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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-06-09, Page 3skay one will find that potatoes lying lu a, pile three or more days after being •cut will not produce much more than half the amount a petatees per acre thoee thet are pleated as feet as be- ing eut '1 It highest record ever made in trade beta een Canada and the 'United. Statea was that of the last ealender year, ae- cording.to the offieial fignrea a the Bur. eau of Statistics, Department a L'enu- mem and Labor, During the last 10 years tide trade has been more than doubled. In no former year have either importe „from or exports to Canada &coaled the aecora of 1900, importe frein Cellada in 1000 aggregated. $3a,500,000. Canadian official statistics show that in 1009 00.4 per emit- of all •Canasta= ex- ports were from the *United Statea, com- pared with 40.08 per cent. in 1889. "Undoubtedly, if the farms were rais- Ing more meat the price woidd be reduc- ed," saki Secretary Wilson, of the Unit. ed States Department of Agriculture, in /( commenting upoa the widespread., bay. cola against meat products, "There are not enough people on the farms raising food, ana too many people are going to the towns to be fed." Waxing is one, of the mot important factore in successful grafting, The work must be done carefully, that the scions be uot disturbed, and ,eompletely, that all air and moisture sliall be excluded. A very good wax is made by melting to- gether four pounds of resin, two pounds of beeswax and one pound of tallow. When melted pour into a tub of cold wa- ter to cool; then pull, the sante aa for taffy, until it la of a clear golden color. Of emiese, grafting should be done on warm, bright days, otherwise the wax hardens so quickly it is difficult to do the work well. Young trees may be re - topped in a single season; a, tree eight to ten years old in two years. Wash the horse's feet occasionally with soap and water, and if they are to travel on hard roads keep them shod, as it is very hard on the horse to go sev- eral miles on pikes or hard gravel roads with a, shoe off. Havea, good smith to do the shoeing, es a poor one wil do more damage than good to the horse's feet. The shoe should come well out to the edge of the hoof. 11 a horse's hoof is very tough and old shoos hold on till the hoof has grown over the shoe, they should be removed, the hoof casafully trimmed; and if the shoe is good. it may be tacked on again. If the horse's feet are brittle and the hoof break* and does not hold the shoes good, wet the hoof often. This may be done by driving through a stream of Water, 11 there is none convenient, use acme cionvenient iessel for this purpose. Some horsemen use oil on brittle hoofs. A packer declares that the cost of piekieg a barrel of apples on very large, high trees is 20 cents per barrel, while on low -headed trees the coat dces riot exeeed 7 cents. A sick asthma should be placed in a well -disinfected and dry box stall, with plenty of bedding and sunlight; avoid drafts. In cold weather plito a blanket on the animal, feed sparingly with diges- tibia food, such as bran mashes made of linseed tea; keep the manger sweet and clean. Water should be pure and. data and warmed when necessary. --,--assass GET COPY. IIMM.1.1.11•••••••••• Report of Swine Commission Pub- lished by Government, The report of the commission sent last year by the Dominion Covernment to Europe to study the swine rearing in- dustry has been issued. It consists of a pamphlet of sixty pages of printed matter and a large number of striking illustrations. The countries visited were England, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark and Hol. land. Denmark and Ireland, being the strongest competitors of Canada In the British market, received most attention. The report described dearly how the hogs aro bred and reared, and the vari- ous steps taken to develop the export bacon trade. The far-famed co-operative system, as applied by the Danes to the breeding and rearing of the swine, the packing and marking, is fully described. Co-operative feed buying, which involves the.purchase of over six hundred million pounds of grain, oil cake, ete., a year, is fully dealt with. etit .A. valuable feature of the report is the attention given to the methods fol- lowed itt the different countries for maintaining harmony between packers and farmers, and the securing of a form supply of pigs. Co-opeattion'not only betweeta faamers, but between ferniers and packers, is redited with ex- eellent results. This is espeeially true In England in bacon -curing vicinities. After dealing with the various phases of production in the different eountries, a thapter is devoted te the _English bacon trade and another to lessons for Cana - ditto farmers and packers. The report Is comprehensive and practical, and therefore of value to every swine raise In Canada, Copies may be procured free by writing the "leive Stock Commission- er at Ottawa. • • te MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS. (Louisville Courier -Journal.) . "Fine liner you have here, eaptaim" , "Pretty fair." "Chilly passenger list, thoegh. Three days out and nobody will -speak to any. body dee." "Vela I gum these fellers are all go - hag over to meet lloomvelt." MADE IN CANADA YEAST CAKES Best Yeast in tha World Sold and bed Evrwhere 1•011•Wowa le W. Gnat co., %roma Om, "THEOEAORASOOMETOLIFE A 11101T-A4IVEr MIRACLE MR*. JAMES FENWIng Lenterpriee, One, October tst, 41 euffered tortures for seven long years from a Water Tumor. 