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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-06-02, Page 34 The fellowing in at staternset of the arca of winter wheat *own in the fall of 1009, band ou offioiel iufereerition re- ceived from the Iaternatiouel A.grieul. Wel Dothan For moat of the comfl. trio mentioned, information es to Wea- ther conditions, improvement and deter. imation is giren. Bulgaria: Condition on April 1st, 118 per cent. compared with too years Wier. age. Ix . a few elistriete damage nes been caused by ffeld mico. rotting and "za- Imes gibus." Deemark—esea, sown in fall of 1909, 90,771 acres. Condition on April let, compared with ten years average, 07 per cent. lei& froste especielly hjun lend, Mine delayed development of the crops. Ilungary-13,315.602 acres sowi . in fall. of 1900, This erea i 103,3 per cent. of that hatvested in 1009. Conditiou on April 1st, 110 per cent, compared with ten years: average. Damage calmed y insects, 6.6 per cent. Luxemburg -27,862 acres sown in fall of 1909. This areais 105 per cent, of that narvested iu 1909. Condition cu April Mt compared with ten years even age, 90 oer emit. The oold weather at the mai of March nae considerably dam- aged the crops auci delayed their cleeet• opment. Netherlands — Cendition, April 1st, compared with ten years, average, the per cent. Roumania -4,765 682 acres sown in fan of 1909, This area, 115.9 pee cent of that sow.' in fall of 1909. Condition, April 1st, compared With ten Terve, ay. erage 105 per cent. The growth of the crops is excellent. Sweden -223,300 acres sown in fan f 1009. This area is 107 per cent. of that karvested in 1909. Conclitiou on April 1st, compared with ten years, average 100 per vent. Switzerland -94,344 acres wheat, 58,- 580 acres spelt sown in fall of 1909. Con- dition April lst, wheat 96 per tient— spelt, 103 per cent,, compared with ten years' average. Canada -740,797 acres sown in fall of 1909. This area is 113 per eent. a that harvested in 1009. Condition, April let, 92 per cent, 100 denoting a standeed crop. Wheat is in excellent condithra. • United States -33,469,908 acme sown in fall of 1909. This area. is 107.9 per eent. of that harvested in 1009. Condi- tion April 1st 92.9 per cent, con:timed with .ten years average. Britian. Iudia-27,699,766 acres eoweiii fall of 1909. This area is 107.1 per cent of that sown in fall of 1908. Weather conditions, in general, favorable. Con- 'dition of wheat, good. Japan -1,106,560 acres sown in fall of 1909. This area is the same as that har- vested in 1909. Condition April let, 93 per cent. compared with ten years' aver- age. Tunis -988,000 acres sown in fall of 1009. This area is 103 per cent. of that harvested in 190e. Condition, April 1st, 100 per cent., coinpared with ten years average. ' Germany—Weather conditions have been extremely favorable during the 'winter months for the crops which had already tommenced to develop last autunan and also for crops sown at the eud of October and in November. . ••••••• DEFINITE GAINS FROM COW TESTING nir. A. W. Heine of Dewdney, B. 0., writes as follows: "When we joined the cow testing association in 1908 we had 21 cows, aged between 4 and 7 years, with an average yield of 6,800 pounds milk. In 1909 our 21 cows averaged 8,860 pounds of milk. We have 10 pure breds and 5 Grade Holsteins. I would not think orstopping weighietg and testing our tailk as I feel satisfied that if a dairyman looks well to the sire of his herd, and weighs and tests, his herd is bound to improve, and the hired men take more interest in their work. We commenced dairying 8 years ago with the bitention of bringing our cows up to an average of 6,000 pounds rank each, which we did in about 5 years." Such statements as the foregoing should prove inspiring to every dairy- man. .A. fairly high standard of 6,000 pounds milk was reached in 5 years, and an increase of '23 per cent. has been added to that. Mr. Heine will pro- bably be up to 10,000 pounds per cow soon. That is one particularly ihterest- ing feature of cow testing, ideals are realized, then those still higher are 'taught for, again with satisfactory re- sults. What excellent herds could be de- veloped if dairymen all over the Dom - Mien would take up cow testing in real earnest. -0. F. W. • • WHEN JACK EXPANDS. (Smart Set.) "Jack! Viehy, he's one of the best boys under the sun." "Ins, but you ought to see him when the stars ere out." t_. PAIN .ALMOST DROVE HIM WILD DISEASE DEFIED ntritTmEsw wAs viiyinat XV ascn Mr. IL Marchessault, High Con. etable of the Province of Quebec, who lives at $t. Hyacinthe, thouglit lie was plug to be enabled for life. A terrible pain In the beck kept ntin in the ham and under the aoctor'a care for months. Nothing teemed to give relief. Then he tried "Fruinentives," the /aerie/us fruit medicine. Note.the re, sults. "Frult-a-tives" cured mo of chronlo pain in the back that was so severe that I could not drive my horse," writes Mr, marcheesault. • If you nave Weak Kidneys and that Poin In the Back, by ail means try "Fron-a-tives," winch is made of fruit Juices. - 50o a box, 6 for $2.50, or trial box, 25c, At all dealers, err from, Fruina, tives, Limited, Ottawa. HOW DO YOU JUDGE A DAIRY COW? Dominion Depertruent of Agriculture, Office of the Dairy and 0o14 Storage Commiseleuer. A. diary cow is often. judged by the scale of points of the breed to which she belongs. Another method is to rate ]ie r according to her general appearance