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Keeping Ants From the Home. Nearly every one is familiar with ants and knows something of their habits, structure, mode of living, ete. . They vary in size from the tiny red ant that is so frequently -found "in the kitchen and pantry, about one- ~~ sixteenth of an inch in length, to the large, black carpenter-ant that lives in decayed stumps or old timbers. They occur in all parts of the world from the dry and arid deserts to the damp tropical forests, and from the torrid zone to the arctic circle. The housewife goes to the pantry, some summer's day, to get some cake and finds that the frosting is covered with tiny red ants. Further investiga- tion reveals them in the butter, sugar and running all over everything ap= parently, Sometimes it is the larger black species which carried its love for sweet things to the sugar bowl. How am I to get rid of them? It is, of course, useless to try and kill them one at a time, like "swatting the fly." The first step is to take everything out of the infested place, clean every- thing, burning papers, and throw away or clean out any infested foods. Any foods that are likely to attract this insect like cake, bread, sugar, meat and similar substances, should be placed in ant-proof metal contain- ers. or set over a dish of water im which the ants will drown in trying to get at the food. The source of the colony should be located. If it be under the floor or in the wall the liberal use of carbon bisulphide will soon kill the queen and attendant ants, .An eld wood-box. may be the seat of the trouble or its nest may be in the ground near the back porch. In using the carbon bisulphide care must be taken that no light or fire is near, as it is very inflammable. If ants like the sweet things in the cupboards one of the best remedies is to mix one part of tartar emetic with twenty parts of extracted honey. Syrup may be used in the absence of the Honey. Put this in small saucers and place where the ants will have access to it, but where it is' inaccessible to the children or household pets. If the ants¢ are grease eaters use grease instead of the honey in the same proportions as above. If ants are troublesome in lawns or in the garden, where they are building their nests, they can be killed even more rapidly than in the house, Drench the nests with boiling water or pour into them a small quantity of kerosene or coal oil. An- other method is to inject bisulphide of carbon into the nests, the quantity of the chemical depending upon the size of the nests, After this fluid has been poured in, the entrance to the nest should be closed by a blank- et or inverted pan placed over it in order to retain the chemical. The . fumes of the bisulphide will pentrate slowly through the - underground channels and kill the ants. : H Child' Laborers. Does the compulsory school at- tendance law protect children from heavy work and long hours in the fields? There are interested and vigorous school officers who do their best to enforce the law; but even at the period of yShsndsnce requir- "mékgre. re is alwa phole through: which children pl 'be piped to work,' 3 ir Canada is to be a country of healthy and intelligent people, both and children must realize en school js better than work for] ildren until they are sixteen. It iy true that "the more you learn "us think of the farm as : acs, and no one ean : wholesomeness of mi life. But we have learne it is not wise to take it for granted n| To that all country life in Canada makes a child happy and healthy. It must be admitted that too much farm labor interferes shockingly with the child's schooling, overtaxes his strength, and impairs his future usefulness, . Again--The Fly. With Germany disposed of, our thoughts can again turn to the at- home problem' of disposing of that ever-present menzce--the fly. The swatter--to be sure, no House is home without a fly swatter and a baby and where there's a baby there ought to be two swatters, one for father and the other for mother to use. Poisop--any and all kinds, but it should be kept high enough to. be well out of the reach, of children and domestic animals, If insect powder is used be careful not to scatter it about the room and then closes the doors, fergetting 'Dickie the canary. Birds are very susceptible to any- thing that shuts off their supply of pure air. Tanglefoot--plenty of it. Hang, the kind that comes in rolls from the! gas jet and if "sister runs against it and carries the ball off attached to her backhair, never mind. You are the class dance than any other girl.) It was then that she made up he and she might as well devote hi have an especially good time bel others that don't count--was the "I can get it myself," she told him| = young Godfrey Hammond gave brusquely. : the. spring she was nufsing-his brother and sister through bronchitis; 'the spring that she almost gave up nursing to take a Yooming house' her sister Bessie. was this: he stole a custard from the ray 'she wag carrying upstairs to the le invalids, stole it like a bad child} | and then kissed her like an ha siously gided nd abetted nent one. It did queer:things to her, dishes so that they clattered and spil- herself sternly that she wasn't get- ting out of doors enough nowadays, which was bad for her nerves, quite as if she had not just been kissed on the stairs. she dealt with herself during the sub- were of necessity thrown much to- gether, mind that she wasn't ever likely t to a noble career,/ She chose nurs- ing. _And it's a curious fact that the}Y first. kiss she ever had--excepting, of ¢ , those ' from . relatives and 'The. way he happened 'to kiss het It 'made her hands tremble over the led their. contents. Then she told And this was the way, too, that sequent days when she and Godfrey since Mr. Hammond was home only for week-ends, and Mrs.) Hammond had breakfast in bed and, for small co waging a great war, and who ean ygually had her lunches at the coun- | stop to think of trifles. The kitten try club, may wrap herself in it, to her terror, and father may sit on the sheet you poy have laid, for just a moment, in his: maternity "as if favorite chair, but' it catches flies as of Jife's ornaments. well, and that is the real issue. Formaldehyde--that is perhaps best of all. In an old saucer put a mixture composed of ten parts of formaldehyde, eighty-eight parts of water and two parts of sugar in the centre of the dish put a small sponge and set where it will not be disturb- ed. The flies drink the mixture and die almost immediately, With this as with all other poisons be very careful to keep well out of the reach of domestic animals, children and careless people. It's the fly you are after. : i Love's Labor. 