Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1893-10-5, Page 66 THE SIGNAL : GODKRICH, ONT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1813. HARVESTING CORN. ' } a Tea. ey Weise war Time end Lease May Me Saved. Throe is certainly a great deal of time wasted in taking the haphazard, ir- regular tregular route that is too commonly trav- eled over in cutting and getting core us- aTlm6ESTBEST. Onni dos as .. A. . Lune t Pampmm. ter .are loyures iii AAOOR 11TOWAWAY. (tar aired Weems •ay• ea ere aa)'s Railer.. -- A A reitarkab'e adventure of hardship, coupled with human endurance. is related by C opiate Evans, .,f the Kritish Steamship 11'ilham Alining, which arrived at Sparrow'. ]'asst yesterday with ore from Jago, tuba. The nae occurred unoo the trip between Raltanore and Bordeaux, Ferree. The Aniline mauled from here May 13 with a full cargo of wheat. 4 b the sixteenth day out the chief otticer reported to t•prain Evans that there were strange monndm in No. 3 hatch. which •wuld be heard at interval.. The rounds continued until all on board were more or leas impressed with the neces- sity of inveetigatiu;t what were thought by some to be spirit rapping*, all conceded that no human bring could be in the .mall space i.etween the bagged wheat and the irou deck above. A• last Captain Evans decided to investi- gut The batten. and tarpauluie were re- moved wd one of the hatc'-.es will taken oaf. Suddenly an emaciated man, who looked like a maniac- struggled on deck.. He look- ed about and theo made • rush for the ships side, panting like a person driven wild by thirst. Seeing that the cool water of the sea had allured the man, ('•ptaui Evans ordered his crew to seize him. rhea water was given the man in small Amin - totes. notwithstanding his piteous appeals for more. !trendy and water were also ad• numetered him with good effect. Aa aeon as possible Captain Evans drew tat the mail's atony and recorded his name, have and age, in case he should die before reaching land. He maid he belonged to Den- mark and had stowed away on the Analog in Baltimore. When he hid io the hold he had one loaf of bread mid a small can of water, which he thought would be suthcient until the vowel reached tea, when be in- tended to come from his hiding place. To his estonuhmeet when the hatch was Casten ed he saw his last chances ot liberty cut off and he made the voyage in the dark ur der tee moat terrible suspense and agony. Much that he told t'aptun Evens cf bis ex- perience was awful to hear. He had re• hably fasted the whole time, except theist day of his inipneonment. He tried to eat wheat from the cargo, but ho mouth pro- duced no saliva and he could not masticate the grain Captain Evans kindly cared for the man. When Bordeaux was reached he went ashore with the determination to walk to hie tame in Ibninark. Captain Evans think. is he could weed sixteen days in the ship'a hold he would he equal to the tank before him. very lllasrlM. From the New Verb Cemmsrelal-Advertlear. The first Roman beam suis. weighed 4,000 grains. The tint New Jersey coins were copper cents. struck in 1:36. The Altera tilled .uille with gold dust, sealed them aad passed them from hand to hand for corn. The Troyes pound, or, as now Called, the pound Troy weight, was introduced into England as a gold measure in 1517. The coins issued by the Byzantine empire form during 1,000 years the connecting liak between ancient and modern coinage. The first purchase of ooppr for the United States Mint was on Sept. 11, 1792, and com- prised rax pounds of ofd Dopper utensils. The Romans inscribed esa breeze mins oely the legend, monet• sacra, or sacred money, because bronze was • sacred metal. The first mins, as the term u now under- stood, nderstood, were made by clipping the edges of • bit of gold until it was nearly round and the. etampine it with a punch and ham *ter. The coins of Constantine struck A.D. 312 were the first to bear Christian emblems. These showed the cross, the monogram of 1 hrtat and sometimes the words alpha and mmigsx Some of the later Massachusetts coins bore a rude devioe illustrating the parable of the good `samaritan and were called good Seine- ritan shillings. There are only two or three known to be in exutance. From the fall of the Western Empire, A. I I, 476, to the discovery ere America the most important