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wm 4 ^' sSfi- WATEU SUl'l'LY UF TlIK FARM, ij Th") wiitcM- Kvipply of lliu (unu is ob- tuiiiml usuuUy Iroia wolls. Iii many cabua Iho souico of supply i« fioui ivluillow wi'lls. luul with tlioHo_ theru coiiiiis l.lio duiiKi'i' of j«)lliilion'. Whoii Iho fiiriner fust builds Ills homo tlio them In ovory fonturo. Ask the owner of tlicin wliut that ninunR iind Iho invuriiiblii aii><«cr will \-m tiuil It is old ami, wlii^n lli<' tnii^ aiiswor would be Mlarvation uiid iioijloct. 'Die liiiid has boon cropped and the crops romovod from (ho orchards to such' (iti cxlotit that tho soil has lio- coiiio iinpovorishod and pruninn has ! hi'on iii'i^Iocicd. uri( il thii limbs and I branches huvo ho ou'^'i'"'" the roots of the trees that tlio latter cannot iConvey nulrinioiit onouph to the former to keep them in lair ({rowing [condition even If there were now in ! the starvud soil en<>u){h of ft to water supply from tl.o shallow weUiinake au adequate top ffrowth. A is l.-urc. As the soil near Iho well it'oulthy. prosperous lie of an or- becomes .ovored with litter uad |i'>"';J -f ""t l"U"t<-'tl tof.ftyor a thrown 'hundred years or more by any uioans. What (ovored Hlop.s and oilier refuse are out near the house, the water sui>- , ..... . , , . to contamination ! What is the cheapest and best m,- each succeeding :«>">'' "f '<t"ei'i"R H'" «"il "f «" '»•- ply is subjecle Jjioro utui more as ei year adds to the nmterial absorbed I'l'"''! '» '' «'."«' "^a o of fertility? bv the soil, writes Trof. J. H. Wooin. j' •^â- l""" ""'''•• '« "" "•"'''" '": cheaper Ultiinatelv the .soil is saturated 1 '."""""' t'">''.''.V ''sheepum' it: that and the rain as it falls to the sur- i '=>• ''.V l"<sturing sheep upon the land, face of the rtouiuI seeks the water I " ""^ has more sheep than the area l-.-vel and curries with it iiecaved "^ ""^ "'''"'';"â- .''.''"""""".''""•'""''' " voBotablo and animal matter which I Pns<"'-n adJoinitiK it, boin,: suro to may bo present in the soil through which the water passes. In many proi>erIy prevent thn blight of the leaf, and, consequently, the rot of the ttiljor, by spraying with bor- deaux. 'I'iio liist spray ."hovild bo made the latter part of .June, and from that time until the vines conmioncc to show that they are becoinint; ripe, the bordeaux should bo kept con- stantly upon the leaves and viiyjs. If it doe.s not rain to wash it away, it will he sullicieiit to .-<praj|» once every two weeks, but an extra ap- plication should be made after a hard, dn.sliiiijr rain. This a!>|'lica- tion will not kill the Jiotato beetle or other chewinp In.Koets, but if any such pests be present, aild about a third of ii pound of paris f;reen to each barrel of Iho bordeaux. This then becomes both a fui^icidc and 111! insecticide. SAVE BABY'S LIFE. I eiiclo.io tho sheep in the orchard nifjlits so that tin; most of their dro|)pin8:8 will be left thoro to fer- tili/'o tho soil. 'I'he lenvo.si of tlio . , , i . , ^ trees will assume K'Venor color, will i V"""'''"" , "? , ''^'"'•"""e'v f^'l'-ent remain on the trees much later and ''"'""< f'^" ''"'' "''â- "'''er. At tho first l,ho fruit will be larRer, will color r'K" "f ""y "f "ie.se troubles liaby's instances tho well which furnishes the water supidy of the family and is u.seil to wa.':!! tho milk utensils is situated near the barnyard. Under certain conditions the well may have â- â- â-  ; - - ." ' .." 7, lOwn 'I'alilnls should bn eivi.nâ€" bettor jif belter and every feature ol tho or- !'