HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1922-6-1, Page 3Jimmy's Fishing Excursion.
Jimmy was spending the summer at
his Granclfathesee farm; a lovely
place, with 'eows and hoeees and. pigs
to thh ;.• bete thee' clay Jienine:
was not happy.
,
At the lower ,ense of, the atchard,
just beyond sthe stables there was a
ereelc. It wae mirrew strearn 'arid
yet it .was eldep .and very swift; and
it was fun' ofeinall fiSh.
Once Jimmy'suncle Ned had palsen
him. clown, to this little brook, that
went, singing so gayly„on its way to
the se.a, and had ellewed •him to fish
all one long afternoons and ever alter
that happy day Jimmy had but one
wish, and that was to play in the
brook; to Fraillinake heiseve ships, and
to. catch- inowe of the little minnows
ancl have Mary,the cook, fey them
for his supper, as ehe had that other
time.
But, because the water "ran so
swiftly, and was .so deep, it was not
safe for Jimmy to go there alone, and
he been forbidden to do so, over
and over.
Yet this afternoon; the longing be-
came SO, unbearable that the 'Small lad
••felt he could 'not endure it, and so
--very quietly he went to the barn,
foundthe long willow fishing. pole
Uncle -Ned had fixed for him, and
creeping past the ltitchei door, so no.
DUO WOUld. see gum, he hurriedaway
clown the .gardei path, and through
the erehaael to the ereeile.
For a 'long time after Jimmy reach-
ed the old willow tree, whese branches
reached nearly across the stream, ha
was very careful, and, he kept, away
from the edge of the water; but soon,
in bhe excitement of 'catching min-
IlOWS, he began to grow eas:eless, and
leaned farther andfarther over the
edge of the bank, in his attempt:to
throev his line int -a a deeper pool, at
the farther side.
Jimmy's Uncle Ned had told him of
a big, wary trou,t that lived in that
pool and he thought "If I can only
satch that whopper, I guess they well
think I am big enough.to go fishing
by mys.ele, and won't they he sur-
prised when I take him home:" But,
like so many others', Jimmy was
"counting his chickens," for as he
balanced on a brancb of the willow,
,efiee tot, the branch bent slightly and
cl threw heck his aem to make ang cas
h3 trying to regain his, •balanee, ,Tim-
my fell with .a plash eight in the
middle of the swiftly flawing vate1.
As he fell he gave one loud cry,
and then he was 'whined away 's the
,cmgent ro1iing ,him over and over, so
that he had, to chance to sevino—for
Jimmy had been Seaming- to swim
that summer.
Somewhat stunned,, and dreadfully
frightened', Jemmy was fast losing his
senses, when he heard a shout, and
through a Vie he saw A figure run-
ning at OP speed down, the -bank.
"Hold on, old chep,• I'm earning,
-Uncle Ned called as he smarted, ahead,
=Mpg for another willow that grew
ever the creek lower down; and as
Jimmy, sputtering and gasping, went
sailing by Uriele Ned bent a long
branch of the willow tree right down
Ln front of him, and shouted "grab it
boy, grab it." Jimmy did grab it, and
held on with all his strength. It wae
only a moment heloee Uncle Ned" had
him dripping and shaking, on the
bank.
"Well," said Uncle Ned", as, he hur-
ried Jimmy towards home. "How do
you like fishing by your lonesome, had
fin enough to make it pay?"
"No," chattered Jimmy, "PH never
ren away ,and go fishing alone again;
hut after all, Uncle •Ned, if I hadn't
been nearly "droevned, you would never
have had the chance to be a hero by
saving
"That's all right, Old Timer, but
(1011't' you ,g0 Off 011 any more solitary
excursion's, just on my account; I'd
rather be a plain every -day farmer,
than be scared to death, any day; and
it was lucky for you that•I happened
to miss you, and looked for that fish-
ing pole, CT you'd be floating over the
dam about now." .
"Just the same I hope I can catch
that big trout," said Jimmy, as he
was -tucked away between blankets,
and made to swallow a big dose of
ginger tea.
"Perhaps you can," said 'Uncle Ned.
"I think you h,ave been punished
enough for disobedience this time; but
next -time I will go along, when you
try DOT him. I WaS jut 'hunting you
up, to ask if you would like to do to
the Lake and catch real fish., when I
missed you this afternoon."