European cots was a silver denier, or limey. about the Mae of • dime. By g eneral consent it was owned e( about the suite aims by all Karope•a ee-ereigae mad parted current evetywkere. salami%..amass ewes assess le Cewa.l taa.uy Rz.ad..i. "Then a ore thing that l de.'t soder- stand about you,' said the ss.lagR be the sew clerk. "What is that "Every time you ase eke y.r. 3 yea tall it '3 " "1*, that's ..sib explained." "How "I mead to be • eiluiesee is she ladies' de- partment of a sirs mN..r Tile /Veber Class. vv. t • ra, Oct 2 Everyone is this motion Snows Voioti t's* Fisher, of Collingwood, and nearly everyone knows that, for years. he was deformed and (ipotesi by .eatica, and endured unspeakable sefferinr, The .cream of his romplet• nett rites to health ley means of 1,udd's kids*, plls, recently pnMt,he.t in the 1'ollingwood Italians, was ►ward hers cattle intense tetwst, because./ sympathy Inc Mr. Finer, sad bst•sas si the marvelous cure el • ma whom everyone ms, i4ersd doomed to email death sad at en early day. As • rank ol the polities - use al Mr nines story, assay el thio virinity ham mad tear. burse p11a, sad always with she heat res.lsa iia •re mrsike■meg M tbs rhea Ihasalemeed kla eisery mess. am the moo el sellernip idnoyn, dish seirlhad te deep.. itwm •awls• sed mbar dieseueu OORx .BOCELR to the shock. A well studied plan is seeded, and the one here illustrated is vouched for as satisfactory by a Minne- Iota farmer. who thus describes if in The Country Gentleman: I do not use a standing hill of Dorn for the center of the shock. as it is frequent- ly done, but make ase of a "shocker," shown in Fig. 1. It is a light pole about 13 feet long, with two legs about 3 feet in length. The -towbar is an old broom handle fitting loosely in a hole bored through the pole. In axing that an even number of rows must be taken—! usually take six. Tak- ing the shocker in my right hand. I pass up the center space tthree rows on either side) until i have passed three hills of the row and stand at A, Fig. 2. I begin work tatter running the stick into place., by cutting the four hills at 1, 1, 1, 1, and placing each as it is out in its own angle of the shocker. One can reach over and cut three hills without taking extra steps. The nine digits are used in the cut to represent the 86 hills of corn that are to form the block The number also show the order in which the hills are to be taken. The inclo.ures around the fig- ures indicate the work of each ttip. The open end pt the incloeurea shows where the work begins, and the arrows show where the ermfula of corn are to be taken. If Eve hills are too heavy or tone balky for a one arm load. double tripe can le made fat the four corner inclol- sure.. When the shocks are finished, exactly nine hills stand in each corner of the shocker, making the four quarter of the same size, so there will be no tendency for the shock to lean in any direction. By this plan the operator as he deposits his last load is at A. just where he bs- 6 6 6 61 7 7 7-N z Z���j 3 7 mar—, Ann --14• S` S. 8 9 9 9, (8 8 8) COLLECTING THE Hess gen, and at just the right place for tying the shock, removing ire stick and carry- ing the shocker forward to the next place for work. When one once drops into any good and regular plan of movement in such work, there is no further thought required, no hesitancy of action, and a saving of much time is the obvious result After Hooey I. Taken From tams Hie.. After honey is taken from the hive a great many persons permit it to spoil be- cause they do not know how to care for it. Many think it should be kept cool, and so pet it in the cellar. This is the worst thing that could be done with it. If there is any dampness around, honey is sure to absorb it. "But our cellar is very dry, and it is the only place we have to keep it," has been the remark of more than one to the writer when he has told them not to put honey in the cellar. It may be well to say, once for all, that then is not a cellar in the United States dry enough to keep honey in. Put your honey in the driest and warmest room you have about the house. 