ee eee Aa ea YP een N ‘NOTES AND COMMENTS “with great energy. There ax signs that German thinkers are beginning to entertain the idea of armament limitation an’ idea long pooh-poohed. in the fatherland as Utopiany Editors have changed ae attitude, pro- gressive statesm iss where sneers were ween sufficient, and ‘even distinguished military ex- perts are being converted. Colonel ed because there was a possibility of some evil. The coroner’s jury is Scouted as a device for setting ignorance above intelligence : “Tf the patient and his friends know. the risksof the: operation and the chance of life if no operation be ferformed; and the surgeon is willing to do it, who shall’say them or him nay? The very life blood of true progress in Gadke, the foremost military erit-|ing ic of Germany has whitten an ar- ticle on “Peace and Disarma- ment’’ which is as radical as any» thing that as ever been said by the lay advocates of peace and un- Yimited arbitration. He declares present armaments a constant, menace to peace instead of a guar- ae of it. Ho shows that last “$1,400,000,000.. were wasted oF defense by the 5 uropeah pow- ‘ers alone.’ mts that lis forth no great “yes ean hope alter to its own advantage thes se tual relations of ithe strong na- tions penditure, the rivalry i is furious and frenzied, employing of methods unknown be-~ fore; but what would be the res- surgeon to trial?’” The moral is, apparently, that you should try “s oe your experts ‘im ate Het as may be ehwoant hens and the blunde ers, On the Farm will simply mean more men for England, France and Aus- Where, then, is Yhe henefit armaments ? 8 come, concludes Col, when all the po estly consider a limitation of arm: ments and the sutivtion of ar- bitration for war all cases. “This is a most oat plahificant “utter- ance from a remarkable ‘source. Let us hope the superficial, politi- cians and the jingoes will pause to reflect and to realize that it is they who betray ignorance and stu- pidity when they repeat old thread- bare fallacies about the “imprac- ticability’’ of limitation of arma- ments, Present _military-nayal budgets spell appalling waste and Desir unite they. necessitate heay- and hea’ taxation, and for- bid social pe conaiys reforms of 1 most im! rative whole world is nitrate because it wants better conditions of living and working. Where are states go- money for pensions, reclamation, cause Waleued are meat, not neces: be radical or idealistic in order to fa- vor limitations of armaments an he snes eeping an to be sane, to see things as th are. —_— It is a familiar fact that surgery has been under fire recently, that, the profession has been charged with a dangerous craze for oper- ations, and that cases can, bé cited which give color to the complaints that are made. Muel ditions prevail they have resulted in sy which will interest the combat- ants, For a prosecuting witness there is the Socialist Review, which has opened its pages to a writer he condemns the surgeons in unme; His statistics areal d “Eyery practitioner knows,” he declares, “tl have a majority of 100 tions for appendicitis. To ughter, he suggests e re; paibetign: al hospitals whose inhabitants are savage Bbor tnd the following achemes pThe| ll the value thus added to the ma-ligines. ‘These Andamanese toa names of physiciansare to be given ;| DTe ly is il ats continually through the forests, ne in the case of surgical operation richer in oil than wheat, eats or/ ting up shelters o twigs followed by death the operating | °° So contall larger | wherever they camp. ‘They are not surgeon, whether in hospital or proportion of protein and mineral} unlike the pigmics of the Congo, private practice, is to notify the|} or linseed meal) | haying black skins and frizzly hair, ‘ed as to feave cance and inquiry will forthwith The London Lancet appears for the defense, ridicules the statistics and knocks the plan @f prevention Tt argues that though there have been ‘mistakes with the increase of operations and the adoption of new methods there aesthetics” and... that. te “deaths are regrettal thousands, who have benefited by