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The Wingham Advance, 1909-12-16, Page 7te, DISTRIBUTION OF sr,P,D GRAIN AND POTATOES len= the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 1900-10, liy inetruction of the Hon, Minister of Agriculture a, distribution is being made thie 2.$1V3041 of samples of superior sone of grain tend, potatoes to °median farm - ere for the improvenaent of seed. The stock for distribution has been secured in:4'4y from the Experimental, FarMs at Indian Head, Sask., Brandon; Man., and Ottawa, Ont. The samplee consist of (late, spriug wheat, barley, peas, Indian C0134 (forensilage only), and, potatoes. The quantity ot oats emit is 4 lbs., and of wheat or 'barley 5 lbs., sufficient in ea& cam to ecter oem-twentieth of an are, The sampleKaof Indian corn, pea aind potatoes weigh 3 lbs. each. A quan- tity of each of the following varieties has been secured for this distribution: Oats—Banner, Abundance, Drunish Is laud, Wide Awake, White Giant, Thou- sand Dollar, Improved Ligowo—all white varieties, Wheat—Red varieties ;Red Fife (beard- less), Marquis, Stanley and Oluelsea (ear- ly beardless, Preston, Huron and.. Prin- gle's Ohamplain (early bearded). White varieties: White Fife (beardless), Bobs (early beardless). Barley—Six-Towed; Mensury, Odessa., and Mansfield. Two -rowed: Invinoible, Standwell and Canadian Thorpe. • Fiedl Peas—Arthur and Golden Wine. Indian Corn (for ensilage)—Early sorts; .azigel of Midnight, Compton's Early and Longfellow. Later varieties: Selected Learning, Early Mastodon, and White Cap Yellow Dent. Potatoes—Early varieties: Rochesetr Rase and Irish Cobbler'. Medium to late leerietries: Gold Coin, Cannan No. 1, and Money Maker. The later varieties are, as a rule, mere productive than the ear- lier leinde. Only one sample can be sent to each applicant, hence H an individual receives st s.ample of oats he cannot also recuive one of wheat, barley, peas, Indian corn or potatoes. Applications on printed cards or sheets, or lists of names from one individual, or applic,ations for more than one sample for one household, can- not be eatertained. The samples will be sent free of charge through the mil. Applications should be addressed to the Director of Ex-perimontal Farms, Ot- tawa'and, may be sent in any time from the 1st of December to the 15th of Feb- ruary, after vehieh the lists will be aloe - ed, so that the wimples asked for may be sent out in good time for sowing. Applicants should mention the variety they prefer, with a second sort as an alternative. Applications will be filled in the order in whieli they are received, so long as the supply of seed lasts. Fanners are advieed to apply early to avoid possible disappointment. Those applying for Indian corn or potatoes should bear in nand that the corn is not usually distributed until April, and that potatoes cannot be mailed until danger fioin frost in transit is over. No postage is required on mall matter ad- dressed to the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa SAUNDER.S, "Direetor of Experimental Farms, GRIT OR NO GRIT. (James Shaekleton in the Canadian Poultry Magazine.) It seems as if this question of whether grit is or is not necessary for fowls will never be settled in the United States poultry journals. It would be settled forever to anybody who would. kill and examine any fowl just matured that had actually not been supplied or bad found suitable grit throughout its life. The matter is complitated solely be- muse some land can never become void of abrnident grit on its surface, while other land has long been quite denud- ed of grit at or near its surfaoe. Sorne writers aim say that grit is not neeeeeary argue that Nature has provided fowls with sufficient digestive power without grit, and do not even take the trouble to find out whether then fowls pick up plenty of grit where they roam. Moreover, fowls in a natural condition of life undoulyeedly roamed over vast distances, and could soarcely fail to find plenty of grit in Immo parts of their range. Still tor. ther, under natural oonclitions there may have been only one fowl per square mile, while nowadays there is often one fowl per square yard, and one man has written a book advising people to keep fowls. So there is prob. ably 0110 fowl per square foot of out- doors. Quite recently I opened. and examined a fowl that had died of indigestion. She was a fine hen that belonged to a near -by friend. There was no appar. emit cause of death except that her giz- zard WAS chock full of whole pats and Whole barley, with practically no grit in It. These fowls had been grossly over- fed, for the children of the family would throw them a handful of grain when. ever they felt inclined, which was fre- quent, and the childian often left the feedroont door open, which the fowls had some to regard as a sure thing and to be waited for. Though these fowls were not restrained at all, they had become too lazy to go to the highway, shoat fifty feet away, witere grit was plenti- ful and of admirable quality, for the euxface WAS broken trap rock ground into very small pieces: by traffie on the ,road. More than three years ago I killed, opened and examined a barred. Reek hen. about 10 months wa belonging te neighbor. She was hatehed from egga of the finest lot of barred, Remles that I know of. She was very large and heavy. Her internal organs were so little developed and so small that