HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-5-19, Page 3• 7.•
My alteltudy.
Jelit.tWe NYealtel from my big Sall out with MY
first e weethear Luciudy,
Mindy, My Melludy, tell me "Yes
Ail' the atmosphere wee Windy, 'way frona Po.
kuroville to Indy,
Windy with the breezy music of eternal bless
educes.
AU' She Said it fair an' squarely, an' not " Call
again " or `May be,"
An' a New Jerusalem. glory lit the fier an'
, Wilderness,
An' the stm burst out in leughten like the
round face of a baby,
'VV'en Meliudy, my Melandy, tor me "Yes V'
Ike a twenty million orcheetra, away beyond
all conntina
hetbdol,lobulohled oyes in a ulnae water -
An' 1 felt jilat like aanountin' on the inectill'
house an' shoutin'
That Paradise was open, with admission free
to all.
Each grass blade in the noodcler was a string to
Natur'sfiddle,
Tliet Was played on by the iephyrs with a
velvety caress;
. An' orNatur's jin ts were limbered, an' she eaeln
ayed down the middle,
'Wen Melindy, my Melindy, tor me "Yes !"
Ase the angels played se bully thethe music
reached the gateway
An' came spillin through the op, nin , and a-
singin' down to earth --
Came a-singire such a great Way thet the un
vcrse Shoutijf iTifigragulti.aerlem'tion of a, holy
secon' birth; -
_eau" I -I set a -straddle on the ridge pole of
creation,
Ate only flt to holler in iny hootin' happiness.
W'en Melindy, inyMehiody, filled my heart 'ith
jubilation,
Wen Melindy, my MelindY, tor me "Yea!"
-Yankee Blade.
Materials of a Story.
Inlet a friend of mine the other day
gpon the platform of a West End car;
We shook hands, and myfriend began'to say
Quickly, as if he were not going for.
Last summer something rather in your way
Came to my knowledge. I was asked to see
A young man who had come to walk with inc
Because I was a clergyman ; and he
'Told um at once that he had served his tirne
IlLthe State's prison for a heinous mime,
wasjust out. Ho had no friends, or none
To,speak of; and he seemed far gone
With a bad cough. Be said he Ilan notdone
The things They all say th t. You cannot tell.
Ile might not have been guilty of it. Well,
What•he now wanted was some place to stay,
And work that ho could do. I managed it
With no great trouble, ,Aald then, there began
The strangest thing I ever knew. The man,
Who showed no other signs of a weak wit,
Was hardly settled in his plitee a week
When he canoe round to see me, and to speak
.About Ms lodging. What the matter was
ale could not say, or would not tell the cause,
But he must leave rhatplace; he could tiotbear
To stay. I found another room, but there
After another week he could not stay.
.Again I placed hire, and he canoe to say
At the week's end he must go away..
So it wont on, week after sveek, and then
At last I made him tell Inc. It appears
That his imprisonment of fifteen years
Iladworn so deep into the wretch's brain
That any place he happened to remain
longer than one day in began to seem
Me prison and all over again to him.
And when the thing had got into this shape,
- He was quite frantie till he could eseape,
Carlene, was not it ? And, treical.'
'Tragical? I believe you! Was that all?
What h s become of him ?" "Oh, he is dead
I told some people of him, and we made
A. decent funeral for him. At the end •
Lt eaD.10 out that his mother woe all ve-
An outcast -and shteasked our leave to attend
The ceremony, and then asked us to give
Mite silver coffin plate, carved with Ins name,
And the Rowers, to her.' "That Was touching.
She
Had that much good left her in her infamy."
'"Why, I don't know! I think she sold the
things,
Together with a neck -pin and somerings
That he had left, and drank.. But as to
blame --
Good -day to you!" My friend stepped down
At the street crossing. I went on up town.
-W. D. Howneas in,/ifay Harper's.
MINIM itlautli DANCES.
" Fashionable "At Monsen in the Heart of
--
OH London Town.
