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ot Â¥ ‘elâ€" if q it n3 he, y or ng It ot re ht at ot Te 16 e k «m There is nothing that will m‘ the confidence of the buying public in the quality of an article of comâ€" merce like the confidence of the proâ€" ducer that his product is a good one. "Your money back if you are not gatisfied" carries weight with any purchaser. Nothing but a firstâ€"class artic‘e can be backed by such a proâ€" position with safety. And, of course, we fruit growers are no exception to this general rule. If we can guarantee that every apple in the package is just as represented it will certaimn‘y tend to popularize our output, but we must be sure of the output first. The rest can be made to follow. There are about four essentia‘s to the proposition as I see it if one is to make it a real success. 4 from the other angle one can, of course, guarantee the packâ€"of a l‘ot of poor stuff, but there is no money in it. The second essential is to pack the fruit honestly. This ought to need no discussion. _ Hundreds of jokes have beéen made at the expense of the man who puts little apples in the middle of the barre‘; and thousands of articles and speeches have been written and made about honesty in packing app‘es. Yet one has only to &tep into any fruit market and exâ€" amine the packs which are there on sale to see that as yet we fruit growâ€" ers, as a class, have not arrived. Nothing would do more to put our fruit business on a sound footing than this sing‘e simple matter of honest packing The â€" The third point is that the fruit shall be so well packed that it will arrive at its destination in good conâ€" dition. This requires real skill, and many a package of fruit leaves the| home packing nouse honestly packedl and in good condition, only to arrive Dealing with the most profitable: age and weight of cattle, the buetin | on "Beef Raising in Canada," pubâ€", lished by the Dominion Dept. of , Agricu‘ture, remarks that the days: of the heavy bullock are past and ; that the life of the steoer is gradually shortening. Stil the weighty ox will command a good price for the export| trade, provided he is of good beefl formation and well fatted. Finish is what is looked for in the market andi is as much appreciated in the butâ€"; chers‘ builock ‘of 1,100 pounds as in the exporter weighing 1,500 pounds.} Apropos of this remark in a reoent' Live Stock Branch market report is‘ worthy of obscrvation. Packing houses | are receiving ‘arge numbers of Wes-} tern killers, it says, but are paying but little attention to any other phani finished cattle. Most of the finished beeves marketed by upâ€"toâ€"date Onâ€" tario feeders aro from twenty to thirty months o.d and weigh from 1,.200 to 1,400 pounds. w2 Skim Milk and its Substitutes in Pig Feeding. In order to datermine the relative value of digester tankage, skimâ€"milk, and a combination of equal parts of tankage and oilcake meal as supp‘eâ€" monts to a grain ration in feeding growing pigs, and in finishing pigs for the market, an experimeont was econducted at the Experimental Farm at Rosthern, Saskatchewan. The lot fod skimâ€"milk made the largest averâ€" age daily gain during the period and gave an average profit of $5.39 per head over feed cost while the lots reâ€" celving tunkage, and oil meal and tankage gave $4.53 and $4.60 respecâ€" tive‘y. Tho resu‘ts of the experiment ments to & gri growing pigs. for the market conducted at th at Rosthern, S# fed skimâ€"milk n age daily gain . gave an avera; head over feed age daily gain during the gave an average profit c head over feed cost while celving tunkage, and oi tankage gave $4.53 and $ tively. The resu‘ts of the show that the addition « supp ement to the meal r both oml wnere Profitable Age and Weight of Cattle. as pivnon a unequa .led, out fear of glycerine s stain from it has been in GUARANTEEING YOUR PACK OF FRUMH Just Tight Enough. "How‘d you get Billie to spend so much money coa you last night? . I thought he wses too tight for that." "My féar, ho was just tight encugh." M en soAk @ P removing stains IPOM . LaxTe â€"from fragile materia‘ls such i‘ and georgetts, glycoarine is ed, as it may be used withâ€" â€"of injuring the fabric. The » shou‘ld be dripped on to the om a clean sponge, and aftor eon ailowed a minute or two in, the mark should be rinsed water. Do not rub, With an » or oldâ€"standing stain it may :sary to use warm glycorine. » should be dripped m a clean sponge, eon ailowed a minu in, the mark shou‘ld water. Do not rub. » or oldâ€"standing sts 1m it th tut tion of a protein ncal ration results ly and more econâ€" v also show that is not available ar, tankage or a meal and tarkage rins from t BY F. C. SEARS. AD+ at its destination so badly battered in transit that it is of lHittl‘e value. 