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3 o a::= Bab-Plaiitiiig rime is Here Th« eas» with wblcb hardy sprins- ItoweriiiK bulbs may be grown has made thk phase of gardeainc extreme- ly popular. Much of this popularity is due to the fact that these plants bloom ' at a season when all ^owiug thliign j •re just awakening from ihblr winter I alcep. The trees arc yet bare und leaf- iMs, or just beginning to Kwell their buds, when our beds and borders may be a blaze of color Spring-flowering bulbs should be planted early; although some speclea do not suffer to any ai>prec'iable extent, eren if not planted until November, the smaller bulbs, such as snow-drops, sclllas and glory of the snow should be In the soil as soon st> potdible. say, late September or early October. Although hyarinths. used alone, make a great showing soon after the frost leaves us in spring, yet It is an advantage to use some of the lesser bulbs or dwarf perennials with them to heighten the effect and also to pro- long the beauty of the bed. Inter- mediate lines of narcissus will follow in time of blooming shortly after the hyacinths are past their best, and at no time will they obscure or lessen the eflect of the hyacinths. Arab'.-. Alphia.the white rock cress, makes a One carpet for any of the col- ored hyacinths. Another charming hardy plant to utilize in the same manner Is the Cerastium or snow in summer. Since the great beauty and value of the May-flowering tulips have been fully appreciated, they are being plant- ed in eTer-incr«asitig u&mhMrs, each fall, and this is tb«- type to plant for permanent effects in ihp hardy bor- der, for, unlike the eariy-fl(/«ering Dutch tulips, they can be left undis- turbed for several yearsi. However, to give us a longer tulip season we most aUu include In the planting tuble a eelectiuu of early varieties. Gorgeous color effects are to be had from tulips, and although a bed of mixed colorti is nut to be des- pised, yet such a bed lacks harmony such as we can have by a 8<;lection of named varieties planted in beds of one color, or of any design. The double-flowered early tupUs are excellent subjecth for beidlng; they last much longer than the sing!es, but are not quite so graceful. I am, how- ever, very partial to the double-flower- ed type: their IsAting qualities and I their great size of bloom appeal to the ' flower lover. In the case of May-flowering tulips a mass of one color is preferable to mlx- ' tures. j When we remember that these late- flowering taplls grow to a height of from two to three feet with foliage heavy and strong, it is well to give the I plants plenty of room; therefore, in j setting out the bulbs they are placed four to six Inches apart. , It is better to select a permanent j position for them, in the bulb garden i proper, or established in the hardy flower border. Bulb planting should be finished by early ovember; in fact, it were better j to plant about the middle of October. Elngland. (By an Australian on Her First Visit to the Motherland). â- "I thought that when my stranger-eyes Beheld this dreamed-of treasure-trove "With primrose-haunted memories, With proud and dalfodilllng love I'd laugh and bare my head to Eng- lish raiu3, Run singing through the green of Eng- lish lanes. And stooping by a hedge kiss the sweet earth That gave my fathers birth. â- "But there's no laughter on my lips Nor yet a song, but like a bird â- Stumbling on beauty's soul there slips Into my mouth a sobbing word â€" England; Her fields are furrowed in my heart. Her rivers are the little- tears that start Jia to some shadow-quiet place I creep, lake a shy child, to weep." â€" P.T., in Morning Post. « Trouble Borrowers. There's many a trouble Would burst like a bubble. And Into the waters of Lethe depart; Did we not rehearse it. And tenderly nurse it, And give it a. permanent place in the heart. There's many a sorrow Would vanish to-morrow. Were we but willing to furnish the wings; So sadly intruding And quietly brooding. It hatcheo out all sorts of horrible things. How welcome the seeming Of looks that are beaming, "Whether one's wealthy or w^hether one's poor! Eyes bright as a berry. Cheeks red as a cherry, nie groan and the curse and the heart- ache can cure. Resolve to be merry, And worry to ferry Across the famed waters that bid us forget ; And no longer fearful. But happy and cheerful. We feel life has much Uiat's worth living for yet. Mystery Creatures of the Jungles. To those who imagine, as many do, that Nature has no further surprises In store for us in the shape of new ani- mals and birds, the news that an ex- pedition Is in South America attempt- ing to capture the hoazin, a very rare species of