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in? d The me with which hardy sprint lowering bells may be grown has lane this phase at gardening extreme- tr popular. Inch of tilt popebrity is he to the fact that these plants bloom at a season when all growing things are ttest nwakening tron their winter deep. The trees are yet here and leaf- iesa. or just beginning to swell their buds. when our beds and borders may be a blue of color. Flprintr4towerinq bulbs should be planted early; although some species do not Hirer to any appreciable extent. even if not planted until November. the smaller bulbs. such as snowdrops. will” and glory of the snow should be in the soil as soon as possible. say, lyte September or early October. Although hyacinths, used alone, make a great showing soon alter the frost leaves: us in spring. yet it is an advantage to use some of the lesser bulbs or dwarf perennials with them to heighten the chem and also to pro- long the beauty of the bed. inter- mediate lines of narcissus will follow tn time of blooming shortly after the hyacinths are past their best, and " no time will they obscure or lessen the "ftettt of the hraefttths. Arah‘s Alpine. the white rock cress, makes a tine carpet for any of the col- ored hyacinths. Another charming hardy plant to utilize in the same manner is the Cerastlum or snow in “illanf. Since the great beauty and nine of the Mttrttowerintt tulips have been fully appreciated. they are being plant- Three Boy Scouts who tmit [row C mils splash tn the water troughs for our hold at Womble}, . How welcome the seeming Hf looks that are beaming. Whsther one's wealthy or whether one's poor.' Flyss bright as a berry, Cheeks rod to n cherry. The groan and the cum and the hurt- acho can can. "But there’s no laughter on my lip. Nor yet a irontt, but like a bird Stumbling on beauty'a soul than slim Into my mouth a sobbing 'arord-- Englnml! Hee tieltu are furruwod in Euchre to be merry. And won-y to ferry Acms the famed waton that bid in forgot; _Artd no longer fearful. But happy and cheerful. We feel life has much can worth living tor mt. (By an Australian on Her First Visit to the Motherland). "I thought that when my Manor-0y" Beheld this dreamed-of treasure-tron With primrot"r4tntnttestt memorial. With proud and "ttodillimr love N laugh and bare my head to En;- “sh rain. Run singing through the green ot En]- llsh label. And stoopimr by a hedge Nu the at.“ an) That gave my when birth. "or rivers are the mm to." am mm As to some shadow-quiet place I creep. Like 3 shy child, to weep." There's many a trouble Would burst like a bubble. And into the veteran ot Lethe depart: Did we not rehearse it, And tenderly nurse it, And the it a permanent place In the bean. Thm‘n my . narrow Would vanish wmonow, Wore We but willintr to furnish the wings; so sadly hummus . And quietly brooding, " hatches oat ttll pan: ot horrible things. Even trying nukes sum-cu my heart Trouble Borrowers. England. P.T., In Morning Post Mr Planting Time is Here But the houin. with its cockatoo [crest and its formidahly powerful ipeak, is by no means the only mystery .creatnre known to exist to-dar. In the heart of Central Africa. where 'the Jungle in many places has never ’been penetrated by white men. there .is to be found a strange leopard-like lanimnl. striped after the fashion of a zebra. thnt so far has evaded clusiii- ‘cation by natural history experts. i What ls known as the hippo-horse is {another mysterious beast that roam: the African wilds. The nativus have long spoken of it, but it was not until -n few months ago that a white man, Mr. H. E. Lee, made its acquaintance. He saw the animal half-immersed in a pool. Its mouth. cheeks. and ears were like those of a horse, but its head we: like that of a hippopotamus, Iwith two long. erect horns on its ianout. ) The new Guinea forests are believed to h" the home of more than one ani. , mil unknown to natural history. while the dense jungles of Borneo and Brazil contain others, among them a ed In evrtr.irtcreaaing numbers each fall. and mm is the type to plant (or permanent effects in the hardy bor- der, for, unlike the ettrlrtiowerinq Dutch tulips, they can be let: undia- turbed for several years. However, to give us a tensor tulip season we must also include In the planting table a solution of our]! varieties. Gorgeous *color enact: no to be had from tulips, and although I bed of mixed colors is not to be deg. pised. yet such a bed lacks harmony such as we can have by a. selection of named varieties planted in beds ot on. color. or of any design. Jungles. To those who imagine, as many do, that Nature has no further tutrttruem in More for us In the shape ot new ant. ml: and birds. the news that an ex- pedltion is in South America attempt. ing to capture the houin, a very mo species of water towl, will