1 TWO KINDS OF GROWERS. ‘ The story is told of a Nova Scotia apple grower who wandered down to the docks in Halifax where a steamer was loading with apples for the Engâ€" \ish markets, He was accosted by the Dominion fruit inspector who was on the job and was examining a barrel of apples that he had opened. "George, what do you think of a‘ man who would put up such a barrel ; as that?" said the inspector. George looked in the barrel. "Why, he‘s a‘ rascal," said he. And then the inâ€"| spector turned over the head of the barre! and showed George his owni name. That sounds too good to bel true, but we have the papers to prove it; and there is no question that it! would be a liberal education to moet! We ought to take pains to do this eceasionally. It wou‘ld not only open our eyes to our own failings but would give us more charity for the commission man whom we are so fond of abusing. of us if we could see our own fruit opened up in the market. ' There are certain principles . of poultryâ€"house construction that must i be fairly closely followed for good reâ€" | sults, but it is not always necessary ‘to spend a lot of money in order to ! have a good chicken house. Remodelâ€" ‘ing at comparatively little expense is | frequently practical. ’ On many farms it has been difficult to secure profitable winterâ€"egg proâ€" ;duction becauso the chicken house | was so narrow from front to back |that it could not be opened for venâ€" !tiiation without making it much too | cold for the hens when on the roosts | at night. And lastly, having done a‘ll this, we ought to get back of our pack and boost it. Here is another Nova Scotia story which enforces this point. A certain grower puts a printed sl.ip into every barrel which he packs bearing this legend: Noticeâ€"This fruit was packed at the Riverside Fruit Farm, Middleton, Annapo.is County, Nova Scotia. Havâ€" ing large interests in growing orchâ€" ards in the Annapo‘lis Valley, I am desirous of having my brand known abroad for its invariablegreliability, both as to quaiity of fruit and honesty of packing. To insure this object I hereby guarantee the contents of this package to be the same from head to head and to be fairly represented by the face; and I further authorize my consignees to refund the money paid for the fruit of my packing which is proved not to be according to brand. _ That is the proper spirit and will revolutionize the fruit business. Why cannot more of us do the same thing? | A shed twelve feet deep may well have an additional eight feet of depth in the form of such a leanâ€"to so that ‘the hens will be roosting nearly |twenty feet from the front of the house. â€" Winter ventilation is accomâ€" plished by leaving most of the front of the new part open at all times. The original front wall should be removed except for sufficient framing ‘tn support the roof and the row of | windows at the top.â€"L. E. C. Such houses are often high in front, with rather stsep roofs, so it may be fairly easy to convert the high narâ€" row shed into a house of the semiâ€" monitor type. A row of wimdows must be placed along the front wall of the shed, close to the top. A leanâ€"to is then built on the front, or south, side so that it slopes to the south and makes the house deeper from front to back by the width of the leanâ€"to. I once had a fine herd of Guernsey cows that were not only heavy eaters but heavy drinkers as we‘!. Knowing that a cow is not a good milker unâ€" ‘ess she is both a heavy eater and a heavy drinker, I made provision that this herd should get a plentiful supply of the best water. I had a fine well, so I installed an airâ€"pressure pumping outfit and piped the water to the barn. In front of the cow