this step iin advance. ‘e may if our spans ocedtire as this seems adyi but surely there would be no een for sacri- ~|-valttable as wheat wei le, we should |'t / think of the thousands, the tens of WHAT PLOUGHING DOES, Ploughing not only loosens up the soil but: more of itis thus exposed to the action of the sun, air an frost. Stubble, weeds, ete., are buried and so changed into humus. The water holding capacity of the soil is frend and rainfall en- rainfalls enters the soil without run- ning eff than on shallow plowed land, ot all soils, however, should be ploughed deep . Prairie and loamy soil will stand, deeper ploughing than heavy clay soils. This latter kind is frequently underlaid wit! a stiff yellow ov reddish clay that a slaneely impervious to the pp and ter. To turn this kind sub- toil up to the surface is a ite e:) and requires several years to be- come productive: Such land is much benefited the use of a subsoil plow ie once Bees ie years. uch plow should up the sub- soil but not throw it is to the sur- face. Clover and especially alfalfa makes an excellent subsoiler for such land. In ploughing. one cg seek to turn y furrow rather fo ‘cnt and si is bad policy. in ploughing. Turn the firrow slices on edge par tially, never over uét one fur- row slice lop over nicely onto an- other, leaving a sort of dividing line between them rainfall. + lly This applies more forcib- he ploughing of sod land and to fall sloughs than it does to spring-plowed land and that is to seed bed Turn aiccight furrows and plough the fields the long way in lands. Never follow the piace of plough- ing SCUEG elas, Tu ur rows in ie land level and free from any ape ip and old de furrows. Fall ploughed land should be left rough over winter to bettor|!Y> Veatch and hold the snow. FEEDING FOR FERTILIZING. Bringing back on the farm more an which has applying the pe " should exceed the ‘ market price of the a stele pur- chased for use on the far Oil cake; linseed athe ‘gluten meal, ete.» are sources from which rofit can be made by feeding such inrticles to the farm Spier and leaves six per cent. of ash, of which cent. of ash, of which aid half consists of phosphoric ‘acidl, on hundred pounds of wheat contain about eight-tenths of a pound of phosphors ack aying on bone, or far sup- wipe the materials of bone to growing stock, oil cake is ight for weight: and more than twice as valuable as h are covered food that serves to readily supply all the~require- mionts of an animal is more valuable excel in oils or » but deficient in ie essen- tial substances necessary forin* ereasing the weight of the“hody or the animak products: The Spe tions of phosphoric acid in grat vary according to the varieties ofa ficing all the good to be accomplish- ¢onditions gf the soil. Nich oe Tea You Can’t Beat Lipton’s”?’ a Blended by the World’s Greatest Experts. Packed Only in-Airtight Packages. LIPTON’S TEA | e | 28 much money as we'd like to catch and hold}. ; immediately made into a 72 y ‘0 | wife dresses ¢ |and:wear practically no: clothing. of ain canl oe STOMACH TORTURE “RUIT-A-TIVES” BROUGHT RELIEF DANIEL 'SAUNDE Shoal Lake, Man., pots 11th, 1910 “For years I was bothered with per» at gestion, having meals and I tried every- that I could get but the pain in my a ch Bequne no better, gist recommended ‘Fruit-a- sven" “Tdid not give up any foods I was in ives” has done wonders for rongly, advise all my friends 19 (Signed), Dantet NOT RICH YET; But Mr. Billtops is Still Sure They’re Going to be Some’ Day. Billtops is to “very gentle ; a still het seh gently jog me oc- casionally. “You know, we don’t havs quite o-have =not quite—but I’m cake tliing . Billtops iat we're goin have sure; that I’m going to ioe vide her with everything she wants, five ajpenses and all that, just as good as anybody; and when I say that the Suave smiles: an: ‘No, ‘a, you neyer will: think ae will and you always*mean but you never will.” Or Whes she this I don’t. bris- tle up, hut I reece up bravely : “Haven't I always made good? T always done-what Tsaid T would?’ and Mrs. Billtops always answers and always smilingly : ‘You have, ee about everything but noney. We haven't got’ rich. yet, have w I stop’ painting rosy pictures for her, telling her what she is going to have—till the| p ere. mesa am m; as eve eee T shall eam come true. ‘This morning Mrs. Billtops was overhawling an accumulation of old don she comes Bio: pom eas a was back quite some time; f twenty-tw & see it was a matter o ied me £3 was in it; a) “Why ‘ foal. ‘don't. you remember that hen, we were married you were go- ing to haye-a carriage for me soon? I was to have overything on earth YT wanted. Ezra, my dear Biren says tome, very, very gent always with less thought {»r ‘we shall never h erselt than of me, time I must get be ‘eal this busy alan Beliefs of Pigm lers in Isles Near India. nthe Bay of Bengal, on the east Andamans cular patch as big around as a tin The ery husband’s hair. Both women and men are tattooed, When ihe English cers first ome to the Andamans the natives ere onitials clad chiefly in a ae ot red. eatth. . They. worshipped od who was an evil spirit, pete ‘hey balanced on top of a very tal which at the last day will be teak. ened by an earthquake. When that Gomes. to. pass they. believe that the living ma will change places a aPIRee going up the eee tadder hen connectsit. with, heaven: hatin aT ae When boiling, a pudding -in a ‘cloth, don't forget to put a plate a at tl preyoat Ecco: sticking to the aE nreverye veut flowers, rt . them i i water, to peadicd en pineh t. sh ot charcoal should stand th Ho the year roun This will tes the meat sweet a nd r Renew the charcoal fiom time to time. The upper leather of old boots makes capital iron-holders, with a covering of setge or any. other dress material, © The ae cae all heat from the hand To: remove the fat trom Sauces, draw the sa) side of Hee stove, ‘tay can WORLD'S WHEAT SUPPLY RECORDS OF THE DEPART. MENT OF ARICULTURE, _~ bettie or , ‘Breadbasket of Empire’? Is Be« coming More and More True of Canada, The large shortages of wheat in France and in’Russia haye recently called atterition to present sources of supply of the world’s HOME CAKE! Nut Ginger Cake.—Sift three- quarters of a pound o: amet of salt, Spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of ground ginger, one teaspoonful of ground cinnamon and a little grat- wheat. ere are at presen six oe nutmeg; melt together in a great importing nations, the|saucepan one cupful of molasses, United States, the Argentine Re-|four tablespoonfuls of sugar,’ four ublic, Australia, Russia, India tablespoonfuls of butter, one-half and Canada. oO years @80}cupful of milk. Let 1 ld the United "States could be aati the sty ingredient with two well on to satisfy the demand for. all, | beaten ix well, then pour but the population of that country aster than the pro- duction and it can now ng longer be relied upon to export quantities which have fee requir- ro eled by Europe in rmer year Looking at the six Wheat export- jing natio po) view habitants and requires the majority of its wheat for bone eonsumption. ne Russian Empit popula- oer which quantities of wheat for home con- sumption, At present wheat is on- ly used by about thirty millions of these and to the rest IT.IS A LUXURY, but with the spread of good borerD. ment: throushoxt the Russian Em. a dh cenpioachine consumptio ant before the peer anduye era commenced For the moment Siberian ar duc- tion is not. reckones ith. ia rice is more of a stuple food than wheat, but the country is better’suited for the production of rice than of whew and it is hel that India will not always be among the great wheat producing : countries of she word. LT SEn gah ch around ‘six millions whichis <is persed over enormous stretches of country. In the Arg2atine the pro: spects are bright, although at tines plagues of locusts. and grasshop- ne and Ae ughts threaten to de. roy the crops. Atistralia is at! present handicapped by a lack ot incoming __ settle dtr a helting het then maliet Tleoptioh of Sihevin lone! cstvans * going to do.for her some day, |to be looked. to as, the unfailing says Bill-| purveyor of the when supply of i half-a cen- until 2 