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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-11-27, Page 2• v. s,; NMI r 11 x.� as 'Sesiae Battery jointers. A battery should be kept clean of dirt and moisture. It looks a great up during the cold season, you must make some provision for your battery during that time. You will do well to deal better - to see the. top and sides take it to some battery service sta- elean; also, the :battery is . stere to tion until you Are ready for it again. meter. When a battery is idle at such a time, work at least one charge a month is needed A battery that is damp all the tune to keep it healthy, and to prevent the from flooding (caused by :adding too battery disease known as sulphation much water) can not be kept in a from, coining on. This sulphation is a good charged state, for the moisture serious complaint, but can.be prevent - on the outside creates a Yshart circuit. ed . by keeping the battery charged The battery case should be wiped with. and supplied with enough water at all a, dry cloth to absorb all - the moisture, tinie•s to kep the plates c veered - s o and then the surface should be. rubbed that sit will not;strike them. again with a cloth saturated -with When your &abtery begins to, show either aunmonia or soda to treutralize , • the that1 $ifY►'� of failing, by such a thing as acid is present on the case. short-circuits -When the - -separators After this treatment wipe the battery ;are wearing through, . it would be a-' dry a in. It i� common sight to see the poli-' good plan to have new separators put g in at the end of the second year or be- ' tfve pole of the battery covered with ginning of the third year; that is, if, a greenish deposit which is caused you have taken - the best care of it by the battery solution creeping uP .-,and feel reasonably surd o f its in - the post and attacking the metal' ernal condition -that the plates are bushing and cable ends which unite t in good shape, etc. - the positive pole of the battery to the! Fast driving kept upfor hours will . g P " tine, `-This" de sit theittd' be cleanedcause: 1 � ...hely a' spatters ';to--he�at`�'a�nc off carefullyand the art, should be i e lowerconfers of p warp its p�atc3. The co e brightened rip 'to 'make .a good `film .(.warped plates 'Wig MtE''into the seP- connection. Afterward, dress the pole arators, cut through and cause a with vaseline -before tightening up short-circuit. If you must drive in %gain. if the battery post is loose such manner be cure to `turn on all in the cell cover, little can be done for the lights for a reasonable time to cut it, unless you 'take it to some battery � down the changing rate and so shunt service station and have it tightened.- some of the current away from the Never allow your battery to freeze.1 battery..- If 'sou don't do - this, -never Freezing will do serious. damage to utter- a coifiplajnt if your battery Its - vitality. If it is kept -charged • it -shows signs of- suffering.- . ' will take 40 deg. below zero, F., to A battery that has received hard freeze it. If the gravity of the elec- usage and neglect will likely not re- trolyte, drops to 1.150 it will freeze pay for being rebuilt. Only for those at 10 deg. F. ` that have been kindly treated can this If you have decided to lay your car plan be'recommended. • Edward, Prince -of Wales. Welcome, . thrice welcome, Royal guest! This, "the new nation of the West," Its 13tbree' of wealthaning wide to thee, Welcome,_ our King that is to be, Hail Edward, Prince of. Wales! Mines,, rivers, forests, lakes, behold! And widespread prairies, weighed in gold, Sunlit, the snow-capped mountains shine. Lift up thine eyes, for all is thine, Our Edward, Prince of Wales. A gentle boy, with smiling. face, A soldier, with true kingly grace; Eyes, from whose orbs of tender blue A Britain's faith in man shines true,. Loved Edward, Prince of Wales. "China's Sorrow. China's Sorrow .is a river. the Hoang - Ho, or Yellow River, so called, doubt- less, because it brings down such vast quantities of mud• that its waters are discolored. It has cos China more lives during the past century, to go no farther back, than all the wars of all the world, for when the Yellow River ' takes a fit of hooding the country, it does it .on. a_ scale undreamt -of by any other_ river, not even forgetting the Mississippi, its nearest competitor. It simply breaks all bounds, and starts out across the couhtry to find or force a net` chan- nel to the sea. Only a few weeks ago it . flooded, twenty: thousand square. miles of thickly populated. country, with a loss of lite which. can only be guessed at, but more than once the