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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-08-24, Page 3r7430 4- WORK AMONG THE BERRIkil Tb.ere are about a dozen species'ast etrawberries in the worla, eteven whIch are native to NOrth Atnerice. The wildhplente are well ituonei all ever. The ellltivated berry Is eon- sideralily largo than the wild' one, and excels ine pager, aronate Ana' slip- ving qualities 4 The thedee4.strawberriee that Will fruit head !should be ,elear et •weedd, Aftde Aherni,. eevereth we ghouls/ he puned aep Ana tlireiane be- tween tie rowe, Which will east to the mulch, • ea. heavy Mulch beteyeen•the rows ana, all emend. the platten moisture and prevents wean: tgrowe in, besides keeping the nerriee.claian.'; Good mulching gives good mope of, fine berries. Where not done before, the rauleh between the rows en be Put en any time before picking begins. Where elle is not done, epecielly between the row, the pickers are apt to treael the eoil down hard about the plante, and the berries cannot develop to a la rge size. There is no better mulch than lawn clippings or green grass. To obtain the true flavor of the strawberry they should not be picked before fully ripe. Of course, where the berriea are shipped they must be picked before they are fully ripe. RASPBERRIES MOST IMPOR,TANT. The raspberry is the most import- ant of the bush fruits, It is a na- tive of this country. The black rasp - (berry is of most commercial import- ance. It is more easely grown, yields heavier, and the fruit stands shieping better than the reds, though the reds are more relished. Black raspberries are also grown extensively for evap- orating. Throughout June both the raspber- ry and the blackberry fields shouel be cultivated, rather shallow, and the weedr cut off with a hoe. Where the young canes are too thick, they should be thine(' to one foot apart and (start- ed growing through the supports. Hardy varieties that do not need to be laid down for protection, cart have the tips pinched .off when the canes are four er five feet higleAll diseased plants should be dug up 'and burned. Blaek-caps are propagated by root- ing the tips ot growing canes late in the eummer. 'When those are well rooted they are cut from the mother Plant and used for setting out the naw plantation. 'Red raspberries are us- ually propagated by suckers thrown up from the roots, but root cuttings may also be used. The plantation may be set out either in the fall or spring, but the spring is usually to be preferred. ' But raspberries require no summer pinching whatever, except e. little the first year or so. The black -caps, however, should be nipped off as soon as they attain a height of 18 to 24 inches. The following spring the. laterale of the black -caps should be cut back to one or two feet, and the reds to a height of two and a half or three feet. They are cut back mese on poor soils or with weak canes, The. fruit of the raspberry is borne upon short fruit stalks produced from the wood of the previous season.'s growth. Old canes, therefore, that have fru ed once, should be removed after the' crop is harvested. '4:-4.01000000104i4ix-.i.i0-•••-0006•4004:,mangc.• TOR EVERY SPOR RECREATIO* AND amp ay ALZ.g.292 ;R19f DEA4MR0 ! MA 0F DIEYAMI Y 'au- lebleet lesson. that eaoet ot the aeiglibors In a series of testa in feeding west- er!). 'mules, the Indiana Experiment Station found that lambs fed in e. well -ventilated barn ate the same amount of feed and made the same gain in weight as thee° fed in an open shed. Lambs fed in a earn were of eater flesh and were valu.ed .10 cents per 100 pounds lines than those fed in an open shed. The profit per lamb was 94 cents per head in a barn, as compered Ninth $1.04 per head in an open shed. Although feed was high In ea.ice, the margin in vale of feeding and fat larabs was :sufficient to ensure a,satisfactory profit on the operation. Tomato seed is good e for three or four years. Onions do best on a level seed bed, with perfect drainage. A necessary concomitant to good nog feeding is exercise. Young pigs and breeding stock need it particu- lerly. Even market hogs need sit right up to the final finishing period, when they may be encouraged to leave out exercise and make the putting on of fat the business of their lives. The term, "Nervous temperament," Is used to refer to tne ability ef the cow to use a great amount of food without wasted energy. It is this nervous temperament that enables geed cows to convert every available ounce of food into energy, or milk and butter fat, while other cows would waste energy because conditions under milked are not absoeutely ideal and suited to their individual states, It has been found that about 500 cubic feet of new -mown bay will make a ton. To estimate the amount of bay in a mow a good rule is: Ten cubic yards. of meadow hay weighs a. ton. When the hay is taken out of old stacks eight or nine cubic yard e will make a ton. Eleven or twelve cubic Yards of dry clover will nlake a ton. To find the eubic feet or cubic yards mintipey, :the length, breadth and thickness. Sheep are pasture improvers, pro- yided you don't overstock the pasture. • • Root crops and rape Sheep ration. THE CULTIVATED BLACKBERRY. Cultivated blackberries are coming more and more into use. Uthially they sell the best of any of the small fruits. The yield averages 100 buele- els per acre. The blackberry fruit is grown on canes -which comes from the roots the preceding season. After the : exulting season is over, the usefulness of the "canes or ehoots is at an end and