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â- (*-• Bfc yoii k«je|> scrub cows or cows j '«il' any IwfiMl ilmt aro of Iosh two hiindi-LKl pounds buttei- ctrijiiicily? If ' o, why iiol :-fll, trndo or heef tJtem A '1(1 gi't soiiii' )((>(i(i onus of three liiiiidred jHiiiiKlh or more biillor ch- niiiily' It costs iiioro to fowl, niiJLk, stablf mid pay luxes on live or mix /;h«n on tlu-i-o or four. If you do not value yoiii' lliiic. feed etc., but ] niat keo|> cows for their lomjiany nd M little butler, croaiu and uiilk, he j)oor otn-s will answer, but they will not huild up your bunk aecouvnt vory fust. Not making a busines* of selliig; iiiilk or Wutter, ch? Woll V. hat is thi! clillerom'e? Vou iiro keop- lug cows to furnish milk, buttur and cieam for yoni- family and cosrts II ore to fii<>t] .si,\ jioor cow.s tlinn four KoofI ono.s. Why not havo the four (iiod ones ami sril four Ions nioro hay mid lllty bushels more Riiiln that tho tTOo ixtra cuw.s would hnvu cat- en. and |iwt lifly dollars inorp in the banl< for a rainy day? A j>lnin bu»i- iipfis lu-ojio.'iii i(.n isn't it? Doos yotir Wifi' milk the cows wliilo your boy ' mul di>^ iniiiii iJi.'ui in ;lic lane or | in one corii.'r of tin- pasture field? , Try it .vo Ill-sell' onio or twice when! the flics are ti oublesimie, arrd we be- â-  Ilevo you will rciili/o the necessity of a cHmiKc ill ilio ai raii.trenicnts for niilKinn I'i.x n nice clean place in the darkest (wrt «>f your stable where the cows niii.y be lied luul fed a couple of quarts of bran or iiioal each, rl|) up ihroo or four old bone dust sacks and sew thi-ni together: â-  throw Ihis oxer tho cow while yo\i are inilUlnn to keep the llius oil; or ' belter : till to kf«|i some Shoo Fly , on hiinil Mill! apply that 'w-o or three times per week. It j)a.vs in the in- creasoii (low of milk as well ns re~ dm inL' ihe annoynnce while niil'kinj;t. If .von insist on liavinc; .vour* wife do the milking this arruneeuient will make it MUrn KASIFU! Ff>H HKR. We have always held tho opinion that under most circiini.slancis it is tihe nuin « place to do the niilUiii^-. Surely a m.in has but little tliouglil of his wife if he compels or allows hai' to liaio,p uroiiiid in a dirty barn- yard or stable after <o»vs I Icr plaie in in the house and it Khi> takes pro- I«oc care of that, and cooks whol(»- Bomo meals loi you :\nfl your hirod man and ihe children .md keeps your clothes clian ami in order, she has rioiin eiiounh willioiit milkint! rows. h( eiUi; (he tfoi-den and many other thing's .-oMie men seem to think tlieir wl\es should do. Oo you, still >iso the old tii'.hiotied ,u;allon crocks or- cans for >.et(ln(; milk? If so, dis- card thi ni and adopt a better sys- tem Of (O'irse H band sei)arator is the best projiosilloii. and following that some s.v.steni of deep .teltinjr. iisiiiK lie or cold water. l!e careful abotit Investing in .'jocalled cicainers. About one-half of the kinds .loUI on the market are worthless. Do not UMO. any klnil thai iiii|ulro any pn-- paialinn put in the milk, oi the milk dilulefl with water. ^ ou can go to a tin shop and net a very (rood Oiitlit wilhVvul veiy big outlay. Ha\e the tinner make you a niiinher of cans about sixteen inches hi({h, and olpht inches in diameter; imt handles on, two inches fnuii the toj), ninke n tin lid for the can in the shape of a cone solt'er on lo the coni' a rim two inches vvMi'. oneJiinlf inch iBl'por in diaim-ter than your can Is. so that Ihe cone-slinped lid will p;o down ovpr the cap and rest on the handles. I'iU within one :nch of the top with milk and s.