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We should more fully appreci- ate our opportunities could we realize what a blind person with a lore of the beautiful would give for Just a glimpse of tlie marvelous world, which is all bliut out from him anil free to us What would he not give if h could just have his eyes opened for a few months and be allowed to travel over this beautiful earth and drink in the world's beauties? Just to be able to see the flower, to get one glimpse of the landscape which we see so often that it makes almost no impression up- on us, what would it not mean to him? Conservation of Soil Fertility and Soil Fibre. Of unusual interest to the farmers of Western Canada Is the publication relating to Conservation of Soil Fibre and Fertility just issued by the Com- mission of Conservation. This pamph- let contains a series of papers and discussions by leading authorities on the problems confronting the prairie farmer. Particular attention ts paid to the control of soil drifting, the re- tention of moisture and to cropping systems for drought areas. The purpose of thi- publication is to place before the western farmer the results of the experimental work con- ducted by the Dominion and Provin- cial Departments of Agriculture, and by the Agricultural Colleges, in their efforts to determine the cropping ays- terns and methods of cultivation most Web-Footed Folks. Occasionally it happens that a hoy or girl is burn with webbd feet that in to say, with toes united by j fleshy t:-sue. It Is a phenomenon i j called "syndai-tyly." This eccentricity Is apt to be hand- 1 ed down from generation to genera- | tion in a family, appearing in some i of its members, but not in others. The Magazine of Heredity describes one such case, In a branch of an old New England family. The paternal grandfather was web-footed and be- | queathed hi.s peculiar toes to a son, I who passed them along to three of his six children. It these people were to intermarry for three or four generations with an- other web-fcoted family, all the child- ren born would, exhibit the peculiari- ty. For nature, curiously enough, seems always willing to perpetuate freaks of any kind. What we call freaks, or "sports," in the animal or the-vegetable world are nature's little experiments. It is by his means that she creates new species and varieties. Some anthro- pologists are of opinion (hat all hu- man beings were originally black and that the first white man was a sport. BIT? OF HUMOR NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED A TONIC Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Enrich the Blood, Thus Increasing Your Nervous Energy. Nervous people who have not yet developed a disease that can be re- tractive'' as you'arV," my dear,"" she j cognized and treated by the medical profession, often have great trouble A Clever Husband. Wife "Mrs. Jones has another new hat." Hubby "Weil. If she were as at wouldn't have to depend so much up- ou the milliner." Advice Followed. Doctor (to profiteer patient) "I'm afraid you have not heeded my advice to adopt some hobby or fad thai would take your mind cff your ordinary busi- ness." "Oh. yes. I have doctor." "What did you take up?" "Going collecting." He Couldn't Wait Forever. A yuung fellow who w;is the crack In finding relief. Irritation, headache, sleeplessness, nervous indigestion. All these discomforts make life miserable, but are endured rather than run a doctor's bill. Suoh sufferers should know the dan- ture. An island figured in one of the yarns ; so R. L. S. drew a map of it. carefully elaborating an outline of the bays and the harbors. The story of Treasure Island was all woven round the map. R. L. S. de- clared that his unconscious plagiarism from Washington Irving's Tales of a Traveller, which in his younger days he had read with much delight, was absolutely glaring; the skeleton was obtained from Poe, the parrot from Robinson Crusoe and the stockade from Marryat's Masterman Ready. The audience was so delighted with the first performance that they begged for more ; and so it became a con- i tinued narrative for many afternoons. ' He had partly completed writing the story when the editor of a magazine called Young Folks' Paper urged him THANKFUL MOTHERS ger of such'a condition, which, if al- j t o finish it for publication. The bar- lowed to persist, may result in a ner- j gain wag ma( j e . and R, L. S. seat the vous breakdown. In this -condition ) a tory with the uursery mup to the what is needed is rich, red blood. As j ma gazine. It was printed without the a tonic for the blood and nerves, Dr. ma p an( i w ;tiiout illustrations and at- Williams' Pink Pills have been used with much success. They have a di- rect action on the blood, and through traded no attention. More than a year later, when R. L. >. was looking through some of bis it carry to the nerves the elements manuscripts with a view to turning runner of his