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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-09-08, Page 3••- . rFIELD CROPS CENSUS Ottawa despatch: The Celieue 13ulletin sliiiiie that tae eoutlitione iat field mope hi Canuela this year have beea gee:lay modified by temperature' and, rainfall, and that between the East mid the Weet H. is hardly poseible to make a statement of average* that will uot be. mielea hug. la the eastern' Provinces grewth hae been uniformly pod thrbaghout July, and the percentages of condleion have be high for every erop; but in exam. sive tracts of th.e Northwest Provinces drouth haa Kevailed lend crops are re- ported in every stage et condition. The northerly parte of these Provinces -nave been largely exempt from the drouth, and there the per emit, couditioits are high. It is difficult to Indicate fairly an averege of onditione for the East and West whieh does not take mount of the areas sown, and these have been con- siderably reduced since the June report. The August report will give revised fig- ures from which ,yields mey be .estimated. In comparing the per cent, condition of grope for 3907) ant 1910 it should be remembered that fall wheat, rye, peas, buckwheat, mixed grains, beans, pota- toes, hay and clover and corn are eirinci- pally produced in the eastern Provinces; and spriug wheat and flax mostly in the nortitweetern Provinces; with eats lied barley ia nearly equal -eportions in the two regions. Fall wheat is grown chiefly in Onta- rio, and its condition for all Canada ha a been reduced by a relatively poor crop in Alberta. Compared with the condition at the same time last year, it M 84,63 to 76.53. Rye is 85,20 in 1010 to 81.84 in 1900; peas 13 81.70 to 87; buckwheat 87.64 to 80.15; mixed grain 99.91 to 87.23e beans 84,43 to 84.33; po. tatoes 81 to 82; hay and clover 90.87 to 73.79; corn for husking 84.30 to 8236, and corn for fodder $9.70 to 83. These crisps, which are mainly grown in the East, show a high average of condition, ammected only in a slight degree by re- ports for the Weeb- . The average condition of spring wheat is 77 for 1910 to 84.57 for 1909, and of oats 79.57 to 87.78 for all Canada, which ii substantially lower than the averages for the East. In the three Northwest Provinces the eonditioa of epring wheat is 62, of oats 58.62, and of barley 03.60. The estimated yield of fail wheat in the country is 18,724,000 bushels, being 26.47 bushels per acre. The hay and clover crop is estimated at 15,400,000 •tons, or 1,80 tons per acre, and of al- falfa 1.02 tone per acre _____......_Archibala Blue. CROP CONDITION ON THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFCI. The latest reports from the Grand Trunk Pacificheadquarters in Mont - treat are very encouraging as to the crop prospects. Rivers -Expects wheat to yield 12 to 15 bushels, oats 25, barley 20. About Ingelow crops have been great ly revived by recent raints. Lazare-Reports that wheat will sea erage 30 bushels per acre, oats 60, bar- ley 40. Portage La Prairie -Farmers expect 18 bushels of wheat per acre. Uno-Looks for 20 bushels. Cays-25 bushels to the acre. Ituna-Reports say that the harvest In that section will be as good as last year. Canora-Is looking for 30 bushels of oats to the acre, despite the thy sea- son. Coblez-Reports wheat probably 15 • bushels to 20 bushels per acre. kingley-Because of the draught will not reap more than 12 bushels per acre. Kelliher -Is most fortunate. In that district there is every indication of 25 bushels of wheat to the acre. Biggar -Reports that in this district Pleat 20 bushels per acre. Balgaares-Looks for 30 bushels. Regina -18 to 20. Melville -23. " 1 Yorkton-25.7. I, -.it ‘1•.k: Punnichy-20. geeee, r e:ez Landis -Half a crop, I 'se:11;131sta Chamberlain -12 bushels. . Scott -16. -And this is about the way the report averages except in Wain- wright, and also about Tramping Laka. In the latter district the yield will be from 25 to 30 bushels per acre. SOME CONTRASTS On the milk record sheets received at the Dairy Division, Ottawa, froth members of cow testing aseociations there • are found, some good yields of milk and butter fat for July. For in - steno, in the 13ertie, Ont., association one cow that freshened- in May gave 1,320 pounds of milk, testing 4.0 per cent. of fat, equal to 52.8 pounds of fat. One herd of 17 cows at than- wortb, Ont., has an average of 920 pounds of milk, the herd including five two -year-olds. Sonia eows in this herd have given 4,840 pounds of milk in four months. At Cassel, Ont., 183 cows aver- age 858 pounds of milk, 3.0 test, 28.3 pounds of fat, The records of many individual cows in these and other associations show a yield of barely 650 pounds of milk and 22 pounds of fat, or IOSS than half of many good yields. Dairy tanners, it Is not difficult for you to make three very simple deduc- tions from these remarkable contrasts. First, there are plenty of -cows still be- ing kept for milk production that are not worthy of the name of dairy -owe. Sewed, scores- of dairy tumors etre getting excellent records from selected herde. Third, records alone do not in- crease the yield of milk and butter. There must be intelligent selection et good etave based on the lestons that in- dividual records teach. C. F. W. - e FORESTRY REPORT. The 'annual report of the Canadian Forestry Aesociation for the currant year (1910) has just been issued, and is now being mailed to members of the as- eociation. la addition to a report of the Imeineee meeting of the emaciation, a fall soon of the convention, held in Prederietoe, N. 11., in February last, ie contained in the volume.