and the external inclicatiene of milking powers. Appearances are somewhat en ceitfue leeceutly a farmer near °rifts - town, Que., sold five cows, at $9,5 each, saying they were no good as dairy cows. The purchaser found to his great satis- faction that one gave hira 10,00 lbs, milk, andanother 13,000 lbs. Sometimes it cow is valued because she is easy to keep, or she is a docile family pee. Com- ing nearer to the practical test, a farm- er may judge hie best cow to be the one that daily gives a couple of pans full of milk in June; though she may quick- ly decrease in flow, the remembrance of that big yield eticke. in her owner's mind, and she is undeservedly ranked too high. Or she may have earned a wide local reputation Just by one isolated test for fat, very likely higher than normal. On the other hand, u cow that gives only a moderate yield, bub attends strictly to business for a reasonably long milk- ing period, will prettably prove the most valuable. Again, there may be some general idea of production, but totals that are only estimated are generally in excess of the actual yield. The positive proof of va.ue is certainty of the cow's ability to produce Milk and fat economically; the generoue-. minded, unselfish, real dairy cow, inde- pendent of strikes and lookouts, works full time, and returns a handsome mar- gin of profit above the computed cost of fee& The one infallible test is a re- cord of the prod -action of each OW for the full period of lactation. Don't aver- age up the herd; ascertain that each cow is a specialist. C. le. W. Colerldge's Stick. • Of walking sticks there is no end. Wo have heard of Mr. Haldane's cordite one and now we read of a stick in the Guest collection at Christie's which belonged to the very last Bond street watchman. For interesting sticks however the one which Coleridge was in the habit of los- ing during his tramping days must take first place, Tho philosopher was never happy till he had got it back. He sent the crier round. Here is the cry, as not- ed by Mr. Lucas in ono of his essays: "Missing, a. curious walking stick. On one side it displaythe head of• an eagle, the eyes of which represent ris- ing suns, and the ears Turkish creseents; on the other aide is the nertrait of the owner in woodwork. Around the neck Is a. Queen Elizabethn ruff in .tin. down it waves the lino of beauty in very 'ugly carving." , • And then came the appeal and -warn- ing note "If any gentleman (or lady) has fallen in love with the above des- eribed stic kand secretly carried off the tinuance of which mint prove fatal to same he (or she) is hereby earnestly ad: monished to conquer a paesion the con - his (or her) honesty. And if the said stick has slipped into such a gentlemaa's (or lady's) hand through inadvertence he (or she) is requested to rectify the mistake with all convenient .speed. God save the King I" The stick canto back !— From the London Chronicle. "How can I break my huthand of the habit of playing poker?" "Let him alone. Ile will soon be broke, and then you keep him that way,"—Buffalo Express. ,••••••••••••mromemia.m.m.mill:, Cool Kitchen—Perfeet Cooking New The housewife with years of experience—the woman who knows how to cook—finds, after practi- cal tests and hard trials, the New Perfection Oil Cook -Stove is her idea of what a good cook -stove - really ought to be. She finds it requires less attention, costs less to op- erate, and cooks all food better than any other stove she has ever tried. • She finds the New Per. fection oven bakes and roasts perfectly. The er ection. WJC .1E, dow- 011 Cook -stove 'Us It Cabinet Top with a shelf for keeping Oates arld food hot. Thera are drop shelves for tinned pet or satieeptins, and nickeled towel reeks. It bee long tutquoistebled enamel chimneys. The nickel finish, with the bright lento of tho chimney*, make* the atOVO orrienteetal and attractive* Made with 1,2 *nd3 butters; the 2 and &burette istoven Ceiba had With et erithont Catbittet. etAintieltillet NoTiEcizreyiurt this steet—see Oat tlet eateephite resat "taw parscriss.. sway diellee *velveteen*. If ma at emits, write for neieriottve remise' to tne sanest areuty ev. The Queen city 011 Company, wallet,. Tomato. PA.1,401713 SAYING "An AX to Grind." Franklin. The realtbas of "Poor Rieharir are often merely cement prenterbs, but the 'wording in wheel Benjamin Franklin elethed them. 423 eudured, and they are tberetore usually credited to bine The lima "Thinks 14 that ;nen bar) an ex to grind," is ono of the many well known: nayinge contained in the Pennsylvania Alinamie of 1158. The expreesion 'rime enan has All ax to grind" also (*curs in "'Essays from the Desk of Poor Bo- ned, the Scribe," written by Charles Miner, the firet printed in the Winos- barre "Gleaner" in 1811. "When I see it merchant," wrote Min. er, "over polite to his custornero beg. giug.them to taste e little brandy and throwing half Ins goods on the counter —thinks I, that men nee an ax grind.' te Benjamin Franklin entered the print. ing bueiness emu after his Arrival in Philadelphia and on Oct. 2, 1729, issued hie fine number of the "Pennsylvania Gazette" As every preater in the eel - miles planned an almanac, lertionlie, issued his first number in 1732, mider the name of Rickard Saunders. "Poor Richard," as the people called the al, mantle, contaieted, besides the usual in. formation found in suck publications, taleetiOrt of mem in quaint and simt olo language. An extract from erne of the pages of this almanao runs as follows: "Richard says, 'Tis foolish to lay out Money in a Purcaase of Repentance; and yet this Polly is practiced every Day at Venduea for want of minding the Alman. ao. Men, aa Poor Dion says, learn by Inners' Harms, Fettle seemly by their own; but, Felix queen, faciunt alieua Perieula cautum, Silks and Satins, Scar. let and Velvets, as Poor Iticherd says, put out- the 'Kitchen Fire." It was iu this etyle, and in this way on the pages of his almanac,. Poor Rich- ard gave to the world the hundrecla of 2228MiraS Whiell are uow alznost waiver - sally quote4. 