HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-09-15, Page 3II Enumeration of
u Census Values
The farm and urban values of the
ensue of 1911 will be exinmerated under
the date of June 1st. They will inelude
the teal estate end live stoe1t. values of
eueh Cliumenttiou, dietriet at that clate,
of the live stock and. nursery stook sold
in 1910, of the dairy products con:mimed
on the farm in the same year, together
with values of other produeta of the
fen».
Lanes and buildings and farm 'iamb-
ments and maelauery owned by eviey
Won in the enumeratiou district txill
be reeorded separately for values in 1011,
and the rent of land and buildings wal
also be tee:onkel if Imeed in that year.
Values will be taken for orehar4 fruits,
smell fruitand vegetables separately
for 1910; but values or horses, mach
cows, and other horned or neat cattle,
swine, poultry and laves of bees
tvill be taken separately for 1011, ae
the date of the ceusus.
The values of live stock mut nereery
stook sold in 1010 will include in rscs,
milelz cows, other horned or meat cot-
tle, sheep, swine, poultry and hive; of
bees, and of nursery stock, which ;mons
fruit and ornamental trees grown for
transplanting purposes into orclunelia,
gardens and parks.
Dairy products consumed on the fano,
and sent to factories ne refee to
products of the year 1010. Teey in-
clude the values of milk, mean hone -
made butter and home-made theele.
Animals slaughtered on the farm in
1910 will be recorded for the valets of
norned or neat cattle, sheep, swine and
poultry. Horses are not inela:led in
these values, AS in our counery thcir
meets are not used for food.
The values of other products et the
farm include those of eggs, honey and
wax for 1910, and wool, maple sugar teed
maple syrup for 1911.
The enumeration of hired labor an
the farm refers to the year 1910. It
will give the total number of weeks of
labor employed, which means the number
for all men who work for hire on the
farm, and the total number i;aid for
hire, including allowance for board. Tte
payment should be reckoned for the full
time of service, and should include the
value of board. The inquiry relating
to earnings for domestic service is ask-
ed for in schedule No. 1.
In addition to the foregoing inquiries
of values, a question is asked for the
value of all lands and buildings not
manufacturing establishments or mines
owned in Canada in 1911, which are out-
side of the enumerator's district.
Archibald Blue.
Results of Lo•operatwe Experi-
ments With Autumn Sown
Crops.
Four hundred and thirty-eight farm-
ers throughout Ontario conducted ex,
periments with autumn sown crops dur-
ing the past year. Reports have been
received from thirty-five of the counties
of the province. The experimenters. de-
serve much credit for the good work
whick they have done, not only for
themselves, but for the farmers general-
ly. Average results of the carefully
conducted co-operative experiments with
autumn sown crops are here presented
An a very concise form:
Winter Wheat -Four varieties of win-
ter wheat were distributed last autumn
to those farmers who wished to test
some of the leading varieties on their
own. farms. The average yields per
acre of straw and of grain are as fol-
lows: American Wonder, 2.3 tons, 31.0
bushels; Tasmania Red, 2.4 tons, 28.3
bushels; Iumerial Amber, 2.4 tons, 26.4
bushels; Criinean Red, 2.3 tons, 26.4
bushels,
The American Wonder resembles nary
obesely the Dawson's Golden Chaff, both
in appearance of the growing crop and
in the quality and the appearance of the
grain. The Tasmania Red is a bearded,
red chaffed, red grained wheat, The
strew is somewhat weak, but the grain
is of excellent milling quality. The Im-
perial Amber is a bearded, red chaffed,
red grained wheat of fair strength of
straw and of good average gaality for
bread production. The Crimean Red is
a bearded, white chaffed, red grained
wheat, rather weak in the straw, but
excellent for bread production.
Winter Bye -Three varieties of win-
ter rye were distributed in the autumn
of 1909. The results show that the
'Mammoth White variety came at the
head of the list in yield pee acre in 66
per cent, of the experiments. The Wash-
ington came second, slightly surpassing
the Common variety. In the experi-
ments throughout Ontario, the Mam-
moth White surpassed the Common rye
by an average of five bushels per acre in
1907, '.4 bushels per acre in 1908 and
six bushels per acre in 1909.
Fertilizer.; With Win Ler Wheat -In
the co-oocrative experiments with differ.
rent fertilizers applied in the autumn to
winter wheat, the average yields of
grain per acre for six years are as fon
'lows: Mixed fertilizer 24.9 blishels;
nitrate of soda, 24.1 bushels; muriate of
potash, 23.1 bushels; tied superpaos-
phate. 2e.6 buehele. On similar land,
cow manure, at the rate of 20 tons per
Isere, gave an average yield of 27 bushek
pOr acre; and the land which received
neither fertilizers nor manure gave an
average of 20 bushels per acre. The
superphosplatte was applied at the rate
of 320 pounds and the =nth of potash
and the nitrate of soda each 1:30 pounds
per acre. The mixed fertilizer consisted
of one-third of the quantity of earl' of
the other three fertilizers here mention-
ed. The omit eoet of the fertilizers, as
used in this experiment, is between four
andi five dollars per mire.
