Concrete Work is Easy ed the floor, digging out the | gut- For the best part of a score of and elevatin; years the best of the fertilizer made on our farm was allowed to “seep ss ned. Ovér the cement bottom we away through the cracks in | the | prad two inches of sharp gravel lank floor of the stable and was|and tamped it down. thoroughly. it so far as — i in we re. ree h concerned, writ The deee of fertilizer itself was no mea: floors had ieee be replaced every few years. thought of cement, but it was he convenie mt masons from never oceurred to us that without experience we could lay peed floors ourselves. time caine! When” our ‘plank floors had S te replaced + Lumber} i was ensapabiy higher than had been on previous asions. | Wih« With many doubts and fears we| was decided to try our hand at concrete work. The inches of concrete in the pedpcrtion of one part cement to eight parts of gravel. The method that we followed was to lay inches from the wall, The stud- ding was four inches wide. We then filled 4 in and one-half inches of seventy an immediately cement floor that we laidhas do concrete work. First we grad-! cause of lack of experience. THE HUMAN BRAIN. By Chas. M. Bice, Denver, Colo. Young Folks The word “Brain,’’ is of modern t occur in the eason is that during the centuries the Bible was being t this silent and secluded organ had any- thing to do with thought or feeling. those days it was considered Sharing. A whole stick of red and white candy for herself! $ what ti r man gave Milly for bringing a drink of cold water, 5 ummer morn- Garibaldi, who m fighting colonel of the Italian “exian which hag Garibaldian Patriotism Has Carried the Day, The old gentleman. is General Riciotti Garibaldi, the only surviving son of the great allan liberator who has been organizing the Italian legion in to is Sante for pee in ‘the heath saphcal been fighting in the. Argonne. is his wife. the right* is et "Garibaldi, their functions are congenital, that is from birth, the seats of the fac y of speech are found! only in sor “ the two Hemispnetan: if these are after middle life, the loss is irre- asa » and the unfortunate vic- n never speak again, though eee responding spot. in the other hemisphere be left i Adother etrange and 1 remarkable feature has been diseovered, viz. ing, and Milly, tucking the striped! and stence he brain, | gat th sweetness into her pocket, hung the! though they Knew not its functions, eee eh ee ees the on So a dipper again on its nail by th was. welll genital, or be of its pa ies Be aisha! she hese ans ¥. 9 rd the barn to! With ere she could enjoy tho, treat all by herself, by mee brad ata Edgar might Hah abe Aes dlgcptg hy enjoy- ment with longing. eres which would | the chief seat of the soul, while the mind was supposed to he! locat s, and all of the tender s Wied Jereiinhcastoaieet hypo- | crites, he said of them they had the mouths, ut not in came to Milly and she meant to en-| their kidneys; the . Psalmist joy it all down to the last. sugary) says ‘His ing 5 eno) in- crumb, struct him in the night seasons,’ ‘As slie opened the Ueehche gate/and again, “The tard, trieth the the hens came running. toward her.| Meer and the kidnes Greedy things! they ‘ioe always s| Bee we even ‘find in HBoglieh wanting everything! But just then erage lay the use of ‘the ex- the big rooster caught sight of some} pression “twa fellows.of' the same kidney.’ AML this sounds stran, oMPoohk! toohk! toohk!” Re called Oc 8 when the hens ran to ie had. found a stepped Rate kaa A not eat until each one are not always thought Milly, walking Hatt taake ley wly. ld Biddy was scratching in ieee in & & the} ci ire @ particular lo- shalvolity entthe conlak (or erepniate found) a worm. !/speech. This th Cluck!” she called loudly and gener-|lower and posterior eraniltoes ously divided it among her brood of! called the Third Frontal; now eager cl ‘icks. known as ‘‘Broca’s Convolution.” “They can get such things betat! This was no mere — unyeri ,” said Milly, her cheeks gr scientific theory, but the fact w: driveway which ted. Bay. barr: As’ ahie dia a Matis sad up beside her carrying a fat field ouse, “Pur-r-r! patel? abe cealte ae when her kitter ly they did not locate the generously gave the whole titbit me og aie in pepe 's territory, her little one and sat by to watch ae i inside the eyes. They were enjoyment ibly correct, rh atay that the Even the horses were sharing their| { tas does act asa unit, but is hay at the manger