"Oh, Uncle Ned," wailed Jimmy,
"and now I ca,n't go. Pll never, never
run away again as long as I live. It
don't pay a little bit, and I did so
want to go to the Lake.t; • ..
DM kir INDUSTRY
OF CANADA
RECORDS CREATED DUR-
ING BRIEF HISTORY.
Type of Dairy Animal Pro-
duced in Canada is in
Universal Demand.
No sooner does Canada turn her
hand to seine new phase of egrieule
tural endeavor than ,she aehieves un-,
qualified success in the. departure and
proeeeds to create records.This has
been repeatedly illustrated in her
brief history and lie* the Dominion,
in agricultural phases previously 'con-
sidered impossible to her soil and
climate, has surpaseed tilde; countries
where agriculture has-been an estab-
lished industry for generations. It is
not long since Canada commenced her
departure from the tremendous cattle
herds and huge wheat fields which
formed the general toneeption of suc-
cessful agriculture and by diversify-
ing with dairy cattle made a hid for
dairying fame, but *Greedy she has ac-
complished phenomenal things in this
direction, expeeting dairy products
where previougy she imported, and
meeting on what has come to be an
equal footing of quality the old estab-
lished dairy countries of the world.
With the interest awakened in dairy -
beg, Canadian farmers, as is typical
of all their activities, were satisfied
with netheing but the beet, •and set
about producing the best dairy cows
possible, in which laudible -work they
received the active co-operation of the
governments. They have now develop-
ed heeds 'which are considered second
to none on the globe, and each year
Canadian animals are "purchased by
other eouretries to build up their owe
erde. Every year sees Canadian
qytereibred dairy •stock purchased by
farmers in the United 'States. They
have gone to Australia, Jap,an, Peru
and the West Indies, Holstein stock,
first imported from England, has had
Its progeny bro-ught back to Improve
British herds, For a country of such
reeent dales!, developirient this is a
very creditable sliosving,
Alberta, Cow Sets .Pace,
Though from the. outset Camtdian
dairy pro election records coM pare cl
Very favorably with these of all dairy
countries there was nothing signal
about them until "Rosalind of Old Bas-
ing," a Jersey of Red Deer, Alhetta,
'On DOT herself the disthietien of be.
Mg the champion aeleth toev e.1" -eke
Ri steel), letnarzta, rrhiat the Dominion
-experienced the gratificetio.n of true
aceomplishment and felt' justifiably
proud. On a test conducted over three
consecutive years her highest milk
yield -for one day was:52 lbs., for one
month 1;4711/2 lbs.., and ' for one year
15,700 lbs. The average test for but-
ter fat was 5.16,per.cent. and she pro-
duced in one year 1,031.$9. , The ac-
tual returns• for cream and skim milk
from this ?queen of cows •in the three
Years was $1,007.50, which it must be
remembered, was in a time when but-
ter prices were very much lower than
they ai4 now and a thousand dollars
had greater representative value.
.
This •,achievement stimulated Can-
adian dairymen to emulation and
Peitreedethe 'vvay to yet 'greater things.
liater • -Bella Pontiac, a Holstein-
Freisn, -owned by -T. A: Barron, of
Brantferd, Ontario, left •the Alberta
cow , behind .and made -a world milk
production record under the official
teat of the 'Helstein-Freisan Assoeia-
tion. Jntwelve months shep reduced
a total of .27,0.17 pounds of butter; 1,-
259 pounds of fat; and 1,573.75 pounds
of butter. This was far in excess of
any worlds milk record,pre,viouslyeset,
though since surpassed, and entitled
'Bella Pontiac, for some-tirnee to the
title.of the worlds record, cow. ,
No another Canadian,cow,has risen
to fame setting a new Canadian re-
cord for combined' milk and butter
production which also, from the stand
: -
point of strictly official •tests, is a
;world record. This cow is De Kel Plus
Segis•Dixie, of Vaudreuil, near Mont-
real, Quebec, which in. 1921 produced
32,632 pounder of milk and 1, . 439 pounds
of butter. The test was conducted
under the super -vision of chief inspec-
tor C. S. Wood and. R. S. Hamer, Do-
minion 1.ive stock commissioner.
Neither in milk alone or butter alone
is Dixie's record a Canadian one, but
for combined production she is the first
in Canada. Only one cow has sur-
passed this reCord in the world, Sege!!
