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HEALTH > Exercise. If you are to be in perfect health the blood stream must course freely through your body. When it fans to do so for any reason,' you have "poor circulation," a condition 1 that shows itself in many unpleasant unpleasant ways--cold hands and feet, chil- blains, headaches, low' spirits, bad temper, and a general sense of discomfort discomfort and inefficiency. Many young people, and especir ally many girls, suffer from this ■■ condition. Girls as a rule take less active physical exercise than, boys of the same age, and there is nothing nothing like hard physical play or work to improve a stagnant circulation. circulation. But some people are not strong enough to undertake much ' active exercise ; their cases must be dealt with in a different way. A frail and delicate girl in tennis and basket ball or. gymnasium work will do well to try massage until she gains strength enough for other exercise. exercise. As she feels her strength increasing, increasing, she should let exercise gradually take the place of massage is as a substitute for muscular activity activity when that is impossible or unwise, it is not nearly so efficacious efficacious for healthy persons as actual exercise. If massage seems to cost more than the patient can afford, remem- ^„ber that some member of your family family can often learn in a few lessons how to give very successful massage Remember, however, that when you use massage in order to keep up a good blood supply to an injured part of the body, such as a sprained sprained ankle or à strained muscle, it is very important to find out just what movements should be made, or you may do harm instead of good. For persons in good health there is nothing like the cold morning bath, followed by vigorous rubbing; with a rough towel, to keep the circulation circulation in good order. But that is too harsh for frail people, and they will be wiser to temper the bath, and trust to the rough towel, to bring the blood to the suriace trunk of the body, a hot drink fortified fortified by alcohol are y all homely measures which, >y provoking, a temporary anaemia- of 'the. brain, are conducive to the acquisition of refreshing sleep. Many forms . of electricity have also been requisitioned requisitioned with varying degrees of success success --Dr. Guthrie Rankme. OLD WAR. By Arthur L. Phelps. I see you sitting in the sungjeams there, . Scabbard on arm, the mighty blade withdrawn, Musing a little. Dreams of customs customs gone People your mood--old loves, old quests to dare ; • The sword so doubly tempered to its wont . Of battle, keen to be swift smiting smiting through Dark arms, you fondle almost as if you • „ , ,, Had borne it shouting m the fight s red front. All this upon a quiet afternoon Of golden sun in Canada. me years , , Are but a curtain that you brush aside. , , . This hour you hear the ancient battle battle rune In gleaming glens, and to your sight appears , Old war and all its honor and high pride. --In the Canadian Magazine for August. __ --•$" -- PARKS FOR CANADA. PRICES OF MS PRODUCTS EEPOETS rBOM THE IBADISO JEADE CEMTESS OP AMBB-1CA. Breadstuff's. Toronto, Auer. 4.--Flour--Ontario wheat flours, 9C per cent., $3.60 to $3.65, eeaboar . New flour for August delivery Quoted at $3.25. Manitobas--First patents, in jute bags, $5.50; do., seconds, $5; strong ba-k- ers', in .lute bags, $4.80. Manitoba wheat--Bay ports--No. 1 N°r them, $1 to $1.03, and No. 2, 99c to $1.01.-_ Ontario wheat--No. 2 new, 85 to 87c, out side, August and September delivery. Oats--No. 2 Ontario.oate at 39 1-2 to wc. outside., and at 42 to 42 l-2c, on track, Toronto. Toronto. Western Canada oats. 43 l-2c i No. 2. and 42 l-2c for No. 3. Pea s--.Nom i n a 1. Barley--Nominal. . Bye--Nominal. Buckwheat--Nominal. Corn--Dali; No. 2 American at 81 to ozc, on track, Toronto. _ -- Bran--Manitoba bran, $23, in bags, ronto freight. Shorts, $25 to $26. Some women are weak because of. ills that are common In Girlhood--Womanhood and Motherhood rnuo nrpsrrintion which Dr. R. V. Pierce used most'successfully--iti dlseasesofovomen--which has stood the test of nearly half a century-is X Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Take