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HISTORY OF SPICES INTERWOVEN WITH EARLY ROMANCE AND WAR Nowaday* the nations ot tlie earth c&u gKl uij u treiui'iidous amount of exollemeut over oil wells and nibbcr trees. And U hasn't been so long •lth«r slnco some of our ancfstore used to pop out 'rem behind a palm- cover«d Island to taku a pot shot at the SjHiiilHh treasure galleons . Uul It baa been hundreds and hundreds of years since cIovph were a part of a bride's dowry and men sold th(> shirts off their backs or bartered their Im- morul touU to bring back a cargo of cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper to some chilly city In northern Euroi>e. It may bo gasoline the world ntfds nowadays or a good 5-cent clgur. But once upon a time, long before Que»'n Eliiabeth was putting the flirty young prlnco« of Europe In their pl«c««, merchanta wanted ginger, rhubarb and the pro- clous root called galingale. lu the Middle Ages the spices came across the deserts of Arabia by camel train, traveling at night usually to es- cape the burning sun. Sometimes the merchants came from the mysterious lands to the east by way of the freez- ing Caucasus, where men were alter- nately robbed, frozen and burned by pillaging trlbe«, mountain snow and desert sun. Some Spicy Hlatory. It was all very mysterious to peopl« Itt the north. They knew that the •ploes eventually reached the rich city of Alexandria, In Egypt, where Ger- mans from Bremen, Ilallans from Genoa and Venice and Flemings from Ghent used to go In their crazy little •hlp« to buy their cargoes. There was a theory abroad that Fomewhere near the headwaters of the Nile was the Paradise of Adam and Kve There was a river In Eden culled Glhon. and the sptoe trees bent over it. They dropped the spice Into the river. It rtoated down the N'lle to Alexandria, and the Egyp- tians guthered it up to sell -the ptr- atoa! All they did wan to collect It, but they charged ouormoua prlcea for It Just the same. I Absolutely Necessary. I Ont- thing was certain, however, cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs and maco were absolutely necessary In medlroval cooking. They even put pepper into their eweetened pastry, and their meals were always stuffed with every- thing from sugar and honey Ui subebs. Tbey had to do It. Breeding tat cat- tle for food in those days was not what It Is now. Besides, even Charlemagne or Frederick Barbarossa had no Ice boxes. When the moat became a little bit rank the lnii>erlal cooks used to disguise it as best they could. Some of the recipes Indicate that they were not unsuccessful. Our own mince- meat goes back to the days when everything wa,s spiced to the limit. It Is practically the only descendant we have of mediaeval dishes. The kings and nobles knew that spices were Indispensable to a well- kept table. A skylark wa« best cooked with raisins and cinnamon. A venison pasty ne«ded cloves and nutmeg, and so did wine. When an ambassador went on a Journey the king gave him an allowance of cinnamon and carda- mou and other things to take along. TEN GOOD HINTS FOR PAINTERS Red>Letter New Testament. Bind up three hundi-ed pages In a book, TvL'ed large for wonderlns childish ,. . , . j w ~ •"' * ," Every one about the farm and home ey«» to claim i And wear It fa your pocket wUere non» *»>ould be able to do a lltUe occa«icaal .Jock > paloting, and do It •kllirully. Tb-e fol- 1 Upon your trofl»ure In morocco frame; , lowing simple hints have been gather- ' Print all the Master's words In crimr ^j j^^ practical experit- nee. and from | ^o" '"'' ,. > cabinet-makers of ilie old school; all And you wU see how very few they . ^, ,^g„, ^^e tried and tested. Theyj *"*'*• I iliouid help the amateur. I But on the Icaat of all their phrasea ; , „. ,, ,,, ,. .. „ ^. . I I. lurpentine will soften putty as j _. J , w » .1. I #„i 1 „!,. 