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4 .a-*: 1C^ •*;- I I «T j» •j- arrir(2bp CJi^crics V Henry G. Bell Conducted by Professor Henry G. BeD â- ' The object of thl» department fs to 'p'\a6e at the ser- vfce of cor farm readers th« advice of an. acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to spils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry Q. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, and answers will appear In this column in the order In which they are received. As space Is trmited it Is advis- able where immediate reply is- necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with, the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. . A WINTER WHEAT POINTERS Ontario farmers at this time are that It would produce a good healthy busy with their preparatiofl of the ' plant. winter wheat areas. They are taking } You took good cari to feed up the special care to give the ground the young calf or the young pigs early in very best preparation, since winter the spring, because yoa determined to wheat this year means money. Prices ! have strong, vigorous stock. The same are high and there seems every Indl- j care should be taken In the feeding of cation that they will remain so. In ' the wheat crop It befit results are to fact, wheat prices have but a very few I be obtained, times surpassed that obtained at the ' Many farmers are '.nterested in fer- â- BS9 Peaches are the most valued treasure on tLe pre- serve ghel£ Lantic pure Cane Suirar, â- with its fine grunulaliun, is best for all preserving. 10, 20 and 100-lb. sacks 2 and S-lh. cartons Send us BcH Ball Tn<]r.mark for iVeo copies of our thrd« uew Cuuk Books. Atlantic Sugai'Refiaeries Limited MONTREAL ^ur« ojsd Vncolored'* 139 Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each question and its answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct If stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 233 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. THE CHILDREN'S FOOD present time. The United States has '. tllizers this year, but unfortunately | mUk that comes to my house has been Just harvested a moderately large crop ! not all understand what fertiUzers are, ! handled in a clean way ? and the government Is calling for an or how Uiey should be used. FertiU- If I was obliged to serve skhn-milk Increase of over 30% of the crop pro- zers are carriers of plant-food in such for the sake of cleanness or economy, duced in 1917. Uncle Sam aims at form that the plant-food quickly dis- did 1 supply a little extra fat in some over a billion bushels of wheat this solves In the soil moisture and can be coming year. used by the crop. Now, some of the fio-f there are ways and means by ' elements of the milk which the calf which the average farmer can Increase drank went to building it3~- flesh. both his wheat and his net profits. Be Other food in the milk went to build Questions Every Mother Should Ask Herself. Did each child take about a quart ' Did each child have an egg or an of milk Inxine form or another? equivalent amount of meat, fish, or Have I taken pains to see that the poultry 7 other way Were the fats which I gave the child of the wholesome kind found in milk, cream, butter, and salad oils, or of the unwholesome kind found in doughnuts Did any child have more tian this of flesh foods or eggs ? If so, might the money not have been better spent for fruits or vegetables ? If I was unable to get milk, meat, flsh, poultry, or eggs, did I serve dried beans, or other legumes thoroughly cooked and carefully seasoned ? Were vegetables and fruits both on the child's bill of fare once during the tlay If not, was it because we have home garden! Did either the fruit or the vegetable disagree with the child ? If so, ought I to have cooked it more thoroughly, chopped it more finely, or have re- sure to see that the seed-bed has very Ing the bone of the animal. It is and other fried foods 7 thorough preparation. A rough, lum- ; somewhat similar in the food of the i DW I make good