they should be cut out of the rows. This Is best done in the fall, but may be done any time before growth begins In the spring. While fruit is being produced on some canes, others are coming up from the roots. Usually only five or six come from each root and should be allowed to grow, the others being pulled out while they are still small. When the canes are eee to 2 feet high, the tips should be cut or pinched back two or three inehea This checks upward growth and many laterals push out. These laterals bear the fruit the folloveitig season. They should be ehortened 'somewhat • In the spring, depending on the var- iety grown. Blackberries thus train- ed require no trellising. NOTES. One dry season a neighbor harvested M bushels of corn to the acre from land no better than that all around him, which yielded only 12 to 20 beshels. Selected seed had consitlen- able to do with it, but the main rea- son was tillage. He paned the mois- ture, without which the richest land and best seed cannot yield. The earn Was dragged from the time- it was planted until big enough to plow— eith smoothing harrow, teeth well hiaoted back. Then it was plowed often enough_ to keep ep the dust mulch that had been started -with the harrow. When corn on neighboring farms were showing every sign of suf.. tering for moisture, this man's Cern was thrifty and "shooting right along." Any time through the long dry moll . yea could scraper reside tho dry ser- :ehtice. soil. In that tient and 'find the t'' bo1metier It. plentifully meist. It was' • P.CZEMA Weal; trein neglected.. abating ,tont elfritailore AA Pre,' ''..veritire'ectii,Teure there is'elo tit* eguenf,t nte witb. Dr. phew% •Dinteeent,'?Nsits it after.t.be bath. C4- Coatri• )34X, 011 trealeen er • • Wien grteneti, Date* ge Co.etinlitedr• • Teftezto. SamPle free. • • help out the The best medicine for the young lambs is sunshine. Let them out into the open air on sunny days. Alfalfa grown sickly on acid the remedy is lime. soils;, Facts for hail!' Seekers To Ponder Over ...........!_...,i,,,, ...t„,,........,... Seas I Clearing of Mines I ........„....„*.+,.....s........... Announcement that the Britten Gov- ernment is about to place on exhibi- tion a Germaa mine -laying submarine, mile Attention to a phase of the war that has been almost unchanged hi tlie past two years, namely, the laying of mines by Germany. She Was never more recklees layinb mines them now. There being no GUMMI corn-, Merce or German warships on the seas, she has argue. that every Ship that its destroyed by a mine will not be a Germ= wane. It may be a British or a Freneh ship, or it may be a neu- tral. If it is a neutral, theu the pro- bability is that she was engaged in some business that Miglit help the Ale lies; and the certainty is that her de• istruction could not be actually proved against Germany. Therefore, the seas have been strewn with mines as far as good spirits, nothing equals Ferro - German reineaayers bave been able zone; makes the weak strong and the to operate, and scarcely a day passes dolt well, Good for men, women and that some vessel does not fall a prey children; try Perrozone, It can work to thia luvention. wonders, as it eid tor Mrs. MarY Germany has employed unusual Melong, of Harbor Douche, Isi.S., Whe writes: "Ferrozone built me up, "Before using it I scarcely knew what good health meant, YTI was Just as Miserable and weal as any woman could be, "Tired from morning to night, bothered by triflee, unceasingly tier - tenth Will Return To Weak People Using I This Treatment You are discouraged. You feel old and warn, • • You are sick, but not Aware of the fact. You eau drag youraelf around —but work impoesible. With your etome,ch crying out for assistance and the nerves all on edge why not try Ferrozone?—it will surely do you good. Ferrozoue is a wonderful combine - tion of vegetable extracts, fortified by extellent tonics for the nerves and stomach, When YOu feel eeispondent, Perroe mho cheere you up, When languor and oppression weigh you down, Ferrozone `Ogees you up. When sleep is impossible Ferrozone eehns the nerves and gives you rest. For bounding heelth, good looke, shifts to get her mines laid, she uses when possible lier own vessels, .whicli are built for this trade. They lay mines atentrancee to German har- bors, for they dare not venture far from ahore. They also lay the mines that will be earries1 bY wind and tide into the open sea. For laying these death -dealing borabs nearer the ene- mies' coasts she has employed neuhral vessel, submarines and even ZepPe- lino. Although she sets many mines adrift with only a vague idea where they will be struck* by a ship, she also places.them in certain well-knoWn ocean pathways, Just as a poacher Bets leis snares in the runways of the game. Theretore, while the floating mine is a difficult thing to detect and remove, the British Admiralty, like the keeper on the poacher's track, knows thee certain parts of the sea are favored by the German mine -layers, These parts, theretore, are more than care- fully examined by the sweepers, hun- dreds of which are working every day in the waters near the British Isles. Recently the Admiralty lifted for a moment the veil that conceals the operations of the naine-eweepers, and correspondents were permitted to ac- company the mine -sweeping fleet in order that they might learn Just how the work was done. One of the cor- respondents, an American named Gote • don Bruce, says that he came back from his trip with a real idea of what the British navy is. "Duty, Courage, efficiency," he says "are the sum- raary of a week's tdp in the Noah Sea." The night before he set out he messed with a number of Visiting officers fro ravarious branches of the. service. These men told of the mast thrilling experiences in the neest cas- ual way. Each one seemed to con- sider the other fellow's Job the mere dangerous; each seemed unaware that: he himself was called in to risk his life daily or hourly in Ms own partiate lar branch ot the service. These rep- rnSentatives of the British navy spoke and acted as though from the cradle they had been at war with Germany, and as though :they expected to be at war with her when the tome came for them to retire from the service or to meet their death. It was all in the day's work • Tbe mine -sweepers Mint in pairs ovdr certain parts of the sea. where they are almost certain to come across a mine. The fixed mine is nothing more or less than 'a huge bomb an- chored to the ocean's bottom, and floating below the surpace in such a position that it will be Just concealed at low tide. It is not once in a thou- sand times that an appegaching ship can detect a bomb. So it is the busi- ness of the niine-sweepers to do th.e work for thein. The boats advance slowly over the sea at a distance of several hundred yards apart. eStween them' is a wire cable, but one Judges that It is a special kind of cable which will out teh bomb loose from its an- chorewhen it strikes. Thep when it is cut free it will discs to the serlace, whereupon the men In the sweepers, ,armed with riflea, will fire at the bomb until they penetrate the air chamber and the mine sinks, or until they explode it. It was explained to Mr. Bruce that under The Ilagee conveutions signed by Germany, mines were of certain prescribed kinds; each of them is prescribed kinds; each one of them Is supposed to be fitted with a de- vice which renders it harmless should it break from its moorings. This is in order that innocent vessels shall not be injure& The German mines are all found thus equipped, but also it has been found thet the apparatus that is supposed Us /tender the drifting bombs harmlese has been tampered with, so that they are as deadly a hundred yards away from where they had been anchored as when they were first set out. The mine -sweepers run the risk og striking a mine While they are searching for. one, and on this account all the crew work in pneumatic lifqbelts. They are also liable to be fired upon by a prowling submarine or any other Ger- man ship -of -war. Their work ie not spectacular but it is as dangerous and as efficient as any work beteg done bY the British navy. - ere. • A Spelling Test. Nearly every disease can he traced to clogged or inactive stomachs, liv- ers or intestines, Indigestion, bilious- ness headaches and insomula all em- anate from this cause. Keep these or- gans in working order and you'll have ontinuous good health. No case was ever treated with Dr. Hamilton's Pills and not cured; their record is one of marvelous success. Dr. Harailton's Pills are very mild, yet they cleanse the bowels promptly, and establish health -regularly. You'll eat plenty, digest well, sleep soundly, feel like new after using Dr. Hamilton's Pills— one a -dose -25c a beic everywhere. Be sure you get the genuine Dr. Hamilton Pills, in a yellow box always. -2 • S. UNEXPLORED GEORGIA. Huge Swamp Has Strange Race of Whites, Negroes and Indians. One would scarcely think there were any blank spots on the map of the United States, but in Georgia there IS a vast area, nearly seven hundred square miles of it, which has not been officially explored, or explored by any except perhaps some of the few half breeds who inhabit it. This is the great swamp fo Okefino- kee. On the government map of Oke- finokee there are many parts marked "Impenetrable" and "Unexplored." In the depths of this swamp live white people, colored people and a few In - diens. Nearly all of the Indians and colored people have so mixed races as to make it almost Impossible to locate full-blooded Indians. Slaves used to hide in this great swamp. Later many deserters tram the Confederate army, and men who escaped enlisting, went Into the sWehliii • endtheir descendants are living .tnerie to -day. They oral the swamp ground tftromblIgig .earth." Only the elinhele tliCed natives can go about in IhheThe white men living there, abinehe'nelren people td the Einar° sturdy race. They hunt aptletrapeand fizh, ad also go Outside 'And ewbelt- evith the cypress lumbered, '04 • - G.* 4:,•.• Wet Weather and.Pgmels. &Mies' are 'very, sen.sitito: moletufe,e thb..reihm.of tropleal:.raIns they. aro ustuaiy. absent,. arid. ,xf ellen caste • lino hide wale essitteene the results of'Ithe 'Minx season are greatly feared. The 401 at humidity 0.00 air explains the absence of the camet...reetn the northern genes er_the Atlas and from wen wood. et .Abyssinle..This inufsitivenesii eXPriels* .(00: itselt In the ,clItti'ketbr of different The fin6st,.striost noble looking .eieirola, with short sliktikei hair, tire. • PA:rid In the Interier, of deserts, ft In .the Tuareg regiewirt-nerth Africa'. Slid t1wy cannot ,be, fop 'journeys ...to -fnest Anions. 'e;veti bi,leekeari, south. of ,Ttinelt, are '.shortbr and fatter, with long. 'course 'Mit, Intl in NileAttade. aria rn eoasts it Is the liame. :Three tleergenteeteo, ate less':IkervitSettiole • eer rettereaezrepee abe..eedurattelee . • • " Te Ateip :Yoor bandit. le*, ftlWVft' ow . • e • ea.eane-e44-4,40ene4ease;. • e. • • • •. you% "The first box of Ferrozone improv- ed My blood, gave me appetite. In. a short time I was like a new person. Now I rejoiee in abundant good health," Try Ferrozona It will make an un- expected improvement in your looks, yDur feeling, your health. Whether anaemic, nervous or _suf- fering from secret disorders.