-'."' ^""leis snoiiui on (,n(ii nenei I chard will evince greater thrift you cannot watch your little ones too carefully durinc; tho hot wea- ther. At this tiino sickness comes swiftly and tho sands of tho little lif'! are apt to i^Mila away almost he- fore you know it. Dysentry, diarr- hoea, cholera infantum, and stomach jo their drinking such largo quanti ouf{ht to, some oven dbublo and tref>- le what thi-y need. It i.s also duo in part t > tho abominablo dishoa which pass us French cookery in thij) country. •'.So difllcult, in fact. Is It to get Krench cookery properly done that It ought, as a Roneral rule, to be ri;j- orously eschewed. I nm not refer- ring, of course, to great hotels llko Cla ridge's or '.l.c .Savoy, whero tho very best chefs procurable are em- ployed, nor to some of the dinners prepared at tho homes of the weal- thiest upper classes, hut if you go to the middle-class homes, where at- tempts are made by third-rate lOng- lish cooks to reproduce delicate Frenrli sauces and guinishings, the result is most ludricrous. "Our reputation as a meat-eating nation accounts no doubt for tho moderate average of girth of tho British nation, in comparison with th<! middle class in Continental coun- tries, such as Italy, France, Holland and Uelbium, whore a large propor- tion of the diet is farinaceous, and tho tendency is for tho people to be- come very obo.se. The (loimans arc also, as a race, very stout, and this Bfoms to be in a great measure due been placed so that tho drainago tho !)nin,vard runs directly into the well. Jt can easil.v bo seen that the water containing these inipurities may bo iinhenlthy for two reasons: It may servo as a carrier of tho Rej"i of di.soa.sos which may bo pres- ^...^ in the decayed mutter in the .^oil; the water containing the i)roiluclK of decompoMiiioii and putrefaction can- not but have an unwholesome elfcct evince Warm, sunn.v days in summer tho iijieep will rent in the sluirio of tho apple trees, and of cour.sc, will leave much of their droppings exactly where thoy will do the nii>at good. Hhoop will consume tho immature and "winilfnll" ipples with all their content of larvao of predator.v In- sects, and will kee;i tho ba.sVi of the STKMS 01'^ THE TUBES still an occasional doso will prevent these troubles coming, and the Tab- Iet:f should therefore be kept in every home. rromptnoss may save your child's life. Mrs. .T. R. .Slanden, Weyburii, N.W.T., sa.vs: "Unby's Own Tablets' aro valuable in cases of diarrhoea, constipation, hives, and when teething. I have never used a medicine that gives such good .satis- j faction." This is the ties of thin beer, which is Very fat- tening. 11ULL.S THE INTELLECT. "Over-fatness undoubtedly tends to dull tho intellect and decrease energy. It will be fountl by studying his- tory that very few reall.v great and successful soldiers or thinkers have been fat. I think there is some truth in the assertion of a military friend of mine that if Napoleon had bcon thirty-five instead of fort.v-six and not so fat when he fought Wat- lots. If you do not find tho Tablets I . Tho Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Urockvillo, Ont., and a hot will bo upon thi! person using it Material which in its pure condi- jentirely free from the unsigiilly pro- tion can bo u.seil for food undergoes ivided onl.v that the old growth of rheinical cluuiges when exjiosed to | sprouts there be cleared nway when the action of certain bacteria and |the sheep are first turned in. Slieep poi.ions may bo produced. and prune the orchard and have AN FXVMl'l 10 Ihealthy and fruitful trees so long sent you by mail post paid 'as you and your blood relatives of an.v not too reinore kin.ship shall live ito enjoy the fruits of .voiir orchard [and your wise attention to it iu I season. IJeing a "dyed-in-the-wool" adinir experience of \^^'^°°- '-''e result of the battle might „ii .1 11., 1 .1 rr. 1 ihave been ditTerent. As it was, over- all mothers who have used the Tab- â- , . . , ... fatness had sapped his energy and ot this c!;aiige which is cal)ablo of taking place in vegetable and animal niiittor and producing poisons. is shown in pressed beef, which when exposed to the action of certain bac- teria produces ii poison. Cheese cr of sheeii, I have witne.s.sed much which, is made under certain condi- of their Ijeing kept in orchards, tfons, where