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.-.< raw-v- ,- _ ;.v- “he: Fur.- . - . 7V “whys; _â€";'=r9.1,‘{-=“fi?‘$f~'£<”r’t?‘wwÂ¥memyc , a- .-__,__ .-‘<vl\.,,~a..*- 7.". -.. ‘m ‘swfl w v. ... -/\.,er"»’ .‘\ < '.,~.. V _./ m. .._, ~. ;»gi_-.1r’h-.n ,._ _-. _ , .va, ‘.-,frr-zverfisr'z'hwnflrway-W-exp-"a, ..,\.. ‘missed a crop. "d a k‘; ‘(as ma» ,2; ‘le. .GEEEEW CLOVER, POTATOES, CORN. My system of crop rotation is to commence by preparing the land for a crop of potatoes to follow clover. For main crop I plant potatoes ‘about June 5, writes Mr. W. A. Eaton. I let the clover grow just as long‘ as I dare and have time en- ough left to get my ground in good condition for planting. I let the clover grow as long as I can be- cause it not only adds a far greater amount of vegetable matter to the 8011, but, as is well knowri, clover is a great nitrogen gatherer, storing this valuable material in its roots in the soil until the seed begins to norm, when the larger part of the nitrogen is consumed in seed forma- tion. Hence, if we would derive the greatest amount of good from the clover as a fertilizer, we must plow it under about the time it begins to bloom or very soon afterward. Some seem to think to plow under a clover sod is nearly, if not quite as good as plowing under the green clover, but if the clover sod has matured a crop of seed the fall before, or just before being‘ plowed under, it has 10st much of the nitrogen. I treat ground for corn in the same manner as for potatoes as near as practicable, though it has to be plowed some earlier than for potatoes. I know that some will say by the method I have outlined one is in danger of losing all the moisture the ground contained in the spring, but that has NO-T BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. I have ten acres on my farm which grow .as goo-d average crops as any land in this vicinity, and there nev- er has been a load of fertilizer put on it, either barnyard or commer- cial. This land has been farmed for 40 consecutive years and has not I do not mean to decry the use oi’ fertilizers in any form but merely make the statement to show what can be done by a pro- per crop rotation including clover. I follow my potatoes and corn With oats on heavier lands, getting the soil in as good shape as pos- sible with plow, disk harrow and Weeder. I always, or nearly always, treat the seed oats to kill smut i spores, even though the seed con- tains no appreciable amount of smut. I nearly always sow oats of my own growing. After the oats are elf, I plow the ground as soon as possible, follow- ing with barrow, that the scattered oats may germinate when subsequent harrOWing will kill them. I harrow as often as possible and always try to harrow immediately after each shower to keep the moisture in the 8011. About September 2O I sow Wheat and seed dOWn again, sowmg two quarts of timothy ‘seed and six quarts of clover seed per acre. If in the spring I have any doubts about there being‘ a good catch of clover I sow as much more clover seed. One can nearly always tell by TI-IE WEATHER CONDITIONS and observation whether there will be a catch of clover or not. Someone may say it makes it very expensive to sow the second seeding of clover, but experience says it is not so expensive as to miss the catch of clover, for if you do it will make a seriousTbreak in your series of rotation. I usually harvest one crop of hay and one of seed the first year after seeding. The second year I break up the meadow and plant to potatoes and corn again. I have paid as high as $9 a bushel for clover seed and lost it all ; but since I have followed the above method I raised from ten to thirty bushels of clover seed each year, Which-not only gives me plenty for my own use, but from it I also derive quite a revenue. ‘1 have only about 80 acres of land un'der cultivation and plant about 20 acres to corn and potatoes each year. ' VALUE OF SKIM MILK. fit to mix the cream, and because Nature has seen skim milk and the law of gravitation divides them or centrifugal force separates them, ls no reason why we should class one part as the good and the other as the bad. Nature has mixed the fat and milk serum together, mak- ing one of the best of foods. If We take one part from this food we cannot expect to get the best re- sults without supplying at least a substitute. It is well known that milk serum, ‘or skim milk, contains the food parts which go to make muscle, bone and the vital parts of the y_oung animal, while on the other hand fat is furnished as a lubricant and as a heat-giving por- tion. ._SEPA],'l.ATOR OR SKIM MILK. I wiii give briefiy my method of rearing young calves on separator milk, says Prof. A. 1.’