water fowl, will come as a surprise. But the hoazin. with its cockatoo .crest and Its formidably powerful peak. Is by no means the only mystery creature known to exist to-day. In the heart of Central .A.frica, where the jungle in many places has never been penetrated by white men, there is to be found a strange leopard-like animal, striped after the fashion of a zebra, that so far has evaded classifi- cation by natural history experts. What 16 known as the hippo-horse is another mysterious beast that roams the African wilds. The natives have long spoken of it. but it was not until a few months ago that a white man. Mr. H. E. Lee, made its acquaintance. He saw the animal half-immersed in a pool, its mouth, cheeks, and ears were like those of a hcrse, but its head wa,s like that of a hippopotamus, with two long, erect horns on its snout. The new Guinea foreiis are believed to be the home of more than one ani- mal unknown to natural history, while the dense jungles of Borneo and Brazil contain others, among then- a long lizard-like creature that is sa i to be capable of flying". The giant bush pig of Kenya Colony is another beast that is so rarely seen that its existence is doubter by some, although several reputable travelers claim to have observed it. Even trying makes success. But Got Stung. 1st Schoolbo.v â€" "Huh, he thought he'd have a cinch winnin' that spellin' bee!" 2nd Ditto â€" "Yea. an' got stung!" â- ':>.., .1 ,., ^..•%:^ r and tr^r^^^(i!00^ -f tho great Si fjjMm^ . M "'â- â- ;:- j»i>:. • ^^^^^anadim'^^gf0itf(^ '^:^.$^ The Bread of Natkms IN HONOR OF CANADIAN HEROES Lady Patricia Ramsay has placed a panel in the chapel of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, to commemorate the glorious deeds of her regi- ment (the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) in the Great War. The panel Is in white marble, forming part of a general memorial scheme In the chapel, which commemorates nearly every regiment in the British army. Each panel has the regimental badge In the centre and an Inscription below. Lady Patricia's panel was the first one erected there in commemora.rlon of a Canadian unit Thii" r»^,> .â- >oui!'. will) li.iii fri'Ui I fyUui. itrt- showu tiiKliig ..". e.irly tnominr ?piat^ In" «i\p water trough* for their use at the largest jamboree •Ter belli at Wi-mbley. A Poem You Ought to Know. The Children's Hour. There was a time when children were enjoined to be "seen but not heard." when their natural playfulness was repressed. Longfellow did much to break down this foolish custom. Between the dark and the daylight. When the night is beginning to lower. Comes a pause in the day's occupa- tions. That Is known as the Children's Hour. i' I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet. The sound of a door that is opened. And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight. Descending the bread hall stair. Grave Alice and laughing .\llegra. And Edith with golden hair. .\ whisper and then a silence; Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning to- gether To take me by surprise. .\ sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall! They climb up into my turret O'er the aims and back of my chair; If 1 try to escape they surround me; They seem to be everywhere. They almost devour me with kisses. Their arms about me entwine. And I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse Tower on the Rhine! Do you think, O blue-eyed banditti. Because you have scaled the wall. Such an old moustache as I am Is not a match for you all? I have you fast In my fortress. And will not let you depart. But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever. Yes. for ever and a day. Till the walls shall tumble to ruin. And moulder In dust away! t' Poem Carved on a Tree. On the Thames Brows Estate, near 1 Wallingford. England, are the famous [ "Wlttenham Clumps." a prominent j landmark which dominates the Berk- i shire and Oxfordshire countryside for ; many miles. The Clumps â€" two groups ! of very old beeches â€" are situated on I the top of one of the Sinodun Hills I and mark the site of an old Roman camp. Carved on the trunk of one of the beech trees is a poem describing the various changes time has witnessed at the spot. It conclude^s with: â€" Within that field where lies the grov'- llng herd. High walls were crouched, stone cof- fins dtslnterr'd. Such is the course of time, the wreck which fate And awful doom award the earthly great. Records differ as to the date and authorship of this inscription, though one authority declares the lines were carved by a local clergyman In 1S20. « Fate. The fate of no man. not even the happiest. Is free from struggles and