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n It protracted through generations. Ons Way to Smoke a Cigar 'Here's a secret that 1 took me vears to lenrn," said Uuclé Joe Cannon, who, | 'ns nearly every one knows, isan inves: wonnded sin whole fo at leas 80,000 men. Commercially, Cefiafia - has = done the following ~ things from August, to: January, "1916: aged "h time. From | that are mow turning out $30,000,000 a month worth of idipns, 1s investigating "thoroughly her natural resources under the guidance 7 men in a eotntry. of only 8.- {of Arthur D. Litfle, Inc, known populgtion, one-quarter ; of) throuchavk the wo for hig noted btifch, were foreign born or only enio +8 amieal, apd othe Highly €pecial- zed. work. This J#fter project wos 3 dn removed, 80 per edt. cf | started by Baron Shaughnessy. and fi which song fhe things jirticularly to be The 'wend ashes 1 : Prosneck _ {en i] ormerl United States l terlt o nat allow 'eligibles made ineligible by their ns' fiovality in the present war, naof wke { 2ato 'account the percentage of thoso | made unfit through physical reasons. 3 dwg fects have been. approxi- mated to lewer the number of avail - Jible recruits to 1,260,000. Thus Can- has already given more than a third of her physically fit male popu- es v being retained at home tosald in t manufacture of .pbash, very necessary di muni tio manufacture, i 7h the matter of munitigns, Oan- adh fecepted, betwaen eecembery | 1014; ard January, 1918, orders total lation... This from a country that is | ¢ iincivelly an agricultural, mining, | mbering, and fishing one, which in. Hustries require the best men for thair | ul carrying out. "Canada's army sis the best paid of ny of the nations at war. The 'min- | | 18-pour high mum. wage for privates is $1.50 a th food; clothing and {edging equitably in the world, as fol- Yows: Rank and.file, $480 per year; don-commigsioned officers, from $510 | fo $680; lieutenant, $720; - captain SLO00; major, $1,260; lieutenant-co wonel, $1,560; colonel, $1,800; brigadier. iganeral $2700. This is paid to men ally disabled--losses of both eyes, oth hands or both legs, insane, per manent leakage of valves of heart, or contracted incurable tuberculosiz. case of a soldier losing hand and #oot he will receive 80 per cent. of total. The loss of only one hand soldiers' children; up to the rank 'of lieutenant, is $6 per month, with a lightly increasing amount for those higher rank, the highest amount $10, paid to children of a briga- Bene . Pensions continue unti] children are 16 if boys and seventeen 1s. When a scldigr is killed, his receives 80 per cent, of total pen- 'sion his class aliows. This ends in ase she marries again, * The Government pays to the wife wind children of all enlisted married hen the following amounts: Private's wife, $20 a month each child $5 per X lieutenant's wife, $30 per children $5 each; captain's, 5 ior; and - jonel hain "fhe Canadian people by public sub. seription give an -added payment to ¥oldiers' dependents, This, known as fhe Patriotic Fund, paid out in 1915 $6,000,000. - The fund is only for the more needy families, and maximum payment to one wife is $20 per month, fhe minimum $5, #ecording to circum- stances, Each child, however) receives $5 per month, In addition, again, to hese. two funds, many firms paid fheir enlisting employees wages for lerjods varying fronu six months to the duration of service. In some cases the wives of émployees enlisting were placed on half pay. Thus the average #doldier's dependents sr8 even better gaken care of finacially than when {he bread winner was at home. This is partieularly true of the wives cf rs and other small paid workers, For maintaining the Patriotic Fund the follwing contributions per prov: jnece wrre apportioned in May, 1918, nd aglleetion of same is now going ard, the total amount, $10,000.000, Jeing enough to carry the fund Shrough until"th: end of 1817: Ontario, $5,000 000, or $1 ©2 per capita; Quebee, $3.200,000, $1.05 per capita; New Brunswick, $400,000; 'Manitoba is Asell-sustaining, giving $2 per capita; [Nova Beotia and Prince. Edward Is- nd. $50,000, $1 per capita; Bas {{Rajehemay, $700,000 $1.20. per cépita; "UATberth, $000:000, $1.20" per ~ capita; British Columbia" $600,000, $1:25 per o ita, i J taric's $5,000,000 orly {4,000,000 will be' experded therein, lance: going' to the more sparse- ttled provinces of Alberta : Columbia, which can tontsl- ouly $800,000 each, though twice amount is needed. The Prov. of Quebec is also scheduled to 'sn extra $900,000 to help out 0 the Patriotic Tund d dian people have Subscribed 0" Belgian' 'Relief, Red Ci ihg half a bill the major part of whish for 99:800,000 shells, G these--@,000,000 "fixed" C efixed™--wete sent to Eurore by the end of 1915, and represented an penditure of pnel empty; s | empty and fi : lied. Each man's outfit costs | The pension list is een of the § ! st | plosive, empty; h high explo- ept loading sive, empty Canada