stalls in the barn I constructed a cement feeding trough that wou‘d ho‘d water, and left an opening at one end for the water to escaps. Morning and evenâ€" ing the trough was swept clean and the water let in. The cows seemed to delight in it. And it wasn‘t long before we noticed that they responded by giving an unhopedâ€"for increase in yie‘d of milk. â€"William C. Smith. British Columbia Town Buys CGraded Eggs. + Realizing that the marketing .of eazgs has arrived at the stage where the trading in of eggs at the ‘ocal store no longer meets the economic requirements of the industry, merâ€" chants of the town of Chi.liwack, B. C., have decided to refuse to accept eggs in trade and instead eggs are being sent to one dea‘er who is in store no ionget mMeC requirements of the chants of the town C., have decided to eggs in trade and i being sent to one d the pou.try and egg dea.er is accepting c; navs on a graded b the poutry snd ogg business. This A Anpectmagnl NrFi t es 4+ €." P Y deaer is accepting cggs for cash and ;“‘e §.ee\c§ may be tied at the bot: pays on a graded basis. He and a **‘** se $ feed merchant buy all the eggs in this _ An cccasional application of furni«< district which ars. not shipped direct ture polish helps to keep the woodem to Vancouver and both men maintai2? back of ciothes brush or hair brush that the purchasing of eggs in this in condition. The brush. ‘must be manner is much fairer to both the perfect‘y dry when this freatment is farmers and dealers. : applied. hi Remodeling Henhouses. Water for Dairy Cows. STRAIGHT LINES FAVORED. _ Two fine plaits at the front of the kimono shoulders give a wellâ€"cut line to this oneâ€"piece frock of striped flannel, with long or short sleeves. A harmonizing tone in plain flannel l!ashions the tailored collar and the long sleeves which are gathered into a fitted band at the wrist. The front opens at the neck under a flat plait, ‘nnd patch pockets have the stripe |running crosswise. The diagram picâ€" \turses the simple design of the partly Ifmished garment. No. 1197 is in | sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. | Size 36 bust requires 3% yards of | 40â€"inch material. Price 20 cents. } |\ _ Home sewing brings nice clothes | within the reach of ail, and to follow | the mode is delightful when it can be \ done so easily and economica‘ly, by | following the styles pictured in our ‘new Fashion Book. A chart accomâ€" ‘panying each pattern shows the maâ€" | terial as it appears when cut out. | Every detail is explained so that the tlnexperienced sewer can make with | out difficulty an attractive dress. Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERN®. Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and size of such | patterns as you wrnt. Enclose 20¢ in ‘ stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap 'it carefully) for each number, and | address your order to Pattâ€"rn Dept., Wilson Puplishing Co., 73 West Adeâ€" \faide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by Marketing Unprofitable Apples. We fruit growers too often put on the market fruit which actually nets us a loss, if we consider all the items of expense in placing it in the hands of the consumer. return immail I Just what can and ought to be done | about the matter is a question. It is | probably not a matter which laws can | regulats. Education is probably the ‘ most hogeful line to work on, but the | difficuity there is that the type of grower who produges and sells this ‘ sort of fruit is not the ons who sits ‘ on the front seats at fruit growers‘ ‘ meetings or who studies his own and | his neighbor‘s practices to see how ‘he can improve. y ; Even for the grower who, as Dr. Bailey‘.put it, "does not grow his crop, but discovers it," there is still left the cost of picking, packing, packâ€" nges, transportation and selling. C UIg" is, of course, understood what kind of fruit we have in in this discussion. We do not refer to really good stuff on which we are so unfortunate as to lose money. This is a misforâ€" tune which through a combination of cireumstances may occasionally hapâ€" pen even to the best of us. The mere fact that we are not} making but losing money on the trans-'i action of selling our fruit is badi enough in