1 woe forced to take naorphia eonstantly JO relieve the awful pains, and 1 wanted to die to get relief. The doctors gave me up and my friends Warty expected my death. Then 1 was induced to take "Itruit-a-tives" and this wouderf el fruit Medicine bas completely cured roe - When I appeared on the street again my friends exclaimed 'The dead has come to life.' The cure was a positive miracle." MRS. jADIRS PRNWICK. 50e a box -6 for $2.50 -or trial box, ese. At dealers or from Pruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. THE RAT'S TAIL. Rodent Does Some Wonderful Things With Its Paws, Too, The rat's sight is not particularly good, bat its smell is leeen, and. its senile of locality so perfect that it will run through its holes and galleries in pitch darkness at full •speed. The great Olivier used especially to admire the rata tail, which he said has more muscles than the humeri hand Careful experiments by Romanes, moreover, have proved the truth of the ancient belief that, by letting down, its tail and licking the end, the rate extracts oil, milk, wine, molasees, and other fluids from the deep or narrow -necked Vessels. No oingle. point, I think, illustrates better the eagaeity •oe the rat than the way in whioli its eatsen eigg. It bites, through the Sheik and chips ofi small fragments as neatly as a equir- rel opens a nut, consumes the entire contents svithout spilling a drop, and then sits up and licks itself clean like a oat. Rats will steal the eggs from under a sitting hen; in Wash- ington, D.O., they carried off 76 dozen eggs which a commission merehant had ineautiously stored in a wooden tub. Their enethod of handling eggs is alao characteristic. An egg is as large for a rat as a barrel for a man -and much more fragile, Yet there is evi- dence of th,e fact that they pass eggs along from one to another, •although not, probably, as has often been re- ported, by forming lortg linos,like a bucket brigade. The operation is, naturally, a difficult one to observe; but apparently it takes two rats to each egg. One holds the egg in lie paws, passes it on to the other, and then runs ahead to take it once more In its turn. The same device seems Lo be employed to carry an egg down - stair, the one that has the egg pass- ing it to its companion, which stands on the step below. Going upstairs, however, at least in some cases, eaah rat puts its head between its fore paws and pushes the egg up with its hind feet. Such appears to be the general procedure.-McClure's Maga- zine. • *0 BISIIIE'S DECORATION DAY. Decoration Day meant something -to Bishie Clark last year, for her grandpa had died but three months before, and he had been one of the bravest of the brave in the late civil war, alishie remembered hint, tall and Straight as an arrow, with dear blue eyes that peeped out from wider a pair of bushy eeybrows, and long white wills - kers that fell down over his breast, Bishie thought he was just the pea - Mesa the grandest and the dearest grandfather in all the world. • She was inconsolable at his death, but now it eves nearing Decoration Day mid her grandfather's grave was to be honor. ed tunong the rest, yea, more, for she was to be one of the flower girls and her grandpa's grave was to be decorated first of all. Bishie was dressed in a white dress, blue slices old had a little reit eap perch- ed over her bright culls, besides she bad red, white and blue ribbons around her waist, with a great big bow and long streamers hanging down behind, e She walked ahead of a long procession of little girls and looked very sweet in- deed, carrying a flag in one hand and a basket of flowers In the other. The music was so grand ancl tiolerim that 13ishie felt like crying, but the stood very still until receiving orders. then she turned upside down her basket of flowers right on top of her own grandpa's grave; them turning around, elm took the basket of flowera held by the next little girl and tossed them, too, on her own graudptes grave, and, turn- ing atoned. again, said: "More, morel' Then it was that her mamma stepped hastily forwerd and. said: "aro, no, The flowers are tot all for your gratdpa. There are other children here whom grandpas lie in this eemetery, They must have some flowers, too," and, etooping, she pickea up the last basket - lid of flowers and. gave them back to the little girl, who strewed them over the next soldier's game When the decoration was eomplete& the cemetery looked, like one grana bed of flowers. "A pretty enougil place for angels to sleep," one old lady said. After they went home, Bieble's mother said: "They must look after the living soldiers as 'well as the dead," and, be- sides taking a clothes basket of flowers, she parked a hamper of dainty food and Maxie went tiding with ber mamma to make distributions Among living sol. In one house 'Beside was very much in- terested, for In a bed lay a dear old. soh aloe siek, nee of her grttruipsee dearest ehume in the Army. A Tittle girl, no larger theft herself, etood by the bed, andthe old man had all arm around her. am not afraid to go," !said the brave old :soldier. "hut whet is to be tome of this rand? It is so hard to think she must, go to home." "I will take bet, Awl bring her up tut my own," Said mantnia. "rather would want me to tin it. 1 know, if he were here," ard el it Itapeetied Mutt and Mahler beeame eaters. 