auy well reared. barred Pock of 8 WM:a of age unlit to have, and has, larger and better developed. internal orgens. Her gizzard was very soft ane had scarcely any grit in it. She had been free in a farm yard where horse and cow stables were. There were at least 20 mileh cows kept, and, the floor of cow -stable every day had far mere food after the cows were let out thau was necessary for total food of all the fowls kept. The food Was =bay brewers' grains and corn meal. The fowls picked over this food every day, In the yard, also, was a oornerib with corn in it, which the fowls frequently burglarized. In fact, the killed hen's crop was chock full of whole corn when killed, and none had been served to her. The fowls were also served more food than they needed, if there hed been nothing else. The soil of the farm was generally elayey aad fowls had roaane'd over it for any number of years continuously. The owner prob- ably got from about 50 fowls whet I would think poor results from six in the weer of eggs. The owner provided no grit,, saying the fowls would find which they evidently did, not. A fowl that has gat a hard, well. deveeoped gizzard from having plenty of grit while growing, will withstand absence of grit for quite a while, and this clouds the issue to some people. Some people advocate eleals as well as other grit on the plea that shelis are needed, for the lime of egg she h. If the grit is limestone there is no need of shells, and shells are danger- ous, from the sharp edges rupturing the digestive tract. A usually well. informed poultry eater wrote a tew years ago that limestane could not be dissolved by fowls but ween brokeu up by gizzard action limestone is suitaole in extremely ailute Beau:lees of most acids, and much more than the name. sery acidity exists in the digestive tract of every fowl. Alai there is much lime in all grains. Give your fowls heal linteetone grit, or know that they find plenty. Then they will have strong gizzards, and without stronga.hard gizearde they can never be worth much as pr ' eaucers nor rernaiu long in prime belittle 'butwill be sickly, deorspit, subjeet to disease and death all the time. Let every reader find for himself or herself what the inside of a fowl should he. Then find if their own fowls' in- sides are what they shorted be. Finally poultry keeping is, and will remain, one of the most profitable en- dertakinge of it.. kitul, just because it 'cell be exactly and easily quite the re- verse. Sour Risings From Stomach. Those Who Experience Fullness and Pain • After Meals, Stomach Dis- orders and Indigestion, Should Read Below.' "When I was working around the farm last winter I had an attack of in- flammation," writes Mr. E. 1'. Dawkins, of Port Richmond. "1 was weak for a long time, but well enough to work un- til spring. But something went wrong with my bowels, for 1 had. to use salts or physic all the time. My stomach kept sour, and always after eating there was pain and fullnees, and all the symptoms of intestinal indigestion. Nothing help- ed mo until I used Dr. Hanaltona leas. Inetead of hurting, like other pills, they acted very mildly, and seemed to heal the bowels. I did not regoire large deses to get results with Dr. Hamilton's Pine, and feel so glad that I have found a reild yet certain remedy. To -day I am wall—no pain, no soar stomach, a good appetite, able to digest anything. This is a whole lot of good for one medicine to do, and. I can say Dr. Hamilton's Pills are the best pills, and my letter 1 am sure, proves it." Refuse a substitute for Dr. Hamil- ton's Pills of Manurake and Butternut, sold in yellow boxes, 25e. All dealers, or The Catarrhozone Co., Kingston, Ont. Heat from Rain. Messrs. Muntz end Gendechon have recently experimented in Frame on the heat imparted to the soil by rain, which they think may play a part hitherto un- recognized in the phenomena of vegeta- tion. When the soil has reached a cer- tain degree of dryness % the application of moisture produces a rise of tempera- ture'which is greater in proportion to the fineness of the materials. Coarse, sandy soil is not hated by contact with moisture, while soil composed. mostly of humus is specailly subject to such in- fluence. • *a R,EFINITION OF TACT, (Lippincott's Magazine.) Mrs. Pyne—Mrs. Blank certainly pos- sesses 'fact?" Mrs. Ityne—What is your definition of tact? Mrs. Pyne—That is a woman's ability to make her husband believe he is hav- ing his own way. SHIP TO US YOUR FURS, SK1NS,PELTRIES cso E, IIEWS Our advice is to ship at once because we have matey wafers to fill, and are reedy for your Shipments, foe which we Can pay you the highest prices. We do not know how long the demand will keep up. We Memit wee day shipment is received, hi any fotrn you request, if you to desire we will hold shipment separate until we hear whether our price is satisfaetory, if not, we will re. turn goods, express tharges paid both ways. Write for price Mt and shipping tags, which will be cheer. fully furnished. • Reelerennots, IDorninion Bank, Montreal A* et Em RIE:11401E, et Co. SOO & SO? St. Paid Street Montreal LA GRIPPE Arrested, and Consumption Cured Wit.G.D.Colwell, of Walkerville,Ont. was stricken :Iowa with La Grippe in 1906 and it left him in very bad condition, He says: I was allrun down and bordering on Consumption. I could not sleep at nights, had awful sweats, and coughed nearly the whole time. This is how I was when I began to take Psychine, in a low nervous state; but from the first bottle I began to improve. Itdid marvels for me andbrought me back to health in no time, making a new man of me. It fortifies the body against the attacks of La Grippe and is a sure pre. ventative, I always take Psychine if 1 feel 4 cold coming on and it puts me right in no time." NO HOME SHOULD BE WITHOUT PSYcHINE F•r Sale by all Druggists and Dealers, Stle. Np $t per bone. Dr. t A. SLOCUM LIMITED, TORONTO PSYCH INt PRONOUNCED SI -KEEN ,4•••••••-•-•-•••••ee •-...