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J... >- Vj*-. â- .'â- .'.•*â-  -xassac arin (rdp Queries Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of this department is to place at the eervice of our farm readers the'advi«e of an acknowl- edged authority on atl subjects pretalning to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To- ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the order In which they are received. As space is limited It Is advisable wi^ere immediate reply is necessary that â-  stamped and add.-essed envelope be enclosed with the* question, when the answer will be maitsd direct. Summer Pastnre I destroys great areas in a short time F. J. R.â€" My pastures played out' Moist weather is best for the spread Just when milk was selling best last Bummer. Can you suggest any way of keepinsf up summer pasture? Answer : â€" I would advise your try- ing the O.A.C. temporary pasture mix- ture. It is: â€" Oats 51 lbs. Early Amber Sugar Cane 36 lbs. Common Red Clover 7 lbs. of Late Blight. It is usually indicat- ed by the development of indistinct, dark, watery spots on the leaves. As the disease develops the leaves turn a sickly brown color and the disease may extend to the branches of thej plant. The rotting potato tops give] off a characteristic disagreeable odor. Late Blight is a fungus disease which winters in the stored potatoes. ] It sends its threads up thi-oug-h tho in- 38 lbs per Acre. ''*** °^ ''*'•â-  P<>t3'o plant and blossoms! Ccmdu£ljid hy /tf^ J(eie,n jCumt Mothers and daughters of ail ages are cord:al'y irtvited » wits to this d'.paitment. inrttals only will be ^ubflshed with each question aij its answer as a means of identification but full name and aUdiess mu3t be given in each letter. Write on on* tide of paper only. Answe.s w.ll be maiied direet if stamped and addressed envelops is enclosed. Add.-aas all correspondence for ;his department to Mis. Helen Law, 25 Castle Frank Road, Toronto. Mrs. G. H. : â€" May I ask three ques- 1. Ccver it with a plain dark-color- tions ? \. How can I open a fmit ed Irnoiecrm aiul give a coat of i-.niish sealer that refuses to unscrew? 2. ouce a mo2th. 1. BiUe is th'» best j What will prevent mubtard from dry- ^ color for a ausny room. Ctmbined â- ingup? 3. Is it possible to make a : with ivory it w<juld be idenl for a ! fireless cooker at home? i girl's apartmur^t. la the .:hops are I 1. Set the jar upside down in sof- "nany lovely chint* in blues which, flcicnt hot v.-ater to cover the metal , <'°"''4 ''e "*'-'=* ^'^^ over-curtains and rim and in a minute or -two it will ua- cu.shions with charming eff .set . [screw with ease 2. Mix with vine-' School Girl:â€" I have to write an I gar, add a little salt, and it will keep «3say en Thriit. could you please give [fresh for several days. 3. Take a '"^ f p*^ dttfiniti«;n? I packing-box with well-fitted cover on' Tlirifi is care and prjdenee in the ! hinges. Fill box with hay well '"^"'»"'''^'^"* "^ ""*'=* 'â- """'â- "^. fore- i packed down, leaving hole in the- ceatre sight, getting true value fcr what one ;for saucepan, fiU a sack with hay and spends, pei-»onal elficieney, lookng out I place on too of saucepan, and close '*'^'^ nothing is wasted, pr'>p':rtioniiig English :»ociety Ladies Join i.i i-:...u, ..^::-.._. |;j ^ granite pail with a close-fit- expense to income. True saving is Lady Charles Btntinek (left' playing dominoes with Lady Kathleen ting lid and a handle is the best cooking °°'y â- * better form of s^^ending. To Prof Zavitz says to sow this early "" *^® surface of the potato leaves,; jjiji (right), and some of her soldier-patients in the Mapperley Hall Hos- utensil for use in a fireless cooker ^ave is not to hoard, which is one of in May. The oats and Early Amber ey-^^S "^ railhons of spores or seeds, j ^-^^^^^ Nottingham, of which she is tha commandant. As a Lady of Grace „. p„,v^._, ^ru . , :„,.