certain kinds of bacler- ^ Years ago, when I was studying up ia can grow in it, pnxluces a [loi.son jon the subject of growing hot-liouso also. These unwhcdesome results lainb.s', I drove about six miles to nro produced when thef:e peculiar bac- ;;;ce an expert at tho business and his toria come in contact with food mn- : flock. I found thoin in his orchard, ferial, and it ia necessary in order .A. few weeks previously he had plow- that good health result, to prevent |ed It .and sown it in Canada peas the introduction of both the l)acteria and oats, and at this time his slieep which are capable of producing pois- j were feeding upon them. Ho used onou.s products and the poisons hurdles, and fed off in patches, as it 4. BEITOSS ARE BADLI FEE EXPERT SAYS CHEAT HARM IS DONE BY V/RONG DIET. Condemns tho Eood Given Schoolboys, Soldiers and Sailors. , to themsidves, into the body. The germs of many disea.ses aro widely distributed by nn^ins of wa- ter and milk supply. It has been known tlitt the ejJideniic of typhoid (ever has resulted from a containin- nti'd water sujiply being u.sed for washing the milk cans, without boil- ing. 'I'he oiien well has also been known to become contaminated from the I were. The next fall, in November, I I called again to observe his method jof wintering his sheep. That season i there was very little fruit in all this section, owing to a late frost the previous spring. Tie invited mo in- , to his capacious fruit cellar anil pointed out (ii)0 bushels of groat red ! winter apples which he was holdin.g I for a better market, and said : "I believe here ;ire more apples than germs brought in the mud adhering an.y half dozen imius in this town- to the boots of the persons who used the well water. These germs would be dopo.-.iled on the platform and lie waslK-d down by the rain into tho well SicknoKS which results from the intoriluction of germs into tho bod.v. such an typlioid, is a very costl.v experience to the community. A tow years ago tho city of I'ly- iiiouth. I'.v., had an epidemic. The popiil.ition of the city waM HOOO. There were over 1000 ca.ses and 100 di\ith3 from it. Tho cost to the community was es- tiinatr>d as follows : Loss of wages of those who recovered, 8:10, (>20: care of sick. ?(i7.HfK); .veorly earnings of those who died, $18,499; giving total cont of $115,019. ship could show Mils season, and sheep were the cause . ? it." Tho in- cipient fruit at the tiiiu; of the frost Feeined to have the vigor and strength to resist tho frost. This man kept 100 ewc^ to grow hot- hou.se lambs, and from them that .year he sold 107 lambs at S to 10 weelTS ()f ago at $(> to $11 each. .And he fs still at the business. Is Iho British nation growing too fast? That is a (piestion which is being seriously discussed just now in view of the statement b.v a prom- inent medical inim at I'Idinburgh that the .youth of VYu: country are being fed at school upon a diet v.hich en- courages the formation of llesh ra- ther than intellect. Dr. Yorke-liavics. of London, the well-known dietetic expert, is of tho o[iinion. and in tho course of an in- teresting interview, gave the follow- ing expression of his views- IMOUL A!^1AIAL FOOD. crippled the ease of his movements. 'Wellington, on tho other hand. had [the advantage of being a compara- tivid.v thin man. "If we take tho leading statesmen of to-day, Mr. Chamberlain has de- cidedly a slim figure, and Air. Bal- four also errs on the right side. Among the Liberals. Mr. Morloy, per- haps the most thoughtful of his party, has no superlluous llesh to en- cumber him. Of course, there are "You will ver.v seldom find a dis- contented man over-fat. because so much of his time Is devoted to wor- rying over his grievances, whether real or imaginar.v. That is what I meant wQien I said in the^Oentlo- man's Magazine that I should like to see a twenty-slono Anarchist. Idiots, on the other hand, who are lacking in intellect, are usually obese and llabbv. FAT KA.SILY UEMOVED. "Those who have the misfortune to be over-fat have at least tho con- jsolation that it is a disease easily I cured by proper diet and exercise. As It is cau.sod almost invariabl.v by ! improper food, it can only bo dealt with by the pnti.nt. with proper Ifood. Medicines are useless. and SHEEP IN OUCITAHDS. Ah a general rulo, when we seo or- chards that have been ."