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! we=s . ~wTie Brel appleshaped frutts have' To the 'fruit of this © to the effect of its foliage, is due its ~ « evil name. Manzanillo in Spanish means - "Httle apple" and in the 'Paplamento t e of the blacks of ties furan, Duich rest. Indies, living in eft little thatched huts, the name | anijlo is pronounced but slightly frerently from the Spanish. $ It has been stated by Spanish writers that if one remains under its hade for a few hours or sleeps there sibath is likely to follow, or that even £- Ait the unfortunate escapes death the ~~ body will become a mass of running ores. The deleterious properties of the shade of this tree have, however, been greatly exaggerated, and as for the actual poisonous effect of the . leaves and shade considerable diver- sity of opinion still exists, as is the case with the poison ivy of the States, tempted many a stranger to a much- regretted meal. | As recently as the summer of 1916 an officer of @ Dutch steamer had a narrow escape from gerious poisoning, emetics and stom- ps alone saving his life. years ago 54 members of the | / a German ship were taken to the local hospital all very sick from having eaten the fruit of the Man- zanillo. Five of this number died and the rest, after serious illness for several weeks, recovered. As is the case with the question of the leaves and shade, there are many accounts of the effect of the fruit. To quote from one writer "A fish which eats the fruit becomes infected, the gills becoming yellow and black, and _ one who eats the fish in this, state is "said to fall into a profound lethargy, with a general relaxation of all the _ limbs, according to the amount eaten" The tree when cut exudes a quan- tity of white, milky juice, in the same manner as the common rubber-tree, and to most persons this juice has the same effect as our poisondvy. How- "pver, if this acrid milky juice reachey "the delicate membrances = of the eye, temporary and often permanent blind- . ness is sure to follow. The Manzanillo is a native of the West -Tmdian Islands' and" is usually: "moist situations. - a sopolitan character of the present war than some figures that the British and Foreign Bible Society recently gave out. Since the war began, the society has distributed for use, by friend and foe, in trench, dugout, prison camp, barrack room, battleship and hospital, more than six million * books in sixty languages. at- oe of: Jt should be added that Dr. Williams' {on the ge only sure way. haye a beneficial effect up- th. They increase i] £38 2 * "hrap. From the haunts where death keeps { 3 | of fire little seventy-five. 2 _of 'the hospital, I found a' 'nurses, with helmets ' on! s, and with stretchers, too confused to. act, and my poor wound-! ed soldiers lying very frightened in, the dark.' As soon as possible, I got! 8 service, on the! a From the shot swept and the With fiery breath and steel's hot will. Crimson the trail to the sunset far, are ; Westward is peace beyond the din Where the gray ranks meet in -the dawn mist thin. si the trail to the quiet skies the great guns' threat into si- Glorious Though love behind knows the old the trail that the brave heart eartaches-- Over the hills where the sun goes "down © 3 : To vales eternal of bright renown! --Arthur Wallace Peach. ent sri. FARMS FOR OUR SOLDIERS To Tend Heroes' Graves. Some twenty women gardeners who have been trained at Kew Gardens, tree, more than ; | the appetite and energy and cure dis- "| 1edicine dealer or by-mail at 50 cents s for $2.50 from The edicine Co, Brock-| "la box or six '| Dr. Williams ville, Ont. PREPARING THE BULB BED.- No Garden is Complete Without a Dis- play of These Exquisite Flowers. Tulips, hyacinths and other autumn bulbs should be set out in"flctober, or eases that arise from impure blood. 'thasement, and by the time I had lined You can get these pills through any all who could be moved d L pete a m gw nto the| Lt.