1f there is a fire in it, all the better, as honey should not be left when it will freeze in winter. Dry and warm is the rale for honey it yon want it to retain its flavor and rich- newe. Honey properly kept will improve with age. and the older it is the better it will be. Bat it kept in a damp place it will abeord moisture, become thin and watery and soon lose its rich flavor. Aa soon as it is exposed to cold, when in this condition, it will granulate in the cells, and thee it is almost worthless except to melt up and feed to the bees in the spring. The above instructions are for comb honey. Extracted honey should also be kept in a dry, warm place. To keep the moth worm out of comb honey it is well to fumigate it occasionally by burning snlphnr in the room when it is stored.— Kalamai Farmer. WIele Tins Mese ■esvy Wages.. The advocates of wide tires for heavy loads upon the country roads claim that they will allow the teams to draw from 18 to 30 per coot mon load than can be drawn when narrow tires are need. Some of the farmer say that as their money or labor helped build the roads they have • right to go over them with such wheels es they platy. They have • tight to go over their parlor carpets with skates on, but it would be cheaper to nee • broad soled shoe. And while they may have paid for the carpet no see of them paid all the expense et the riadsakiag are road repairing. Poultry Venom sad Tanis. The &wither" Fancier says that the cheapest fes te made of plastering Whs. with three-inch strips to tank to The beet fence istmad• of two-inch mesh, No. 19 win nettles. la all saw when there are more thou mss yard et howl., they. Aneld be a two -feet bens at I9 Inch pima to abs met trees entities and Ihmealma DUCKS FOR MARKET. news Bl/wueed y Tae A res.. s.r C. Idem W — • mamma em Berated Imams& When a pound of duck can be prodoosd for t omits and sold for 88 certs or more tarty to the season. there is mousy la the business, especially as the eggs not seed - mi fur batcbiug o.ually sell wail at the tains price as bees' eggs The duck usu- ally lays about 130 eggs in a year Those who desire to raise ducklings tor market prefer the Pekin, as they can be triad. W grow more rapidly than any other and are t!.ought to begin laying a little ear- lier. arlier. They an not as Loris as sons* other, the drake weighing 8 pounds according to the standard. which re- quires the Baro* for the Caynga. 9 pounds for the Rouen and Aylesbury and 10 pounds for the Muscovy. which, by the way. is not a duck. as the offspring of a cruse between it and other ducks are in- fertile like the mule and other hybrids. The duck should bo one pound lighter than the drake. Most of those who breed ducklings for market hatch them in the incubator, in order to get them early enough to bring the high prices, and then bang them up in the brooder. It isc!aime.l that & Larger percentage of ducks eggs than of bens' sows will hatch in the incubator, and there is but little mortality among them if they have proper care. Among the requirements are soft food, and plenty of water to drink and naw their bills in, hut it is not necessary that they should have it tom= in. They breathe through their nostrils, which should never be al- lowed to clog up. They like a variety of food, and eat anything that a her will, and much more of it, and must have all they will est from the first to make them ready for market early With green food regularly every day. and scalded meal with plenty of moot scraps stirred in, they grow fast The yards should be kept as clean as possible, and the pens for both young and old ducks should be in a dry place, and with a board floor and plenty of straw or other litter, as damp ground or being out in a cold storm or a heavy shower will quickly kill young duck- lings, at least until weU feathered They should not be given very cold water to drink. as it causes cramps. which are sometimes fans They need larger yards or a more frequent change of location than chickens, as filth soon kills them. and. in fact, they should not be crowded in their brooders' pens or yards. Cern After Cees, At the Illinois station there is a half acre from which 13 continuous corn crops have been taken. must of the time stalks and all. without manure of any kind baying been appl:_J to it daring the whole period. The average of the last three crops is 48.7 bushels A half acre next to this. which has been in oorn the same length of time, but which has been heavily wanured with stable ma- nure, yielded during the same years an average of 87.1 bushels per acre, or at the