Noadet Crops-na ieenh ef seven yeern
he Seed. Of Wien eetelies and of Whiter
eae has 1; vu 'distribilted throughout O.
tali.) for eo-operative •experimente in
tasting these crops for redder purposed.
In the average of MTh yearen experi-
ments, the hairy vetches prielaced eilght-
ly the largest yield of greea folder per
aere. The Oifference in 4910, however,
was 414/011t two-thirdton per acre
in f; Ivor of the winter rat.
Distribation Of Iiterial for Emelt
mente in 1010ASloixa as the supply
Letts, material will he gietributed free of
charge in the order efi which the appli-
eatIone are TOCOMtt fr0111 °Maria farm-
ers wishing to experiment and to report
the mains of any one of the following
testa: 1. MIN' varieties et winter wheet,
2. Two varieties of winter rye. 3. Five
fertilizerswith winter wheat, 4. Autumn
owl spriug aj1ie.itiui ot nitrate of
ende and cemmon salt with winter
wheat. 6. Winter emitter and winter
barley. O. Hairy retches ana winter rae
eS 'fodder erops. eize of each plot
ie 'he one roe wide by two rods long.
Material for /limbers 3 end 4 will be
sO/li by express and that for the others
by main C. A. ZA.VITZ.
O. A. C., Guelph. Oet., 30, 1910.
• - • 0 7.
U. S. $1.11010ES.
During le119 12,500 Persons Kill
Themselves, and Poison and Pistol
Remove the Most.
Dering the year 1909 12,500 persons
committed sincide in the United States,
a:wording to figures presented, in an ler-
tide appearing in the current issue of
the apectator, and an analysis shows
titet more than one-half of these took
their lives either by the use of poieon or
firearm.
This number, compareci With previoue
figures available from reports submitted
by the Bureau of Vital Statistics, shows
an increase in self-destruction of 2.1 per-
sons in every 100,000 of population.
Am:tilling to figures gathered in sixty-
five of the largeet titles in this country
3,732 persons took their lives. During
the ten years ending with 1908 there
were a total of e0,446 suicides in these
same cities, an avenge of 1ee5 persons
ir every 100,000 of population. Compar-
ed to these figures for ten years, the in-
crease during last year in plaeed at 2.1
for each 100,000 population.
A table of comparative fignres extend-
ing from the yeter 1890 te last year
shows that there has been a steady in-
crease in the. number of suleides in the
country. In 1800, according to this
table, the suicide rate was 12.3, 13y 1000
it had increased to 16,3. and at the end
of 1909 has reached 20.6.
In comparing the rates as between
city and rural districts it is pointed out
that the urban rate is materially in-
ereased by persons who took their lives
after coming to the cities from the
country.
No More Sour
Catsup
PARKES'
Gem Flavor
•
and Preserver
Is a concentrated extract of apices that
flavors catsup and preserves it for all
time. Many people have given up the
making of catsup because it alwaYe
spoiled. You can now make better and
nicer looking catsup than you ever made
before it you insist on getthig Parke's
Catsup Plavor from your grocer. It
leaves the natural red color of the toma.
tO and Imparts the most dellelowt
flavor. Scat post paid on roceipt of
SO cents.
PARK E & PARKE
HAMILTON DRUGGISTS CANADA
Worth Knowing.
To prevent salt in salt bottles from
becoming damp and lumpy, when filling
them put in ten to twelve pieces of rice.
This will not come through the holes in
the cover of the salt cellars, but will
break the lumps of salt and gather the
moisture; thus the salt is alwayts dry
and fine.
A good way to wash bottles or vine-
gar cruets is to put crusted eggshells -
and warm soapy water together in them
and shake well. This will clean the
glass well and will not scratch it.
A good silence cloth for the dinieg
table can be made with a double thick -
ems of white flannel laid with the soft
side on' the inside and quilted on the
machine; edge with a binding of white
tape.
In snaking salads do not chop your
meats and celery in a chopping bowl
Cut into the desired sized. pieces with
scissors. This is quicker, neater and
cleaner than the old way.
4* 0'
SUMMER TIME A
TlhlE OF DANGER.