—, if you want cure, use Ferrozone. Price 50c Per box, or six boxes for $2.50, at alt dealers or direct from The Catarrho- Zone Co., Kingston, Ont., -• re MUSIOIN THE BALKANS. A Player Who Startled His Hear- ers and, Thmerved Himself. People will tell you in the Balltana that a gypsy camp is to be avoided, yet I used to heel them with pleasure. They added to the wildness and sav- agery ot the nature about es. One day severalmiles from Uskup our horses raised their heads and listened to something we could not hear. At first we thought they were smelling human blood, but we came to the conclusion that something different caused their tnterest since no tremors of fear were passing through them. Reining them In, we listened, but, hearing nothing, started to -ride on. After it,while a sound like a faint moaning of a tor- rent came to us. The effect on our horses was very peculiar. They seemed to breve forgotten their fatigue and were sidling along in a way that made rae nereous. Finally we made out that It was %wird strains of music that reached us. "We are nearing a gypsy camp," my Mother said, With relief. "Some one is playing with more fire than usual." Within sight of the camp the rattSie came to us in its full beauty or its 'lull horror, I do not know which. Since then I have heard many great masters play, but such music as that I have never heard. It was heavenly; it was hellish. Our horses were as much affected as we. They pranced as it they were steeds of great metal instead of poor, scrawny Balkan ponies. As for me, I began to dream of things 'unheard, unknown, only dreamable. . Sitting on a wagon, a colitii was elanging over his violin, 14Ying— playing like mad. PfesentIye without Interrupting Ms music, he !sprang from the wagon and paced ;bask and forth, still playing eorrenteilli. We sat fascinated both by theaelacer and his playing, trying all tlitic•tiine to quiet our horses. At last the music seemed' spelt. The Doy let his violin fall to the ronnd, where' he, tee, threw 'himselfi end the music was succeeded by heart !break- ing sobbing. His weepingelnte hia music, was as torrential els4kfstorm. Like it, it ceased when ithearleached its climax. • —.—enree•—•=en•h-tH,! s Where Plato Taitiglii I Here are twenty-one °omit% words frequently misspelled, according to the ' American Boy. Get some one to dic- tate the following paragraph tee you and see how many of them you can spelt correctly: ,"The privilege separating nin4ty miseellaneous celendarti, arranged In two. parallel lines.' was against the peiticiples of, the esuperintendent, 'so hits eniesee, not to disappoint the glen. ornraent, or, cause. itt). 10Se, rentoved the principal. calendars, and thus relieeedelteee necie of el etzeiln which enightehayalereughteonere die ertee. Thee he :Irene vedatt hehtibCOOre truly xtecentary :for her teereiZeiVe..her totructtott in, greetemar.oee • .• ere: • I- .NeitureVie Icett•ier, • •: *, - . • , I e Of-tne'lOrfilti and 'tete long in,:etature•it •tee neenIftit theMan • that in its leered funetione: it sbersegl to lite•one the confiztew eefeceetakriodity and betfuty. To the •bodtt and mind whieli have been, eramped by noxious„ Work ,or torapany• natuteeis:anbdicinal end restores:Vieff'160: 'Ada, man, the attornee; tennes eat of Elie die end trait bi,"ethe' Stre*A et d eieti* nig skY•and-''thevideds teid'is a' Wan% s.gon, In *the eternal:- &lin: he • fitids' hinesoff. of • thii eye Semis to 4ecuittit.aorlion.".Ws sirs little itt011Italig or borax? ..,-tke,Ift4t. lister tired lOnr 445"Wer.ettli see far sr you Vieth' th• • in. • ' • enottillei*-40pyirsoh. ; • titedizeireMzeritlen Thit; • • e • • • 444444-10444 4-4-44-0444-4' 4444 teS. . War Time in Canada (Chrietian Seteuce Monitor.) Somewhere in the Dominion of Oanada. Town of, SEVY, ,4,000, Morn- ing papers from nearest large city get in at 9 a. m. :vening papers arrive at 7 p. ni.Dqtributing point, rear of general soli. Stragglers begin to halt On sidewalk an beur be- fore traintime. Conversation, at first desultory, begins to show animation half an nour before ndwspaper wagon Otarts for station. A quarter of an hour before trabetime half a dozen men hr the centre of asetnany groups are explaining the bearing of the newa in the last lames of the papers. Particular interest centers in the cit- izen who came from Toronto, Mont- real, $t. hohn or HAW= on the last train, /Its Views command respect because he met some important Pete ple during his visit. • "I give 'em," he says, "until October; not a rey more.' "How are things moving in front of Verdun?" macs a man en the outer edge of the circle. "Everything going our way," replies the traveler, "Good!" comes from the crowd. "1 egad to hide I says, 'Now if you will only let me show you and don't be go quick to contradict," explains the centre ot another group, "I'll make it aet clear as (lay to yeti where you're wrong.' But I couldn't do anYtbIng with him, He was bound to have it that if our fellows had on- ly followed UP their advaninge—" "That's Just what I told Angus Mc- Lean only this morning," another is heard to say. "I ses, 'Angus, you don't know what you're talking about. We have men here, an' we have men there, and we have deen- forcements over here. Now, if the order comes for the men here to charge, the 111eil here'll move up,' I sets, 'an' that lets in the reenforcee