Step -dancing is now in high favor in Lon -
'ton. Girls dance after a dinner party as
formerly they • gave gave, a song. " You
see," said Miss Elizabeth Garrett, pupil of
Taglioni and most noted teacher of ladies in
all London, "you see the style of dress that
is required for these dances is almost
identical with the ordinary dinner dream. A
dress- with a train does beautifully for a
minuet, and the umbrella -shaped skirt of
this season is just the right thing for skirt -
dancing. It must be twelve yards wide, so
that it can be gracefully taken up by the
dancer ; bat, as fashions go, that is no ex-
traordinary width."
" Then," suggested her interviewer, who
• lolled from the Pall Mall Gazette office,
"it is not only the daring few who have
the heart to perform singly before a ng-roomdraw-
iof spectators ?"
"Ob, no," coetinued Miss Garrett,
" skirt dancing will be very general indeed
At this season's dancing. I am teaching a
great nutnber of leading society jadies,
among . them some of those whose
word to society is law. Step dancing will,
indeed, be ',all the rage,' and I have no
doubt that the fashion will not end with
the season.
"To show you the extent of the craze I
raay tell yon that some of my papils begged
me to teach, them how to dance Ta-ra-ra
Boom -de -ay, and amongst those were two
well-known leaders of society. I told.them
it was really impossible for any one but
Lottie Collins to sing and dance that.
"One thing which is greatly in favor of
skirt dancing as the fact that it ie so much
more artistic and beautiful than the ortim-
Ary round dances. But this is not the chief
,ogison of its popularity. Men are very
lazy. They won't dance, and it gets more
and more difficult to get them to learn and
practice dancing. Girls, on the other hand,
,r,.age extremely fond of it. Of course two
girls can dance a round dance together, and
I have often seen it done, but it does not
look well. With step dancing and skirt
-dancing it is quite different. It looks very
charming if two girls dance a minuet or a
national dance, or if one girl alone does
skirt dancing. It makes them entirely
independent of men as partners in a dance,
and that, of course, is of the greatest advan-
tags."
"Anil which of the dances will be the
most popular this season ?" asked the news-
paper visitor.
"Gavottes, gavottes," said Miss Gar-
natt ; "gavottes by all means I"
The "Coming Rectal."
The "availing metal," alumiummwhich has
been coming for several years without
arriving at any particular destination has
3mcl another stone east at it as an efficient
nabstitute for better known materials.
According to Herren, Lubbert and Rorcher,
alurainin cannot be used for articles which
have to withstand the notion of water at its
boiling point ; consequently it Is not suit-
able for vessels now to solne extent made
of silver, as tea and coffee saga chafing
dishes, else. The same experimentere also
find thet eiteh mildly corrosive liquide as
nlarets tea coffee and herring brine, act oh
it apprecis:bly. As it is also attacked by
salicylic and boric adds, it is unavailable
for table Ware, as spoons, forks, knives, etc.
On the whole, it would appear that its field
of ability is not extended, 9,t least in our
trades, though for spectacles, eye.glaases,
optical instruinents and devices, and certain
dassee of lowelry,, its advantages are many.
-Jeweler s Circular.
Figgs--Joblota is getting to be a crank.
Ile hag etarted a, remonstrance egainat
opening any more new streets in his ward.
Digga-Tlow is he interested ?
has gob it into his head bhtt they intend
to keep them open on Sunday.
00E11, THE SILO AND SILAGE.
Sty Thos, Shasv, Professor of Agriculture.
There is probably no questioe relating to
the farm in reference to which there is SO
great a desire fdr information at the preaent
time aS that of corn, the silo and silage.
This desire is manifest in the large number
of inquiriee which reach us .from time to
time on the various aspects of the eueetion,
in the extent to which it is discussed ir, the
public press, and in the relative importance
attacheg to the discussions upon it at the
meetings of many of the faranerte institutes.
The principal object of this paper, there-
fore, is to furnish the desired information
in a concise and practical form. This
information is based (1) on our own ex-
perience, (2) on that of farmers' who have
made a decided success of the work, and (3)
on the findings of varioue experimental
Stallone Whieh have given special attention
to the various aspects of the same- '
CROPS FOR TFIE SILO.
1. In this country, beyond all doubt, corn is
pre-eminently the crop tor the silo.
2. Nearly all kinds of other fodder Grope can
be cured, so readily as to make it at least an
open question as to whether the practice of
making them into silage should become general.