Summer time is a time of danger to
all bebies-but more especially to those
living in the towns and cities where the
heat is so excessive as to make it 'al-
most impossible to keep baby's food
in proper condition. It is then that the
little one suffers froin those stomach
and bowel troubles that carry off so
many precious little lives. During the
summer the mother must be especially
careful to keep baby's stonutelt sweet
and pure and his bowels moving regu-
larly. No other medicine will be of
such great aid to mothers in summer
as 13aby's Own Tablets. These little Tab-
lets never fail to regulate the bowels;
sweeten the stomach and make baby
well and. happy. afrseD. Devlin, St. Syl-
vester East, Que., says: "I think Baby's
Own Tablets are sold by medicine deal-
ers or at 23 cents it box front The Dr.
Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
ArnimeN4.1.
HIDE -ANC -SEEK ;IN THE Arlo -Ties.
UnsucCessful Bxplorer-Say, tell me, how did you come to reach
the pole?
Successful txplorer--Well, you see, I rari out of glen, rtnd your sup-
pliee wore cached so near the pole that X had to find it to get them.
AXLE MRS
the turffiligloint to economy
In west snd test of wtgoes. Try
a box. Every dealer everywheret
The Imperial 011 Ce:piLtd,
onto& mom: The bets City
HOW UNCLE SAM FIGHTS FOREST FIRES
By Henry S. Graves,
The priueiples of fighting forest
fires are essentially the same as those
reeognized in fight fires in chin.
The following aro of first importance:
(1) quick arrival at the fire; (2) an
adequate tone; (3) proper equip-
ment; (4) it thorough organization of
the lighting crew; and (5) skill in
attacking and. fighting fires.
Quick access to .dre is ACC011l
plished throm,Th the work •of super-
vision and patrol in dincoverieg fires
before they have gained much head..
way, and by it \veil developed sys-
tem of eommunieation through the
forest by roads and trails.
A. small fire may be put out by
one man, but in extensive forests sev-
erals hours may nass before the fire
can be reached. In a well organized
system of patrol the guard who die -
covers a fire communicates quickly
1.o other guards and to headquarters
by telephone, signal or other means,
and indieates the number of men he
needs. •It is essential that there be
definite arrangements for securing it
force of mon in case of fire. This
may be accomplished by co-operation
with lumber or sawmill operators, or
in the case of small tracts, through
the co-operation of neighboring own -
ors. In 'some states there are fire
wardens who'rnay call upon residents
to assist in fighting the fires:"
just as in a city the efficiency of
a fire service depends in large part
on the equipment, so also in forest
work it is essential that fire fight-
ers be furnished with the proper tools
and other equipment, The imple-
ments needed for fighting fires differ
under different conditions. Wher-
ever dirt can be tined the men should
be provided with Iong-handled
shovels. If • water is available,
buckets, and where possible, bucket
pumps should be provided. "Under
most conditions it is desirable to
have mattocks and iron rakes, and
there should always be axes to aid
in clearing brush or cutting through
down timber and old tops.
Small surface fires may often be
beaten out. Where there are tons or
piles of brush, or the fire is burn-
ing through thick brush or under-
brush, beating is very difficult.
There are various devices for beat-
ing. A blanket, coat or riding slicker
is often used. A gunnysack is one
of the best implements for beating
particularly if it can be lea from Woo
to time. A handful of green brush
serves also very well for a beating
device. Irx beating out a flee, one
strikes the fire with a sideways
sweep, driving the flames and burn-
ing material back upon the burned
ground, A direct stroke scatters the
fire.
While surface fires are deadly
enough, and undoubtedly are the
sources of vast losses, the crown fire,
when the trees themselves are ablaze,
is the more spectacular, and at the
same time more dangerous to life and
property, and a hundred timemore
difficult to fight.
It is that crown fires may be more
successfully fought that wide fire lines
many miles in length are driven
through the forests. On these fire
lines • trees, underbrush, and even
leaves, weeds and grass are removed,
so that not only will the fire fight-
ers find there a vantage point from
which to fight the fire, but it will in
large measure help check the oncom-
ing mountain of flame and smoke
by taking from them the food they
feed upon.
Crown fires stop when there are no
banger inflammable crowns through
which the fire will run, or when there
is no longer any material on the
ground to carry the surface fire. An
ordinary crown fire will jump a. wide
fire line, and many fires have been
known to cross wide rivers, almost
without check. In the mountains a
Chief Foreeter of the Unite'. States.
To picture shows forest fire fighters' fire wagon putting out grass
fire at edge of western forest. Bot tom line shows fire line cleared
through Montana forest by Pinch° t rangers,
crown fire rannine; up A slope is al-
most impossible to check,
On level ground it is possible to
stop crown fires by back firing, when
the conditions are such as to make
back firing possible at all. The back
fire 'burns off the surface material,
and thus in itself acts as it elle& to
the crown fire, and, if the area burn-
ed by the back fire le large enough,
will stop it in this way. At other
times, whea the back fire has been
successfully started and is well under
way, eating back against the wind,
it is caukht by the hot volume of
air generated by the heat of the
crown fire. The flames are then
turned quickly toward the crown fire,
and the meeting of the two lines of
flame stops the advance .of the fire.
