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â-  I i , I . - SCIENTIFIC BREEDING. always bo ablo to see the work, but It is always there. FARM TOPICS. The farmor who adopts a wise ro- cruel method. Place the fowl in a coop made of slats â€" top, bot- tom and aides â€" raised from the ground. As she can see everything around her, thus buiiifj disturlicd and unable to create warmth, the air PEESONAL POINTKES. Notes of Interest About Prominent People. Some tation of crops, who rai.ses upon the 1 tinder her being cool, she will aban- farm the products for the support of i don the attempt. his stock and his family, who seeks to increase his stock of manure froux principles of breeding have every available source, and applying been dlli^'ently sought by thousands | it back to his land, will not likely of breeders, but not with that under- complain of his farm running down, -atartding that would give the elemen- i Strength, endurance and speed in a tary lessons that lead to ultimate ; horse are not developed by violent succi^ss. The fundamental principles j usage but rather by judicious amount of breeding aro as old as creation j of exorcise given so as to develop but j '••^ extensive knowledge of agricul- and through all the ages they have not strain. When the training goes , ^y«. and one of his recreations is been Immutable. There are four of beyond a certain point it becomes in- " them: like begets like, variation, se-ijurious, so that the development of of comes within the trainer's Mr. Austin Chamberlain, the Brit- ish Chancellor of tho Elxchcquer. has IcctioQ and (Mivironment. Some have ' muscle, strength and the power tried to add to these a fifth, and endurance that is atavism or reversion; but province. this is a mistake, us atavism is but I Though not grown as extensively a m.Tiiifcstatiou of the first great ] as some other roots in Canada, man- law, that like begets like. Avatisra golds are a valuable crop to grow, is the reversion to a type establish- No other crop can be grown continu- ed by an onrly lino of ancestors. To succeed as a bi-eeder and ously on the land from year to year and get a good yield as can man- mouldor of the breed that you would golds. At the great Rothamsted Ex- imprwve there must be an ideal or a^perimental Farm in Englainl man- fixed type set by yourself toward ; golds have been grown continuously which you will work. There must ; on the same land for 27 years, be iin improvement in that ideal and ( Good tillage does not consist in it must bo better than any man now 1 stirring the soil only often enough to has. This ideal must bo kill the weeds, but stirring it often DEFINITE AND CERTAIN: | enough to keep mellow and in a line m.ust be a working to some ] tilth, whether there bo weeds to kill or not. ibe done. The better rule when it can is never to allow the weeds there end. In breeding as in all other I business you mu.qt know what you. , ,, . want before you go after it, then and *° '"'^'"^ i'^^"" appearance above the then only can you hope to succeod. S''""â„¢!- If they can be destroyed as To take the Fhorthorn breed as an i «°°" "^ ^''^^ germinate, they can be Illustration: Thomas Bates bred for i^^of thoroughly destroyed^ an ideal and reached it, but it took L^'l« ""''"L"' "^^^ l^ influenced by long and persistent endeavor: there i"^° [°°^.- ^^'^ may be easily tested were disappointments and failures j^^^ ahutmg up a laying hen and giv- and be/ore each move there was long I !°f . ''" S^''^, "''"""' "^1^^ ''^ '"""^ *'° and deep study. The experience of 1 '"<*"' uu°- '^''?'"; ..^"""^er theory Amos Cruiksliank was the same, but f^"*^ "^^'"^ '^ ,'^°^ '""y confirmed) is ever he held to the ideal and he won. *''^*" . ""^ '-'SS /^id on any strong- These men recognized the immnt«hl.> smelling substance will contract the laws: like begets like, variation, se- i "^"f ' .^'^'^ ,f explained by the fact lectioa and environment. And it is *''.'\'^ ^^^ ^'"'"' ^l'"" *>« egg is first more than probable that they knew il"^"*- .'