HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1911-09-21, Page 3The average 100 pounde of sheep will
coneume about feur pounds of fodder
corn or millet daily, Fodder corn is a
heavier producer than millet, bat from
two of the latter to three or four tone
uf the former are reaeonably safe yields
to expect per ,acre. The amount requir-
ed for generous feeding of the flock
May easily be determined. It is better to
buy the other fellow's stock in order
to diapoee of the feed thau to be short
of feed anti be forced to sell one's stock.
The heifer intended for the future
milk cow should not be allowed to be -
Come too fat. Front the time she is tak-
en from the day till elle is weaned and
turned into the pasture she should be
fed liberally Olt those feeds which will
develop her milk-produeing organs. Throe°
:cods are those usually given to the
milk cow to promote the production of
Pliny said that thunder is rarely
heard in winter, and that the great ler-
tility of the soil is clue to t.S:, frequency
of thunder rain in spring. Science has
discovered the cause of the nourishment
In rain weer to be due to the presence
Of great quantities of nitrogen and am-
monia in the thunder ram and in Ma
When a horse is trotting a 2.20 gait
Ste feet move a little faster than a. utile
in 1.10. As the body is moving at 2.20,
ead as each of the feet when in contact
with the ground ie etationery and then
Is picked up and moved forward to take
the next step, the foot must move that
much faster than the body. Now the ac-
tion is: The foot is at rest upou the
4 ground and it raised some one or two
feet hight, then forced forward nearly
the full length of the leg, then lowered
to the ground and is at ret for nearly
two-thirds of the time that the next
step is being taken. The time, nearly
two-thirds, is too long, but it is from
one-half to two-thirds of the next step.
Every pring strong roots are thrown
up from the gooseberry bush and these
bear fruit the following season. The old
wood must be removed to make room
for the new, or else you will soon have
a Masse of: shoots pto crowded that they
eaa heae no fruit. It is not meant that
the old wood slieuld be cut every year.
Rather select two 01 .three good shoots'
and let them branch and be the fruit
bearers for soma years. Meanwhile re-
move the most of the tew growth.
Keep the cows free from mange. If
the coat is filled with the filth common
to this and other Ain troubles, wash
the animal frequently with warm water
and laundry soap, rubbing the lather
well to the roots of the hair with !• a
stiff brush, Follow this 'wale an appli-
cation of any Of the well-known disin-
fectants; If these cannot be procured a
10 per cent, solution of earbolic acid
will de, . This remedy usually gives the
hair a very coarse appearance.
'An authoritysays one of the relies: di
batharism that anti -cruelty societies
and owner s shod take notice of is the
habit gill in vogue of burning a horse's
Shoe on to his hoof. The fact that a
horse does not go lame immediately
after the operation is no proof that the
animal has not been injured. It only
takee a littIe more time and work te
carve a setting for a shoe, and 11 19 hu-
mane.
If sheep are wounded on wire fence or
other objects, watch the wounds care-
fully, and if maggots appear wash the
wounds with a weak solution of carbo -
11 acid and water, If the woutrle are
deep and difficult to reach, inje:t the
solution' with a small glass syringe.
According to one of the' experiment
stations, it takes 25 per cent. more -feed
to put a pound of grain on a 350 hoe
than it does on the 130 -pound hog, aa
85 per cent. more feed for the pound. of
gain in the ease of the older hog than
on the 40 -pound hog, The -farmer's pro-
fit will eome from ehoosing early It a-
turing types of hogs of the conma
form, and ir turning them off yoeng
when comperatively rapid gains may be
made veey elmaply.
The Missouri Experient Station has
lasting three years, which shows large
profits from feeding hogs on forage
crops. The average income per acre from
clover 'forage was $34.11, from the rape
ana oats $23.633 from corn ad cowpets,
820.08, and iroln bluegrass, $17.71. The
estimates are all made on the basis of
60 cents a bushel for the corn fed and
O cets a poUnd for the pork produced.
Good care and judgment must be ex-
ercised when feeding new oats or other
grain. Very small quantities inay
fed at first, 'Preferably Mixed *with old
grain, until the sweating proeess is
completed after threshing. Many suc-
cessful horsemen prefer old oats; during
the hot weather and the busy season,
for the reason that it is more perfectly
cured, Horses often seem to do better
on it and are able to withstand -hard
Work better.
Oats that are to be used for hay are
usually seeded and terowft in the same
way as oats that are to be cut for the
grain; that is to say, they are seeded
very early in the spring upon well -pre-
-( pared land. The better the land is pre-
pared the surer tall be the resulte.
Millet is best cut for hay when the
heads first appear, If the heads are fel-
lowed to ripen, the tough, fibrous nature
Of the stems mid, stiff beards have then
approached close to maturity, detracting.
much front the palatability of the hay
and adding very little to it in the way
of rnitrintenL Owing to these fads, the
hay from the early millet makes a meat
safer food for all kinds of stock. After
cutting it should be allowed to !le in
the swath until partially dry, then ga-
thered into stoeks and thus lett until
cured after the manner praeticed itt car-
ing clover hay or alfalfa. Cured in this
way it makee better hay than when al-
lowed to eemaiu exposed in the sun too
long.
To's', hard-working horse repose ia ta-
mest' as much it necessity as food. Un -
.a horse lies Alwyn regularly his reit
le never coMplete and his joints mid
sinews stiffen. While it is true that
some horses sleep in a standing position
Ana. eotitinue work for many years, it
Is equally true that they woule wear
ninth longer and perform their Work
mush better if they rested natter tlly.
