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•'T- rs.rxx:Txsnu-T-£SJrT^.' tfa i iMi tn th« eltie* of Toronto and Mont- . J I v.. < h \ â-  â- â- '•!* :v In real. Vlthough the application ot malhoda of centrallri' I heating atone may not bn looke 1 upon ai u cou-ilderable tac- tor Id tbc nolutioii of the "Piiel Prob- 'o'li" In :'â- '• provinces of Uiilnriu and Quebec, neverthelens the replxcenient uf Kiuall iothraclteb iug udUi by ceutralirril pl:'iit8 biriilng low-grade Tuulb will contribute towards the re- duction In Import atlouii from the Unitei States high-priced anthra- cite coal which is s:i rapidly becoming a luxury fual of Imdeternilnnte aralla- bllity. » Dross of Elarth. The fault of inoHt biography is that CEICnWl HEATRyG J! CANADA FUEL BOARD COMPLETES INVESTIGATION. Low-grade Fuc'.a Can be UtU- bed in Central Plants â€" A Service of the Future. That central and district heating can be nulltably employed to a coiiBidcr- able extent In Canada and that the sup- plying of heat as a public utility in the it represents the one who eltii for the denser sectionti of cities and towns i>ortrallurc as incapablb of wrong and may be looked for as a general ser- Innocent of faiiure. We are given vice of the future are among the sail- what Henley called a chocolate oandy ent polnu brr-oght out by the invesU- or barley sugar seraph in place of the gatiou Into central heating recently i%al inun with blood in hla arteries and completed by the Dominion Fuel human frailties and passions. That is Board. A widespread Interest was a mistake, against which Owen WIster | found In the subject and much Infoi^ lodged his protest wheii he wrote "The niation, of practical value In the con- Seven Ages of Washington." Uecent- Biderattj)!! of any particular appllca- ly a biography appeared which, in des- tlon, has been cothplled and Is con- , crlbing the earlier career of a well- tained in the Board's' report. ' beloved English author, makes It ap- Tbe present high cost of fuel anjl Pear that he was a prodigal son and the frequent diaturbancta In domestic "" Ingrate given to dissolute courses fuel supplies have led to considerable »"'> impervious to rebuke. But It attention being given to possible does not fail to show that the later economies and beneflu to be derived man grandly redeemed the old Adam from centralized heating. In almost and '«" an example of the triumph of every civilized country, durln* some 'he spirit over bodily weakness that period of the year, artiflcial heat is ; will inspire mankind more than the needed In dwellings, and buildings re-jP^ted book of the writer through all anlred for modern social and commer- days to come. clal life. The eupply of such heat be- We are, In fact, more likely to be comes a very large, in fact a vital, fac- 1 edified by the stories of failure than tor to contend with in northern cU- j ^V 'hose of ahlning and complete suc- males where temperatures are low i ce"- A play recently seen In this city during the winter and where the heat- 1 ^^atrlzod the average "uplift" story of Ing season extends over more than ^^^ greenhorn who breaks Into a busi- half of the entire year. Under these ; nesa and goes by ler.ps and bounds condltion.s, efHclent and economical 1 '<> ^^^ '"P- The young hero la seen methods of heating and utlUzaUon of ' attending a directors' meetiUB. des- fuels are of particular Importance, and | "'blng to his approving elders the demand the most careful attention ^tory of his rapid ascent of the ladder and study, both from the standpoint K'nd inoving them to such enthusiasm of the conservation of fuel and other | that they Jump to their feet and press I upon him checks for hundreds of I thousands of dollars. That is the way It happens in romance. In real life men must work for what they get. They must expect crushing defeat. They must learn to "meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impoBters Just the same." And men are not as gods nor a^ an- gels. There Is dross in their make-up, and they must pass through the refin- er's fire of adversity that shall bring out the best that Is In them They muBt expect to endure hardness as (Itated the importation of the large 1 good soldiers Grave peril to the soul VERANDA AND WIND OW BOXES The t'me is cUnm at hand for th« develop before you tntnaplMit htm And dtm't •0t Umib o«t until «A daap ger frota froet la pueed : a' eudd** r*- tarn of coM weather mii^t UJara them i>ermanent]]r. Although planU are grouped mor* pbkBtliig of this MafM>B'a porch an4 window-bozes. Make your window- box of one-Inch board*, at leaat one foot wide and one toot deep. The length will depend on the width of the window. Fill the box to within ' cloeelx >n a window-box than ther one Inch of the toy wHh ordinary gar- ' would be In a garden-bed, they anat den loam. To thia you will need to • not be overcrowded, or the eAect et add a little fertilizer from time to time for the plants will exhaust the nour- tabment of the soli. Bone-meali liquid manure. fertlll»er tablets, etc, are ex- cellent stimulants for this purpose; but you must bear In mind that liquid manure should never come In contact with begonias. Study the location of your window- box; and don't make the mistake ot planting In a shaded place, the flow- e.