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2h arton 3farprii thohsday december 2 102g a le88on in geography p an island is a ploco or land surround ed by tho ftca llut if it joined in just one place a peninsula twould be a narrow nock of land joining two of larger size lo always called an isthmus it cant bo otherwise a strait is riko an isthmus but of water it must be and tho pieces which it joins are larger ones of sea an opening wide made in tho land by aoa then forms a bay though if tho openings narrow tis u gulf i hear you say each river bus its tributaries wheth or fast orlow those countless l rivers which into it do flow if ono should spread out far and a sliced of water make- thats like a great shining pond then this is called a lake each river hojs a bed with banks on either side and if ho joins the sea forms an estuary wide al jearn this little verse and you will surely find in geography at school you wont be far behind t 1 erna jackson- hr 3trrr vbb iuiri fnrg when the load came off bv albert w tolman the mongrel doq i f i you are reaflly fond of doffr von fit or will be fond of every kind of dog big and little good and bad the mongrel ind the cur as woll as the highbred animal they all have the same- af fectionate nature and it may be add ed the same capacity for suffering anybody who professes to take an interest in ono dog only or in on kind of dog only or in wellbred dogs only may he sure that bis feeling is not genuine and disinterested it is uuallfled by vanity or selfishness or the ignoble desire to be in fashion strange is it not that even in se lecting a net mankind should tic gov erned by fashion and yet that is largely the case years ago people bought pup dogs then foxterrierp and later boston terriers not in most cases because they preferred that kind of dog but because it was the correct thing to own that kind a mongrel is simply a dog whose father ami mother were of different breeds and as the mongrel has little or no pecuniary value he is liable to bo knocked about from pillar to post to have no home or a very bad ono and to be treated with scorn and with cruelty often indeed he is set adrift and abandoned by a hard hearted or thoughtless owner too in different to v him even the boon of a humane death not only is the mongrel quite the poer of the wellred dog in affection in loyalty in obedience he la often superior to the wellrod dog in in telligence but alas his outward appearance is against blm like many human beings he la the inno cent victim of fate it is among boys that the mongrel finds- his warmest friends boys are more natural and thereforo more dem ocratic than men if a dog is good- natured intelligent and affectionate they care little what his pedigree is thoy love him tor himself and bo returns their devotion a thousandfold mark the sorrowful piteous look in tho eye of the homeless mongrel and you wljll be slow indeed- to add to his mlsorjes in the loot great recounting we may be sure that we shall receive no credit for the fine- dogs or ihorses that we fed and cared for the mo tive there was mainly prldejof own ership but whoever has bestowed shelter and affectlorilon an animal that nobody owned or wanted to own may have procured an intercessor that he never dreamed of it is a russian leg end that the man who befriends a friendless animal will and thtflt animal waiting to help him across the deep dark river that according to the old mythology- separates this world from the next dr beattle of vernon park farm speyslde should have no difficulty in setting across then bothers were never closer than thud black and holly corbelt thoy wero born in adjoining houses and began school in the sumo year together they progressed from marbles to base ball thad was always on tho team on which holly was pitcher in other things too their tastes were slmllarl at an early age they connected their houses with a strlngandtlncun tolephone line late they jointly in stalled a wireless station all through their high school course they were tinkering with electrical machines in tho corbett barn after thad had been graduated from high school ho went to work as lineman for the mbusam hydro elec tric company holly entered a tech nical school but they wrote to each other every week and so kept their friendship alive when holly had fit last completed his course thad was chief night op erator in the power station at har- rakeesett dam and holly for the sake of practical experi became b assia hollys theory helped storage of field roots nagging to correct the bjd habits of others is often to form a bad habit your self a nagging disposition is natural to few it comes from tired nerves or from supersensltlveness or from too free indulgence in sharp criticism which is likely to lead a person intd a minute and harassing scrutiny of tho life about him so long as criti cism deesnot react unfavorably eith er on the critic or on the criticised it is beneficial