Most horse owners feed too much
hay. Never give a home any more than
he will eat up clean, Many exedlent
horsemen give no hay at all at the
tenet meal, They fill the mangers in the
evening and give the horse all that he
will dein up in the morning, reit no
more.
Manure stains MI white gra v htjeeee
are very uheightiy and at ties mighty
um to remove. Ammonia le a great
help in 1105011 eiteee Sind When ammonia
will not do the work ordinary whiting
will cover up the stein, although will
not retnove the tenet of the trouble.
"Is everybody free and equal in Atter-
"Yrs, Duke, el eettree." 4. 1 hen
why de you constantly remind as that
von eta Introducing me only to your
kit paolIfer-.-rittsburg Post.
Why swum Use
Cuticura Soap?
of There is nothing the matter
'with my skin, and I thought
Cuticura Soap was only for skin
troubles.'True, it is for skin
troubles, but its great missiofl is
to /relicts, skin troubles. For
more than a generation its deli-
cate emollient and prophylactic
properties Imo rendered it the
standard for this purpose, while
its extreme purity and refreshing
fragrance give to it all the advan-
tages of the best of toilet soays.
It is also invaluable in keeping
the hands soft and white, the hair
live and glossy, and the Scalp
free from dandruff and irritation.
While its first cost is a few cents
more than that of ordinary toilet
soaps, it is prepared with such care
and of such materials, that it wears
to a wafer, often outlasting several
cakes of other soap, and making
its use, in practice, most econom-
ical. Cuticura Soap is sold by
druggists and dealers everywhere,
but the truth of these claims may
be demonstrated without cost by
sending to "Cuticura," Dept. 71VI,
Boston, U. S. A., for a liberal sam-
pie cake, togetherwith a thirty-two
page book on the skin and hair,
ABOUT LIGHTNING.
Some Fallacies and Facts Regard.
ing It.
(Contributed to ;Belfast Weekly Tele-
graph.)
During the recent thunderstorm in
Belfast, people were all discuseing the
effects and dangers "of lightning. Some
quaint opinione were expressed. A
prevailing idea was that the presence
about the peroon of a pie,ie of metal—
eteel poeketecnife or as watch -chain
—was a source of danger, because metal
"attracts" lightning. This and similar
popular errors render some explanation
of the scientific facts regarding electrical
phenomena of interest.
Every one knows that electricity is of
Iwo kinds, called positive and negative,
and that these mutually attract each
other. It requires friction or some kind
of chemical action to. separate the two
from each other and store an nverplwi of
either in an insulted states. Certain
substances are good conductors of elee-
tricitt, certain others are poor 'conduc-
tors, and again some others are either
very bad conductors or do not admit of
the passage of the electrical current at
all. The last are 'called insulating sub-
stances; glass, amber, dry silk, or cotton,
and certain gum and rubber composi-
tions are among. these. Metals suclt as
gold, copper, iron. and bronze are good'
conductors, copper especially. Lead,
though a conductor, is not so good, and
if a strong current is sent through a
thin piece of lead it ia liable to melt,
or fuse, with the heat generated by the
resistance of its molecules to the pas-
sage of the current. This is true even
of copper, but it would require an. enor-
mously higher voltage tor strength and
intensity of current) to melt the same
quantity of copper• in other words cop-
per in a good conductor. In order to
store a quantity of electricity if must
be insulated from all conductors which
would enable it to escape itno the earth,
which is the main reservoir of electrfeal
energy.
Every one knows that the clouds are
the result of evaporation by the stm's
heat frOm the sea, lakes and rivers and
the Inunicleland. Irt the chemical change
which takes piece in the ort of convert-
ing water into vapor elearteal energy is
generated, and a quantity of one kind
of electricity is separated from the
other. The vapor retains one kind, the
other dispersing itself throughout the
bulk of the earth. After a spell of hot
weather, when Much evaporation • has
taken place, the clouds and any floating
vapors in the atmosphere become highly
charged with one kind of electricity.
Sow, the molecules or particles of the
kind of electricity repel each other its
much as those of opposite kinds Detract.
And consequently a state of high repul-
sion is reached; this is called ingit elec-
trical tension. 'And when a cold wind
blows and devaporiees the clouds. these
sink lower M the atmosphere. .When
they have sunk low enough the electre
city stored in them begint to act, and
attract the opposite kind in those pot -
Mons of the earth immediately beneath
or nearest. When the clouds come above
a mountain naturally the distatice is
much lessened9 and the tension of both
kinds of electricity become very high. It
soon reaches discharging point, and the
spark produced is what we call lightning.
Lightning can be produced on a small
settle by the electrical machine, the
Leyden jar atti by tubbing brown paper.
