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Home My WebLink AboutThe Signal, 1899-1-5, Page 3FINE EVERGREENS. • $es.tttwl Fir Tree stud the anent et it■ reelect For... 1/'1r trees are &mous the monument Mee evergreens 1u our gardenia, sud Many of them are very beautiful, nape• d ally to • youug state. In • general way they look • good deal like spruce trees, but even the small boy oau tell MMI apart when they begin to bear sora The Done' of the space trees al- ways bang down. whereas the °ones of S r trees always stick up when growing • the trees. The habit of the fir tree 1. pyramidal and symmetrical, and lu the toss of isolated or young trees they ,should be braodbed from the ground up sad resale these lower branobet for sa..lty years. my. William Falconer its latroductiou to some illo.trated notes he Gardening on fir treat. Concerning e Hardmuu Or, of which the illustration is bare reproduced, lir. Falconer tells tint U 1. exceedingly handsome. -about 18 Met high and the same In diameter of geed of branches at the base. 'Al- though • native of the Crimea, it Is a g ood deal hardier than the Gruciao Ar, g ad withal ■ better all purpose tree. Of two fir trees growing In the gar - SUM over which be has charge, one a Hgpdman and the other • Grecian, Mr. NURDNAII'g FIR TI MM $boner says: As garden trees they an -tiMlteh' of health and symmetry, their -mer-br•eetles 11.8.4 as the ground aid there Isn't a gap in their make up ham the and to the topmost tip, and Obey don't bear a mark of a knife or -111111atw The trader each one baa is • .sig, straight and pronounced. Herein w. And • lemon in tree culture. These trees are liviug examylet They are 00 feet or over in height auto 20 years old. and by all the orlbudox cultural laws they gboold now begin to lose their lower branches, but In fact there Is n othing further from their intention, and why? Bitnply Niceties wekept their beide cot down. To cot back the leader in fir trees of this size and age to most ouItintors would seem medusa& hot His just what we do every year. Were we to allow the leader to run at will it would soon shoot up far beyond the thick body of branches sod from an tally thing io- dised. bat every spring we cot it back to e. 10 or 12 inches of its base and allow it to throw up • fresh leader. We never lave any trouble in getting good Mad- e% ',roue 66-te, 40 dneks sad drains ere allowed in • pre. The duck average" 10 damn eggs in abnol *MOO! mouths' laying. Build the bonze 10 by 10 feet fur 10 fowls, and the yard 10 times larger. Duokitugs are marketed at five pounds weight, which they attain In tau weeks Ten dadseu eggs a year is the average estimate given as the produotlun of the bee. _ About four doom eggs are given as an average for the auu.al output of the tgkkey. Duck leathers sell at 40 Dent& per pound; goodie feathers hrlug double the amount. Thirteen eggs are oonstdered • at sing, though many breeders ora now giving 16. Between 40 sod 110 degrees 1. the proper tewperatur* to keep eggs for hswbing durtug winter. Eggs luteuded for batching 'Imola not be kept over four week& Tbey mors be turned every day or two. It will require seven pounds of skim milk to equal one pound of Ian beat for flesh forming qualities. Oue dollar per berd is the average cost of keeping • fowl a year, and the mins amount i. a tair estimate of the profits. The eggs of the White Leghorn, Black Minorca and Hoodoo are of about the same weight as those of the Light Brahma In an egg of 1,000 gains, 600 belong to the white, 800 to the yolk end 100 to the shell. For good results in egg production the henhouse during the wiuter gboold not ter showed to become colder thrur It costs 1 cant esah in the east to Produce •n egg; out west, when grabs L cheaper, their cont would hardly ex need ■ half vent. in 100 parts of the white of an eggu about 84 per cent 1e water. 114 per cent albumen, 1 per cent wineral water and 9 4t per cent sugar, etc. A Light Brahms hen's egg will weigh from 9*4 to 1y{p ounces, or about 1 pound ■ud 19 minces per dozen. In lusting dacha, *boat seven are al lowed • drake lu the beginuiug of the se sou more as the weather grows warm er. until a down la 4eached. Mve.tlsg Rabbits Gaawlag Tress. The best wash we bave tried during the past 80 years to prevent damage from rabbtte 1s • fresh limit solution wttb enough flowers of sulphur to color it yellow. Toa pailful of the wash we add • tablerpoonfnl of carbolic acid. if a dashing rain follow the application In 611, wash again. For mice. the best protection is •small mound of earth atr000d the stem. I bave Dever known Said mice to mount this little mound to girdle the tree, says Professor Budd at Iowa In The Rural New Yorker. Asntber oorrespoodent of the same jour- nal lays be likes the plan of wrapping Mem with oommou newspapers as a pro- eetion against rabbits. A good brisk can will that tie op 400 or 600 trees • and if the paper be put on care- ly it will last for two years. Another Seed plan le to est the rabbit's. By meriog a bounty for each rabbit shot 1M the orchard or employing • good bunter 000aslonally, if one is not an ex- pert with the gun, he can clean oat Mils pest so that taste will be few left gado damage. Lek Atter tae Dells re the Cellar. "Go down to thecellar and look over she bulbs and roots that were carefully stowed away there 1n the tali," is a suggestion for winter from Gardening "Cannes, dahlias, gladioluses, etc., may be safe enough so tar as temperature is .