Pieterje Prospect, of the Carnation
Farms, and thie WaS effected uncle.r
merely semi-official tests and not un-
der the eye of a government official
so that the Queibe•c cow might with
justification claim the worlcl'e com-
bined butter and milk production re-
cord.
An Unquestioned World Record,
Since the Vaudreuil coves tine
achievement a world record in another
elites has been made by a heifer "Echo
Sylvia T lugs" owned ley W. D. Wrilit
ef Broeltville, Ont., evihich holds the
world's charnpionship for :butler and
milk produition for a heifer with first
ealf. This yerung animal, born in
1919 in seve,n • days produced
505,5 pounds of milk and 86.114 ..e,,,ascaenesi
of better, and in thirty c'eaaee 2280.5!
pottery of milk analegfer,ao paellas, of
een,
1 mew fonieereaa. aid Caaaelian
pooeluetion reeere hae beim sot by !he
Ay -reboil e "Buttercup of Gleehohn'
owned by Prof. J. D. Clark, euperin-
eendeet of' the Experimental Station
at Ottawa, which under a 305 -day te5t
prodaccil 16,444 ,pounds of milk and
062 enende of,fat. the milk production
beim?, -4.00 pounds in 0X003S of any -pre-
vioue record.
• Canada is not particuleely eonscrned
thQ Mattes of claiming the world's
receed being eully'conseious that she
is realiaing what she eet out to ac-
complish in establisaing• a thriving
dairy inclusiey. Prodeetion is increas-
ing rapidly, especially in the Western
pc evinces, mid the Canadian products
have Ecimul great favor, in. the face of
strenuous • cernpetition, on foreig•n
markeee: The type of dairy animal
Canaelaeleas produced is in universal de-
mand and indevidual production re-
cords are equal to those achieved else-
where.
Pla.nt a Tree.
He who plants a tree
Plants hope; .
lierotlets up throughfibres blindly
geene1
Leaves unfold into horizons free;
So man's. life must climb
From the clods, of time
-Gate heavens enoblime.
Canee thou prophecy, thou little tree,
What th.e glory of thy -boughs, shall be?
Ho Who, plants a tree
Plant•s a joy; _
Plants a comfort that will never cloy.
Every day a fresh reality,
Beautiful and strong,
To whose shelter throng
Creatures, •blithe with song.
If thou couldst but ltnow, thou happy
tree, .
Of the bliss that shall inhabit thee!
..- • ,•-
Ma,chinery, lhat ,.)ctems
,„„
Aluiost Human
Althoug•hethe making of a phi is
not such a compliceted inatter as the
mantileieture of needles, it pessee
through many processes before it is
ready for the market.
in the latest Mai -novel method of
-making pins, red copper and zine are
put into a erucible, arid the amelgam
obtained by fusingthe two metals is
ran into moulds to form oval plates.
'Phe plates are sheared and then cut
into wires. While being cut they are
held fast by messive clamp, At this
etage a device' similar to a g'lazier's
diamond is driven down upon the
plateby a simple truck -like machine
consisting' of four grooved wheels and
a pulley and lvain.
While the plate is held in position
by the clamps, its outer edge rests
against the ,tangent of tsvo circular
shears, which turn mechanieally in ap-
posite elh•ections. The machine starts,
the shears svark; and the wires receive
their points and are cat into square
sections, which are seized by workmen
and hooked on to one of the shear
Poets. A man draws the plate along,
and the shears force it to turn.
While the shears are paring the
plate into the required shape, a sixty -
pound weiklit drags the truck along,
pressing on the shears. The shears
cut •all, the time until the plate is par-
ed to a diameter of forty-five milli-
metres. Then the wire from tha
square se:Aeons' does to the wire -
drawers, where the ends are pointed
by file or hammer.
Later the wire is straightened,
drawn, and turned. It presents its ex-
tremity and is met by a little mallet,
which gives it the three short, slia,rp
raps which ferns its head. The fully -
formed pin wire is now cut into sec -
He who plants a tree, tions. AS the sections are cut they
He plants peace. fall on to a g-rooved slide. The
Under its green curtains jargons groove catches the pins by their
cease; heads, and they are manipulated by a
Leaf and zephyr murniur, soothingly; 'long, rapidly revolving moulder.
Balm of slumber deep.
neaact,reae-s, soft elite, sleep
Down tired eyelids creep,
Never haat thou dreamed, thou blessed
Of the benediction -thou shalt be.