-» which love sunlight â€" devote such pcsltlons to terns and palms. Reserve your porch and window-boxes for the choice varieties; choose the flowers that are long blooming, and be sure that their size and color will harmon- ize when grouped. Of the general plants, a great num- ber are suitable for box culture. The following are among the moat popu- lar: Ageratura, antirrhinum, begonia, caladlum. candytuft, coleus, croton, fuchsia, geranium, heliotrope.'lantana. ' moneywort, pansy, petunia, phlox, nas- turtium, mignonette, salvia.' sweet alls- sum, verbena, and ferns and palms. Young potted plants should not be transferred to the window-box im- mediately after they are received from I the orist; give their roots a chance to natural re.sources, and of the health, comfort, and budget of the country and the individual. 40% Used for Heating. Particularly Is this the case in Cana- da, where nearly forty per cent, ot the entire cokl consumed is used for heat- ing and where over sixty per cent, of the total coal consumed Is Imported, In spite of the fact that the Dominion possesses Immense resources of coal within her own borders Economic and geographic conditions have neces percentage of coal. Tlie most highly Industrialized section of the country Is In the provinces of Ontario and Que- bec where there is an abundance of water-power for the generation of elec- tricity. Theee provinces are falfly close to the large anthracite and bit- uminous coal-fields of the United Btates, but a conslrorable distance from Canadian coal areas. Hence the bulk of the Imported coal Is used In these provinces. Varlou.s methods of heating have been adopted and developed in dif- ferent countries dependent upon the climatic conditions and the require- ments and progress of the Inhabitants. The tendency In recent years, es- pecially on the continent, has been to- wards centralization of heating plants, the heat being distributed through pipes by the medium of steam or hot water to oerve groups uf bulldingsi or, as a public utility, entire sections of cities. As a general utility service, central heating replaces the wasteful methods of burning fuel In a multi- tude of small heating units. Each pro- gressive step in other public services has involved an increased cost to the naer, but the additional comfort and convenience therefrom have been suf- flclent to warrant a general adoption. Bo with the supplying of heat. The advantages of district heating are ap- parent and In general may be stated as being, to the user: cleaniineAS. com- fort, health, convenience, safety, and â- aving In apace and furnace equip- ment; and to the community: econo- my in fuel consumption. poBsible use ot low-grade fuels, and appreciation in rental values of property. Qroups of Bulidlno*. In many cases central or district heating can be advantageously com- bined with the generation ot elec- tricity from steam stations, the steam being aupplted for heating after It has It Is to find a place where no storms come, and there Is nothing but the lazy pleasaunce of a tropic isle as one drifts and dawdles through the unre- Bisting hours. There are human beings who seem so good one can hardly imagine any need or mode of Improvement; but they know how Imperfect they are. We call them saints, and they are fairly be- wildered, for they know not that their faces are radiant of the spirit of good- ness that Is a lamp within. We know â- nothing of the battle they fought ere they won to the peace we see, but they could tell us that they came out ot great tribulation and ate the bread of weariness and tears before Joy came with the light of the morning. STRAW GARDEN g^ David Churchill The winds of January howled round , ed me; "It will cut off moat of the run- again nearest the house: Two double the house and slapped together the , ners for you. And it you keep the rowe ot tall peas, planted with the limbs of the big maple. Sleet beat a hills fourteen Inches apart you can, earlles; one more double row ai soon tattoo on the window pane. Mary had use them tor markers top and bottom ' as the first ones appear, and then one gone to ber. so I drew my chair to the j of the bed. It makes a good dUtance j more a little later, and so on In buc- wlth my garden fire and sat down notebook. It was too early In the year tor new | be good for anything elseâ€" com, catalogues with their gay covers and i peas tomatoes." their inflammatory literature. It was j "About resetting strawberries the too early In all conscience to plan a I third year " garden but + couldn't wait a day long- "Let them set a runner between and er I simply could not keep out of my «rub out the old plant in the fall. You ' jp,. I say you don't mind the work." „„,„K,«^i» I ' "I don't mind. There is more satla- Before I opened my ""'^""^f ..