use of all slum â-  u , py wheat seed-bed leads to uneven ' plant. So that the farmer may know \ milk by using it in the preparation of pot taken pains to ra.se them In our planting, since many seeds are burled the relative amount of plant-grower, ! cereal mushes, puddings, or other- too deep and others fail to get aut- plant-rlpener and plant-strengthener j ^'ss ? flcient covering. , that the fertilizer carries, the Domin- : ^ere all cereal foods thoroughly If, after the ground is plowed, it has Ion Government In 1909 decreed that \ cocked ? been carefully disked and harrowed, ' this should be stated on the bags in ' Was the bread soggy ? If so, was It poesibly rolled and harrowed also, the which the fertilizers are sold, and that because the loaves were too large, or moved the skins or seeds ? kernels of soil are packed sufficiently the analysis should be guaranteed. , becttuse they were not cooked long ^-^g ,ije child given sweets between so that the moisture supply for the Now, the farmer reads that the fer- ^ enough ? I meals, or anything that templed him young growing wheat will be sufficient, illlzer contains 2 to 4% nitrogen, we ' P'<1 ' ^^^^ pains to get a variety of (q g^j ^.[jg^ ijg ^^.^^ not hungry ? This moisture supply Is all important, ! shall say. Tliat means that the mix- foods from the cereal group by serv- ; ^.,^^ ^^ allowed to eat sweets when because it is the carrier of plantfood. ture contains 40 to 80 lbs. of Uiat kind 'ng a cereal mush once during the ! ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^^ drinking milk or The plant obtains nearly all of Its of plant-food, which causes the wheat : <lay 7 I eating cereals, meat, eggs, fruit or food through its roots, and this food ' plant to grow rapidly. Manure con- Did I keep In mind that while cer- ' can be taken up only wheu It is dis- ' tains to the ton about 15 lbs. of this eals are good foods in themselves, solved in the soil moisture and root kind of plant food. Of course every Uiey do not take the place of meat. Juices. If this very simple explana- bit of stock manure should be care- milk, eggs, fruit, and vegetables 7 tlon were fully comprehended by all fully spread on the ground and worked ' D'd I keep in mind that children Ontario wheat growers, it would ell- 1 In. In order to increase the growth of ' who do not have plenty of fruit and minate a great number of failures. I the crops. Fertiliaers should be used vegetables need whole wheat bread Winter wheat cannot grow in a pool , to supplement the manure, or to make and whole grains served In other ways of wpter. It has to face the rigors of j it go two or three times as far. a rather severe winter, hence bad | ;\'e ggij that gome of the food in the drainage conditions tend to retard Its | ^[jk which the calf drank went to development and subsetiuently weak, ; building the bone of the animal. Bone Ill-nourished wheat makes an unsuc- i jg composed of a combination of lime cessful attempt to face the severity of | ^^^ phosphoric acid. Now, strange to the Canadian winter. It will be of â-  gjjy n jg uie phosphorus from this little avail to seed winter wheat In g^mg yjij of a compound which is ground that Is pooriy drained. Use y^gj ^y the plant to give strength to well-drained ground so that the plant ^i,e growing plant and to hasten its may have suitable growing conditions. \ maturity. The per cent, of phosphoric Volumes have been written about | g^id (P20.')) shown by the analysis on best varieties of wheat. The Caua- 1 ^,,8 bag. will tell you how much of this ; Lesson XIV. The Goodness and Severi. dian farmer Is fortunate In Uiat he can | ^qj q{ plant-food there Is in the refer to his provincial or Dominion I mixture. teats. On both the experimental fields , under present International condi- of Ontario Agricultural Colu'ge and ,io„s, there Is a great scarcity of the vegetables 7 i Were the sweets given to the child I simple, i. e.. unmixed with much fat or with hard substances difficult to I chew, and not highly flavored 7 Was the food served in a neat and