-Col. George McLaren Brown, the ' Buropean manager of the C.P.R, London, are going to France, where they will take. up the duty of ténding the graves of our dead soldiers. This November will do if the ground is un- frozen. It is well, howe to make a mental survey of the en, decide where the beds are to be made, what the shapé and size is to be, éstimate the quantity of bulbs and varieties wanted and place the order for early delivery. - A little later the beds can be prepared. Turn under a liberal supply of stable manure if it can be had, and make the beds deep" and mellow. J Set tulips four or five-inches apart and about five inches deep; hyacinths six to eight inches apart and about the samé depth as for tulips. two or three inches apart, and these also require a depth of about four or five inches. ° : : Where the soil is rich and deep a pleasing effect is produced by setting the bed full of bulbs so closely to- gether that there will scarcely be any space between them. from the apron of the Cross Nurses. It is most practical, completely covering the skirt, with a bib that fastens to the dress beneath, or is held up by suspenders. McCall Pattern No. 7961. French Apron. In 8 sizes; small, medium and large. Price, 15 cents. These patterns may be obtained, from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. ei romaine BABY'S OWN TABLETS ALWAYS IN THE HOME Mrs. Eugene Vaillancourt. St. Ma- thieu, Que., writes: "My baby suffered greatly. from constipation so I began using Baby's Own Tablets. I was sur- prised with the prompt relief they gave him and now I always keep them in the. house." Once.a mother has used Baby's Own Tablets for her little ones she always keeps a supply on hand for the first trial convinces her there is nothing to equal them in keeping her little onés well. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from . The Dr. Willams' Medicine Co., Brockville; Ont. ranma iran SUBMARINE MINING. Gold is Carried on 'in Shal- lows of Bering Sea. Few people know that men are so greedy-for gold that their quest for the precious metal leads them to carry on mining operations under ihe sea. Submarines or diving apparatus are not used. The miners are assisted hi Winter, the same stern season deprives gold ers in Alaska from extracting ore from the earth during Quest of | a greater part of the year. When Bering Ses, off Nome, takes on a coat of ice in Winter, the miners get. operat under the sea.| Gareful planters make the beds ear- | ly--that is, «lig them up and work in the fertilizer and allow the beds to settle, At planting time four or five inches of the soil is removed; leaving a level surface on which to set the bulbs. , To fill the bed with bulbs first set a row of early flowering tulivs, such as Pottebakker scarlet, crimson scarlet or Artus, bright red. Set these six to eight inches apart. When the row set between each bulb of early tulips and in the same row a bulb of some Darwin tulip of a different color, such as Clara Butt, a soft pink. In placing the second row set the Darwin tulips as the early tulips in the first row, a exactly in front of an early tulip in e first row. When the Darwin tulips have been placed in the second row set an early tulip in the same row be- lips in the second row will be exactly in front of the Darwins in the first Low. \ The first two rows of tulips having been set, place between the bulbs in the rows crocus bulbs, and then tuck in as many snow- drops and scilla siberica as there is room for between the crocuses. Go on in like manner until all the rows-in the bed are completed, then carefully replace the topsoil that has been re- tion of the bulbs. After the.ground has frozen a light covering of strawy manure or straw may be given. The result will be that about as soon as the snow goes next spring flowers of the snowdrops and scillas will ap- pear, beautiful little white and celes- tial blue flowers, followed by the crocuses, while the foliage of the tu- "| peared: or 'before: the bed will be a Leia rod or scarlet, according to the of early tulips planted. These adually droop and fall about tulip beds fade, but w a br t red ned suddenly into a ---- Useless Argument. fond of playing with her erself "little Cro-| cuses and snoWwdrops are usually set| of early tulips has been set in place, first, so the Darwin tulips in the sec- ond row will be in the same position, Darwin tulip in the second row placed, tween the Darwins, so the early tu- | tween the rows and moved so as not to disturb the posi-| ,|alr-at 9,000 yards' distance across d --like a need! with a broken eye, gan to arrive--soldiers, old men, wo- men and children--several dead when they arrived. By this time some of the surgeons appeared, and there be- ing enough to attend to the dressings