-vt from HO to 50 years, and all beyond that time, says Pr. (lalen Wil.son, we seo many dead limbs and branches upon tho trees and diu'ay stamped upon POTATO HPUAYTNf!. The spores of potato blight aro curried through tho uir, and fall on tho loaves during the last of -'uly to August 1 for the lute blight. They soon germinato and enter tho tisetios of the plant. After tho leaves com- mence to blight, nothing can euro them, but a person will bo able to prevent the dl.seaso from going down into liLi tubers l).v i-ither jiulling or mowing the vines. This, of coiir.se. checks the growth of the potato, but it is bettor to have small and sound potatoes than larger ones that are decayed. It is still hotter to "I nm quite in a.greement with the should never bo taken for t'hat pur- opinion expressed by Dr. Leslie Mac-lpose. Tho quack medicines which kenzio at tho meeting of the I'ar- iyou .sou advertised so freely, and cuts' National Education Union at such drugs as acetic acid, th.vroid Edinburgh, that tho average school- â-  tablets, and purgatives of various hoy is very improperl.v led. and a 'kinds, if they bring about reduction ver.v great deal of harm is done to |of weight at all, do so at tho ox- the youth of this country b.V wrong pense of health. diet. lie has loo much farinaceous j "(if cour.se. it is impossible to lay food and not enough animal food, down a particular diet suitable for The practice of giving boys beer is a jail cases of over-fatness. Tho proper thoroughly bad one. as at their age ifood for ono individual is not the tho.v are much bettor without alco- :proi)er food for another: in fact, in holic stimulants of any kind 'this case nothing could be more true Vhe usual school meals aro made j than tho old adago tluit, 'What is up far too largol.v of biead, pud- j one man's food is another man's Trouble With The Kidneys AiJmentsoFtheMost Painful Nature Resultâ€" Prompt Cure Comes With the Use of Dr. Chase's Kadney-Liver Pills From every pari of this broad land .time 1 was a great sulToror and Imd coMii letters of rocommendation for 1 to get up six to twelve times n'ght Dr. Chase's Kiilne.v-Livor Pills. They se4»m to be well suited to the needs of many people, who ob- tain no benefit from ordinary kidney uiedicines. When you wait to think of tho ly to pass water. I tried dilloient doctors and usod all sorts .if medi- cines to no avail. "Kinall.v, 1 began using Dr. Chase's Kldney-Llvor Pills and soon found relief. Thus encouraged I continued â-  to use lhe.se pills and after luiving hosts „f_ cures they are making it is |,^^^^,^, ^^^^^^,^^ ,,^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ..„ ,,„,.. foct health and vigor. I can sleep iuidiHturbe<l, tho pains in tho kidneys and back uro gone, and 1 am fooling well and strong. I consider Dr. Chase's Kidney-Llvor Pills a great boon to HiiH'oring humanity and had I known about Ihoni when I was 11 .voung man could have oscapiMl sulTer- ing all the beat years of my life." Dr. Chnso's Kidnr.v-l.iver Pills, ono pill a doso, "JS cents a box. nt all dealers, or iVInianson, Batofi A Conipany, Toronto. To protect you against imitations, tho portrait iinil dings, and jam, which aro not the foods of energ.v. One boy, who was recently brought to me for over-fut- ncss, I ordered to bo removed from his school nt once, so vor.y harmful was tho iliet proving. Every st^hool- boy, sn.vs Dr. Clement Ilukes. a great authority, should have a pound of meat a day, and it should \w well cooked. WiUh this T agree. "It i.s not, however, in