orderly way and did the child take 1 time to cliew his food properly 7 INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEi'TEMBEK 30. work out irresistibly in the moral universe. They operate constantly in social progress. We discover famine and pestilence to be not the sudden whim of an angry God, but the dire ef- fect of broken law. Nations have re- fused to work economic righteousness, they have refused to obey the moral laws that are related to health, and hence they pay the co.st in suffering. This is the severity of the moral uni- verse, but it is still the strength of love. It is not [Junitive, but correc- tive. It is penalty, not merely punish- ment. This makes it po.ssihle for men who learn the consequences of sin to Mother: â€" Here is a sample day's diet for a tliree-year-old child. Break- fast, scraped fresh apple or orange juice, strained oatmeal and top milk. Milk to drink. Morning lunch, milk, biscuit. Dinner, poached egg, tender vegetable put througli sieve, stale bread and butter, corn starch pud- ding, milk to drink. Supper, rice and top milk, seedless jam sandwiches, milk to drink. School Girl:â€" Try the following games at the party for your school friends :^- Hands and feet guessing â€" To play this game divide the party into two bands. One Is sent out of the room, the other stays In It. Place a screen (one of the folding kind) In front of an open door. The members of the band that has been sent out of the room then walk past the open door behind the screen holding up one of their hands as they pass. The mem- bers of the band left In the room must then guess whose hand It is. For every hand guessed correctly a point Is scored for the band. After all of one side has shown a hand it Is the turn of the other side to go out and do the same. The side scoring the most points In the end wins. If the feet are to be guessed instead of the hands, the screen should be raised a foot or so from the floor so that the shoes may be seen under- neath and the rest of the body hidden. Obstacle Race â€" There is plenty of laughter in this game. Those who do not know it are sent out of the room and let in one by one. The boy or girl who is called iu Is shown two or three small objects, such as a footstool, a vase, milk bottle, etc.. that have been placed in a line on the floor. The or- der Is, "walk blindfolded past these objects without touching them." The player is accordingly blindfolded, but before the '•a^ardous trip is begun all the obstacv. s are removed. The boy or girl win pick steps very-cari'fuUy, trying to sidestep what is really not tiiere at all. At the end of the game, wheu all the players who have been tricked except the last one whose turn it then Is are present, there a very great deal of merriment. Word game â€" Choose sides and ap- point a scorer and a timekeeper. A player from As party is sent out of the room while B's parly picks out a letter. The A player is then called In and the timekeeper says "Go." The letter is told and then he must say as fast as he can as many words begin- ning with that letter as he can tliink of on the spur of the moment. At the end of a minute the timekeeper stops him and his score is counted. One of B's side then goes out and does the same thing. So on the game goes un- til all players alternately have had a turn. The scores of each side are then counted, the one with the great- est number of words winning. Z and X may not be chosen. .Mrs. S. D.:â€" Lunch-box bills of fare are very Important, and you are a wise mother to pay special attention to them. Pennies spent in the candy ; store at noon can undo all the good of the nourishment taken under watchful eyes In the morning and at night, and 'a nice lunch is the very best rival of a penny candy store. Here are soms bills of fare tbat can be nlade up from dinner left overs; I Crisp rolls hollowed out and filled with chopped meat or flsh: season with a little salad dressing: a peach and an apple. ' Cold slices of meat loaf, soda crack- ers, buttered: stewed fruit put in a little jar with screw-on top, and a I piece of gingerbread. ' Baked-beans sandwiches, orange and a couple of pieces of candy. Hard boiled eggs, rye bread and : fruit. ' Mtnced-beef sandwiches, apple sauce (in Jars) and cake. I Honey and nut bran mutlins are a valuable addition to the luuch box. Here is the receipe: Vs cup honey. 