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.il" . 2w.» -r~ ‘ eaén-aiwamwmmi 1, I .-"’~.. _ W W mg . l“..fl’l‘,3~ ‘, ’ “W: A ms..- ,....-=.-..-:g- x. h. .,..;.:,...7:.\-.r. I swarm RYE ON POOR SOILS. 1:1 The growing of rye can be made quite profitable in many sections of the east. upon the cheaper farm lands, giving perhaps better money returns than almost any other crop 'would from the same soils, writes John ’1‘. Fox. If you have Some thin land that. will not grow good wheat, or if you have better land and are tired of growing \vh'eat, plow early in August fully as deep as the soil has been turned before, give freâ€" quent cultivation after plowing so as to get the soil free from Weeds and in fine condition, with good, firm seed bed , For fertilizer, , common barnyard manure well “worked .inthe, surface soil will give good results. If this cannot be secured, commercial ferâ€" tilizers rich in phosphoric acid . al- ways produce good results. The proâ€" fit of the crop depends upon the proâ€" duction of straw as much as grain, consequently any fertilizer that will produce large crops ongIJd stuff. heavy straw increasesthc money re~ turns. This fertilizer should be used in quantities varying from 300 to 600 pounds per acre. as the needs of the soil demand. I would apply with fertilizer drill as even as a very large quantity of this kind of‘ fer- tilizer can be used without injury to 2hr.» germination of the' seed. If soil is very poor use more nitrogen in the makeup of fertilizer. A good proportion for me is,400 pounds ground bone, 1,000 pounds acid phosâ€" phate, 400 pounds muriate of pot- ash, and 200 pounds nitrate of soda. Rye can be seeded earlier than wheat, because it will not be. injured by the hessian fly like wheat. It can also be seeded later, because the plant is more hardy; in fact, on high, dry land, it often Imakes a good crop seeded as late as Novcmâ€". her 1. I would not advise late seed- ing atlall, if it can be avoided. it should be sown between Sepâ€" tember 1 and October 1 for best re- sults, About 11‘; bushels of well}-E cleaned seed per acre is sufficient. No . additional care or attentionneed be given the crop until harvesting time. . Out with a selfâ€"binding harvester before it gets too ripe. As soon as the milk burdens in the grain it should be cut and shocked with about a doc/en sheaves in a shock. After standing two or three days, in good weather, it is ready for stacking. it can be thrashed as soon as the sweating period is passed, or will keep in good condition if Well stacked until ready to thresh. Al- ways use the selfâ€"binding .long straw3 “thresher, unless the work is done by hand, which method is now almost entirely abandoned. Rye is also a good crop toi‘ollow corn: After the corn is removed. if the land is clean, a thorough dishing is sufficient; if not clean. plow. roll and barrow the ground, until you have a moderately firm bottom with the surface well » fined. nndyou will get. good results. This treatment ought to produce 18 to 20 bushels and threeâ€"fourths of a ton of thresth straw per acre; under very favorable conditions conâ€" siderably more. Avoid low or unâ€" drained land. The demand for straw for paper making and other purposes will increase year by year. The pro- gressive farmer, if he has a rather“ poor farm, had better not abandon rye growing. On the richer and higher priced lands, rye should not be sown, perhaps, unless it is to plow under to increase humus in the soil. If seeding to grass is inâ€" tended, apply timothy seed five to six quarts at time of sowing rye. Sow clover sped in it in the spring. A. PROMTABLE HOG. My experience in the raising of hogs has included the Berkshire, [Yorkshire-and Tamworth breeds. The [latter were found- profitable for crossing with the two former, lays W. Owens. l 1 Of late years I 'have confined my attention to‘ the improved large Yorkshire for" several reasons. They mature early, as pigs farrowed in March are ready for market in Aug- ust or September, when they comâ€" mand the, highest price. It is genâ€" erally possible to receive $2 I per hundred weight more in August and in the early part of September for porl;_than in October or November, when the majority of farmers marâ€" ket their hogs. An, excellent point with this breed is the fact that the sows produce large. litters, are good mothers and are quiet and easy to handle when in the breeding pens. My Yorkâ€" shires give tw0 litters yearly of 10 to 18 pigs each, or an average of 13 pigs a litter. Animals of this breed have good limbs and are s-elâ€" dom troubled with rheumatism or paralysis, making it possible to keep good breeders for years. It pays to keep a certain number of old sows for breeding purposes. There are 22 sows on my farm. Six have farrowed since February 1 and eight are expected to farrow early in March. The remainder are young SOWS and will come in about the latter part:- of April. Had I, sulflicient warm