- All papers ars given in full, and leach of the ensuing discussion at well. Requests tor copies of the eeport should be ardilressed to Jae Dewier, Staretary Canadian Forestry As:iodation. Ottaatra, Ont. • SIMPLE LINEN FROCK. Green linen le the material used for this frock, with black linen yoke, belt, cuffs, collar and skirt trimmmg. Head embroidery is used for the two details on skirt and blouse. A black linen hat with a large ;green. bow of silk, and green wooden beads is worn with this dress. -4 • 4. ' ALL AROUND THE HOME. (By Cynthia Grey.) Much time may be saved if all soiled kettles, spiders and mope= are filled with cold water until the time to wash them. , It is saki that the heaviest tipples are the best. Perspiration stains eau be removed' front the white silk or satin by spong- ing the spots with .peroaide of hydro- gen. Sponge the status on colored silks with equal parts of alcohol and chloro- form. When food that is cooking starts to burn, place at once in pan of cold we - ter; this will remove all scorched taste. If you are troubled with ants try a little quicklime in the infected places. This will drive away any kind of ants. Turpentine should be sprayed or sprinkled In the haunts of cockroaches. It will often quite destroy the pests and will always disperse them. Paraffin used on the tops of ,preserve glasses cart be saved until the next sea- son by washing in cold water and put. ting en a tfn box with air -tight lid. . If your milk pan or any untensil hold- ing cold liquids has a small hole in it melted pareffin is a good remedy if the soldering stick is not handy. Old pewter niay be cleaned by belling in strong soda water, and brushing well to remove the dirt. To _polish, use it paste made of three parts flour of emery and one part crocus powder mixed in sweet oil. Finish with dry rotten stone. With it cloth rub some vaseline on the groove in which the window slides. Work it back and forth several times, and you will not be troubled by having one end of the window sticking while the other moves .up and down. If you cannot afford to go to the best dressmakers never go in for exaggerat- ions. Put thought into your toilet. After shirtwaists are -ironed put them on waist hangers to keep them in shape and hung these on the broom or other etiek suspended froni two chairs. When cleaning fish use a pair of old scissors for cutting off fins, tall, and slitting. •Saves time and your nerves. Powdered sulphur and lemon juice have magical effect upon straw hate which have become sunbaked, while pipe clay -such as soldiers use for belts - rubbed over velvet is a useful cleanser. When having trouble from cockroach- es leave a few peelings of cucumbers near their favorite haunts. White silk should aever be hung in the sun, and when it has been rendarea yellow by this mane it :should be wash- ed, again and hung in a shady place, and in the water should be placed a little turpentine. . A piece of yellow scap shredded among blankets stored away will effectually keep the moths cut. Don't keep canned provisions in the eans after being opened, because the air senders them unwholesome. Keep the inside of your oven scrup- ulously clean. Have the shelves, sides and door scraped down and washed with hot oda and waster at least ono at Nt-Q4C. _ 1110W OK WOMAN la(iAINLI) drALTII If at first you do not get satis- factory results from the use of Wilson's Ply Pads, don't blame th.e Pads, they are alright, every one of them, and remember this -that you must manage to get the flies to the Pads before they eau be killed. The directions. with each packet will show you how to do this. 4 • * DO NOT ABANDON YOUR CAT. r. (Pittsburg Times.) Tere is one paragraph in Suburban Life for July which ought to be read by every owner of pet animals. It Is as fol- lows: "Hundreds of house cets are turned into the street every spring when their owners close their homes for the summer. Unproteeted and unfel, they soon join the army of tramp felines, liv- ing miserably out of garbage sans, fight- ing over a morsel of food, thieving when the opportunity offers, preying on the birds, and making therliselves a neigh- borhood nuisanee. The transition from a sleek, well-nourielied tabby to a dirty, half-starved, disreputable vagrant, is sometimes startling. it may be