4 - WOES OF WOMANHOOD DIZZY SPELLS, HEADACHES A Sufferer of Twenty Thee Cornets Ferward With a noel Cure. Weakness and Suffering Banished by Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. D. Williams' Pink .rills are good for men and wornen, end growing boys and girls, but they are good in a elven,' way for evaluate At special thete,s a woman needs a medicine to enricb and regulate her blood supply, or bier life will be one round of suffering. That is whoa Dr, Williams' Pink Pille are worth their weight in' gold, for they mentally make now blood. There is not it month le her life from fifteen to fifty that Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills are not it boon to every woman. They help the growing girl safely over the critical time. Ithen her Noon is overtaxed by new demende. To elm woman of middle life they bring re- lief and bring her strength for her time of change. And during the thirty odd years that lio between, Dr. Williaans' Pink Pills fill a. wornan's life *with the happinses of health, giving her strength and energy for every function. A wo. man's surest protection against all the ills that come teeler becauele of her sex, is to set ner blood leen at once by a course of Dr. Williams' Pink Pille—and then to keep the blood right by taking the Vale .oecasionally. Mrs'. Dire °Mu- thier, Ste Jerome, Que., is one of tho. many unfortunate Efufferers restored to health, by Dr. Williams' Piuk Pilia. She says: "It would be difficult for mo to say how much 1 suffered. I was tor. melded by headaches and backaches: my appetite failed an4 I wasted away to such an extent. that I was unable to do house work. I was constantly taking medicine,. but it did not help me any. Orte day a friend urged me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I procured a couple of boxes. By the time these were done I felt tome improvement, and, thus encouraged, I continued the use of the Pills, gaining strength day by day, until after I had taken nix or seven boxes, 1 was again well and strong, and I have sinoe cOntinued in the beet of health. I can strongly recommend these mit to all weak anti ailing women." Sold by all enedieine dealers or by mail a,t 60 colts a box or six boxes for $2.50, from the Dr. Williams' 'Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. THE FORGETFUL BOY. Have you ever, pray, met -with this style of bey? You may find him in country or city; Has he been your companion in play or employ? You are truly it person to pity. He forgets every toy and forgets every tool, Through constant and. careless mis- placing; Forgets half his nooks till he's fairly at school, And. his questioning teacher et fac- ing. He completely forgets then on errands he rens, Or, if all le not wholly neglected, For the bread he wae sent for brings - back with him bum, Aid lard for the butter expected. Ile forgets—but I cannot begin to re. late The things he is ever forgetting, The few he emnembers )twere estr tO state— Yet he's always resolving, regret. ting. Ile mesa nothing wrong (for at heart he is Med), • But, alaal it was loaded—that rine; The salt and the saltpetre got mixed in his mind; Ali, forgetting is often no triflel So I urge ehouln you know some for. getful young lad, Tell him, mire as the sun rises te. morrow, Indent he soon eonquers this lmbit eo Cakes he soon eonquers this habit most bad, It. Will matte hint yet bitterest tentoW. ere Old Silver. The feehient for oId silver chops and want -belie that prevailed in the days ohen—well, wlien we IA waists—has gone out With the totists themselves (though many of title swim's models show a return to the normal line); but I taw a thftrming hat on it very artietie woman the other day; all of silvery gray birlOa OVA' silver tliette, with an ehtlqt10 eilVer heit arretigen round the trown holdieg the soft Rade in piece, ited elentee of %Yeti White ostrich feather* shading to gray, eels a, writer in the Qum. Another hat was all lei block trait, ettot tirb told* drawn through 4 belied/Het Mettler:et silver waist bereekle. "/ mit remember auy time during the pet 29 yetao when itle 11tad Vra&a't aching. If 1 Welt over, derle epecks would come before ley eyes, and it beam - e4 es if ell the lined in my litdy wanted to mint to the head." eiltits epees the let- ter of Mrs. teeth S. te.pry, of Pututim P. .0., aud coutieuing her lateresting etatemeitt the says: "Work or eeertlea inede my heart beat terrible, and go• ing up entire calmed euch eltortneee v1 breath that it fairly frighiciteil melir doctor told me thet it wee venous in the blood and if that was the eaten Dr. Hamilton's Pills ere the gnoteet Moot" renewer on earth. 