When fires gain such headway that
it is impossible to stop them by direct
attack, no matter how numerous and
efficient the crew or complete the
equipment for fighting, back firing
becomes the only means of stopping
the fire. It should, however, be
used only when it is absolutely neces-
sary. One of the commonest mistakes
in fighting fires is to overestimate the
rapidity of the fire and the difficulty
of putting it out. A forest fire is
always a frightening spectacle, par-
ticuiarly if 11 18 sweeping in the di-
rection of one's own property.
If it is, found that a back fire is
necessary, a favorable point is see
lected directly in front of the fire,
from which to set the new fire. This
must be a point where it is safe to
start a back fire, such as a road,
fire line, stream or swamp. The
leaveare ignited at point five feet
to a rod apart for a distance not
greater than the estimated width of
the head of the fire. The small fires
gradually meet and form a continu-
ous lino, eating back against the
winds. A part of the crew is stationed
across the road or other break from
which the back fire is started, and
put out at once the small fires which
ma.y result from the sparks blown
over front the back fire.
A forest fire is never out until the
last spark is extinguished. Often
a log or snag will smoulder unnoticed
after the flames have apparently
been conquered, only to break out
afresh with a rising wind. After the
fire fighting crew has left the ground
it is always well to assign men to
patrol the edges of the burned area
until it is certain that the fire is
entirely out. This may not be for
several. days.
OHIN'ESE WOMEN.
Not Fully Committed to Advanced
Fashions and Ideas.
Writing from Hartford, Conn., a ear-
respondeut of the New York Tribune
saps:
Twenty young Chinese women, the
largest number of students of collegiate
renk of this nationality ever gathered
under the same roof for Christian service
in the history of the Celestial Empire,
are here attending tile second conven-
tient of the Chineee Christian Students'
Aesociation in North America. They
will also remain for the general confer.,
ence of all Chinese students in the
Eastern States, to be held on Wednes-
day, when the Christian convention will
end.
Dressed. in American skorts of latest
pattern and mandarin coats made of the
richest silk, these young women are an
attrcation in the classrooms and on the
campus of Trinity College, where the
convention is held. When some of Otani
were asked to give a reason for. wearing
the cents, ono of them mid. that "in dr -
der to look niee" they must do this.
The truth, afterward. learned, is that
the American dresses require the binding
of the waists to fit. By coveriug their
waists with it inandatin coat they are
able to avoid this American custom,
which they would never carry home with
them to Chloe.
When asked why note of them weer
hate, even in the streets, the majority
decision seemed to be that a hat now
made by 4 millinery shop is of no- use
and serves no practleal 1m/se80. lt does
uot give protection to the wearer. When
travelling it occupies too intieh room in
one's trunk.
Asked why they would usually not
permit their young men friends to es-
cort them by the arm when strolling
lira:rand the eampus, the reason glven
was that they aid not wish to form hab-
its which were objeetionable to their
people at home.
Itegardieg woman suffrage, they be-
lieve the question is too progeessive evert
for initny .American women, and they do
not think they will be required to solve
such
it problem.
The foremost *woman and official lead-
er of the women's auxiliary* in the Chris-
tian eonference is Miss atuby Sia, of the
Baltimore Woractes College. She is also
aseociate editor of the Chinese Students'
Monthly, the official organ or the Chi-
nese Students' Alliatices of Amerieet. she
ill looked upon As the spokeswoman of
all Chin:me college women in Vile coun-
try.
Among the other women is Miss Susie.
Wong, of Philetielphia, who is hi every-
thing an Ameriean extept nativity. She
speaks no Chinese, She P111110 to tiliA
eountee from Shang/me *hen teeter years
old, One ytlir otter liar arrival her par-
nts died, She Was Adopted by
eriean family near Philadelphia. She is
now about 30 years old,
Other interesting Chinese women are
Mrs. Samuel Wong and Miss Mabel
Ching Kati, both born in the Haeialian
Islands.' They are graduates of the Box -1-
°101u Normal School and have taught in
Hawaii several years itt schools where
American, Portuguese, Japanese, Ha-
waiian, Chinese, Corean and other child-
ren are edueate& to become loyal to the
Stars and Stripes.
Blobbs-Why is Wigwag in suck a
rage? Slobbs-He has just had an ar-
gument with his wife tryang to prove to
her that he hasn't a bad temper,
ATI
IT
C ANCE
Was Cured byLydiaE.Pink-
ham'sVegetableCompound
Lindsay, Ont. -"I think it is no
more thau right for me to thank Mrs.
