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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-10-14, Page 6Page FREAK BASEBALL, PLAY. A Tin Can. Throw and the Shortest , Two Bagger on Reoord Freak plays make baseball humor. eine it inept Interesting. Some of these ,playa ate skid to be the result of quick, thinking,,, but as a matter of fact most of them are simply luck. says Arthur Macdonald in the Physical Ed- ucation Review. Curious things hap- pen. A. ball fell into a tin eau, aud, it ,being iUalDosgible to get it out in time, can and all were thrown to the base- man,. Another ball bit the end of a nail - driven through the opposite side of a fence and could not be got down until t all the runners scored, le A swift hit glances off the pitcher's hand, is snapped upby an infielder and thrown to first, putting the elan out. Redhot liners or grounders some- times hit the first or third base bag and glance away for singles or even two baggers.. The shortest two bagger known was when the ball grazed the bat. shot up a few feet and fell in front of the plate. As the catcher reached for the whirling ball it glanced from his glove and bounded back to the stand. and the batter made second easily. A center fielder saw a mitt in the .way of the shortstop and walked about sixty feet in to move it out of the way. when he heard the crack of the bat and saw a bot ball cooling straight at him. He could do nothing but try to catch it and did, to his surprise. But he was given credit by the crowd for being a great student of batters. THE VOICE AND THE STAGE. Being a Good Elocutionist Does Not Make a Good Actor. Of all the things to eschew, elocu- tion schools stand first. Actors should know nothing of the rules of elocution as taught in any school of which I have ever heard. 1 can always tell at the first glance whether an actor is a stu- dent of elocution. No good elocutionist was ever a good actor. That is, no good reciter—and elocution schools produce only reciters—is ever a good actor. Reciting and acting are two entirely different arts. The reciter is never natural, never can be. Awhile ago one of the most distinguished professors of elocution in America—be had the chair of elocution at one of our biggest uni- versities—came to be an actor. It was thought that he would be something wonderful because of his knowledge and gift of elocution. He went back to teaching. He could do that better than most, but his acting was bad. Ail the rules of elocution an actor ever needs can be obtained in singing les - SODS. Now. proper enunciation of words is a different matter. An actor should not have to be taught that. but if he does need it it is a pretty bad need, and he should never rest until be has lost all slovenly habits. Some of my friends think I am too severe on this point I am not. One cannot be too severe. It is clean cut work, perfect in ; is smallest details. that makes for perfect illusion on the stage, and I am always for such work.—Henrietta Crosman in Century. A Tragic Wedding Ring. A tragic story of a forgotten wed- ding ring is told in the "Lives of the Lindsays." He should have been at cburch when Colin Lindsay, the young ili,arl of Balcarras, was quietly eat- ing his breakfast in nightgown and slippers. Reminded that Mauritia of Nassau was waiting for him at the al- tar, be hurried to church, but forgot the ring. A friend present gave him one, - ie . he, without jookIpg ate placed on the'bride's finger: After the ceremony +,gas over the countess Blanc - et her hand and beheld a grin - ming death's bead on her ring. She fainted away, and the omen made such an impression on her that on recover- ing she declared she was destined to die within a year, a presentment that probably brought about its own ful- fillment, for in a few months the care- less Colin was a widower. Both of One Mind. Mrs. Stormyweather, who had been engaged in a somewhat prolonged and heated dialogue with her husband, beat a dignified retreat so soon as she found she was getting the worst of the argu- ment and turned her attention to cull- , iai'y matters as a balm for her raffled soul. "Jt;ne," she said, "I Want you to put on your things at once and go out and see If you can get me a plaice." 1.,.'Yes'm," replied Jane, with alacrity. "And while I'm about it I may as well look for one for myself, too, for I'm blest if I can stand the master any more than you.' —London Mirror. f star• Rerriorse, 4 A. legal journal tells of a trial in (which the following remorseful letter appeared in evidence: "Mr Bidwell: Dear Sir — This Is What I never e`tpect to come to. i it it is trouble, and ea one to help meg out So I want you to have this young woman Burgled. But mee, let me lay top of ground, for the Turkey Bni- aarde to eat, for I have did tong 7o•• taeph Bradley." What Landed Him There. "Illy good man, what are you fn. {prison tor?" "My convictlone" "Your convictions?" "Yes, MUM. If the jury bad acquits ted me I wouldn't be here.'