this in liquid or tablet form as a tonic. ;. " \ Mr. D Richardson, of Beazley, Essex Go., Ve„ says, " 1 esteem it a pleasure to a ijfv f Q thg wonderful curative qualities of Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription._ .F°J testier to :m „ . ^ w ;th weakness. I was treated by several physicians One of my friends told me of the âood results of your J?pS PreîcriptionJ^i wenfto.thedmâ store and got a bottle, and after taicmÊ it F wUh the " PtoasanI Pellets/' 1 commenced to get better. I never knew what hanniness was for 1 was always sick and complaining arid made others as well as i YOU see what a debt 1 owe you !" Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate stomach, liver, bowels KING PETER OF SERVIA, (whom one rumor reporta as having lab 'abdicated. Their Educational and Patriotic Influence. An unusual Government publication publication has recently been issued b> the Dominion . Parks Branch ot the Department of the . Interior It consists of a small souvenir booklet, booklet, artistically bound in duplex leather, wild grass paper, and tied with an olive green silk cord, lne lettering is embossed_ in gold, anti a verv unique design has been chosen" for the cover. The latter is cut out so as to form' a- sort ot spect- is each year being given a larger place. . The educational and patriotic influence influence of the parks is also touched upon, as well as the work which the Dominion Parks Branch is. doing doing in the preservation of native wild life in connection with the buffalo, elk, antelope, etc., as well as bird life. There is also pointed out the need for the creation ot Historic Parks as a means of preservation preservation for our historic _ sites, many of which we are allowing to disappear. , . , A new line of development which is worthy of consideration, is suggested, suggested, viz: the provision of national national parks near* our congested centres of population. All modem town planning makes provision lor parks and playgrounds within the city itself, but while these are useful useful and necessary, they provide a means of recreation for a few hours at most. The national parks NEW KING OF SER.V1A, Prince Alexander reigns If report 'of King Peter's abdication la true, j The eldest son renounced the succession. succession. . t.orpp and in this is inset a spray of the body. Even if you must some ! trame an Heather from the times omit the bath, do not omit j of , • Park the pur- the "rtibdoxvn. ' Youth's Compan-1 Bocky^ Hountam^ P^thep i the wood-brown background mak- in°- a very attractive color combi- lon. Cure of Sleeplessness. In mild cases of insomnia change of scene, a sea voyage, moderate exercise in the open air, tempor- arv withdrawal from the ordinary activities of life are, each and all of scenes them, minor measures not to be neglected. It must also be remembered remembered that in those who sleep light- trival discomforts may be is set up rn ly, -- . , enough to produce sleepless nights. -Cold feet, an unwise evening meal, an .absorbing game, a heated discussion, discussion, a postponed hour^of retire nation. The matter 10-point Caslon Old Style t>p , and the booklet is. illustrated throughout with vignettes o scenes in the Banff and loho Parks, printed in golden olive, bv the offset method. By. this method, which has, so far, been but little used in Canada, the difficulty which formerly existed in printing ia tones on-anything but smooth-faced paper, has been overcome. The process involves taking an lmpres- would reserve la.rge areas wheie people would be free to go for as long as they desired. Such parks would be, in reality, "Peoples estates," and would afford -to -t-hv ordinary citizen many of the advantages advantages which the man of wealth possesses possesses in his country estate In the words of the booklet, the* would be "places where the poor could get a summer cottage or camp site for a- nominal rental, where boys and men could camp find and fish and study nature ; whei ment and a hundred other small g ^ on £ r0 m the plate oil a c>hn departures from the accustomed | covere d with a rubber blanket ana routine may be responsible for aj then transferring or offsetting it to bad night. It- is quite remarkable j the paper . which is carried round how this is exemplified in the com- ; & third cylinder, mon experience of a- sleepless night- ^ v no doubt be a matter ot on Sunday, when the usual activa- 1 .. e tQ many t o learn that ties of the week are interrupted bj ; nna< q a possesses a heather of tier comparative freedom from care, - This plant is not, as it has more than the usual amount oE re-|.oxu- been called, a "poor pose, and frequently also more than - =a. -- ^ ^ Scotch heather, the allowance of tood and drink:.