Within thy, person -still must live High taws • of liberty, which give To all the freedom of the great. Loi How• tremendous- is thy State, Young Edward, Prince of Wales. . Yet smile and wave that slender hand, And the whole Empire's thy command; Our Prince, our Soldier, Comrade, Friend, God keep thee kingly to the end! Hail Edward, Prince of Wales! Canada's Agricultural Position. The Hon. S. - F. Tohnie, Canada's new Minister of Agriculture, has sum - reed up the outstanding facts of Cana- da's agricultural position in an article -appearing in the November number of The Agrieultura1' Gazette. He pre- sents statistics showing the growth of Canada's financial 'burden during the past five years and points out means by which our national debt will be re- duced. He says in part: "I am confident that this Dominion, through, the devetopjnent of tier natur- al resources. will in time wipe out her debt. Forests, fisheries, and ,mines all contribute their part of the revenue, but -by far the greatest returns will be derived from agriculture, which in- dustry we . must continue to establish' in permanency and increase in magni- tude.. One of the greatest responst- bilitiee that falls on either the federal or provincial department of agricul- trre is the conservation of the great wealth that lies in the virgin soil. In- numerable consideratiens ere involved in this one problem. but tile whole af- fair can be accomplished if we engage in mixed farming with live stock o' a basis. This is the fundamental prin- ciple ' underlying y'ncees' in ..gricul- • loss has gone into millions of human 1 beings. It is the silt that is largely to blame. 'i't e mighty -river keeps filling up its - own channel, and the people who are subject to its floods keep piling' up embankments till the sails of the boats on the Hoang -Ho are high above the fields through which it ' runs. Then conies a great flood which breaks down the embankment. and the waters pour across the country in a devas- tating flood, drowning tens of thous- ands before they can escape. No won- der, then, that the Yelbsw River is called "China's Sorrow." Fire Fighting or Prevention. Except London. Paris and Bolin, European cities have paid little atten- tion to modern fire protective equip- ment. They have directed their chief energies to fire prevention. ' Munici- pal expenditures have been devoted to the control of building' construction and maintenance. ' On the contrary, Canada has developed very elaborate and efficient fire -letting facilities. As regards appliances. methods and per- sonnel, the. fire brigades of Large Canadian and American cities are incomparably superior to those of other countries. In this course of ac- tion lies one of the essential differ- ences between the respective policies of Canadian, municipalities and those of Europe. To prevent rather than to extinguish fires has not impressed public bodies 1n Canada as being a part of their functions. Consequently, the annual maintenance cats of city fire departrnents average $1.43 per t capita, fire losses $2.96 per capita, and insurance rates $1.18 per capita in Canada as compared with 21 cents, 71 ,cents and 16 (felts. rca:pec-tivel)-. in ture. i Europe. Testing Serfs • for Farmers ! and Merchants. he • Dominion Seed Branch' with ' la oratories at Ottawa, Winnipeg and Callgary, reported over 35,000 seed teats for the year ending June 30th. The growth of seed testing in Canada is indicated from the fact that only 5,.77k'samples were reported in 1909. •.W. Tli�e � pea ,, Uttlt" "'of t►zt� 'Work ` in our . .g t s-ecd laboratories is ;tie between S� p- tember 'and June, 'when -each -labora- tory may handle up to 200 samples per day. Only ten samples are tested free of charge for farrier or seed mer- chant during the season. Over this number, the service is charged for at cost. G' --Official seed testing is the basis of Government seed control, which in older •European •countries is rayed as a leading Government service to Agri- culture. Any country without an ef- ficientsystem of seed control soon be- comes -the dumping ground for inferior seeds' from other countries, and low - grade homegrown seeds may be sold to unsuspecting farmers. Our system is frequently referred to in other coun- tries as being the most practical and efficient. Its importance- is now being better. appreciated when it is_ required that imported seeds are not released • A 'New Hulless Oat. The introduction of a good, new variety of hulless oats by the Experi- mental Farms Branch has not perhaps attracted as mach attention as it should. Free samPles of this variaty are -now being distributed by the Do- minion Cereatet at Ottawa: The stock on hand is mot large, but as long as it lasts samples will be gladly sent to farmers in almost any district of Cana- da, as.it is believed that this oat will be- widely useful. The full name of the variety is Liberty, Ottawa 430. It is derived from a cross made in 1903 between the well-known variety. Swed- ish Select, and a hullees oat - from China. The new variety le decidedly superior to .the old -Chinese soil. Threshing out free from hull, this type of oat furnishes a concentrated' pro- duct of extremely high value which has only to be grouna in order to make most excellent feed, especially for young pige and chickens. When care- fully enough cleaned for use as human food, it makes, meal of. surprisingly fine quality. The Liberty oat has very good -field characters, being rather darly in ripening and linvfng reason- ably stiff straw. The yield (so far as kernel is concerned) is equal to about seven -eighths of that of Banner oats. Farmers who are interested in the raising of hogs and chickens are strongly advised to give this new oat a trial! It has already. proven extreme- ly satisfactory --In---eonaeadietriets. C. E. Saunders, bominion Cerealist. The Hint Was Taken. On arriving at his office, the busy merchant ---in funny stories they are always "busy"- found that he had left his pocket-knife at home. He asked his secretary. and the chief clerk, and one or two others.for a knife, but no one had such a thing. At last he tried the office boy, who produced a battered affair, promptly. "How is it, Jimmie," said the boss. "that you are the only member of the staff who has a pen -knife?" "Dunno, sir," replied the lad, "un- less it's because my wages are so low ihat I can duly afford. ane pair of Facts. Girl babies are said to have more vitality than boy babies. , Bamboo trees do not blossom till they are thirty years old An ordinary snail travels at an aver- age speed of one . mile in fourteen days. , Tlie purest breeds of Arab horses have pedigrees gong back 500 years. Aeroplane engines have been adapt- ed for driving motor -boats and pump- ing machinery. Hares sleep with their eyes open, a thin membrane replacing the eyelid which is missing. Of -the eight --and at half million sol- diers who fought for the British Em- pire, 995.937 -were lost in the field. German submarines take on ati average ten weeks to reduce to "scrap," which has a value 'of about £ 2,500. . Poison' gas .weighing fifteen thous- and tong was supplied to the British armies in the fled in 1913.'• The Canadian Aruuy will be the best Paid 'in the _world, privates receiving twelve shillings a day. Camels are fit for work at five years old a although they usually live forty years, their strength 'begins to de- cline at twenty-five. Pigeon& ,carried 709 _ messages for the R.A.F. between April, 1918, and the Planta Have Senses of Sight, Touchiiid Taste Plias possess at least —sight, touch and taste. Though their manner of expressing their emo- tions is very modest, they are far from -being inert. A very brief micro- scopic study of their life shows that they possess a sentient existence which, though less perfect than that of the higher animals, in some cases is equal to the sentient life of the polyps and sponges. ' Sight is the best developed of the vegetable senses: BY this sense the plant perceives' the light, though it does not distinguish objects. The earth worm, the coral insect and the oyster enjoy about the -same amoupt of sight; they have no localized Visual` organ; but they perceive the difference be- tween light- and darkness. When a ray of light reaches them they, con- tract under, the stimulas. The Influence ,- .of light -is .clearly shown by the plant kept in a room where them -Is only one window: the 1 plant .is so eager to get the light that it crosses its stems and . turns its leaves broadside toward the window. This action has led students- .of plants to say . that the plant bends toward the light beitause the side in darkness LIIrs9A. es v c so n Ilene "e ‘ieuf i"= ` drives,, the water to the depression -in the stem and that the leaf itpmediately wilts for lack .of internal uavisture. Even it that is true, the plant is in- fluenced* by the contact of something outside itself. When an animal is in- fluenced in the same way the result is due to the animal's sense of touch. • Tlie sense of taste is an endowment of plants of the lower orders, algae among others. When particles of dif- ferent kinds are thrown in the water .among the' algae, the -nrake - rake a Choice at once and cling to the objects they can assimitFate; and if they;are capable of perceiving the savor of their aliments and of choosing certain kinds