towu-somewhere in j needed to restore their normal func- ! one ot them j nto a little much-needed the south was unfortunate enough to ; t ion, at the same time Improving the i mcney he picked up Treasure ls ian d have a very dilatory laundress. One general health. The benefits that fol- j and> decid j n g that ne still liked it, It might be said that many white ! evening when out for a practice run j ) O w the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I sent the manuscript to Casseil & Co., people to-day respond to that descrip- in nia ralner ail> y aud abbreviated | i s shown by the case of Mrs. Norman | tne publishers who accepted it But tion though not in the same sense, j track costume he chanced to dash past Seifried, West Montrose, Ont.. who J a trage(lv happened The story had the dusty lady who at the time was a says: "It would be hard for me to. been wrt ttw to the map- in fact the couple of weeks in arrears with hto I overstate the benefit I have derived ! map was the chiet e i emen t in the washing. He had scarcely reached from the use ot Dr. Williams' Pink j plot; but tlle home again' when the bell rang fun- j puis. Before I began taking the pills Lyons, Perfume City. Lyons, in Prance. Is the city of scents. It Is the centre of a region which supplies the world with per- fumes and has the only university that offers a course in perfumery making to students. Within the last few years Lyons has developed a great laboratory system for the manufacture of artificial per- sultable for the various prairie areas, ! fumes by the processes of synthetic particularly those which have suffer- chemistry. Thus Its technical experts convert oil of verbena into violet and d most severely from soil drifting and from drought. Copies ot this pamphlet may be ob- ' heliotrope, aniseed into vanilla and oil tained free on application to the Com- ! of rosewood into bergamot. lily-of-the-valley, oil of camphor into mission of Conservation. Toluene (a derivative of coal tar) they transform into Jasmine and arti- ficial rose. From zylene (likewise a coal tar product) they obtain artificial A "Doonum." In issuing regulations that are to mus ]( govern the transfer of land in Pales- : Roses are grown on an immense tine the high commissioner, Sir Her- scal in the region about L y on3 for bert Samuel, helps to put into the Ian- the manufacture of perfumery. Like- guage a word that will be new to most wise sage> tnyme and sweet marjoram . readers of English: the word "doo- That region produces 90 per cent, of num." a measure of land. The regu- tne total world's output of real laven- latlons, intended to protect Zionists, der O n f representing a value of 20,- oblige everyone who wishes to sell OOO.OOO francs a year. One concern land to get the written consent or the , has ten square miles planted with administration; and to get It he must lavender, describe the character and situation ' p of the land and name the price. The | MONEY ORDERS. buyer must be a resident of Palestine ] The safe way to send money by mall and can buy under the new ordinance is by Dominion Express Money Order. not more than three hundred doonurns , * of farming land or more than thirty doonums of city real estate. A doo- nurn is one forty-fourth of an acre. Reserving the Aborigines. The commonwealth of Australia haa taken steps for the preservation of the aborigines of that country and has as- signed a tract of public lands in the Northern Territories as reservation for the tribes. It includes the Man The census of Germany, recently ; an j Peterson Ranges and practically completed, shows a total population lne whole of Lake Amadeua. The of 60.2S:'.000 people. The total num- Governments of South and Western her of inhabitants lu 1913 was about | Australia have set aside adjoining Mlnard'i Llnlmert for Dandruff. Germany's Census. ously and an escited voice was wafted 1 1 was very nervous, weak and run So naU had disappeared go over the wuole book in from the porch: ! down. I could hardly do my house- "Poh de Lawd's sake, won't you all j work, and as there is a great deal of tell Marse Bob please not to go out! work to do about a home on a farm, no mob. till I kin git hid clo'ett round I felt very much discouraged. One to him?" Pass the Salt. Mr. Green's radish-bed had been at- tacked by slugs. Detracted, he sought the advice ot ! the time I had taken a few boxes, I a neighbor. "If you want and tabulate and arrange all the al- luslona, and then with a pair of com- passes draw a map to suit the facts. The task wad accomplished: but. as R. L. S. whimsically remarked, it day whila reading a newspaper I saw I kllled ula llkiug for tne book which an advertisement of Dr. Williams' j he va ! uei i c hi en y for the welcome sum Pink Pllla and decided to give them a lt brought him when he norely needed trial. I could notice beneficial effects after taking a box of the pills, and by Once a mother has used Baby'g Own Tablets for her little one.) she would us nothing else. The Tablets give such results that the mother has noth- ing but words of praise and thankful- ness for them. Among the thousands of mothers throughout Canada who pralso the Tablets is Mrs. David A. Anderson, New Glasgow. N.S., who writes: "I have vued Baby's Own Tablets for my children and from my experience I would not be without them. I would urge every other mother to keep a box of the Tablets in the house." The Tablet.s are a mild but thorough laxative wiilch regulate the bowels and sweeten the stomach; drive out constipation and indigestion; break up colds and simple fevers and make teething easy. