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Ap tely seven milliun records are now on Fo than 138,000 birth, death registra- | tions are added yearly to the records; over 42,000 certificates are issued each year, while the number. of searches reach a yearly total of $50,000, REGISTRATION A SIMPLE ' n when there is no wind. 'One pound "of seed is required for every two hun- dred square feet, and where the place is shaded special seed should ar * be used. Roll in thoroughly, or if no roller is available use a pounder. The + grass should be eut with a sharp mow- er as soon asgit is a few inches high. One of the best fertilizers to-use on the new lawn or on any lawn in the Spring is nitrate of soda, The best way to apply Is to broadcast at the rate- of about one tablespeonful to the square yard during or just before a rain. If the shower does not mate- hose, so that there will be no chance of it burning the young plantg Some people prefer to dissolve the nitrate = in water, about one ounce to the gal- lon, one gallon of this mixture being 5 sufficient for a square yard. This is a <8 good way to apply the fertilizer In the vegetable or flower garden also. In the Fall, just before the heavy snow arrives, a light dressing of strawy barnyard manure is advisable. "This should be raked off after the snow and frost disappear in the spring. ! Sorue Points to Consider In this country, the demand for , flower seeds Is overtaking that for vegetables, because invariably the amateur, and even the very practical one, who starts with a vegetable gar: den, with a few flowers attached, will © gradually swing to. the lighter and more beautifttl side of gardening. On account of this heavy demand for flowers, and the multitude of varieties from which one can make a selec- tion, it is important to place seed orders early, Too often one will ar- rive at the seed store sometime in late May only to find that the favor- ite 'seeds or bulbs are no longer n stock. First of all, get those seeds ¥ that need to be started in boxes in- ¥ doors. Select your standard varle- ties first, but Include a few novelties for sake of gaining experience. It is better to order improved strains of favorite old plants than the old . and plainer strains 'we knew In earlier years, Practically every well known flower has been improved re- cently, this being particularly true of zinnias, asters, sweet peas, and scabi- osas. - Have your order balanced, that is include flowers for cuttings, bedding, edging, and for fragrance. A few nicotine should always be In. eluded, not for their beauty of follage or flower ,which is not striking, but for the penetrating and spicy scent after evening has fallen. Seed of annual poppies, larkspurs, amd batchelor's button may be sown out- side on the last snow, if one is not particular whether they are washed about abit, or just as soon as the soll ean be prepared. Sweet peas should also be put in at this time, in March, preferrably, but if this is not possible, April or very early in May. Rotate the Vegetables Even in the smallest garden, it is advisible to rotate, that is move your vegetables around from year io year. One veégetable grown in exactly the same location each 'year will exhaust 7a the particular fertilizer that vege- "requires, dnd may fill the soll 0 fops, such a: peas and beans 'actually add fertilizer to the must be moved around so the whole garden will benefit, These will compensate for the gross feed like corn, beets and carrots. Take & chance on sowing a few rows of vegetables - extra early, but save the fied in the seed catalogue, a lit: tle left over to replant any spots . which may have been visited by rab- bits, children, frosts and flood. ve rlalize, water the fertilizer in with the| Then too some legu-|. bulk of the seed until the time spect-| he received a note one Frida® morn- ing from the vicar of a village in his diocese: "My Lord--I regret to In. form you ol the death of my wife. Can you possibly send me a substitute To many" the idle life is the Ideal ife, Garden hints--The best way to tell the vegetables from the weeds is to watch your neighbor's chickens. NEWLY SPRUNG y love she wears a red; red coat, at one can see a mile; Oh, my love she wears a red, red coat That's newly come in style. Oh, Girls believe the difference between a misfortune and a fortunate Miss is an engagement ring. Conductor: --"How old is your lit tle boy?" Fond Mother.--"Four." Conductor: --"How old are you, my little man?" What Will you 'do When your Children Cry | for It There is hardly a houschold that hasn't heard of Castoria! At least five million homes are never without it. If there are children in your family there's almost daily need of its comfort. And any night may find you very thankful there's a bottle in the house. Just a few drops, and that colic or constipation 1s relieved; or diarrhea checked.~~ A vegetable pro- duct; a baby remedy meant for young folks. Castoria is bout the only thing you have ever heard doctors advise giving to Infants. Stronger medicines are dangerous to a tiny baby, however harmless they may be to grown-ups. Good old Castorial Remember the name, and remember to buy it. It may spare you a sleep- less, anxious night. It is always ready, always safe to use; in emer- gencles, or for everyday ailments. Any hour of the day or night that Baby becomes fretful, or restless. Castoria was never more popular to-day. Every with mothers than it is druggist has it. A British bishop 'was considerably | g upset and confined to his bed when | own work. I feel a there is nothing like them." Buy today at all . gists and dealers in Jo Bie Dr Medicine Co., Ontario. 