-t in cold watpr. Maki' II W.I tec tii,'hl bos to hold the cans and lill •!:â-  box with wiiler so that It will eonie uji above the low- er edge of ihe cap. If vou hiv atiy kind cu' a iiu'cluinlc yon can nrrRiifie A I-XrOKY WOMAN. How Good Health Came to Mjrs. Desohesne After Much Suffering. Mrs. Abraham Desche.stif, wile of a woll known fanner at St. Loon le (irand, tiu*,, con.siiiers herself a liwky w«man. And she hua good c*use a« the following int«rYl«w will show : "1 wuH badly run down and wry nervoUH. l.ach day broughl its share of household dutloe, but I was loo weak to perform them. My nerves ware in a terrible condition. I could not Kleegi and the least sound would start lo me. 1 tried several medicines and tonic wineb, but iiouc of them helped me. In fact I was continually growing worse, and b»- gun to despair of e\er being well again. One day a friend called to see me and strongl.v udvis«'d me to try Dr. Wlliams Fink Pills. I de- cided to do so, and it was not long before they began to help me. I gained in Htrnngth from dn,v to da.y; my nerves became strong and cjuiet, and after using about a half tfo/.en boxes of the pills 1 was fully restor- ed to my old time health and cheer- fulness. 1 now think Dr. WllliaJiis Pink Pillrt an ideal medicine for weak women." Dr. Williams Pink Pills feed the ner\es with new. rich red blood, thus Rtrengtliening and .soothing, them, and curing such nerve troulilos as neuralgia, St. Vitus dance, partial parxilyais and locomotor ataxia, i'lie.so i>ills cure also all troubles due to poor and walaiy blood, including the spec-ial ailments of women. (Jet. the genuine witli the full name, "Or. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People" on tile wrupjier around each box. Sold b.V medicine dealers or h.v mail at .")() cents a box, or six boxes for S2..->ii from The Dr. WilUams Medi- cine Co., Brockvillc, Ont. an extra lino procfuot of anyUhing, try it oil butter. SHKIOP NDTKS. Tho earliest Inmbs bring the high- est piices. Merino sheep ahouhl never bo con- lined on low land.* at night. Shi(>i>ing poor sheep to market is j practically giving them away. I To .secure the best prices, wool 'should be seitt to market in the best I condition. I I'or poor lands and .short pasture ! sheep are decidedly better adapte<l than cattle. j .Sheep are not naturally so well adapted to rough usage and picking their own as lattle. it takes blood to feed sheep tiaks, and blood is too costly to be used in that wa.v. j Any animal when fed heavily s'hould havo a variety of food This is e»peii'ially .so with .sheep. I All flocks Mhoiild be graded ac- I cording to age, size and conditions i as far as piacticable. j Tne most unfavorable condition I imder which sheep can be grown is jto .subject them lo feeding' on low, Wash.v" pastures. It is often tho case tin.t poor sheep aro kept at a positive loss wtjien good sheep under the sante circum- |s'tan<"es Wdiild return a prolit. I The periiiareiit futility of a farm is Increased lo a groat extent b.y Oho number of ?jheop kept on the farm , , , , . , ,.„, . .,.. .. , ; I>ama is nominalU lie eiiuualent to Imler prcsenr cond ttons ,t Is very | j^^. „,„„„,,( ,„„ „„i^.' l>oor economy to select a ewe lor bri^eding that has no merit to racom- mend her, .^(t far as Of Exquisite Flavor - and Absolute Purity CEYLON NATURAL GREEN Tea composed only of fresh, fraarrant leaves, It istothe Japan Tea Drinker what " SALAOA " Bl£\ck Is to the Black Tea Drinker, Sealed lead Packets only. By a(l Grocers PERSONAL NOTES. Interesting Gossip About Some Prominent People. Lord Verulam is the onU peer who can claim any sort of resemblance to he took to politics, becoming a seo- ator in 188o. He was Vico-Pr«.«>t- deiit of llie Senate in 18H8-95. ami Minister o.f Pulilic Instruction 1891- 9(5. He was made Premier in 1902. M. Combes was always a strong Kadlcal, and his hatred of Olorical- the King. He is, in fact, the King's ism has been one of the features of doubl.iâ€" e<)ually in ligui-e as in lea- his public career, tare. Time and again he has been taken for His Majesty in the streets , "* of London. The tJrand Lama of Tibetâ€" or the (Jrnnd Dalai Lama, to .^l.e bini his full titleâ€" is a boy living in the sac- red city of Lhassa, and is generally regarded as an incarnation of Hudil- ha. As the go\erniaent of the coun- try is puiel\- religious, the fJrand sTirh a box conveniently; possibly .