but when it is ac companied toy a sense of inipauenco in the one and tof resentment in tho otner it becomes nagging and should dropped even if the fault that it ob jects to continues to flourish the naggers and the nagged are as a rule extremely fond of each other you are not likely to nag ony one that you do not care about in other words nagging is primarily a family custom and is chiefly practised- be tween hubbands and wives parents and children and brothers and sisters a cortaln affectionate jntimacyseems to bo required for it few people nag their servants even if the corners are seldom dusted and the silver andthe brasses polished only under protest the mistress endures such a state of things as she can and when she can endurcr u no longer she makes change yet longsuffering mistress cs are sometimes nagging wives and mothers for fche reason no doubt that in their conjugal or maternal pildc they are always striving to raise the standard of those most dear to them in the same way a mail may nag his wife but he either tolerates or discharges his office boy for each of us there ore certain per sons whom it seems worth wtolle to tnko pains with we should- takp pains with them at the right time and in the right tone of voice in short when the fooling of affection has sufflcrntly overcome that of annoy ance if wo observe this rule those who have hitherto been the victims of our nagging may soon cease to com pel our forbearance out thads practice and vice versa for both the arrangement was per fect on- a boisterous night in january thad and ho by came to their work at six oclock us usual a hitter gale whined piercingly across tho sagging wires hope you get through the night without any- trouble said frank shane one of th day force as he bad them good night that new pinion ought to bet here tomorrow harrakeesett jtauoncomdliacd a and ji units two complete 4rtaeperi- dent sets of machines for transfornxe ihg water powr into electricity the building hud a ground floor and deep basement that extended several feet below the level of the river through its thick cement wall into the wheel pit ran two huge steel shafts each of which had on its out er end four turbine water wheels in side a cement beaver house mov able wickets in tho top of the beaver house let tho water rush down upon the turbines and thus turn the shafts on the basement end of each shaft a revolving fleld a great open wheel or spider of cast iron with twenty poles or magnets wound with wire projecting round its rim was closely enoircled by a fixed armature in which the revolution of tho field poles generated electric power that arm ature which rose archlike from tho cement floor formed with the revolv ing field a generator on the ground floor were three large fluted cylinders standing on end side by side these were transformers which steeped up the low- voltage current that the generators produced before the transformers rose the switchboard a row of marble slabs edge to edge and taller than a man thoy bore various dials and meters that recorded tho fluctuations of the current on entering the station thad went immediately to the book and looked over the report for the day then ho telephoned ralph bowles the super intendent meanwhile holly with his head hanging and his feet dragging made a circuit of the machines his temples ached dully and now arid then a chill ran over him ho sus pected that he had the jrrlppe when thad had finished telephon ing the two boys sat down before tho switchboard harrakeesett was the central station of a chain of seven and through its wires passed the cur rent that furnished paver for several towns and cities and three street rail ways responsive to the thousand o hanging agencies that were sucking the harnessed lightning from the dif ferent lines the lights dipped the drone of the transformers rose and fell and the index needles standing on their heads like llttlo black polly- wogs on the whitefaced metres switched their spiky tails this way and that to indicate volts arid watts and amperes outside the gale shrieked round the building arid the river rumbled thun derously over the dam w3thin the deadened hum of the mighty gener ators in tho basement blending with the whining mmmm of the trans formers kept the air vibrating holly shivered as another chill passed over him hope that new pinion will be in place tomorrow night said thad its getting on my nerves to run without it holly nodded it was troubling him too the day before two cogs had broken on tho pinion of b governor the machine that automatically con trolled the flow of water to the b the late fall months frequently and the grower with a supply of field roots on his bunds but no satisfactory place to store- thom under such conditions tho surplus of roots can bo taken enre of to good luhnntngo by the use of a properly conn true ted pit a uutls- factory root can bo constructed- in tho following jnnnncr select a woll- dralnod