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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-9-2, Page 7LECTURE TRAIN "THE ONLY CURE FOR ON RAILWAYS SPREADING BETTER AGRICUL- TURAL PRACTICES. THROUGH- OUT THE COUNTRY. The Operation of These Instructive Cars Met. With Great Success In the Prairie Province. The Bettor Farming trains operated over the lines of the railways in the Prairie Provinces appear to be meet- itig with a considerable measure of eiiecess, and provincial agricultural authorities are convinced that the work so carried on will result in the spread of better agricultural prac- tices throughout the country. When such a lecture train com- pleted its itinerary over the lines of the Canadian Northern in' Saskatehe- wan recently, a compilation of statis- tics showed that, in all, 10,464 persons had boarded the car the various stopping places, thirty-four in num- ber, and that of this total, •approxi- mately forty-five hundred were men, thirty-five hundred women, and the remainder children, The weather was unfavorable _most of the time. At some of the points when lectures were given rain fell continually, and a great many peoplewere unable to• attend on account of the conditions of the roads. The Saskatchewan Go'v- ernment representativesexpressed themselves as greatly pleased with the .attention given the train under the circumstances. The Canadian Northern Railway train was made up of standard sleep- ing and dining cars, a nursing car,. household science car, model farm car, crop production car, ,boys' and girls'. car, colonist car, refrigerator car, and a water car. Designation streamers were attached to the out- side of the cars with lettering in let- ters large enough to be easily read, and when the train stopped at a sta- tion there was no confusion among the people. The children gravitated naturally to the "Boys' and Girls' car, where lantern slides of various birds and insects were thrown on the screen and their good and bad traits. explain. The older people, bent on more seriousmatters, were according- ly enabled to give close attention to the lectures in the other cars. The "Crop Production Car" contain- ed samples, mounted, of flax, oats, al- falfa, western rye grass, wheat, mil- let, peas, barley, brouse grass and clover. There were also illustrations of alfalfa in rows, of alfalfa seed cut- ting; alfalfa for seed; classes of bar- ley; samples of corn; classes ' of heat. There also were descriptive .charts illustrative of experiments- of cropping fallowed land during a dry year as against the plowing fallow, when land is free from grass and aer other perrenial plants; early as against late fall cultivation; effect of harrowing on yield of wheat; wheat yields on stubble land;. alfalfa for for- age and seed; influence of tillage on 1914 wheat yields; rates of seeding concerning heavy and light seeding in wet and dry seasons; effect of packing for second crop of wheat; effect of harrowing on fall -cultivated land, and charts showing relative increase in production under different soil culti- vation. The Model Farm car contained sec- tion of barn, showing method of bracing; sheep barn; cow stall; pig pen; split log drag; fence; home-made cattle stanchion; photos of all kinds of stock and mountings of soil pro- ducts. This car also contained the. poultry section, showing model of• portable poultry house; photographs of the different kinds of fowls; Sas- katchewan trap nest; fattening crate; feed hopper for use on range; oats sprouter; hen coop; Cornell trap nest; Newmaine trap nest; result of experiments showing the effect of wa- ter glass and lime water on egg pre- servation; complete surgical outfit for operating on fowls and sample of pro- ;;er food for fowls. In addition, the literature was in this car, and printed matter pertaining to agriculture was freely distributed. The Nursery Car was equipped with sand boxes, toys and made up beds. This car was also a valuable addition to the train; mothers were able to leave their children in car and attend lectures without the usual annoyance. The lectures usually required three. hours in each town, and longer in sonic cases owing to the late arrival of some of l the visitors. The usual procedure was to keep the car closed for a few minutes after arrival, and until' the people had gathered, when the cars would be opened and the au- dience distributed. Mr. Reed was generally the first speaker,' and lee- tured on the crop production and other points of field husbandry, fol-' ]owed by Prof. Bracken, who dealt with soil cultivation. Mr. Mooney lectured