The experiment of holding the latter to
the hair of the head is known to almost
every sehoOlboy. Brushing the hair in
the dark will produce minute manifesta-
tions steelier to lightning. But the (ten -
ger from atmotmiterie lightning lies in
the fact that the electrical discharge is
so enormously powerful that it rends
and burns objects rod often kills people
that happen to be .in the peel of the
discharge. There is a prevalent idea
that lightning always eomes downwards,
teat there is a discharge in one direetion
only. It would be more correct to say
that there are two diseharges, one down
from the elouds aud one up from the
earth. There is always a reactionary
discharge instantly. This is due to a
similar principle to thet which makes
a ball 'bounce:
Now it is manifestly absurd that the
poseetsion of a perfectly insignifietutt
cbjeet like a penknife on the 'tenon of
on almost equally insignificant ohjeet
such as a man will deflect a "attract"
a flash of lightning starting from a eloud
1,000 feet or more away. People even
imagine that glass windows and n518 -
tore "tract" aightning, that a raised
untbrella out of doors is a oottree of
thuiger, and so forth. There, is, on the
other hand, far greater danger from a
testae wetting than there would be by
keeping Oneself dry by the protettion
of ?Kiwi tunbrella during a thntuler:
plump. But elthongh the path of light-
ning is very erretic and lineeeountable,
end the objets it 'My strike are often
1.3- no Means theoretically feeeertling to
the law of motion along the line of tenet
reitistanee, And diseharge from meet
prominent end dived points of ills'
efarge), .the objects one should expect
to be struelt, there are things that it
Would 1* foolhardy to do during a Mout-
do storm, The proximity of *mit
Mei high buileinge with lightning eon-
ductors should. be avoided. Give trees a
wide bath, 'Weld telegraph pole, elee-
trical wire staaderde, wired fences, iron
reilings, mountain tops, and keep to low,
open spaces or the Owner of the hoUlte-
The danger from Nature's most sublime
end terrible inenifestetien will thus he
etinimiged.
THE SQUIRREL'S MINING,
.• "
Storing Its Winter Supply—Why e, 15
a Game Bird Guard,
Although 1110 cummort red equirrel
one of the liveliest and wout attrautive
of our wild ereatures, a knowledge of its
habits is more 'menial them intimate.
The pest wieter gave foreet an
opportunity for allaying equirre1-4 to au
estent seldom possible, as the mildnems
of the weather made neither for long lior
deep hibereetion. 1 wee surprised at the
number and variety of places where the
little animal had t o red. Re whiter
hoards. The smallness of theae, too, Wee
noteworthy, as they seldom contained
1)1000 than it lutudfull of foodstuff.
The larders were in hollow trees, old
birds' neets and tleeerted squirrels' nests,
but meet eften in the grountIA little be-
low the surface, and although many of
the hoards were at the foot of trees the
favorite pleee was in a field bordering a
wood and about twenty or thirty yards
from the edge. The latter is probably
the safest larder of all, as marauding
rats and mice do not venture so far out-
side the wood in winter.
After watching the squirrel going front
one hoard to another I have little doubt
that its ability toefind these is not a
matter of memory or of instinct, but of
smell. It le the same highly developed
sense, too, that makes the squirrel an
accomplished truffle hunter (far trufflee
are a great sweirrel dainty), tend I think
that it must have been their smelling
abilities that brought suctirrels to a
peach house in which they did tt lot of
damage.
Stpeirrel cunning defeated the most
cleverly laid traps and other attempts at
capture, and to save the fruit thevinwel-
come visitors had ultimately to be shot.
The squirrel is one of the beet game bird
guards and. its winter stores have fed
inany a famished pheesent,
lleyond an occasional "chuck!" the
squirrel does net pay mach attentien to
a mere man, but immediately it espies 4
fox or stoat on the prowl it chatters
loudly in the greatest excitement and
game birde never fail to profit by their
sentinel's warnings, apparently knowing
that the squirrel 13 nO idle %Mullet.
Pheasants scratch up and devour the
squirrePs'winter stores when other food
is scarce, and as "pug" always wastes ten
finial the quantity of food he consumes
and scatters nuts, acorns, wild fruits
and .hedge .berries which the game birds
would ont otherwise get and which they
thoroughly enjoy, it thus benefits them
all the year round.
CHILLS PROVE FATAL
If warmth and - circulation - are not
promptly restored, chills result in fatal
pheumonia, Thisnecessitates keeping
Nerviline on hand. 'Taken in hot water
it breaks sip a chill in two minutes, By
rubbing freely over the throat and
chest it prevents colds. No liniment so
strong, so penetrating, so swift To kill
pain and inflammation. Nearly fifty
years' record has proved the value of
Polson's Nerviline. You should get a
bottle to -day.
•
RUSSIAN STOCK EXCHANGE,
Only 56 Authorized Brokers Do Busi-
ness in St. Petersburg, '
The St. Petersburg Stock Exchange
is even more or an exclusive club than
the Paris Bourse, waose membership ie
limited to seventy, as compared with the
1,100 members of the New York Stock
Exchange and the 5,000 brole.ers and job-
bers who operate the London Stock
'exchange.
There are but fifty-siv authorized
brokers on the St. Petersburg Exchange,
Each One of them Must be a Russian
subject, says • Moody's Magazine, and
must pay a deposit of 15,000 roubles. The
right to deal on the exchange is not,
however, restricted to these official
brokers,except hi regard. to the Govern-
ment debt.
Any ason pretpeely introduced by a
broker or by a recognized Russian bank-
er may enter the exchange and do busi-
ness with the brokers there. These per-
sons must pay' a small semi-annual sub-
scription to the committee of the ex-
change for this privilege, which may be
withdrawa if they fail to tarry out their
legitimate traneactiona
Any broker . or banker may introdace
a stranger for. one day's trading 8y reg.
istering the stranger's name in the por-
ter's book and paying a fee of one rou-
ble, just as the privileges of a sodal elub
may be granted for a day to a vieitor.
The banks also deal in bonds and
stocks as well as finance new -and exist-
ing companies. About 500 securities,
praetieally all Russian, are dealt In on
the St. Petersburg Exchange. Dealing In
Government securities is a ntononopy of
the official brokers, but as so large an.
amount of the Government debt is held
in Frame and is . traded in on the Parte
Bourse there is not great activity in
governments at St. Petersburg.
