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Aa 0 Ab A sugar. They cut the bark with hat-|your 1 Shots, and by wooden spouts directed _ the flow of sap into birch:bark pails (called "¢asos" or "ro Dy the In- © 0 dians) ity 'boiled it down in earthen- Sm many districts, of course, the keeping by a farmer of a "sugar ed and the making of maple sugar is but phase of de- t, but there are others where, ~ owing to particularly suitable condi- tions; sugarmaking bids fair to be- come as permanent apple orchard- ing. These cond include a maple grove situated on wu hillside of con- siderable t and too steep or too stony to be suitable for field culture. In such a situation, where thé owner intends to maintain a permanent sugar bush, the evaporator house is placed at the bottom of the slope. In the 'spring when operations are to begin an array of bright tin tubes, two inches or so in dia , and totalling hundreds. of yarls length, are brought out from storage and erected "in nes radiating from the evap- orator house up the hill and extending to all parts of the grove. The sap is collected in tin pails hung against the These are provided with covers which keep out ran or snow, dead Jeaves and dust. When a pail is full the worker replaces it by an empty one and empties the full one into one 'of the funnels fixed at convenient in- tervals along the tubes. From the tubes the sap pours into a tank inside the evaporator house, and from this it Is drawn off as required through taps placed over the evaporator pans. The sap is then evaporated to the | Syrup or sugar. Bl: as desired. By this means the product is kept free from foreign substances, also the amount of labor required is reduced to the minimum. used as fuel and it is customary to go over-the grove in the winter and cut out all dead and undesirable trees and to skid these down the hill, into the woodpile, for the spring operations. In permanent groves provision fis also made for planting saplings and en- 'couraging young trees to fill open ' spaces or take the places of trees that have died. Climate Conditions. "The chief centre of the maple sugar industry is that pant of Quebec south of the St. 'Lawrence known as the . Eastern Townships. "The other pro- vinces in which maple sugar is made are' Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New | Brunswick, in the order named, The output of 1926, accordidg to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, was larger than in 1924, but owing to lower . prices the value was somewhat Jess. ~The average price was 17 cents per | a pound for sugar and $2.06 Jor galion or Wood 1s generally | A blood-building, nerve tonic is needed to give re- troubled with pimples or eruptions, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are just what wren Reon If you have nervous, if your sleep does not -- you, or your appetite ia poor, yuu need the treatment Dr. Williams' Pink Pills alone can give-- you need the new blood, new strength brings. Mrs. Emma Fraser, Thesealon, Ont, says:--""Twd years ago my ner vous - was in such a condition that life 1 a burden. I-could neither work, eat or sleep well. I tried several medicines, but did not get any relief. Indeed my condition seemed to be growing worse. Then Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were brought world, for, as the driver said to usus we started on: "Isn't it queer, but none of us would be here now if it Ot wasn't for Sir Walter." - Oome back here at twilight, when the tourists are gone, and you find it still a place of glamour. Above are the Eldon Hills, one of the three lower than ite fellows becauss Michael Scott sliced it off with his spade; to the eastward the red hill of Ercildoune, a Scottish Venusburg; not far away a homestead in which the succeeding generations of one family have lived for seven centuries; and nearby Mel- rose Abbey, a ruin, but the most beautiful symbol of Scotland's past that has come down to us. In this haunted countryside, and in Hterally a hundred others that he knew well, Scott found str and d Just as surely as raciness and canni- ness, dourness and good-fellowship. Your Scot will turn romance into hand ccsh and still cherish it as, to my attention and I deeided to try them. After using a few boxes there Was no room to doubt that they were { helping me. I continued their use un- (til 1 had taken eight boxes, when I was completely restored to health, and +1 have not any time since had a | symptom of the trouble; When I be gan the use of the pills I weighed only 96 pounds,- while under their use with my renewed health I now weigh 125 pounds, I feel it imyossible to praise Dr. Williams' Pink Pills too hig!ly." Keep Your System Toned Up. Try Dr. Wiliams' Pink Pills for anaemia, rheumatism, neuraigia,-indi- gestion or nervousness. Take them as a tonic if you are not in the best physical condition and cultivate a re- sistance that will keep you well and strong. You can get these pills through any medicine' dealer or by 'mail at 50¢ a box from The Dr. Wil liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ------e No influence on life is more com- pletely disastrous than that of a home in. which there is not harmony.