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Spring That Conies to Flanders. The spring that comes to F'.andera Goes by on silent feet. Lest they .should wake, remembering How once the spring WH.S s-weet. And streams that flow in Flanders. Paat poppy field aud hill. Are silver streams and sh'.nlng, But thoughtful streams and :'.!. The wind that blows In Flanders. Across the listening air. Is gentle with the grasses That bend above them there And rain that falls in Flanders la tender as a prayer. to exterminate the money. could again do my work with ease, was no longer weak or nervous, slept j The Dummy Knob. On the door of a house at which I pest," said the neighbor, "place salt between the rows of plants." Mr. Green went off full of hope. A few days later they met again. "Did you do as I told you?" asked the neighbor. "I should think I did!" replied Mr. Green. "Was it successful r "Well, I put salt down one evening, [ and bless me. when I got up the next morning the slugs were pulling the , radishes up. diping them In the salt,! and eating them with such happy looks upon their faces!" Quite Unnecessary. At a certain college it was the cua- weil at night, and awoke in the morn- was calling the other day I found two ing feeling well and strong. I am | knota. One was a dummy put there happy to say that the pills so greatly j f r symmetry; when I tried it. it benentted me." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by ail dealers in medicine or will be sent by mall on receipt of 50 cents a box or $2.50 for six boxes by writing The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Awards For Gallantry. One of the most interesting phases of tha work of the Boy Scout Move- ment is its recognition of acts of gal- lantry performed by Us members. There are three grades of awards which are granted, and oddly enough turned round and round In my hand. The other resisted my hand but open- ed the door. The two knobs reminded me of Dick Hartley and Dan Cortelyou. Dick's mother feared that his charac- ter was weakening. When at her re- quest I urged him to be a man and re- sist temptation, he smiled and pro- mised to do everything that I asked; but uis promises were so glib that I no laitu m tnem. tie was like dummy knob that turned round in my hand. I could not {Ue Cortelyou was different. When his wild ways, his tom to have the students write the fol- 1 the highest is not, a gold, but a Bronze \ , lowing pledge at the bottom of their Cross. The .second highest award is , color mounted Ui3 eves grew defiant, examination papers: the Silver Cross and the third high- 1 How could Ue help it ' he aake<| nla "I hereby certify on my honor that] eat the O!lt Cross. All applications ; wenj ., olng this amj that? \ VUose I have neither given nor received aid , for awards of this nature are not made , bu .,.; ne!!S was j t waa t he did? He re- during this examination." by the boy, but by the Scoutmaster I |Jt j flnew {hat t had ho , d of ., Soon after handing in a paper to a j of the Troop he belongs to. All the professor noted for his sarcasm, a evidence In each case ID carefully LOU young fellow hurriedly entered classroom and said: the sidered by a Local Board of Honour, and when complete. Is forwarded to live knob. Before long uie door had opened wide enough to admit the truth. But the door knobs reminded me of i the pledge on my paper." 65.000.000. Babies with dark eyes at birth are very rare, most newly-born infants having blue eyes. for the purpose of this reserva- tton. Thunder is audible at a distance up to eighteen miles. Surnames and Their Origin EDWARDS Variations Edmonds, Edmunds. Ed- gar, Edeson, Edison, Edmondson, Edmundson, Edwardson, Edes, Eth- , ards, Edkins. Edouard, Odouard. Racial Origin Anglo-Saxon. Source A given name. i The given names of Edward, Ed- : mond, and to a less extent Edgar, are indissolubly bound up with the hi- , tory of England, and in the under- standing of that history are significant ' in more ways than one. Edward, Edmund, Edgar and the still shorter form "Kadda," the last particularly were all most wide- spread among the Anglo-Saxons, aud, indeed, are traceable together with a number of names popular with the Goths and the Franks to a common Teutonic origin somewhere beyond the dawn of historic