itseif and ought to be sufâ€"} ficient to prevent our keeping up the| practice. But this is not by any meansl the only objection to it. Every apple: or peach or plum that is put on the | market of course influences the price‘ of that fruit and to a less extent of| all fruits; and the type of fruit which| we are discussing has more dama,g'-‘ ing influence that any other kind be-! cause it is poor stuff, and when a conâ€" sumer gets any of it, his desire for fruit is thereby diminished. One thing which we ought a‘l of us to resolve firmly is thatâ€"we ourseives will not offend in the matter. And then iwe should see to it that we carry out the resolve. And perhaps in time this may become aâ€"habit that will reach everybody.â€"F. C. S. During my housecleaning 1 digâ€" covered that o.d negliges shirts make wonderful dust bags for the childreéen‘s coats, the men‘s coats and women‘s waists. By replacing te neckband with a bias fold through which a tape may be run, and stitching up the tails you have a complete dust protector. The sleoves may be tied at the botâ€" tom. ° f 65 Handy Clothes Bag. just mind I. THE CREEK WORLD‘s CONFESSED NEED or cop, 22â€"23. II. cop‘s ANSWER IN THE GOSPEL OF JEsus CHrist, 24â€"34. INTRODUCTIONâ€"In Athens, St. Paul was face to face with the world‘s highest traditions in n-tL literature, and philosophj'. The political glory of Athens had long since faded, but its inte‘lectual eminence remained. But even the l}:hilomphical leaders were found by Paul to be ,unsfi)mpa- thetic. They regarded the missionary as a mere "picker up of straws," as an amateur in philosophy, that is, or as a dilettante. They scoffed at him as a sort of Oriental dervish announcâ€" ing more "foreign demons." C One day, however, seeing an a‘tar with the inscription "To An Unknown God," Paul felt that God had given him his lfomt of contact and his mesâ€" sage. e gathers an audience, and! announces to them that the God of‘ Israel, the God and Father of Jesus Christ, alone answers the pathetically confessed need of the Greek heart. I. THE GREEK WORLD‘s CONFESSED NEED or Gop, 22â€"23. V. 22. The sermon is preached by Paul standing on the Areopagus or Hill of Mars, the rocky eminence to the West of the city, from which in ancient times the. Council of the areopagus dispensed laws to the Athâ€" enians. Paul begins by giving the Athenians credit for a deeply relâ€" igious turn of mind which makes them more than usually respectful of diâ€" vine things. The words of the Authorâ€" ized Version, "Ye are too superstiâ€" tious" should be rendered "You are more than others interested in things divine." St. Paul‘s attitude to the Athenian heart here is sympathetic, not condemnatory. _ _ es we V. 23. The proof that the Athenâ€"| ians are more than usually religious has been found by Paul in the aitar inscription To An Unknown God. No inscription bearing this title has beenl discovered at Athens, but we ];mowI for a fact that theg' had inscript,ionsl bearing the plural dedication. To Unâ€" known Gods. What Paul read in thel inscription was not a mere polytheisâ€" tic welcome to all gods that came, butl a muts, pathetic confession that the heathen soul was not satisfied, but was stretching out its arms towards the true Fatherâ€"God of whom they had never heard. II. copn‘s ANSWER IN THE GOSPEL OF JEsus CHRIST, 24â€"34. f St. Paul now has his text, and in the first part of the sermon he deâ€" clares that the God, who has been hitherto unknown to the ~heathen heart, is spiritual and one, the Creâ€" ator of the wor‘d, the Giver of life, the Lord of the nations, the kind, intimate Father of the souls of men (vs. 24â€"29). In the gecond® part, which is the specifically Christian ’part, he declares that the God has revealed himse.f in Jesus, and calls men from sin and heathen darkness ito receive eternal life, vs. 30â€"31. It is 'this second part of the message which ‘ arouses opposition, vs. 32â€"34. | is %is no part of our life which is outâ€" side of his observation and interest. Polytheism did not put the whole of ‘man’s life under any of its deities, ‘but assigned to each a small part of \ what concerns us. Hence, there was Ino dominant holy will to which man ‘must make account for the who‘e of \his actions and his