3. Green rye and red clover should probably
form exceptions to the general statement in
paragraph 2.
4. lewd rye silage was made at this station
in 1891 by canting the rye at the blossoming
stage, tramping it down Barely in the silo, and
weighting it to some extent.
5. In feeding rye silage, seine, form of cover-
ing is requisite to prevent it from drying too
rapidly on the sureace.
• vaninsius on coma
8. In choosing varieties of COrli, the aim
should be to scour° the largest, amount of stock
and grain consistent with that maturity which
is necessary to ensure preservation.
7. It is impossible to name vesieties that will
give equally good results Over all portions of
the Province.
8. For the past three years at this station we
have obtained satisfactory results with Comp-
! on's Early e.na King Philip, of the Early
varieties; Looming Dont and Wisconsin Yel-
lew Dent, of the medium planting kinds, and.
Chester County Mammoth and Sheep's Tooth,
of the later 'varieties.
0. Of the other varictles that hare done well
here, and also in othersections of the Province,
we may name the MarnmotliCulaan, Thorough-
bred White Flint, the Mammoth Southern
'Sweet, Pride of the North and. Smut Nose.
THE SEED.
10. As the power of germin tion in the seed
of cora is easily cleetroyed, care should be taken
to secure that which may implicitly be relied
on to start well uuder average conditions,
IL. The purchase of seed should, receive at-
toution sufficiently early to enable the grower
to test its germinatitg power sometime before
it is wanted for use.
12. Toe most a tisfactory way of testing seed
is to plant a number of grains chosen promis-
cuously in a box of average soil whith is kept
Warm end moist. •
13. The charaoter of the germination is more
important then the ability to germinate.
14. As only the most perfect ears should be
chosen in selecting seed corn, and as it no ust be
thoroughly ripened before it can be relied on to
grow, it is only in limited sections of the pro-
vince that it will be worth while for farmers to
raise their •own seed from any but carly
varieties; but on the other hand there are some
sections where the growing of seed might
assume the dimensions of an industry in itself.
THE SOIL.
15. Corn prefers a deep, rich, warm, dry,
mellow soil, but will grow well in any ordinary
soil.
16. Its favorite soils are rich looms, sandy or
gravelly in textare.
17. Though not so well adapted to stiff clays,
fairly good crops may be grown on them, pro-
viding a good, vigorous germination can be
scoured.
11. As corn is 0. cleaning crop, it may with
advantage be grown on fields that have be-
come font with. weeds.
. 19. It will usually do well on clover sod, and
the sod of old pastures, but in the latter in-
stance there is some danger of disturbance to
the crop from the ravages et the cut -worm.
PREPARATION 01' THE SOIL.
20. The mode of preparating the land forcorn
will vary with the place given to it in the
rotation.
21. When it follows a grain crop, the land
should be at once gang-plouged and again har-
rowed or cultivated before the final deep
ploughing late in autumn to aid the destruction
of weeds.
22. In spring thorough and frequent surface
cultivation should be given to secure good
the retention of ground moisture and the
more complete destruction of weeds.
23. When the corn is to be plowed on an old
sod, the ground should be ploughed late in
autumn or early in the spring, that the weath-
ering influences may give it a good tilth.
24. When it follows a clover sod, the plough-
ing maybe deferred till near the time of plant-
ing the corn, that the decay of organic matter
may be hastened.
FERTILIZERS
25. Farm -yard manure is probably the best
fertilizer for corn 'where it can be obtained in
sufficient quantities.
26. Not more probably than 15 tons per acre
should b applied in any case, and more especi-
ally where the land is leachy, lest some of it be
27. Frequent applications of manure in mod-
erate quantities are decidedly preferable to
heavy applications but seldom given.
28. Vtrhen available, the manure may be ap-
plied in the autumn on the surface or buried
according to the nature of the soil and the con-
dition of the manure ; but when ineorporated
with the surface soil in the spring, good results
may bo looked for.
29. Artificial fertilizers may serve a useful
purpose in many localities.
PLANTING.
30. The time for planting corn for the silo
varies with the climate, locality, soil and sepia -
times with the variety of the corn used.