The Most active pert of the market is
in railway and bank shares. The foreign
exchange market is absolutely controlled
by the State bank, and Russian brokers
are therefore deprived of what In other
eapitals is a profitable feature of the
brokerabe business. The variety of se,
eurities known in Englaire. and America
is unknown in Russia. There are no con-
vettibles, biome -bonds' or things like
that, ahd shares are praetically all coin -
"111011 or ordinary.
By law all shares ntust he registered,
bat special ukases tir decrees have al-
lowed the creation Of shares payable to
bearer and of preference shares. Per-
merly a special kind 0 Stock known tte
toundere eharee existed,' but these are
disappearing. Promoters of a new cona
patty are not allowed to take more than
one-fifth of the *twee of the company.
The offieial list of securities quoted on
the exchange i printed daily in Frain
Wel Rtteeittn.
There is no transfer tax Ott securities,
but the capital of companies la texed at
formation and there is a regular corpora-
tion tag similar to that reeently enacted
In America, the companies being required
to pay 5 per cent. on their net earnings.
Ali limited companies must have the Gov-
ernment nuthorielition, the general cor-
poration law being tot very utlike in
printiple to the 'Federal incorpouttioft
Jew vvhieli has been prepoeed in the lin-
Rod States,
The law is quite striet, providing AM -
Ong other things filet the share Capital
must Int fully luthSCribed and 40 per cent.
Veld lier. Iltunla cannot bn ieeeed for
Mere than half the paid-up capital nor
without the exprese euthotity of the
Government resulted after inquiry
the scenrity offered, All the ttseets of
the present atittl future Are liable for the
pereterit of the lineal% Which Meet tm
ragitteted at mnttgsges,
THE SAFETY OF
BOND
INVESTMENT
q Bonds are the mat attractive
Investment because of the secu-
rity they afford the Investor,
principal and interest being a
first charge on all the assets of
the Corporation issuing them.
el Itemise of general proeperity,
developMent and =pension of
the business of Corporations or
concerns—financial and Indus.
trial...Aim material assets natur-
ally itrarcase, a uti so year by year
the secnrity to the bond investor
becomes greater and the safety
of bond investments more certain.
q Bonds yield a very liberal rate
of interest when one takes into
consideration the high degree of
security they offer,
q Write for our .1fooklet on
Bond investments.
ROYAL
SECURITIES
CORPORATION
Limircp
BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING
yoNGE AND QUEEN STS.
TORONTO
A FEW STAINS
Simple Ways In Which They May
be Removed.
Saturate grass staine thoroughly wilt
kerosene, then put them in the wash
tub,
Soak ink stains in sour milk, If a
dark stain remains, riOSe in a weak got-
ution of chloride of lime.
Soak bleed stains in cold salt water;
then wash thent in warm water, using'
pletty of soap; afterwerds boil.
Rub sewing inachine oil stains with
lard; let stand for several hours and
then wash with cold water and soap.
'Wet scorch staine, then rub with
soap and. bleach in the sun.
Wash iodine stains with alcohol, then
rinse in eoapy water.
Soak iron rust sthins thoroughly with
lemon juice; sprinkle with salt and
blest& for several hours in the sun,
Hot water and soap generally remove
grease spots stain, If fixed by long
standing,, use ether, chloroferm or
naphtha, taking care to use none of
these remedies near either fire or ar-
tificial light.
, Soak tea and coffee stains in cold
water; wring well; spread out and pour
a on the stain. If the stain ha e been
fixed, by Let stand several hours and
then wash with cold water and soap.
Stretch . the fabric containing fruit
stains over a basin and pour boiling
water on few drops of glycerine over
each epot, neglect, soak the article in
a weak: solution of ovalie acid or hold
the spot over the fumes of sulphur.
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MEN'S FRAILTIES AND WOMEN'S
Love is 'blind, but marriage is gifted
with second sight.
Some women think they have poise
when in reality it is avoirdupois.
.A. woman purrs at being termed it
kitten, but scratches when called a cat.
The 1111111 of the house never has a min-
ute to spare.
People who prate at being willing to
pay the price usually flee at the first
figures.
.A. friend is one who not only fills a
want, but wants to fill it,
The world is a mirror that es fleets
what we give it—but we want it to
magnify. •
Ready repartee refleets the radium
rays of reason.
The men who reach the summits are
few; the majority camp somewhere on
the journey, while the balance got tired
and take die toboggan route.
Nothing succeeds like 'successfully con-
vincing the other fellow teat you are a
success.
A woman has two prerogatives—
changing lier mind and .changing the
subject.
Men may come And men may go. but
, nagging woman goes on forever.
—Smart Set.
00i3i-of the latest prominent gen.
Benton to speak highly In Zan
Bidet favour is Mr. C. E. Sanford
of Welted. Elites Cost N.S. Mr,
Sanford is a justice or the Peace
for the County, and a member of the
Board of School Commissioners.
He is also Deacon of the Baptist Church
its Benviek. Indeed le would be difficult
to find * man more Widely_known and
more highly respected. Here is hie
opinion of Zam-I3uk. Ile says 1—
„t never used anythIng that Ilan MO
such sittistaction ite Zara-Buk, i had a
pitch of Krezeina on my Atkle re_ hieh hid
been thire for over 2(1 years. tionietiraed
also the diereses Wotild break out on my
shoulders. I had applied 1418.008 Mat-
ments and tried all sorter of thing” to
obtain scare, but In 'Irian. ZareeBuk, un-
like OVerything else X had tried, proved
highleilatIsfactory and cured the ailment.
“I hare also need Zs.ra•Bek for Itching
piles* mad it bee cured them Completely
else. X take ronefort in helpieg My brother
nose, and if the pablieatiett 01my°Melon
of tbe heeling Value Of Zamslink win hied
Other itufferers to try it, I should be !clad.
