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EÂ¥en it cross, feveriah, biltous, conâ€" : stipated or full of coid, childran love | the "fruity" taste of "California Fig. Byrup." A teaspoonful never fails to clean the liver and bowels. In a few hours you can see for yoursell how thorough!y it works ali the souring food and nasty bile out of the stomach and bowels, and you bave a well, playâ€" ful child again. Milllions of mothers keep "California 'fivéynp" handy. They know a tom spoonful today savee & sick chtid toâ€" morrow. Ask rour dreggist for geonw Ino "California Fig ".l:r which bas directions for bables children of all agos printed on hbottle. _ Mother! You must say "Ca‘ifornia" or you may gat as imitation 1g syrup. mmy nreasi, wishing thal i had lost a leg at Locs and been comfortably tucked away for the rest of the war. Sure enough I found my man in the Grill Room. There he was, feeding solemnly, with a napkin tucked under his chin. He was a big fellow with a fat, sallow, cleanâ€"shaven face. I disâ€" of gib a mys been couldn story 1 When | Stone the helped to cot d see iile scemed to me inex and terribly far away. angry with Bullivant, ti e&l how fair he had been my own choosing. (Copyrighted Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.) CHAPTER II.â€"(Cont‘d.) ldevilled bones." He sighed from the In about a fortnight, I calculated, depths of his capacious frame. I would be dead. Shot as a spyâ€"a rot-{ I ordered an omele‘te and a chop, ten sort of ending! At the moment and took another look at him. . The I was quite safe, looking for a taxi large eyes scemed to be gazing steadâ€" in the middle of Whitehall, but the ily at me without secing me. They sweat broke on my forehead. I felt as were as vacant as an abstracted 1 had felt in my adventure before the child‘s; but I had an uncomfortable war. But this was far worse, for it feeling that they saw more than mine. was more coldâ€"blooded and premediâ€"‘ "You have been fighting, Major? tated, and I didn‘t seem to have even The Baitle of Loos? Well, I guess & sporting chance. I watched the that must have been soms battle. We figures in khaki passing on the paveâ€" in America respect the fighting of the ment, and thought what a nice safe British soldier, but we don‘t quite gmspect they had compared to minc. catch on to the deâ€"vices of the British (es, even if moxt week they were in Generals, We opine"that there is the Hohenzcliern, or the Hairpin more be‘licosity than science among trench at the Quarries, or that ugly your highbrows. That is so? My angle at Hooge. 1 won<ered why I father fought at Chattancooga, but had not been happier that morning these eyes have seen nothing gorier before I got that infernal wire. Sudâ€" than a Presidential election. Say, is denly all the trivialities of English there any way I could be let into a life scemed to me inexpressibly dear scene of real bloodshed ?" ] amt terribly far away. I was 0T His ansans Laws ons ul plny MQOTHER! MOVE CHILD‘S BQOWELS "California Fig Syrup" is Clrld‘s Best Laxative en rome from Sir Walter Builivant," 1, speaking low. prevents that sinking feeling GREENMANTLE 0 1 Seantlebury Blenkiron. I h you good morning if I saw good in this darned British _ was hunting the Black interest of the problem had keep me going. But now I no probleim. My mind had ) work on but three words work on but three w h on a sheet of paper <of which Sir Walter tkiren?" I aske e my name, si Scantlebury BI e hovering waiter and chair beside the Amerâ€" itt‘e table. He turned on f full sleepy eyes, like a hing tha ind beer r the re at infe triviali ‘ dry toas nt from Be better nourished "Sir Walter is a mine. Pleased to r I guess it‘s NC3 RHOW & COW" | 3 a a sick chtd toâ€" | §i%e,"! Ireggist for gonu iam and l!::‘" which _ PAS | stomach 4 children of jo; to ; bottle. _ Mother! | fl:od pr cowta® anr wan MaT |his is th t. There n with he Moo with m Major Hannay." rat this slcepy ep me. o adopt a diet. sir, and betled toast. It‘s a m the days to a lunch at terâ€"crabs and _ _i wWas yery l1 I rememberâ€" . My fate was BY JOHN BUCHAN. T uncheon, he carte. you in manaveâ€" he said @4 like a wid cat for war contracts. But NU!K because it makes you strong, but I reckoned I would get let into the when you eat candy you get a toothâ€" game somehow, and 1 was. Being a ache. If you drink milk you will be a nootral, I was in an advantageous poâ€" good boxer. So if any boy comes along s“;!u'rl t:): take a hand. s I had a pretty and gets wise with you and puts up }-ofpc time for a while, and then I a fight you can give him a wallop in reckoned I would leave God‘s country th Tj $ to hi and see what was doing in Kurope. 