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~ + ~ The ¢hildren's task is not easy, for ~~ Babylonian writing 1s very compli- cated. There are a great many of} , Importance of 'learning to read and write. The Babylonians set great | every important transaction, form the . mal eof a piece of land to the pur _@in'thelr schooldays at the age of six, | * 'school we are now visiting is for the tis a wonder how people who lack old "copy-books," which being baked brick, have been preserved through the ages. . Ei The brick tablet stands on a raised platform.. And near it the school master site~In a. comfortable chair.| He is a stout, thick-set man, with straight nose, wide nostrils, and square face, which, like his round head, is clean-shaven. Most of his pugils are of the same type, though some have hooked mnosés and look much like modern Arabs or Jews. The ancient | Babylonians: were a mixed stock, made up of a very old race, the Sumerians, mingled with Semitic blood which had come in from time to time, those wedge-shaped characters, which much alike and thus have to be] all learned by heart.....These boys and girls try hard to do their best | 4 Their parents have emphasized the store by education, Hven 'the poorest among the respect learning... These boys and girls also know that they will need education in their business when they are grown up. The Babylonians are great business . Beople. They are keen traders, and "ohase of any valuable article, must be recorded on a clay tablet--and personal seals. This applies to women as well as to men. The Babylonian Wy or girl who 'cannot read and write will not get far in the world. Therefore, Babylonian children be- and are usually eager to learn. The younger boys and girls; it is what . we should call a primary school. The room itself is done in light-colored ter; laid over: walls of sun-dried ks, with a celling of palmiree "Jrunks chinked with olay. It-is lighted Jy narrow openings high up near the gelling, to insure a good circulation of air, The noon hour arrives. Laughing and chattering, the boys and girls troop homeward, pausing to peer into the little boothlike shops where mer- chants and craftsmen ply their trades or watching the busy street traffic-- specially the heavily laden donkeys and the strings'of dignified camels.-- 'Lothrop Stoddard, in "The Story of Youth." . semen fl r-- ' "Imagination aginative faculty escape from prison house of the trivial round They must get dreadfully bored with their own dullness ,and oc- casfonally long for the glorious fa- culty for buil those _the of man retreats when the world is too much for its peace and #'A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN 54 COUNTRIES' Conservatives in Quebec. Chicoutimi Progres du Saguenay (Ind): (The Increased 'activity of the Conservatives in the province is a good thing.) We rejoice for two reasons: First, because the province needs a good .Opposition to watch over a Government. "Secondly, because it is desirable that the peo- ple, instead of having to accept one program, should be able to choose be- tween two programs which are each one the result of study and the work of & group composed of intelligent men, eager to serve their country, in fact real economists. Whether Con- servatives or Liberals are in power and aims at Increasing the bappiness of all of us. mee fein If you want a thing to Succeed, get behind it and Push; don't stand in front and Pull--Robert Hoe. Br ---- CT TIRES HOLD ALL WORLD RECORDS FOR | - fearried home, blazing h suspended over the bow of each boat to attract the , "There are, to begin with, four men in each of the seven boats before us, one of whom, at the stern, has no duty surpassing skill. Amidships is an- other fisher, of the second grade, who handles four birds only. Between them is the fourth man who, with a bamboo instrument, makes the clatter DC y for keeping the birds up to their work. = Bach cormorant wears - |at the base of its neck a metal ring, drawn tight enough to prevent mark- etable fish from passing below it, but at the same time loose enough to ad- mit the smaller prey, which serves as having attached to it at the middle of "Ithe back a short strip of stiffish haleh by which the great awk: ward bird may be conveniently low- ered into the water or lifted out when at work; andi to this whalebone is looped a thin Rein of spruce fiber, 12 feet long, and so far wanting in pliancy as to minimize the chance of entanglement. v "The master lowers his 12 birds one by one into the stream and gathers their reins 4nto his left hand; and forthwith the cormorants set to at their work in the hearties and jol Hest way, diving and ducking" with wonderful swiftness as the astonish ed fish come flocking toward the blaze of light. ~The master is now the businest of men. He must handle his 12 strings so deftly that, let the birds dash hither and' thither as they | will, there shall be no impediment. He must have his eyes everywhere and his hands following his eyes. Specially he must watch for the moment when any of his flock is forged -- a fact generally made known by the bird it- 'self; which then swims about in a fool ish helpless way, with its head and swollen neck erect. Thereupon the master, shortening in on that bird, lifts it aboard, forces ita bill open with his left hand, which still holds the rest of the reins, squeezes out the fish with his right, and etarts the creature off on a fresh foray -- all with such admirable dexterity that in another moment the whole