For t e relief of aufrering milked by Piles cr
lk
Skin Moo el I ktiow of aothingto 411141
gam- ek."
esat.Bek wires Mean, &Wefts, bleed plot,
rierworre, ferterhig or running -ones, bed lig,
mimes tikere, ealt threes, prairie iteb, mite
burn', bralea, babeSi wee, eta. Puede herbal,
SRI boy, dile:esti end Rona Rebels hie Whew,
THE WARRIOR'S IuBiLrz.
First ihritleh IrOn,clad and, Preeursors
of the preadnolieht.
tie:main Standard./
fib; elitieety'e ehip Warrior. the Visit
seesasIng lionelad enip, was commiesion-
ed tot active eervica tifty eearit ago W-
ean. She was launched at Me Tnainee
21I'1.2610Vk), lal"tttyi3sloaethetlbil'ly uezollditttulubieeiri
mei le enisei away the trosen grtatee
en the slam anu none hall to Ms men
nom the ureic to eters the tresei !Amara
her native element.
The Ironclati iota its nitelerit genesis 111
11 1111( one moot incluue the nerd mutt-
er:). In this eounecuon, mince the Jeutel:
aro declared to have built a ship protect -
ea AIM 11011 PlatOS in UM OIXteeMO eat -
Lure. it it tie in Prance that the trou-
t:lad floating batteriee .uaea 111 ute
mewl War were first deeigned, and it
14 ;:S leit tor we teen tnrecter-Cletieral
of Conettuction of the 4 rencit Navy,
Dtpuy ue Lome, to produce tue eirst ve-
toing ironclad OY Cutting dewn tlie Na -
Pilsen, a two -decked elmp of ninety-one
LllLd
agulreu. atitilegnghtelite. nalinognglige lull; IIIIO\
4 1-2 Men Iron plates, Thus was brouglit
into being the famous Oloire, for ma the
Napoleon was renamed,
The Warrior was designed by lair. Isaac
Veatta anti Ala Scott itutieell. ishe had a
leegth of 3641 feet, arid was 58 feet 4 in-
ches h. extreme breadth, while the ton-
nage was 0,210. The armor protection
colsisted of an iron plating about 200
Mot long, 4 1-2 inches thick, and eupport-
:::;;Ientbettahi
the hem accounted tor 975 tons,
awaboacokeintagnifoofriln8inhcielltntelianriaru. T4ike.
'fed a total weight of 1,300 tons, of
Her cost, including ordnance and stores,
was 2370,000. Her engines, of 5,700 horse -
eon er, were manufactured by John Penn
at the Greenwich Works, which have
new being absorbed in the names iron
Works. The armament ot the fillip was
several tenets atinged, but it consisted
throughout her career of muzzle-104(ring
guns or which la 1880 she carried !our
tech 9 ton and 28 7 inch 6 1-2 tonweaD-
a°1(18Sovereign) was built. The veseel was
The iirinicipal epochs in the develop-
ment or the Dreadnought from the War-
rior ;MY be described thus:
1861—The first ship with a complete
belt of firmer (Minotaur) was built.
1862—The first British turret step (Rosa
cut down from a three -decker and WaS
given four centre line turrets,
1869—The first British sea-g)ing turret
shin was built (Devastation).„
1876—The first ship With two turrets en
eenelor (Inflexible) was built. The ship
had 24 inches of side armor tinidships.
1880—The typecal 'ore Dreadnought"
began to take shape, the Collingwood,
9,500 tons, armed with four 13 inch and
six 6 -inch guee, beleg the first. The
bovigenglinasrbleititetshis ship were rneunted In
isse—cemperdown was built, displace-
ment 10,600 tons, armament four 13.5 inch
and six 6 inch guns.
1886—San Peril And Victoria were built.
iDraisl:lacement 10,740 tons, 'armament two
ever mounted in a British ship of •
16,S5 inch 110 ton guns, one 10 inch and.
twelve 6 inch. These are the largest
guns
1884.—In this year the Nile and Trafal-
gar were lald down, the first ships of
the ironelad era to have four heavy
breech loading guns 111 two closed tur-
rets.
1830—Onward—Battleships -now settled
dwelt to a more or less definite design.
The Various clasees built, with certain
of their characterleitles, are shown be-
LaId
1889-90 Sovereign ..Tio4n,1860. 1 '1 I:1137000eer:
down. Class.
311903 iel'eeznitottgon .. 10,00 12,000
1893-95 MaJestie 1214,903:1 1212,.0
0
0
000
106-97 Ocean' . 12,9600 13,600
1898 rormidaele 75,000 45,000
1869-00 Duncan. 14,e00 18,000
After this the Dreadruiught type ap-
peered on the horizon. In the King.
Edrard elass, laid down In I302 -e4, the
first suggestion came ir, the shape of
substituting 9.2 inch guns for a certain
of the 6 ,Inch. The displacement was In-
creased to 18,350 tons and the horse -power
to 1S,000, and while four 12 inch still com-
posed the main battery, the number of
inch was reduced to ten, and four 9.2
inch were mounted In single turrets.
Pio inthis to the total elimination of the
6 -Inch gun was but a step, und It was
taken in 1903, when the Lord Nelson and
Agen,enunon were laid down. These are
16.500 ton ships,
and they carry four 12-
111014 and ten 0.2 inch guns. They were
the last "mixed armament" battleships
laid down for the British navy.