^ comparatively soft and im- tho history of evci-y animal that P'""^^'"""'''® ^"^ becomes hard only they used from the dky of its birth I ^'^"^ '^â- ""tact with the atmosphci-e. It to the day they put it on trial; that ,'S more probable, however, that an they knew his progenitors for at j least tour generations on both sides; that they knew the variations in these same animals and that the se- lection of any animal was made ac- cording to whether or not the ani- mal had the characteristics and his ancestors had them too, and not be- i cause ho was recorded in any herd book or was the winner of ribbons RED, WHITE AND BLUE. ; objectionalile flavor is due to the food. Tainted food or drink should not be given under any conditions. Eggs should bo collected daily, and not left lying about the runs or in the nest boxes. As a rule this work is regularly done each morning, but j in most flocks there aro a few hens j who lay later than the others, some- times not producing their eggs till midday, or alter. If an egg is left lying about on the ground, it is apt Then you can bo sure that they look- j to get broken, and in this way not ©d well to environment and that the I a few egg-eaters are made, surroundings of tlicso animals were j The walk of a young horse is lai-ge- of the best, for it was not in these j ly influenced by the driver. If you men to jeopai-dizo success by poor | put a horse into the care of a slow, surroundings after all their pains and ' idle man, or if a young horse is trouble in the selection of what they driven by a alow, careless man the believed suited to the attainment of animal will acquire a habit of slow the end they sought. motion that it will be difllcult to over- With an intelligent application of come. In a majority of cases a slow, the four fundamental principles of trailing gait makes really harder brooding any man of average intelli- j work for the horse. A moderately gonce can hope to succeed as a breed- j quick walk, with at least all ordiii- er of live stock, but to be a master j ary farm work, exhausts the animal in this the highest of all professions . Ic.ss than a slow gait, takes a master mind with unceasing j From the time the root-crop bc- application. Haphazard mating of i gins to ahow itself above the ground animals of the same breed that have ' the cultivator should bo kept going, won at the stock shows can mean no- i Forty or lifty years ago the farmer thing toward success unless an acci- , cultivatad corn and potatoes to kill dent. You might meet with an acci- I the weeds that grew in them. Now- dcnt and get a winner if you are | a-days the farmer cultivates for lucky, but you will recall the old other purposes and incidentally to saying, "It takes a fool for luck." | kill woods. The good farmor of to- If you are a fool take your chance ; day knows that cultivation unlocks and see how luck will servo you. No | plant food, helps to conserve moia- great battle was over won without i turo and aerate the soil and at the a doflnito plan and no business sue- j same time kills the weeds, cess was ever made without the It is better to allow hens to sit hardest kind of work. You may not , than to prevent them, but there are j times when too many wi.sh to do so. â- %â- â-  IV) prOTO to yon Out D» When a hen wishes to sit. she is U|l^^^ Chiue's Oiatment is a certain usually ^^t- the egg-producing ca- â-  llwO ^i "baolntj. euro for each pacity of her system, for the time --â- ^â- ^ and every form of itchlnit i u„' i , i ^ , j blwdlncand protmdlnK pi'.et : DOmg has become exhausted and re- th»m»niif»otnror«li»T8 pmamntoodit. Seotc* ; cupcration is needed. The first step JSSJiSiVtC'thSSTJ'fT Yo«'^/SL'rtZd;^° «"«^'» recu,«.ration is rest, and be- gel Tonr raoaer back It nob eared. COo » box al ' ing naturally an industrious bird she •UaealortorldDMANsoM.BATMftCo^ToroatAlfeels that she may as well raise Dr« Chase's Ointment i '''^'^ ^''Ue resting. Avoid a any Some Indications of Nervous Disorders The Wtrning Signals Which Fordtell the Appro«oh of Nervouf ProstTAtion, Paralysis and Locomotor Ataxia. Twitching of tho muscles, siuisi- tivoncss lo light, sound and motion, grinding of the teeth during sleep, ierkiiig of the lliubi, continual move- ment such as tapping tl e flngcra â€" these aro some of the symptoms of dxhaiiSletl nerves. Intervals of wakofrlress. hcadadie durinig) the night, sparks before th« eyes, disorders of sight and hearing, are other indications that nervous collapse is approaching. Because there is no acuto pain pooi>lo ac not alwa.vs realize tho serioumeaa of nervous diseofies. They do not think of tlie holpleaeticss of body and mind, which is the rosmlt of n«gl«ctlnc sxic.h ailments. , Because of its extraordinary con- trol oAVr diseases of the nerves Dr. Chnse's Nerve Food has come to be oon<ridered the one great treatment for (ll.