1 cup flour, from \ to ^ teaspoon soda, I4 teaspoon salt. 1' cups bran, 1 table- ] spoon melted butter. 1^ cups milk. % cup finely chopped EngUsh walnuts. Sift together the flour, soda and salt, and mix them with the bran. Add ih« other ingredients and bake for 25 01 I 30 minutes in a hot oven In gem tins. This will make about 20 muffins. the Doiiiiiilou experimental farms, leading varieties of wheat are care- fully tested year by year. Only those that show superior value are retained. After these have been carefully studied, recommendations are made on the basis of the results obtained. For Ontario the following varieties have been found to give good results Banatka, American Banner, Imperial ^he lack of this plant-food for wheat Amber, Varroslaf, Crimean Red. The |g ^^it seriously noticed, as yet. first variety of wheat is especially good milling wheat, s and flinty and makes ty of God â€" Review. Golden Te.\t I'sa. 103. 8. rums LUKFB « « K.«t »v.u...t, u. ...,= 1. The God of love. Modern discover and remove its causes. .The next niant food Ingredient potash Christianity has been passing through penalty of social sin is a challenge to Some firt^lizerJ i//. 1" n.^inr ! a period in which the love an3 forgive- the community to discover and remove Most farmers know that Dawson's Golden Chaff is one of the good varle- UeB. This Is a heavy ylelder, but pro- duces a rather soft grain. offer one per cent., " P*^ ,, ,. , i. , 1. â-  1 in routs ^A in. „„!„ .i,„ «,.of nejs of God have been emphasized. "•* '^"" '^ , 1 1 ^1 but many are sold with only the first ^^^ relations to the individual have 3- To whom vengeance belongeth. two Ingredients of plant-food In them, ^^g^^ dealt with almost exclusively. There is a constant desire ot men to Potash causes the formation of starch | jjjg lessons for the nations and for take a situation of wrongdoing into or the flUing of the kernel. It also humanity have only recently come the»r own hands and to punish the gives the plant power to resist disease. : again into prominence. With this violaters of law The result is evident 9 SDeakluK geneni'ly wheat soils are emphasis on the other half of the law ; !" the old penal sy.stem. .vhich, seek- â-  fry w^lf su; 11^ wi^po,ash.s^anI the gospel there comes a ^"'1- ; -^ to wo^veng-..^^^^^^^^^ 1 the lack of this plant-food for wheat /-.on of th. characte^^^^^^^^^ 9 U not seriously noticed, as yet. ^°'^- .^« ^'^ "''^ prophets, some of consequences of sin for the sin t 13 especially x-.^ .,.„ „,„„. „^^^^ ^^gg -urg ^itro- '^em in exile, saw his character in all ^^^^ ^ , f^ j„ ^^e hands of God, tl ir,oo If U hard l*<owtne plant never uses puie mtro ,ts fullness, so we are beginning to get ., f , ^i, : nronor task of Ince It Is naru , gg„ .lyhich is a gas. or pure phosphor- -.lUrouml vision irf God-as we see > '^ taceu tneir proper tasK ot We said a ton of fertilizer carries find the God of love is also the God of God. As the old prophets, some „f crimin.-iJ. When men learned th.it the vjv^u. ^o I...C ^ ^ I, I, , consequences of sin for the sinner them in exile, saw his character in all ^^^^ ^^ i^f^ j„ ^^e hands of God, then re- ing the relations between nations. Criminals and crime must be prevented, but the social consequences inherent in the sin of those who offend against inter- national justice and righteousness will after all be visited most severely upon their own heads. The penalty can bo The prevention lies with man. law. We discover that he deals with sin and evil not hy whim and fancy, but by fixed laws. In these laws the operation of divine love is seen seek- ing to save the individual and the com- munity from the consequences of sin. from 40 to SO lbs. of nitrogen, from 160 to 200 lbs. of phosphorus and pos- sibly 20 to 40 lbs. ot potash. The rest There Is something beside variety, \ ^f ^^^ ton Is made up of the carriers however. All cows are not record- 1 ^f ^j^gQ various plant-foods. breakers. There are some that give j ^fertilizers will not supply humus,! 