come as a surprise. The double-tlowered early tuplls are excellent subjects for bedding; they but much longer than the slate... but are not quite so grl-relul. I am, how- ever. very partial tr. the doutmMttqrer. ed type; their lasting qualities and their great sue of bloom appeal to the tlower lover. In the case of May-tlowering tulips I mass of one color is preferable to mix- tures. When we remember that these Ine- Bo-ing tupils Brow to a height of from two to three feet with foliage heavy and strong. it is well to give the plants plenty of room; therefore, in setting out the bulbs they are placed four to Mx Inches apart. It ls better to select a permanent position for them. in the bulb garden proper. or established in the hardy flower border. Bulb planting should be tittitghtsd by early member: in fact, it were better to plant about the middle of October. long lizard-like creature that In said to be capable of tiyintr. The giant bush pig ot Kenya Colony is another beast that is so rarely seen that its existence in doubter by some, although several reputable travelers r-lalm to have observed It. But Got Stung. ist th'hoolboy---"Huh, he thought he'd have a cinch winnln’ that spellln’ bro!” 2nd Ditto -"Yea, tut' cot 'stung.'" Mystery Creatures of the Poem Carved on a Tree. On the Thames Brows Estate, near Wallingford. England. are the famous "Wittenham Chimps." a prominent landmark which dominates the Berk. ' shire and Oxfordshire countryside tor i many miles. The Clumps-two groups _ of very old beeches are situated on ’the top of one of tho Sinodun Hills Iand mark the sites, of an old Roman 1 camp. A Poem You Ought to Know. lower. Comes a pause in the day's occupa- tions. That is known as the Children's Hour. The Chlldren’: Hour. There was a time when children were enjoined to be "seen but not hoard." whom their natural playfulness was repressed. Longfellow did much to break down this foolish custom. I hear in the chamber above me The patter ot little feet, The sound of a door that L; opened And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lttmplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edhh with golden hair. And there will I keep you tor ever, Yes, for ever and a day, Till the walls shall tumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away! Carved on the trunk of one of the beech tree: is a poem describing the various changes time has witnessed at the spot. It conduit” with: - Within that tield whero lies; the grov'- ling herd. High walls were (-ruuvhml. stone cot. ttns disirtterr'd. Such is the course at lime. the wreck which late And awful doom award the earthly great. Records dilter as to the date and authorship ot this inscription, though one authority declares the lines were carved by a local ciergyman in 1820. Between When A whisper and then a silence; Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting. and planning to. gether To take me by surprise. They climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; It I try to escape they surround me; They seem to be everywhere. They almost devour me with kisses, Their arms about me entwine, And I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse Tower on the Rhino! Do you think, o blutreyed bandittl, Because you have scaled the wall, Buetran old moustache as I am Is not a match tor you all? I have you last In my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid trom the hall! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall'. Fits. The tate ot no man. not even the happiest, is free from strugglaa and privation; for true happiness is only then attained. when by the govern- ment of the Melina we become hides pendent ot ill the changes ot lite. . IN HONOR OF CANADIAN HEROES Lady Patricia Ramsay has placed a panel in the chapel ot the Royal Military College. Bandhurst, to commemorate the glorious deeds of her regi. ment (the Princess Patricla‘s Canadian Light Infantry) in the Great War. The panel is in white marble, forming part ot a general memorial scheme in the chapel, which commemorates nearly every regiment in the British army. Each panel has the regimental badge in the centre and an inscription below. Lady Patrieia'g panel was the tirat one erected there in commemoration ot a Canadian unit. the dark and the daylight, the night is beginning to ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO r4 itiii_1,lij,!iirt, qt' god T V and itt (ilsi,'ti,i,r,tittt,ifirantit?" qf tho greqfqndgallant services Though blinded in the war. a young Australian soldier zamed Penn wanted to "see" the statue of Peter Pan in London before he was sent home. I was asked. writes a contributor to Country Life, whether I would take him out the following Sunday. "You know," he said, "I'm to return to Melbourne in a week or two, and I simply must see Peter Pan before I go." Carefully