°ncerned, but 1t is wise to be on the lookout for decay among these and oth- er roots. Deli lins are especially 'object to rotting, and this Is an infectious dim - Mae which spreads rapidly among the tabes. Then the gladiola's corms need g leaning and sorting, and tuberous be- eriness also should be turned over and sr.aaged by else. Cannes need particu- lar attention, but is their case it 1s a 1bMlity tosbrlveling from lack of mole• este which constitutes the chief den - "Practical Aulgance to Farmers, Lumbermen and Others In Handling Perot Land." 1. the explanatory title W etrealar No. 91 of the United States depattmeot of agriculture. It proposes a plan wbleb i. 1n tbe interest of the harmer wltb a smell wood lot, as well e s the owner of extensive forest land& The ginkgo tree, from Japan, 1e re- adying oonelderable mention as w car's - Anne tree. It bas been very effectively w ind in the streets of W..hingeen. WJsi's out loaf maple 1. en .10514- 10p graeefel and beautiful tree. Meet lasest 1. above in Aapsragne q'Iager► ss • Mattel plant and ler dee- laftite purpose& OI1Rord W. Breton has been prn- leownaed the parse. yellow of the large Mates daboia& POULTRY POINTS. granas Maeweh rev • Reet leveed le a reed new.. The Poultry Mon'hly soya: It takes shoat three months to glow EN'oller. D brooding pen should contain over • chicks. Broilers 'brink •vont a half pnnnd tsaeb wb.n driaw'd The .ball of an .tag ciontaieeeust 60 grains of ..It and lime. Forty drained dn.-kliegs are paekal 111 • barrel foe shipment. WNW It not be wise to sobstltote *.ere eggs for meat to our doily diet/ About oue•third of an egg la solid nutn- *teat. Ibis is more than can be mid pf meat. Then are no bones, no tough pieces that have to be laid aside. A good egg is made tip of 10 parts shell, 60 parte white and 80 parts yolk. The white of an egg contains 66 per taut wa• ler and the yolk 69 per omit. Practical ly, an egg -l• a99'h�mai food, and yet there le note of tbefdts•greeabls work of the mice ce��ggrytoobtate it. The vest Marian. of England use eggs freely. anti many of there men are 80 and /0 years Old. and have been remarkably free from sickness. Eggs are best when cooked tour minutes. This takes away the ani- mal taste, which la offensive to some. bat does not harden the white or yolk so as to make It difficult to digest An egg. if 000ked very hard, 1" difficult a digeetloo, except by those persons poisoned of stoat stomachs. Such egg. should be este* with bread and maul oiled very finely. Fried egg. are much lees wholesome than boiled ones. An egg dropped Into hot water Is not only a clean and handsome but • delicious morsel. Most people spoil the taste of their eggs by adding pepper sod salt. A little sweet better is the best dreaming Eggs contain mach pbosphoros, which le supposed to be beneficial to those who ase their trains mach.• - Females Geese. The fret feed for goslings 1. gram fed on sod ; • small allowance or corn meal, slightly moistened, Is *leo Meta them, says The Feather. Sand and charcoal are Sometimes mixed with the cornmeal. They are fed on the above food three times a day for a couple of days, when they are given • ration coin posed of equal parts by measure, bran. middlings and steamed out clover or cooked vegetables. This feed 1e given them morning, noon and night, until they are 8 weeks old, when they are penned to be fattened for market .t 10 weeks old. To fatten young gees, place them in • pen, not too large, so that they will cot exercise too much and teed three times a day all they will est up clean of the following: Cornmeal mixed to • dry crumbly Nate, and beef scraps amounting to 10 per Deet of the balk of the oornmeal. While fattening young geese they should be kept as quiet as potable. No excitement what. ever should disturb them. When feed lag, approach them quietly, and du not irritate them in the lead or they will wit fatten, but will "throw oat" or grow another crop of feathers. At 10 Week* of age, or when the Nps of the wings reach the tail, they are ready for market and ebculd weigh between eight and ten pounds. CON NIECTiletrri1 66liflof aetber Wonham ds to the Gehr►aaterlal ''hale Ir rite *trite. George g L,unrbury the governor sleet of Conner:Mout, laabrother