<iordcra of this nature. Tlii.'j great food euro not only ro- vitalizra the wAsted n'orv<$ <!alls.-but fcctually forms new ftrm flosh and tissue, builds u|> ith« sj'stem and sends new vigor and vitality to every organ of the body. Being cofnposed of tlie greatest restora- tives of nature it is bound to do you good. Mrs. Drinkwater. 5 Wwter St., (Jalt.. Ont.. states :â€" "My great ti"oiible has boon witji uiy nei-vea. I was very nervous, had twitdhing of tho nerves, and could uot get tr> sleep at night. I scenaed quite worn out, and believing tiiat I needed aomo medicine b^an to use 1)V. Chase's Nerve Food. I can truth- fully say tiiat this p«eparation has proven surprisingly beneficial to me. It has atrengthnied and steadied my nerviea, made me rest and sleep well, aAd in fact bujlt up tho syatcm genei-ally." Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50 cents a box, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates Se Companj-, Toronto. To protect you against iniitationa. tho portrait aiid siKnatur^ ot'br'. A. W. Chase, tJie famous receipt book au- thor, ore 0*1 every Ijox. the running of a dairj' farm, in which ho takes a keen practical in- terest. The farm is, as may be sup- posed, kept mainly for pleasure: but it is conducted on economical prin- ciples, and has proved a signal suc- cess. From grocer-boy to scientist is the honorable lecord of Dr. John James, head of the Physics Department, liigh School, Middlesbrough, England, who was recently appointod Director of Education for the county of Gla- morgan. He began life as a grocer's apprentice, but subsequently went to Oxford, where ho obtained his B. A. and B. Sc. degrees. Dr. Penticost, the famous preacher, is a picturesque personality. Born si.xty-one years .ago, in Illinois. the lad, through the failure of his fa- ther, had a rough life as a laborer on the high roads, wood-chopper in tho forests, and hotel servant. At nineteen he became deputy-clerk to tho United States Supreme Court at Kansas, studied law, then entered a theological training college, enlisted for the Civil War, resumed his pro- fession of the law. and at length be- came a Baptist minister. Lord Radstock, who is now in his seventy-first year, is a man of strong religious convictions, whose sermons are much more eloquent than his speeches in tho House of Lords. So daring has he boon in his missionary enterprise that thirty years ago he invaded Russia and foumJixi a sect after his own heartâ€" the PashkoQIski. The price he paid for his daring was that he was forbidden to enter Rus- sia again, so alarmed were the au- thorities at the possibilities of his zeal. There aro many stories told of tho abcontmindedness of tho late Pro- fessor Mommsen. the German hi.stori- an. On one occasion he was with his son, then a boy of ton, in a street- car. Tho latter fidgeted about so much that tho Professor, who was lost in thought, turned sharply up- on him and asked him his name. "The same as yours, sir," was the answer. The onlookers who had grasped the position and recoRiiizod the diminutive figure of the distingu- ished savant, were vastl.y amused. Another instaane is recorded when the Professor was discovered com- posodly deciphering Roman inscrip- tions by the light of a candle while his hair w.as on fire! Sir Reginald Hart is the happy po.'sses.sor of many decorations, of which five arc for personal bravery. First and foremost comes the V. C. which he won in 1379 by saving ti trooper of the 13th Bengal Lancers in the Afghan campaign; then there is the Royal Humane Society's sil- ver medal, together with a clasp which was added for saving the life of a native in India; while the fourth and fifth decorations are medals prc-- sented to him by the French Presi- dent and the Mayor of Boulogne for saving life in that town. Besides these, General Hart wears the med- als for several Indian campaigns, .as well as for Egypt and, of cours^.