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Ehotric Light 00., MM ton 00., Limited. y‘Hsrtis (30.. United. ' l’crvha Rubber M boa PaNxsnlng 00.. Lani Ltar Tube Steam All Pressures, and rush ‘ ilPTlV E CATALOGUE. receipt 0! KO 1‘37. IVER"6S horse Price $23, 1L0 FAN .. lxscharge, i he. may be «on CW. lelaide W'cst, Toronto. 'EVANT FAN workmg order, cams, prse power. Price 375‘ Drier; HAIR. Supt. am! Thu Toronto “CG - 27 inches in excellent 24 inch, terior. fresh. is small teed, be the DO"r : Ge? pl-onts, am vanced. (16 on his sh: ward turn garden be beginning saw them. had nor. m be supple: two-inch l the cow 3 Tne imp weeks late] roses were firgh‘. have grow in sp strong dosi the garden ones: from neatu them fills it. In sends up a hot, biting ammonia steam from below that fairly cooks and d6- vours the plant. roots. Even decayed fertilizers so applied should be well mixed with the soil. LiQuiii fertilizers given in excess also Fork much harm among plants. It is 98116? to make them weak and apply Cfilem often than to risk scorching the przats’ roots with too'strong aliquig. And for greater safety it is an invari- file rule among successful gardeners ‘0 3PP'13' liquid fertilizers immediate- ly after a good watering with pure Water. ILHJ b-vâ€" , these may be greatly increased by knowledge of what may be a trifling details and refine- in the art of cookery, which 3rd much more on the manner a. thing than on the cost nding it. To cook well, there- i i am mentally or physically, st have the requisite strength support their labpr. Even to 0001‘, whose very hie depends up- WVCMAN'S SUNDAY. From Monday morning till Saturday midday the majority of husbands tell You they are hard at work. They rigs 8’» 8. 7. or 8, and, having eaten break- tfiSC. get to businsss . At midday comes an hour for dinner and rest. Thom work fillsup the time #3115: 5. 0r 7 The evening they claim as their law ful rest after a hard day's bread- Winning. \V’hen two of these hard- ably, sooner or later, tneer or joke thou: the lazy live: W 10305 3;; it, '1 HE ART OF COOKING. impOI‘Ia rce of the art of cock- 5 very great; indeed from the L: [O the poorest the selection reparation of food often becomes hief object in life. The rich 13b»;- 1:3 luxuriously spread; no of money is spared in pro- 3: m, rarest delicacies of the N :r above all, ‘1' not out of It mi Nature alike contri- necessities. The less indeed, fewer resources, Listen! If. the head of a house rises at (3th wife must rise at Sin order to have his breakfast ready on a clean table in a cleanly swept room. . The husband leaves for business, and his wife settles down to the necessarily dull routine of housework. - At the midday meal she most probably has to attend to the wants of two or three children. In the afternoon she must 1 call on her neighbors in order to keep up friendships, so that her husband may have people to talk to when he wants variety in the evening. She ’ also has to do the necessary shopping. [At about 5 the hardest part of her day begins. Firsn, the evening meal, then the children to be put to bed, then she must try and be lively and amuse her spouse till such time as he chooses to go to bed. As to a wife’s Sunday, every one who has ever been a child knows what that means. :1 ISO Salt puts out fire in the chimney. Salt in whitewash makes it stick. Salt and soda are excellent for bee stings. Salt used in sweeping carpets keeps out meths. vv-v _â€"â€"__ SalL thrown on a coal fire which is ‘ow will revive it. Salt and vinegar will remove stains from discolored teacups. Salt thrown on soot which has fall- en en the carpet will prevent stain. Salt put on ink when freshly spilled on a carpet will help in removing the spot. Salt in the oven under baking tins will prevent their scorching on the bottom. VVRITES HER COMPLAINTS. Mrs. Kendal’s methods of house- keeping are worth hearing. In every room of her house“ hang a. pencil ano slate. Once a day she makes a tour of the entire house. Wherever she finds anything wrong she writes her complaints and orders on’ the slate ais- erb “. I‘D-I “â€"w v -â€" â€" Signed to the particular room at fault. If the testimony of glove dealers canl be accepted, women’s