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f.i I i T|[ fiH I KEEP THE l^AHM BUSY. 'I'u make money tarming it is nec- essary to run the farm on a princi- pU- similar to tliat of the merchant. ~i'hc merchant don't stock up with winter goods in spring, nor with spring goods in fall. Nuithcr does ho Ki'op for sale the samo sort of goods ail (,l:o yoar rotiod. Practically ho makes two or more crops during the yfar. hy laying in stocks suitahlo to the aojison. If the farmers will do likewise they will fare hotter. Tho soil s'noiild be so handled as to yield OS much as po.s.'iible. This cannot be done ly harvesting a. crop in Jum! and leaving the land to rest until planting time next year; and in the sneantimi) the poor farmer wilt .say the roaiion that he cannot pay off tho inortgago on his hou:e is because ho has n.:t land enough to make him. mori' than a bare pubsistonce. Them are farniuis. however, who practice a itiathod more like that of the succesi*- ful merchant. As soon as one crop is guth.^red and garnered they pre- pare the land for another crop, tak- ing care that tho crop shall be .suit- ed to the Boason, as well as to his purpo.scs. They make their .soil bring two crops every yoar, which is flquivalont to doubling tho size of tho field, llut this cannot continue to be done without feeding the soil. If a fanner would double the weight of his hogs or cattle, or incrca.se tho 'luilk of his cows, he must furnish 'thera food. To increase the produc- tive capacity of his land, it must al- so l.e fed. Feeding his stock will enable the farmer to food his land al.so, for the crops ii;rown on the land can be passed through the cat- .tlc. making them grow, and on to tho land, making it produce: and then with a little rotation and a 'good deal of know how, the more â-  the soil produces the more it can jiroducc. Many farmers with 160 acres would do better if they would make pasture of half of it and double the yield of tho other half, which can ' often be done by rotation, fertilizing, restorative crops, good preparation i and good cultivation. The farmer should keep busy by keeping hi.s soil busy. He can ofct all needed rest ' Iiy changing from one kind of work to another, wliicli is roallv recreation. , His land needs recreation and not rest. FKEDUVG PAIUY COWS. F'ceding cows in winter requires al- together different management than in the summer. Almost anyone can get a number of cows through the suuiuier without a loss if he has a supply of pasture to feed on, but very few farmers make a profit on thoir cows in the winter. I suppose this acrounts in a measure for so many fai'mors having abandoned tho dairy business in the winter months and do what they can along this line in the summer time, writes Mr. K. r. Brown. Why not make It pn.v the year through? If one has the money in- vested it hardly seems business like to shut up shop like the suxumer re- .sorters and go back to the woods until warm weather again. Shove up tho blinds and let some light into your business. Knock off the boara you have put across the gate of your business and let the outside world know that you have a cow, that she gives milk and you are keeping her for the milk she gives and the profit derivod from it. What are you in the business for? Is it not for the mon- ey there is In' it? Or have you an idea that you have tho mdst miser- able, disagreeable and unprolitablc vocation of all creation? Who is it that makes your lot agreeable or disagreeable, pleasant or unpleasant. profitable or unprofitable? Can you blame anyone else? If there is one thing above another a good live dairyman likes to ao in winter, it is to feed his cows and know that they are in good warm quarters. Profit depends on this, and the man who thinks differently is not the right kind of a dairyman. The size of the dairy has a good d.iai to do with conditions under which We have to operate, for if one has a large dairy of .say .50 head, a certain amount of help Is employed the year through and the .stock afl well as the owner la to a certain degree depend- ent upon tho help. But it is not my intention at this time to discuss the help question. The first thing one should do is to look over the amount oC feed on hand and estimate as near as pos.siblo how long it is going to Inst to feed from and if there is not pretty good proof that the winter's .supply is suflicient to run until spring or until pas- ture comes. then other conditions have or should be taken into consid- eration. Buying grain to help out the feed is not altoijether a bad thing: seldom if over does a man have enough of nil kinds of feed to run liim through the year without buy- ing, and this is another part of dairy- ing or the result of dairying â€" the buy- ing of grain and feeding tho rough feed and the farm is all the time im- proving. One hardly realizes how great an industry dairying i.s until ho stops to consider some of the benefits derived from it. DAIRY WISDOM. Do not forget to put blankets on tho now born calves if your stables are cold in the least. You can not give your young animals too much ' comfort and warmth. I Too much stress can not be put \xp- . on the manner in which cows are j treated in the stables. A cow soon comes to like or dis- 1 like a I'.erson who cares (or her, ac- i cording to the way in which she is ' handled. 