Pinkham for what her kind advice and
Lydia E. Pinkhara's Vegetable Com-
pound has done for
me. When I Wrote
to her some time
ago I was a very
sick woman, suf-
fering frau female
trouble. I had
inflamMation o f
the female organs,
and could not
stand or walk any
distance. At last I
was confined to my
bed, and the doctor
said I would have
to go through an operation, but this I
refused to do. 4 friend advised Lydia
E. rinkharia's Vegetable Compound,
and now, after using three bottles of it,
I feel liken newwoman. Imost heartily
recommend this medicine to all women
who suffer with female troubles. I have
also taken Lydia E. Pinichain's Liver
rills and think they are line." --Mrs.
FilAls3C FIMSLEY,.
We cannot unders1 and. why women
will take chances with an operation or
drag out a sickly half-hearted exist-.
enee, three-fourthe of the Jor
of living, without first tryiLg Lydia L.
rinkbaufs Vegetable Compound.
For thirty years it Into been the
standard remedy for female ills, Ind
has cured tilOilflAIRIS of women who
have been troubled with such ailments
as displacements, inflammation, uleer..
Won, fibroid tumors, irregulatitics,
periodic pains, backache, inu:geation,
and mums Drostratiou.
SIZE OF AFRICAN CROCODILES.
Hunter Tells of the Largest That He
Saw or Shot.
I have shot a number of crocodiles
in the Zambesi and Luangwa riven
and the largest one 1 taped measured
14 feet. Once on the Zambesi, while
travelling in the river steamer Ham-
burg I saw ami wounded a much bigger
one. It was lying asleep on 0 sand
bank about middity and I used a. ,303
rifle with a soft nosed. bullet. When the
bulet struck the crocodile raised its tail
in the air and brought it down with a
thump, as these reptiles often do when
well hit.
"Thinking it was dead, 1 picked up it
pair of binomial's and through them I
saw the blood pouring out of the wound
between the neck and the shoulder.
While I was looking I heard the crack
of two Snider rifles and upon turning
round I found that two Portuguese
soldiers had both fired. Their bullets
did not strike the croeodile, but passed
Over it and raised the sand some dist-
ance beyond. However, the crocodile
seemed to revive and was quickly in the
Water before I could reload and fire
again.
"This was by far the largest crocodile
I have ever seen, either in India or
Africa, and it seemed half as long again
as the fourteen foot one that I Pleas-
ured. Its bulk and girth were enor-
nnous and far exceeded an eighteen foot
gatial 1once measured in the Brah-
maputire River iu Assam. The skipper
of the Hamburg, who had been some
time on the Zambesi, told Inc ito lind
never seen one approaching it in sive.
It was well hit with a raking shot and
faney it died, but shall always regret
that I did not fire again ,ancl make sure
of this, for I could have persuaded the
skipper to stop the steamer and put ine
ashon so that I might have taped the
anima). In feet he said tie would have
done so had the eroeodile not escaped.
The eighteen foot gent' I measured In
the Prainnaputra wits a large one, but
I believe I have sen a few bigger. In
1894 these animals wen very plentiful,
although in five or six years they got
agareer, as malty people used to fire at
them from the passing steamers.
"I have an idea that the late Pit
Samuel Dakar mentions a large tree°.
dile in his book on the sources of the.
Nile, but it le so many years since I
read the work in questa% that 1hate
forgotten the faets.
"A rerocodile is All Awkward nnimal in
skin, for the Alia in firmly attaehed to
the body. A gotta many natitee me
killed by theet, enimals every yeate, aua
in plume; where they are dengerous
the nativee make a eirenlar fence in Oa!
water to proteet themeelves when lath -
Lig and &reeving water."
‚p041t' to bv mu.
eiwrespondelit is nq ;bent that in
"Witil Ileaete and Their Woe" (Chino
ter XIII. where Baker wrote of havin,e
011 j hare patch of grey graoite on
yttiettaz!nutli, ieflutiht ens thijlet jo‘41ytwoof
hippopoteenus„ awl of enormoui
length. These two antediluvian unmet-
(Orise 14gleidn(*der 881171.1ii4a7cirlAlliel!'1Orlettil4ltilY LI
lel 13;
half beneath the water thee, expoised a
breadth nf back which wad the moet
extraordinary sight I have ever Hem in
my long experienee of crocodiles," The
canoe in which he wadi travelling at the
was Ab011t 30 fret long and lie
judge1 the surface of the granite at
about 60 ket, but "woul1 not presume
to estimate the length of Wee extra-
ordinary creittures,"Vrom the Field.
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FASHION NOTES FROM PARIS
OHO PS.
:an buttous are now in favor.