privation: for true happiness is only , then attained, when by the govem- uicnt of the feelings we become inde- ' pendent of all the changes of lite. Peter Pan and the Soldier. Though blinded In the war, a yonag Australian soldier zamed Penn wanted to "see" the statue of Peter Pan In London before he was sent home. I was asked, writes a contributor to Counto' Life, whether I would take him out the following Sunday. "You know." he said, "I'm to return to Melbourne In a week or two, and I simply must see Peter Pan before I go." When we reached the statue Penn put his hand upon It. "Why." he said, "It's smaller than I thought; I shall know It all." Carefully he felt It piece by piece with little murmurs of delight. "Just look at this tiny mouse!" he would say. "See this lovely little fairy ; why, she is stretching up to speak to him!" Then again. "You are quite sure th^t I am not missing anything?" Indeed I thought he was taking in more than many a man with sight. He was very intent on the examination, but at last, satisfied that nothing had escaped him, he turned to me and whispered. "Surely there are a lot of people near us?" .A.S a matter of fact there were, but I had hoped he would not notice. They had Stopped as they passed, seeing the tall young Australian soldier fin- gering so carefully the statue that all London knows and loves so well. He was obviously blind and just as obvi- ously as full of strength and vigor as the treee that grew above him. I can remember now two women who stood watching in silence, with tears run- ning down their cheeks. "Ah, well." he said as we turned away, "I don't wonder it draws a crowd; it's one of the loveliest things I have ever seen. I shall be glad to think of it when I am back in Aus- tralia." It to A eurlouii and laieresting otudy to compare the various ma.leriaU which serve the different nations of the world u* Hie btu^la of their bread. In this couniry. where good bread, made from spring an.i fail wheat flour, la within reach of ail. rarely a thought is given to the f<ict tnat. aft«r uU, the lahabitants of ouly a small portion of the earth's surface enjoy such food. In the remote part of Sweden, the poor make and bake their rye bread twice a year and £tore the loaves away, so that eventually they are as hard as bricks. Further north still, bread is made from barley and oats. In Lapland, oats, with the ioner bark of the pine, are used. The two together, wi-ll ground and mixed, are made Into large, flat cakes, cokad in a pan over a fire. In dreary Kamchatka, pine or birch bark by itself, well macerated, pound- ed and baked, frequently constitutes the whole of the native bread food. The Icelander scrapes the "Iceland moss" off the rrjcks and grinds It into fine flour, which serves for both bnead and puddings. An seme parts of Si- beria, China, and other European coun- tries, a fairly palatable bread la made from buckwheat. In parts of Italy chestnuts are cook- ed, ground into meal and used for mak- ing bread Durra. a variety of millet, is much used In the countries of India, Egypt, Arabia and Asia Minor for making bread, ice bread in the staple food of the Chinese. Japanese and a large portion of the inhabitants of In- In Persia the bread is made from rice fiour and milk: it is called "la- wash." The Persian oven is built in One With a Song. He sings; and his song 1,3 heard. Pure as a joyous prayer. Because he sings of the simple things The fields and the open air. j The orchard bough and the mocking- bird. And the blossoms everywhere. He sings of a wealth we hold In common ownership â€" The wildwood nook and the laugh of the brook. And the dewdrop's drip and drip. The !ove of the lily's heart of gold, And the 'uiss of the rose's Up. The universal heart Leans listening to his lay. That glints and gleams with the glim- mering dreams Of children at their play â€" A lay as rich with unconscious art. As the first song-bird's of May. Steadfastly, bravely glad. Above all earthly strees. He lifts his line to heights divine. And singing, ever says â€" This Is a better world than bad â€" God's love is limitless. â€" Jas. Whltcomb Riley. Sold by His Brother. An .Vfrican native living in a little cottage In Chlslehurst. Kent. England, can look back upon a life which has been more eventful than any romance and which Is reminiscent of the days of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." This man is .\rab Makeppo, and he was rescued from slavery by the great African explorer. Dr. Livingstone. "I was sold by my brother sixty to seventy years ago to Portuguese slave traders," Makeppo said, "and we be- gan our journey to the coast. The men were tied two-by-two to wooden collars, which thew wore even in their sleep: the women chained at wrists and ankles: the girls roped like horses, and the littie ones free." Livingstone and his men routed the slavers and the explorer chose .