<»o you can have iimnini;- water through it, at any rate so vou can lill it once or twice fioiu the well each day. U is Utile work, Irii it pays in more and belter cream and but- ler and .vou will alwa.\s have sweet milk and eream for breakfast, even if it did thunder during the night. HOW AP.OVT YOUn CHUltN. Si ill using the olfl-fashioned tip-nnd- (lown kinil'.' l.eL your wife lake that lo 1 oeji lioi- (ihicken feed in and get. her a sidinler new barrel churn. One of live nallons cai>acity w<ui't cost more I ban three or four dollars, and is e\or so much better. Do not bu.v any churns of pe<<dler:4â€" the kind that will churn in two minutes, or get one or two iioiinds of butter out of a gallon of milk, thn,v are fakes. Yon can get the righl kind of your hard- ware tnercliant if he is ni>-to-<late. Do not kcej) \'our cream slamiiiia aroiimi where it is hot or where t'he flies will ge' into ir. Keep it in the coolest place possible ii,ntil you get enough for a churning. Then warm it up to about 911 degrees and kee|) it warm iilitll it bOiOiiies sllghll.v sour. Hediiee the lemperaliii e lo about <1H de- giees and churn. As s<ion as the biitl('r breaks and the butter glo- bules are about Ihe si/e of No. 4 shot, draw oil the butlerniilk aixi pill in three or foii,r gallons of cold water gi\e the duiiu a do/en turns, and draw od. I'lll the churn with waier and wash the butler again: (Iraw olV water and salt lo ta.sto, about one ounce to the pound, not mine than this. The luitter nui«t be Worked in the churn. Miidii but- ler i.s riilnod by too much working. ' Heller l'cI h pound butter print and some pfliihmont iiappi ; it is nice for vour own table and kenps belter. If 1 .vou take the surplus lo your grocer, he will soon pay you an e.xtra price I for what .\ oil have lo spare as his tiade will call for your butler. Het- ' ter still liiid one or Iwii iirlvate ens- toinars who are willing' lo |iay a ; good price for good butter, aiwl sell I lo them, â- .jotting at least five lents j per pound ndvance over the market I price for coniinon country butter. There is a sntiKfacllon in prodiiring monarch, but only nominally sinc« the real administrator is a I person bearing the title of Ihe (iyal- j po. The Orand Lama always dies youn^. He has to. The King of the Helgiatis is an e.x- pert gar<lener, and on most days rises at an early hour, so that he nui.v per.sonally take a hand in the cultivation of bis grounds. As a , landsciipe garilener he is ^^ithout an under loot. Wool is a |)roduct ^-qual which does not take fertility from | King Kdward is not so tall as the .soil like grain growing, but if many people imagine and whenever slightly manageil adds to value of His Mu.ie«lv is pliotographud in a the soil for giain growing. group he is invariabh a.sked to stand Sheep to fatten Ihe most rapklly on some small eminence, such as a and on ihe lea.s-t grain must be kept I step, in order that he may compare as can be done the should be culled, cut out so there will be one grade of wool. One half the trouble that Is porienced from foot rot ini.ght n\oide<i if the .sheep's feet were liinunod and the animals kept :lock lliat ex- he kept dr.v quiet n'd not allowed to run about so much (IS to run Ihoir llosh olV. Sheep are the most dillicult of all stock to put into a good condition age ill. after they ''na\e been allowed to lun down. The lon..vest and linest wool and the heaviest fleeces grow on s-heep Whicli are Widl fed and aiv kept Rteadil.v in a good condition. It is a ver.v exceptional casi' It was advisable to purchase sheci) oven to fee^ le fatten, bolter ]\r.n Is lo get rid of sheep and kee| ones. woll as jiossible with ibosi: about him. In his siockiims lie is just ."