Bead embroideries are highly fashion
-
Fringe is in great favor for drese
evenythieg ie frilled in
The beg of black Went teatime le
again seen.
Black satins are hi high favor for
tailor mades.
Long coats and cloaks of claffon con-
tinae fume
Beige ana brown ere coming to the
fore a,s colors.
The Parsian parasol le the summer's.
bright, particuler fad.
le cattier trimmingare the chief char-
acteristin of new fall bate.
New silk poplins- promise to be among
the favorites of fashion.
Dinner gowns of brown mousseline (le
Sole or tulle are fashionable.
What they are losing in width new
hats make up in height,
There is a generally revived fondnesa.
for all sorts of old time ruffles,
:elk embroidery plays a large part
with prodigious roses in great profs's.
in oruamentation of fashionable gowns.
End, season summer hats are adorned
Dotted or figurea fabrics veiled with
chiffon are mud: worn by older women.
Turbans are eleing in height and also
showing the narrow effect at the crown
apex.
Many three-quarter sleeves, built en.
tirely of puffs, are seen in out of door
goNNI,s.
Fine cloths in dun blue and rose tints
are in demand for dressy afternoon
frocks.
Narrow ostrich bands edge many of
the new wraps and add an extremely
smart touch,
Some of the new bathing caps are of
silk, gayly flowered. plaided, and dotted.
The assortment of colors loaves noth-
ing to be desired.
When troubled with fall
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, disease apply Ztaro-Buld
' Surprieing how quickly it eases
the smartine and stinging! Also
cures cub. hurnS• soros and Pilot.
Zem-Buk is made from pure her-
bal essences. No animal fats- ne
mineral poisoas. Finest healer
Drys...lists and Stores Zverywhera.
At a Fire in Mexico.
It might be thought that such an ex.
citing thing as a fire would startle the
Mexicans out of their habitual indolence,
but such is not the ease. The alarm of
a, fire at Matamora, Coahuila, Mexico,
was given by the discharge of numerous
pistols and emus; and the writer hasten-
ed to the scene -thinking, at first, that
a battle was raging. After a long alter -
vat -daring which the people watched
the fire with interest, chattering among
themselves meanwhile -there appeared,
placidly trundling along the road, 'he
Matamorman equivalent of a fire engine
barrel rolling along the ground,
drawn by a reluctant 'burro." A swivel -
pin on each end of the keg permitted
it to roll freely, and ropes attached it to
the animal. Behind walked the "fire
brigade" -a solitary peon, bearing a
bucket. Aihived at the scene of the con.
flagration, the water in the barrel was
poured into buckets and hauled to the
roof of an adjacent house, whence it
was fung on to the flames. Everybody
was greatly excited; the calmest thing
of all was the fire, whin burnt steadily
on till there was nothing left to con-
sume. Thee, as the spectacle was over,
the people dispersed. Everyone was sat-
isfied -except, perhaps, the unfortunate
owner of the house that had been de-
stroyed. -Wide World Magazine,
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AMONG THE JEWS
Interesting Items Concerning TI;em
From Far and ker.
A. deplorable inciaen; 15 rt ported. from
Fockschani, Roumania. It wen recently
aiseovered that the Jewish cemetery had,
been rifled and heretal tombstones de
stroyed, Qf the human remains
were thrown into the ibtt 16 frunt of
the Jewish bowie& A, wine dealer men
awn, neat the (watery was diseovered
to be the perpetrator of the outrage,
and a number of Jewleh and Cluietian
inhabitants demended hie arrest The
man fired at the (Nowa which assembled
in front of his residence, and several
P3180318 were seemly wounded. When
the police appeared they were eompelled
to make Ari.i of their weapons to. dis-
!Wine the enraged Crowd. A fight ensued
and a considerable number of wounded
had to revolve medical treatment, Over
fifty arrests were made,
An excellent example of Russian mis-
rule is furnished by the action of the
Governor of Enieeisk. 1 Wiled house -
owners of Lake Shiro have, through the
influence of the enlister of Agricultue ,e
obtainea the repeal of the order prohib-
iting jews from residing at the Spa dur-
ing the summer. A few of the Jews
thoreupon left for this Siberian resort.
The governor, however, refused to take
into consideration the permits issued by
the Minietry, and ordered them to re-
turn to the Pale.
The Minister of Education has ad-
dressed a letter to the chief rabbi of
Turkey informing him that at the be-
ginning of the next scolastie year no
alien teachers will be permitted in the
Jewislx schools of the Empire. All teach-
ers, regardless of race or creed, must be
Turleish subjects, A similar letter was
been addressed to the heads of other
communities. This ought to be a serious
blow to the foreign mission schools con-
ducted by so many Christian churches,
as the misisonmiee who teach would put
themselves in the pawer of the Turkish.