eerier to abandon your cat than to provide a home for it or to mercifully snoff out its existence, but, if you have aconsci- ence, it would prick you oeeesionally did you fully realize the cruelty of the ac. lion." The Kindly bonkey. A &rake./ kindly and rently treated is not the stubborn, bad-terepered animal that it has the mutation to be. On the eoetrary, a donkey that haft always been treated in a humane tnanner is PS !t!ood end feithful it servant ats could ba eleeeral. AXLE GREASE IS the turning4o1M to academy In te.mir ind tear Of wagons. Try • Utterly lieliess and friends Din Diu; 1.3deleal tier to tset t.eiker, Thtl great fame of Pr. Wittiume t* duo to tile fact that they ltovt .esored t leave health andseseneVir nanarials of pops Wane all o.lter treat - ;eine had Lulea to eure, auI Woo 1140 - canoe to Where ta.tiuselves • hapeles.), ithronic invalids, rhe -ease of Aida Henry Britten, 1,28t Alexander avoitac, Witimpeg, elan., adds another strikiae eroof to the ttuedi of this aemeeion. air. Britton writes as f0110117.3 coucerning his wif.'s long Woes; and illtiMate cute Omagh the use of Dr, 1idi1liaius' Piuk "It it it simple thing to room- mena Dr. Williaute Pink Pols and yet it is difficult • to express fuller one% heartfelt gratitude for such a marvelous relltedy, as tltey lieve restored iny wife to health end -strength after the beet eitorts of the medial fraternity had failed, For years prior to our earning to Candi, and -since that time up to about three y -ears ago, my wife bail lam subject to severe illnesses front what the doctors said was chroule anaemia, eihe was utterly and entirely helpless, and eo weak that she bail to be lifted. in und out of beil fer weeka at a etretela The trouble was aggravated by recurrent rbduniatism and heart trouble. She had la, appetite or strength for anything. I employed the beet medical attendanee and nurses procurable. The doctor gave her tones and ordered beef tea and wine. The tonics and wiedieine woald relieve her for a time, and then she would slip. back mica more into the old eLate-bi. worse if anything. Then we began giv- ing her advertised reineaies, but all seemed of no avail. One evening while reading a newspaper 1 happened to eee an advertisement of 1)r. Wiliaans' Pink Pills, It told the caee of a young wo- man who had been it great sufferer from anaemia, and who testified to 'teeing been cuted through the use of these Pine, The case seemed to deetribe very eleeely the symptornssof my wife, and althongh 1 had pretty nearly lost all hope of her ever being well again, I depicted to get a supply of the pills anti urged her to toe them. My wife wee thoroughly dis- heartened, and said she oxpectea it was only another case of money thrown away. However, she began taking the Pills, and I thank God she did, for after she had used them ter a time,. she felt they were helping her. Frem that time on her appetite came back, her color began to return, and she who had been looked upon as a helplesS invalid began to take it new interest in life. She con- tinued taking the Pills, and through them her health continued to impreve, until at last we were sable to heartily eon- gratulate her upon her complete restora- tion to health. Some three years have lance passed, and in that time she has never been bothered in the elightest de- gree with the old, trouble. Her cure has astonished .everyone who knew how 111 she had be -en, and we acknowledge with heartfelt thanks our gratitude to Dr, Williams' Pink Pills,which. literally brought her back to health from the brink of the grave." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure such crises as this in just one way -they actu- ally make new blood, which fills the de- pleted veins and brine new strength to every nerve and every organ in the bedy. Nearly all the -everyday eilments of life come from poor or .watery lood, and it is because Dr. Williams' Pink Pills make new blood that they cure anaemia, indi- gostion, headachee,..sideaches and back- aches, rheumatism, neuralgia, ,geueral weakness and the allinente that growing gills and. women do not like to talk about, even to their doctors. If you are weak, sick or ailing, no other medicine. will cure you so quickly as Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 centa it box or six boxes for $2.50 from the Dr. Wil- liams Medicine Co Brockville,Ont, s. FASHION NOTES FROM PARIS ,S H OPS. . Beads are more than over in Style. Veils are less aggreasive there they .have been heretofore. Brighter tints are predict -ed for th.o coming season. Rhinestones appear on everything of the jewelry nature. Organdies are more modish than they have tbietegnso forfr hall years s lean strongly toward the -mannish effect. Coat sleeves are long and plain and rather dose fitting. Velvet and velveteen prOtnise to be ex- tremely popular fabrics. Many of the fancy linen handbags are fitted with coin pursee. Winge are placed uptight on both largo and small hats. Brassware