11 :volt leek eltaely at tali vear's de. coration yee trey sPe two little giria aeoteatieg their es/warms' grove, nne with Mut eyes era eunny hair. the ether with brown eyes tend heir. See %Clash Ione e.on think is the prettier.- --Philatiel- tibia Real& t" oat a virtlle eta extbeet vies. I BUCKINGHAM PALACE I Somethinfiesig About This Royal . - time in the Olden Time. Buckingham lealece w.ke haught by theerge IU, whet; hie ettnily Isecitate to., ierge for the neiglteering level reelaenes of St, James', ,liut to triis day tlw Bug - eels ;mart alall tekes its tare from tita -9,4ur pntace, which throughout tae taiga of Victoria was often kale scene ot grand reeePtions,. Tills palace, by the way Was .built by eienry Val. On the eite oc tiHt Jacuea. Respite! for Lepers, and ite turned the atm:steeling marsh int.() a dear -park. (Aeries 11. leede a derdea ofit, but the beautifut sheet of water, Where oe Imlay kende of wila.fewl find 1194110, wit* au improvement added. by GeorgesIV. Vice Wise also remodelled Decking - leans Palace, but it woe little kthea tau hie aim aecended the throes'. During her reign a new wing arid a magnift. cent bell -room were aticlea to the pelece: which now torms a great quedrenga It east frout, facing Saint James, pare, is 300 feet itt leugtle As 'the Kings home, the palace is never open to sigma seem. None but hie gueete and servants are permitted to enter, ena the rare treasures of picture aud sculpture gat. leries, the glories of the grand marble etairease, and of the Throne Reotu with its decoratione of crimson and gold and its marble frieze, representiug the Woes qf the Rome, all these are to be seen duly by the privileged few. In the or. lier days of Victoria's reign, however, careless n watelt was kept at the var- ious entrances that, on one occasion, a boy walked into the palace and. Was dis- covered at I o'clock in the morning hid. ng under a sofa in the room next to that where the Queen was sleeping. The palace was not only illsguarded, but the royal household was ill -man- aged, owing largely to a system of divide ed authority, which left two-thirds of the army of servants .practically without a master. They came and went at their own sweet will, and, as Mrs, Fawcett puts it in her lite of elletoria," "if the dormitories where the footmen slept, ten or ,twelve in a room, were turned into scenes of riot and dronlaninees, no one could help it." Nor was it only in this respect that the lack of an efficient head was felt. Waste and extravagance were. rampant, arid, despite the vast expendi- ture, the plame was not even a, comfort- able place to live in. It was neither well lighted nor well heated; nor is this stir - prising, when the Lord Chamberlain "cleaned the inside of the wizulowe Nod the Womb and Forests the outside"; when the Lord Steward found the fuel and the Lord. Chamberhtin lighted the fire; when the latter provided. the lamps, and the former trimmed aud lighted them. In the matter of repairs it was just as bad. Five officials, we tire told, Ittui to sign or eountersign a gequieition before money was forthemeing for the mending of a lock or the renewal of a pane of glass. No wonder that after some years' experience of sixth condi- tions, when the purcbase of the Osborne estate had been concluded, the Queen should write to her uncle, Leopold, who was always interested In her affairs, small and great: "It sounds so pleasant to have a place of one's own, quiet and retied and free from all Woods and Ferests and other charming departments, which really are the plague of one's life." --Emily P. Weaver, in the ,Tune Canadian Magazine. AI to THROW AWAY ALL YON FEARS Backache, Gravel and • Rheum*. tisnt Vanish Before Dodd's Kidney Pills. %Proved Once Again in the Casa of Mrs. Fred Krieger, Who Suffered From the Worst Forms of Kidney Disease. Palmer Rapids, Ont., June 0. -(Spe- cial) --The thousands of Canadians who live in daily terror pf those terrible forms of Kidney Disease known as Back- ache, Gravel atul Rheumatism, will be deeply interested in the story of Mrs. Fred Krieger, of this piece. "I was for yore a, great sufferer from Kidney Disease, Gravel, Rheumatism and Beekache," Mrs. Krteesser states. "It all started through a eold, but I got so my head ached. I was nervous, my limbs were heavy, I had a dragging sensation across my loins, and I was totally unfit to do anything. "Reading about wonderful eures by Dodd' s Kidney Pills led me to buy some. After using a few 1 found they were do- ing nie good and this encouraged me to continue their use. Eight boxes exude me well. "I have been able to do my own work over shwa and to -day I ant completely cuted. Dodd's Kidney P1118 gave me health and 1 feel like