flock is again perfectly in hand." | This account gives the reader an excellent idea of this combined sport and business. As for the cormorants. ".... they are trained when quite young, being caught with bird-lime on the coasts. Once trained, they work well up to 15, often up to 19 or 20 years of age; and though their keep in winter bears hardly on the masters, they are very precious and profitable hunters during the five-months' sea- son. For one bird will catch about 150 fish of four or five inches length in an hour, or 450 for the usual three- hour fishing trip, Every bird in a flock has and knows its numbers; and one of the funniest things about them is the quick-witted jealousy with which they invariably insist, by all that cormorant languauge and panto- mimic protest can do, on the obser- vance of thelr recognized rights. No. 1, or "Ichi," is the senior in rank. His colleagues come after him in numer ical order. Ichi is the last to be put into the water and the first to be taken out, the first to be fed, and {the last to enter the baskets in"which when work is over, the birds are J If, for instance, No. § be put Into the water before No. 6, the rumpus that arises is a sight to see and-a sound to hear." Cormorants are algo used in an- other way -- by men wading in -|streams. The cormorants are often 5s Dotgter dogs, and apparently full of ect ( To the right and : up a shining o are sorted the to one but that of managing his craft. | ~ |the bow stands the master, handling | no fewer than 12 trained birds with troughs and calmly dine. i When Asked Are You Friz Sez Yes 1 Is But! Five Districts in Province of Quebec Report Snow in Simmer Quebec--Five different places re- ported snow in the Province of Que- bee during the month of June. The Gouin Dam in the Lake St. Peter re- glon, headed the list, with a two inch fall during the 20 days of the month. Amos, in the Abitibi, had one-tenth of an Inch, while Thetford reported traces of snow. Manouane, also in the Lake St. Peter district, experi- enced one inch of snow during the month, while Metis, in the Lower St. Lawrence, a famous sumiiter resort, also had one inch. On the other hand Thetford rang: ed to the other extreme, for, in addi- tion to recording traces of snow, it also registered the hottest day of the entire month, the mercury soaring to 96 degrees on June 20. Temperatures of 90 degrees were common during the month, while so were below freez- ing marks, no less than 14 sectors re- porting temperatures between 24 and 31 degrees aboye zerd. Montreal expbrienced normal wea- ther during the month, with a maxi mum temperature of 88.5, a minimum of 38.2 and an average of 64.5, while the rainfall of 5.75 inches was 2.19 below normal. rere feet Runaway Horse Obeys Traffic Light; Many Motorists Do Not A wooden horse. played no small part in the fall of Troy. A milk wa- gon steed helped write history in Stamford, Conn. Here's the story--and the good folk of Stamford are going to stick to it. During the wee, small hours this particular horse decided to run away. The streets were wide and deserted andthe going was fine for a block or #0; during which time a lot of milk was delivered promiscuously. Then came a Stamford Intersec- tion, and as old Dobbin thundered down upon it, the green light chang- ed to red. The noble charger dug his cleats into the pavement and stopped dead in his tracks, thereby sualifying him- self as a law-abiding plug. The Na- tional Safety Council points out this little licident as an evidence of horse sense--often needed by care- less drivers. : LA vir "Jack kissed me last night." "Bet he-got painter's colic. do put it on thick." You Sr i. THE WORLD OF BOOKS What a convenient and delightful worl dis this world of books!--if you bring to it not the obligations of the and student, or look upon it as an oplate for {dleness, but enter it rather with the enthusiasm of the adventurer. It} 3 ao "HERE 18 A BURYING GROUND OF ANTAGONIS 3 Babies of the Berlin Zoo a rhino and gnu, stand side by side at the feed CHOLERA INFANTUM Cholera infantum 18 one of the fatal allments of childhood. It is a trouble that comes on suddenly, especially during the summer months and unless prompt action is taken the little one may soon be beyond ald. Baby's Own Tablets are an ideal medicine In warding off this trouble, They regulate the bowels and sweeten the stomach and thus prevent the dreaded summer com- plaints. They are an absolute safe medicine, being guaranteed to con- tain neither opiates nor narcotics or other harmful drugs. They cannot possibly do harm--they always do gocd. The Tablets are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co. Brockville, Ont. sami In the Melting Pot Vancouver Provines (Ind. Cons.): For all practical purposes, the United States has shut her front door to the emigrants of the world. An access of 160,000 newcomers every year .can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket of the 100 millions of Ameri- cans. It is different now from what it was In the first ten years of the Twentieth Century, when nine million immigrants entered the country, and it is differet from the two years be: fore the war, when about 1,200,000 im- migrants, each yeer, mainly Euro- peans, added their numbers to the population. Unless and - until the bars are let down again, the ingredi- ents of the melting pot will not differ greatly from what they are now. There is no likelihood that the bars will be let down. Racially, it seems, the United States has coms to