ments.' But you Might as well talk to a stone wall as to try and convince Angus. He has the war all mapped out on the floor ef his blacksmith shop, and he'd hold out for his plan against General Joffer or against General Haig if one of 'em was to got upoa the doorstep of the general try to convince him he was 'wrong." By ten minutes of traintime the sidewalk is crowded and some have got upon the doorstep of the general store. "Just wait till the train comes in," says one,, "and I'll prove it, Didn't I tell you _three wtks befere the drive began Just what the British were going to do? Didn't I remind you of It, and didna 4you pretend you couldn't. remember? Now, I'll make It plain this time, an' I'll ask Aleck here to entrees it, that the next move of the Allies in the west will be to The famous academy of f4'ictoiwas in a suburb of Athena, about a mills north of the Dypilum gate. It is eald to have belcnged to the hero Academes; hence the name. It was Surrounded with a wall and adorned with walks, groves and fountains. Plato possessed a. small estate in the neighborhood and for fifty Years taught his "divine phi* Iceophy" to young and old assembled In the academy to listen to his wise words. After Plato's death in 848 I3,0, the academy lost much of its fame, but the beauty remained for Genturlegs af. ter the great teacher was no more. .0 • 0 THIS WASP UATES SPIDERS, He Kills and Buries Them and Lays an Egg in Eaell Grave. Just to gsbow that he's Sanitary, also that he's looking out for the fue ture generation, the South Africati wasp Always buries his prey atter he kills" it, He Istabs a spider with hie POiliCMOUS. dart, digs a hole in the sand and buries the dead spider with, an egg, When the egg hatcbes the young wasp has a dead spidez• to nibble at until he gets big enongli to hunt tood for himself. Tb,us the waist) looks out for his children before they're ltatch- ed. He'e a member of the family which ecientigits have named the ow- pilus.Spiders are his favorite victims. He will pursue the spiders whieth :e e en ground and paralyze them with his poisonous sting. Even the spides is winch build webs are not safe /roan his attack. He will tight Ms way througa the wen until he mans the centre, where be will grab the spider and hurry away to leery it. The pompilus is so dreaded and feared that the spider has learned to distinguish him by the hum of his wings. If it's a fly buzzing around the spider waits in his web until he has caught his prey. But if he hears the hum of the wasp's wings the spider will drop from his web and scoot away to any aiding place he can find. Curious Fishing Plant, There is a strange vegetable growth under the sea called the fishing plant, which opens and shuts periodically, like Mee ,a big mouth. When fishes are near England in 1859 and were made front the 03,.' sudden it closes Its "mouth" and swal- lows 'them. 0 • 0 ragarismaiimisgazgemanI I VANISHED EXPLORERS Larainaemhhhani There na.ve been , recorded ninny strange tragedies or exploration in lone and distant lands, but no one event of the kind has ever . so stirred men's minds as did the total disappearance of the well found and. splendidly equip - It is five minutes to traintime, and elhe crowd, composed almost exclus- ively of Old raen, has begun to mOve into the store. There is not a young man or•boy of high school age to be seen. They are all at the training camps or at the transports or at the front. Boys of grammar school age are absent, for they are doing the work that formerly fell to the Iot of their elders. This particular town may be one of the many in Canada that hasn't got a boy or yeung man fit for service" left, and is proud of that fact, The few young fellows you meet in the town wear badges showing that they have been "reject- ed for cause." They have tried and failed. To do less than this is a small Canadian town to.dav would be earn the scorn of the community. Not a few of the old men in the crowd waiting for the papers have sought enlistment. They are all en- vious of some of their number who have "squeezed through." Scarcely ane,of them but has a relative at the front ,.. Some of them have sons and grandsons in Belgium and France. But they are not making the war per- sonal. When the papers arrive finally, each in his turn gets his favorite jour- nal and silently emerges from the crush at the counter. All along the street, at every convenient spot, for the next half hour, you may see these men poring over and digesting the war dispatches. Then they melte for the common centre. the pestoffice, exchanging views with those teev meet and pass. It may be, "Well, we's got 'em this time," or "it does not look so well," or "Better news, Isn't it?" or "I don't like it; do you?" or, "We'll look for better news to- morrow." but there is no sign or word of discouragement. Now and then appears anione them ohe who was young when the war for theUnion was going on acroes the border, and who is remindedlof simi- lar scenes in the small American town of those days. Surely, the lints be-. tween the United States and Canada is imaginary in many respects, and nineteen sixteen on one side is simply eighteen sixty-four repeating itself on the other. 4 • 0 BETTER THAN SPANKING Rubbing Out a Turner. On New Deed street, in London, some years ago a Turner worth We 000 Was destroyed bY a charwoman, The Turner was a water color draw- ing, and a painting in oils hung beside it. The owner pointed to the painting and Said: "That nieture dusty. Rub a damp cloth over it." But the eharwoman in mistake rub- bed. her (limp cloth over the water eel. or, turtling it' Wet a Vete a (smudge, pand tittle Otte of the fineat Turners die- aPPeared from the Wert& Practice makes perfect, but the people who flatter themselves are not always •suoceesful in pattering othere. • • 5 DRS; SOPgR 4:179VHATE ' .