in the Egyptian decoration is quite new and -effective. Many ,-sunimer parasols ate built upon mission handles of white WOCia, 'Never were -operata wraps and tour- ing coats so smart as this season. , Green parasols bob by thousands on boardwalks at all of the .eeasliore re- sorts, The smaller the hat the lager the aigrette or plumage seems to be the rule. Clouds Of Malin° continue to frame fair throats, especially in dance 003 - tomes. The turn -back euffs-Prench cuffs -on lingerie shirts seem to be losing favor with men. White linen hats embroidered with white or geld. are among the laneiee of the 'hour. Belts, bags and shoes are at the height of eleganee when Matehed with the tol, let. India rubber beads aro quite new and eonsist of hollow tubes simulating dull bugks. Checkered gauzes in wbite and black ere styli* the foundation matching oee of the theeke. 4 ; , . . MANY Mr,k4.7=41aLaiiii, Time3 Have Charze3 and the Buie of Ono to a Faro:lit to Moro mes de In old tino dealer dreamed o aef eattiag a waterinelea; perhape it wovig Wye been eunaidered a Aort of &tab g. If a faniily wanted a waterMelon they wanted it Waterinehm, not it part of it. In thIse pit se rcletr generally bought watermelon sight unseen, that • as its exact degree of ripeness, -thouglt any dealer if you asked lihn would tap, or plug, a waternieloo so that you vould got a sight Of its inter• lOr. Be would eut it little square. through the rind of tho whet and down into its moat an:]. then lift that sanare, plug out for :s,ou, to look at; but ;Ton - (4.114 this wee not repaired. The watermelon was usually boUght by the father of the eintily and he was often a qualified watermelon expert rre knew what siert of nu-lon he wanted and then he could. tell by tapping gent- ly on the melon with his lanackles nst what condition it was in. He didn't; neon to have a melon pluggea for hint mul the inside ot this melon WAS never SPOR until he clot it himself on the family table, where, as the ends fell apart, fol- lowing hie Bret grand cut down thrmigh the melon's middle, there ran around the- table, coining from all the children, himself included, delighter "Alit" at the revelation of the melon's rich rosy red interior. Thus when the term population vassmaller, families herger, melons cheaper everybody bought a whole melon, Now in cities many melons are cut; it may seem a sin, but it is often done,. and there are good reasone. If they bad. out a melon in the old. days nobody would have wanted the other bait; now many people never think of buying more than half a melon. The melons cost more now than they used to, for one thing, and then it may be really that all it small family wage is half a melon. To be sure if you buy only half it melon. you don't hoar the delightful crackling that follows settling the knife down through a whole melon, but it isn't so bed. In many places now- adays they keep watermelone on leo, keep them nice end cool, and you may have one fresh cut and you may see it mit and see how handsomely It "opens up, and the dealer will wrap up your half trimly te keep out the dust and you can carry it home, plumb fresh, if you want to. Not so bad! OLD AND NEW. (Toronto Star.) The difference between the new thought and the old as to the inspiration of the Bible is greater than the differ - eve between Presbyterianism and Meth- odisrn today. w A cablegram as reteived at the °Hide of the Missionary Society of the Meth- odist Church here yesterday anttottneing the death of F., 3. Carson, a Canadian nussionstry at Ching King, Mina, GOING UP. (Philedelphia Retard.) Wigg --Fruit stems to be very high a box. Every dealer tderywhers. 1 ihis year. • It* 1111pm-141011 Co• Ltd 1117 wird Platt *23 for p it withitnotklag but a bunch of grapes *MU% AVIIais: Qutati Ctty OC Coh, tat on bt, STYLISH FALL VISITING COSTUME. The Too, Too Savage Breast. Weeth music for Itaiian I maka. vera wal, So. tun. weetn tunesa Werlean, But, oh I no can tal • wa't I play tor Irishman uon' raise joy or hal. Dee.: morn' I play upon da street Vv'en beeg parade go by. Dey stop an' resta-tur aa heat So strong ees een auly- Dey stop for resia, but da band Play on teell eet ces througn. Tay violen ess een my hand; try da tuna, too. So eueeck my ear, so fine my art, Stiedi maestro hero you see. 1 play so hae I know xny heart Dat tune so strange to ine. Day are su'prise, dev laugn, dey cheer, Dey're-Wat-you-calle.-"stirrect" Dey pay 110 mon', but steell X har So manny kinds. word. "No Irishman could play more sweet Dat Irish song," dey say. Den some wan teal me name Of eet, An' so'dey March away. Birneby. Born' time een aftranoon, I play tor leetla crowd, An' "Cleeve us now geed Irish tune!" Beep' Trish call out loud. 