HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1894-07-13, Page 3THE W1NG•UA ' 'I {'S, JULY 131 1894, •
T ST USEFUL TREE
THE COCOANUT FURNISHES FOOD,
SHELTER AND EMPLOYMENT.
Hundreds of Thousands of Human pones
rind All, These Blessing. front Its 7.xist-
etioe--Sot>ao of Its Ultlef Characteristics'
in Detail -Worth of Its Fruit.
The 000411'0 t grows only new the
chore, where its roots penetrating the
sandy soil may drink freely ficin clear
underground springs. Of all trees it is
regarded by Garden and Forest as the
Moat ireful to 'roan, furnishing food,
elielter and employment to hundreds of
thousands. of the human race. In tropi-
cal countries, espeoially in southern
India:aud in Malaya. the cocoanut sup-
plies two whole communities with the
chef necessities of life, Every part is.
useful; the roots •are considered a
remedy against fevers; from theo trunk
and furniture are made;
boats n
the leaves furnish the thatch for houses
and the material from which baskets,
hats, mats and. innumerable other
articles are made; the network of fibres
at their base is used for sieves and is
woven into cloth; • flloin the young ,
flower stocks a palm wine, called toddy,
is obtained, from which arrak, a fiery
alcoholic drink, is distilled. The value
of Vie fruit is well known. From the
husk, which is called coir, commercially,
cordage. bedding, mats, brushes and
other articles are manufactured, In the
tropics, lamps, drinking vessels and
spoons are made from the hard shells. ;
The albumen of the seed contains large. ,
quantities of oil, used in the 'east for
cooking and in illuminating; in Europe ;
and the United Status it is often made
into soap. and candles, yielding, after '
the oil is extracted, a refuse,valuable as
food for cattle, or as a fertilizer: In
some parts of the tropics the kernel of
the seed forms the chief food of the in.
The cool, 'milky fluid which
• fills the cavity of the fruit when the nut
is young, affords an agreeable beverage,
and the • albumen of the young nut,
which is soft and jelly-like, is nutritious
and of a delicate flavor.
- As might be expected in the case of a
plant of Bach value, it is often carefully
and extensively. cultivated in many
countries, and numerous varieties, dif-
feing in the size, -shape and quality of
the fruit,. are now known. The cocoa-
nut is props ,ated by seeds; the nuts are
sown in nursery beds, and at the end of
six or eight months the seedlings
are large enough to plant. The plants
are usually set twenty-five feet
apart each way in carefully prepared.
boas filled with rich surface soil. Once
established, a plantation of cocoanuts
requires little care beyond watering.
which is necessary in its• early years to
insnie a. rapid and vigorous growth. In
good soil the trees usually begin to
flower at the end of five or six years,. and
May be expected to be in full bearing
front eight to twelve years. Thirty nuts.
from a tree is considered a fair average
yield, although individual trees have
been known to produce an average.of
800 mute • during a period of 10 years.
An -application of manure 'increases the
yield of the trees, although probably the
value of the additional crop obtained in
this way is hardly large enough to jus-
tifv such expenditure.. En recent years
the cocoanut ht's been cultivated on a
very large" scale in British Honduras,
Jamaica and outer parts of Central Ain -
erica as well as on the northern coast
of South America and the West Indies.
Codoa;cuts bring all the way fromti10 to
$28 per -1, 000 according to quality.
The Nacres of Things.
- Once in a while, not very rarely eith-
er,_ we are led .to wonder why names, not
only absolute reclie,ttons. ()at in diem-
selves disgnsting. ' re rtm1ied to articles.
of . food. The other d y some ladies
were looking over a ul,tb.rsine ,anti dis-
cussing the atraking of what was sot
downin the publication as a "Toad in a
'hole," this nondescript term being ap.
plied to some fruit or other ingredient
wrapped up in a bit of paste and cooked,
In the saute sense we read of "little pigs
• in blankets," and • various "deviled"
articles,•. There certainly can be no-
thing app.etizing• in the idea that one
is eating an article modeled. after his sa-
tanic
majesty or in 'the siLnitucle of the
inhabitants .of a pig -sty. Neither of
these naives has pleasant suggestions,
yet some of thein are generally in-
- dulged in.