^ i faction In a garden that is beautiful. hea,^ ^^°^°^ 'll'ZTZ Tltl <^omv\ete, inclosed and laid out with the door and Neighbor drifted in with j^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ a gust of wind and sleet. «« ^ f w on ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ his hands and asked If I were busy. I , ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^j^^^ ^ drew him a chair. | ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ y^^ ^^^„y j,^ ^^^^ "Making straw garden,"^ I answered ^^ ^j ^^^^^ square garden 70 by 70 him; "you're Just In time." ; f^^,^ ^g gyg, ^ad before or since." "Straw garden? How do you get. ..gecause you had to plan close and thatâ€" straw garden?" he asked. keep your succession going and be- for carrot rows and most of the little , cession. The last two rows In this stuff. An a multiple of fourteen would ' plot are tor early beans. The space in tall : this plot, as soon as vacated, is to re- ceive late cullflower, cabbage, possibly Straw vote â€" straw garden. Great- est of Indoor sports." Neighbor sat down and stretched his feet to the blaze. "Go on with your plantln'," he said. Romance of the Bank Book. . An English writer recommends a bank book ae good reading and adds: "The general reader will find therein a demonstration of the weakess of human resolves and the vanity of hu- man wishes." That, however, is only one side of the story. There are bet- ter things to be found In most bank books. For example, you can find in them evidences of love and eelf-sacrl- flce and heroic thriftâ€" a sum with- drawn to keep a boy In college, an- other to help a friend In distress; fre- quent deposits, perhaps of a few dol- lars, hard-earned, hard-saved, made In an effort to lay up something against old age. To get the real significance of a bank book you must read It with sympathetic Imagination. « â€" â€" The Oldest Animals. Efforts are to lie made to prevent extermination of the great tortoises on the Galapagos Islands, believed to be the oldest living animals, by finding a refuge for them on some desert tS' land near the United States. cause you piled on the manure and lertlllzer â€" kept turning It , over and over." Neighbor said. Then he picked up my plan. "Now this diagram â€" with the space 'your ground ain't frozen more'n a , ^g j^^ bushes and rhubarb and for the Is Dr. William Beebe. the naturalist. passed through the engines or tur- ,„!,( ti,o National Oeographloal Society bines driving the electric generators, ^^ Washington that the tortoiseH, some In addition to actual heating service | „( ^^Ich were In existence before â- team can also be supplied from large I columbus came to Ajuorica In 1492, are rapidly being killed off for oil, and will disappear unlosH an Isle of refuge Iti found. central stations tor the roquirements ot laundries, hotels, manufacturlen. and for miscollunnous industrial pur- poses wItJi ihe Knme advantages, and aa a rule at a lower cost than steam generated by sniall Independent holl- ars. However the Introduction of cen- tral heating In any particular locality ! should bo preceded by a detailed and : careful study of local cxindltlnns ami . ot the factors bearing upon the prob- ' lem in order that there may be rea- ' â- onabie assurance of flnHncial sue- esse. { Central heating I as been Hdo^ted In ' Canada to a considerable extent for | groups ot Institutional iMilldlngii. Aa | representative of the large ccntrnl heating Irstallatlons may be mention- ed the University ot Toronto (27 | Accounted tor It. Uo Doubt, bulldlgns): the Parliament Buildings. ] orocer "Eggs hit rnrk bottom. Ottawa (7 buildinn): MoOlll Unl- .' ,„jg„ ,„t ^^k .. ^ vorslty. Montreal (» bnlMIngs): AI- ' ^^y. -Then that accounts for why berfa UtHverslty, Edmonton (IH build- , ^^^^ „, jhosa ynu sent round were Ings); and Queon'a University and â-  ,,^^^1,^^ Kingston Hospital. Kingston (22 build liigit). Examnlen of oommunHy beat- It^ In CMiafU are to be aeea princlpal- The average life of goats is about 12 years. foot deep." The wilder the night and the colder it Is, the better for straw gardening. Neighbor took up my notebook, open on the table. He read aloud: "Go back to first garden plan. 70 by 70 feet, fenced. A little more work but considering time spent chasing out neighbor hens and dogs, no loss." "My hens?" he querrled. "No," 1 told him. "Pacific Coast hens." He studied ray diagram. A lot of work, he agreed. "But," I explained, "It means a vege- table garden pretty ee a posy bed â€" laid out like one. with paths where I can take my friends when I want to show off." "Remember you've got an asptfragus bed this year as well as young trees to take care of," he suggested after I ha<l finished. "I am rememberingâ€" I never forget. It makes me warm on cold nights and happy on dull days; It makes me gay and young. Just to think of those trees out there, clipped- and collared with tar paper, their buds all set for the first spring day." "Mary feel like that?" "Only more so." "Go to It," said my neighbor. "Go right to It. -Anything to make the girls happy." "That garden 70 by 70 was the near- est available ground to the house. There was Just a lane between It and the kitchen, a green lane down to the lake. Mary's sweet peas had the fence outside. She says she got out Into the garden a hundred times us often be- cause it wa.s so nearâ€" that have no Idea bow 'i rost,s her to run out a min- ute and !.!