31. In Ontario, it will range between May
10th and Jane 5t1, as it Is considered more safe
not to plant corn until the soil has become
'warmed to the temperature 02 52' to 51SFahren-
heit.
32 All things considered we favor cultiva-
tion in drilis. .
33. The distance of the'drills apart may vary
from 36 inches with the smaller varieties to 45
including the larger.
34. The dletance of the plants in the drill will
depend upon the kind of corn, and to some ex.
tent upon the character of the soil.
35. The actual seed requirements will vary
from six quarts per acre in the largest varieties
to 21 quarts in the smallest.
36. Corn hould be planted shallow in most
seasons, on cold soils, and in any ease when it
is planted early.
87. At the usual time of planting, and wader
ordinary conditions, the average depth for
planting is about two inches.
38. In some countries corn -planters, made for
the purpose, are used, but in Canada it is
usually planted. 'with the ordinarygrain-drill,
when only such of the tubes are used as may be
necessary.
• 39. In dry weather the land. should be rol'ed
both before and after planting.
OULTIVATION.
40. Atter planting the harrow is Sometimes
used once and SOndetilinas twice before the corn
comes up, and it is Usual to harrow tsvice after
• it is well above ground.
41. The harrows • whicharo most suitable
cover a wide space, aro light of draught and
possess numerous short teeth with a baekward
rather than a forward slant.
42. The cultivator ,should then stir the soil
between the rows or hills not seldomer than
• once a week until the corn commences to tte.-
sel, but not after that period.
43. It xnav be several inches deep at first, but
should gradually become more shallow.
44. The cultivators used may be drawn by one
or two Miles until the corn 'becomes teo high
for the latter.
HARVESTING THE con%
45. The crop is ie the host condition for har-
vesting When the core in the ear has reached
what is known as the glazed or roasting state.
46. In our experience in cutting the 'corn a
low home-made sledrunningbetween two rows,
with knives vellich have a forward slant firmly
bolted to the sides of the sled, has given moch
satisfaction. '
47. The sled is drawn by ono horse and to
men sitaml neon it and catch tile corn as it
falls and ley it off ill .9henves upon the ground.
48. Practical men are now nearly all agreed
that wilting le tameeessary, and that it it de-
cidedly Objectionable in wet weather, and this
is in egreement with our experience at Me
station.
40. For drawing the corn to the ilo, anyforin
of Old truck with a flat rack upon it will
answer well,
50. In our experience, good results have at-
tended drawing on low, long flat forms, made
of two poles or scantling, with head pieces and
boards nailed across them, the wheat) being sus-
pended to the front and hind axles of 11.Wagg011.
PILLING THE SILO.
SL It is net coneldered Profitable to cure corn
in tbe silo without first runnieg 11 threllKh
outting-hox,
02. Tee cutting -box should be strong and of
mordent capacity to take the corn as Met as it
Is brought Rem the held,
Ca Carriers aro attached to the outting-box
to carry the corn into the silo to any desired
hoiflak er eistanco.
Our eetic() aims at cutting the corn into
lentim
the ef three-fourths of an inele and the re,
sul s aro satisfactory.
65. it is elaimed that the short leogths peek
more closely in the silo, are xxiore easily
handled, have less tendency to make eere the
mouths of the stock, and are eeten mere
cleanly,
56. When the oorn falls from the carriers
into the centre of the silo,or of one eompart-
mut of it, it is more easily spread and inter-,
mixed.
57. Mixing the heavier portions from the
centre with the lighter portions towards the
sides equalises the feeding quality of the silage,
and preserves an equilibrium of nedsture.
58. NVIlon the 00810 18 kept well spread, that
aancrent of traanping around the edges; and, in
the corners is sufficient which secures oven
settling.
69, It is now pretty well decided that filling
may be rapid and continueus, or periodic, ae
flaw be convenient.
60. Our experience Savors rapid filling, since
11 18 economical of labor.
61. Of the several methods adopted in cover
Ing the silo, no one has proved uniformly and
completely satisfactory.
02. 11 is at least questionable it there is
economy in using any kind, of covering, all
things considered, as the silo when left in this
condition soon coats over with a white mould
several inches thick, and so Some its own
covering.
