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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-8-16, Page 4lif "•-•. (.6 .4 4 A gill in lotonto tc.ned. to droyi'd herSelf: beeonse her stepfath- er insisted. that she should be home- Edi't° and' Popr eVery nicht at 9 o'clock. Judged by THURSDAY AIJOUST 16 1900 SomE WEEKS .,wo we called atten- tion to the 1111Cel'taiuty of all news frem the seat of trouble in China. While our article was iu tbe press came positive information of the mass- SaCre of all the European legation. Stories of torture, of men killing their wives and children, with other awful details, W ere terribly told and coin w en - ted upon, 'Since then all the ambassa- dors have been heard from and possib- ly- there has been no cruelty than that ShOW11 to negroes by a Christian mob in the United States to record. 'JIM Toronto.. News states that Li Henry Chang may he printe minister of China, but Dam Li always edits the press re- ports, It seems the News were right, As Punnismsfis of a rural news_ paper we must regret the defeat hy the senate of the Hon. Wm, Mulock's newspaper postal bill with, the zone system attached. The Postmaster General is a rich man but he knows how to feel for the poor. lt was he who put his hand in his pocket to the tune of $200,000 for the sufferers by the failure of the Farmers' Loan Society of Toronto. This generous act broke the back of the disaster. In the pos- tal bill alluded to above he reduced the burden of the poor publisher and. laid the load principally on the rich corporations. Papers, such as the Globe, Mail and Empire, Montreal Star and Witness, circulating beyond the provincial borders paid for their prospetty, while the country printer found his postel bill lightened. We hope that some such arrangement may pass next year. We are also sel- fish to regret the action of the Senate even while.standing up for that legis- lative body. that one aot he was doing a wise and sensible things There are scores of girls whose parents wonld be doing them a real kindness by prohibiting their being on the streets unless their parents were with them. If the par, ents of such girls reap bitter frint in after years they are to be blamed for relaxing parental control too soon. Canadian sugar refiners reeently an- nounced an advance of ten cents per hundred pounds in all grades ofrefined sugars, and it is said afurther advance seems incredible. Since May 21st last granulated and white sugars have been advanced '70 cents per cwt, and yellows 65 cents per cwt, the principal cause being the settlement of the war on sugars in the states together with the large outputfrom the refineries. House- ives will find this a perplexing pro- blem to tackle just now when the'rput- ting down" preserves has come. So much sugar is necessary and the ad- vance in price means something to mauve The Wralkerton Telescope tells the following strange story:— 'Two or three weeks, ago Mr. Perry Eli put an advertisement in the local newspapers stating that he had found a large sum of money. No particulars were gi.Yen but a clay or two ago he received, a let- ter from one Snodgrass, of Chicago, giving the particulars of some money which he had lost there about eigh- teen years ago. The writer says that he had been paid 8420 in Canadian hank bills, but before leaving Kincar- dine he exchanged it for gold. Ameri- can gold pieces, twenty in number,had been wrapped in some brown paper, and duly labelled. On arriving at Wal- kerton be had fallen in with the late G. G. Bobier, and had..shated a jug of whiskey with him in the cellar of the house. On sobering up the money was gone. As Eli found the money on a beam in the cellar of the old Bobier house, and there was just $400 in American eagles in the packages he naturally concludes that he has found the rightful.owner." THE °Rol, failure in Manitoba, be- cause of the dry season, is mush to be deplorecit at the present time, owing to the attention of the Empire being call- ed to Canada by sending our soldiers to South Africa, a large increase in immigrants of the better farming class - was reasonably looked for. The splen- did response of Canada to the work of the Empire was the best advertise- ment ever sent forth, coupled with the phenominal crop of the West last year nothing could have been more at tractive to the tenant farmer with capital,small or large, or to the agricul- turist worker, whose sole stock in . trade is his farming experience and sturdy manhood. Capital, whether