of Philos ea C Lounebury. who we. sleeted to the e ste* office just ten years ago He 1s a wealthy shoe manufacturer of South Nor walk and • somewhat plotureque petwon allty He Is notal throughout Con motion t for hie many philanthropies and his feud eat style of living The father of the two governors was• poor shoe:natter, but he gave hs sues • g ood education sod Iustllled In their minds the principle* of thrift. soonutry and diligence Now they own and utwrae" the *ante. shoe factory In the stale and butt have been highly honored Tb. governor sleet la a nue looking man. jus/ entering the slz$1He has • Her Re.adabewt TrepesaL Affable Widow -Do you know, Hen Muller, my daaghtie Maud has lar her eyes most lovingly on yos1 Herr Moller (much flattered) -Has she, really? I bare always oo.sldered her a sweet girl. Affable Widow -Yee; only today she mid, "That's the sort of gentleman 1 should like for my papal"-Seray Sir ries. awe Cookers sad the .huhu. In inveetigating the food h.bits of the cuckoo and the shrike the depart went of agriculture Ande that the In soot fond of maces oonsiste of beetles, grwboppere, Wooden, bugs, wimps, A1e., caterpillars and spiders, of which gram hoppers and oaterplllar,constltnte more than tbree-toerthI The great -majority of the insects Mand In the *macho were harmful kinds. Nearly'8alf of the cuckoo's food was found to be caLrp11- lar. The food of the shrike omelets of mina, email birds and littecta, the latter mainly graashnpprre. F nrthermnrs, the attacks of the shrike are often dirsated .gainer the English narrow, now ar obnoxlnnn in m.uy part .1 the United deter Tee C$&4 Rosy R. There an many snoods animals ese hear wbieb are Inaudible to man. Mr Outten, the famous setbrmpnlagf*R Mt lnveated a little whistle with an ad Jtl/rilps ging, by *blob it oda be remise• ed Erotism' more shrill 1111 It mono to give tray Mita a le At ears, yet a deg will hear it MI • whistle .sill and .ewer Jsl•dt►.IG.1lt gaits, O[OROr L LOUE.nLHT. beavy shock of hale, which 1s whitening He wean • large. square toed shoe, with heavy soles. be eschews Jewelry and 1s penal to black clothes, be shakes bands heartily, but does not Wk much. be does n ot want to he taken for statesman. end go seldom wean • frock coat or high hat. be loves children, but was • uonflnued old bachelor ttli gam W years of age He would rather be known ea • farmer than • business man Mr launabury was never bard of In pantire until tour years ago, when he tem elected senator from the Twelfth district eon,pri.ing Siam ford . Greenwich, Melt field. New Carman. i)arien and Ridgefield townships, to Fairfield oonnty It is said that Mrs Lounsbury urged him to enter politica She has ambition enough for both He was twice elected to the gate senats and never made &campaign speech Re gill tires on the old farm neer the Danbury and ftldetefeld tend Notweth standing his wealth, be 1. as onostenls Roos ea was his shoemaker father 'Phe matting on the parlor door of the old white two .tory house has been towered with handwono rugs, and main rsdlutors keep out the cold better than the nil (ash toned log fires did The governor elect las no children, but he bin been liberal to his Jepsonand ha nephew, George Lounsbury Rockwell, 1. the apple of his eye, his companion on bunting trips to Maine and Neve tix,tia and pleasure Jaunt■ to California Mr Inuabury never tells of his charities, but well Informed neighbors say be never gives any toss than $111,000 • year One mid recently that he had ween • letter froww the bl hop of Minnesota. thanking the goverrfbr elect for bis annual donation to pay the salary of • minister In that state THE LADY MAYORESS. Ere. rsrleer P►eeldes Over I.oedeu'. Great MsaM/MI Neesebald. As Sir John Voles Moore. London's new Mid mayor. 1s • widower, the bonor of presiding over the 'Mansion House and wearing the title of lady mayoress falls to lite only daughter, Mrs King Farlow It Is many years sins London town has .nen e o young and charming a lady rnayorass for the bods mayor are usually gray hair ed, retired morpheme and that, wives portly matron'. of advanced age To be the heed of London's "rest eine household carries with It a good deal of responsibility and Dare Moet women would be Cased by the magnificently tiv stied, well fed sod ultr•ponnpous suckles who are part of the establishment The lady ntayores 1s called upon to preside at many solemn and heavy municipal die sen, and she 1s expected to do It all with • great deal of dignity and .nnvlty But Mn Farlow has eight brother., and she bas bean a queenly sort of person needy all her life The new lady mayoress looks forward to her year's official poeftlnn with a rood deal of the frrabnews and brightne** that so often aro the cluractetrl.tice of linglleh matronhed She has four .harming little children -two boys and two girls She will not bring them with her Into 'be oaty MIR [lea raRtnw, far the winter Sbe c onside @ the brassy air of Clapham common mon conducive to healthy young lungs than the; mod e rowded portion of the worlda greatest dry round shout the Mansion House At the Mont mayoral party Mrs. Far low won a magnificent ceetnenes it was • gown of pore white satin veiled with eblfon, appliqued with Mos and embrold need with jewels The superb train that hang tens hes should* was of bromide of glistening whttenem, with touches of am bee in Ile pattern, while the maids of bon - or were alae robed In purest white satin, walked with gauss and embsoiderd with Wes. OS RUSTIC WAYS: Thee ►laflturde w be,. le ell day long A rhylbaie glade.