breeding, pens, my swine would be bred to litter about March ,1. As soon as the pigs are weaned, {the best sows are bred for. a second 'lltter'and the remainder are fed off for the spring market. The majority of the pigs are sold lwhen six or eight "weeks old at $5 each for breeding purposes. The balance are fed for market. There is a large piggery on the farm, but lthe pigs winter better in the baseâ€" lmcnt of the cow and horse barns, lwh’ere they receive plenty of exercise ;tuining over the manure. The brood lsow:s are invariably in a good heal- Ethy condition when moved to the ybree'dinp: pens. I-consider swine as :profitable as any stock, especially lon a dairy farm. Nothing is appreciated more aronnd the house and barns during the winâ€" ter and spring than dry walks and drives. A plank walk is the finest but is too expensive for working far”â€" imers. But a good graveled walk is Jwithin the reach of nearly every- body. The usual way of making ithem is to draw bank or creek gravâ€" gel and spread it several inches thick where the walk or drive is wanted. It should be made high in the centre gand sloping to the sides. If you Tcannot get gravel. then ashes, cindâ€" lers, slag from blast furnaces or even fswadust may be used. , A much better job may be made by flaying out the walk or drive of the ldesiretl width and digging out the isurfacc soil to a depth of several {inches or a foot. Fill up with {stones placing the largest at the jbottom and smaller ones in between 3and on top. Over this spread a flayer of gravel, or other material as mentioned above, and you will have la walk that is dry at all times. If lit runs thiough a hollow or wet lplace it will not be necessary to do ,any excavating, but pile the stones ion top of the ground and the gravel 3011 top. Such a walk will last for lyoars and be of great comfort and ,scrv1cc. ! â€"â€" +â€"â€"-â€"â€" ' CONSTANTLY OCCUPIED. The lazy man. though he may Shirk I Finds his enjoyment small, {He keeps so busy dodging work i He gets no rest at all. l __ : 'nnv WALKS. i i “Oh, yes,” she said proudly; “we ‘ican trace our ancestry back toâ€"toâ€" |Well, I don’t know who, but We've [been descending for centuries." Skin on F- ire With Eczema Mr- McDougall Was for Twelve Years at Dread ul Sufi’ererâ€"Now Proclaims the Virtues of Dr. Chase’s Ointment. Eczema's itch is torture, the skin seems on fire with the burning, stingâ€" ing humor; at times it becomes al- most unbcai‘able, and in desperation you could '.'.tear the skin to pieces. You dare not exercise for fear of ag- gravating ‘the' itching, neither can you sleep. for no sooner does the body become warm than the trouble begins, and instead of restful. re- freshing sleep, it is scratch, scratch, scratch all night long. There is scarcely a moment’s respite from this maddening malady at any time. Of course you have tried nearly all {he washes, salves, lotions and medi cath soaps, but like thousands of others have been disappointed and disgusted. . ' Mr. Alex. McDougall, postmaster, Broad Cove Marslh, N.S., writes: “For twelve years I was a great. sufferer from eczema on the inside of the leg. There was a raw patch of flesh about three inches square, and the itching was something fear- iul Onc~hnlf box of Dr. Chase's Ointment completely cured me, took away the itchirg and healed up the sure. I have no hestitatiou in re- ‘commending it as :1 wonderful cure Ifor itching skin disease.” ; You may be skeptical regarding the iability of Dr. Chase’s Ointment to cure you. Mos. people are, after trying in vain to get relief from a ‘host of remedies, but Dr. Chase’s [Ointment will not disappoint you. You will he surprisad rt the marvel- lous control which it has over all itching, burning inflammation of the skin. and the wonderful healing powâ€" ers which .I JOSSCSS'CS. It takes time to.thoroughl_v cure eczema, but Dr. Chase’s linlment will do it. You will find relief after a few ap- plications, and gradually and naturâ€" lally the cure Will follow. Besides being a positive cure for ecrzema. Dr.‘ C’hnse's Ointment comes useful in levery form of skin irritation and eruption. . , Dr. Chase’s Ointment, 60 cents a box. at all dealers, or Edmanson, ,Ba‘rcs & Company, Toronto. To pro- ‘tect you against imitations, the porâ€" itrni‘. and signature of Dr. A. ' W. lChasc, the famous receipt book an- lthor. are on every box. ‘ r ivuwa's'firamu . l ‘ a hundred ways in every home for. CHARM" ‘l INNOVATION '. IN 1--.; SICK-ROOM. Instances Where a Beautiful Nurse Has Been the Means of Saving Life. “You ask me if a'pretty nurse has any influence for the better upon "a patient? So far as my own ex- perience is concerned, I must em- phatically say ‘ch.’ ” i Thus spoke the leading physician of one of our most prominent hospitals. “You see, a doctor can prescribe pints of medicines and stimulants to build up the body; but what good are these when the patient’s spirits are at a low ebb? No; there is no- thing» more bracing for dejection and melancholia than a pretty and viva.