\ Te\ t- ily conn€ ction and Massage, especially, when practiced ! but .has » well reMg _ thoroughly and rapidly over the ab- sta . 0 • , anL { £ s nearly „ lmf hath, a mustard foot mzed bj .botanists, a the .sick and delicate . could new stores of health in the . great out-of-doors, by right of citizenship, citizenship, without leave or hindrance of anyone." . -, There is still within easy reach, of many of our large cities, land available for such a purpose, which is either public domain cr piocur- able at low cost. It would seem worth while considering the advice given by Ambassador Bryce m Ottawa, Ottawa, before -his return to England, England, namely, that the time to set aside public domain for the future needs of the people is now ; not when the encroachmnts of civiliza tion have rendered this almost impossible. impossible. A PERTINENT QUESTION. "Is the Brain Necessary to Human Existence?" Wash Silk Shirt Waist. For the young girl nothing is more comfortable than a wash silk shirt-waist dress. These frocks are made in one piece, and there are a few pleats in the skirts, which are cut rather short, to make them more comfortable and practical lhe waists, too, are pleated, and are finished finished with turn down collars A leather belt or a stiched one of the silk is worn. The silks used are usually of the striped patterns-- stripes of pink, blue, green o-r pale j violet on white. | Embroidered Petticoats. Embroidered net petticoats are one of the things that haVe persisted persisted from last summer. They are made, usually, almost without fulness. fulness. Some of them are gored a little so that they flare about the ankles. They are scalloped along the lower edge and each panel or gore shows an embroidered design. Sometimes the panels are joined with rather heavy thread lace. Crepe Sweaters Popular. The summer sweater of this season season is not wholly, clinging garment I made of white and colored worsted Country Produce. Butter--Choice dairy, 17 to 19c; inferior, 15 to 16c; farmers' eeparator prints,■ ™ 20c; creamery prints, fresh, 23 1-2 to zoc, do..-solid#, 22 to 23 l-2c. , Ejrsre--Case -lota of strictly new-laid, Zbc per dozen, and good stock, 20 to 23c I> Honey--Strained, 10 1-2 to 11 l-2c per lb. Combs, $2.25 to $2.50 per dozen for No. l, and $2 for No. 2. , , , CHee&e--New cheese. 14 to 14 l-4c for l&r# and 14 1-4 to 14 l-2c for twine. Beans--Hand-picked, $2.30 -to $2.35 per bushel; No. 1 primes, $2.20 to $2.25. Poultry--Fowl, 15 to 16c per lb; cnicK- ens. broUera. 20 to 22c; turkeys. 20 to 2lc. otatoes--New Ontario, $1.25 to $1.30 P® bushel, and Americans, $4 per barrel. Baled Hay and Straw. Hay--Quotatione on No. 1 are practically practically nominal. No. 2 brings $15 to $15.35, on track here. Clover ' $12.50. • - rrr>- Baled straw--Car lots $9, on track, >o- ronto. Provisions. - Bacon--Long clear, 14 to 14 l-2c per case lots. Hams--Medium. 18 1-2 to lsc, do., heavy. 17 to 17 1-ÿ; rolls, 14 Hto«c. breakfast bacon. 19c; backs,'22 to 23c, bone less backs. 24c. - ^ .. -u 1 An- Lard--Tierces. 11 3-4 to 12c; tube, 12 l-4c, pails. 12 l-2c; compound, 10 to 10 l-4o. '■ y 7r?'> z> NOTES OF SCIENCE A spreading oak tree 60 feet high has about 6,000,000 leaves. Sheep used as beasts of burden in northern India carry loads of twenty twenty pounds. The world's largest coal mine at Nokomis, 111., is.operated entirely by electricity. Tomato seeds are crushed and pressed into cakes for feeding stock at Italian canneries. To give it additional power a new screw driver is provided with two additional detachable handles. As the handle on the top of a new sanitary sugar bowl is turned a single lump of sugar is' ejected at a time. Japanese are producing more than 20,000,000 tons of coal a year from mines in. Japan and South Manchooria. Scientists have figured that about 36,000,000 babies are born each year, or at a rate of about 70 a inute. . .. Bombay, which lights its streets nt rollers, çh.ou iuu ° „ vi-m to $2.20. Boiled oate, p. as an d oil lamps, soon Will ba ti begin a six months' test of electric Montreal Markets. Montreal. Aug. 4.