Government, mid if international cone-
plieations occurred they could net call
upon their respective countries for pro'
tection. It remains to be seen if the
government will enforce this regulation,
During the past session of the Rus-
sian Dourria no fewer than eighty-seven
speakers attacked the Jews in the house,
whilst forty-two deputies rose in their
defence.
According to the unanimous wish of
the commercial world of Salonica, the
Government now closes the customs of-
fices on Fridays and Saturdays instead
of Fridays and Sundays.
•
Fabiausky's picture of the Kieff pro-
gramme, expelled from the Munich Art
Gallery, is now on exhibition at a pri-
tette gallery at Frankfort, and the police
are endeavoling to prevail upon the own-
er to withdraw it front exhibition, as it
is antieipated that the Czar will shortly
visit the city. So far, however, their
efforts have proved unavailing, and the
picture continues to be a popular draw.
It ie evident that the Turkish Govern-
ment is placing restrictions not merely
on those foreign Jews who desire to pur-
chase laud in Palestine, or even to lease
tended property, but also on Turkish
Jews. The chief rabbi of Turkey, when
on his journey to the Holy Land, noted
this fact, and on his recent visit to the
'Ministry of the Interior and to the pres-
ident of the chamber, he complained bit-
terly of this action, Aimed Riza Bey,
after listening to the chief rabbi's repre-
sentations, made the signifieant reply:
"Bring ahout an interpellation in the
chamber." It is a notorious fact that
there is it stropg nationalist feeling in
the chamber, and that several Arab deps
uties, especially those from Palestine,
are not very amicably disposed towards
the Jews. ee discussion of the Jewish
question would be very dangerous from
all points of view. This is recognieed
by the Government and the Jewish pop-
ulation of Turkey. The reply of the
president of the chamber indicates that
he approves the policy of restriction. In
Young Turkish circles the feeling of dis-
trust Is increasing, and is shown in these
new restrictionist measures anned
against the Palestinian Jews. Itis, how.
ever, something of a matter of satisfaen
tion to think that the Jewish population
of Palestine is increasing to such a great
extent. The Government, is unable to
keep out immigrants provided they be-
come Turkish citizens, and these can
always secure mortgages on the lands
held by the Arabs. The root of the
whole trouble is the distrust of the
Arabs in Palestine, who see the Jewish
colonists prospering, while the Arabs re-
main in squalor. Any one who knows
Jewish history, also knows that opposi-
tion only makes the Jew more anxious
to obtain that which is difficult to ob-
tain.
The Ministry of the Interior has pro-
vided the police with more work, In-
structions haye reached the Provincial
authorities from St. Petersburg not to
ellow Jewish students to reside outside
the Pale during the vacations. Hither-
to the university uniform served as pro-
teetion to the Jewish youths from the
officiate, and Jewish youths were at lib-
erty to go where they chose during the
holidays.
The Governor of Minsk has closed the
Jewish eharitable society, judalca, on
the ground that the institution is culti-
vating Jewish nationalism. The minis-
try, on the other 'hand, rejected the
patriotic offer of an Odessa Melamed
tre open it synagogue with the object
of praying there for the Czar and. fath-
erle
What makes the cholera scourge worse
than ever in Russia is the fact that the
minorities will rather anew the victims
to die than engage Jewish doctors. The
situation in Odessa alone is frightful,
and what makes matters even menu is
the fact that the Governor-General (the
infamous Tolmatcheff) will not even al-
low the Jews who an isolated to pur-
elase kosher meat.
4
A OEITETMCN !NFLUEN05.
"Did the Lt man at yonr wq2dding marry the brideeemiar
"Aim: witne-ine me tate? /ie."
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TIM 84VI0U14'S 1110,1)ING HAND.
His feet are Blueing 'math the wave.:
Ile Wed unto hie Lord, to easel
The Saviour's helping hand wits there,
To math from depths of dark despair.
The .bline man longed to see the ligatt
Ile songht the Lord, to give him sight.
The Saviour toadied then sightless
eyes,
in answer to his earnest ales.
Ohl Saviour! Son o'f Cod, giveear,
thir fervent supplication hear.
Delp us, 0 Lord, to gain the shore,
Or we shall sink, to riee no more.
So Mend are we --'tis night indeedi
itt nierey, grant the light we need.
Give sight -and strength to keep ne
road
That leads us up to Thine abodes
Oh! Saviour, dear! Thy strength invert
Thou must supply each longing heart,
Bring glories of celestiel skies -
To flood with light our sightless. eyes!
By faith we grasp the helphig band,
On Thy right promisee we stand.
In all Thy mighty works we see
Our Father: Godi revealed in Thee.
_New York Observer,
PRAYER.