. Haecker. Starting with the calf at birth, I allow it to nurse its dam once or twice or even longer, if in a weak condition. An ordinary healthy calf I take away from its dam after the second nursing, or say the day after birth. In this way the young ani- mal gets the colostrum milk, and at the same time gives the herdsman an opportunity to determine whether it is strong enough "to wean or not. For the first week I feed tb- calf its mother's milk, giving light rations say from three to five pounds tWice or three times a day if the calf is Weak, for the first two or three days. At the end of the first week I be- gin adding a little separator milk, taking a week to change from whole to skim milk. During this period I begin adding the ground fiaxseed, putting in but half a teaspoonful and gradually increasing so that when the calf is on the full skim milk ration it is receiving about a tablespoonful at a. feed. Some calves Will not be able to take this much, and the feeder must use judgment, as this feed is inclined to be laxative. During the third and fourth weeks I endeavor to get the calf to eat a little ground fee-d. This is easily taught by sifting in the grain from the palm of the hand while the calf is sucking the fingers. If the calf is in a little stanchion, it will learn to eat ground feed from one to two weeks earlier than When allowed to run at large with the other calves. I have found the earlier a calf can be taught to take ground feed the better. ~ DO NOT OVERFEED. As to the skim milk ration, it is hard to state just how much a calf can properly assimilate. Always remember that it is much safer to underfeed than overfeed. Many calves have been killed because of the belief that "there is no good in skim milk,” as I have often heard patrons at the creamery remark. They fail to realize that the milk is fully as strong as ever, with the ex- ception of the oil, which can be easily replaced by some much cheap- er fee-d. To raise the best calves for either dairy or meat production, it is well to feed skim milk for six or seven months. Skim milk makes a most excellent ration for young pigs, in which case it will be found that the sweeter and fresher tho milk the more valuable it will be for feeding purposes. Young chickens will thrive on skim milk, but it must not be given in large quantities. It is better to mix it with meal or some other food of that nature than to feed it alone. It also makes a valuable feed when coagulated. TILLAGE LIBERATES PHO S- PHORIC ACID. The finer we pulverize the soil, the more we expose the area of the par~ ticles of which it is composed to plant roots to feed on. By thor~ ough tillage on most soils you can get enough phosphoric acid and potash to produce good crops. Ev~ ery man must decide for himself whether or not it is best to give such thorough tillage as will accom- plish this or to use some commen- cial fertilizer in addition to the ordinary tillage. â€"â€"â€"+ MYSTERIOUS GRAVE; There is a mysterious coffin-shaped grave in the churchyard at Mont- gomery, Ala., on which the grass re- fuses to grow. According to the local legend, a young man of Mont- gomery was hanged for murdering his sweetheart. He asserted to the last that he was not guilty, and on the scaffold declared that no grass would grow over his grave until his innocence was proved. The pro~ phecy, it is alleged, has been fulfilled to the present day. ' M..