--Corn,. American No 2 yellow. 77 to 78c. Gate. Can t dia A^rf!ed' No. 2. 45c; No. 3. 43 3-4c; extra No. tifeed. 44 l-2c. Barley, Man. feed, 55 to 56o. Flour Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $o. to $5.60; seconds, $5 to $5.10; strong. ba ' i minute era'. $4.80 to $4.90; Winter » a1 fnte, choice, | v $5 to $5.25; straight rollers, $4.50 to $4^n, do., bags, $2.15 t barrele,-$4.45 to $4.-- , - . S2 05 to $2.15. Bran, 23. Shorts $25 . Middlings $28. , Mouillifc,. $21 to $23 -Hay, lighting. No. 2 per ton, car lots, 815 to §16-50. the heat more even- SrSUSSSt l, the heating elements in a new choicest creamery, 24 1-2 to 25ç; do., a^c- electric ov 7 en are msert-ed untier onds. 24 to 24 l-4c. Eggs fresh. 23 to 24c; i h lf , rac k_ eelected. 26 to 27c; No. 1 stock 23c; No. 2 eacn sneu ui iaciv._ Stock. 26 to 21c. Trams that weigh / 00 tons are being hauled at a speed of 15 miles Winnipeg Cram. I an hour over level track by a new Winnipeg. Aug. 4.--Cash prices;- Wheat. Q erman leeomotive. No - 1 -?„ ort ÆÆ. 8to°- ô»rt i A Connecticut inventor has pa °- W " a S - P ' • 36 l-2c. Barley, No. 3, 54c; No. 4, 51c : [_re- domen, a hot bath, a mustard foot bath, a wet-pack applied to the SICKNE V< X i ? Quickly Yielded To Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Baltimore, Md. -- am more than rlad to tell what Lydia E. Pmkham s * - Vegetable Com- P oun d did for me. j suffered dreadful pains and was very irregular. I became alarmed and sent for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Compound. I took it regularly regularly until I was without a cramp or pain and felt like another person, and it has now been six months since I took any medicine at all. I hope my little note will assist you in helping other women. women. I now feel perfectly well and m best of health/'-Mrs August W. KONDNER, 1632 Hollins Street, Bal timoré, Md. Lvdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Compound, made from native roo^and herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful drugs, and to-day holds the record of being the most successful remedy for female ills we know of, and thousands of voluntary testimom^sop file mthe Pmkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass., seem to prove this fact. For thirty years it has been the standard standard remedy for female ills, and has restored restored the health of thousand» of women who have been troubled witii such ailments ailments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc. If you want s p e c 1 a 1 write to Lydia E-Finkh^n W- icine Co., ('confidential ) Lynn, Mass. Tour letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and bold in strict confidence. allied to the Heath of the British Isles. The booklet gives an. interesting interesting account of the locality from ! whiyh ' the souvenir was gathered, ! Simpson Pass, about thirty miles ! south of Banff, and of some of the i legends and stones connected wiuh i the heather in other lands. Its j main purpose, however, is_ to call = attention of Canadians to the Ha- I tional Parks of the Dominion, not ! only to the attractions they offer j to those who are able to visit them, but also to their value in the national national life. Their commercial potentialities potentialities are somewhat startling. It is pointed out that owing to the increasing.modern taste for travel striking scenery has become the most valuable sources of revenue revenue a- nation can possess. lhe tourist revenue o£ Switzer and per year is placed at 150 million dollars, dollars, that of France at 600 millions, that of Italy at over 100 millions. The sum which Americans annu y spend abroad is estimated at the enormous total of five hundred mil-1 lion dollars. It would appear, therefore, that the creation of national national parks, which are one