•-•-1-••-•-•-•44 The Housekeeper SEVERAL HELPS. Boiled ealad dressing will not curdle, but will be smooth and light if stirred frequently while cooking in a double bailer, with a, revolving egg beater, zTo beat bread. sponge quickly use a large size egg beater. It does the same work as a machin.e and is quickly °lean- ed; will also save work in mixing cake batter. A common crock makes a fine baking dish for young ohicken, as it keeps the meat juicy. Melted paxaffin poured over the out surface of a haan will keep the outside slice fresh and free from mold. The par- affin ina,y be melted and used several times. To make cabbage crisp shred and drop into a bowl of iced water an hour before using. A tablespoonful of thick cream added to cake icing will keep ieing from crack- ing. PEANUT BUTTER.. Grind peanuts through meat or fond chopper, make paste with alive oil; two teaspoonfuls of melted butter added to potato cream soup, cream of corn soup oe to many of the other vegetable soups glees a new and appetizing flavor, JELLY 'HELP. Slightly grease jelly molds with but- ter and when jelly or pudding is to be taken out plunge the mold into hot water and. remove at once. The jeUy wiU thea turn out without any trouble. FRESH GRAPES. Select perfect bunches of solid fruit; remove all spideewebs, but do not wash fruit. Dip stem in melted paraffin or sealing wax and either lay upon sheets of cotton wadding, covering with another sheet, or wrap in dark blue tissue paper, twisting ends to exclude air. Pack away in a box oe basket and keep in a cool, dry place, covering closely. Handle care- fully. Have kept them until the second week of February. TO BLACKEN STOVE. In blackiug a stove use a paint brush to apply. the -blacking. You can get in all the creases on the stove and not soil the hands. Then palish with a stove brush. • IJSES OF PARAFFIN. • Paraffin -Which has been used to cover jelly glasses can be melted and used again for the same purpose. Used in ironing, the same as wax. Mix a small lump in the cooked search while boiling and irons will never stick, and gives a gloss. Melted and. mixed with a small quan- tity of glue makes good settling wax. WHEN CAKE BURNS. When layer cake burns on the bottom leave the cake in the tin until cold tied then remove and take a sharp knife and you can scrape off the burnt part with- out spoiling the oake. TESTING CUSTARDS. Always teat a custard wibh: a silver spoon Or lcuife. When boiling custard the knife becomes thickly coated when done. In a baked custard the knife should coine out. clean. SHORTCAKE HELP. Take a finn hold of a piece of silk Viand at either end and draw it through cake as you would a knife. It will not make it soggy like using a knife. This is especially good far splitting hat short- cake, WHEN STMAMING, BREAD. When steaming bread or still° cake for pudding put it into a mall colander and plate in steamer and proceed. as usual. It is much easier to get out when hot, and while the holes in the colander allow the steaan to pass through freely the sloping sides do not allow water to col- lect and cause the food to be soggy and water soaked, as it would be if put in the bottom of the steamer. To make eoeoanut that Iftlit became hardened as fresh as new place in a sieve over boiling water and cover tight- ly for elout five minutes. Removing Water from 011s, A new method of removing water from oils inteaded to be used for insulation purposes in transformers is reported frota lOranee, 'The dehydrising agent used is sodium. This metal is added in small quantities to the oil, when hydro- gen is formed, the sode faling fo the bottom. About three-quarters of en ounce of sodium is added to 20 gallons of oil, more 'being added gradually until no more gas is disengaged. 'The oil eh.ould be shaken up at intervals for period of three or four days, and it is found that the longer the oil is allowed to mature over the deposit of Rada the strnger wilt be its insulating powers. OIL it is said, Oftll treated in the traneforrneee themselves, the Radium be. ing melted and moulded intostieks, whieh are atteehed to wires and plunged into the liquid. Deltydrisation in bulk, however, is naturally preferable. eCONOMICAle iTSle OV GAS SM. E. (By Sarah atunea) A, gee stove may he the most ecopem. lea way' of coeklug et the west expen- sive. lany men have a routea objectien to them owing to the be:reelemt al40 of their gas bills. Some even go so fur a* to bave them ordeled out of the kitchen after they have been inetelled. It is a woman's own Wilt if sueli a tragedy wiles, There is no reason why cooking with gas ehoulet be more. eactly than with a range. If it be it it from carelessness or from not knowing about gas caving utensils.