- REMARKABLE I-IAILSTORM. While out driving neargTimaru, New Zealand, a hailstorm came on which was so severe that a gentle- man was compelled to cover his horse with his rugs and the carriage mat to preserve it from injury. I-Iis own head he had to protect with the cushions. During the fifteen min- utes that the storm lasted the vehicle was filled to overflowing with hailstones the size of a hell's eggs. IIusbandâ€""Well, dearest, did you get your hat 7" Wife ‘just home from shopping)â€"-"Yes, darling, and it is a beauty, and, just think, it cost only $22.50. I'm ever so much obliged to you for the money, and in return for your kindness I have bought you a new necktie. It's very pretty, isn't it '?" IIusband-â€""It is, indeed, darling. What did you pay for it ?” Wife (blushing)â€"-"It isn't the cost that makes the thing valuable, you know, but the spirit in which it is given. It cost nine- teen cents." M- Jolmnieâ€"-“Good gracious, Gussy, whatever is the matter with you ‘?” Gussy-â€""Not much, old fellow ; but I've just left Miss Flipperton's. I was going to propose to her when her father came in and asked me my business. I told him, and he laugh- ed at me, made a corkscrew of my hair, slapped me on the face, made a door-mat of me, turned me upside down, and then threw me in the street and set the bulldog on me ; but, by Jove, if he’d done it again he would have roused the British lion within me." A gentleman who was stopped by an ol-d man begging, replied : "Don’t you know, my friend, that fortune knocks at every man's door ‘2” "Yes," replied the old man, “he knocked at my door once, but I Was out, and ever since he has sent his daughter." “l-I-is daughter !” re- plied the gentleman. “Wdiatever do you mean ‘2" “Why, misfortune." KEY TU THE UHAREUTER INTERPRETATION or THE EYES, EARS, MOUTH. With Danger Signals 1n Their Faces-Some of the Theories. Girls The latest amusement which pro- mises to eclipse palmistry and thought reading is character residing by the features. The color of the eye, for example, may be the key to the character. the theories‘ on which this kind of charactei'ireason is based : A hazel-eyed woman never talks too much or too little. She is in- tellectual and agreeable; she prefers her husband’s comfort to her own, and will cling to him through weal or woe. The grey eye is the sign of shrewd- ness. It indicates a better head than heart. Particularly should the lover beware of the soft, grey eye with the large pupil that contracts and dilates at a word, a thought, or a flash of feeling-an eye that laughs, that has its sunshine, its twilight, its moonb-eams and its storms. A wonderful eye is this grey eye that wins you, whether you will or not, and that holds you af- ter it has cast you off. Black eyes are typical of fire, heroism and firmness. Don't arouse them. They are capable of taking vengeance, they seldom. forget an injury and will bide their time. Blue eyes are amiable, truthful and affectionate. They win by kindness. W'hen the lower lid curves dQWnâ€" ward and shows the white below the pupil, then pause before you trust your welfare to the owner of that eye. Eyebrows may be thick or thin, fine or coarse, arched or straight, regular or irregular.' Each form and quality has its special significance in reference to temperament and character. When eyebrows are thick and irre- gular, harshness of character is denoted. Thin, fine and delicate eye- brows are indicative of a. refined na- ture. If eyebrows meet, DEPEIT IS INDICATED. “The gate of the soul,” the fore- head has been called. Features al- terâ€"eye's, nose, mouth may change their aspect from a thousand causes. Accident may mar them, pain dis- tort them, old habits frequently give them some peculiarity of form, or expression. They are like the hands on the clock dial, they move and change with wear or external influences. But the forehead is like the dial itself. It remains substantially the same throughout life. The perfect forehead should be smooth, clear, white and spacious, and one~fourth the length of the head in height. The higher, broader and fuller it is, all other things equal, the greater the capacity and strength of mind. High foreheads, however, are not always indicative of brain power. "Never marry a. woman with a square, prominent chin," says a wise man, “unless you wish to be ruled.” And don't go off and get a Wifewith one of those little sharp- pointed chins, for she will demand too much of you. , "1f she has a retreating chin, it shows a yielding and easily dis- couraged nature. Unless it's owner has other well~developed~ faculties to counteract the influence of this chin, she is mentally and physically weak.” A pleasure-loving person has a small, well-rounded chin, With a red cushion of flesh upon it. If dimipled, it belongs to a coquet, or to one who loves to be petted and ad- mired. The ideal domestic chin is neither square, nor pointed, nor prominent, nor retreating, but broad and round. The broad, round chin is a type by itself. 