\rab -Makeppo as his body servant. The â-  e.x-slave afterwards came to England j and is now employed as a gardener to ! a private family. Makeppo to this day I refers to Livingstone as "the Govern- or." Maintained His Social Position. "He makes strenuous efforts to maintain his social position." "Yes; goes in for arrest in both pro- hibition violation and auto speeding, I've heard." the ground, about th« size of a barret dia. The «id«^ are sniooth nw^on work. The flre is built at the bottom and kept burslng uiiti! the wallg or Mden of the even are thoroughly heated. Enough dough to form a sheM about one foot wid« and two feet loov la thrown on the board and rolled UBtll as thin as sole leather, thea it U taken up and tcsaed aad rolled from one arm to the other and flung on the board and slapped on the side of tlM oven. It takes only a few momenta to baka and when baked it Is spread out to oooi. This br^ad is cheap â€" one cent a sheet. It i» sweet and nourishing. .â- ^ specimen of the "hunger bread" from .\rmenla is made of clovers«ed, flax or linseed meal, mixed with edible grass. In the Molucca island tUa starchy pith of the sago palm fumlato- es a white, floury meal. This is made up into flat, oblong loavee. which are baked In curious little ovenj. each be- ing divided into oblong cells to receive the loaves. Bread is also made from I roots In some parts of Africa and South .\merica. It Is made from manl- j CO tubers. These roots are a deadly ' poison if eaten In the raw state, but [ make a good food it properly prepared. I To prtpare them for bread, the it>ota are soaked for several days In water; thus washing out the poison; the nbres are picked out. dried and ground [ Into flour. This is mixed with milk. If obtainable: if not. water is used. The dough Is formed Into little round I loaves and baked in hot ashes or dried in the sun. Crossing a Muskeg. One of the things peculiar to Nc^fli America Is the muskeg, a sort of marsh or swamp with mud that sucks like quicksand. The unwary man or animal wandering into a muskeg dis- appears quickly and leaves no trace. Yet a muskeg can be crossed. Great tufts of heavy grass grow irregularly on the surface, and if a man will pick his way carefolly he will have little trouble. .\ call to visit a sick man brought a physician in haste from the village. A muskeg lay directly in his way; since to cross it would save much valuable time, he took the risk. "When he waa well over It. he heard a little noise be- hind him and. looking round, spied hia little four-year-old son following hard after him! The boy was already well out on the dangerous muskeg. As quickly as he could the doctor picked his way back and was only re- lieved when he had clasped his boy to his breast. "My boy," he cried, "what- ever do you mean b>" coming oat here!" "It's aU right, father." the little fel- low replied. "I just put my feet where you put yours. It was all right." Example counts. Percept may guide some children, but most of them zeal- ously put their littie feet where thetr parents have put their big ones. If our boys and girls are to pass safe over the dangerous place.s of life, tlier must have good leadership. Then let parents be sure that their steps "are ordered by the Lord," both for their own sakes as well as tor the safety of those who are following them. « Bamboo Pens In India. Bamboo writing pens axe still fav»»- ed In India, where they have been tn use for more than 1,000 years. Country of Old Men. Serbia is said to have more cen-' tenarians in proportion to population; than any other country. j Never bring a kerosene can near a stove which has a fire in it, and never pour kerosene into a stove whether the fire is out or not. Many people have been burned to death trying that experiment. If you persist in the very foolish habit of using kerosene for kindling a tire, only do so by pour- ing it on the wood fuel before it la put into the stove, and do that far from the stove or any open flame. â€"AND THE WORST IS YFT TO CO^^F. -*- Experience. I bought a little country place And thought for sure 1 knew Enough V> make a garden grow .•Vnd raise some chickens too. t labored hard for three long months. To make things work I tried. But plants for me refused to grow â€" The baby chickens died! I sold my place for half its coet .-Vnd beat it back to work, Ccntentedly behind a desk. A common office clerk. No more "bout farmers will 1 jeat; Pre learned, the price-was high, I The farmer Is a wise old boy. He knows much more tbaa L