location preferably whore tho noil is light tho noxt step is to dig n shallow trcnoh about nix inchon deep not over four to flvo feet wide and as long as necessary to accommodate the niots that require storage in this trench tho roots should bo oarofully plied in sueh a manner that tho fin ished pile will narrow off to a few inches at tho top at a height of thrco to four foot at intervals of approx imately five feet ventilators should bo built into tho pile of roots extending to tho bottom of tbo pile those vent ilators are easily constructed shy us ing two slxinoh boards to the sldo of which slats hix or seven inches in length can bo nailed ho thnt tho open ings on olther side of the ventilators will bo alternated tho resulting vont ilators will be approximately six inch- breathed heavily ho hnd ovldentl become dlssy and failing hud struct his head on the machine laying bin carefully back thad stripped off hi own coat to make a pillow for hi friend then ho ran to tho telephone hollys sick ho cried when mr bowles answered bring dr fon- nell well bo there in- twenty minutes the superintendent promised hurrying back 4o holly thad began to sponge his forehead the towjjuquoro lnh measurements stirred muttered and then rettpflettp into unconsciousness every light in the station suddenly grew dim and thad leaped to the swdtch board tho light on the benton summervllle panel was the lowest somewhere a heavily iced wire must havo fallen thad sprang for the tele phone hello hello he cabled iiuo hello brrrr he could get no one tho line was out of order well at any rate bowles- would soon arrive p- mother and daughter turbines opening or closing the wick- sprang from it warm oily slckish the duty oftrlome some would have it that dishonesty is growing more common of late- we think this is an error the only change of importance seems to be that with the j increased wealth of pur country opportunities for making money multiply and the temptations to dishonesty are much moro intense- all the greater reason this why our sons should be trained to a high standard of personal honor and the only safe foundation for this is the fear of god never was there a time when religious homes and rellgloua sciiooih were more essential to the welfare of our country inclusive a certain small boy has already learned tho saving of time that may be achieved by renllng with thlngn in tho mass instead of in detail well jie said to his mother frortly beforo ctiriatman ive wrlt- their a letter to santa claus and i jth4nk it covers everything i want h a thats good- said his mother 2nirtp ahjjgf naflsvoefndystorpv asjclr- ets and that in case of need would stop b generator- altogether until i new pinion should arrive b governor was of course useless meanwhile iniovder to avoid crip pling the system on which so- many thousands relied for power it was necessary to run both generators be sides during that storm the street railways bad all their snowploughs out even with both generators op erating at full capacity the railways were short of current so b unit had to run governor or no governor and thad and holly had to hold them selves ready in case of emergency- to hurry down into the basementand to stop the turbines by turning a hand- wheel that also opened nnd shut the wickets so long as this insatiable demand for power continued the load itself that is the work the machine had to do acted as governbr nod held down tho speed of b generator r but if that load ever scame off then jook out whats tho matter asked tlmd as holly put his hand to his head with a i groan guess its the grippe rye feh mean ever since 1 turheifout this afternoon my head is splitting and even in this warm building the chills are going through me like knives let me call dr fennoll to take you home no id fool just as bad there t1 stick tonight and if im riot better by morplng ill have to take a few days off the telephone hell rang and thad hurried to tho booth the benton summervllle unp the largest unit in the service was calling for- more volt age two of its carawere stalled fjvo miles out thad answered that the plant wan running to its limit arid that he could do nothing then hang ing up the receiver he turned toward the switchboar h was nowhere in eight 0 holly he oahefl o holly there was no answer pusxled he starred to walk round the machines beyond the- base of an exciter he sud- danly caught agllmps of a flouare- toed shoe and in another moment he was bonding dree his friend holly lay- in a huddled heap- hjs eyes were closed and there was puffy bluish bruise on his left lm- pie kneeling biiafhlmithnd jltd hli head ftnd shook hlnri gently hollrl holyi holiys head- rolled loosely hnd he vrr- turning to he switchboard thad watched the jlghts and metres and waited three five ten minutes passed then bang open sprang the circuit breaker at the top of the benton summervlilo panel the powerful compressed spring suddenly released forced apart