rate of 16.4 bushels more than the unmanured. These plots are situated on very black rich land—land that any experienced lllinois farmer won Id choose as his best corn l In practice it is not found advisable to crop continuous- ly ontinuously with corn. If the land ie new—that is, an old blue grass pastor plowed un- der—five or six profitable crops can be raised Then the land should be rested two year with oats or wheat, after which three or four profitable corn crops may be grown, writes a Rural New Yorker correspondent A Cheap Hoisting Maehl.e. The accompanying illustration from The Country Gentleman shows bow to construct a cheap hoisting machine. An Rotsnxo racmu. old wheel and a discarded iron axle and • handy mad can easily make one wltb the help of the village blacksmith. Of course the iron box most be taken out of the hub and the wheel dipped on to the pears part of the axle and firmly fastened with wedges To make the windlass for the lifting rope, scantling may be bolted on to the axle and after- wards rounded off. A ratchet may be fastened to the shaft to be applied or re- leased by pulling a string, so that the load can be held at any desired point. Toot erases. Sheep and hens are recommended by The Rural New Yorker as the proper farm partners for women. The much abused skunk is at last veined for the goal work he doom in de- stroying cut worms and other insect pees. An International Irrigation congress is to be held at Loa Angeles, Oct 10-18. t'lover6elde badly ingested pn that the soil is well stocked with dodder seeds ought to be plowed np and planted with some crop like wheat, potatoes or Dorn, on which the dodder cannot thrive. The Mark Lane `zprees says the Eng- lish wheat crop is estimated at 86,4*0.000 bushels, the smallest area for half a cen- tury and smallest yield pee acre mince 1898. Hay in Great Britain sells for 10118 to Kl0 per toe, aoetwding to quality Europe wants our grain, moat and fod- der crops in large quantities this year to oompeaseks for her had harvests A see - tams o/ phenomenal hooey year la most see - e.. &, The milk eesmt.sloe report a atNbable ell r the mobs Appealing to the most critical tastes ` MASTIFF ()WO CUT has become the standard smoking tobacco. even in competition with long established brands ot recog - `ntzed merit. OLHDUJ COPTBIG$? DDITIOO, "TflE PRINCE OF I11DIA OR WILY CONSTANTINOPLE FELi. By GENERAL LEW WALLACE Aoceor of BEN ave, ao. Cloth, 2 Vols. Price $2.60. :.'1 historical Romance, bold in plan, brilliant in execution, with all t vivid realism of fen Hur. J. P. PACE Tobacco Co.. Rtrhmead. V•,. rad Montreal. Can. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Beam's Llslasesa reeve fele.. ear. The great secret of eloquence u to be in earnest. Loving-kidiasae is greater then all cere- woeies. A promise should be given with caution, rad kept with owe. it u the nen who keeps his eye open to w Isom opportunity comes. The art ot life is to know how to enjoy a hitle sad endure much. Our greatest glory is not in sever falling but In rssiag every time we fall. Ther are many people ,toss whole wis- dom consume in hiding their want of it. A beautiful behavior i. better than• beau- tiful form : It is the finest of tine arta. Better, oftentume, words that touch the heart that dollars than touch the palm We ought not to judge of people'• merits by their abilities, but by the use they make o. these. The man who does not complain makes more friends than the man wbo always bas • grievance. Milburn s Aromatic yaintae Wino forts. 6e. the system against attacks of ague, chills, bilious fever, dumb ague and like troubles. lm Meal take The Cloy. At certain hours of tee day the group around the jades' stead in the lire stock pavilion. at the World's Fair, et Chicago remind one of scesae at • Kentucky sale of blooded stock. The farmers .iia up the sleek mortals shown is the ring, discuss their fine pointe, and exchange critical opinions. They draw comparisons between the Great World'. Farr exhibit and that Mat held by .e•me Mate agneultulal society whose meetior they attendee', •.d dissever features of azcollate, asset vlrii Meg sew- er before wit.smed. Then during the lull noir ee.vess.tios will run Irom horses and cattle to the price of a square meal at the Fair, or the wearing effect on the nerves of the excitement inci- dent to life o Chicago. It was at ouch a time yesterday that Fanner Ramsay, of Nebraska, stood in the midst of a troop of choice agricultural spirts and said:—i nev- er suffered from sere feet as I do now not even in the middle of harvest. "Mebbe it's 'cause you walk 'round the Fair ground on the gravel too tench: 'tain't this tanbark in the ring that does it,' said another. 