63. The waste in such luster, ces has varied
from 0 to 12 inches.
61. A. favorite covering with many is old
fence corner hay cut and wilted, as it Hee
compactly when put on in this way.
THE SILO.
65. In locating the silo, it is usual for those
who have bank looms to utilize a portion of the
besemenb olong with a corresponding ,portion
of the mow overhead.
00, la bather the silo is erected outside or in
the stables or barn, it should always be on the
some plume with the live stock, and as near as
poseible to the central point of feeding.
67. The size of the sllo will' depend upon the
wants 02 the stock, present or prospective,
which are to be fedupon it.
68. A cubic foot oil silage weighs about 45
pounds, and we have found that a mature
cottle beast requires about the same que.ntity-
per day, when some other food adjuticts,as hay
or straw, are given.
69. Although it is usual to build silos
rectangular in shape, there are some important
advantages in having them square.
70. In deep silos the silage settles more com-
pactly, bas less waste relatively on the top,
holds more because of greater compression and
Is economical ef roofing.
7t All things considered, the wood silo with
tar paper between the two linings has given
the best satisfaction.
72. It is probable that in the near futnre
silos built of i•oiler iron, and cylinchic,a1 in
form, will be used to some extent, and viewed
from the standpoint of durability they should
prove a success.
73. The foundation walls should be stone, and
the wood Rills which rest upon them should be
firmly held in p'ace by iron rods and bolts,
corning up through at least a portion of the
space.
74. The size of the sills and studs more com-
steady used is 2x10 inches, and the distance
apart should vary from 12 to 16 inches, as the
idle is di cp or otherwise.
75. The studs should be carefully bridged and
should have clauble tenons at both ends.
76. There should be a girt for receiving the
studs every 8, M or 12 feet, according to the
heighl of the silo.
77. The plates may be of the same size as the
girt'.
78. The sheeting may consist of inch lumber,
jointed and nailed horizoutally on the stud-
ding.
75. Inside the lining sheets of tar paper are
tacked up and down to assist in excluding the
air. ,
80. Over the tar paper, another thickness of
inch boards, tongued. and grooved and planed
on the inside, is nailed so as to break the
joints.
81. All things considered, lining the silo on
the inside with such substances as petroleum,
paint, pitch and coal -tar does not seem to be of
any adequate advantage.
82. When the silo forms a part of the barn or
stables there does not seem to be any necessity
for sheeting on the outside of the studs.
83. Where the silo is large, it may be neces-
sary to put in one ormore partitions,. temporary
or permanent. .
84. When the walls of the silo are high, ad-
vantage /nay, be taken of the presence of the
permanent postillions tp strengthen them by
running iron rods through the partition and
within it., from side to side of the silo.
85. The partitions, when permanent, may
consist; of two tiers of inch boards with tar
paper between, or of 2x4 or axe Moll scantling
placed liatwise on top of oneanotherand nailed
handy together.
86. When thepartitions are not permanen.t,
they may consist of two-inch planks, kept in
position at the end with cleats. •
87. The corners of the silo should ha,ve a board
or plank, eight to ten inches wide and bevelled
at the edges, fitted into there, and the air space
behind filled with some substance, as sawdust.
88. The farm silo at this station has a succes-
sion of doors from the top to the bottom, both
at the inside and the outside of the studding,
and they seem to answer the purpose well.
89. In filling the silo, the space between the
doors is filled with sawdust.
90. A cheaper form of opening consists in
havibg as many movable sections of the
brier lining between two studs as may be
required.
91. Of the different kinds of floors none have
proved more satisfactory, all things considered,
than clays providing the drainage is good, 08 11
always should be.
92. Where there is apprehension of trouble
from rats, a cement floor may be made by first
using several inches of small stones or rough
gravel, with a limited quantity of water lime
over them, and above this •a light coating of
Portland cement.
93. From the data given, 00117 0110 who knows
the cost of material will have no difficulty in
computing the probable cost of that which he
may putpose to build.
91. ,The feeding of the silage may commence
at once, but usually the silo Is not opened. for
some weeks after it has been filled.
95. The silage should be fed from the top, as
feeding by this method is attended with the
least e aste.