â- !; ii dl«h of berries, choose her vdKPtalili's, n sprig ot parsley. She says It helps her feed us better." NelRhbor nodded. "That ground near the house ain't much hut clay. Have to fatleti It up," he suggested. "Better make your gate big enough to lot Ihe wagon go through with manure If you are going to plant hfrry bushes all round next the fence aa you show here. You can have n small gate, too, a light one for the womenfolks. Neigh- bor lost his wife. Now there Isn't much flavor to his "(uccoss. "I've got dead chestnut you could use tor that seat I see." he said, "and for a couple of uprights to hold a cross- piece tor the grapevine." I was wondering It the path round the garden. Inside the berry bushes, ought to be four and a half feet In- stead ot tour feet as I had It. .\l80 about the hill system I tksed with the strawberry borders along the sides of my paths It was a nuisance because of the bother of keeping runnerd down. "Vmi've got one ot those new-tang- led cultivators now." Neighbor reraind- patb all round leaves 62 by 62. that a path across the middle?" "Yes. two feet wide. "Sixty-two by sixty-two divided by a two-foot path that crosees In the sprouts, kohlrabi and kale, with celery near the centre path. "Across that path there are three rows of early turnips, which are to be followed by late beans; then three rows ot bush Llmas. to be followed by spinach. Also there are three rows ot early potatoes, to be followed by spinach. The rest of the space was left vacant tor sprouted sweet com. "Where are your cucumbers? And tomatoes?., he demanded. "My tomatoes? Ah, there they are, sitting about among the bushes In tomato cans, waiting tor those early peas to get out Sixty plants tor a double row thirty feet- long. I give them eighteen inches between rows â€" " "What, you mean sixty plants â€" eighteen Inches?" Neighbor demand- ed. "Military style." I said." "I once saw an officer's garden â€" a war garden. twt> by twice. They were supported on a frame. Two slender poles were stuck the whole will be lost and the yrogreaa of each plant handicapped. If they are Inclined to be spindly, cut them back to Induce ttocklnes*. The pinch- ing off of the first buda which appear will atrengthen the plant; and the fra. quent culling of subsequent blooms will produce a greater profusion ot flowers. ; A very charming effect ma/ be had by planting vines at the -back and front of the box. Manettla, for lor^ stance, along the outer edge wUl soon droop gracefully over the box very ef- fectively. Climbing vines planted at the back may be trained up each side ot the window; and they may even be made to 8«rve as an awning If a frame is placed at the top ot the window tor them to climb upon. Climbing vines from porch-boxes should always be furnished with supports. String sup- ports are no doubt the easiest and most available; but it is tar nvore ef- fective to build a light trellis ot laths. Pleasing results may be obtained by arranging the strips to extend from the back of the box to the top of the porch, like the ribs of an open fan. Lobedia, manettla, maurandya, mom^ ing-glory, saxifrage, and wild cucum- ber are popular vines tor box culture. Too much stress can not be laid up- on the Importance of proper watering when flowei^boxes are concerned. For the much-debated question ot when to water, no other guide than one's own judgment can be given. The earth la a box is exposed, so to speak, on aU . sides, and evaporation is much more rapid than it would be in the garden- bed. In moat instances we find only a quart ot water given when a gallon is required. The soil sliould be thorough- ly saturated once a day, and in e». tremely hot weather, twice each day, and the surface should at all times be kept broken up to conserve the mois- ture. It frequently happens that in drying out the earth recedes from the sides ot the box, leaving an aperture Into which the water runs without pass- ing through the earth. It the earth la graded a little higher at the sides than In the centre the water will be con- centrated and forced to soak through it. If you find it difflcult to grow plants In certain unfavorable locations, sub- stitute a 'shallow window-box for the deep one and place potted plants with- in It They can then be removed to more favorable quarters to recuperate if they show signs of weakening. Fish Catch of the World. According to the most authoritative estimate the total fish catch of the world is valued at over $1,000,000,000 a year. That represents the price the con- In the ground a few feet apart and connected at the top with a slender { turner pays, and includes charges for middle, leaves four beds thirty feet ! crossplece. Below this crossplece at I *^'d storage, dealers' profits, and so square." regular Intervals were attached three °n- "What's to go In those thirty-foot rectangular frames. The tomatoee, Japan leads the world as a flsh- beds to satisfy hill appetites?" ] naked ot a single leaf, starting direct- 1 eating nation, her catch, totalling tor 1 read : "First plot, ten rows ot seed | ly below the lowest rail- or frame â€" j the year about $90,000,000. The United onions, fourteen Inches apart ' They ^ere trained out and round the second, ! States coiqes next, with Just over $86,- could be a foot, but I will keep them ' inward again over the third and cross- 1 WO.OOO; France third, with rather less to the strawberry markers this year. ' ed from both sides at the top where i than $86,000,000; and Spain fourth. Next come five rows of early carrots, they were cut off. Elach tomato plant I '*th $70,000,000. Britain comes next, five of early beets, two rows of early get three to four bunches â€"all they "'th about the same value, cabbage plants set alternating with can ripen before frost â€" and when I ! "^he value of fish per hundredweight head lettuce plants between the rows first saw them the whole frame was a j has fallen greatly In recent years, a' and between the plants in th row. niass of fruit, green and ripening." j ^ear or two ago Britain's catch was "The onions will be ripened In time My neighbor stood up and stretched i valued ••* $90,000,000. to plant winter spinach in September; himself. j During recent years there has been the early carrots will give place to | "Do you grow your cucumbers on i * hlg increase In the amount ot capi- top-Ket onions for winter and the early poles," he asked, "or on the fence?" | tal Invested In the industry, the United beets to the last planting ot lettuce in i "Neither. I need the fence for pole ! States alone having added nearly $25.- August. beans and Italian squash. I grow the \ OOO.OOO to the value of her fishing- "The whole plot will be under cultl- cucumbers on a slat frame, raised to j hoata, neU, and so on. vUtion at the same time and be leaf let them hang through." | Most of the world's fish supply mulched to last for our tabe as late as He shook his head, opened the door, j t*'"*" 'r<xm the shallow banks near possible." I I closed him out and the warmth In. ! the shores ot the continents. It is "Across the centre path, the next Half an hour yet before Mary would j here that the fish live; and it Is weD that they do so, (or fishing on a large scale is much easier in such placet than It would be in the deep seas. » Notes About Noses. One ot the purposes ot the nose ia to raise the temperature and humidity ot inhaled air before It enters the lungs. The colder and drier the air, the great- plot reads: Early radish followed by call me to bed. Time to take every- cauliflowei> â€" the same spacing as the thing' out ot my garden aa I would a cabbage and lettuce In the first plot; trunk that must be repacked. Time to then five rows of late beets; five rows plow, harrow, drag and plant it all of late carrots; six rows of early and over again and yet again for two three of medium peas, planted at the months to come. same' time and followed by bush beans â-  • and, at the far side, by tomatoes. All No Baby Carriages. these harvest together after the frost, j Pushing baby carriages on the side .„^ ^^^^ „„„ ^^.^^ ^^ j^,^ ^^^ so the bed can be spadded and en- walk Is an offense against the law in „ tj,, n^^d tor this function so' that rlched tor the next year. j London, although prosecution seldom j^ ^ f^^^ which has lived long In a The lower plot reads, beginning occurs. j cold, dry environment the nasal pass- I ages become long, and the nose high ! and narrow. j After migration from one type of e* vtronment to the other the adjustment ' Is not immediate, but takes many ' geerantlons. Thus, the high, narrow ' noses of the dominant castes In India j indicate that the latter are compare- lively recet immigrants from the I north. j Fossil skulls found in Europe Indl- cste very high, narrow nosifts during ' the Ice Age. gradually becoming short- er and broader as the cHnute Im- proved. Hatters Had Union. Journeyman hatters in Englan-.l bad a trade unipu as early as 1667. What Orange Peeoe Me.->ns. The label "Orange Pecoe" means the site of the cured leaf and not the pa^ ticular kind or quality ot tea. o On only two estateii in Englnnd â€" Dalemaln. tn Cumberland, acd Dun- combe Park. In Yorkshire- can deer- stalking, almllar to the sport of the Scottish Highlands, be ecjrty^d. I/i. l». .M. Conuau. deputy mejlcal offlirr of a municipalily In England, makes sure that the children in his district have no tuoth troubles. He travels with a motor van giving Illustrated lectures. â-  \~ 'm