increased the world for a teas' tury to come, that. is population shall hav enormously that she also needs a'l her wheat for home consumption. | Tt is ee likely that tiis will cer abou a cee FIFTY YEARS and as which the} population is distributed is increas-| ed the area off wheat preduc ng Sariioty is sure to increase. C da’s great rivals in the future will senuibeuteal be Manchuria and the reat Siberian plains. It is worth while - look. at, ape le ficial records of. t lepartme ot agriculture at Otte: wheat and flour. inion exported about three. million dollars worth of wheat. In 1873 six million ‘dollars worth hin the last: ten years from 1900 to 1909, the wheat exports o' the country increased from seyen- teen million bushels “and twelve |! in 1900 to the total of forty-nine million bushels and forty-eight million dollars. This) SE wlieakiCa exported in 1909 over a million ree a half bar- rels of flour worth $709,900. The countries to which exports wheat are ax follows: ie i Ranedons ; Belg: 12,454,899 ale. 6,513,941 France 4,692,038 ussia’ 3,788,524 United “States 3,108,704 Franee i is at present doing all ie n to inctease the exports of-Can: adian wheat to that country. The -Branco- Canadian treaty will have an effect” in. this Sirestion which was not foreseen by thos med it. whortra WHEAT EXPORTED m0 FRANCE is paid for by the’ return of other 2 ae and it other in from Canad Frapee at. ‘pre ,|a quick d | Sif s | ful of 1874 about nine million dol- | ey f trud “Canada 2 $14,953,587 iis’ «Dinter and fon gadscaeata bake ina, moderate oven three- quarters of an how Holiday Nit Cale Heat 40-0 cream one cup of butter and two of powdered ., Whip light three ege yolks i half cup of milk. Have if just stiff enough to be handled without sticking to the hands. Ina meats, English walnuts. Sprinkle ue ed with powered sugar. dough thin, strew liberally an the! minced nuts, and jay another thin sheet of dough over the upper sheet, and cut into ae: sprinkle with sugar and plac in a pan, oven, Cepated! for cakes \flour, one-fourth cup cornstarch, Jone teaspoon cream tartar, pinch of baking powder, and salt. Sift sugar, four times, then measure. t flour four times, then Mix flour and cornstarch a ng. cream Beet qititea ohioous fold in sugar and flavoring. fold in sifted flour and cornstarch, oven forty min- jutes in any This f| makes a cake that will melt in your mouth. Measuring cup should hold | one-half pint. If you wish to pour janything boiling hot into glass s a $ on a wet cloth and it will Paes of egg can be jkent oH getting |top by greasing \and spreading over top of bowl together of a cupful of butter; add one cup- milk. Stir in lightly two and one-half eupfuls of flour, into which one spoonful of baking powder has been sifted Then stir in one- Bee eupful of melted cho- Add one-half cup of English en up coarsely, and actly three eggs, beaten separate- For the fudge frosting use one ‘d one-half tablespoonfuls of but+ ti one-half cupful of i ee ened powdered eoen ay one and oni jfourth cupfuls 0 Batoeetonete ugar, » few grains of MME and aries Oui cupful of milk. Heat to boil- ling point and boil eight minutes. Remove from firé and beat, until one-half teaspoonful then pour over cake to Hota: ae one-quarter ine! SANDWICHES: n Sandwiches.—Make bacon sands for the lunch box, Take bak scarey ne lay ity bread and one a whole phest bread, trim off the F Ya 6 ming ton stesng wan rong ty Wisinfecting sinks, close! ses, crust, spread one slice of white|that is hardly worn at all, bathe bread with justo little butter, then lout of fashion as to color and style. with eream cheese and mixed with|Here again, these single home Anely xbtpaet oliver; then butter | step in to help out. Rip it the slice of brown bread in the same | up, dye it.a fashionable shade, and way and spread with finely chopped | with new patterns make it up into can nut meats mixed with mayon- | a most stylish gown ‘hat will be the utter the+envy of your lady fr RUite: Htisglentdeneanas dae eh dyed delicate shades of any color by using these new home weak—say, al package Hcatote: dvcgahoiitet and graham | wal inch in thickness. in the center; press: firmly eee cut in small_pieces and. se: osaic Sandwiches. Out “three slices each of white bread half an dish have a cupful of chopped mut: putter ecans, Or! made into a paste, and place as teen | three slices minutes, then brown henty, nee, these slices with sandwich mixture and are ready for a va piven perce 4 i graham.