and the colts nib- bled, their oats together apeaed, into various facult from 8 discovery led to further same box. Milly turned and qeesiee investigations, until now the whole » the Marquis of back toward the; house. At the ga ie orb Sirtied .ot the: biain sible for she met sapbedboNE ‘conteenaiidicie to ete n our. sense “T was just, y ikige for you,” Ha dierent faculties of the mind. the people said, “Mother has given us some We now know that two other ele of India for the part they were tak- cookies ‘and we are going to, shart nts be reliant human spesch have | #2@ 1m this prada world strug- hamasvet wild Und abs Willie. cut ach “their, cistinet “ac separate | le. We'could not expect the or-| ¢ under the mulberry tree.” |brain localities—one place devapet dinary small trader or cultivator have something to share, too,”| to receiving words through the in India, whose affairs at ordinary said Milly happily, so glad that damage to which js called Reale red and white stick was unbitten and | deafness, though not deaf other- unbroken. wise ; and also a distinct place in ai t! rain for et ~ through the eye, as in gaaee to which’ causes the. haters funate victim to oe poy illiterate, shout be ay a recognize all other obiesté af sight as paeteed ais ever. It has been found that each of] 5 the five special senses has‘its ana- ES Be e als Takes Its Course “Prisoner, have you anything to yr “Only this, your honor, I'd be mighty sorry if th’ young lawyer you assigned to me was ever called upon to defend an innocent man.” ms tomical seat in particular portions Not a Ford Joke. of the brain respectively, and cen- koa! Ryan—“Th be afther! trally located are to. be found the 1s. y do es that te mie Kelly has locomothor ata: got| seats which Saner” the voluntary Of Tecra every mus¢le, ete. Mrs. Murphy—"Well, he’s Ket tie course, this is all in the money to run wan av thim if he| layer of the brain, or cortex—gray wants ter, but I'd spesthes have a matter: good horse any day. But a still more Sztounding dis- covery has been in sa While the: auétértical sea: are found in both the ‘brain, and She ig. a wise, é giel = 10 smiles at @ comp!iment— to forget it. f the senses ediephares assigned to the the . Par ve firs os 8 definitely lo-| ;, outer | devise was the oe that related to the most used is demonstrates that lly fo: the hand dexterity, -_— or vat begins aed enou gh in life to u: it for It jouaee ‘that es education be- functions of seneation and motion, which are congenn Our ability to know re- cognize what Sas aior" a ear mean, at our senses report, is nob eeuen but is acquired by us, in the same way as speech is acquire It has been discovered that i in the visual space, or area, i which if damaged, renders piace son unable to if a certain epot be injured in.the brain corresponding to hearing: Person 4s inable-to distinguish between 1 @ gun an the bark of a dog. He hears a noise only, aud 46 Min Hey ae all al BRITAIN’S DENT 80 TO INDIA. times depended in their vicissitudes upon fe, caprices of season or mar- ket, to regard with complete indif- fe erence ever result which might be ught mally flesbaett site seodeniec aes pe ntic convulsion... Tt: was, therefore, ‘the overnment’s most serious duty rsued of no} imposing any fresh taxation u 1 India. It was rae dient in’ the .cireumstances of I an; stem of tein “filed ne revenue by taxation which did not was not merely assisting the devel- Horses High Priced and Searce in Britain The statement that draught, very rapidly, mid a horse of horses “will be a scarce commodity | voany. Rake a easily in the British Isle: n the war | at a high. pri Buyers is over is no rash seer but is = pein less Hontchira tide than find based on stern fac! fol-| they Jowing extract, from’ “The Farm/ cannot obtain a sufficiency of I 7 a Pp nt} horses, cep: ‘answer should take a very Paes really pander where these horses jal form. Let the season 1915| come fror Trade has mn sO see a record established, not in the} brisk, mo sere eee it suggests} to of mares, but in some little ‘on the part breeding of good ae mares. | the a lers, ree tempts them t Tet Canada stand ready to supply | market stocl Kk inet otherwise they - eceat ot the Motherland—at a mn hold up. It is doubtful if we | the limit of mar- "Poliowing is the extract: + values, but it is fairly sate fas ae the draught horse | say that ses were nevi ‘ eee prices have advanced e: in our ay, wae to think that’ she sang itifw “Now with the warm weather here and all the windows open it’s dif- ? = In Authority, “Your boy said that when he got to town as going, some of Of those ‘city fol :s where they got ea 7 qreplied Farmer Corn; tossel, Chats as He’ ctor on a street on When a eae it is ie gideroas it} ing it the very poor classes. His Lord-| 4 cig) ae benton he ee with a wo- THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE 20. Lesson XII.