510 feet long, to the 'Warrior's 380 It. dis-
Our latest battleship, the Hercules, is
place 20,040 tons, as against 9,210 tons:
and has engines of 25,000 horse -power
(turbines), compared with 6,700 horse-
power. The heaviest gun weighs 65 tons
and fires a shell of 850 pounds, with a
muzzle energy of 53,400 toot tons. The
heaviest guns in the "%Vanier weighed
nine tons anti fired a 253 pound shell.
with an energy of 2,823 foot tons. The
Hercules cost nearly five times as much
as the Warrior.
It is interesting to note that the old
ship is still in .existence. She was only
removed from the so-called effective list
in 1901. And now with her engnes and
boilers removed, she lies in Portsmouth
hasher, forming part of the torpedo
trebling establishment, known as His
Majesty'R ship Vernon. ItIs a splendid
tribute to her condruction that she
sheulcl be MI !afloat after fifty years.
Her first commission, on which she en-
tered on this date, in 1861, was an exper-
imental one Captain the Hon. A. A.
Cochrane being in ,command. On the
conclusion of this, and after carrying re-
liefs to Lisbon for the Mediterranean
and We.st Indlee stations, she joined the
Channel fleet, and was paid off from hr
maiden cummission on November 22n0,
1861.
ABOUT THE DOG. "
When chewing a dog, ask yourself
whet purpose he is to serve.
If he ia to be a watch dog, enc1 live
out of doors, give hint a good kennel,
sheltered. front wind and eold; make it
rain proof and keep it dean.
Plate his kennel on dry ground, fac-
ing southwest for warmth in the winter,
and northeast in the summer. Don't
place it in a damp or dismal yard. Make
otlfiteenb.ed of clean straw and eloinge it
Feed the dog regularly twice a day
on . meat, vegetables and dog 'biscuit.
Give him the bigger meat late in the
day so that he will uot feel hungry
during the night, and start barking.
Plut plently of fresh water where, he
can always get it.
Exercise is alxiolutely necessary for
the health of the dog. Give him his
freedom f or at lead one hour every day,
of course much longer if possible.
Don't keep him chained up day after
day. The dog is an energetic animal,
and if not allowed to work off his energy
lie may became wild ana vicious.
The dog craves huinert companionship
and unless you give him attention and
care he will desert you or develop into
an unnatural and iminteresting dog,
• ••
THE MORAL
"The persisteney with which children
see in a fable some other moral than the
one whieli is intended that they shalt
see ifl often distressing,' remarks a
Philadelphia instructors of the young. "1
had recited to one little boy the story
of the wolf and the lamb, and hid fol-
lowed it up 'with the remark:
"And now you eee, Tommy, that the
lamb would not have been eaten by the
wolf had he been good eta eensible.'
"'Yes, I understand,' 'Baia Tommy, If
the lamb had geld. and setsible, we
cettes 'elagazine.
should have had him to eat."—hippin-
ONE OAUSE OF MARITAL misetry
(13altimore Sun')
• There can be no doubt that women
thed; too sleuth of money and what it
W:11 buy. The wife of a herd -working
man who Is doing lils beet tO 'support
his MMUS', make his Wife comfortable
and brine' up his thildren decently, Is
often not content with Mit state of lift
to rhich it liais pleased 00t1 to call bete
She eearne for things her htiehand eati-
te.t give her. She entree to assoelate
With neople who are richer than heritelf.
to entertain and to be entertained. Thle
Is Ilte cause of continued iinhappintise In
funillies, of reproftehe.11 and final senate. -
amt.
Illobbit—Gurzier is so pig-headed.
filobba—Yes. nothing Iola thee bOlt'S
head would du Lint to down Ids tor.
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OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER
"My goodness,LbAutMIP:mEritired ana I
haven't finished all my work yet! 1
think start tihis fire to take the
chill off the room, so that it will be nice
when papa comes home," Ruth said, as
she started game paper to burn under a
log in the fireplatte.
"Guess lel rest a while in this comfy
chair," she eted, as she sat down in her
father's big armchair and watched the
flames as the log caught fire.
Ruth was indeed tired, as she had been
a very busy little girl all day. Her moth-
er had been quite ill for some time.
Aunt Lou had just left with Ruth's
little brother luta sister to take them to
visit grandma, until mother eves quite_
well again. Ruth lind been so occupied
mending stockiugs and packing the suit-
case. for her brother and sister that she
had not finished the housework.
As sbe sat watching the flames shoot
up, she yawned and said: "Oh, those
dishes and the.beels haven't been done,
and this rooni—e-," and then she was
off to &timberland.
Presently she saw the flame shape it-
self into a little Elfman, who deemed
amnia for it while. Then he stepped be-
yond the fire, Ile looked around for a
minute and then caught hold of Ruth's
dress, pelting himself up and. finally sit-
ting deem on the arin of the chair.
"Look out! -You'll burn me up!" Ruth
called to him as she moved to one side.
"Don't be afraid! not harm you,
becease you are such a good little girl. 1.
'am the Flame Elf, and 1144300 come to do
Your work, because you are so tired.
Come on and. 111 do those dishes."
Then he sat on Ruth's shoulder, and
laug
made her sit still in the kitchen rocker.
Ruth laughed and. hed, ait crtain-
es
they went'into the kitchen. Ttliteeell:Iihuni4etn.
would tot allow her to help him. but
lyluoked comical to See the lit
ling with the dielies. Sue was afraid that
he might break them, but they were
soon 'dried and placed on the table for
supper.
Then they went upstair3 and Ruth
watched; the elf make the beds. Although
he was so tiny, he did not have a bit of
trouble tucking in the canna. Try as
herd as he could, he was unable to lift
the pillows, however. When he found
out that he could not move them he gave
a low whistle, and in a moment ten or
twelve little elfs appeared. When they
had placed the pillows they were gone,
leaving the Flame Elf alone with Ruth.