In the same general line we have
beasts of various sorts more or lets re-
pulsive as tradeinarks.for good products.
Well -regulated families would do well
to refuse to take some of these edibles.
We are not so poverty-stricken in the
way of - names, terms and language
generally that we should lbs' obliged to
fall back on objectsithat excite unplea-
sant emotions. 11 s high time that a
halt were called and reform demanded
in this respect.
doll. and Sorrow Mixed,
Theunexpected way in which a dainfi-
er may be thrown upon an enthusiastic
company is exemplified by a recent oc-
currence in an up+town drawing -room.
At a miscellaneous evening function,
in holiday lightheartedness, a certain
hostess invited. a group of college stu-
dents to sing. Tholfavorite,, -me
King of theCannibal Is1antls," as
se-
1ectedwith the apparent approval of the
company. But when the line, "They
dined on Clergymen cold and raw," was
jocularly pealed forth one young woman
ruse and left the room, suffused in tears.
Iter father had.beei a missionary, and,
it seems, eaten by cannibals.
"How do 1 bolt?" said Dr. Kaliownielt
to his young wife the exhibited his new
suit.
"Dressed to ki111" she exclaimed en-
tbusiaatieellly. ,
"My dear," replied her husband, gent.
ly, "yott shouldn't talk whop."-3tidge.
UIS'OPIIION ON MUNE,
THOMAS A. EDISON, THE GREAT iN-•
VENTOR, SPEAKS.
No Think tine Kanlcering .After Gold
and Sliver. Largely Due to Ti atlftton and
gantenr-Tho post Pow could Be
arr ate of compressed `51'1►eat.
• Thomas A. Edison, the great inven-
tor, has apparently turned a portion of
his attention to the financial problem,
In a recent interview he said:
"The hankering after gold and silver
is largely traditional, People allow -
themselves to be governed by the old
ideas on the subject of coinage formu-
lated at a time when national credits
did not exist and currency would only
be taken at an intrinsic valve. What
we need is a new standard of value, I
think that the best dollar could be
made out of compressed wheat, You
take a bushel P wheat an1stee
a h
e
water out of it and then compress
it
into a hard ° cake the size of a silver
dollar and stamp the government mark
upon it. That would represent actual
value and labor performed and then you
could eat your dollar, for 'when you
wanted to use the wheat all that would
be necessary would be to put your
money to soak. We should then have
the bushel of wheat as a permanent
unit of value which all farmers would
appreciate, and the currency .of the
country would represent actual worth,
and labor performed. Both gold and
silver could then be dispensed with
and the present bimetallic problem
solved,"
Aluminium.
• Aluminium is silvery white, two and
a half times heavier than water, and
only one third as heavy as steel. It
does not tarnish like silver when exposed
to the air, and altlfpugh it is .not so hard
as iron some. of ,-its alloys with copper
and other metals are intensely hard and
strong. It can be spun around wire so
fine that weavers turn it into cloth, and
it can be hammered so thin that abreath
will blow it away. It is already being
used for kitchen pots and pans, becauee
it is so light and strong, and in Germany
it is made into equipments for soldiers
for the same reason. It is expected
some day to replace iron wares for
carrying electric currents, since it is
much lighter than iron and will not
rust. Boats are being made of it, though
salt water corrbdes it, and the first prac-
tical flying.machine,islikely to be built
in large part of aluminium.
By the aid of electricity it is now pos-
sible to extract aluminium from, clay
cheaply, and the uses of the metal. are
being increased every year. Up to the
present there has been one strong draw-
back to its use. 'Mechanics hifve been
unable to make a solder that would
unite two pieces of itfirtnly.• If such a
solder has been invented, as claimed,
then the uses of this most abundant
metal have been increased a hundred-,
fold,—Harper's Young People.
• Some Definitions.
Cuff was once a mitten or dove.
Coupon—something to cut off—was de-
vised by Thomas Cook, author of Cook's
tours, in 1864, but it is not among his
testaments that it shall be called "kew-
pon." Culturist ,,is Americanese, from
cultivator of fish or other natural pro-
ducts to a cultivator of culture., Chi-
nook "eultus' means of little worth.
codwhich will prob-
ably
b
There is a cultus1
ably give us a significant torsi in due
time. There was an honest sln li i
t
Y
in the elder meaning of custard. :awes
egg nie. Among the fanciful moderni-
zations stands pre-eminent cynosure
literally the dog's tail—which, by the
way, Prof. Moultoe ought to pronounce
"sinesure" to be consistent with
"myths," and which, frotn its original
meaning of the ;pole star, the train of
Ursa Major, and spelt "cinosura." was
carried by Benjatnin Disraeli to its full
present sense, a centre of attraction or
interest.