- cious nurse, possessed of high and gay spirits. Her cheerfulness is inâ€" fectious, and her appearance fascinâ€". ating, with the result that the in- valid does not have an opportunity of thinking about his own ills, and his spirits therefore do not sink. A TRUE LOVEâ€"STORY. "I remember one instance very forcibly. There was a‘ patient under my care who was suffering from a most insidious malady. To make matters worse, he was of a very brooding temperament, and was 'subâ€" ject to frequent attacks of melanâ€" cholia. What was the result? I was doing all in my power with prescrip- tions, but all the benefit they beâ€" stowed was completely undone by one of the fits of dejection. His nurse was highly skilled, and she could not have bestowad more attention upon anyone than she did upon this patient. “For weeks the man lay hovering between life abd death. One day, however, his regular nurse fell ill, and I temporarily appointed a fascin- ating young lady to attend to him. Do you know, the change acted like magic upon the invalid! The fairy vision in her uniform and cap comâ€" pletely dispelled his melancholia. He could not take his eyes off her, and whenever she left him for a brief rest he lapsed again into listllessness. Deeply interested in the change, I re- questcd the nurse to stay with him continuously, snatching such brief intervals of rest. as opportunity ofâ€" fered. . I “The patient mended with remarkâ€" able rapidity. I-Ie regained his strongth and good spirits. In a fz-w days he was on his feet. The nurse became interested in her charge, and finallyâ€"as is so often the case in such instancesâ€"tho artful sprite C‘uâ€" pid entered upon the Stone. The re- sult was that when the ‘man loft. my charge, cured not by my medicines. but a woman’s beauty, the nurse acâ€" companied him. and they are now passing through life together. PREMIUM ON PR ETTINESS. “There was anoUh-er case where a man was lying in this hospital afflicâ€" ted with cancer. He suffered indesâ€" cribable agonics, but cheered by the presence ‘of a pleasant and sympathe- tic nursc, he bore his pain with ex- traordinary stoicism. That her beauty and bright company enabled him to forget his own torment there is not the slightest doubt, and be marked his appreciation when he died by leaving her a comfortable nestâ€"egg. “In common with myself, there are several other of our leading surgeons and physicians who regard the pretty nurse almost as part and parcel of their prescriptions. Prettiness is at a premium toâ€"day in the Profession. There is one hospital in London where they will not employ a nurse who has not an attractive face and manner. Should one be sent from the nursing home who does not quite coincide with their ideas on this point, she is immediately sent back, with a polite, tangible excuse. Conâ€" sequently the nursing institutions and hospitals are becoming more careful and particular in their soâ€" lection of probationers. Prettiness â€"-â€"â€"' is now an indispensable qualification to her who would achieve success in the nursing professionâ€"though, of course, she must POSSESS SKILL AS WELL. “This demand is possibly [strongly e1n_1‘)hasi'/.ed in connection with weal-â€" thy private patients. They simply will not tolerate a woman who is deficient in their idea of beauty. Of course, sometimes materfamilias, who is afraid of a pretty face capâ€" turing her poor invalid son’s heart while. she, of course, has other ideas in View, sternly resists the doctor’s orders, and the pretty attendant is strictly tabooed. Perhaps in some respects the ever-watchful mother is not to be blamed, for there are dozens of marriages which have been brought about in this manner. “Beauty is also well repaid. Where- as the nurse who has no pretensions to a Venus-like grace can command a salary varying from $15 to $20 per week. or more. the pretty nurse can command anything from, $25 up- wards. On'one occasion I had a young South African magnate down with one of the complaints indigen- ous to that clime. ‘ I sent him a' nurse whom I. engaged at $25 a week; but he was so pleased with her what he raised the sum to $50 a lweek. Furthermore,_as a mark of lapprccintion, although he ,did enter the bonds of matrimony with the attractive young lady, he handed [her a cheque for $1,000 when he was iable to return to South Africa. | BEAUTY IJ‘IV’GTHENS LIFE. ! “There was .one lady patient of llmine to whom I sent one of the pret- tiest nurses I had ever seen. The old F: F ANAEMIAâ€"POOR BLOOD. lady was most profuse in her thanks. Headaches, Dizziness, Heart Palm-F ‘I am so,much obliged to you, docâ€" tor", for sending me such a bright little lady! You know, I feel quite well and _, strong when she is with 'me!’ 01 course, I complimented my- self on 'my good fortune; but I did not appreciate my patient’s gratiâ€" tude so much when the nurse told me she had agreed to stay with her invalid. Her afliiction was incurâ€" able; but, all the same, she lived five years longer than I thought she would, and, really, I believe her longer lease of life was only attribuâ€" table to the personal beauty and charm of the nurse. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity of her services again, as her patient had left her quite a‘ comfortable income. Although she is still a nurse, she devotes her services entirely to char- ity, cheering the poorest with her sunny face and smiles.”â€"â€"London An- swers. l . â€"â€"-+~â€"â€"- I-IOW IRON IS MADE. Usual Process of~Extracting the Metal From the Ore. The first process in the preparation of iron from ore is to break the ore into small pieces and burn it with considerable heat. By this means the grosser parts are burnt off the material. 'The second is that of smelting by which the metal is reâ€" duced by the intense heat of the furâ€" nace into the condition of iron, a flux of lime being added to prevent the iron from running into a glassy State. Some Wes have sulfiicient lime in their composition for this purpose, and others made 100 much lime'in combination, so that clay has to be added to neutralize the ef- fect. Some blast furnaces hold from 40 to 50 tons of fuel and ore, and are kept alight for several years, and will smelt about 500 tons in a week. There is usually a gallery at the top of the furnace, and from this the fuel and ore are continually thrown into the top of the furnace, with as much lime. etc., as may be fluence of: the intense heat the iron in the ore melts and run downwards towards the tapping hole,, the slag and cinders being at the same time drawn oil atthe upper level of the furuacc.‘ 'l-lh'e melted ore is now run out of the furnace into small moulds made of sand or iron. moulds into which the iron is run are called sows, and the smaller moulds. which are entered from and are branches of the larger moulds are called pigs. In this way is preâ€" pared pigâ€"iron. which is the first, or preliminary stage, of castâ€"iron, as used- in articlcs of commerce and utility. The pigâ€"iron, however, as yct‘unsuita‘oln for many purposes. It' will not run into fine mouldings or thin plates; and it is necessary to lmelt the pig iron again. and probâ€", ably to add other materials to it, before a. quality of castâ€"iron. suit~€ able for the builder’s purposes can be made, .....__._ at. _.-_..__ A DANGER To BABY. ‘ ....*._ Doctors have pven 'hed against the soâ€"called soothing medicines for years, but they are still'uscd altoâ€" gether too much. The fact that they put children to sleep is no sign that they are helpful. Ask your doctor and he will tell you that you have merely drugged your little one into insensibility â€" that soothing mediâ€"' If your little. cines are dangerous. one needs a medicine givo it Baby’si Own Tablets, and you give it a med- icine guaranteed to contain no opi- ate or harmful drug. You can give these Tablets just as safely to a new born infant as to the well' grown child. and- they will cure all the minor ills of childhood. Mrs. J. M. Gilpin, Bellhaven, Ont., says: “Since I gave my little one Baby’s Own Tablets there has been a marvellous change in her appearance, and she is growing splendidly. You may count me always a friendto the Tablets.” Ask your druggist for this medicine or send 25 cents to The Dr. Wilâ€" liams' Medicine (10., Brookrville, Ont., and get a box by mail post paid. +_.__._. ORIGIN OF BLACKGâ€"UARD . First Applied to Link-boys and Menial Servants. The earliest record of the term blackguard is in the Churchwarden’s Account of St. Mary-at-lâ€"Till, London, where, under date 1532, itsâ€"“Item. received for iin 'J‘oiches of the Black Guard iijd.” This and the follow- ing old lines seem to Show that the name Was then applied to link boysâ€"- Her Cupid is a blackguard boy, That rubs his link full in your face. The name was also given to menial servants in the King's kitchen. In the “Calendar of State Papers” is the following entryâ€"August 17, 1535 Sir William~lfi‘itzwilliam to Mr. Secâ€" retary Cromwell. Refusal of, the workmen to work for less than 5d. a day. Two of the ringleadch had' been for some of the time Blackâ€" guards of the King’s kitchen. These “blackguards were responsible for all cooking utensils and coals. According to Miss Strickland, the historian, the scullious of the royal kitchen were for many centuries clad in black, and were called the black;- guards bf England. " l â€"â€"â€"â€"+â€"â€"â€"- y The poor, deludch bride thinks she “is marrying the hest man at the wedding. required for the flux. Under the in". The larger . tation and Consumption Follows. Anaemiaâ€"watery bloodâ€"is a. trew cherous trouble. It steals insidious- ly from slight symptoms to danger- ous diseases. The thin watery blood shows itself at first in pale lips, wan face,‘ breathlessness, heart palpita- tion,2 lost appetite. If the trouble is not checked and cured, consumpâ€" tion follows; coughing, spitting, clammy night sweats, a. total break- down and death. What the anaemic sufferer needs is more bloodâ€"more strength. 