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_ WhenThe Obernai _ With seedlings in convenient boxes or frames, the gardener has time to give ground for the young plants thorough preparation and to study out locations if he has not already d a plan of his garden which often happens. The seedlings, in bores and frames, should ¥e a period of hardening off by as exposure to the open air as is cable before they are moved to permanent quarters Some of em will have to be transplanted other boxes before they can be Into the open ground, but the transplanting will do no harm they should have bigger root ays-- when the final move into per-- ent quarters is made and take much more readily than those Ith are given only one move Airect sged box or bed to their garden: . _ Transplanting is careful , alow, and at times tedious, but portant and necessary for garden In-- the selection of good individual specimens and a wider cholce in loca-- It is the chief work of the late April and early May gardening. operations when seedlings crowd the seed boxes and the hot beds and cold frames. KFrom a trowel full of seedlings the sturdiest may be selected and the yest discarded, an a packet of seeds with ordinary care usually produces & great many more plants than are needed or can well be used in the average garden. to make a large system of branching Toots. by transplanting and this, in the long run, gives a more extensive feeding system. This fact is recognized in the fre quent transplanting of nursery stock, the fibrous roots developing through transplanting and enabling the nurs-- eryman to remove larger shrubs and trees with balls of earth held by the mass of fibrous roots than if they had been loft to grow without moving. Transplanting also gives a wide scope - ow TO TRANSPLANT Transplanting, in addition to its practical uses in lengthening the sea-- zon and giving vegetables and flow-- ers that could not mature in the short growing season in the open ground, has real cuitural yalue. Each trans-- planting gives a thicker and more sturdy root system to the plant. Plants which, 1left to themselves, would depend largely upon a single root sent straight down, are induced It Is ancient and common sense ad: to that the best days for transplant» _are cool, cloudy ones and that best to transplant before a show-- i proceeding which is a matter , _ Captain Vatcher is a master mariner o1 twentytwo years' sea experience. 'He has been in many perilous situa: \tions during that time but never be-- fore was the call so close as in the 'present instance. i T FIJOW an ordinary pocket Aash-- ! ._! ' light saved the lives of seven-- | § teen men from--a watery grave f _ was the remarkable and thrili Ing story recited to me by Captain L. W. Vatcher, fAirst oficer of the steamer Oberna!, which foundered March 8 on a voyage from Louisburg, 'Cape Breton, to Port au Basque, New-- Toundland. He told me the story when 'he arrived here in Halifax on lho' 'rescue ship, Pocket Flashlight's Beam Brings Rescue Ship to Crew of Seventeen Adrift in Lifeboats. By W, H. DENNiIS Publisher, The Heraid, Halitax, Nova Scotia. CcARROTS As a OELICAcY w Carrots bave become sucn a steady staple in the groceries of the larger cities that it may be a wasto of lmform:mtofsmnnr den to grow tfor-- winter use, But for the summer garden they are an ideal vegetable to grow and is easily ralsed as radishes with the exception that they need longer per-- lod of growth, Fresh pulled and cooked suggary young carrots dAro a much . easteemed . delicacy, . although within the memory of cur parents Usually a gardener is Hkely t6 for-- get his distances and start to Muu the sceedlings closer and closer to-- gether as the tiny plants look lonely whoen first set out at proper distances. The safést way is to carry a ruler in your pocket or to cut a stick the required distance and use it for sach plant, Then distances will be un form and the bed will present a much neater appearance when the planting is completed, KFirm'the seedlings well Into the ground and water thoroughly. It is a good plan to pour a little water into the hole as the seedling is set into it and then water again after the soil is flled in and firmed. A dlhborJ an excellent instrument for r;c making the holes for the tingy ats and it makes a tapering cavity adapt-- whieo to the taper of the root system. Unless the seedlings can be moved with their root system unbroken and some soil clinging to it, the best plan is to snip off the ends of the leaves about halfway to equalize for the root disturbance so that the broken root system will not have the burden of supporting a full leaf. system. The plants adjust themselves much more quickly with this snipping process cardied on consistently. Seedling oni-- ons should be cut off a third of the way and transplanted lettuces should have half the leaf cut off. ers' plant so that the seed leaves are Jjust above the surface of the soil. Set the seedings deeper than they stood in the seed box or frame. Often they will have long necks from stretching towards the light. Plant them halfway to the first pair of leaves. In the case of cabbages and members of its family, many garden-- The beds in the garden where the plants are to be placed should be in fine tilth to receive them. The tiny roots from the shifted earth of the seed boxes and frames will not pene trate lumpy soil as quickly as if they haye a fine and friable medium and they will not take hold as quickly in poorly prepared soil as in the bed well pulverized and fertilised. of guesswork at best but with fair chancees during showery April. he came to the position indicated by us and then worked in zig--zag fashion to leeward. We saw the Kungshoim when she came up. We saw her gig-- "We had given the captain of the Kunge@hoim our positon that morning, but we had drifted miles to leeward since then. For this, we knew he would make allowance. As it was, mdmh.htvuhurmlu.