muscle experience, or money, is al- ways a shy thing, and as it is often all a man has perhaps it is right and prop- er that it should be so. But is there no definite, and to the intending sett- ler, satisfactory way of letting him know that such seasons'as the present` are very uncommon, few, and we can thankfully say, far between? If men would only look at the number of sett- . lers who have made large fortunes in Manitoba, men who went there with only enough money to pay their way and. now Own more acres than many a German baron, or grand duke, the danger to our welfare would be greatly lessened. We want men of British race and instincts as founders of this great country and we feel sorry that anythingsho uld „cool their intentions of coming to Canada. For their in- terests as well as our own we regret anything -which tends to turn them away. One year such as last would make upfor many unfortunate ones such as this has been and it is a great pity that the real facts are not known. However, we suppose the duty of - Lord Strathcona is to make plain to the intending British emigrant the facts concerning our Clithate and coun- try to which we are now calling the attention of our readers. It is in good hands and it cannot be in hands too good.' NOTES AND COMMENTS One -hundred Canadian invalids who served in the South African War left England on ,the Parisian last .Thursday for Canada. • • The amount of paid-up capital in- vested in electric railways in Canada is $21,700,000 and the number of pas- sengers carried in 1890 was over one hundred' and fora- million. This is equal to carrying every Man, wonaarl and child in the Dominion twenty times. The advance in the price of tea, due to the Chinese difficulties, is al- ready felt in the wholesale market. Dealers in tea anticipate a long wax in Chlea, and the marketis being adjust- ed accordingly. There are at preSent seven grades of tea that have advanc- ed from one to two cents a pound. It will cost a great deal more to import tea tlitin it diel last year. The Standard Oil Company has de- clared a dividend of 28 per centon its capital stock in thc last, nine months. Railroads have so discriintted in its favor that it can raise or lower its prices at will, and thus have croWded out every competitor.' The Cana din n priee, is now more tinin " double the .American for tlici same ((Mill ty of oil." 0 Setnd)-flous find pitiable sbite 01 ;Loa i , President. Ro t Voile r's yea il y inconiu. nearly (vials 1 hat ui all the gurop,,, Kansas Winter Wheat at Ontario Agricultural College. In 1893 the Ontario Agricultural College imported eleven varieties of winter wheat from Kansas, four from Indiana, one from Iowa,six from Ohio, etc., The Turkish or Turkey Red, re- garding which we are hearing so much at the present time, was one of the va- rieties imported that year and has therefore been grown at the College in eaeh of the past seven years. We again imported fresh seed of the Tur- key Red variety in 1896 and sowed both the Canadian and the Western grown seed in the autumn of that year. The results from -the two crops in 1897 were slightly in favor of the Canadian grown seed but were alraost identical, 'there being a difference of less than one peck in the yield of grainer acre. The armual report Of the Gntario Agricultural College for` 1898 gives the average of five years' results of tests with each of forty-eight varieties in , strength of straw, weight of grain per - measured bushel, and yield of grain per acre. It also gives the Compara- tive hard.ness of the grain of each va- riety as determined with an apparatus similar to one invented by Prof. N. A. Cobb Of Australia. The tabulated re- sults on page 131 are followed by a re- port of about 1000 words specially deal- ing with the relative hardness of the grain of the varieties there given, in - chiding the Turkey Red, the Dawson's Golden Chaff, and the Early Red Claw- son. Rather than recommend any one variety of winter wheat for Ontario, the College publishes from time to time the exact results of practical., ex- perhnen ts and then allows those inter- ested to 'make their own selection. The report closes with the folioNving remarks: ---"The .varieties which the farmers are likely to grow are those which they can usually harvest with the least amount of labor, and that will.produce thegreatest financial re- turns for their time and labor in grow- ing the crop. The requirements of the market, however, should be closely watched, and the aim should be to