„ ithe worst and meanest forms of waste. Sugar Cane seed can be drille<l in ^hese axe easily blown about by the of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, she nursed in the South .African War. ,,uces a man ti) a married ^u^Ie whoL ' "^^ ^""^ "'^ "^^ '«-^<* '«^'' ^e'^<^"'-<^«"s to through the regular grain drill and the ;^'«d and m damp weather they stick , a man to a marnec oouD.e who^ .. clover seed throtjgh the gra^s and '« °'?>^^ P°t=^ <^ '''^^ '^^ ^^^^^^ ='"d clover seed division of the drill. used for milk cows. Guelph they found this pasture ready ,J^^T' °'" ^"Z^Tl '' T^ THE SliNDAY SCHOOL for cattle pasturage late in June. This ^"^ P^^'^^o crop with Bordeaux mixture ; pa.sture carried m->re bhr.n one steerto '>'' B^me oonimercmi fungicide just as ; soon as the first leaves are well spread â-  out and continue spraying till the cropj I begins to ripen, giving in all 5 to 7 Potato Yields Low on Account of ^PrajHjn.gs. Bordeaux mixture is made j of 5 lbs. of copper sulphate, 6 lbs. oi \ ^^^ I quick-lime and 50 gallons of water. Lesson VII. G. B. â€" My potatoes were a failure The 5 lbs. of copper sulphate should last year . So v.-ere those of my be dissolved in 5 gallons of water and man's Sonâ€" John 4. 43-5+. neighbors, to a large extent They the 5 ll)s. of lime should be dissolved ' Golden Te.itâ€" .MatL 8. 13. LNTERXATIONAL LESSON FEBRUARY â- '. Jesus Heals A Noble- SksPlM. m tnis wnae: Fine wool is more scarce right now -Mrs. Blank, may I present Mr. than it has been in years. It may be Brown", and "Mr. Blank, this is Mr. more so a year from now . Stands as Brown". 2. It should be unsealed. all in hand to do what we can to meet if a letter of introduction is written he demand . for a woman who is moving to another It is no joke to say that there is city ihe, on her arrival, mails it, to- ces a man to a married couple whose n. u i -.. i , name should be mer.tione<i first? I.^^''^ ,^}^'' "'"^ l^'^^ ,"""'% Pr^^^hls Should a letter of intwduction be ..eal- °f °^ ^^'^^ " ^^ 7, ''^-'^'' '"> "•'« ^7" „,„„,,„ u 1 1 â- Â» 1, , .- 1, ernment it can use these resources for ed and how -ihould it be delivered? .â-  , . ., > , ^ it national ends . If we lend to the 1. You .should introduce a man to banks your married finends in this they do not hoard the money, they makes it sen.e, they invest it in trade and anterpiise of all kind.i. It is capital and capital means factories and mines and cultivated lands, the means of further production, th« source of future wealth. Stenographer: â€" Can you tell me the card containing her correct use of the comma, that is to more dean money in a pure-bred sheep gether with he than in a scrub. The why and the „ew address, to the person to whom it say, wh.ch of these sentences is cor- wherefore are not halt so important is addressed, who thereupon calls on .-ect. "Tom. Jchi. and Henry are corn- were planted about the mi.hlle of May in another 5 gallons of water, then the; to know as the actual fact. the new comer. If a man has . let- jng.- or, "Tom, John and Heni-\- are and seemed to come along well till two should be dumped into a clean Verse 44. He said this about Naa- See to it that you have the pay as ter of introduction to a woman he may coming" early July when they seemed to die water-tight barrel and 40 gallons of a«th (Matt. 13. 57; Mark 6. 4; Luke ' soon as the meat man has the sheep call and deliver it in person. I- depends on what meaning you down. Some sent up single stalks water should be added. * -*)' ^ut this Evangelist is applying or !=.mbs. He gets his-pay down- jj^^ ^y j jj ._j ^^-j,^^ j^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ^..