- The waste usually (tomes when one has a maid to run the stove. She should he impreeeed, with lite faet that if bills are bigger the gas will be tuned off. This suggestion is uneally munigh for coonorne. In using a gas stove the flame should be turned, out as soon as it is not mail- ed and ehotad, not be lighted nntil ne- cessary. Matches are cheaper than gas. If there is air notieeable turn off the key and relight. There is no greater waster ef gas. After anything COMPS to a bail turn down the flame until the 'cool:- b4ing Is gasified. lt will keep at boiling point tie as well if gas were burning full More gas is wasted in the oven than elsewhere. Often oae burner will suf- fice after the oven nes been well beated. It is better to run one burner than to turn two low, as they frequently blow o Knowing how to arrange 000king is probably the best way to reduce hills. On baking day, for butane°. when the oven must be lightee, plan to have baked macaroni puncling and baked potatoes for dinner. Cooking utensils should also be chosen with an eye to gas economy. Pots in niers or arranged in triplicate will male bite use of one burner instead of three. When using the tea 'kettle„ takes a fixed time to conic to a- boil and must be kept heated a long time, econo- mize by having made for it a flat lid perforated with holes on the top. Thue supplied, another dish cau be kept hot or things like rhubarb or milk can, be cooked on top while water is boiling. Another important item in gas saving is absolute oleanlinses of the parte of the stove. Where the burners are clog. ged with grease and dirt more pressure is needed to get resulte, not to mention the slovenly housekeeping, Free II 14 Karats Solid Gold Shell Rings We will giro you your choice of oneof those beau- tiful rings, guaranteed 14 karats solid gold shell, plain, engraved, or sot with elegant simulated jewels, for the sale of 4 bozos only. at 250, a box, of Dr. Matarla's Famous Vegetable Pills. They are the greatest remedy for indigestion, constipa• tion, rheumatism, weak or impure blood, catarrh, dili 4eases of the ver and kidneys. When you have sold these! boxes of pills, send us the money Si and the size (,f the ring desired and we will send you, your choice of one of those handsomeRings, plain en- graved or set with precious stones. Send your name and address immediately and we will sond you, post-paid, the Pills and fancy pins which aro to giro away to purchasers of the pills. We do not ask any money before the pills are sold and we take back what you cannot sell. Address The Dr. M'° -"n Medicine Co. 'N Ring Dept 409 Toronto, ont. .vrenrirprin Passports in Turkey. Before visiting Turkey one gets an exaggerated impression of the strict- ness of the passport regulations, but in reality they are nothing more than another device for raising revenue. To explain this I just mention that before travelling in. Turkey one must get a license (tezkereh), costing about five shillinga and sixpence, which has to be vised at various places en route, and for each visa a fee is demanded. If one proceeds without a visa a fine is soon or later extracted from one. In order to step people travel- ling without a license a police of- ficial examines and enters in a book the particulars of all passengers by train; if any one is found with a tez- kereh he is removed from the train and fined, but it is only on the trains that any supervision is exercised. On the caravan roads one is never asked, so that if One wanted to travel un- known to the Government it woeld only be necessary to go by road.— From the Wide World Magazine. 0o* BRaTISH INVENTOR GRAVELLED, (New York Sun.) King Arthur had just invented the Round Table, "Fine!" they cried; "but can't you in- vent a bateau which would have as many drawers for a husband as for a wife?" Sadly he confessed hitnself incapable. THE CHATTPFEC'R'S OVVENSE, (Chicago News.) Tim Judge—Did you arrest this elm!• tette for speedingt • _The Politentan—No. yer i:ouor t pull- ed. 'int in fer obstructed th' road; he wee pin' only 30 miles ent hour, an' be wee eierliplaitted ttbout by them that WAS ridin? at th' regular sate, GREAT EMACIATION SLEEPLESSNESS AND NERVOUS. NESS OURED. If the overly thin peeple know the danger they run from puetunouia mtnd eonsumption they would get a move en ittit:db et Till itl%gxe. etn fit -11;041i yau uneer:ris;c1.1 irei; that wayssand the foliolving statement from Miss Laura Ladenbutg proves lie "1 am a forewoman ina paper box de- patmeet, awl haveto make good. To it stranger corning in it looks easy, but it involves a constant -strain upon the brain and nerves to keep it lot of operators right up to Mete best all the time. Tee first unpleasant symptom WWI pain nt the back of the neck. Sometimes it start- ed eerly, but usually not until afternoon. It made me fidgety and irriteele My mind would eaelLy become eon -fwd., soon found I eouldn't sleep well—had very bad arettillS, and my feet Were sore in the morning. This did. not surprise me, as I had lost appetite, and did not digest well: I grew so thin 1 booms. frightened. Medicines didn't emu to help—the doctor said it was 'nerves. Mother said. .E must use Ferrozone. It had cured her sister of poverty of the blood and wervousuese. I an glad nio- ther knew about Ferrozone, f or it built me up well; I didn't lose 4 day at my work. After the first box my nerves were stronger. t felt brighter, got rid of the pain, and sore, tired feet. I am a strong, ruddy, happy girl, and give Ferrozone all the praise," No other topic contains the nourish- ment, the fattening, blood -forming ero. perties