he felt it piece by piece with little murmurs of delight. “Just look at this tiny mouse!” he would say. "See this lovely little tairy; why, she is stretching up to speak to him!" Then. again, "You are quite sure that I am not missing anything?" When we reuche put his hand upon It "it's smaller than I know it all." Indeed l thought he was taking in more than many a man with sight. He was very intent on the examination. but at last, satistied that nothing had escaped him. he. turned to me and whispered, "Barely there are a lot of people near us ?" ously as full of strength and vigor as the trees that grew above him. I can remember now two women who Mood watching in silence, with tears run- ning down their cheeks. "Ah, well," he said as we turned away, N don't wonder it draws a crowd; it’s one of the loveliest things I have ever seen. I shall be glad to think of it when I am back in Aus. tralia." Sold by His Brother. An African native living in a little cottage in Chislehurst, Kent, England, can look back upon a lite which has been more eventful than any romance and which is reminiscent of the days of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." "I was sold by my brother sixty to seventy years ago to Portuguese slave traders," Makeppo said, "and we be- gan our journey to the coast. The men were tied two-by-two to wooden collars. which thew wore even in their sleep: the women chained at wrists and ankles; the girls roped like horses, and the little ones free." whispered, “Surely there are a lot ot people near us ?" . Lai [ As a matter of met there were, but ' Aiib l I had hoped he would not notice. They ', hr“ -2iEtri) 1 had stopped as they passed. seeing _ a u 1 the tall young Australian soldier fit> , " ae [ gorlug so carefully the statue that all llgrt " “ l London knows and lovos so well. He J, - was obviously blind and just as ova - t ously as full of strength and vigor as e LCC', the trees that grow above him. I can' fSREr" O. remember now two women who stood ' edit-e . . . .. ... ' I l This man is Arab Makeppo, and he was rescued from slavery by the great African explorer, Dr. Livingstone. Livingstone and his men routed the siavcra and the explorer chose Arab Makeppo as his body servant. The exuqiave afterwards came to England and is now employed as a gardener to a private family. Makeppo to this day refers to Livingstone as "the Govern- or." I bought a little country place And thought tor sure I knew Enough to make a garden grow And raise some ehickensuoo. I labored hard for three long months, To make things work I tried, nut plants for me refused to "ow-- The baby chickens died! I sold my plaee tor half its coat And beat it back to work, Conteatedly behind a desk, A common omce clerk. No more 'bout farmers will I jest; We learned. the price was high. The farmer is a wise old boy, He knows much tttoNrtltatt'L' Peter Pan and the Soldier. rent _ Expeiience. I the statue Penn "Why," he said, thought; I shall " is a curious and interesting study to compare the vet-ions materials which serve the diiteent unions ct the world as the hula of their bread. in this country. where good bread, made trom spring and tall wheat flour, is within reach of all, rarely a thought is given to the fact that. after all. the inhabitants ct only a small power: of the earth's surface enjoy such food. In the remote part ot Sweden, the poor make and bake their rye bread twice a year and More the loaves away, so that eventually they are u hard as bricks. Further north still, bread is made trom barley and oats. In upland, oats, with the inner bark of the pine, are used. The two together, well ground and mixed, are made into large, flat cakes. coked in a pan over aMre. In dreary Kamchatka, pine or birch bark by itself, well macerated, pound. ed and baked, frequently constitutes the whole ot the native bread food. The Icelander scrapes the “Iceland moss" " the rocks and grinds it into titte ttour, which serves for both bread and puddings. In some parts ot Si- beria, China, and other European coun- tries, a fairly palatable bread is made from buckwheat. In parts of Italy chestnuts are cook. ed, ground into meal and used for mak- ing bread. Durra, a variety of millet, is much used in the countries ot Indit, Egypt, Arabia and Asia Minor tor making bread. ice bread is the staple food of the Chinese, Japanese and a large portion of the inhabitants of In. In Persia the bread is made trom rice flour and milk; it is called “la- wash." The Persian oven is built in He sings; and his song is head, Pure as a Joyous prayer, Because he sings ot the simple things. The fields and the open an, The orchard Dough and the mocking- bird, And the blossoms everywhere. The universal heart beans listening to his lay. That glinta and gleams with the slim- mering dreams Of children at their play--- A lay