life. | _ V. 25. St. Paul shows that for the \same reason the heathen religious ‘rites are meaningless. The true God |\ does not need the offerings and libaâ€" tions which the heathen offer on their | altars, for he is himse‘lf the Lord and \Giver of Life. C t Vs. 27â€"29, And the existence of this |one true God corresponds with the !universa] craving of the human heart for divine love: God has put an inâ€" \stinct in human hearts which makes | us "rest‘ess until we find rest in him." \We are all waiting and groping for] something, and that something is |\ God, who is our Father, and far nearâ€" ‘er to us than we think. St. Paul apâ€" ‘peals to the evidence of the Greek“ posts themseves. The post Epimenâ€" ides confesses that in God "we live ‘and move and have our being." Anâ€" ‘other, the poet Aratus, says, "We, iâ€"too, are his offspring." _ St. Paul \quotes these sayings, and shows how {fcoish it is to mistake idolatry for a true worship of the divine being. ‘ > |_ Vs. 30, 31. Then St. Paul applies 'fl’ie Christian message of the redsomâ€" ing ‘ove of God in Clrist. God parâ€" ‘dons the past crrors of ‘heathenism, ‘but now in" Ohrist heccalls for‘reâ€" !pentance, the changed heart and life, in view of coming judgment. All: men must appear before the ‘ judgmentâ€" ;seat of Christ, whom God raiaé's‘ijom. {the dead that he might give eternal lifeâ€"to all who turn to him. _ & ctober 4. Paul in Athens, Acts 17: 16â€"34. Golden Textâ€"In him we live, and move, and have our being.â€" Acts 17: 28. V. 24. St. Paul points out that the Creatorâ€"Spirit, the God who made the world, is not to be thought of as localiy fixed in any shrine or temple. He inhabits the who‘le world and there ~~S.8. LESSON _ |at once provokes scepticism and even (ridicule. St. Paul had to turnsorâ€" irowfu'.ly away from Athens.© But a ‘number of Athenians became=conâ€" \‘yerts, , St. Paul had not spoken «@lâ€" "togethér in vain. ° V. 26. Moreover, it must not be thought that one nation has one set of gods, and another nation has anâ€" other set. The one true God is Lord of all nations, and to him all peoples are responsible. _ ' t _ Vs. ‘32â€"34. â€" The announcement <of the resurrection and of eternal: life If new silk stockings are washed in very hot water before being worn, they are less likely to ladder, for the washing toughens the silk., : proved. When next. making mustard; try adding a few drops of salad oil go it Youâ€"will find the flavor greatly imâ€" ANALYSIS. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Thou’h winter comes, 'M wih not be far behind =if you plant buibs! The grace and the glory of spring gardensâ€""daffodi‘s that come before the swallow dares, and take the 'i{ldl of March with beauty‘"â€" and tulips thatâ€""for their morning sup of heavenly vintage, from the soil look up”â€"-cr'e not new flowers. They date back far beyond the days o[ Will Shakespeare and even of old Omar. Yet there are comparatively fow people who seem to realize that, with our modern varieties, it is easy to have two solid months of bloom with these g‘orious flowérs and nearly a month more a possibility. The conseâ€" quence is that one seldom sees &A spring garden in which the pageant of the most gorgeous of ail spring flowers lasts more than a third or, at most, half as long as it should. In the garden of my boyhood days there were but two varieties of narâ€" ciesus, Double Van Sion and the Poet‘s narcissus. And each spring, in the same place, we had a long borâ€" der of red and yellow Duc Van Thol single early tulips. The latter were always welcome, not for their beauty but for the sunny cheer which they brought in a flowerâ€"scant season. The Van Sion "daffodils," as we called them, were a perennial disâ€" appointment, because they always opened unevenly and partly greenâ€" as they do in most parts of this country. ; But the Poet‘s narcissus was a bright spot in each spring‘s flower pageant. I thought tgnen and still think that there is no flower more perpetually satisfying in its utter simplicity, perfect symmetry and wild gracefulness than the Poet‘s type of narcissus. It is one of the few flowâ€" ers that is just as beautiful whether as a single specimen or by the thouâ€" sand. It is not my purpose, however, to