0 Thou, true Light of the morning end
the evening, shine upon our souls and
dispel our Oarkness. When the city
deems, may We awake with Thee. In
work tout pleasure go with us that we
nifty refer all questions to thy wisdenn
and know thy rejoicing in ell that we
enjoy, Gird us for toil. Keep us from
lassitude, Enrich us with patience. Let
our courage be full of cheer and the
light of laughter come to rest our
minds. When the day is over and we
turn to rest, afford us some sweet
thoughts of thy loving kindness and
some lively hopes of overcoming by
thine aid. 0 Thou who hest prepared
the rest that remaineth for the people.
of God, let our sleep of Hui night become
a foretaste of that refreshment tna
our work it preparation for its joyful
service, Bleesed. be Thou by whom we
live, in the morning and at noon an
at eventiae, forevermore! Amen.
WITHOUT FEAR.
He who trusts God does not live in
fear. God. undere°irds and steadies the
sool that trustsHim. That soul is "Un-
shaken. If we worry, we may know Oat
WO are not trusting God. The unfolling
of His plans for us ought to tiavo
taught us by this time that His plans
open out into larger places than our
deepest heart -desires have longed for. In
a diary at the close of the year were
written these words: "Memoranda:
that very little of importance in this
record was definitely foreseen; that
ninny expected events dreaded or long-
ed for never came to pass; that many
things not understood at the beginning
of the year are clear as it ends. And
because all this is God's way with Ilia
children, we may trust the next record
to Him without fear." What HO has
been in the yesterdays of our lives ne
will be in the to -morrows to the end
of days. -Sunday School Times.
••••••••,.., ,••••
RUINS.
Think of the ruins of Babylon, Egypt,
Carthage, Athens, and Rome. Men sun.
vey, explore'and write books about
thee ancient cities. Jerusalem has
stood soine thirty sieges, her 'streets
have been plowed, levelled, buried; the
streets the Saviour walked in are eight
k et under the surfeee.
What la the ' most massive ruin man
erin study? Hie greateat teak is the .
study of himself, his severest applieation
is here: "Man, know thyself." Man
walks among ruins, he is a broken col-
itenn, his displacement is painful. He is
a deposed king his crown is in the gut.
ter, he gets a g!limpse of his grandeur in
Itis misery, and poverty makes him ac-
quainted with strauge bedfellows. Of
ol1 the ruins his is the greatest. Wild
lbewers creep out among the broken
stones, and lizards glare and disappear.
Will any of the ancient cities be re-
built? To aek that question is to an-
swer it. But thi
ere s one architect of
reconstruction, carpenter, builder, owner,
who will be present when the top -stone
is put on with shouting&
Let us wait upon Him in the pages of
the New Teetament. If anyone recog-
teens the grandeur of human nature it is
He. A greater than Solomon is here,
and when He speaks to us, He says:
"Ye are of more value than many spar:
rows, or sheep, or lands, nay, 'What
shall a inan give in exchange for las
soul?' He holds the sten/lead of human
values. You are a being, not a thing; it
prieet, a prince, it king. "Seek ye first,"
itt time, in rank in importance, in value,
the Kingdom oegod, and His right, and
all these linings' shall be added to you."
Things are "added" to adorn, to
elethe,to comfort; houses, lands, titles,
ranks. These constitute not the original
trappings,
dignity of man, for often they are ab-
sent, in prison, and in death, they count
essosreileistiaalinsi.1 %%pi
as 'nothing. At best they are but aceeti-
,ai:elteditsesindininioit4
after "things." Man in his gladness
:seeks after grandeur!
When Ute Master made a eitt-ohiline-
from the temple precinetS, end said iti
tails, Ire drove out the money changers
moral majesty. "Take these 'things'
hewer and make not my Where' house
A house of merchandise.
Paul grasped his original eleeation
when he took it rapid glance of worldyl
comfort and success mut emolument, and
Riad, "None of these 'things' move me,
neither count 1 my life dear to ine that
might finish my hourse with joy, and
the ministry that I heve reeeived,"
IT. T. Miller*
VA,VaVvr
SItADOW.
I shine in the light of Cod,
llie glory etreameth fest,
!My shadow on the road
Fortelle proportions vast.
Ts not Ms light for aye?
TVs kingdom without end/
Shadows prove his sway.
Displaying drifts extend.
Toil, arid smiles and tears
Twit responsive men,
Olory crown the years
With prineely benison.
Shedowe totedh the day,
Beyond the horieon s
Light WW1 not awey,
When work of time is done.
Ileyond the golden west,
Itertest home is long,
The saintly- know no rest.
In labor or in eoeg.
"nu lie me a 'natural deathlo)
Ire lutd itodor."--New York Everieg
Telegrent.