1 Pet your cows, talk to them, call- ing them by name. They soon learn to come at call and to expect a pat or a gentle stroke. Good feed will be lost on a cow that is cruelly or carelessly treated. A difTerence of twenty-five per cent. in product has often been known to take place between cows that were equally good. The.v wore fed the same, but treated differently. Cows should be fed and milked at the same time each day and in the .same order. They quickly form ha- bits and any interruption or disai)- poiuinient is quickly noticed by the loBSoiied product in the pail. Kesults simply show what kind of a man is boiiind tho cow â€" so look out. The food of the heifers must be such that it will nourish all parts ot tho body. The.v may manage to live on hay, but they will bo stunted in size and will never equal their dams, though the sire may be of a line of the best butter makers.. Beside that, their constitutions will be weakened, and they will be subject to every epidemic that comes around. Give once or twice each week a few apples, potatoes or carrots to give variety. Stretch a wire the whole length ot the stable behind the cows. Attach a sna|> with a ring on this wire and hang the lantern in the snap. It can then bo pushed along where the most light is needed. EVERYDAY AII-MENT3. Almost Invariably the Keault Poor Blood or Weak tferyes. of If your health is impaired in any way, however slight, Uus article should interest you. Ask any doctor and he will tell you that most of tho ailments from which men and women of tho present day suiter are du« to weak, watery blood, or dis- orders of the nerve forces. In your case the trouble may only b-J making a start â€" showing itself in a tired feeling, a derangement of the diges- tion, perhaps an occasional headache or a feeling of nervousness. These symptoms are loo often followed by a complete breakdown of the health. In .such ca.scs there is no medicine which will bring buck healtli and strength as quickly as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Thousands of weak and v.eary men and women owe tl eir prcser.t good health and increased vitality to this medicine. These pills make new. rii h red blood, and restore shattered nerves. This is the whole secret of the wonderful success of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. flere is a bit of strong proof. Mrs. W. J. Clark, sr., Boston, Ont., says : â€" "I suffered a great deal from a "complication of troubles; rheuma- tism, liver trouble and pains about tho heart all adding to ray misery. -A. thorough use of Dr. Williams Pink Pills cured me and now at the ago of fifty-two all aches and pains have left me and 1 am enjoying the best rf health." This is the verdict ot all who give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a trial. But you must get the gen- uine with the full name "Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills tor Palo People" on the wrapper around the box. If in doubt send direct to the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brockville, Ont., and the pills will be mailed post paid at .")0 cents a, box or si.x bo-xes for §2.50. riJIAN FIEE WALKEES. Feet Not Blistered by Seat That Melted Solder. WHEHE MEMORY FAILS. Fault of Most ^.chools and Col- leges. Many people are lacl^ing in the faculty of concentration. The .secret of achievement is the power to focus the thought. A man mu.st be able to marshal his intellectual forces as Napoleon did his army, and to bring their united strength to ac- complish whatever ho is doing. A. wandering mind will uever accom- plish anything. The great trouble with our present educational system is that most schools and colhges encourgae mem- orising. This is a fundamental er- ror, for the memory is not a real powei'. It is mo;oly a reservoir to which the executive faculties go for material. Some of the men who have been endowed with the most phenomenal memories have never attained anything beyond medio- crity. There is no doubt that many nat- urally strong minds have been ruin- ed by being crammed with unrelated and undigested facts. It is not tho overful mind that utilists its mater- ial, but the