--Detrolt Otte pies*. A ,order dory rune on *bet , lipid vee l every beM ale the wino se do 0 THE WINGHAM TIMES, ibmwh'ib'"vivw"-",wivivwiok-"Akvw•AiowiAk"0"e "The Customer is Always Right" i His is the text or mott of a great and famous department store in Chicago. It is an assertion of the customer's place of suprem- acy in the relation between buyer and seller. Any retailer who slights his cus- idea. Newspaper advertiseMents tomer is committing busin ss sui- give desired business news in the • cide. The cu•.tomer wants those ris..tht place and at the right time. who serve him or her to use the ' To ignore your customer's wishes newspaper as a vehicle for their ' in this matter is to commit a costly announcements of goods or service. mistake—far more costly than news - This is,,• the modern and right paper space. To the Merchants of „ Wingham Keep your eyes on your customers and humor them. It pays to do so. Keep very close to them—by means of advertisements in the weekly ' "Times." FOLLOW LEADERS HOUSEHOLD HELPS If you put ordinary blueing in the water for cleaning windows, you will find they will be polished much more quickly and will retain their brilliancy much longer. An apron made with a bib of table oilcloth is a great saver when washing dishes. Do not hem a heavy silence cloth, as the hem is apt to make a ridge under the tablecloth. Buttonhole the cut edges with white darning cotton. The water rice is cooked in makes an excellent foundation for soup. A small pinch of carbonate of soda in the water in which cabbages are boiled preserves the color of the vegetables and lessens the unpleasant odor while toiling. Always put a cauliflower in plain water so as to draw out any insects. If salt is placed in the water it kills the insects and they are left in the vegetable. Common baking powder is one of the best remedies for the removal of warts and corns. Bind on wet, and moisten the soda several times a day. The warts and corns will quickly disappear. To turn a jelly out of a mold without beaking it, try rubbing a very little of the best olive oil on the shape before pouring in the jelly. If you do this you. will never have another broken jelly. 1 Dr. R. G. Brett, of Banff, has been appointed Lieutenant -Governor of Al- berta, and R. S. Lake, ex -M. P., of Saskatchewan. DISC AFTER HARVEST Land in growing small grain is well shaded. The shading with the pro- tedtion furnished by the crop from winds, amounts in practice to a very effectual mulch so that loss of water from the soil by direct evaporation is almost reduced to a minimum. The only loss is the amount taken up by the plants. When grain is harvest- ed the soil is left in condition to lose water from two sources. First and most important is the loss of water through the growth of weeds; second on the heavier soils there is some loss by evaporation from the surface which causes contraction of the soit followed by more or less severe cracking. This' permits the air to penetrate further and thus dry out the soil to a consider- able depth. Weeds, however, are usu- ally the most severe source of loss at this period. To check the losses which occur from these causes it is the only necessary to stir the surface of the land with a disc harrow, double discing by lapping half, or the use of some of the heavier spring tooth harrows or, cultivators. Any- thing in fact, which will thoroughly stir the surface and kill the weeds will effect the purpose. These processes not only kill the weeds and prevent cracking, but they also protect the tilth of. the soil so thattplowing can be done more leisurely with the soil in better physical condition.—Alvin Keyser, Colorado Agricultural College. Petrolea Council by a majority of one decided to take over the electric light plant at $11,280 WHAT IS A WEED? In Farmers' Bulletin No. 660 recently issued from the U. S. Department of Agriculture a new definition for a weed is. suggested.. The author of this but. letin in discussing a definition of a weed, says: "A weed has been defined as a plant out of place. This definition s not entirely satisfactory, for two reasons: (1) Because a plant may be out of place and still not be a weed in the popular sense, as rye growing in a wheat field or Kentucky bluegrass in an alfalfa field, and (2) because a plant may not be out of place and still be a weed in popular language, as is describ- ed in a subsequent section of this bul- letin on the good points about weeds. In reality a weed is a wild plant that has the habit of intruding where not wanted." The okt definition by which a weed wan called a plant out of place, while a very catchy phrase, does not clearly represent usage. The )rundre,1s of wild plants which inhabit a field which is not planted to crops are in common usage called weeds; yet the vast majority of these plants are decidedly in place and serving a useful purpose through add- ing organic matter to an impoverished soil. While ordinarily all these benefits may be realized through proper rota- tions, in the absence of the practice of such rotations these wild plants serve a useful purpose, and are "in place", yet usage which invariably determines a definition decrees that they are weeds. They are weeds through the fact that they are wild and have the habit of in- truding where not wanted, even though they may at some time serve a