grow those varieties which will give the best results, and at the same time furnish that quality of grain for which there is the greatest demand. A care- ful study of the.results of our experi- nients with winter wheat will greatly aid in this selection. Workis now be- ing done in the Experimental Depart- ment with the object of improving the best varieties of winter wheat by means of careful selection and by cross fertilization." The College Reports are printed by the 'Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto, Ont., and are distributed. from there to all who apply for them. In the winter of 1898-9, from 85 to 80 per cent of both the Dawson's Golden Chaff and the Turkey Red va- rieties were winter killed. Both varie- ties, however, came through the fol- lowing winter in good condition. The following are the average results of the field tests for six years with both the Turkey Red and the Dawson's Golden Chaff: ot tIio yalue ot thtl Da e0 n G Olden Chaff variety. Within the past week the writer Invited millers ol Guelp Galt, Preston, Berlin and Bridgeport to pass judgment upon the compara- tive value of t WO varieties of winter wheat for milling purposes. Illiese were the Dawson's Golden Chaff and the Treadwell, both of which were grown at tile College this year. The judgments were mode separately and resulted in three of the millers select- ing the Dawson's Golden Chaff as the best and the other three selecting the Treadwell as the best wheat. The Treadwell sample must have been a good representative of the old time 'Treadwell wheat as Mr. S. J. Cherry. of Preston, 'who has been in the mill- ing business for many years, stated that he never SAW a better sample of the Treadwell wheat than the one shown him, and the Goldie Bros, of Guelph, considered it to be of extra good quality and, in fact, the very best of the 30 varieties of white Wheats grown at the College this year. In the autumn of 1898, Me. Peter Shirk, of Wraterloo County, imported a carload of seed of the Turkey Red variety of winter wheat from the State of Kansas, but as the wheat didnot reacli Ontario until very late only a sinall amount was sown that autuinn. A somewhat larger amount, however, was sown in the fall of 1899. In older to ascertain the results from growing Ibis wheat on different farms, the writer recently went to Mr. Shirk's place at Bridgeport and was "given the names of the persons residing near Bridgeport and Berlin who had grown at least a few acres of.the Turkey Red wheat this year. Six growers were called upon and the following gives the report made by each: Peter Shirk, 4 acres, very rich land, crop badly lodged,. 25 bushels per acre, abodt 64 lbs. per measured bushel. Richard Quicktall, 4 acres; killed out badly in spots last winter, very bad straw resembling barley straw, esti- mated yield 12 or 13 bushels per acre. Moses Betzner, 111- to 11-i acres, ex- cellent wheat land Whidh formerly yielded 50 bushels of the Fultz wheat to the acre, in 1899 plowed under a crop of clover and also applied farm- yard manure, crop leaned badly, yield of grain this year 125 bushels, weight Turkey Red Dawson's Golden 'Chaff Relative hardiness Hardy Hardy Strength of straw Weak sbrong Height of crop (inches) 42.848,7 Nature of head Bearded " Bald Date Of Maturity July 17 July 18 Amount of Rust Slight Soine , Color of grain Red White Weight of grain per meas.. urecl bushel (lbs.) 61.0 00.4 Yield of straw per acre (tons) 2.0 3.4 Yield of grain per acre . (bu, CO lbs). . 41.3 58.7 • The College Report for 1898 states that the grain of the Turkey Red was harder than that otany other variety in the crop, of 1806 and that the grain of the Turkey Red and the Pride of Genesee was the hardiest of the varie- ties mentioned fop1898., The Dawson's Golden. Chaff was referred to as a soft- er wheat, and the Early Red ClaWson, 18 being -the softer of the red varieties. Mr. Robert Ilarcourt, of the Chemical Department of •the College has been doing ,soine work Within ,the past two years in determining the -gluten con- tent and the bread -yielding power Of smile of, the'vflrieLies of winter wheat grown in On turf() and as the work eon. Limas Die results are hecominf, of Creased vain '(.4 ()Hong 'experienee ib torews • of Driminer Town • sy,11(.1,1,1 di fief), gi,e41s of grain per measured bushel from tlie nit -whine about 63 lbs. -Menno Bowman, 3 acres, clover sod, very weak straw being about one-half down, total yield of grain 80 bushels. Elias Kolb, 8 acres, corn ground, not