one that has made thor- oughly practical every scrap of knowledge and evorj' bit of exper- ience that has come to it. Competitive examinations are re- .sponsible for many a weakened mind. They lay too much stress on memory and text-book knowledge, aad too little on a real working comprehen- sion of a subject. .V boy with a good memory can secure high marks and pass examinations creditably, simply because he remembers the pet questions and theories of Lis teach- ers: while one who has si)ent his time in mastering principles and gaining actual power may not ob- tain nearly so high raiilt, or may fail altogether in his exiuninations. It is not memorj- that counts most but ability to grasp, to hold, to anal.vse. to compare, and to com- bine, which gives a solid grip and mastery of principles. ^ - BABY'S DANGER. •ouml announcinflf tho approach of the coming flood. At length we .should see the river tumbling along with a rush -ind a roar and in twenty minutes the dry ! channel would be filled to the top ol the banks: and soon, where all waa dry a Uttle betore, the life-giving wa- ters would be glistening in all the ditches under the bright sunshine. All nature rejoiced under the tra::sforaia- tion, and the sheep and cattle wer« scarcely less happy than tho men and women. A day later the channel would b» dry again, but all the water that could be utilized b.v plant and animal life for two or three weeks would DR. A. W. CHASE'S OC CATARRH CUBE... ^VC. Ii sent dtract to (be â- ''-ftn-il parts by Jte Improvod BWwer. H^^it tho uJceis, cUars dm ajix puufc Mops droi>pinp In tbo iUr«u and peraananlljr cttr«« C«larrh aod H.y Fever. BUww All dcilort. or Dr. A. W. Chu* Mcdkjine Co., Toronto aai Bu&l& frea. Those who witne.ssed the cororta- The fact that so-called soothing tion i)rocessioiis will doubtless recol- , medicines put children to sleep is no NEGRESSKS AS DETECTIVES. Negress private detectives arc be- ing employed by an agency in Georgia. The women are stated to be adepts in tho work required of them, as they are intelligent, patient trustworthy, and as cunning as foxes. Besides, the individual shadowed cannot, as a rule, tell one ncgrcss from another. Lady detectives who are white can, it seems, be readily "spotted" by the parties they are watching. Much Sickness, Cougrhs and Colds LaQrIppe, Bronchitis and Pnuemoniaâ€" Enornnoua Demand for Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine. lect a small group of copper-colored soldiers with bate legs and out- standing hair innocent of covering, says the London Standard. These strange people â€" Fijians â€" and tl.eir ancient ceremony of tho Vilavilaii-e- vo, or Rre walking, were the sub- ject of a paper lead by W. L. -•X.Uar- dycc, C. M. Q., at a meeting of the lioyal Colonial Institute the other da^-. Admiral Sir N. Bowdeu- Sniitli prcsidod. The ceremony of lire walking, SIi-. Allardyce explained, is performed by a certain tribe ut the island of Be- ga, and originated in a legend that ill reward for having spared the life ot a man he li.ad dug out of the ground, one Tui Qualita was invest- ed with the power of being able to walk over red hot stones without be- ing burned. .\u earth oven is made and filled with layers of wood and stone. In this a (ire is kindled about twelve hours before the fire walking taJies place, and when the hot stones have been exposed by brushing away tho charcoal, the na- tives, under the direction of a mas- ter of ceremonies, walk over th«m barefooted. The temperature at the edge of the oven is about 120 degrees Fahren- heit, while ou one occasion, when a thermometer was suspcnLlcd o\or the stones, it registered 28- degrees and the solder was melted. Vet, stateil Mr. All:\rdyce, after the cer- emony tho natives show no signs of tho torrilic ordeal through which they have gone. By means of bign that they are helpful. On the contrajy they are dangerous and di.>- tinctly harmful â€" the little one has Dcen merely drugged into temporary insensibility, the seat of the Irouble has not been reached. Xevcr give a child an opiate except under the Watchful eje of a competent physi- cian, and remember that all "sooth- ing" medicines contain opiates. When your little one is not well, when it has any little stomach or bowel trouble, or any of the minor ail- ments of little ones give it Baby's Own Tablets, and it will be safe. This medicine is sold under a guar- antee that it contains no opiate or harmful drug. .