out of at- 's mass of different kind they may be said to, be endowed N': ith the sense -of taste. Among the higher pjants theealte.e. of taste is less coin - mon and less. easily distingti�is•lied, but in- anany .cases. It is- uu niably sent. - If an insect is\ set on the leaf of ofte of the drosera, the ten!acies of the plant fall upon the morsel• at once. if a non-nutritive substance is set in the sante place, the plant gives no sign of recognition. --- -'he microscope s1iow's that .the, tentacles quiver as if with Armistice, often saving human lives grows faster than the other side., The delight when they close on an agree - and valuablwe.aerQpla4:cs, simplest explanation .,is that,,the, alantr .,able.,; morsel *olid, that . the, insect- se-. I The Siamese have'•rcn aversion for perceives the lightand that It stir«seI•etJ,s a .,i,,,;;,t •a,1, :add n.0alil..c•rs ; 'iri. building their 1c.s,ssea that If perceives if. The stens of the which it clue: not s -'trete at ally otle.e. they -strive to 'havve an equal number plant is perceptive; 'its sensitiveness time.' At such times the insect is coin - of doors and windows. of perception goes as far as its root, parable to the gourmand w hose mouth The French mobilized nearly eight but the root shows its perception in a "waters." • million white and halt a million color- different way. If the stem is hellio- Plants possess, then, the reuses of ed soldiers. Her losses were ---killed tropic the root is negatively heliotro- sight, touch and, taste: They- _halve L089,700, and• missing 265,300. plc. The stem shows that it perceives given no evidence of other senses, but. Four hundred tanks were in action , the light by turning toward it, the some branches of the algae fancily at one time; not counting "dummies." some of which induced large bodies of the enemy, to surrender. The inhabitants of Heligoland make money by trapping larks while mi- grating. for the winter; 15,000 of these birds having been caught in one night. IRELAND. J A Derry tlitee-year-old boy died from _ the effects of drinking a half - teaspoonful of disinfecting fluid. A great reception was tendered Sergt-Major Boyle, V.C., M.M.,.on his return to his house in New Ross. Singleton Goodwin, county survey- or, Kerry, has been given a superan- nuation allowance of £5Q0 per annum. Sir R. N. Anderson, Lord Mayor of -Derry, has been appointed..a member of the Royal Agricultural Society. The • Chancery Division has issued. an order for the adruinietration of the late Teresa Hainmill, valued at $'S1, 000. , .The Cork steamer, Kilkenuy, which ran ashore at Yotigal, :has been re Teased' by' a tow, veithout sustaint g serious datimage. -' . . - -Two , Carlingford • farriers, tic Part land and - Hanratty, •were fined 210 each. for rremoving potatoes out of a scheduled black scab area.. ' t' liaise aloote, M.Y., occupied the chair at. the half -yearly meeting of Coun y Tyrone Grand Royal Black ii Chapter, held at- °i tindatinon: i A claim has been itiade against the Athlone District. Council and the Kos- •;, cta.i.men , r,tri.cl-.,1'4'.estuieath- t''ounciis Set • _ The Nenagh branek cif the DIs- '';.cliarged Soldiers' Federation has asked the Government to purchase the Lissenhall estate for (11;tribution ,)rn,t)ng them.. • The I3alturbert,. County Cavan, Conn- mittee, raised nearly .11,100 _for the • .Footprints and Faithfuhiess. A beautiful story has -come down from the pioneef days of. missismary .adveatares among the Indians of North America. A missionary left a few pages of the iospel in an Indian vil- lage where he did not stop , long enough to preach or -teach. . In that settleineat he was only a bird of pass age, so to speak, but he did his best, and the' pages came to -an Indian in whose heart -they struck fire. travelled on some two hundred miles a but the Indian measured the mission- ary'e footprint, and in gratitude made .him a fine pair of moccasins. He then traeked the miasionary :over hill and valley until he feitind him, and gave him the tokens of his thanksgiving. Men sometimes question the faith- fulness of Cod. The seed sown - seems to come to naught and the price of the best work seems to be only • heartache. But is He less faithful than man? Are the promises dead or outworn? Are•the old certificates re- voked? He has said, "Thou hest been faithftill over a few things, I will make _thee ruler over niany things." Is God aot still taking the measure of his raer- iant's footprints, and will not the re- ward overtake him. -if his faith fail not, as Francis Thompson, in his beautifal poem, The Hound of Heaven, represents the love of God faithfully tracking its object across the years un- til