'I play da 'Boyna Water' grand," I say. He say; "You do, An' I gon' bat fi' doll', my :rand, 'You ween no play eet through," Mx soul tee en my violeen, So beautiful I play, • ‘e: But w'en £m only jus' bayeen He tal tne: "Stop, I say!" ; I try agen, more loud, but he, He weell no geeve me chance; Ile make, bigga Jenny at me An' keeck me eon de. pantsi ees so orazy Irishman Are T -X hav no knife An' so small Italian - 1 runna for my life! Weeth music for Italian I Malta vent go. too, weeth tunesa 'Mericani Hut. oh X no can tal net vat 'a play for Irishrnan Gm' raffia Joy or hal. A. Daly. in Catholic Standard and Times. Too Much Sameness. "This is a bum zoo. There's not mad( variety in it." "How so?" "Nearly every animal is labeled "flab - Rat.'" Nu More Sour Catsup PARKES' Catsup Flavor and Preserver Is a concentrated extraet Of ;spice* that flavere tetanal) and preservax it for all time. Many people have given up the retaking of eratsto because It always rolled. You coal rieose make better and nicer lookime catsup than you ever made before if yoU loSist on getting Berke, Citteun Plaster from your grocer, it leares the natural red 0010r Of the tome - to and Imstrt6 th6 most della:me tvor. Sent Dont paid en raeript of 20 (Atte. PARKE I PARKE , nto.gotosts e , THE NEW BAG. The bag shown in this illustration is very large and matle of velvet or other handsome fabrics, mounted on long strips of the same material", Tailors often make them of the same material as the coatume. This new style bag is becoming popular, and they show no nice with a pretty cos- tume, in Barcelona. Barcelona, near the northeeast corner of Spain, is the centre of the Spanish trade -union movement. Lee Merri- wether thus quotes a Barcelona labor leader: "Dyers of woollens and calicoes have so strong a union that they have succeeded in raising their wages to 4 pesetas (78 cents) a day, and in forcing their employers to recognize their organization. Trades not large enough in membership to form a separate union combine in thee'Seccion Vaalaa com- posed of many trades, The union is gaining strength and taking un new questions from time to time. Organi- zations are strongest in Barcelona; hence it is here that the best wages are paid. For instanee, stevedores here re- ceive 7 pesetas ($3.30) for a day of eight hours. In Bilbao and other ports lack- ing organization, one or two pesetas is the rule." Mr. Merriwether writes: "In the shop. windows of Barcelona are cheap chromes which show the incoming tide of public opinion. One represents an arch, tee keystone of which is a king in robes of purple. From the mouth of the king COMO the words, 'I govern all.' Be- neath the king is it gay cavalier with sword and plume and jaunty cap. The cavalier is saying:, "r command all." Beneath the cavalier is a priest, prayer. book in hand, saying: "I pray for all." Then comes the judge, pompous and well. fed: "I live upon you all." Then the beggar, one -legged, hat in hand: "I beg from all," Last of all with brawny shoulders and straining muscles, standing like two columns supporting the arch, are two men, representing labor: 'We support all.'" People of Barcelona, says Mr. Merri- wether, "have a spring and alertness about them that snakes it difficult to believe they are of the same country and race as the slow going, sleepy An- dalusians. Even Paris cannot boast a livelier or more charming boulevard than Barcelona's Rambla. Wider than Pennsylvania avenue in Washington, the Rambla contains a broad walk in the centre for pedestrians, with 0, row of shade trees and a wide driveway, then two more (trottoirs' or sidewalks on both sides of the driveways."- Chicago News. se C. AN ORGAN \FOR 25 GENTS A WEEK We have on hand thirty-flve organs, taken in exchange on Heintzman & Co. pianos, which we must soll regardless el loss, to make ropm in our store. Every instrument has eon thoroughly over. hauled, and is guaranteed for five years, and full amount will be allereed on ex. change. The prices ran froIn $10 to 335, for such well-known rnakes as Thomas, Dominion, Kara, Uxbridge, Goderieh an Bell. This is your chance to save Money, A post card will bring full particulars.- Heintzman & Co., 71 King etreet east, Hanalton, - e School Gardening,. With the growth of the school gardee throughout the country there comes the feeling that the school needs the garden The teacher has the children, she has the ground, and she has the enthusiasm. d`That neXt2 What equipment Is neces- eery, how shall the boys and girls quick- ly transforin the large lot into a number of small, individual lots, how ithall these be planted, what methods shall be used in the season's work, how can concrete nature study be taught and the work of the garden correlated with the class- room? With these and. similar questions the teacher finds herself confronted." The kludergarten teacher, with somo unpaved ground in the se.hool yard, wishes to make a small gardea for her class. The geoid worker is anxious to join a garden to the settlement. But how? Where there is no ground avail- able, how the -aid home gardens be made, how planted, how organized, how super - aided? The object of the course on school gardening is t give such training, Twee - tical and theoretical, that the teaehef will be able to Otiduet suceessfully a email garden iri the school yard, a large garden on the lot. In the eourse meth- ods and plans of gardens will be dig. eussed, students will observe and teach in the University School Garden, and will do the enractieal work of laying out planting and tilling a garden. The school garden is now it recognized factor in our educational ordeal; therefore organiz- ed, systematic Work must be done, and the accomplishment of it lies with the Wither trained for the work. --Stella No- tional Supervisor of School Oardens. XtiST • LIKE FARMING. (Kingston Standard.) runny, len% it, how SOMe mon who have never been SIMMS of a newspaper °Mee (exeept to pass critieism upon 11) eat run the newspaper better than the trained newspaper man himself. the one busineas in all the world that re - no training or experience 'Yes? • 4 , A good deal of honesty impiety is dos shiantepiety. Is Your Circle of Neighbors Connected by 'Phones? r it le, we knor yeti wi'l be latcrested and will wr.nt to boar &oast our No. 1.317 type WI:Thous Set. which irm beta s111 - clay ticyclotra at 4 cost of bI0,000 to meet the conditions Underylnca Your„lecel "system a operating, cud wt therefore leant to pout you PUL tiVe 1.10Q1c, sblcb iuUy deseribea this telephone, rtt will be intercaed in our book tinitled "flow to 1t*i*I4 Rural 'Alcoholic Lincs. Thia toe!: ',Os lI tbmit 1.tv to ,orgeture Tck flow: emoanY which can tie ct:ne4 and orrratod Ly yoor own connaimity- hew to ',mix:ea:Jaunt lizri ccuttrtm- Oen. roles. wao. instals; GE instrtuoentS. etc., e?nd us your name and salaam and, telt us teat von want Inilletin No. 340 and we will forward it to feu by the first mail With the facts that this Imo% tivco you, yea will be sur- pr:sed t learn how little such a talcohenc system would cost. oft4efsElectoe' MANUfAcTURING CO. wane Baanfacturer an) supplier og An apparatus ana acluipeactit tiaed tin construction, operation and rim intf,n4nco et Telephone. Oro Alarm at; EmileNctiprium Itaiavay . . Adtirets our nearest tious4, MCINTREALILEGINAC TQE°14T°ALGARY VANCOUVER THOUSANDS OF DOGS BANISHED TO THIS ISLAND BY THE TURKS, The Island of Oxias, to which d Dogs at the beach waiting for the b Constantinople. -Every dog has his day, and every day's a dog day -on the island of Oxias, in the Sea of Marraosa, Oxias is the latest colonization scheme -a tiuy patch of d.eserted land to which are exiled all the stray canine population of the Turkieli capital. For centuries doge have roamed at will in, the streets of Constantinople and have given it a world-wne repu- taton as the dog's paradise on tne earth. No dog might be killed. They were sacre4 in the eyes of the re- ligious law. Every street and alley was infested with dog -just plain, mongrel dog. Strangely enough, rabies is said to be unknown in Con- stantinople. But the government of the Young Turks decided to eliminate the sur- plus canine constituency, and ex- patriated every captured dog which couldn't recite his pedigree and pro- duce a sponsor. Thousands have been transplanted to Oxias, where they roam at will through the brush and along the shore, existing as they can. Public sentiment eaueed the Turk- ish government to provide regular ra- tions for tha dog colony, shipped. every few days from Constantinople. Water is drawn up from wells and placed in large tin can or throughs, ogs of constantinople were banished. oat to come in. to which the poor beasts -come in wikl rushes at the watering hours. Whenever a boat approaches the island the dogs block to the shore by hundreds, eager Inc a little human companionship. They crowd to the water's edge, and even swim out to meet the boats, showing every sign of frantic joy at the sight of human beings. All the rest of the day Towser and Plena and Rover and Shep tear through the brush, chasing each other and the fleas. Some of them aro frolic- some and playful, but mostly it's a sad bunch of clogs the visitor some - dogs severely bored with surplus can- ine companionship. About the only diversion is to dodge the flies or dip in the surf to avoid gnats. There's plenty of shade on Oxias, but the water is the only place where com- plete immunity from gnats and sun alike is found. Oxias is the most peaceful of all the Turkish islands and dependencies. Rebellion is unknown. No revolting populace raises a defiant flag or takes potshot at the Turkish governor. The best the dogs may raise is a howl of lonesomeness. They haven't energy enough to raise their tails. Every dog will tell you, confidentially, that a democracy of dogdom isn't what it's marked up to be. They much pre- fer serfdom in the monarchy of man. ••••••111M.0.11. WORSHIP. What do you mean by worship? It, is on the lips of thousands every day, and few dig down to the root of the word. It means worth -ship -the ship that carries treasure -treasure of . finite worth. It turns` the question ou yourself, you, a man, and