that are so seientifivally ambito ea in Perrozone. Watch the result of taking one or two Ferrozone Tablets with your meals for a month, You'll be surprised. Fifty octal per box, six for $2,00, tit all dealers, or The Catarthozone Co., Kingston, Canada, • • . SCIENCE NOTES. Factories in England use more than one-fifth of the coal produced. Warships require 1,000 to 1,450 feet clear space to swiug around in tidal harbors. Salmon, pike and goldfish are ,sup- posed uever to sleep. Germany can now put 4,750,000 troops in the field, Glass windows are still scarce in the city of Mexivo. It is believed thee only 2,000 buf- faloes are now in existence. Holland has over 10,000 acres de- voted to the cultivation of bulbs,., A railway engiae is equal in strength to 900 horses. A flower cue in the morning will out- live flowers cut later in the day. Wild goats have so multiplied in Ha- waii that they are 210W being destroyed as pests. The dum-dum bellet is named after the place, near Calcutta, where it was first niade. Cavalry officers in Italy undergo a eourse of instruction in pigeon training for military purposes. Meerschaum comes principally from Asia Minor. In Morocco it is used as a substitute for soap. The smallest screws are those made in watch factories. Au ordinary thimble would hold 100,000 of them. Soldiers in the Russian army are in future to carry composses with lumin- ous needles. Two thousand million microbes are sometimes injected into a person's blood to cure disease. The lighthouse of Heligoland lia,s a light of 30,000,000 candlepower. At Nuremberg a lamp ten times as power. ful has been made. The terms "benzene" "naphtha" and "gasoline."--Grettt confusion is caused by well-nown names being given to bodies of a totally different nature from those to which they were at first assigned. Thus benzene or benzol is a well-known product of coal distillation, while naph- tha is the ancient name for ancient petroleum. The coal -tar distillers, how- ever, appropriated the tern "naphtha," which did net belong to them, and the petroleum .distillers have taken possession of "benzene," altering the middle e into 1 Petroleum distillers give the names "benzene," "naphtha" and "gasoline" to products of the distillation of erude petroleum coming over at different' de- grees 'of temperature, and consequently they vary in their specific gravity thus —gasoline is the lightest, and has a density of 95 degrees Bennie, naphtha 80 to 85 degrees Beeline, and benzine 05 to 00 degrees Beanie. The density given on the ridiculous Blame scale ean be translated into specific gravity on the nnatural settle by means of the usual table. ,or DIST,. EMPER Pink Eye. Epizootic Shipping Fever & Catarrhal Fever Surecure and positive preventive, no matter how horses at any age are Infected or "exposed." Liquid, given on the tongue: acts on the Blood and Glands, expels the poisonous germsfrom the body. Cures Distemper in Dogs and Sheep and Cholera in Poultry. Largest selling live stock remedy. Cures La Grippe among human beings and is a fine Ridney Vemedy. 50c and $1 a botUe: $6 and $11 a dozen. Cut this out. Keep it. Show to your druggist, who will get it tor you. Free Booklet, "Distemper, Causes and Cures.'• DISTRIBUTORS—ALL WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS SPOIIN MEDICAL CO., chemists an Getterloloolsfs, GOSHEN. PAD., U.S.A. The Vocal Selection. A wedding was eeeently held in To- peka evaieh was of the fasitionable kind, and there were all sorts of preparations and frills. Among the "features" was a song by a baritone singer of considerable local renown, and just what he was to warble was a matter of considerable discussion. A little sister, 6 years old, of the bride, took much interest in the pro- gramme. "Sis,e she said, "I want to sing at your wedding." "No, dear, you can't sing," was the rejoinder. "But I can, and t want to," she pleseed. "What would you sing?" her father asked her. '"Heaven, Look With Pity,' was her rejoinder, and her father hasn't gat over it yet.—Kansas City Journal. Dahlias and Potatoes. By a curious horticultural irony the dahlia, which is the popular idol of all our early _autumn flower shows, has a dreadfully prosaic!: parentage. It has been developed from the Mexi- can tubers introduced about 120 years ago by the Swedish naturalist, Dr. Dahl, for the purely commercial purs pose of supplementing the potato. They did not "catch on," and the dahlia bush soon. disappeared from British tables, but our gardeners at once perceived the great potentialities of the flower and proceeded to pro- duce the double dahlia and other de- lightful floral fantasies. The tubers and the dahlia, too aerid for our in- sular taste, are still eater; in some parts of France.—Frorn the Dundee Advertiser. 11 • e. tee:. • inifill1110111trinitioditti • . 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TORONTO, ONT. 11111111011111011111(11111111111ifilililliM1011101111-111111° ZIAMES OF MOINES, Give Place to Numbers in This Cour). try, but Net Aboard, When tile lailreads first broke their way througic the preicalices of out fathers (moor the fore's lehind them, as opposed to those prejudices, wits the romantic; affeetion for hie wont. lit 00 Sty wal this more Overly shown titan in tint naming of locomotives, lir and by, OW lane of the priienie, of figures, of standardizel parts, ;than - dotted the flowery nomenelatere of the old, days and in place pei the Thunderer came the 009; the General, was erte- eeeded by ome such Wel Met ite the 146, and the thousand men who Worked upon a single engine made eugine parts tht would as well have fitted. the NO its the 140. 