two carbons that by their contact kept the alive between them as they separated crackled a daxxllqg arc greenish white at first but gradually changing to red it sputtered out when the carbons wero an- inch and a half apart the line was dead j the fallen wire miles away had burned through tho cross arm of its pole and dropping to the ground had shortcircuited the current and auto matically opened the circuit breaker the generators in the basement freed instantaneously from the drain of the benton summerville line were now producing more horse power than could be used and the two great eighteenton wheels unburdened he- gan to race to run away as they gathered speed their hum changed to a shrill whistling unless controlled at once that glant power would quickly transform the quarter- nrilllon- dollar station into a junk heap instinctively thad jumped for tho a governor through the grating in the floor beside it rose an angry shriek as the revolving field of a gen erator in the basement whirled faster and faster with two or three quick turns of a thumbscrew he stopped the governor now with the turbine wick et closed and tho water shut off the wheel would slow down gradually with b generator it was different the onlyway to check it was by turn ing the emergency wheel in the base ment thad forgot his own danger he forgot holly only ono idea pas sessed his mind to reach the hand wheel as soon as possible to stop b generator to save the station racing round the switchboard he sprang down the iron stairs wheeeeeer shriller higher rose the whllathng the building trembled the normal rate of the revolving field was eight hundred revomtionsn minute twice that number was supposed to be the limit of safety how fast was it go ing nowt the spider was of cast iron toutb increasing speed centrifugal force would cause it to expand between- the encircling armature and the twenty poles that projected from the rim of the spider there was only an inch of space soon some pole looser jhan the others would begin- to rub the armature to catchy clog rip and break another would go and then another the wheel would hurst the flying mass of metal would be hurled up through the cement floor and would wreck the building thads heart almost ajopjwxi beat ing holly was lying insenslbloon the floor directly over the wheel the steel treads clanged under his panicstricken feet he must go as fast as he could yet he must not slip how much tlmo had he 7 every thing defended on the screws that held the field poles to the- rim of the spider if they were angers loose ruin mjgfit he only a minute off even if they were tight the limit of safety could not be more than two minutes he reached he basement floor and turning came in sight of b generat or in those few seconds the great wheel had gained fearful headway it had gone mad its whistling had risen to a demoniac screech a blast tho first covering to be placeu on the roots js a foot of straw and if tho weather is mild at the time of pitting no other covering need be put on for a few days after that time the straw should bo covered by about six inches of the surrounding boii when this outer layer of soil has become frozen a bit solidly but not entirely through a second foot of straw should bo put on and over this a second sixtrich layer of soil spreading a llttlo manure around the pit aft p flrt lft er of soil will keep that section of earth free from frost and make shov elling easy when the weather has be come cold enough to make it necessary to put on the second layer such a pit properly constructed will keop fleld roots satisfactorily over the wtnter at a very small cost g p mcrostie dominion agrostologlst uaunlly though not always tljo inti mucy between mother and daughter is grout or than that bctwoon father ami son it is natural that it should bo so mother and daughter urn tin uuoh others company moro lhan fathor and son yot homotlmvh tho vory fact of such con tinuous association lends to impatl- onco arid friction especially in tho yomh when daughter in growing up tho rohtralnts that the mothor then iicelcm to impose aro either ofton rc- jootod outright or accepted with re bellious protests the wisdom of ttio old or generation seomu folly to the younger uotwoon the nubornoss of iriuturb yours and tho guyuty of youth there is alwuys likely to be a clush in order that homo life may bo happy and family affection unbroken it in important that tho ctnsh be averted of course the preparation to avert u should begin in tho girls infancy and should bo carried on all through her growing years the only prepar ation that will ensure the safe passage of the difficult yearh is that of friend- ship cultivated by lovo and intimacy tho mother who makes a friend of hoc daughter from the earliest days will not bo confronted later by the neces sity of managing her when tho relation of true friendship exists be tween mother and daughter no ques tion of management arises sympa