He who plants a tree,
He plants youth;
Vigor woe for centuries in sooth;
Life of time that hints eternity;
Boughs their 'strength upeear;
New shoots every year
On old growths appear:
Thou shalt teach the ages, sturdy tree,
Youth er soul is immortality.
He who plants a tree,
He plants love,
Tents of coolness spreading out
above
Wayfarer,s he may not live to see.
Gifts that gro-w are best;
Hands that bles.a are best;
Plant! Life does the rest.
Heaven and earth help him who plants
a tree,
Anti hie work its own reward shall be.
—Lucy Larcom, 1824-1893.
The Queer Congo.
In Congolese'', men do the sewing
and wash the clothes and women farm
the !crops And sell ithe produce. Men
alone are permitted, to take snuff,
whilstethe women smoke tobacco far
more potent than the strongest twist.
A Congolese bride wears her wed-
ding -ring „orethe lege not on the-enger.
It is not made of gcad,.but of brass,
and may weigh' anything up to thir-
teen pounds! ''
Eat Meat °nix, 9,n,Holidays.„
- Greeeee there:are:, hundreds of
families who never . ta,ste'ineat during
the entire yeare-xcept on-New-Yea,r's
Day and at Easter.
The pin is then pushed away from
the machine from behind, elrawn back,
and then forced forward, revolving as
it moves along. As the pin advances
along the screen or sieve, its body lies
almost wholly on the runner. When
it reaches thesend.of the long screen
it falls 'into ±e.box sale& has been
set to catch it.
May.
May is such a pretty girl—
She fastens in. her hair
The pink a apple blossoms
And the white of slimmer pear.
She has the mos•t elusive scent
That any girl could use;
She owns a ,gorgeaus sunset sky
OE many different hues.
She robes herself in softest green—
That's most, becoming, too,
Although the changes her goNya
Are -really vel'y
May is such a clever girl—
She knows the way to blend
The colors in her centrepiece
Just so they won't offend.
She's truly very kind Of heart
And trims the poorest lots
With something as exquisite as
. The blue forget-me-nots.
But when her lovely Centrepiece
Is all complete and line,
Her sister June will come along
And change the whole design.
—Nan Terrell Reed.
Sad Give -Away.
Mrs. Hibrow—"Did the Earl you had
to dinner last night bring his coronet?"
Mrs. Newrich—"I didn't even know
he could play one."
Children have to acquire a taste
for sweets.; et is net one of their na-
tural traits., says a scientist.
How Biggest Diamond Was Polished
The wonderful skill and ingenuitsr
of the diamond workers, whichensrol-
ves the iStraoet delicacy of workman-
, .
ship, has never better been illustrated
than in the pollshirig of the biggest
of all diamonds—the famous Cullinan,
presented to the late King Edward
VII. by the owners .of the Kimberley
mintwasesinii)rYtoc
'(ecuetstseAfrica.
Ileave-the stone
in three pieces so as to remove the
two Very had flassre. This cleaving was
•accomplishecl first by •malting an in-
cisio.n in the stoneesvith a diamond
cutting saw at the poin.t where it was
to be eleaved and fallosving the grain
(all diamonds have a grain) to a
depth of one-half to threeepiarters of
an inch.
Befere this cleaving operation was
undertaken crystal ,models, were made
and elaved to leaerr, as far ascould
be ltreeern, just •what would happen
when the ,sameproterse was applieci to
the real stone. '
When the ineistion had been made
the cleaver inserted into the slit a
epeeially conetrueted knife loldde Made
of the finest ,steel, and then with a
thielc steel red streek it a harel blosv
and eat the stone in twain' exactly at
the point where it was propesed it
should he tut, It Weeen exceedingly
well executed piece of work.
The cleaving of, eliaMond is hot
alegaes accompliehed along the line
11 18 intended, and it not infrequently
happen's that,-ffi cleaving 'a stone it
fliee •'inte a great number of pieces,
the Oullinan stonchaeing been sue -
usefully plit the next arid final (mere -
tion WaS "the the most diffi-
cult arid nieeel. part of, ehe climbed
cutting. This huge gem was polished
on a disk made of cast iron and
steel, revolving at the rate of twenty -
Pier hundred -revolutiens a minute.