1 C "NOLC _ C you can say vo nuyw, have counted myself out of the bloodâ€" I drank milk and you didn‘t, so I got shed business, but, as your poet sings, the best of you.‘ peace has its victories not less re.: "When you drink milk and the nowned than war, and I reckon that school nurse comes along for you to lme:m.‘. that a mnoctral can have a) get weighed, you will be sure to weigh "_-"“"" in a scrap as well as a belliâ€" enough. Before milk came around to & ":I‘Ilfl't'- the.beat kind.of _ _ the schools the children used to grow I‘ve ()‘“,‘Q_:f h‘(_;;'_d";f "'llmsai(:l "e"“““ty: very hungry at recess time. Before "It‘g dockt Himned ** camj;, j milk came the children used to sit It‘s the right kind," he replied °/. solemnly. "Say, Major, what are still and look very weak. But now your lot fighting for? For your own they make a mad rush for the milk. skins and your Empire and the peace Milk will give you good health and of Europe. Waal, those ideals don‘t strength. When you drink milk, you concern us one cent. We‘re not Euroâ€" grow big and tall. It is not good to peans, and there aren‘t any German be a little boy because all the big boys trenches on Long Island yet. You‘ve| * e made the ring in EKurope, and I#f woe! "â€"â€"=â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"=â€"tnammamenarena s came buiting in it wouldn‘t be the will be the size of Mount Everest, but rules of the game. You wouldn‘t we!â€" if you run out to meet it, it will be a ‘come us, and I guess you‘d be right. hiock you can jump over. . The grizâ€" ‘We‘re that delicateâ€"minded we can‘t zly looks very fierce when you‘re takâ€" jinterfere, and that was what my ing your ticket for the Rockies and ‘friend, President Wilson, meant when wondering if you‘ll come back, but \he opined that America was too proud he‘s just an ordinary bear when you‘ve to fight. So we‘re nootrals. But likeâ€" wise we‘re benevolent nootrals. As I follow events, there‘s a skunk been let loose in the world, and the odor of it is going to make life none too sweet till it is cleared away It wasn‘t us that stirred up that skunk, but we‘ve got to take a hand in disinfectâ€" ing the planet. See? We can‘t fight, but, by God! some of us are going to sweat blood to sweep the mess up. Officially we do nothing except give off Notes like a leaky boiler gives off steam. But as individooal citizens we‘re in it up to the neck. So, in the spirit of Jefferson Davis and Woodâ€" row Wilson, I‘m going to be the nooâ€" tralist kind of nootral till Kaiser will be sorry he didn‘t déciare war on Amâ€" erica at the beginning." I was completely recovering my temper. This fellow was a perfect jewel, and his spirit put purpose into me. hi M hdli +c tss in t cA ind BP + t N + spirit of Jefferson Davis and Woodâ€" _ 1 got a taxi and drove to my cub. row Wilson, I‘m going to be the nooâ€" On the way 1 opened the envelope Sir tralist kind of nootral till Kaiser will Walter had given me. It contained a be sorry he didn‘t déciare war on Am. number of jottings, the dossier cf Mr. erica at the beginning." ‘Blenkiron. He had done wonders for I was completely recovering my the Allies in the States, He had nosed temper. This fellow was a perfect out the Dumba plot, and had been inâ€" jewel, and his spirit put purpose into strumental in getting the portfolio of me. \Dr. Albert. Von Papen‘s spics have "I guess you British were the same tried to murder him, after he had deâ€" kind of nootral when your» Admiral feated an attemp! to blow up one of the warned off the German fleet from inâ€" big gun factories. Sir Walter had writâ€" terfering with Dewey in Manila Bay in ten at the end: "The best man we ever *98." Mr. Benkiron drank up the last had. Better than Sceudder. He would drop of his boiled milk, and lit a thin go through he‘l with a box of bismuth black cigar. Leviy en _ tablets and a pack of Patience cards." ASK gun to interest me. "Waal," he said, "I just waited Lord has blessed me with mon burn, so I didn‘t need to go scram â€" Jileaned forward. "Have you talk ed to Sir Walter?" I asked. _ "I have talked to him, and he has given me to understand that there‘s a deal ahead which you‘re going to boss. There are no flies on that big man, and if he says it‘s good business then you can count me in." da #1 jud so. But it won‘t do to Ynjm‘:::iim risks, I believe in an .zwlu and beneficient Providence, but you have got to trust Him and ve Him a chance. What‘s life anyâ€" nWT For me, it‘s living on a strict diet and having frequent pains in my stomach. It isn‘t such an aimighty lot to give u%’pmn'de.i you get a g:nd price on the deal. Besides, how ig is the risk? About one o‘clock in "You have been