downstairs and none above, I went back to my- floor with two wounded men--one, a brigadier with both legs blown off, or, to speak more accurate- ily, hanging by.a few shreds of ten- don. I gave him serum in floods, and other things, but the shock was too great; he died toward morning, amid unearthly thunders, begging me comfort his 'poor wife and little ones.' "And so I passed that terrible night, "all alone"up there under the roof, with ; only a wounded man to help me. When , the first thrush sang out among the poplars and the town siren shrieked that there was no more danger, I trot-| ted home for my cold bath before be- | {ginning another day. The Boches' had left 300 visiting cards. Imagine, the havoe wrought upon the tiny town of Epernay!" i Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gents,--A customer of ours cured a very bad case pf distemper in a valu- able horge by the use of MINARD'S LINIMENT. Yours truly, VILANDIEYFRERES. Plants For House Culture. The following plants will do well in the temperature of an ordinary living room, where the plants will have the afternoon sun: Abatilon, ageratum, astilbe, amaryllis, asparagus plumosus nanus or asparagus fern, aspidistra, aucuba, azaleas, bouvardia, bougain- villea, callas, camelia, coleus, clivia miniata, a lily like plant; coboea scan- dens, cyperus, farfugium, ficus, fuch- sias, geraniums, including scented and ivy leaved varieties, heliotrope, hibis- writes to the "Tariff Reformer and | Empire "Monthly," in England, urging 'a comprehensive scheme by which the returned soldiers could be placed on | the land in so far as they desired it-- 'a scheme by which lands closed to the lis a first contingent, and others will follow. Minard's Liniment Cures Burma. Hte. Publ Would be Full pened Up--30% | ett Baer ye from he it few parcels of land, such as were | op oulders down. Those who get the noticed in the press, and which would big salaries do their work above the 'mot give a square foot -to all Who | po nqane | might seek this means of settlement, | 'but a plan by which large numbers | cus, lantanas, lobelia, palms, sans- veria, vinca, rex begonias and some of the annuals will do well, such as ' candytuft, alyssum, mignonette, glox-| | inias, primroses, &c. Of this list ca- ! melias and azaleas are the most diffi- cult to grow; many, however, succeed ! with them in window gardens. | Mifard"s Liniment for sale everywhere. { { Fighting Hosfile Aircraft. The pitfalls and dangers which an aviator must avoid at the front are, becoming more numerous every day. | Anti-aircraft -guns mounted on fast: motor cars chase around the country behind the lines and prevent the ene- my airplanes and zeppelins from re- | maining over our territory, This type | of battery was responsible for the | zeppelins brought down at Compiegne in April, 1917, and Revigny in April, 1916. In fact this invention was one of 'the immediate causes of the Ger- mans giving up their "strafeing" with zeppelins. The record for distance and height in hitting an airplane with this type of cannon is 15,000 feet in the country. A very large crew is requir- ed to man one of these cannon. Beside the cannon a telephonist gets the re- port of the position over which the German machine is flying. A man may be sharp bit worthless 7 could be accommodated on the lands In the Mother Country. Mr. Brown refers to the plan of the C.P.R., which offers improved farms, in selected col- onies, with distinctive military names. improved by the company; and as- sisted colonization farms of 320 acres each, selected by the intending settler: and then improved by hinr with as- sistance from the company. Easy terms of payment are offered, carried over twenty years; but the point that Mr, Brown insists on is that it is not people out of the workhouse that Can- ada wants, because such are not de- gired in the Dominion, but people who are likely to succeed. He urges that the whole question of reconstruction be tackled with vigor on the other side. Sverre MONEY ORDERS A Dominion Express Money Order for five dollars costs three cents. The Immortal Few. "Father," said Chester, 'what is a diplomat?" "A diplomat, my son," answered the father, "is a man who remembers a woman's birthday and forgets her age." \ [/RINE Granulated Eyelids, Seu, Byte relieved by Murine. 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