> ft. 7i inches. His Majesty woiirs boots with high heels, and his total height as he walks is .'ift. SJ in. I In his piilace at Te'-.eran the Shnh I of I'er.s-ia has a veritable cats' home. ! His Majesty's chief hobby is lo col- ' Icct these animals, and he has cats 'of ever,v kind, si/e, shape, color and j nationality. There are many scores ! of them. If over on his tra\els the I Persian ruler .sees a kind of cat he I does not (lo.sses.s â€" a ver.\ rare occur- mlv vigoroti.s thrift v ' 'â- ''"''^"~'"' f'''^'"" "'â- <â- ''"* !<"' 'I to be â-  j piircliMsed. even though a high jirice that <dd the old The l.vpe of sheep most to be de- sired is the one that will bring in the largest returns under the pecu- liar londitions and .surr(um<lings un- der which they are raised and they will vary larlically in dilTerent lo- calities. MOTIIKH A.ND U\HY. When bab\ is woll the mother happy. When baby feWirish and caiinol is depressed, worried and unhappy, liab.v's Own Tablets make both mother and bab,\ bupp.v . because lhe,v ciiie all the comnuui ailments of infants and \oung children. They sweeten the stomach, cure colic, aid teething children, euro constipation, prevent diarrhoea. and promote sound, healthy sleep. And .vou have a solemn giiarahlee that the Tahleis contain no o[iiate or |>oisouoiis "soothing" stuff. Mrs. D. Met; ill. Hlakem',v. Ont.. sa,vs : "I have iisol Haby's Own 'I'ablels and have found them the best medicine 1 have ever bad for the cure of the ailments from which ,\oung children suiter. I shall nhvnys keep a box of Tablets be asked. The favored felines live sumpiuously. and spvcial alleiulanis are kept to look after their niHids. Or. Knirbairu. principal of Mans^ lield College, obtained liis first valu- able Ulerary (los.'-ess'iou when he was a fourtivn-.\ Par-c.ld schoolboy at F.dinburgh. He strolled into an auction-room in an area below Prince's Street, ami Kol>ortson's "IHstorv of Oi'eece " was put ui>. but (a ! no one bid for it. Fairbairn hail a is cross, fretful, I "^''^'*'P''"".^'"'''t' i"fl i" some exoite- .sleep, the mother i ""^"^ offered that sum. which, lo his KING READS THE PAPEES. His Majesty Enjoys Articles on the Royal Family. liis Majesty the King invariably looks tlirough one or two daily pai>- ers, and bus had many a hearty laugh in reading highly imaginative articles concerning himself or his talmily. > B^very morning, certainly, little bits of news are cut from the variou's [lapors by some responsible Royal servant, and c;uefully pinned on to a slight 1\- sl^uiting table in His Maj- esty s stud.v.' .At the top of each one of tliese slii's is a kind of heading, winch gives the Royal reader soma idea of the nature of the article or paragraph below. Should there be a serious mistake in an ailiclo His iVlujesiy at ongo communicates with one of bis secre- taries, or some responsible |ierson, and notifies his desire to have the error corrected. As a rule, however, the King takes no notice of those "little slips," as he hiiu.seU calls them. Onl.v a few months ago. the King said laughingly to the Duke of Fife : "I was very much amused in read- ing some of my 'cuttings' this morit- ing. One mentionod that I was seen shopr>ing in Bond Street yesterday; another, that my health was decided- I,v bad; and a third, that t had cooi- plelcly lost my apjietite. and that I had the greatest ditficiilty in eating .solid food at all. As a matter of fact." said the King, hugely amused, "l was not ill London at all yestor- da.v: my health is exceeding. .v gooi; and only this morning I struggled bravel.v through a very formidable beef steak." The King once said, that whenever he saw the Queen looking through a new.spaper. he knew that she waS rending either about a children's home, or a hospital, and that the happiest moment of Her Majesty's life was when she could discover some new instilution for the help of the poor, or for tho cure of sick child- ren. "in Ihe iKUise." Sold In medicine great dulight. delight was accepted. He hurried home, read the volume right through, and thus lirst acipfired a taste tor rlassical histiu-y. Hero is