11 quickly as oil. To keep putty moist The seed of beauty thouaand-fold shall , . ,' , , i , , and pILable, place en a ttlce of ghtaa or | tin. I If ye ! ''â-  'I* thinning prepared paint, al- j ways follow directions printed on the . label grow. Rt. Hon, George H. Roberts Former minister of labor and food con- troller ot Great Britain during the transport strike In 1919, who believes that the great strike lu England goes beyond the immediate question of wages, but Is aimed at nationalization of the mines. Failure of the strike, he sayB, will mean crippling of the uutone for many years to come. ♦ , Marvellous Memories. I am the Light of the World, believe i Yo may remove this ntountain to the j sea. i 3. If you stand brushes In water I Ail things ye a»k In prayer ye shall : overnight, do not sink them below the' receive. i bristles, or the wood will swell and | Ix>, 1 am with you always. Follow me. ; buret the casings. The be»t stunt Is i i And, If it were not so, I would have I told. Oh, these are words with more than edge of Keld. - -Isabel Flske Conant In Christian Science Monitor. "Evil Communications Cor- rupt Good Manners." | "Train up a diild In the way he ; should go," Is an ofl-quoted saying of j tlic wise man, which is emphasized by i the friends and workers of the Sun- 1 day school in the moral teaching of ' the youth of the land. Thousands of boys and girls have received excellent' training In the Bible through the ef- : £ort.s of faltliful and aelf-sacrlflcing teachers lu the Sunday schools. But what about music? Has the average Sunday school scholar ac- quired a taste for the higher and bet- ter music through the hymns that have been sung from Sunday to Sun- day, or has he acquired a taste for the light and frivolous, one might almost say the "jazz" of so-called sacred j music. Some Sunday school.^ have bravely | tackled the muB-ic problem, and have ma<le serious effort to secure the best leadership in the best music available. | But too often there Is a haphazard selection of the hymns to be sung, and the light, lilting modern tune Is used to some frothy rhyme that teuche.s ab- . Bolutely nothing of the Kreat truths of the Christian religion. "Evil commuuicalions corrupt good I mannere," is anollici- proverb that may : be used in this conneciion. Children love to ijing good music, but give them a few Sundays of the ligliti^r Bluff, and they lose their taste for the better, j The be<it music is never too good for I i Sunday school, and even though It' may seem a llttlp more difllcult to lu- ' troduce It, a few Sundays of careful prearrangem<-nt, and Just as careful teaching, will give the scholars an add- 1 e<l zest in the music. I The Home Tcwn. Man loved not Athens In her golden days More tenderly than these the tree- lined town. Which, lacking muses for a wilder piAlse, Uve« In their hearts In still and sweet renown. The market square, the wagons In the dawn. The sitreets like rauaic when their namee aire said. The Sunday eplre, tibe green, untram- meled lawn â€" These be the things on which their hearts are fed. â€" David Morton. Eating Sunlight. When the scientists began to Investi- gate the riddle of cod-llyer oil they found that thte oil had more dlsease- aghtlng properties than any other known subetance. What made It so Among the various feats of memory : p^j^^^ ,„ combating 111-liealth? which have been recorded from time j^ ^^ ultimately aaoertained that to time, the achievement of a member ooj.jjgh, from whose liven* this oil la of the staff of the Prussian State p^pared, feed entirely upon a eea- Library deserves a special niohe. | vegetable which floats upon the »ur- He has specialized In weather re- j^^^ „, ^^^^ water. In other words, ports, and claims to remenAer exacUy ^j^^y j^^ ^p^jj gun-drenched food and what sort of time we had on any day : no,t.t,lng else. that can be mentioned between 1881 and the present year. Name the day, and he will tell you all nbmit it â€" ho will even give you the ofllcial ther- mometer and barometer readings. His claims have been tested by the Meteorlogical Society of Berlin, and, aocordlag to reports, that body has been quite unable to "catch him otit." Memory, of course, la largely a mat- ter of training, and some marvellous But It was a long time before any- one thought of applying this know- ledge in a practical way to other foods. That has now been done. The action of sunlight upon disease has long been known and understood. The unseen, but potent ultra-violet rays fortify the blood against Invading germs. The same results are obtain- able by means of artiflclal sun lamps. But it is not yet possible to give this Undismayed. "Fall in!" sounded Uie silvery notes of the bugle, and the men rushed to talio their places. "Dress by the rightl" roared the ser- (iftant. The men shuffled luto n straight line. But the .sergeant, aij old soldier, was not satisfied. "C-ome forward. McOlntyl" he cried. "McGiiity's not here." said a voice. Tlie sergeant frowned but was un- daunted. "Come forward, ihi- man next to him, and sharp's tlie word!" was his command. Many Canadian people will respond to the national appeal for tlie protec- tion of the forests for the sake of pre-, serving the natural beauty of llie land.' i-'ongbirds are heard niost Joyously [ where trees are plentiful, where thcv mst and live. Tree-planting on the prnirles has been accompanied Dy a welcome Increase In bird population. Happily' the leaders of all pariios iu the Federal I'arllament and in the pro- vinces are united In indorsing the na- tional crusade to save the forests. 