coer ERR SE wre Reducing Expenses The war has so increased the cost of living, the housewife must make her money go further. By using Red Rose Tea, Strong, rich Assam teas, down. The rich Assam strength requires less tea in the pot--and there's only one tea with the rich Red Rose flavor! Kept Good by the | Sealed Package she can keep her tea bills which chiefly consists of a PERILOUS DUTIES OF WINGED NAVY TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ENEMY LINES, ' Men Find They Have Other Things to do Than Use a Camera and Dodge'the Archies, Recently the Royal Navy Air Ser- vice undertook a photographie recon- naissance of the entire Belgian coast from Nieuport to the Dutch frontier. The work in progress at Ostend and Zeebrugge, the activities of submar- ines and destroyers inside the basins, locks, quays and gun emplacements and the results of bombs dropped thereon the night before were all faithfully recorded by these aerial cameras. The negatives were deyelop- ed and printed, the resultant birdseye pictures enlarged, studied through stereoscopic lenses and finally given to the monitors "for information and guidance." Since it is not given to every one to recognize the entrance to a dugout or a group of searchlights as | they appear from a height of 20,000 | feet, the photographs were embellish- | ed with explanatory notes for the benefit of any one unaccustomed to such unfamiliar aspects of creation. j The Germans say they are a modest people. They were as busy as beavers, | and they resented these importunate photographers with all the fervor that springs fiom true modesty. Their anti-aircraft guns plastered the in- truders with bursting shrapnel, and! from every coast aerodrome Boche' machines rose like a cloud of angry hornets to give battle. Yet day after day fresh plates find their way to the developing trays, and a comparison between the official reports of the flight, couched in a laconie terseness , of phrase that is good to read, and the' amazing results obtained gives per- haps the truest measure of the work' performed by these very gallant gentlemen. Every Detail Photographed Not u spadeful of earth can be turn-. ed over or a trowel of cement added to a bastion along the coast but a note appears a day or two later upon the; long chart which adorns the record office of this particular squadron. A crumpled escorting machine may have come down out of the clouds, eddying like a withered leaf, to crash some-' where behind the German lines; there may be somewhere near the shore a broken boy in goggles and leathcr ly- | ing amid the wreckage of his last, flight. Such is the price paid for aj few more dots added in red ink to a couple of feet of chart. The work of these photographic re-, corders, pilot and observer alike, dif- | fers from all other forms of war fly- ing. Their sole duty is to take photo- i { graphs, not haphazard but of a given | This necessitates steering a perfectly steady course, regardless of all distraction, such as bursting "Archies" and angry Albatross fight- ers. They leave the fighting to their escorts and their fate to Providence. The observer, peering earthward through his view finder, steers the pilot by means of reins until he sights the line on which the desired series of photographs are to be taken; once over this the pilot flies the machine on an undeviating course, and the obser- ver proceeds to objective. and return home they turn around On with what remains of the escort. oeeasions the escort have vanished, ; aither earthward or in savage pursuit of resentful though faint hearted Boches; this is when the homing ohotographers' moments are apt to pecome crowded with incident. Adventure 12,000 Feet Above Earth One such adventure deserves to be bd XxX you never ~ tasted Grape Nuts FOOD you have missed one of the good things | eA take photographs. | When all the plates have been exposed by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 | recorded. It happened about 12,000 feet above Mother Earth. The official reports, typed <n triplicate, covered some dozen lines; the actual events, an equal number of minutes; but the story should live through eternity. "While exposing six plates," says the official report of this youthful re- cording angel, "observed five H. Avs cruising." H. A. stands for hostile aeroplane. "Not having seen escort since turning inland, pilot prepared to return. Enemy separated, one tak- ing up position above tail and one ahead. The other three glided toward us on port side" (observe the navy speaking) "firing as they came. "The two diving machines