light on the Teu- ( tonic languages. Though the Normans were Teu- tonic, speaking a French developed out of a combination of Latin, Celtic and Teutonic tongues, given names of this group were not common among them, and following their invasion of; England appear very infrequently in j the period when their connection with Normandy was severed politically, and they began to consider them- selves English and to adopt many Eng- lish names. These names formed a prominent group in the Anglo-Saxon nomenclature of the "common peo- ple." which they resurrected, and from that lime on Edward was taken even Into the royal household. And this was Just the period In which family names began to take shape. The formation of all the foregoing family names, through the addition of "son" to the given name or Ita vari- ous contractions and diminutives, with the subsequent shortening of the "son" to a mere "s" In many instances, Is qdite clear. The form Edouard is French, as is Odouard. It is interesting to note that the latter shows quite clearly a Fraukish origin. "Odo" was the pro- nunciation and spelling which the ancient Franks gave to the name that the Anglo-Saxons called "Eadda," the lengthening of vowels Into the "o" sound being characteristic. There was a famous bishop lu the early Mid- dle Ages In northern France who bore this name. unnent committee whose duty it is Professor I_ have forgotten to put ( the Provincial Board of Honour-a per- , ^^ ^^ than people _ the eagy and the hard way There was Jim Smedley. AJ his father was well to a golden knob that opened every door. He never put his strengh "It's quite unnecessary." replied the to make recommendations to the Chief teacher. "I have just finished looking Scout for Canada as to the action to ( "j ( 'j'^ over your paper, and I felt sure that, betaken. you did not give or receive aid." Bringing Up Father. "Father." said James, "why The Chief Scout for Canada has Juat aga , nst a[J cbgtac!ei but plaved wllh made awards Ui the following cases ( tha knob tha( turned round und round I which are of particular interest: go easl , y The doors to rea , succegs is it | Troop Leader Charles Haddleton | remained cloged to h!m . they aay that the child is father to ' and Patrol Leader William Haddleton. I For many yearg t|)(? French i n)as |on the man?" Mr. Jones shivered. The elucidation of an abstruse problem like this was j rather more than he felt equal to. Therefore, he temporized. "Well er because it is so. I sup- ' pose.' of the 29th Ottawa Troop, were award- ed the Gilt Cross for their efforts lu the attempted rescue of two little boys who bail fallen Into the Rldeau Canul. A brother of one of the little fellows, when ho realized what had ary Francois Colllard. labored among the Barotse. a native tribe In South Africa. When he felt that hi* il.i!h was near he wrote: "I solemnly be- queath to the churches of France, my native land, the responsibility for the happened, started to throw stones in- 1 , jOpd . 3 work , Barotse | and . and j ad . "Oh. then, if that's so. pa," answer- , to the water with the Idea of making jure , heul jn Hjg ho | y n ., me nevef to ed the youngster brightly, "I'm going i waves to wash the other two boys glve it up -. ' to see if I can't get you a ticket for' ashore. In this way ha attracted the Bequea'h work' We usually the theatre to-uiorrow and a haJf-dol- lar to spend. 1 always said if I was a father I wouldn't be so stingy as the rest of 'em. Go along, pa, and have a good time while you are young! I never had the chance!" Whereupon Jones smiled reflective- ly and handed out the needful. A smart boy like Jim, he considered, de- served it. attention of tha two Scouts, who at be queath something hat we think the once jumped into the water. Only af- ,, o; ,. , pHze , work-especially ter considerable difficulty were they able to locate the little bodies, but life was cxtiuct before they could be ; moro ~ p 7 c ;.7 ou 7 th ": ul ihe"chanc'e"'tV)"do work calling for self-secrifice? But think again. Is there anything brought ashore. Patrol Leader E. Goulet. of the 41st a great work? Many persons find life Insipid merely because they have no Minard's Liniment Relievei Dlstcmpsf at Dritanniu Pier when he became ex Ottawa Troop. Is awarded the Silver Ulsk that wiu make tnem work with Cross for his successful attempt at ' al , tneir niigh , A nanl ,. lsk , s some . rescuing Mr. M. Villeneuve. of the La , hlng to rejoice ,_ Take holj , Ulat Salle C'lidet Corps, who was swimming knob u mly resist obsUn;Ue i y . but it will open for you the doors both of The Childher. hausted and began to drown. Scout 9arth an(l of lieav ei,. ' Goulet at once Jumped Into the water , $_ ' and although very much smaller than A tree will make a million matches; The house that have the childher is, the man ne attempted to rescue, sue- a match may dest-roy a million trees. the house that has the joy In it, cee ,i et i iu bringing him ashore