96. Silage makes an excellent food for mulch
cows, 1 eefing cattle and store cattle of all
ages, a hen fed with other food adjuncts, as
meal or bran and a suitable proportzion of hay
or straw, cut or uncut.
• 97. It has also been found highly useful as a
part of the ration for horses not at work, brood
mares and colts of different ages. .
98. It has furthermore given good resulte
with breeding ewes, store sheep and lambs
that are being fattened when fed in varying
quantities along with other food.
99. Our experience in feeding 11 10 pigs in the
different stages of fattening has not been en-
couraging, but it certainly has a place as a part
of a maintenance ration for brood sows.
100. Silage is now considered the cheapest
ration which the farm'er can produce.
Lest parties should write for samples of
seed for experiment, and so lose time at
this late hour, we may mention that the
only varieties that we can supply for this
purpose are the Mammoth Southern Sweet,
Mammoth Cuban, Wisconsin Yellow Dent,
Learning. Thoroughbred White Flint and
Compton's Early.
The Mello of St. Ann
New York Herald : The exhibition' now
in progress at the temporary shrine in the
French Canadian Church of St. Jean
Baptiste, this city, is likely not only to
create the utmost interest among Catholics
in this country, but arouse discussion as to
the authenticity of the relic as it portion of
the body of Ann, the mother of the Virgin
Mary, whom tho Church venerates as a
saint.
Many, people have asserted that under no
cireunistances could the body whieh Woe
taken to Conatantinople in the year 710
have been that of Se. Ann. Yet there are
documents attesting ita genuineness for
mealy centuries prior to the placing a the
arm in the Basilica, of St. Paure-Outside-
Scattered all over Europe are
portions of this body still in a remarkable
staae of preservation and so firmly rooted
is the belief in their authenticity in the
Catholie mind that it ie not likely to be
shaken by any 'amount of derision Of
clia-
cusrion.
HODS are &dug all rightnow,. They need
no lay cenfereette to eneoutage otheas in
their work.
Learn from the burglar. Does it ever
bother hini who may get the credit for his
work
DAILINVAli SIGNALS.
How the langineer and, Drakeeman Winter.
stand Each Other.
A great many people are aectistomed to
railway travel, and the sight of moving and
shunting trains is a common one, but how
many people, as they atend at the railway
station tn underetancl the character
and meaning ef the various eignals by
Which the engineer and. b1o4onoto are en-
abled to understand each other ancl to
contol intelligently the movements of the
trains. To the average traveller, who
spends a eonsiderable portion of his time
on the e00e:1, the eiguals and &etude
seen and heard remain unintelligible.
Ffe may perhiti?s know that, the bell
is rung before the trein t3tarts or before a
crossing is reached, lsut the waving Of
lamps and the algae of the traMmen are to
him meaningless. He takes his seat in the
Pullman car, puts on a soft cap, and gives
himself over to his owe reflections relying
on the conductor to avid all aeoidents and
bestowing never a thought on the various
intricate signals that muet be correctly
given and correctly received, sometimes
under the most adverse circumstances, that
• his safety may he assure&
The signal most often observed and
misunderstood by passengers is the whistle
of the loconsotive. The train stops sud-
denly, perhaps, and a shrill scream from
the locomotive brings a score of heads
popping from the windowe when there -is
not the slightest cause for alarm or even
Interest,
There ia not it whistle but has its own
particular meaning. Tlae long drawn blast
is used when approaching a station, or
When the semaphore is up and the train is
waiting for it to be pulled down. The
short,single whistle is the sign for the ap-
plication of brakes, and when the ;sound of
it reaches the brakemea of a freight train,
they will rush hurriedly along the top of
the train and frantically twtst the iron
wheels which stick up at the end of the
cars. On passenger trains the air brakes
render this signal of small moment. Two
short tooth means to let off the brakes,
while three signify that the engineer is
about to reverse his engine and back the
train. The crossing signal consists of
two ehort blasts and one long, and the
rule with regard to the use of this is sup-
posed to be 'very strict. Four short whistles
are to have a switch turned, as to let a train
On or Off a siding, while repeated short
blasts are intended to scare cattle off the
track. There are a few other variations of
less importance.