as strong straw as some varieties, es- timated yield 30 bushels per acre. J. H. Shepherd, 3 acres, 'badly 'win- ter killed in spots last winter, straw crinkled like barley. It will be seen frbm , the foregoing reports that the results obtained from growing 'the Turkey Red yariety of wheat in Waterloo County at the On- tario Agricultural College are very similar. We have found from our' experiz. mental work with winter wheat that very frequently the season'has a much greater influence than' the variety in determining the quality ofthegrain. For instance the weightper 'measured bushel of the Turkey Red was 544 lbs. - in 1898 and 55-1 lbs. in,1897 and that of the•Da wson's Golden ' Chaff 'Was- 61.6 lbs. in 1898 and 53.5 sibs. in 1897: It will be remenibered that 1807 'there was an e.xeeptionally wet -harvest and that a large amount of wheat thrOugh- out Ontario was sprouted that.year. 'I understand that there was a large ex- port trade frbm Ontario of flour made from the wheat grown in 1897 and this inight have' something to do with the reputation of our flonriff the foreign Within the Past 'ten years, a good Madly varieties of Winter wheat have been distributed to farmers" through- out Ontario Who apPlied fpr them for testing upon their own farms. Great care has been taken in the selectiOrr of the varieties for distribution and some kinds such as, the Jones' Winter Fife, Bulgarian or Democrat, Pride of Gene- see, Diamond Grit, etc., have been sent out -owing to their quality rather ;than their yield of grain. Farmers have found, however, that all varietica would sell for about the same irice per bushel and therefore have grown those kinds from which, they could secure the greatest profit, hence the .greirt popularity of the Dawson's Golden Chaff with the farmers of Ontario: The varieties to he distributed this year .haye again been carefully select- ed and twosets will be sent free by mail to farmers applying for them who will carefully test the three kinds in each set Which they choose and will report the results after harvest next year. The seed will be sent out in the order in Nvhich the applications are received as long as the supply lasts: „ Set 1. Set 2. , Dawson's Golden Chaff Dawson's Golden Ohaff Early Genesee Giant Turkey Red - Stewart's Champion Red Diamond Grit Each person wishing one of these sets should apply as early as possible, mentioning which set he desires and the grain with instructions for testing and the blank form on which to report wilibe furnished free of cost to his address, until the supply of grain for distribution is exhausted. , ' 'Much additional information regard- , ing the value of the Turkey Red win- ter wheat for Ontario will undoubted- ly be secured this year. Not only will it be tested in the co-operative experi- ments throughout the Province but as several millers are importing seed from Kansas an opportunity will be afford- ed the farmers of Western Ontario ---to grow it in large quantities and the millers can then grind the variety by itself and thus be better enabled to de- termine its value for both the home and the foreign trade. 'Thes results will be watched with interest by both the millers and the farmers. C. A. ZAVITZ, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. Aug. 10th, 1900. A mysterious fire did about $5,000 hunage to tile. Ilamilton Lord Roberts reports that "the plot 0 carry him off was climMily inan- Aged, and that the ringleaders are :ill inder arrest. His Wonderful Nerve. . Alone sustained Editor F. IL Hig- gins, of Seneca, Ill,, when all doctors incl medicines failed to relieve his pain from piles. Then Bucklen's Ar- nica, Salve wholly cured hun. lntal- ible for injuries, Pains or Bodily Erup- tions. Cure guaranteed. Only 25e, box. Sold by all druggists. 'Brave Men Fall. Victims to the stomach, liver and kidney tronbles and feel the results in loss of appetite, backache, nervous - nes, headache and tired, run-down feeling, but, °Electric Bitters are ,just the thing for a man" writes J. W. Gardner, of Ildaville, Ind., "when he is tilt run down, and don't care whether he lives or diesit didi me more to give me new strength and good appe,, -Lite than any thing I could take. 1 can now eat anything iind have tt, DOW lease on life," Only 50e, Every bot- tle guaranteed by all druggists. ' ft 11 Remember this: No ()thee medicine has such a record of cures as Hoed's Sarsaparilla. When you want a good medicine, get Hood's. Charlotte Seaton, 21 years of age, of Oil Springs, committed