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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-11-22, Page 30011111P -- BAKING POWDER. The enly well hieown medium priced baking powder made In Opened& that doge not contain alum iand which has all Its Iragreelletits pialnlY etated on the label. E.W.OILLETTOMicrAtlpyr LiMITED WINNIP.:(1 SIONTISEM. trAiNs NO At' ts%\ol 414[41A •ko,‘4g POINTS OF A HOUSE. Henry C. Menthe in a worts retiontly blotted by e.leCitug a: Co., New York, SaYth Ohre ls i eltiee 21p1ilu1ty hetweee the gond points. of all We've. whether the ere reee heretic draft horses, or witet net; the math. reaecn being this - teat ti, rather luag legj esentlal to .speed either at a runtilier or tretting gaft, wItereasn (trait boiese eau Madly be too short -legged, t•xeept that an eatrtPmely short -legged herse is apt tps be a, eluw . walker. The legs, espeteally the eahnon bone, idlouldbe broad,. tiat and eeleaa" (by tile latter is means free from fiesh--all bones- •musele and eltin). A leis thet hats „ et small, tied -in loop immediately below the lame 18 ale aye a weak leg. . Round . lege ereeeubject;te wind -guile and other CUV twelte and' sieltle timers are weakformatione.,subject to spavin. A rattier molted Itina leg is ae- • sociateil with *peed, but for strenste and endurance the. hind leg should. be fairly ktralght-mt.absolutely'etraight, 'for with that kind of teg woul(1 he too much concussion, and uneauna Itceess may re- sult. For the sante reason abate, straight pasterns, whether before, or behind, are apt to came uneuunditees in the feet, ane ereiseetally side.liones. SHORT NelCie alEsseNe P0011 WIND. A. ehort back Is (stronger than a. long one, A "slack -ribbed horse is one atilt too nitwit between the last rib end the hip, an animal that is hard to keep. The ribs should pe well spiting out-roended out in barrel shape. ewe' liurses are al- waye_mtronger than flat er eletasided ear Thinswittetea lioreee lire tulidiey delicate. & good "bread baeket" is whet the experienced horseman looks for, und yet there are thin -waisted borsea teat heve so much nerve force and .courage that their endurance is great, . A •"0001) ..BREAD BASKET." " ehotriteck tamest always means pour wind, and usually, also •it poor mouth. "With a neck of good length, the home with,not only have better 'wind, but will be better balanced. For a saddle berm roadster or •carriage horse, the - aheulder can hardly be too sloping. A -aloping should ls valuable in a draft horse, aa it, is Meter aclaptedi tor pulling, and it affords ti better resting place for the collar than a stratget shoulder... THE HORSEr'S FOOT.. The most important consideration about . the foot is its am extuee. elfoot should beeore'elne, close-itnittexture,. widest: the heels, with a strong, touch wall, ,ana neither too high nor too low at the ‘„ heels. A thin er weak all is apt to •accompany low he.wels. A 'mese that .1,3 • . e high at theeheele, -especialb. one thatehae -what aro sealled "mule feet" or si "cup, foot," has really stronger toot. then oth- er horses, and cpuld.go 'without shoes on soft roads better than .'other horsce; but tests Wad of foot,inaemuch as It remise; jete! frog -pressure than a' foot of' lesa • ?deptb, does net usually last • as well in .the city as a foot with lowersheels and • ea lese- depth toete. e, FROG -PRESSURE IN CITY 1-foRSIfiS. • All horsae n thamety.enest suffer more or lees forewent ofeleogspressurz and OW kw -heeled: Itte-en-In the country, Ite horse lath a deep foot and high heels • needs -mare- attention than a. horse with loW' heels, for owing to the want 61 frog -pressure it is mare apt to harden andegerftlanIte Ridges In a -f Ziff Of As -tins -or former disease, and the horse •elaged• foot shauld bo..'eltetved with -sonic suspicions, The same remark • &patio' to a foot the surface of whieh Presents a dished!' appearance. • SIZE OF THel FOOT. It hardly neerrbe Said that the seize et dornial mei healthy Mut variesnot only absolutely but relatively, accord- ing to the breed of the horse. 'Welabeee horses, especially Arabs,. throughbreas and Morgan homes, have small feet- sniall even In proportion to the size of the hone. • Draft horses have larger feet....A.smaij foot, if.",lvell.shaped. and of good texture and not contracted at the lseels, is to be I/refereed larrer foot, A *paddle horse with large feet can hardly eecape oeing somewhat clumsy and hard to ride. Sometimes..awill have one axe especially one forefoot,' smaller than -tee other. 'This is .always suspicious, and will probably indleate that the horse is, or wee, lame in that foot; or else that some.Liareene.;.s In the leg has occurred and 'the foot • has beemne smaller from want 'of. natural use, AND While. very live stock farmer knows that salt is necessary for tbe.thrift. and ;,....boalth of his animals, yet' It often oc- -.