--Miss Maude Royden. 3 'There are on an average 2,000 sleep: «pound a day on your treatment?' Feandles and polishes, is obtained from 1 ers to a mile of railway. rou --Cornelius Weygandt, in "A Century of the English Novel." "You weigh 196 and are-reducing a "Yes. My husband wants me to take it 196 days." ER in. Wax From a Weed. Candelilla wgx, used in making a weed which grows abundantly in northern Mexica. EALTH of valuable in- regarding the A newer Si Crops is contain- er ae No. 60, "Silage-- 2 in Bulls , Sweet Clover and other Silages, " recently issued by the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, The Bulletin .is a distinct contri- bution to our knowledge of silages her than corn, which "may be grown in districts Ye Name. FREE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION The Newer Silage Crops ; Publications Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa ' where corn cannot be profit- ably raised, or where corn borer prevails, Recent Eilications include "Silage," Feeds and Feeding," Poultry Fo of the Apple in Canada," and "List of Five Hundred Publications". Check off those desired on this form and return, without postage to . R.R.No. o sluggish liver cause headaches. Seigel's Syrup Demand for Birth Certificates Steadily Increases. There are more babies born In March in Ontario than In any other single month of the year. Our popu- latfon is increased yearly by about{ 72,000 births within the province; or to be exact, 71,160 births were regis tered during 1925. Are all birtns registered? Ninety out of every ome hundred, it is esti mated, are now registered within the time set by law (30 days). To regis ter later means a great deal. of trouble in securing signatures to a declara- tion, ete, The time to register Is when the child is born and the person held responsible by law ls the parent. So great is the demand for ecertifi- cates that the record office is one of the 'busiest spots in the government buildings;..4,000" applications are be- ing received every month, whereas formerly they rarely exceeded one tenth of that number. Passports for travel outside of Canada, insurance, soldiers' pensions, mothers' allow- ances, marriage licenses, etc. are ar- ranged for now only upon record of birth which is accepted as proof of citizenship and age. There have been some recent changes in the schedule of prices for certificates which now reads: 50 cents for search and $1.00 additional for each copy of certificate required. If you should want to know whether your own birth is registered, or wish to secure information regarding re gistration of a birth, marriage or death occurring within Ontario, write to the Division of Vital Statistics, Depart- ment of ..Health of Ontario, Spadina House, Toronto. tne er aeeaeat Badly digested food, acidity of the stomach, and will remove these causes. Any drug store. Discover Kitchen in Temple in Mesopotamia. The kitchen of a temple of the moon goddess at Ur of the Chaldees In Meso- potamia, with pots, clay pans and other cooking utensils just as they were left in 2068 B.C,, when King Sam- ua-lluna of Babylon coptured the city and burned the temple, has been un: earthed by the joint expedition of Pen- nsylvania University and the British Museum, Dr. George B. Gordon, Direc- tor of the university, announced re cently. Another important discovery report- ed was a statue of the goddess Bau, patroness of the poultry yard, a squat and solld figure who sits in an elaborately flounced dress on a throne supported by geese. Dating back more than 4,000 years, this is the only female figure of such early date ever found in Mesopotamia. The temple In which the kitchen was found, with the signs of a meal in preparation, is that of the moon dd Nin-Gal. All during January « E18 Post Office | about it, and in the courtyard, numer- _{ found, unfo inn more than 200 men were employed in clearing debris from the mound which covered the temple site. Now we have almost finished," re- ported Major C. Leonard Woolley in his message to Dr. Gordon, "laying bare the really magnificent structure built originally in mud brick by Bur- gin, King of Ur (in about 3220 B.C.), and rebuilt in fine burned brick 150 years later by Enanatum. "In the sanctuary and in the rooms ous discoveries were made. The temple had been sacked and burnad, probably as a result of a rebellion, in the twelfth year of Samsu-lluna, King of Babylon, against the suzerainty of that city, which had recently been es- tablished by the great Hammurabi. one finely carved figure we nately, only fragments. It represents the goddess Nin-al, and was presented to the" temple, as tho | long inscription on the throne shows, |. by the High Priest Enanatum, the building's second founder. But be- fore ever Bursin bullt the mud brick Is, which form the lowest level yet 1 DY us on the ite, Nin-al had "Hello; Joe, who are you working for now?' a] of celery boiled with cabbages improve the flavor and tessen the Sisagreeable « odor 0 of cook ng. . By so much reading. It is rather when "Sr me bunch, The wife and five 5 We get no PAT pa By being generous, even to a "book, And calculating PrOBta, ~80 much help We. gloriously forget ourselves and unge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for ite beauty and salt . 