|want to know how much you W ie ete Eien een Place again under light weight, re- require. For the lighter. shade ie whites, Tone one-rourth | move weight, eut in thin slices and|and for small articles such as ri Vecpe yotulsted thane: onehall ang dirauneenqnlaee Sordid Trine heating Lastly | teaspoonful vanilla, small piece but- et |Ja, Beat the whites of eggs stil he | ia “| there are holies ayes now “th | by tf is not alone to ‘‘wearing appar- el,” that these improved home dyes Nena their services, Por Heiss couch covers, table covers, shade rtains, | draperies, or in fact paaieg that ite bread with havik mixture Spread a alice oi and) any. sw of graham on it, el ae this 2A the mixture and another slice of/is made of cloth ean be made to | whit Repeat this process, look just te new. beginning with graham. Put boi evlor anything o to lighten wade than the article is ori- ginally. White or very light. col- ored oie ean be dyed any dazk- er shades or any colo Just as soon as you ate peaks Biles in a cool Bich anaae a light eigh Aliges cue-baleiuck tilok i tiskie of each pile. Spread and put ates so that a white bons, silk or cotton gloves, stock~ ings, blouses, ete., om a rule will be. sufficient. suits, coats, curtains, etc., a ie best PIE. Carmel Pie.—Line your pie pan © Pant possible to weigh your un One rich erust aud bake, Filling fore thoy ae ‘wt an st a yale to about a pound of goods, USEFUL HINTS. Scald milk and sugar together, |then add eaten yolks of the| A if swallowed in time, mixed swith the flour and | will effectually devach a fishbone in’ enough cold milk to make a smooth | the throat. paste. Soon as it thickens rene boiled a a pan which has from fire and add butter and vanil- d with water will not add | ugar and waite abd needs The best way of taking castor oil and brow _ Delicious: lis to float it on milk and before and ot ater taking it, eat a piece of le- sath i flour, ae Te Va lit tle over pie E) lderberry ee of elderberries and ut sour apples or peaches, butter of a wal mon, : If onions are placed in water ten’ ‘and add not {minutes before the peeling, they ahi a saphl of sugar, and sprinkle | will not then cause the eyes to with alittle flour over the elder- | smart. or peaches to A pinch of borax stirred into keep the juice from running. fresh milk will keep it for some time this Alling make an ordinary a and also prevent che eream going crus sour. A medical aupiprig says carrots, yaw and cooked, are invaluable as rie sitar make good red HOME DYEING. Has it éver occurred to you what a large number of things one can!, An ieebox may; not bave, Kyphol dye at hiome, and in'that way make ee eT and fea vig shopping expeditions, pensive. THe GS toe noticed on t Bar. |, Turpentine will take dried paint |pain Counters, from’ glass, turpentine and lat ridiculously low prices. The rea- | 0aP_ will remove fresh paint from \son for these low prices, was not * Simone tpt he rhea any. neath sei eacaunt oF the | Boss an] ammonia softens the materials being of poor ater for all plirponen; mse s6da shades or y to cleanse all: milk veskels, fre asd Tapedialiy infante-norsing b6e tle: but because the colors were out of styl the © materials often being of superior quality at W Then sweeping turkey, axminster low, _ thes argains could lie iy SHIGE PHled. oarpatee aredtk taken advantage of, and by dyeing ine goodurr the Soblirs’, coal be changed to the most delicate shade | of any of the fashionable colors po- pular at the time: And remember that it doesn’t make mihi slightest difference whether the goceln care we Shilohs may possibly have a dress §uqey Rs brush the way a the pile, @nd it on look fresh and bright for years. 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