-ours..that It Is. emptied' lif a haplatzard Intermittent manner. This makes the althimala unnaturally •hungry for salt • where it is suppliee them, with the. repeat .that they eat More of it. than Is 'good :- for them, and. then there Is .an in;er- i •fisrence Pwith ellen, digestion, and, if thereloona eonstant supply of water in the pasture. neld, more serious results may folipw. Sett, like .water, should be • made foonstantly available for, all class- es of stock, young and. old, on the farm There is a difference- of opinion • Among' etockinen tostlie Manner of s.unelying • It, some preferring to keep pieces of rock • taltein the. Pasture field's and feed lots, earein boxes in the stalls when the animals are 'being •atabled, svhile other farmers arefet• to put out a quantity of the Mall common salt once or twice a week. lathe latter inethaa ie practiced, the CF - ',WWI thing is that the salting be at- • tended' to frequently, to that that i te". Inceto will not become famished for tuo • condiment! :Where. a dettryinatabegins te study east' • Cosy aip hia here with the idea of keen• - ingeonlyathose which will produce tem- nerifitaalit lthd abundantly he is on the • right road to success. As El. rule, it is doubtleas safe to as - Ante that a alto having a moderate slope • 111 some direction -le to be preferred for trchard purposes other things. hoing oval, to one that Is level. One having t slope IVill.usually have better soil and atmospheric drainage than a level area. etpecially in the -case oil a eadd e horeee • Vinegar mede from honey has an ex- eeptionally fine flaVor, and Is not ex- peasive. it small amount of honey fur- ntehee a large amount of vinegar, Follow these directions. Dlesolve thoroughly In two gallons of ev.arin, soft water, one auart jar of extracted honey. Give it sir and keep In a warm place, where It wiltlerMent and Make excellent vine- gar. Manure Is a very Valuable by-product Of attirying. It permits the datryman to Increase .the fertility Of Ids farm and grow larger feed crops. Water In which Potatoes belie beeit boiled is -said to be an extellent remedy for insect:0 on animals. The tint peps alleation Is generally effectual, but it bad better be repeated tt few times t* gestroy the eggs. Vhe more moisture the eshallOWee the ttfitivation. SOLDIERS' FUEL. .1(tp••••••,••••••••••••••• rtaly and **met) Are Making "Ration-Heittere." A new use for old newspapers and candle -ends has lee rt found lit Europe. They are used to make what the Ital- ians call scalde-raild° (ration -heat- ers), evhich are now prepared by the 1111111On by women and children and sent to the troops in places where coal cannot be used -in the Linn Alps, he for instance. Told papers are roiled tightly, the edges pasted down, and the rolls then boiled in paraftin. A Patriotic society in Italy is delivering these rolls to the government at the rate of (me and one-half million a ,day, and the old newspapers are be- ing used up for this purpose so fast that they are becoming very expen- eive. Says a writer in 'The National Cleograpnic Magazine": "In America there are still millions of candle -ends and thousands of tons of newspapers • scattered over the country, and it would seem to be well 'worth while for the thousands of will- ing hands in the homes to convert thent into these most useful ration - heaters for the boys at the front, or for their use next winterinthe train- ing -camps, or even for use at homo, where they can take the place of the inore expensive solid alcohol or re- place kindlings in the kitchen stove, "It is the easiest thing imaginable to make ration -heaters, or scaida-ran- do, as they are called intltaly, if one follows the directions of the National Italian society. "Spread out four newspapers, eight sheets in all, and begin rolling at the long edge. Roll as tightly as possible until the papers are half rolled, then fold back the first three sheets toward the rolled part,and continue to wrap around the roll almost •e(i the first fold then fold back another three sheets and continue to wrap around the roll again up to the last, margin of the paper. On -this Margin,' consisting of two sheets, spread a little glue or paste and sontinue the rolling, so as to make a compact roll of paper ale most like a torch. lf six Of the sheets are not turned under, there will be too many edges to glue. "While the newspapers may be cut along the.lineof the columns before rolling and the individual columns rolled separately, as is done in the making et ,the trench -candles In Prance. it is easier to roll the whole newspaper into a long roll and then exiteit. into, ehort lengths. .4 sharp carving knife, a pair of pruning shears or an old-fashioned hay -cutter will cat the rolls easily. These little rolls must then be boiled for four minutes iiinenouglx.paraffins to cover them and then taken out aud cooled. when they ready- to be put in•bags, and sent to the front. If there are more news- papers than candle -ends, block paraf- fin can be bought for a few cents at any grocery. "Little children and grown-ups in Italy and France' are roiling, gluing and paraffining these ration-beetere by the million, and their fathers and husbands in places where wood and coal cannot be sent are cooking their rations over them."-Literttry Digest. &flanking Vocsn't Cure! Don't think children c:v.n he cured of bed-wetting DY spanking therm The trouble is constitutional, the and can- FREt not help It I will send to ally mother my auecessful home treatment, with full instructions, If your children trouble you in this way. send no money. but write mo to -day. My treatment is highly recommended to adults troubled with urine difficulties by day or night. Address. • Mrs. M. Summers. - BOX $ WINTeSOR, Ontario. 