+., a their song, Atte! night and recommit down ILi. lam Drifts by the euwbelle rude ritreta Tb. Sicker dips Lia gulden ands Aud far arrow, the weeuuw we Inds the swallow skims au linemen? grace Lilo te the nerved that tauter* trees Above below nod everywhere A hems 111 living Thrills the air S p, n,s's tans01 through the .leo; ago1. With earls wed wooer and sky L. went hedgerow b1o11um. stain the sod, be tout triode wake the drawee Lind And woolly Wields in reed ward play Dotes the green atllrtds saldtag stray Aloe' the blas The I.ghts end And pouuWd bas A 'Wetly Mf a annum torn suede... .loll or .win Lioly un IIN Aker a'• urvr:eul bee The blackbirds cheat the ..bub day Ion" A rht 'bale msdu••.a in tleor s,ng. And dusk anti dean .lung , hr one L auer the cowbells' rude retrain -Irmo Ma0aIep u Rwusa • Hume Com mutton WITH THE Cl) WBOYS. HOW WESTERN RANCHM BRATE THE NEW YE EN Celt - AR. Tae Oar Fadan.e et tie Unsung th. WIIO Terkey Jelllaeatteas That brighten ✓ te Lir. at New leer's. Along with the round ape, barbed and log sldnga the festivities of the N Year's holiday season come with well tom regularity 10 break the monotony of th cowboy's prelate life In the ranging eoantryof the earthwork when tip ..aline posemafntae[.Naarerapt- maa.on slat of • few bundred cattle, halt a dozen pontes and • rude dugout or "shack," fur noshed with .the bare necessities, and where there are only a few ouw boys to do the whole work of the ranch, the only as sured diversion of ,the year is the June round up Unless the cowboy goes into a frontier town to take In • barnstorming portermenc. or • "show" given by truv sling prestidigitator he has absolutely no outside diversion But In the older ranching territories of the southwest, where stock raising has settled down Into • cafe and remunestive business, and the precarious livelihood and pioneer 'Duplicity have given way to an assured inmate with comfort sod plan W. the holiday jol1Itk.s Ion has cone to be an established ousu„G Its a pleasant break to the winter spent ln"riding lines' over the oountryor In pokerand cutthroat euchre Indoors. A few day. before New Year's prepare Nona are begun for the big Minn -Nit -A' Inaugurates the season'a testivltlwt. The ranch where the bell or "fandango" is to be held 1. literally given over to 1.8. boy for the ooeaeloo, and they never fail to slake the moat of It Invitations are sent out over the neighborhood within • radon of 90 tulles, and nearly every one Is aoc•I,t ed. for • ride of 20 miles to one es tomed to spending 10 or 19 hours • da) le thesaddle is • mere nothing Besides Wm le the one opportunity of the year to spend money lavishly for the sake of • good time An iters 000k or two are hired and supplies enough aid re to feed • small army It M the privilege of every cowboy on the plea" to make out a 11.1 of the eatables that he feels that his °Destitution demands And several days beforehand the great wagon Is blwbed up and • trip taken coins nearest town rages provisions. A more heterogeneous mlxtureof edibles con .oarcely be imagined -raisins. eu1s candles, canoed meets and fruits. pickle" meeker*, anything kept and recommend ed by the obliging and neighborly grocery meso In eddltlon to the store bought delloanles for the feast the ranch cook dlettngul.hea himself to the way of barbecued shotes pens. "possum and tater," pies and cakes end the pike Por • week or rwo beton the feast all bands lend their aid to the capturing of gene and the finding and moving of eggs As for the fandango, the preparations are few sod simple Bels and other some consuming pieces of furniture are removed from the rooms Intended for the dance The ban floors are sand mound and Booked with the fine shavings of sperm medial, which eine. under the many gild bag feet of the dancers, form • thln, slick coating, delightful and seductive to the feet On two sides of the room. close up against the wall, • row of chain Is set for the a000nimodetlon of those not danoing By 6 o'clock 1n the evening the guests begin to arrive, the boys having goneafter the girls on horseback generally. some of the ' bony' amplest coming In buggie•. the high seated "gleno