3. The God of strength. Law in- feft" with God ten, twelve and fifteen thousand 1 j^g manure does. They Induce rapid yoi.,,eg retribution. Cause and effect pounds of milk In a year, and then | ^^qj growth and consequently add to . again there are some that do not give ' (|,g hunuis of the soil, in so far as enough milk to pay their board and ^jj^y produce this result, but they are are an actual expense to the farmer. â-  ^^j essentially a source of humus. To counter-balance this, there are a ^iiey should be used then intelligent- . p^ „ot feed the daii v herd as a few that produce extraordinary high 1 ,j. knowing that they are concentrated ' jj^^d for cows differ in their food re- 1 Even though the hog furnishes the milking records, upwards ot twenty 1 pjant-food. . i quirJments just as h\jman beings do. most meat for a given amount of feed thousand pounds or over a year. These Fertilizers may be new to some On- gy feeding all cows in the herd alike, and will produce it in the quickest are very valuable and their calves are ,^^{0 farmers, but they are not uew in ^^^^ ^^.^ g^^e not to get enough for lime, it is pointed out that thi.-i meat eagerly sought as breeding stock. (,,gi,. ^gg In wheat-growing sections. ^^^ greatest profit and others will get should be produced mainlv from food It is just the same story with wheat, j Eug,a„d has been using Immense ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^an use to advantage, wastes and not from good grain that Just because a sample of wheat is of , q„antities of fertiUzers for nearly 100 ; (^^^s need muci watci and should would furnish food ditvctlv to man. » particular variety is no criterion j yg,,.g j.^ ,,.,,e the eastern provinces ^e induced to d nnk two ov three times The great economy in pork production that it is ot first-class quality. "^o" lof this country and the eastern states , ^ ^j^ j^ ->ossiWe. The average milch comes from the fact that pigs furnish should use a fanning tuil to sift out- , ^^, uelghbors to tho South. The cow "reqi" ires neaHy ten gallons of wa-,a food by-product from these wastes the small and shrivelled grain, be- ! gtate of Ohio, which produces largo ^^^ ^ ^j^^ „„^ „,^^.,^, t^^,„ two-thirds of and do not need the high-grade feed. C«rse- ^hreriyr ^ftants take up soil u^^tmeg of winter wheat, makes ^^^^ ^,,;^ ^^^^^ ^^ j,.i„,^ ^„j ^^^ bal- that beef cattle must have. roor. absorb moisturq, Conaume plant- ^i^^ ^^^ 0,. feruiizers. Prof. Thome, j,.^^ ^^..,j^,^ ^^ j,„. ^^^j Always Wa.stes on farms and in the towns food and fall to return Uie good re^ ^-^^^^^^^^ ^f ohio Agricultural Expert- .^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^,^^^^. I ^ke good hog feed; bv-product.. from suits obtained from superior seed. It, mental Station, has recently pointed ' g^,^ ^,,^^,^ ^^ ^â- ^^^ ^^ ^^^ rate i canneries, bakeries, fisheries, packing you have time, by all m^eaus test tho ,^^^ that If iho fanners in the county vitality of the seed, that Is, count out I ^^.,jg,.Q the oxperlmont station Is 100 wheat seeds. Place them between . [gcated followed the fertilizer prac- damp blotters, and keep them near ^^^^ ^^j ^^^^ siailoii, they would have the stove. In about four or five days increased their wheat yields 14 bush- the wheat should Have sprouted suf- j g,^ p^j. ^^^^ ^ I3 not a iiuestlon ot flcIenUy tor you to count the number ; tij^.„ry. it is a point already demon of five to seven ounces a week, given I plants and the like can bo utilized uj as often as twice during the week. Do hog feed and to better economic ad- nol use a common salt box in the yard var.tagc than In any olhor way. Dairy unless all the cows are absolutely free I wastes arc purticuliiily valuable an from disease. j hog feed and promote rapid grow^th It pays In dollars and cents to give 1 with a good money return for every the cow e.xtra care. The cow that isj gallon fed that are going to grow. It you find that the wheat crease your quantity pect to get a nonnal stSJid Most farmers have wheat drills, but I Migaourl from 4 to 10 bushels where. , , .,. j » j .u ,. *,.