Th i ad tis- | STOMACH pleasant fumes, so Iferated i the dissolving Pep, are not dnly in their operation, they are ay i wh Are inatattin pocket boxes. They few loss tn the L toy dg HOt 5 ruin the the Ea ; and oT van FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES NOT KNOWN T0 TO VERY MANY Although the Feaceice is. as Old as' Any Operation in Primitive or Modern Agricultuso--M. A. Bach. tell, of the Oho State University, Has Compiled Some Valuable In. formation Regarding It The practice of liming soils is as operation mental ples. re not known te undert oon Food the conditions of soil easily recogniz- td where lime would be a direct ad- antage. M. A. Bachtell, of the Ohio State teal fon aio aid e prac ni Ma, into a in call- the Sofl, and it ed {read by nn who are ambitious to in- crease their yleld and maintain withal the fertility of the soil and good mechanical condition, ifeelf is not a direct fertil- It does not, of Itself, nourish plant, but it severs the izer. the {bonds and matacles which hold gen- uine plant food a prisoner in the soil; it renders them available to the piant, increases the yield agd takes the credit. Potash, phosphoric acid and: nitrogen are the three ingredi- ents that stitute the .fmportant part of the diet of plaits. They sometimes are notin the sofl, some- times they are combined with other minerals and ¢annot be utilized. In the former case lime would not show results at all, in the latter case a chemical reaction would convert the compounds into food acceptable to the plant. Clay soils are often rich in potash, but too often they lose their lime supply, and the petash remains un- nssallable by the small roots. The nitrogen, sa necessary in the vigorous growth of foliage, is hous- ed in organic matter, such as man- Tre; stems or leaves of plants. In order that {t may join with some sut- [stance to become A nitrate, a form {of plant fodd most acceptable to vegetation, little underground help- ors called bacteria work day and night, causing this transformation to take place. = All they ask In re- torn for their efforts is a neutral or alkaline soil, seme heat, a little air and moisture. They will not work in a sour soil. This often ac- counts for black sails, bearing every resemblance to fertility, being quite indifferént to crop production. It is seldom the condition in lMmestone soils, but it often occurs in muck 1z2ads or clay belts. Too much lime will ultimaToly s0 deplete the land that little food will be left for subsequent crops. It at- tacks the organic matter with such vengence and is so enthusiastic over the liberation of other foods that the crops flourish luxuriantly for a time, but a few years will see them suffer from a depleted soil unless green viapures have been plowed down or barn~yard manure liberally added. The 'Scotch used to say "Lime en- riches the father and impover- lshes the son." They learned the fruth 'of the saying only too well, because in their eager- ness for heavy crops, lack of judicious rotations and failure to return some recompense to the soil for crops received, they saw the land weaken, crops diminish and fertility go. Many ways and means of \diagnos- fug the soil are prescribed. Litmus paper will tern from blue to red in a sour soil, but this test is more ap- plicable to the laboratory. Mosses and sorrel will sometimes indicate a lack of lime, but to demonstrate in a practical way the hushand- man can apply lime to a small grea and leave a similar area nnllmed. Grow clover or pola- toes or grain on both plots, and If lime is beneficial it will show beyond a doubt. Lime is available in many forms and one's location and the local conditions would large- ly influence them in his choice. Quick lime or burnt lime is procurable al- most everywhere at nominal figures and is conveniéntly applied. The slaked lime is good as well, but, in a slight breeze, the neighbors get a large percentage 'of the benefit. Ground Hibestene and hydrated lime z1e now being manufactured, but}? limestone is anly a little more than half as strong, and hydrated lime three-quarters as strong in the lime lelement as the burat lime or quick lime. This charscteristic of the two iatter forms is not unfavorable; it is '¢lieaper and more cin be applied. The 'most convenient way of ap- plying the quick Hme we have ever found is to put it in small piles ia the field and thtow a little dirt up Sie it. The air, dew and rain |) n A sake itiaa tow dass. and thea o -- Roots a hy soil mingle with shoveltul to oe vent it Mowing away. ' =n spring are convenient times for spplieation Before the ditional expense. it is tenerally secomuiehided that one ton of quick } or two tons of ground atone | rao, M, Drown, policy," he said in conclusion. for