extol any one flower, but rather to make as plain as possible how ten weeks or more of continuous beauty from bulbs may be enjoyed by selectâ€" ing suitable varieties. So far as garâ€" den culture is concerned, all the Dutch buibs are pretty much alike. They are called Dutch bu‘bs, despite the fact that none of them is native to Holland, but because of the great skill which the Hollanders have developed in growing theém commercially. The three essentials in achieving success with tulips and narcissus are: First, get sound buibs; ‘second, put the soil in good condition before plantâ€" ing; third, plant early. ~.. For a Constant Succession of Bloom Next Spring. You can easily judge the quality of your buibs when you buy them. They should be heavy and plump, so that there is little or no "give" when you press one with the thumb. If you take a knife and cut a buib in two vertically there shou‘d be no marked air spaces between the layers and a miniature flower bud, perfect‘y deâ€" veloped, shou‘ld show in the heart of the bulb. that there 13 NUUC OFP NO pIVE . MRRTT * I you press one with the thumb. If The : great obstacle o . open anrl you take a knife and cut a buib in two schools in rural districts is that ghe‘ vertically there shou‘d be no marked percentage of the school population air spaces between the layers and a needing them is not large enough to miniature flower bud, perfecty deâ€" warrant the expense. Yet I flo crave veloped, shou‘ld show in the heart oflthe advantages of _the open air school the buib. lfor the country fhlld of subâ€"standard PLUMPING SHRUNKEN BULRS hga‘.th a:nd s ‘thml'( ieg, Thun Sbrths we Occasionally the bulbs, while still m:hs:ml;i?éeta;azmnz.‘ E\ehryc:ni ns s 1 » still pen air school knows appearing all right on the Ou“‘dfiv|that "fresh air" is but one of its adâ€" have ‘been so heated in curing or in | vantages. So far as that feature is transit thu‘t the fi0\.ver is "blasted, lconcerned the school that is well venâ€" ang ':e eaSIclly P;TN;:V@Ld :)0 be._lblacl:; tilated and does not raise its temperaâ€" an cayed. uc u.bs wil not ture artificiall bove ixtyâ€"ei flower the first season after planting,| greeg‘i: d(:;:,gy :e',l,e ';“'}f;yo?hi}:-t idnt although they may recover and be all| portant things that make weak chilâ€" right later on. gdren do so well in open air schools If vour bulbs should appear to be nre: If your bulbs should appear to be: slightly ‘dried out or shrunken when‘ you receive them, it is a good plan to‘ plump them before planting, by cov-% ering them with moist soil or moist moss until you are ready to plant. . | Both tulips and narcissi will bloom satisfactorily, if good builbs are plantâ€" ed, in almost any soil, but a light, loamy soil is to be preferred. If your soil is either heavy clay or sandy, add a generous amount of commercial humus or florist‘s peat before plantâ€" ing. Wood ashes or even sifted coal ashes are also fine for cither clay or sandy soils. _ In addition, add plenty of coarse bone meal worked thoroughly into the soil. The.soil where the buibs are to go should be thorough‘y forked up and pulverized so that it will fit snugly around them. Good drainage is esâ€" sential. Early plantingâ€"that® is, several weeks before freszing weatherâ€"is desirab‘e _A misunderstanding seems to be generalrcoricerning the various types of narcissi~ > T *E3 * All flowers of this type are narcissl, and daffodils, correcty speaking, is just as inclusive a term, being but a synonym for narcissi. . The jongui‘s are a sing:e type of narcissi, conâ€" spicuous because of their very: swect scent and bright yellow flowers. l .& Â¥ + ns qWge. airl TE The other narcissi, or daffodils, are classified . as trumpet daffodil4, in which the trumpét or crown is as long or longer than the peta‘s; the incomâ€" parabilis daffodiis, in which the trumâ€" pet is shorter than the peta‘s, but at least a third ds long; and the barrii and leedsii daffodis, in which the trumpet is less than oneâ€"third as long as the petals or becomes mere‘y a cup. A x '.i‘he poet‘s daffodi!s have pure glisâ€"" water, leaving them overnight: â€"â€" ! Able to comprehead the tening white peta‘s and a shallow| It is truly amazing how white they| ‘That is Timo‘s comp crown.or cup, margined or colored ‘th_us ., becomeâ€"really ,snow-white.