The diamond was pressed down on
this disk, which was liberally 'supplied
with a, mixture of diamond dust .and
oil, by weights of from fifteen to
twenty-five pounds, and the disk was
constantly turned from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
every. day for eleven months before
the polishing was eampleted
The Cullirran is many times larger
than the Excelsior, the next largeet
.diamoncl in the world. The Cullinen
'in the rough weighed 3,027 carats.
The part of the stone en the mill, when
finished, weighted between 500 and
600 carats.. The actual commercial
value of the stone is about $2,500,000,
but its unique, character makes it
peactecally priceless. .
When -the Cullihan Was fourtch it was
a problem of the diamond eompany to
decide what te do with it. Its, mere
eize over one and a half pounds,
made it unmaelcetable ancl Unsalable,
a.nd to cue it up into small pieeee
would. destroy nab only its intrinsic
value but its sentimental value. The
diamond therefore remained in the
Vaelts•of bhe company for nearly three
ears when it was' decided to present
it to the King of Great Britain on the
annivereary of his •sixty-sieth birth,
In the rough the stohe• was valued
at about $1,000,000, and about this
priee was actually paid namely $400 -
000 ant!, $600,000, representing 60 per
cent. oe the ineereet the Goverrunent
-of the Trauserial had therein . on aa -
count of the fact that the government
Was en,titled, to this percentage of the
output oe all diarnemel, naines of Sotith
Africa.
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Migratory Birds Convention Act
The Act respecting certain conven-
titaant es sf
or th
betweene- protection
,o
aioandf tihmigratory t yd
States
birds which was ratified at Washing-
ton in December, 1917 and is sum-
marized, with amendments, in a gov-
ernment paper iseued last fall, is be-
ginning to make itself left. At least,
so says Mr. Jack Miner, student of
wildlife and Dover of the great out-
doors, who, on his farm near Kings -
villa, Essex County, Ontario, some
years ago set aside an area as a
Riede Saneteary.
Briefly, the Act defines the opening
and. closing dates for shooting migra-
tory birds or the taking of their
eggs and nes.ts, the bag limits, the
closed season, the kinds of guns and
appliances permitted sportsmen, the
penalty fee violating the law and the
names of the birds that come within
the protectory clauses of the Act. It
is designed to protect and propagate
the birds during the mating -and
breeding season and obviate their ex-
tinction both north and south of the,
international boundry, leaving to
sportsmen and those who depend.rupon'
the game for food. supply, opportunity
to inclulg.e their purpose.
Mr. Miner—or "Jack" as he likes to
be called, bases his assertion on the
number of wild geese and ducks which
annually visit his Sanctuary ponds.
"Since the Aet went into effect," he
declares, "I have noted the steady in-
crease in the number ef birds that
come to lato-u
.:drn With me. The first
year—some years ago,—I definitely
offered protection and feed to these
birds, seven only visited me; but they
mine back the following one with
eleven others and year by year,
they
returned in increasinm
,g nubers un-
tie this spring between three and
four thousand are now to be found
on the SanetearY. I attribute the
great increase in the last three years
to the' Migratory Birds Act."
Mr. Miner, who is a.philosopher as
well as friend of bird and beast, is an
enthusiast on wild -life econeervation.
ch
From ildhoed he has lived..on the
farm he now occupies, which in hie
youth was uncultivated: forest land,
and mingled daily with the wild thireg,s
of the woods. „ He has made friends
with them and ceine to understand
them. "When you kill a bird in the'
spring," he says, "you're depleting
bird life; you're taltin.g a mate away
from some ether bird and wiping out
uneold, uribern familtiee. It is a moral
crime for anyone to kill any bird at
mating or hatching timee" and he
faithfully practices -what he preaches.
About ten acres of the farm is set
aside as the Sanctuary and protection
is extended. for two miles on either
side. In this area, Mr. Miner made
an artificial pond and scattered tern
on the banks and the -shallow 'bottoms.
Last year, 7,000 bushels (on the cob)
were fed to them, and now, year -after,
year, in increasing numbers, in the
early spring and late fall. he is visited
by his feathered friends. They know
him and trust him. Sportsmen who
haae attempted to -approach wild
geese near enough for a s.ucce kill,
know the difficulty of aceomplielidn,g
GREATEST OF STARC
PRODUCERS.
Jerusalem Artichoke Rapk0
Far Ahead Of Potato --Beet
Takes Second Place.