A new woman?" If you keep your Kidneys strong and heathy you can never have Backaehe, Itheurnatism or Gritvel. Dodd's- Kidney Pills never fail to mice the Kidneys strong end well, CliRlOtTS HOW HE KNEW IT. (Dallas News,) . Soine years ago an expedition from tbo University of Permsylvaela was sent to one of our eouthern states for t6hoeirspeurpose of observing a solar * The day before the event one of the professors said to au old colored man belonging to the household ,awitercie thev were quartered: 'Toni, if you will wateh your eltiekens be -morrow morning, same' find that they'll go to roost at 11 o'clock." Tout was, of 'course, skeptical, but at the appointed hour the heavens were daikEned and the eltickene retire' to roost. At this the manta nreazement showal no boutds, and be sought out, the man of lettere. "Perfessor," he said, "how lova arm aid you know dem chickens woula go to roost'?" "About a year ago," said the plates - son Milling. "Well, if dat tien't beat all," WWII the itiftteto romment. "Perfeesor, a year age dert chickens wasn't even hatched!" 'VARIETY. elearperee Bezaera • New Meid-Pleaso, mum, there's a man at the door tam* to collect e14 mule- tbing yes bought on the installment plan. Madre's-Asa him }tether it's the en- eyelepedia, the plairogreph, the hrate bsd, th4 piano, or the eassiagetarthinet. FORCING YOURStil TO TAKE FOOD The Tortures ,of Indigestion Ran- is4sti by the Tonic Powers of On Williams' Pink fills. Victims of indigestion lose small elmice betweeu two evils --on the one hand a starvation _diet, whitsh .meane great weaknese and depression of spirits, and on the other hand forcing themselves to take nourishment in firite of the matte suffering inflicted by each Meal. In the search of a cure they • find common medicines upset the stomach anti reviler the food more difficult to digest. Laxatives are violent and ,weakening, and so.calied " pre -ingot - ea foods" inertly evade the eause the trouble and. the stomaell steadily grows weaker. The common sense way of curing indigesiton is the let., Willianed 'way -th° making of new, rich Wood by Dr, WilliamPink Pille that given tone to the weakened system and In- vigorates the distressed digestive or - gam. Dr, Pans Pilla liave cured thousaude of the svorAt easea of indigestion through their simple tonic treatment and oue excellent , exantplo of these cures is the case of Miss el, Y. C. Roberge, Sorel, Que., who Kest "For upwards of »ine years 1 suffered almost continuously the tor- tures of indigestion. At times I had no appetite; at others there was a erostevg for food, but whatever I took caused me the greatest pangs, ' As the result of the trouble I suffered' front violent headaches, and 1 grew pale and weak, I tried many eater. ent medicines; some gave me a little relief, but none gave tee any pernatie ent, benefit until I began- using Dr. Williams' Pink Pill. I had onLY taken these a few weeks when 1 found omit help as I had not found before. Tlie pains after eating gradually dis- appeared, my appetite grew better, and after smine the Pills for a cou- ple of months 1 found myself coin- pletely 'cured, and have not since had a twinge of the trouble. I gratefully recommend. 3.)r, Williams' Pink Pills to all who suffer.dione any form of indiges- tion," Through their action on the blood Dr. Williams' Pink Pals aura such 'troubles as anaemia, indigestion, sick headaches, rheumatism, and ail forms of nervous troubles such as ueuralgio, St. Vitus' dance, and par- tial paralysis, These Pills are es- pecially valuable eto growing girls and women and cure the headaches, sideaches and other pains known only to them. Sold. by all medicine dealers or by mail at 60 cents a box or six boxes for $2,60 from The Dr. Williams' afedieine Co., Brockville, Ont, AS TO EEVOIVIIVIENDATIONS. Doubts That Possessed a Man Appeal- ed to by a Surety Company. • The automobile owner wasn't pleased, with hie chauffeur. The cbauffeur knew about driving the ear all right but wasn wasn't obliging and didn't keep appoint- ments. Ile hed a, way, too, of speaking ungraciously about the ear and was al- ways urging his employer to gat an- other make. It was his dilatory ways that finally got him fired. Not long afterward the owner got a blank from a surety company asking about the elute/few, svbo liad applied for a place with a clepartraent store to dtive ane ol its ears. The company said the chauffeur had given the owner as a reference, The man at (nice faced. a problem. Be wouldn't wittingly deprive anyone of the chance to make a living, and yet in his desire to be fair he wanted to tell the truth. As to the chauffeure; bonesty he eoula certify easily. The man was hon- est. Asked about the eta -sulfates quali- fications he returned guarded answers. Finally it came to a. question whether the owner believed the chauffeur wits qualified to get the • Sob. Of this he wrote; "He can drive but is not puncs teal." To- himself he said: "A -depart- ment store Is not like a private owner. It has 'very little hesitation about dia. charging an employee who isn't faethful. The eonma,ny will certainly be able to handle this case all right, and if the chauffeur makes good. he'll stay. Other - wig) be