} ‘to Age. ; searlet or crimsons © _ _ _ _ 3â€"â€"_M. K. M. se ) j h «. The postaz dafodils difer from all the above by bearing their flowers in a‘ gluster orâ€" bunch, several on each stehis 4. xnA ; ~ ‘It is in~the trumpetâ€"flowered class AN EVERâ€"SATISFYING FLOWER ~ ~~ TVLIPS AND DAFFODIS ©<~=~ BY F. F. ROCKWELL that the greatest improvement has been made during the past few years. Golden Spur has long been the most popular yellow trumpet, but the spenâ€" did flowers of King Alfred, borne on strong stems well above the foliage, make it the one best deepâ€"yellow trutipet for the garden. A SUCCBESSION OF COLOR. Seme of the best of the doub‘les are: Boule de Neige, white; Mr. Van der Hoef, pure ;e)low; Murillo, blush pink; Salvatof Rosa, deep rose; Tea Rose, a unique yellow apricot; and Vuurbaak, a bright scarlet. With the last of the early tulips come on the cottage or Mayâ€"flowering tulips, Moonlight, a wonderful, long, yellow flower is one of the earliest. Mrs. Moon, of deeper color, follows close after with Inglescombe Pink. wfi:fi&&ifi? and breeders, which close the tulip season, are the finest of all. & One of the earliest Darwins is Wm. Copland or Sweet Lavender, a rosy lavender. Another early is Pridge of Haarlem, immense in size and a brilâ€" liant rosy scarlet, slightly scented. William Pitt, deep crimson ; the Rev. H. Ewbank, soft lavender; Madame Krelage, a deep pink with a silvery edge, the buds looking like roses; Princess Elizabeth, a wonderful, clear deep pink; and Farncombe Sanders, bright scarlet, comes next. Among the latest bloomers are some of the finest, such as Afterglow, an indescribable saffron orange shading into salmon at the edges of the petals; Clara Butt, a distinct clear salmon pink, old but unsurpassed; and Baron de la Tonnaye, another roselike deep pink, with lighter pink at the edges. The following breeders are as fine as the best Darwins: Panorama, an orange mahogany and a great b:.oomâ€" er, Yellow Perfection, and Dom Pedro, rich brown. "What good is an ‘Open Air School‘ to country children? They have fresh air all the time." f The question is put to me in all seriousness by a school nurse who has been asked about open air schools in rural districts. I will agree with her statement if she says, "They may have fresh air a.l the time." As a matter of fact, some country children spend many a winter day shut up in an overhtated Aouse which they change only for an underheated schoolroom. But I will agree that country children should not need open air schoo‘ls in order to get fresh air. x Rest, lying down, at intervals during the day. m 2. Extra nourishment, composed chiefly of milk. "% & 8. Freedom from aill mental comâ€" petition or strain. My ofpinion is that this freedom from strain is as important as any. All of these features can be arranged by a sympathetic, intelligent teacher, and they are worth while, even though no more than two or three pupils in the group need such care. An alcove or a small class room wiil do for a rest room, and failing in any other arrangement a . place screened off from the oneâ€"room school and used at the noon intermission would help. Open air schools are very helpful to subâ€"standard children. If you canâ€" not have them in the country try to include their advantages in the reguâ€" lar school.â€"Dr. C. H. Lerrigo. I like snowâ€"white linen, but I abhor commetrcial _ bleaching compounds, having been told time and again, at home in France, where the love of fine linen amounts almost to reverâ€" ence, that beaches will on‘ly whiten the threads to their dotriment. So, according to oldâ€"time rules, whenever white garments or cothes become yellowed, or whonever they are recalcitrant spots that one would imagine nothing but bleaching powâ€" ders or liquids cou‘d remove, I hang the washed garments to dry in the sun There, ali day, they remain, and in"| ownâ€" M the evening, when dry, I soak them| One would not have the power to again very thoroughly in plain cold| recognize * water." | The kindred sesrets in anothor‘s eyes, I do not wring them at all, but hang | IHad not one, through . life‘s. wider them up again, all dripping with knovwledgo grown Â¥ water, leaving