be the Australian people." NE -- acre where the soil is very acid tn character. There are those, how- over, who favor ealy half that quan- tily and repeat it every four or five years. Too generous a quantity of lime might liberate more plant food then was necessary for the immedi- ate use of the crop, and, as the nitrates are soluble, they would leach from the. soil and be wasted entirely. Bear in mind that lime is a medi cine, not a food. Your soil may re- quire it and it may not. If your land has suffered from lack of judicious retation; if it has been improperly or insuffteiently manured and fertil ized; if it requires another system of cultivation, then lime will only cause it to rally for a short time, like sick person before the fatal moment Ascertain by experiment if the land is sour, or, in case of clay soils, close in® texture, under these conditions lime will repay the user. HOMBSEEKERS' EXCURSIONS And Settlers Trains to the West Per CFR. Those taking advantage of above excursions should bear in mind the many exclusive features offered by the Canadian Pacific railway in con- nection with a trip to the west. It is the only all-Canadian route. Only line operating through trains to western Canada, and through stan- dard pnd tourist sleepers to Winni- pe and Vaneouver. , ¥ rs'. fares will be in ef- fect every Tuesday, March 3rd to Oc- tober 27th inclusive, and round-trip second-class tickets will be sold from Ontario points at very low fares for example, from Toronto, also west apd north of Toronto, to Winnipeg and return $35, to Edmbouton and re- turn $43. Other points in propor: tion. Fares from points east of To- ronto will be slightly highet. Re- turn limit two months. meseekers' trains leave Toronto each Tuesday during March and Ap Each Tuesday during March April the Canadian Pacific will run settlers' trains to Winnipeg and west and for the accommodation of gh {lerg travelling with live stock effects, a colonist car will be at- tached to the settlers' eficcts train. This car will leave Toronte on regu- lar train ot 10.20 pm., and on ar vival at West Toronto it will be at- tached to settlers' effects train as mentioned above. For those not travelling! with live stock and offects, special eolanjst cars will bo atuached to and district Murphy, Phsseriger agont, "Toronto. SIXTY NEAT AGREEMENT ------------ be mvt i cn Pekin, Olina, Feb. 24--The ages. nient whith the Standard Of bes just comdluded in he Chinese ment for the de 'of 'the oft fields of the The company, apart from agreement, has pr to Te t W through banks fa which the com- interested i | pany is * Brockville, Feb. 24.~The Broekville at 'ity annual meeting elected current a Shutea, KO; vice-president, Aloert ilmour; seere- tarytrensurer, 1. C. Dargavel; dizec- Lieut. Col. Buell os Dre. H. Weaver, W A. Ay MacKenzie. ih has 13. Hing, ¥ w. § Sacha sod ig EXPERIENCE OF AUSTRALIA AN QUES TION. J. 8. Ewart, K.C,, the promine nt Ottawa lawyer, as he before the Uwiversity Literary Society. or 13 a AV] \ (HH) D NEW ZEALAND ON NAVY appeared "I admire the Australian naval "Its ships are es he manned, and paid HEALED BY PRAYER IMARKABLE POWERS CLAIMED FOR CHILD Given Up By Doctors -- Told Bed- ridden Brether to Rise ard Walk, Which He Did. '| forth every affort to save from the penitentiary the man charged with } ARE HOUSE OF €OMMONS E. M. Macdonald Replies to Min- min--Mr. Kyte's Comments, Ouawa, Feb. 22.--The sequel of the Nova Scotia case, in which a wit- ness against a liberal office holder in 4 Government investigation was subsequently convicted of, perjury and meee to the penitentiary, was given in the house .on Fridey evening by E. M. Macdoaald, the liberal member for Pictou, when he | stated that the man in questiv had Been liberated by the minister of justice three weeks ago in a ticket of leave, The discussion grew out of an Suter debate in which Mr. Macdon- d had severely criticised the meh pi followed by H. P. Duchemin, the Government Commissioner in charge f the inv, tion at which. the rjured dvidence was given. Mr. onald's earMer vamarks were reported in a Nova Scotia paper and Mr. Duchemin tvas promised to write to that paper complaining that the facts had been misrepresented. His latter was read to the house by Hon. Mr. Hazen, who 'scored Mr. Macdon- ald for alleged unfairness. In his reply to the minister the" ~~ + | ------ Picton member quoted from official records and made further state mests of his own to show that the earlier remarks had been correct in all the most essential particulirs. Hg held, too. that the conservative organization Nova Scotia had put perjury. In closin. Mr. Macdonald made tiris comment: "What is the secret of the whole thing? I do not be lieve that the minister of