it oveitakes him? It la our lack of faith that baffles Him. The only eleinent of hazard lifr8 within our own power to cure. "In tthe morning_sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand." Gad is Measuring your footprint. His re- ward will overtake you sometime root ahows that it perceives the light by turning from it, just, as persons with weakeyes-turn from the light anti seek the shadow when the light is too strong. A sense equally well developed in plants is that of touch. The sensitive plant is the exemplary case: the lightest touch eauses it to furl its Ileaves and` eventually it droops them' toward the 'ground. Naturalists have explained this action by saying that a have two microscopic organs with - many granulations which move inces- santly. The two organs 'are remark- ably like the organs of hearing of mol- lusks, wierms and other low forms of animal life. The •creatures of the vegeabie world have a remarkable sense of direction in .space. If a root growing verticallyns set in. the earth horizontally, it begins at once to turn the.end of ita root toward the centre of the earth. The National Dish, of France • The national dish of France is—pot- I scrapped, and the turnips peeled and cut in slices. The leeits are cleanea au -feu. Its. origin datealaia far back and the white ends cut off.- The green Heary IV., e when he beca,me king portion of the leeks and the parsley France, had the words 'put into ills . and the celery are tied' together; . the mouth that he wanted everybody in cloves are stuck ieto the peeled his kingdom to have poule-au;feu (a onions; the meat is put into a pot fowl in the pot) every Sunday, and with cold water to extract the 'juice ever since the working classes and the and. tlie pot is then covered and set people in -the country districts look over a slow fire. Just as soon as the upon the pot -au -fee as the great Sue- scum . begins to rise. it .ks, removed day dish. . ' . - -a - with a skimmer and it• should not be In the time of Henry the IV.; it is allowed to boil until the scum is all quite probable that fowls were more ,eamoved and` the 'brcth is e,tear. If plentiful than beef, for now the pro- ithe s'cuin is not removed it sinks to verbial towl is replaced by beefs.: the bottom and rnakes the bouillon though the people who can afford itt muddy. When the pot begins to boil, means the bouillon and' the .1mIled 1 green things, cover the -pot again. and use at least parts. of the fowl with a eet in the anion with the cloves; the portion of beef. , Properly, petaa-feu carrots, the turnips and the•bandle of. meat that is used. to make it, whether simmer 'gently for three hours. At it be beef or thicken. or both, and one the end of the three hours place the understands in France that both will ,white portian og the leeksain the pot.. be served. Both are eaten, not as a and boil one hour. Abont foar aninutee matter of economy alone, but by pre- before the- dish is to be served;put in ference. :This dish is made alike by the kitchen bouquet. both rich and poor. Of. course, there The .manner of serving the dish hi are different prices for different pieces quite as characteristic of France as of meataand to be sure the poor People anything dauld possibly be. Cut the take a much cheaper cut but their slices f b bouillon dose not suffer saltless -alley - economize in the quantity of meat used- for each quart of water. It is said that eating in France isai: -very serious function and surely the eating of pot -au -fen is that. Everyone knows that freshly killed meat is the beet for making soup, as its juiceti have not ,been impaired and partially lost by preservation in cold ttorage. The. best cuts of beef for - this are the low and top reunds, the neck and shinbone, . and some -like shoulder. somewhere. Quickrich. the profiteer. was very enthusiastic about his new coun- try mansion." -He -had -altered - the plans BO often, that now the contractor did, not dare to proceed with a single thing until lie had received a positive- ly flnal order. The dining -room was a gorgeous af- fair, with "family portraits," in grand gilt frames, while the drawing -room was only to be described as dazzlng. When it came to the study, the con- tractor stuck. So he went to his client. "About the study?" he asked gently. "What scheme of decoration would you like there?" -But for °miss Mr. QuIckrich was very decided. "Brown!" he yelled. "Don't it al- ways, say in the papers as great think - ere are found in brown siudies?" ansh prleetaa.s of waa, Red seas and comfotts or tae troops. The 'Learjet Cennty 'Connell' has re, • ceived a conscience cheque for £102 as full payment for the busning