Some interesting •• statistie% hasel
been • geth.ere Mataieeea*eto-efeeschau °
tive setidie 'cl•";;Vilarhis from, a paw
Point of view, Taking fimee epectee
that are of, eeenoinieetneertanae—
othaf vtaiilet,e tthoe teiTegebtuamblakne, raceoretiteileetliej
vestigaitea• hoe assembled th,em in hie
agrieul•tural "laboratory and • determine
ed. with 'definite •accutaey thee); efficie
eney, , 6
1 -le has considered them 'as if: they
were to ThaTity wet:leers if the farm,.
aseettaining by experiment:eel-est how
much each costs and how laugh it pro-,
duces. The ohjeet has been to asce,r-
tain how much in velee 4t take e from
the soil to accomplish the result. Thie•
learned, it is easy to saike a balance
and determine the amount of profit,
These statistic's show that the ewer,
efficient of all economic elents ie the
Jerusalem artichoke, This valued
vegetable produces on an acee of good.
land about 7,127 pounds. of ,staeeh. and
Other, digestible substances. It takes
from the soil incidentally *26 worth
of materiel. Hut the difference be-
tween consumption and Pro.duction, 111
teemof value, is $116.
Best Workers for 'Titan.
One might imagine that the potato
-would e aseay bu e Leet next, with an output of 6,884 pounds
of digestible eutbstan.ces to the acre,
tilting $43, worth et'marterial mit of
the soil, and yielding a balance of $112.
Third is corn, which prochices 4,652
pounds ef digeetible !Substances, con-
suming $17 worth ef niatelial and giv-
ing a balance on the ,eledae side ef $10i
for the acre. .
These me the most efeleierit then-
omic plant, the best wcrkeis for man.
The potato is :fourth, taking $4 svcrils
of material ,out of the soil soss eaee
acre planted, it yiehle 4,440 emends cf
digestible substances (nearly all
sta-rch) and ;shows a hal,anee $7e.
their purpose, know the sagacity and Rice gives 2,254 pounds, taking e5
intelligence of the species. Yet Mr. worth from the land, and allows [1
Miner walks carelessly amongst them balance of $45-
and • isrings his friends and visitors
with him.
Wintering along the shores ot the
Gulf of Mexico, the coasts of Florida.
and the snouth ef the Mississippi, wild
geese migrate noethaveeds in the
up t th t conies
Peas produce 1,864 pounds. deawine:
on the ,bank to the extent of $2 asel
give the farmex a clear $40 to the sere.
Carrots yield 4,198 pounds and sliesv
an ex-penditure of $17 worth of plant
food and a margin ef $63 to the gond.
early spring to breed in the vicinity of Rye affords an output oe 1,824 panes
Hudonand Jame;Bay, Labrador and oi netenrients at a cust of $i.0 to tae
Baffin Land. In the couxse of their soil and furnishes a profit of $20. A
long flight they descend to rest on
ponds and lakes wherever night finds
crop of crimson clever withdraws frera
them and prior to the passage of the tw
Migratory Birds' Act, were slaughtmaterial cons,uneee by barley. the land hardly more than one
them
quantity. This slaughter Tenhietriegtrheaotfestthoet gatlilensttitale:thley.
ofprIradluucaleeirse
rreov, to -a great extent, alas been
ed
is the JerUsalem eirte•chalie, which in
eliminated. " this respect isfar ahead of the potato.
Their food value to those who lige Fer each acre cf land it yields a
in what rre known as, the Barren .greater quantity ef nutrients than the
Lands of the North is great arid after potato liY,consiclerably more than ane -
third. The deet conies 'next to the)
artichoke as a starch producer and
next in order Indian corn.
Gifts From, 'Battersea.
The Maryseend Heerys efeBeattersea,
one of the neer eeetions of London, ,
determined to present wedding gifts
to Princees Mary and to her prospec-
tive hushariele Vesecurit Lasecellee,
Twente-four 1ittle Marys, says an Eng-
lish writer, beautifully clean and
as emart as they could make them-,
selves, -went to the entrance to Backe
ingharn Palace, where four of them
were chosen to present the gift, which
was a prettyeachet ornamented with
artificial pearls and with attractive
designs in painting
This was the presentation address:
"Dear Princess Mark.We who all
Hewitt ef Ottawa „a•nd Dr. Remedy of accept this little gift, made with our
have the name of Mary, ask you ta
New York, that the leligratery Bird °°gwihrfen163te'tl'arannedso,%'. 11±±Wisets:elnlveloi'syhcouuYI:buo.lerjdoydl'olnavgte
Act came into exiatenee. from Battersea" and this love will fee -
the breeding season,- when moulting,
thousands are ,easily killed and laid
away in the frozen ground' for future
consumption.