'Late .OSZ lSraaet+- '
While two wedding procession were
fighting for the road at one of the gates
at Hankow the chairs holding the brides
got mixed and each lady was , taken to
the wrong bridegroom. The gentlemen
never having seen their wives before,
according to the Chinese custom, knew
no mistake. , When the next morning
the mothers of the two brides went to
present the usual hair oil to their dello-
tors each found a stranger installed in
her place. Neither mother, moreover,
had any means of finding out where her
daugnter had gone. After a very diffi-
cult search of the city the brides were
both found and then the idea of inaking
the best of things was blocked by the
fact that one of the brides, who was
rich and intended for a rick husband,
had fallen into the hands o1b a very poor
roan. The problem remains unsolved.
Obeying the }Fife.
A Scotch clergyman, just as he .had
told the bridegroom to love and honor
his wife, was surprised to Bear the uian
tlrds obey." few
the and A
interjectw y.
years afterwards the clergyman met the
man, "D'ye mind, sir, yon day when
ye married n ie, and when I wad insist
upon vowing to obey my wife? Well,
ye inay now see that I was in the right.
WYn I have obeyed
dor a
Whether ye wa o.
her and, behold, I aim the only man that
has a two story house in the hale toun."
"E1 T+'atat ”
The welcome fact that Oriental 'wo-
wen are waking up frons the lethargy of
compelling custom, is strongly evidenced.
in the appearance of a paper published
by a Syrian lady in Alexandria. It is
trilled Ll rant (rho i outs Wolman),
anti is,edited by *Alias „titiciNoufal, froth.
'1rti.u]i, alt f yria. It appears bi-month-
ll , . n t all its articles are }written by
hobos,
W. 0. T. U. COLUMN,
(co rnucr'n nx TiIE 1v11,oilAif sir wri.) ' The St. Lawrence is a phenomenon
A. Glorious Taver.
among rivers. No other river is fed
by such gigantic lakes, No other
river is so independent of the ele-
ments. It despises alike rain, snow
and sunshine. Ice and wind 'nay be
said to be the only things that affect
its mighty flow. Something almost
ail phenomenal as the St. Lawrence
itself is the fact that there is so little
generally known about it. It might
be safely affirmed that not one per
cent. of the American public are •
aware of the fact that among all the
great rivers of the world, tile' St.
Lawrence is the only absolutely
fioodless one, Such, However, is the
ease. The St. Lawrence despises
rain and sunshine. Its greatest vari-
ation caused by r'aiii or drought
hardly 1 ever exceeds tfoat or fourt
en
inches. The cause of this almost
everlasting .saneness of volume is
easily understood. The St. Lawrence
is fed by the mightiest bodies of fresh
water on the earth. Immense as is
the volume of water it pours into
the ocean, anyone who has traversed
all the immense lakes that feed it,
and, for the surplus waters of which
it is the only channel to the sea, won-
ders that it is not even more than it
is. Not one drop of the waters of
the five great lakes finds its way to
the ocean save through this gigantic,
extraordinary and wondrously beau-
tiful river. No wonder, then, that it
should despise the rain and defy the
sunshine.
Nothing' Strange
Intelligent people, who realize the ini-
portaut part the blood holds in keening
the body in a normal condition, find
nothing strange in the number of dis-
eases that Hooch's Sarsaparilla, is able to
cure. ' So,many troubles result from im-
pure blood that the best way to, treat
them is through the blood, and it is far
better to use only harmless vegetable
compounds than to dose to excess with
quinine, calomel and other drugs. By
treating the blood, with Hood's Sarsa-
parilla, at;rofula, salt rheum and what
are commonly called "humors;" dyspep-
sia, catarrh, rheumatism, neuralgia,
consumption and other troubles that
originate in impurities of the blood or
impaired circulation, can all be cured.