64-4-64-4-4 -44-444-4 4,44-4 4 4, 4+ 4 PYROTECHNICS I 1. , If you Should happen to Meet in the purlieus of your metropolitan hamlet, a painful pessimist whd would have you believe that the spirits of our lads at the front are at a low ebb, that their one desire in life is to end the war Eit any cost, then you haye my fun perinission and author- ity to brand him a super -Ananias; and, lest he protest too vigorously that his opinioa is just as good as yours, then you May produce in evidence against him this little story of a night In front of the front line, Working parties were out, the men putting every bit as mach heart into their digging as they do into every- thing pertaining to the strafing of the BOche. The men in the front line were widening and deepening trench- es.. Covering parties and patrols peo- pled the mysterious darkness that hung over it? o Man's Land. Sentries were standing very watchful at their Poste. In fact, it was just a typical night on the western front. There was no actual warning of the thing at all. A few epasmodie bursts of rifle grenades that registered peril- ously near the diggers indieated that toritz had some vague suspicion that we were not idle; but that all tomes la the night's work, and worried no- body. A feW hears in the trent line breed a fine contempt fOr anything Of less 'calibre than a rum jar. Then, about the hour before the working parties were due to return, the real thing happened. Three four.point- two's that smashed into the front line opened the bill; and then it seemed as though the Sitars had commenced a gatle of general post. The elty was full of sweeping fiery tells, lunging in mighty parabola towards us, Rum jars! Now the rum jar, or giant trench Mortar, Is probably the most potent Weapon Of the Iloche. It is no mg - Meter of persons and makes game of Uma widest of traverses. It is a thin distieetly to be avoided. It has lte eompensations, like all evils, and the greatest -Of these is that Yott can vee It Mining, and dodge it. But dodging Ili a difficult matte*, when a hundred rum jars etre in the air at the same time. .That is how it was on tide night. The air Was tall of themi They ettine to teeth With nerve *Watering trestles. They Made pandeloOnlitin of the calm et peaceful War. But presently a strange thing hap* pened. Instead 0 the devaetating cresh, there came scarcely any noise at all -a simple "pop," scarce more than the explosion of a. puffed up pap - bag banged between the hands of a child. "Dude" make a noise like *bet, but it yeas not conceivable that there should be go many "duds" all at onee. There was only One other ex- planation, and, of course, it turned out to be the true one. Gas! We gat Our respiratore ready, bot as the wind was the other way, and the bursts wore at least a hundred and fifty yards from us, we carried on with the work. The "strafe" 'aided an hour all told. It was very heavy, and, I have no doubt, the Boehe thought that it was highly demoralising. As to that, this ie what I want you to tell the painful pessimist. A Cockney corporal who was work- ing near 1,vhere I stood turned round to a pal and said: "Lumme, Bill, look at those bloom - in' fireworks. Beats the Crystal Pal- ace, this does, and you've got to Pay there!" A subaltern Store" on a heap of new- ly turned soil and muttered soulfully: 'Pretty -oh, pretty! Best sight I've seen since I've been out! And they think they're gut us running, I bet. 'What a sell:" We still went on working, Not for a single moment did the men lav down their tools. They paused for perhaps a moment at the beeenning to see where the rum jars dropped, A Quarter ot an hour after the strafe ended they flied out, at the appointed Lime, and went home to sleep. Tell that to your painful pessimist. .6---. A GRAND MEDICINE FOR WILE ONES Baby's Own Tablets are a grand med- icine tor little, ones. They -are a mild Lut thorough laxative; are absolutely safe; eaay to give and neWer fall to cure -any of the minor ills of little tines. Concerning them Mrs. Jas, S. 'Hates% Gleaeon Road, N. 11,, writes: - "I have used Baby's Own Tablets anti have found them perfectly satisfactory for my little one." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by snail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Wil- liams Medicine, Co., Brockville, Ont. THE AIRPLANE'S LIMIT. • Fliers as Big as Ocean Liners Are an Impossibility. I am not one of those who entertain extravagant ideas eoncerning the fu- ture of the airplane, All sorts of ridic- ulous notions are afloat, largely rather - ed by people of lively imagination and of ihnited information. 1 no not be- lieve that ail transportation in future will be through the air. The airplane Will net supplant the railroad, the trolley car or the motor car. It will merely be another agency for per- forming a similar kind of work. There are certain things that it will to better than the railroad Or the motor car, and its use will theretore be limited to these. for we must realize at the start that the airplane has de - tided limitations. We see enormous eictUres to -day of aircraft ea large as ocean liners, but there are Merely vain imaginings. We shs.11 have no air- planes as large as the Lusite.nia. Anyone who understands the funda- mentals of air mechanics will framedl. ately underetand why this is eo. The airplane is built essentially upon the sa.me priuciples as a bird. It has the same flying capabilitiae as a bird and, precisely the same limitations. The best flier among birds is the humming bird, and certain insects, which are much smaller, such as the dragon flY are also wonderfultfliers. It is a law of nature that the larger the bird the Poorer its flying ability. There aro excellent mechanical rein sons for this. The main one is that as a bird increases in size its weight increases at a much greater rate than the area of its wings. Thus if a bird doubles its size it would need, to lift' itself in the air, not twice as much power, but eight times as xnuch-that Is, its weight increases as ite cube, whereas- the area of the wings; in: creases as its scare. This is the Principle that limits the size of birds, and it is also the principle that limits the size of airplanes, which fly just as birds fly. Each increase in size de- mands a much greater proportional increase in motive power, the result being that we have to add so enorm- ously to the weight that the airplane soon roaches a size where it cannot leave the ground. --From Interview with Orville Wright by Burton J. Hen- drick in Harper's Magazine. 