of a game heath at Kinlough. The news that the ,reclarnatiOn the Zuyder Zee has begun iS interest- ing, la4:ause it reminds us or the 're- sourcefulness which the Dutca have a lways hown in making the most of their country. During the lean years tO cotne, Eng- land must see that all her reaources. are tapped. One of the most serious questions. is that of •the More land meteue grietter breathing space. Ita' also means moree toed' for the 'people. Why not, therefore, take a leaf out of -tha bodk of Holland, arld start reclaiming 'the \Vasil.? This...is not 0 new proposition. It is estimated that in the seventeenth cen- tury.35,000 acres were reclaimed. This was increased by 19,009 acres in the eighteenth. century, and 10.000 more , in regard tp the methods of'reciama- tion, I imagine they would be the same as those employed by the Dutch for the Zuyder Zee scheme. -Villa the areas to be redeemed would first be surrounded by asea wallaa Then , the -- water wpuld be poured out at ebb -tide. Tellis is 0 proposition serioesly to be considered. It would do something to 'relieve unemployment, and should be a PrOfitabIe undertaking in more ways than one.. It may even be_ that King John's Jewels, which are said to have been , lost in the Wash; will be.fonnd. Who knows? The following are the necessary things to be used in making the na- tional dish of France i Two pounds of .lean meat from the neck. a knuckle The French cook insists im havIng bone and pound of the lewer.round, or a special pot for this especial dish. a medium sized chicken, three qiiarts Nothing else is. cooked in it because if of water. three teaspoonfuls of salt, a used promisetrously for the. cooking of heart of celery, two large carrots, two various foods the fine delicate flavor medium sized turnips, three large of the pot -au -fen is lost. leeks, two small oniont, four sprigs of This may seem considtirable space parsley, three-fourths of a teaspoonful fo devote to the preparation of °We of kitchen bouquet, and 'four cloves. dish, but to be legs explicit would not , And the soup, is prephited In the fol- be doing justice, both to the nattered lowizig manner:, The carrots are dish and the housekeeper In France. o read and then cut them in them on a browning sheet in the eve.n and brown them through and through. Place them in a soup tureen -and then. set the soup pot on the stove and let it boll. Fill a ladle with the soup when it is boiling the hardest and pour it. through a skimmer into the soup tura een. A skimmer is used to take out the vegetables. which are served on a separate plate. When the bouillon is' served . in this manner. it is calred• croute-ati-pot. After the panne, eae beef is served elaborately garnished with parsley. Tomato -Sanaa, -iattalt.; room sauce or mustard 'is generally served with it. The automobile, the telephone, and • the rutal mail service have made the! country more desirable -than the city. JUST LOOK' PAS PICKED OUT THE 41RL HERE BRINGING UP FREHER HOW TO GET IN wyrii ISOC.IET`f F01-1<'5 PICK 01.,i'V Clis•35'Y NEM TO GO Willa • MD os)T 61 0 • Fish That Cannot Swim! It sounds strange to say that there are -fish which 'cannot swim! yet it " is a fact. A Brazilian fisharalled the manila is one of 11108(1 SpPCIPS'of lisle It can only crawl or walk or hep. It has a long,• upturned- snout. and- resembles, to an extent, a toad. The anterior fins of the maltha are quite small. and are not able to , act on the eater.. They only move- basis -ward. and terward, RIM are, in reality. thin paws, which areof _ .1 -to *seta:lee .swinuning. as are the fins of other fishes. • The star -fish, which ea.n. ae. seen. at our seaside resorts among the roeks eir on the shine, is another fish _unable to perform the aquatie art. It cen walk and crawl however. as you doubt- less have observed. to 'swine does not get drowned is the sea -horse. It itt a most peculiar - shaped inhabitant of and, unlike ronst none-Aeieiniers. loves the e is Interesting to nett. that :-ateh.. crae One' knock we all. love to hear, and. ' - a better. fun -Imps, etc.. which live -in the sea, cannot swine • tried to emulate their briny brothers and sea -sisters 'which mint ;rely efe.c., A Higher Standard. The son Of the family 4:1, 114.1111,. on his first vacation from eollege. and his father .were disa4inating afetirs of the day, teid finally the boy re. as old as _you a-ra -111. knew -mere "I'll go (01e better my boss' the old man scathed. "1 }lore fled when you are as old as I ana you know as , much as you think you do note" • have shown that sagas beets ran bi3 amecessfully grown in Ireland. The fruits of economy taste good, whoa the apples of pleasure will.