after a When in the woods" take no chances To me 'tis only home that has a girl- stru ggi e in the water which lasted with lighted matches, tobacco, or almost ten minutes. The rescue was camp-fire. Get the habit. Be careful particularly plucky because of the fact with fires in the woods. that the re-scuer had never received And een or boy In it. every one that's added only tunkes the place a-cheerier, Vhat's "iour Experience? If coffee keeps you awake nights, change to INSTANT a delicious meal-time drink.vhole- some and satisrying , but containing nothing that will disturb your rest. Economical Better for lou s a Reason" If childher are the gifts of God the auy instruction in life-saving work. more He send the merrier. Sure, every little one I've had gave something to my bliss the more, And every little baby face my lips were drawn to kise the more, And tho' I know the trouble and the thrall and the care they are, And tho' I know how often wild, how wayward and how quare they are. And tho' 'tis many a night I've watch- ed beside the little beds ot them, And held their little hands and cooled the fevered little heads of them, And tho' I know the surly moods that fall upon the best of them, The Story of Treasure Island. From all accounts Robert Louia Stevenson never plumed himself on having written Treasure Island. He used whimsically to grumble that so much of his reputation rested on a book that, he declared, cost him less labor and contained less originality and more unconscious plagiarism than anything else that he ever wrote. Once iu a burst of candor he told how he came to write it. His confi- dant was Mr. W. E. Clarke, head of the Anglican mission at Apia, who re- , Can one who is unkind outweigh the tells the story: love of all the rest of them? Stevenson, it secnu. was on a visit ! no, the trouble that I've had to his father's home near Italmoral through them I'll never rue at Castle in Scotland. The weather was ' No. all. And sure, without the childher now 1 don't know what I'd do at all. bad, and ho nnd his schoolboy stepson. Lloyd Osbourne, were confined to the house. To amuse the boy "R.L.S." I Denis K. .McCarthy, drew pictures In pen and ink. which tV> boy colored 1'ri'in a box of iniint.s. i productive Thoy pinned the pictures on the j nursery wall: nn-.l wlu-n t!'e boys' I friends assemble 1 ) iu th.- afternoons | K-L.S., jilayir.s tho i % nrf of showman. ' improvised a .-t.iry to suit each pk- The tr-uii.forinatiot. of forests by lire into idle wastes im- poverishes the nation, damziijes the indivuiual, is wholly needless, rjjj must K> stopped. BurningOn Hands. Could Not Put Them In Water. Lost Sleep. "My hands were very sore and I could not put them in water to wash them. There were some pimples on my hands, and the itching and burning were so intense that I scratched and irritated them, and I could not sleep at night. "The trouble lasted two weeks befor; I tri.-d Cuticura. When I had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cwicura Oint- ment for about Wo weeks I wos h=aLJ." (SijjneJ) Reginald Duigle, R. F. D. 2, Fort Kent, Maine. U: Cuticura for cvery-day toilet purposes. Bathe with Scop, soothe wi'.n Ointment, ili'.ot \viihTalcum. S.j25c. 0!.ii2S!N!Sc. Tlcui.25c. Sold ihrriiuhoutihe Dominion. CanuniiinDepot: . LimiltJ. 344 St rl St.. W.. Xt.lre.1. > "un> uru Soap .h.iT -s without mun. For years I hav ne' ?r 'ronsi.lered uiy stock of houseliuld remedies > uuiplei* unlee.i a bottle uf Mitiurd'a I.lnlmnt vjj Included. For burna, bruises, sprains, frostbltea or chilblains tt ax- celn. and I know ot no better remedy for a .it- . ,-j- t . cold In the bead, or tnut will elv* more Immediate relief, than to In- hala frum the bottle through the nasal organ. And aa to my supply of veterinary remedies tt i* essential. &* It hna In very many instanreH proven its value. A re- cant experience In reclaiming what waa HUppoged to be tt lost auction f a valu- able oo w * udder haa .igaii; demonstrated Its great worth and prompts me to re- ooimnend It In Hie highest terms to all who have a herd of I-HWM. ltt.-g <ir smull. I think I am not- In Huyir.g tttnor.c all the patent medicines , h--i- IB none that covers SH large a field of u*efulne*ii as does Mlnard's Liniment. A real !: - i-Uni good for man or heast. CHAS. K RORRINS. ("hebngue l'ol:it. 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Aspiriu." prpscribed by physicians tor twenty-one years :iml proved safe by niillirns. l"n!ess >i'ii see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting As- pirin ;it all In every Bayer jwcknge ;m> dirci-t-ciis for Colds. Headach* Nivinilgia, Klii-unui: : MU. Karru-fitf. Toothache. Lumbago and ' r l':iln. i Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost, few cents. Druggists also sell larger packages. Made in Canada. Aspirin : is tho trade mark (registered in Cana- da), of Bayer Manufacture of Mono- aceticaclitester of Salicylicacid. ISSUE No. 17 '21.