'of truth-- "Tis fn Se get the Hh. dia of a MARCH WEATHER DANGEROUS T0 BABY On Account of the Very Sudden ~ Changes in Temperature. The spicewood burns along the gray, spent sky, In moist unchimneyed places, wind That whips it all before, and ali be ' hind, in a now high, Our Canadian March weathér--one | day bright, but sloppy, the next blus- tery and cold--Is extremely Nard on children. Conditions make it necee- sary for the mother to keep the little ones indoors. They are often con- fined to overheated, badly ventilated rooms and catch cdlds which rack their whole system. To guard agalnet 'these colds and to keep the baby well till the better, brighter days come along, a box of Baby's Own Tablets should be kept in the house and an occasional dose given the baby to keep hip stomach sweet and his bowels working regularly. Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which never fail to regulate the stomach and bowels and thus relieve colds and simple fevers and keep baby fit. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mall at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, le More Beauty. There is always room for beauty; memory ] A myriad lovely blossoms may en-! close, But, whatsoe'er hath been, there still must be Room for another rose. Though skylark, throstle, white throat, whippoorwill, And nightingale earth's echoing chantries throng, When comes another singer, there will be Room for another song. ~--TFlorence Earle Coates. ---- i 2 When Sea-Birds Walk. At sunrise, all the sea-birds Upon the beaches cruise, And fill the alr with foreign words Such as sea-folk use. They roll ashore in twos and threes And potter up and down Like captains from the seven seas Met in an English town; But only those who rise from bed In early morning weather Will ever know what things are said When sea-birds walk together. ~--OQOswald H. Harland, in "Inhabitants." HSER Minard's Liniment for colds. ---- Qn . In the Shadows. It was positively and absolutely the last good night. In a farewell embrace, they stood in the dim entrance-hall. And stood. And stood. Thus little Algy found them. "Oh!" said he. "We were seeing which is the tall- er," explained the young man, in some confusion. "You are about ten inches taller piped the little fellow. "But Alice is about ten shades redder!" imp #foamipm---- Most spiders have poison fangs, but few are dangerous to human beings. ECZEMA CUTS, BURNS, BRUISES, and all Ir- ritations of the Skin, instantly respond to the first application of TISIT. Banishes that itching soreness at once, and continued use effects sure relief, especially of Bables' Skin Rashes. Send. Postal Note of fifty cents and a trial pot will be mailed at once, Tisit Mfg. Co., Bain Ave. Toronto It is the first, the homeliest thing of all-- At sight of it, that lad that by it fares, Whistles afresh his foolish, town- caught aire-- A thing so honey-colored and so tall! It 1s as though the young Year, ere he pass To"the white riot of the cherry tree, Would {ain accustom us, or here, or there, To his new sudden ways with bough and grass, So starts with what ls humble, plain to see, And all familiar as a cup, a chair. --Lizette Woodworth Reese, in 'Spice wood!" pl Cherries on the Roadside. There are three miles of cherry trees bordering the driveway of Po- tomac park in Washington, Into. one 'thick, rude flame, now low,| He who-~would write Perole poems | should make his whole life a heroic poem.--Thomas Carlyle. Werner's Used For Fifteen Years In One Family No better recommendation for the medicinal value of this B50 year old herbal remedy could te asked than this. "Your remedies have been used in our family for about 15 years. We are never without a bottle of Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy in our home. It Is a wonderful medicine for diseases of the kidneys and liver." (Name on request). | It you have pains in the back id other symptoms of kidney trouble, you should lose no time In going fo your drug- gist to get a bottle of War- ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy and taking it as per @ directions. Sold by all druggists. Price $1.26 per bottle. Warner's Safe Remedies Co., Toronto; Ontario. 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