"Now to dust the sitting -room," the
Flame Elf said, as be swain hopped to
Ruth's shoulder, and tliey went down-
stairs again, The little elf seemed to
grow quite tall as he dusted the furni-
ture. Then he stood in front of Ruth and
she heard: "Come, little sweetheart, sup-
per is ready. Do you know 11 is 7
o'clock?"
When she opened her eyes, there stood
her father.
"Why, papa, I thought that you were
the Flame Elf!" Ruth said.
Then Ruth told her father about the
elittle man.
"Never mind, little helper, "your work
is done, anyhow. Best of all, mother is
well enough to come downstairs tomer-
)'owe' father answered.
Ruth thought that was very good
news indeed. Every time that see sits
by die fire she wishes that her little
friend, the Flanie Elf, would appear once
again, But lie never does.
PROGRESSIVE INITIALS.
Tins game resembles progressive
euchre, and is played on the same plan,
and May be played by those who Object
to cards.
Aiim
bet:of tables to suit the num-
ber of guests, are prepared and labeled
In order, Fruits, Flowers, Noted Men in
American Illetory, Cities of America,
and So Ori, according to the number of
tables required.
In the 'centre of each table place 24
assorted letters, face down. After guests
are seated at the tables give to each one
a card on which is written the subjects
of the different tables.
Wheh all are ready the bell at the
first table -rings and the- game proceeds.
One person turns a letter. Supposing
the first table is for fruit and the letter
le A, the person who turns 11 says "ap-
ple," end. keeps the letter. Then in quick
rotation a letter is turned by each per-
son until all the letters have been
used, If a player cannot think of A
fruit, flower, or whatever may be re-
quired, he must replace the letter and
his turn passes to the next player.
The object of the game le to be the
first to think of it fruit, flower, noted
man or city, to fit the letter turned.
When the letters are all exhausted at
the first table the bell rings and the
game stops, The two persons who have
gained the most letters progress to the
second table, and those who have the
least at the next table take their
places.
Each person keeps a record on his
cerd of the letters he gels at each table,
and at the end of the evening a prize
is given to the one who has held tire
most letters, or to the gentleman and
lady who have the highest score, if that
has been agreed upon.
Many other subjects may be found for
the different tables, such as novelista,
birds, rivers, groceries, actors and ac-
tresses, patent medicines, musicians,
and so on.
HEADS Olt TAILS.
Cut a small noteh in a quarter or oth-
er small coin, so that a tiny piece of
metal will project from one of its sides,
Then spin it on a table having no cloth
on, and you will notice that should it
land with the notched side np it will
make the usual long whirr; but should
it land notched side down, the coin will
stop almost instantly. The knowledge of
this fact •will help one to distinguish
the difference even when blindfolded,
and he min call heads or talks up, ae-
cording to the side notched.
Burn, a candle until it has a good long
snuff; then blow it out suddenly, and
a bright wreath of white smoke will
curl toe from the hot wiek. Now if a
flame should be applied to this smoke,
even at 41 nista-lice of two or three
inches from the candle, the flame will
run down the smoke and relight the
candle in a very fantastic manner. In
Order to do thie successfully the room
must be absolutely free from draughts
or banging doors. They would spoil the
mystic spell.
COUGHERS, HAWKERS, SPITTERS!
Public expectoration is against the
common law, against the laws of health
also. When the throat tickles. that's
the time you need "Catarrhozone"; it
soothes away the irritation, cuts out -
Ike phlegm and loosens the tight feel-
ing. You'll quickly cure that catarrh
and throat trouble with Catarrhozone.
It positively prevents new attacks and
cures catarrh forever and for all time
to come. Don't take our word for it.
try •Catarrhozone yourself. Once used
:you'll be delighted with its pleasant and
'helpful influence.
• _•
PAIR OF PEAR RECIPES
Two Ways of Serving .This. Very
Delicious Fruit.
Pears are just 11OW at their beet, so
pear recipes are in order.
To make Poires Parisienne.s remove
the skin neatly from some dessert pears
of good flavor, cut each in half and take
out the core by making two fairly deep
'Millstone. Fill the groove with some
'almond icing, and elver with a pyramid
of stiffly -whipped cream. Arrange the
fruit in a pretty dish, and set on ice till
wanted for table.
Pear pompons is another dessert.
First remove the stalks and eicin from
90me small, round pears and tcok thein
as for a compote. Coat them with jelly
and sprinkle over this desiccated cocoa-
nut. Place In a glass dish, surround with
jelly and serve cold.
HOT LANGUAGE.
First Deaf Mute—So when he heard
the report he got furious about it?
Second Deaf Mute—Furious? Why, he
was so that the words he used al-
most blistered his fingers.—Boston
Transcript.
Many an office bo yis fired with en-
thuttlasm—by his boss.
SHOE POLISH
Is the Perfection in Shoe Polish.
Some preparations give a gloss but
degtroy the leather. "2 in I" not only is not
injurious but increases the life of the leather
keeping it always soft It gives a brilliant,
smooth and ladling gloss that gives perfed
satisfacrtion.
It is good for your shoes.
THE F. F. DAILEY CO., Limited, 14
HAMILTON, Ont., BUFFALO, N. Y. end 141'.4D011, Eng.
eseregeaveregaise.
"Liherty," says Jitusitin, "in the last
analySiS hi a myth.' It is the destiny
of man to servo; the highest post of
dignity, excellency, and durability is
to be bound in a change of maxtere. "if
the Son shall make you free ye shall
be free indeed." Where the British flag
files Man cannot hold property ill man.
