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pre 2 became , awn over her [One of the oldest inscriptions we | th J set a! them from the home' on the east of the Tigris the ts of agriculture and laine of Lower Chaldea covered 'with corn fields. did not wish | possess, that of Manishtu-su, King At times: she lof Ki toute; for she stopped fre- to look at the houses and s-streots. Evidently sho sought me indication which she did n to ask of passers-by. At on ghe observed. an errand io ks she decided to ep ) h. ' Could you tell me where to find as if to see if she was not|abo oh and psared i a purely agricultural "record and namod the| Russian princess. who rides] had k dre ¢ réssed like a man? You i$here, mademoiselle, There ia ttle door on the avenue fifty steps from here, but if you're not friend of the house it's no use to ; they wouldn't open to you.| 8 great entrance ison Rue Beau- there--to the right. There is istaking it; it's gilded from 'to bottom.' ' : te (To be continued.) wickintmnnin sisriciic Misfortune for the bloodless---thut | ould be printed in all the. publiy El 3. You must have blood to strong lungs to enable you think, | to" withstand all. the dust and mi, tof crobes of summer and the piercing 5 and cold of winter. Con, umption is, properly speaking, lack of blood ; the natural result of ur| anaemia, To prevent consumption | rich bloed is BecoRaty, The 'best Robert, in a "You have, culate zich. blood through the lungs. Many have been saved by Dr, W 8" Pink Pills, becau these Pills: are a remarkable bloo way SEL the organs is to cir: 1 builder; not indirectly but directly ~--with e fhou ach: dose. They have cured of cases of "anaemia; neral debility roubles arising out RARVESE IN BABYLONIA FEE DAY WHEN ALL DERTS the Food Problem ted all the Affairs otlite onderful restoration of past which has resulted ork of the explorer in ork astonish. = ut B. O. 4000 if not earlier, is shows that the principles of agri- culture were already developed and systomatized. The value of land was estimated on corn valuation, and the rights of landlord and the tenant: were olearly defined. More- over, the ancient records show that the calendar of those early inhabi- tants of Chaldea was agricultural and started from the autummal equi- nox~--the period of the "greater harvest." In. remote prehistorio times man been the pensioner of Nature, dependent on 'the supplies she granted 'lim, but now man by his invention of 'agricultural' imple- ments had CONQUERED NATURE and by his assistance rendered her far more lavish in according him supplies for his wante, The ex- treme fertility of the Chaldean plain soon made it the corn producing centre of the whole of western Asia, and as food was the equiva- lent of money it soon became the predominant partoer in the world of commerce. 3 as a result of the old primitive barter system payments in kind rul- ed 'instead of cash payments and corn became money. Surplus sup- ple of corn or other food stuffs me income or capital and could mipister to the luxury of the suc- cessful = agrioulturist, = With the rise of the village community and later the city kingdom this increase of wealth became 'a source of rev- 'enue on which the . heads-ef the community could draw: for com- munal; wants; and in this manner there grew up the firsb and great- 'est system of revenue ever found in ancient ;Oriental lands. Ancient Babylonia possessed one feature in which. it closely resemb- led our own country in the Middle Ages, the bulk of the property was ia religions 'hands. 'That is, tho various districts into which the land was divided were ezch the fie® of the province god. Tho tables} from Tel-lo show that all that dis- trict was the fief of the god Nin- gir-su; of Nippur the fief of Entil, or the older Bel"; of Bippara, THE SUN GOD, and all the revenues. were collected by the temple officials and paid into the temple treasury and classed as "the wealth or property of the god." . There were many villages and small towns in 'the fief of the prov- ince: gods, and. their revenues were' collected 'by resident collectors and either remitted to the head city or stored in the local storehouse, and sh, which must date back to!|da to headquarters. All the dues were collected at one time, on "the day on tho harvest tima 'a time of of harvest," ne De: aime of buat ness pressure, the culmination the year, the great day of reckon- ing. The deeds w have been recoversd from the treasures of the Babylonian temples amply prove his, Everything became due on the y of harvest. a loam tab let from Nippur says: "Five and & half shekels, = which X 'borrowed from the Bun-god to the Bun-god he shall pay back with the interest on the day of harvest." = All small tradesmon were paid at harvest, and among them the obliging pub- lian, who had given credit for or during the previous mopths to his customers. All wages were paid 'at harvest time. or msn MB rts cain BURGLARS ROBBED HOUSE. Made a Rig Haul. How often headings like this are seen in the daily or weekly papers throughout the country, stories of burglars having raided houses ei- lther at nights or during tha ab- pence of the occupants and havi pecured large sums of money which were being kept in the house. The average person wonders how it is that people are so foolish as tol keep large sums of money or valu ables lying around the house sub ject to raids of this sort. . Whe: there are surplus funds on end ymosy people deposit them in th nearest Bank or. else some Rani that offers special facilities to Bay- ings Accounts; such as the Traders Bank of Canada. . i In the Traders Bank every Bavy ings Depositor is made to feel that this acoount is welcomed and tha¥f the Bank is glad to have smal transactions pass through on his account at amy time, including x {posits of any amount from $1.00 up- wards and withdrawals by cheques [at any time that" may suit the cus. 'tomer's conveniengs, = ; People living in country districts or away . from 'Banking facilities will have no difficulty whatever i doing their Banking by Mail. The Traders Bank will send free a little} {treatise on Banking by Mail to a: party writing in to the Head O! of the Traders Bank of Canada; Gronto, lin gy Pini Bulphate of potash (up to 150 pounds per acre) is the best form to use generally; it.is rather more expensive than muriate, and "may be applied & short time before the plant needs it. Muriate of potash (up to 160 pounds per acre) con tains about the same amount of pot- ash as the sulphate, but in a less desirable form. For this reason ib is best applied some considerable time before it is needed, so that the injurious principles: may be removs ed by rain. Its harmful effects are especially evident with: potatoos, beets and tobacco. Kainit contain less potash: than the muriate and adcountof them 'sent sulphate. Rd tl 0 SET al Ls a ai es LB NR oN PTR Pay. A