marine and fisheries knew this afternoon that Mr. Curry (the man convicted of perjury), who had been adjudged by the supreme court of Nova Scotia a3 having committed perjury in this charge against (J. J.) McDonald, thie customs official, after the con- vietion was confirmed by the sup- reme court of Nova Scotia, after it was confirmed by the supreme court of Canada, wgs allowed out by the minister of justice on ticket of leave suspended sentence. "I do not know whether the min- inter of marine and fisheries, who took advantage this afternoon of the Delmar," Dol., Féb. 21. --Helen, the ten-year-old daughter of G as tings, wno elaims to hive "been heal- ed hy prayer, several weeks ago, when she had been confined to * Ner bed mare than a monthl from af in- jury to her spine, chused by a fall, and after physicians had stated that she colild never walk again, gave fur- thet evidence fo the public of her faith, when she offered up a prayer on behalf of her afflicted brother, Paul, aged thirteen, who has been eonfined»to his bed for more than a week with a disease of the hip, which rendered<him helpless, Physicians. declared the boy's dis | ease was incurable, and that he pro- ° bably would mot walk again: Despite this the little girl walked ' into the room apd took hold of her brother's hand, at the same time knecling be- side the bed and praying that her brother might be well. After praying several minutes told the boy to rise and walk. At first he would not try to do so, but finally consented to try,, with the result that he was. able to get off the bed and; walk. Since the first miracle the little girl performed when she seemingly healed herself by prayer she has received hundreds of = letters from persons in different parts of the United States, asking thet she pray for their relatives or friends who are afflicted. BRITISH PEER PASSED AWAX Was a Generous Supperted of Vori- ous Charities. London, Fev. 24.--Baron Wimborne died Sunday. Lord Wimborne wns one of the bwealthiest peers in (iredt Britain and was most generous towards various charities. He formerly owned the colo- brated Dowlais iron 'works, in Wales. His successor, who is Lord Ashby St. Ledgers, is the organizer of the Eng- lish team which us coming to the Un- ited States this year to try to win back the international polo eup. Lady' Wimborne is said to own the finest rubies in the world, including the famous Hope rubies, which ave valued at £50,000. and Mra. Thosias D. Place, Mr. "Sunny Side Farm," near Pg vey n Feb. 16th, celebrated ath anniversary of their, wedding day. ----------------------------T----T BORN : SR-~At Ode on BAK ER and Mrs. Clarence Baker, a son. NOY ay Bay, on Feb. Ath, to on 4 Stra. Bore Dinnoy, a davigli- Tin Listowel, oH ® "Bnfors Rte "oF Deseronto, a 80 oh, w to w ALLACE-L edibort. id ¢ Mrs. Harry daughter. NB! Aired, IER DALE EYAL ord, oh Hy Bard Collier, 8 ar sourg, of fica Dent Daubiey, ¥ 8 DR LE Ae Lh horae of Mrs. ; on Feb. 18th, FE el © AR Dope wy final DU LEY LEA TTL Pleton, on 2 a. J ohn Houtne Yuhkley, nile Catherine Leavitt, bath of Pieto ab. 4th, to D 5 6 of her kgn<ins Tho Xa be Road, Porte, res ; Power aged BOWEN-sAL RLY tL, on, ha SE 1 Er i PAU oh Now Nant bs So Furr te WHATTAN Rev b k | Feb, B W a 1 ie ot ie tate Meir attam; aged 1 YORK-AL S, Roblin, en, Le HL A3th. Lors YO - Richmond, on Fob bn, 151 npn k, aged Eo! aL Y in Te Pataved ite pb John 11 Forts: Jal dey gle she } <} other, | children of absence of some of us who were in- terested in the matter to read the documents by Mr. Duchemin, kwew 'that this man Curry, who had majudged to he a perjurer, had been flet out. three weeks ago on suspend- ed sentence by the minister of jus- itice after every legal procedure that a conservative organization in the province of Nova Scotia could resort to had béen resorted to. So far as the Curry case i¥ concerned, I leave that as an apswer to the minister of jmatine and the letter which he read tkis afternoon." Some further comments on the case were made by George W. Kyte, 'the liberal member for Richmond, Ny 8 Mr. Kyte not only spoke of Curry's release, but he put it side by side" with another case in which freedom had heen given to a Nova Scotia conservative after that man's { conyiction on a charge of forgery. It may not be amiss to quote a por- tion of Mr. Kyte's speech. |! "We had a case in my country two years ago," he said, "where a mun was convicted of forgery and sontenced to twelve months in jail, aud before ome month of the sen- tence had expired he was released upon the order of the minister of justice in order that he might enjoy the emoluments of a public office under the minister of marine and fisheries. I say this is a thing that pubic opinion will cry out against, and