suicide at Vic- toria Hospital, London, Monday after- noon. She had been a patient in the institution since Jtily 28, and was awaiting transfer to the asylum for the insane, nervous troubles having caused her to lose her reason. ,`,3he took her life by hanging. Working Overtime, Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers --.Dr. King,:s New Life Pills. Millions are always at work,night and day, curing Indi- gestion,Biliousness Constipation7 Sick 7 Headache and all Stomach, Liver `ad Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, sand sure. Only 25c: at all drug stores. ' Friday the fifteen -year-old daugh- ter of Patrick Quinlan, a, Douro far- mer, near Peterboro, was seriously, if not fatally burned, while lighting the kitchen fire. Being alone in the house, she rushed out flaming to the 'barn, where her father and mother were. She was horribly burned be- fore the father, who was also severely burned, extinguish ed the burning cloth- ing. Meanwhile the house had taken tire, and with its contents was totally destroyed. .-The girl was removed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and her recovery is doubtful. In The Jaws of A Lion. The gallant Major Swaine tells of being knocked senseless by a lion that lacerated his arm. His thrilling es- cape fromsthe jaws of death is only equalled by Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, which has saved thousands from desperate Throat and Lung troubles. "All doctors said my wife would soon die of Consumption," writes L. C. Overstreet, of Elgin, Tenn., but your wonderful medicine completely cured her, and saved her life." Satisfaction is guaranteed by all druggists who give trial bottles free. Large bottles 50c. and $1.00. THE SERGEANT'S GOLD. It Never Reached the siOttld Folks at Surgeon General Sternberg told a good story once, of an experience he had in the civil war. He said that when he' was,going Into the battle Of Bull Run the Irish sergeant raajor of his regiraent 'came to him with a big bag of gold coin Weighing three or four pounds and said: "Doctor, I know that I'm to he kilt, entirely, an I want you to take care Of this money an see that it gets to the ould folks at home." _ There was no time to remonstrate or to make any other rirrangement, and, dropping the bag into the surgeon's - lap, the Irishman hurried away to his place at the head of,,the column. All through two bloody days Dr. Stern- berg carried that bag of gold with his surgical instruments, and it was a bur- den and an embarrassment to him. He tried to get rid of it, but couldn't find any one willing to accept or even to share the responsibility, And he couldn't throw it away for the sakenf the "ould folks at home." Toward the close of, the second ,day the surgeon,. was taken prisoner. He lost his surgial, instruments and his medicine case, but clung to the, gold; and, making a belt of his necktie and handkerchief, tied it around his waist next to his skin to prevent its confisca- tion by his captors. During the long, hot and weary march that followed the rgoldpieces chafed his flesh, and his waist be -came so sore and blistered as sto cause himintense suffering, but he was botind' that the "ould _folks at home" should have the benefit of that money and by the exercise of great caution and patience managed to keep It until he was exchanged with other prisoners and got back to Washington. There he found his reglnaent in camp, and one of the first men to welcome'' him was the Irish.sergeant major, who was ib delighted' to learn that the doe - 'tor bad saved his money that he got, drunk and gambled it all away the first night. Prompt Answer. "My friend," said the long haired passenger to theyoung man in the seat opposite, "to what end has your life work been cllrectedr' "To both ends," 'was the reply. • hame the only first ele.ss hat and Shoe Store in our village."'—Chicago New. "Seeing is Believing." When you see people cured by A remedy, yOu Must believe tot Its ,•power. Look 'around, you. Friends, retah‘ves, neighbors all say that Hood's Sarsaparilla; America's Greatest Medicine, cleansed -the blood of their dear ones and they rise en' masse' to sing its praises:. There's nothing like it in the world to purify the brood, Sores—"My hearth was pcot and had A sore on one of rny'lirrib,s,' MY father thought I better try Hood's Sarsa- parilla, and I did so .and the sores are now all better. Whene,ver I do not feel Well I take' Iloores..;" Miss Nellie c4 Law, 7climonci, Quebec. 