1t denotes constancy or faithful love. Great anterior de- velopment of the chin is asign of warm disposition; great depth an indication of waywardness. Upon the mouth are recorded the various conditions of the mind-â€" worry, doubt sorrow, peevishness and anger. All the human emotions perch upon the lips. in passing and leave there the record of their ten~ ancy in script so plain that all who will may read. Good traits and bad are registered alike 0n the mouth, and, as the years go.by, this mobile feature unconsciously assumes an expression reflecting the emotions most common to it. LIPS THAT CURVE downward at the corners are usually the result of ill-natured thoughts. They are not to be trusted. Thin lips show coldness of disposi- tion. It is the girl with the full, red lips who smiles pleasantly, to whom the lovable disposition be- longs. She has a mind free from petty spites and jealousies. If her teeth are rather square and spark- ling like pearls, it is another indica~ tion that she is the most loving and lovable of girls. Evenly growing teeth show a bet- ter disposition and better developed mind than those that crowd and overlap one another. Vertical teeth represent an even temper. If the tongue is long, it is an in- dication of frankness; if short, of deceit; if narrow, of concentration. When the tongue is both long and broad, it denotes thoughtlessness. If long‘ and narrow, its owner is Here are some of It should be easy for people who drink delicious Blue Ribbon Red Label Tea to sa'y something that will induce their friends t0 try it m. cash Prizes Twenty-five cash Prizes will be awarded in order of merit to those sending in the best advertisements for Blue Ribbon Red Label Tea. First Prize - Second Prize - Third Prize - 4th to 13th Prizes, $10.00 each 14th to 25th, $5.00 each - $200.00 100.00 40.e0 100.00 60.00 $500.00 In addition, beginning with the week ending April 4, a special ' weekly prize of $5.00 will be given t0 the one sending in the best advertisement during that week, making for the nine weeks $45.00 in special prizes, 0r a grand total of thirty-four cash prizes, $545. (CONDITIONS lst. No rofessional ad. writer, nor anyone connected directly or indirectly with the luc Ribbon Tea Company may compete. . 2nd. Advertisements must not contain more than 50 words, and shorter ones are referable. 3rd. nc of the cards used in packing Blue Ribbon Red Label:Tca-thcre are two in each package-must be enclosed with each batch of advertise- ments sent. 4th. The competition closes June I, 1903, and all competing advertisements must reach one of the following addresses on or before that date. Blue Ribbon Tea Co., Winnipeg, Man. I,‘ r.)- ".p" '."‘ u I: ‘:- - . - w"... ~. :1...‘ 4, -. k u 1 ~. Mai .. .‘. i. . a.‘ ‘c . ... L‘: ‘f. Q ~v k ,e I ~ Q a Blue Ribbon Tea Co., Toronto, Ont. Blue Ribbon Tea (30., Vancouver, B.C. 5th. N0 person shall be awarded more than one of the main prizes, but may also take one or more weekly prizes. 61h. In case of a tie, decision will be ‘based on all the advertisements submitted by the competitors in question. Mr. H. M. E. Evans, of the Winnipeg Telegram, has kindly consented. to judge the advertisements and award prizes. All advertisements that fail to win a prize‘, but ‘which are good enough to be accepted {or publication will be paid for at the rat. of $1.00 each- Unless expressly requested to the contrary, wc will consider ourselves at liberty to publish the names of prize winners. A good advertisement should be truthful and contain an idea. brightly and forcibly expressed. A bona fidc signed letter with address and date from one who has tested the tea, is a. good form. An advertisement for an article of food should not associate with it, even by contrast, any unpleasant idea. The best advertise- ment is the one that will induce the most people to try the article advertised. Seek your Inspiration in a Cup of Blue Ribbon Rod Label Tea. and the Money is yours. ' only half frank, thinking as as is uttered, but not always utter- ing all that is thought. If short and narrow, great prudence is de- noted. The ear, too, is full of expression, and n0 less indicative of character than the eyes, brow, chin and tongue. When rounded at the top, like the small end of an egg, its fair sessor has a lovable and romantic disposition. If the edge be flat, as if pressed down, she is more or less fickle