• A number of very useful signals are made
by a variety of motiona with the hands and
arms. Throwing the hands open and
stretching the arms out signifies "go ahead,"
the distance being signified by the force of
the motion. Extending one or both arms
at full length horizontally and waving the
hand slightly up and down is the command
to stop. This is generally accompanied by
O shrill diminuendo whistle. The signal to
back is made by waving the hands 'In a
small,circle from the elbows.
• These signals are used principally in the
making up of freight trains, and so used to
their interpretation do engine drivers be-
come ,that they can tell to a nicety how far
Ars go back or forward by the slight vibra-
tion in the motion.
When night precludes the possibility of
using the hands for signals, the white lan-
tern eomes into requisition. The swing of
the lantern in it large circle overhead means
" All right "; a small circle signifies " Go
ahead." Raising and dropping the .1amp
perpendicularly several times is the sign to
back hp. The order to stop is transmitted
by avvinging the lantern horizontally across
the body at the full length of the arm.
The man who possesses a passing knowle
edge of these signals may not perhaps be
any happier than his neighbor, but he takes
more interest in travelling, and is able to
put his knowledge to good advantage, and
possibly at times save himself fromtpositive
danger.
• Low Priced Summer ,Toin,s.
"What are you doing with all those
time -cards ?" I asked of a friend who had
all the circulars he could conveniently
carry.
"Going away for the surnmer," he said,
with a- smile that warmed my heart to him.
"Does it require all those cards to get
away in proper shape ?"
"My boy," he said patronizingly, "there
is nothing on earth• so -interesting to my
wife and myself as to arrange for summer
tours which we never take. Did you ever
try it ? Well, you have missed half the
pleasure of living. Get a big bunch of time
tables, descriptive circulars of mountain,
Seaside and spring resorts, take them home,
gather you family about you every even-
ing and study them. Calculate carefully
the cost per capita, dilate upon the stuffy
rooms,,the long and tedious Journey by rail,
the smallness of your salary, the insuffi-
ciency of the meals, the lack of accommo-
dations for the baby, the big cool rooms of
your home and the summer night patinae-
mente right at your hand. Say, old fellow,
it works like a charm."
"But," said I, with astonishment, "what
if your family should decide against you
and insist upon going away ?"
"No danger of that," he answered, care-
lessly. "All you need do is to make a, con-
cession -frankly, freely and generously -
that they oan go if they want to. The next
question will be, Where? And, ifyou are
smart with your time tables and circulars,
you can keep them in a delightful state .of
uncertainty until the next frost comes.
Good-bye."
I made a note of it, convinced that after
all there might be something in it. -St.
Louis Republw.
Would on Have Peace at Moine ?
When you don't know what to say, say
80.
Open doors quietly and shut them with-
out a bang. •
Use the door -mat, instead of the ilea -
carpet, for it foot -scraper.
Live sociably with your family and
peaceably with your neighbors.
• Let your manners at home be a little bet-
ter than they are abroad.
Be as agreeable to your wife as you would
be with other men'a wives."
'
Speak as pleasantly to your husband as
you would to "other evonien's huabands,"
When the "last word" is likely 16 be an
unkind one let some one elee say it.
Look Ott' for the claws of the family oat
when its paws are fairly let out of the .,bag.
-Good HOusekeepina.
Not to Be interrupted.
Seevante-IVIarlam, there its a poor xnan at
the door who says lei is out of work, and
hail a large family who depend upon him for
support, end have nothing to eat, ne wants
employment.
Loy -Do tell *him to Igo away. He
shoeld have come before Lent was over,
when charity was all the go.
THE Detroit Flying Rollers, to the HUM+
lser of forty-eight, have petitioned the Brit-
ish Minister at Washington for prot,setion
against the alleged Unjust treatment to
which they are subjected in the City of the
Straits.
The man who strikes an attitude imagines
that,lte is making it great hit.
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TEM SUMMER OIRL.
She Rigs Herself Out This Season in a Smart
and Taking Suit.
The summer girl as an institution is one
of the triumphant successes of the nine-
teenth century. 'The variety of phases in
which she manifests herself is infinite, and
eaoh succeeding one more uniquely appeals
to the admiration of man than its prede-
cessor.