of the best means of attracting' and providing providing for tourist travel, may well he considered, as it is now being considered in.the United, States, as a "solid business proposition. H -is on other grounds than the commercial, however, that the parks lay claim to -recognition- Chief of these is an aid to produc- un - •■•--- These great eservoirs" of As an an ti me efficient citizens. -, , s - a re reservoirs 01 natural reserves vitality for the race. As an auu- dote to the ills oi over-civilization and the complex life of modern cities, they offer the opportunity for life in the wilderness, and the Can a man live with faculties unimpaired unimpaired after a large portion of his brain has been removed, or with no brain at aU? Several recent cases are leading scientists to answer the question question in the affirmative, however much such an answer would havq^ been scouted a little while ago. There Is now in the service of Dr. Daniel Moliere, surgeon in the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Lyons, a capable little fellow of 12 years, who is apparently in perfect health. Some time ago, In sliding down the balusters, he fell and fractured his skull upon a chandelier below. As a bowl full "of brain matter oozed from the wound, no hope was entertained for his recovery. He lay in a coma for ten days, in fact, but upon awakening began to improve and is at present apparently sound... in mind and body. - _ The famous . surgeon, M. Destot, comes forward with an incident as striking. It is the case of a stone mason,, mason,, who in mounting a large cornice was' so seriously wounded that he lost the left frontal bone and me left frontal frontal lobe of the brain. After twelve days of unconsciousness he began to recover, and, according to the surgeon, surgeon, is not only well, but in the pos- i session of, all his* senses. When in Algiers some time ago, Dr. Bruch treated an Arab for an ugly wound about the left eye, which had been caused by the blow of a hammer. hammer. The patient remained in the hospital service fully two months and during that time did not show the slightest, evidence of cerebral trouble. At the end of that period, he became unconscious and died in a few days. The post mortem examination developed developed the astounding fact that he was totally destitute of brains. The anatomist and the psychologist alike are studying these cases with tremendous interest, but no explanation explanation that harmonizes with our previous previous knowledge seems to be forthcoming/ forthcoming/ : * It is made in various thin, silky fabrics--there fabrics--there is one now used that looks like erepe--and it hangs loosely loosely below the waist. Sometimes it is made with cutaway front. The sleeves are snug about the wiists, but the collars turn back comfortably comfortably from the neck.^ Tan and Buckskin Shoes. One of the most attractive shoes for tennis is made of white buckskin buckskin and tab leather combined. The tan is used at the toes and heels, and sometimes it is introduced in the way of straps for decoration, through the centre of the shoe. But the toe and heel arrangement of tan leather takes much of the soil that would otherwise fall on the defenceless buckskin, and so the shoes are little trouble to keep clean. Bags for All Uses. Bags are an ever present part of woman's dress, but how they change ! Now, we are told the leather handbag must be reserved for shopping, business or travelling. travelling. For all other times a bag of solk velvet, beads, chiffon or some other fabric is used. Silk bags and velvet ones, t-oo, are even used for shopping. The head bags are P® r " haps the most gorgeous of all. They are made' with intricate patterns developed in beads of all colors of the rainbow, lined with silk, and mounted in elaborate frames of silver or gold. 47 !.2c Flax, No. l N.W.O., I hollow with a removal lid. 3163 1-2; No. 2 c.w.. $1.601-2; No. 3 c.w., A recent- government estimate ol $E48 1-2. the population of Sweden placed the figures at 5,638,583, an increase in ruga without removal from floors has- been invented by a man in Portland, Ore. In a new type school desk both the desk, and chair for the desk in front of it are mounted on