^J^ to convev. In the fir-=t •sentence *«^'" ^^^ â„¢'"»«'^ *^« S°"^« "'â- '^ ^«- way to treat a kitchen floor? 12. What Tom's att..ntion is called to th-. fact color scheme would you advise fcr u tluit Joh;i and Henry are coming; in â- which were short and weak. I scarce- Tha solution of sulphate of copper it to Juda»a, the Messiah's true "coun- ly got back seed. What was the mat- and lime is deadly to tha scores or try." ter, and how can I get better crops seeds of tha Late Blight disease. ' '^^- ^T'"° '^,.,* ^^'^^ contrast be- next year? . i If there is a sm-iU infection any- '^7 Jl^^ ^alilieans who welcomed Anc,.-<>^. â- a.*;fi,,,„t ^^^-.r.r, tVo fioi V * -x •. J thc Lord even because of his drastic Answer .-\\ithout secmg the fi*!d «here near your farm, it wi.l spread treatment of the traffickers in the or sample of the crop, it is impossuile very quickly duniig damp, warm temple, and the Judsaaa.s whom that to say with exactness, what the trou- weather. Late Bl.gl.t stops growth action had moved to imjiotent wTath. ble was. From your description I and causes dry rot in the stock that is 46. Kings officer (margin)â€" The am assuming that it was the deadly dug. ITie biggest and best potato word thus rendered is common in ver wait. Many have done that and are ^^,.^ be.iio.m with a largo south win- waiting yet. dow? Be sure the jheep quarters are dry and cheery. | â€" A cold, dark, diimp place for sheep is death to them. The sheen barn should be bottle the second, it is .<tatcd that Tom, John, and H,3nry are all three coming. Late Blight Jlsense of potatoes. This growers on tliis continent lUways "^iculnr documents, especially official, t*ght with the proper ventilation disease sometimes sweeps do\vn upon spray their potatoes to control this whery it derates the "royal secretary"; big doors opening to the south. what looks to be a healthy tield and disease. with It is liard cash sifting out of the pocketbook if the liquid manuie is not colicky pains. in Roman Egypt he was deputy for : These doors fhwuld be open on the district commissioner. | pleasant days, so l he sheep can exer- 47. Was come cut of Judaa, repeat- | cise in a sheltered yard, ed in verse 5-! takes us hack to verse , gheep do not mind cold when there 4oE.r â€" It IS not the mere chronicle of a • i *. i .u *- i • i .. »„ i , L , I .... 1 IS DO draft, and the toid is dry and ijournej-. Jesus had dane a Mi-ssianic â-  ^- l, act in his royal capital: it had been only resented . .\3 a prophet, he was **' winning more disciple.^ than even ^o Insects Migrate? •ho.-. »t,(rn«.. „t j.k„, ,„ hi. -own c.«.tr5-,- tbi, had! o» „r th, ...xpl.in.J ,,h..>oo.emi If a horse takes a chill, followed by saved by absorbent;^, or by being soreness, stands all the time, groans brought him no recognition. So he j drained from tight floors to a cistern if made to move, is sore if pressed be- solemnly changes the scene of his ODD FACTS. Damage by hailstones to crops throughout the world is said to aver- age $200,000,000 a year. The orifice of the whale's ear is scarcely perceptible, yet it i^ said that the whale's hearing is so aciiti th;it a ship crossing its track naif a mile dis- tant will cause it to dive instantly. .