as rich with unconscious art, As tho tlrtst song-bird's of May. Country of Old Men. Serbia is said to have more cen- tenarians in proportion to population than any other country. He sings of a wealth we hold In common ownership-- The wildwood nook and the laugh ot the brook, And the dewdrop's drip and drip, ' The love of the llly's heart of gold, And the kiss of the rose's lip. Steadrnstly. bravely glad, Above all earthly stress, He lifts his line to heights divine, And singing. ever "yr-- This is a better world than bad- God's love is limitless. "Yes; goes in for arrest in both pro- hibition violation and auto speeding, I've heard." _ Maintained Hi. Social Position. "He makes strenuous ettorts to maintain ms social position." AND THF wnRST IS YET TO COME One With a Song. -Jas. Whitcomb Riley, The had of Nations 'ct the ground. about the use of . barrel. din. . The aides are smooth meson work. The tire to built at the bottom not! kept burnlng until the tulle or “den of the oven are thoroughly heated. Enough dough to form a sheet about one foot wide and two feet long In thrown on the board and rolled until as thin " sole leather, then it ll taken up and tossed and rolled from one arm to the other and hung on the board and slapped on the side of the oven. It takes only I tew moments to beta and when baked it is spread out to cool. This bread is eheap--one cent a sheet, It is sweet and nourishing. A specimen of the “hunger bread" trom Armenia is made of cloveroeed. an: or linseed meat, mixed with edible grass. in the Moluvcn island the starchy pith of the some palm furnish- es in white, iloury meal. This is made up into m, oblong loaves, which are baked in curious little ovens. each be. ing divided into oblong cells to receive the loaves. Bread ks also mode from roots in some parts of Africa. and South America. It is made from mani- co tubers. These roots are a. deadly poison it eaten in the raw state. but make a. good food if properly prepared. To prepare them for bread, the robin are soaked tor severel days In water; thus washing out the poison; the tibreg are picked out, dried and ground Into ttour. This h mixed with milk, if obtainable; it not. water ia used. The dcugh is formed into little round loaves and baked in bot ashes or dried in the sun. _ One of the things peculiar to North America is the muskeg, a sort ot marsh or swamp with mud that sucks like quicksand. The unwary man or animal wandering into a muskeg dig- nppears quickly and leaves no trace. Yet a muskeg can be crossed. Great tufts ot heavy grass grow irregularly on the surface. and it a man will pick his way careiully he will have little trouble. Example counts. Percept may guide some children, but most ot them zeal. ously put their little feet where their parents have put their big ones. If our boys and girls are to pass sate over the dangerous places ot life, they must have good leadership. Then let parents be sure that their steps "are ordered by the Loed," both for their own sakes as well " tor the safety ot those who no following them. A call to visit a. sick man brought I physician in haste from the village. A muskeg lay directly in his way; since to cross it would save much valuable time, he took the risk. When he was well over it, he heard a little noise be- hind him and, looking round, spied his little four-yenr-old son following hard after him! The boy was already well out on the dangerous muskeg. As quickly as he could the doctor picked his way back and was only re- lieved when he had clasped his boy to his breast. "My boy," he cried. “what- ever do you mean by coming out Never bring a kerosene can near a' stove which has n fire in it, and never," pour kerosene into a stove whether; the fire is out or not. Many people', have been burned to death trying that! experiment. If you persist in the very foolish hlbit of using kerosene. for kindling a fire, only do so by pour- ing it on the wood fuel before it is put into the stove, and do that for. from the stove or any open flame. I Bamboo Pena In India. Bamboo writing pens no mu ("or- ed in India, where they have been in use for more than 1,000 years. here “It's all right, father," the little fel- low replied. "I Net put my feet where you put yours. It was all right." Crossing a Muskeg. mum. ' Thu In the mud: treatment for Egeneral purity-ls adopted experimen- . any try the Liverpool Scum! ot Troll- For the um an. In an mm d medicine on. tom ttt and: u beimt doubenuly my“ " “than another --with, so tar, the most satisfactory minus. - ., “nun-man. for cal Medicine cu Immune. Eighty-four we! hut been treated, and the mental and play-led Improve- ment ot twenty-three Menu has been so wonderful! that they have been or are about to be discharged from mental hospiull. -- . __ "-- non-III] menu: “0!le. No patient entering from general paralysis had