stee, et the blanks in, having salv- ed his conscience. Talking about this to a friend he heard that, this Mend had had something of the came experience. The friend knew Al. young man newly married to a niee girl. The young man had lost, two places through drinking habits but hacl a chance for a, splendid plaee. He gave this other man as a re- ference. The man refererd to knew about the bad habits -of the yourtg meat, but oat of mead for the wife and knowing they were in financial difficulties he filled out tthe ingt.t.lry. blank in favorable t "1 wonder just how Much reliance is put on those reply blanks," said the auto owner. "I feel sure all that is wanted really is to know if the man in question is honest, If he is the employer can judge of his fitness otherwise for him- self. "1 etutifore myself with that, just as you do. Neither of us- would recommetta 0. dishonest man. I sup-opse hundrede el other folks have hatl the seine experieum we have had, end for that reason the surety folks, if Only they knew it, should have euepleions of the velue of the report. 1 wonder if they do know." -New York Sun. • **is - yon be mine, dear - esti etas Antique --Oh, von mutt give me tinte. tbr, Oldbeau-itOW long will you keep me waiting/ Miss Antique - Welt, in about 15 minutes 1 think be ready to go with yen to the City Iran to opt the license, „ , THE MELTING POT How Dickinson Game to he Stricken With Fumes From Retort, Looking For Road to Wealth By AlchemistiA Discovery, • - &Fenton, PR. ----Was Cites, Courter Dieklusee, financier, founder of the Cars uegie 'fruit Co., of New York, a dee eipleaof Hermes Trismegistus, the father of Alchemy? Dickinson, as is klialY11, died eutleenly end mysteriously after a visit to a 1041 chemical learetory. It now develops that his death wes due to his having breathed mean, noxious fumes -exhaled by a re- tort during the process of an experi- ment in metallurgy. There is reason to believe that this experiment, first de- .. scribed vaguely as bearing on a 4reeal- .mercial, process" invented by Dr, la W. Lange, of Seraneon, Was really an expe,ri- meet la etlehemy, ena taut Dr. Lang, Chas. Dickinson end Stauton Dickinson, a brother of the deceased, were associat- ed. in pushing- a scheme for the trawl - muted= of the baser metals trite gold er silver. Tite Dickinson brothers came. to Scran- ton on May H. They were taken to the Lange labratory to witness the crucial experiment in the Lange proeess, Cer- tain materiale-sau to have been the baser metals, lend, tin, antimony, etc. - were fused in a -crucible heated to a temperature of 4,000 degrees Fahren• licit, "When the reduction of the materials in the crucible had been accomplished, and before the molten mass had thor- oughly cooled, the door of the furnace was opened and a blast of hot gases gushed into tixe room. Chas. Dickenson was directly in, line with the open furn- ace door. He coughed and swooned. 'Vic- tor Hedgepeth, who was another withese of the experiment was also affected, but less seriously than Mr. Dickinson. Dr. Lange and Stanton Dickiuson, who were near an open window, were not affected. The prostrated man was hurried back to New York. In a Week he was dead. There was a rumor in Vali street to the effect that be had cohnuitted suicide. The Dickinson family physician, how- ever, says he died of "pneumonia," Chas. C. Dickineon Was a brilliant young financier, His career in Wall street has been a somewhat spectacular one, and he was on the road to suc- cess, as the "street" defines euecess. It seems that he was not content with the touchstone of finance of the alchem- ist, Now, like Faraeleaus, who poisoned hiinself with a &eft of his elixir of life, and like snarly another who had sought for the Master Draft or the Philosopher's Stone, he has paid with his life the pen- alty for prying too curiously into the veiled secrets of nature, • — • AN ORGAN FOR 25 CENTS A WEEK We have on hand thirty-five organs, „taken in exelutnge on Heintzman & Co, pianos, which we muet soli regardless of los, to make room in our store. Every instrumeet has been thoroughly over- hauled, and is guaranteed. for five years, end full amount will be allowed on ex. change. The prices ruu from $10 to $35, for such 'well-known makes as Thomas, Dominion, Kern, Uxbridge, Goderieh Bell. This is your chance to save money, A poet card will bring full particulare.- Ifeintanan & 00., 71 Kieg street east, Hanalton. • • • The Unseen is Eternal. The seulptor adds no nutterial to the marble by his tonscientious toil; but by every stroke of his mallet he is break- ing away portions of the stone that are not essential to his purpose. The artist etert purchase for a, few dimes the pig• ments needed for his canvas, and when at last the completed painting is hung itt the gallery there are no colors in it that were not mixed froin the little tubes which he bought from the user- obant. But for that canvas the artist receives tens of thousands of dollars. What gives value to the seulptor's marble and to the artist's naives? Skill? More than that. The prestige of a mans? More than that. The connoisseur has purchased More than eolors, skill or gen- ius. The soul of the artist has been breathed into