boxed" vehicles of the weal, with their double Means and general .1r of smartness The girls have their party dresses lucked •p under their black calico riding skirts. some of them bringing waists, gloves and whose kid slippers. dose op io • bundle to be put on after they arrive. And • merry hearted, merry filmed set they are, cheeks glowing and eyes sparkling from the et bllaratlon of the ride in the wind and the expeoatlon of the unwonted frolics Thip mthee Is furnished by neem fioldler* whose repertory of old fashioned "break downs" L never improved upon, nor ever falls short of Its early charm and InfeoUon upon its hearers. In the sante "sol' then may be one seen with • ' store" molt on and another In his regular suit, consisting of blue flannel overshlrt and leather belt, buckskin leg gongs or ootsonade overalls The boys laugh loud, clap each other, hang their "guns" on the wall while they are dancing and steal behind the hoose for their drink between sato, but they Meat the girls like queens. No matter how tough their cloths. they generally have white bands and small, well clad feet They w111 wear hoot., buil they have them mode with hitch beetle of Ane leather pointed toss and often red lops They revel In dancing They are grans fel, natural, mossaler and .neve Dano hag er them te basb.ok riding is good ."mpany. under shale', end Iothe tune of & Sadie it gives free play to their untie tag, restless bodies and at the Name time anuses and dellghee their Ione women's e selete and good fellowship These holiday dans last all night, their may breakfast being at 10 o'elook, when eggnog Y served, and at 1' , when the hig supper 1. "Mae Then with renewed vigor awl militia obey ream to tb. floor The fm bora love In the great chimneys, the kerosene lamp" faker and amok*, the 6d den doe and play on manhsnleatly, the girls angelfish, and even the tomboy hire salt feels the fore and ttraln of protracted time me seared motion But the flaws gees 0e Not anal the dull red glow of sunrise amps meths duo prairie' dos the mete seem TLB after • breakfast of "add hits' Rid "tress, bat black coffee the girls go to rooms prepared for therm W the ranch. et, mounted en Best footed bennebos, ge galloping over the prairies. the fresh Wig wind In their fareeand the thrilling mitt cry of owed weeds er sweeter prnnnlss is Mahe wkoteseme, simple hearts . AH lie Mem not Wee Left RIA. "le there any lops for met" h. plain Neely asked. "Yes," she said, "• llttl.. Pape to eon leg dows the Maim, and them s pat poslbillq that you ear get sway Iwfor he hands yea off."-Clevehmd Plsdt. .'t.�Mtw Plates. 0th*• rral- nee eW ed new Tea. Girth t. 11110046 At 8t Petersbnrg and Moesow. where New Tser'e is celebrated aeeoedl.g to the Me and calendar of the Omsk abereh, the favorite form of luxury appears te be helm. -be.. Under the pretext ot.eading bo.bons, mien peek theeendlee 1n the meat montane makes§ of Sate and Soma poem hale, or else In bores made of that hea.ti- tsl ea.meled silverware for which Homes *relent gee en tenons The Russian WO - ROM 1st, as a rule, navel ss •boot her them 80e le defet.0 to her brba brae and will lavish en a Manesr leery earring ham the IYra►"trt et ages a b-IMMSM eel .8.. OMMmss•d ea WWI raftesse and .al•a- slkNaM M N 480 Wiesen Aries emameep +104\Voltd,lHi1$ Use J)ytpgg$, ....e__ • -gr ,-1,1ougallairm111118 ~ ' � ~ �tonrtprrriaF'tba thi �~btravkLae+ls 'ONF tfNB OF FUB .I� Advantages of Uniform In the Great College Gat. BTUs ►TIU\AL MATCHES DESIRED Marked Differ enee. netweealilalrlb\ sad Arerlc.a Styles or r -coo, ads Hee a limper Medltm Millets Maabt Br a Masi... Congr.a44N, Amerionu football has corse to be looked upon a. n national institution to be bon erre' as w,• houur our constitution. At though It bas been played only+a quartet ' of a (emery lu the new world college., It bra broken through the nue of opposition amid finely eet,sbltshed I1..df as • national moue 1t ons In the year 1871 that a number of Yule nndcrgrwtuates Brut over to Eng land fur the first Rugby bill to be plays With In Awcrlcn, at least In the Untied dime., for in l'nned& a number of the schools had nlready adopted Rugby as e eolleglnte sport, English °finers drat to beoduoing It Into the Dominion. But the American player soon 'wetland the Eng Dab rules t, suit themselves, and the re-' snit was an altogether new game of foot ball, uo more like the English Rugby then like b,sttledoor and shuttleonck. In Canada. U.... which 1e • country of .porta men, players modified and ebauged rid tt FOOTBALL ARAM.. rales, so that the result today is the republic and the Dominion am plc distinctively different games, though b. are of • common parentage. The recent match, however, of a mere sentative Canadian and American trend, and, incidentally, the victory of the Caine Man resin, has canted to be suggested the adoption of some uniform 'stem