—A Prayer for the Tempted (Temperance Lesson). Psa. 141. Psa. 141.9. rT. I. The Cry to God (Verses 1-4). Verse 1. I have called upon thee aoe is a frequent introduction to psalm of complaint and desire for aan ong As ‘ineense before thee . . the evening sacrifice—These are ex- pressions from the priestly ritual. The pe age pana what won |S ted his prayer and oS and evening (see Exod. morning and evening (Exod. 29. SF S auealionian: And it was to,be a tribute of honor and praise. As over Piaak oti inetd ta pans caosae” os with sweet perfume,'so the God eayen was to be adored in the pis of pleasant odors. . Set a watch—However much one might determine to bridle (or muzzle, Psa. 39. 1) the mouth, there was still danger of sinning with the tongue. Only as God is the keeper, and sets a sentry to guard the lips, is the mouth of a ma 1 Seine not my heart — So afraid is the psalmist of becoming affected with the disease of another’s iniquity that it seems as though*he ‘thought God might un- consciotsly incline him i deeds. | positive declaration that he will nate him, Il. Chastening by the Righteous Verses the saieie smite me— rather be in wicked, though they pet and cajole him. There is the further thought that honest criticism of a just and purt man is a blessing to be covet- ed, a kindness and 6 i upon the head. (See Psa, 23. Even in their idkedzese “The psalmist unconsciously turns from the thought tt of the righteous smit- im to the buffeting of wicked. This idea was so dominant in his mind that he does not speak specifically of the ‘ ld do anything: would be essen- tially wicked. e does not mean that the righteous “could be wicked ; * does not refer | 0 to “the righteous’ mentioned in to the first part of the verse; it refers who would take a share, 1 or 2 = small, in a Government rupee loan | the “‘wicked””. whom he syne: es, in contradistinction to * righteous, would attempt to ees him cease praying. 6. Their judges are thrown down —This verse is fact rates Head Bene of British cre-| of Absalom’s revolt, who are sup- dit stood s invits effect; ed to h rown, down t on the prosecution of the war to| rocks by the people whom they the continual supply of men and| misled. These latter, after having munitions. e the investor | been deceived b' the fake “leaders, in India who would come to. the! hea Da vid’s words as*‘‘sweet Boe in this way was doing a pub-| morsels.’ lie g¢rvice. 7. Our bones are scattered—See Pz Bilt a See Psa. 53.'5. Similar expressions in Different the Psalter are used of the enemy, or of those who put themselves out of harmony with he: “our bones” evidently has refer- mes swift and sure that they themselyes ery ‘out, ‘‘Our ae are ale tered,’? etc. They the clods sptich a Paks leaves be- hind him in the furrow. Iti. The Eyes Fixed on Jehovah (Verses. 8-10). 8-10. Verses five to seven are not g Lom S| it ae the hour of death.” The lw Incense was ‘burnt Sven peas and sacrifice is made inoth i in the|! ding to Oriental custom, was scent-| dib evil | i His prayer, however, is a| cohol, not let the sin of another contami-| | it! emerged into sunlight “and flows ssmoothly.’* In thee take refuge—The honest soul takes ‘refuge in the Al- mighty; it is confident that harm will remain far off. e snares and gins which 0: sets for another are always sure ‘o iti t cause one’s own undoing. Psalms are full of such expressions showing that the writers had dis. corned a néver-failiig Taw of hic man life Te eo a What Death eee Superstitions people, even in this Bape eg age, regard the tick- ing sow a certain kind. o beetle with terror, believing that ie! to the und made by this small insect as t burrows in’ wood. phn, bee aa question is an in enus anobium, re body of this insect is firm, not more than one- fourth of an inch long, its head is I es Ses thorax arched, its sounds = generally in tae night, but proba this idea has arisen from the fact that it| an is only in the silence of the night that the sliglit s0nhd beoomaseant wines who has watchedthrough the night -hours by the bed of one who is dangerously ill can. readily