(ii/Pk• t „.•. . Pilei,Eeseme, As.titma.; Oeterrh..Plmaies, .nreererle; Apilepse,Itheunitatliet, Skin, Kid v. 8100di Neette•kaa bladder Dllaitsoi. 1. C11 ei seh'ilithey teen ilediehte fundrhed in (Meet inriti;* kini to 1.p.in .0104 Ste ep..e. AundAys.--10 *Mt t0 010 s _ r:eti ofitiladmitt: Tiootsro:rai:teto. OP& vijNtt o T •.. !.• • ; ••.:: 7 V. ,„' •?„4f,„,, .t• la ak Ittl.1$01.ff teP • Spanking does not cure children of bed-wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum mer, Box W. 8, Windsor, Ont., will send free to any niothet her success- ful home treatment, with full instruc- does. Send tee money but write her to- day if Your Children trouble you in this way, Don't blame the ail& the -thances are It can't help it. This treat. mate aleo cures adults and aged peo- ple troubled with urine diffieultiee bY day or night, 4 0 0, • Ancient Delphi. If a person's picture is taken with tha eyes*of tho person looking direet- ly into the lens or opening of the cam- era then the eYes in the picture will ways be directly on and appear to fol- low Whoever is hennas at it. This is also true of paintings. If a subJeet be- ing painted is pozed so as to look dir- ectly at the painter and the artist pallets the picture with the eYee dO pointed then the ayes of the picture Will follow you. When YOU are looking at a picture of a person and the ayes do not follow you you will know at once that he was not looking at the eitmera or artist when the picture was beleg taken or painted. ol...........4141..........• "YOU delft Star home as inueli as you used to." "No," replied Mr. Mak- ton ."Society has its rights, as well as the individual. It seems rather selfi h of me to linger around the fireside ti d Inenequollee the conversation of so able and erudite a woman as Iienrietfitee.... , Washington Star. ' • IP i •••••••••....4.41•41.0••-•.........:1? 04 4• * 1 tticcette teaches us 014 tt 1,4 a rete - ped expedition which Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt, the Franklin of Australia, led into the central deserts of Aus- tralia in 1848. Leichhardt's design was to march right across the continent from the east toast to the west, °and as he had already led a successful expedition nearly 3,000 miles through a previously unknown part of Australia, it was generally thought that he would be able .to accomplish the task. Still, there were some who doubted and prophesied disaster, and more than on wealthy friend of the doctor's re- fused to subscribe toward the expedi- tion on the ground that they were not going to help him zo commit suicide. The mem,hers of the expedition num- bered six whites and two blacks, an unusually large number for an explor- ing expedition of this nature, and be- sides being amply provided with flour, biscuit, tea, sugar and so on, they drove along with them fifty bullocks and 270 goats. They also had spare horses and mules in abundance. At that time the most westerly sta- tier, la Southern Queeneland was cirpied by a squatter named McPher- son, who dwelt onCogoon creek. Prom there Leichhardt wrote a brief letter as he was about to start into the un- known land beyond. That was the last ever heard of him or of any of his companions, and this notwithstanding the fact that expedi- tion after expedition was afterward mit out in search of them. As completely as though they had been swallowed up by the earth, they vanished. This is the most puzzling part of the mystery—its completeness. Had they been killed by the natives, as WaS ai first wrongly reported, some relies et the explorers would long since have been recovered from them. In some shape the iron work of the implements and arms they had with them would have survived. And what of the stock? Some of the goats, at all events, must have been left alive, one would have imagined, for these are notoriously hardy ani- mals, able to pick up a living almost anywhere. Yet none of these, nor any of the horses, mules or builacks were ever traced. The probability is that the ill fated expedition struck one of those water- less patches of country common in parts of Australia, istto which the blacks never venture. It is not diffi- cult in this case to prophesy what would have been their fate. Their reserve barrels once emptied of their precious contents, the little water Milled by the men in their can- teens would not last more than a day or se. In the shadeless bush, in that terrific heat, death tomes swiftly me der sueh eircumstances. About forty- eight hours Is the limit of human en- durance. 'Banally half that time sue flees. The explorers, we may be sure, would struggle on ta the last, however, husbanding their water to the utter- most drep. The minuets wottld be the first to go, and the desperate expect, lent of drinking their iblood would be resorted te, Hotter and hotter grows the air as the doomed men stagger further and further into the rainless desert. Some lose their reason; all lose helm. Then omes the end. They seParate and (struggle away In Ones Mid twos, and fall and die. Day after day the terrIble and piti• less sun looks down upon them lying there and Mee, etleam die and sliriv'el into mummies. Ann 1111 zio rain falls. Ikuti o atwday, it may be yeare after - weed,' t arises a sandstorm of eio ceptipal violence. The wind blows with all the strength and fury of an THE 1POULTRY WORLD •••••••4••4114•4004.