13ut in the old world, attys. the Rail- road. Man's Magaziee, standardintoin of Iarts, rapid buildieg ane pooling of engines were not allowed to rob the mighty flyers of all their romance. In their names i still recorded the popu- lar worship of some soldier idol or glorious battlefield or loyalty to a leader or ruler, The Sebastopol, Inkerman arid Alma were succeded by the Tel-el-KO/1r, Akxandria, Omdurman and Athena which have in turn given place to the Baden-Powell, Ladyemitit, Mateking, Sir George White or Kimberley, while suca names as Beatrice anti Peincess of Wales pay their tribute of popularity to the reigning house. Ev:41 tile first of the most unromantic of .all keg:Bo- th-es the oil burner was clevat.el lath the Petrolea. In fact, so, numerous are the named lottomotives that considerable ingenuity is reugired in the inveution of taw names. The Great Western is now drawing Ivan the flural eingslom, and Hyacinths, Lobelias, Gardenias and other delicate blossoms are blooming smokily along its right of way, while the saints of earth and the angele of heaven have long ago been drown upon to the point of exhaustion—that is, ex- haustion of the locomotive builder's familiarity with them. GRAND NEWS FOR WOMEN Mrs. E. P. Richards Tells How Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured H e I* After Suffering for Twenty-eight Years From Pains and Weakness ,and Sleeplessness—Dodd's Kidney Pills the Only Medicine She Wants Cottle's Cove, Notre Dame Bay, Nfal., Dec. 13.—(Speciale—Grand news for suf- fering women is that being scattered broadcast by Mrs. Elizabeth P. Richaids, of this plaee. For years ehe suffered from that terrible weakness and those agonizing pains so many women know. She hew found relief in Dodd's Kidney Pills, and she wants all suffering women to know it. "For twenty-eight years," says Mrs. Richards, "I suffered from Rheumatism, Kidney Trouble and Neuralgia. I got so weak I could not do my housework. Sleep was out of the question, except for a, few minutes at a time. My back ached so I could not sleep. I tried all kinds of medicine and had came to the conclusion that there was no cure for me, when readin,g advertisements led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I now sleep well and. rise refreshed every morning. Dodd's Kidney Pills are tall the medi- cine I want." The woman who has healthy kidneys will never know the pains and weakness that make life hardly worth living. Dodd's Kidney Pills always make healthy Kidneys. • • CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION. Some Women Who Are Working to Improve Big Towns. 'Women as well as men have been concerned in the work of beautifying cities. And the efforts of some women in this direction are known far beyond the limits of their What a busy hOusekeeper cam do to help in making the city beautiful is well illustrated in the case of Mrs. Sylvia, Chapin Bale, formerly of Trenton, N. J., now president of the town of Belleville, Ontario. Canada, The work. began in a small way. Hav- ing neighbors with children who loved flowers, she first drew the little ones in- to it combination for the beautifying of the rear yards of the block. Unsightly litter was all removed. Vines were planted. Blooming flowers were grown along the division fences. The untidy alley was mado to blossom like the rose. Mrs. Agnes McGiffert Pound, of Ash- tabula, 0., is another example of individ- ual work of far-reaching influence. When she returned, a widow, to her girl- hood's home she did not sit down and mourn, but entered igorously into plans of public helpfulness. She organiz- ed her Ashtabula woman friends into a woman's club for the purpose of civic; improvement. As a result, the town has now a park, school gardens, covered gar- bage wagons, junior civic leagues, etc. As State &Airman of civic improvement for the Ohio Federation of Women's Cubs, Mrs: Ponud has helped the move- ment in all parts of Ohio, this State set- ting the pace for all others to fallow. 4 • • London's Laridlorde. Here is the annual tribute levied by seven peers on the land values of the metropolis: The Duke of Westminster, £3,000,000; Lord Ilowerd de Walden, £2,000,000; the Duke of Bedford, £2,- 250,000; Lord Portman, :e1,820,000; Lord Northampton, 41,000,000; the Duke of .Norfolk, 41,500,000; Earl Cadogan, 41,500,000. Now, whet have these peers done to ereate this enormous wealth? The question answers itself, They have done less than nothing. Their only task has been to receive the torrent of gold 'which the toil of London has poured int their laps. It is the peopk whose industry has ereated these values. ft is they who have made the roads and lahd thc sewers and built the treanwitys. It is they who have raised the feetories Red shops and filled them with the hum of industry. It is they who have borne the erushing inatien of the tatee that have created the values. And the dukes, over whom the Tintee sheds its foolish there have taken set the plunder ansi have given nothing but blenkets in return. They have not even eontributed a penny to the rates, Nor is that ell, At the expiry of the lease �f houses which others have built they hews appropriated even the build- ing:3, and, as in