'Twas Ever Thus. Tlie leiuliog soprano of a touring opera company (not iu itiis country, be it added) was an extremely attrac- tive lady. Her charms one night in- spired a .vouiig man In the audience to try to see her behind the scenes. Interviewing the munuger, he begged to be allowed to speak to the prima donna, and went on to say: "You're lucky! You see her every day. Aren't you in love with her'?" "Rather!" was the reply. "Oh." said the young man, "her huBbaml, perhaps?" "No," said the manager "lier son." The enamour- ed one l»ft, hurriedly demonstratlonfi of tbe extent to which ] treatment to all slok people. Many it can be cultivated have been given ailing people, especially lltUe children, from time to time. ji^^ ,„ remote districts, fax from, the Datas, for Instance, would put a date n^rest artiflclal sunlight clinla How -and the correct date-to any event ^^re these patients to be treated with you liked to name; while another cul- sunlight? tlvator of the same branch of know- T>i,e solution came when It was de- ledge, a stoker, memorized the whole gj^^tj jq g^ ^hat effect food radiated of Haydn's "Dictionary of Dates." , u^^r these powerful Ilgrht-batterles One of tlie pioneers of steeplechas- ^.^^.^j have upon the sufferers. In a lag. Colonel Cliarratie. had also this : northern hospital food was radiated, amazing knack. He once memorized ; packed, and distributed to remote pa- to haug them in raw Unseed-oll, so the 1 bristles are just covered. In a covered vessel. , 4. To remove fresh paint from any- thing. Including brushee, use gasoline. Its action la far more rapid and per- fect than turpentine, and it is much more pleasant to use. 6. To put a new brush in proper con- dition for painting, dip It In paint and l»y it aeide for several hours, turning it over ones duriojr this time. 6. An oil stain like mahogany can be put on a hard and glowed surface without say roughing of the surface. 7. To paint wicker-work, thlu ths paint so that 11 la runny, and use a long-brlst:« brush that U llmbtr la the bristles. 8. To refinish a hard surface that has become scratched and bruised. It Is not necessary to burn away and scrape away all of the old surface. All that Is required Is that it b'j .uuthsi slightly yet evenly with medium-grain- ed sandpaper. Such a roughed sur- face win grip the flrat coat of flat paint. 9. Before us'lng paint that has been sundlng. strain carefully through a wire screen with a fine mesh so as to remove all foreign particles. 10 Ji hard or enameled surface can b« given to anything painted If to each coat ot the flat paint there be added clear vamlsli, In the proportion ot two of paint to one of varnish, or half-and- half. This varnish wll set the surface hard, and will not chip off so easily at cheap enamel. The varnish eaD.J)s added to paint of any color without afleoting that color. â€" ^A Rutledse. When May Arrives. When May arrives, all hearts forget The winter time of dark regret With lilac fragrance on the air. And bloeeoms bursting everywhere, Oould any mortal grieve or fret! The winter's timid sun has set. Rude March a sombre fate has met. And Princess April seems lese fair. When May arrives. Old Nature is not bankdcpt yet: Now Beauty comes to pay her debt The gardens ridicule despair: Could any weep â€" would any dareT WThen May arrives! â€"Thomas Curtis CJArk. the day'« issue of a newspaper, adver- tisements included, for a wager. After these teats, the ability, en- tients. How were results to be checked? One of the diseases' readily curable by Joyed by Macuulay and Uird Rando'.ph i artificial sunlight is rickets, which Churchill, to repeat a page of priut af- ter a single reading seems a small thing. In a Straight and Narrow Way. Dryden â€" "Drunk again! My friend, do you know where drinking leads a man to?" Wotmore^"Sure ! It leads him right to the places where they sell It." CaiMuiian Capital's Centenary. In tbe plans for celebrating the Cen- tenary of Ottawa, the Capital of Can- ada, next August, the tact that Mar quls wheat was originated at the Cani/- dlan Qovernment Exi>erlmental Farm In the city Is to be emphasized. By this discovery in 