a liltle story of the tact and kindly feeling b,v which our King endears himself to foreign countries. When King Kdward vJHlted Portugal red bai/e was put down from the Innding-stage. and, as this proved to he nearly three feet too short, a Por- tugese (lag was laid down to cover the gap. Crowds of [leople were on either side of tl:c narrow g<ingwa,\ . Wbuii the l^iiig saw what bad been done be s'aluted the Hag and would not stop on it. but walked to the side aniongsl the people, lo ihoir -4 "Vou luxnl to say 1 was one wom- an in a million." ""V'ou are. And the ivsl of the million are just like vou." BUILDING FOOD. No Energy For The Daily Work Rich Blood Makes the Weak Strongr and the Blood is Made Rich by Dr. Chase's Nerve Food Vou ale tired, lislle.ss, weak an<l lan.:,rid: hate no Inliircst In yoiir work lack tho moig.v ie<|Uireil for go n.'.; abO'il .\ our usual occupation; yoii,i aiipi'lite is nut goixl, and your meals June no at tract ion for yon: you have headaches, it iiia.v be, and spells of w .i!>iii'Ss and di/./iness; yon feel downhearltHi and discouraged. and wonder what causes .vou to bo (to iniseinble. It is in the Idimd. The blood 'S thin. Weak, and waler.v, and lacking In the i|Uiiliiies \\hich go to form nervous eiieiRy, the vital (orco whli h riinB the iiiacbinei> of tho l)Ody. Your heallli has bi>conie run down, and .vou cannot net heller without the aHHislnnce of- some res- lonillv^>. In this connection wc mention l>r. ('hnsi>'s Nerve I'ooil, |.<»- cniiNc II has provim itself to b(> (ho iHosf thoivnighly .tsti.^faetorv sjiring mr(fil^ne ami sysleni-biiilder that inn be i>btninf»d, Mi«, (L M. Hrown. t'obourg. Oht., Blateeâ€" "I was coinplet^-ly run down In health last npriiiK, anil roii,ld not d<S' one da.v's work without heintt laid up for nboiit two da.vs after- wards. I fell weak, languid. ami ! miserable most of the time. aiwI was often blue nnd discoiirawiNl becniiso of my continiitsl ill-health When Jin this stale 1 was ad\ isixl to try i Ih-, I base's Nerve Food, uid did so • with iiioNt snlisfnrtoiy leniilts. It biiili ii|i iiiv system woialerfull.v. St iengtliine<l anil foster«l my nerves. and look away all feeling of languor .and fatigue. 1 cannot .-lay anything too good about Dr. Chase's Nervi? , I'ood, and bojie that other.-* may liro- ; fit h,v my experience." I I>r. I hu.se's Nei-ve Food is lioimd I to prove beiiolicial lo you. for it In i«oinpos«»d of nature's gri>alesl re- istoratives, and acts in accordance With natiirPB laws. Uradiinlly and , ceitninly it lnci>eti.s-«ts Me^i an<l .Weight, add.s new, llrtn miiHclos bikI I I i^Hues to the body, roiiivdH out the I form, nnd instils new onorgy arwl vigor into tho systeui. .".ii e.-nts a box. 6 boxes for *3..'iO, at all deal- erg, or I'^dmaniton, Hales &> Co., il'oronlo. I To protect you ngnlnst Imitations. 1 tho portrait nnd nfgnnttire of I>r. A. â- W. Chaw, the rntuou,s receipt book author, are on every bojc. dealers everywhere or sent by mail at 2,'S cents a box by writing; The Dr. Williams" Medicine Co., Drock- ville, Ont. j NOT IT< Till'. ItKCKON'INt;. I To a ^oung man who stood smok- ing » cigar at a street corner the o'ler dB.\ Here approached tlie elilcr- ly an I ii.i|>ertliient reforiir . of iiu- menuu'inl legend. "How many cigars a day do .vou usiinlly smoke'.'" asked the licensed I meddler in other pi-ople's affairs. j "Three," roplie<l the youth as pa- tiently as he could. Thon the inipiisition continued. "How much do ,\ on pa.v f<u' them'.*" "Ten cents each," confessed the ' young man. "IWdn'l you know, «ir." continued I the sage, "that if you would save that mone.v, by the tinii- you are as I old as I am ,\ on would own that I big building at the ciwiier'?" "Do ,von own if?" ini|uir(xl the smoker. "No," r(^died the other. "Well, 1 do." said the young man. The Archduchess I'.li/abeth of .