the Gorringe case, levied new and enormous tribute on the indus- try of those who have made those 'pre - Mises arthiable, That soelety ehould have tolerated Ole wrong so long, that im denary should have -Wen able to stagger along ander sueli a burden, is wellatigh frietediblea-Loralon Chrouiele. &it CORNS CURED _ ,11 IN 04 HQUIIS You, ran painlessly remove tmy corn, ettiee hare, soft or bleedieg, Ly applying Putotteee corn Retracton it never emus, takeout) Pear, con lathe no:aide ; Is harmless beceuse composed only of betaing gums end balms, Fifty years hi use. Cure guaranteed, Held by all (traitors zee, ;maim Refuse substitutes. PUTNAM'S PAINLESS CORN EXTRACTOR A mysterious Dieappearan.A As the train rattled along through time darkness the stranger who ha4 join. ed another stranger and, Jnyself itt the smoking compartment stopped short in telling the tale he had begun, lit a fresh cigar and. remarked; "Well, gentlemen, you won't believe It aurvey, but it's A true story. I give you, my word. It acteally happened." He looked like it nein whose word. one might take; a least the risk was fair, as risks of that sort go, and the second occupant of the smoking car expressed himself to that effect. "Well, then," the stranger resumed, "it happened in Paris, I 'ergot the name of the hotel. bet it was a quiet, semi -fashionable sort of place on the right bank of the Seine, in cote of those secluded streets that you can find al- most, anywhere if you know how to look for them. I was waiting for some friends of mine, a mother and her two daughters, who were touring Italy. They had written me that they svoula be on almost any day. In fact, at their request I had engaged two rooms for them, otie of which the mother was to occupy, the two daughters the other. They were ordinary rooms. "Well," he continued, "when my friends came I went to their quarters with them to see If I could be of any service. 1 remember now vividly that n door connected the two rooms and that both rooms had doors leading into the hall. Moreover, the rooms were fur- nished just alike—high beds, dull red carpets, old-fashioned tapestry and wall paper of a peculiar brown color. "In the morning, as I had been re- quested, I knocked at the daughters' door. We were going to see the oity to- gether and we wanted to start betimes. "Ten minutes later both girls came to me, looking rather anxious and dis- tressed. They could get no answer from their mother nor could they get into her room. Roth doors to her room were locked. We immediately summoned the proprietor. "What do you think that Frenchman had the nerve to tell us?" We shook our beads, "Well, he insisted calmly that the mother had not been in his hostelry or it site had that he was in total ig- norance ef the frtet. Protests, contra- diction and all that sort of thing were of little avail. The landlord stood there shrugging his shoulders and shale. ing his head. The hotel register, of course, was called to witness, but the mother's name had been replaced by another signature, and so skillfully that you couldn't detect the erasure," "And then?" asked the man beside 2110".Then," resumed the narrator, "the propsietor marched' us upstairs, exclaim- ing that it was all of no use and that he did it merely to satisfy our curiosity. ffe unlocked the door of the room ad- joining that of the girls, which the mo- ther,had occupied. 1 give you my word it wasn't the same room, or if it was you wouldn't have recognized it. All tho furniture and the hangings were new. Even a light blue wall paper matched in a way the darker blue of the carpet that took the place of the red carpet I had seen on the floor the night before.. There wasn't a trunk—not a• thing anywhere to show that the room had been occupied. Even the bed cloth- ing and the brass bed itself, which stood wrier° the high wooden arrangement luta stood the nigh& before, gaae no signs of haviiig been used," . The stranger looked out of the car window, as if trying to discern in the darkness where we were going. Then turning to face us, after a second or two, he concluded his story with: "Just to relieve your minds of suspense. I'm go- ing to tell you that the mother was dis- covered. Do you know what had hap- pened?" Andoth of us shook our heads. "Well," said the stranger, "the mother had been stricken with smallpox that night. Not wishing to alarm her daugh- ters, she had sent for the proprietor and asked him to call a doctor. And when the Frenchman learned from him what the disease was from which his guest suffered. he became alarmed over what might happen to his summer business and the reputation of his hotel. and he had the patient removed and the room made over before daylight." A whole series of questions rose to my lips and to those of the other listen- er, but before we could put a single one of them the stranger had walked out of the smoker, mumbling something or oth• er about his berth being ready and him- self worn out. "I'm somewhat of a liar myself," was the comment of the man beside me, as he went in pursuit of his quarters for the night, leaving me to ponder over the plausibility of this odd story.—L IC, Friedman in the Chicago News. A LAUDABLE AMBITION. (Sydney Bulletin.) Wifey—There are times when I wish I were a man? Hubby—When? Wifey—When I pass a milliner's shop and think how happy I could make my wife by giving her a new bonnet!" 