fired over one hundred rounds, hitting pilot in shoulder." As a matter of sober fact, the bullet entered his shoulder from above and behind, breaking his left collarbone, and emerged just above his heart, tearing a jagged rent down his breast, Both his feet, furthermore, were pierced by bullets, but the observer was not concerned with petty detail. "Observer held fire until H. A., div- ing on tail, was within five yards." Here it might be mentioned that the machines were hurtling through space at a speed in'the region of one hundred miles an hour. The pilot of the H. A. having swooped to within speaking distance, pushed up his gog- gles and laughed triumphantly as he took his sight for the shot that was to end the fight. But the observer had his own idea of how the fight should end. "Then shot one tray into pilot's face," he says with curt relish, "and watched him stall, sideslip and go spin- ning earthward in a trail of smoke." Wounded Pilot Lands Machine He then turned his attention to his own pilot. The British machine was barely under control, hut as the ob- serer rose in his seat to investigate the foremost gun fired and the aggres- sor ahead wént out of control and div- ed, nose first, in helpless spirals. Suspecting that his mate was badly wounded in spite of this achievement, the observer swung one leg over the side of the fusilage and climbed onto the wing--figure for a minute the air | pressure on his body during this | gymnastic feat--until he was beside! the pilot. Faint and drenched with blood, he had, nevertheless, got his machine back into complete control. "Get back, you ass!" he said through white lips in response to in- quiries as to how he felt. The ass got back the way he came and looked around for the remainder of the H. A.'s. These, however, appeared to have lost stomach for further fight- ing and fled. The riddled machine returned home at 100 knots, while the observer, hay- ing nothing better to do, continued to take photographs. "The pilot, though wounded, made a perfect land- ing." Thus the report concludes. BABY'S OWN TABLETS ALWAYS IN THE HOME Mrs. Eugene Vaillancourt, St. Ma- thieu, Que., writes: "My baby suffered greatly from constipation so I began using Baby's Own Tablets. I was sur- prised with the prompt relief they gave him and now I always keep them in ; the house." Once a mother has used | Baby's Own Tablets for her little ones She always keeps a supply on hand for the first trial convinces her there is ; nothing to equal them in keeping her little ones well. The Tablets are sold | , cents a box from The Dr. Williams' ' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. | RSE eso cance Se nae FERTILIZER VALUE OF ASHES Though Wood Ashes Are Valuable, | Coal Residue is Not Worth | Preserving. During the past two years the price of all fertilizer materials, and particu- larly those containing potash, has ad- vanced greatly and farmers should take every precaution to conserve the supplies produced on the farm. Wood ashes have a hig') value on account of the potash they contain. Ashes from hardwood contain, when dry, from five to seven per cent. of potash and are worth from $25 to $35 | quire $25 to $35 to purchase as much potash' in the form of commercial fer- | tilizers as is contained in one ton of | average bardwood ashes. Soft wood ashes usually contain less than five per cent. 'of potash, but enough to make it profitable to care- | fully preserve them. | As the potash' in ashes is readily | soluble in water the ashes should be stored under cover until used. Besides potash, ashes contain one and one-half to two-per cent. of phosphoric acid and fifty to sixty per cent. of lime. Leached ashes seldom contain more than one per cent. of potash and if used at all they should be considered as a source of lime rather that potash, and be purchased on that basis. Ashes from corn cobs contain more than thirty per cent. of potash and where any quantity of cobs can be ob- 'tained they should be burned-and the ashes utilized as a source of potash. ' Goal ashes contain only traces of potash and they possess very little if any value from the fertilizer stand- 1 ' { { . > intife -- * ix per ton, or in-other words, it would re- | The Newest Models | Especially smart for early fall is this black satin gown with its high collar, long tight sleeves and _ hip drapery. McCall Pattern No. 7971, Ladies' Waist, cut in 4 sizes; 34 to 40 bust, and No. 7947, Ladies' Two-Piece Skirt in 5 sizes; 22 to 30 waist. Price, 20 cents each. © MocaLs For the small boy this design is very smart and attractive. The