44* They Simply Won't Be Married. Several young men were recently asked by a writer in the Woman's Home Companion why they refused to be married. Their answers throw considerable light on what is becom- ing a national problem. One said that girls are too clever for the men tiowadays-that he wanted "just a Wife," and the girl he had been en- gaged to marry was making more money than he was and refused to give up her Work. Another complained of the expensive tastes of the modern young woman, another that he had set out to accomplish certain things before raarrying. Still another refused to be sentenced to hard labor for life, and. oen omplained that the local girls were 'a' bit narrow." • * 6 In view of the BernStorff expoeurtie It may be remarked that croeodilea aro not the only animals who shed tears on a bluff.---Plorida Thnes.IInion. O.:•••••••••••••••••••44. FALL 4.104$9RES' When troubled with fall rashes, eczema, or any skin disease apply Zam.Bula Ststrisising how quickly it °Mei the smarting and stinging! Also cures cuts, burns, sates and plias. Zara -link is madefrom putother. Ofti essences. No animal fats-ne subtotal poisons. Finest healer 1 Lituntsts and Monte Afettnolorl. Buk -144#~4444444 FIELD CASHIERS • PAYMASTERS 114414114400400.411011161111411111114110104140,1 IN FRANCE CASH DOMINION EXPRESS FOREIGN CHEQUES THE BEST WAY TO SEND MONEY TO THE BOYS THE TRENCHES womerfrorlarrrrp1M}.01e411.0.F.prIllermnliMr TeXE GROWING PULLETS, Fall is here ane 11 10 the time of An, Whiner the groath of the winter egg proclucers, and the experienced poultry, sua.n is heeping a 'atohtu1 eye on the growing crop of pullets, ethic's will be tile real egg producers of 1917 awl 1918. :Candled properly, the bet, always doee her duty in shelling out egg. }eat in so many ce.see mistakes are made which matte It Inmoosible for the hens to do their best. These mistakes are not alone charged to the beginner, but oft - times the mare experiericed poultry raiser Is found guilty, not that they do net know better, but they take a chance, and at tante get away with It, but more often are eitu,sle There is °ally one way to Obtain a "good progaction of eggs In winter, and to side,step tne well-known essentials that make Ma pueblo la to invite failure. Many flocks oa-ch year in this country have Ilever tale an egg during the fall and early wintere Some have laid a few, others have produced an average that made but Mit even break. In the days of cheap poultry seeds the poul- try could etand the non -winter eayer, deheadiag On a, full qttota of eggs in early spring, am -inner and up to fail. But to -day, with wartime feed pricee, the flock must produce a- fair number of eggs during the 'winter to place the bal- ance on tee right side -or the ledger, and thie le only made poseible by good stock from known egg producers, and properly grown from chick to maturity. The, day of the haphazard -bred cow, pig or- chiceen has gone as far as prom - Payees are coneerned, and on the farms in the future will be seen standard -bred chiekens that have zoinething back ot them in the way of blood lines to make them profttalsle with good care, Its tile past the leverage poultry raiser has tried to grew too many chickens On link- iterl ground, or if not that, has never had the proper quarters ror the number raised. Another evil has been the under- feeding of the growing atock. It is false economy to try to score In the feed bill at the expense of slow, maturity and un- dersizeile.specrunene. Overfeeding 1e its bad, but hardly like- ns to be indulged in now thet feed Is at Wartime pricee. To feed just right Is an art only acquired by practice gained ftee :several years, with poultry. But every begiener In his maidenef- fort can succeed in learning the essen- tials by careful following out the method of experienced poultrmen. • The things to du and tollow faithfully if eggs are wanted during the winter art: Keep the pullets growing ey feeding a. well-balanced ration and not changing it from week to week in hopes of getting better reaults. The best system in feed - and getieral care should be adopted and fol/owed, throughout tho year. Under- feeding the growing stock during their early Ilfe anti then forcing them when 6 or 0 months of age, is poor policy. Beet results can only be obtained when they have been properly tett and oared for from the shell to maturity. Thie neatly poultry keepers fail to do, and are disappointed when the pulletdo not shell out eggs at what is considered the proper time. Each time the growing stock receives a check in growth, due to lack of proper feed or overcrowding, It takes that much longer for them to reaoh tbe laying age. Keep them grow- ing by feeding well-known standard foods, giving enough to prornote a. good, steady growth. Place them in the quer- tors that they will hold for the winter. with no change, giving tho mallets, if Legbornsi or any of the light breeds, three square feet of floor epace for ertelt Tow', If Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes., Bhode'sIsland Rs, arrtr.ey of the heavy beeeds, fear square feet' shouldabe al - tweed fon, -each fowl. d'sewer fowls will give larger returns then many- when crowded. --.T. • Harry Woisleffere •in Philatielpirne Retards— ' -• • ELIMINATE TIIE.._SLACKER. . Eliminate the old lien 'which devours hot- quota of daily rations and refuses to make the expected return of three or four eggs re week. .A. bird a ith a, predominating yellow