(u 'ovuyt.hlu was wet and to light a match was out of the question. No match, even could we light one, would stay lit long enough to ignite the rock-- et or flare, 4+ ht n«u"vm alny;lb: planted too thick and no vegetable demands early thinning as vigorously. They like moist conditions at time of planting but will stand considerable drought later in their growth. ~-- Oviginal frontier currency was wihd Aninmual skine and in severa) statos acre of land, oxen, --horges and eren cow belis were mmfiw *.: l \¥" Shins Were Currency Young beets are one of the delica-- cles of thesummer menu pulled when they are not more than two inches in diameter. It may be noted here that a mistake often is made in cooking beets. The skin must not be broken if the beet is to retain its ritch red color. If the tails are cut oft close to the solid portion or if the topa are cut down into the flesh, the red coloring matter will boil away and the sliced beet will be anaemic, ) The Danvers and Chantenay strains are favorites for the home garden. As earrois are a faster maturing erop than other root crops it will be nec-- essary to make two or three sowings during: the course of a summer to maintain a succession of young car-- rots for the table. The early strains are advisable for young carrots, grow-- Ing the long and half long types for the matured root crop. Carrots are now a staple in the diet of bables which is an added reason for main-- taining a supply of them in the ihono garden. ° Young carrots are best for this purpose. BEET TOPS AND ROOTS _ SBome pesople do not like the root of beet and some do not like the tops as greens but it is difficult to find a person who does not like one or --the other. The large majority that like both makes the beet a ger-- den standby. It is siso one of the very easiest vegetables to grow and one that it is difficult to plant without being able to harvest some kind--of a crop even if nothing more than a mess of greens. 6 The seed germinates a little slowly and should be sown as soon as the ground can be worked. It will not begin to appear for two weeks or even later. It is so fine that it is al-- almost an impossibility to sow it thinly, so thining must be practiced thorougly -- soon as the plants makes leaves enough to make the task of pulling easy. Leave not less than two inches at the least between them and three is a much surer and safer dls-' tance. However, if they are to we ~=~i!-- ed-- for baby carrots, two incaes is :. ® it right. If to be left until half grown, three inches is best. If they are to mature for winter storage four to six inches is necessary. Every garden needs a row of car-- rots for the unusual value of this vegetable as a flavoring for soups and stews and the convenience bhaving them always at bhand in the garden will save many a trip or tele-- phone call to the grocery in addition they were seldom seen on the table and were regarded as "cow fodder" or bait for muskrats and a few other fur bearers,. "Matches get wet and wet matches will not light. The Sashlight is al-- ways ready for service. Water can-- not extinguish it. Neither can the wind.© Not only would 1 recommend it for the equipment 'of steamers and sailing ships, but I would recommend it to Bank fisherman. t Tragedies of the Bank "You know Bank fishermen are con-- tinually going astray in their dories while attending their trawls. We see the schooners come into port vnh' their flag kalfmast We know what stewardess, for their great kindness. They treated us wonderfully. . Such treatment goes far to make us all forget the trying experience of the precoding hours." "Then you would recommend the Gashlight as part of the equipment of im and sailing vessels?" 1| ask-- ed Captain Vatcher. wou!ld," he repiied THURSDA Y "I question the legality of this move," quoth Alex Beaublen, . :"I hinders the growth of our natton, es :odnny the floral, Furthermore it Uunconstitutional and the men who voted against free seeds will go "For 54 years 1 have recelevd those seeds. For 53 years 1 didn't know what to do with them., At last I learned they would kill canar-- les and I fed some to my wife's pet with gratifying results. The blow is more than 1 can stand . Wa neged m men in congress," said T. J. hi, local dirt 'dealer. _ ~ . / Residence and Ofiese 1009 Wash "It is a bitter pill for the legion men to swallow. After fighting two years in France asd\ coming home to find free seeds scratched from the governmental lists is more than the American legion men will stand. It is a titthe for action and the veterans of the war will not be slow in recog-- niszing this insult to our indepen dence," said Minard Hulse, comman-- der of the leglon. _ k/ But they are no more--meaning the seeds and not the congressmen. Those mighty men, who go down to Washington to make history and money, have decided that $300,000 ap-- propriation for such a commodity does not get the votes, so the seeds bave been lopped off the free list. How _ Waukegan took the blow can be seen in the following purport-- ed interviews with popular, and un-- popular, citizens; a mystery. Every year they have been tossed into the hands of voters by senators who have gone to Wash-- ington to get six or