understand hor within the woodwork and intermediate legs, and, stags ehh, upen the median legs, strik head against its pupport by a oreeet rocking ‘The deathwatch beetle has the in- ariable habit of when seized or distur the insect remains perfectly immovable, and will allow itself to ping the finger nail” upon the sa —so much so that the insect m led) to reeommence his Ps Oe loing thi SABES Oe Woman's Voice Is Never Heard. On Mount Athos, called the Holy Mountain by Greeks and Slavs, here exists a HS of 6,000 or 7,000 souls, and every one of the cnbabitacbes isa man. Not one wo- man has ever Poort there, and, even stranger still, not a female animal of any kind is permitted within its boundaries. It is a republic of males. For hundreds of years soldiers have guarded the gates that no wo- man might steal through pu aie fane the cloistered hol which the good: monks or lom- pu Suenty monasteries, a doz- en village lonely-dwettings public governs itself af of the Greek church as a true th cy. Karyas, reached by ‘alonica, is the capital. picturesque village on the boat from s easter slope .of the holy mountain, Ov hangi are studded wi henmitades, and honeycombed wit lonely, The council cham is a. ne end of the single ae synod. the monks even tea Seleaptes, who. pr wet four years. He, ‘y its uk 0) a rules the eitiy renabhie vd injeters its fore: Located ii 3 the I heart of the tern tory so recently wrested by Gre na relations ip] = terwoven wth tine Balkan Bayes and Bulga: and Serbit haye Ree gh each other for nom- inal possession. Yet through all: the strife of war routine of prayers and service, and is ge es face racy still pe: i, resque a romantic relic of ae ‘nidalle ages. Se Easily Achieved. Mr. Jack: aon Ue git fps, tell me, Chloe, | dat careful S fo Ee hay “sen twenty- four hours a day i Jac cso _ttuht i for ‘the opening Na ew-edllaeryll iy ptudlenite who n FROM BONE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Dumbarton’s roll of honor now. inclades over 1,000 names. The Wishaw bakers have raised the price of bread half a cent on the two-pound loaf. There are now upwards of 60 Bel- gian refugees in the Dunblane district. A destructive fire occurred in the cabinet and chair facto: a pe may Dunlop, Bunswynd, pe dg flag day, in ay of the olds and Sailons’ Families As- 3 Fae realized the sum’ of 105, ‘Considerable Sues, has done in the w ‘alley ie flooding, where the see is control: led by: teh a banl Major J, Bell fell, dead on race course a a parade of the Ayrshire. Yeomanry, of which he was eolh in comman While three men were OTE on the Forth Bridge, one name Cairns slipped and was fatally ng jured. The Siher two were serious- ie injured aken aboard the Cross vessel ing a letter of thanks to Lord hery for his gilt of two figures of the old town guard for the Corpor- ation Museu N ters of the Scottish Women Barbi, ath of Nurse Louisa Jaldan of Casow, from fever. The Duke of sie ang has placed a part of Drumlanrig. Castle, his Seat mete itoralal raat! shire, ab the disposal of the War ° Office as a hospital for wounded sol- diers. Wilsons and Clyde have commence Coal Com- operations Lay seams will produce an Psoclientuasiyn The militar; av been im cot the provost. of the amount of accommodation 2 eilatia of the rail ‘ the most. serious fires in bane for\ years recently, broke no ee n appeal to the women of tl highlands ri ers west, of Scot! ee) use their influence in. te: ae recruits for the army is $4 writing from at Gla jasgow Bex e been feriously de ple ave given their rvices to the army navy. The decrease in the ae of stu- dents attending is places The epecial ¢ Corporation on the es ie ol loves have agreed to that a war bony oe ee to 12,969 employes, the hich will be at the rate of $334,580, per annum. Pee Be 8 “Have not’? is poor indeed, and meanly clad Ext pooner till 3 is: plaintive ‘If T had” What Is Going On in the Highlands | | f given accommodation | %, Re see Edinburgh Town Council is send- | 4 Rose- ad Seach tee freadquar- coh out of the Harbor Trustees pees, on the eastern wharf ki damage. amounting: to. $160,000 of. A eee po we Mr. Douglas ste mpbelll of en front. se’ mittee of Glaagow Jottings of Styles. “The circular skirt, which. persist- sags lops, overlappin, h Saver ike appi ig each other, joints may be faced with another volor, hether or not the is ae rankiey” that is more: Rumors continue to the effect pn the return of the princess gown. is evitable this coming winter. In fact