furnished to the. end. of | March 48,000 war horses. "The Brit~ Army Remount Commission, se- : . | cured 15,000; the French 'army, 000, and Cana da the 25,000 vem i ing for her awn army Canada gave from those engaged in the commercial life of the. ocotiniry 9,783 medical doctors, trained' nurses and chemists. Candda gave expert well drillers b= "wh 0 it "entitles him 40 60 per cent, Allowance ! when water was an urgent necessity in the Gallipoli expedition, Can- ada's two great ice-breakers andthe men operating them were the' means by which Russian waters were kept open, making possible shipments to Archangel. When railroads: were be- ing constructed in France, Canadian engineers and bridgemen were among the chief workers. & In the Dominion in 1915, in spite of the shortage of men, the greatest grain, fodder, and root crops. in the history of the land were grown, yield- ing to the farmers the sym ,of $800, 000. ,000. In fact the only ind in Can- ada that were hurt by the war were the lobster, Ssaling and ndusiry {the latter only at.firsh, omod by reason of large Wak ior oe for ¥ coats, mitts, etc.) In "pase of the | sealing industry .the. "Bottoms en- gaged turned to tral rting war gupplics, and are making more than if engaged in ordinary pecupation. Canada, though engaged in tremen- dously costly war, sy exceedingly prosperous, Even her Savings babk deposits, instead of dectepsin as is sual in time of war, imc ugust, 1914, there was on depos the chartered Lanks of Canada $C 800.000. On March 31, 1916, tk was on deposit $738,169,000, an in- erease of 10 per cent, Another good example. of the Do- minion's. financial position can be be given hy citing the fach that in May, 1916, the Government, even burden with the war, was able td advance to two Canadian transcontinental rail- ways $23.000,000. In addition to this the Government ir pushing actively te competion' fhe railway to Hudson Bay, at a cost ol $26,000,060. Thus Canods hes accomplished in raising men mongy, and mu that are little short of mary at the same time has carr recular businesses of life. The slogan "Business as Usual," adopted ea in the war, has been more than lived un to. 2 =» HE GOT STUCK IR THE MUD. Then He Discovered. Magic Power of the Water Jet. : The water jet has been used for so many years in putting down and pull ing piling that its discovery has long since been lost sight of. = Tt was osed Years previous by ~ 'government en: dition has it that r of the advantages of the water jet was # goyernment engineer and that bis' overy was made in the following ctate smoker. "If you' want to get the most dut of a cigar light. the 'wrong end' "Any man who smokes cigars to any, tedt extent will tell you that he pets mare roal enjoyment. of the inst. inch of his cigar, Now, my plan f% to ght the Mast half fest dnd got to thé best part of (he smoke as: Sool 83 you oun: Of corirge you have to snip off the end that Is supposed to go in your 'mouth before you can Nght the elpar, Dut If you iy any plan you won't = ever:go back to the oil fashioned way unless I'm' badly mistaken." A Cood Habit toiCultiv Tue cultivatidn of 1ove And forbear ince for others fs Serves our love: for we-ter Fraow 1 heart, and we cannot see hebind the scenes. Only God can trbly judge. It is for da to loye and to help aud let God do the judging and the criticising. This attithde of caring: and trying to aid by sympathy can be formed like | any other "habit, and once. formed it { takes the place of tndifference and in: | tolerance, 'opening up enr whole lives | to faith and light. --Chistian Herald. Not Right Kind of Notes. When Mr. Newedde went home the other evening he 'guessed something bad occurred to displease the light of his life. She looked gloomy. 'After dinner it all came out. | "George," she said coldly, "banks are ! all frands. Didn't you tell me that they lent money on ugtes?' "Yes, dear," replied (ieorge, repress. ing a grin, "but"~ $ "Well, they don't," she went on con: clusively. "I took all those lovely let | ters you wrote to me while we were engaged down to the bank, and the cashier read them. Then be laughed | and said they were very nice, but be wouldn't lend me eveu a penny op them" * : Still at It. "They kept company for a long time | before they were married, didn't they ¥" "Yes, and they've kept company most of the time since. Her relations seem | bound to live on them."