1904, Dr. Charles B. Saanders, who was then the govern^ ment cerealist, has Increased not only the agricultural wealth ot Canada by many millions of dollars, but also that of the hard wheat growing area of the United States, tor 90 per cent, of the eprln« wlieat grown In Canada and 60 per cent, of that produced In the States Is Marquis, This famous variety of wheat, which has won more worId''s prizes than any other, la the product of the development of experiments with a number of other hardy strains. Mar- quis wheat not only revolutionized wheat growing In Western Canada and the northern s-tates of the middle west, but It reduces the period between seeding and harvesting from 120 to 110 days. This meant that wheat of tbe finest quality could be garnered well In advance of the time necessary lor the ripening of the former varie- ties and dimluished the risk from nist, frost. A Two-Ton Carpet. (Meaning at Windsor Castle is a her- culean task. The special dread of the royal spring cleaners is beating the two-Ion cjirpet wlilcli covers tlie tloor of llio .Waterloo Chamlicr- tlie royal diningroom, during .•\sool week, when the King and Queen iiiuke Windsor their headquarters. It take*; sixty men to c;iriy this ma"- leaves bones soft. A number of small rickety patients were X-rayed before the 8un-impregnated food tre.itment was started. And they were again X-ni}ied after a course of sun-food. | 'Wide must the poet wander The Poet. The pictures showed that bone had actually been formed by tlie sunlight ab.«orbed Into the food. Sure Proof. A particularly sour and plain-looking woman had come to consult the doc- I lor, and was eiplalniug her symptoms. "Do you know, doctor," she said. "I'm sivo "rug" downstairs to tlie luwns. ' "'Iways thinking tlwt a man Is (oilow- Blglity feet long an<l 40 feet wide. It la '»K "'«• I^o you think 1 suffer from the wonderful carpet which took the hallucinations?" prisoners weave. of -Vgi-a seven years to Spider Eats Birds. The bird spider of South ,\merlca catchcH and eats small birds. FRANKNESS AND TRUTH By Mary E. Stover. A nelgtihor had volunleerod to slay with little Ruth and Kllwood wlillo their mother went slmpplng "Do they know that you are going?' this wo- mMii asked, when she appeared ir. the kitchen doorway with u knitting bag over one arm. ".No, I haven't told them yei, but there'll be time euoiigh before 1 start : for my car" "Don't say a word to them' 'I'liey're playing ail riglit now, and yon can slip' out this back way without their sus- [ psctiug a thing. They may uoi miss ' you for an hour" The mother hesllaled. but only for ^ words wlUi which to make a inciriil reply. She decided ihat cHiidor uas best. "I couldn't slip away from the olilklren so It woiilil be too great a strain on their faith in ine. They have I a right In suppone ihal they will find nie at home or < Iso know when and where I went Just as It Is my right In <>xpect the same of them. If I should i slip away in secret, they might feel tboniiinlvsa Ju«'tl(l«*l In following the •«m« course." j The aocmnmodating neighbor Is cbi'dless; but her troubled eyeii have J wftKhed big snd little children, even I to tJioae of »U f(N)t site. sllnkiDg away | to iilacen and iximpanlonsbtp of which ' ihfiT pflr^HlR would not approve. | "I don't know how often deceitful ; children are the result of deceitful par- j ♦nit», but I ru««» )-nur way la best, I though It must bring <in u lot of tcas' lug and fussing every time you leave home," slie sighed. "No, it doesn't. From liabylioud both the <liildren liave been accustom- ed to my l)idtlinK thcui good-live for a Httle while They know that I will never leave ilicm uncared for nor stay away an unreasonable time Come, let mo introduce you a.s their temporary uuntle; then listen to our faicwells." The good-hearted tieiglibor followed outdoors with some misgivings, but she found Ihal these children took their molhcr'tf going sensibly .