\iis- iria has always been ver.v fond of animals. As a little girl she kepi. in addition lo her pony, a nuniluu- of 1 dogs, goals, and rabbits. Once a i liltle fox-terrier jumped on to .some thill ice while she w,\s cut with •'. and fell through into the water. She ) calle<l on a footman lo go in after it, but be did not move: so tlie Princess screaming. "Vou coward! I'm not not half so big as .vou. but I'll go in, even if 1 gel dinwiied," triinl to jump in lo the rescue. She was held I back, and soon a gardener came i:p and saved her little pel. I A pathetic story is lold which well I illustrates Ihe goodness of heart of I the llishop of London. One broiling I summer's da\ not so long ago Ur. To Bring the Babies Around. When a liltle human machine (or a large one) goes wrong, nothing is so important as the selection of food which will alwa.vs bring it around auain. "My little baby bo.v fifteen months old had pneumonia, then came brain fevoi . and no sooner had he got over these than he began to cut teeth and. being so v. k. he was fro;|iientl.v thrown into convulsions." sa.vs a Colorado mother. "I decided a change might help. .<h> took him lo Kansas City for a visit. V. 1 en W" i-ot there h.^ wns so vr-rv weak when he would cry he woul I sink away and .seemed like he would die. •'\'. hen 1 reached my sister's homo she said imiii'slialely that w>> mu.st f<v I him UraiH-Nuts. and although I had never n.sed the food, we got some and for a few days gave him just the juice of Grape-Nuts and milk, lie got slion.;i'r so tptickly we were .soon feeding him tho Cirnp«v- N'nts itself and in a w>mderfiilly short time he f.ittt Tlie village belle in bridnl-gown Stood at Ihe altar-rail: She waited for the tard.v groom â€" ITe MUivl,\ would not fail ! Milt still he came not. and at last Someone the briflc must tell; And so they tohl the wxton, and Tho Ke.xton told the l>elle. Ho â€" "Vour sparkling e.\ os would j out-sparkle the mosl |irecious dia- iiuou<l." She â€" "Wh.v don't you mivke I the test?" lie took the liint ami ; bought a ring. i 1 Sometimes a marv's lovo for horse* is but a hobby. Winninglon Ingram Msilert a dying beame strong and well girl in an Kast-eud garret. 'I'he pa- .-t,,,,, ^-howed me something worth tlenl, who.se death was imminenl. Knowin^r ;,n,l. wh-n later on mv girt criwl out for water, and the Mishop â€" he was Mishop <if Slcpiu'y Ihen â€" en- dovored lo accede to her reipK-.st. Hut search where he would in the hovel, ' there was not a drop of anvthingi' came. I rais\-d her on (â- rnpo-'*«uts anti she IS a stront:. healthy baby and has been. 'Vou will see from tho little photogrpjih I send vou what a with which to moisten the poor girl's :^"^"«' «'l<"hh.y youngstor the boy Is lips. The kindlv Mishop was not lo.'l"'''' l^ ''" "''"'} * '""^ anything like lie outdone, however. j,,. walked : <'^''' ''*"'5;''-' "â- <;. '»""«* "^"» """"-ishing half a mile to his house and returned :'""•' arapc-Nuts nourishetl him soon carrviug a supi-lv of water. i*'""'^ <" strength when he was so M. Cond)es. the French Premier, i^"'*"^ "'" ronldn t keep any other owes nothing to the circumslances of 1 '*•"•' "" ^^^ \t,omnch " Name given his birth. He is the son of com-jhy Postum Co. Mattle Creek. Mich, paratively poor parents, his father i A" children can be built to a having been an arti.<4an. When hf jn'oro sturdy and health.v condition first met the lady whom he after- , upon (!rape-Vnts and cream. Tlie wards married he had little of this food contain.^ the eliMnents nature world's goods. She had $10.00(1. deinCMUls. from which to make tho and in rolurn for her hand he prom- soft ernv lillinir in th-^ nerve centre* isod ho would become the local doc- and brain \ well fo<l brain and tor in five .veara. He kept his word, stiong. sturdy nerves absolutely in- Ihil his income was inadequate to gare a h. tlthy body, miliport th« household, so he went lo : Look In each package 'or the fatn- Paris, where he practically did wlth.oua little book, "The Hoxd to W«ll- only Ave hours' sleep a loj-. Later ,^-tiie." i f