\n addition to the flora of the Brit- ish Islands has been found the mont- breia â€" a near relative of the iris and a native of South .A.fricaâ€" -whi.di re- From The Middle West BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI TISH COLUMBIA. Items From Provinces Where .Manj Ontario Boys and Girls Arc Living. of animal life is the annual migration cently was seen in bloom between the outside the stable. , twcen the ribs which are fixed, and has ministrj', and GalihTans joy^'uUy claim | °^ ^^"i^' though tho lines of their Be furo that the r.its are not rob- ' a short, dry, painful cough, he prob- hiâ„¢ as their own. Jerusalem w«uld i S''eat flights have now been accurately bing the cows of their grain. ably has pleurisy y^t be his capital: there he would be mapped in both hemispheres. Mr. Keep a good cat in the barn, and If much pain at first, give colic [.'Cfp^ne^ ^ith glory and honor" and â-  Howard J. Shannon, in an article In give it warm milk in its own dish- drench, apply mustard to sides, give T^;'"'!? ^)t t^^.ir.^ w„rd-d.e.i« «'' S^'."^"'^**^^ Monthly, entitled Insect and keep the di.sh clean. I nitrate of potassuim in 2-<Ir3m dSses which arfcr7dentTalTh7tn;ir of ^.'^r"°"" ^ ^u^'"' '"â- ^^"''^ "^ Comfort is the key-note to success, in water 3 tinu-s daily. If pulse be- The ^opTe Iglpe fo wonde«,^s su^ ^'\f' '"=^inta..u Chat many m-^cts as No cow can be comfortable if half comes weak, give 2 or 3 oz. doses of gested by the next word. "^ , well as birds make annual migrations , , , ^--,-.- ^ â€".-. - starved .and cold. sweet spirits of nitre in a pint of 49. The intense earnestness of the southward in the autumn, following fumes. The hillsides are burned over .^^^^^^j ^..^^^^^ j^^ English for the for stones of the beach at Cobb Lyrao Regis, in Dorsetshire. Once a year the hillsides of the Jli- labar coast of Ir.dia are the scenes of great commercial activity when the lemon grass harvest is under way. Oil extracted from the grass is employed g^'j.^., it! the manufacture of artificial per Alberta fiirmers met in conventiol in Edni'-inton, Jan. 2ord. Or.i- tlur,i?ar.>i hogs wore r.old in Cal- gary for $1J.^5 each rtfccotly. t'rince .\iuert, Sa.k., m:nie one hun- dred per cfut. retrbtruii "i re nonse. Edmonton has sent forty-seven r^ cruits to the Koya! Canadian Naval e. Calgary Y.W.C..\. ha-e largely at- or 4 hours as indicated, father ignores the Lord's sad general- weU-defined routes that correspond to to _ hive been fed highly on 'z^tion, which he really uttered to those taken by the birds of the same Si â- pTetty'gra'inTJ'r'a long time, and begin to ^iraw out the man's faith : only a very ; region.s '^'" =-â€" *~ =â- -'â- â€¢'• â€" '" match, fun down, can and have been toned ^^Z^""^ *""" ""''' *^'''* '"''* a ; North Am The Starvation Point. Cows sometimes get so smart that water every 3 they can lift the latch of their Horses that h Btanchions w-ith one hern. good argument for a sawing „ „ „^^.. .„..^„ If you do not resort to that measure, up by the molasses and hay treatment. g^f There is a resemblance to the fasten the latch down tightly every The horses should be shod regular- story of the centurion, which has even night and tie it. ly or not at all. Shoes may stay on Iseen regarded as an independent ver- If a cow has to be taken any dis- longer in Winter than in Summer, jsion of this â€" a most improbalde view. • . j tance, it is fur cheaper in time and in provided the shoes keep in condition. I 51. The man seems to have started arc the same individuals that flew beef to carry her on a wagon or sled. Many a man has become bankrupt' •*' onceâ€" like the lepers in Luke 17. 14 south in the fall or a new generation, using a pair of horses, than to drive by thinking he could make his f ortune ' â€" '^"^'"'"'^ ^^,°'''®'", "7"^ •, ,^« ''*'' ffo* t>red in the southern winter quarters, diers .ir.d civilians could live after the or lead her unwillingly. | in horses, when as a matter of fact "" '° *tt , ^^u'^* T "^T ^°'"*' ''**'' ""^ ^^' '"'''« "'^^'^'^ °^ t^o mi- The barn should be as quiet as a there was no horse in him. To sue- ^J*^.â„¢^''.^".^^^" i.'^.l*"?^ ""J^.