of play ; to permit of International matches. While this world be no easy task, the idea Is I wWh Mow well worth considering in of pro- speotive changes which will sooner or later � mad have to be made In the character of the 4..' • an Sane. The fire great obstkdhl ee��..td In the way of the estubltsbment of • tom- ire a mon myosin) of football ponying 1■ the sera ohenge that would be necessary In tow personnel of the team Keen. While we play with 11 ran only, the Canadians play with 16. Beginning in 1876, alter the In- troduction of Rugby at Harvard, annual matches were placed between McGill col• lege of Montreal and Harvard. These were continued until 1888, when the pres- ent great divergence of rules made it Im- possible to eontlnue the contests. In Ire evolution in Canada the game of Rugby has sever departed very Mer from the Eng- lish customs, although, of rouse, 1t now exhibits • number of characteristice pe- culiarly ('ansdlan. The Canucks have their own systems of trick plays, combine Mons and signs, hut. on the whole, their game is • much more open one, and from the spectator.' point of view undoubtedly more Interesting. Each year they send down a deputation to watch the more Im portant American intercollegiate match.e and to report thereon. Th1a has lad them to affirm that they regard their own g ame es the superior sport, protertlne that the American modem of play des not pertnit of the fine punting, the precise and owuplloeted pissing, fleet running and clear handwork 'unwed by the Cann Men genie. The (anock protests that we have his game 1n a brutalized form, de- graded by a eeriesof unathlctle nuts plays, which demand neither great pk111 not greet treining. Any one who has caro fully studio! the Canadian game, as h. may see 1t preyed at the 8Tnfeerdty of Toronto, at Ottawa Lir at McGill, w111 b forced to centres thug the Canadians are much better bath et punting and oatchlup than are our American player- That m Canadian teen, would be no mean oppo sent for Princeton. Yale or Harvard any one who hen teen a mermaid -Mire Cant dim match will be forces' to oonfees. Can Ada is a nation of athletes. and while het colleges are neither so numerous nor er Large manor own, she turn. out each yens an amasingly extensive army of football players. Ontario and Quebec each season put at beat • dozen competing teams In the Rugby union, anyone of which might be said to .tend, fres an athletic stand point, in the same plass as the American .cliner trams. it seems regrettable, with such oppnr lunleles for emisble and healthful rivalry. that the tern different systems of play will sot permit of an international eertes tot games. The Canadians seem to be hun wring after it football conquest of the DIted Rates, .tree they have airlifted their wlllingnees to meet u half way and ✓ educe their 16 men to 18. Their Sennet in yachting, bewares and hockey seems to tat. given the Camelot confidence In their shinty to down no at football. How ever that may be. sorb international (em- beds would provide sport beside which mer* Intercollelitate matches would he terns and other things. It might, ton, In t ime lead to matches with represseative Lngllsh teams and before many tars we might gee Oxford coming over to Armin' tour bra ,I h Hi pnolluw It foe months and bromism able to per • ball that mu by 118. • rifle bullet ball way aeons the 11.ld with un- erring dexterity. loo %t gone from half back to half lock, three or lour lightning luno pewee taking the bell eumeUmes r,a:i.' from one side of the field to the other,- tp lerference 1. not perthltted, but the erten "wings" line up emote the field, the fun 4.11,0tal ploy of each being to stitch. and *heck every play of his opponent. In • may they °urr..p,nd to our 'earths, laic', les and ends, with at odd men thrown In for luck. A. the hackeatand • long dl.t,uee from the forward line- that 1a, the tortel. wage w Ings and quarter -bucking the U r Is not considered brilliant play, tanker the opposing wings are breaking through end tackling the halves. The usual court.. I. to pass taut and try lune diagonal rugs peat the neural end, the ball going out beautifully from back to back as each It tackled. Lir, if advantageous, being put.teel up the field late touch. This open play undoubtedly ado" to the spectacular side of the genie, and, 1t M elalmed, W i1. alb ludo excellence, the Canadian claiming that the American ''roan" playing le nei- ther sportsmanlike nor selentIAo, 1st pur- pose being simply the desire to injure men. Tide rete.. of course, to eases win re • down men deliberately jump or tall on • man alter • tackle, seen perhaps too often In our game. The Canadian sy,oeu, of earning le thine - what different front cure. A touchdown L toru,,d a "try.' and onunta four points, with two more ter • goal kicked. A safety touch counts too, while • "rouge," which