thetic understanding and mutual con fidence solve without difficulty prob lems that in less hopmer relations de mand discipline and inanagomont and leave a sonse of soreness or roncor be hind 4 sir harry brittains appreciation of the action of acton council adopting the english actons coat of arms bobbed halr a century ago we have alas not yet been just as the boy should get his chlet abto to visit alida but on my way plain mary after all jocular parents with a perverted sense of humor who inflict febihle name or combination of names upon a helpless baby seem fortunatelytltp be lessening in numbers neverthe less the rev joseph wray an eng lish clergyman in somo recent re miniscences of village life tells of how his first parish was made almost unendurable for huh during the first year there because of the resentment aroused by his declining to christen a baby in accordance with its fathers wish the mans name was the commori- pldce unnotlceablo one of john fish and he wished to name his little baby daughter gold flah- in the course of his remonstrances the minister ask- lessons from his father in tho quali ties that ehottld asslsf to malfo his 11 fo useful and measurably success ful so the girl should get her chief lessons to the sutne end from her mother to share with her mothor th6 homely household- tasks to acquire from her through intimate association cheerfulness sympathy and courage to bo inspired by her with ideals that are tempered with charity and sweet ness is to receive the best preparation that a girl can have for a happy life in a home of her home tho success of the preparaton depends of course on the kind of mother the girl haamothers should feel andntdst mothers wo think do feel that their children are an lncontlve to them to be more admirable persons than they wero before they had children or perhaps it would be truer to say that until they had children they never fully realized their faults and doflcl- ences or strove so faithfully to correct thorn tho following interesting lotter from sir harry btlttain m p for acton knglund will bo read with interest by members of our council and citizens 2 cowloy street westminister s w i london england novenrber 9th 192g h i moore emcj j p acton ontario canudjt my penr mr moore 1 wan delighted to get your let ter of october 26 paying mo tho charming compliment in that my little suggestion to you has bcen adopted by acton ontario and that the sumo coat of arms will for all time unite the older rind younger actons i have immediately got in touch with the college of heralds and wilt write you again just as soon as i have tho rehulnlto informa tion r i very much hope that your wish may come to puss thnt my wife and i may have tho privilege of visiting your town as i think i told you aftectho flrstr imperial press conference received an intimation from canada that a township in saskatchewan was to bo given iriy wifes christian name alida the next two stations being called after my old home in yorkshire and tho village where it was situated travel ed but what does your wife think of it mr fish surely she doesnt want the child named gold fish women aro always more sensitive to anything absurd in a name than men are i feol certain you cant tell me honestly she approves this notion of yours well ho i cant adriaitted tbo man reluctantly she says t heros something hard and short and not hke a female name about gold her own wish is silver air- as being softer and preserving tho beauty of the idea but i persuaded her without much trouble because she thinks a gold flsh is prettier than a silver fish and finyway sir ive married an amiable woman however amiablo a wife mr fish was blessed with his pastor was less amiable and more resolute and there was neither a gold nor a silver fish permitted in tho fish family the baby was finally christened mary but all the village took sides in tho affair and it was many months before every bodys feelings were soothed and the commotion simmered down english parish records of recenr yearsbhow that other clergymen can not always have been equally firm for they reveal among other obviously intentional combinations of the kind belle clapper salt waters pretty goode carrie armes orange feel and neversay dyer get all the red clover seed strong aa thad hurled himself forward the thick air wrapped itself round him as f to hold mm back his degs seemed of lead as thoy seem wheii you try to run in a nightmare as he dash ed on through that strange dim lone ly jphxce he noticed unconsciously all the details the dull red of the 611 tanks tho moisture dark grooves on tho floor now he was near the screaming wheel which was simply a metallic blur beneath its overarchlngl arma ture the steel shaft was turning like ughtrdng yet seemed not to turn fit all a moment later lie was in the corner close to the outer wall wrench ing at tho small handwheel that was now tho onfiy means of closing the wickets above the