useful purpose, 1 i0 Made in Canada Made in Canada The Sextette from LUCIA The Quartette from RIGOLETTO Both on one $1.5° Columbia Record Every person who owns a talking machine wants these two selections—the "Lucia" Sextette, and the "Rigoletto" Quartette. But, hitherto. one has had to pay anything from $3 to $7 to obtain them, but now they may be had on a Columbia (double disc) Record for $1.50. This record is equal in every way to the most expensive record on the market and this is your first oppor- tunity to purchase masterpieces of operatic. singing at such a low price. Call upon the Columbia dealer named below. Ask him to play them to you—also get the Columbia Record list for October. It includes the la test. songs and dances. HILTON HUNTER 'AGENT ONTARIO WINGHAM Q 0 0 ARMY BUGLES, Fashioned From Sheets of Copper by an Ingenious Process. 1 rom,start to finish the waldrg of au array bugle is a process of touch ingenuity a,ud interest. A bugle may not at first sight present a striking re- sembinuce to its cousin, the coach horn, but one is practically a curled up version of the other, ter before the bugle is bent into shape it consists of a narrow tube fifty -ono inches long. In the first stage of manufacture the bugle is cut out of sheet copper and rolled ed into two thio cylinders, technic- ally known as the "bell" and the "branch." The narrow tube, which is the "bell." is gradually shaped out on molds until the opening is the regular four inches in diameter. °It is then "..pun" on a wonderful machine, and an expert workman takes the rough edges off the copper. Both sections are afterward tilled with molten lead preparatory to the bending stage, and it is this sulld stufiiug which prevents the tube. breaking In the process and allows it to keep its shape. Thg expert workman. with the aid of a formidable lever and hammer, bends,the bugle into the, familiar shape, the lead being subsequently melted out,at a charcoal furnace. after which the instrument is sent ,off to the polishers. One of the most intricate parts of the bugle is the mouthpiece, which is made of nickel silver and turned out on a special lathe. With the mouthpiece fixed the instrument is ready for the testing room.—Pearson's Weekly. BUCK THE LiNE HARD. People Who Do Big Things Do Not Let Themselves. Be Held. It was on the football field at one of the large colleges. A big tackle bad been brought over to the varsity field from one of the class elevens. It was his first experience with the big team. He played a fine game until the other side bad the ball. Then he did not "break through" as he should. The coach finallystopped the play and went over to him. "What is the trouble? Why don't you get through?" he said. "The man opposite me is not playing fair. He is holding me," said the tackle. "If he holds you again I'll put you or the field!" flashed back the coach. Of course, as the tackle said. it is against the rules to hold an opponent unless he has the ball, but the coach wanted results and not excuses. His position was that a man ought somehow to break away; that no man must let himself be held. And that is true, no one ought to let himself be held. The excuse may be excellent, but a player, who is held is put out of the game as effectively as if be were off the. field. He might just as 'well be ori the field. The people who accomplish things worth while in the world are those who will not let themselves be held. There have always been things enough to hold them. They might have found excellent excuses, but they have not had to use any excuses.—Youth's Com- panion. Home For a Holiday. Some men on a borne holiday tinker all day long, others bring with them a great many books which they never read, and .the result in both cases Is that housekeeping becomes a pro- longed picking up. All men at home on a vacation eat a great deal more than other men or than at other times, but with the sole exception of the anomalous academic, who is always concerned for his gastronomy, they will eat anything and enjoy it and say so. A. man at home foi7cis holiday is al- ways. vociferously appreciative. His happiness is almost enough to repay a woman for the noise he makes and the mess, yet statistics could show that during any man's home vacation the women of the house" lose just about as many pounds as the man gains. But what are women for, or homes?—April Atlantic. Moore and "Lelia Rookh." It was in 1815 that Tom Moore set himself to produce his oriental ro- mance "Lana Rookh." The poem, sail the Pair Mall Gazette, was the subject of one of the, most curious agreements ever made between poet and publisher, Longman undertaking to pay Moore 8,000 guineas for an eastern poem and to take it for better or worse at any time that suited the author's convene fence and without any power to fug - gest changes or alterations. SUFFERED FROM Catarrh Of The' Stomach FOR 8 YEARS. Milburn's Laxa-Liver PIHs Cured Her. Mrs. Agnes Gallant, Reserve Mines, N.S., writes: "I take great pleasure in writing you. I have been a great sufferer, for eight years, from catarrh of the stomach and tried several, socalled, catarrh remedies without relief until a