Mr. Mifierelsoan.ying on his altruis-
tic work fiemi the sheer love of it.
increasing the -size of his••Seine-
tuegy to one hundred acres, handling
the aetite adtainietration, of his farm
and brick and ,tileoplant to hs sons,
arid is goingeto devotehallehisqime a -rid
enerdyto the welfia-e of the binds.
Ilesgeows his-owncorn for feedpur -
poses and While ,helsiee in receipt of
small annual egresits from the Do,:
minion and Ontario geverriments, his
books show a deficit. Hie"-qatkiple and
propaganda is making, eteell felt en
windening cireless and the demands for
his lectures feoiii points isebeeth.,Can-
ada and the UnitederStatee aie steadily
increasing. Itis due to the efforts of
bird lovers betle north .and ,seirth • of
the boundary," :the ia,te Dr. Gordon
Germs Pass Through Walls.
Five hundred monkeys have been
used in the last three years in experi-
ments by which the yaceine now in
use against pneumonia has been de-
veloped.
This has been part of n•ational re -
Search svotk on the •subject ocE in-
fluenza and pneumonia, which, accord-
ing to Dr. W. H. Park, of the New
York Health Department, has proved,
amongst other things•, that the invest.
unidentified organism •that causes
influenza can pass through a stone
waitFh three years the Department has
kept under observation 6,000 vaccinat-
ed and '8,000 unvaccinated persoes.
There have 'been two eases of pneu-
monia am.onget the _s-aceiriated, and
tsvelve amongst the unvaccinated. ,
The monkeys, have been brought in
as they were needed froin South Am-
erica and Africa, and the experiments
have been carried out in Washington
"aDti\TY
. H.°:Prka‘irl'c :tatie that two' sub-
.
etancee were used' hypodernucally 111
be -
thing
e treatment vaatmeneceinof aidth
f pnenumoei.a1
n,4olenrb
e the he.
serum talten from- a horse that had
been inoculated with pneumonia.
The serum was generally admitted
to be a useful aid in the treatment
of emus/Ionia, but these was some dif-
ference of opiniosi regarding the vac-
cine.
When a person suffering from pneu-
monia is inoculated -with the vaccine,
a ehioll is produced, which tometimes
throws off the disease.
The experiments 011 monkeys show- sending the Princeas a gift, made by
ed that when the animals were vac- themselves. We, who have name
eined they did not get pneumenia, of Harry, want you to have a gift
even though they might be inoculated from us. We thought hard what to
w
ithIf ttlhieeY'gewrem, were not vaceinated they saenneld dYeeouo.re-Wteae hitavweimtl:cliQlaavaeri'gaarrci13:43;'
did get the disease when seeeakeeete bands, Collected by us from gentlemen
and useally died. but that did mot who smoke. We have so nanch enjoyed
mean; said Dr. Park, that experiments making the .gift for yeti. Please take
on human beings would show the eame it, for it brings OUT hest wishes fee
results. Chnetnnas and the marriage day."
IOW you wherever you .go." •
The gift of the Haerys to Viscount
Laseelles was a cigar box that they .
had decorated artistically with ,bande
from cigars. The letter that .aeocist-
p•anied it read: "Dear Sir. The girls ,
of Battersea who are named Maw are
Mother Thoughts.
I would go proudly .
Ansi ,bow my head aio more.
,
How can I svalle humble/ '
• Before High God, • '
Bearing on my ehaulderee
This ibitheasuesible load?'
My burden of tthe lose of
S0 great it 18,, and SOTO,
I Meet go proudly',
And how- my betel no more.
—Martha M. F,
Goad bargaining maItiss
purse,
Jellied Fish,
The newest method of p -reserving
fish is to cut it into pieces of euitable`
size, pack it in a cern, and MI the lat.-1
ter with hot fluid seset-mose gelotiv.1
The gelatin cOole ,anti solidifien T4t
M. -'0'N Above A00 tlegTeek. "The talro
eAn ie Attaled and cooked. When it $14{
opened, Hee coneemer 'finds the
tents an tett-motive peoparetlee of
tooked bah in jelly.
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