b turbines twenty turns would close them en tirely and shut off the water he moat make at least ten before all danger would be past crouehjsvg over ho wheel with fingers hooked about its r4m he ground it madly down his ears rangrwlth the fiendish screech of the revolving fleld the reeking air blast buffeted his face ho could feel the solid cement round him quiver suddenly the wheal under his hand stopped with a jerk he could turn h no further the wickets were cloned the scream of the generator taegan to drop 4n pitch and thad came to him self ho had saved the station and holly weak from tho reaction ho stag gored slowly up the stairs by the time he reached the top the whistl lng had died to an- almost noiseless humming soon the superintendent and dr fennell came in before long holly recovered- cpnsclousness and the doctor took him home bowles stayed with thad- black said the superintendent when he had heard tho operators story ti like to ask yon a ques tion if you had remembered before you started down tho stairs that holly was tight over the wheel would you have kept on or would you have car ried him outside and let the station go to smash r mrbowles returned thud tll answer your question after you ftn- jswer mine- what would you have abntr vv t the iruperintendent laughed i irnus wwont pre that point any ttirthsr only you can feel 1 sure of vtilim moiisam rcompany until oit discharge voursfdn the tests which eavo been conduct ed by tho dominion experimental farms with red clover from different sources indicate to a marked degree the advantage or jomegrown seed over the great bulk of imported var ieties 7 v- this being tho case the growers of red clover will perform a valuable ser vice to canadian agriculture by sav ing as much seed as possible each year for the post few years it has been necessary for canadian growers to import large quantities of seed and this year promises little improvement in this connection a very appreciable amount of red clover need is lost each year during harvesting and threshing operations at least a part of these losses are avoidable it is too late fit the pres ent time to take core of loses due to harvesting but it is not too late to avoid losses due to threshing it has been the experience ojf the forage crop division of tho central experimental farm that tho threshr ing df red clover during rainy seasons is usually accompanied by an appro clable amount of unhulled seed going through the mill this is the result of the clover taking up moisture from the air and consequently not shelling because of not being really dry to secure the maximum quantity of seed it is advisable to either thresh before the rainy season has started or else put off threshing until the heavy frosts have come with their drying bf- feet the careful cleaning of seed once it is threshed will ahjo make available for tho market much material that would otherwise have lo be discarded because of weed seeds or dlrt- to nearly everyone the idea of travel is fascinating- it carries with it the idea of romance and adventure go ing away from home from the hudr- drum routino and the familiar sur roundings into a new atmosphere seems likely to stimulate the imagin ation to enlarge life perhaps to pro vide opportunities for advancement and development and- most of all will furnish enjoyment there will bo pic turesquo scenery and beautiful build ings to soe there will bo mew and dobbtless attractive dishes to taste and still more ullurlng ihero will be movement and change no settling dqyn to a stationary un progressive existence well travel may fulfil the charms and possibilities that cluster around its name but they will not come to one who travels unprepared tarid usually they will not como to ono who travels alone reading and study are essential to true enjoyment of travel seldom does it profit anyone 40 visit a placo of which ho is totally unac quainted through reading or tradition but tho traveller who already knows something of the history of the city or region that he visits will again gain in knowledge will have his imagin ation stimulated will appreciate the significant and picturesque as the un informed traveller can ever do companionship of a congenial kind la for most travellers necessary loneliness in travelling is even lonelier than loneliness at home yet travelling with another has- its drawbacks in cessant- companionship is sometimes irksome and there are likely to be moments when however congenial the travelling companion may usually be the face ofariiost any other friend wouldbe mote welcome not the least of the educational ad vantages that travel offers to most people is tho opportunity that it gives thorn to appreciate at its full value the homo country tho homo town even tho routino of life at homo in nearly everyones travels tho set ting forth on a journey is the second- best experience the best is the re turn heme through canada to m innt utumn some iricssages