Is • Wuchdow n b7 the Outback willed his Oki) goal Ione, cuuute nue and • tackle In goal two points. ARTurIs J. SrRUSOS&, New York. Madden es Fighting Rules. -Tartfneg rot" MleEletta -going-tn- thentrrr snare thallt 7atea latent amtests, lilliy Madden says: "I must sit, that in u,any years' experience 1 hat.. e,. ertd tinge n number of times In order 1. save my men from getting knocked nal You see, If a in.in 1e losing and you know It sure. wily, what's the harm In going it the til.' if It will save hint? You Leo. that you an. going to lose the derision and you abnudon all claim to It when yol enter the ring. 1 amtend that It Is legiuI mate to Serve a nun from • knockout sen. severe punishment if It Is poegible. Bu when • man enters the ring undo such conditions It does not follow that al. bets must 6. declared off. That 1s Jot en evidence of freed. The referee nen order yun,oat of the rtna, as 1 have been ordered out Ban t'rao..lw,.e Btaton rend Jeraal: City, and txintlnue the bdut All the trouble cep -Hewed 1n this country w1(b bouts is owing to the teles. The Margot. of Queensberry rules are not Inturpr•te.' earremerte se; tint t *roe arms gaalwtr e lltute rules. Many gad boxers here have sever read the rules, but they should he made to do so, and when they can't read they should be read and explained to theta. I like this country better than Logland, bus any one who has seen glove confute in both countries must acknowledge that the methods employed by foreign clubs are Immensely better than ibose In use at Rowe. ' Oelt Man I.0atry.:r An interesting thing about golf Is the golf ball industry and the ingenuitydlis- played by the !eskers of golf lolle to shading the tiny globes so that they will offer the Last rwaistance to the air. It Is mid that the markings or grooves on the airfares of every golf ball have consider able to do with their flight, Shoe gutta perch& bas been employed, • problem has been to make the grooved/tervethe player. A London wear to referring to this mat- ter says: "Prodded the gutta perch• he good and properly seseoued, then seems bo no reason for the very deep markings lob are seen on many ball., while It is foes that the amine number of lines decrease In else, ■Lid consequently medetiws power of the points left ex to the blow. 1f the material be very shallow groove 1■ all that Is to Brach the point" of Impact stain the blow." Is has been that from 10,000,060 to 19,000, - are made annually In ()teat large part of that output his °Gentry. to play n1f a final, with Yale or Prfneeteou In ,view of any pruaprntive unification el sytems, it will be Interesting to know the Canadian method of play. Aa I hers already mid, the Canadian team mei palate 64 men, made up of thestImmep.. the e1, ,os mrd t, • hock.. The three ren ter men of a teem a,n.tltnte the tenni• mere. This 1s still dialer lively Hagfish, for while fairly shouldering theIr 0ppo- nents, nae of thine minor "keeW mot t1Nr Mil, watch hat been pieced "deid," be- tween elective trine of snrimm•gerl. The enamor bank piny" directly itehind his serlmn,.tge, and neon him develees th. most important port of the game, When Nae ball is Ir^tl 1,1 the .erlsi.gs, be setas M and has the pptlon of begAWALUse Ise seoesiery and to su estimated 000 balls Britain. A Wpoefed to Very Tame. Your" Amerman meld• below ours in point of The Turk - dramas fall far realism. His Entertainer The Turk -Yes; make believe to ki *rte& -New York Jo -Indeed over here you ooh II the superunmer usual. Ne Card He -I do believe the go no the stage 'hely for of taking s new Dame, 8bo-lnh-there most way than that!-lndiatiapol a. t some women the pleaurt be an model is J°urnsI. Get Nth Heltder. MIs "Little Dick cried all day glviup. ' " Wi1s ho Rink?" "No. Ile made a mistake and up hl. stocking. "-Chicago Record ed. Thanks - bung LewwaM.u•. "Your wife, 1 notice, 1. • bit of t•Ik1rt_"��_ _ "The ally way she could ever he out• talked would be by some other woman." -Clncinuati Enquirer. 5 New For Ulm. "Cbolly gave an intellectbal feast last night." "You don't env?" "Yes; he eutertalned an M.N."- Jewish Comment. He Ought 50 Re choked. weak lungs There are many people who calcb cold ca,dy--whom lunge seers to need special care and strengthening. Such should take DR. WOOD'S NORWAY PINE 3TRMF. It so heals and Invigorates the Lungs and Bronchial Tube" as to render them capable of resisting colds. "I was troubled for years with weak lungs," says E. J. Furling, Lower Woodstock, N. B., "and could not get any relief, but on trying Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, it acted splendidly, heal - leg andstrengthening eal- 1 ngandstrengtheoing my lung" " Price tars *54 sac. aat all dealers. `40r iuty very .