coat of the little suit is most unusual and the trousers are knee length. McCall Pattern No. 7924, Boy's Eton Suit. In 3 sizes;-2-to 6 years. Price, 15 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. -- --fo- LOSSES FROM SMUT. Formalin Treatment is Cheap and Very Effective. Some fields of oats recently exam- ined in Dundas county by the Com- mission of Conservation were found to | be badly smutted. On one man's farm diligent search was made and not one smutted head was found. He has thoroughly treated his seed oats for the last three years. On another farm where untreated oats were sown, smut was very prevalent. This farm- er estimated that he had from 5 to 10) per cent. of loss from smut, but actual | and careful count of certain areas de- monstrated that 37 per cent. of his grain crop was lost from smut. This ;May seem startling, but the loss from this cause is generally greater than it seems. The straw which bears smut- ted heads is stunted and they are low down in the crop and not easily seen, so that there is a loss both in grain and in straw. The formalin treatment is cheap, aay "OQne Whole Wheat Meal a Day'"'--that's the | slogan for those who want to conserve food and also con- serve strength and health. 'But be sure it is the whole wheat prepared in a diges- tible form. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is 100 per cent. whole wheat--nothing wasted, nothing thrown away. Fifteen years, ago Shredded Wheat was eaten only as a breakfast cereal; now it is eaten for any meal as a substitute for meat, eggs, or potatoes. Two or three biscuits with milk or cream and some fresh fruits, make a nourishing, satisfying meal at a cost of only a few cents. Made in Canada. MANURE AS FERTILIZER. The Quicker it is Put on the Land the Better. Perhaps one of the most remark- able results obtained in our experi- ments with fertilizers has been the discovery that, as far as ordinary farm crops are concerned, fresh and rotted manure, applied at the same rate, have given practically equal yields. The explanation for this is not easy to find, since rotted manure, weight for weight, is very consider- ably richer in plant food than fresh manure. It probably lies in the bet- ter inoculation of the soil with desir- able micro-organisms for the conver- sion of soil plant food into assimilable forms by the fresh manure and the greater warmth set up by its fcrment- ation in the soil affecting beneficially the crop in its early stages. But,*be this as it may, we have the practical deduction that there is no concomitant gain from the use of rotted manure, in the ordinary farm rotation, for the labor involved in rotting it and the large losses in organic matter and plant food that inevitably accompany the operation. The quicker the farm- er can get the manure into the land or onto the land the better, for it is never worth more than when first produced. The manurial value of clover need not be dwelt upon at any length. Our work in this connection is fairly well known throughout the Dominion. It has been of an exhaustive nature and has yielded most satisfactory results; indeed, it would be difficult to overesti- mate its value to Canadian agricul- ture. Chemically, physically and bio- logically, the growth and turning un- der of clover improves the soil, and we have been enabled to demonstrate over and over again that a crop of clover in the rotation has a manurial effect equal to an application of farm manure of ten to fifteen tons per acre. ee HOUSEFLY AGAIN INDICTED Drying and Canniry Season Is Time of Special Danger. The menace of the housefly is at present greatly increased, because of home drying, preserving and canning of fruits and vegetables. The housefly has long been con- demned as a spreader of disease, be- ing incriminated both by circumstan- tial and by experimental evidence. The structure of its feet and mouth parts--in particular the presence of small hairy pads on the feet which are } coverec with a sticky fluid, enabling | the fly to walk upon walls and ceiling | ---makes it possible for any sort of filth to cling to the fly. It is high time that universal efforts were made to eliminate houseflys by permanent methods, such as control- ling their breeding places. For the present season it is imperative that emergency measures be adopted for protection. Efficient screening is the best emergency protection. Special attention ought to be given to excluding flies from contact with dried fruits and fruits in the process of drying, in particular such fruits as are likely to be eaten without being thoroughly