\sk any mother who has used this medicine and she will toll you how her little one has thrived and grown well and strong after taking tho Tablets. Mr. T. B. Mitchell, the well known druggist. Oshiiwa, Ont., says : â€" "I can safely recommend Baby's Own Tablets from the splendid results they have given my customers and from having used (hem in our own home." You can get the Tablets from any druggist or by mail from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brockville, Ont, at 23 cents a box. be stored in the soil and wells. Thou would come another torrent and ev- erybody would bend again to tho task of utilizing it to the utmost. So it went on all sunmier. The cattle and sheep were fat. the oats were waist high, and the tobacco loaf was broad and of excellent quality. The phenomenon is easily explained. Xo matter how paixhed and sooi- -South Africa may be, the Draliensborg Mountains of tho oast, catching tho moisture laden winds from tho In- dian Ocean, have always plenty of rain. The little Klipplaat rises among the foothills of the higher Dra'itens- berg. where the largest water supply is maintained. Snow frequently falls at ihpr.o higher altitudes, and is melted by the successive rains, swel- ling the water supply. The Klipplaat is the only river that enjoys these advantages to the full, ancf the meri-y torrent it sends down every few weeics maint-iins a beit of luxuriotis verdure, no matter how dry the surrounding country may be. So the Klipplaat is regarded as an un- mixed bl.'ssing and the most remark- able river in tiouth .\frica. . . CAPE COLONY'S ODD RIVER. Keeps Crops Growing in a Dryj Land When Other Rivers Fail. GOOD WOUDS GONK WKONG. Have you ever noticed that certain woi"ds, tho meanings of which were originally above rei>roa.c!i, when oute started on the downward path soon degenerate ? That evil creeps in.si- diously into what it will eventually destroy in demonstrated by tho oiiango in such a word as 'cunning." which was originally synonymous with •knowledge" in the highest sense, and now stands for quickness in matters more or less shady. "Xotorioub" is another word which is slowly falling into disiepulo, though not so antirclj- but that those who do not draw nice distinc- tions still confuse it witli 'notable" â€" a term that carries with it nothing of apporbriuiii. While an eminent statesman ma.v be termed 'notable" he is not "notorious." tliough h« might easilj- become so by soma glaring misconduct iu cither a bus- ine>s or per.soual matter. The pre- sent word "holiday" is an adapta- tion from "holy day." tho difference in spelling having been introducud iu comparativel,\' lecent times, so that the term might not be confu.sed. » DIDN'T BELIEVE. During the past season a large part u^ ' of Cape Colony has sudered from a number of views the lecturer gave a severe drought. The poorly nourished realistic idea of the ceremony as fo;- i ^-'iJ-ttle have looked pinched. the foriued nowadays. 'grass has turned yellow, and the VUe-.\dmlral Lewis Ueaumont 'd*- | crops have bcvn a partial failure. scribed a fire-walking ceremony as In the midst of tho parched regions, witnessed by himself. Although however, there has been a long rib- tho.se who took jxitt in it showed no ' bon of green, where oats, wheat and signs of di.scomfort, he remarked that apparently they did not like it over much. Ucplying to ciueslions, Ur..\ Uar- dyce said the only explanation he could give of tho apparent immunity j from harm following on the process ; was that the soles of the feet of the '. natives were hardened to an unusual '< degree through con.=tant walking on ' a .'-andy soil covering coral, which | became exceedingly hot under the | Bun. There w;is also the element of | absolute belief by the natives in tho legend that they were proof against I lir'». I There is scarcely a home wh«ro there is not someone sufleriug from throat or lung trouble. In otlicos. stores ai\d factories tho starts are greatly reduced. The sud- den changes in toniperaturo aro more than (jcople c;in stantl. Everywhere you hear people coughing. Previous experience has taught mo.st }>cople that for these ailments there i.t no treatment so prompt ami eflectivo as Pr. Chase's Syrup of Un- seed imd 'l\irpontine. Just now the sales of this great family mpdlcin« are enormous. Mrs. J. I'rovost. Renfrew, Ont. stales : â€" "My fourteen-year-old boy had a very severe cold In tho chest lost winter, and I roptlly thought he was i(oing to die. He coughed near- ly all the time and sometimes would spit up blood. We had about given up all hoi>os of his recovery, when I heard of Pr. Chase's Syrup of Lin- seed and Turpentine. After using one bottle there was a great change in his condition, and I can positive- ly say that he was completely cured by two bottles, and h» has not been troubled since, I never saw modi- cine take such quic'' eflect and can sincerely i-ecommenll it." Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lina«ed and IMrpsntins, 5t5 c»nts a bottle, family size (three times as much). 