}^^ lake grations may l>c gathere.l from the Quaker meeting. Many men get into ceed with horses a man must love j^j^j the habit of yelling at the stock with- horses, he must have a lot of horse -,2. Began to amend is inadequate, . . out being conscious of it, and keep the sense and he must be willing to study' the phrase answers e.xactlj- to oui- "got •^â„¢PP"'^' which animals stii-red un when they should and learn. i better." Seventh hourâ€" This is the '""^'* »o>^ard m swarms, forming to destroy the old and useless grass, cjgjj.born '^ X months later the fresh crop is I'hirtv-nin" men from Regina havs The insects include certain ready to tie cut, and at once the coun- -^-^^^ ^^^ j^^y^^j Canadian Naval erioan species cf Diptcra, tryside is dotted with furnaces and Volunteers, butterflies and and dragon flies. Mr. .stills. j John Crawford Shannon believ'es that there may be a' <â-º return niigi-ation in the Spring, but he is not sure whether such migrants To the question, "If there were a siege, htiw long do you think the sol tile has been re-elected Board of Trade of -without another word food supplies gave out?" an English - . „- - .. -- , . â€" paper answers: Science tells us that, shore, whan his hurrying slaves met j stateraent.s of the author in regard to if he can get drinking water, an ordiii- the monarch butterflies "in mint a time, the machinery of the body will presid»'nt cf Moo^c Jaw. .\ large quantity of wood has been cut from the forest reserves near Prince .\lbert, Aha. W. J. Vuncise was recently elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature from Lamsoen dijtrict A junier brancli of the Red Cross es (Danais ar- arr man can exist for thirty days g„;..^^ j,^^ ^^^^ organized in the mtngied myriads without food. At the end of that ^-^^^ ^^h^,, ^^ Yorkton. Sask. be quiet for their own and their own- er's good. Ho£f'M Cold floors can not be covered deep enough with straw to make the hog comfortable. He is a great rooter and will get clear down to the bottom of his straw bed. So cement or stone floors are not so good as plank. Old-fashioned hog-pens had alto- gether too much light on one side, be- ing all open to the weather. Then they went to the>-other extreme and Hvere shut up, close and dark. Win- dows are just as good for the hog's health and comfort as they are for yxyurs and mine. Money spent for Something wrong when a horse eats only New Testament book in which veritable his own bedding. Leave out straw and use sawdust or some thing; then correct the ration. ^...v, . ,, ., ,, , . , a better, all-round line of feed. I ^'^^^^ P"* '*â€"* *"'"'^" '^^"P "' **>" A quiet voice of approval anj The Municipapl Council of Forty-Mile levying a - ^,., ™»n cloud miles in not be spoiled, and can be brought ' 51^4^^,;^^. j, ^^^^i,,^^; _^ the these precise time notices are given: ^ width, and streaming backward for back to its former strength by careful ^^^^ ^^ j^^. patriotic purposes" such see note on John 1. 39 (January 21)., equal distaivees, casting below them feeding. Abtfbt a quarter of our body j yj^^ Women's \uxiliarv of Give.'^he watchers observed thenâ€" as wo; as they go perceptible shadows." weight is fat, and it is mostly this fat q^^^j^ Growers' Association h< ! temperature to normal, the patient ^, ^ . ,, , , , * falling (we may suppose) into a quiet, gentle pat occasionally make the horse „atural sleep. more tractable and serviceable. j 53. Believedâ€" He "believed" before. One great reason for boys leaving so strongly that he went off to realize the farm is that Willie's colt grrows up the promise. But faith always lives to be papa's horse. I on new impulses, and the instantane Never strike an animal when vou : that is absorbed as fooii during the are angry, nor when he is. If you do not, you will never strike him. This advice is as good when applied to striking a man in anger. the held a successful couvention at Brandon. Had A Tongoc Like A Woman. | period of starvation. Vre can absorb Calga-y military headquarters are The bell of â- ! JWottish church w^s ""'' ''"â„¢ "/ u''"' ""'*'u^- """' ^'^^}' ^^^^^ ^•"- *°i'-*y ""''""S ^s^"" ^"^ ine oeii 01 .1 ^orti.