color tu shanke, beak, vent and ear lobes 61•4=214. andawpit11,41414111vntiro uhirodnee Nelhoilsel t no go et iiht.syei 4is at all, Or at best laYine oar trlfrequeat. Not every one will believe that a per. sou earl tre int() a, potritrY yttd among lieu* they never before Isave seen arid one sight pick out the profitable birds. Veultrymen who have handled hens for Years W111 not believe It, and there- fore it is necessary to show them very definitely that it C0,11 be done. The demonstrations were widely mime thiett through. the Connecticut Agri- cultural College, County agents Ar- ranged for the greater amour or dom. enetrations. alt expert filmt the college would theit vielt the. *turn where 0, deni- onstratlort haa been arranged and ea- ppllaolLteorat.he visitor e the lnethode to be followed In order to ellintnate the non - In every ease the owner `was utiked to kpereeiviloausrectoordthoef ho' nth() 3,heeeliti the expert would divide the hens Into two pens,'The hens with the pixie shanks, beaks, vent and sear lobe and With the thin flexible, wale apart pelvic bones Were put In one pen and the t,lackers Iti aliotber. Eatery pereon at tite tiernonetre- tion 'wee given all possible mmortunity to learn tbe methods of :selection. The two 1) 518 or hens 'were then kept for a week and their egg proaticlien ree- cldeoat'. aian the demonstrations have been reisoried, but up to date a sufficient num- ber have beeit reported to demonstrate the vitlun of the work. .A. total of 7,56 birde upon which there are complete recorda were handled by three men frlin the poultry department ot the college at seveuty-five demonstra- tions. Or these 7,5e6 birds 4,410 were so- leeted as layers, 'while 3,197 were thrown out as slackers. The 'average dally egg Production of the 7,650 birdie for the week previotte to Inc demonstration was 2,130. The average deny egg production of the 4,410 birds selected as layers the week after the demonetration was 2,018. ln other Ivor& the elimination of 3,137 bircbe or a deereuse of 416 per cent, was tot - eggs, or slightly over 6 per cent, losed 1»' Pa total_decrease of only 122 NOTES. Keep fresh, cleen water supplied Cattler a lot of road duet while the weather is favorable and put it away in boxes or barrets. The fowls will enjoy this In the dust boxes during winter, The water in the runs tritf-t, be kept free from contamination or disease will 'result. Keep tbe nests clean. Burn the old nests lo destroy vermin. Pale,L dark ot putple combsindicate trouble. Healthy fowls liave bright red, firm combs. When there is old plaster or morlaCto be Ited scatter lit the poultry yard. A. few fruit trees can be grown in the poultry yard. There is nil better place for plums. Hens' rimst he well cared for during the autumn and winter months fur best re- sults In eggs. See that fowls Wive ufficient room tor proper exercise. •- Put the poultry house in proper cOn- dition without delay. Make the roof watertight and the skles.water and whet preof. Do this- before eold weather, ee• • Selenium is Sensitive. By subetituting a .selenium cell for the human eye at the telescope M. Fournie d'Albe believes it would be possible to detectstars five magni- tudes fainter, than any now obeorVable,. tiara enormously increasing the pow- ers of the greatest instruments. The- oretically a selenium cell of sixteen square inches would fegieter the light of a twenty-eighth magnitude etar, but this would require. longer exposure -several daye-than would be practi- cable: - "What's wheat worth?" "That's not the queetlon," replied Farmer Corntossel. • "When you can get a2 and Mote a bushel for wheat you've got ton much business on yoar mind to permit you to indulge in abstraet theories as tO its actual value." - Washington Star. araekNEKENE,....,-aparl A Constipation Cure C 7 A druEmist says: "For nearly thirty tho Ext , years 1 havo commended ract of Roots, known as Mother - the rad Riders Curative Syrup, for cal curo of constipation 'mud -in reliabldigestion. It io •an old e remedy that never falls Lto do the work." SO drops tiniee daily. Got the Genuine, at druggists. 2 EN.uNnr.zvok.si..siN2, BRIDGE COLLAPSE RECALLS • ROMANCE OF NORTHWEST Telegrepb Wire Len by Overland Pioneers Was 'Used by India:es to liund This Remote:able Structure. The Suspension bridge constructed by the Hagwilget Indians across the Bulkley River in Central British Columbia has collapsed and now floats In the waters of Ha.gvvilget Canyon, held by the cables on which it Wita Suspended for more than twenty years. The newts will be received with regret by engineers in all parts of the world. This frail structure was regarded as A remarkable example of Indieh skill in bridge building and had been a subject of comment in many engineering Magazines, while it was ale° regarded ae one of the Many features of intereet seen from the trains of the Grand Trunk Motile line. Conceived in the mind of it native and built by lilO fellow tribesmen, the true principles of the modern suspen- sion bridge Were carried into the constraction work. The bridge was the third attempt to get a permanent crossing over the 13ulkley River, the first two bridges having been swept away by high water. When the Ineliens built this bridge they had no modern tools, nor did they have nallst, spikes or bolts, wooden spikes' and telegraph wire being used et joints. 