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If you have an old machine to exchange re can otter most liberal terms. Write to -day. Address in full. WHITE SIWING MACHINE COMPANY, (.Dep'l A.) Clevelant Ohio. Forsale 13°1/ S..MARTINI Exeter. Zurich: Henry Howald, son of B.-- THE HEALTH PROBLEM ,Howald, met with a painful but not serious accident last week. He was doing some repairs to his traction en-. gine and had neglected tde.,, properly close the throttle, when the machinery started and his toes of the left foot were caught between two cog wheels and severely crushed. His boot - was cut through. Mitchell: Another death has been added to the list, making four !last Is much simpler than is- sometimes supposed. Health depends chiefly up- on perfect digestion an15 pure blood, and the problem is solved very readi- ly by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Yon may keep well by taking it promptly for any stomach or blood disorder. Its cures of scrofula, salt- rheum, catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism and other dis- eases are numbered by the thousands. The favorite family eathartic is week. Mrs.sDavid Somerville died, on klood's Saturday, aged 63 years. A great port of her life was spent ip Mitchell; Mr. Somerville having 'located here in the 60's. She had been ill some time- and leaves if grown. up family, besides her husband. The funeral took place on Mondayto Knox church cemetery. Goderich: Williams, one of our -oldest residents, died on Tuesday after a long illness, aged 71 years. The deceased had been in the barbering businOs for a long period hut retired fiye years since, and for ,the greater part qf his retired lifehe had been suf- fering from a wasting away complaint. The funeral - took place Tuesday to Maitland cemetery, the rector of St. George's church, Rev. Mark Turnbull, being the officiating clergyman. The Merits of the Irishman. If any nation stands the cost, I think perhaps the English can; But if the field of fame be lost, They need not blame the Irishman. As men renowned, though not refined, They yet excel in many ways; When bravery is the test we find. The Irish get the greatest praise. When I have time to bestow, I'll show theiefailings if I can; I only write thaw to show ^ The merits of the Irishman. I need not point to Wellington, Or to the field of Waterloo To show what Irishmen have done, And what the Irishmen oan do. When Southern cities were besieged By Kruger and his Boerish elan Each city there it is alleged, Was guarded by all 111.01111:111. Great Britian has not need, I say, More worthy men in any station, And Trish Roberts is to -day Admired by men of every nation. Who captured Cronje in his den And foiled him in his every plan, Who could outwit five thousand MOD, Must be indeed an Irishman, _Ac?are Children Cry for prysdale: Again death visited our neighborhood and carried away as its victim one of our most promisingand highly respected young men,- in the person of Jacob A. Schnell. The de- ceased was but in the prime of life., be- ins- only 19 years 2 months old and -1 ' during that time was never known to be sick. His death caused a shock, even to the near neighbors, as he had been ill only four days. , His trouble was pneumonia,. His remains were taken to the Lutheran cemetery, Zurich, for interment, followed by a large procession. WI -IAT NOT TO SAY. Do not say, "T can't eat." Take Hood's Sarsaparilla and say, "I slit hungry all the time, and food never hurts me." Never say to your friends that you are as tired in the morning aS at night If they happen to be sharp they wi.1 tell you Hood's Sarsaparilla, cures tha,,is tired feeling. . Do not say, "My face is full of pim- ples." You are quite likely to be told by some one, "There is no need of that for Hood's Sarsaparilla, cures pimples." It is improper and unnecessary to say, " My health is poor and my blood is bad." Hoods Sarsaparilla will give YOU good blbod, and 'good health will follow as a natural consequence. BIRTHS. WILLIS. —In Stephen on August 8th the wife of James Willis, of a son. • DEATHS. PENNE:Y.—In Exeter, on August 11, • John 1? Penney, af-,ecl 81 years 8 months and 25 days. BoopEn—In Dashwood OD August, 12, Susanne:1i relict cif the late Sohn Hooper', aged 73 years. . HInts—In Stephen, on August 12, Al- berta, Alwinti Baker, beloved Wife Of Isaac „Hill; Ji',, aged 33 years, 2 months, 27 days. PRotrr---In Winchelsea, on August 11, WlIlia4n Charles Front, • aged 23 years, 5' Months. . children Cry l'or ,ti