which i much appreciated were sent to me on route so ono h day we shall look forward to paying bur re spects to acton in the east and to alida in the middle west with all warm greetings to mrs moore and yourself from us tours sincerely harry brittain sir harry is no stranger to canada and her people and resources he is like numerous other old country cap italists financially interested in somo of our mines andfaxm lands j- both sarah the flrt duciiohh of marl borough wiioho tempt chtiioud charact er lacked many of tho ordinary graces of womanliness ftis yot sincerely mvcd by two perhons who knew hoi beat her huahand the uukc of marl- borough and tho good queen anne among the many pictures which mr fitzgerald molloy the latest biograph er of tho duchess iiuh incorporated in hlh lifo is ono which ia not only lively but cluirmjngr on tho clenth of fhe duke tho duch ess found in a cabinet where he kept all that ho must valued a mah of hop- hair years before when he had thwarted her in something she resolv ed to mortify him and knowing that her beautiful and abundant hair woh a source of pride and delight to him she had it cut off tho shorn tresses were left in a room through which tho duke must pans and in a place- whore he must see them for whatever marlboroughs lady did sho did thoroughly but he came and went saw cind spolto to her and showed neither anger norrow nor surprise when he next quitted the house she ran to seo her tresses but thoy imd disappeared and on consulting her lookingglass alio saw how foolish a thing ahe hud done but hhe wild noth ing about hor shorn locks nor did the dulto she never knew what had become of them until after the death of the duke she found them among thoso things which he hnd held most precious a good likeness especially the putt0n8 the old and highly entccmod family coachman has at lat resigned hlm- siif to a pension and a lodge gate- kcoperh duties if he fa by no means resigned to tho sight of tho chauffeur who now reigns in his atcad the blow that tho loss of his post caused has been softoned slightly by the pres entation ofj a handsome portrait of ogaliu with a pair soh cavorting nobly under his whip the old man is well pleased with the effect and so is his good dame though when questioned as to the portraits resomblnnco to hor husband her answer wan somewhat equivocal yes indeed its very like she said but particular the buttons on tut ion ofi a ham himself in full rog of fiis favorite hor the annual menace of mice and rabbits not a year goes by that thore are not numerous complaints of heavy loss of fruit trees duo to the ravages of mice and rabbits injury from mice is comparatively easy to control the succulent bark of the young tree is particularly tasty to them in tho lean c months of winter but as they arc under the snow and do not climb the trees some means of protection will prevent their damage ordinary building paper does very well not the tarred but the plain grey building paper cut this in strips 6 inches or 3 fnches wide and tie around the trunk of the young wees banking up around the bottom with a little earth a better and more permanent way is to use wire protectors made from either galvanised wire of a flno mesh or from expanded metal lath cut this material into strips about 18 in ches high and 18 inches or so wide to allow for expansion of tho tree and fasten with small pieces of wire this material will lost several years without replacing and insures ade quate protection against mlco and against rabbits as far as tho material reaches but rabbits havo the faculty of getting on top of tho snow and chew ing the branches ubove the snow line- this makes protection a rather diffi cultmatter there is not any really good treatment for rabbits but tho following poison has met with some success and is worth trying white arsenic 1 part corn meal 3 parts mix thoroughly and spread about the area to be protected a repellant which has also been used with vary ing success is aa follows un slacked lime 20 pounds flowers of sulphur 15 pounds water 40 pounds apply this to the trunks with a brush m j davis division of horticulture central experimental farm sugar cuts feeding costs 50 the sugar jack system is a perfected feeding process that bos produced amazing results it not only does away with the experisfc of a silo but also increases the milk flow and weight of your live stock and cut your feeding coat in half thelfl own hymns the sugar jack heres how it works come in and see us converts roughage into an easily digestible state making it actually more palatable and nourishing than the highest quality ensilage and hay thus rpughage such as hay straw clover threshings bean and pea vines etc can now be used in place of ensilage and will give better results the sugar jack press and converter compound predigest roughage into highly nourishing feed this pre- digested roughage feed is relished by live stock and the farmer using