'rho bridge had it span of 146 foot and was 10 feet wide, Interwoven with the Welt of the Indian bridge is a romance of the Northweist The telegraph wire used in Rs construction was discovered *sY the Indians at a point some eight hundred miles weld. of Edmonton and gni miles inland from the Paeine Coast, where it had been hidden for -many rears. This is how its happened: Iletvveen the date of the unsuecessful and the day of the succearetal ettempts to lay a submarine cable whieh would conneet New York and London, a plan was put forth for an over- land telegraph line from New York to $t. Peteraburg. The (dose of tho Civil War found the eountry full of men of mettle. Some of the old cant- paigners were eelected and sent to work. In the meantime, while thee° heroic explorers were working away In the wudernees, London and New York were eoupled up by the sub- marine cable. Instantly, ail interest in the overland (Reappeared, ne the need of the line no Weser existed. Away out on the Northern center of this eontileint there Is a line of Ilftyserear-old telegraph poles. It is easy to undersiend and eppreelete the disappointment of these brave fellows Who r'r tught the good fight in sun and rain for over a year and a half, only: . 'told to quit. And that is how they happened to leave the telege. tire tieed ht the bridge in a tattle on the river, along whose biebeem the Grand Trunk Pacific transcontinental treins are now travelling. 'When this entintelestic band of workers went hotne, the "silent pletees" fell asleep again, and the younger generation forgot. After forty Years more ot Unbroken sleep, other telegraph builders blazed the trail, Planting poles and Winging wives. What was regarded as a Worthless wildernest Was hailed as the new Empire of the North, teeming with natural tidies. Title Mate they inteeeeded, for the Men Were an the payroll of the Grated Trlinit Paelfie Telegraph Company, and the wires follow the right-of-way -of Canada's neW tine. 4rhts modern Almoner of the CM* lan4 has beeonie an InapOrtant factor 10 handling the telegraph busitiette sst et lerge sectiatt of the eatitlitent, • Tea is an Every -day Luxury sTEADFAsTLY REFUSE suBsTrruves Mack, Mixed or Natural Green, B205 Persistence of Custom. It Is a present ditY custom for the members of the Ifinglieh parliament to 1, bow three times before taking their.; seats. An Amerlean, neysttfied by / this Estrange custom, Inquired the ) reason for it. He was astonished to find the Englishmen could not tell ri who did the hewing, but him. No one seemed to know, not even the uteI after much research the mystery' was 1 cleared away. The building's of par- liament had once burned, .audthe members were quartered for a period in St. Stephen's chapel. 'Hexing tee ' altar of the church before them, they • made the customary bowl to Fether, Son and Holy Ghost. When they moved into their present abode they did not take the altar Witt them, bet they kept on bowing neverilielese.- ; Case a.nd Comment. 4-4 +4+4-4 4-64-6 44-664-444-4-64-4-64-; War Camel 4 • of Africa 4 4 +++ • ++++++++++++++.4 ++++++i "There are ainiost as many varie- ties of camels as.horses," says a bulle- tin of the National eleograpaic socie- ty. "Tile Arab name tor camel is dsemel. Those of Tunisia, Tripolita.- me, and Algeria have one nump ante are nutty aromedaries. Certain breeas of camel can withstand tho reat heat of the ieahrtra and otnera teat of tLjt zero weather of Tibet and China. -It is amazing to see the rapiditi? with which a herd of 500 eameis eat to tho ground a large pasturage of prickly pear from elgat to ten feet high, Leaves, stems, prickles and all disappear like mage. "In many Parts of Africa the nativea keep all tneir (late etones and give them to exhausted camels, weary from their long ,c..lahare march. !f he camel resists at first, and the chte stones moistened in a little water, are pushect forcibly by the handful lowzi the cam- el's throat after it has been niade to kneel and then securely fastened. In two or three days the camel learns to eat them of its own accord. The na- tives say that these date stones make tne hump of the camel strong and tiff.' ' -'he camel in its long march across the Sahara frequent)), finds very little to eat and lives on, the fat of its MIL bump. When this continues during a long timc the hump 'becomes flabby arid ohnost disa"e "The usual weighttu's'of the burdens carried by a camel varies from 550 13 600 pounds for journeys from town to town or on the borders of the desert. Going across the desert the burden is less: When a camel is being laden it keeps up a eontinual snarling, and should it be overburdened it refuses So arise. Most camels are vicious, and their bite is very dangerous. Hardly a week passes at the large native hos- pltal in Tunis but some unfortunate camel driver dies of blood poisoning caused by a camel's bite. The grind- ing motion of a camel's jaw crushes to pulp whatever it bites, so that the arm or leg has to be amputated, and blood - poisoning usually sets in before tin Patient can reach the hospital. "In the interior of northen Africa is a Superb race of camels, known as the mellarra (singular, Mehari), or racing camels. The meliarra owe a great deal to the care taken in their breed- ing during the past 2.000 years, An- cient writers speak of camels used by the army of Xerxes, more than 2,000 years ago, that had the speed of the lastest horsee. These were doubtless gaeharra. "When a baby nieharri is born it is swathed in bandages to prevent the stomach from getting too large and is taken into the family tent, where it la nursed and Watehed over with care and tenderness. When a year old it is sheared and is known front then on as a bou-keutaa, which mane, 'the father of the shearing.' . "When it is two years old the w- hat -re training begins. ' A halter is placed around the head and a cord tiea to one of the fore feet. It is kept quiet tirst, but shoeld it make a step it IS tied