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GOOD NEW BOOKS FOR EVERYONE TO READ 
A Charming Love Story 
DULCIBEL 
By HENRY PETERSON 
“This is a pretty love-story, interest¬ 
ing and wholesome, worth reading both 
for the fictitious love tale and for the his¬ 
torical information itcontains.’*— Chicago 
Reco rd-Herald. 
i2mo, cloth, 400 pages. Illustrations 
in color. $1.50 postpaid. 
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A Beautiful Gift Book 
The Philippines 
Under Spanish and American Rules 
By C. H. FORBES-LINDSAY 
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Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, slip cloth 
covers in cloth box. 566 pages with 26 
superb photogravure illustrations. $3.00 
postpaid. 
The Samaritans 
Hymn Writers 
Representing All who Profess and Call Themselves 
Christians 
By WILLIAM BUDD BODINE, D.D. 
Short studies in the Hymnal of the Episcopal Church. 
“He has illuminated the whole sphere of hymnology, 
ancient and modern. The book is a mine of informa¬ 
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Large 8vo, 400 pa.’es, on feather-weight paper, 72 
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$5.00;/^// postage 24 cents. Cloth, handsomely bound, 
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A Trip to the Orient 
The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise 
By ROBERT URIE JACOB 
The story is written in a i>leasant, chatty way, which 
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fascinating, in connection with the many illustrations, 
brings the scenes vividly to mind. 
i2mo, cloth, 392 pages. Nearly 200 excellent illustra¬ 
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The Earliest Jewish Sect, their History, Theology 
and Literature 
By JAMES ALAN MONTGOMERY, Ph.D. 
“This is the most full and careful presentation in 
existence of the facts concerning the Samaritans. It 
is a mine of information. The author has apparently 
overlooked nothing. The method and style are clear 
and simple, and the book deserves a place in any 
library.”— Biblical Worlds Univ. of Chicago Press. 
Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 372 pages and 29 illustra¬ 
tions. $2.00 net; postage 20 cents. 
Good Form for Women 
By MRS. CHARLES HARCOURT 
“A neat and handy little guide to conduct and dress 
on all occasions. The author gives good, sensible 
advice. The simple, well-planned volume should well 
justify its commendable end and aim.”— Chicago Record- 
Herald. 
Cloth, small i2mo, uniform with “Good Form for 
Men.” $1.00 postpaid. 
The Best New Reading for Boys and Girls 
Paddle Your Own Canoe The North Pole Series 
Series 
By Professor EDWIN J. HOUSTON 
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matter which is strictly accurate in details as to the 
Polar regions. . . . Some New York boys accom¬ 
panied an expedition of scientists to the North Pole 
and had marvelous experiences. They went part of 
the way by balloon or air-ship until they found the 
quest. ”— Philadelphia Inquirer. 
Three ’Vohiines 
The Search for the North Pole 
The Discovery of the North Pole 
Cast Away at the North Pole 
i2mo, cloth, handsomely bound and illustrated. 
Each volume, $1.00. The set, boxed, $3.00 postpaid. 
ANDIRON TALES, by John Kendrick Bangs. 
tures has there appeared a better book of the kind.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
Humorously illustrated in color and line by Dwiggins. $1-25 postpaid. 
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THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., Publishers, PHILADELPHIA 
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By EDWARD S. ELLIS 
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gift to a boy.”— Philadelphia Record. 
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well as interesting.”— Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. 
Three Tohnnes 
The Forest Messengers The Mountain Star 
Queen of the Clouds 
i2mo, cloth. Attractively illustrated, with colored 
frontispieces. 
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OF THE *■ 
P MTS. <§ 
Stock, should never be tolerated on any 
commercial place. The damage done 
to faultlessly grovvm, perfect palms of the 
medium and larger sizes in the decora¬ 
tion of halls, churches and houses for the 
various festive occasions coming our 
way, is slight and usually well paid for, 
and cannot be compared with the great 
loss sustained by their use in all summer 
lawn adornments. To lend out palms 
for the purpose at a small recompense is 
unwise; to induce customers to buy 
them outright looks more like real busi¬ 
ness. 
At this season palms do their best 
growing and the cultivator’s chief aim 
now must be to prevent this growth from 
becoming too soft and flabby, which un¬ 
der a too densely shaded glass and with 
an overplus of stagnant humidity in the 
house is only too likely to occur. Abun¬ 
dant ventilation day and night is there¬ 
fore now in order. A fumigating now 
and then with any one of the different 
nicotine preparations wdll do no harm 
and is the safest means of keeping down 
most insects of the minute species; while 
forceful syringing prevents others from 
gaining a Arm foothold. Badly infested 
plants should be given a thorough clean¬ 
ing and be set by themselves. A scale 
ridden plant of any kind, laid on its 
side over an ant hill, is the cleanest thing 
on earth when taken up a few hours 
after. 
If there is anything else that ants are 
good for 1 do not know it, hut I know 
of several things good for ants; slug 
shot, arsenical mixtures, heavily charged 
manure water, w'ater all alone in oft- 
repeated drenchings, all will make life 
a burden to ants and either kill them or 
drive them away. 
Palms of advanced age and size, being 
excessively root-hound, should now" be 
repotted, if this operation, owing to 
pressure of work, had to be postponed 
earlier in the season. There should be 
no excuse for crowding these into closely 
packed quarters now", while vegetation 
is most active. A spreading and thin¬ 
ning out will expose moss-clad, mucky 
nooks and recesses to the wholesome 
free play of light and air. Young stock 
requires spacing, repotting, sorting into 
different grades and sizes and resetting 
at frequent intervals right along until 
early fall, when a brief let up in the work 
from then until about February marks 
the end of one and the beginning of 
another season.— Florists' Exchange. 
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