-. South Africa, where ho was with General Buller on the Tugela. The King of Roumania. for who.so Queen the British cherish a genuine alTection as '"Carmen Sylvia," is Sovereign of the yotmgest monarch.y in Europe. He was a grim, harti- fighting soldier before ho was per- mitted by tho Powers to be a Sov ereign. Ho commomorate.s his in a singular fashion. Tho crown wears is of solid iron, plain and unadorned. It was fashioned, by his desire, from a huge cannon which he and his bravo Roumanian troops cap- tured from the Turks at Plevna. Un- adorned, heavy, sombre-looking, the crown for which he fought and won j is unique ainonf diadems. His beau- tiful Quiori, too, wears a crown re- markable for its .simplicity and inex- IK'nsiveness. It hus not a jewel in it. but is just plain beaten gold, which the rougii-.and-ready gold- smiths of Bucharest made her Iwo- and-twent.v years ago. Dr. Alfred Riisscl Wallace, of Eng- land, who is nearly eighty-one, made his great name just short of half a century ago, when, ets a young sur- geon in the Malay Archipelago, there occurnxl to him that theory of na- j tural .selection which also occurred ! independently to Darwin some years (earlier, and to Herbert Sjiencer eeu"- Uer still. It is a noteworthy fact that both Parwin and Wallace have told us that they reached the idea as a direct result of the reading of Malthus's essay on population. Be- sides being a vigorous defender of spiritualism. Dr. Wallace has commit- ted himself to entire faith in phreno- logy, and is an ardent anti-vaccina- tor. Until tho present year he has never published any work upon as- tronomy. There can be little ques- tion that his last book, with its 839 pages, constitutes one of tho most rMaarkable instances of ropid atvd ex- hausting work ever achieved by an octogeQariat> IIATT WA'PIB IPYPlI'BTM]i'^iT Li-e tale is not all told. There wa* IJALL flKiSlDt MlMmiliU yet anotl.or and a life-destroying cf- fi»r-t Urom the salt water syscem THE EEMED-y WAS WORSE Avhioh. if it did not kill men, at least TBLAN THE DISEASE. [kiJled much that was vary f'ear to imen â€" namely tVckr trees and shrub- People of Hastings, England, l^o' J' The leakage from tl.o ii|:os Thought They Tlad a Pan- i^l^ through t) o earth and at- c \^- â-  Til tacking tho roots of \cgetatiou des« acea for Civic Ills. i troyod all tho gieoneiT in these anlt- While very much is heard of tho cursed citcics cf tl e English coast, success that attenc's muni ipal own- ^l''"*'- flow*";^. tf«c-. 'â- ^""'- "" ei-ship in English and Scotch ciiie.s, Ip^^'^ t"^*^ ^'â- *"' u'^'" """"-f"^"* very litfo is heard of its failure.s. |"-?P tho wet earth xvere fed upon Te most notable fail.ire in this r.ewP?-^^ solution, wilted, droor«Hi and method of supplying utiities to tho |)eoi>le and of doii g public work by public mavhii:ery is that of tl.e great alt water e.xpo.iment whi^h io;ently |(!ied. j All these effects were felt simultai^ leoufcly. Tl ey did not occur prol.se- ly oi.e after the ot!;er. A little time ended in e.onomic .'isasU-r for several i"'" rcqui.ed tor tl:e salt to iwrmeats oast cities in England. It was not'*'"*^*' ''"â- '' ^"^""^ ground, to a reas- long ago that some alert gcni.is onablo uxlout before it began to ina-ke itself the most con^iicuous fact in the life of tliose eoramuni;ies. Its pell fell all at once. It was a long llmo coming, but it came. It cov- eiod everybody ai:d maiio ovorjijody ^f j l:o:-foJtly miseiable in mind and" body. And as nobody in particular could make a fortune out of it, it was forthwitli lifted and put away forever. Tio salt watoi- system has boon tl-.