00 conts, at all dealers, or Edmonson, Bates it Co , Toronto. To protect you agaituit iuutationa I the portrait and aignaturt of Dr. A. I W. Chase, the famous receipt book I author, are on every bottle. tobacco have .yielded great crops and the farmers are happ.v, though they have not had an Inch more rain than thoir loss fortunate neighbors. Thoir prosperit.v Is due to a very remark- able river. Tho Klipplaat in Eastern Ca|>e Col- ony is a friend in nood. when all the other streams may be .as dry as a bone; and the curious fcaliu-o about it is that tho Klipplaat itself has a hop«'le.ss asp<»ct most of the time, with only a little puddle of water here and there in the lower parts of its bed, j .Suppose we had stood on the banks ^,, „^ .„,.„.-, i of the Klippta.Tt "in December last. SMOKIxNG DK0MED.\RIT:S. [the .sumnuM Wson in Cape Colony,- There is no reason why a drome- the sky was brazen all the days of darj- should not be partial to a good ' that month â€" ajid we siiould have .seen cigar. Most ilromedarics. according ; onl.v the dry bottom of the river. to a menagerie proprietor, arc par- with a mudhole here and there to re- ticulat ly fond of tobacco-smoke, and can be made to do almost anything under Its inlluence. "Travellers in Egj'Pt," he asserts, rely more on lieve the monoton.v. Hut if we happened to be there at the right time we should suddenly have observed a great stir among the tobacco-smoke for their control over ; farmers, and have heard e.xcited these huge beasts than anything j shouts from f.-.irm to farm carrving else. When travcIMng ou long jour- the news that had just come iu a n.ys the dromedaries are in many j^, „, f^om far up the river. The cases required to travel night and ,p, „^, „.„, „„,^ ,,^.^, ,^^,,.^^ ^ day without re.st. and the beasts are ^ut it hro.ight Joy and bustle and kept up to their tasks by smoking! .- • ,. ^ "<->•.« a^i.u cigars. The driver carries a trian- '^^fov nM,c,pe.Uon to every soul. The gular piece of wood, which is pierced ,â„¢<?ss«Ms0 read:- at one point like a cigar-holder. ; "Til K UIVKR IS COMIN'G IKlWN." rhis is inserted in the mouth of the' ,. _.„ , , k., i i r .• â-  # beast, the cigar being lit and p.ess- ! ,^\^,l , n "''" k . '"â- " ed^nio the hole in the same faShion "^l, »' "^'' travemng waters, but every followed bv man. "The dromedary ,'"'""*'' '^"â- '' '"" "' '"°''^ .'°'" "" ''""'^'' immediately closes its o.vcs and pufTs i '^''= ^""'}>^ were to be rigged, fc.^ery away through its nostrils until the '^•«"' °' ''"''^ "» ***" '•''â- i''"-'* that would cigar is burnt away. Iho indulgence j '"'1^*^'*' * '""^ ""'' "''^ '° •>* crushed, appears to refresh it, and the keeper | "^n'' '"'s.v spades were pivparing the has no difficulty in persuading thel'antl for a thorough flooding: and animal to Plod on without further 1*^"" children were on the banks prick- rgst."- l"* "P •'"'''' o**â„¢ to catch the first i That Coffee Was the Real Trouble. I Some people flounder around and ; take everything that's recouunended to them, but liiially find out that cof- ', fee is the real cause of their troubles. ' An Oregon u:,an says; ' "For 2.") years [ was troubled with m.v stomach. I was a stead.v coiTeo drinker but didn't suspect that ;\s the cause. I doctored with good doc- tors and got no help, then 1 took al- mo.st an,\ tiling which someone else had been cured w^ith. but to no good. I was very bad l;ist summer and could not work at limes. "On December 2, lSt>2. T was tak- en so bad the Doctor said I could not live over twent.v-four hours at the most and I made all preparations to die. I could hardly eat anything, everything distressed me and 1 was weak and sick all over. When in that condition colToe was abandoned and I was put on Postuni. the change in m.v feelings came quickly after tho drink that was poisoning me was re moved. "The pain and sickness fell awa.v from mo and I began to get well day by day so I stuck to it until now I am well and strong again, can eat heartily with no headache heart trou- ble or the awful sickness of the old coffee days. I drink all I wish ot PoBtuin without any harm and enjoy it immensely. "Phis seems like a wonderfully strong story, but I would refer you to the Kirst National Kank. The Trust Banking Co.. or any merchant of Grants I'n.ss. Ore., in regaro to my standing and I will .send a sworn statement of this if you wi.sh. You can also tse my name." Name giv« en by Postum Co., Pattle Creek, Mich. Still there arc many who ix?rsist- entl.v fool themselves by sai'ing 'Cof fee don't hurt me." a ten days' Iria of Postum in Ds place will tell thi truth atid many times save life. •Th'^rc's a reason." Look tor the mie book, ' 'nti Koad to Wellville" in ciMi p^ckagu. â-  in.* w>aaiiiiii>iiiiiiiu»i»w â- Si' f«i