a thing -no, not a thing, but a being, of worth, width cannot be calculated. "Whoa shall it man give in exchange for his soul?" And until you have come to understand a little of your own value and dignity, you are not able to enter upon the wor- ship of God. The two things aiwaye go together. A man that thinks mean- ly of himself, thinks meanly of God, It must be so. Ono renege nett responds to the other -it must ever be so. "Seek first the kingdom of God." You are from God, you have wandered away. Ile sok s you, and to complete the bar- gain you must seek Him. Love travels ie couples. There is such a thing as "Love at first sight." Yes, at a glance the soul leaps to its other half and completes the union appointed in the drop purpose of God. There must be knowledge, acquaint- ance, fellowship, tearness, communion, life and love will -flow and re -flow. There is a home feeling of wondrone joy Rua inspiration; there is tender- ness, delicacy, enlargement. You are a .child and He is the great Father, You will be huinble. How little of the sea canit and carry in its hand? 0, arorship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; worship in the simplicity of a ehild, in the gratitude of a sinner par- doned, cleansed, restored. reinstated in the favor of the hfoet nigh. Conte, let us bow down before the Ilero, our Maker. Ile wants our love, our smile, our powers. Work for Hint, not in or- der to be saved, but beeauae we are sav- ed. Before you ran have reverence Inc Cott you must have reverence for p31.11, eelfl You are it spit -it not made for enrth, you are only passing through it. "Von ran soar a earraph, or sing a fiend," Without reverruce. yen cannot be a good man; without reverence you can- not obtain a full equipment for a sue- testful life. A man with self -reverence will ever honor it WOUIttli ; will have p:ty for the down-tredden; will have appre- elation Inc men of cow:lauding might. A man of self -reverence is fit for hea.a&en come the end when it may, by accident or heart failure. -H. T. Miller. • _ CATS AND RABBITS. The Right Way to Lift Those Long - Suffering Pots. 3-1 13 a mistaken idea that the proper way to lift a full-grown cat is by the nape of its neck without supporting the lower part of ite body with the other hand. It is true that the mother cat orrice young kittens by grasping in her mouth the loose skin at the back of her off. spring's neck, but it tiny kitten h it very different matter from a largo cat, and, indeed, the only way to lift a kitten without squeezing or hurtine its soft lit- tle body is to lift it by it.; neck, says Tbe Watchword. But after it has grown larger its weight is too great to be supported by melt it bit of skin and fur as is so grasped by the hand, and many a cat suffers perfect tortures by being held in this manner, and ie quite helpless to run or struggle, as irt such a position certain of its mueeles onnot be controlled, and it is absolutely at the mercy of its unfeeling tormentor. The same rule should be observed in lifting rabbits by the oars. They should Morays be partially supported by the free hand and not allowed to dangle mith their whole weight graining from their large, but necessarily delicate, ears, • A HOLE -OVER SCRUB. (Boston Transcript.) Frariner-Here's it letter front some city folks afiswerin' our ad, Mirandy. They want for know if thereat a bath in the house. "What'll I tell ittraP His 'Wife -Tell 'em the truth, Tell 'em if they ithed a bath, they'd better take it afore they come. MUST DRESS FOR THE PART. If the Xaiser is to take King Ed- ward's place as it custodian of tho world's peace, he mug trim down his flow neoustaeltios s discard. his Melly uniforms "and try to look it little leo like a -counterfeit presentment of the pa of war. A New Head in 30 Minutes Exchange that 011r,ft, throalog, eufferIng, muddled head for 4 clear, cod, comfortable one Ly taking* NA -DRU -CO Headache Wafer lee. box et veer driattsis' or ly mali trail Manua Dreg 664 Chotallad Co. a Canada, Lienked, Melareal.28 a PRAYER. 0 Lora, our merciful Father, we would aim, out:wive:I on Toy gracious promitei, and wouid pray 'Ille47 to fulfill them. W us now by helping 319 to draw very near to Thee, and uy giving to us tielireti which we desire. We thank Thee thee with all our weakness Ina unworthiness we can 001110 to Thy preience wide eonfie deuce, and we would draw near by the fen of Jesus Christ. Blessed be 'IV mime for the great rtemielliatiea which Thou haet wrought for the worid itt Him; and for all the message of it which has reached our hearts. May we all of tie yield to the volee, and he' 11%. COM:Ilea to Gott Amen. THE BEST. Oa has best things for the few ee a° date to stand the test]: Clod has His second ehoiee for those Who will not have the best. It is not always open sin That risks the promised reit; The better sometimes is the Lae That keere us from the best. There's searcely one but vaguely waati In some way to be blest; It is not