« moe^ diaaetroiis e.xpeiimeiit tried by tie muniiiiml ownershir-goveri oi towns c{ England and tl:e suggestioc has been matfo that ti.ese townj woi;Li have been in a pretty fi.x had they given a twenty-five-year trail chi.-.« to a London company to su|> ply tl.can with the blessings of "ocenj» water haniobscd to youi hand. ' ' ♦ ori^^n )wn 1^ in the town of Ha-stings conroived tho iia;lng a:.d original idea of "ha,rnef.a- ing ti"e 0( can" to sprinkle the streets of that lity. So simple was the plan and so ob\'ious was its tiesira bi'it.y that tie muni ipal fathers Ha-stlngs proi'ceded without delay to put it into efteit. Of course, the ex- ecution cf tie plan was qui;o oxpen- .'ivo. An cnliio new plant for pump- ing and mail ing was reccasary, but e.x|->onso is ro object when the public pays tho bilN, e3i.o-.-ialIy when tie I>ublic is vastly bcrefited by the ex- penditure. And in this rase the.e was manifest a double t'esirabllty inaaniuch as a largo revenue to the city was deailj' in fcigiit. Why not extend tho lire .system geuorally, so that anyone who desired it could have his salt water dip in his own priNTite bathroom. '? It was an al- luj-ing prospects, and the plans went through with a rush. ADVAJ<TAGES APPARl!2>fT. News cf tie talt water system In Hastings spread rapidly ai:d a num- ber of coast towns took advantage of t! o example and were prosonlly equipped with pumps and |.i!>cs in plenty. The system Eceuio.i to be the ve. y armo cf de.^irability and poita.libiity. Numerous advantages not thought of before were discover- ed ms soon s\s it was i>ut irito actual pra.tiie. Sea salt is known to have â-  onsiderable autlioptic powo;'. ant its presence in all tho streets had a mo>t sulubiioiis elToi.t on the general hygienic state of the town. This, in come-tion wlih the fact that ovorj-- boiiy who could offonJ it had private -ea water bathing facilities, wrought a two-t'cld good effect on tho general hca'th. Again, the salt, being ! igh- !y hygicsi opic, or water alisr.rbing, the ge.-eral huminily was i-cdi;ced. Still again it was found that as the alt aicumulated en the sulfate of the streets it formed a haid an I neatly lounded loadbel. La^; l.v â€" and po3 ibiy the mo.^t desirable fea- ture of the entiio ailaJr â€" tho lovenuo to the city fiom prtvate consumption was vastly laJ-ger than e\en the most urgent advocates of tho I'lan had I'oked for. In o.o word, tho svf.tom proved itself to be an un- qualified success, no matter how its moi/t fastidious critic was disposed to look at it. The g-e: i'lS in lla^t- ings who origii:atod t'r.e ii'ea became quite popular and was prai.'icd a-s a ,-ositivo benefactor to his l:ind. So much for tl.e bright tide cf the pic- ture. Now for the dark. S.^LT, SALT EVKKYWIIERE. All students of chemistry know that common salt possesses the pro- iH>rt.v of deliqiiescem e, which is an- other riajiie for the taking up cf wa- ter from tho air. Salt tales up wa- ter from the oii^â€" that i', it becomes wet. When t!ei-o is \cry little hu- miiiity in the air salt reniaii s com- P'arativoly dry; when t! e o is much water in' the air it beoomcs quite wet. Now upon diT days thi> salt on tl e str«K!ts of our Fnglish coast towns 1 ocamo dry and was blown about by the wlndo. It .s«ttlcd on tho gooSs in r.hops. worked its way into the most remote corners of (loth and cl.)t:,er, settled upon fruits and vegetable.':, upon carpets and fui-- nituro, and, in short, it did precii>ely what fine dust will ilo. But, i.n- t.utrrnately, it was deliqie.-cont, and, unlike dust, it took trp water from the air and bo anio wet, thereby making havoc of values in almost tj\ary kind of commodity upon whivh it had (Cttlod. But this was or.ly part of t' c trouble. The flying .'^ult ni;t only ruined the clollu-s people wore, but it got i^to eyes and luouthy which r^ iranslation.s. is not the most rleasant thing im- - . , ,. , . agirlhle by anv means. It .lung to \J'' Poun o( number of output. Oer- "fe wheel.^ of " car ria«os. destroying "f'V «'"1, ^ orman-Austrin. collcc- he paint thereon, ami was da.shcd ' ^'-V- .v.-arly load the world. Tbe„ wet against the bodi.