schools jilono that feeding is based on en- tirely wrong principles. Tho same is the case in the army, tho nnv.v and nonrl.v all great public institu- tions. Take work-houses, for in- Btnncp. Not liuig ago it was stated that the inmates of a certain work- house had grown so fat that the choirs were not sunicientl.v largo for them SA11.0U BADLY FED. The food of the sailor, according to the latest 'improved' ration, is nbsolutel.v too ricHculous for words, because it contains over three times as much farinaceous matter as ho should be allowiHl. The result of the diet cannot Init aitoct his etVaiency in war time, rendering him far less ac- tive than he ought to be. In a few years, in fart, it is calculated, as I have pointed out in an article in tho 'Oetit leman's Magazine,' to make him fat, luz.v and gout.v, aiul he will scarcely bo able to waddle about the deck "Thp convicts at Dartmoor also poison. no wonder thoy have such an enoviu- ous sale. Wis. Caswell Heid, Orrville, Miis- koka. Ont., writes:â€" "For nearly twenty years I was troubled with; kidre.v diso08e and havo recently been completely cw/tvl by using ihroo boxes of Dr Chnso's Kldney-Llvor Pills. i havtt tried n great many remedies, but iu'ver suoniad to get nnything to do me much good until I iisoj thefcj pills." Mr John Ooarln. on old resident of Thorold. Ont., .itale»;--"For twon- KTRATEOY OF THE CUCKOO. The Indian fruit-cuckoo, which, like all members of the cuckoo fam- ily, lays its eggs in tho nests of other birds. and thus avoids tho trouble of hatching them, is said to exhibit most interesting strategy in dealing with crows, which are its enemies. Whereas the hen. an in- conspicuous speckled gray bird, con- ceals herself in the foliage, tho cock, remarkable for his brilliant black plumage and crimson e.ves. placi>s himself on a porch near a crow's ne-st. and makes n great noise. The crows immediately rush out to attack him, and he takes to (light with them in pursuit. Tho hen meanwhile slips into the nest and deposits an egg. Sometimes tho crows get tjack before the egg is laid and then the intruding hen cuckoo gets a troimcinir. KNGI.AN'DS Ol.DIST .STATION. Tho onl.v rnilwa.v station in Eng- land that can boast oi being really old is that at Bourne. Lincolnshire, which is an ancient lOlizabethan man- sion, formerly in the possession 01" the Digby family, some members of jwhiih were implicated in the (!un- Ipowder Plot. When tho Ureal North- iirn and Midland Hallways caiuj DR. GIUSEPPE LiPPOm PHYSICIAN TO THE "OOPB PRAISES DR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS. In Four Cases of Anaemia Theii Effects Were so Satisfactory tLat He Will Go on Using Them. Dr. X.apponi, who.se skill preserved tho life of the late Pope Ix;o XIII to the great ago of 92, and to whoso care the health of tho [ire.Hcnt I'opc. His Holine.s.s Pius .X.. is confided, has written the remarkable letter of which the following is a transla- tion :â€" "I certify that I have tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in four ca.ses of the simple Anaemia of development. .After a few weeks of l.-oatment, tho rcsiilt came fully up to my expecta- tions. For that reason I shall not fail in the future to extend tho u.s^ of this laudable preiiaration not on- ly in the treatment of other morbid forms of the category of .\naemia ot Chlorosis, but also in cases of Neur- asthenia and the like." DH. GIUSEPPE LAPPONL of dcvelop- I.apponi is Dr. Ciuscppe Lapponi. Physician to the Pope, who has written a letter in prai.se of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink I'ills for Pale People. It would be impossible to exagger- ate the importance of this opinion. Dr. Lapponi's high oflicial position places his professional competence above (pioslion, and it is certain that he did not write us above with- out weighing his word.s. or without a full sen.sc of the elTect his opinion would have. The "simple anaemia mcnt" referred to by Dr of course that tired, languid condi- tion ot young girls whose develop- ment to womanhood is laniy, and whose health, at the period of that development, is so often imperilled. .