on the Indication of obnox- ious weeds. The Hon. Mr. Motherwell dealt with general farming conditions, Mr. Stewart spoke on stock -raising and dairying and at several points gave demonstrations of milk testing. Mr. A. Fawcett looked after the Mo- del Farm Car, and answered ques- tions regarding building matters. Mr. Phillips lectured on poultry raising and egg'preservation', and at the prin- cipal points gave demonstrations of the ki11Mg, plucking and preparing of chickens for market. Mrs. Archibald lectured on Household Science and gave demonstrations in 'cooking. A WEAK STOMACII _ Indigestion and Similar Troubles Must be Treated Through .the Blood, Indigestion can be treated in many ways, but it can only be cured in one way—through the blood, Purgatives cannot cure indigestion. By main force they move on the food still indi- gested. That weakens the whole sys- tem, uses up the natural juices and leaves the stomach• and bowels parch- ed and sore. It is actually a cause of indigestion—not a cure. Others try pre-digested foods and ' peptonized drugs. But drugs which digest the food for the stomach really weaken its power and makes the trouble chronic. The digestive organs can never do the work properly until they are strong enough to do it themselves. Nothing can .give the stomach that power but the new, rich; red blood so abundantly supplied by 'Dr. Wil - Hams' Pink Pills. So the reason for the success of this medicine is plain. Nothing can stimulate the glands and nothing can absorb the nourishment from the food bet pure red blood. And Dr. Williams' Pink Pills surpass all other medicines in , giving that new, rich blood. Miss B. E. Johnson, Hemford, N.S., says: "For months I was a great sufferer from indigestion; food of any kind was distasteful to me, and after eating I would suffer much. Naturally I ,grew weak and was but a shadow of my former self. I was taking a doctor's prescription, but it did not help me in the least. Then I read of a case similar to my own cured through the use. of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I decided to try this medicine. By the time I had taken six boxes the trouble had en- tirely disappeared, and I could eat heartily of all kinds of food. More than this I found my general health greatly improved through the use of the Pills. I can therefore strongly recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as a cure for indigestion." You can get these Pills through any dealer in medicine or by mail, aid at 50 cents post paid, e is a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. BLOCKADE'S PINCH FELT. Bankruptcies Increase Uneasiness in Germany.: A citizen of a neutral State who lately visited Germany in a further communicationto the London Daily Chronicle dealing with the position of industry in Germany, says: "It would be quite wrong to imag- ine that after the blockade of Ger- man ports all manufactories were stopped. Practically the whole of the machine industry, iron foundries and steel works are fully employed and doing excellent business. They do not suffer from any lack of raw material, as the whole of the ore reserves of Sweden are at their disposal. In ad- dition to this, they can tap their own ores in the Diedenhofen and Saar dis- tricts and the ores of Luxemburg and Longwy in France. . "So far as coal is concerned, the mines which used to compete success- fully in the markets of Scandinavia, Italy, France, Egypt, Denmark and Russia with English coal have suffer- ed heavily. After the war broke out nearly all these mines came to a standstill, chiefly owing to a short- age of labor, .but _there has been a gradual revival and the output now is about half the normal. "The textile industries of the em- pire have until July managed to keep up to something like their normal level. There hasbeen a decrease in exportation, but the home demand for textiles • has been very good, owing to the total cessation of impprts of foreign descriptions, but since August 1 the manufacture of all goods from cotton yarn has been prohibited in view of the probable declaration of cotton as contrabrand of war. "Since August 1 only orders for the army have been allowed to be execut- ed, but this will not give employment to one-tenth of the great body of tex- tile operatives, and the greater part of the factories have been brought to a standstill. "One industry which has suffered acutely isthe manufacturer of toys in and around Nuremberg and Thurin- gia. "The complete stoppage of German exports only dates as far back as May 15 or even June 1. Now, how- ever, a number of bankruptcies