again. Finally it understands what is regitired, but the lessons are only terminated when it will stand in toiriree dpalayce without moving for an en- ' '"Iso make the camel a feat Milner the rider whles It on both flanks with a rhinoceros hide whip and cries out in Arabic to excite it. A young me- heri is very fond of its own skin and on being struck starts on a gallop, The .whipping keeps up, and the camel tries to get away by running faster. The long legs seem like wings, and ft flies past with the speed of an ostrieh. It will stop instantly at a pull on the ii.eallkaidng.oMatter What speed it has been il "When the rider jumps off or shali Ito happen to fall, a well trained me - hart will stand quite still and ^wait while should the master happen to be injured the faithful beast will never leave him. "A metier" is never used tis a'beast of burden. All it ever carries is a saddle (something like it Mexican ead- die made ot gazelle gicin, dyed red, with a high pOnitnel and a erose in front), two saddlebags and a rider. The rider Is buckled into the saddle by two "mite. Hie feet are (lamed 111 front of the saddle and rest on tlie neck of the mehari. His slippers aro usually slung acrose the pommel, and the mehari is guided by the wriggling ol the rider's toes, "An iron ring passes through one nostril of the animal, and a rein at carnet's hair Is attached. "The inched are used entirely by tizek.rabs Nuvitnaron annthe warpath, r th, o rttiz(aA the Warpath can sane three MO. Two ride it. and the third takes hold of its tail and is pullo eti along. The latter changes PlacO3 v ith the rider at intervals, When 4 war party has loet so Many ealliele that there remains but one camel for every three men it always retrofits, "When going at full speed a ntehaxi hes it Meet remarkable single fieit or pacing step, the =Hen of whien 15 net at fill disagreeable, and 11 can co- ver quite wily 10o mike itt adaY Without undo fatieue." ++4-66+4 +44 664444 44444* Prices in Canada, 1916 • -4,4-4-444-4-*4-64-44 4-6+44 64446* 4 - The situation as to prices, wholesale and retail, (luring 1916. with a suple- !neuters- statement bringing the infor- mation down to August, 1917, le dis- eusSed in the report just issued by tlie Department of Labor, entitled. "Whole sale Prices in, Canada, 1916," which also Contains information as to retail prieee and prices in other countries. The following table of index num. bers shows the mere •significant ellanges in prices; WHOLESALE PRICES, Great United Canada, Britain. States, France. 1913 ... .135.5 85 81 115'!, 1916 ....182.0 137 100 21"... Jan, _172.1 123.6 89 205.1 July ..180.9 130.5 97 210.6 Dec, ...207.4 154.3 118 2551 1017- g. o.0 175.7 1.50 RETAIL FOOD PRICES, Great United Canada, Britain, Staten. Fria3n8c7e, $7.33 102 93 717:39 8.79 8.28 145 106 8.46 160 112 101 109 110111 184 125 1491 202 147 "The marked rise in prices toward the end ot 1916 was not only the continuation 01 a eiteeply upward gen eral movement, beginning in August, 1914, from a level already high, but involved a much steeper rise in toad prices as a result of short crops throughout the world, while the de mend and the problem of distribution were intensified by war -conditions." 'Ile upward movement ia pricee, therefore, appears to have been affect- ed by both factors, supply and de- mand, the increase in the latter due to wee conditions and made effective by praetically unlimited Government expenditure, while the decrease in the supply of most commodities' was also due to war conditions, reduction in the labor -force, destruction of sup. plies, increase loss and waste in transe portation, handling, de., and, Uoia.lily in 1916, by unfavorable weather for crops. Tile increased money distri- buted among people from Government war expendittire further tended to ere ate a greater demaud for the decrees - ed supply of goods, becoming a hector in raising prices." "At the beginning of the year trade and industry had recovered from the elepreseion experienced during 1914 and part of 1915, the large crops of that Year ilaVing made possible still greeter exports of grain and ()the' foodstuffs, while providing farmers both in the west and the east: with the means of paying off much ea -cue enuiated indebtedness and extending their operations Tor the future with better facilities and under more favor- able conditions. The denten(' for ma- chinery, nee stock, fencing, building materials, household goods, clothing, etc., was greatly improved and caused greater demand for the products of manufacturing industries, for trans- poitation, etc., in addition to the de- mand due to the manufacture of mu- nitions and other war supplies." "The ,cost of foods increased by a greater amount during 1916 than dur- ing the ten years 1900-1909, or from that date to 1915, the rise occurring chiefly from August to the end of the year, and being much steeper than during•the same period in 1914 and 1915, when substantial advances had occurred. The great rise in the prices of potatoes was the chief facrtiosirin ctohriis. result, but eggs, butter, cheese, milk. bread and flour were also ug siderably. lu the season 1914-1915, however, potatoes Ilad been cheaper than ler years. Coal aLeo advanced steeply during this period, while rent oegan to recover from the steep de- cline ouritig 1014-1935, which was prevalent in the western Provinces, but was substantial in Ontario aLso." Time is money, but it Isn't always a fair exchange. MOTHERHOOD WOMAN'S JOT Suggestions to Childless Women. ••••••••••.* Among the virtues of Lydia T. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the adility to correct sterility in the cases of many women. This fact is well established as evidenced by the following letter and hundreds of others we have pablished in these colums. Poplar Bluff, Mo. ---"I want other women to know what a blessing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound has been to Inc. We had always wanted a baby in our home but I was in poor health and not able to do my work. 11,Ty mother and hus- band both urged ma- te try Lydia E.Pinv- ham 'S Vegetal:it* Compound. I did so, tny health bit- provcul And I BIB DOW tho mother of a fine baby girl and do all my own house work. " -Mrs. Atm B. TneetoNs, 214 .Almond t., Poplar Bluff, Mo. in many other boreal, once childlese, there are now children because of the fact that Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound Makes Women normal, healthy end etroug Write to the Lydian Pinklunti tfedtr eine Co.*, 1,Yort, Mass., for advice4411 VIII be nenildential and helpful4 410• 0 00 ;f 10 -1 • A LAST RESORT. (poston wranscrept) arnit, for it jiyittrs? (VerYtIng else a fet:r trail first. Laity of doiat you 80 to Lazy Luke -Weil, lady, I ultizt ter give ALWAYS THOS. (Washington Star) "Do yen belleve In the stirebeld Of the fittest?" r spited Mies CoYenne. egeovhse,:n11:.:1:31 mil on the :mine evening. titogreateet bote ulwaise the last NEW WAR GAME. (Baltimore Amerlean) "tee* got the children tnterested in a WAX Mune title inorning. She HAM:caked they ehould play they were ln, re battle, and shell the enemies." "Who Were the enemies?" "The peas." DOLLAR DIPLOMACY. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "This Dollar PiplonmeY--;" "What IS it, anyhow?" "stepping your wife a ctiee note when you baven't rot an excuse handy." NEW WAR WEAPON. (13itinIngbanz Age-aieraid) "1 SOP where the Frenc.lt charged wall elan," remarked Mrs. Jeithwalte. "Dear me:" exclaimed Mrs, Gasserby. "So manly new-fangled WOOVOns are be- ing used lu this war, it's hard to keep up 'math all the lateet Inventions," ea, WISE. (Detroit Free Prese) "Do you believe two ean live as cheaply MS one?" "Not at present prices, my boy," 4 • D ESP E AT E MEASURE. (Baltimore Amerioara "Did you take ally desperate measures when you found the man 'was eo ill?" -Yes, eir; we sent for a doctor, sir." A NEAT PARRY. (Boston Transeript) "Hello, Bill: Clad to ,see you. I've just got back from my vacation." "Sorry, old man! I can't lend you a cent I'm just going on ?Moe."' GRILLS. (Baltimore Americans "I believe in art decoration in the home." "Have you grilts in your house?" "Plenty of 'em. My wife puts me through one every time I come home.' • ALWAYS SO. (Judge) Sillette-eaVe never hear the best things that are said about us. Cynicua-No; we are tlead then. WELL TRAINED, (Louisville Courier -Journal) "Do you •always let your wife have her own way?" • "Yes, and mine, too.", A HOT ONE. (N "I heard a man saying your style of oratory is showingVasliinggrteoanta t Simrn p?ovee nt." - "Zeit, I haven't made a speech in a , great rreany -dem" protested Senator sorghuin. "Maybe that's what he ,-was talking : ...esa!e.....,,A, HOT ONE. - about!" . (Boston Transcript) Madge -Poor Helen! Has the worst been told? 0race-I think not. 'We are waiting for your version. - NATURALLY. (Boston Transcript.) She -Why did the land agent speak of the property as a parcel? He - Because it is tied up, I suppose. EASY. (Buffalo Express.) ' "Everyone goes to sleep during his sermons," "I don't." "Hove ever do you stay awake?" "Don't go to church." CHAMPION LAZY MAN. (Louisville Courier -journal.) "Why does young Flubdub always keep a taxicab waiting?" "He's a spendthrift." "Well?" "But he's incurably lazy at that. So he likes to run up a bill with the aid of machinery." THEY OBEYED. (Judge.) "This new lot of recruits is the worst yet, sir. I had them resting neer the bank of the canal, and I gave the command: 'Fall in!" -and all that happened was a big splash!" PLEASURE OVER ENEMIES, ' ((Judge) Milarecl.--Women don't have so many enemies as men have, do you think? Clerence-Maybe not, but the women seem to get snore pleasure out of theirs. • s • sUsAN EXPLAINS. (Baltimore Ainerioen) "Your boy tells me his father is say- ing suelt queer things, Susan. Is he out of his head?" "De doctah, mum, says as hew he is dmeteri nis WW tO.e fevah, Mum," • "SIMPLY AWFUL." (Exchange) A girl who was running a London bus was making out her first report. tin- der the heading, "Accidents" she stated: "Bumped into en old agent." Under the heading "Itemarks" she saki: "Sint - ply awful.' ' CHANGED FEELINGS. • (Lite) "Ethel, dear, tell me honestly, did you teturn the engagentertt ring when you broke the engagement with jack?" "Certainly not! My feelings toward the zing haVO not changed as they have toward Jack." WILLIE • KNEW. (Boston Transcript) "How old ate you?" Asked, a little boy of hie mother's caller. "Willie:" staid his mother sharply, "you must not ask it. lady a question late that; it isn't polite." "Why, Mamma," returned the young- ster, "she isn't supposed to ten the truth." r ACHIEVED HIS AMDMON. (Boston Transcript) "You have no ambition," Complained his wife. "Not now," he replied "Yeu never am htive sthy.. "Oh. yes did; but 1 °Alloyed TO ombitiqh alien I acquired Pe rich father - TRUE HUMOR. (amigo) 'Salk -us -Do you ever read the humor. ous features in the newepapters? Cyriletis-e•Sometitnes 1 glance ever the weather indications and the list ef mar. ringer. The last ease- im record of curare murder occurred In Vienna, Where a tyoung doctor recently was sentenced to life imprisonment for supplying a young married woman with curare. She totiehed the poison to u serateh on her aged littsbalot's arm, tted he died in great agony.