the canvas, and he has purchased that. The dream of the settlp- tor is in his marble, and he has prueluts- ea that. Back of the heed ie the thought of the thinker; the unseen has been made real, and he has purchased teat. The artist and the mulptox went back into the picture gallery of the seul hidden deep from mortal vision, and brought away a new creation, and the purchaser has purchased that. lis has -caught 0, glimpse of the unseen and the soul's imagery beeomes the world's pos- session. It was not for flesh and blood that Jesus died. Not for that was the priee paid, the wonderful price, on Golgotha. although the frame goes with the pie- ture. He taw deeper than perishatee raertality. He taw there an image that was once In the thought of the Greet Artist. Ile saw the unseen linage in the =vet of humanity, God's thought, God's dream, God's creation, tsnd he pule chased that, It was the unseen for which he died. It was Immortality en. ehrinea in Mitten flesh, and he gave the tveltderful prica-United Presbyterian. Fleck of Seagulls inland. An unusual sight Vag nen by Told- ents along the bane of the Androscogs gilt below Lewiston moistly, when a flock of about twenty ,seagulls hovered about for some time. Though Lewiston and Auburn aro twenty-five or thirty miles front gait watet eeagalls Come up tho river frOM abne, to time, usuelly dur- ing or 'after some- unusual period of weather. 'this is the first time, however, that SO large a number have been seen to- getlicr. The big white birds seemed to be enjoying their iulaud journey and 'Were in no burry to get bac kto their ueltal hannte-From the leeeuebee journal. essesees, ea*. SIM ANTICIPATED MIL (Boston Transcript.) Census 1littn.---Ilow old are vitt, mg' tiairt! lAdy-Twenty-five. 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"Let's take our sleds and go coatsing right after breakfast," "No; I've got a better plan. Let's take our sleds and tie them one after the other and hitch the first one to Betty." Bobby agreed and, breakfast finished, they hurried to Betty's stable and soon drove her out of tae yard drawing the sleds behind her, ' All went well except for an occasional snowball Betty's feet would. kick back at the boys till a big automobile cense by, tooting its horn. Usually Betty wasn't afraid of auto- mobiles, but to-dey she felt just like having a good time, too. So around she wheeled, kicking up the snow and upset- ting the bays in a deep drift. By the time they had crawled out and brushed the snow front their eyes, Betty was nowhere to be seen. Running, to the corner, they were lust in time to see, her galloping into her own yard, dragging the sleds behind her, IVIsen they got home there was Betty standing at the back steps where their 4 sister was foiling her elven Bobby un- tied his eled, saying he was going cost- iiig the hill because it wouldn't kick and whirl around. Billy thought he'd better go, too. So away trudged the boys dragging their sleds while Betty peacefully nibbled hay in her evistm stall and chuckled hoarse pony chuckles to herself. +VOIVIEN PRISONERS IN JAPAN. • Open Air Life Day and Night -System of Reformation and Work, It is difficult to associate the light-hearted, childlike Japauese women with the dark, for- bidding and depressing elite ot life suggested by prison. But even in the Land ot the ais- les Sun crime and punishment of it have to be reckoned with; and the question of re- forming women criminals is a preminent oat) In Javan lust now. Penology has made rapid advances there of recent years because the Japanese have the capacity of assimilating the best meth- ods of other countries in every subject they seriously coneider. They realize that the prevention of crime is even more important than Ito ours, writes Bilzabeth Sloan Cbeseer in the Guardian, and the drift of their legis - lotion is toward trippin•e, crime in the bud. They have grasped the fundamental prin- ciple that much crime is due to adverse 60. dat conditione, and their idea is to lessen temptations to crime by improving the social and econonale etate of the people aad by trobatiouary methods, With regard to their treatment of women and girls sentenced to prison for such crimes as theft, drunkenness, arson (a very coni - moa and serioue crime in Japan, where the tiay wooden houses blaze and hurn in a few minutes, anti fire spreads quickly from house to house) refornlatoey inethods are rapidly being employed all over the country. When 1 visited Ichigaya, one of the chief prisons for )vomen In Japan, 1 was struck by the bantam: and curative system that has been organized of recent years. The first im- nressioa of the prion oontrasts markedly with one's idea of 4 prison In this country. There Are no massive buildings one glass windowe with Iron bars, no bare stone floors, no long corridors mad tine tells where tbe Prieonera spend long hours in solitary con- finement. The buildings surround a central courtyard, ahd are built of wooden planka or standards, cage fashion, so that the Prisoners are living an opea air lite eity and night. TIM floors are covered with corn coloral matting, and the woodwork is polish- ed tilI every grain is visible, The prisoners Wear pink crepe