fighting, Major? The Battle of ILcos? Well, I guess that must have been soms battle. We in America respect the fighting of the British soldier, but we don‘t quite catch on to the deâ€"vices of the British Generals. _ We opine‘that there is more be‘licosity than science among your highbrows. That is so?t My father fought at Chattancoga, but these eyes have seen nothing gorier than a Presidential election. Say, is there any way I could be let into a scene of real bloodshed ?" His serious tone made me laugh. "There are plenty of your countryâ€" men in the present show," I said. "The French Foreign Legion is full of young Americans, and so is our Army Service Corps. Half the chautâ€" feurs you strike in France seem to come from the States." He sighed. "I did think of some belligerent stunt a year back. But I reflected that the good God had not given John S. Blenkiron the kind of martial figure that would do credit to the tented field. Also I recoliected that we Americans were nootralsâ€" benevo.ent nootralsâ€"and that it did not become me to be butting into the struggles of the effete monarghies of Europe. So I stopped at home. It was a big renunciation, Major, for I was lying sick during the Philippines busiâ€" ness, and I have never seen the lawâ€" less passions of men let loose on a battlefield. And, as a stoodent of humanity, I hankered for the exâ€" perience." big is the risk? About one o‘deck in the morning, when you can‘t sleep, it I ordered an omele‘te and a chop, and tock another look at him. The large eyes scemed to be gazing steadâ€" ily at me without secing me. They were as vacant as an abstracted child‘s; but I had an uncomfortable feeling that they saw more than mine. "You know that it‘s uncommonly What have you been doing ed. The calm gentleman ha chn S. Blenkiron the kind of « figure that would do credit to ed field. Also I recoliected + Americans were nootralsâ€"| nt nootralsâ€"and that it did me me to be butting into the 1 s of the effete monar@hies of 1 So I stopped at home. It was 1 munciation, Major, for I was k during the Philippines busiâ€" 1 d I have never seen the lawâ€" sions of men let loose on a | Id. And, as a stoodent of ‘ Y) I hankered for the exâ€" 1 & | C t have you been doing?" I s The calm gentleman had beâ€" ; nterest me. { ," he said, "I just waited. The s blessed me with money to| _ Ing But "When you drink milk and the school nurse comes along for you to get weighed, you will be sure to weigh enough. Before milk came around to the schools the children used to grow very hungry at recess time. Before milk came the children used to sit still and look very weak. But now they make a mad rush for the milk. Milk will give you good health and strength. When you drink milk, you grow big and tall. It is not good to be a little boy because all the big boys will be the size of Mount Everest, but if you run out to meet it, it will be a hitock you can jump over. . The grizâ€" zly looks very fierce when you‘re takâ€" ing your ticket for the Rockies and wondering if you‘ll come back, but "When you drink milk you grow strong and fat. It is better to drink milk because it makes you strong, but when you eat candy you get a toothâ€" ache. If you drink milk you will be a good boxer. So if any boy comes along and gets wise with you and puts up a fight you can give him a wallop in the nose. Then you can say to him, ‘I drank milk and you didn‘t, so I got the best of you.‘ I went into the little back smokingâ€" room, borrowed an atlas from the libâ€" rary, poked up the fire, and sat down to think. Mr. Bleukiron had given me the fillip I needed. My mind was beâ€" ginning to work now, and was runâ€" ning wide over the whole business. Not that I hoped to find anything by my cogitations. It wasn‘t thinking in an armcbair that would solve the mysâ€" tery. But I was getting a sort of grip on a plan of operations. And to my rélief I had stopped thinking about the risks. Blenkiren had shamâ€" ed me out of that. If a sedentary dyâ€" #peptic could show that kind of nerve, I wasn‘t going to be behind him. I went back 40 my flat about five o‘clock. My man Paddock had gom@ got the siiht of your rifle on him. I, won‘t think about risks til I‘m up to| my neck in thein and don‘t see the road out." | I went back 40 my flat about five o‘clock. My man Paddock had gom@ to the wars long ago, so I had shifted to one of the new blocl:s in Park Lane where they provide food and service. I scribbled my address on a piece of paper and handed it to the stout philosopher. _ "Come to dinner toâ€" night at eight," I said. Here are some testimonials written by children themselves, showing in a variety of ways, how the dairy diet is building