-V girl, bright and nierrj- enough in childhood, will ii^ her teens grow by degrees pale iind languid. Krequont I'.eadaches, and a sense of uneasinesa which stie cannot understand, makes her miserable. .lust when it is time for her to leave otT being a girl and become ,a ..-"onuin â€" a change which comes to d' , cut individuals at dif- ferent ages-- r development lingers â€" why? l!ec< .-.S' .-,lie has too liltlo blood. That is what Dr. I.apponi means when he speaks, in the scien- tific language natural to him. of "Iha anaemia of development." Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills for Pale People have tho power of making new blood. They euro anaemia just as fooil cureM hunger. That is how they help growing girls, who, for want of this new blood, often drift into chronic ill-health, or "go into a <lecline" â€" wiiich means consum|^oi\ â€" and die. ^Dr. Williams' Pills c^RN^ save them. The value of Dr. Williams' Pink , Pills as a nerve tonic, referred to ' by Dr. I.apponi. makes them valua- ble to men as well as women. The.v â-  act on the nerves throiigli llie blood 1 and thus cure diseases like St. Yitus I dance, neuralgia, paral.vsis and loco- ! motor ataxia. When bu\ ing these pills it is important to see that tho full name Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People" is printed on the wrapper around each box. Never tako a substitute, as it is worse than a waste of mone.v â€" it is a. men- ace to health. If you cannot get tho geimine pills from your dialer write tho Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brockville. Ont., and the pills will be .sent you post paid at .50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50. have more than double the amount 1 "^'â- "•"^''' "'*': •'*^',"V-." ""'"'"''"' "â- "•" sent from thi< inhlilutanls of Bourne ty \ fars I was badly afllicted with signature of Dr. A. W. Chu.sp, tho kidnqr tro'ihlps, Indigoatlon and famous receipt hook author, aro on bloddor dRrangcuioutH. During that every box. of food- that is to sav, farinaceous fiiod.sâ€" that thev should have, with the result that they beconio very obese. When I wont over tho prison recent l.v I found that most of theiu Were loo fut ovon to walk properly, and obviously not so capable of do- ing the convict's ordinary hard work as they should b». KATNKH.S COMMON. "I havo noticed that among the upper classes in this country ovor- fatnass is tiocoming more and more common This is in .some measure duo to tho fact that tho luxurious oat n groat deal more than the" as'-ing that, instead of pulling tho old landmark down, it might bo converted into a railway station, for which purpose it answers admirahl.v now. Part of the house is u.se<l as a rosidenro by the stntion-nmster. JAPANESE OOD.S. It is snid that there nro no fewer than eight millions of gods worshi|>- ped b.v the .Inpane.se. Praying is made ver.v oa.sv. In the streets aro tail posts wTth prayers printinl on thi'iu and with a small wheel at- tached. An.vone passing by can give tSu- wheel a turn, and that counts as a prayer. The people in the sec- ond largest of the .â- i.rt.50 islands of which the Empire is compos.'d wor-^ ship the bear and reverence the .sun, moon, fire, wind, and water. "'lias yf "No, indec your father a bad cold?" ed. He is merely readln.g the Russian-Japane.se War news aloud." Some women are busy little bodies and some uthora are little busy- Mone.v occasionally makes a fool of n man by helping him to break into sociot,v DR. A, W. CHASE'S St CATARRH CURE... ^UC Is KTH dirwt 10 tho dttratcd partH by iho Improvc-d IHowct. lle*!« Iha nlccis, c\nn Ihf .!» p.isAj5ej. Mops .Iroj.j.inss ia ih* ttiro.-u .»nj pt'imanao ly ciir«« Catarrh and H»T KeTer. Blomc f.-fO. All aoalcr*. or br.t. \V. ChaM »