1 f�'t,z God and 7Torlfc asci ,.ltatirr Land.
well call the attuntien, of the Mothers and sisters
to the fact, that the Woman's. Christian Temper.
mica Union moots every pionda at three o'clock
sharp, for one hour, at pit's, flislnt's residence, Pat-
rick street, All ladies sire!male welcome,
M the Editor has kindly given us part of his
epeeo, for our work, we ask friends of the Cause to
send items of interest on all moral questions of the
day to any of aur members.
° Drink causes neglect of business.;
neglect of business causes poverty.
1h * 7S
The liquor traffic has alwaysbeen
the enemy of those who toil for a
living.
f.,
The Temperance movement in
Britain receiving rl
Great1 is Iec lvl ,, a powerful
impetus in the highest social quarters.
• *• as
When the Queen ' of Madagascar
shut up the saloons in her Kingdom,
and the ex -saloon keepers asked for
compensation, she replied, Compensate
those you have wronged, and I will
pay the balance.
je , 9t *
- Mr. Horselcy has shown that the
daily average of inmates in Glasgow
prisons is steadily decreasing. It is
now but two thirds of what it was
ten years ago. Much of the improve-
ment is due to child saving by church
and state. As to the causes of crime
drink is beyond comparison the chief
cause.. Crime is simply condensed
drunl enness.
* * *
* * *
The fount of love, pity,- and ten-
derness which springs in the heart of
most human beings, is, according to
M. Le Roux, utterly wanting in ,the
generation of children wlio are spring-
ing up in the homes of drink and
drunkenness. • He makes this remark
as the result of a long and careful
induction, and after' deep and patient
study . of the classes from among
whom these abnormal creatures
conte.
* * as
It will be a great blessing to many
when,the system of doctors prescrib-
ing alcoholics, even. as a medicine, will
come to an end. Our conviction is
that the day is not far distant. Lead-
ing physicians, both in England and
America, who are carefully studying
the important 'question arc on the in-
crease, 'who openly declare that such
are not needed --that other and less
dangerous substitutes can be found in
every case.
* 8
The leading British statesmen—men
of thought and deep observation -ap-
pear to view the national results of
the liquor traffic with greater alarm
than clo our leading politicians of this
Dominion. Lord Rosebery, the new
Premier, in a recent great Birming-
ham speech, said: I go so far as to
say that if'the State does not control
the liquor traffic, the liquor traffic
will soon control the State. His
great predecessor, Gladstone, de-
clared from his place in Parlia-
ment his deliberate conviction that
the evils of the drink traffic were
inore'deplorable to the nation than
the combined evils of was', famine
and pestilence. •
I SPEND 11171 OIITING ON THE GREAT
LAKES.
Visit picturesque Mackinac Island. It
will only cost you about $12.50 from De-
troit ; $15 from Toledo; $18 from Cleveland,
for the round trip, including meals and
berths: Avoid the heat and dust by travel-
ing on the D. & C. floating .palaces. The
attractions of a trip to the Mackinac region
are unsurpassed. The island itself is a
grand romantic spot, its climate most in-
vigorating. Two new steel passenger
steamers have just been built for the
upper lake route, costing $800,00$ •eat!,.
'They aro equipped with every modern
convenience, annunciators, bath -rooms,
etc., illuminated throughout by electricity,
find arouaranteed to be the grandest,
largest and safest steamers on fresh water.
These steamers favorably compare with
the great oeean liners in construction and
•hood. Pour trips per week between
Toledo, Detroit, Alpena, Mackinac, St.
Iguace, Petoskey, Chicago,
"Soo," Mar-
pate
ar-
ryte and Duluth; Dairy between Cleve -
and
levennd Detroit, Daily between Cleve-
l,1nd and Put -in -Pay. The cabins, parlor's
and staterooms of these steamers are de:
signed for the complete entertainment oY
humanity ander home conditions; the pal -
t
;dialof •i
equipment, i m nt the luxuryc a.
t istl
pointment makes travelig on these
steamers thoroughly enjoyable. Send for
illustrated descriptive pamphlet, Address
A. A. Settiarrz, G. P. & '1, A„ D. & C.
Detroit, Mich,
A Cliieago genius has iitvontod a
method of street lamp lighting where.
by it is only necessary to open a
valve connecting one of the large
holders at the gas works to light the
` lamps of the city.