1 tel >ea Mew I feel te-day and you man under:gaud wliat a great cure Dr. riamiltonn Pillshave made. I teel strong enouglt r.ow to work liko a man, as for going upstairs on the run' it doesn't batner me at ail. I eat andSleep as any well person ought, mid as for dizeinese which used to feightee ine se niuelo it has entirely elisappeared, Dr, Hamilton's Pills erea woederful woireau's medicine. %hey helpeel me in other ways too, and I know every wo- luau that uses them will have econfort awl good heelth." Befuee anything of- fered you instead of Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Mandrake end Butternut, 2Sii per box. All dealers or The Caterrhozone leingeton, Out. RUBBER FORTUNES, People of All Classes Caught by the Craze. London„—The rubber 'mom is stronger than eve, There was a temporary break toward. the end of last week, but the depression passed. very quickly. In- deed it was due largely to the glut of business, brokers in many eases having notified their clients that they could noe accept further orders, in some cases for twenty-four hours, in others for two days, as theyovere unable to get enough clerks to attend to the work of their of- fices. .Acouple.of dap of diminished ore orations allowed them to eaten tip with A remarkabje element of the rubber again the deluge of tbhueyiirngwo013;14earsiebt eognactel. boom ie the fact that thousands of wo- men in all parts of the country and every station in life are among the spec- ulators, "I have many women among my clients," said a rubber broker; "they are among the most daring spectators in the entire market. They seem to love nothing so muck as long chances, on a further and still further rise, "None the less, Ina boetud to say that many of these women, despjte what must be a somewhat limited experience, are extraordinailly capable. They have excellent. business judgment an4 form their own opinions with little or no hesi. tation. Many of tbeee women 'have al- ready made substantial sums of money. I have only one objection to women clients, women are such bad losers. So far, however, during the boom there have been practically n6 losers, for the shares have gone steadily upward." Ono Broad street firm of brokers is said to have made $5,000,000 in the last six months. One man bought 60,000 shares at 60 cents andesold them at $15, thus clearing $870,000. People in every class of society, from royalty to police- men, have profited by the boom. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, was it shareholder in the Anglo -Malay Rubber Company when the boom was only beginning. An Edinburgh barber and an Edinburgh grocer were holders of Linggi plantations in the boom's ear- liest days. Some five .years ago a. man was seeking a loan or s2,500. "I will give you the title deeds of a rubber estateet he told the lender, nalthough I don't sup- pose they are worth much.' That loan wait never repaid and the lender has disposed of the tubber estate to a company at a profit of $1,600,000. A man who inherited $25,000 a few months ago told his broker te buy con- sols with the money. The broker advised him strongly to put the whole sum into rubber. He did so, and niade $325,000 which is now safely invested in con- sole A city man who had invested in rub- ber plantations years ago left his proper- ties worth about $10,000 a year to his 'widow. Her income is now $300,000 a year. The prospectuses of new companies still appear every day in the newspapers and all find investor. One of the latest this week offered 180,000 shares 01 $L25 each, By the first mails after the issue of the prospectus the shares were fully subscribed and by the time the lists were closed 1,282,410 shares had been applied forThe share's of six of the principal com- panies nominally worth it little over $4,000,000, wouM retain.% if they could be sold an the market price at the time of writing, nearly $64,000,000. , "Rubber throe+ " or hoarseness from shouting on chance, and "rubber ear," Or deafness from the shouting of other brokers, are epidemic on the market and manufacturers of voice lozenges are reap. Ing large profits. The rubber boom has not yet bend- fited trade to any appreciable extent. Money has been made in large and small quantities, but it has been put back into the market again, People have been too busy making more money to spend what they have already made. Beal estate agents, motor car firrns and Bond street and Regent street dealers all agree that they have not shared in the boorien pro - 1159. "On the contrary," said the Leindon agent of a big motor ear firm, "we have noticed it tendency to sell ears to raise money for Stock Exchange speculation." Sellers 1 fine furs a.nd ckpensive jew- els are contentedly biding, their time. "When the ntarket Benet& 'Comes," Said a dealer, "we expeet our boom, to commence. Nothing preveuts people from spen4ing money more than the Mae einatieg work of making inn BIG AUTO- TRUST.. Dig Figures of the New Industry A Dombine Coming. Who itt this oewconier ia the Taunt of the nation's cepitalietare Ite kthe ruder anel inner ot a toy—of the moat pepuhir toy of the nee. With a liana of mogie lie devised tint wenn WWI -Alen une onetime the automobee, and he pm:Mimea its inerite so effectively that lie lute swept the nation hitt a toque' of buying. So great has been the see - tees attending his effort% teat If he ehould be able during 1019 te meet tee amenil already made upon him for hie produet be could truthfully beast a volume of business utter to ft qaarler of a billion dollare. As it 10;4;01 UM, hie prollable • production for the coming teener mouths, according ta comerva- tive estimate, will reach it totel of around $I00,000,000. Ana for len en - tiro