The smartest and most taking of her dress
vagaries is a new gown, made in navyblue
serge or rough weather-proof cheviot of
mixed colors. The plain skirt has it leather
binding and three narrow leather straps
buckled around it, and the coat is bound
with leather. The coat is lined with gay
taffeta silk and opens over a " decollete
waistcoat," out like an evening waistcoat,
of blue or white pique or blue wool vesting,
powdered with white dots. The very man-
nish shirt may be of white or colored
material, i closed with a single stud, and is,
like the linked cuffs, a noble example of the
laundress' :skill and art.
A conspicuous and amusing feature of the
gown is a pocket cut in a curve in the t3kirt
on either side, just as near the location of
O man's trousers pocket as feminine dreds
will admit.
AtIviee to Bosses.
Don't congratulate yourself when you
hire a man for less than he is worth.
Don't get the idea that every customer
who makes it claim for poor goods is a
swindler.
Don't limit a salesman on expenses.
Don't stab your man with a mean letter
while he is on the road • wait until he gets
home, then put on the ;loves with him and
have it out.
Don't forget there are others in your line
of business Who are after the trade.
Don't think yoit soe the whole great West
and 'south on the desk in front of you.
Don't work a man twelve 'months in a
year.
Don't give money to foreign missions on
Sunday, and cut down the salary of ye=
travelling men on Monday.
Don't print on your bilhheacha "Pay no
money to agents."
Don't have it man in your einploy yoil can-
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Don't you forget it. -Boots and Shoes
Weekly.
•
A Necessary.
To lsuild up a new businesa, to increase or
held on to an old business, judicieue adver-
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as much of a neoessity in making a sitcom
as the engaging of proper help or the setae-
tiim of just the right location for the office
and Salesroom.
Advertising becomes to luxury only when
injudiciously done. Then it is a luxury,
indeed, and often to pretty expensive one.
The lausiness man can easily malte the
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WO CURIE A COLD.
Simple Remedies That Prove Valuable in
Checking Influenza.
Oa the ininciple that an ounce of preven-
tion outvalues a pound of cure, 11 18 wise to
try and check a cold at the outset, and not
allow it to gain too much hold.
A cold in the head may sometimes be
arrested in its first stages by camphor, but
this, like all other drugs, should only 'be
given by the physician order.
In a feverish cold, aconite mixed in the
proportion'of half a drop of the medicine
to it teaspoonful of water, taken by the
child every hour, is often marvellously
efficacious ; but this tee, should not be ad-
ministered unless prescribed by the doctor,
as it is said to be very dangerous to some
constitutions.
It is always safe, however, to fight against
O cold by external applications, as camphor-
ated oil rubbed upon the throat and chest
arid between the shoulders --this is admir-
able for children; or vaseline, similarly ap-
plied. .
• In influenza .0 little relief is sometimes
obtained by painting the inside of the
nostrils with a camel's hair brush or a tiny
swab dipped in melted vaseline. This pro-
cess will answer for young children, but
older persons may snuff up the vaseline.
A mustard foot bath is often helpful in
the first stages of a cold. A good handful
each of mustard and coarse salt should be
stirred into the water, and all chills must be
avoided afterwards.
For an ordinary, sore throat the outside of
the throat may be rubbed at night with
wet salt and the neck then bound with it
narrow strip of flannel. Rubbing with cam-
phorated oil is often beneficial to incipient
sore throats.
The old-fashioned pork and pepper may
also be used for this trouble in children.
For constriction of the lungs a mustard
plaster should be applied, and the surface .
of this should be spread with sweet oil or
white of egg to prevent blistering the skin.
A hot bath is valuable in the first stages
of congestion of the lungs, as it is also in
infantile convulsions and in sudden brain
trouble. In the last-named attack ice should
be applied to the head and it hot water bag
to the feet.
I,ots of People lathe World.
The populations of the five continents of
the earth, as estimated by M. Emile Levee-
seur, are as follows:
Population
in stallions.
Europe 380
Africa 153
Asia 824
Ocean= . 38
North ,America 88
34
South America
To' al 1,497
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