strong bodies and minds for our boys and girls. The reading of them will make you laugh and, posâ€" sibly, cry. â€" Robert Glen Harvey, a real schoolâ€"boy, gives us this straightâ€" fromâ€"theâ€"shoulder message: "I thank you, Major. A little fish, please, plainâ€"boiled,. and some hot milk. You will forgive me if I borâ€" row your couch after the meal and gpend the evening on my back. That is the device of my noo doctor." Children Deseribe Value of Milk. No one knows the influence to come from teaching school children the value of drinking milk. The good to be accomplished is inestimable. if more substanlial refreshments are desired. the candles. For refreshments serve candle salad and: salted wafers. A slice of pineâ€" apple with a rinx of green pepper for a handle forms the candlestick. The candle is ha‘lf a banana topped by a cherry to renvesont the flame or a clove for an unlighted wick. A leaf of lettuce and a spoonful of dressing complete the salad. Small cakes topâ€" ned with lighted candles can be added If there is a clever storyâ€"teller or' a good singer among the guests, letl her entertain the company with‘ "candlelight stories" or the old songs' that are forover new and that leave} lasting momories in the minds of; those who hear them in the light of| the eandles® l A race with lighted candles makes a lively beginning and will affo.d much fun if, after it is over, the conâ€" testants are informed tkat it is the one whose candle firs went out that is to be the next bride, and not she whose candle kept alight longest. Wher. that is over the guests gather in a circle and with a lighted candle in the centre of the group, and each one in turn contributes a part of a continued story that relates to imagâ€" inary scenes and incidents in the future married life of the bride. By the previous agreement the guests bring candles for the different rooms in the bride‘s new home,â€"the more artistic and unusual they are the better,â€"and each set or candle shnuldi be accompanied by cards bearing original verses. 1 A charming and novel complimenb‘ to a bride is a candlelight party. The «oft light of candles heightens the attractiveness of any room and for the party should be the only light, ex-‘ ;;m perhaps the glow from an open| re. | Woman‘s Sphere A Candlelight Party. Atgnned Ts |_ Each package of "Diamond Dyes" ‘eontains directions so simple any woâ€" ‘ man can dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses, skirts, weists, coats, stockâ€" | ings, sweaters, coverings, draperies, | hangings, everything, even if she has ‘never dyed bofore. â€" Buy "Diamond Dyes"â€"no other kindâ€"then perfect home dyeing is sure because Diamond ‘ Dyes are guaranteed not to spot, fade, ‘streak, or run. _ Tell your druggist | whether the material you wish to dye |__ The whitening of the hair may be premature, due to some temporary cause, as anxiety or poor health, a process which may cease on the reâ€" moval of the cause. The change in color is usually permanent and is \caused by obscure changes in the nuâ€" | trition of the hair papilla which interâ€" ifere with the production of pigment (coloring matter). _ Prolonged resiâ€" dence in either a very hot or very cold climate will also cause the hair to turn ‘gray. i | _ "Neither," I said. "But you and I are going to disappear from His |Majesty‘s forces. Seconded for speâ€" cial service." First Farmerâ€""Why don‘t you get rid of that horse If he‘s so vicious" _ Becond Farmerâ€""Well, you see,. I hate (to give in. If 1 was to gell that horse he‘d regard it as a personal vicâ€" tory. He‘s been tryin‘ for the last six years to get rid of me." I kept the place on to have a home to go to when I got leave. It‘s a miserâ€" able business holidaying in an hotel. Sandy was devouring teaâ€"cakes with the serious resolution of a conâ€" valescent. "Come, that‘s not so dusty," said Sandy, and began cheerfully on the muffins. "O my sainted aunt!" said Sandy.i ‘"What is it? For Heaven‘s sake put me out of pain. Have we to tout deâ€"| putations of suspicious neutrals over| munition works or take the shivering: motorist in a motorâ€"car where he can| imagine he sees a Boche?" | "The news will keep. But I can; tell you this much. It‘s about as safe) and casy to go through the German lines with a walkingâ€"stick."