5.40 DrWilliams PINK PILLS *'A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN 54 COUNTRIES Boy: ~"Four." > Conductor: --""Well, I'll let him ride free this time, but when he grows up he'll be either a liar or a giant." Willie was dejectedly walking home from school and his woe-begone ap- pearance attracted the attention of a kind hearted old lady. "What is troubling you, my little man?' she asked. "Dyspepsia and rheumc.tism," re- plied Willie. "Why, that's absurd," remarked the old lady. . 'How can tha. be?" "Teather kept me in after school because I couldn't spell them," was Willie's dismal answ... ---------- en rn Immigration London Daily Express: An unfor- tunate idea is begiuring to take pos- session of the Dominions. They are coming to suspect immigration from the Mother Land as an effort on our part to shift the burden of the unem- ployed to their own shoulders. It is a completely superfitial view, but they are not to be blamed for holding it. The bungling way in which successive British and Dominion Governments have handled the problems of settle- ment within the Empire is mainly an- swerable for this unhappy impression. Examine "it in the light of history, ard especially of im;erial history, and its incompleteness is laid bare at once. What great Britain offers the Dominions is much more valuable than any export of machinery, goods gold. We offer them British stock-- the same stock that has built up the greatness of the United State..s, of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It is by far the most precious gift we can make. J a Si Logan druv in yisterday in his front of it we tLought had died three years ago come March. But, then, Si ain't so much better than his outfit, and if the humane societys goin to do any chloroformin, we suggest it do the job up right, Si's seven years in ar- rears with this paper. What we dread to think of is Ein- stein in another world tryir.g to com- municate with Sir liver Lodge. old rattletrap cutter with a nag in| MATTER, sThe parents are required by law to register the birth as soon as ii occurs, and it is a sim)le matter co fill out the blank post card which is supplied free for this purpote. The child and its parents derive certain advantages from this prompt registra- tion, not the least of which is that the record is preserved and official certificate may atany time be secured for entrance to school, to prove in- heritance, age, to vcte or to marry, for life insurance or passport purposes, as well as for many other require- ments throughout life. WHY DO PEOPLE DIE? If the deaths of residents were not registered, the Dep: tnient would not be in a position to know what dis- eases were causing Ontario's people to die. But the regirtration of deaths is now very thoroughly done, and it is "of interest to note from the latest report that we lost 85,909 residents in 1926, but 20,849 of these ware due to ten causes, distributed as follows: Rate per 100,000 No. of popu- 'Disease deaths lation Heart Disease.... 65,132 163.1 Cancer... canes 3,116 99.0 Diseases of the Arterias ..,.i. 2,718 86.3 Pneumonia ...... 19d2 60.4 Tuberculosis ,..., 1,835 58.3 Influenza ..:.... «+ 1,688 50.4 Bright's Disease .. 1,56¢ 49.8 Apoplexy ........ 1,405 44.6 Broncho-pneumonis 970 30.8 Infantile Diarrhoea 615 10.5 The toll of lives which heart disease, cancer and disease of the arteries are taking yearsly, is so heavy--and, un- fortunately, increasing from year to year--that the Department feels all poceible advertising should be given tw these figures, Nothing that can lessen the ravages of these three prin- cipal causes of death shorle be left untried. - HOW TO APPLY FOR CERTIFI- CATES When a certificate is required, write to the Department of Health, Parlia- ment Buildings, Tor:nto, stating (1) Whether birth, marriage or death certificate is-desired. (2) Name of person. (8) Where birth, marriage or death occurred, and whe, Fees to accon.pany application. Schedule of fees is as follows: Search, 50c. Copy of certificate, $1.00, Birth certificates for use in connec- tion with school athletics are issued at a charge of fifty cents when ap- plied' for by school principal. For purposes of mott ers' allowances act, death gercificate of father, mar- riage certificate of father and mother and birth certificates are supplied free, when application is made through local secretary of the Mothers' Allow- ance Board. Application by a soldier (soldier's widow or children) for free certificate for pension purposes should be accom- panied by :vidence from the D.S.C.R. Unemployment and Emigration Britannia (London): A producer is also a consumer, and if we send away a producer with his family we are getting rid of perhaps four consumers, and that surely means that our home manufacturers are losing valuable customers. The Dominions and for eign countries are all increasing their producing . plants behind tariff bar riers, and making it more difficult for us to find consumers overseas. Where '| then 1s the advantage of sending away the consumers we already have? A generation ago the Colonies purchased their manufactured goods very large- ly from us, and our emigrants still re- mained customers for-our industries, but this is not the case to-day. Emi- gration may be highly necessary lo _| keep the Empire British, but whether it will relieve our unemployment is Ja subject on which I want more en- lightenment! - an _ Basil Murray in the Nation and he: 1 (London): What is want- tion similar to that of astronom ¢ little family that there are tens of thousands of such universes of stars at meas- '| urable dtstqnces, visible in their tele- scopes, oft' there Is pace, and yet there are people who turn away from sclence to astrology. : "This much is certain: There aro no reputable 'schools of healing'; there is only one sclence If any one distrusts the universities of America, he may turn to the universities of high-grade small nations like Holland, Switzerland, Japan, Finland, Den- mark, He will find everywhere only one science, that based on 'experi. ment'; but he will find no astrology, no mention even of any of the 'heal- ing' vults that flourish under the 'freedom' of Amefica." amid Ss minsmel NO MEDICINE LIKE BABY'S OWN TABLETS For Either the Newborn Babe or the Growing Child. There is no other medicine to equal Baby's Own Tablets for little ones-- whether it be for the newborn babe or the growing child the Tablets al- ways do good. They are absolutely free from oplates or other harmful drugs and the mother can always feel safe In using them. Concerning the Tavlets, Mrs. John Armour, R.R. 1, South Monaghan, Ont., says: --'"We have three fine, healthy children, to whom, when a medicine is needed, we have given only Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are the best medicine you can keep in any home where there are young children." Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the stomach and bowels; banish consti pation and Indigestion; break up colds and simple fever and make teething easy. They are sold by medicine dealers or direct by mall at 26c a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. i Dominion Status Toronto Star (Ind.): It appears to be. impossible for a certain kind of mind to entertain the idea that there can be a permanent relation between Britain an dthe Dominions far more satisfactory far more certain of en- during, than a colonial relation of sub- ordination and dependence. The statesmen of the Empire who at the last Imperial Conference evolved the British Commonwealth of Nations per- ceived clearly that great and flourish- ing Dominions must inevitably arrive at the head of their experience as colonies and that they must have a larger and freer scope of action with- in the range cof the British system. The old idea was that a colony must forever remain a colony or it must grow up and move out. The Imperial Conference devised a plan whereby the Dominions could grow up without moving out, There has been no con- ception so fine and inspiring in the history of the British people. Minard's Liniment for Grippe and Flu. i gy ann Farmers and the Tariff Victoria Times (Lib.): Why the farmers of Canada are overwhelming- ly against proposals of the high tariff perty is easily understood. The value of the agricultural industry of the country at the present time is approxi- mately $8,000,000,000 and the value of last year's production reached the large total of nearly $1,400,000,000, or more than half of the national debt of Canada. They could not have made this progress under any restrictions which would hamper their trade and ircrease their cost of prodettion. ---------- Travel writer says the Einstein theory is attracting much more popu- lar interest in America than in Eng- land. England is used to fog. MOUNT ROYAL The popularity of this hostelry is evidenced in the fact that guests in- variably return to the Mount Royal. A courteous welcome and cheery hospitality it you, awal VERNON G. CARDY Managing-Director The Largest 5 Hotel in the British to the Milky Way universe of stars, 1 r Ais good tea' RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE is extra good Train Children's Taste in Clothes Children should be trained in taste in clothes by being allowed to help in the selection of their clothing at an early age. Duripg the years one learns how to do everything else, this knowledge of good taste in clothes should also be acquired, The ability to enjoy clothes, far from being something to frown down, is distinctly an asset In later life. It 1s now possible to gratify chil dren's love of gay clothes even on a very small income, although the small income means. that ome must put more thought into buying. Lady Astor remarked that the most en- trancing thing In America was the loveliness of the children's clothes in the New York shops. Yet clothes almost, perhaps quite, as lovely may be had in the drygoods store in a re- mote town, or found on the pages of the mail-order catalogues. One of the matters over which mothers and daughters are most like- ly to disagree is the question of what is suitable or appropriate to wear. Here there is no doubt the conserva- tive must make concessions, but she can begin when her daughters are young to build up a feeling for appro. priateness, phn pied tt Minard's Liniment prevents Flu. Cy Attic has bin wearin. his ear- muffs so much this winter that now he can't hear nothin without em. Cy havin always listened in to every- body's business, it may become néces- sary fer him to wear em all summer. eee A ree Keeping up the payments till the furniture is all ours guarantees some of us the possession of antiques. sMARTs LAWN MOWERS Canaoa's Best! 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They are looking to Canada as a "big brether," There has been an increase in trade and a very marked increase in the last ten ye: rs It is most grati- fying to learn that there was an in- crease last year of $2,200,000 in the sale of manufactured goods over the figures of the preceding year. We have a right to anticipate a larger increase in the current year, and a steady growth therea'ter You see we need cruisers enough to outserap the other nations either way. DATENYS List or Wanted dnyentions ation Sent Yes w. Ottawa. Out. and Full Into on Regjuest, E NATINAY CO. Dept 273 Binet Bt, NL LLL nd wp. IO need Write today for FREE CHICK BOOK. SCHWESLER'S HATCHERY 226 Northampton Buffalo, NV Box H75. BRIDCEBURG., ONT. CAN. eee eee et se 2 Why caxperiment with unfamiliar soaps and lotions a Cuticura has brought relict and happiness for fifty years 10 millions all over the world Soap 25¢. Ointment 25¢. and 50a. Talcum 25a. The Liniment that Relieves All Ailments RR. No. 5, Barton St. East, Hamilton, Ot. -- -- MRS. FRANK LUKES 'R. No. 1;-Box 38, Lankin, N. Dakota "I had two babies which I lost at seven months. Before my third baby was born my § husband advised me to take your medicine and he bought me three bottles of it. When 1