are advancing considerably the great un- easiness spreading in industrial circles more so because the hopes of America bringing pressure to bear upon the English Government to relax the blockade have vanished." .. The Little Girl Replied. The superintendent of a Sunday School was one afternoon explaining to his scholars the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal; how Elijah built an altar, put wood upon it, and cut a bullock in pieces and laid it on the altar. "And then," said the su- perintendent, "he commanded the peo- ple to fill four barrels with water, and to pour it over the altar; and they did this four times. Now, I wonder if any boy or girl can tell pile why the water was poured over the bul- lock on the altar?" There was Si - lenge for a few moments, when one little girl spoke up "Please, sir, to make the gravy." ,,, LONDON'S BISHOP SURE OF 1115- DUTY HE HAS WORKED TO STRENGTH- ' EN 'I'HE ARMY. Says It Is: a Mistake to. Lay Aside. Entirely the Old Testament Virtues, Just as London was discussing the Pope's position of neutrality I found Myself in the study of the Bishop of London, who quite plainly did not think he had to live up to the dualism of a division in the temporal and spi- ritual power, writes Mr. Richard Payne. Should the Church be neu- tral in time of war? Is it making a ' comprornise in the support of this ' war? "Thou shalt not kill." How can the. Church compromise with the commandment? "One cart," said the Bishop, for he p, � was a good logician. "Of course, war iswholly inconsistent with Christian principles, but meanwhile the Chris- ' tian has to make the choice of the • second best. Because our Lord said • at a particular moment that his -ser- vants were not to fight, He could not mean that they were to see their wo- men and children treated as the Bel- gian woman and children have been and do nothing." So it is necessary for the Bishop to represent God alone, like the Pope. He can also represent the nation, and,fortunately for the Bishop, when that nation believes it has a Christian cause. There was a cloistered hush about the room we sat in. The Bishop's kindly face seemed incongruous with the picture I drew of him, dressed in khaki as he was last summer, speak - U q .•...ii The Bishop of London. ing to the men in the camps from wa- gons. "For if the cause was hold, then the duty of the Church is not only to mobilize the spiritual re- sources of the nation, but to give the clear call to unity and service." Donned the Khaki. The Bishop went to recruit. A "battling bishop"? No; not a bit of it—a gentle churchman turned logi- cian. "It is an utter mistake," he says, "to . suppose that the Old Testament virtues are to be laid aside because the New Testament supplements them by humility and self -suffering and personal weakness. No; courage, flewless, undying courage, is the spe- cial characteristic of the Christian soldier. as it was the special charac- teristic of Christ himself." And so he girded himself to rouse his fellow countrymen and to stimulate himself to play the man in this great "Day of God." And so, thisbeing a Day of the Lord, the good bishop donned his khaki as a chaplain of the army and went to hearten the men in the fields. Then strangely the bishop asks himself the question: "But can a fierce and bloody war ever conduce to the spreading of the Gospel of Peace in the world?" And he answers himself: "Yes, but what if this is a war for peace? What if the ideas which have made peace up to now impossible are finally- and nallyand forever killed? What if the gos- pel ie shown to be a sham ? What if the war isstripped of its glamor and seen in its native hideousness for all time? War for Peace. What if the churches that believe in the Incarnation of the Son of God. are drawn together in a way in which they have never been before and fused into a united missionary Church?' "But what if France shall perma- nently be stirred to see what she was casting away in.her Church ? What if the English and French churches should learn great truths from one another? What if the Russian Church should be touched with that missionary zeal which it only needs to make it one of the greatest churches in the world ? What if the great German people shall gain through pain and suffering a new faith?" "We are fighting," says the Bishop, "for the holiest things ever intrusted to the care of man—the ,freedom of our country, the honor of our women, the right to live for the smaller na- tions, international honor, as the con- dition of the future brotherhood of nations, and . the Christian principles which are to govern the future of the world, • Some comets have tails ad much as 200,000 miles in length. Husband.