this is the thing that we on this bide of the house must protest against. If the whole machinery jot the law is to be exercised that, Lecause they happen to be conserva- tives, the doors of the penitentiary are opened to persons Who have been proved guilty of 'serious crimes, 1 say that a serious condition of af- fulrs is arising in the history of this cuuntry. The minister of justice made no defence for the improper discharge of Landry (the Richmona mau in question) from jail two | years ago; neither is there any de- fence, forthcoming for' the dicharge of Curry from the penitentiary a few weeks ago. The charge was es- tablished, and, as the member for YPieton says, the case was taken to the higher court at the expense of the tonservative sssotiation of Nova Ecotia. every defence and ov subterfudge failing, after the hig! court in the dominion of Canada. had affirmed Curry's con- viction, because the gentleman in- terested had the ear of the minister of justice the doors of the peniten- tiary were opened and Curry was dis: charged." sidan. | BIG FAIR PLANNED rains Silver Cups Will be Offered as Prizes - at Ph Fioton 0 Ont., Feb. ne divec- tors 1h rh RAs "ond : 31 rag the wos Edward am the Prince County on Boys, ole 4 Bors Fat yest, 1914." Sige Sine_wil]_be Sneted Jor Sheets, for i eattle, for sheep; for poultry. Other open Fond will be offered for the best exhibit of ladies' fancy work, for dairy asd products. First, second and hoe prizes will also be given for the best v: written school countty on "The Old Boys Fair Year." . rll Two money bas been received by the federal Svat... London deported § from South Ptimyis on oder? reception gn ar- got Hye! ly ogee Chamber. of Deputies has thousand dollars cotistience 3 ' Common garden sage brewed. inta a heavy tea with sulphur and aleo- hol added, will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark and luxuriant, remove evéry bit of" dan druff, stop scalp itching and fallin 'hair. Mixing the sage tea and su phur recipe at home, 5 get the ready to use tonle, costing about 89 conte u ares bot uf 'arug as "Wyeth' an Sulphur Hair Remedy," thus avoid- ing a lot of muss. While wispy, gray, faded hair is not sinful, we all desire to retain our youthful appearance and -attractive- ness. By-darkening your swith Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur, nb one tell, because it does it so nature ally, so evenly. You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw, this throhgh your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morn- ing all gray hairs have disappeared, and, after another application or two your hair becomes beautifully dark. glossy, sofi, and luxuriant, and you appear years younger.--Geo. Ww Mahood. Fresh Shad Bluefish Swordfish, Tom Codes, Flounders Dominion Fish Co. troublesome. An easier way is tol" COAL! The kind you are looking ifthe kind we sel Scranton Coal Is good coal pS p---- Booth & Co. Feat cf West Street MID- WINTER FURNITURE Everything reduced 10 to 20% ls ; {= Grand opportunity to save money. Iron Beds, $2.50, $3.50, $4.50 and Brass Beds, $11.50, $15.00, $18 Springs and Mattresses, Dressers and Washstands, Chiffon. iers in oak, mahogany, walhat, white enamel, at sale prices. ap. and up. and Prompt Payments 'W. H. Godwin & Son 89 Brock St. Phone 424. We have a nice assortment of Gas Fixtures at moderate 'prices, suitable' for any room inthe house. Inverted Lights, 70c and up. Welshach "Reflex" Lights with By-pass, $2.50 and up. Gas Domes, $8.50 and up. "Iwantu" Gas Irons, $3.75. For Sale by DAVID HALL 66 BROOK ST. Phone 883 or 858. Mentho-Laxene and Sugar Syrup Make a Quick "Effective Cough Syrup. Best Thing in the Whole Universe to Banish Colds, Coughs and Ca- taarh--=Does It in a H y Too. If the above statement should prove untrue in your case, write us and back comes the money paid for it, but, we know that 392s of you will prove it true. You can take Menthosaxene pure and very strong In ten'grop doses For Cooking and Drinking, also for 'Cake, Icing and making Fudge. TAKE IT PURE OR MAKE INTD A PINT OF LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP or make it into cough syrup with home-made 'sugar syrup. Contains ne opiates. 'At the first sneeze or cough, get a bottle off your druggist and check it quickly. You actually feel its sooth- ing, beneficial effects in the nasal, throat and lung passages--there"s nothing like it, nothing s0 helpful and sure. v Be sure to get Mentho-Laxene --= for no- remedy will help you so- promptly and surely. Sold by all well-stocked druggists. & aie Cleans puts tees' (ease) in sweeping IT KNOCKS ob OUL.OF SWEEP , Srightens Floors Order a tin to- fay at your grocers or from your jhardware. pan oe confidence in. "the goverfiment.