•1111ip DIET MB onrsirrir. obesity, or over fatnese, is one a the commoner physical disabilities • 01 elvilized men and women, Just as it 10 Of demotic enimale, Among wild anieMortip alstantdieamong raongre.savage Pe°Ple it Is The prevention 01 obesity is Mien easier tlian its cure. Indeed, in many cases, t he1tter zmeible c°e;auy,hweyb: tlie utlont of the habits of life and of the diet great improvement may be effected. In some cases obesity is directly due to unavoidable dieease or constitu- tioual causes. BUt generally, at any rate, coetributory causes are over- eating of the wrong kind of food and the taking of insufficient exercise. It lute been found by 'experience and experiment that what are called fainaceous woods — that is to say, foods which consist largely of starch —such as bread, potatoes, pastry, sago, tapioca, and rice are nfuch the most fattening—even more so than fat itself. In people who have a tendency to obesity there is no doubt that beer driniting assists the putting on ot at, Also it will generally be found that people who take a large amount of active outdoor exercise ev LITTLE DANcIER. leiter (looking t(hie'neitt)overl—ave don't Mrs. Bilter—Sbali we get a aeteetive to ettard Vlara,..8 wedding preeentat ,reed a detecthe; all you need la M- ertens. KlelD OF TOOTER HE WANTED, ,(1341tImore American) "1 understand that Billy'father sent IIIN(tviinigint./inte hire a tutor" a or a tutor aid he get?" "A. chauffeur who knew bew to -let an the high spots in the road." ery day rarely become unhealthily obese. The main lines of rational treatment are thus obvious. TheY consist firstly in the leading of an active, outdoor life, and secondly in the taking of simple food eaten in moderate quantity. With this, there should be the strictest limitation of staray and sugary food. Several formal diets have been advocated, and have achieved more pr less reputa- tion. One of the best known is that known. as the Banting oyster's, Mr. Beating, the first subject or victim of this dietary, reduced his weight from fourteen -and -a -half stone to eleven stone in a year. It thus undoubtedly achieved its main purpose. The diet which he had adopted on the recom- mendation of his doctor was es fol- lows; Breakfast, five or six ounces of beef, mutton, boiled fish or bacon, a small biscuit or one ounce of dry toast, a large clip of coffee or tea without milk or sugar. For dinner, five or six ounces of fish or meat, one ounce of dry toast, vegetables, except potatoes, turnips, carrots, or parsnips and two or three glasses of claret, Tea, two or three ounces of cooked, unsweetened fruit, a rusk or two, and a cup. of tea without milk or sugar. Supper, two or three ounces of meat or fish, a small biscuit or an ounce of dry toast, with a glass or two of claret. In actual practice this diet, while it certainly reduces weight, al- so seriously affects the general health. The enormous amount of meat eat in proportion to the other constituents, and also the compara- tively small amount of fluid, tend to produce a gouty condition and also a condition of general physical weak- ness. It seems reasonable to 'expect also that such a diet, by throwing a large amount of work on the kidneys, would tend to lead to kidney disease. There are many other special diet- aries, including Ebstein's, the Salis- bury treatment, and Oertel's. They differ in various respects, especially In the araount of exercise they recom- mend, and in the amount of fluid al- lowed. But they all agree in restrict- ing the amount of starchy and sugary food, and in increasing the relative amount of proteid or nitrogenous food. But it seems certain that in the majority of cases, if permanently good results are to be obtained, the dietary must be such as does not bring about a state of absolute nausea, and must provide sufficient of each of the necessary elements of a healthy diet to maintain the regular functions of a human being. Equally certain is it that every day sufficient exercise should be taken to Induce a state of genuine tiredness, It May not be irrelevant to point out that the mind also should be kept actively employed. For although it is not by any means universal law, yet taken generally, it is true that people with an active intellectual life tend to be of the lean kind. COLD BATHING. . Few measures are more helpful to a vigorous state of health if employed judiciously, and in suitable cases, than the cold 'oath: The teat of its beneficial results is generally afforded by the rapid reaction wlaich should be a feeling of vigor and exhilaration and a clearness of mind and body. Should, on the other hand, the cold bath be followed by a feeling Of men- tal and physical depression, and a continued feeling of coldness, it is it is pretty certaia either that the bath has been too prolonged or that the person was not a suitable one for cold bathing. There is no general rule as to the length of time which a bather should spend in the water, So much depends on the season, individe eat idiosyncrasy, and the actual state of health of the individual at the mo- ment. .0 • Eye.s in Portrait. Ancient Delphi was a small town in Greece on the southern slope of Mount Parnassus, where poets were supposed to draw their inspiration. The ancient town got its ne.me from its founder, Delphus, on of Apollo, and there was a temuple of Apollo there, where pro- phecies were made; hence the phrase Delphian or Delphine oracles. A foun- tain called the Castellon spring, sup- posed to be frequented and patronized