-n tnurcn wrs ^^^^ ^f fj,g^j. ^,,e,ght is gone. We ru..-_ Alexandra Imoerial Nurain« giving out a very poor tone, and a J^. jo the sam<- with from thirty to J^"e ^^'''"*°'*"' ^°'P"'*^ ^"""'* ...... rt'wtat w^s Zngty to 'report '''^^- ^' "'"^ °^ T "^"^ ^"^ '"â-  A committee of representative citl- impulses. and the V^»*«",'i^-^; i ^ he bS meanTof D„tS<. U S ^'*'''*' °'"*""'' ^""^ '^'•'°'^' ^" "''^ 'â- Â«Â« has been appointed at Moose, ous result of his first venture litted , "" '""' oe&t means 01 putting it ngtit. « luno-s Our hearts can la.se r * • 4 ; .v u- » .» faith on to a yet higher level. Whole: After an examination the members ""^ °^ '"'^.''- '^."'^ '»^-*"» <^an_ i».se j^^ to investigate the subject of Empress Eugenie's Work. The Empress Eugenie is heart and , .soul with the allies, and is showing window-glass for hog houses is money ^ her sympathy in a very practical way. well invested. Just watch the pork- 1 p^^.^^y ^j^y g^e is suggesting and ers as they lie where the sunshine carrying lut new schemes in the hos- members house, as in .\cts 16. 15, 31. This were divided in their opinion, and the gathering bv families is very sug- j kirk officer, who was in attendance gestive and characteristic. (It makes hvith the keys, was asked his view one think further of the gathering by .TPi„e ^ ken what's .vrang wi' the villages we are seeing in India to- . « „ â- , r«marlMd- "if< a .k.. i.ir," day.) A very attractive guess would '^"' ."* re^iarhed, tt s a she yin â€" recognize the mother of this grateful "*««"'& "«t -t was of the femmme _^ _^ family in Johanna the wife of Chuz.a, f^^^- ^^^ to oxplain he added f^rth-are consumed first. Herod s steward . It s to«gue s owTe langâ€" it's needin' , 54. The Evangelist closely connects, to be clipplt!" And this turnel out to I ♦> the two Cana "signs," whi«h may be bo really the fault. Tbe tongue had combinetl under the great tyord, "I become loosened to the extent of an life, and i„ah ^j. came that they might have might have abundance." comes in good and warm. Then lajpit^i ^^jjich she established in a large When they are putting on fat. ^j^g „f j^er house at Farnborongh | The hottest place in the world is th« Salt and sulphur and charcoal should jj;,, g^g f,^., put up revolving huts Interior of the Great Sahara Desert, be kept in every pig-pen and pig yard so the pigs can help themselves. This is a corrective and a preventive of worms. Do not confine the brood sows in a small dark pen. Give them of room, and a yard to go out to flne day. Brood sows must have ex ercise to insure strong healthy litters of pigs. Whatever makes the feed taste bet- ter increases its value as growth ra- tion for pigs . in the park at point.? where the finest Africa, where the thermometer rises views are obtained, and when these 1 to 122 degrees. are occupied by the officer patients j Xo have clean nests in the mo.;t !r- - gate ten per cent, and our brains anrl ner- civic tax!iti«n. vous systems can lose five pt-r cent Charles H. Wheeler, for the past It will be seen that the more vital or- twenty-five yl-ars dranuitic and music gansâ€" brain and heartâ€" yield least of critic of the Winnipeg Tribune, Is their valuable substance for the life dead, ageib 79. of the body, while the less essential The Doukliobor community near substancesâ€"fat, muscle fibre and so Yerkton, Sask., has promised a month- I ly payment of $2.T>0 to the Red Cross .J, . Society. I Lieut.-Col. Harwood, of Edmonton, .