3 What have I done to-day, now let me think, I haven't read the book I should have read; I didn't make that call on Mrs. Brink. Nor spend the youth-restoring hour in bed. : Nor massage out the wrinkle in my cheek, ! 1 didn't bake the fruit-cake, but may-be : I wrought as well--I sang my son to sleep, ; Close cuddled and content upon my knee. " i What have I done to-da the Guild And quite forgot my shopping trip to town;. My music rack with treasure amply 3 filled, I left the cover of my organ down. I didn't sew the mew flower on my hat, "But son and I played marbles on the floor, And there was virtue quite as muck in that Perchance than though I had ac- complished more. What have I done to-day ?--now, let TU me See, Tre sues ge I've put the paltry things from out « my soul, $n : I've mothered Laddie and he's played with me And we've been 'happy; making : that my goal. em 1 missed I've learned 3 Why Gol, creating hu-| be. guarded safe!" man Made Mothers to ¥ from harms, tra To hold baby's active, eager mi lad loving bit in | , preserve good health, for they y remarkable immunity from con- Black. Death wa things: to the children. But thé nigh the 'little sgirl grew worse, there were W! ' » ] only Godfrey and frightened servants ringed hand went up to give a satis- | to. help the nurse. That is the night_fled pat to the blond hair in a flat he said to her, "Muggins" '(which i was the children's name for her); "Muggins, you are a darling.". was twenty-one and only two years younger than herself, he was inerely}: oe ee long, sooner you know it "the | Ini Even with two sick children in the se, Mrs. Hammond treated her it were Teally one. She usually stopped' in passing the sickroom, it presto CHE Seshoe scarfpin. She is true, for kisses and to say pretty. did cl t That was the first night, too, she dreamed of him--a dream of strange tenderness. Ta "Potato salad," she sald to herself, next morning; "that potato salad at supper. sense." She found it necessary, too, to keep reminding herself that, even if he I ought to have had more one of the Hammond youngsters, two of whom she was nursing through bronchitis. But he was lonelier than the other children. He had a way of wandering restlessly about the verandah in the evenings when his father and mother : | patronizing as always. little shop where the | would have the right to say that his | could do nothing but stand there and Pa 'magazing article fantile p sis that & rE on in- d to 'magazin you, "My afternoon," he told /her. - "Muggins," protested Godfrey, "YI et a -cooky you have. turnip you ought ro Hive ; heart." Then interposed Mrs. where "Do let "him. get the magazine if he wants to 3 1 may never happen again. So it mas really Mu; oon frey's mother, who was responsible for his errand to the stationery shop that afternoon, He would have gone, it is true, anyhow; bit in| case other customers might be there he - was glad: of the excuse of the magazine. And so, almost "suffocdting with joy of expectancy, he went into the shopkeeper's slim, blond daughter Mary sometimes waited on customers. He was right in thinking he 'would find her there, for this was the time of day when she usually deigned to nd exchange i a papers 8 across her father's counter, crogking 'the little finger of her over-whiteé, over-ringed, over- manicured hand as she did it. She was chatting, as Godfrey en- tered, with a stout, middle-aged man wearing "a" very bad necktie pierced at rey as hé entered, ¥- instinctively that she id buf het as a his presence, and one as a scallop against her cheek. There was an ingratiating sound in the fat man's voice that Godfrey did not like. He wanted to kick him out; he longed for the day when he Mary should never again stand be- ind her father's counter. Then he heard something that paralyzed him. "All right, dear," the hard, little voice of the girl was saying. "I'll wait for you this evening," _ "Dear," she Had said. "Dear!" And she was saying it to that revolt- ing beast of a fat man! A-certain sickening numbness came over him. Even when the customer had gone he gaze at her. : (To be continued.) Don't Look For Flaws. Don't look for flaws as you go through life," - And even when you find them It is wise and ki»4 to be somewhat blind And look for the virtue behind them, For the cloudiest night has a hint of light : if Somewhere in its shadow hiding, It is better far to hunt for a star Than the spots on the sun abiding. The current of life runs every way To the bosom of God's great ocean, Don't set your face 'gainst the river's , course, i And think to altar its motion; Don't waste a curse on the universe, Remember it lived before you, Don't butt at the storm with your puny | _ form, : But bend and let it fly o'er you. The. world will never adjust itself To suit your whim to the letter, And the The watercourses of India are oy "TT get thel Hamintid| saul, Mogens. It Ah cracked a few it busted up, too. "Ah didn't stop to ask no introduc]. tions er excuse myself, but jes' sailed | in, agr ' out mah French y 'when gun went bad. One in English, 'Oh, that black brute has 'got me! 'Rush him- Rusk him!' " 'Yes, you-all rush g n'at and I made for him, was a-gaoin' strong and. 'em step some. But then man got me down on mah kn : he done whanged 'me' with the butt of his Whew! it suah hurt, but Ah on a-grabbin' one and tossin' him right over my shoulder. KINGSTON, OxTARIO Part of ARTS 'be covered by the Arts course may MEDIGINE EDUCATION APPLIED SCIENCE 'being harnessed for the purp producing electricity, and but for the thoughtful care of the Government the native would be deprived of one ans of turning his prayer-wheel, especially in the hot weather, The Government, to overcome this difficulty, and safeguard the religious: customs and traditions of the ratives, compels the 'electric companies to equip the wheels' with motors, and supply the necessary current to turn to be done frée of all charge to the natives. : ; : hms ser. EGET Up To Youl - a gloomy day, a tomby day, ue and dismal rainy day, lorn and tearful It's them during the dry season. This is