hands are getâ€" ting larger year by year, and golf, tennis, rowing and driving must be: held responsible for it. ' Glove dealers say there is a bigger! call for gloves of a large size than formerly, and that they have to get rid of their smaller sizes at bargain sales. Not only this, but athletics have made an inroad on the sale of gloves, for the athletic girl nowadays ; eschews them altogether, except in the winter, and even in town fashionable women are seen going about unglov- I I 8d. Ewho go in for cycling and outdoor. ; sports experience aremarkable change lbefore they reach the age of twenty- fone. The foot then completely sub- gsides, the flabbiness disappears, the‘ ; flesh becomes firmer, the muscles and ;tendons get stronger and the bones! tbecome well set. Altogether a great‘ idifference is seen. ” We have great difficulty with girls‘ of about seventeen, for they require? ‘a shoe or tie as large as afull grown :woman’s. When they get older and -.â€"--_ -_.. gtoo large. When the young Women complain that their new shoes are too ° we know the foot has undergone "Another. thing that , :3 est you.” continued the s that there are so many tall girls nowa- days that the average height. of man has tobe raised: '_ tra on the heel.‘ is an order that we frequently receive from our men cus- tomers. Up to a few years ago the lowest heel was all the rage, but now the heel is decidedly higher. I figure it between h". a ‘ " -. - --u. Inchinn either, for D r v ‘v ‘ ARE WONIEN'S HANDS BIGGER V“- Besides this, an artist asserts that the athletic and outdoor life that girls lead nowadays has totally destroyed the form'and shape of the hand. He declares women‘s hands are and reddened and stretched out of all proportion, and golf receives. the greatest amount of blame for this, al- though the rest of the list of fashion- able sports share the blame. .. v-n nn-nwinc 7 “Girls between the ‘ and eighteen have big fashionable syoemaker, U v'v an inch. It i. you'll not fin tall men. It’f feIIOWS. who W'hose new you’ve brought 5115 home Y USES FOR SALT. the contrary. D8 uvoxubv ....-_C used: 'Put half an inch ex-s heel.’ is an order receive from our men cus-Â¥ p to a few years ago theI was all the rage, but now? der‘idedly higher. I tiguref hal" and three-quarters ofi i. {*n‘f fashion. either, for} ywv what’s more, I don‘ the ages 01 BlXtecu a big feet,” says a 3.qu “ but the 31:13 culty With girls ;r they require as afull grown get older and tled new boots will be found young women w shoes are too has undergone are groWing comfort from are growxng m we cater girl differs road of her of sxxtecn pat It is the opinion of many farmers that birds eat a goodly part of their crops. Not 80. While a few eat elit- t‘le fruit and grain, the little loss they sustain in that respect is far out-bal- anced by the many injurious insects and weeds they destroy. Even the much despised joy and crow pay dearly for their living. It has long been known that birds play an important part’ in the agricultural world, but there is a ’tendency to dwell on the harm they do and to overlook the good. God in his wisdom seemed always to°bear in mind man's comfort and interest when he made the world, and if the latter fails to find the"good it is only because he is blind, for on investigation he will find there is a wise purpose in all plant, bird and animal life. The biology survey of the United States department of agriculture has for several years been conducting :1 systematic investigation of the foods of species which are believed to be of economic importance. In investigating the food habits of birds, field observa- tions will not always give proof of what is consumed, for it is not easy to determine what birds eat by watchâ€" ing them. To be positive on the sub- ject a few should be killed and their stomach contents examined. This will Show whether or not the birds are guilty. “-A ‘“ tau-".1- If a blackbird is seen in a grain field or a woodpecker is noticed in an orchard, they are accused at once of doing harm, but on investigation it is found that they are actually deâ€" stroying noxious insects, and what harm they do at' one season, is always! more than compensated by the good they do at another. Birds usually feed upon food the most: accessible. For example, ground-feeding birds live upon insects found among dead leaves and grass, the fly-catcher oonfines him- lself to an entirely different element, while the swift finds his food in the upper air. - \ ' ‘.