and inclined to flirt. An ear quite round shows defec- tive reasoning qualities, a limited sense of justice, and jealousy. An oval ear, with the lobe dis- tinctly marked, is indicative of great ideality and sensitiveness. If the lobe is altogether unmarked and and the ear widens at the top, it indicates a selfish and revengeful disposition. An indentation of the inner rim of the ear denotes irritalbility ‘and quick temper, but a generous and impulsive nature. Vanity, arrogance and conceit are to be looked for in large car's, drooping at the top and without an edge. Well-shaped, large ears with well-formed edges show strength of Will and tenacity of purpose. ___.__+_._______ TREATMENT FOR CANCER. Important Discovery by a London Physician. At a time when statistics go to prove that the most terrible scourge which afflicts humanity â€"- namely: cancer â€" is largely on the increase, the mind turns with considerable rest and comfort to the thought of that great science, electricity, which is already, though yet in its in- fancy, doing grand things and open- ing out vast possibilities, with the confident belief that it will do still far greater work, as its further de- velopment takes place, in the allevia- tion and cure of this awful malady. I allude, says a correspondent of the London Times, to the late dis- covery of the value of "high fre- quency” treatment only â€"â€" not to the X rays, which excoriate and in- jure the sound tissues; not to the “Finsen light," so Valuable in the cure of lupus, but to the “high free quency” pur et simple, as yet so lit- tle known or understood. Having enjoyed the privilege of being per- mitted many conversations with one of the first and foremost private me- 'd'ical mon in this line - few they be as yet â€" and of witnessing the prac- tical demonstrations of this “one,” who may in all truth be said to have advanced even a step or two further than any other, I detail in brief his remarks anjd explanations,: believing that they may be found in-f teresting and instructive, although,‘ the exigencies of professional eti-i quette demand that his name be’ withheld. In a handsome house not a lillllj dred miles from Hy'de Park can be seen a room that may well be called‘ the doctor's electrical workshop, fori he has been a zealous student of the; science from his youth up. Here is‘ gathered every apparatus that has yet been manufacture'd, l FOR TILE "X RAYS,” for the valuable “Finsen light," etc., for lupus, and for the still more valuable machinery in full working order, for the treatment of cancer by “high frequency,” and he proceeds to answer a few questions and to give some interesting information about his personal experience of such treatment. “Electricity,” says the ‘doctor, “is the elemental force that controls all nature for good or for ill. Rough- ly speaking, any atmospheric condiâ€" tions that induce positive potential are beneficent, and those that in- duce negative potential are male- ficent. On these premises are found- ed exhilarating or depressing con- ditions accordingly. These conclu- sions compelled further study of the science of electricity artificially up- pled in the treatment of disease, and as our subject is, intentionally, only concerning the newest development of the treatment of cancer by its means, we can pass over the well known matters 0f galvanism, of fur- adism, of electrolysis, of Finsen light, of focus tube, etc., which have all proved incompetent to deal ef- factually with deep rooted disease, even surface cases, and those re- lapsing after operations. “Apparently, this new treatment, according to present experience, without fail causes a devolution of cancerous tissue an'd a re-organizw tion of such healthy tissue as was no't previously absolutely destroyed. In these cases such- tissue resumes its normal functions. However, the main fact to be brought before the public is this, that there have been and are being a sufficient number of cases of different varieties of can- cer cured, improved, or held in check to prove the eflicacy of this treat- ment so forcibly as to induce certain persons, pecuniarily uninterested, to open a small hospital where such persons as are suffering from inoper- able or otherwise incurable cancer can be treated.” _+__.____ From the United Kingdom 104,- 000 people sailed last year for the United States, and 4:in 15,350 for