it enjoys greater profits and owns healthier fatter live stock we will gladly explain how the sugar jack will increase your live stock profits and save you time labor and monjey its a wonderful new feeding system that no enterprising farmer should be without coold shapixy and muir co uuitid brentford otatarlo jwbarberee mill st acton ont old dust heaps of london m- yiiyt until you dtafilmue jrourael a lovers of- dickens are not likely to forget noddy boffin the golden dusts man in our mutual friend and he heaps of dust that were his fortune not so hjany years ago there was a mountain of rubbish cinders and various unsavory objects to bo found about and sometimes in london it s there aro many- stories of the wonderful finds that have been made by dust sifters in those heaps and one of the fraternity named mary col lins who lived fn the neighborhood of llsson grove once gave some cur ious evidence before a police magis trate when sho appeared to charge a woman with robbery the prisoner says the field had stolen a bag containing rine v coral necklace another with apearl olusp several handsome broaches five gold seals some gold rings and shirt pins broken bits of gold nnd silver and a few other articles of leaser value in reply to the magistrate the prosecutrix stated that she had found the proper- ty among the dust and tho people who followed her trade found almost evwry small article that could be mentioned she was employed by a dust contract or who allowed tols employees 8d per load for sifting in addition to rill the spoons and other articled thoy might find among the dust mary collins hod followed her occupation for eight years and had done so well with her finds that she built herself a house st a cost ofcjoo i addition he showed a cash 60 in which wore thirtynine wovrrlgn twaflve pound notes and several gain arid half- sovereigns bishop heber was among the few men whoso hymns passed into tho heritage of chrcstendon during their lifetime ho was bishop of calcutta and as every one knows wrote from greenlands icy mountains he once heard ono of his compositions sung by his native converts in merrut more beautifully he thought than ho ever had in england and as he list ened to the voices of tho souls he had awakened he felt a belief in his pow er for good which ho had nover ex- perienced before rev g rprynno felt some natural pleasure on- ono ofceuston when the incumbent of the protestant church at rome gavo out his hymn- jesus meek and gentle when ho was help ing in tho service he discovered afterwards that tho clergyman was entiroly ignorant that ho was the author but even when shorn of com plimentary significance tho incident left a sweet and lasting impression he had not realised till- then thnt hie hymn had made its way in the world outnldo england hearing it so far away from home ho said seemed to widen his sphere of serve le a curate once ventured to hand a book to the bite bishop wordsworth of xjwcoln at- a church opening while his hymn o day of best and glad ness wa being rendered the bish ops gesture of refusal was fine and- courtly j do you suppose young man that i want a book for my own hymn ho asked or do you mean to say that you are not uworo 1 wrote it ever notice this military strategy uncle william stood watching his nephew and some other boys plnyinff at soldiers attacking a foruaftor a moment or two had passed he called his nephew to him rind anld look hero fred if your side cab take tho fort within half ah hour ill give you half a dollar fred accepted the offer and hasten d to his friends with the news about two minutes later ho returned ifohls undo and said uncle can i have the half a dol lar weve taken the fort all right that was pretty smart remarked uncle william as he handed over the coin muy i ipnurio aa to how you outgeneralled th cnemy oh replied nephew fred that was quite easy i just offered tho other sidea quarter to give in inl keeps eyes txear bright and beautiful v did you ever pause in a post office long enough to take a squint at the floor shortly after a number of people have re ceived their mail if you have you were probably struct by the number of circu lars and hand bills that littered it up in fact you doubtless were struck- with the fact that many of them had been thrown in the basket as soon as they were remov ed from the envelope the recipient never even taking the trouble to give them a second glance but did you also notice that you didnt see anyone throwing the newspapers and especially the home town newspapers in the waste basket or on the floor did you notice that newspapers are always carried away instead of tossed away well right there is a mighty good argument in favor of advertising in the newspaper the circular lettera cbsily form of advertising goes into the waste basket the home town paper goes into the home remember this and spend your advertising money accordingly tf press svmx llw m iv e- y- vr- ivs foes v v x-