Lila -Hinge herd, I seek; I want Thy vely best. I want in this' short life of mine 4403 mueli es may be pres ted Of setviee ttue to Cod and man; Help me to give the beet. I went amid the vigor throng To have my name confeesed, And bear my Saviour say at last:. "Well done! You took the beet," Give me, Lord, Thy highest choice, Though others take the rest; Their good things have no charm for rue, Sine I have found Thy beet. - (Afithor unknown.) THE TRIUMPH OF CHRIST. Tile Nazarene has ashieved the gieat- eta victory recorded by bletor,yr His Ideas mastered both the learned Rona :me and the berbarons Otitis. He is the vaequisher of the old and the maker of the modern world, the one trash. un- spent, spiritual Nice in (he world to -day. His religion is tho remedy for all ills, /nd the inexbaustible source of healthy life. The worl(1 nee& before all thinge 1 life-giving univer.sal religion. But all these sages were estentially aristocratic, eud their aristocracy embraced a very . few privileged natures. . They never dreamt of theoretic equality or of the euerednese of man as man. They felt that they would vulgarize both them- selves and their knowledge by publishing it to the world. It was counted the greatest sin to divulge the secrets of the immortal gods to the mob. "Off, ye pro- fane!" said the offieiating priest to all but the initiated, The highest priest was a mystery monger, who, in his dark recess, closed to the many, muttered, but did not pracleim, the will of the gods to the few. To them a religion for mankind seemed contrary to nature. "Whoever believes that a world-wide religion le possible le insane," worte sue. Christ only is "the poor man's phi'. °gopher." lle bids us "count no man • common or unclean." The very genius of Ilis Gospel is, "Come unto me, all ye that labor.' He has established the uni. versalism which the Court of the Gen- tiles in the Tempte foreshadowed. He has carried the humblest as well as the most learned with Him. and His ideas are now world-wide axioms and proterbs, --Rev. James Wells, M. A. ON THE WATCH. The whole life is to be guarde 1 and protected, because no man is stronger than his weakest point, and we may eel tually be weakest where we suppose ourselves to be strongest. It is possible to be careful about the :mouth, and yet, to allow the eye wide and perilous lib- erty. Alas, sve can praetise wickedness in silence! The eye can be enjoying a very harvest of evil whilis the mouth is fast closed, and not one sign is given by speech that -the soul is rioting at the table of the devil. * * * It is of in- finite consequence that we should direct our exertions to the right point, other- wise our lives. may be vent in mere frivolity under the guise of great indus- try and faithfulness. We may be watch- ing et ale wrong gate, ov eve may sup- pose that only gatee are to be closed, and that others may be left open without danger. * " * It is not the front door that needs to be attended to, but the gate at the back, or the little window in some obscure part of the house. When the enemy comes as it 'housebreaker, he does not seek for the strongest part of the castle, but for its weakest parts, ---Joseph Parker. RESIGNATION. Resignation is the courage of old Age; it will grow in its own season and it is a good day when it come to us. Then there are no more disappointments, for we have learned that it is even better to desire the things that we have than to have the things that we desire. Ana is not the best of all our hopes -the hope of immortality -always before us? How can we be dull or heavy while we have that new experience to look forward to? ft will be the most joyful of all our tray - els and adventures. ft will bring us our best, acquaintances and fliendshipa. Bub there is only one wayto got ready Inc i immortality, end that s to love this life, and live it as bravely and faithfully as we can. --Dr. Henry Nam Dyke. romixotit OF A Dismolatoto RULE. We need to be reminded with empha- sis repeatedly that in whatever we do tte member; of society wo must be actuated hy it regard for others es truly as by regard for ourselves. We are prone la our selfishness to oonsider solely our own intereste in our aetivities. If the in - Wrote of others enter into the tektites tion it is becatiqe svo cau thereby tlte better eubserve our own edvantage. The Apoetle Paul says: "Let no man seek his own, but everv mett another's wealth" (w('al), Thet is not only lit things indifferent, but in all -other thinge else NCtl are to itet with the good of (+tilers in view as well as the good oureelvee. Self is not to be the Oro ieetnI inn eetione. A proper recogni- tion of this rttle of 'conduct would revo- lutionixe our social life. If inn were to begin to rennuene their own ereferenees and net la aecord with the dentande Of the heqt interests of the tommunity, what a thange would greet us in our 'mental, materiel, mare', and relirsdons 014131111011 everywhere. -- Presbyterian Standard.