â€"-J._ 3" an"- nap-per air. The practical value of birds in con- trolling insect pests should be more mnxv generally recognized. A kill all the birds in his . it would not be an easy stroy the harmful insvg “sumo -....--- . generally recognized. A. farmer may kill all the birds in his corn-field, but it would not be an easy 'matter to de- stroy the harmful insects. After thorâ€" ough examination it is found that nearly all birds to a more or less exâ€" tent, during some time of the year, eat spiders, wasps. beetles, grain. ber- ries, weed seeds, flying ants and catâ€" erpillars. , _ - A. a. ,,-__.‘._ Gninnfl Th0 erpuuuzs. The bird is the [farmer‘s friend. The blackbird has been accused of many sins, such as robbing the nests of oth- er birds: and stealing fruit and grain, but these charges are without proof. The kingbird is a desirable adjunct to a poultry yard. It never hesitates to give battle to hawks and crows in search of chickens or eggs, and is of equal protection to song birds that may nest near. ‘ â€"1_ "SJ-3‘ cine- muV “CDL 1.10qu Fe rmers are prone to look with sus- picion upon the Woodpecker. .Qn invesâ€" tigation it is found that healthy trees are rarely molested, but that when a tree is affected by wood-boring lar- vae. the insects are accurately located. vae. the insects are accurately luuabcu. dug out and devoured. To them more than to any other agency we owe the preservation of timber from hordes of destructive insects. Wood-boring bee- tles make holes in the trees, then these are enlarged by ants, many species of which are harmful to trees. and the Woodpecker is the only bird special- ly fitted with beak and tongue to dis- lodge and devour these destroying in- sects. THE FARMER’S FRIENDS. specles remain. The ? detrimental to the '9 there are instances w of potatoes have been 1y riddled by this I '_-‘AA-OAA , grosbeaks appeared and in a few days he. found. 6?. Everybody is too with the bluebird to need of its many redeeming traits. It thrives almos and grasshoppers, an be seen what an effect a number 0 these birds must have on- a field of ° he height of the grasshop- per season. ' i: not be passed by unnoticed. There are more than for- ° ' -",butt.he d it can readily f these Dn‘as “Luau m.-- - ' , of the grasshop- per season. The sparrow must not be passed by unnotrced. There are. more than for- .,. ,y do not confine; to a vegetable diet. They‘ eat many insects. comprisingsome in- ‘ rious beetles. bugs and wasps. In treating of the value of birds this ‘ t 'dered them mainly as insect destroyers, but as seed eat- ers they perfcrm‘ a useful function wLEch has rarer been fu‘ly appreciat. ed. All ever the country there is avast ' 0‘ these seed' eaters at work number ,- durlng the colder months reducing of more than useless weeds. It is evident that birds exer- ' rtant influence upon the .-_u.....1 waliaro of the country ‘1va 16F Innauu We cannot 'olooo this article brawn thrasher is another bird 5 of great benefit around the ..: -na ftnlds as an xnsect destroy. welfaro it with their young not a beetle could without impressing the farmer with ‘the great importance‘of protecting and encour- aging bird life about the farm. Build nesting boxes about the premises, and the bluebird, martin, wren and swal- low wfll soon make themselves at home with the farmer, and not only perform valuable labor for him, but will glad- den the hearts of .every one with musâ€" ical notes and make life brighter and better by their presence. GIVE PLENTY OF ROOM. ‘ If fowls are too closely confined they will be constantly striving to get at liberty. If they can' fly they will 8“ over the highest fences, and in every {way they show usâ€"more than do orâ€" dinary animals of any sortâ€"how well they love the range of field and pas- ture. They should, therefore, be given all the space that can be allowed them, and if this cannot be furnished at all, then how much more