• -I don't sec why you have accounts in so many different stores. Wife -Because, my dear, it makes the bills so Truer smaller. How to Awake Fresh as a Daisy Constipation Gone! No other remedy acts the same, Works while you sleep, smooth, silent, effective, Cures the worst headache or •constipation. ThisIs what hap- pens when ,you use Dr. Hamilton's Pills. For wind or pain in the stone - ash nothing works better. No bad taste left behind, no furred tongue, no more dizzy spells or bilious fits after taking Hamilton's Pills, All the old costiveness, frightful dreams and nervous disorders disappear as a ship in the night, The appetite is sharpen- ed up, takes on a keen edge. You en- joy your meals, . relish and digest them. Strength and buoyant spirits return. You feel good, you look like your old self again with brighteyes and rosy cheeks. The best guarantee of good health and old age that pian and woman can have is the regular use of this family Pill. Suited to all ages, you should get a few 25c. boxes from the drug store and keep them handy. Remember the neme,--Dr. Hamilton's Pills of ' 'Mandrake and Butternut. No substitute so good as the genuine. NEW BRITISH M.P. Recalls the Cases of Boys in British Parliament. Sir Edward Coke, the great lawyer of the sixteenth century,: held that the law required. a man to be of age be- fore he could be elected to, or sit in, Parliament, and though Mr. John Lymbrick Edmonde, the new British member of Parliament, has just pass- ed the age limit, being little over 21 years of age, his election calls atten- tion to the fact that boys in their 'teens have been elected to Parliament in the past. Already known as "the child of the House,!' Mr. Esmonde, Nationalist member for North Tipperary, is cer- tainly the most youthfpl-looking member who bas ever entered the House of Commons of ' late years. From the vantage point of the Stran- gers' Gallery, as he walked up the floor to take the oath, he looked scarcely sixteen. He was an attrac- tive figure in his khaki uniform he is a lieutenant in the 27th Northum- berland Fusiliers—and everyone gave him a cheer. Charles James Fox was perhaps the most famous boy M.P. He was returned for Midhurst when he was only 19, in spite of the law, and jus- tified his election, for Horace Wal- pole, after hearing him speak, said: "Charles Fox, not yet one -and -twenty, answered Burke with great quickness and parts, and with confidence equally premature." Lord John Russell, who afterwars became Earl Russell, began, accord- ing to his biographers, at the age of one -and -twenty, a career in the House of Commons that was destined to last for nearly 50 years, while others say that he was one one -and -twenty when he was elected. According to a chronicler in the days of James I., at least 40 members of the House of Commons were not above 20 years of age, and some of them were not more than 16. Ed- mund Waller, the poet, was one of these 16 -year-old M.P.'s, and his re- cord as a member would be hard to beat, for it is said of him that "Wal- ler was the delight of the House, and even at 80 he said the liveliest things of any among them." Lord Chesterfield, when he was Lord Stanhope, entered Parliament before he was of age, and made a fiery attack on the Orford Ministry. The occupants of the Treasury Bench retorted by pointing out that in tak- ing his seat when 'a minor he was liable to a penalty of $1,500, whereat the noble youth left the House until he was of age. It is said that Lord Torrington, who afterwards became the Duke of Albermarle, addressed the House on Clarendon's impeach- ment when he was only 14, which must surely be the record for pre- cocity. Seemed Promising. Jim had looked in at the country livery stable in search of a job. He seemed promising, and was set to work greasing the axles of a car- riage. In a remarkably short space of time he reported the task finished. "Look here," said the new boss, "d'ye mean to say you've greased all four of them wheels already?" "Weel," rejoined the new hand. "A've greased the ..two front yens." "And why haven't you greased the two hind ones?" 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The puzzle is not in the pigs and the goats, how- ever; they are of the common variety that we see in the back lots in our own communities. It is the tree that is strange. It is called the argan nut tree and it grows near Agadir. Usual- ly it shoots out from a steep hillside. The trunk is broad and flat and al- most horizontal, and so are the main branches, forming ample and solid foothold for any animal which may be tempted by the olive shaped nuts growing within easy reach of the main branches. St. Isidore, P.Q., Aug. 18, 1894. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen,—I have frequently used MINARD'S LINIMENT and also pre- scribe it for my patients always with the most gratifying results, and I consider it the best all-round Lini- ment extant. Yours truly, DR. JOS. AUG. SIROIS. Positively Unbearable. One of the wealthy members of a fashionable church approached her pastor with the complaint ,that she was greatly disturbed by one of her neighbors. "It's positively unbear- able!" said she. "That man in the pew in front of me destroys all my devotipnal and pious feelings when he attempts to sing. Couldn't you ask -him to change his pew?" The good pastor was sorely perplexed. Af- ter a few moments reflection he said: 'Well, I naturally should feel a little delicacy an that score, more especial- ly as I should have to give a reason. But I will tell you what I might do, 1 might ask him to join the choir!" The happiest bridal toast was when a speaker wished a deaf and dumb couple "unspeakable and un. heard -of bliss." ED. 7. 1GSUE8^v—'15. eselard'r x.iniment for rale over/where. A. Cautious Bachelor. "Before engaging rooms in your house," said the bachelor, "I, want to know if there are any families with crying babies staying here." `"I'm afraid there is," replied the landlady; "but we—" "Well, I was just go» ing to say," continued the other, "that if There are I want you to pelt me In the next room to theirs. I want to wake up in; the night and hear their trouble, so that I can .congratulate myself again that I'm not married." &False Promise. When little Mary Green Game home from her first forenoon at school her mother asked her if she liked it. "Oh, I don't think I like it at . all, mother. The teacher put me on a seat, and said—'Sit there, my dear, for the present.' And I sat, and sat, till I was tired, but she hasn't given me the present yet!" Absolutely Painless No cutting, no plas- ters or pads to press the sore spot. Putnam's Extractor makes the corn go without pain. Takes out the sting over -night. Never fails —leaves no scar. Get a 26e. bottle of Putnam's. Corn Extractor to -day, Sore Corns Go I. Pat's Action. An Englishman on .a visit to Ire- land met the village water -carrier. Just as the water -carrier was leav- ing the well the tourist, thinking to puzzle Pat, asked him how many years he had been carrying water. "Well," said Pat, "I am 60 years old and I have carried water since I was 10." "Well," replied the tourist, "how much water have you carried in that length of time?" "Well," said Pat, after consideration, "as much water as you don't see in the river." =nerd's Dinbilent Relieves Pleuralgia. The largest room in the world is the room for improvement. �1LLETTB PERFUMED CLEANS ANP moo Alb 41100, DISINFECTS 1OO'PURE CANADA DE IN III ItCTTscivi p,(xUSS :allcu,q nM^", n"„1filo, I aI11111111IiUiilli11klAN511111 Sometimes Very Good, The young man was rather slow, so the girl thought it time to give him a hint. "Gracious!" she exclaimed, suddenly, "I've bruised my lip. Do you know, Mr. Jenkins, may mother always used to kiss a hurt place to make it well?" "And did it do any good?" asked the young man failing to see the point. "I don't remember," replied the girl, getting desperate, but those old-fashioned remedies are sometimes very good." Then he got busy. 31Rinard'e Idniment Cures Dandruff. Branding His Bees. The Government officials had been telling a simple old Scotch farmer what he must do in case of a German invasion on the east coast of Scotland. "An' hae I reely tae dae this wi' a' Ina. beesties if the Germans come?" ask- ed one old fellow at the finish. The official informed him that such was the law. "Ail live stock of every de- scription must be branded and driven inland." "Weel, I'm thinkin' I'll hae an awful job evil ma bees!" Iainard's 3ivi+rent Cares Burns, etc. ON 1AR19 VETERINARY COLLEGE IliallIZIOMAIMEMDONNEM Under the control of the Department of Agriculture of Ontario. Established 1862. Affiliated with the University of Toronto. 110 University Ave., TORONTO, ONT., CAN, College Reopens Friday, October 1st, 1915. Write Dept. D, for Calendar. E. A. A. Grange, V.S., M.S., Principal. .,^ "O vorstern " V Bottom $5561) mar Motor 43oat Freight Prepaid to any .Railway Station in Ontario. Length 151 Ft., Beam 3 Ft. 9 In., Depth' 1 Ft. 8 In. 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