friend of mine advised me to try Mil - burn's Laxa-Liver Pills, which I did, and four vials completely cured me." Be sure and get Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills when you ask for them as there are a number of imitations on the market. The price is 25c. per vial, 5 vials for ;1.00, at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The t Milburn Co.. Limited, Toronto, Ont. FARE $225 Octeber 141h 19(5 TO CLEVELAND EVERY TUESDAY -THURSDAY -i-AND SATURDAY. THE STEAMER `.'STATE OF OHIO" (June 22nd to September 4t6) Leaves Port Stanley every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday nA0 P,g Arrives Cleveland rollewing morning Bae A. M, Leaves Cleveland every Monday, Wednesday and Friday` , , ' , ' , ' , ' , 11.00 P, 84. Arrives Port Stanley following morning (An Eaatern Time) Fare $2.26 one way $4.00 round tr,'p. 'Connections at Cleveland ABuf- f ale. Cedar Point, Put -in -Bay Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati Pittsburgh Wheeling and44points south of Cleveland. Ask your ticket agent for tickets via L. & B, L,ne. EXCURSION TO CLEVELAND—EVERY SATURDAY Steamer leaves Pon Stanley. Saturday. 11.00 P. M. and brinfe you back home 6,10 Tuesday morning, affording two days In Th. Sixth Largest Cry in the United Stater. Fare 12.2$ ger the Round Trip. For further Information address C. W. Plea,ence, Canadian Agt., Port Stanley, 0i8 w THE CLEVELAND do EUPPALO TRANSIT CO. CLEVELAND. 01410 joip r�if1. 14, TELLING THEIR AGE. A simole and accurate method for determining the age of hens and pigeons has been discovered by Victor Fortier, a poultry expert connected with the Canadian Department of Agriculture. In a fully -feathered pullet—that is a six to fourteen months' old hen—the first secondary near the avial feather is shorter than the others, and the quill is more central, bending in a short point, slightly promiment. There is only one secondary on each wing presenting these characteristics until the following moult, after which the second feather is also shorter, and rnore rounded than the rest. That is, after .the Fall moult in a fowl over eighteen months old (the feathers being fully developed), there will be found two secondary feathers presenting the characteristic markings, although the bird completes its second year only the following Spring. And the second moult that is, with a hen three or coming three —there are three shorter feathers in each wing. After each succeeding moult, one more feather comes in shorter. This charac- teristic is found to be more marked and more easily told with pigeons than with hens, but it holds good with all fowls, and is a marking that cannot he faked, manipulated or changed. Bearing these points in grind, with a little practice a poultryman can easily tell the age of his fowls after they have fully com- pleted the moult. A FARM BULLETIN BOARD. A practical Iowa fanner ljas sot up a farm bulletin board that he calls his store window, says Youth's Companion. It is a neatly -made blackboard with the name of the farm painted across the top and the name of the proprietor in smaller letters underneath. The board is divided into two sections, one being: - given over to articles of sale, the other to articles wanted. In order to attract the attention of those who pass the - farm the blackboard occupies a con- spicuous place near the mail box. It is interesting to watch the people. who go by. Just as anyone will stop to. loolt at an attractive store window,. whether he wishes to buy anything or - not, so the passers stop to read what is listed on the bulletin board.. Many city travellers who bad no thought of buy- ing stop, after reading the announce- ments, to get a few dozen fresh -eggs,. a pound or two of good farm -made. butter, some fruit or other produce. Not a few come back for more when.. they find that their first purchase was satisfactory..- The bulletin board also helps to sell stock and machinery no longer needed. When the farmer needs a new cow or some seed grain, he often gets track of it by means of the bulletin board. It serves a useful and practical purpose. both in buying and selling. Lady Juliet Duffl:is the finest lady shot in England. Her best record is 38. brace of grouse in one day.. PR-INT.ING AN STATIONERY We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants in r WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEIUES, WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS , PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYM G CARDS. etc We will keep the best stock in the respectivelines and sell at reasonable prices. JOB PRINTING We are in a better position than ever before- to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and: all orders will receive prompt attention.. Leave your order with us, wheel in need of LETTER HEADS BILi. HEADS ENVELOPES CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS NOTE HEADS 4 STATEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS - POSTERS CATALOGUES Or anything you may require in the printing^line. Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspapers and Magazines. The Times Office STONE BLOCK Wingham, Ont. • e