~ â€" | "Well, Dick, what‘s the news? Is it a brass hat or the boot?" Dye Dress, Skirt or Faded Curtains in Diamornd Dyes is wool or silk, or wlether it is linen colton or mixed goods. Minard‘s Liniment for dfi;l;h. & Colds The hair usually whitens first at the temples, then on top of the head. Hairs first turn gray at the roots, and as the roots are embedded in the hair follicles they can not be reached by fluids applied to the scalp. As hair grows from the root and not at the ends, it wili be understood that in a very short time after the application of a soâ€"called "restorer" the hair will show its natural color near the scalp, while the rest of its length will have the artificial color. There is always danger in using hair dyes because so many of them contain lead, and seriâ€" ous cases of lead poisoning have reâ€" sulted from their use. ‘ Silvery gray hair is much admirecd, and red hair sometimes turns to pale yellow shade which is also attractive. An eminent physician is said to have remarked that the only sensible thing to do for gray hair is to admire it. Gray hair is, as a rule, vastly beâ€" coming, softening the lines of the face, for Nature is cunning cand changes the color of the hair with the age of the individual in order to suit the changes in the skin: "I drink milk for breakfast, dinner and supper, It is better fun to drink it with a straw." "Each year a doctorâ€"comes to the school and weighs â€"us. This year I weigh 101 pounds, and only about two months before when I weighed myself I only weighed 94 pounds." "My New Year‘s resolution this year was, ‘no more candy. I am going to spend some of my money for milk at school instead." "Before taking milk I was not very strong. When I started to drink milk I got very strong and big." "I think milk is better than candy. I am not going to eat so much candy any more." "I feel much stronger now. I drink a quart and a pint every day." "I drink milk now and like it. When I drank milk before it made me kind of sick. But I know a girl that did not like milk but she took it and it made her big and strong, so we startâ€" ed to get milk at school. I also made up my mind to take it. I have taken it quite a while now and like it very much. Milk is very good for you and people ought to drink more of it. I am sorry I did not force myself to take it long before I did." He Would Not Give In. Beauty of Gray Hair. (To be continued.) The only monument to Adam, the first man, is to be found at Bailtimore, U.S.A., where it has been standing for thirteen years. The most suitable sheet brass for making brass instruments comes from France. Dick‘s parents are wellâ€"meaning but a trifle too strict, believing that "to spare the rod is to spoil the child." Artistâ€"*"Yes, my dear, but your first husband was an illustrator of comic papers." A spider‘s thread is really composed of four smaller threads, each of which consists of 1,000 separate tiny threads, so that the thread we see is spun of 4;000 films. Which Made a Difference. Wifeâ€"*"I don‘t see why you never use me for a model. My first husband always did." When Dick was asked by a friend of the family what he would like to be when he grew up, he replied readily, "An orphan." Minard‘s Liniment for Corns and Warts Rubber in Tires. According to an English authority, more than twoâ€"thirds of the rubber produced in the world is being manuâ€" factured into tires of various kinds. In answer to many letters concernâ€" ing gray hair, I might add that noâ€" thing can be done to hasten the change of color so that it will become more uniform. Nature follows her own course and takes her own time. A change of color might be prevented or arrested by freedom from care and worry, good health or change of cliâ€" mate. _ There is a possibility that foods rich in iron, such as spinach and raisins, might also benefit. that bring the larFest return are those properly protected. You can write with confidence to our firm for free report as to patenubfllt{. Send for List of Ideas and Literature Correspondence invited. THE RAMSAY Co. Patent Attorneys 873 Bank 8t. w Oitawa, Ozt. ONTARIO ARCHIVEs TORNTO SUNâ€"MAID RAISINS We‘ve arranged with bakâ€" ers in almost every town and city to bake this fullâ€"fruited raisin bread. 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PATENT ATTORNEYSs | #1,983N® szeset INVENTION S Where Jones Put the Paint. Chew your food well, then use WRIGLEYVY‘S to aid digestion. It also Leeps the fteeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen. The Great Canadian omnanr soamvongss 4 §| *II LABRADOR GOLD STRIKE REPORTZD Bubbyâ€""Fine mird if I invite Bmith ." In the factories where bi are made, specia! machines which cut the cork into th sired. The cork refuse and « left over from this cutting p not thrown away, but aw ground down with m‘xed make fAcorcleoth. The averas a corkâ€"{ree is about forty > each "haervesi," that is to © eight or ten years. In paris where there are cork t:i0es, t} freqnent!ly use the rough cor Ing their butse. They find | double advaniage of Loing | and