important it is that one does not keep too many fowls confined within the limits of the fowl- Poultryman may feed and tend them,‘ when thus restricted, if there be an excess of numbers crowded together, the hens will cease to lay, both cocks and pallets will get ill, they will lose their flesh become miserable in a short time, and in no instance can they be . made to give good returns when thus managed as to their quarters. If there - is but a small house, and no runs out- . side, pen up a few, adult birds in one . flock so as to give as much room as possible. PARTS OF TREE BEARINGS. There are many apple trees that bear, from one third to oneâ€"half a crop ev- ery year, the portions being barren a1â€" ternately, so that the tree is never entirely barren. This is apt to be the case where different varieties are storms in the early, life of the tree destroyed the fruit. at blossoming time on .the exposed side of the tree, and be formed on those parts of the tree and the habit of hearing alternate years formed by accident becomes fully established. Dumb waiters i‘ gossip. iBlack eyes are heautuui only um... given by nature. ,A‘ quiet woman usually speaks in a commanding tone of vosce. Some people believe what they hear and doubt what they. see. The individual who repeats a slander stamps it: with his approval. It is sometimes easier. to borrow money than! it is to. pay it back. MZuking‘ other foiks miserable is the MA oninvmant of the chronic dyspep- Minking other foiks one enjoyment of the It. is useless to try to get a small boy to work while a brass band is passing. ,. -7;L-.. A4! [yang-bub, \Vhen one girl accuses another of Lhmkmg herself smart it’s is a sum sxgn she 18 angry. CORSETS LOSING FAVO R. I It has been whispered that man): of; the graceful, lithe figures of society} owe their beauty and su'ppleness to the; abandonment of corsets. Whether' this be true or not, it is a fact that some one is wearing the dainty little satin girdles and very low cut bone- less bodices which one sees displayed in the corset shops. The latest cut of gown makes this possible. Those who wear princesse gowns, however, while they are said to forego corsets, wear instead aboned bodice which fits the Lfigure and even draws it in snugly [from neck to hip, almost. This is not la departure of hygiene, although 4.. __-L- unvfifi“ +‘nncn d UUPGL Lu; v doubtless the women who wear these boned abominations think they are 7- â€"â€"-‘-A- fkfi“ cu GUU‘M.DO"V-vâ€"â€"w UU making a great concession when they give up the heavy stays, Streaks of white o’er a ground of blue, Sparkling waves of a green-gold hue, And shadows drifting dreamily, Glint of. light on the sea~bird’s wing. The kiss of the sun on everything, And breezes stirring sleepily. Flashes of sail on the sea’s far brim. Dashes of foam on the sky’s blue rim. And lines of smoke blown lazily. AERIAL STEAMER. 1 The airship of Count Zeppelin, a! Lieutenant General in the German army, now on trial beside the Baden- see in \Vurtemberg, is a veritable aer- ial steamer. It consists of a lattice framework of aluminium 420 feet long, and difided into. partitions, each hold- ing agas bag. The whole is covered with waterprofi silk, and makes a cylinder 37 feet in diameter, with ogi- vale ends like a conical bullet. A gal- lery and two cars of aluminium be- neath add stiffness to the machine. It is housed in a floating shed on the Bodenaee. Tommyâ€"Pop, a playwright is a man who writes plays, isn't he? Tommy’s fatherâ€"Yes, my son. Tommyâ€"Then isa wheeiwright a man who writes bicycle news? Detroit, Mich. POINTED PARAGRAPHS THE SEA OF LIFE. OUR LANGUAGE. beautiful only arty everything but when small AN ELIXIR OF LIFE FOUND PROF. METCHNIKOFF’S DISCOVERY AT THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE. flu a Series of Lymphs Which, It In Re flew-d, Check the Decay of Tissue: II the Human Body. The Paris correspondent of the Lon don Morning Post describes one of the greatest discoveries of modert science, which has just been made at the Pasteur Institute. He says that Prof. Metchnikotf is engaged in seek. ing accurate doses of a series 01 The professor objects to prematurt Wblicity and insisted that the eon‘. treSpondent