seven new post-- offices for the old home town or a new faucet and drain for the swim-- min' hole. -- Neither will they grow, cook up into bread, pudding, make barn mash, or hasten the fermentation of home Shed a tear for the poor foresaken gardner. Congress has left him flat by refusing to send out anymore of those beautiful seeds that won't rip, wear or tear at the seams. -- COST TOO MVCH MONEY Those Beautiful Gift Packages Will Not Clutter Up the Mails GARDENERS WAIL . BECAUSE SENATE CUTS FREE SEEDS The seeds, bless'em, have ](mr'boen DKR. This Year. "I am so shaken by the move I can't even discuss it," weeped C. S. Alshuler, grower of Morning Glory garments. down in history as modern Benedict Arnold. Four Famous Rivers Four famous American rivers, the Rio Grande, the Arkansas, the Colo rado and the Platte, bave their origin Roadster Touring Cab Oldsmobile Invites Comparison Choose any car you think of that costs $2,000 and com'rtre the speciiications with that of the Oldsmobile. Have a dem-- onstration and then come in and see us and we will exFlain the reason, why the many new Oldsmobiles are being deliver-- ed in Lrke County. f & .msE Seepmeeeee Ceeeame® .. MB mm.'-uepmon«h"'m continued mmmmumm'u:u a. m. T 'MnthObonuhutuucM"A hoim, of the 8w few minutes later one of the Obernal's | bound for New 1 boats came in sight. Oll was dis in a position 200 tributed on the sea, ladders, Fopes | _ "Wireless mess and lights were' thrown over the,| and the captain o ship's side and all was made ready to |nal reported that help the wet and frosen men on board. | water fast and | *Bhortly after the first one, the werte awash, second boat was sighted and in about| ~ 'Bhip heading Afteen minutes . all hands--seventeen messages ran, ' men~--were on the board the Kungs knots, heading st hoim. They were tired and worn aft require immediat er, fifteen hours' exposure. An elec Kungshoim . tric flashlight was the only means "The steamshi they had to display distress signals about fourteen n as everything had been soaked by the | rusped to the as: turbulent seas. The endurance of the nai, but could not crew was remarkable, considering the place before 8 a. time spent in the boats and the tem-- Kungsholim, afte perature of the water which was near ships in the vicin the freezing point. thirteen hours, ct Revived --With Coffee 6:30 a, m. and he '"The 626 passengers on the ship Cxg2 Can You Imagine This Beautiful Sport 6--Cylinder Touring At $990 Delivered _ Jt t WE INVITE COMPARISON F. 0. B. Lansing, Michigan Frank Freeman says Milady wants the latest wrinkles in everything but her face. ""Negro of Peter the Great" ~Pushkim;, the founder of, Russian lit-- erature, was the great grandson of Abraham Hannibal, knowr in history as the "Negro of Peter the Great," or "Peter's Negro," who was a captive from Africa. . " 'Bhip heading east,' one of the messages ran, 'making about three knots, heading steadily growing gale; require immediate assistance.' Kungshoim Changes Course | "The steamship Kyle, which was about fourteen miles off Cape Race, rushed to the assistance of the Ober-- nai, but could not expect to be on the place before 8 a. m. on the 9th. The Kungsholim, after hearing that no ships in the vicinity were nearer than thirteen hours, changed her course at 6:30 a, m. and headed for the sinking ship. which continued with intervals until 10:65 a. m. The steamship Kungs hoim, of the Swedish American Line, bound for New York via Halifar, was in a position 200 miles due south. *'Wireless messages were exchanged and the captain of the steamship Ober-- nal reported that the ship was taking water fast and the stokehold )luul were awash. $785 $795 $985 4--Pass. Coupe $985 Sedan _ $1135 DelLuxe Sedan -- $1245 Argb Extremely Wiry n The Arab, who lives largely on dates, is extraordinarily wiry and can trave! for days in burning hbeat that would kill a ment--fed man, Many of the Scottish lochs are as tonishingly deep, the depth of one---- Loch Three--being known to e)ceod 1,000 feet. "The cause of the sinking of thé steamship Obernal, according to Cap-- tain J. T. Dicks, was an unaccountable leakage in the huil, which caused the water to gain on the pumps, fnally estinguishing the fires. The steam-- ship Obernai was owned by W. N. Mc-- Donald, of Sydney, and left Lonisburg on March 5, bound for Port Basques, N. F., having on board a cargo of 1,125 tons of coal." h: Placed. in Ship's Hospital "The trouble was not all over, two of the men being immediately placed in the ship's hospital and the remain-- der given hot baths to get them warm, Great trouble was experienced in this regard, for the men had been im-- mersed in the cold: Atlantic for so long that their circulation bad. prac-- tically stopped. Stimulus was given to: them, and they were looked after by the ship's physician. Warm clothul(l was provided and everything possible done for their welfare by the crew of the liner." side of the liner, and the men pulled to the deck one at a time, Capt. Dicks being the last to reach safety. . So serious was their condition that they eould not have held out for three more "The liner followed up this signal, and found the two life boats with their occupants drenched and numbed by the cold; a rope was lowered over the Ing clearer and rockets ; attract the attention of the grew. When the position DObergal was passed the kept to a sig--zag course west south--west, which was to lee Oc-- casionally displaying rockets and Aares, until 1;30 1. m., when a taingt light was observed on the port bow, Deep Scottish Loche !"4 w4 w4 F98 SP Ei\)l