„ n„ „ 1^ ,11 ,^ „. * ^1 many good farmer, have to rely upon Ji^, tests have been carried out. ! *''« '"^.^^ amount of feed that a cow frcq lentiy. and not all at one feed. •owing the winter wheat on the bar- ! "'S a, In re^e c«" I'e accomp- '""f ^'«^^' '" ''''^'â- '\'" Produce well. , Garden wastes, tops of vegetables, 1 11 BUCJi uu iiiuoimo v,uu uo u t- I fi^pj.g ,g „y mivantage in cooking or culls of all sortJ, even weed;), are read- Lo^.T'h, RO^ in l*''*^^""- Ohio I xporlmont Sta.Ioti has comfortable will give the bes?l The farm orchard fun.l.shes large atC 4<^ It JS.' Ix ! ^''''''^^^ '" ^â- ''''' ' k"^' " f .° ' '-^^turns. quantities of winTl-faJlen or defective â„¢ ll ;t«n^ I ^^ ''"*"^''' ^"' â- *",", l^^ "'?"?' H 'â-  It is always desirable to grind all fruit, which is relished by hogs, and Is 'llzatlon: Indiana, 11 bushels; "il ; ^^^,_^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^,^.^,^ ^^^ because of beneficial if fed in small quantities rowed ground and then covering It by ; ,,^^,^1 „,, ,i,(. Ontario farms this vear, , .,,,.,. -, â- , ^ j 1 i 1 t . _ . ... Tf Hiiphl« fhn ';.:„,,.,..,â- , .i-,^«t«nming feeds for dairy cows. Some ily eaten, and such as may not bo If such is the ^ u,^ farmers of the province can take ^ ,^,,^^,,^^^,,1^ ^^„j^, ^.^^ ^^^ consumed in ' euten will be worked over, going into harrowing and rolling. case, bo sure to take care that the ^ advanmgo ot tho high prices seed I9 thoroughly coyered. There should be very Uttlft dlfflculty this year as to the seed sprouting after it Is planted, because the land has been blessed with eeasooable showers. In preparing the seedbed, be very careful to avoid using sprouted seed. In sprouted seod the little genu cover- ing 1b broken. If seod has be4b which must prevail this coming year. Decide to have a poultry house this Winter. Don't let tho birds roost In the horse stable fur an- other season. An electric shook is falj most at larger quantitios if cooked hut cook- ing does not ordinarily add much to the palatabllity of grains and may ov- en decrease their digestibility. , . , , , the elbow joint; tho latter obstructs sprouted and the sprout has been ^^^^ current, which leaps from one broken off. Here Is little MkelUiood I bone to th/? other. the bedding and adding to the manure. Kitchen wastes are an excellent source of food for hogs, but should be kept at a mhi'mum, because practical- ly all food prepared for m.in's use should be ualeti by him . Franklin observed that ''he who It U estimated fhat eighty per cent, of the Canadian farjncrs sold their wheat last fall nt $1.40 per bushel. Who re-eived the difTerenee between | leaves the table with an appetite is that price and !f'2.80 per bushel, the ' sure to t cturn with one." Here is a price which recently prevailed? j yoint for food conserver*. Mm S/o/res tHENDING IVIELISSA'S DRESS Elizaljeth sat on a ha.ssock memiing Melissa's dress. Melissa was her oldest and largest doll, and Elizabeth did not know how she had managed to tear her new summer dress. Still, it did not matter much how it happen- ed, after all. The only thing to do was to mend the dress, and since Melissa was not able to mend it herself Eliza- beth was trying hard to do it for her. Besides, it was Elizabeth's birthday, ami she was going to have a party in the afternoon. Of course Elizabe 1 not allow Melissa to wear a torn dress to the party. It was a beautiful summer morning, and it was the hardest thing in the world to stay in the hoa.':e on such a morning, let alone mending a dress that should not have been torn. Just outside the window there was a robin singing in a maple tree. : "Oh. come out! Oh, come out! Oh, come out!" the robin was singing, al- ' most as plainly as a person could speak the words. I "I can't stand it much longer!" sighed Elizabeth. "But I just must mend this dress so that Meli.s.sa can go to the partv. dear! It's such a job!" Then, just a.s she was putting some more thread in her needle. Teaser came boun<iiiig in through the door. I "Don't you dare to bother me, Teas- 'erl" snid Klizabcih. "I'm as bu.sy as I can bol" But Teaser was not to be !n:t off in that w.