cooked. This may be done easily applied and entirely effective, if properly done. This year, in thou- | sands of fields, the losses from smut} | will actually exceed the amount of seed sown. The cost of treating the seed | amounts to only a few cents a bushel | and no one can afford to lose even two) or three bushels per acre when the |cost of treatment is so small. GURING SKIN TROUBLES So many people, both men and wo- men, suffer from skin troubles, such as eczema, blotches, pimples and irrita- tion that a word of advice is neces- sary. It is a great mistake for such sufferers and those with bad complex- fons to smear themselves with greasy ; ointments. Often they could not do | j anything worse, for the grease clogs | the pores of the troubled skin and their ;Condition actually becomes worse, When there are pimples or erup- 'tions, or an irritating or itching rash, _a soothing boracie solution may help | to allay the irritation, but of course |that does not cure the trouble. Skin |complaints come from an impure con- | dition of the blood and will persist un- til the blood is thoroughly purified, | It is well known that: Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have effected the best re- sults in many forms of skin disorders and blemishes. This is due to the fact that these pills make new, rich blood, and that this new blood attacks the impurities that give rise to skin troubles and disperses them; go that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure skin dis- orders from within the system--th only sure way. ; It should be added that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have a beneficial effect up- on the general health. They increase the appetite and energy and cure dis- eases that arise from impure blood. You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brock-. | | point. -- ville, Ont. lab be a limited one, as the United |ed the teacher., '| Minard's Liniment for by building a wooden framework about the trays and stretching over the top of this metal or cloth screen- ing, in such a way that the screen will be a few inches above the fruit. Formalin solutions and traps (the conical trap is effective) should be used outside the house to reduce the number of flies near by. If flies enter the house, the "swatter"' should be used immediately, or fly poisons may be employed (an effective fly poison is one part commercial formalin di- luted with nineteen parts of water placed in saucers with a teaspoonful of syrup. i o a Even if there were no embargo on apple shipments to Great Britain this season the market there would prob- Kingdom itself is promised an un- usually heavy fruit crop., Minard's Giniment Relieves Neuralgia. Whose Baby? A schoolmszter had just finished an instructive lesson on food, when little Basil raised his hand. ] | ----s-FIRE-PROOF SHI a Cae ee lare likely to succeed. WHY PEPSIN, PANCREATIN, ETC., flamed healthy natural condition. venience of travellers it may that most druggists are now able to sup- | lets, i stantly relieve the most violent attacks | of indigestion. paper: it absorbs the juice. Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. NGLES? -- Discovery of a Satisfactory Method of | 7. Treatment is Present-Day Need. _ A field for investigation of tremen- dous importance to the industries af- fected lies in an attempt to discover a satisfactory treatment for wood sureably fire-retardent. No process can ever make wood "fire-proof," for no class of material will resist fire un- der all conditions. Innumerable ex- periments have been made to demon- strate the efficacy of various com- pounds, but conclusions of practical value have never been reached. While tests have proved certain treatments to be suitable for one particular con- dition, such as retarding fire, the substances used have failed to em- body equally valuable qualities of per- manence and weather resistance. A good shingle fire-retardent must also have endurance, insolubility, attrac- tiveness and cheapness. ; With the discovery of a satisfactory method of treatment, there does not appear to be any sufficient reason why shingles should not become a most de- sirable roof covering for dwellings and other buildings outside congested areas. They have adaptability and beauty superior to most roofings, and entail the least first cost. Since the temporary nature of many of our buildings, the migratory tendencies of our psople and the rapid development of our cities and towns are factors making the use of wooden congtruc- tion advisable, to attempt to legislate the shingle or the frame dwelling out of existence is both uneconomical and impracticable in Canada at the pre- sent time. iM *e FARMS FOR OUR SOLDIERS Lt.