only say that he had hop! [but the explanation of the discover) may be taken to show that the mail problem has been solved. The correar pendent says° “ Prof. Metchnikoff’s experiments show that the explanation of senilt atrophy has hitherto been erroneous. The theory was that certain blood cell! devoured others and the vital functiom began to Weaken. The organic poisons thrown off; energetically in youth wen believed to remain in the system in old age, or at least to be less energet- ically ejected. These poisoned the fine) cells, while without action on those 01 ithe conjunctive tissues. THE NOBLE CELLS DIED, became the prey of the other or ple- beian cells, this bringing atrophy to the organ where the metamorphosis occurred. Prof. Metchnikofi has prov- ed conclusively that the noble cells an not dead in the organs atrophied b3 senility. “ Moreover, they may be multiplied. If assisted in their struggle with the vplebeian cells, they continue to live activeiy, as in youth, and, theoretic- ally, tne organism will oease to grow. old and his will be prolonged. rrof. Metchnixotf has found means of ai- t‘ording this resistance, and the re- suits already obtained are extraordin NJ. “The discovery was made in the followmg manner. M. Bordet, one of the protessor’s pupils in 1898, publish- ed the results UL a curious experiment, which oonsiSted of injectinglthe blood ot a. rabbit into a guinea pig. Later he injected the blood of this guinea pig into a rabbit and the latter died. l’rof. Metchnikoff sought the causes of the phenomenon and was soon convinc- ed that the blood of the guinea. pig, injected into a raobit or other verteâ€" ‘orate animal, elaborates the poison that weaxens the red globules of the blood and makes them the prey or“ the phagocytes. ‘ ‘ - ' '0 A 11.. "Starting from the fact that the 'poison elaborated in the guinea pig is fatal in large doses, Prof. Matchm- koff argued that the action in small doses must be stimulating. On this is based the action of. all mMLcines, such '_‘ -_._- He therefore began to inject into rabbits feeble solutions of previously injected guinea-pig‘s blood. A cubic Ll 21.- millimetre of the blood of the rabbit: thus treated contained before the in- jections 13,000,009 red globules. in three or {our days the number increased to “ A sovereign remedy against anae- mia has been discovered and the the- ory concerning the red globules has been confirmed. An entire section of the Pasteur Institute is now working to find the specific seru‘ms for eaclh particular organ. If the blood serum acts on the red globules of the liver the serum must have a similar effect on the cells of the liver, that of the brain on the brain’ and so on. The experiments have demonstrated this â€" _£_--..) 8,000,000. OAyv~L Iu nnnnn â€".... - ._-, “ A specific kidney serum was found some days ago. The professor is now determining the exact dose for medi- cal purposes. The discovery has now passed the period of mere laboratory experiments. The celebrated Dr. Vidal is now at work on human serums.” The correspondent draws attention to the obvious result, the great pro- longation of human life, if everything is successful. Why, what’s the matter. Nellieiask- ed her maiden augt._ . ‘ I VA m‘--"'- w.â€"_ - Oh, auntie, replied the bride of a month, it‘s too provoking for anything. Tom treats me _as_ if ‘Iolwere {a child. 71‘I_- WeIIVESB'FBain a little thing like that, my dear, said the old lady; when you get to be my age you will remem- ber it with pleasure. Mr. McPhersonâ€"How d.o you knqw William, that this man 13 from Tlp 9917353.? ' r. 1:5,“. 1:41“. ...... 2’ V‘Ww’filiâ€"arhâ€"Sure, Mister McPhoorson Oime ahlawys tillin’ thim iillahs boy: the axidints in their spache! ' Mr. Chalkichump, engaging aspiran’ tor the position of assistant in mill businessâ€"And what previous experi- ence have you had, my lad? Jimmy Smallâ€"Well, sir, I’ve ’elpet pump the organ in our church. En’ gaged at once. . Wmv uv- Mrs. ngh;(n)hâ€",UJ never sit. up for him. I have a phonograph in the: hal. which starts talking as soon as he ope us the door. STRYCHNINE AND ARSENIC. A LABOR-SAVING DEVICE. HO‘V HE TOLD THEM. IN AFTER YEARS. 8 EXPERIENCE. if" .IL-Itfi