a single pedestal and both are adjustable for height. _ On some German railroads the locomotive cabs are equipped with cocoa mats to absorb the vibration, which is said to affect the hearing of their crews. Stamp selling machines have come into general use in German postoffices as they have proved a great convenience to the public as well as an economy to the government.. government.. The wqlls of all the rooms of a new building at the University of Paris are lined with lead to make :hem impervious to emanations of radium, with which experiments are conducted. In the rainy ^season _the wet, .flat lands of Ecuador produce a vine yielding a fruit which, when dried, forms a vegetable sponge considered considered by some persons superior to animal sponges. But one person is needed to operate operate a new range finder for military military purposes . in which two telescopes telescopes are mounted at the ends ol a common tube, their eye pieces being being close together. . For vessels using the'Suez Canal there has been developed a searchlight searchlight throwing branched rays, of light to prevent blinding the- pilots . of vessels coming from the opposite direction. So efficient is a : new telephone " transmitter that magnifies the voice that when one was submerged under under water in Chicago, conversation in the room around it was heard clearly at Hew York. united State, I t .-- 0 ars of 34,391 sJÏÏÏEbS? 1 » ,S?r N<fTVM, u\ Irrigation projects now under way No. l Northern, 95 3-4 to 99 3-4cj No. 2 Nor- contemplated by the Union o South Africa call i°r an expend, .Flour 73 fancv patente, $5; first clears, $3.75; ture of more than $o,000,00€. second"clears. $2.75. Shipments, 57,500 bar- ^ cas ] 1 register to record the num re Duiùth AugÛT.-Lihseed cash, $1.83 5-8; ber of words tin various kinds of- sf.'/oti/lL SÆtiïio 1 ^ ar4 i I telegrams is being tried .out in » 'seDt™b°r."lM« t0 97 , 8c ' 7 | There are coal fields in O r = at Britain that have been worked tor Live Stock Markets. | a t least 700 years, yielding every Toronto. Aug.' 4-Cattle-Ghoice butchers, kin< j of coa l except anthracite For filling lamps an, oil can has been patented that carries a funnel so that the oil be poured into th~ right place without waste. A portable steam renovating TOO OLD AT FORTY. Should Be at Your Best at That Age. What an absurdity this is! In manual labor the man or woman ot forty is at the best; full of experience experience and expert, from long i actice, steady in the settling-process work, ed by the year-s, and probably free from the emotional disturbances that occasionally interfere with work in the younger and more^su^s ceptible years. As to brain work best sort 'oi teoreabon whe» Iresh T Sünsbinê and beautiful natural b'nery are combined. The prob- c£ the preservation of the vital- air tTot the We is Kdmiited by all -conservationiste ^9 kft the S dll turbblems, A Great Secret. Bachelor Uncle--"Well, Frankie, what do you. want now 1" Frankie-- "Oh, I want to be rich!" Uncle-- ' tjti-ch ! Why V ' Frankie--/Because I want to be petted, and ma says you are an old fool, but must 'be petted because you are rich--but it's a great secret, and I mustn fc tell!" one is ju'st coming into one's king dom at the age of forty, discovering one's territory, and aware ing districts yet to be explored. The artist, the sculptor, - the musician, the scientist, the litterateur know this well. He is-Addmg every day to the stores of a well-garnered intelligence, intelligence, and increasing them by the mere process of drawing them out and utilizing them, applying them to his work, and finding new riches in every morsel of them. And then there are the qualities of the worker " which improve with years. At forty one is more patient, more persevering, more resolute and intent intent better fortified against the natural natural inertia o.f human nature ; m other words, better inured'm that self-conquest which is inseparable from, because necessary to, sustained sustained effort. Surely the man or woman of - for tv has the advantage m all these ways over juniors of twenty- five or thirty. »o §8 75; good medium, $7.-65 to $7.85; common cows $3.25 to $4.50; canner, and cuttera. $2.60 to $3.50; choice fat cows, .