waterproof. Whilst the peculiar climatic condi tions have, since the summer, preâ€" cluded the possibility of giviag maâ€" terial and tangible proof of the strike in Stag Bay, the belief has long existed in the valuable mineral deposits of the Labrador, together with unsubstantiaâ€" ted reports of discoveries and the authentic information gathcred on the areca by reliable prospectors, lends suppor® to the probability of the existâ€" ence of paying gold in the section, 1t is difficult country in many respects, and the most promising ground is a‘â€" ready covered. Whatever the outcome may be thore would seem to be no doubt as to a rush of some proportion« taking place to that area in the spring. The comin« summer should show the justification or otherwise, Poresis of corkâ€"trees are to be found in many parts of Southern Europe, and also in Asia and Africa; but it is from Spain that the best quaility commercial cork comes. Foreâ€"Warned. Witeâ€""John, the cook‘s a to night I‘m going to give xoi cooked entiraly by myse‘t." The corkâ€"tree resembles an cak, and, in fact, is often referred to as the "cork oak." When the tree reaches the age o" about eight or nine years, the outer hark pec!s of, leaving the more valuable inner bark exposed This first bark is to taick and porons for commercial use, although it | sometimes used for making floats for Ashingâ€"nets. Every eight or ten vears the outer layer of bark is stripped off tain a license for a period of one year by submitting proof 0: such discovery and the pawment of a fee of ten dolâ€" lars, The area of such license may not excooed balf a mile. As many adâ€" joining areas, not exceeding ten, as the applicant wishes may be taken out on the payment of ten dollars each, without the necessity of staking or submitting additional proof of discovâ€" ery. During the past three years siderable interest bas been contr Labrador mineral resources. S of strikes have been frequent, b ground was actually staked and 1 velopments of any kind resulied liable prospectors â€" were, how working over the country and «o a considerable amount of val data. In the summer of 1922, St May of Montreal and Captain J. of Haileybury, two reliahle im authorities, returned from an e: tion to the Labrador soast and out a number of claims on Bug P In a short time the Mines OSNice : Johns was crowded with applica and in a few days claims coveri; area of 350 square miles takon o Newfoundland‘s Mining Law: The disadvantages encounter the prospector and developer i: Labrador is the brief season in 1 he can work. There are pract only two seasons, winter and sun summer beginning early in Jun« the ice forming again in Septo: Navigation by steamer to poixt the coast is uncertain after the m of November. During summer t mate is temperate, and although is considerable rainfall no disoo: need be experienced by the pros; who goes in well prepared. The mining laws are similar of Newfoundland, by which the part of Labrador is owned. NC is necessary for prospectors person making a discovery : . Â¥Yet another region of tho north lan which is probably going to have a gold rush in the spring is the Newfoundâ€" landâ€"Labrador coast. Strikes were re ported in the summer of 1922 in the Stag Bay section of this area, and were followed by extensive staking on th« part of prospectors, in which, in a few brief weeks, more than seven hundred claims were filed, some of them comâ€" prising as much as 320 acres, and ac counting for an aggregate of about 350 equare miles. Nothing has, ol course, been done in the wintor monthe owing to the severe climatic conditions which prevail in that mrea, but it is anticiâ€" pated that, with the opening of epring North Sydney, in Nova Scolia, will h« the outitting point for numerouy ex peditions which are being projected scme of the projectors hbeing [rom : far distant points as South Alrica and Alaska. The Cork Harvest. Fine, my dea very may k is 1 +4 U & nise strike xisted cf the cunpucTeD eÂ¥ PROF. The object of this departm wige of our tarm readers the as authority on all subjects pertai Address all questions to P: sare of The Wiilson Publishing :, and anewers will appear in which they are received. v %lon this paper, As space is Tint Immediate reply is necessary Gressed envelope be enclosed the auswer will be mailed dire €Copyright by Wiison | ut this coming spriog on a j loam, which 1 manured the wu sowing of seed. As to take a first cutting of a eran of seed off this gro “hl geason, can you a good analysis of ferl eould profiishly: app!y early this soring (say early ts s apply it wi have one of Answs« of lime, even hefore off. 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