output—if he lives up to hie repo- tetion—he will get CAS111 New the maker of the automobile bee pursued the typietel American policy ia placing his product upon the ntarket through the independent retailer, but he has not "financed" hie dietlibuting ommicies. As a matter of fact, front the beginning, the distributing agencies have "finauced" lihn. With their cow traete for ears the agents have been compelled to: surrender a counderable bonus to the -manufacturer and to pay in ready money the rot:mintier due when the ears are delivered. Organleation, consolidation of forces, is incessantly at werlc 15 this new indestry. With the paesing of the ownership and •nontrol of accessory plants turning out the more esseutitel parte into the hands of the big makers, the competition of the small producer -•—who ie merely an as- sembler of parts—will become nominal, only, and may be entirely wiped out in case of any sudden slump in the de- nten]. The "powers that be" wil regu- late the supply to meet the eapteity of the public to coneume. Thus the price of the product wilt remain where it enabling the motor car magnate to con- tinue to reap bonanza dividends based on his "expendeil" capitalization—From "Our Billion Dollar Toy," in June Tech- nical World Magazine. AN ORGAN FOR 25 CENTS A WEEK We have on hand thirty-five organs, taken in excliange on Ileintenutti & CO. planet:, which we muet sell remirdletes of loss, to make room in our store. Evety leetrument has been thoroughly otter. hnuled, and is guaranteed for five years, mia full amount will be aliewed on ex - dingo. The prices run front $10 to $35, for such well-known maim as Thomao Dominion, Karn, Uxbridge, Goderieh run Bell. This is your clutnee to save moray. A poet eatd will bring full pertieniars.— Ilene men & CO., el King etreet east, Itanolton. 4 • * ONE WOMAN'S STATEMENT Tells Her StifferIng Sisters to Use Dodd's Kidney Pills. They Proved a Blessing to Her When Her Pains and Weatmeee Were Al- most More Than She Coeld Bear. iSt. George, Man., May. 30.—(Special.) —Hoping to sane her slater women in the West from pains and aches which come at the critical times in a woman's life, Mrs: Arsene Vinet, of this place, has given the following statement for nublicat i on: "1 bave brought up a large family and nave ankays enjoyed good health until the last two years. I am fifty -foot years of age and at the criticaltime of life that conies to every women, I had pains in my right hip and shoulder. I coold not lie down two minutes at a time without suffering the greatest agony. Sometimes I awakened with a feeling. as if some one had laid piece of ice on my head. Another time it would be a burning pain under the left shoulder. "1 took many Medicines, but could get .n;) relief,. till reading of cures of similar cases to my own by Dodd's Kidney Pills, led me to try them. They did wonders for me, "I want all women to know what Dodd's,ICideey Pills did for me." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kidneys. The woman who has sound Kieneys is safeguarded agaihst nine -tenths of the suffering that makes life it burden to the women of Canada. ege et an - “1 tioderstend she enici I 'wait a Matt at deep peentration." "Yes—she said lomothitg like tarn." "Something like then? New?" 'Wane penetrate teeing born deltowet iereennereittati Leaden, • BlYIPIRB IN FIGURES: 885,357,0eo- British Subjects in I 334,000 Square ,Miles. The vastness of the oritish Empire is reflected in a statistieat abstract iseued on Tuesday giving details of population An Artist's Revenge 1ORIP0i4W49100.000100.11.0011.111#.1.0111.11• DrU6hinZtliU is a Chicago artist wee earne Leek from Peen with wItat seem - ea fine ere:meets of lame torn fortuae at Immo. lie nee • tentorttel with the neat of att. Ile Ina alteady had a oldif ef tt. Levee ef mane. Ile thoreht that oil ha hal to d te csteb- lisit lameelf nirn hator anal pint, vete to tot ip h:e etaelio ie Michigan me- nu° aed ehow Chleaseaee wItat ilie hone bred :ante van do wheel no gets a theme. But he teen Nand that a wean pie - thee elated "ineeie, leine" la it better beat for tame "enteuttemare" than * Stroilg h.31:1elliatie work, add whoa idi his foreign prreirets eine field at it me- rifive 15 1.elp pay his Lent he begau to debate with his coomeence whether it would In dolt g violex.te to his Itign ideals to use the magic rano: of the lereuch capital ea the ea:et:nes" that be painted u Ids blot high quarters over- looking Lalee Miehigan. Ile decided that Ito would tether etarve thou en sort to fraud, wed :so 15 conti41ue4 te etigmatize his pictures with the name of hie native city. Then he cliecoveral that if he meant to be bonen and sur - vivo lie nniet paint portraite, and With a sad heart he abandoned the fields Elysian wed began to paint merchant prineee and Inns of commerce at prices that made !tint feel like a guilty thiea. Re calleil these lowering presoute ments of mieliouaires "potboilere, ' but he waxed fet on the points and as hostages to his better self he contin- ued to paint "serious" thing) winch attraeted neither praise nor pureb.as- ers. Brushiegton thought it was bad enough to have to stare at Bud study for hours the rich "enters" whose pat- ronage he disliked even while he lived opeu it, but 'when lie got orders to paint portraits of the dead with no bet- ter guides than a photosoaplt aud lock of hair his cowecience emote him and his heart became seek. Whee he ac- cepted it "commission" to paint Mil- lionaire