pris'Vefit there opposition without the city, but task of clearing away the rubbish and at any moment. The inhabitants of people—Judah—were spiritless and before Nehemiah seerned almost sup - there was disaffection within The Nehemiah. Set a Fateh. Sentinels *IninOgurtlaiedv'esrou'sarees osfaicwLeaAltnfteesis. within the walls, Nehemiah describes the danger without" (Ryle). The in- tention of their adversaries had been reported, no doubt, by people who came up to Jerusalem from their dis- ta-icts. When the Jews learned of it, the element of surprise was eliminated from the contemplated attack. V. 12. Ryle says that, "to discontent within and the schemes of the -foe without, -is added the panic of the Jews in the outlying districts." The Jews which dwelt by them,. Some Jews from the districts where the- hostile e armies were beingmast had come Up to, Jerusalem te nassis iii the re- bP11'1,1ng of the walla, il'roni placea, etc- ,The Hebrew test in this passage - • . is very obscure. The meauktig aeema to be as ?me corninentatef suggests: "Deprived° of the able-bodied rutin who had been sent to work the wallo of Jerusalem these little (fron 151 towns could' not hope to defend thein.. selves against the gatherihg foeir.7 herefore they address themselvefi, through their leadeis, to their fellow - townsmen sojourning hi. Jerusalem, "Ye must return unto us." II. THE PRECAUTIONS' 13-16. Helree. aPiTaliine rtheiefisleidebrversion tex tssuggests°il- a good meaning. The houses Enid buildings, for the most part, closely adjoin the walls. Nehemiah chose the open spaces where the buildings were well clear of the all, and there he stationed armed detachments. In these open spaces the buildings would not interfere with their movements. . . Set the people afte9• their fconilies. The defence of the city and the operations on the wane was distributed accord- ing to familie,s. The defenders iyere stationed in front of the places where the respeetive families were at tvork rebuilding the walls. Strong family feeling .would thus ensure a strong dere-Tice. V. 14, Nehemiah sought to putheart into the workers and defenders by-ap- , pealing to their faith in Jehovah and to their love of their It -insulate. Freht for VOnr brethren. It would appear that Nehemiah considered that the very existence of the Jewish CM1-1/1111T1-• ity Jerusa.lern Was at.stalte. If their foes secured an entrance into the city, they would completely exterminate the hi habitants. This grim warning would serve to stiffen the resistance of the defenders. " • ' V. 15. When our enemies heard, The opposing forces had co.ntemplated a surprise attack, but when they learned that the Jews were aware of their plans and were prepared to resist them, they saw that they were foiled and gave up the notion of an iminedi- ate ' assault. We . . returned to the zoci/f. The news that their adversar- ies had abandoned their project was sure to travel back to Jerusalem. It permitted the Jews to concentrate once more upon the building operations. Even SO, they went about their work armed, i vs. 17 18. APPLICATION. Jeremiah' was a prophet who ,re - fleeted deeply ancl to purpose over the tendencies at work in the nation. We have in Nehemiah a different type,— a hold, agg'ressive man of action. flay- ing heard the story of his fellow - countrymen's distress hi. distant Jeru- salem, he was not content. to brood over it. He was not like Hamlet who thought precisely on this event, but could not put his idea into execution. No, with Nehemiah action was the iniportant thing. No drearning and sighing for Neheiniah. Though Ids own fortune was assured (was he not cup -bearer to the Persian Emperor?), he made his resolve to strike a blow for his far-off fellow -Jews. With what wisdom and tact he urged his.reqttest to be appointed governor of Palestine (ch. 2), and one can in imagination see him with his squadron crossing to jelSuosinaelelifeatures otiNehersiali's Pro- gram- of reconstruction may appear harsh to us, but he saved religion in his day. What enduring service did he render? Alexander the' Great trampled down the kingdoms of the world and started the flow of Greek culture among all nations. Only one withstood.the onset of Hellenic culture and paganism—tile Jewish people. They withstood this invasion because the nation had been made "hard as steel and strong as iron" by Nehemiah and Ezra. hnproved Health of Canada's ,Livestock. In five months in 1905-6, according to statistics given in the Veterinary Director General's Report for 1921- 22, there were 1,387 animals slaugh- tered in Canada and $108,045 paid in compensation, in the effort to suppress glanders; whereas in 1920-21 ther,e were only .se animals slaughtered on that account in the full year and $2,- 596 paid in compensation. In -like man- ner in 1.914-1.'6, there were 34,779 swine slaughtered, and $196,981 paid in compensation, in the campaign against hog cholera; while in. 1921-22 only 432 pigs were sacrificed and $3,129 paid in comPen,sation. In the suppression of dourine, 471 animals were slauk,,litered and $4f3,743 paid in compensation. in 1912-14, whereas in 1923-22 no animals had to be slaughtered and no 'eompensation was paid. In the check- ing of tubercalosis, thee 'wee a large increase in 1921-22, both in aninia,ls slaughtered and in compensation paid, duo to the adoption of the Accreditcsd }Teed system and to the control of tsxhereulosis in municipalitibs under the iltunicipai Tabetertiosis order of 19.15-16. The percentage of reactors 101 reunicipel testing was 5,9, while in the :accredited herds the percentage 1 t '70 • . Valtle, of Canadian Farms. The average valae er the occupied :Cann lands of Ca 101110, whicit includes J1oih iiflirovccl "11101 uiiinrsoroved lan I together with divelling hons0S, bareS, stable:4 and other faint goilclings, returned as $4.4 Per acre, as coninared e the value for 1922 is highest in British Columbia, viz., $120. In the other provinces the average values of farm lands per acre are reported as fol- lows: Ontario $64, Quebec $58, Prince Edward Island $45, Nova Scotia 134, New Brunswick and Manitoba $32, Saskatchewan .428 and Alberta $24. The average values in 1922 of orch- aids and fruit, lands, including build- ings, etc., in the 'fruit growing die- tricts of Nova Scotia, Ontario an British Columbia are estimated as fols lows: Nova Scotia $93 ($117) ; On- tario $127 ($137) ;, British ,Columisia 14320 ($300). ----. /A SURE StiGN OF. EY "Wdien the back aeliosl or beceraeg weak, it is a warning that ,the kidneys hay'e' tv..:SpOted. auel, should. be looked. a:Etor aC'Oxi'eo. In Doan 's Tidney Pills von will find a remedy that will ge right to tile $eat of the tro1,131o, fe,.•sty with the \Teak, aching back, and. prcrvent any and. all kinds of serious Iddney 400111)10, - 3,Tr. P. N. Baillod, Goodia,nds, I writes 'For three yeare I had trouble. my kidneys, in fact, ray batik aelmd so mech. I could not Sleep at night, I tried. ever:M.11111g iniagin.,. , able traill a 1:31510 advised. me, to ,talie Pia, I used two boxes an, 1 .3..1,V0 33C.cr 1,1(, e,0,0„ Doan's Eidticy rills are 50c a ab - dealers or mailed (heart en receipt , ,536 o'r1:t, ::''''0111a)4 7 0:10e Co with 440 in 1021, 88 1020, hed 11) od. Toronto ()sit, ' 1910, 441 in 1918 $38 in 1917, 1 1016 and 436 in 3915 ily peciaineeS, se,aastlf ArTexmi1ISbox 2. 45 11 1)1