^ of the car- 1 foUo'^' l" ranee. Italy. Fngland. tho THE AVERAGE BABY. The average baby is a good bab.v â€"cheerful, smiling and bright. When ho is cross and fretful it is becansa ho is unwell and ho is taking the only means he has to lot evei-ybody know he does not feel right. When bab.v is cross, re.stloss aird sleepless don't dose him with "soothing" stulTa which alwa.vs contain poisons. Baby's Own Tablets are what ii needed to put the little one right. Give a cross baby an occasional tablet and see how quickly he will bo transformed into a bright, smil- ing, cooing, happy child. Ho will sleep at night, and tho mother will get her rest too. You have a guar- antee that Baby's Own Tablets con- tain not one particle of opiate ot hai-mfiil drug. In all tho minor ail- ments from birth up to ton or twelve years there is nothing to equal the Tablets. Mrs. W. B. Ander.son. Gou- lais River, Ont., says: "My little boy was very cross and fretful and wo got no rest with him until w« bi-gaii using Baby's Own Tablets. Since â- T.en baby i-ests well and he it now a 'at, healthy bo.y." You can got tho Tablets from any druggist, or thc.v will be .sent by mail at '2r> cents a box by writing dri-ect to the Dr. Williams' Mediciiu Co., Brockville, Ont. riTEUAP^Y PRODTICTION. '< Books Printed Since the Invent! oi of Printing. Paul Otlot. the secretai-y of the Brussels International Bibliograplil. cal Institute, estimates the numboi of printed books since the invciitioi of printing to January, 1900. a( 12,163,000 .separate worlcs. and tin numl- .T of periodicals at between (if toen ixnd eighteen niillioirs. For the following years OtM adopts 200,000 as a yearly averaga This seoms I'ather high, and the lii; ui-os of this tabic, which would iiiaki 150,000 a .year a good average, scon more i-cliable: 1436-l.->36 42 000 1530-16.30 575!000 1()36-173(> 1,2'J.'5.000 173&-1822 l,839,t)00 1822-18S7 6,500,000 1887-1898 1,782,<IOO tS99 150.00;) 1900 150.000 I'JOl 150,000 l»02 150,000 1903 150,0«TO Total 12,713,000 To tho year 1904, therefore. up> ward of 12..-)U0.00O separate works have appeared in the world, which ligur-es. however, include new editiong riaiiO-i, eating away the varnish and the' color thoie. It formed crystal- line laye. s on boots ar.d shoes .-xik! do I'ir.e'd to be rourovod even with the aid ot sjiatrrlas and knivo.-;. And if no more could be sail of it. it w:is by this time preceived to be a pot;i- tive public nui.'wr.ce. Alas ! Not half has been said of it United States and the Motherlands. Goriunn.v lends the world in book production, nnd the United .Sfate.s the world in tho prodrrction of pc>ri- odical libera tuiv. AN KLOQUFNT PKHOUATIOX. ".\nd." said the rising young poli- yet. For this ouinij'ivseirt and ix>«-;tician as he roac-hed his eloquent i>or-- ti orons salt, not lorrtont u-ith woi-k- joration. "I iirodicl that oi;r candl- ii'.,j above gi-ound. must iieoJs carry : date will, when the votes ai-p count- on its depredations in tho dar-k and iod. be found to have ridden to suc- uni!crg<^>'«>''' l"'""" »t was foimd that 'tu^g upon a tidnl wave of glorv thai it corroded the pipes through whr. h N^m ^nvc swept all iK-fore "it like it was distributed. cairMing leaks i„i|„wir„ breaking in I1-, ing sprav \i\y- without number and withoirt warning , ^n the straird where lire sun of" vic- o( when and where the.v wwe about jj^^v shall bla/.e rorih its lirsi elTul- to oca.r. l-anillies awoke to f'^d j„cm fays ij^.on the cloisc their houses deluged with .«a water, f^ most noble, most People could not sit down to a meal without dread of intemiptron from a guahet of the 9alubiio«iB sea, where as the sudden bursting of lai^e street m^ns was tl'u occafiou of sev- eral deaths before relief could be had from hcadquaTtors. NUTS FOR PKSSlMlSrS. Now tho woTRt of po-»4niists coul 1 trot aak for more in tho quIUitity and qi;alrly of t' is public cuise. And yet of one ot memorable campaigns that have ever lK>on launched ui>on the sea ot politics to gather strength and carry all before it like the c.vclone »wei?piiig across the hroad prairies from which even the orb of day has disap(»oar-ed la terror." K woni.in uift.v cute her huslian:! of the"tohftcco habit by yurcbksing hk cigars tor hioii