Slupsky, deceased, rind stood alone in his room with a solar print of the subject, a leek of gray nair awl the gold spectacles of the departed great man his degradation seemed complete. heLite soorldveerd t too sptilfilten,niisti.gbhitteinricothouougthht: Slupsky portrait, and so he set to work upon it, determined to learn whether money could ever be an emollient for bruised Ideals.. The son of his sub- ject, who expected to .pay for the por- trait, used to come in every day to give the painter hints about the color of the old gentleman's ski and hair, tho droop of his veto the shape ef his ear and the expression of his face. But, work. ae he would, inquire as he miglit, no nit that he could command seemed to atiafy the exactione of young Slup. ,y. As a matte); of fact, Mr. Slupsky IVOR astonished at the fidelity of the por- trait; but, being it good business man, he knew that by finding fault with it he might be able to get it at a reduced price when the day for payment came. Brushington never suspect:A the guile of his patron and worked away till it seemed as if every alteration possible had been aggested and made. Ship shy himself admitted that it was time to bring down the widow and all the surviving Shroskys to view the life size "picture of papa," but wizen ho conducted the family into poor Brush- ington's studio every member was in- structed to suppress admiration anti, as Slupsky put it, "take a little rap at the picture." The artiet was expecting las visitors. His smoking jacket was brushed; hia vandyke was twisted to it sharp little point; he had chalked over the spots ou his shirt front and turned his cuffs; also he wore a, eraile which was not heartfelt. The portrait was in a show frame on the big easel, the chairs were arranged, and the painter was wonder- ing whether he would get a check or currency. "How do you like it?" lee .askea of Mrs. Shipsky and all' the lesser Slup- ekys when they were seated before the niceness. "There's sontethiug the matter with it," she mid. "What is it?" the artist rteked, hold- ing out tho.solar print. "Is it the pose or the oomplexion ?" "Oh, nol Thom are all right, but there is ex:teething wrong." "Is it the hair?" "No 1" said they. "Those are all right. niut it isn't papa. It isn't Mr. Slupsky at all!" The artist was in a fury. Slupsky, the sop and financier of the family, thought it ' was a goal. time to say' something about the price. "We don't like it very well," he said, "but if you'll make a reasonable reduce That was as far as he not. Brushing - ton leaped at the painted sire of Ina his tempter and put his fist through the canvas, while all the Slupskys hold their breaths in horror. "1 didn't like it myself," said Brush- ington, trying to smile, "and I can't afford to let inferior work go out at any price. Here are the spectacles an<1 and trade. The following table indicates tile growth of the Empire's population: 1881. 1008. (Estimated)-. United Kingdom _34,894,849 45,003,4'21 Australia „ „ 2,250,194 4,275,306 n.Iew Zealand .. 489,933 972,092 Canada ... .„ 3,745,574 6,945,000 The total populatien of the Empire, which in. 1881 was 303,694,000, had in- creased by 1001 to 385,857,000, while the area reached 11,334,000 square miles, giv- ing an average population of thirty-four to the square utile. The figure for the United Kingdom per spare mile is 342.4, for British India 213.3, for New Zealand ,7.8, for Australia, 1.3, and for Canada 1.4. About three-quartere of the total population of the Empire are claimed by Britian India, which, including the native States, has a population of nearly 300,- 000,000. Large cities and towns are taken sen arately, ?and appear in the following or- der; Eetimated population in 1909. Loedon 4,833,93.e Calcutta, India 1,014,438 Glasgow ... , 872,021 lAverpool • 760,357 Manehester . 655,435 Birmingham ... 663,020 Dublin ... 308,306 The course of our trade, export and intport, with foreign eountries and the oversea Dominions and colonies es thus hiniceted: 1899 . . . .n1.103,788,000 1007 1,660,042,600 1008 . . . „ . . . 1,498,028,000 Detailed anelyaie eltowe that the for- eign trade in 1908 WaS 74.8 of the total; 26.2 being with the various parts of the British Empire. Total Inter -Imperial Trade. 1804 ... £226,668,000 1006 307,250,000 1901 .. , 431,621,000 307,213,000 The euniber of sailing and steam mo- unt on the register hs inereeenit Tonnage. 1804 10,612,271i .1002, ,.. 11,661,745 1008 ... ..„.. 13,263,331 *64 oilrrixo oLID. (toraivine Com lernfourriel) "Ihmeltly leen) Me tiespezately, cleer." "How stow?" "He lets father win /tort him at poker and mother trim hint shavetfully at tridgeea coEtNs cuREp ea Noy PAS 35 tui painiesely remora any VIM'. eltiat Vird. go3 or Means:el, y apeieleg Puteenn en it Extractor. tt er arils, leaves uo wee oltzelloe Ile colds ; Is lotableds becauses'onIKSeq only ot tinfle,genie nee kitty yew In orm. cure wear:mai. nee ay a1 hognsts tee, tottics, iblose subsiltott,s, PUTNAM'S PAINLESS CORN EXTRACTOR .....1.•••••,•••.•••••••••••••• •••••••••.•••••••••••••••••• day 1" Ca them Ile le iled tate widow say to afraid we'll rever eat another pieture his vieiters to the door ahd eiceed it iiierveL13afr,,/, of „n:dlyr, jig eme.4.00er: go hack end make ea offer ou the so like papa!" "Wait a minute," sate the eam, "r11 %then the pen.tere had everted ell "I wouldn't tate $1,000 for them," rend Brudningion, nicking Ids head out of the doorway. The i the Ship - hens fled. —naticage Rennet. 