^y. He jumped round the room in little, short leaps, stopped in front of Eliziibetli long cno;igh to bnik sharply, and then hounded to the door and baok aga n. "Yes. yes, Tea.ser," said Elizabeth. "I know th;it it Is a bentitifnl .i:'y, and J want to go out iiiid jilay with you, but thin dre.ss simply nni.st be mend- ed." Teaser barked ngnln. No diubt hi- knew very well what she said, but he had no 1 lea of giving up so eu'^ily. Suddenly he seized Melissa's dress in his to«(h and pulled It, "Stop, Teaser!" cried Elizabeth. "Stop, I say, or you will tear it worse!" But Teaser did not stop. He only pulled tho harder. Suddenly, with an exira tug, h« pulled the dress from Eilzabeth'a hiiiid.s and dashed throii,"<h the door, with the dross flying behind him. Elizabeth leaped from her has- sock and run after him. "Come bach ! Come back !" she cried. "Come back here this lusfaut. Teaser!" \ Teaser looked over his shoulder and tried to bark, but, with the dress la his mouth, ho did not succeed very well. Out of ihe yard he rii:; and down the road, with iiilizabelli, uow on the verge of tears. ealUiig to him In vain as she pursued hhn. Not far from the house Teaser sud- denly stopped In the middle of the highway He dropped Melissa s dress and liegan - to sniff at a parcel that looked as If It had jus; fallen from a passing wagon. .-Vt first b^lizabeth was 30 eager to pick up Melissa s dress, now more soiled and lorn than ever, that she did not see the parcel: but Teaser barked again and danced round her in such a way that she had to notice it. She picked it up a:id ran with It back to the house. "See. mother!': she tried. "See what Teaser found In the read, where he had dragged Melissa's dres.s the horrid thing !" The parcel boro no address. It was a long box, wrapped In plain brown paper. What could It be ? Who could ! have lost It ? \ .Melissa's moiher decided to open It. Perhaps there would be a nnine or an address inside. And when thoy tooh off Ihe wrapping paper and roin(>ved the cover, what do you suppose they I found ? .V beautiful doll, about the size of Melissa, dressed in the love- liest clothes ! ' "Oh! Oh!" was all that EHzabeth could gasp; and Teaser, who was much excited over the box and Its wrappings, barked two or thre;:' times as loudly as he could. .Inst then Kllzaheth's father came In. I "Would you like that doll ?" he asked. "Like !t!" cried Elbabcth. "Of course I would like it. but of course 1 can't have It ! Some little g!r! has lost it â€" or some little girl's father was taking It homo to her." Then Elizabeth's fuihor laughed, and took her on one knee and the wovl- derfnl doll on the other knee. "Well." he .said, still laughing, "that now doll has ceiue to your birthday pnrly. I was bringing her home from the village, and tho parcel fell from the wagon just before I got lure. Teaser saw It fall, but it was too large for htm to cany, and he iiuule > uu go and get It before I could go for It my- self." "Oil. then she's mine, after all 1" said Elizabeth, and she seized the beaiiiii'til i}ew doll from her perch on her father's other kiiee and huggod hini and the doll nt Ihe same tiiiio, "And Teaser knew It all the time and was trying to tell mo !" Aliltlo later, wlien Elizabeih looked deeper into the bi'x thai the doll had come in, siio found tiiere several ex- tra dreseos. C>ne of them she prompt- ly gave to .Melissa to lake llio place of the soiled and tern dress that was now fit only to bo tiirown away And what a merry blrlliday party they had that afternoon, and Teasor enjoyed it quite as n;u"h as Melissa and the now dull enjoyed It ! t'ut out and burn the old blackberry and raspberry canes as soon .^s they've i'uiled.