inly it is being made up tl style shops of Paris where model: for fall wear are well under way. convert a skirt into a mere ill yet it is said that we are coming to bbreviated raiment. |. Some San ‘women Cc into the of the frock and are al- together Sit and awkward. void as you would avoid trouble me the putty she les, the tan ai ey: or early 5] ret oer Sau. is an mekcattune color 0: and a gabardine of this ANB trim- med with a~ stron; blue ee | a a ava popular materials and styles as in town for the billeting of} things to be feared. A touch of ‘con- YOO! servatism is reat help toward Tho bridge across fi aT. at! “safety. first” in shopping. Make the sien ceoires Dunb. ‘$ NOW| haste slowly in your selections, r| been completed: a have wedding the brides- been putting up on the) maids wore gowns of blue taffeta, with silver lace about the pee of the skirts and pa thal the decorative scheme was hand- eted| Light blue Lay, and gold slippers’ completed these picturesque outfits, Adjustable collars for is decidedly handy for cleani na efurbishing. The hi coat collar it rubs against the face an th- ers powder often ruins the entire gar- Met, Unless one hax detachable cok ors of. dette should be wor ” Battle cruisers are Dreadnoughts: in which a part of the armament. has been cempenieg with for the sake of /high speed, New Paths to tofore.”—Joshua, iii. Nothing story of the Exodus aay the trouble | which the leaders of tl tered in persuading sie followers to) continue ‘their mare Jani e perilous Moses was reminded of the turn thereto. Whenever a chance proved attractive Moses was urged to ress on no farther, this halting place as the new nd.even when tl was in sight across the Jordan there were those who were afraid to ad- vance because they had “not passed; this way heretofore.” It is doubtful_if there is any. more | serious obstacle to progress than the innat> reluctance to tread patente ar paths © which lustrated, | Creatures of hab't_ by the very con- porn of our physical oy Set m, ‘eel at ease only when following: si be: multitudes that have preceded us. ~ Adventurous Souls there are wh leome new ideas | and find the fact t that they have aa passed this way heretofore” the ‘bes' of reasons for passing this way now. Such men are the explorers, discover- ers, inventors, reformers of their time. Most of us regard age as sure erence of sanctity, familiarity as nm of truth and prece- anton Jdentical with righteousness. ers: lieved a certain e. sufficient reason for our pelloving it! That a certain thing has been done from time immemorial is proof wa Fd that it must con- tii a That a certain tinue to be done path has been the fo: feet rs. Dat _ would jest be addin’ a couple ob hour: day to yo’ regular occupation! a| tions o! that “Ye have not are this way here-|,travel too!” is more impréssive in the |sw host encoun- | A security of Egypt and bescught to re- | Basi gmaent like that at Mount Sinai weve 1. sree abst Tscapt stand stock still or else to move abode. |Vicious circle which leads nowhere. promised land It is t he there are new lands yet to be discor- Newer Worlds Most of us Cling to Traditions, Worship Dogma, and are Content to Live in Conformity to Custom: Such is. the . natural conservatism of the mind, ag its A sult of ever-recurring — periods stagnation and cdg sont whi n umanity is saved, sorely against will, only by the patient valor |some Moses or Joshua! new is necessarily the true by no means follows from this dnd: szperfence of, the race, “Bute does. follow therefrom that progress in the nature of things must be by haga Hoe passed hereto- these ways is to ina fore. {keep within narrow bor {ere to’ get ahead it must be ne through a wilderness of [she unknown, which rings us round. nd ‘that we a 80 ‘et ahead if we are to escape Death Is a aie a Life. | Space is: endless, time eternal, “infinite he» universe. horizons, the mind no boul the de- sires of may isfa God Prov: ered and explored and new paths, |therefore, to be blazed. All-of which jmeans that we must have ears that are open to new. proclamations of truth, eyes that rest gladly on new t {relations of the spirit, feet that se swiftly new paths to loftier heights. Not _ age, 88, jong service, nor great achievement can abs elven from task, imposed ane) ay, of leaving behind ta- antinee: Fate and pressing on b; ways “not passed heretofore” to the Promised Li Go ie ery. of Ulysses to his shipmates must — ever ours:— « ae aut too Jate to seek a newer m