Men sipg Briton's never shall be alaves,
but are, they- free? Men Who are the
bond -slaves of pride, avarice and, Met,
are not free, but are reekoned among
the down -trodden vassals ef perdition.
"He is free whOm the Truth makes
free, and all are slaves besides." We
are not under law, but under gritee.Paut
calls the law the eninistration•of death
and of condemnation. The lase made
nothing perfect, it Was added. beeatitie
of transgression. Happy they who are
free from condemnation. The Master
Stands at the gangway of the Gospel
thip, and welcornee men on board. He
says to me, to ails "Yoit are foreigners
all, and all at once, made clean, made
new, old things are overboard, sunk in
deep waters, never to be fished up again.
I give new affections, new hopes, new
(leaves, new prospects, new ion new
employments. Outeide the bulwarks of
the Gospel ship is death, inside is life.
Find employment in the run of the decie
look to me for a emile now and then,
let your joy be to please me, and
when the ship arrives you shall have a
safe landing, a glorious reception, a
good reward, and future promotion.
"I thought His love would weaken,
Aa, more and more He knew me;
But it burneth like a beacon
And its light and heat go 'through me.
What living heart is there that will not
come
At His redeeming call, that doth not
sigh,
To give Him love for love, and will not
fly
Unto His Heart our everlasting home?"
Pastor Robinson, of the Pilgrim
Fathers, said, "God hath more light and
truth to shine out of His word." God
bath more light to shine on the ways of
the best of men, The Master le not sat-
isfied until they are free "indeed."
Are then not men entangled in the
lines of the programme? Personality is
a living thing, it grows inside the scaf-
folding and above it, it is vital and
progressive, and the end of the Lord,.
Is not ebove the horizon. What is re-'
quired ie not a Ministry of death, but of
life, a vital bond that quielcens, kindles,
stimulates, not a swaddling bani that
binds in a eircle, which constitutes an
end, for this would bring about the
suicide of the soul.
Routine "as" routine, can never exert
a vital and developinr, influence upon
personality. In the inner realm we
wamt something positive'the freedom
and power of self adjustment. Fixed
rules as to prayer and meditation may
bring disaster, they must not rule us,
but we must rule them. We start from
life not from the programme, the life
Within must keep the initiative. "Hast
thou faith Have it to thyself before
Goe"; and exereiee it as God's free
men.
II. T. Miller.
"I CLIMB TO REST."
Still must I climb, if I would. rat;
The bird soars upward to his nest;
The young leaf on the tree -top high
Cradles itself within the sky.
The stream, that seem to hasten down,
Return inclouds'the hills to crown.
The plant arises from her root
To rock aloft her flower and fruit,
I cannot in the valley stay;
The great horizowl stretch away
The very cliffs that wall me round
Are ladders unto higher ground.
To work, to rest, for eaeli a time;
I toil, but I must also climb.
What soul was ever quite at ease
Shut in by earthly boundaries?
I am not glad till I have known
Life that elm lift me from my OWn;
A loftier level muet he won,
A mightier strength to lean upon.
And heaven draws near as I ascend;
The breeze invites, the stars befriend,
All things are beckoning to the Best;
I climb to Thee, my God, for rest.
• —Lucy Lamm.
EVENTIDE.
There ie an eventide itt the day—an
hour when the sun retires and the sha-
dows fall, and when Nature assumes the
appearance of iioberness and silence. It
is an hour from whieh everywhere the
thoughtless fly, as peopled only in their
imaginations with images of gloom; it
is the hour, on the other hand, which
in every age the wise have loved, at
bringing with it eeetiments and affec-
tions more valuable than all the splend-
ors of the day. Its first impression is
to still all the turbulence of thought
or passion whieh the day may have
brought forth. We follow with our eye
the descending sun; we listen to the
decaying sounds of labor and of toile
and when all the fields are silent arousd
us, we feel a kindred stillness to breathe
upon our souls, and to calm them from
the agitations of society. From this
first impreesion there 13 a second which
naturally follows it: in the day we are
living with men; hi the eventide we be-
gin to live with Nature! we see the
of
from us, the shades
f
THE KING'S DAUGHTER.
Bite wears no jewels upon hand or brow;
No badge by which she may be known
Of men.
But theugh she walk In plain attire now
She is a daughter of the King, and when
Her Father cans her at His throne to
Wait
She Wilt be clothed as doth befit her
State.
Her Father seht her in this land to dwell
Givdng her a Work that must be done;
And slnee the King levee all Ms people
well,
Therefore she, too, cares for them,
everyone.
Thus when she stootte to lift from Want
And sin
The brighter shines her royalty therein.
She Walks erect through dangers Mani-
fold
W1.116 inany sink and fall on either hand
She beeds not summer's heat nor win-
ter's cold
Por both are subject to the King's
cOmmand;
She need not be afraid ol anything
Because she is the daughter of a King.
Even When the angel conies that nieu
call Death—.
And name with terror—it appals not
her:
She turns to loolt at lihn with eutekened
breath,
Thinking "It Is the roeal mosseroser!"
Her heart reioicee that ber leather cans
Her back te. live within the paittee
walls.
Per though the land she dwells In Is sliest
fair,
Set round With etrealus, like pleture In
Its frame.
TPI often in her heart deem lengings are
Per that "I0055e8131 Pallee" %tenet the
carne,
Nrsl perfeet MIRA mesinis any earthlY thins
Deeettee—ehe is the ditughter et the
Kite