'And there is nothing in the whole wide world will give new blood and new strength so surely and so speedily as Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Every dose helps to send new, rich, red blood coursing through the system, bringing strength to weal! lungs. and all parts of the body. Thousands testify to the truth of these statements, among them Miss Enerine Vilandre, St. Germain, Que, who says :â€"â€"“While attending school my health began to give way. The trouble came on gradually and the doctor who attended me said it was due to overstudy and that a rest would put me right. But instead 01 getting better I grew weaker. I suf- 'fered from headaches and dizziness, ‘and at night I did not sleep well. I was troubled with pains in the back, my appetite left me and I grew pale as a corpse. Finally I . became so weak I was forced to remain in bed. As the doctor did not help me any, i asked my father to get me Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Before I had used tw0 boxes there was an imâ€" provement, and when I had taken a half dozen boxes Iwas again in per- fect health. I believeyall weak girls will find new health if they will take the pills.” Anaemia, indigestion, heart trouble, rheumatism, kidney trouble. and the special ailments of women are all due to poor blood, and are all cured v by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. You can get these pills from any medicine ldealer, or by mail post paid at ‘ 50 =cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 :by writing The Dr. Williams’iilediâ€" gcine Co., Brockville, Ont. â€"â€" +â€"â€"-.~â€",-. SOAP ARTISTS. , .â€" . :Street Decorators Take to Win- : dows in the Willter.’ During the winter months many of the street artists, or “scriveners,” as they are generally called, get. a good living by going round to the small publicans 'and tradesmen in the poor- er districts of London, and, by means of sticks of yellow soap, drawing ,fanciful drawing. accompanied by lettering, on the mirrors and? on the shop windows. ' One street artist, who has a “pitch” during the summer months in the West End, decorates all the 'mirrors in a seaport town up’ north from September to January. He admits making so much- as a week ,‘and getting his meals and drinks free in addition. Bacchus, surrounded by a number of pretty women drinking from cups, is a drawing in soap to be seen at a Small inn at Liverpool. It was .drawnby a well-known exhibitor in his young and impecunious days. The artist received five shillings for it at the time, and recently he offered the owner £5 for it. fused, however. Some publicâ€"house artists prefer drawn with this material if one is gifted with _any amount of artistic 1 ability. A young artist named Gibbeus reâ€" cently set forth from Birmingham to London without a penny in his pock~ of. but with a. supply of whiting. He stopped at. wayside inns and offered to draw designs on glass for a meal and a few pence. Out. of seventy houses he called at he was given Iwork at fifty. When he reached lLondon he had a sum of £10 35. Ed. 'in his possession. _.__+.______ SAW BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Belgian Woman Remembers Scene: on Battlefield. Madame Dupuis, resilinvg at a little village in the neighborhood of Brus- s‘cls, appears'to be the last known surviving witness of the battle of Waterloo. She is a hundred and four years old; fifteen, eighty-nine years ago. She is still very active and intelli- gent. Madame Ilupnis is by no means weary of life. “I cannot think. of leaving my boys alone in the world." she has been heard to say. Her boys are jolly bachelors, aged respective- ly eighty and seventy-eight. Madame Dupuis still has many hidâ€" eous memories of the field after the battleâ€"when bands of prowlers went about among the fortyâ€"six thousand killed and wounded, searching for money and other valuables, stripping the living as well as the dead of their clothes, and murdering those who had sufiicicni. energy to resist. .______.+_ With the exception of yourself; ov- erybody is more or less deceitful. No man is a noncntity unless he is. a prominent wonfin’s husband. mm-M __.-___.._c__- _. .__-__ To prove to you that 1%. [4 Chase's Ointment is a certain . and absolute cure for, cact- and every form of itching: bleedingnnd protrudin piles, iho manufacturers have gunrnntced if. on team 1monials in the daily press and ask yourneizh- l tors what they think of it. You can use it and wt your money back if not cured. 600 a box. a: 11 dealers or EnM.\Nson.BATEs 8c CO..'T‘oron:o or. Qhase’s Ointment . tum BY Pillllll NURSES The offer was reâ€" whiting to soap for drawing on glass- and some beautiful designs can be. a," A v“ v-H-~_â€"fi-’~mumwmhmmwâ€"â€"- â€"~ â€" I...____~_.__ . a... qu -« ~.â€".â€"u. (wfxlnxh