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And when our work on .earth is done We'll shut the mortal door, And meet the Master oue by Q110 Upon the golden. shore, —Gilbert Brown in the Westminster, Philedelphia. PRAYER. Almighty God, our prayer is that we may live worthily before Thee, serving Thee day and night according te flhy will, end showing forth out of a pure and noble life Thy truth and Thy grace as revealed in Jesus Christ, It is in the name so sweet, so dear, the one great good name we now come be, fore Thee. Our prayer is to he lifted into Thy likeness, to be set amongst Thine angels for purity and strength, yet never to forget that we are men of the earth, the children of time, re- deemed with the great price of the blood of Christ. We desire to set our- selves to Try service without whole heort, end with both our hands; noth- ing would we do reluctantly or of com- pulsion, but everything with the ease of love'with the gladness of a true heart's loyalty—then shall we never be faintness. Arne% THE NEW BERM. What most remarkable change this produceel No wonder Paul say*: "There- fore, if any limn be in Christ, he is a new ereature; old thiegs have passed away; behold, all things are become new" (11. Cote viii. 17). Bleseingsof those who have receiv- ed the new birth' • Paul testifiee of the new birth when he says: "Ye are all children of Godby faith in Christ Je- sus" (Gal, iii. 26). In gal. iv. 0 we read:. "And because ye are sons, OW hath sent forth the epirit of Hie Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." In the next verse he gives us another bless- ing; "If a son, the man heir of God through Christ." Since Ohrist has been appointed heir of "all thnigs," we are "joint heirs with Him" (Rom. viii, 17) by being children. "Forgiveness of sins," the. "robe of righteousness," "joy," and "peace" in believing, are all ours while here in the world; a place at the "marriage feast," "an inheritance among them which are sanctified," being made "like Him when He comes," shall all be ours in the fu- ture. All praise to "Him who has loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and made us kings and priests unto God; to Him be glory and dominion; forever and ever. Amen."— John H. Moseman, in Gospel Herald. NOW OR MAY BE NEVER. I was once in is country town, ono I said to my host when 1 went I.0 ,‘• eI have to be in London to -morrow, and I cannot get up in time for ea work -unless I leave by a tram w.c.. I can .patch readily enough if you waive bleAt six." Well, my hue, e an Irishman, so he woke me in, fo o'clock and told me I had only hour to sleep. The cansequence wae bhat I missed my train. If he had only awoke me at the proper time and said, "Now, you must get up," I should, have dressed at once; but he said, "You have only another 11‘. to sleep," of cou;rse I slept, being The same principle applies to y.m. say to you, Go home and think L cir; all the week." I shall bm giving y week in which to rebel against God, ., I have no right to do so. I shall be g ing you a week to continue an unbeli er; and Ile that is an unbelieve; peril of eternal ruin, for "he that be etLh not shall be damned." Worse ths all, theweek may lead to many ote weeks, to months. perhaps years, chance a whole etereity of woe. I can not give you five minutes. God, th Holy Ghost, speaks by me now to stall wham God hath chosen from before the foundation of the world, and He seys. "To -day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts." The Holy Ghost sa,se, `To -day, even to-day."—Spurgeon. BELIEF IN GOD. Why is 'a belief in Goa essential to man'S salvation, not because God in- sists on His rights as an absolute mon- arch might insist that his subjects pay him proper respecb for his own sake; but because a proper, that is, an intel- ligent well-fottnded belief in God induces in man a state of salvation. Heaven is primarily a state, a state of affection and thought, a state of life, and a belief in God is the first essenial itt the attainment of that state. The divine eommandments are all laws of mee's spiritual life, and the first of all the commandenans is that God is one, and nutet be worshipped. When the teal says, "Except ye receive theking- dem of God as a little thild, yecannot enter therein," He tells us the first step that iS required to enter into the state which eonstitutes heaven in the soul; mid when Tie says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the king - (if heaven." 1Tc expresses the same truth. One cannot learn wisdom which he thinkshe rilready knowe. He must see mot know his toed before he is in it state to be taught. "Ask and ye shall reeeive" is a law of spiritual ife. for one does not risk fol. that whielt he al- ready low or thinks be hes. The state to twelve all the riebes of heaven is that wherein the Lore is (.N3111:41 and sel Nit milli: ter], and hence the first bra tittule is "Messed ,11'.'t the poor in spirit, frw theirs is the kingdom of heaven." It is a state in wnleli cue realized bit need, :Ind realizes that the Lard alone van supply it, and therefore a subsequent beatitude declars.s, 9:11 4A - ea ere they that hunger and third alter righteousness, for they 811611 oe 'Unless we ,are poor in spirit, tua ack- nowledge tile Lord es the soutet of ell ood, irt cannot give us tqAtittial lile, be. Mule WB Will s ,t receive it, Put Wlimi we acknowledge- Ma as tlod end ilee salvo of all gml, Tie (%11 teeth Us adsi lead tts and ,save ItUlp)r.