by poets, was situated On the mtnintalti side near Delphi. A pOrtion of the site of the ancient town is now Occupied by a village called 'haste, and interestieg excavations have been made there in recent years, Itrdeldlieliazatde but driving before it ganditnef szeilWe - When it eases the desert is there ..asenefore; the sante, yet different. Mounteinkoh sited ,exist where before were ittlitzti';' 4- — The mummies have vanished front timee easier to do the... proper t kelt titian:ken foreVer, ---PezirsOn's Week - than the right thing: " , e. ;; • . • . •. , ; . rressvet • r r, 4 • • 4 "4 • 10. ! • • - MFR. • (London Opinion) Auntie—Debbie, why don't you get up and give your seat to your father? peesn't It pain you to see him reaching Tor the strap? Dobby—Not in a train, it doesn't. TWO CHANCES, (Judge). Either's—What do you suppose engaged cot', les do when they decide they have Leen in love long enough? Cynieus—I suppose they either break GU. the engagement or get married. 4 • .00. ELSEWHERE, • (Washington Star) "Do you ever take a day off and go fishing?" "Yes. But the fish always seem to take the same day off that 1 do." . SURE Tear. (Boston Transcript) Mrs. Gnagg (with a, reputation)—Doc- tor, I fear my husband's mind is af- fected. Is there any sure test? Doctor—Tell „him that you'll never speak to him again. If he laughs he's sane. • 00 SOME 40121, (Chicago Journal) "What is your head cleric working on —some abstruse chemical problem?" "You might say so, yes. He's trying to compound a red, white and blue drink for the soda. ,fountain. • •00 LOST. (Judge) "What has become of that daughter of yours who went on the stage, Mrs. Aftglanfs?" we inquired of our laundress. "Och—wirra, wirra;" cried the poor wo- man, bursting into tears, We nivir /Motion poor Biddy's name anny more, ma'am. She married benayth her. She run off wit wan. o' thin lazy lizards iv the Smart Set!" THE SCARCE KINO. (Washington Star.) "Is help scarce around here?" "Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel. "/ can secure for a consideration any amount of advice and supervisory assis- tance, but plain or,dinary help is gettin scarcer every year. ' .4 • 0, HARMONY. (Judge.) "What is your idea of harmony in poli- tics?" "Same as most other people in my line of activity," answered the robust alder- man. "Harmony consists in having your emu way and persuading the other peo- ple to be resigned to fate." ••• • LAD CONTRAST. (Buffalo News) Bachelor (sadly)—I dreamed last night that I was married. The alarm clock woke me. Benedict (more sadly)—I dreamed •last night that I was single. The twins woke Me. HARD LUCK. (Baltimore American) has an extra. chance. to be married, . and "What proves it?" "Here it is leap year when a woman; along comes the war to take all the men awwoman;Toya.1.1.e about perverse fate! This proves LADYLIKE, (Detroit Free Press) "She's so ladylike." "Yes, indeed. Even her own broth- ers have never heard her swear." 4 • 04 DANGEROUS INFLUENCES, (Washington Star) "What does your wife think of *wo- man suffrage now?" "She says it's all right," replied Mr. Meekton. "Only she's afraid some of the women are learning a little of the trickery of practical politics from their husbands." BRIDE'S BACKGROUND. (Lexington Herald) Aunt—Your bride, my dear boy,. is wealthy and' all that, but •I don't think she'll make much of a, beauty show at the altar. Nephew—You don't, eh? Just wait till you see her with the bridesmaids she has selected. 4 EXPRESSIVENESS. (San Francisco CaU) "How is your boy Reub getting along with his book?" "First rate," replied Farmer All Alfa. "He's, learned a whole tot." "Knows more than you do, I bet." "I.won't say that. But he kin tell me a lot of things / already know in language I can't understand." NOT EXACTLY. "• (Kansas •City Journal) "And in the country we'll get milk fresh from the cow." "Ice cold, eh?" er • RUB OF THE GREEN. (Judge) Miss Ruffles—Look at the green and white striped sweater the blonde in the next foursome is wearing! Mr. Truffles—Anything as loud as that Is distraeting and should be suppressed tinder the head of unnecessary noises. TURNING THE TABLES. (Detroit Free Press) -"How hong did you stay in your last place?" "Two weeks, intim, and before I agree to COMO to work for you I should like to know how long you kept the last girl you had," FLUSH. (NM York World) "If you .please sir," pleaded the book- heet•er, "I'd like to have three 'week& vLeatIon this year instead of two." "Have you any particular reason for Making such- a request?" asked his em- floyee. "Yes, sir, I've saved up More vionei this year than I usually do, and I'm Afraid I won't be able to spend it all in two Weeka." SO APPROPRIATE (Boston Transcript) I First Girl—Do you know I heard that Mamie Brown's ongagemetit ring iS Paste. Second Girl -110w perfettly lovely and appropriatet tett know her Bailee is a perhanger. • - - METAPHORS MIXED. (Baltimore American) "Fire losses in the big cities are show- ing a decrease." "Yes; the new science of fire proven. Bon is blazing the way." SUSPEOTEO, (Thl-idits) "Behind the Alter," said the 'cathedral guidt to et party of tourists, "lies Bleb.. are IL In the churchyard outside lies Mary, Queen or Seots. And who"— hotting t.beee an unnamed flagging 15 the atone floor and addressing a tourist from London—"who do you ,t1drik, ia a -lying on this spot?" "Wit ,answered the CoerttneY, "I don't !know for aure, but I have my suspielens.- "Great wealth is a carttert." "I aliOuldn't mind having it long enough • to be'eorhe a little fatigued." --Boston Tranzeript.