^fter watching to wave their gay "liankips" US she turned Hk! comer. Iliey con- tentedly weni hack to tlieir play. The nolphbor recalled thoughtfully the flc<'ut'ii In which hor young neph- ews and nieces always indulged when they found their parents gone. -"This must be aiu)tlier pimif Ihat honesty's the best policy Willi cliildreu espe- cially when you begin with It from the first," was her I'ximfortable derision as she cat knitting in peace. It Is the bent iioll<'y (o be honeel and frank with children. I»erelt may seem more profitable for h while, but It brings a |)eualty In suspicious child- ren who naturally fall Into deceitful ways themselves. Indeed, whoever Is troubled by deceitful traits In a child should wan her own ways and speech with care. I >eoelt fulness and candor both seem to be highly contagious to children It is for u« to choose whloh thsy shall "oatch" from us. Hockey Among the Irish. The rather actlvt- game of hockey does not lit the temi>eranieut of Irish lasses of to-day. It would appear from cimiplalnts made by spectators, who asfiert thai the players are addicted 10 "bad language." on the Ilekl. OfB- cials of Ireland's g«ivornlng body fur that sport are llttW> concemetl, believ- ing the colleens will demivnte their utterances without oompiilslon. "Absolutely certain you do, madant," came the prompt reply. Clamps for Concrete Moulds. Notched metal clamps have been In- vented to hold the forma used for mak- ing concrete columns, to save time and labor. « By the overflowing of the Yellow River, an area of more than 1,600 square miles of China has recently been flooded. This is stated to be the worst flood since 1887. To garnish his golden cells. For in yesterday and In yonder Tlie secret ot poesy dwells. K Is where the rainbow resteth. And the gates of the sunset be. And the star lu the still pool nesteth. And the moon-road lies on the sea. â€" F. W. BourdlUon. Brought to the Bar. A lawyer Is a member of the bar simply because he has been actually admitted yi&st the bar used In courts to separate court people from the wit- nesses or spectators. The expression, "brought to the bar," was used In France when an average ot fifty per- sons were daily taken before the actual bar before being sent to execution. Of Course. School Teacherâ€" "Now, who was the father of the Black Prince?" Bright Ladâ€" "Please, sir, old King Cole!" ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES W^A OH MR A0AM50N. rve coms to wy '»o^^ THE PE^4NY FOR T"^ STAMP YolGi.v«MeuK?L:i:5i!II- l^lBl^A etc. it also meant that hard spring wheat could be cultivated much I further north, and brought millions I of acree In Western Canada within the wheat belt that hitherto had been thought to be beyond the cultivable zone. I This year a new variety of wheat known as Garnet is being Introduced that by proven tests promises to bring about a further revolution In the grow- ing of hard spring wheat, for It la hardier than Marquis, will ripen quick- er, and can cousequently be grown much further northward. It will, there- fore, open up millions more acres In Western Canada to successful wheat growing. Marquis wheat will, how- ever, continue to be a popular variety throughout a large section o fthe Cana- dian West and the United States and in view ot Its contribution to the food supply of the world and the agricul- itural wealth of North America, Us dls- jcovery Is properly to be noted lu the .features connected with the centenary celebration of Ottawa, now a city of such engaging beauty and charm that it is often called "The Washington of the North" Dr. Saunders is now living In retlre- Iment In Ottawa, his birthplace, on a I handsome annuity granted by a coun- |try that appreciates his great contri- bution to the science of agriculture. « Readers of Classics. I know not how It is, but their com- merce with the ancients appear* to me to produce. In those who constantly praotlo© it, a steadying and compos- tag effect upon their Judgment, not ot literary works only, but of men and even** In general. They are like per- sons who have had a ver>' weighty and Impressive experience thoy are more truly than other under the empire ot facts and more Independent ot the language current among those with whom they live. -Matthew Arnold. Proof Positive. i'he twin sisters had been misbe- having and had been sent upstairs without supper and with strict Injunc- tions to go to bed and s.tay there. "Mother. ' called Betty, "what do you think? Susie's got cut ot bed and 1.* walking about the room, and you kuow what you told us." "Ye»." answered her mother. "I know what I told both ot you -not to get out of bed. Hut how do you know that Susie's not in bed? There's no light lu your room." "How do I ki»ow!" cried BotL» In- dignantly 'Why. I've Just bumped In- to h?r iu the dark." ^ Vegetables. Ix)ng before some sleeping folk I Are thinking to begin j Their dally tasks, I take my knits, riaaii and sharp and thin. 'And with my basket on my arm tiardenwards ! go, j Where so wetly and eo green The vegetables grow. Chinese Medical Women. A medical school for ;>hhtirae viunss has been estabUshed In Sh«aa^«t,