-Col. George McLaren Brown, the European manager of the CP.R, writes to the "Tariff Reformer and Empire Monthly," in England, urging a comprehensive scheme by which the returned soldiers could be placed on the land in so far as they desired it-- a scheme by which lands closed to the public would be fully opened up--not a few parcels of land, such as were noticed in the press, and which would not give a square foot to all who might seek this means of settlement, but a plan by which large numbers could be accommodated on the lands in the Mother Country. Mr. Brown refers to the plan of the C.P.R., which offers improved. farms, in selected col- onies, with distinctive military names, | improved by the company; and as- sisted colonization farms of 820 acres each, selected by the intending settler, and then improved by him with as- sistance from the company. Hasy terms of payment are offered, carried over twenty years; .but the point that Mr. Brown insists on is that it is not people out of the workhouse that Can- ada wants, because such are not de- | Sired-in the Dominion, but people who He urges that the whole question of reconstruction be tackled with vigor on the other side. A Bit Ancient Now! She was an admirable person and never lost an opportunity of pointing a moral to her small nephews and nieces. She took them to the museum for a treat. "This," said the guide, "is Nelson's waistcoat, worn at the battle of Tra- falgar, and this is the hole where the fatal bullet went through." "There, children," said their aunt. 'You remember what I said about a stitch in time saving nine. If that hole had been mended the, bullet wouldn't have gone through." Then she capped it by adding. "And Nelson might have been living yet." THE BEST THING FOR DYSPEPSIA SO FREQUENTLY FAIL. An international specialist whose arti- cles on stomach trouble have been print- | ed in nearly every language, by doctoring the stomach, Killing | He claims, and facts his claim, that nearly all stomach trouble is and food fermentation; of the | acid and | is to get rid | i.e, to neutralize the | { 1e strongly recommends the plan now generally adopted throughout Europe of | t ated magnesia in @ little water immedi- aking a teaspoonful of ordinary bisur- | {ately after eating or whenever pain is} |felt. This immediately neutralizes the lacid, stops the fermentation and permits |the stomach to do Its work in a normal i manner and thus by removing the cause, |enables nature to quickly restore the in- stomach lining to a perfectly | For the con- be noted | nly bisurated magnesia in 5 grain tab- 2 or 8 of which' will almost in- a ---------_le---. Never allow fresh meat to remain in, | | | Efforts are being made by the gov- ~~ ernment to double the output of honey | mainly through a campaign of educa-'s tion direeted at the bee owners. than 125,000 circulars have been issued to them, as well asa! of instruction ; arge number of individual letters. » "Well, Basil, wHat is it?" question- "Please, sir, Billy Jenkins said he knew a baby that was brought up on elephant's milk, and it gained ten pounds in weight every day. ' "Billy ought not to tell such rub- bish," replied the master. Then: "Tell me, Billy, whose baby was brought up on_elephant's milk?" "The-elephant's baby, sir!" hesitat- ingly replied the boy. : Germany expects every Hessian fly and bug in every wheat-field in North America to be true to the Fatherland}. If 'the end of the war.finds the|. Canadian people a bit less extravagant that will be no small gain. -- sale everywhore. y! ~ 1UUSE No, 89--'17.. shingles that will render them mea-| ,lieves soreness, LIFT YOUR coRNS 9) PP eae OFF WITH FINGERS 4 | towr _. ¢ | applicatt pany, 78 A 7 se [| | ovEeLY PERSIAN LAMB, MINK Eee : : es L° d other furs by mail. Wholes LO ee Recerca eect eee ° | prices. Send for illustrated catnlgg Let folks step on your feet hereat-| patesine. McComber's Timited wang ter; wear shoes a Size smaller if you | ---- like, for corns will never again send | MISCELLANEO' RS, L electric sparks of pain through you, = ------ according: to this Cincinnati authority. internal Sant aeieraat cere et He says that a few drops of a drug ont aes # Mise Scliman Medical. = called freezone, applied directly upon | Co., Limited, Collingwood, Ont. a tender, aching corn, instantly re- > ; - HIGHEST PRICES PAID and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. For POULTRY, GAME,. EGGS & FEATHERS. This drug dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without even irritating the surrounding tissue. A small bottle of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very little but will positively remove every hard | or 'soft corn or callus from one's foot. | If your druggist hasn't stocked this new drug yet, tell him to get a small te bottle of freezone for you from his | BK wholesale drug -house. | ae Se ES TRS aei Hearing at Last. There was a terrible dynamite ex- plosion near a small town. An old lady, hearing it, turned toward the door of her sitting room and said: "Come in, Bella." When her servant entered the room she said: "Do you know, Bella, my hearing is evidently improving. I heard you knock at the door for the first time in twenty years." E Fs How to loosen a tender corn or callus so it lifts out ~ : _ without pain, _ eee ra Please write for particulars, oS P. POULIN & CO, 39 Bonsecours Market, 'Montreal increases strengt! 4 delicate, nervous, rune down people 100 per. cent. {n ten daya in 4 many instances. $10 p> Bs ( f whe for ee it ieaptien: : i * ' er full explanatio Va eons > . ; n large article soo FORFEIT. to appear in ; CR RR 2 paper. k your doce tor or druggist about it. ~ ae py All gncs druggists always carry it) in stock. : ; si WOMEN OF = MIDDLE AGE Mrs. Qui 's Experience Ought to Help You Over _ thé Critical Period. MONEY ORDERS A Dominion Express Money Order, for five dollars costs three cents. ' gar: Lowell, Mass.--"For the last three years I have been troubled with the 5 ' Life and © Change o fi the bed _ feelings -- common at that time. I was in a very nervous condi- -- tion, with headaches and pain a good deal of the time so I was unfit to do work. A frien asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- -- pound, which I did, -- and it has helped me in every way. I am not nearly so nervous, no headache or pain. I must say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick woman can take." --Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear 259 Worthen St., Lowell, Mass. i Other warning symptoms are a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, backaches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable : , appetite, weakness, inquietude, and If you see a sign of fire'on or near dizziness. : ; a railway right-of-way, don't under-! ee need special advice, write to estimate what it means. Inform the cont ae _ Fecha Medicine Co, nearest fire patrolman or station ential), Lynn, Mass, agent. Lend a hand yourself. Throw away neither burning matches, pipe ashes, cigarette nor cigar ends. {/ RINE Granulated Eyelids, ee 4 Sore Eyes, Eyes Inflamed by | ' Who invented the door no one knows. It is, however, an invention of comparatively moderntimes, All the ancient houses, even the houses con- taining doorways, had no doors. Fabrics or skins of animals were hung across the doorways to keep out the elements. \ Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gents,--A customer of ours cured a very bad case of distemper in a valu-. able horse by the use of MINARD'S : LINIMENT. Yours truly, VILANDIE FRERES. Sun, Dust and Wind quickly 'OR' ?™ relieved by Murine. Try itin " VESns: Eyes and in Baby's Eyes, OU R E No Smarting, Just Eye Comfort Murine Eye Remedy ii" ficper attic. Murine | Eye Salve, in Tubes 25c. For Book of the Eye -- Free. Ask Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicagoa The potato, long regarded by the fastidious as vulgar, is now joyously hailed as a life preserver. Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, Etc. AY. Cuticura Better Beauty Doctors For cleansing, purifying and beauti- Only a small per cent. of the money saved up for rainy days is invested in umbrellas. . recently } = stated that to treat the average case of } stomach trouble, indigestion, dyspepsia, | ete., the pain with opiates, or by the use of artificial aids to digestion such as. pep- sin and pancreatin, was just as foolish 'and useless as to attempt to put out a | fire by throwing water on the smoke, in- stead of the fire. seem to justify nine-tenths of |; due to acidity {and that the only way in which to secure permanent relief cause, stop the fermentation. For this purpose | The Soul of a Piano fs the Action. Insist on the "OTTO HIGEL}' | | fying the complexion, hands and hair, | Cuticura Soap is supreme, especially | when assisted by .touches of Cuticura , Ointment to soothe and heal the first | signs of skin troubles, For free sam- ne address post-card: "Cuticura, Dept. Y, Boston, U.S. A." 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