~ Boston Tran. script. £ Ne Loss. "Congratulate me, old man. I got & totice from the bank yesterday that my account was overdrawn," "But why the eongratulatiens® he bank failed this morning." Exchange. x $ Provided For, "Patient ~~ Doctor, "what 1 something to stir oe put me in fighting tem. Did you put ! anything like that in this prescrip | tion? Doctor--No; you will find that | in the bill,--Judge Aeiebeinlemeisieite ee | Scientific © Farmi WIREWORMS DESTRUCTIVE. Control Measures Recommended For Different Species. True, wireworms are réckoned by | specialists in the United States depart. i ment of agriculture as among the five worst pests. to' corn and among the | twelve worst pests to wheat and oats. ly | They attack many other crops as well, | however, notably potatoes and: sugar beots, and are, considered one of the two most difficult groups of insects to "control. To combat them successfully It ts essentis] that the farmer should «he able to recognize the various species and to distinguish them from other in. sects of somewhat similar appearance. To agsist him in doing so the depart Lduring the civil was and for many i > oq In | are subsequently destH Fi hALY el o in of pain an 3 y In the employment 'of this a a i 'machi tent is ginced over the tree of ¢rops-and fallow J abuutito be treated. By ommended. : 5-4 matkinis on the canvas the Meadow wireworms. edn cubic feet derijjled by the tafoes. onions, enbbag ; conrately" teasured, and the i gag to bo emploged 1s thus ja liberated: under the tent os the tnelosed space, thus ¢ every: hraneh and' leat of sited tree: ~The gas is held in most destructive on In the east on poorly They look very much Hi wireworm, but. can guished from other vari u forked tails. They do of usiially tack beans or peas, of { of these crops before z 3 ra kt I A Fruit Picking Belfi ple device that is of great help ers has been sed Tn &, B. Veed- chard in. Geargia. "It is espe wonld therefore assist I the pest. The thorough: fle @raidif of infested fields in" eastabn @teds the heavy [inilog of the land a rate of about two tons td the acre, "petpti] when picking. ftom low gether with deep cultivation dur as if allows the picker the use of July aud August are other meas 6 ands, : that specialists recommend for feotsiaty of a leather strap with control } at both ends, as shows i the y 'with steap running through loops, | ane diy land Wireworth sag h ] with hokes af intervals so as 10 fisted wiréworm of the west afé. = : rimilar in appearance atid seem of Emin confined to the dry farming regions po ey the morthwest and to the wheat glons of the northern middie; wes In the dry land regions this worm feeds only during spring: hat, dry months it passes at a @ of from. four to eight inches below surface. This habit makes it pos to control the pest by breaking ap soil in the hot months. 'There {ito the Indivigptl pleker. <A wider wireworms that are not actually. c 'of leatlier wilh slits for the strap ed by the cultivation will: soon ork through provides the neces: camb te drying when thefr nells é shoulder. 4 broken opens In infested rej 'kafnaps he books into sta the northwest, {herefove, farmers; a 5" basket. und there: if hangs recommended to dink. gr (rag harfoles gps full of fruit. By earrying a sslb in this way thie plekerwill "uot V $ } 8 ug frequently, dues B i $ od ) pmintaln this: haleh aud the weeds: "dn July orearly the summer: fallow. should twa J ? sellowicast. an, the' under side. Twe years esperience lathe Veeder op and immediately" aftetival chard hay shoivn that iusuy less grean As soon as the crop lis rel { peachios"'are picked where this device © stubble should be plowed. ih 1s used." 3 ; od of handling land will ¥ fo RE) off 'many of tbe insects 00000005800000009000000808 | terfally reduce the weeds 2 3 c > fv iin disking merely soliens : 7 BREAKA GE: i CANNING. ; € | lows:the weed seeds £2 ¥ 3000000000000000000000800C symmer plowing. X In conclusion, the ne the department of ai out that various so. ca wireworms have been fou tess, Among: these IS the ous substances upou the wheat. Certain coment which have Leen rocomin secticides have aise "pi fn this respect. The | fime is not effective a e but 1s of value iu ren 3 more easily drained' Lal ing appeats to be without ping the worms 'with vegetables is impra of field crops, alto some value in. int due to such eauses as; t Overpucking Jars. Corn, pompki peas, ima. beans. and sweet. potatos | sivell or expand in processing" Done | ill the jars quite full ef these products | vice vérsw. As soun gs the Jara | filled with hot sirup or hot water es | homedigtely ip the canner, ; If top ciACkS during sterfliza the wire ball was tod tig ER In, steam canuer, {ia >| water in the canner. J" 5 { come ahove the Ih Allowing cold draft removed © Killing insects Fruit growers af i tor ahout ux hour, when al 1h refinery at OFil ects are usually found to have | will 'be established in" Re s00fi as Renfr compay with enersy, studious' life, Wo pressive apd tyranuical today, fi "All the scholars lial at sfineét the evening preceding the Lord der on aid evening shall be. pi a8 violations of tos Sabbath are. And whesbever shail profane sald mons or 1n thy ¥tryeis or | town of Cambridge, or by dt "rhat studéptd may fu gelves with useful learnin; keep in their respect! oir studies, When brenknge of Jars ecchrs it is-{- : CEE Tt does not seem that under such a. system of vigilance and visitation the students could fall luto very dissolute Plicing cold" Jars in hot. water, of | WITH MYSTERY.