'Vas;I slime that'• it,' retarded Farmer Ramsey. 'I ain't used to graveL I'd hire one o them blue -coated fellow. to roll me 'round in • chair at four bits en hour it 1 bad the money.' The re.ervatio. about the money caused everyone to Laugh. They knew Farmer Ramsey to be worth $100.000. Rut he went on "I've been here two weeks and bought several square meals, so i can't afford .o chairs, 'specially when I've got to stay two weeks long/r and buy more meals." Farmer Miller, of Minemota. spoke up "The tremendous crowds," he said, "and the walking and sightseeing have dome more than make my fest sere.They have knocked out my nervotu m. 1 systewirer saw such tremendous crowds Life is too rapid for me i. Chicago. !'m bassi here severe! weeks aad I know l could .ever stand it It must be something fearful— the tension to which a Chio•goboi.ess men is kept strong up all the time. Sino. I've been here 1 fouled my nerves going to pines so fast that 1 ran up to Waukesha to ret • little quiet and rest "It's all right to posse and see the Fair, but as for me i have so desire to stay here after eeein& it. 1 want to go back to the country where people live easier and longer and die easier when their time comes." New requirements seem to develop with the deemed of the age When 1a grippe appeared with it sane the discovery a mine preparstio.s of tar—Antipyrine and Antifebrio, white as de.M materially de- creased the ravages it would otherwise have made. Now oe the pons.. •pp•r.t appreseh d oholera corse@ the f.ywd.. d a simple preparation from Neediest herbs to int the hose of the body in oeda' rad ekes the door against the dried dines.. W. ra for to Eeslj•y's Liver Lowers. They are pleasant to take mad powerful to purify the system. riPILER i iLXT W1LDR.1 4TRAWBER _k. CURE S �'` COL /C RA CHOLE CHOLERA- DEA s DIARRHOEA DYSENTERY A �eDAI t SUMMED c,� CHILDREN ADSrs Price 35c Ts P'or Sale by FRASER 84 PORTER, Booksellers and Station' Leeal Massager• Bell Tele/keer Cs. OCTOBER DELINEATOR AND FASHION SHEET JUST RECEIVED. G00DE'S CONDiTIOX PO*DIB The Best Horse Medicine. ENGLISH HEALING OIL, Come all cuts and store. Quickest knows. Splendid for Horses' sore shoulders. Our BEATEINALL STOVE PIPE VARNISH The Fust !lade. Climax Furniture Pollak Aew arrivals of Perfumes, MIembrar's Kid- ney Cure, Garfield Tea, Toothache Gum. W. 0. a00DE, - Chemist. SafetyBicycles FOR LADIES AND GENTLEME N WE A R r O1: TBEI.LU O ALL COMPETITORS : PNEUMATIC TIRES, from $50.00 up CUSHION TIRES, •e 20.00 " OCR COMPETITORS ARE IMPLY NOT IN IT FOR QUALITY OR PRICE GOSHEN CARPET SWEEPERS, tb' °r" sire Im a New LAWN MOWERS. Tbld yeses gaters is prtfeesiee. GARDEN TOOLS AND HOBE. o.r tins r o..Ptll• R. P. WILKINSON. NO DOUBT YOU ARE VERY MUCH ALIVE TO YOUR INTERESTS. ]HAT S WHY YOU BUY YOUR BOOTS and SHOES E. DOWNING, Where you will get gOed, honest geode, •d evrythi g warranted to M as repruBmML We have • larger .t.ck and greetervariety ties all the other sice desists h tetra oombiasd. We keep the meet styliab aid goods wade fa Curd& Priya are Laver tbao tie Lou,elaid will be telt there. E. DOWNING. N.B.—Leather and Findings u ray q.a tlty at lowest prices. " LITTLE CHIEF " BRAND CORN, PFi:AS and TOMA.TOIES Are the bent Canned Goods in the market TAMILEANDE TEA ZIQ P�OSffipt AT 40, 50 At 60 GE3NT8 POVND HAS NO SUPERIOR We ars agents for both linea, and ark for them a trial, amend tbs they will plea.: and extend our trade with you. Yours truly, • CHAS. A. N . r - - • UNDERTAKERS S_ BROP P'V sit SON Have added to their pre— bladed= sloe 1 D. J. Naab's Walt > itee of City Hearses, aim she farm isms 1 tame' fsrsidtings in do elf' rad are now prepared to conduct funerals es Woes reasonable. lits department will be strictly attended» by hie rain Willh s, wbSi in the of the lata P. (Unarm lar the peal Mm p ba. • kanwl.dge of the beim, .ad by pomp. •eleBYea bore to Awe pet of public patronage Reaasasber Ib• pieM—Weasel., ea year way le lb• IPP" seer Give as a as1L J. BROPHEY 80.8ON .