$6 t0 d 5 lvls-Good veal, $10 to $11; common. 'r&Sm * and feedere-Steere 700 to 900 ^ ~ pounds, $6.50 to $7; light stokers, $5. | mac ]- 1 in e fbr cleaning carpets and t ' 0 Hoic»-7$9.15. fed and watered. $9.40 off C ^8h.eep and lambe--Light ewee, _ $6 to S6 50: heavy. $4 to $4.50; bucks,_ $3.50 to §4".50; spring immbs. $8.50 to $9.7o by the pound: yearling lambs. $6 to Sti. Milch cows--M.ark et firm at 60 to $95. Montreal. Aug. 4.--Primes, 8 to 8 3-4c. medium. 5 3-4c to 7 34c; common 4 to ™lic Milch cows. $30 to $75 each; one Holstein cow was held at $90. Calves, 4 to 7 l-2c; sheep. 4 1-2 to 5 l-4c; lambs, $5 to S7.50 each. Hogs. 9 1-2 to 10c. • A BARGAIN IN CHEESE. An Incident in a Spanish Market Place. At- early morning the market place of Medina- is a rare sight, says Mr. G. Bogue Luffmann m his. "Quiet Days m Spam It is thronged with hundreds of tilted carts and pack animals, loaded with all the materials that the population population requires. So universal is the practice of buying in the market square, that there are very few shops, and those are both small and old fashioned. At a stall in the market place a bright-eyed dapper little woman was offering tiny cheeses of goat s milk A countryman examined one carefully, tucked it in his pocket, and put down a real. I thought the cheese a bargain, and said to the little woman, "I'll have one," and gave her a peseta, which is • four reals. She beamed, and gave back two reals. I remarked, "The^ price of the cheese is ofie real." "Ah," said she, with;a winning smile, <( but yon are a caballero. I enjoyed her audacity so much that I had to laugh and say, "You are a little rogue"; and t she, seeing seeing that she had beaten me, curtsied and laughed as she cried, "Ah, great senor mine, you are many times a caballero !". .1 I do not complain. Such mcA dents and compliments are cheap at the price. His. Anniversary. The palm for absent-mindedness is probablv taken by a learned German. German. One day the professor noticed noticed his wife placing a large bouquet on his desk. "What .does this mean?" he asked. "Why," she exclaimed, "don't you know that this is the anniversary of your marriage marriage ?" "Ah, indeed,, is it?" said the°professor politely. "Kindly let me know when yours comes round, and I will reciprocate the favor." If it is true the good die young, will the oldest inhabitant please offer offer an explanation ? "Come up to my house to-morrow night," said Henpecke. "I'm going going to celebrate my golden wedding." wedding." "Golden wedding! Whv. man, you've only been married three yea-rs !" "I know it; but- it seems, like fifty." M r. Frank Terrace, addressing the Good Roads Convention at Tacoma, Washington, gave the following enthusiastic testimony in favor of good roads : "I am a cabbage grower. I haul my produce to the sauerkraut factory at South Seattle. ^ e " )re the road over which I travel was built, 1 had to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning to start on my journey. The limit of the load I could haul with a team of 1800 pound .horses was 2500 pounds, ' and after visiting the factory I would arrive back at my home late in the evening. But look at the difference now that a permanent hard surface has been laid down. I start on my trip about 8 o'clock and need only a team weighing^ 14UU pounds to haul a load of 5000 pounds of cabbage, which is double my previous capacity. And, best of all, I find on my return to the house.carly in the afternoon,- that I have finished the day $ work without the horses having turned a hair. Concrete Roads Mean Road Economy They prevent your road taxes being spent in patching up roads that never will be good roads. They are the cheapest kind of roads at the end^ of ten, fifteen or twenty years because they practically eliminate the cost of upkeep. They enable you to haul bigger loads with less effort and less wear and tear on horses and vehicles. They increase land values, better conditions generally, and decrease the cost of living. Write for, free, Good Roads literature, and leara how good roads will benefit you. Concrete Roads Department Canada Cement Company Limited 806 Herald Building, Montreal mf ï Fti* * 1^: " y/M l 1 •y } v< ■J'