1'10. ".• Little Bobbie's Pa, (By William F. Kith.) Pa has brume beam loin of Nina men since him ee Ala was married, but the funieet man that Pe ever Mum; hoinu was at man named eletahl Grave. II° bed a awful long face 'e he la p groaning, te sod lie tete it bad stertuniele. Wife, sed PS, 1 want; you to shake hand. with Mr, Genie' (irave. I am sure that you wiii be glad to eneet hint, bee- kaus there was it littel gatheriag of tlei boys dowatou n aud Ilst r Grave nip- pened for to meoshun that be bad e weak stuounick, — wen I toald him that you lied a weak, stemmick, too, he wanted to meet yon. 1 think it aliveye means a lot of coinfert to have two 12) sufferers carry a cross together, sed Pa, 11 11 is jest the saint to you and yure wife, sed Air, Urave, 1 wad rather not talk about the terrine' afflienshun widen has struck rue down in the prime of my manhood. If you & mire helpmeet anent objeck, I wua rather not dwell on the terribia torture which sent me almost wild yeere Enid years age. Knowing,. from what you have told me, sed Mis- ter Grave to Pa, that yure wife hasent vary long to live, I da not wieh to make her living moments unhappy by a res., sital Of the terrific horrors of the awful effiickshun which hit my etummick with all its horrid force the erly & brite days of my youzig life, blasting me pet as was Climbing to the pinnigkle of success. I am very glad to meet you, sed Mo. You know'Mister Grave, that when a woman is troubled with a weak shim - mine nothing pleezes her so much as to have a Killjoy like .you come butting Into her eorapany & tell her to cheer up. Yoa are a grate ray of sunshine, sed Ma. Cani you sing us a little song? I would gladly sing, sad Pa's friend, but the lining of my stummick Is Bo soar that 1 cant git the low totes. When try to sing base I sing tenor, sed Mister Grave, on account of tbe lining of my stammick being different from the lining that used to be in my sturimack enefoar the lining got out of order & unlike the lining that a Stitiumiek ought to have. I am sorry I caunot show you the lining of my stummick, Mr. Graves sed to Pa. You doant know what a plesbur it is, sed Ma, to meet it man with can appro. shiate the feelings of a woman wieh has dispeoey. You are the kind of it man, / fancy, sed. Ma, that wud look into my eyes wen I had been suffering & say Little one, the hart of a strong man goes out to you, for I, too, have suffered. I too, have known the gray, gaunt pain that erawls wolf -like, through this tenn ment of Clay. That is what you wud say, sed Ma. My husband eloesnt say it that Way, he only says you have ate too many pancakes. My husband is not a poet, he eats steak every day. Fair lady, sed Mr. Grave, I feel that I am drawn closer to you on account of the two (2) week stummieke wich we are the possessors of. Fair Lady -- Nix on this Fair Lady etuffff, sed Pa, It begins to look as if this is a pritty tuff world wen you cant keep anybody from flirting, not even a man wich has a weak sturnmiek. Then frend went houn. In Praise of Piney Lands. The pine is the greatest American tree, et has been -of the widest use, is most in demand, and has enriched its tens of thousands of men. The most fashionable tourist and health resorts in the south are in the "piney woods" regions—vide Aiken, 8. C.; Pinehurst, N. C.• Thomas- ville, Ga., and others. .It is the resinous quality of the ozone that attractthe health and pleasure -seekers. Also the piney woods country affords the finest fruits, vegetables and melons. Living le eheap among the pines, health good and the people well fed.—Dallas, Texas, N Not for n—That t is Him. JohnsoeweI, Morrison—Why don't you marry her? Johnson—a can't furnish the setting,— Jane Smart Set, Gentleman (who has just picked up a sovereign, to tramp who lays claim to 11)- -But how can you prove that it be- longs to you? Tramp—Why, gwonor, you can see far yourself, I've got a 'ole in me pocket. —M. A. P. BABIES CHECKED AT JOHN DIS CHURCH Cleveland, 0., despatch: Baby tears, baby -frolics and baby anal' talk are no longer a part Of the rervices at John D. Rockfelkr's tuella avenue Baptist Under a system which has just been inaugurated the owners of the teazle etc., are left—cheeked, if non please -eat the door of the auditorium, nt. The new system is a great improve- InFather and Mother take their pew confeht with the knowledge that the mall, restless person Is being cared for on the othet side of the sound -proof wall; and baby feels not it bit slighted, because there are crackers and bottled and other babiee in the nursery, lelinike AND 1UJJit Ate e. te•en' Prayer. Our Heavenly Father, 'Thou bas Druid US 1.0 may fer alt inaultind. Herm us at thie time for those tenon) Satan hie tonna in tlui ebaine of sinful Wilt. inn -inter their weaknese an4 the power of temptation and have mercy upon them, Open their eyes that they may See their true position and their need of Thy grace. Show thent the sufficieney and willingness of Jesue Christ to save. Give them repenter:cc Inc their sin and faith in the Saviour and set thene fres nom tondage. And be pleased, 0 God, to break those forces of evil which war against mankind, Overthrow the strong. hold of Satan. Give strength and wis- dom to Om who seek the betterment of their fellowe and let purity and tem- peranee Ana righteousness in every form prevail. Let Christ's kingdom be estab. Milted on the earth. Amen, The Blessing of Friends- FrimelsItip is a mutual enrieliment. The stream. refreshes the tree with ite crystal waters, but the tree returns, tbe favor by its cooling shade. Friends can- not go to each other empty banded, There is nlwaye something to give,and something to get that the needs of each be suppled. It it a. commeree of lioubl. 