Miss Sophia Graham, aged 73, of
Hamilton, was run aver and killed
by the Beach train at Robert street
crossing, that city, on Sunday even-
ing.
For •Cholera Morbus, Cholera In-
fantum, Cramps, Colic, Diarrhoea, Dy-
sentery, and Summer Complaint Dr.
Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry is
a prompt, sate and sure cure that has
been a popular favorite for oyer 40
years.
Near London on Sunday the dead
body of H. II'. Thomson was found in
the river. Ilis fiancee, • Miss Bella
ash heti
11IcKeehuie soonas e heard
s of
the event, took a dose of poison and
died almost instantly.
Rheumatism Cured in ,a day.—South
American Rheumatic Cure of Rheumatism
and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 8 days.
Its action on the system is remarkable and
mysterious. It removes at once the cause
of the diseasei(mmediately disappears. The
first nose greatly benefits. '75 cents.
Warranted at Chisholm's drub store.
Mr. W. N. Nichols, public school
inspector for West Kent, was drowned
at Port Lambton on Saturday nigb.t,
while crossing the river in a small
boat. The steamer Arundel ran into
his boat, causing the accident.
Black Blood. causes Blotcbes, Boils,
Pimples, Abscesses, Ulcers, Scrofula, etc.
I3urdooh Blood Bitters cures Bad Blood
inpany forgo , from a common Pimple to'
the worst Scrofula Sore. !+
During a heavy thunderstorm
which passed over Drayton Tues-
day afternoon, ] obt. Swarbrick's
barn, 12th concession Maryboro, was
struck by lightning and burned.
Burdock Blood Bitters cures all diseas-
es of the blood from it mom Mon pimple to
the worst Scrofulous Sores or Meese.
Skin Diseases, Boils, Blotches and al
Blood' Ruiners cauuot resist its healing
powers.
The Christianity of a clean, whole-
some, and well -regulated home is of
more consequence than most folks
thing::
Gelitlemen,•--•For a number of years
1 suffered from deafness, and last winter
1 could scareoly hear at all. 1 applied
.Yellow Oil and C can bear as well as any-
one now. Mrs, Tuttle (cook, Weymouth,
S.
Clttra----"i)on't you think 11e is too
old to love?" Maude—"That may
be, my dear, but he's too wealthy
not to,"
Pite's Remedy tor Catarrh is t1,.t
nest, tilt lest iqitse, and Cheapest.,
Sold by draggists or sent by nand,
Ed, B.T. Ifaselline."tYarren, Pa.
A Blessing to ''very Rousehold.
HOLLONAT4 PILLS AND ODOM
These remedies have steed the test of fifty years experience, surd arc pronounced the hest Medioins
family use.
Purify the Mood, correct all disorders of the LIVEN, SToaI /411, NI 1141 it, • ? 1 ± s t , i sic d
ryi-n�v^al�u^arb-le in all complaints Incidental to
tto'fenales of allKeo.
0II\ TLVL.DIV y
I1 UATety reliable re0j,remedy for badt c;;s, sorts, ulcers, and old wouncie, 1011 1 1.a1;vCI1r7IS, 10
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DISI ANDS 1T IIAS NO EQUAL. Manufact i ed only at 7s, \ew Oxford, Late 533, Oxford Street, hoiden,
and sold by all1Iedielne Vendor throughout the world,
FitePuoliasers should look to the Label on the Boxes ntt•i Pete. If the address is net
683 Oxford Street, Landau, they the spurious.
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Truss Oorlcr,
Winghatn, Ont.
AN
ACHING
HEAD.
3 DxAn Szits,� L laid
severe headache for
the past three years,
and was not free
from it a single day.
!texas nem ntenontAnn. I used doctors' medi-
cines and all others
I could think of, but it did me no good.
My cousin said I must
TRY BbBI6N
because it is the best .medicine river
made, and 1 took three bottles of it, with
the result that it has completelycured.
me. 1 think Burdock Blood itters,
both for headaches and as blood
purifier, is the
BEST IN THE WORLD,
and ani glad to recommend it to all fray
friends. Miss Fz,oit1 Mebo±tAxaa,
Olen Norman, Ont.