ever been discharged from these hospitals before. Seventeen others who underwent the mnlerin treetment have shown dis- tinct mental and greet physical Im- provement. while may of the remain- der hive improved phylicelly. “This treetment opens up on entire- ly new tieid ot medical research." . fellow of the Royal Society or Tropi- cal Medicine and Hygiene told 5 Lon. don Sundey Expreu representative. “The original discovery was I shot in the dark due to e German who had noticed that occasionally chronic die- eaaee counteracted -acil other com- pleme in the tropics. _ - ..,,, -- um nnIHf'inl (an! (ever " an and Assam - “a “ma-- "Now, general paralysis is u lule manifestation ot I. certain (“seam 4satttsttd try spun! organisms, and the object ot deiitreratelr inducing malaria I! to ruse the blood ot the patient to s nodes of such high recurrent tear ----r...- a... nun- organisms will be Tii; dangle of this " th enact. tint pneumonia ant [188583 exert on himuur t nodes of such high recurrent (can per-um that these organisms will be kind. "A high temperature is essential Nothing under 104 degrees or 105 tle was in my good. - . '»--| B.., {nah-1' An amusing account of this extraor- dlnnry craze is given in 3 letter writ. ten by John Chamberlain. a famou: Londoner ot that day. On Jan. 25, 1680. he mule the following record: “Malarla an be checked try mum- oun doses of quinine. so the "salmon! ll not really quite so dangerous as it would seem. "The next step no doubt will be to teat the effect ot malaria ogxanlsms on relapsing (ever, Wall's dlsease (a term ot Infectious jaundice), yellow fever, mbbtte and an's dame. "It will. however, need great cour- Conservative persons, norrlneo u the bobbed but epidemic, may be in- muted to know tint it bu wept certain parts' ot the civilized world in ancient and modern history. in some pieces women were compelled to sacri- tice ion; and beautiful treases so they would not be vein of their good looks. Elsewhere short hair was I Sign ot seridom and inferiority among girls and women belonging to the class of slaves. Robbed but was adopted by women ot the highest sod-1 position in Eng- lnnd three hundrod sous ago. They perstrted In it until their men talks, and even royalty, were driven alum“ frantic. “Yesterday the Bishop of London culled together all his clergle about this tune. and told them hes had ex meme commandment from the King, to will them to “weigh vehemnnliy "nietst the [Mummies at our mum u and theyro wearing of brndc brim: ‘2 hats, pointed doublets, leuyrv- I;;.iru cut short or “one. and home uf thou. sullettoes or ponhrdu. and stwh tctltr; trinckettes of like menu-m; ailing qrithalt am. It pulpit 'ultttop.itictn, Mi i not reforme them he would riff-(".501 Ly "other our“; the truth is the txoild u very much out ot order. but wlmhrr am will mend. It God knmws." The Turkish National Asu‘uml)‘ has decided tint every citizen of the new Republic shall be at liberty to Munro hll own headgear ___ a ttttr,tteittt'v,u' ohms, u the ten has long been I' 0 bid“ of the Turth sub!or', w'Hi::q or unwilling. For the non-Hoslsm citivou or Tun key. indeed, the tee was ttoss ”who! " subjection. Ind when we Grreku W" fupied Sllonlkn. during the Balkan War ot 1912-13. the tirsi he! " lhe local Christians was to thaw many me hateful handgun. 'sltt.ilvrly. 1mm] refugees leaving Turkey after tho Armistice of 1918 “we! their You. overboard. The headgear Me v on 1- l it? a special aitrniilcattce. Th Manure. has been sum-used att1nitr with revolutionary And at one 121110 the mph: symbol ct Reotttrliotiitttr. When Benjamin Fraulgi: Paris as use animator of formed Republic of the Uni he wthe a hat ot this km: trom the steeple-cram: l.‘ the Puritans of the Magma copied it. and It poor. Loam It takes the entire work] to supply avid: medicines. Ginge: comes from India; olive oil from Spain an! Greece; the enmphortt6rvs Crow in Japan and Formosa; iodin " a hy. Juan and Formosa; iodir, in a My product of Chile's nitrairs; mi ol lemon is from Nice; oil of lavrnu r .2 and. in Genoa. The Bands him: t + It the essehce' of. hutmcg. Eps-rv a comes tom "Epsom. England milk of magnesia from Greece. In”; and India. .Thqold standby. cuter 02 -atat why up.“ mr'whole dart Bobbed Hair 300 Years Ago. LA Ger-"L“ 9T For History in Hats ole of thin is the unifying pneumonia and other In. t on Kal-r--' usuully which is common in Ben- persons, horritied at "Prvi. wzzung lizou or Tur- he " who! rt . Grreku oe. the Baikal: I am ct the throw "my tst'ttr1v mnn' IF often had he can tor ' to have an r dootrlnes. Written. was the of In bun have t tots it Canola tmuen alive! ht cum than n " is tl am to: II ch: tre None the h Ill loll rows Utes" and Oli " road In! W lvenu the v to rot slope the gem In in Wt cm: IVGUI“ lie Wide Trees (a tr, ter R W B ng( A R " " ll 'pl ll lk " mu rune