111 giving you are getting, and in gett tang you are giving, and both Mende, are emiched. "For the heart grows'rieli in giving; All its wealth is living grain; Seeds which mildew in the gamed, scat. tered, Fill with gold the plain," The friend who le always receiving favors and conferring none, soon becomeis weariness and profitless:. Friendship has its obligations tor well as its privileges. When our Lord said to his disciples, have called, you. frieuds; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto yam," ne would not let them rest in the thought that they 154 nothing to.elo bilt receive. What they received au revelation was to be returned as life. And hencs he added, "I have chosen you," as friends, "that you should go and bring forth frutt." The friend wile only makes the poor return of flattery le to be shunned. There is no such flatterer as is a mann self; and if his flattery is echoed from the soul of a friend, he may conclude that hie friend's soul, evhiele sends back his voice, is as empty as lais own, One flatterer at a time is more than enough. He is one too meaty even for the best of men. Flattery is not an office of friendship. One of the assumptions common to most men is that friendship can be main- tained and flourished without culture. 11 is an assumption which leads to the disintegration of many it friendship. We forget that friendship is a newer, not a weed. It has to be tenderly culti. vated, and demands our best thought and care. We menet do what we like to a friend. nor can we say to him what we like. Friendship demands chivalry, respect, reverence. The Present Tense. Must not the spirit of man ever speak in the present tense? In a. profound and sublime ease there is no future tense in which the spirit of man can spinet. To think along the line of progress and advaneement is to think inadequate- ly and injuriously. The spirit of. man is complete, iesulated, isolaMd, a star dif- fering from another star. Let us first learn the constitution of our own being, let us start with the unity of our own personality, and all else will follow in order. Pascal complains earnestly that mon apply the laws of the body to those of the mind and vice versa. The spirit of man knows eothing of time, space, di- mensious, lat. and Ion, or other limi- tations. When we are exhorted to grow in grace and add to our knowledge, grace after grace, it is not that we call add to the stature of our being. We can put on garment after garment, but these are only 'things,' embellishments, adornments, which answer to the thoughts of worldly rewards and honors. In Ileb. 32, 21, it is said eve are come to Mount Zion. It is not we are coming and will get there one, day, but we are "come." We are there already in the city, amid the hosts of angels, tho church of the first born, in the presence of God, the judge of all, ited the spirits of just men milde perfect. The spirit of man is entire, there is nothing to be added or dedutted, he is it person, his worldly goods are additions, his virtues are adornments, his vices are blots and scabs. Nelson lost an eye in one battle and an arm in another, still he was Nel- son. Take away his body, man is still a person. Many take the liberty to read the above words in the future. There is no future! To many there is a great distance. There is uo distance! Their *whole confessioe is, we are not yet come, the words are, we "are come." nt must be so. There aredegrees of at. tainnteut, of talents, endowntnenta and chastening, Mit the spirit of man M en- tire, but not perfect, he Marna perfete don through suffering. Was the bless- ed Mester veiled all along? Yes and No. "Ho was mule perfect through suf- fering." • Bo sure of this. Goa honors his awn workmanship and jostifies his ways to inert attd nubile and angels. What thi ik ye, toil-wornneacher? Take comfort hero there is no future tense. "Give mo health and. a, day," said a gmat man, "and T ani complete." The ICiugdom is within. It le now, it Is entire, but not perfect. feve more chains of tiro from. the thundercloud, a few more salt joWels to run down the , cheek, a few more spasms; cramps, jolts and shakes to the house of clay in whieh we live. A few ,ntore trips ever the ocean. "Ire makes the rolling billows Tho sleeping billows toll" And thou the haven whete The Weida be. II. T. Miller. ••••••./00,..P.1 The Beet :SalvaliOri. Christ would save, not merely our mails, but our lives. Ile would have 50 more interested-, lust now, lit witat Re ean do for us tore thau hereafter. lf, having given ourselves to .Christ, we concern ourselvee little with learning how to live the Christ -life while we nye In the body, the ealvatiori that we attain will certaihly be robbea of amine of its bleseings. Same who cherieh the hope of salvation seern tn expeet it to tante att• the end: of it misspent lile. %need of ite making for them a life of netpose 554 Service. on earth. \\*Weyer may be the friftwe ef thoie wh2 ftek thio eort of sehatinn. it ie plain that their preeent life le a betrayal of the natter whim thee profeei to serve, Not the eaving of it Imre.. but the preventing .of wrepk. is this greetrot blessing thritt nue offer; ann WC iliTheltir Th uarne viten we Med His tett.