kimonoe, which tontrast with their ivory fates and gleaming hair. We were taken to ono large Mein where three rows of pink clad figures were squat- ting Japanese fashion On Wilk OnSniOnn On the floor, They greeted us with ally smiles and soft nIurmurs of "Mayo," the Japanese "Good Dee," 'while they simultaneously bow- ed their blue black heads to tbe ground. Polltenees le one ef the chief virtues In Janars. and in the prisons special lessons are given in Manners and easeetment, and ;•0.. • c• HI& best, remedy known for sunburn, heats rashes, eczema, „sore feet), stings and qiisters. A skin food! o 411 Druratee and Stores. -44, .1^4: eserenees whatever improves her behavior and man - Pert, aids her reformation. The teaching is sIty'aeowrayvsi onemg0:1 nderrxeecil leuci Stati Fue, mg bLareons 11de:este:sal nit ir are dgeat vitt ednn tine Prison and artistic garments -cut kimono fathioa. The twist:tilers work in sheds all day, ao that the cells are practically sleeping apart - Meats. and it has beeu found that working in Association under official control makes for reform and improvement a mental and ehysical health. Prison in Japan is an edu- cational agency and the women work and are paid wages for what they do. Prizes and decorative awards are also given as an ia- centivt to good work and aoudad. The Japanese of to -day could teach us 4 great deal In the matter of penology. They allow their prieoners more liberty, they flimsy a more sympathetic interest in their welfare, than wo do. Zverything is done to teach them industry and morality. As their be- havior improves they are given better food and various privileges. laverything and every prisoner is scrupulously clean, Wo visited the bathroom, which tontained about fifty quaint little Wooden tubs measur- ing 2 feet by 4 feet. These are not for wash - ins Purposes, but are a much appreciated luxury. A Japanese washes before entering a bath, and everybody has heard . of the custom of the couatry which makes bathing O regular household ceremony partaken ot itt order of precedence. Bvery prisoner has to wash three times 4 day and has a hot bath three times a week in Japan. When the prisoners are served their sentences arrange- ments are made by the State for providing them with remunerative work on discharge. elassea ere even held to teach the art of tee We are inclined to rejoice earring. Which Is an important ceremonyfortmm of our friends, with the Janall090, The idea 15 that what- ever raises the aelf-respeet of the prisoner, deem% exceed our own, at the good provided it AN UPiTO.DATE STOVE Do you realize there is no longer any reason why you should use a coal range? Oil is cheaper than coal; it is lighter and easier to handle, and gives an intense heat. Provided you have the right stove, oil is more economical, cleaner and less trouble. Have you seen the The acCOrnpanying illustration gives you Only a rough idea of its appentatiOn. You really can't appreciate it tritil you either use it yourself; or talk to eotneorte who hail used it, It does everything that a cod range will do -except heat the room. The New Perfection Oil Cook - Stove will do anytlaings from beating a 'kettle of water to cooking a course dinner, but it won't heat a room, it doesn't "smell," it doesn't Smoke. It Can't get out of order. Light it toed it is ready. Turn it down aret it is out. Only a womers who knows the trouble ef tarrying coal and cooking in a hot kitchen can appretiate what it means to - have a clean, perfect stove that will took anythitig, boil, bake or roast, and yet won't heat the hitebee, Ilow le it done? The flame.- is controlled in bar - (laicize -blue eaarnel chimneys, and directed agateet t1me. bottom of pot, pate %mule er oven, erid only Mere. The flamo operates enactly where it ie teeatd -veuneelkiutcoutcvlitiai3re:loy.... With ilea stove. 3, alm Melte! finish with the beigla blue Of the ebireneya makes the eteve orrae mentel aio attractive. Melo with 1,2 end 3 burners; the ti and 3eburner teseete ten be bad Walt et without Cabinet. Lvery‘t ik.ronei5or1i#V4 If net etlenr.1,wraefot be:1'44:4611» al.:1 SO the 2,Z•Atin AVM/ Of tb• The Queen City 011 COinpeny, vitratoa, Toronto. ers, sty Nan tiesure you tot this stove -aro that ,the rair.e-plata teeth ' Path:non; TUE OCEAN OF THE fic this wondromi see, %)in elet/1 read its tuyeterye Peet teed future how combine, Fringed with margin most divine. Who shall drop the 1,ounding Ascertain tbe cosets arid eliniei island, harbor, entitle bay, Shelter froni the blinding spray. Mem:males-a expanding reach, Passing thought, confounding speech, Detached amid a strange distreFa, I pine for Spirit's fond carers. I may not know, I calmly wait, Shadows veil the ample gate, tinsurvoyed and unexplored, I claim the promise of the Lord. Ha Wow can take tety band, Bring me to the golden strand, Where is He that trod the sea? Cahn in glorious majesty. PRAYER. We thank Thee, 0 God, that we ail have all in that Saviour in Whom is the express intege of Thy Person and Who is the very shining forth of the light of God. Awl we pray that we may more end more, day by day, hour by hour, act by net, temptation by temptation, idea by clop, realize and be aware that in as is enough