\ weather-tight shed offers the ad- has beea appoiitcd president of tha the administra- curve a striking truly so, ami was overlapping the ' ^"'•*^*' "^ sonio comfort to the ownvt board to inquire into tl t the rim, and therefore not '".'•epairiug or refitting his farm ma- tion of Taplow Hospital. chines, and if forethought is used in- About C60 farmers attended the the ereckion of the building space can opening meeting of the Manitoba be provided for a great number with Cattle Breeders' Association held at the use of a compaiatively small Brandon, M;»nitoba, recently. Provi-: Col. J. 5*rcwart. M.P.P., for LeiJi- _«., If paint and (trease can be mado to ! take the i>Uice of buildings without ex- 1 amount of building material, tra expense, then the only construe- sion should be made for hoisting some bridge, oonimandiiig an artillery bri- she likes to see that they are proper-, ^;ting position in the poultry house is ' tion needed will he that of a fence to ' of the. lighter parts. i)lent\'!'^ »<liu3ted to catch the most of the the best cure for the habit some fowl ' keep farm animals from doing data- racks, wagon boxes, etc., w evorv ^""''^i"®' *"'' ^^^ ^^'**' *^ ''*'* ^^^^ '* (especially pullets^ have of laying! age to the machines left outdoors. In'ii'g that i.'< high enough tti , / it is chilly. There are tennis courts in their eggs on the floor. A couple of ! the long run thare might bo u loss of ! danger from water should 1 the Since new telegraph cables to Cey- hon have been openetl messages have keen U'unsmitted from Loniion within ^If ;in hour. uch as hay ffsde at the Sront. has received hile floor-! Distinguished Sci-vice Order. ) a\'Did all, Charles Thomns, whose four chil- ... „ - .^-__ ._„.. „. „ , be arrang- ; dren were left motherless as tha r«- the grounds, too. Despite her great pallets took a notion early last month time in groasing a machine every 1 «d for the placing of hc:ivy gear suit of a street car accident a^ Win- age â€" she was 00 last May â€" the Em- 1 to deposit their eggs in a corner cf the time it has to be left idle, cotrvpared thei-eon. The machine shed may be,nipeg. is suing the street railway press calls at the hospital every â-  scratcJi pen . There were nests in the 1 with the easier method of rumdng it morning to inquire personally of the inner house, but they woidd not look I under a shed, but a careful man is patients if they aro going on well. She at them. Then a nest box was placed | likely to grease all parts that are lia- brings them the latest b(H)k9, and also : near the spot where they were in the j ble to rust in any case, so if money puzzles, the working out of which is habit of laying. They laid in it the i can he saved by foregoing building, her own favorite pastime. TJhe wound- 1 first day. When it was later removed j why not? The chief trouble is that ed men look for her coming, and she 1 to a more suitable location they im- ' one m;in, ha a rule, uses both means leaves smiles and gratitude behind her ' mediately located it and continued to j of protection and another uses neith- when she departs. I deposit their eggs in the rost. ler. floored above the rafters, so as to '. for S-5,000. make a place for the storing of bas- 1 Bank clearings for the week ending kets or other lightwright in:itter and Jan. IS in principal western cities if a workroom i.s nee»led for making ! v.cr;> as follows: l>r.'»ndon, $433,098; up Orates or putting handles on has- Ei'mo-^to", f2,23L',958; Winnipeg, $32,» kets, such an upper storey can bo .'5S7.t)79. for the corresponding weci; divided and ;•, portion made comfo'-t- 'a-t yoar $."!?. 4o:5,lO»\ and in 191B able for working in on cold days by the Sl-'?,S!0,7'.i3; Moose Jaw, $1,080,713- U3V of a small heater. Rogina, Sask., $2,5iil,7S5. \