<( i C - - ---J micelle/WY' IIe5TITU'rR 10DRRICII MECHANICS' INSTITOell nit LUBRAEY AND KgADUIO BOOM, esti of last street And S;u+,',' It4atatl* Weis from 1 to u till., sed from 1 teM rm. ABOUT 'lulu) VOL'rt IN IJHItAl*T. Leadlag OdlYer. Weekly and Moderated POWS. agavinea. he„ ou Vsia MIIIRER2HIT TICKET OMeLf S1.0 _nee tt free ese twary Ow u,d W adlae �► s _ 'regia vs ..reedv5G - he H. UNTRUE; rsM), Y. RAWILg'ON, tor,•relsry. Librarian, Oodmleb. !lamb 11 Hs► ONO A TALE 'OF OYSTER$:-" T\Nr DI/.yease la lithe ••...tinea Ceases lembarrasasaesl. Olympl* oysters, such as grow on the shores of Puget sound and are eaten by the people of the far northwest, are mid et be the smallest oyster* In the world. 'I'limy ore 5501 w large &e a penny, and an Ice dlvldual under le meeeur,d not 1n dozens, but In jute. When eastern people tea west or 01* people of the west ocean sown -. V /111; eleakt---•-e,--^- fit grange restaurants. An eager% gid who lived Ln Purtl.did, Or., for severd years end shn;"1lilia: tae, tm►,apprtulate the humor et three situation' Letter teas ane :rrtTti;. k. Vert ii ff ilt ol11lr abort( It. "*Shiro I was In Portland," she said. "I was one of • 11111. "upper porty'aflse theater owe night. Aod 1 might add then isn't a decent restaurant In tient wh,N fine city. In the party wag a girl Irene from the rust. She had heard just enough and no more of Oregon oysters to know that they were delicious, as they taall� are, and as she was particularly fund el oyster* she expressed • desire for • pea roast Ho pleated was she in antlolp.thie that the urged her siert to forgive the wretched worries, but when the order Dams on, little bite of oyster* smaller than • sil- ver halt dime, she took It upon herself N minted the welter that sloe did not order oyster h,ulh. The waiter, properly enough. leaked gale eel and explained that thu1w oysters were the lest and the larged to b had Poud. "Inin the .rtlucurse of time I .sine east M New York, and with me comes girt wile D arer had w au dered from the l'r, l fie dope It was the oyster sraw,n in this city, and 1 took her to the driest reetausnt I knew, temamlering the mean MU* place when we had eaten In Portland. I ordered s coded, while she ordered oysters, only three dozen ot them. The waiter gave • .Tighe gasp, Ant as alt. Molted sane and 1 kept quiet he attempted no explanation and asked no questions. "Ily end by he returned with the anise and laid before iter • platter on !Mich m- ooned two dosen oysters, each belt as big as her bund. It wee her torn to gawp now, and while she was doing R the waiter re marked : '1'11 bring the ethane, ma'am, as sour la you'reready,' "Well, 1 laid the bill, and willingly, .od she said things to one afterward "- New York Prost lire Hayrick -1 ay, porter, le that Mock right? Porter -That ain't • .lock, mum. It's • *eighth machine. Mrs. Hayrick -What do they want with a welghin mrnhine beret Porter -/to that folks ant want to leave town a.n get • weigh 1 -(Jamin Out. The Infereues, D•sberly-He'. a mac of great weight in the oom.nonity. J'ls6etly-I'es no doubt of Il to[ ebeeld have aeon my hat after be sal on 11. -Drew Yiek Joarnal W11•• tor.. 115. P.•teal There are a great nue.ber of serious superstitions as to the time of day whelk • dying person 1s most likely to draw bis last breath. end the tide, the moos and the wind have .l1 leen supposed le have some share In the matter. Aeeerd- Ieg ►o the Rri,1.h Armucul Journal, Rased, who bas andlyred X6,474 tames of death and 811,116 .,f birth, where the meet tiros of day was noted, finds thee the maximum number of deaths omen? to the early afternoon 63 to 7 p mol and the minimum in the tent hours before mid- night, while the maximum number of birth* occur in the early hour. ot the mornintt and the minimum In the early hours of the after -mon As regards the mase of thin, he pent. out that the hours of the m.tlu.um number of Menthe are precisely thowe when the poise rate an,l r. u,peratnee am at their bighted I• krJth and when there Isa felons emgooe- beauo to Ohm,.. R r..we .. hot Uurehy 1. For•In, the French satirist, was .Lied by sn interviewer: "Ween do yea think corruption ie the deepest -with those who bave not enough money, or with therm who have toe much'' - He answered: '1 here Is no each thine as ecrruptlon. At the top of the social (rale It is ueuroefa: at the M,tt°m It be ban ger. " Yon 'need to be simnel • revolution. Mt," put in the interel•wow . "You struck st the ruling Ohtani* and supported the muse of th.I, eternal enemy, the prof. tarist, Your tint drawings almost 0115 Useetsch. Lawyer (who has lost ease) -I am atraid we ere done tor. There is no high- er court than thin Client -I should lime from the prim of this one. " mot, lunging -Town Topim Terming Ithibt bat " your baby give you at eight?" "No. We've fooled it by hay, DU light put up tn front of owe Chicago New& Da it an elm Wheel you hem a fellow my the owes him a Ming, yen may know one of ite poor relation& -Detente amid he is Pees