for us. We pray Theo to cleanse. our hearts from all evil, to help us to per- fect holiness in the fear of the Lord. resting upon the blessed promises, -and to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. Help us day by day in the various circumstances which emerge from the depths of Thy providence, And call for diverse gifts and efforts on our parts. Be with us in the uneveatful repetition of the common duties, constantly renewing, of our small daily lives, and may we bo able to brine, all the great truths of Thy Word to bear on the little things which make up the most of every man'S life. Anion. THE Gaes.ND ARMY. "The grand army of negation," this was the original &ales and title. It Was formed in anticipation of the prays or "Keep back they servant from pre- sumptuous eies." It is oue of the old- est pieces of cou4tructive strategy known to the intelligent universe. It is voter - able for age, yet it ie in pvistine vigor and beauty; one grand reason ia it is always at work, Alexander of Macedon marched from victory to victory; he kept rnn. fighting, till on the shores of India he wept because there- waa no more viotories to win. When the great Hanibal ceased fighting his army hegaa to decay. In the Christian 'warfare we have to fight all the way, all the time, right up to the gates of lieavon. But this tunny of whiclt we speak is not an army of aggression, but of repression. It is at work on sea and laud in towe and eountry. It sea it Maintains a blockading force, with which nothing may compare. It blockades the city, not that it may be starved, but that the city be not cep- tured. Inside the city you should see the barricades, boards, boxes, barrels, bundles, malting comes amiss if it blocks the -way. It forbids, turns aside, turns mon from their purpose, hides pride from men, Fog -a, films, friends, foes these aro part of the grand army of God. All elements are pressed into the service. The stars fight, the dew and drops of min. 4. shower of min helped Wellington to win Waterloo. Thiuk of this army employed not to open the way, but to bloek it up. It is an army of stumbling blocks, ib is there to ray No, Kingeraft, priestoraft, witchcraft, may plan, this army says "It shall not stand. 'Jonah made a plan to run away from duty, ehipped to go to the, most distant port, two thousand miles, think of what he had to pay for his passage, a costly trip, it always cost when you run away. The anchor was weighed, they sailed away, "But," the Lord sent out a great wind. Obi those "buts" of Previdence, they are buttress- es indeed. Why need I enlarge?? My editors are always telling mo to be short. Each olle of my readers have a chest full of facts, in their ovm experience. just -take God into your life and you will see, as I have seen and heard for many years. Listen and you will hear them sing. A. Man thee singe at his work does good 'work, Watch the way. of God, and you will hear these busy squas drone sing as they tow the boom across the havea's mouth to pretreat disaster, "Savo from going down to the pit tor ransom has been found." -H. T. Miller. WHAT CONSTITUTES A. CHRISTIAN. All that can be required of Christian men at the peesnt time is an attswer to the question, 'Do you believe art Jesus Christ?" Every man should be allowed to express that belief in his own tertns. As Mr. Denney has recently shown it might be possible and is urely desirable to reduce all the creeds of 01tristendop to this very simple form: "I believe 112 God through JCSUS Christ, His only Soli, our Lora and. Savior." That is all that is really needed; for it should be re- membered that belief in Jesus Christ not the aceepteace of intelleetual pro- positions coneerning Jesus Christ. Be- lief in Jesus Cheese is the aeceptanee in tsetual fact and experience of joins Christ on His own terms. The Man Who folly believes is the man who in his owe heart says to Jesus Christ, "My Loa and Savior," Who acts etpoie that prin- ciple, who makes Christ Ms Leader and his Lord, who 'Ivo in and unto Mee who -seeks His eude and pursues Ms will, That is the mall who believes, and not theman who eatt say merely that Ife is Very God of very Goa, that Ile is eternal, co.eterrial with the Pallier, that Ire is of the same substanee With the Father. With those who like to pursue matters of that intelleetual and philosophical nature, these are probably the conclasion which they will recta; but the real essence of the matter is to take up that tatitutle of soul tower& Jesus Chriet that makes Him centre to faith; and 80 long as that is done, so long an men bow before Iiim at their Lord and 241aster and live their liveff itt and unto Hinn Ire is to them all that ye van ever be, rola they ore Christians in deed and in trnth.--Pront 4The Christ of the (reeds," by Principal W. 11. Ine, Sei- itt the Weetminster for May. — — CLEAN AND marry. fNiagara Pall's Journal.) Any person desiring prattical and evidence of the differenee in'the nor - actor of the water flowing down the Am-- crican ehannel and Canadian eluttred ought to walk out sotue time toeley amen Goat Islana end look Bret at the enilea \eget flintiest over the American Fall and then on the blue water flowing over tho Canadian Wt.