themâ€"overnight: â€"â€" . Able to comprehend the heritape It is truly amazing how white they)| ‘That is Timo‘s componsating pift ‘Before â€"appiying polish to ranm‘; Tea should be kept in an airtight or‘ cooker ~remove .all grease spots |tin in a cool piaee. Coffem should "e with a rag dipped in turpentine, or purchased in small qu=ntities, fresfly a pad of old cloth dippedin g@ot. _ 4 ground . +« ~ The Health School. Snowâ€"White Linen. .;:':l Yet there is nothing taken away for other whigh some compensation is not given k: pif Spring is young and lovely; summeor, ed at | more mature, but beautiful; and in help.l‘“t“m“ the beauty is still there, with i1 to all the added store than spring and cm-' summer brought. Experience is worth ry to| a great deal, and one cannot have the rezu_lbn!nnced judgment, the wider mercy | of later life, without giving up someâ€" + ithing for it. R |0ne grieves to see the charms that abhor one holds dear ynndg" Show clearer Time‘s encroaching, in, at| day by dayâ€"â€" ve of‘A halting step, a line, a thread of everâ€" gray: hiten And yet, as one by one; thise signs ‘ appear, rules, They only intimate that evary year othes| â€" Has laid its store of riches at one‘s Although October is associated with the varied coloring of the changâ€" ing leaves and grasses, it is an altoâ€" gether different hue from any of these that is, in my opinion, October‘s true color, and that hue is blue. k UnE y Fu in e ced d _It mey be that, because poets have sung of "blue October weather," I have noticed how deep a blue the sky takes on when a clear October day dawns; a color that makes me believe no farâ€"famed Italian sky cou‘d be a truer blue, or more beautiful. Thomas Carlyle, whom we do not usually link with poetry, once wrote some verses about the dawning of another blue sky, and I think he must have had an October day in mind, beâ€" cause they are such perfect days that it does seem wicked to let one of them "slip useless away." DIVINE COLOR SCHEMES. If nng of us had been taken into the confines of the Creator, and told that the general color scheme for the earth was to be mostly green, with a top of blue, nnd that on the under part of green a showing of many colors would be made, we would hardâ€" ly have given our approval of the plan, and probably wou‘ld have sugâ€" gested some other scheme. Yet, like everything else from the hand of ‘God, unspoiled by man, how beautiful are the cotorings of nature at ali seaâ€" sons, and how especially lavish the display in the autumn. The changes come about so graduâ€" ally that for a time we are hardly consclous of them,. There are maple trees that I see now from my window, just as green as they were in August. yet I know that within a few days I shall begin to see something different about them. The leaves seem to be attached firmly to the branches, but let a rainy days come, with winds blowing and the grass and streets will be covered with fallen leaves, But the beautiful autumn coloring is still to come, except where, on higher lands, the breath of Jack Frost has already been fe‘t. "Autumn, with her sunburnt caravan, Like a gypsy train with trapping gay, And tattooed colors of the Orient, Moving slowâ€"footed through the dreamy hils." But it is the blueness of the October landscape and sky that appeals to me, and I wonder if there is any color more generally liked than blue. Posts have dwelt lovingly and lingeringly on the beauties of blue eyes, as we‘ll as blue skies; perhaps because they rhymed; and blue and true seemed aiso to be analagous. Blue flowers also get praise, and to me they are the most attractive bcoms in the gardenâ€"always exceptâ€" ing the roses, which ho‘d ‘ a place wholly their own in my heart, De‘â€" phiniums, especially those . styled "Belladonna," are particularly blus, and forgetâ€"meâ€"nots and loveâ€"inâ€"aâ€"mist (each home‘ly and pretty names) are a close second. Then there are the blue cornâ€"flowers, the gentian, and still others, a‘though some called blue in seedsmen‘s catalogues turn out to ‘ho lavender; pretty, but not what you want among clumps of bue. To dower one with memories to reâ€" peat When one must step. aside from youth‘s. warm chee. . But each decade has comforts of its BLUE OCTOBER «ty dE on «#