the paint of equilibrium. But probably the dispute about national origins will remain to provide the dilemma, and the opportunity, of the politicians. le The Empire Crusade Saturday Review (Londem): Lord Beaverbrook and the supporters of his interesting Empire scheme are proceeding on the assumption that all units overseas would from senti- ment and economic motive approve of free trade within the Empire. There is ome unit which would neither feel the urge of sentiment nor admit the economit argument -- India. Now India takes from this country about £85,000,000 worth of gocds. As even Australia takes only about £60,000, 000 and Canada only about £30,000, | 000, the attitude of 'India cannot be deemed unimportant. Even now it is impossible to impose on India any fiscal system of which her few thous- and active Home Rulers disapprove; in the near future it will be impos- gible to prevent the erection of al. lofty barrier against any kinds of British goods, Seams dfirtebem A Fervent Heart O! What a glory doth this world put on for him who, with fervent heart, gces forth under the bright and glorious sky, and looks on duties well performed and days well spent: --Longfellow. The filles which bother us around the house and at 3 are of two main types--the house fly and the blow fly; the latter are larger than the house fly and have bright, metallic bodies and make consider able nolse when flying. The stable fly is generally found around cattle and borses; In appearance It resem: bles the house fly, but has oe dls- tinguishing feature--it bites and sucks blood and is especially active before storms. Control of the Fly Pest When we study the life cycle and habits of flies, we know beyond all doubt that to be effective, the work we do to destroy them must be alm- ed at the distribution point, viz, the breeding grounds. There are sev- eral methods of attack: Use of Larvicides (a) Chloride of Lime applied In lay- ers of about 34 Inch thick on the fresh exposed contents of outdoor privies every four or five days is an effective, cheap agent for destroying the larvae of the blow fly which beeds chiefly in outdoor privies. (b) Crude Coal Tar Distillate-- proves a most effective method In the control of the house fly breeding in stable manure, garbage piles, etc. A sutisfactory strength is a three or four per cent. solution; this is sprinkled on the edges of the piles wherever the larvae appear. The action is rapid and the results very marked. The blow fly (blue bottle and green blow fly) breed also In garbage, de- caying vegetable, matter and pig manure. Sprinkle crude coal tar dis: tillate (four per cent. solution) over the Infested areas. Crude coal tar distillate may be gecured from your druggist. Supplementary Methods (a) Trap--the cone-shaped type is best; it Is so built that the fly after being attracted by bait placed under neath passes through a small open- ing in the top of the cone into the trap proper. (b) Screens--wire of twenty meshes to the Inch 1s necessary to keep out house filles. . (¢) Polsoning--a cheap and effec- tive poison may be made in the bome by adding to a pint mixture of milk and water three (3) teaspoonfuls of formaldchyde. This may be poured on pleces of bread placed In shallow saucers. Place safely out of reach of young children. Kitchen garbage should be tightly wrapped in paper or kept in fly-proof cans. ee fir. Minard's Liniment for Neuralgla, Ed Sea Nocturne Lights on the sea-line go, Vibrating to and fro, Errant, mysterious, low, Seen bright, seen twinkled; But that one steadfast spark That cleaves the drooping dark, For what all fortunate barque Is It enkindled? With far flung beam {it stands, On rough and perilous lands, Warning with upraised hands The gray shipmasters; \ Why did no beacon free Flare out on life's road sea, To warn and presage me Of Love's disagters? --James Grant in the London Spectator. LUXO FOR THE HAIR Ask Your Barber---He Knows Dominion Status =~ Sydney Sun (Aus): (South : has appointed a Minister to the ; ted States. Australia is still only represented by a trade commissioner.) To the Government of the Ui : States, Canada and the South 3 can Union are nations, while we ar§ still colonies. To Canada she sen her own Ambassadcrs ,and no doub will do so now with South Africa. 1s invidl and 'inferior positi cf Australia is purely Australia's own choice, There Is absolutely no reason why she, too, should not as- sume national rank in America by sending a Minister to New York. Why it has ot been considered by the Gov. ernment is a mystery. The world is so constituted it takes men and States largely at thelr own vahatiom, and we may be sure that the faol that the Ambassadors of Canada and South Africa may claim audience with the representatives of the United States Government ,and our commis sioner connot, does not help our esth mation in the eyes of a nation which is peculiarly susceptible to face values, eth, 1 i Daily Needs ! We are to dignify to each otber the dally needs and offices of man's life, and embellish it by courage, wisdom, and unity.--~R. W. Emerson. FARM ~o STOCK! ACCOUNT BOOKS 'This valuable book was com OVERALLS FRE TheHoneyTl "You Must Do Your Bit {in the war against the fly, carrier of germs and breeder of disease. Its proven that AEROXON is one (of the most convenient and mest | efficient means of combating this {fly evil It is convenient, because of the push-pin. It ip hygienic: flies never get away when once caught. 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